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50 NO. 197 (3-18-77) 181" Sun-Tclcgraph Firni Newtpaper Wet ot the Alleghenie FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1977 Year Coovrlajit N77 by 6 PubUsMno, Co. 15 CENTS Carter Tells Bad ft' i U.S. Aid Cut Faced By Kane By HENRY W. PIERCE Post-Gaiette staff Writer An anticipated $9 million to $10 million in federal Medicare and Medicaid funds could be chopped from Kane Hospital's budget if federal officials carry out a threat announced yesterday by the state Health Department.

Stephen Lenhardt, Kane administrator, said the money-the amount expected for 1977-would probably have to be replaced by the state. State Money Eyed We have not received word that the money will be cut, but if-it is, the state will probably have to pick up (the financing) anyway," Lenhardt said. A spokesman for state Health Secretary Leonard Bachman said yesterday the possibility of federal cuts was raised by federal officials Tuesday in discussions with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). Bachman reportedly urged that the action not be taken.

New admissions to Kane have been -suspended since January by the state because of deficiencies listed by the Health Department. Kane has been told to correct the shortcomings, but has asked the state for waivers on standards governing some toilet and bathing facilities, numbers of beds per room, switches and controls for handicapped persons, and sinks near nurses' toilets. Possible Cutoff 'No Surprise' Lenhardt said he was not surprised at the possible cutoff in funds. "We told Dr. Bachman in January that if he took the position that we were out of compliance he would jeopardize our federal funds," Lenhardt said.

"He didn't seem to think that was a problem. I don't think he realized how the federal government would react I consider it a misjudgment on his part." The meeting between Bachman and HEW officials grew out of a March 4 letter to Robert J. Taylor, director of long-term care for HEW, from Richard Zarin, director of the state's office of quality assurance. Zarin urged continued federal certification of Kane. "It is our feeling that the administration is working fervently to correct these deficiencies," Zarin's letter stated.

"A facility the size of Kane re-qnires a longer period of time for correction of deficiencies." Kane houses approximately 2,000 patients. PPG Discloses Secret Payoffs In U.S., Abroad Post-Gazette Photo bv PAUL SLANTIS ed protection of the world environment ana the sensible use of natural resources as well as a solution to the global energy shortage, he said. While pledging himself to a fuller use of the United Nations, Carter indicated that American national and international goals will not be abandoned. He said his Administration "will support the efforts of our friends to strengthen democratic institutions in Europe, particularly in Portugal and Spain." Without elaborating, Carter also said the United States would continue its efforts to promote a Middle East peace settlement and to avoid a race war in southern Africa. But while he spoke of global problems in general, he focused on human rights.

He said the United States intends "to make certain that all provi Greeting President Jimmy Carter gets a warm welcome from West Virginia's first I -'t I I 3 i-SxV iftiHiim i if llaiMtiMMiiiiiifii till lif iiMiiMtMMMWiMiM James McFarland examines a new shipment of Colombian beans. Gas Shortage, Pollution Controls Cited Last Coffee; Plant Here Moving to N.J. i i -it: -1 i h. 1 To UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) -President Carter told the world community last night no United Nations member "can claim that mistreatment of its citizens is solely its own business." Carter's strong emphasis on human rights in his first speech at the United Nations since taking office drew loud applause from the delegates in the crowded General Assembly hall.

He was given a standing ovation at the end of his 30-minute address. Delegates from Cuba, China, Chile and the Soviet Union did not join the applause. North Korea boycotted the session and a reception afterward. The Soviet Union and other nations have criticized the U.S.. human rights policy as meddling in their internal affairs.

PLO Invited to Reception Later, at a reception in his honor, Carter met and shook hands with a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Asked if the gesture would lead to anything, the President said "not until they (PLO) change their attitudes." In his speech to 141 delegations and 10 observer missions, Carter said, "all the signatories of the U.N. charter have pledged themselves to observe and respect basic human rights." But he said the United Nations had too often ignored the question of human rights or allowed it to be engulfed by political questions. Carter said the search for human rights "should not block progress" on issues affecting security and world peace. "We are much encouraged by your commitment to international cooperation," U.N.

Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim said when the President had finished speaking. Waldheim ushered Carter, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance and Ambassador Andrew Young to a reception for the President. Shakes Hands With Rahman Hasan A. Abdel Rahman of the PLO told reporters he shook hands with Carter at the reception and "the President smiled at me." Carter confirmed he shook hands with Rahman "along with everybody else." Rahman said he thought the encounter was "significant" because "a PLO representative was received by the highest authority in the United States and able to shake hands." The reception has prompted criticism from Israel and American Jewish groups because the PLO had been invited.

Carter told reporters earlier he had not been aware representatives of the PLO, North Korea, Vietnam and other observers had been invited to the reception, "but I don't object." Hasan A. Abdel Rahman of the PLO photography at the reception were canceled. There were reports the arrangements were adjusted so Carter would not have to meet a PLO delegate publicly. In other areas, the President spoke of the need to improve the economic conditions of the world's poor nations. "The United States will be advancing proposals aimed at meeting the basic human needs of the developing world and helping them to increase their productive capacity," Carter said.

He also pledged his Administration to "an open international trading system," and the avoidance of a trade war. The United States will seek increas- Cobalt is also produced in Kolwezi, which is more than 248 miles east of the border of Angola and 164 miles from Lubumbashi, capital of Shaba province. Parts of the province are almost 1,500 miles from the capital and sources have said the Zaire army was hampered in sending reinforcements by lack of fuel. and leased the equipment to Wechsler following a price war between national coffee giants who had set their profit sights on the Pittsburgh market. Since then the firm has concentrated on sales to restaurants and institutions.

I Deily said yesterday he is seeking new tenants for the Leetsdale plant and that, the coffee-making equipment probably will be sold, although interest in the United States in making the precious brew is at a low ebb. Paul Loden, flannel-shirted worker at the coffee plant, sank with a sad face into a $600 bean bag seat during a break yesterday. Next week, his 30-year career as a coffee roaster and blender is expected to come to an end. "I've spent so much time here. This is all I know how to do," he said.

"I'll look for a job in another plant, steel I guess." Carter to Name 2 Ambassadors WASHINGTON (AP)-President Carter will name Anne Cox Chambers, chairman of Atlanta Newspapers, as ambassador to Belgium, and Atlanta attorney Philip H. Alston Jr. as ambassador to Australia, Capitol Hill sources said yesterday. Mrs. Chambers, 57, is a director of Cox Broadcasting Corp.

and Cox Enterprises and a director of the Fulton National Bank in Atlanta. Atlanta Newspapers publishes The Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution. She is the daughter of former Ohio Gov. James M. Cox and sister of the late James M.

Cox who was chairman of Cox Enterprises, Inc. Alston, 65, a native Atlantan, is a partner in the law firm of Alston, Miller and Gaines. sions of the Helsinki agreement are fully implemented," a reference- to the 1975 agreement which contained pledges by most of the world's nations to promote basic human and civil rights. Such agreements as the U.N. charter or the Helsinki accords, the President maintained, "must be taken just as seriously as commercial or security agreements." By strengthening the U.N.

machinery it will be possible "to close the gap between promise and performance in protecting human rights," he said. Mindful of criticism of U.S. human rights actions, Carter said that "I know perhaps as well as anyone that our ideals in the area of human rights have not always been attained in the United States." Associated Preis WVlrephoto lady Sharon Rockefeller while her hus band, Gov. Jay Rockefeller, looks on yesterday at the airport at Charleston. W.

Va. (Story on Page 2.) hear the case, Flaherty yesterday agreed to listen, interrupting a jury trial in his court. Nearly 140 witnesses, who had signed Cosetti petitions and had been ordered to appear, stood waiting most of the day while attorneys argued before the judge. At one point a television news reporter's electronic call beeper went off and the judge, thinking it was a tape recorder ordered the courtroom I cleared. Eventually, the case settled down to the legality of the Cosetti petitions.

