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as 'J File Suit to End leather Quotas The assignment of teachers to schools based on race is unconstitutional, according to a suit filed yesterday by six community school loards and teachers throughout the city. The suit, filed in Brooklyn Federal Court against the Board of Education and the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, says that an agreement between the city and federal government to estalish a quota system based upon race unconstitutionally deprives teachers of due process and equal protection of the law. Inaddition, the suit asks the court to declare unconstitutional race and ethnic surveys that teachershave been asked to complete. Stewart Ain Voluntary Hospitals Show Loss a -J a 7 Qf mmh Ik iT The Hospital Association of New York said yesterday that 77 of the voluntary hospitals in the state reported a loss of $1J6 million last year.

A study by the association, excluding the municipal hospitals in the city, showed an operating loss of $54 million. Association President George B. Allen said that this means that those voluntary hospitals lose more than $75 for each patient admitted. Hugh Wyatt AM A Raps the Protein Diet The "last chance" protein diet is potentially dangerous and doesn't work unless it is part of a program that includes behavior modification, nutrition education and exercise training, the American Medical Association said yesterday. The possible side effects of the diet include constipation, nausea, muscle cramps, vomiting, bad breath and temporary loss of hair, said Cathy Kapica Cy-rboski of the AMA's Department of Foods and Nutrition.

The diet should be tried only under a doctor's supervision and should be used only by persons who are more than 30 pounds overweight, she wrote in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Edward Edelsom Cops Probing Cabby Slayings Police continued their investigation yesterday, into cab drivers, the 13th and 14th victims of such violence the robbery-slayings over the weekend of two Bronx this year. According to statistics compiled by tht special police unit in charge of combatting taxi crime, the latest killings bring to 10, the number of such incidents against non-medallion drivers this year, more than double the total for last year. Four medallion drivers have been killed in apparent holdups this year, the total number for 1976. Robert Lane Dedicate Frank Hogan Dorm Dedication services were held yesterday for the Frank S.

Hogan residence hall at Columbia University. The building, on the southeast corner of 114th St. and Broadway, was named for the late district attorney who died three years ago and was a graduate of Columbia College and its law school. Keith Moore Puerto Rican Unit Elects Top Exec The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund announced yesterday the election of Jose A. Cabranes as the fund's chairman of the board of directors.

Cabranes, 36, lives in New York and is the Legal Adviser of Yale University. Uphold Prison Med Care Order The United States Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed yesterday a federal judge's order to upgrade medical services at the state's Bedord Hills women's prison in Westchester. The Appeals Court said that Judge Robert Ward was correct in ruling that certain aspeacts of the medical care system at the institution were unconstitutional. Ward had asserted that some inmates had to wait from two weeks to two month for an appointment with a doctor. J.

Saunders Abe, Goda to Get Wise Award In honor of their contributions to public service and leadership, Mayor Beame and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir will receive the American Jewish Congress' Stephen Wise Award at a xeremony on Nov. 13, it was announced yesterday. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and New York mayoral candidate Ed Koch will present the awards at a dinner at the Plaza Hotel. Food editor Ella Elvin offers recipes worth your attention every Wednesday. I only smoke Facts, EVCT 1: We don't want your taste buds to go to sleep.

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