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-REPUBLIC THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC Friday, September 7, 1984 is) Wgste-disposal permits More than 9QQ businesses, industries, cities, towns and farmers are ient notices that they may need permits to dispose of waste that could contaminate ground water. B3. Panel curbs action on 'zero' contract to aid crippled kids Novick said he had it in "black and white" in Phoenix Children's Hospital's proposal thai outpatient costs would be covered by insurance "and donations, eliminating the need, to shift the cost of care to other patients. Novick said the Phoenix Children's Hospital proposal would save the state about $1 million a year. Despite such assurances, Lindeman said it would be "unconsciona-.

ble for the state to approve another, zero contract." She was referring to a $1 two-year contract awarded by DHS to St. Joseph's in July 1983 to provide inpatient care to about 19,000 of the state's crippled children. She said the $1 contract was responsible for about $5 million in bad debts at St. Joseph's, which' had to be covered by other patients. St.

Joseph's implemented a 6.8 percent rate increase July 1. Bad debts are used by hospitals to justify rate increases. "What St. Joseph's did was get them (bad debts) cost-shifted over to the rest of their patients," Lindeman said. George Karam, St.

Joseph's vice president of finances, reached after the meeting, denied that other patients 'picked up the cost of caring for the state's crippled children. He said insurance and parents "more than covered those costs." The hospital's $5 million in bad debts were incurred from other patients who were unable to pay for Contract, B8 By CAROL SOWERS Arizona Republic Staff The award of a controversial "zero dollar" contract to Phoenix Children's Hospital to provide outpatient care for the state's crippled children hit a snag Thursday after lawmakers questioned whether treatment costs would be shifted to other patients. Sen. Hal Runyan, R-Litchfield Park, chairman of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, which must approve the contract, delayed action on the hospital's proposal until next week. He did that after Sen.

Anne Lindeman, R-Phoenix, charged that Phoenix Children's Hospital would be forced to spread the cost of the crippled-children's outpatient treatment to other patients and insurance companies. "It would be very greedy of the state to accept the zero bid," Lindeman said. "I don't think the state should benefit at the cost of "patients and their insurance companies." The lawmakers' action is the latest round in a battle between St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center and Phoenix Children-'s tal over a Department of Health Services contract to provide outpatient care Co crippled children over the next' 33 months. DHS spent $1.7 million on crippled-children's services last year.

Dr. Lloyd Novick, DHS director, recommended the committee ap- prove a Phoenix. Children's Hospital bid over a $1.09 million proposal offered by St. Joseph's. Flight nurse Joan McCorkle displays the tools of her profession a Ex-colonel hopes to instill America in high schoolers Candidate defends his free washes Denies drive is soiled, despite legal agitation By GEORGE HARDEEN Special for The Republic TUBA CITY A Democratic candidate for the Coconino County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat says he is running a clean campaign and that he is not attempting to buy votes by offering free washes at his coin-operated laundry.

Matthew Levario, one of five candidates in the predominantly Indian district and owner of the Tuba City Laundry, said that although he has distributed up to 15 campaign cards with an offer for a free washload in his handwriting on the backs, it is a courtesy he has extended to customers for more than a year. "I could probably verify a thousand washes this past year," he said Wednesday. "This isn't something that I just started doing, it's something we've done all along." But the practice may be illegal and in violation of two state statutes, according to Coconino County Attorney John Verkamp. "Based on a quick review of the statutes, it looks like it would be improper to offer to give anything in return for their vote," Verkamp said. "It's probably contrary to the intent of the statutes overall.

"I just don't want to accuse him of violating the criminal law without knowing more of the facts. As a general principle, it's unlawful to give gifts in return for a person's vote." Levario said he gave away the cards offering the free wash within the past two weeks at the Navajo community of Dinnebito, which is outside Coconino County, and at a Navajo squaw dance last weekend at Cow Springs, about 30 miles northeast of Tuba City Washes, B2 Teen is given hearing date in pal's death By LAURIE ROBERTS Arizona Republic Staff A hearing will be held Oct. 9 to determine whether a Glendale runaway should be tried as an adult in the slaying earlier this week of a 12-year-old Phoenix friend, a prosecutor said Thursday. Tajma Demarcus Murphy, 14, was ordered Thursday to remain in custody pending his hearing before juvenile Judge C. Kimball Rose of Maricopa County Superior Court, according to Bill Molner, a deputy county attorney.

At a closed hearing Thursday morning, Murphy was told that he is charged in juvenile court with second-degree murder and burglary in the death of Lyndsey Michael Maynard, whose body was found Tuesday in the back yard of his northwest Phoenix home. Young Maynard, the son of Michael and Joyce Leeth, had been stabbed and. his throat had been slit, police said. Also at Thursday's hearing, a deputy public defender was appointed for Murphy, and the youth was advised that he also is charged in juvenile court with assault stemming from an April 29 fight unrelated to the slaying, Molner If Murphy is judged delinquent in juvenile court for the slaying, he could be held until his 18th birthday. An adult conviction for second-degree murder calls for a maximum of 21 years in prison.

Murphy, the son of Florestine Murphy Orlando of 6527 N. 67th No. 115, apparently had run away from home several weeks ago and had been visiting the Maynard boy on recent nights, police said. Molner said Murphy was charged with burglary because police believe he took a few dollars from a wallet in the Leeth house. Thomas L.

