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A-2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1995 NEW JERSEYREGION THE COURIER-NEWS says he'll ease icaid dilemma f'Xt wTV. i' I inane N.J. Me By PAT POLITANO Courier-News Staff Writer PLAINSBORO House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday that changes in health care coverage for the poor that he's advocating unfairly hurt New Jersey. But Gingrich said they'll be changed. The Georgia Republican said New Jersey is in an difficult position under federal Medicaid cuts the House of Representatives is considering.

New Jersey health care providers, Democratic Party leaders and Gov. Christie Whitman have complained the changes hurt states that have a lot of poor people without health insurance. They've also argued city hospitals could be driven out of business. 'Between the cracks' Gingrich said there will be changes for New Jersey, which stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars as Congress considers reducing Medicaid growth by $170 billion. "We realize they fell between the Gingrich said.

Gingrich also defended his plan to cut more than $270 billion from the expected growth of Medicare, health coverage for the elderly. 7 er for the Assembly Republican majority. Ed Traz, a spokesman for the division of the state Republican Party handling Assembly contests, said between $700,000 and $800,000 was raised for November's elections. State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Byrne said the fund raiser, attended by lobbyists and big business leaders, proved the Republicans cared more about special interests than the elderly and poor. 'Deal with the devil "For the sake of special interest money, they're willing to make a deal with the devil," Byrne said.

The money raised by Republicans Thursday night is likely about the same amount Democrats will have to spend on all 80 Assembly seats, Byrne said. Byrne said he expects Democrats will be outspent at least 8 to 1. Democrats expect to have a little more than $1 million for November's Assembly elections, while Republicans are expected to have $10 million to $15 million available. "We've raised a respectable amount of money for a party out of power," Byrne said. "But they're just raising obscene amounts of RiBlBil DfilEFS CAPE MAY Coast Guard center evades closure plan The Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May has fended off a closure threat and will keep its current functions, New Jersey lawmakers said Thursday.

The center is Cape May's largest employer with 1,200 permanent workers and an average of 1,000 recruits who pass through each year. HEALTH HMO officials pan regulation proposal A bill designed to force HMOs to give consumers more fee and service information would cost businesses, individuals and the state more than $700 million, HMO officials said Thursday at the Statehouse. More than 1.2 million New Jer-seyans use HMOs, which seek to hold down medical costs by limiting the types of coverage and the number of doctors a patient can use. Bill backers have said the Legislature needs to keep micro-managing health care in the state because the industry doesn't provide the consumers with basic information and protections. ETHICS Report: Insurance deputy under probe The Executive Commission on Ethical Standards is looking into whether Deputy Insurance Commissioner Robert Pellecchia used his position to help his former employer, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, according to the Record of Hackensack.

ELECTION Deceased candidate to remain on ballot Morristown Republican council candidate George Burke died more than two weeks ago but, at the request of his family, he will remain a candidate for the city's Third Ward council seat. Associated Press photo Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich gestures during a quick news conference with Gov. Christie Whitman during a fund-raiser in Plainsboro Thursday. Judge OKs winter TRENTON (AP) A federal judge Thursday rejected a second request by state officials that the sale of "oxygenated" fuel not begin Nov. 1 as scheduled.

In effect, lawyers for the Department of Environmental Protection in a last-ditch effort asked U.S. District Judge Anne Thompson to stay her own ruling so they would have an opportunity to appeal. Thompson rejected the request. The judge said there was no proven evidence that MTBE, the ether additive put into oxygenated fuel, causes health problems. Gingrich said Democrats were trying to scare the elderly into believing they'll have to pay a lot more for health insurance or lose it.

Medicare payments are expected to double in the next seven years under House Republican plans, but Republicans say seniors will be given more choices other than traditional Medicare and at lower prices. "It's the one issue that's emotional enough that the left is going to use it to break up everything we're trying to do," Gingrich said. Gingrich made his comments to reporters here before attending a fund-raiser for Republican Assembly candidates at the Princeton Marriott. About a dozen protesters carrying signs that read "Hate is not a family value" and "Keep abortion legal" greeted Gingrich. They also chanted "Pro-Woman, Anti-Newt" when Gingrich spoke to reporters outside the hotel.

Gingrich also said the Republican takeover of the New Jersey Legislature in 1991 was the basis for how he's directing Congress. "In many ways, it was the Republican sweep here that gave us the inspiration for the Contract with America," Gingrich said. About 800 people, including Gov. Christie Whitman and state legislative leaders, attended the fund-rais Oxygenated fuel with MTBE is used in the winter months to reduce carbon monoxide emissions, which linger when the air is colder. The department in late September issued an emergency order to block the sale of a special oxygenated fuel in New Jersey this year.

