Daily News from New York, New York • 341

By BERNARD RABIN and ROGER WETHERINGTON The blacked-out residents of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst sweltered through the heat yesterday, watched their food spoil and griped aplenty, but most managed to adjust to the power cutoff. Some even smiled through it all. 4k XS NEWS photo by Bill AAeurer Con Edison men work to restore power. They are at 99th St. and and 37th Ave.

NEWS QUE for Daily Home Delivery Call 458-0320 DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1970 Elizabeth Fried, both of 92-16 Whitney said theydid not blame Con Ed. "They want to put in more and bigger plants and everybody complains" about the view or pollution, Mrs. Hiller Mrs. Hiller said. "-People can't have it both ways." Mrs.

Fried said that if the food in her freezer melts, she'll "just to coow it and eat it." "Make Best of It" One of the most philosophical was Mrs. Mildred Esche, caretaker of the Amerind Democratic Club at 91-02 Whitney who said: "You just have to make the best of things, that's all." One of the most harried Queens residents was Charles Ironmonger, superintendent at 41-06 Cee who was spotted running away from his building. He explained that he had turned off his tenants' lights and refrigerators at Con Ed's request. He Gets the Blame "Then I had to leave the building because everybody was up to blame me. The supers always get the blame." A Con Ed splicer, Ralph Kauf-mann, said that he had received no complaints as he worked in a manhole on Elbertson Ave.

"People just ask me when the lights are going back on," he said. "Most just kid about it." Man Drowns In Son's Poo! An 87-year-old Forest Hills man drowned in a swimming pool at the home of his son in New Rochelle, police reported yesterday. He was identified as David Masla, a semi-retired shoe manufacturer, who lived at Austin with his wife, Tessie. He was visiting his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Masla, at their home at 555 Wilmot Road, on Tuesday and decided to go for a swim in the pool. Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the Parkside Garlich funeral home, 98-60 Queens Forest Hills. meant hardship for manv. Dr.

G. R. Hecht, a dentist of 88-35 Elmhurst had to cancel all his appointments because he couldn't run his drill. A physician. Dr.

Arthur H. Carson of 91-15 Whitney asked: "How am I going to examine patients with the current off? How am I going to take X-rays? How am I going ot cau-tei-ize anyone?" Residents, particularly women and the elderly, were fearful of falling in unlighted corridors. Mrs. Emma Mattis of 42-07 El-bertson St. was seen walking down the street carrying a flashlight.

"There are no lights in my hall," she said, "but I have a flashlight. I'm lucky." Bulova Closes The Bulova Watch with about 4,000 employes at five plants in Queens and just across the city line in Valley Stream, closed all its production facilities at noon because the reduced voltage might have injured its equipment. The company sent 2,100 employes hame and warned that the plants may remain closed today. Many of the employes took a cut in the paycheck since they are paid by the day or by piece work. Many other employes got off early with full pay.

The Queens district attorney's office closed at 3 p.m. Six of the eight parts of the Queens Criminal Court building were shut at noon. The few persons remaining in the building sweltered when the air conditioning was turned off. Few of the windows can be opened. Con Ed Lashed A number of Queens residents were critical of Con Ed.

Mrs. Josephine Darmody of 41-34 Ben-ham St. declared: "They should have made some provisions years ago so as not to have to cut off electricity now. Why are they selling all these appliances that people can't use because of lack of power?" Mrs. Ann King of 4-43 Benham a mother of four, echoed her view.

"They shouldn't sell appliances they can't service," she were more forgiving. Mrs. Cathrine Hiller and Mrs. City lays Street Closing For School Site in Cirooia By JOHN TOSCANO The City Planning as expected, yesterday approved closing of six streets in Corona to form a site for the new North Queens High School and There were no reports of major i emergencies. Elmhurst General Hospital had all the power it needed without resorting to emergency supplies.

The Elmhurst police' station also was -unaffected by the power shortage. When It Began The trouble began in the early morning when four of the area's eight feeder cables were knocked to repair the damage, some sections of the two communities lost power. Other residents were urged to turn off all unnecessary appliances. Con Ed employes went from door to door asking for cooperation. Complying with the request 59 and exhaustive site selection process "for the school, legal proceedings, and a recent review of suggested alternate sites had resulted in "serious delay in the construction of this urgently needed high school." They ruled that it was essential that the street closings be approved to permit construction to start as soon as possible.