Kincaid is a distressingly young retiree (53) who speaks with a strong American accept and wishes everyone else did, too. He retired one week ago as a full colonel after 33 years the military, the last 22 with the Air National Guard of Arizona, where' he was executive officer. Kincaid is hard at work already, and has been for the last year or so, on something called Freedom Academy of Arizona. Next June, if all goes according to plan, Freedom Academy will-open for a week on the campus of. Cochise College in Douglas.

It will be attended, Kincaid hopes, by one junto; from each of the 180 high schools in Arizona. At no charge. The 'course of' study, to put it, simply, is America. "The idea," Kincaid said, "is to promote patriotism in youth by helping them learn about this country and the principles on which it was founded. "We want high school juniors about to be seniors who will go back to their schools and talk about the program.

That's the only way we -can succeed, by sending them back- Pete PetersRepublic medical bag and a helicopter. nurse saves life By CHARLES THORNTON Arizona Republic Medical Writer Lucy Evans, 63, laughed, sounding self-conscious over long-distance phone line. KJost people don't get to talk about someone saving their lives. "Without her, I wouldn't be here," Evans said from her home at Hood River, Ore. just wouldn't give up on me." The "she" is Joan McCorkle, 35, an athletic-looking flight nurse for Air EvaC who quail when it came to performing an operation normally done only by a- physician in a hospital.

The drama began March 1.. Evans and her husband, were visiting in Bouse, a community 27 miles southeast of Parker. "I'd never been sick before," she said. "The only other time I was ever in a hospital was 41 years ago when my son was born." Then came on March 1. Lucy Evans, as she has 'done most' days since she and Paul were married 45 years ago, was washing the dinner dishes.

The pain. came in a rush, first jh. her arms and then exploding in her chest so hard she couldn't breathe. An artery on the back side of her heart clogged. "To be honest with you, I don't, remember much after that," she said.

Nurse, B6 out of town" at a meeting of the National League of Cities, Clements -said Goddard canceled the trip to San Jose, tn Thursday morning after a council meeting Wednesday night lasted until neatly 3 a.m. Thursday, she said. Hurtt said he will meet with the group at 9 a.m. today. Sgt.

Brad Thiss, police spokesman; said, "The chief has a very busy schedule. Capt. Hurtt is the one that deals with crime prevention and he should be the cine to handle Kramfir, 49, aerving his first four-year term aa supervisor, knows flooding is a major problem and. wants to be returned to office to take care of that and programs that were started.while he has been on the board. 'Kramer also said industry needs to be brought to the area to help relieve unemployment and the lack of Ndgales is the seat of Santa Cruz County arid the hub of its business 'Wouldn't Flight operates Republic.

Lucy Evans and her husband, Paul, recall her brush with death, Guardian Angels return to Phoenix, seek members to 'protect' citizens Alan Thurber Republic Columnist to talk about it, not as converts, but in a positive way. "And we want to make this the most positive week in their lives." In their week at the academy, the students will hear speakers from the Arizona Bar Association on freedom and the law and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce on the free-enterprise system. They will learn about problems conservation and energy and water and the contributions of different ethnic groups. There Will be sessions on government from the national to the local level. They will hear speakers from such diverse organizations as the John Birch Society and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Thurber, B4 Sean Brady RepubWc the Republican nomination. Mnrrioc ifi oairi hotfor mnt. ment of taxpayers' money is the top priority. There's been a public distrust of the financial situation of the county," said Morriss, pointing out that the supervisors put a referendum to increase the county's spending limitations on the November ballot been a businessman and Santa Crux, B4 Guardian. Angels founder Sliwa (right), with his organization's trouble-shooter, John McKem, talks' to the press outside City Hall.

On the steps of City Hall, Sliwa complained to reporters Thursday that members of his organization have been stymied in recent months in their efforts to set up meetings with Mayor Terry Goddard and Police Chief Ruben Ortega. However, the mayor's appointments secretary, Carol Clements, and police Capt. Harold Hurtt said Thursday afternoon that, as far as they know, no contacts were made by Guardian Angels' members until Tuesday. "They phoned and said, they were going to be in town for a few days, but the mayor planned to bei spent more wisely," Ahumada, a former Santa Cruz supervisor, said. He said flooding also needs to be.

controlled, bverytime it rains heavily, many people are forced to leave their waterlogged homes, he -said. By STEVE YOZWtAK Arizona Republic Staff With or without the blessings of Phoenix Police, the Guardian Angels will begin recruiting local youths as members in two weeks, the group's founder said Thursday. Curtis Sliwa, founder and president of the volunteer citizen patrols that started on the New York City subways in 1979 and have spread nationwide, said recruitment will begin in two weeks. Patrols by Valley recruits could begin before Christmas after a three-month training program, he said. tate salesman who will oppose incumbent Albert Kramer for the Democrat nomination for supervisor in District 1, said the county budget has been overspent too "I believe our money could be- Strained finances, concerns on flooding at center of supervisoral races By VENITA HAWTHORNE JAMES Arizona Republic Staff Money or the lack of it is the focus of campaigns for the Tuesday primary election in belea- I guered Santa Cruz County.

Candidates vying for their party's nomination for county supervisor in Districts 1 and 3 point to such problems as recurrent flooding, high costs of health care indigents, and a strained budget Camilo Ahumada, 61, a community. "We can't just depend, on trade from Mexico," Kramer said. "We have to do something on this side of the border." In District 3, Ronald Morriss, a cable-television-system owner who seiyed Bon the Patagonia Town will go against another Patagonia resident, Iree Lewis, for the Democratic nomination. George Proctor; and J. Anthony Sedgwick are competing for..

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