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Newsday from New York, New York • 39

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Newsdayi
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New York, New York
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39
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U.S. Plan to Limit Welfare Criticized by City Officials RjO.W. RITlOO terview with The Associated Press, Stanton tained that the Social Security law, which covers welfare, already calls for children to be removed from welfare rolls once' they turn 18, unless they are in school or needed at home. Stanton, who has been in his Job for about a year, aaid previous regulations implementing i that By Alison Carper Federal welfare benefit! would be terminated for dependent when they reach age 18, mil they are In school or are needed at home to care for ywinfliwr JinhM hnrily imbiImh, under a new federal proposal released yesterday. The major impact of the proposed nationwide regulation would be in large cities, moat notably New York City, federal officials said.

Newa of the proposal waa not welcomed by welfare officials in New York. "As far as were concerned, its another example of the federal government trying to balance their budget on the backs of the poor" aaid city Human WEN ALL SAW 23 H.P. WEN Vs REVERSIBLE DRILL VARIABLE SPEED tion of the law "were not sufficiently clear to really sag what the law is. Tm going to say what the law City and state officials said they did not know how many people the regulation would affect. But Terrance McGrath, a spokesman' far the state Department of Social Services, said he estimates that about 40,000 of the 18 million people receiving Aid to Dependent Children in the state now are 18, 19 or 20 years old.

Under the guidelines, it is not dear how many would bo off the rolls, he said. "We don't know exactly what the proposal's going to say, so we dont know exactly wh iat it will do, McGrath said. REG. 49" WEN CAR WAXER WEN 14 ELECTRIC CHAIN SAW 10" Vi H.P. 2 H.P.

REG. 64" The administrator of the 1 Administration, Wayne A. Stanton, released the proposed regulation yesterday, hi a telephone in- Kirk Douglas Sues Companies Over Contract United Press International Actor Kirk Douglas filed a breach of contract suit yesterday against the Unisys and Sperry corporations for canceling a contract with him to act as corporate spokesman for Sperry. The suit filed in UJB. District Court in Manhattan by Douglas and his production firm.

The Bryna charged "failure to employ Kirk Douglas, the actor and film industry executive, as corporate spokesman after he devoted great effort and time for beyond the requirements of the contract." He made a movie, "Sperry goes to Hollywood, performed in television commercials, researched the company's history, studied biographies of executives for personal appearances at seise and executive meetings and employee conventions, and visited public exhibits, at such locations as Disney World, the suit charged. Under the contract, Douglas was to act as corporate spokesman exclusively for a minimum term of two years with options to extend the contract to five years. The suit said the October, 1986, agreement between Bryna and Spenyr restricted Sperrys ability to prematurely terminate Douglas services in the event of a merger or acquisition involving Sperry. Douglas was to receive $28 million for the initial two years. hi a rnwfcin letter of Oct.

28, 1986, Richard i I liu1 'liiilifr MV 'I ji i 1 FLOURESCENT DESK LAMP FAMOUS BRAND ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENER KP110 MODELSK Kirk Douglas Robertson, a Sperry staff vice president for communications, told Douglas "after mid-November 1986 a new company name and corporate identity will entirely replace 'Sperry Corporation and our present product lines will no longer be identified and promoted in the marketplace as 'Sperry products. But die suit charged, "Although Sperry has undergone corporate changes both Sperry's products and identity continue to have a strong presence in the marketplace Attorneys for Unisys said they could not comment before studying the suit. $10 REG. 29" REG. 39" LAMS Heel 3 Barge Garbage Remains Unwanted FOAM CUPS 2) 50PACK FOAMl 7 9 OZ.

SIZE CUPSJ wm packs; FOR 99 kY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1987 By Edna Negron New York City sanitation are discover ing what garbage entrepreneurs before them learned the hard way when it comes to the garbage on the infamous Mobro 4000, you cant give the stuff away. There were no takers yesterday at a conference for recyclers interested in recovering items from the barges 8,186 tons of trash that left a Long Teland City dock on March 22 and began a voyage to nowhere along the east coast where the barge was barred from docking. It finally was moored in New York Harbor for three months, symbol of solid waste disposal problems. Even the novelty miwpnyin Arlington, that avpraannri Interest two weeks ago in buying 80 pounds of the barges trash for souvenir paperweights didn't show up. Only one scrap metal recycler responded to an advertisement from the New York City Sanitation Department calling for recyclers to bid on any salvageable material found when the 2,100 bales are unloaded and inspected next week.

Environmentalists who attended the meeting at awit.nt.inm department liniiqiiTra In Manhattan criticized the citys handling of the process, saying that the three-day notice to recyclers advertised thu week was insufficient to reach prospective But city sanitation official maintained that less there was a significant number of bidders, the scheduled burning ofthe barges 8, 180A tons of garbage would begin next week. Bronx Ferrer Joins Sui Against Closing JHS The Associated Press The Bronx borough president asked a court terday to reopen a Junior high school that duck Schools Chancellor Nathan Quinones closed for poor performance. The borough president, Fernando Ferrer, in State Supreme Court in the Bronx that ones used attendance fiauree he knew were to justify ringing the school, JHS 123 in Sound-view. He also accused the chancellor of turning' back on the school when he should have tried help it. Justice Bertram Katz ordered Quinones and the other defendants.

Board of Education President Robert F. Wagner Jr. and members of the board, to appear Sept. 2 and saywhy the school should not be mnpmind, nid Bnh Williams, ipnfcimn far Farrar 123 Fra a. 723 MwhMtai Aw.

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