Decision Not Hasty The planners said the decision to take the 12V acres for a high school and athletic field had been made more than 32 years ago "after exhaustive study." It was decided on, they said, after much community objection to a low-income housing project proposed on the original site. This resulted in tranfer of the public housing project to city-owned vacant property at 108 St. and Horace Harding Expressway. Working drawings for the school have been completed and construction contracts are ready for bidding, the majority report said. under 24-hour guard, a spokesman for the city Health and Hospitals Corp.

said. Faced 3 Charges Villafona, a a k-skinned Puerto Rican, 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, was awaiting a hearing on charges of felonious assault on a policeman and possession of stolen property (the car) and of a dangerous weapon. A 15-year-old boy, said to have been the driver of the car in which Villafona was a passenger, and a 14-year-old girl, who was riding with them, were picked I up in Nassau and turned over to I 1 Queens jilj-ciisil athorjif 1- ENS athletic field. The action, which must now be approved by the Board of Estimate, moved the school project, which necessitates the demolition of 69 homes, one step closer to the start of construction. None of the owners of the 69 homes or their representatives appeared at vesterday's session, held at City Hall.

However, a delegation of 200 Long Island City residents wasted a day there, because the commission was unable to start a hearing on a requested zone change in theirs community which would permit construction of a seven-story warehouse on Skillman Ave. between 39th and 43d St. The residents oppose the change, because the warehouse is behind a playground. Meeting Arranged At about 4 p.m., City Councilman Thomas Manton announced that the commission had arranged for a meeting between community representatives opposing the warehouse and Borough President Troubled School Is Quiet MS Sidney Leviss in the latter's office on Oct. 9.

This will be followed by a planning commission hearing five days later, on Oct. 14. Many of those who came to speak against the proposal yesterday submitted statements to the commision as they left. The Planning Commission approved the Corona street closings by a 7-to-l vote. Commissioner Beverly Moss Spatt opposed it, saying she could not "in good conscience" vote for it.

Mrs. Spatt pointed out that the original area of the site in question was only 5 acres and that it was intended for a public housing project. "Community Not Aware" "When an agreement was made to substitute a high school the community was not aware the site was to be larger and homes would have to be taken," she continued. "The community should have been informed that the site would be 12 Vs acres." In its majority report, the commission declared the lengthy Patrolman Joseph Cardone of the Fresh Meadows station, assigned to guard him. Villafone went inside, leaving Cardone at the door.

Seconds later, the prisoner dashed out on foot, punched the cop in the head and knocked him to the floor and fled, according to police. Used Fire Exit The fugitive was believed to have run down irestairs to the nave run uoyvii tu me gtrpet He stnl wore hospital pajamas and bathrobe. Queens General Hospital, un like Kings County and Bellevue Hospitals, has, no, prison ward, -pet? on in aj jtejf Wounded Prisoner Fells Cop, Flees By PETER MCLAUGHLIN and POLLY KLINE A wounded 18-year-old prisoner, under treatment at Queens General Hospital while awaiting a court hearing, knocked down his police guard yesterday and escaped. a -Vc I The youth, Anthony Villafone of 810 Avenue B. Manhattan, had been a patient in custody since Friday.

Arrested in a stolen car after a police chase from Flushing to Great Neck, Villafone allegedly tried to stab a cop and was shot and wounded in the right thigh. After 5 a.m. yesterday, while it was still dark and few attendants were on dirty, Villafone asked to be taken to the bath room in the regular surgical ward n. tt tir I on the fifth floor of the city hos-I pital in Jamaica Knocked Cop Down He was placed in a wheelchair, arently routine, and was, panied to the bathroojTj ibrf apparen com NEWS photo bv Dan Sforza South Shore High School at 6565 Flatlandg Ave, Brooklyn, which has been troubled by tensions over busing of black students to classes there, opened quietly yesterday, tne Board of Education reported. Principal Max Bromer talks with parents here.

1 ishts had disrupted the school since opening aay..