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Show THE PAGE EIGHT DAILY RECOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1971 D Business Today: Massachusetts' Motion Picture Insurers Run Gamut of Risks Law No-Fau- lt Reduces Claims Massachusetts auto insurance companies already are reaping financial benefits from BOSTON lUPU inthe surance law, but whether the states motorists will see insurance rebates and lower premiums is still uncertain. Gov. Francis W. Sargent released statistics August 2 showing the number of bodily injury insurance claims against the companies had dropped by 57.5 per cent in the first six months of 1971, compared with the same period last year. Also the average paid claim cost during the first half of 1971 dropped by 55.4 per cent compared to the first half of 1970. Thus, whereas the average bodily injury claim cost auto insurance companies $370 a year ago, it now cost them an average of $169 this year. The law, which went into effect January 1, applies only to bodily injury insurance claims of less than $2,000 and limits pain and suffering" claims to $500. The law requires motorists involved in accidents to make bodily injury claims against their own no-fau- no-fau- lt lt insurance companies and not inagainst those of other drivers volved in an accident, regardless of fault. Sargent noted that the first six months of the system had shown a drop in both the number of claims and the average dollar amount of each claim. But the governor said he did not know how to translate the success of the system into dollar saving for the motorist." no-fau- lt Charge Realtor With Reneging On HUD agreement with the department of Housing and Urban Development. The lawsuit to compel compliance, was filed in Federal District Court in Birmingham against Dick Cot ley, who operates Dick Coffey Realty :.in Decatur. Ala. In another civil suit filed in Federal District Court in Aberdeen. Miss., the Department charged the Ileal Estate Development Corp., and its president, Carl H Leach of with Miss , Columbus, discrimination against blacks. Leach's company operates two 24-un- it apartment buildings, and the the Holiday Apartments Valencia Apartments. In the Dick Coffey case, the Department said that on Nov. 12, 1970, the firm signed a conciliation agreement with HUD and with Charles Wright, a black army sergeant who had complained of discrimination in the sale of a house. According to the complaint, among other things Coffey failed to submit periodic reports to HUD and to include a phrase in its advertising. The suit against Leach alleged that his apartments have never had a black tenant and that he and his company practice discrimination by making statement indicating racial preference in tenants. a British Sitting On Cash Pile - LONDON 1 TIi Britain's gold and dollar re. ones climbed for the tenth success e month to hit a new peak of $3 87 billion in July, her treasury figures show. The ufficial reserves, which back the British jxiund, rose hy $252 milium, more 'Man double the rise of the previous month The July was nearly 50 per .... Sept m be: t dollars invested by movie companies against such emergencies as Audrey Hepburns cracking four vertebrae in falling off a horse, or Elizabeth Taylors developing a cold that delayed production for a month. Actually, the sequence probably would start with insurance. Few companies producing movies, television commercials and shows, industrial films, documentaries and filmed features would think of turning on a light or rolling a Court Rules President Can't Be Sued SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) an historic 1803 - Citing Supreme Court decision, a federal judge has reiterated the principle that the President of the United States cannot be sued. U.S. District Judge Oliver J. Carter on July 30 ordered President Richard M. Nixon removed as a defendant in a suit brought by the city of San Francisco demanding release of $350 million in urban renewal funds. The suit, which also named Secretary George Romney of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department itself. and the Bureau of the Budget as defendants, contends the money was appropriated by Congress but illegally ordered withheld by President Nixon. Carter said no one had produced any authority for the proposition that a court could compel the lake any action order removed only the President from the suit. No decided cases since Marbury v. Madison in 1803 have even contemplated th.s question," Carter said in his ruling. "It is clear, - c Insurance? Thats right, insurance to protect the millions of to whatsoever. His The WASHINGTON l UPI: Justice Department filed its first complaint, August 3, against a realtor said to have failed to abide 1 - President Pact by a By Dean C. Miller UP I Buslnesi Editor NEW YORK (UPI) Lights! Camera! Action! Insurance! !i. Id List therefore, that a long standing policy, if not a positive rule, has avoided such an iniragovernmental confrontation." He said the city had shown him no good reason for changing this. 72 Taxi Dodge Model Flunked In New York - NEW YORK (UPI) The chairman of