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PAGE 2-THE JOURNAL, OGBENSBUBG, N.Y.- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19,1987 State's Population Rises; St. Lawrence Co By JOEL STASHENKO Associated Press Writer ALBAJMY, N.Y. (AP) —The flow of more educated and skilled peo- ple out of New York and into other states has been stemmed somewhat and the Empire State's overall population has increased over the first half of this decade, a new report indicates. The Public Policy Institute, a research arm of the state Business County-By-County Breakdown ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Here is a county-by-county breakdown of state population trends between 1980 and 1985 as contained in a report from the Public Policy In- stitute of the state Business Coun- cil. The figures were taken from a State Data Center Program Bulletin from the U.S. Census Bureau. All counties listed without a minus before their population figures gained residents over the first half of the decade. 1. Brooklyn, 5J;367. 2. Manhattan, 51,489. 3. Queens, 41,719. 4. Suffolk, 29,0V4. 5. Staten Island, 21,842. 6. Orange, 17,960. 7. Bronx, 1S.1B1. 8. Dulchess, 14051. 9. Nassau, 9,761. 10. Saratoga, 7.830. 11. Rockland,5,699. 12. Ulster, 5,6|5. 13. Oswego, 5,237. 14. Putnam,3,702. 15. Ontario, 3,476. 16. Wayne, 3,969. 17. Monroe, 2,638. 18. Sullivan, 2,447. 19. Washington, 1,956. 20. Madison, 1,592. 21. Onondaga, 1,397. 22; Livingston, 1,322. 23, Columbia, 1,114. 24, Tompkins, 1,064. 25, Clinton, 821. 26, Warren , 786. 27; Wyoming , 781. 28. Orleans, 644. 29; Schenectady, 639. 30. Chehangoi619. 3). Greene , 614. 32. Tioga , 567. 33; Jefferson, 432. 34; Otsego, 294. 35. Fulton, 258. 36. Herkimer, 204. 37. Essex, 187. 3B; Lewis, 129. 39. Schoharie, 88. 40. Delaware, 64. 41. Yates, 27. 42. Cayuga, mlnus37. 43. Hamilton, minus 50. 44; Schuyler, minus 175. 45. Genesee, minus 347. 46. Cattaraugus, minus 342. 47. Rensselaer, mlnus614. 48. Allegany, minus 841. 49. Montgomery, minus 912. 50. St. Lawrence,minus937. 51. Seneca, mlnus969. 52. Franklin , minus 1,137. 53. Westchester, minus 1,139. 54. Broome, minus 1,205. 55. Cortland, minus 1428. 56. Steuben, minus 1,876. 57. Albany, minus 2,044. 58. Chautauqua, minus 2,695. 59. Oneida, minus 2,732. 60. Chemung, minus 5,665. 61. Niagara, minus 10,861. 62. Erie, minus 44,087. New York state, 224,436. Council, said Tuesday the reversal of the decade-long decline in New York population in the 1970s can mainly be credited to the improved health of New York state's economy in recent years. According to the group, the state's population increased by nearly 225,000 to about 17.8 million between 1980 and 1985. That follow- ed a net population loss of some 700,000 for New York state between 1970 and 1980. Most of the 1980-85 increase, ac- cording to the Business Council, was due to the fact more New Yorkers were having babies than in the 1970s and to brisk migration in- to the state from Puerto Rico and other places abroad. Daniel Walsh, president of the Public Policy Institute, said the state was also more successful this decade than in the 1970s at main- taining residents. While 1.72 million state residents moved to other states between 1975 and 1980, that total had been reduced to 1.15 million in the first five years of the 1980s, the report said. \We are stemming that tide somewhat,\ he said of a trend call- ed \out-migration\ in the report. Policy makers sometimes regard such migration between states as more damaging to New York because many of those who have, the capacity to leave the state are skilled workers and more highly educated. The study said 140,000 college graduates migrated out of New York in the first half of the 1980s. The population figures in the report were gleaned from annual U.S. Census Bureau reports and analyzed by the Public Policy In- stitute and the Cornell University Institute for Social and Economic Research. The researchers also conducted an additional survey of 726 people 'who'd recently left New York or moved into the state that showed a new job or business was the reason that most of those new state residents gave for moving into New York. Another reason high on the list was the desire to be closer to relatives. The former New York residents the researchers were able to track down, with the help of state Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles records, also listed work-related things like taking a new job, transferring to a job or looking for work as the main reason for moving out of state. Among the other information col- lected by the researchers: —Counties in New York City and on Long Island have had the largest population gains this decade. Brooklyn, with 52,367 more residents in 1985 than in 1980, had the highest gain of any county followed closely by Manhattan at 51,489. AIDS Counselor Warns Of Overreaction ALBAJMY, N.Y. (AP) — The state court system should take some steps to protect workers from get- ting AIDS from infected defen- dants, but drastic measures should, not be taken unless they are necessary, an AIDS counselor says. Alan Oliver, executive director of the AIDS Council of