FIFTH THE MORNING CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 2. 199C B3 Ulfo) ruun to dlinrt3stt By GERARD M. SHIELDS Of The Morning Call Smith, whose husband is an Allentown dentist. re i i DdBiuei fviLuautuMuyc aisu testified on Kopf behalf, stating that she complained to Kopf wife about Hall. McCam-bridge, who is a friend of Kopf wife, called Hall "unpleasant and unfriendly." Kopf did not testify last night, but inter- views with the doctor about the case were as an office manager.
Hall said at the time of her employment she told Kopf that she had been diagnosed as having cancer of the lymph nodes, but that it was in remission. In July, Hall said, she was told by doctors that the cancer was no longer in remission. Hall told a three-member panel of the commission that she missed five days of work because of her illness. She said she missed three in July because she caught pneumonia. During her absence for pneumonia, Hall said, Kopf contacted Hall's former employer to ask about her medical condition.
Hall claimed that when she returned to her job, Kopf began criticizing her work and that co-workers commented on the change. "They said 'It seems like he's trying to get rid of Hall said. Hall also testified that she overheard Kopf telling his accountant over the phone that he would dock her pay to "teach her a lesson." Hall said she noticed an advertisem*nt by Kopf on July 16, 1989, in The Morning Call for someone to fill her position. The ads were also in July 26 and Aug. 2 editions.
Hall said she confronted the doctor about the ads on Aug. 4, 198,9 and asked him if she was terminated. "I said 'Am I terminated? Is it because of my Hall testified. "He said 'I cannot fire you because of your sickness, I've had two complaints about you from two Hall told the commission she believes she was fired because of her illness. Human Relation Office Nicholas Butterfield, who investigated the complaint, called two of Hall's former co-workers to testify.
Laura Merbadone of Schnecksville described Hall as "very good, very professional." Merbadone also said she never witnessed Hall being rude to patients. When Merbadone learned in July that Hall had cancer, she said, Kopf told her and fellow workers that he would "help her out and keep her on as long as possible." Merbadone said she overheard the conversation in which Kopf told Hall she was fired. Kopf told Hall that he would keep her on for two weeks until she trained another worker, Merbadone said. Also testifying was Joan Keeler-Grym, who told the commission that Kopf complained to her about Hall being rude to patients. Grym said she never saw Hall being rude.
Grym, who also said she heard the conversation when Hall was fired, testified that Kopf asked workers to sign a paper stating that Hall had quit Workers refused. Three of Kopf 's patients testified on his behalf, claiming that they had reported incidents in which Hall was rude. Frances Dim of Allentown said that Hall was impatient with her and her children on numerous occasions. "I found Ann Hall to be impolite and rude," Dim said. "It was very hard just making an appointment sometimes." Alexandra Smith, another Kopf patient, claimed Hall was rude to her and her son.
"I said I'm not going to that office because I don't like the lady's attitude," said A Treichlers woman is seeking $7,500 in damages from an Allentown doctor, who she claims fired her last year because she had cancer. The woman, Ann Hall, filed a complaint against an Allentown orthodontist, Dr. Joseph Kopf, through the Allentown Human Relations Commission. Under city ordinances, the commission has the power to make findings and order suitable compensation in discrimination cases involving race, sex, religion, handicap or age. The commission held a public hearing on the matter last night in City Hall.
Kopf and his attorney, Todd Miller of Allentown, countered Hall's charges, saying that Hall was rude to patients, wasn't able to complete her job duties and quit on her own. Testifying on her own behalf. Hall said she was hired Jan. 20, 1989, at Kopf office at 2200 Hamilton St. to serve did not know of Hall's cancer until July.
He also claimed Hall quit and was not fired. Because of the length of last night's testimony, the commission decided to continue the hearing on March 8 at 6 p.m. Most complaints submitted to the commission are found not to have probable cause or are settled before the public hearing stage. Last night's hearing was the first since 1987. If the two sides do not agree on a settle- ment, the case will be sent to Lehigh County Common Pleas Court, where it will be ruled on based on the commission transcripts.
Three Allentown shelters to split $59,000 city grant By TIM DARRAGH Of The Morning Call Common Ground, a service that mediates disputes, will also receive $10,000. The agency qualified for an Emergency Shelter Grant, said Executive Director Pat Huska, because much of its work is designed to head off homelessness. "We do a lot of landlord-tenant mediation where eviction is imminent," she said, adding Common Ground handles 100-125 such cases a year. Resolving the dispute not only saves the suffering of the evicted people, she said, but also spares the community the costs of homeless services. Common Ground is also successful, having achieved written agreements in 99 out of its last 100 mediations, she said.
The $10,000 grant, Huska said, is a significant boost to Common Ground, which has an annual budget of $66,000. The money will be used to supplement salaries and fringe Bonnie McDonald said the grant is a considerable increase over last year's allocation. The funding, she said, helps with Turning Point's operational costs, something not all grants permit. "It's very important because there are a lot of people that use our shelter every year," she added. Jennings said the 6th Street Shelter's $20,000 allocation is "extremely timely," because of changes at the shelter.
