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Monday How to save money Authors on writing Specials on income tax, page 5 for children, page 19 The Daily Register Monmouth County's Great Home Newspaper VOL 104 NO. 173 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, JANUARY 18,1982 25 CENTS Milder air forecast to break cold spell While Monmouth County residents huddled in Register weather observer Paul Croft ol the face of a brutal 53-degree-below-zero wind Fair Haven said temperatures today are ex- chill yesterday, weather forecaster* promised Snow shovel slalom pected to rise I* the low 20s by mid-afternoon that the cavalry - in the form of milder air with a Dusting orcnow flurries also expected by from the south — was on its way. championship, page 19 the evening. Other forecasters also predicted a Forecasters In Newark and Atlantic City chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. said temperatures would increase this morning Temperatures dipped to 5 degrees below zero as warmer air from the south begad moving Into the region - would bring temperatures into the yesterday, just missing the all-time low for the the area. They said the milder weather — drawn low 20s today, the 30s tomorrow, and around 40 date of 6 below set in 1977, and sending the wind- into the area as a high pressure system leaves Wednesday and Thursday. chill factor careening to the sub-53 mark by mid- morning. Nevertheless, county residents weathered the first week of Arctic temperatures in good stead as municipalities, hospitals and power companies reported relatively few cold-related problems. The cold wave, which started on Saturday. Jan. 9, is expected to break by the end of the week with temperatures expected to creep above freezing on Wednesday. A break in the weather would end the longest and coldest cold wave here since January of 1977, Croft reported. Winds rose to 32-mile per-hour gusts in the afternoon, but created no snow drifts because steady sub-freezing temperatures have kept the snow frozen solid. The snow flurries predicted for tonight would add to the 12.4 inches of snow which hit the county last week. Police departments throughout the county yesterday reported a few, minor auto accidents ' RMlltw photo by carl Fof In* and a continued tailing off of crime due to the ECUMENICAL SINGERS — Members of the Boys' Choir of Harlem sing at the cold. ecumenical observance of the 53rd birthday of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at Jersey Central Power and Light Co. reported the First United Methodist Church of Red Bank. no power outages in Monmouth County, a sur- prising statistic in view of the high number of such incidents that usually occur at these tem- ••tMi MM kv Carl peratures. GUTTED HOUSE — icvcies Dang from the rotf of the gutted home of Marc Dlnkes at 2$ Hospital emergency rooms reported only a Dr. King's dream Davis Lane in River Plaza, which was destroyed In a late morning fire yesterday. Several smattering of cases of weather-related acci- dozen Middletown firefighters had to be treated for cold and exposure after fighting the dents and disorders since the cold wave began. blaze in the frigid temperatures. Story on page 4. See Milder, page 4 lives in Red Bank "I have a dream that one day men Cosponsored by the Outreach Commission will riie up and come lo see that they of the church and the Greater Red Bank Dr. Pre-inaugural fete aids arts are made lo live together as brothers." Martin Luther King Jr. Community Ob- -The Rev. Dr. Martin Lather King Jr. servance Committee, the ecumenical service By I'KTKK MATT1ACE in the church sanctuary featured a tribute by By BOB BRAMLEY the Rev Ann Freeland, associate pastor and ATLANTIC CITY (AP) - Hobnobbing with director of Christian education at Quinn New Jersey's rich and powerful, Governor-elect RED BANK - Services at the First Unit- Chapel AMK Church of Atlantic Highlands. Thomas H. Kean offered a hand to the states ed Methodist Church here yesterday in honor The program began at 4 p in with per struggling performing arts yesterday In lavish of the late Dr. Mbrtin Luther King Jr s 53rd lormances by the Boys Choir of Harlem, pre-inaugural parties leading to tomorrow'! birthday must have delighted the civil rights which came to Red Bank by chartered bus. swearing-in at the State House. leader as he watched and listened from on About 30 choir members presented Mozart's \n eight-hour bash at a Boardwalk casino high "Regina Caeli" and Albert Glinsky's "Mass hotel featured the first joint performance by the More than 500 area residents — half of lor Children's Voices" under the direction of state Opera, stale Ballet and the state Sym- them white, half black — listened in broth- Walter J Turnbull, who directs