this city's taxicab and limousine commission said August 3 he has rejected all 5,000 1972 Dodge taxis scheduled for use on New York's streets this fall because they failed to meet minimum comfort and safety standards. Michael Lazar said at a news conference, however, that it would take comparatively minor adjustments to bring the cars up to the city's standards. Lazar said the Chrysler Corp., which supplies 60 per cent of the cabs used in the city, was the first auto maker to submit its model for inspection. He said the same standards would be applied to Ford and Chevrolet models when they come out. In order for the Dodge to qualify, Lazar said, Chrysler must add a headrest to protect against whiplash in the back sea!, move its protruding reflectors and build bumper guards into the car structure instead of adding them later. Irttzar said a large number of structural changes would be required in 1973 models which also would be required to be equipped to use lead-fre- e gasoline. Starting next year, Lazar said, his office would inspect cabs now on the road three times a year for safety, size, noise, meters and emissions. I camera before arranging insurance. Too many disasters could wipe them out: accidents, injuries, sickness, acts of God, weather, faulty film stock, scratched film, laboratory mistakes, equipment ioning, cipals and dozens more. ce of malfunctof prin- When Tyrone Power died suddenly a heart attack during the filming of 1958 and Sheba, Firemans Fund American paid United Artists more than $1.2 million to cover the expense of scenes with his replacement, Yul Brynner. Slightly more than $1 million was paid to the producers of Kiss Me Stupid after Peter Sellers had a heart attack. The foibles of Parisian Solomon weather during the shooting of Darling Lili" cost Firemans Fund another $1 million. Because of faulty negatives, one sequence had to be shot over and it had to be done in bright sunshine. But Paris turned cloudy and rainy. Weeks passed until the sun appeared and the final scene was put in the can. Firemans Fund of San Francisco, the world's busiest theatrical in- surer, over the last 15 years has insured some 3,700 motion pictures, TV and theatrical productions valued at $2 billion. Last year alone it insured 196 productions worth $130 million. Lloyds of London also has a big share in the market. And Jerome J. Cohen, Inc., New York, currently represents about 1,000 U.S. film companies, according to Ronald M. Cohen, vice president. Almost 80 per cent of FFAs theatrical premiums come from cast insurance" against losses from death, injury or illness of Law Teacher To Matthau's coronary during the filming of The Fortune Cookie cost FFA $408,000. The Waterloo film almost was just that for Firemans. It paid out $260,000 in cast insurance claims because of illnesses suffered by Rod Steiger, Dan OHerlihy and the director. The master negative for that film also Ecology Body Bring Suit For Mothers On Welfare LOS ANGELES (ACCN) - In a class suit filed in federal District Court here, federal, state and county welfare officials have been charged with violating the civil rights of women receiving welfare. At the heart of the legal controversy is the Work Incentive Program (WIN), designed to train able-bodie- welfare d recipients in jobs. Plaintiffs, representing themselves and welfare mothers generally in - Prof. URBANA, ILL. (ACCN) Sheldon J. Plager of the College of Law in the University of Illinois at has been apa committee and a faculty within the Environmental Protecn pointed to tion Agency (EPA). William D. Ruckelshaus, director of the EPA, invited Plager to serve on the National Air Pollution Manpower Development Advisory Committee of the EPA in Washington, D.C. The committee will provide scientific and technical advice on air pollution training grant and and fellowship applications proposals. It will meet several times this year to discuss specific research and development problems. CORE Official Found Guilty Of Extortion California, allege that welfare officials ignore women who volunteer to participate in the program and refer only men for training. Named as defendants in the suit are Elliot L. Richardson, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; Jmaes D. Hodgson, secretary of Labor; Robert Carleson, director of Californias Department of Social Welfare; Alan C. Nelson, Director of the states Department of Human Resources Development, and Ellis P. Murphy, head of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. The suit has been prosecuted by counsel for two local legal services Legal Aid Foundation programs of Long Beach and San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. The Womens Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union are appearing as amicus curiae. NAJj Annual - ST. LOUIS, MO. (UPI) Oscar St. Louis official of the Mitchell, an of Racial Equality (CORE), was found guilty of extortion in U.S. District Court here, July 30. He faces a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison plus a fine Congress of $10,000. Mitchell, 30, was to be sentenced August 20 by Judge John K. Regan. The