The Valley Housing Development Corp. is taking over owner-snip of the shelter building this week, a move creating administrative costs, he said. More importantly, the grant will let the shelter increase a case worker's starting salary from $12,100 to $16,222, he said. Jennings agreed the flexibility of the funding was beneficial. "It's easier to raise money for capital expenses and equipment than it is for operations," he said.
The shelter's allocation more than triples last year's, he added. Three Allentown-based agencies are the beneficiaries of a sizable increase in the city's 1990 Emergency Shelter Grant. The city's grant, funded through the Stewart B. McKinney Act of 1987, jumped from $37,000 last year to about $59,000 this year, which obviously pleased its recipients Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley, the 6th Street Shelter and Common Ground "It's Christmas," said Alan Jennings, executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, which administers the 6th Street Shelter program. The largest portion of the grant, $29,000, was given to Turning Point, a shelter for abused women.
The money will be used to pay for repairs, insurance, utilities and supplies, according to Ross Marcus, Allentown's Community Development Block Grant coordinator. Turning Point Executive Director FRAN KITTEK The Morning Call Bridge covers The only reason for a trip through the 151-year-old Kreidersville Covered Bridge lately might have been to escape the cold wind. If forecast- ers are right, it might be a good place to keep dry today, as rain and temperatures in the 40s are expected. The bridge is in Allen Township. Poultry breeder awarded $522,000 judgment for loss Tidwell said, poultry to destroy their birds.
Continued From Page B1 tained that Wrieht should die into federal marshals, 75 other federal employees and four members of the state police. They destroyed the poultry flock, sheep, pigs and pet dogs. Two weeks later, the department offered Wright the $33,025. WUh the loss of subsequent and spread to parts of Berks that included one of Wright's two farms just outside Bethel in western Berks. By February 1984, the quarantined area included Wright's second farm.
That June, tests showed that at least part of Wright's flock had been exposed to the virus. That July 26, the Agriculture Department ordered the flock destroyed. Wright balked, hoping to negotiate to save the unaffected birds. But the department got a court order, and on Aug. 1, officials entered Wright's property with two "Implicit in Wright's grudging cooperation with the USDA's efforts was his belief that he would be treated fairly by the government," Tidwell wrote.
He chastised the Agriculture Department for considering the flock exhibition birds rather than breeder birds in its valuation. "Had the USDA secretary properly evaluated Wright's flock as breeder birds, he would have included repopulation costs as necessary elements of his reasonable evaluation of fair market value," his own pocket for the transportation costs of getting a new flock of equal quality. Experts for Wright testified that shipping of specialty birds often costs more than the birds themselves. Tidwell noted in his 30-page single-space opinion that the creation and preservation of recognized bloodlines in poultry take about 20 years of breeding under exacting requirements. The avian flu outbreak started in Lancaster County in April 1983 "By not so evaluating Wright's flock, the secretary acted unreasonably and contrary to law." Tidwell also questioned state- ments by Agriculture Department witnesses on what should be included in a compensation figure for Wright.
The judge singled out an exchange he had with Dr. Lonnie King, deputy administrator for veterinarian services. King said the market value of the birds included what it costs to transport them. Yet he main Agriculture Department cleanup. Wright could not be reached for comment.
He was represented by Meyerstown attorney Kenneth C. Sandoe. Efforts to reach U.S. Attorney Richard P. Nockett, who represented the Agriculture Department in the case, were unsuccessful.
The, judge reiterated that one intent of the federal reparations law was to give farmers reasonable compensation to encourage owners of infected and exposed breeding and selling seasons, Wright said his financial condition made it impossible for him to meet department orders that he clean and disinfect his farms. aim nviivu uut an agicciiidji ill early 1985 for the department to perform the cleanuD. TM lite government were yays wui lien to have and rear their children because they need more workers, she said. dames empnasizea ine interna LAWSUITS Continued From Page B1 A spokesman for the state Department of Health earlier said patrons who won't benefit from the vaccine can do nothing but wait to see if they get symptoms, then see a doctor. People are believed to be infectious a few days before symptoms appear, and symptoms appear 15 to titis A.
The suits say the restaurant is negligent for not monitoring employees' health and hygiene and increasing the risk of the spread of the virus. The Hess complaint says the restaurant is liable for damages to patrons who didn't receive the warning soon enough to benefit from an immune globulin injection. All of the suits seek more than $20,000 in damages. 50 days after exposure, with an average of 28 to 30 days, health offi-cials S3 id Debra'A. and Harold J.