the full choir phony Orchestra, two cocktail parties, Including erhood to a spectacular performance by the ol 125 voices plus a girls' choir in Harlem. one at $250 per person, and a special 1100-per Boys Choir of Harlem. They partook of a After a short intermission, the choir ticket show by comedian Bill Cosby and singer covered dish supper, prayed together at an members returned to the sanctuary at 5 p.m. Tony Bennett. ecumenical service in King's memory and in maroon glee club jackets and white fur- Between 1,000 and 1,500 supporters of Kean, concluded with a moving rendition of "We the state Republican Party and the arts, most Shall Overcome." Sec Dr. King's, page 4 wearing smart tuxedos or expensive gowns, mingled from theater to cocktail party to buffet line and back to theater at Resorts International Hotel Casino. The arts council hoped to raise more than 1300,000 from one of New Jersey's first pre- Coroner says 45 killed inaugural events to benefit an organization besides a political party. "It was very, very Important to me that I make a couple of statements even before I take 1PWW by impact of jet crash office," Kean said. "One Is to make a SUPER STAR — Governor-elect Thomas H. Kean and his wife Dotty, right, were the statement to my strong commitment to the arts guests of honor at a benefit for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts held at Resorts WASHINGTON (AP) - Divers have re- ... to be celebrating an Inauguration, yes, but International's Super Star Theatre yesterday. covered the bodies of more than half the people more importantly, to be expressing a dedication on the Air Florida jetliner that crashed into the and a commitment to the arts." feet on stage in approval. shield throughout the Boardwalk building, only ice-filled Potomac River and autopsies show all Kean promised his administration would "One thing I want to do is expose more feet from the furious action in the casino one but one of them died from the impact of the hive more money to the state's performing arts people to the arts," Kean said. floor below. crash rather than drowning. and would ask business to join in - a pledge that State Police detectives and uniformed Several State Police bodyguards followed the Autopsies on the ifi bodies raised speculation moved the 100-member symphony to stamp iu troopers offered an usually strong security See Pre-inaugural, page 3 that the drowning victim, Arland D. Williams of Atlanta, could be the man who sacrificed himself during rescue efforts by helping five other victims onto a line dropped by a hovering helicopter. The Inside Story School VOte tOmOTTOW That speculation was shared by some federal H> I.AKHV HAAS roof, a heating system under which tem- and local investigators, laid a federal source peratures vary by up to 30 degrees throughout who asked not to be identified. THE WEATHER MIDDLETOWN - Voters will go to the polls the school, windows that do not comply with fire Dr. Brian Blackbourne, chief deputy coroner tomorrow to decide the fate of a proposed fS.5 codes, a steep hallway ramp which makes walk- for the District of Columbia, said Williams died Chaace ef SMM light ta«w this momiag, million renovation project for Middletown High ing difficult, a small library and limited from exposure and drowning. •acasBfcBg deafly la aflamea. High, la School North, the district's 29-year-old rundown classroom space. Blackbourne told reporters the possibility building on Tindall Road. the ssM Its. Osasflcte repert page I. that Williams was the unknown hero would be Although there is little organized opposition The plan calls for 26,000 square feet of new: pursued, although there is no definitive evidence Neti defeat Sixers I to the proposal, drawn up by the Board of construction on the physical education and mu- sic facilities, along with the roof repairs. he was the one who sank into the frigid waters Ua« lakes Vehwcrawa... I Education's Citizens Advisory Committee, it is before the helicopter could return to get him. f 14 expected to face an uphill battle to overcome The following items and areas would be Dr. Jiyn Bnlfcsn II voter concern over Increasing taxes which renovated: windows, doors, classrooms, locker His body was among the eight recovered helped to defeat a more ambitious, $C million rooms, corridors, bathrooms, the beating sys- Friday and it was reported at the time that all Advice... ... II DAILY REGISTER tem, auditorium and handicapped facilities. APrtMM renovation plan more than two years ago. eight had been strapped in their seats. However, Arts ....I PHONE NUMBER8 that report could not be confirmed last night HERO — Arland D. Williams, pictured The current plan would cost taxpayers an Also included would be alterations for the .