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AKA BRItS Jim Lis 18 left help Jeffrey Teufel collect can of food for the City Miion ddl HHHlMflL Mr RKStKHKUgfr 4 fcX fl LvSO fl i 'W 1 1 fiK V7 TH I Mt TL "wM fcV Jvk' Scout Helps Out City Mission When 16 year old Jeff Teufel of Cheektowaga heard City Mission was low on canned goods he set out to do something about it But the results have surprised even him he said Wednesday To date the Troop 472 Boy Scout and Maryvale High School honor student has coordinated a drive that has turned over 900 cans of food to the mission His goal is 1000 cans Using members of his own and other Boy Scout troops Girls Scouts members of local youth organizations and fellow students to help collect the cans young Teufel has turned the drive into a community effort is part of an Eagle Scout service he explained As part of that project he not only had to develop the idea for the drive but also had to plan day to day activities and lead the collection team The drive began in mid November all the news about kids in trouble hearwarming to hear about one who is doing a project like said the Rev Robert Timber lake of City Mission represents the vast majority of kids today but we never seem to hear about Jeff is the son of Wayne and Shirley Teufel of 37 Meadow Place aulty use Blow to Soap ans Devoted fans of two television soap operas and for may have suffered withdrawal pangs Wednesday when nine minutes of network programming was knocked out in Buffalo and several other cities The programming was upset between Syra cuse and several major cities to the west: Buffa lo Cleveland Detroit Chicago St Louis and Milwaukee An apparent equipment malfunction at a New York Telephone Co switching center in Syra cuse was the culprit Officials said workers were replacing old equipment when a fuse blew ABC and NBC affiliates are fed signals via microwave relays from New York City to Syra cuse and then to other major cities across the country Relief Protest Goes to Court Three Orleans County welfare recipients have gone to ederal Court in an effort to force the county to continue their benefits while review hearings on their welfare status are pending The three who claim their grants were cut or suspended after review hearings were requested have been designated by ederal Judge John Curtin to represent a class of all Orleans Countywelfare families that might face similar cutoffs Papers filed by Oak Orchard Legal Services Inc state 752 families are on relief and that in a12 month period ending last July 1 112 requests for hearings were filed Judge Curtin has set a hearing for 1 pm Dec 14 on the legal services request' for an order to prevent cutoffs in aid to those clients who enter timely requests for review hearings One of the plaintiffs a 37 year old Medina man states he was without funds for 20 days and his landlord threatened eviction A 48 year old Albion mother contends she missed meals and her child went to school with out required supplies The third plaintiff also of Albion is a 21 year old parent who applied for an increase in aid but instead received a reduc tion before she could appear at a hearing Bail in Stabbing Is $100000 MAYVILLE Chautauqua County Judge Lee Towne Adams set bail at $100000 cash on Wednesday for Edward Woods 45 of Las Vegas who was arraigned on a charge of at tempted murder He is accused of stabbing his former wife seven times during an argument Oct 20 in a Jamestown shopping plaza where she works Pamela Olson Woods 28 of West El licott suffered a punctured lung She since has been released from WCA Hospital Illness Linked to ree Candy NIAGARA ALLS Niagara County sher deputies are probing a report that two chil dren were given candy that made them ill Treated at Memorial Medical Center Wednesday were Renee Skye 14 and her brother Thomas 12 both of 2137 North Ave Deputy Robert Tevens said Thomas Skye of 454 27th St father of the children was walking with them from the Summit Park Mall Tuesday evening when a man dressed like Santa Claus told them forget your candy and gave them each one The father said they later complained about the taste and the candy was thrown from the moving car on Williams Road The children were brought to the hospital early Wednesday for a checkup 4 la Man Held in Alien Smuggling A Toronto man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly smuggling a Jamaican resident across the Lewiston Queenston Bridge Milton Roy Beckford faces federal charges of alien smuggling and conspiracy both felonies carrying up to five years in prison US Attorney Salvatore Martoche said Beckford is accused of driving Ronald Whittaker across the border Nov 10 in return for $1000 in Canadian money The case will be prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Cheryl isher 1 The Buffalo News fli I fr Thursday December 2 1982 Viewpoints 3 Lifestyles 6 Metropolitan News 5 TUR? iT'AWa i XX? I I' 1 I p1 BP Px A Pp 1 £1 JOI A sSK Vf I lyiwu'w ir 4X4 14 av Eg 4 Hl MttflflflllM flfs gd rjt jHI gWsss I Imnrj News Staff Photographer Bob Metz CURTAIN COMING DOWN A wall representing 81 years of Buffalo theatrical history came crashing down Wednesday as demolition began on the Teck Theatre 760 Main St The state is having the land rear portion removed to make way for the Pearl