Northeast New York, told a hearing Tuesday that requiring court employees to wear rubber gloves or masks whenever they are with an AIDS-infected defendant would be too dramatic, Instead, such steps should be taken only when the defendant has an open cut or other condition Assembly Panel Takes Testimony In Dog Attacks NEW YORK (AP) - An Assembly panel began taking testimony Tuesday on vicious dog attacks, including a teen-ager's grisly tale of how he was nearly killed'by a pit bull terrier. The account by 14-year-old Brian McCleary of Queens, whose leg was chewed nearly to the bone by a pit bull last year, provided the dramatic high point in a day of testimony before the special panel. ' 'It was like a horror story, what every mother fears will happen to her children,\ said Brian's mother, Pauline McCleary, who voiced sup- port for a ban of pit bulls such as that proposed by Mayor Edward I. Koch the day before. Others appearing before the panel, including representatives of the Humane Society of the United States and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said such a ban would be unwise and unworkable, Lottery Rdp ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The win- ning number picked Tuesday in New York's Daily Number lottery game was 5-1-8. The \WinFour\ number was 7-5-7-1. The numbers drawn Tuesday night in the New York state Win-10 lottery game were: 2,4,7,13,15,16, 18, 32, 36, 42, 43, 45, 50, 53, 56, 64, 65, 67, 74,78. MATTRESS OPEN NIGHTS! TUES.WED.THURS.-FRI. 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Others suggested that cour- troom furniture be nailed aown where violent defendants with AIDS are involved. Oliver said such precautions would be drastic and would \over- dramatize a person's medical situation\ if used all the time. But they would certainly be ap- propriate in cases where defen- dants with AIDS or the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficien- cy Syndrome have cuts or open sores, said Oliver, one of two of- ficials to appear at the 20-minute hearing. And he said fears that healthy workers could contract the deadly disease from being spit on or bitten by infected prisoners weren't back- ed up by scientific findings. \It seems that you really have to have definite blood-to-blood con- tact,\ said Oliver, adding that there was no evidence that AIDS could be transmitted orally. \At the most, court people should have rubber gloves\ available all the time in case a defendant begins bleeding, he said. ELK'S FAMILY PICNIC Saturday, August 22, 1:00 P.M. 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Coughlin's order came a week after the number of \state ready\ inmates being held in local jails topped 2,000 for the first time. Flateau said there are currently 2,063 inmates being held in local jails who should be in state prison. New York's prison system, the second largest state system in the nation after California, cur- rently holds 39,815 inmates and is 9.4 percent ab Fl V a e te C aS a sSthe move by CoughUn would put New York's prison system above 40,000 inmates for the first time and leave it at 12 percent to 13 percent above capacity. Coughlin has been under increasing pressure to take the state ready inmates out of crowded county jails and faces court orders to^do so in New York City and a half dozen of New York's 57 other counties. The state Sheriffs Association also has a lawsuit pending that seeks similar relief for the other counties. \He's sensitive to the fact that there are 2,000 (inmates) out there who belong in state prison,\ said Flateau of Coughlin's action Tuesday. The move by Coughlin comes just a few weeks after the state Legislature approved an emergency plan to add thousands of new prison cells to the state system over the next year to help handle a dramatic influx of prisoners. The emergency plan included, among other things, the purchase of a huge barge used by the British to house troops in the Falkland Islands for conversion to a 700-inmate state prison. Five Top GM Engineers Died In Crash LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Four General Motors Corp. engineers who died Sunday in a Detroit plane crash were 32 or younger, a team of the automaker's brightest go- getters, led by a supervisor with 30 years experience. Today\ the Harrison Radiator Division plant where the five work- ed with hundreds of other GM employees on heating and cooling systems is trying to deal with their loss. In terms of numbers, five in a department of 294, five of 7,000 plant workers L five out of 748,000 employees worldwide, they are few. But they were remembered Tuesday withpride. \These people were talented, professional and valued members of the Harrison team,\ said Thomas P. Stokes, general manager of Harrison Radiator. \Their families can be proud of their accomplishments, their in- spiration to others, and their com- mitment to their company.\ \These people were working on our forward program and we use our best talent to bring new pro- ducts out,\ said Kurt D. Hollasch, Harrison's director of product and manufacturing engineering. 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