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THE JOURNAL SUNDAY, JUNE, 26, 1983 C5 The benefits of self-insurance By MIKE BARLOW Staff Writer When it comes to Worker's Compensasometimes it can be cheaper to "do it yourself" instead of going to an outside company for coverage. That's the insurance message contained in a recent report issued by the Rockland County Worker's Consortium. The report shows that premium costs for half of the eight munici-insurance palities involved actually dropped in 1983, while costs for the other half increased. But even the increased costs still reflect savings of 20 to 25 percent over commercial insurance rates, according to Legislator Isaac Goodfriend, a Ramapo Democrat who chairs the consortium. And total premium costs for the 5,500 municipal employees throughout the county covered by the program actually decreased 4.84 percent this year, from $924,107 in 1982 to $879,348 in 1983, he said.

The cost of providing Worker's Compensation insurance for county employees dropped 10.48 percent, from $553,422 last year to $495,445 this year. Costs for the Town of Haverstraw fell 6.94 percent, from $28,143 to $26,191. Costs for the villages of Spring Valley and West Haverstraw also declined. In Spring Valley, costs dropped 23.18 percent, from $55,603 to $42,714. West Haverstraw's costs fell 36.59 percent, from $5,644 to $3,579.

But premium costs rose for the towns of Clarkstown, Ramapo and Point, as well as for the Village of Sloatsburg. In Clarkstown, costs rose 8.09 percent, from $153,590 to $166,015. Ramapo's costs climbed 15.28 percent, from $84,362 to $97,253. Stony Point's share increased 2.05 percent, from $30,556 to $31,181. Sloatsburg's costs rose 32.71 percent, from $12,787 to $16,970.

Goodfriend explained that the higher costs reflected the assumption by each municipality of its "fair share" in the two-yearold consortium. Costs are expected to even out next year, he added. standoff still healthy The standoff between Orange and Rockland Utilities and the unions representing its striking workers continued Saturday, with each side saying it intended to pursue the unfair labor practices charge it had filed against the other. Both sides had been rumored ready Friday to drop the charges, which arise from impasse that has developed at the negotiating table. But on Saturday Donald Traphagen, president of the largest of three unions taking part in the strike, and Paul F.

Pickard, director of corporate communications for denied that any such agreement was in the works. "The charges have not been dropped at this point," Traphagen, who heads Local 1567, said. Although the matter was discussed, "as of the end of the day Friday we had certainly made no decision to drop" unfair labor practice charge, Pickard said. In a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board, alleges that the unions have refused to negotiate until the company withdraws its demands relating to the deductible paid for major medical care. In an interview, Traphagen said it was the company, not the unions, that was dragging its feet.

"'The unions are willing to negotiate on an hour's notice. The company's holding negotiations up." The strike, which started June 4, has idled 1,100 workers and forced management to man the work crews dispatched to fix local power outages. spokesmen acknowledged that there have been a such outrages, but said that the managerstaffed crews have had no trouble dealing with them. "Most of these guys are former linemen themselves," Public Information Manager John P. Murphy said.

Goldwater to give Miller eulogy By BEN DE FOREST Associated Press Writer LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona is to deliver the eulogy Monday at funeral services for William E. Miller, who was Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 presidential election. Miller, 69, died at 3:45 a.m.

Friday at Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo. He had been admitted to the hospital June 5 for diagnostic tests, but his condition worsened after he suffered a stroke last week- Oscar Ruud, former resident Services will be held Tuesday for Oscar Ruud, a former Haverstraw resident, who died Friday at St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh, N.Y. He was 75. Mr.

Ruud, of 176 W. Parmenter had lived in Newburgh about 30 years. He was a retired conductor for the New York Central Railroad who also had worked as a truckdriver for Cooney Brothers, a Mountainville, N.Y., construction company, until 1982. As a truckdriver, Mr. Ruud belonged to Local 445 of the Teamsters Union.

In 1957, he retired after working as a conductor for the railroad for 15 years. Mr. Ruud was born to Ole and Hulda Ruud in Haverstraw on June 23, 1908. He lived in Haverstraw 45 years and was a parishioner of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.

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Only 'Long Hair Extra OFFER EXPIRES JULY 28th 356-1550 end. Miller served seven straight terms as a congressman and was' the Republican national chairman for three years before Goldwater chose him as his running mate in 1964. They were beaten by the Democratic team of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey. Upon learning of Miller's death, Goldwater said, "Bill lived! his life the way I think all people should live their lives, with the idea to serve his fellow man his fellow woman and I think he wife, the former Frances Munderville; three sons, Joseph, William and Edward, and three daughters, Patricia Palkovic, Frances Weygant and Evelyn Davis, all of Newburgh.

Mr. Ruud is also survived by a brother, Louis of Brooklyn; by 21 grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren. The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sacred Heart Church in Newburgh. Burial will follow at St.

Peter's Cemetery in Haverstraw. Visiting hours are from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Doulin Funeral Home, 318 N. Montgomery Newburgh. K.I.

Schoneman, services Tuesday Services are planned Tuesday for Katherine I. Schoneman, a longtime Stony Point resident, who died Friday at Summit Park Hospital in Pomona. She was 69. Mrs. Schoneman, of 36 Hasting Lane, had lived in Stony Point for about 27 years.

She was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church and a former member of the Stony Point Ambulance Corps. did an admirable job of it." Asked what qualities Miller had that impressed him most, Goldwater said, "He was an outstanding member of Congress; he was one of the best national chairmen of the Republican Party we have ever had; he was a hell of a gin rummy player and a good poker player. He was the kind of a man other men liked to be with." After the 1964 campaign loss, Miller returned here and took up the practice of law in Obituaries Mrs. Schoneman was born to Charles and Margaret Connelly Bruss in Bound Brook, N.J., on April 17, 1914. She lived in Staten Island prior to moving to Stony Point.

Mrs. Schoneman is survived by her husband, Henry; a daughter, the Rev. Cindy Schoneman of Stony Point, a recently ordained Methodist minister; and a stepson, Bruce L. Schoneman of Chester, N.Y. She is also survived by four brothers: Joseph Bruss, George Bruss, William Bruss and Theodore Bruss, and three sisters: Margaret Becker, Helen Coles and Mabel Martinis, all of Long Island; and by three grandchildren.

The service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Edward C. Finn Funeral Home, 43. E. Main Stony Point.

The Rev. Kenneth Smith, pastor of the Stony Point Methodist Church, will officiate. Visiting hours will be at the funeral home today and Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations may be sent to the Stony Point Ambulance Corps. Buffalo where he was a senior partner with Miller, Farmelo, Cane and Greene.

He never returned to national political prominence, although he was know in the Buffalo area for having served several years in the quasi-political post of chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. In an interview in 1979, he said, "Do I ever miss politics? No. Not really. I really don't. I think probably because I had such a saturation of it in my life." The funeral will be held Monday at St.

John's Roman Catholic Church follow Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Miller was born in Lockport on March 22, 1914. His father was a factory janitor, and his mother owned a millinery shop. About the exhaustive White House campaign of 1964 he said, "Believe me, when that was over, I had had enough. I was willing to retire from public service completely." Miller is survived by his widow, the former Stephanie Wagner, whom he met when she appeared as a witness at one of his first court in Lockport.

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