The order was challenged by the New York Mercantile Exchange, where fuel contracts are sold and traded. On Oct. 2 Thompson ruled the department had overstepped its bounds. The department in its filing Meanwhile, each is trying to define the other by tying him to well-known politicians who carry their own lightning rods for voters. "Dick Zimmer is the first candidate in New Jersey who represents this new radical right policy of Newt Gingrich," said Torricelli, D-Englewood.

"People know what Gingrich is. "It's shorthand, but it also fits in with the theme of our campaign putting New Jersey first," Torricelli said Thursday. "We studied the voting behavior on taxes and spending by Jim Florio and Bob Torricelli when they served together in the House. They were virtu Where To Get Jewelry Repaired? Paul Sanford Jewelers 1010 Rt. 202 Branchburg, NJ Done On Premises 725-3636 DeDe Rosenthal missing since 1991 hand over her mouth," Reddish said in the interview published Thursday.

"She stopped breathing." Reddish said it was hard to keep silent about the slaying. He said he confided in his girlfriend he is now accused of killing. Audino said authorities believe Rosenthal is dead, but the case has not been ruled a homicide. Investigators are trying to corroborate Reddish's account and he could face murder charges, he said. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Rosenthal came to the United States in 1990.

When she failed to report to work in February 1991, co-workers called police. "Until I see some proof, I will believe she's still alive," her 75-year-old mother, Dorothy Rosenthal, told the newspaper. "Oh, God, no." The interview by Reddish was the second this week with the newspaper concerning a slaying. Earlier this week, he told an editor there he was on drugs and alcohol when he allegedly hacked his girlfriend to death. Reddish was charged last Friday with killing Rebbeca Wertz and sexually assaulting her 14-year-old daughter.

He is being held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly on murder and sexual assault charges. More region news on A-10, 14 mirrors desks chests rolltop desks if in Zimmer, Torricelli start mudslinging fuel sale Thursday included petitions signed by 15,000 residents complaining about health problems they blame on the gas additive. This was used as evidence to show harm would be done if a stay was not granted. However, Thompson said, "Defendants have presented no evi-, dence that 2.7-percent oxygenated gasoline causes adverse health effects" or will irreparably harm anyone. The department Thursday filed papers to appeal Thompson's ruling to the U.S.

District Court in Philadelphia. ally identical," said Zimmer, R-Dela-ware Township. "It's not a dominant element of my. campaign strategy. I'm more than, happy to run against Bob Torricelli," Zimmer said.

"It's helpful in political shorthand to refer to Bob Torricelli as a Florio Democrat at this stage of the campaign because he's less well-known." SIDING 250 OFF Complete Vinyl Jobs 'Does not apply to contracts already written New Roof 6 1 1UU OFF 'Does not apply to contracts already written lit? TODAY Gov. Whitman attends Fall Foliage Hike; 2 p.m., Stokes State Forest, Sunrise Mountain, Branchville. LOTTERIES NEW JERSEY Pick It: 040 Straight bet $347.50, Box $115.50, Pairs $34.50 Pick 4: 1843 Straight bet $1,985.50, Box $82.50 Pick 6: 18,21 ,22,26,36,37 Bonus: 58406 PENNSYLVANIA Daily number: 791 Big 4: 6780 Cash 5: 5,9,27,28,29 NEW YORK Daily number: 321 Win 4: 0984 Ax case suspect: I killed another CHERRY HILL (AP) A confession by an accused ax murderer could give police a breakthrough in the case of a woman who disappeared nearly five years ago, authorities said Thursday. Charles "Crazy Eddie" Reddish Jr. admitted killing DeDe Rosenthal 32, after burglarizing her apartment and then dumping her body in Salem County.

The woman was last seen alive Feb. 22, 1991. Investigators Thursday returned to the site near Penns Grove for a second day, but failed to find the body, said acting Camden County Prosecutor Joseph F. Audino. It may be impossible to find it, he said.

"We have no body," Audino said. "We're having a tough time locating an area." In a jailhouse telephone interview with the Burlington County Times, Reddish, 34, of Burlington Township, said he was high on cocaine when lie killed Rosenthal after she awoke screaming when he broke into her Cherry Hill apartment. At the time, Reddish was a maintenance worker in the apartment building and said he feared the woman would be able to identify him. "I pinched her nose, and put my PETER W. RICKER Advertising Director LORI I.AYNAT Human Resources Director Newspaper Brldgewater, N.J.

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Bryant was issued a summons for possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle, according to police reports. The anniversary announcement that appeared on Thursday's Lifestyle page should have read: Edward Schuetz and the former Alberta Force were married on Sept. 28, 1940, at the Readington Reformed Parsonage in Readington. They have three grandchildren. WASHINGTON (AP) Jim Florio may be gone from the New Jersey Senate field, but he's not forgotten by Republicans who cast the former governor as the "political bogeyman" in tandem with Democrat Robert Torricelli.

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