Davis Asks for Solutions to Benefit All Youngsters by STEVEN J
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t h e n ew ■which become a Sober bon Publishing Corp. newspaper on July 2, 1964 Subscription Rote i t 50 Y*»rly An Official Newspaper For The City of Linden Second Clots Pottage Palp at Linden, N J Published Each Thursdoy by Suburbon Publishing Corp. 25c per copy VOL. 24-NO. 7 218 North Wood ovf,, Linden, n.J. 07036 LINDEN, N.J., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1977 Davis asks for solutions to benefit all youngsters By STEVEN J. IIE R Z city schools, Davis continued, " I feel building is archaic and obsolete and the was some painting this summer "I Saying, "W e don't want to be at war the children at School Seven would children would find much better think the lack of repairs is deliberate on with anyone. We are only trying to do profit from a transfer to School Two. facilities and opportunities at School the board’s part so they can eventually what is best for the children," Board of The building is functional for small Two.” Ironically, the board earlier close the school," she said classes but not when the classes gave retroactive approval to a request Education member Bernice Davis Kulberda pointed out the lack of a become too small to carry on.” t to hire the architectilral firm of Musial explained her suggestion to consider full-time principal at the school She said School Seven isn’t the ogly Guerra to prepare plans and closing School Seven in the Tremley disappointed many parents Dr John building to be considered for closing " I specifications for renovation work at Point section to a group of the School's O’Brian serves as principal of both would also recommend closing School Schools Three, Four and Seven PTA at last Wednesday night's board Schools Seven and Three but, according meeting. Four," said Davis, herself an educator Kulberda told the Leader that the TORN TRACK—This pretzel-like section of roil i* the result of lost The suggestion to close the in Elizabeth “I think the School Seven only repair work done at School Seven (Continued on page J) Wednesday morning's derailment at a freight yard adjacent to the BP Oil elementary building was raised at last Co. tank farm. The engine, pictured above, and five other cars, several week's board agenda session by Davis containing highly flammable liquids left the track about II o.m. No and prompted a good deal of discussion injuries were reported. among board members. The possibility Deputy clerk declines of closing the school by Dec 31 of this year was also brought up However, 5 tank cars, engine board President Maryann Dorin noted that further discussion would probably be curtailed until Schools Superin an offer of a promotion tendent A. R Taranto presents a report detail near BP Oil to the board some time next week on the By RICHARD LUONGO Inc., presently has so that we can get The councilman explained that the economic aspects of closing the school Wanda Gawron, deputy city clerk, the best rental for the best interest of airport committee was concerned with Five tanks cars, including two loaded the train’s emergency brakes when he Both Davis and Dorin told the School asked the City Council Tuesday night the city." Sky Service presently leases the condition of the fence around the with highly flammable liquids, and the felt the engine begin to leave the tracks Seven parents at the meeting that any not to consider her for the post of city the city-owned property and the airport and Krueger was authorized "to engine of a 34-car freight train derailed The momentum of the other cars closing of a building at this time would clerk upon the retirement of Henry agreement is ready to expire However, write to Sky Service, Inc , advising that last Wednesday morning at a freight carried the engine and the first five be based more on economics than on Baran on Nov 1 because of the Sky Service has an option to renew the they must make the repairs in the fence yard adjacent to the BP Oil Co tank tank cars off the track, twisting pari of integration. School Seven’s enrollment pressures of the job and her desire not lease. in order to conform with the lease farm and Linden Chlorine Products Co the rail in an upward loop like a pretzel, is predominately white while School to attend night meetings Watson said the consultant would The management of the airport is near Tremley Point road No injuries according to police reports Two of the Two, where the students would be Fifth Ward Councilman James Iozzi also review the rental of APA Services also expected to furnish the city with a were reported cars were empty but the immediate transferred, has a black majority had asked the entire council to consider lease of a 48,000 square foot warehouse statement of all revenues received for The delicate operation of righting the danger developed because of the two enrollment. Gawron for the post and, in turn, asked building on the property and a "call the last three years, said Watson, in cars and reopening several Citgo cars carrying loads of ethyl mercapton, Gay Kulberda. PTA secretary, told her if she wanted it. block" which tests aircraft engines accordance with the terms of the lease, pipelines onto which the cars toppled a flammable substance used, among the board that closing the school on “ I wish to remain in my present which must be certified by an ac was completed by last weekend, ac other things, to give natural gas an Trem ley Point road would present post," said Gawron in a prepared countant cording to Conrail and Fire Depart odor The substance in the cars several hardships to families in the statement She told the lawmakers that Man is nabbed The council also passed two or ment spokesmen belonged to American Cyanimid. area One such hardship would involve she had given 37 years of service to the dinances on second reading Police said the derailment occurred A second dangerous situation was children having to walk to School Two city, 30 years as deputy city clerk Now. One authorizes the purchasing agent, about 11 a m after the engineer applied created by a tank car holding a cargo of on certain streets without sidewalks; she noted, she was looking for "less on drug count; city engineer or the public works liquid plastic, not as dangerous as the Stiles street was cited as one example. pressure” and didn’t want to attend all superintendent to make change orders ethyl mercapton but combustible, Kulberda, who resides on Fedor avenue the night meetings the city clerk must plants are seen under certain conditions, and the Halloween unit nevertheless. That car toppled onto attend. second amends the Civil Service salary and has two young children enrolled in An. E. Blancke street resident was several Citgo pipelines, one of which After Iozzi thanked her for her range ordinance School Seven, also expressed concern arrested last Thursday by city police was pumping gasoline at the time. A over the heavy volume of truck traffic honesty, Council President Edward In other business. Walter Turkiewicz, picks parade's second pipeline contained heating oil. Murawmki said Gawron was dedicated for growing marijuana plants and for public works inspector, notified the in the area around 21st street to S. Wood possessing less than 25 grams of the According to a Linden Fire Department avenue. It is now a five block walk for and had done a fine job. “ She will be a council that he had resigned from his spokesman, actual leakage from the big help to whomever Is chosen as weed. post, effective Sept. 19 grand marshal the Kulberda children to School Raymond De Faria, out on 8200 bail, liquid plastic car was minimal and was Seven wfwreaa School Tw o Is about to clerk,” he said. “We definitely need a FMBA Local 34 has requested a Rae Silverman was named this according to police, allegedly was not really a major factor at the thne of or IB blacks further, a ccording to city d esk and would tike the council to meeting with the city to negotiate year's grand marshal for the 28th growing -the plants in white plastic the mishap The tank separated itself Kulberda. Taranto promised Kulberda act as a committee as a whole to come wages for 1978, and Josephine Palmer annual Halloween parade scheduled for from the wheels before coming to rest up with a name.” containers on the second-floor balcony was appointed a principal clerk typist, (hat, bi‘ special Instances, a school of his apartment. Monday. Oct. 31. according to Alfred A on tiit ptpoUfMM. Fourth Ward Councilman James effective Sept. 7. nurse or another official would drive Two police officers, walking along E Volpe, superintendent of recreation. The Linden Fire Department Watson, as chairman of the committee The education department of the the children home if they had to attend Blancke street on patrol, happened to The parade committee is still ac responded to the scene with two engine for Linden Airport, said that a meeting Linden public school system advised School Two; however, Kulberda said look up, said the report, when they cepting applications for floats in such com pen tee. an aerial truck and the was held on Sept. 28 between himself, the council that student trainees were she doubted that would be the case spotted what they determined to be divisions as mechanised, hand-drawn special services unit Deputy Chief 10th Ward Councilman Richard available in the afternoons to gain work Davis told the audience.