May 22, 1976

Mins Council conf ends; communique (m)

Parents and physicians of Karen Anne Quinlan are moving cautiously toward removal of her respirator 7 wks after NJ Sup Ct ruled she be allowed to die; repts of strained relations between family and Drs Robert Morse and Arshad Javed were confirmed last wk when principals in case met privately with Superior Ct Judge Robert Muir Jr, reptdly to improve communications between family and drs rather than to discuss removal of respirator (M)

NJ Bd of Med Examiners temporarily suspends Dr Jascalevich's license; NJ Atty Gen William F Hyland says bd issued complaint charging Jascalevich with malpractice related to Riverdell deaths and from his behavior as surgeon in case in Jersey City in '74-75; patient in latter case did not die; his atty Ray A Brown says his client will oppose any effort to suspend or revoke his license; Jascalevich illus (M)

survey of US retail stores shows trend toward 7-day week and round-the-clock selling because of increasing customer demand; in many cases, this conflicts with blue laws that govern Sunday selling; 30 states still have some form of Sun selling laws (L)

Flow of Fed subsidies to Pres candidates resumes May 21 with approval by reconstituted Fed Election Comm of $3.2-million in retroactive matching funds to 9 candidates plus $500,000 each to Repub and Dem Natls Coms to help finance nominating coms; resumption was made possible by day's swift Cong and Pres action; 1st Sen Rules Com and then full Sen confirmed William L Springer as new member; Pres Ford swore in Springer and 5 reapptd members; comm met, elected Vernon W Thomson as new chmn, approved most pending subsidy payments and dispatched necessary authorization papers to Treas; Pres Ford receives $1.3-million, Reagan $500,000, Carter $437,000 and Udall $312,000; comm declines payments to Bayh and Shriver because they failed to file state-by-state breakdowns; Springer's testimony before Sen Rules Com noted (M)