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The POCOJHO Record Vol. 83--No. 196 The Stroudsburgs, Pa. Friday morning, Nov. 19, 1976 20 Cents One judge clears way for closing Battle of Bellevue continues 1 1 1 A I I A i i i PHILADELPHIA (UPI) A federal judge Thursday cleared a i a Bellevue Stratford Hotel to be closed because of adverse publicly from "Legionnaire's Disease," which caused a sharp decline in business.

But a local court suit filed by a woman, who lives in the hotel along i her 93-year-old mother and a poodle, may keep the 72-year-old landmark open for an indefinite period. A special injunction ordered both sides, postponed further hearings until today at 2 p.m. In a lengthy opinion, U.S. District Judge Edward Becker allowed the closing to proceed over the objections of three unions, representing some 450 employes of the hotel, who asked for an injunction to halt the scheduled closing of the Bellevue. The unions claimed the hotel a a failed to give advance notice of the shutdown, Becker directed Ihe hotel to resull of "Legionnaire make all "necessary payments ease." for the period of one month to the hotel to continue providing depriving them of an opporluni- hcr maid service ard other ty to arbitrate health, welfare amenities i a i is and pension i as remade.

Judge Ethan Allen Doty, quired under their collective after hearing attorneys from bargaining agreement. preserve the health and welfare benefits of the union members and their pensions." The court added, however, the hotel would not be obliged to make those payments if union members obtained employment at other hotels. The hotel announced Nov. 10 it would close at the conclusion of business Thursday because ol adverse publicity brought about by the outbreak of a still unsolved disease following a state American Legion convention at the Bellevue last July. Twenty-nine persons died as a Joblessness could increase The hotel said it had been losing $10,000 a day since news of the disease was made public and had lost $824.000 since then.

"We find thai to keep the hotel open would a losses i have a a occurred," Becker said. "We cannot recreate the a Meanwhile, a Weiland, IS, who lives with her 93-year- old mother and poodle in a 12tli floor suite at the hotel, testified it would be a hardship for her to move on such short nnlice. "It would be impossible." she a i 1 mother's medicine. She's on alt kind of medication. There's no way I could gel her out tuday." Attorneys for Airs i asked Common Pleas Judge Kthan Allen Doty to block Die closing of the hotel i tlieir client's lease runs out Dec 31 or i other suitable accommodations could be found.

"We're nnl asking Dial the Bellevuc lake every transient guest or keep every restaurant a Richard Berkman said. "We're asking that Hie licllcviie be required to honor the lease or grant a i i period of i to arrange a move." Economy's growth rate slows HEARTY FELLOWS Now that the days ore shorter and the weather colder, only the truly dedicated will take advantage of a free basket on an outdoor court to get in some basketball practice. This trio did just that Thursday in the First Ward Playground, Stroudsburg. (Staff photo by Donald Fisher) Pocono Record fo conduct readership survey STROUDSBURG A readership survey of Monroe County is scheduled to get underway Monday, Nov. 22.

Sponsored by The Pocono Record, the survey will be conducted under the auspices of Sterling Research Associates, an affiliate of Ottaway Newspapers, The Record's parent company. Interviewers will question 500 persons selected throughout Monroe County to find what they want from a newspaper. Both readers and non-readers will be asked to respond to the questions. Serving as survey director will he John Del Santo, assistant general manager of The Record. "It is our hope that this survey will eventually help us produce a better product, reflecting the kind of information, entertainment and advertising people in this area look for in a newspaper," Del Santo said.

The interviews will be conducted by 15 persons hired specifically for this project. They will be trained Monday in a day-long session and Uien begin (he field work, calling on persons who have been scientifically selected as a sample representing the general population in The Record's circulation area. Interviewers will be identified by badges and will also carry a letter of authorization signed by Alan Gould publisher and general manager of The Record. In his letter, Gould requests cooperation of those polled and emphasized that all answers would be kept in strict confidence. Police departments throughout Monroe County and postal officials in the area have been sent prior notification of the survey.

Santo expressed the hope that postmasters and postmistresses in the rural areas would assist some of the interviewers in locating persons who have been randomly selected for the sampling. "We think this kind of help will be vital to accomplishing our survey," Del Santo said. Data collected by the interviewers will be analyzed at Syracuse University. Assisting with the survey are Robert VanFlect, assistant vice president with Ottaway Newspapers, and Paula Poindexler, a graduate student with Syracuse University's department of communications research. WASHINGTON I -The Commerce Department Thursday trimmed its pre-election assessment of third-quarter economic growth to 3.8 per cent too slow to stave off further increases in unemployment already at the 7.6-million level.