Street Connector a new road that will divert Main Street traffic to the intersection of Pearl and West Tupper streets to accommodate the planned downtown pedestrian mall The theater lobby will re main standing The original Teck opened in 1901 as a home of legitimate theater and lectures and after a 10 year closing reopened in 1946 as a movie house Police Say Slain Elderly Couple May Have Known Torture Killers By WALTER USZARA An elderly couple who were found beaten and stabbed to death in their East Side home may have known their killer or killers Homicide Chief Leo Donovan said Wednesday night There was no sign of a forced entry into the lower apartment of Elisha Dan iels 70 and his wife Greta about 68 in the 2 story house they owned at 218 Masten Ave he said Chief Donovan said there was a possi bility the victims may have let their as sailant or assailants in Or the killer or killers might have pushed their way in when the door was opened Chief Dono van said The bruised and bloodied bodies were discovered shortly after 9:30 am Wednesday when neighbors asked police to check on their welfare The neighbors reported last seeing them over the weekend Pieces of broken bottle found in the house are believed to be from the weap on used in the slayings he said adding that more than one bottle may have been used The homicide chief revealed that at least one victim was tortured Mrs Daniels in a possible attempt to learn the whereabouts of any hidden money A belt and stockings found tied to a bed post indicate she may have been tied during the torture Mrs Daniels who was found in a closet of the bedroom was clad in a nightgown Chief Donovan said Her hus band found lying on his back on the liv ing room floor was wearing long under wear socks slippers and a robe he said The Daniels owned the house with two upper apartments and a rear cot tage since I960 according to Ted Mathis who lives next door at 216 Masten and operates a delicatessen across the street with his wife Mary None of the tenants or their neighbors reported hear ing or seeing anything wrong since the MflI Mil'll iB BsBbaHl 9f lB ifll a in 5 I Wk I LG wHaBL 1 iaiMiMiWiaiiiiiN Greta and Elisha Daniel: Murder victim found early Wedneday weekend Chief Donovan said it appears the victims were dead for a Cold Spring Officers Eugene Sloan and Ralph Gaines found apart ment locked and got in through a side window Carol Lombardo 31 who lives in an upper apartment with her daughter Heather 9 and a friend James Gray 35 told officers she had not seen Mr Daniels since Sunday Mr Gray told The News he saw Mr Daniels either riday or Saturday and Last saw Mrs Daniels at the kitchen window Saturday afternoon He said he heard noise like someone a garbage for about five minutes during Monday night or Tues day night Ms Lombardo said they lived in the apartment for about a year Nei ther they nor the neighbors had com plained of any trouble with burglars or thugs Chief Donovan said Mr Daniels was a retired construction worker The cou ple had one son who reportedly is in lorida are attempting to locate and reach him and a sister of Mrs Dan iels who is in he said The victims apparently have no rela tives in the area Chief Donovan said saw them (the Daniels) and talked to them but we never Mr Mathis said stayed to them selves in their Homicide Detectives Carl Lipinczyk Paul Madsen John Montondo John Regan and Al Williams canvassed the neighborhood Wednesday afternoon talking to residents in their search for evidence Chief Donovan issued a public appeal to anyone who might know something or have information about the slayings to contact the Homicide Bureau at Police Headquarters at 855 4466 He pledged that all information would be held in strict confidence the source would not be revealed An autopsy is scheduled today to determine the exact cause of death(of the victims School Board To Continue Minus Budget By MARGARET SULLIVAN The Buffalo Board of Education de cided Wednesday night to continue its unprecedented action of operating the school system without a formally ap proved budget basing its decision on the advice of its desegregation attorney The board has been without a budget for the 1982 83 school year but has been spending at an agreed upon level of $1565 million pending further federal court action that might affect spending The board had said it expected to adopt the budget at meeting The School Board also voted to add a rider to its employee medical coverage at the annualized cost of $60000 giving its unionized employees psychological counseling coverage under Blue Cross and Blue Shield The hotly contested issue stemmed from a language change in the medical coverage that could have resulted in the elimination of psychologi cal services In the budget issue School Board President lorence Baugh on the ad vice of attorney Aubrey McCutcheon said the board would not adopt a formal budget pending further action on the appeal of an order by ederal Judge John Curtin to give the school $74 million in extra funding will continue to operate as we have Mrs Baugh said The $1565 million level at which the board has been operating is several million dollars higher than last year but it is funding essentially the same programs SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT Eu gene