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PASSAICMORRIS D-2 THE RECORD 2P THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1993 AUDESs Going away party From Page 0-1 Carlos Cueto of Dumont, whose quadruplets Aaron, Cassandra, Tyler, and Jenna were born on May 22, none weighing more than four pounds at the time. Tyler, the smallest, now weighs over five pounds. Alejandra and Jesus Zufiiga of Passaic showed up with their triplet sons Jason, Jonathan, and Jesus born on June 23, and released with a clean bill of health a couple of days later, along with their mother. Robert Farrell and Stephanie Powell of Secaucus had triplets Robert, Christopher, and Michael on April 11. Michael, with a birth weight of 1 pound, 4 ounces, the smallest of the three, died at the hospital.

With their babies being transferred from one set of arms to another, and another, and still another in the hospital cafeteria on Wednesday, the parents some low on sleep, some just tired all said they were happy with their "bundles," the hard work ahead of them notwithstanding. "I'm having too much fun," said Farrell. "I'm not thinking about the hard part." He even said he'd -J i 71 nr i I T- I I tllil them home," said nurse Theresa Kuhlman, maternal-child nursing division director. The parents, fielding questions! and photo requests from reporters and news crews, each received long table-load of gifts (including: diapers, clothes, gift certificates, and car seats) from private and. corporate donors.

Jesus Zufiiga said the gifts and assistance from friends and family help out a lot. "The initial scare is over," he said in Spanish as he tore the pur-: pie wrapping off a present. "Now it's a lot of work and responsibility. To financially try to provide a future for them is hard." Helen Cueto said her workload has increased now that the babies are getting bigger and healthier, and demanding more Luckily, she said, she's been able; to recruit helpers from among, friends and family, including her! young son Michael. Although she said she won't take fertility drugs again, she alone of the mothers present said she was open to the idea of having more children.

"I'd do it all over again," she-said. Then she laughed. "We have trusted her far too much," council President Paul Di-; Gaetano said Wednesday. "The is-; sue that continues to nag me is: Why were payments made directly to her? This amount was salary! and wages. Why was it not put' through payroll checks? The council has been too trusting." Stein said, "We have to find out! how the accounts were and by whom, and who made that! decision." Councilman Luis Perez said he has been questioning Fiorellino's control of the election funds since he was elected in 1991.

"I said something is wrong," he said. "We were OK'ing something we didn't even have a bill for." Richard Kuklinski at trial in February 1988. He was convicted of killing CLEREI: To be quizzed on election money EtflAN: Tells of killings From Page D-1 portion of it without council authorization. Fiorellino's salary is $62,184, one of the highest on the city payroll. Her duties as city clerk include running elections.

Any payment above her salary would have to be approved by the council. Semler has ordered City Attorney Donald Scarinci to find out how much money Fiorellino has collected, how she was able to gain control of the funds without supervision, and how to get it back. Fiorellino declined to comment on the investigation. On Wednesday, she declined The Record's request to review bank statements and canceled checks from the Val December 1988: Richard Kuklinski is arrested outside his Du-mont house and charged with five murders. March 1888: Kuklinski is convicted of murdering two underlings in his burglary ring, Gary T.

Smith and Daniel E. Deppner, both of Vernon. Kuklinski allegedly poisoned both with cyanide before strangling them. He is sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole until age 111. May 1988: Kuklinski pleads guilty to shooting to death George Malliband and Louis Masgay, both of Pennslyvania.

In return for his plea, the state drops a charge against Kuklinski for the April 1982 slaying of Paul Hoffman, a Cliffside Park pharmacist. Kuklinski had confessed to Hoffman's slaying, state investigators said. 1992: Kuklinski says during an HBO program that he killed up to 100 people. 1993: Kuklinski says in an interview with author Anthony Bruno that he murdered Roy DeMeo, a Gambino crime family member, in 1983. He also takes credit for murdering Robert Prongay of North Bergen, whose body was found in 1984.

