T Turn Members of the Rahway and the Meeting of the Jun- Jewish Community U6hered Ior Congregation at 10:30 in the Passover Holiday, A.M
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KA New Jersey's Oldest Weekly Newspaper-Established 1822 VOLUME 153 NO. 12 RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1975 15 CENTS After a three-day recess The first part of the from lower Main Street r e q u i r c d drafting a new Rahway councilmen by a council session began at tlie 6-3.vote approved a series Associates as revenue. xes.oluti.on_iiL-Wbicb._LoLal close of tlie public hearing The' o'ther TOO WWT "m The-sole-public hearing ally qualify them to receive of amendments to a resolu- on the budget on Thursday, 1 on the proposed master a.,.landfill permit.'Such tion -to amend the the '-Same extent, one anti- ations'. -Appnr'cntly~no- " """ ""^slTfJuly-pasL--triptrtiT7g^t;<>ito~"m-rcrranKr" "couhc"lTnTan\vas willing to plan for Railway. I)eld on pprmif was given after * THe JnTeiKTiiients 11 p.m. Tuesday- before planning state ruling. from a child health confer- undertake the mathematics • reduced the budget by about The first snag was an board members, was a A rulinp bv citv attorney ol>jecaon-by .second- ward- Trie" res o 1 u ti o n itself councilman John C. Marsh Mr. Karcher and Mr; •lowered'thertotal-amotirTtof- st3to-for-mula|>!eK!Wt44inij- HaniK-n..j.L'iiiiii.dL'.d Uie~ ~"who spoke a gain at- -a inspections. councilmen further that the gg money to be raised by taxes $14o,000 bond ordinance the most attention. fnr fiiippoxt-of the-budgct by Councilmen .Donovan and amended resolution-wouM- se of the complaints of -for the extension of Hare; 1 " Democratlc'councilman- " Ti^1 ll - 0052,156.22 hum the uil- -March—voted—against the iii-cd tu lii. advL-rcJb'eU in at - large Tor Cedervall KAilWAYANS .... Memberrs ot tht e Juniouorr AchleveAchleve- jitreet and_thc- purchaser u '^,000 lij Unit* fur_the_Mj.rq.h_31 . Mr. Karcher ruled that, menr program in Rahway visited Miss Deborah Kerr backstage, atlhe Shubert Thea- ginaliy proposed 54,396/ articles - for- -city depart— praised Uie plan prepared according to the city ordi- 980.60 to $4,O17,82-!.38. in thtTbudget irom "Hearing, thus excluding tlie ter in New York City where she is starring .in the Edward Albee play "Sea Scape." monts. the sale of city property possibility of approving a by Robert E. Rosa Associ- nance, the only "aggriev- Miss Kerr accepted a gift from the city people to aid the work at Will Rogers Hos^ A public hearing will be He called the rcsiilution ates of Edison. In particu- ed person" who can request - held on the amendments on located between Jefferson - changed resolution at thar •"- pital. Backstage were, leftto-right.-Stcward Stablcy, director of community relations" "a case of gerrymandering' and St. George Avenues. second hearing. >" laf he saluted the planners a hearing would be the for Merck and Company, Incorporated of Rahway, Robert McArdle of Rahway, Miss Monday, March 31, incoun- figures which would add for making protection from property owners. cil chamber at city hall Unanimously passed was Changes could be made Kerr and Miss Sharon McCartney of Rahway. Merck is a Junior Achievement spon- unnecessary expenses" the anticipation of $6,000 flooding damage ahighpri- Mrs. Ce.dervall-later sor. beginning at 8 p.m. and said the councilmen on March 31, they said,.but ority in their design. • made arrangements with - as revenue in tlie budget to n'.t changes exceeding 10% were only pushing payment be obtained via tlie emer- He also had praise for planning board members to into future years, which would call for read- __ 77 gency--employment act of- -Tcrnree-nreTTrand-aTiew rl s~tcrnse-ffoTXi on Uiljperrfilf - The ordinance called for plains as recreation areas issue at their next meet- 1971. hearing. tlie purchase of a generator The resolu tio.ns ap- The councilmen then and suggestions that land ing. Additional information for the fire department, adjacent to Robinson's on the Sisto squabble will proved by councilmen called a 20-minute recess. flashing stop signs for tlie raised the total miscel- When they returned nothing Branch be purchased for be found on page 5. police force, two bookkeep- --Alonzo-W. Law-rence, laneous line item in the was resolved, but tlie Re- ing machines for the office budget by an estimated publicans ..voted?through... ... Councilman Cedervall president of the Rahway of .revenue -and- finance and $45,14.1.22 -Ironi" '$2,02B, tti'c'rcmainder of the re- ...said.the planners.noted.tlic...