Reville said running the programs we ran last year with allow ances for inflation and for court ordered He added that the current budget adoption process is the longest in recent history The medical coverage rider was ap proved by a 5 3 vote with Mrs Baugh Mozella Richardson and Joanne Skorka opposing it The psycholgical counseling coverage had been part of previous and current contracts for school employees but a language change prompted its inclusion as a special issue for the coming year Spokesmen for five unions at Wednes meeting said that the counseling coverage was becoming more important is a crucial service and we feel it is a measure of good faith for the board to approve said Buffalo Teachers ederation President Philip Rumore THE SCHOOL Board also discussed Mayor request to have a staff member sit in on the board's executive sessions with Mr McCutcheon urging that the board forbid it for strategic reasons Robert Tatu the new confi dential aide who was excluded from Wednesday executive session said they're plotting strategy I expect to be allowed in hut been a lot of overreaction to the Car Rolls Kills Man Underneath An Orchard Park man was fatally in jured Wednesday evening when a car he was working on in his yard rolled back ward over him town police said Russell A Vannatter 54 of 8 Pleas ant Ave was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Mercy Hospital at 7:40 pm He was taken there by the Windom Volunteer ire Company ambulance He was working on the muffler sys tem of the car with its front wheels ele vated on a portable ramp Officers Sam McCune and Thomas Urbanczyk reported The car rolled off the ramp and over the head and chest Blind Association Cuts Spell Dark Time MIKE COMINI like many of his friends knew that the other shoe was going to drop this week And it did Like the dreaded rumored closing of a plant when the expected became real it hit harder than a kick in the stomach As executive director of the Blind Associa tion of Western New York Comini has been anticipating a rough winter In the face of an indis criminate bitter economy the blind like the sighted can expect to feel the stmg But reality for Comini who is sighted was underscored in black and white as he read the numbers on the paper The numbers read simply that the United Way was cut ting the amount of money it allocates to the Blind As sociation from about $181000 to about $153000 Because of the recession and a reduced goal the United Way has had to economize in aid for virtually all of the agencies it supports On paper the United Way allocations are merely numbers But behind those numbers is the reality facing Comini just one story of the dozens with the same haunting theme: where the buck stops expected to be cut Comini reflects when it hits home harder than you can Behind the greying beard is a man carefully meas uring his words He pauses weighing the proper nu Profile By MODESTO ARGENIO ance of what he would like to say When he says it he means it could be Comini says of the tighten ing economic grip on the Blind Association As with most other human service agencies the Blind Association will persevere but there is a twist of fate at work in the cavernous four story building at 1170 Main St In that warehouse the Blind Associa tion engages in business The blind work manufactur ing file folders and sewing sheets and assembling other goods This business like so many others been im mune from the recession Orders for folders and other goods Have dropped Contracts have been trimmed And at the business end of the line there have been familiar efforts to make ends meet: hours curtailed workweeks shortened and layoffs Comini is angered by what he sees beneath the sur face of those numbers on paper are a business in a sense and we have to be cost effective efficient and all those he says His language could be taken as that of the fellow run ning a washing machine plant But a difference are different because not after a profit not in terms of Comini explains inter ested in a profit in terms of service to the He has had experience with that kind of and statement before In the Pittsburgh area he worked with the mentally handicapped and others who needed help Until January he worked in mental health services in the southern part of Erie County Since then he has worked with the blind have tried to prepare ourselves for the lean times we knew were coming says Staffers have been cut from 50 to 36 Vacancies have remained vacant But the toll is more telling in the production areas of the warehouse where the blind work and are paid prevailing wages in a business that competes for contracts with private enterprise Comini recites what has happened to blind men and women who had been so gainfully employed had to cut back work weeks from four days to two or three or some had to reduce their hours from 7 a day to he began Again a pause also had some be began again today I had to send out two letters of or a man who spent his first days on the job sensi tizing himself to the blind donning occluders and ex periencing fear dependency and pity it clearly pains him to offer that admission real he admitted that even this may not be the end of the line My real fear is that rehabili tation services for the blind upstate will collapse MIKE COMINI ini I.