Cahilps Urban Aid Bill May Face Crucial Vote by JAMES H
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School Fire Sparks City Security Flan SEE STORY BELOW Sunny and Mild Sunny, mild today. Cloudy, rain likely tonight. Clearing, FINAL mild tomorrow. Fair Sunday. EDITION Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 92 Years VOL. 93 NO. 178 RED BANK, N.J., FRIDAY, MARCH, 12,1971 20PAGES TEN CENTS CahilPs Urban Aid Bill May Face Crucial Vote By JAMES H. RUBIN Kean said the urban aid program would be a fu- would require the state to. pay the increases in pen- TRENTON (AP) - The Cahill Administration's tile gesture without massive and continuing federal sion benefits ... is inappropriate, CahUI proposed ?25 million urban aid bill may be in posi- ajd to the cities. said. tion for a crucial floor vote in the assembly before In other developments Thursday: Up to Towns the end of March. Justice Is Confirmed The governor said the pension benefits were the Assembly Majority Leader Thomas H. Kean, R- - The senate confirmed the appointment of Su- .responsibility of the municipalities. Essex, said yesterday that he hopes the Assembly perior Court Judge Worral F. Mountain Jr. to be a The measure, which Cahill vetoed would pro- Appropriations Committee will clear the measure on new justice on the State Supreme Court. Mountain vide a minimum pension of $3,000 a year for each Monday for a floor vote later this month.- replaces Vincent S. Haneman who has retired. member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement "It behooves this legislature to move with all - The senate approved and sent to the assem- System and the Consolidated Police and Firemen's deliberate speed on this vital program," Kean said bly a bill to create a commission to look into the Pension Fund. in remarks on the floor of the assembly. Kean is need for state supervision of charitable orgaliiza* The state would be required to pay the differ- chief sponsor of the bill which would divide about tions. $25 million in state aid among 24 cities. ence between current benefits and the $3,000 for Earlier in the day, Gov. William T. Cahill ve- each man. Sharing Plan Pushed toed bills to increase pension benefits for police and The majority leader coupled his remarks on ur- firmen because he said the state should not be sad- "Any increases for local policemen and firemen ban aid with a plea-for approval by Congress of the dled with the additional costs. should be paid by the local municipality," Cahill Nixon Administration's revenue-sharing program "While I am gravely concerned about the in- said. "It is ttieir obligation for their employes in the which would provide an estimated ?154 million for adequacy of pensions to our retired policemen and same manner as the state bears the. obligation for I>few Jersey. • firemen, I feel that the provision of this bill that its employes." RumsonBus RouteSought '••"• Register Stafl By HILDY FONTAINE against having the bus pass In a joint venture with Sea has begun on sewers under Church Street next Tuesday. JUDGE HONORED - Federal District Court Judge Clarksbn S. Fisher of near the borough's "schools, Bright on sewer construction, Contract 2. Streets involved Mr. Dill urged all residents West Long Branch, center, was honored last night by the Monmouth Bar RUMSON - A petition and expressed the hope that council approved awarding a here are Clover Lane, Tulip to be patient with road paving Association meeting at the Old Orchard Inn, Eatontown. Chatting with signed by 97 of Rumson's se- an alternate route could be contract to Ro-Ling-Minieri, Tree Lane, Blossom Road involved with this work, stat- Judge Fisher are Harry B. Tumen of Asbury Park, association president, nior citizens was presented to devised. Inc., to construct a joint force and Robin Road. ing that temporary'pavemeruV\J left; and Superior Court Judge Francis X. Crahay. Judge Fisher was a su- Borough Council last night ur- Councilman William J. Min- main and gravity sewer. It Work has also begun under will be laid when conditieiiio perior court judge in Mpnrriouth County before he was elevated to the fed- ging council to*approve a bus ers said that a meeting with will be constructed by Sea Contract 5 on Ridge Road and permit. f' eral cculft bench. • , . route through Rumson which the bus comnany-4s in order Bright for joint use between Holly Tree Lane. Evergreen Mr. Miners announced thai would run to New York City. to try to determine a prac- the two boroughs. Road will be next, according a joint bottle collection - for This was the second peti- tical and feasible plan. He in- Councilman John H. Dill to Mr. Dill. He added that the purpose of recycling - bo- tion to come before council dicated tfiat WinciJAvould try announced