He describes Prongay and DeMeo as his mentors. Investigators in New Jersey and New York say they will review the unsolved murders of Prongay and DeMeo. UNJ consider having more children, although Powell like most of the other mothers noted emphatically that she was through with childbearing. "I'm very happy," she said. "But it's too much work." Of the more than 4 million births in the United States in 1990, only 3,028 were multiple births, defined as triplets or more, according to the National Center for Health Statistics in Bethesda, Md.

At St. Joseph's, where twins are born approximately 50 times a year, the four families represented the only multiple births so far this year. Dr. Thomas Potter, the hospital's chairman of pediatrics, said the success of the four multiple births this year "reinforces the credibility" of the hospital's Neonatology Intensive Care Unit, one of seven in the state. Born prematurely, all of the babies, except the Zufiiga triplets, spent several weeks in intensive care before going home.

But for the nurses and case managers involved with the children, the celebration had a bittersweet tinge. "It's sad; we're going to miss them, but our goal is to get ley National Bank account she controlled. City records indicate she has deposited more than $8,000 in city election funds into the account. The records indicate that the money was disbursed to election workers, including Fiorellino. In explaining her refusal, Fiorellino said it was her personal bank account.

Last week, she said the accounts used in connection with city elections were city accounts. Fiorellino is a close friend of former Mayor Joseph Lipari. She testified as a defense witness in his criminal trial for tax evasion and conspiracy, and heads an unofficial coalition of his remaining allies at City Hall. IMPERIAL S39 EA PC 849 EA PC $59 EA PC FIRM DLX. PILLOWTOP POSTURE FILE PHOTO two underlings in his burglary ring.

nated a car bomb with a remote-control, Bruno says. In another killing, the two rigged an automobile with a "Seat of Death" that exploded when their victim got inside, the book says. Kuklinski told Bruno that his relationship with Prongay and Prongay's life ended when the two had a disagreement, and Prongay threatened Kuklinski by telling him he "knew where he lived." Kuklinski met DeMeo during the mid-1960s when Kuklinski was working for a film lab in New York, peddling copies of pornographic movies. He later borrowed $65,000 from the mob to start up a pornography distribution business, but fell behind in payments. DeMeo and two of his cohorts allegedly beat Kuklinski leaving a permanent scar on his forehead for not making timely loan payments.

Kuklinski became partners in distributing pornography with DeMeo, but never forgot the beating, the book says. In New Jersey, criminals like Kuklinski are prohibited from profiting from their crimes. However, Kuklinski's wife, Barbara, will share in the profits from the book through a deal with a movie producer who owns the right to Kuklinski's story, Bruno said. Bruno said he interviewed Kuklinski for about five hours at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, where Kuklinski is incarcerated. "We believe specifically that this is not good policy," Pascrell said.

"The records indicate that we have performed according to the rules for nine years." The battle spilled into court on July 30, when county officials demanded the return of more than $1.2 million in equipment it purchased for Paterson. The county sought a court order forcing the city's Health Department to return the items, which range from computers and scientific instruments to office furniture and trucks. But Superior Court Judge Ralph V. Martin denied the request, instead ordering Peterson's Health Department not to alter any of the equipment. Another hearing is scheduled for Sept.

10. Martini said he hoped the lawsuit would become a moot point because of Fox's order. But Pascrell said that was for the judge to decide. J. In the book, Kuklinski credits Prongay with showing him ingenious ways of killing, and DeMeo with teaching him that murder-for-hire was lucrative.

Prongay persuaded Kuklinski to freeze the body of Masgay after Kuklinski killed him in 1981, the says. Masgay had brought $100,000 with him to buy blank video tapes from Kuklinski, and Kuklinski allegedly robbed him. The body was found in a wooded area in Orangetown, N.Y. in 1983. In the book, Kuklinski describes Prongay as "both a madman and a genius" who also taught him to use cyanide and lethal chemical compounds.

