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Say boy victim of 'Russian Roulette' FREEHOLD - k 11-year-old Red Btnk boy who was quency in connection with the alleged manslaughter. after the shooting, according to investigators from the Red totally shot by another youth Sunday night was the victim County Medical Examiner Dr. Stanley M Becker said Bank police and the county detectives. of a "form of Russian Roulette," according to First Assis- cause of death was a single bullet that entered the left side The victim was born in Neptune, and he and his family tant County Prosecutor Paul Chalet. of the boy's neck and pierced his right chest. According to had recently moved to Red Bank. He had attended Neptune Jowph Hall, II Willow St., Red Bank, was shot with one Dr. Becker, Hall died from blood loss and air entering the public schools and was slated to attend Red Bank Middle bullet fired from a ttcaliber handgun. The Incident oc- right lung. School starting today. curred In a second floor hallway of his home at about 7:14 According to Mr Chalet, the alleged assailant, young Hall ia survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Hall; three p.m. Sunday, according to Red Bank police. The youth died Hall and a third juvenile were all present In the second- brothers, Jason, Steven and Mark Hall, all at home; one at Rlvervlew Hospital about one-half hour later. floor hallway at the time of the shooting. Allegedly the sister, Miss Stephanie Mall, at home, and his maternal A 15-year-old boy, who allegedly fired the ratal shot, Is assailant pointed the handgun first at the third juvenile and grandfather, John R. MaU of Erica, Va. being held In the Juvenile Detention Center, Freehold then at young Hall. Allegedly there were three bullets in the Childs Funeral Home, Red Bank, Is in charge of ar- Township. He faces mandatory charges of juvenile delin- six-chamber gun. There were two bullets still In the gun rangements. House where boy tea' killed The Daily Register VOL. 101 NO. 59 SHREWSBURY, N.J. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1978 15 CENTS Joining County Prosecutor's staff Monmouth Beach mayor leaving By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN successor, and Bruce Bradley, Until a few months ago, he served as mayor since that son, resigned as commissioner Mr. Neale, of Ocean Ave- Mayor Johnson had based MONMOUTH BEACH - a member of the borough rec- owned and ran his family busi- time, i earlier this year. nue, had served previously on his last campaign for re-elec- ness, Monmouth Beach Cold the borough Planning Board After n years as the borough's reation commission, is con- Mayor Johnson was easily Louis Sodano, who was ap- tion on the borough's declining Storage Co., Inc. and is an investment banker. chief elected official, Sldne/B- sidered a top contender for ap- re-elected to another four-year pointed to commission suc- local-purposes tax rate. Mayor Johnson has ex- Johnson will resign as mayor pointment to the vacant com- term on the three-person ceeding Mr. Peterson, will Mayor Johnson's resigna- The business, founded by perience on a number of coun- here to assume a position In mission seat. borough commission in last have to run for election to com- tion also completes a radical the present mayor's father, ty boards and organizations, the Monmouth County Prose- Mayor Johnson last night year's municipal election. mission in November, as will change In the make-up of the who also served as mayor of Including the Monmouth Coun- cutor's office, he said last declined to state what his new Mr. Neale, one of the the new person appointed to borough's governing body night. post will be under newly-ap- the borough, closed recently mayor's running-mates in that ty Vocational School Board, after more than JO years In third commission seat. which began last year when The mayor expects to offer pointed county prosecutor election, will be the senior the Northeast Monmouth Re- operation. long-time Borough his resignation, effective Sept. Alexander Lehrer. member ol the commission af- Mr. Bradley, who lives on gional Sewerage Authority, Commissioners Edwin R. n, at tonight's Borough Com- lLthough Mayor Johnson is Mayor Johnson Is a gradu- ter Mr. Johnson's resignation, West Street, here, has not pre- and the Monmouth County Re- Feste and Harold W Peterson mission meeting. a member of both the New ate of Princeton University although he has held the post viously held elected office in gional Health Commission No. declined to run for re-election. Commissioner F. Brent Jersey Bar and the New York and Columbia Law School. He for little