Monday Ex-fire chief Special yule Giants win, Jets Specials honored, page 3 series, page 20 lose, page 9 The Daily Register Monmouth County's Great Home Newspaper VOL. 104 NO. 139 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1981 25 CENTS Ocean toxic waste level called 'high' By ANDREWSHEEHAN tain the greatest levels of copper, lead. PCBs, zinc, and mercury contained in the study area SANDY HOOK - Unexpectedly high levels produced by industry and residents In most of toxic wastes and deleterious effects on fish cases, the levels of each harmful metal were populations have been discovered in the Atlantic recorded at levels three times higher than at waters off Monmouth County due to continued other sections. ocean dumping, according to a recent federal "The 18 million people, who live in the study conducted here. vicinity of these waters, have fallen victim to The first annual Northeast Monitoring Pro- the Pogo syndrome," said Program Director gram report on Ocean quality from North Caro- John B Pearce, of Fair Haven "In other lina to Maine finds the New York Bight — that words, we have met the enemy and it is us." triangular patch of ocean formed between the Pearce cited the high levels of industry, the New Jersey coastline and the northern coast of common use of chemicals used in around-the- Long Island —' as the most severely polluted house tasks, and the contaminated run-off of with sediments, sludge, hazardous trace metals surface and ground water into the ocean for the and toxic wastes. levels of trace metals and toxic wastes in the In addition, the report finds less diversity in New York Bight. fish populations, greater levels of toxic "One merely has to look at the things they KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES — President Reagan, far are Count Basle, Cary Grant, Helen Hays, Jerome Robbins, Rudolf chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls, use on a daily basis to point to where it (the right, talks to gathering in the East Room of the White House Serkin, with Mrs. Reagan and the president. and a wider dissemination of chemicals from metals and chemicals) comes from," Pearce yesterday during the Kennedy Center Honors Reception. From left dump sites at the 106-mile limit than previously said. "Anything in the household can come back expected into waters downstream of the New in the form of a hazardous material from silver- York Harbor and Hudson River. ware polish, to photography chemicals, to the The report conducted by the Northeast chrome and lead in your car " Marine Fisheries, here, and other branches of Only subsequent studies will be able to meas- the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- ure trends in the pollution of the Atlantic, but Kennedy Center honors tration throughout the Northeast finds the New one staggering result of the initial study is the York Bight waters saturated with over a billion apparent effect of growing toxic pollution on gallons of sewage,, six million gallons of sewage marine life. The program designed to advise the sludge and two to 12 million tons of annual federal Environmental Protection Agency and dredged materials laden with Atlantic Coast's the U.S. Department of Interior will also con- highest levels of toxic chemicals and trace tinue to concentrate on the effects of this pollu- Count Basie, 4 others metals. tion on fish populations The sediments in the New York Bight con- See Ocean, page 4 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan actress Helen Hayes, choreographer Jerome us. Reagan said. "They've made us proud to be paid tribute last night to five performing artists Robbins and pianist Rudolf Serkin. Americans ,., we owe them a great debt " who "have lived the dreams and lightened the Count Basie was born in Red Bank, N.J., and The president drew laughter from the 400 hearts of millions of Americans," and joined is affectionately known as the "Kid from Red guests, including show business stars, members Bank of Congress and the Cabinet and wealthy Re- IFF officials meet them under a tight security shield for a black-tie gala at the Kennedy Center. With the honorees seated on a podium publican supporters, when he noted that Miss "In their lives and art they have fashioned flanked by lighted Christmas trees and large red Hayes made her first stage appearance at age 5 lofty standards of excellence. Through them we candles, the president saluted each of the five in the play "Old Dutch " can all sing and dance and act and play," and noted that two of them, Serkin and Grant, The audience laughed because early in Re- on possible layoffs Heagan said at a glittering reception in the were immigrants. Serkin fled what is now agan's career he announced