Cosetti's attorneys admitted that a key petition signed by 107 people, seven more than the minimum number needed to insure a ballot position, had been circulated and signed without the name of Cosetti or any candidate on it. Cook's new trial attorney, June Schulberg Bowers, a former chief deputy coroner, told the court the circulating of blank petitions is illegal and invalid because signers must be told who they are signing to help nominate. Gary McQuone, Cosetti's attorney, told the judge he is prepared to present sworn statements from Cosetti petition signers that they approve of the use of their names to help nominate their candidate. Cosetti estimated he has at least 109 valid signatures which is nine more than necessary. He is also ready to ask the judge to grant him the right to file late petitions.

Even if Cosetti loses the court challenge, he has vowed to mount a write-in campaign for the nomination by the use of Cosetti ballot stickers. To support his charges of Democratic interest in his embarrassment, Cosetti pointed to the presence of Mrs. Bowers, who served under county Coroner Cyril H. Wecht, a Foerster backer. Mrs.

Bowers, who said she had been invited to help try the case by Cook's original attorney, reportedly paid in cash to have the individual witnesses subpoenaed at $6.40 each. Cook, playing an increasingly minor role in the case, was in court yesterday, dressed in a green suit and green tie. The judge ordered Mrs. Bowers to present a brief supporting her charge that the Cosetti petitions are invalid and said he will meet with attorneys at 3 p.m. today to discuss what happens next.

He must decide the challenge by Wednesday, according to the state statute, Mrs. Bowers said. Cosetti: Petitions' Suit Orchestrated by Dems PPG Industries the big glass, paint and chemicals manufacturer, yesterday became the latest of dozens of U.S. firms to admit making "questionable payments" to obtain business, mostly abroad. PPG reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it uncovered payments totalling $368,174 since the beginning of 1972.

The firm said "the payment practices were discontinued as soon as they were discovered." It also stressed that no PPG director or senior officer "had any prior knowledge of the payments, and there was no evidence of any political slush funds." The company also said the amounts were not "material," compared to its $8.8 billion sales in the five years. According to PPG, operations in the U.S. accounted for only $6,900 of the money, involving "purchase of tickets to dinners honoring public officials and yearbooks published by political committees." The bulk of the payments were made by two foreign subsidiaries, one turning over $271,000 from "an off-book fund" to customers' employes; and the other paying some $83,000 to government purchasing agents and sales agents. A $6,380 sum went to "expedite a government agency permit and pre serve 4 UX CACIIIUIIUII, 1 i saiu. Rebels Greeted as 'Liberators9 By DOUGLAS SMOCK Post-Gazette Staff Writer The district's last coffee roasting plant will close its doors next Wednesday, a victim of soaring bean prices and the severe gas shortage here.

Packing up its 150-pound bags of the green product (worth $600 apiece after processing) and moving to a modern plant in New Jersey is Wechsler Coffee Leetsdale operation. The roots of the firm go back 75 years to a Downtown location, and its Breakfast Cheer brand once held a commanding 25 per cent share of the local grocery market. About 25 jobs many held by workers employed by the company for 30 and 40 years will be lost and another 25 persons will remain to handle sales and distribution of Wechsler's coffee in this area. Growing natural gas curtailments by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania that reached a plant-closing 75 per cent level in January and February were behind the decision to close the plant, according to William Cawley, Wechsler's area branch manager. "We were told the gas situation would be this bad here at least through 1980," he said.

"New Jersey companies don't seem to be getting gas rationing as much as we are here." A Columbia Gas official said yesterday, however, that its gas supplies will actually be improving over the next several years, partly oecause a major new gas importing facility in Maryland is expected to begin operations next winter. Wechsler's gas squeeze has been aggravated by new pollution control demands. "The pollution people said we had to use more gas to clean up the air and the gas company said we had to start using less," said James McFarland, plant manager. "Between the two of them, I thought they would put us out of business." The gas noose was only one of the pressures facing the struggling coffee plant. Its sales volume dropped 25 per cent after prices more than quadrupled in recent years.

The' wholesale price of Brazilian coffee beans soared from 67 cents a pound in 1973 to a current level of $3.20. The wholesale price of ground coffee recently rose to $4.21 a pound. From 1967 to 1974, the Breakfast Cheer plant was owned by James Deily and an associate, who sold the labels 15 to 18 15 263-1201' 263-1100 "Are you sure this Carter fellow didn't have a speaking part in 'Cone miff lie rr iu. Key Zaire Copper Mines Lost to Invading Troops By GEOFFREY TOMB Post-Gazette Staff Writer Joseph L. Cosetti, candidate for the Republican nomination for mayor, said yesterday he has more than enough petition signatures to get on the May primary election ballot and is being hounded into court by Democrats who want to embarrass him.

