Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - April 28, 1977, Zanesville, Ohio The Times Recorder Year No 118 Your Good Morning Newspaper Zanesville Ohio 43701 Thursday April 28 1977 32 Pages 20 Cents Hospitals See Threat Zanesville Schools Arts Festival Slated Attorney General Service To Speak Here Could TV 1 Muskingum May Queen College will announce this year's May Queen and court during the daughter weekend talent show at p.m Saturday in John Glenn Gymnasium at New Concord Five senior women are competing for the title Four candidates shown above are left to right Peggy Peterson Carrollton majoring in English and president of social club Sandy Harbaugh Senecaville a music major and member of FAD club Sarah Dover a psychology major and a member of Delta club Shelley Miller Coshocton majoring in classical languages and a member of Phi Kappa Pi social club A fifth candidate Pam Bolin Zanesville was not available for the photo She is an elementary education major and is sponsored by the independent women The winner will be determined by an vote Friday April 29 Zanesville High School gymnasium will display art selections from Zanesville students as the fifth annual fine arts festival begins its two weekend stand at 7 p.m This is a culmination of a year's planning and preparation for the art and music departments which will display a variety of student activities for the public The fine arts festival April 29 30 May 1 6 7 and 8 will allow display of talents m art crafts vocal and instrumental music Display of artistically arranged work will be featured in Zanesville High School gymnasium beginning Friday April 29 and continuing on exhibit April 30 May 1 6 7 and 8 One feature of the arrangement will be a central area for the best of show This is not an attempt to provide awards for art students but rather to allow Ambulance Pact Bid Procedure Questioned EDITOR'S An in- was conducted into Zanesville ambulance contract matter by Ronald Hicks Ohio University student here The following story is the result of his efforts By RONALD HICKS After ambulance service contract bids were March 21 City Ambulance Service CAS which was awarded the contract for city and county ambulance services by Zanesville City Council Thursday April 14 by a unanimous vote sent the city at least two reports which in- cluded changes in amounts and prices of items from the CAS bid Part A of the instructions to bidders stated in paragraph four Bid proposals may be amended or withdrawn by the submitting such proposal or his authorized representative up until the scheduled opening time no bid may be amended or withdrawn thereafter regardless of the circumstances But Part E paragraph two said The city reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids waive formalities readvertise and-or take such other steps decreed and in the best interests of the city Carl Poke a trustee m Falls Township of Muskingum County stated After we open a bid no additional information is allowed to be submitted that would change the original bid figures Zanesville Mayor Walt Frueh insisted Nothing was sub- mitted after bid opening that would affect the bid figures On a line graph of bidding procedures with bidding fixed assets on one enoT and negotiations for personal services on the Frueh contended you are somewhere in the middle in this situation The rules of the other two did not apply 100 per cent A detailed two-page letter was dated April 7 1977 from Donald E Miller president of Zanesville Wrecker and Towing Service Inc to Albert F director of ad- ministration for Zanesville The first line reads In compliance to your letter dated April the following data will aid in awarding the con- tract for ambulance service There were two pages with the heading Financial Statement City Ambulance Service One had April 13 written at the top The other page had April 12 but was changed to April 13 by gum County Auditor Wilber H Wheeler who was one of the county representatives for the ambulance contract saying that date must not be correct He indicated he did not attend a meeting about the ambulance contract that day Portsmouth City Manager Barry M Feldman explained there are state statutes covering dealings with bids In Portsmouth if there are many more questions on Feldman said rather than take a chance on law suits we i throw everything out and start over Mayor Frueh stated The City Ambulance Service was the low bidder If it had not been for the five-year ex- requirement we would not have needed any additional information They would have been automatically the lowest and best bidder City Ambulance organized and owned by vine Wrecker and Towing admitted in bid proposal they had not been in the ambulance service but that its experience in supplying emergency wrecker service and the experience of the people it plans to hire were sufficient to show their ability to provide the service Zanesville Ambulance Service ZAS was operating this last year with figures similar to what the CAS bid specified Records show ville Ambulance Service had a loss last year The City Ambulance bid had a profit of When the investigation producing this story began the theory applied was that ad- information probably existed showing a profit for CAS closer to Byrd's figures last year So the basis for the theory