Two weeks before Ihe presidential election, the department said Ihe real Gross National Product increased 4 per cent between July and September the exact pace needed to prevent further joblessness. In a reassessment based on more complete data, the department said Ihe growth rate was slightly lower because of reduced consumer spending and increased imports. It estimated, after eliminating the effects of inflation, that the GNP increased by SI1.7 billion from the second quarter to a $1.271 trillion total in the i This was $1.3 billion below the pre-election assess- In other economic develop- Two prominent economists at the University Michigan said economic growth will be sluggish in 1977 even with a $13 billion tax cut. Professors Saul Hymans arid Harold Shapiro forecast a growth rate in real GiN'P of 4.3 per cent if taxes are reduced. Federal Reserve Chairman A said he could "sec no advantage in a tax cut at the present lime." But Burns said he was open to change if economic conditions weakened.

Corporate i from current production increased 4.8 per cent, or $5.0 billion to $122 billion in the third quarter. The growth in profits accelerated Irom Ihe 1.1 per cent increase in the second quarter, but remained unsatisfactorily according lo i a I.esher. president of Ihe U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The third-quarter increase (INI 1 compared with a growth rale of 4.5 per cent in the second quarter and, as earlier indicated, was the lowest since the recession ended in the winter of 1975.

The slippage in the revised report demonstrated in the broadest economic terms why unemployment rose in the i quarter although the economy appeared to be on a steady course A drop below 4 per cent meant a slowing in production and consumption The Commerce Department said i in homes, apartments and business plant and equipment increased JSOO i i was a $700 million increase in inventories goods on shelves and in warehouses a a ly because of weaker sales a i i System in Pentagon breeds cost overruns Refused treatment for drug overdosfe WASHINGTON (UP!) A defense official who has exposed millions of dollars in i i a cost overruns said Thursday the Pentagon's procurement system encourages contractors to overcharge the government. "The trouble with procurement management is that the awards and punishment system is upside down," said A. Ernest Utah murderer returned to prison SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Condemned killer Gary Gilmore got a hero's welcome from fellow inmates and solitary confinement from the warden Thursday when he returned to a State Prison a hospital where he treatment for a drug overdose. His fiancee, Nicole Barrett, came out of a two-day coma and doctors said she was "rapidly improving" from an overdose of sleeping pills she look Tuesday in an apparent suicide pact with Gilmore. his lawyer to send her "a small i of flowers, without a message.

"He seemed depressed," said attorney Dennis Boaz, who spoke to Gilmore through a glass partition near the infir- mar; ward where (he admitted a was i in isolation under 24-hour surveil- a The attorney, whose handling of the case is being investigated by the State Bar, said he had decided to continue as Gil- hiore's lawyer and the killer who was abusive and uncooperative during his two-day stay at the University of Utah Medical Center, was rolled out of an emergency room door in a wheelchair between two lines of prison guards and stale patrolmen He ignored shouted questions from newsmen, climbed into the back seat of a pale gold Guards hurried the convict into the prison i i a where he was placed in solitary confinement and kept under constant watch to another suicide try. a Sam Smith said prison officials would allow him "little or no contact with other inmates," and would require i i a The condemned man, who agreed. Boaz said Gilriiore was would have died before a firing angry over his statement squad last Monday except for a Wednesday that he was leaving a the the case and that he had showed no reaction when first refused the convict's request to told Mrs. Barrett was expected bring drugs to him. to recover.

But he later asked The ashen-faced Gilmore, 35, ty unit. prison car and sat between the Gilmore over an intercom two guards. When reporters through a glass window, peered in the windows, Gilmore "We will take every prccau- made an obscene gesture at lion lo prevent it (a suicide attempt), but if a man decides When the killer arrived at the to die, there's no way lo slop prison 25 miles away, he was him really." greeted by cheers, shouts and The warden also told news- whistles from inmates in the mc a a five-man i i yard and- behind the barred squad has been selected and windows of the medium sccuri- other preparations arc completed for Gilmore's execution. Only 16 plants affected Auto union strikes GM Fitzgerald, the Air Force deputy assistant secretary for productivity management, who testified as a private citizen before Congress 1 Joint Committee on Defense Production. "The Lockhecds of this world are awarded for bad performance," he a i "People responsible for cost overruns never get fired.

The only people who get punishment are those who try to prevent them." Fitzgerald angered his Air Force bosses and starletl a well-publicized controversy in 1968 by disclosing that development of the C5A transport plane had run i i of dollars over estimated cost. He was demoted at a i time to a job with little power and said Thursday the Air Force even now keeps him away from work a involves dealing with defense contractors lie said his a a a before the panel had not been sanctioned by the Air Force, and so he was appearing as a private citizen. "Anything I say which is in agreement with official policy is official," be said. "If it differs, I'm on my own." Fitzgerald alleged that defense contractors use several tactics to boost profits from defense work, including: Use of "market intelligence" to discover what the i i i spend, Ihcn drawing up con- tracts accordingly even when costs could be much lower. Malting government contracts cover overhead expenses for both defense arid commercial contract projects by building cost-overruns into the government work.