LaForm of Bethlehem, who filed the second suit against Taco Bell, say they ate there Feb. 18. They are represented by attorneys Howard and Richard Stevens. Both complaints say the restaurant should be held responsible for serving food unfit for human consumption because it may have been exposed to employees who had hepa ferring to her 18-year campaign and related protests against nuclear power stations. "Pay women not the military," one of the campaign's buttons reads.
"Every mother is a working mother," advises another. Women should be compensated in the United States and other regions for producing and raising future laborers, she said. James pointed to France as an example. SPEAKER Continued From Page B1 work one will or will not do and how much pay is required for it. James, 59, an author of several books, worked in offices and factories to support her craft.
She now lives on welfare in England. "I think they should pay me to do this work," she said re tional oppression of women, pointing to Third World countries where women do "women's work and men's work, too." She said women have to unite to fight op- .1 l. i i. jjiessiuu, luuugu men uau grounds and the amount of work they do may vary. fit workers are threatening to strike.
"The union has been attempting to avert a work stoppage, but the company has not agreed to delav implementation of its Jan. 10, 1990, offer, which was soundlv defeated Yo, Allentonians, 'Rocky Balboa' statue isn't coming to town f' rr'f by the union's membership by a 91 9 percent margin," Strait said. Union spokesmen said their counter offer would cost the company about $20 million the first year reflecting a wage and benefit increase averaging 4 to 5 percent. But Greyhound maintains the union is asking for a 33 percent hike in drivers wages and a $30 million 1990 package. Company spokesmen said its latest first-year package is worth $14.1 million, a 6.9 percent increase, adding that it cannot afford to increase the last offer.
"The company has acted in good faith throughout the four months of bargaining, and has always assumed that the union was acting in good faith too," said P. Anthony Lannie, executive vice president for Greyhound. "This is an excellent offer for a company that has lost about $20 mii- .1 i i i M1M Hi tMi MM MM GREYHOUND Continued From Page B1 thy with Greyhound because they do not have to physically cross Greyhound's picket lines to work, Grey said. -Union spokesman Jeffrey Nelson said he knows of no other bus line union that will honor Greyhound's strike by urging its own members to walk out Most Greyhound tickets are refundable, so customers unable to use their tickets because of the walkout could purchase another lines' tickets and a refund from Greyhound. A spokeswoman from Greyhound's office in Bethlehem said the company's tickets are good for a year.
Daily from Allentown, Greyhound runs two buses to New York City and two to Reading. From Easton it operates one run to Har-risburg, one to New York, and two each to Philadelphia and Scranton. From Bethlehem the company has one bus each to New York and Har-risburg. Greyhound negotiations were continuing last night in Scottsdale, where the latest round began Sunday. The talks started Nov.
2. Union employees were notified to be prepared to walk out at 2 a.m. after the union unanimously rejected a modified contract proposal submitted by the company Wednesday night, according to a statement by Edward M. Strait, president of the Amalgamated Council of Greyhound Local Unions. About 6,300 drivers, 1,660 office workers and 1,475 maintenance i init i4 ue and light it 24 hours a day, Mendelson said "We told the mayor." But Sandra Bressler, executive director of the commission, said Mendelson was just one of many people who expressed interest in the 8-foot-tall statue.
The commission is considering the "nature" of the statue and the "appropriateness" of potential permanent sites in making its decision, she said. "It's a very complicated issue because it affects people in different ways depending on their interest," Bressler said. "Fine arts professionals look at it as a work of art, sports fans see it another way, others see it as a symbol of something very hopeful about perseverance." The commission is expected to make its decision in 60 days. In the meantime, the statue will return to the Spectrum today for a temporary rest The statue, made for the "Rocky III" movie, was returned recently to the Art Museum steps for the filming of "Rocky vr Mark Mendelson, chairman of Hampton Real Estate and the redeveloper of the Americus Centre in Allentown, has thrown his hat into the ring in the bidding for the bronze statue of Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky Balboa" character. But don't look for the larger-than-life likeness of Hollywood's best-known triumphant heavyweight gracing the corner of 6th Street and Hamilton Mall.
Yo, Rocky's a South Philly guy and he intends to stay somewhere in the city. Mendelson this week made an informal presentation to the Philadelphia Art Commission for the statue-without-a-home. He has an intriguing location for it, too at his Palace Hotel, 18th Street and the Parkway in Philadelphia. The hotel is just a few blocks away from the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, where Rocky performed his memorable victory jig accompanied by a pack of children. "We're willing to build a beautiful platform" for the stat nun uver me lasi uu ee years, lie said.
Average full-time Greyhound drivers earned $24,743 last year. njt4tMitMl I Imam I' vs-y-i- formed in March 1987 when new owners bought the declining line and purchased Trailways Lines in July of that year. As part of the deal un- ion members took a 22 percent wage cut Over the past three years Grey Associated Press Workers maneuver the 'Rocky' statue onto a truck Monday, having lifted it from its base at the Philadelphia Art Museum. uvuuus pacKjtugti waiiiv- has increased 23 percent..