was that for anyone to vote for City Ambulance a justification that the figures were realistic must have been made To have done so it was assumed ad- information must have been gathered In an interview with it was revealed such in- formation in fact existed when the suggestion was made to that possibly after the bid openings the city accepted a revision to the CAS bid proposal showing different figures According to Wheeler there was a meeting on April 13 of Mayor Frueh Tom Mozena president of Muskingum County Township Trustees and Clerks Association Frank Patrizio city manager Al and representing the county Prosecutor Richard Bridwell and Wheeler The group served in an ad- capacity according to Mozena Wheeler said There was an agreement on our feelings that the difference in price to the patient per run was the reason should go to City ce City Ambulance bid shows emergency runs costing for the first year and for the second It reads for the third If operating conditions and inflation permit but in no event will exceed ville Ambulance bid lists and The runs in the CAS bid are for the first and for the second It has for the third If operating conditions and inflation permit but in no event will exceed The ZAS bid reads and for the three years Byrd said In early negotiations city officials said if I wanted an increase I would have to charge more to the people who rode the ambulance because the subsidy would not be increased According to Byrd the in- crease would go to salaries and insurance for the men and help override some of the increase in utilities Muskingum County Medical Association sent a letter to Council supporting Byrd iting them quality r service and saying its charges are reasonable They also said Byrd was a known quantity versus the unknown quantity of CAS and as such quality service should be considered over price There were changes in the income expense and profit figures from the actual bid in the information received from CAS Atty Robert Batross who represents Jess Byrd and Zanesville Ambulance said If a revison can be interpreted as an explanation it is valid But if it is a change it is not valid The basic bid as submitted without any modification is bid that must be considered The bid reads annual income with annual expenses and a net loss of The addition of the subsidy would bring an annual profit of But these figures were changed in the April 7 letter It shows an annual income of with expenditures of giving a loss of This is before adding in the city subsidy which would give CAS a loss of City Ambulance states these figures would be derived from a 100 per cent collection rate but they estimated only 85 per cent collection So these figures fail to take into account the admitted 15 per cent counts receivable This would add additional losses ding to Zanesville Ambulance total collection is on only one- third If City Ambulance collection is at this rate then accounts receivable collected would be much less which would increase losses to CAS even further In the April 13 financial statement City Ambulance shows figures of in- come combined with the city subsidy of totaling With ex- and the CAS estimated 20 per cent loss on collections a net income of is derived Their radio equipment prices drop in each report from on April 7 to on one page of April 13 and to on the other The City bid was for two and four combination vehicles By the time the April 7 letter was prepared their ratio was changed to four straight and two com- Total salaries dropped from in April 7 letter to on the first page of April 13 An additional drop on the other page was to Frueh stated I feel City Ambulance with the amount of capital expenditure as shown in the bid which was clarified with the additional information will provide an equal service Over the entire three-year Frueh continued I feel City Ambulance's operation will be able to render service equal to that of the prior or existing ambulance service At the April 13 meeting of the advisory group a com- parison of prices was passed out showing a breakdown of price situations offered for items covered by patient bills like bandages and oxygen It showed all eight categories m favor of City Ambulance In the April 13 financial statement City Ambulance showed two raised roof vans each and three com- bination each Any correspondence from the city to City Ambulance was not found to verify specifically what was asked of CAS Zanesville Ambulance was contacted on April 5 about information concerning out-of- town trips when Byrd signed the extension of interim bulance service through April 30 According to Mayor Frueh City Council and Administration knew which was the lowest bid but had to determine the best bid The additional information received from both City Ambulance and Zanesville Frueh asserted was for the purpose of deciding if the two companies would be giving equal service at their bid figures On Thursday April 14 the day Council awarded the contract to City Ambulance Jess Byrd was contacted by for an additional dry extension A city official said it would have been for the purpose of rebidding According to Byrd and Rosenberger offered to pay at the new rates he had sub- mitted Byrd was informed by his attorney that it would not be fair to the people for prices to be increased for 60 days