-'raxpayersj Associatioii; one street sweeper plus a 858.79 to $2,073,999.11. - Rahway Public.Librarylies"" "snick "more to the point as garbage truck and miscel- ductions. in a flood plain and additi- he warned of a "trend in laneous equipment for the Despite the quick be- At tlie conclusion of the onal pumping equipment is the master plan toward a public works-department. ginning councilmen vote at about 1:45 a.m. the needed in the library base- higher maximum" density . It passed 7-2—with Re- soon "became entangled in councilmen took thejtcLvice —ment-to-eombatthirflotiding-'—reqnrreTneTirr" -publican-councilmen Marsh legal and mathematical" "of Mr. Karcher and reces- danger. He hailed this pro- • -He said tlic current city and Peter M.Donovan of the difficulties after third ward sed the meeting until Mon- Republican -councilman day, March-24.-Mr. Karch posai. _ requirement..of.30J.ijy-ing -. -- fifth ward in opposition. Richard J. Voynik proposed Also "drawing His praise units per acre was already There was supposed to get or against the proposal er noted a postponement hearing was only for city After her comment The next four resolutions a^seriesof amendments to a would mean rev oting all were recommendations in excess of neighboring he a public hearing on the of councilman Marsh. residents and taxpayers. council president Beaure- were passed unanimously. resolution amending the that Union County park municipalities--. - If an-..y, .propose. d city. budget on Eight residents spoke the reductions. _^j M rs. Kenneth (Mary El - gard, -also—a-councilman-^ _One called, fox -the antici- budget. At~the seconcThearing on commissioners—purchase—ehange-is-maderhe-saidptt—March—207-but-most-oRhc—aga1nsnhe~bTi"crg"el~wliile" TenTST3es~of 879 Westfleld at-large, reminded the au- pation of $141,600 in city land for use as parks should be downward. speakers were more con- the remarks of two others Councilman Voynik ex- Monday a revised resolu- Avenue, president of the dience that tlic only item industrial solid waste . tion, with all total figures and further construction be Th , f . _.„.„_ ferned with a proposal ad- leaned in "neither direction, Rahway Policewives Club, charges as revenue in tlie plained city officials had under discussion was the- three options: fire person- corrected, was presented prohibited in flood plains Dlan wm be nnnr>un^Pd nr vanced by second ward Re- Earl Ruppert.of 873 New supported the budget and budget and another the along Robinson's Branch- . plan will be announced at councilman" John Brunswick Avenue, presi- city budget, but comment nel, reduce wages or and accepted by the coun- the Tuesday, April.22, publlcan attacked the proposals of anticipation of $69,400 as The contested landfill (Continuod on pogo 12) freeze salaries. He and his cilmen by a 6-3 vote. board session. C. Marsh which called for dent of Rahway local no.31 councilman Marsh. payment in lieu of taxes operation Is underwayat fellbw_ Republicans chose A discussion centered on Earlier- in their meeting the elimination of 86 city ofjhe Honorary Patrol- - the Sisto Realty Company "jobs and other action"for "men's Benevolent Associa- the"third course and at- the addition of $5,000 to the property along Robinson's board members-unani- tempted to eliminate pay budget for the tax office to mously agreed to solicit what he called a savings of tion, Daniel Stone of 425 Branch east of St. George $1,353,022. raises in various depart- compensate for the retire- from city department heads Linden Avenue, president ments. Avenue andcouncilmanCe- The largest contingently of. the city Patrolmen's ment of a bookkeeping ma- their suggestions on what "cliine "operator with 38 ___dery^rs_^ornmejila»_as_Jiey , _ . IO do ^itfrt!KroTd~EIizaT" idience—consisted-of- —•-Benevolent A^£>or:iutiununii~ . has iiecri-opposed to-theop- cir>- employees apparently • William J. Dietrich of 691 m ini s t r -. t?*• "Joeonh M. yp-irs of soryi.ee. eration and has called for concerned about their jobs. Jaques Avenue, president Hartnett and mayor Daniel The matter was discuss- a council hearing on the They applauded loud and of the city Firemen's Mu- L. Martin noted the Repub- ed for over half an hour in matter, were understoodto long after every express- tual Benevolent Associa- licans' actions may not caucus. It lost in a 4-5 be a criticism of such work ion of support for the bud- tion attacked thecutsof- have the desired effect partisan vote with Demo- in a flood plain in opposi- get or attack on council- fered by councilman since councilmen can say crats Cedervall, Beaure- tion to master plan recom- man Marsh's recommend- Marsh. how much money depart- _g? rjL_SfinkoHfilui_and-Me mendations, A total of 5,400 state ment otficTals may have to Leod supporting the Mr. Ruppert spoke of 1405 Brown Place, Miss of 1709 Park Street, Miss spend but not how to spend Mrs. Tor (Stephanie) Ce- There was also a small against cuts for the police scholarships were award- Margaret M. Catov of 430 Donna J. McClelland of measure. dervall attempted to tackle group of budget critics -in- department- citing-tnerris-—ed to state-high school-see- "West Milton" AvenUeyTho^" T105~Ma"yfair "Drive", "~MTss: it.