University of Iowa Czechoslovakia to escape the Nazis, and Grant While House East Room for this year's reci- football games under the name "Dutch" Re- UNION BEACH — Officials at International factors which could have an adverse effect on. pients of the Kennedy Center Honors — band sailed from England in 1920 as Archie Leach. agan. Flavors and Fragrances Inc. have been discuss operations at the local plant leadef Count Basle, movie actor Cary Grant. All of them have done more than entertain See Count, page 4 ing possible future layoffs, a spokesman con- First, he noted that Conrail. the state's rail firmed last night, but the spokesman .termed service, has announced its desire to abandon such discussion "premature." service on a freight line which services the William G. Dalton, IFF's director of public company The line, which runs four miles — relations, would not speculate as to when an from the IFF plant on Rose Lane to Matawan — Wind fails to ruin marathon official announcement on possible layoffs would could become aviclim of federal transportation be made, but he added that meetings on the budget cuts, officials confirmed earlier this By JIM HINTELMANN meet director Thomas Baum said. "The wind towns involved like Neptune and Bradley Beach subject are continuing. year was just terrible, but I think that all functions were wildly enthusiastic about having the Dalton also would not confirm reports that Second, he said the company is concerned ASBURY PARK - The law of averages went smoothly despite the weather." race.'' the layoffs, if they are initiated, would affect about the status of its operations for the first finally caught up with the Jersey Shore Mara- This year's race was run over a new course Two runners who were able to overcome the between 60 and 100 workers at the firm, which quarter of 1982 and the number of orders the thon yesterday which started from the Asbury Park Convention strong winds were Cliff Whitehead of Wall and employs 750 persons at its Monmouth County company has been receiving The marathon, held in the middle of January Hall and went north on Ocean Ave. to Lincoln Kare Cossaboon-Holm of Rochester, NY., the facilities. He did say, however, that such layoffs IFF, a large source of employment for area for the first eight yean, was finally moved to winners of the men's and women's races. would be based on seniority residents, has been controversial because of its the tint Sunday in December in 1878 after being Whitehead, running for the Shore Athletic In an interview last night, Dalton said dis- conflicts with the state Department of Environ- marred by snow and cold on a number of occa- Related story, page 9 Club, grabbed the lead about the 18-mile mark cussions have centered around two different See IFF, page t sions. and won going away in two hours, 22 minutes For three yean, conditions were perfect, and eight seconds. and then came yesterday. Ave. in Elberon and then back all the way to the Cossaboon-Holm, whose husband, Craig Northwest winds gusting to gale force and Shark River Bridge. From there the runners Holm, won this marathon in 1979, moved in front temperatures in the 30s made for a wind chill returned to Convention Hall and then repeated after 15 miles and had little trouble winning in Pearl Harbor crash factor of near zero and brutal conditions for the the course. two hours, 53 minutes and five seconds. 3,000 runners who participated. "Despite the bad weather, a lot of people The weather conditions forced many runners "It was the worst weather we ever bad, liked this new course, Baum said. "The new See Wind, page 4 claims 11 skydivers HONOLULU (AP) — An airplane taking ' Search operations had been suspended at skydiven to a football game jump sputtered and 1 45 am. yesterday because the shallow waters The Inside Story spun into Pearl Harbor near the USS Arizona in the area posed a danger to boats, said Richard Memorial, officials said. Eleven of the 12 people Rothrock, deputy public affairs officer for the THE WEATHER f> believed aboard were killed. Pearl Harbor Naval Base Searchers were sent One man was pulled alive from the harbor by out again at daybreak Partly lunny today with highs 40 to 45. three men who saw the plane go down The parachutists were scheduled to jump Complete report, page 3. Authorities first were told 13 people were into nearby Aloha Stadjum before the start of a football game between University of Hawaii and Will Grlmsley » aboard by the man who was found alive Later, the University of South Carolina Shore gridders to be feled 12 other members of the Jump Hawaii sports para- Weddings / M chutist club said 12 were aboard, a Navy spokes- Ten minutes before the 7 10 p m crash, the Ann Landers 15 man said.