If the city awarded the contract to City Ambulance who would have a lower charge it would have been unfair to the people during the period it was believed According to Batross Rosenberger raised the tion if the city gave the con- tract to the other ambulance service would Byrd file a law suit based upon bid specifications Batross said he replied You're taking your chances we're considering it One of the bid specifications stated All bidders must have a minimum of five years ex- in the operation of an emergency ambulance vice The five-year operation experience specification D has been claimed by Byrd's organization from the day bids were opened to disqualify City Ambulance Service City Solicitor John berger advised Council before voting that a company not having this experience does not preclude a bidder from con- sideration but is a factor to be considered in balance with the apparent low bid Attorneys for ZAS April 18 filed suit in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court seeking to stop the city from awarding the contract for ambulance service in the city and county to City Ambulance Service claiming City Ambulance did not meet the bid requirement The suit also seeks to have the contract awarded to ville Ambulance as the only remaining qualified bidder for the contract The plaintiffs contend ville Wrecker and Towing Continued on Page parents and others to see ex- cellence that can be achieved under direction of art teachers with a progressive art program school officials state Each night and afternoon while the art exhibit is on dis- play the major events for the music departments will unfold in Shinnick Auditorium as vocal and instrumental programs will be presented On Friday night April 29 at p.m High School band will present an evening of music under direction of Larry Wilson Solo and varied musical selections will be featured as well as special awards An admission will be charged The combined junior high school band numbering over 200 students will entertain Saturday night April 30 at 7 p.m with recognized music of the past contrasted with modern day offerings Appearing on the same program will be the combined choir of the three junior high schools numbering 350 eighth and ninth grade students and a choir made up of 150 seventh grade students The combined choirs and band will join together in a finale The music staff consisting of Frank Moore Richard ston Kelley Ryan James Charles Golden and Miss Marsha Huey have joined in creating this program The fine arts festival will present Sunday May 1 at p.m a performance by the elementary bands numbering 250 students from all over the city and the vocal selections of ever 475 fifth and sixth graders The combined efforts of the elementary vocal teachers Vivian Yoder Joan Blythe and Jeanne Morris and the in- strumental instructors above prepared this program Friday May 6 at 7.30 p.m a program will be presented by Zanesville High School Choir under direction of Glenville Thomas The varied music selections will highlight solos ensembles and full chorus Along with this evening of music selections the students that have earned awards will be honored An admission will be charged for this program The string instruments program will be presented Saturday May 7 at p m Various musical selections featuring the string in- will point out the Pact Due In August Construction contract for widening Maple Ave between Grove Rd and a point feet north of Brandywine Blvd is expected to be awarded in August according to Ohio Department Transportation ODOT The foot section will be widened to 55 feet from curb to curb and will be operated as a road similar to the portion of Maple Ave south of Grove Rd Construction plans may be viewed at District 5 office at 1200 West Church S Newark Two-way traffic will be maintained during con- struction End Strike By The Associated Press Teachers returned to their classrooms in Barnesville ing a four-day walkout after the school board offered a two-year contract to sixth grade teacher John Shepard a seven-year veteran of the system of the elementary the combined high and high group and the growth group school advanced orchestra The program and direction will be by Renee Show and Lucille Anatasi The finale for fine arts festival will be presented Sunday May 8 at p.m and will feature numbers by Blue Knights vocal ensemble and the precision drill routines by state champion Through the entire festival the art displays will be open for viewing A half-hour after each opening students under direction of the art in- Susan son Dianne Smith John Jean Anderson Caroline Warner Mrs Nickie Slack Charles Colliflower and John present demonstration lessons for audience viewing The art exhibits will be open as Friday p.m Saturdays p.m and p.m days p.m Tax Cuts Defeated Ohio Ally Gen William J Brown will give the main ad- dress at the Lay Day ob- servance and the 100th birthday of Muskingum County house Monday May 2 at Courthouse Esplanade The program will begin at with invocation by Rabbi Hartstem of Beth Abraham Synagogue Atty Howard S president of Muskingum County Bar Association will give opening remarks and introductions Atty Ralph Marshall will present the courthouse history and Atty Gen Brown's address will be entitled Lay Day USA The benediction will be given