State Income Tax Would Have Impact Boro and Other State Hospitals, Would Have to Be Obtained Which Local School Districts Would Have Received for Current
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•A' Distribution Twfay ,-,«,.. 25,700 1 tedBm^Jbm f •tare* tomorrow. High ta Sfe Precipitation probability M pef Copyrlgat-The Red Bank Register, Inc., 1963. fent today and tonight, increa*- DIAL 741.0010-. Ing to » per cent late tomorrow. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1965 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE VOL. 8O; fro. 126 More Services or Lower Municipal Taxes State Income Tax Would Have Impact boro and other state hospitals, would have to be obtained which local school districts would have received for current . By ELINOR MULTTER cover-unmet needs not provided for in his budget. NO CUT THEN from other areas of revenue growth. budgets, had a proposal supported by the New Jersey Edu- , Last In » Serin cation Association been in effect this year. , , Failure to pass the tax under those circumstances did not State colleges and Rutgers University would receive some The NJEA plan, which goes further than the proposals Passage of the governor's proposed income tax- will require the- Legislature to cut services below the budgeted $25 million from the tax, with an additional sum for county of the Tax Policy Commission, calls for an increase in both have an Impact, at, the local level, either in Improved services level. colleges. - current expense and building aid, with the per pupil mini- or in an easing of the pressure on local,taxes, or both. Local school districts are slated to receive the-largest NEW INSTITUTIONS mum for current expenses rising from $50 to $75. (The com- , TwMhirds of the $180 million \o. JWO Tmillion additional chunk of the proposed new revenues, some $90 million. Another The remaining'income tax revenues would be used for new mission did not recommend an increase in the minimum.) revenue raised will be returned to finance local services. $15 million to $20 million will be allocated for construction of institutions, state highways and relief for the insolvent com- NEARLY $8 MILLION . Prospects for passage of the income tax are bright. local and county roads. muter railroads. : Democratic control of the Legislature is the major reason, Funds for local health agencies may be provided under The governor's spending plan is comparable to that pro- Projections by the governor's office show that Mon- but another significant factor is the manner in which the the terms of a bill introduced in the Legislature this year posed by the Citizens Aotion Committee For a Sales Tax, mouth County school districts would have received additional Governor is requesting the tax. , and due to be reintroduced in the 1966 session — this time except that the latter would use some $20 million of sales tax statfeaid in the two categories of nearly $8 million for the- Gov. Richard J. Hughes has announced that the budget,, with good prospects for its passage. revenues to replace the controversial Chapter 51 business taxes. ciffRnt year, had the NJEA formulas been in effect. soon to be submitfed to the Legislature, will provide for the Estimates show that the local health' aid measure could The governor has previously proposed a separate package • Current expense aid would have jumped to $13,828,696 from •pending of the dollars to-be raised by the income tax. funnel nearly $4 million to local departments meeting its of taxes to replace these business taxes. its present level of $6,740,833 and building aid to $2,198,190 , : Thus, should the/Legislature fail to enact the tax proposal standards, with another half-million for special purpose grants • Details of the distribution of additional state school aid' from $1,331,273. , { or other equivalent revenue measures, it will face the task of to local groups. • . • , have not yet been revealed. The formula under which it will The Middletown school system would have had the largest cutting many of the services or local aid funds recommended Funds available to the state would be used primarily for be distributed is still, under consideration, administration offi- increase, adding more than $1 million to its current total—in by, the. Governor. capital projects, administration officials indicate. cials say, these two categories—of $1,062,136 (See chart.) rj't >e»r Ire Roie-nor recommended an income tan to Increase) in operating hndpUs, including those for Marl- The governor's office has projected the aid increases (See TAXES, Page 3) •• Three New Industries Weighing Location in Freehold Township FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — ron Taylor, industrial representa- zation has been retained as ex- site as "highly desirable" be- red a complete package, includ- Three industries are considering tive of the Monmouth County elusive agents. cause it is one of very few in- ig financing. locations in a newly announced Planning Board, and the