THE NEW The Zip Code Your want ad for Linden is is easy to place -Phone 686-7700 which became a Suburban Publishing Corp. newspaper on July 2, 1964 0 7 0 3 < b An Official Newspaper For The City of Linden « 'Published Eoch Thursday by Suburban Publishing Corp. Subscription Rete S9.50 Yeerly 25c p«r copy VOL. 24-NO. T* LINDEN, N.J., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29,4977 Second C less Postage Pe id et Linden, N . J 211 North Wood ova., Linden, N.J. 07034 YEAR-END REVIEW Elections, controversy are news in '77 Gas Co switching station in Ljnden revises its graduation policies Con­ Linden during 1977 was a city that crisis, and the school board unveils a Maryann Dorin. Joseph Suliga and its counterpart in Linden Freeholder prevents New Jersey from Joining the struction of a second senior citizens had its share of tragedies, con­ tentative $13 million budget for the 1977- Robert Antoniewicz are elected to the Thomas Long noted that Wheeler Park Pool will open during the summer on a New York City blackout. The school apartment complex could begin before troversies and criaaa. It was a year at 78 school year. Also because of the gas school board but voters reject the the winter Three men are arrested for limited basis. board accuses Herman Mopsick, high elections that held some surprises, and shortage, the General Motors plant budget Det Anthony Accardo wins a allegedly extorting $118,060 from it was a time for the reevaluation of shuts down Indefinitely. At a meeting, one-year unexpired term on the board school principal, of six specific charges A COMMITTEE race in the 10th relating to his administrative duties,, Harold Rubenstein. owner of The priorities the council protests the county park as a write-in candidate Farm er’s Place in Linden. Mlklos Beginning in January, the Board of commission's decision to permanently The City Council in April increases its Ward during the June primary is the among them changing the grades of only election fight Mayor John T students after they were graduated to retires after 40 years and is replaced by Education was granted a one-month close Wheeler Park Pool The tax rate salary, the salary °f the mayor and the Deputy Chief Edwin Schulhafer extension from the state to come up for the municipal portion of the city wage* of city officials and employees Gregorio files a civil suit against Daniel prevent them from receiving diplomas Manies, an unsuccessful primary In August, a state official said it was —0—0— with a desegregation plan and, later, budget will be one cent per $100 by five percent. A revised $11.6 million IN OCTOBER, a freight train derails voted 5-1 to submit a proposal to state assessed valuation and the Linden school budget is passed by the council, candidate for a Democratic Assembly impossible to integrate the city schools seat, for assault and battery Rose Ann by September Fire Chief Frank Miklos at the BP Oil Co. spur Eighth Ward officials. The cold, hard winter of 1976- teachers' union approves a new con­ and the reorganized Board of Councilman Val Imbriaco is named city 77, caused Public Service Electric & tract. Five candidates, including a 19- Education asks for a 30-day extension RegineUa is charged with the murder of assures the city no new men will be her husband, Joseph. Recreation and needed to man a Seventh Ward clerk to replace Henry Baran who is Gas Co. to put its synthetic gas plant in year-old college student, vie for three of the April 15 deadline to submit a retiring on Nov. 1. Linden in full operation because of three-year terms on the Board of racial balancing plan. Ground is broken fire officials meet with the council to firehouse A group of General Motors discuss the construction of a firehouse employees, on a routine nightly lunch Rose Ann RegineUa is sentenced in abnormal use of natural gas. Karylee Education for a $3.8 million extension to City Hall, November to life imprisonment for the Shea pleaded guilty to the man­ which will include a three-tier parking in the Seventh Ward near Memorial break outside the plant, is rammed by Park. HUD gives preliminary approval an intoxicated motorist One man is Memorial Day murder of her husband, slaughter death of her husband, John IN MARCH, the state gives the g»reg« Joseph Police Chief Domenie Lello is and her son, Daniel, a ls o D iesded guilty Linden school board until April 15 to In May, the school board decides to for a new senior citizens housing killed and nine others injured complex. The Board of Freeholders in Sep­ honored for his 35 years of service. to the same charge. submit a more detailed ^MMfregatiofl challenge the authority of Fred Burke, Gregorio defeats incumbent State Sen The City Council gave the go-ahead plan. The construction w rih e x:Ity's state