Kuklinski was introduced to cyanide by Prongay during a killing they committed in Pennsylvania, the book says. Kuklinski watched as Prongay walked up to a Pennsylvania man, faked a sneeze, and sprayed cyanide into his face, killing him within seconds. Kuklinski later boasted to Do-minick Polifrone, an undercover federal agent who posed as a mobster to make a case against him, how he had successfully killed with cyanide. The statements were crucial evidence during his trial. Chemicals were but one of the methods Kuklinski says he and Prongay used.

Explosives was another. Prongay, who was trained in demolitions in the Army, once deto From Page D-1 apparent admission could lead to the reopening of the probe into the killing of Roy DeMeo. "I'd have to see what he is saying now," Hawkins said. DeMeo was a reputed member of a Gambino crime family faction suspected of carrying out dozens of killings. A Hudson County investigator involved the Prongay probe said Kuklinski was the prime suspect when the state Attorney General's Office and state police took over the Kuklinski cases in 1986.

"We always believed he did it," the investigator said. But Robert T. Winter, director of the state Division of Criminal Justice, said because Kuklinski was convicted of other murders, no charges were filed against him in the Prongay case. Bruno said he became fascinated with the 58-year-old Kuklinski because he believed he was different from other mass murderers such as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. "There is apparently nothing wrong with his mind.

He got no pleasure out of it. He was a businessman who murdered either for prqfit or self-protection," Bruno said. Kuklinski got his nickname because he froze one of his victim's bodies. According to the book, he got the idea from Prongay, a North Bergen man who drove a Mister Softee ice cream truck. The 39-year-old Prongay's bullet-riddled body was found hanging out of his Mister Softee truck inside his North Bergen garage in 1984.

If Kuklinski is ever charged with the Prongay slaying, he could face the death penalty, officials said. DeMeo's body was found in 1983 in a car trunk in New York with a chandelier atop it. DeMeo was believed to have headed a Gambino family faction linked to about 200 killings during the 1980s. Kuklinski was sentenced in 1988 to consecutive life sentences for the murders of Gary T. Smith in 1982 and Daniel E.

Deppner in 1983. The two Vemon men were his underlings in a robbery and theft ring. During the trial, he was accused of poisoning both with cyanide before strangling them. Kuklinski also pleaded guilty of shooting to death Louis Masgay and George Malliband, two Pennsylvania businessmen, after robbing them. He froze the body of Masgay to confuse investigators about the time of death.

TESYDKI: From Page D-1 said state law dictates that it is up to each county to decide what agency enforces environmental laws within its borders. The order is effective immediately. Fox lamented that the county hasn't been able to work out a compromise with Paterson since proposing the takeover in the spring. She noted that Atlantic and Cumberland counties continue to contract with their urban centers to perform environmental enforcement. "Peterson's been doing a pretty good job over the last nine years," she said.

"I was hopeful over the last five months that Paterson would have a role to play under the county plan." County officials, however, argue that Pascrell is unwilling to bend. Martini said he decided to change environmental enforcement in the county this year because it has been difficult for BRAND NEW (0)(0) 4 WjWSXlW BEDROOM SUITES I fOlfO) rr1 FROM 11 xzJKdJ (c i TO: $368 I U' IJgi1 Ln HOMO) ,4 nk fi I El 'fell -57. County wins control i PLUS FIRM POSTURE SELECT EXTRA FIRM TWIN $19 FULL $29 QUEEN $39 KING $39 EA PC EA PC EA PC EAPC EXTRA FIRM EAPC EAPC EAPC EAPC 594 84 KING FIRM 99 EAPC SI 39 EAPC vFuu. Zy QUEEN $169 EAPC KING $146 EAPC DELUXE 8 74 EA PC 94 FA PC lj it Li $1 19 EA PC 99 EA PC TvVN I Syf FULL KING POSTURE ELEGWCE-SUPER TWN FULL QUEEN KING 1 We believe specifically that this is not good policy. The records indicate that we have performed according to the rules for nine years.

Mayor William J. Pascrell Jr. County Health Officer John Fer-raioli to oversee a program that was run by the city and headquartered in another office. County officials have also said they can save taxpayers more than $200,000 annually by taking over the duties. But Pascrell said there will be unpredictable costs under the county takeover plan.

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