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5 Wdnday, July 14, 1976 THE TIMES HERALD RECORD Despite meetings, no end seen in NYC hospital strike NEW YORK (UPI) The striking hospital workers union gathered for a series of conferences Tuesday, but there were no indications a settlement was near in the week-old walkout by some 40,000 employes at 57 hospitals and nursing homes. State and city officials, meanwhile, have met to consider whether the health facilities are receiving "windfalls" in Medicaid reimbursements funneled through the state and Blue Cross payments during the walkout. Leon Davis, president of the striking District 1199, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, met with his negotiating committee and scheduled sessions with the delegate assembly. Moe Foner, executive secretary of the union, said, "There is nothing going before them relating to a contract. It's part of the democratic structure of the union to review what's happening with the strike.

We want to see what's happening at each hospital and tighten up our own organization." He said the union, which held a brief joint session with management last Sunday, has no plans for further such bargaining sessions unless the hospital representatives indicate they plan to show some movement. "We are no longer going to participate in a charade of talks which have no purpose," he said. The union, which wants at least a cost-of-living increase in a new contract, has said it would end the strike if the dispute is put to arbitration. Gov. Hugh L.

Carey called Sunday for arbitration, but the League of Voluntary Hospitals, which represents most of facilities being struck, has rejected this course, saying it has no money to pay out an arbitrator's award in view of insufficient Blue Cross and Mecicaid reimbursements. A spokesman for the league said its representatives held a session with the federal mediator Tuesday morning, but "it was merely a status meeting." Talent scout Ted Attica prison quiet ATTICA (UPI) The Attica Correctional Facility was quiet, but closed to visitors again Tuesday pending the completion of investigations into a Sunday night disturbance that resulted in injuries to eight corrections officers and an inmate. Three corrections officers remained in stable condition in St. Jerome's Hospital in Batavia. Bernard Sweeney, 34, of Attica and William Bowers, 34, of El-mira were beaten with blunt instruments and Richard Schiener, 34, of West Seneca was stabbed.

Byron Ball, 25, was released late Monday and the four other corrections officers were treated at the prison or the hospital and released. The inmate who allegedly sparked the disturbance, Albert McQueen, 31, of New York was being held under guard at Meyer Memorial Hospital in Buffalo, where he was taken late Monday. McQueen, the only inmate injured during the disturbance, suffered a broken jaw and cuts and bruises. NYC loses in change of firemen's hours ALBANY (UPI) An effort by a former New York City fire commissioner to overhaul the long-standing two-platoon system for scheduling working hours of the city's firefighters was ruled illegal Tuesday by the State Court of Appeals. In a unanimous ruling, the state's highest court affirmed a lower court ruling that cost-saving changes proposed by former Commissioner Robert Lowery violated the city's administrative code.

For 50 years, members of the fire department had been divided into two autonomous platoons until Lowery proposed setting up a "concurrent tour system." That amounted to a third platoon which would overlap the hours of the other platoons during times when the number of alarms peaked and would cut down on overtime or the number of firemen needed. Probe starts in blast that hurt 13 UNION BEACH, N.J. (UPI) Officials began questioning workers at a Union Beach, N.J., chemical plant Tuesday in an effort to determine the cause of an explosion which ripped through the building the day before injuring 13. A spokesman for International Flavors Fragrances Inc. said that "something apparently went wrong" with distillation equipment in the plant when the blast ocurred shortly before noon Monday.

He said, however, that it would take about a week to pinpoint the cause of the explosion. One of the workers, Andrew Matlago, 28, of Bayville, remained in serious condition in Bayshore Community Hospital in nearby Holmdel. George Lundy, 40, of West Keansburg also sustained serious injuries in the blast and was flown to the special burn unit of St. Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia. Typical NYC food bill slightly lower NEW YORK (UPI) A New York City family of four paid an average .03 per cent less for its groceries last week compared to the previous week, the Department of Consumer Affairs reported Tuesday.

The department said its 41-item market basket in the week ending July 9 cost $71.40, 19 cents less than the week ending July 2. On July 2, the market basket report said food costs had jumped 9 per cent from the previous week, which had reported a 1 per cent decline. This week's survey found that fruit prices are steadily declining on a week-to-week basis and that fruit is cheaper than last year because of abundant harvests. In one. week, based on price per pound, plums dropped an average of 6 cents; cherries, 9 cents; nectarines, 18 cents.