Joseph Study Being Made dustrial sites in the county which The Mahony-Troast Construe- ion Co., Clifton, has been ap- industrial park on Rt. 33 jn the J. Garibaldi Organization, Indus- Frank Garibaldi said yesterday is served by all utilities and a township's industrial zone. trial Realtors, Hoboken. that two manufacturers and a ointed as developers, contractor* railroad (Pennsylvania) siding. A joint announcement of the The park site has been ac- distributing and warehousing nd engineers. Buildings in the park will be establishment of the 103-acre, quired by a partnership known as firmware considering the park as The park tract has 1,000 feet park has been made by township Central ' Monmouth Industrial a site for their operations. available on a sale or lease if frontage on Rt. 33. A planned Mayor Norman R. Wagner, My- Park and the Garibaldi Organi- Mr. Taylor described the park basis and industries will be of ndustrial road from Willowbrook *d. to Rt. 33 will provide addi- Jonal frontage. Hughes to Study Freeway Route The capital budget approved by the Township Committee last month included $700,000 in 1968 for industrial roads. Mayor' Wagner and the town- Expressway Compromise Link ship's attorney, M. Raymond Me- Gowan, discussed a possible ap- plication for a grant under the 1965 Economic Development Act with federal officials in Washing- FAST WORK by Monmouth Consolidated Water Co. restored water pressure to Shadow Appears Part of Monmouth Plan ton last week. Lake area of Middletown in about Vh hours aftar .12-inch cast iron .water main under, Funds granted under the Eco- Hubbard Ave., River Plaza, broke early yeittrday^Mayor Ernest G« Kavalak laid ha By CHARLES A. JOHNSTON of two jn close proximity to tions this week endorsing the then several feeder roads needed to nomic Development Act are to be cqnferred with water company official* and found that cause was undetermined, "Res- TRENTON - Gov. Riohard J. each other, was'sensible and still newly-suggested Robbins- make the expressway system used primarily to stimulate ecb- Hughes and aides agreed yester- would meet Monmouth County ville toll spur into Trenton. more Integrated network with (See INDUSTRIES, Page 2) , toration of service so quickly de*arvei ftvorabla comment," Mayor Ksvelek said. day to study a proposed new needs. > Mr. Pike said' that even when existing highways and proposed Othar breaks have been fraquefit in araa of Willatt Acres where sewer work has roadway — which actually is old When the Mercer controversy this resolution was being pro- freeways. In Monmouth. broken many mains. " '"*-" - hat, but still a favorite•'— he with the authority hardened this cussed, he. doubted"that both the Change* Needed To Honor Monmouth County officials. month, Monmouth County's Robbinsville spur and; the free- Mr. Pike predicted that before The plan is for a new Trenton Planning Board and Board of way would be built.. dirt begin* to fly, more changes Officials Battle in Long Branch connection for the governor's Freeholders both went to the If the new plan is accepted, will have, been developed: in the $133 million Central Jersey, ex- aid of Mercer. he said, it should make money original alignment. of the differ- pressway system, The two boards adopted resolu- available for construction of the (See COMPROMISE, Page 2) Reporter [ it would closely follow a line urged by Monmouth spokesmen RED BANK - Daily Register two years ago In their pleas for Reporter Doris Kulman will be a Trenton—seashore toll or free- honored by the Greater Red Agent for Holmdel Union Bank Area Council of Churches way. LONG BRANCH - An argu "I'd like to have the board the cost of a substitute teacher for "the fine job of reporting ment between Councilman Ame- clarify how a teacher in politics during his absence. The proposal would provide a she has done over a period ot deo V. Ippolito and William H. should be treated," the council- "Your first responsibility as a single super road between Tren- years on controversial social is- Meskill, the. school superinten- man said. '•'.'. teacher is to this school - sys- ton and the New Jersey Turn- les." . • .; dent at last night's Board - of "You're; out of order, if you're tem. If you want to make this pike, instead of one toll strip Indicted in Embezzlement Miss Kulman will be the guest Education meeting ended with here as a teacher," Mr. Meskill an issue, go ahead," Mr. Meskill and another freeway. TRENTON — Michael Tarzia, aid Horowitz, of the Newark of- funds from Jan. 1 to or about of honor, at the council's annual Mr. Ippolito threatening to sue replied. "If you have a griev- said. "Your council duties should When Monmouths plan was secretary business agent of local fice told The Register his office July 31. Social Action dinner Feb. 7 at 7 Mr. Metkiil.;' ... ance, raise it through the teach- not interfere with your respon- considered by the state High- 470 of Printers Specialty and Pa- started studying the indictments The second count of the in- p.m.