by Rev Larry Kudart of Trinity Lutheran Church with special numbers presented by Zanesville High School band directed by Larry Wilson and choir directed by ville Thomas AT Wolfe is observance committee chairman Following the program public tours will be conducted of the Courthouse and the new county complex Atty Gen Brown took office in 1971 and was reelected in 1974 Since taking office he has instituted improvements in consumer protection WILLIAM BROWN Ohio Attorney General regulation of charities collection of debts owed the state and in assisting local police and sheriffs His office has been praised for economies and returning more money to the people of Ohio than it spends Atty drafted and worked for the enactment of major laws to protect rape victims and restructure Ohio's drug laws He also has prepared new legislation for charitable trusts consumer protection antitrust organized crime and public corruption WASHINGTON AP The Senate defeated two Republican proposals lor permanent income tax cuts Wednesday and then voted a new tax break for persons who provide a home for an elderly dependent On a vote the Senate adopted an amendment by Sen Pete V Domenici that would allow a tax credit of a year for a person who keeps a dependent 65 years or older in his home The provision if it becomes law would be active to Jan 1 1977 Domenici said the hon estimated cost of the amendment was misleading that the proposal actually would save the government money by cutting down federal spending for housing and cal care for the elderly The defeat of the GOP occurred as Senate Democrats rallied to President Carter And Carter won another cal victory when the House considering a draft budget for next year restored billion in authority for the Defense De- The action brought military spending back to recommended level of billion after the Budget Committee had voted to reduce it The House acted after being told Carter had personally made a last-minute appeal to Speaker Thomas P Tip O'Neill for his defense mate The vote was The Senate action supported Carter in his insistence that further permanent tax cuts should await a promised ough tax reform proposal later this year The President said he would veto any measures passed now that contain such cuts The Senate rejected a GOP proposal that would have cut rates on taxable incomes up to with most relief ing to taxpayers in brackets Weather today with a chance of showers High in the upper 60s Turning cooler tonight with low in lower Clearing Friday with high in upper 50s Details on Woman Helps Revive Victim After Pileup A passing motorist was credited with saving the life of a man seriously injured in a collision in ville Wednesday and presumed dead The accident victim Walter H Taylor 63 of S Pleasant Grove Rd was injured shortly before 10 on Pine St at Dug Rd Ptl Robert Allen quoted the attending physician at Good Samaritan Medical Center as saying Madeline Beckert of Conn Rd who had some nurse training and who had only recently completed a cardiac pulmonary arrest course saw the accident With assistance of another woman she gave Taylor first aid until Zanesville Ambulance Service arrived Attendants continued treatment until they arrived at Good Samaritan Medical Center where Taylor was said to have been dead However a physician said the assistance by the woman was instrumental in his being revived at the Good Samaritan Emergency Room Ptl Allen said Taylor driving a Suburban Drilling Co truck was believed to have been stricken ill as he drove into the intersection Taylor also suffered severe chest and internal injuries as the result of the chain reaction collision officials said Taylor was listed as being under close observation in Good Samaritan's intensive care unit last night Allen said Taylor was westbound on Dug Rd and apparently became ill as he went into the intersection at Pine St He struck a southbound driven by Donna L Price 35 of 2665 Ash Meadows Blvd sending her against the shield She suffered a head injury but declined immediate treatment Allen said Chuckle The law is the same for the rich and the poor Only the time in jail is different After striking the Price car Allen said the truck jumped the curbing struck a parked car owned by Douglas Williams of Pinecrest Dr and shoved the Williams car across a parking lot where it crashed into a car owned by Douglas Turner of 64 Pine St which dropped off a four-foot retaining wall and landed on top of the Williams car The Taylor truck then struck another parked car owned by Steven Luallen of 2885 Arther Cir Allen said The investigation was being continued Job Openings For Youth Limited To Grant Plans By ROSS BROWN TR Staff Writer The demand for summer jobb for in Zanesville and Muskingum County is not expected to exceed the 300 available through the local office of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act a survey of a number of businesses revealed William E Taylor a selor for Neighborhood Youth Corps said a total of has been granted the local office and that youths ages 14 through 18 may register in each of the five school districts June 3 through 13 The counselor also said he has personally extended an invitation to President Carter to visit the local activities on a Career Exploration and Development on a date to be set by the