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Vol. 87 No* 31®	Wednesday, August 1, 1990	59*
Sounding 200
NO, THE OHIO isn’t that deep. Boatswain’s mate Doug Tribou helps to make out how the local unit will spend the bicentennial this Saturday, Aug. 4,1990, see
“Osage,” the 65-foot cutter based in Osborne, watertight for one of the oldest salts page 2, (Photo by Greg Hohman)
on the fresh water river (gasp! cough!) — the United States Coast Guard. To find ‘	.
Sewickley collegian in television feature
Robert Hartley of Sewickley has hit the big time at a young age.
Chosen as one of 26 of America’s top student leaders by Leadership America, a Dallas-based program that trains individuals to become effective leaders, Hartley will appear on CNN Future Watch on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in a segment highlighting “Good Kids in Bad Times.” The show will be aired again on Turner Broadcasting (TBS), Sunday, Aug. 5, at 11 p.m.
Hartley of 230 Thorn St., a senior at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., was selected last winter from a field of nearly 1,000 college juniors. On June 9, the students began a five-week program at the Center for. Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C. to learn management techniques.
Next, it was on to Leadville, Colo., to engage in group activities to learn the importance of teamwork.
At Southern Methodist University in Dallas, the students worked to broaden their understanding of world affairs.
Admission to the program was based on the student’s
background, intelligence and leadership potention.
In the spring of 1990; Hartley was featured in “Business Today,” a student publication, for his entrepreneurial ventures which began in Quaker Valley Junior High School.
His main business interest since entering Rollins is Robert Hartley Photography, which specializes in group and candid shots. At Rollins he is the official photographer for all fraternity, and sorority functions on campus. He employs a staff of three.
Exposure on national television on Aug. 4 comes on a special day for Robert Hartley. On that day, he turns 21,
Glenf ield resident pleads innocent to arson charge
By Greg Hohman
Wearing bandages that covered burns suffered in the blaze, Robert Young, 21, of 297 Dawson St., pleaded not guilty last week to setting a fire that left his home a charred ruin and killed four cats.
However, after listening to testimony, District Justice James E, Russo of Leetsdale ordered Young to stand trial Sept. 19 in Pittsburgh on two charges of arson and one count each of causing risk of catastrophe, cruelty to animals and criminal conspiracy.
A 16-year-old male, also of Glenfield, faces charges in juvenile court. He Was Young’s companion that evening. Evidence of gasoline was found on clothing worn by Young and the juvenile.
“Something enhanced it (the fire) to make it go quick,” testified Deputy Fire Marshal Nat Mastro. Describing a glass-block table that had been totally melted, Mastro estimated the temperature of the fire at 1,600°F: “very uncommon in a natural fire.”
Officer Ed Trapp of Kilbuck/Glenfield Police reached the three-story wood-frame house July 7 at 4:10 a.m. The defendant, approaching Trapp from the rear, had burns on his face and complained of burns on his back.
The officer testified he heard what sounded like animals screaming coming from the flames, A neighbor was worried Young’s girlfriend, whose car was parked in the driveway, might be inside, too. But Young assured Trapp no one was trapped.
Young, who did not testify in court, gave Trapp his side of the story from his bedside at Sewickley
Valley Hospital. He told him he was sleeping in a second-floor bedroom when something hot Struck his back and woke him. He leaped from the bed, pulled his shirt over his face and went out into the hall.
Realizing he couldn’t go downstairs, Young said he dashed into the bathroom and jumped out an open window. Outside, he fought the fire with a garden hose and tried to rescue the cats.
However, Trapp maintained the bathroom window was closed. Moreover, though Young later said his ankle waS hurt, the officer didn't notice anything wrong with his stride on the scene.
Mastro used the term “pour pattern” to describe What he perceived as signs of a liquid combustible being applied and lit.
Mike George, Young’s attorney, questioned the means by which police obtained the clothes — that no notification Was given that a criminal investigation Was under way. In explanation of traces of gas, George pointed out his client works with cars.
Young and his estranged wife, Tammy, leased the house in April with an option to buy. The purchase price was $33,000. In March, Young took out an insurance policy for $64,000 on thehouse and $32,000 on the contents.
Russo agreed to reduce his bond from $50,000 straight to $20,000 at 10 percent. Young, who appeared in court in shackles, was returned to Allegheny County Jail.
Russo, who called the evidence “shaky,” nevertheless added that “it might be a.good case on circumstantial eyidence.” No one saw Young at the house or saw him do anything, Russo stresses,
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