Cosetti, city treasuer and recent Republican convert, said forces behind Democratic county Commissioner Thomas J. Foerster, endorsed Democratic candidate, are afraid of him and want to keep him out of the mayor's race. "I am being attacked by the leadership of the Democratic Party so Tom Foerster doesn't have to face me in the fall," Cosetti said. "That indicates they fear that independent Democrats and Republicans will elect me mayor." Cosetti, sporting a St. Patrick's Day green tie and carnation, was in the Common Pleas Courtroom of Judge John P.

Flaherty, who, also wearing a green carnation on his black robes, is hearing a challenge to the Cosetti petitions by another Republican candidate, Bernard G. (Captain) Cook, a Downtown coffee shop owner. After four judges had declined to her leg. "I'd like to think that it is just something that happened," said Mrs. Miller, 23, after the operation at a Miami hospital.

"Only it keeps happening and happening." Mrs. Miller is due today for tests at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, where researchers have been studying the Southerland family, trying to find a link in the series of illnesses. "This family is extraordinary," a spokeswoman for the institute said yesterday. "There are other cases where cancer has occurred in several family members but not so many cases." Inside Today's Post-Gazette In Three Sections Area residents offer ideas on saving fuel Page 2 MIA talks going well Woodcock Page 3 Jumblatl murder leads lo killings Page 3 Boyle freed from jail on bail, for new trial 1, 2 St. Francis Hospital fights maternily unit shutdown Sect.

2 Pirates' Medich bitter over trade to Oakland Page 10 A Mystery in Florida Woman 7th in Family Stricken With Cancer KINSHASA, Zaire (AP) Rebel forces attacking from Angola took over the major copper mining center of Kolwezi yesterday informed sources reported in Kinshasa. They said the troops were welcomed as liberators by the local population and met little resistance from Zaire troops. There was no official comment from the Zaire government. The sources said the advancing firces also took the trading center of Sandoa. The troops are believed to be veterans of the former Katanga army who took refuge in Angola' when their secessionist rebellion led by the late Moise Tshombe collapsed in 1965.

Secretary of state Cyrus R. Vance testified before a Congressional panel Wednesday that loss of the copper mines around Kolwezi would be a very serious blow" to the government of President Mobutu Sese Seko, Washing-ton's chief ally in black Africa. Copper is Zaire's major export and loss of Kolwezi hurt the economy, already shaken! by the closing of the Benguela rail line that carried the ore across Angola to the Atlantic coast. The State Department said 26 wives and children of American construction workers were evacuated to the city of Kanaga from Kolwezi before the mining center was reported taken by the invaders. The U.S.

government has estimated about 2,000 Americans live in Zaire, although only about a score live in the border area under attack. Most are missionaries or Peace Corps workers. The fates of 4,609 Belgians working in the area were not known. Obituaries 15 People and Places 23 Sylvia Porter 24 Radio-TV 25, 26 10 to 13 Theaters 21, 22, 23 Around the World 3 Art Column 24 Astrology 17 Better Living 6, 24 Camera Angles 24 Comics 20 MIAMI (AP)-Ray Southerland's sister underwent surgery this week for cancer, and Southerland says the grim diagnosis wasn't much of a surprise. His sister is the seventh member of his family to be stricken with the disease.

"After a while it gets absurd," Southerland, a Dade County police officer, said yesterday. "It just keeps popping up like mushrooms." Cancer killed Southerland's mother, a brother and a son. It also hit two other sons and caused a tumor in his own brain. Then this week his sister, Nancy Miller, had a tumor removed from POST-GAZETTE NUMBERS Deaths 16 Want Ads Editorials 4 Weather Family Features 24 13, 14, 15 Goren on Bridge. 20 Health 24 Ann Landers 24 fcentcn Cu'iiepost 24 PHONE Home Delivery Want Ads Other Deptg ,1.