jury found Mitchell guilty of trying to extort $1,000 from Mr. Ts Rentals, a firm which rents television sets. Witnesses testified that Mitchell demanded money last September 10 while trying to arrange the rehiring of James Whittingtun. a Negro, as manager of the firm. Une witness said Mitchell threatened to put the firm out of business if Whittington were not rehired. Whittington testified that he had not heard Mitchell threaten the company. But Assistant District Attorney Jerry Murphy said Mitchell had promised informational picketing and a boycott if Whittington were not rehired. NEW YORK (UPI) - Insofar as office workers are concerned, unemployment appears to have bottomed out, William Olsten, chairman of Olsten Temporary Service, said, August 3. His firm operates 125 employment offices in 75 cities. was scratched and Paramount "There has been a sharp decline in collected $190,000 to cover the cost of demand for hostesses and demonstrators because trade shows and retaking major scenes. Animals also are an insurance sales meetings have been curexpense. tailed, he said. The 400 rats in the horror film, Olsten said that in spite of the Willard, were insured. So was the rising national jobless rate, there trained Doberman Pinscher in the are large pockets where emrecent Chokeberry Bay." Like ployment still is very high. The their human counterparts, animal South in general has the best actors get a complete physical demand for labor, both white collar examination before filming. and blue collar in the nation, he That wasnt much help, however, said, and New England the some years ago when a trained polar poorest. There are some curious conbear, born in Los Angeles, was to Alaska for a film shipped tradictions, Olsten said. Seattle, production. It took one look at the hard hit in its industrial sector, still Bering Sea, waddled aerross the ice reports a fairly good demand for and plunged in, never to be seen office workers and even some again. Firemans paid for the loss of shortages of office workers with one polar bear. special skills. While Los Angeles and San Diego are hard pressed, the smaller California cities from San Francisco south to San Jose report a brisk demand for office workers. Phoenix, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Kansas City, Denver and Omaha are other cities where Olsten offices are getting steady request for more office workers. and place Serve on Urbana-Champaig- leading actors and directors. Walter Temporary Help Figures Show Job Demand Meeting Dates Set for 71-72 SAN FRANCISCO (ACCN) 1971 - The International Conference of the North American Judges Association, popularly known as the international NAJA, organization of courts of first jurisdiction in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands, is scheduled for Tucson, Arizona from November 0 it has been announced by Municipal Judge David L. Colden of Highland Park, Michigan, NAJA 15-2- President. The 1972 conference will be held in San Diego in November of that year. Information on the 1971 NAJA International Conference may be secured by writing to: NAJA 1971 International Conference, 110 East Alameda Street, Tucson, Arizona 85701. All judges of courts of first jurisdiction are invited whether or not they are members of the North American Judges Association. t V U.S. Aide Tells ATLA of Air Safety Need A Federal PORTLAND (UPI) Aviation Administration official told the 25th annual American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA) convention here, August 3, that some of the lawyers will be very busy and very rich if improvements are not made in general aviation safety. John L. B. Baker, assistant FAA Administrator for General Aviation Affairs, told the attorneys by 1980 transports will be flying 46 million hours per year. If we dont make some inroads into safely some of you are going to be very busy and very wealthy," he said. Baker said the problem of 1,300 fatalities per year in general aviation has proved difficult to non-airli- ne solve. "We have found that we can regulate to discourage flying," he said, but we have not been too successful in regulating safety. Also on August 3, the convention presented ATLAs annual Awards of Merit. The 1971 Judicial Award was presented to the Hon. Albert Tate, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, for his legal scholarship and incisive opinions." Awards of Merit for news reporting went to the Xhicago Daily Tribune fur a task force series on nursing homes and the San Diego Tribune for a story on the San Diego County jail system. Grant Funds Night Courts In New York - NEW YORK (ACCN) A Federal of awarded been has $1,084,782 grant to the Mayor's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to establish night and weekend courts in the Bronx and Queens. The new court sessions, meant to reduce court congestion and lessen case backlogs throughout the city are scheduled to become operative in September. The grant was announced in Washington by the Law En- forcement Assistance Ad- ministration, the Department of Justice agency that administers funding under the Safe Streets Act. |