president In the invitation to the president Taylor included an airline ticket for the trip The Youth Corps office presently located at North Sixth St is to be moved into new quarters in the former Coburn United Methodist Church on W Main St Purpose of CETA grant is to provide youth with supervised working experiences and seling medical and portative services and en- to continue education They also earn an hour Chances for summer jobs for youth seem less than bright from other local sources Hal Hamilton personnel director at Armco Steel Co said there is at present no chance of accepting youths since the firm still has a number of employes laid off who will receive first con- sideration Robert Redett assistant chief of Division of Forestry Ohio Department of Natural Resources at Columbus said no funds have been made available for forestry or sery work in the county Joe Stipp personnel director at Brockway Glass said the only forthcoming employment openings would be given to persons who have already applied for work DAVID E Hillis To Chair Goodwill David E Hillis will be in- stalled today as chairman of Zanesville Welfare Organization directors Goodwill He will succeed Robert Jackson as board chairman during a luncheon meeting in the organization's offices Hillis is vice president of Hillis Funeral Home He was elected to the board last year Also to be installed are James E Bee vice chairman Michael F treasurer and Mrs Jody Morrison secretary New board members to be installed are Robert Decker Jack E Budd Daniel E Hennessey Robert F Hodous Jack Peters Donald E Pettit Wayne W Phillips 11 Homer G Ralph Charles Stewart Jr and Larry Wade Plans are being made tor observance of National Goodwill Week during which the 75th anniversary of helping the handicapped help selves will be commemorated Goodwill Industries provides rehabilitation training em- ployment and eventual placement in competitive industry for handicapped people as a unique welfare organization This year marks the anniversary of the organization here Decline JOHN It TK Staff Officials of both of Zanes hospitals expressed concern that im- of President Carter's proposed ceiling on hospital costs would reduce the quality and quantity of hospital services to the detriment of the public William Van Gieson ad- ministrator of Bethesda tal and Donald Dempsey vice president for administration at Good Samaritan Medical Center both said they feel the President's plan to limit the overall increase m hospital bills to nine per cent in the coming fiscal year to be unrealistic and arbitrary My feeling is that there is a growing economy in this country and therefore it is an inflationary Van Gieson said As a result there are going to be rising health care costs Even at that health costs in Zanesville are cheap Hospitals are not able to exercise the control of their costs and therefore I believe the suggested caps on health care expenditure by the government are arbitrary and he said Hospitals are not producers of things but services About 70 per cent of our costs are fixed costs of things we must buy The suggested government cutback is not a it's a scheme to reduce services and may result in a cap on quality and quantity of services we will be able to provide Obviously we cannot provide services for less than our cost The government has found out it cannot afford to pay the costs of programs it has promised the people Actually lost money on ment programs such as Medicare and Medicaid for the past 10 or 12 years Hospitals are faced with an increasing insatiable demand for more services and health care is a fantastically growing field At the same time we have to buy everything food supplies drugs employe benefits liability insurance the whole gamut of endless items necessary for us to perform our function in the health care industry We paid for insurance in 1971 This year it has risen to more than It's 45 per cent higher this year than last Utilities also have risen drastically the past year While the demand for services increases dramatically there is also an unlimited potential for ad- technology This effort to improve hospital care costs large sums of money in an inflationary economy We are always conscious We participate in programs of shared purchasing and shared laundry with other institutions and individually we're doing everything possible to cut costs Van Gieson said very few third parties such as the government and insurance companies pay 100 per cent of a patient's hospital bills As a consequence hospitals are being forced to take a hard look toward having consumers except the medically indigent pay a portion of the cost of their medical and hospital charges at the time service is rendered We are adopting a wait and see attitude doing a lot of mental gymnastics and what we can do to Continued on Page Water Shut Off East Muskingum Water Authority announces service will be shut off 9 to 2 p in today or until installation of an extension to the existing line in Clay Pk area between Sherwood Hills No 2 sub- division to Grieves Ln is completed If the weather is unfavorable the work will be completed Friday April 29 or Monday May 2 Index Bridge Column Comics Classified Deaths Editorials Financial Jeane Dixon Sports Pages Television Women's Pages 6 B 5 H C 6 A 4 A 4 B 7 A B 4 B A