that construction construction will start on (See ELVERS page 2) regarding the proposed route to have "a proper decision by •by the New York, Long the next meeting." School Fire Sparks Branch and Keansburg Bus On a recommendation from Co. the Rumson Shade Tree Com- The first petition, presented mission, council \uthorized at the last council meeting, the application for/any avail- opposed the proposed bus able federaL-stale or county City Security Plan route, and was signed by al- funds to help- eliminate tfie most 70 residents of Bingham school property. threat of infestation by the By AL HORAY to Seymour Greenspan, board ' Ave. gypsy moth here. presiuent. Their statements followed LONG BRANCH - Strong close on the heels of the fire While council had antici- According to the commis- security measures will be tak- Both Mr. Greenspan and pated coming t<J some solu- sion, there are three locations Mayor Henry R. Ciofli yes- early yesterday in the Long en by the Board of Education Branch high school. The blaze tion regarding the matter by in the borough where egg to protect city schools from terday called for the use of last night's meeting, the in- masses of the pest already security guards to protect was started by a burning acts of vandalism, according gasoline-soaked cloth which troduction of the senior citi- have been found. was thrown into the building zens' comments forestalled a Plans are underway to send through- a broken window. final decision. a flier to all residents show- Sympathy Shown Mayor Cioffi yesterday ing what the egg masses look asked City Council to approve The senior citizens were like, and what residents can Marlboro Center a measure which would offer sympathetic to opposition do to combat the threat. $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons respon- Code Fight Seen sible for the fire. Guards Hired School Budget Is By JAMES McCOEMICK donation uf 26-acres for a mu- At a special board session nicipal center. last night, city school officials MARLBORO - The Town- The Middletown attorney moved to hire armed guards ship Council's adoption last maintains that when his to patrol school property and Cut $164,771 night of an ordinance allow- clients applied for a subdivir to install outside lighting at sion in July, 1968, their tract all the local schools. UNION BEACH - Borough Council also took a $45,000 ing'the condemnation of prop- Council honed its axe last chunk out of the tuition ac- erty for a municipal-civic was zoned % acre and that After the board meeting, y R»9lit«r Staff Photo the Planning Board, then night and sliced $164,771 out count. center could result in an ex- Mr. Greenspan termed the of the Board of Education's "The board's tuition figure FOR VALOR — For his role in rescuing an elderly couple from their burn- tensive court battle. chaired by Gerald Bauman, ' fire a "willful act of destruc- ing apartment last December, Keansburg Patrolman Anthony Lopes, third delayed approval of the subdi- defeated current expense doesn't compare to the figure The council adopted an or- tion which can neither be con- budget. anticipated by the Keyport from left, receives a plaque and desk set from Policemen's Benevolent As- dinance appropriating $77,000 vision request until the land doned nor taken lightly by sociation President Patrolman Thomas Dalton. On hand for the ceremony was rezoned two acres in any reasponsible resident of The $928,695 expenditure Board of Education which from the capital improvement proposed by the board for its will receive this money, so are Patrolman Lopes' father, Thomas C. Lopes, and his wife Gall. The fund to pay for the con- 1969. the city." Mr. Gagliano said that he 1971-72 school year operation this is our thinking of the cut commendation is in recognition of service bgyond the call of duty. demnation of,20-acres of the The board president said was soundly defeated by the in this area," Mr. Lembo Traphagen property at the was present at the Council that the fact that the damage meeting last night to "donate electorate last month by a 376 said. southwest corner of Rt. 520 was confined to a small area to 80 vote. and Wyncrest Road. the land you want to pay of the school is a tribute to Council also sliced $1,850 in ?77,000 for." the efforts of city firemen. The largest cuts were in , However, the site is part of the areas of teachers salaries board secretary salaries, a 132-acre tract currently un- "We are not interested in The slight damage, he added $1,000 from the superinten- Shrewsbury Pares 1 which was reduced from the der litigation before Superior selling the land - we will "cannot in any way serve to dent's salary and $1,000 from fight this to the very end," he lessen our concern over this proposed $560,040 to $515,240.