more than a year. the borough. He is employed 1. Ntale Is expected to be ap- bar, he has not been an active- was first elected to Borough Mayor Johnson's other 1977 by the J. F. Klely Construction Mr. Johnson's tenure as At that time, Mr. Feste was pointed u Mayor Johnson's ly-practicing attorney. Commission*! In lMt and has running mate, Edwin 0. Peter- Co. mayor has seen the completion the junior member of com- of a number of major ratables mission, with 10 years in the in this small oceanfront com- post; Mr. Peterson had served munity, including the Channel for !4 years. Club and Channel Club Towers Mr. Neale's IS months in and The Towers (formerly office will now qualify him as called The Shores) ran the senior member of com- domimium mission SMacy B. JekasM Sunday sales battle Red Bank's CofC in counterattack By JULIE MCDONNELL Sen. Martin J Greenberg. D- ment committee by Assembly Essex. would reinstate the Speaker Christopher Jack- RED BANK-The Greater Sunday closing law in the man, D-Hudson Mr Jackman Red Bank Chamber of Com- state's criminal code. who at one time favored open merce has launched Its own In the code, revised recent- Sunday sales, changed his postcard war to combat Bam ly, the blue laws' are sched- mind after small businessmen SCHOOL RENOVATION PLANNED — Plans are underway to ment suites proposed. In the architect's rendering, above, the berger's, as the fight over the uled for repeal, with the repeal in Hudson county argued that convert the century-old Mechanic Street School In Red Bank to a wiWg at right Is the former gymnasium; Mechanic Street is at state's Sunday closing law to take effect next September. repeal of the law might put professional office building. The exterior will be painted a sand left. rages on The Keyport Chamber of them out of business. color, with two small additions and extra lighting for the base- Bamberger's, a leading Commerce has also dis- The legislature will meet proponent of eliminating the tributed about 1.000 cards urg- next Monday, and at this point present 'blue laws' which pro- ing that the blue laws be re- it's more likely that the hibit Sunday selling in 10 New tained Greenberg bill will be reported Jersey counties, Including The postcard battle is sym- out for action next week Old school has a bright future Monmouth, has been supplying bolic of the fight over the'law: The Graves bill would have its customers with postcards large chain stores and shop- to be passed and signed by kind of restraint on the type of ter. I think we have to be dicated that It would not im- ple occupancy. I will," Mr Lee By JULIE MCDONNELL urging state Assembly passage ping malls favor repeal of Sun- Gov. Brendan T. Byrne by ear- tenants." somewhat considerate of the pose any parking require- said. of a bill that would put the day closing, while small busi- ly October to gel the question The application will require applicant." ments that could not reason- RED BANK - The 107- The school was vacated question on the ballot. nessmen around the state want on the ballots of the 10 counties two variances, one for a buffer ably be met, and the applicant year-old Mechanic Street Board member Marianne during the summer, along with And the Red Bank to preserve the closing law with 'bluelaws' School has a new future. strip that will be less than the Cannavo agreed that the board agreed to provide both a park- the River Street School The Chamber, a leader in the move The law bans Sunday sales Bamberger's, which has ad- required 15-feet wide on the could be lenient because the Ing study and an indication of district has been consolidated to preserve Sunday closings, The school's owner, Irwln of five categories of merchan- vertised its postcard campaign east side of the property, and applicant Is dealing with an the likely tenants, by occupa- in two schools, with grades K 4 has supplied about 2.500 post- Chess of Locust, presented dise — clothing, appliances. extensively in local news- one that will allow parking in existing building, but she tion. attending the Primary School cards to 10 Red Bank plans to convert the structure furniture, home and office papers and on the radio, also front of the building. added, "We owe it to the resi- "I have ths handbook that and grades 5-8 attending the merchants for shoppers to to a professional office build- furnishings, and building sup- commissioned a poll by Louis The plans, designed by Apld dents In the area to protect tells how much traffic is gener- new Middle School in what was urge their legislators to pass Ing to the Planning Board last plies — in the counties where Harris on the question night.