One cantaloupe cost about 6 cents less. Grapes and watermelon costs remained steady and peaches cost an average of a penny more, the survey showed. 2 sought in theft of 1 ,000,000 painting MILFORD, Conn. (UPI) FBI agents and local police today searched for two suspects in the disappearance of a painting its owners say is an original Italian Renaissance work by Antonio de-Correggio, a student of Leonardo Da Vinci. Boris Shishiptorov, 79, reported the loss of the painting, "Ecce Agnus," from his Milford, home Sunday after two Russian speaking men left with a rug they bought for $200.

Shishiptorov placed a value on the painting of $1 million, according to police. New unemployment claims decline ALBANY (UPI) The number of new claims for unemployment compensation in the state totaled 48,552 in the week ending July 2, up 12,874 from the previous week, the State Labor Department said Tuesday. Commissioner Philip Ross said the increase was due to seasonal layoffs from school closings and manufacturing plant closings for vacations. In the same week of 1975, 61,021 new claims were filed. Hearing next week in death of I 3 PRINCETON, N.J.

(UPI) The state Board of Medical Examiners Tuesday scheduled a hearing next Wednesday on malpractice charges against a doctor charged with the poison murder of five patients a decade ago. The board will consider a 12-count civil complaint filed by Atty. Gen. William F. Hyland against Dr.

Mario Jascalevich. Six counts deal with the deaths of patients at Riverdell Hospital in Oradell, N.J., in 1965 and 1966. The other six concern his treatment of an unidentified patient at his office in West New York. Thirteen patients died under mysterious circumstances it Riverdell in 1965 and 1966, apparently poisoned by curare, a South American drug used in small amounts as a muscle relaxant. NORTH TARRYTOWN (UPI) -Ted Mack, the man who gave Pat Boone, Beverly Sills and Ann-Mar-gret their first opportunities to perform for mass American audiences, is dead at 72.

He died at 4 p.m. at Phelps Memorial Hospital here. Mack had entered the hospital the day before, suffering with complications from cancer, his aide Stan Early said Tuesday. Mack, who spent most of his adult life scouting for talented amateurs and offering them a spotlight on his Original Amateur Hour program on radio and television, never really retired, Early said. When his television version of "Ted Mack and the Original Ama- teur Hour" ended in 1970, America's most celebrated talent scout set out on the college circuit, lecturing and hosting talent auditions.

Recently, he made on television talk shcvs and was planning to emcee a taient show at the State Fair on Labor Day, Early said. First aired in 1948, "Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour" attracted acts of all kinds and was presented on each of the three major television networks during its 22-year history. Born William Edward Magui-ness on Feb. 12, 1904 in Greeley, Mack began his show business career in 1926 with Ben Pollack's Jazz Orchestra. A year later, he emceed vaudeville acts in Los Angeles and in 1928 started his own band.

He lived in Westchester County and is survived by his wife of 50 years, the former Marguerite Overholt, who was his childhood sweetheart. Ted Mack the spotlight Teens outnumber area jobs An Orange County program designed to get summer employment for teenagers has found that the demand by the youths for work far exceeds the supply of jobs. Page 4 Viking team picks landing site The scientists managing the Viking 1 probe said Tuesday that they ahr atmra Rrralii Vol 20 No 344 July 14, W6 Published ever morning Monday through Satur day except certain legal holidays, by Orange Count) Publications Division of Ottaway Newspapers. Inc 40 Mulberry St Middletown. 10940 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The Times Herald-Record will not assume any financial responsibility for failure to publish a dis-pla classified or legal ad or for typographical errors except to the extent of reprinting that part of the ad which was omitted or in error Omissions or er rors must be brought to the attention of the newspapers nn later than the dav following publication RATES Home delivered per week SI 25 Newsstands per copy 201 Sundai Record 35' dav -Page 6 index Action 11 Classified 58 Landers 19 Amusement 46 Comics 50 Memos 20 Around nation 7 Crossword 50 Obituaries 57 Around region 12 Crypto Quote 50 Porter 54 Around world 7 Editorial 44 Sports 69 Jack Anderson 45 Family living 13 Stocks 54 Bedell 14 Food 15 TV 52 Brides 18 For the record 23 Thosteson 17 Busuiess 53 Horoscope 51 Weather 12 NET PAID CIRCULATION Daily June 1976 58,578 June 1975 56,243 TRENTON, N.J.

(UPI) The winning number in the New Jersey "Pick-It" lottery for Tuesday was 548. Straight payoff was 1213.50. Bpx payoff $35.50 and pair payoff $21..