I a i costs for the first of a series of military items, then lowering costs for the second run to make it seem they have achieved savings. Fitzgerald teslificd a Deputy Defense Secretary William P. Clements told the committee the Pentagon was revising its methods for calculating profits in negotiating defense contracts and intended to bring expenditures on equipment more into line with estimates of what it should "I was i to hear that." Fitzgerald testified. FAIREST OF THEM AU Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare, who is also Miss Jamaica, gives a radiant smile after winning Ihe crown in the Miss World Contest held in the Royal Albert Hall, London Thursday- (UPI) Airlines in U.S. ordered to reduce aircraft noise Information please Index I I United A Workers union today called an unprecedented second auto industry strike this year a selective 16 plant shutdown against General Motors Corp.

after negotiators failed to reach agreement on a new national contract for 390,000 GM workers. to negotiate for a new national agreement and are hopeful this will be achieved," they said. It was believed (he union planned lo use ils "mini-strike" strategy in which workers would remain off the job lor just two or three days at a time. Company spokesmen the shutdowns would force Just 69,000 of the giant auto other assembly and manufac- firm's workers, 35,000 of them luring plants lo begin closing in Michigan, left their jobs in seven states at 12:01 a today in a move that could have the same effect as closing all 119 GM plants in 21 states. "The UAW-General Motors lo contract has expired," UAW settlement of the final "Big President Leonard Woodcock Three" labor pact.

The union and UAW Vice President Irving had been asking GM to match a i in a one contracts already ratified at paragraph statement handed Ford and Chrysler, but also out to newsmen. threw in a demand that Ihe "However, we are conlinulng company agree not lo interfere "within days" if Ihe workers don't return to Iheir jobs by the middle of nexl week. It was nol known which of th'c union's key demands had posed the major stumbling block lo will) union organizing drives in the South. There was no i i a comment from GM negotiators who have been bargaining with Ihe UAW since mid-July. The strike action broke tradition since the union has never bargained right up to its deadline and Ihcn jusl closed seleclcd plants.

The Ford Motor Co. was closed for 28 days in a national i to set the pattern for Ihe auto industry contracts covering 730,000 U.S. and Canadian aulo workers. The union abruptly changed its traditional pattern of all-or- nothing bargaining on Thursday afternoon, saying il would close just 16 plants seven assembly and nine manufacturing facilities In seven slates -in an i a to pressure a settlement. Amusemenls 21-23 Ann Landers 24 Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Puzzle Dcalhs Dr.

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a a a a chamber back in business. Page 13. Good morning Girlr bathing tuifi to brief thli summer Thai thare'i probably more col Ion In lop of an aspirin Stock sCory Open: 938.08 Close: 950.13 Change: Up 12.05 Volume: 24 million WASHINGTON I --Calling the present roar of jetliners an "unacceptable intrusion," Transportation Secretary i liam Coleman Thursday unveiled a mulli-hillion-dollar program lo cul aircrafl noise by up lo 50 per cenl by 1985. Coleman ordered U.S. airlines lo modify or replace their 1,648 loudest subsonic jets almost 80 per cent of (he nation's commercial a i a i fleel lo meet a a formerly app i only to the quietest planes.

The eight-year program may cosl between $5.5 billion and $7.9 billion, Coleman said, lie said a hearing will be held Dec. 1 lo consider ways, including a 2 per cenl ticket surcharge, lo fool (he i In a companion move offering quick a i a relief for those i i near a i Mcl.ucas, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, ordered new flight procedures lo eliminate up to 30 per cent of the worst jetliner noise impact at ground level. "In a society in which we are making rapid strides lo improve the quality of life for all people, the i i annoyance and i i a i of excessive aircraft noise is an unacceptable intrusion upon Ihe lives of some six i i A i a live near a i a told a news conference. Coteman's order exempted the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport, the noisiest plane now landing in the United Slates. It also exempted foreign-owned subsonic jets and U.S.

subsonics used on overseas A separate SST noise policy will he issued in about a year, after the Concorde has complet- ed 1C months of trial i to Die United Slates. Coleman a i He said Ihe United Stales will delay selling noise i i on foreign subsonic crafl for three years (o see if a worldwide standard can be achieved, but will make foreign planes and U.S. planes on overseas routes meet the domestic U.S. stand- a 1985 i slandard is set Near mid-air collision of jetliners probed PITTSBURGH (UPI) The National Safety Transporla- tion Board Thursday began an investigation into a near collf- sion between two Trans World Airlines' jetliners near Columbus, Ohio, that injured three crewmen. A co-pilot suffered a broken a and two i alien- dants received minor injuries Wednesday afternoon when TWA Flight 516-a DC9 en route from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh-veered to avoid TWA Flight 373, a Boeing 727 descending into Dayton, Ohio, from a i D.C.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Flighl 373 had been cleared to descend from 31,000 feet lo 28.000 feet but apparently Ihoughl Ihe clearance was to 23,000 feet. Flight 51G, which was cruising at ils assigned allitudo of 27,000 feel, veered lo avoid a collision. Flight 373 never look evasive action, the FAA said. "They got a little close-- about a mile." an FAA spokesman said. Tapes of the transmissions between the crew of Flight 373 and ground controllers will be analyzed by federal officials lo determine what caused the near collision..