commissioner of education, to In early July, the state gives the tember rejects all funds for the county Board of Education only until the 22nd park commission to build an aquatic Thomas Dunn by nearly 4,000 votes and in February for the construction of a second senior citizens apartmento,. pdffMa how Linden should racially more than 6,000 votes district-wide to Downtowner motel on N. Wood avenue. complex could begin within a year i f * baMftee its elementary schools. New to come up with a racial plan. Later, the center Instead, it tells the commission board votes to revise its open (o replace both Wheeler Park and Rah­ become the senator from District 21. A Americo R Taranto, superintendent of Linden can get federal rent subsidies Jersey Turnpike officiate unofficially controversy surrounding the burning of The City Council approves an $19 give approval to an access road Unking enrollment policy An automatic relay way pools Because of the Mopsick schools, curtails all aftarachool ac­ / ( Continued Ml M S* 1) tivities because of th million municipal budget for 1977. the industrial section at Carteret with system at the Public Service Electric & controversy, the Board of Education Nine workers stricken at fork lift repair firm Officials of the Occupational and to point to carbon monoxide as the year, that sort of situation is a fairly Safety and Health Administration possible cause that sent the employees common story " (OSHA) are “fairly well convinced" to Rahway Hospital between 9 30 and The “situation” referred to by that the symptoms that struck nine 10:30 a m Jeremias began about 9:30 Tuesday employees of Lift Trucks, Inc , on W morning when Lift Truck employee Blancke street Tuesday morning were Lift Trucks repairs fork lift trucks in John Petrovich of Garfield suddenly brought on by quantities of carbon an indoor garage and Jeremias noted. complained of nausea, shortness of monoxide -‘It's difficult to reconstruct any breath, chest pain and hghtbeadiness According to Martin Jeremias, situation once a period of time has Thinking the man was suffering a heart supervisor of industrial hygienists in passed, but in cold weather, doors are attack. Lift Truck owner Peter OSHA's Dover office, reports from his closed and. with gas engines running, Smeretski took Petrovich to Rahway / senhy hygienist on the scene appeared fumes may build up At this time of Hospital for treatment. While the owner was waiting for word on his employee, the Linden Volunteer Ambulance Corps (LVAC) arrived with the remainder of Board is disturbed the group who had also experienced similar symptoms Smeretski said, "I was more than surprised when the 6ver athletic policies ambulance arrived with the others Smeretski said his men had been Revised athletic policies fpr high home basketball games would be an working in the shop area where fork lift school athletics as put forth by the added bonus for many area residents engines are usually running. But, he * Union County superintendents and high The varsity team is currently ranked added, "We've been in this'building 11 school principals group were adopted near the top in state polls and years and nothing like this had ever by the Board of Education at last basketball annually attracts the largest happened before'" week's meeting with several board spectator crowds in the city The fact A spokeswoman for the hospital said FIRST MEETING—The English as a second language groups where Interpreters explained the language program members expressing reservations on that the high school gym only seats that the employees were each treated department of Linden public schools hold Its first parent to them In their native tongues. The state requires all one of the items about 1,200 hasn't helped on occasions for “inhalation of fumes” and released moating on Dec is at School One The children and their children with a limited English speaking ability to Of the eight items agreed upon by the when hundreds of fans had to be turned after being given electrocardiograms pe rents were greeted by Anita M. Schmidt, director of the participate In an English as a second language program In county group and submitted for ap­ away at the door and chest X-rays. However, she did deportment, and teachers Mariann Aranka, Oriel Tirado the photo, from the left, Schmidt, Orlando Vella. Salvatore proval of local boards, the one that It was reported that the county group note that any attribution by the hospital and Marla Bauer. After refreshments and a display of the Glso, Elvira Bian Aime and Alphonsina Moscaritolo, provoked board comment states. “No also felt that both the athletes and fans to carbon monoxide as a cause was at children's work, the parents and teachers divided Into small Italian-French translator.