Board Tour of City Schools Will Pinpoint Cold Floors Members of the Linden Board of Made
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The Zip Cod£‘ Your want ad for Linden is is easy to place * -Phone 686-7700 which became a Suburban Publishing Corp newspaper on Ju ly 2, 1964 (USPS ) U 080! 0 7 0 3 6 An Official Newspaper For The City of Linden Subscription Rate S10 50 yearly Published Each Thursday by Suburban Publishing Corp LINDEN, N.J ., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1979 Second Class Postage Paid at Linden, N j 25c Per Copy VOL. 26 NO. 10 218 North Wood Ave., Linden, N.J. 07036 Board tour of city schools will pinpoint cold floors Members of the Linden Board of made. “The problem is on my list," he shop" rooms for sewing classes, advice of not reopening the process was Education will make a district-wide said. “The board wanted to see the Taranto said. made on business grounds, not legal tour ofschool buildings, but will focus situation before making a decision." “With federal regulations of having grounds. Kahn said the board would particularly on a problem in School 2 “We would like the problem taken to set thermostats louver, it may be all incur no legal consequences by Annex brought to its attention by care of Efs.soon as possible. We are the more important to solve the reopening Camille Tooker. -the school’s PTA talking about a health issue here," problem as soon as possible.” Board “Our prime concern is the taxpayer president. afloat week's regular board ~ Tooker added ■ PresideriT Anthony Accardo added and as long as we can get the same meeting. Joseph Cassiba. treasurer of the In other board action, bids were coverage or bet ter.paving $5,000. then School 2 PTA, sqid. “We can document reopened for an employee prescriptions that’s good business to me.” Conor said Tooker brought attention to a insurance carrier, and a beginning date after the meeting problefti of cold floors in the area the problem with absenteeism records,” referring to illnesses whicjj«* was set for contract negotiations with The Linden Education Association occupied by the youngest students in the teachers'’ union. representing public school teachers in the school. There are terrazo floors in he contends, are a result of low. temperatures. The board rescinded a decision to the city’s schools, will present initial the classrooms used by pre- award the prescription drug plan to contract proposals at a bargaining -kindergarten through first-grade Tooker’s propos&l is for carpeting in R.L. Frings Co. session scheduled for Nov. 16 classes, she said, and the problem ' the cold floor areas, but Taranto said it Board Attorney Leo Kahn said fhe Next month’s regular board meeting affects about 70 students. involves a large expenditure of money, board was free to reopen 'the bidding was moved up a dSyto Tuesday. Nov and he pointed out that the floors have process to other companies, including 20. to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving Ter.razzo floors are made like a been the same way’since 1969. when the mosaic, embeddihg srrtall pieces of the board’s old carrier, Blue Cross-Blue eve addition was built. The superintendent marble or granite in mortar. Shield. Bette Troiano will’ retire after 23 said it should be two or three weeks After the board accepted-the Frings years of service under four She said the. floor is like a slab and after the board makes a decision, until that she has temperature data, bid, Blue Cross-Blue Shield submitted a superintendents A notice from the any action is taken DRESSED FOR HALLOWEEN—The children of William and Virginia Johns of compiled by teachers, verifying the ’ lower one. which would have saved the School 2 secretary read in part “I Caroline Avenue can't wait for Wednesday when they, along with many of the rooms to be between 56 and 58 degrees. The PTA president said youngsters district $5,000 a year would like you to know that I found city's youngsters, will be visiting homes asking for some Halloween treats. A AmeFico Taranto, superintendent of frequently .sit on the floors, while . Robert Conor, chairman of the Superintendent Taranto to be' a very Halloween parade will travel along Wood Avenue between 7 and 8 p.m. Trying schools, said the board will inspect all playing in kindergarten classes. The insurance committee, said the board fair, kind and.above all compassionate out their costumes, from left, are Susie, 4, Christine, 7, Karen, 6, and Michael, 10. buildings within the next two weeks to classrooms have the terrazo floors decided to ' reopen bids after' employer My only regret is that I will (Photo by Roy Graves) determine if improvements should be because they were originally intended determining, that Kahn's original miss the youngsters ' Speakers rap price decontrol 300 at Exxon rally protest oil, gas costs By DANIEL P JONES voice opposition to rising gasoline and Protests were directed primarily at Democrats, to support labor and the Labor leaders and workers from a home heating oil prices.. oil companies, but also assailed the consumer in.their efforts to keep fuel variety of unions around the state The rally drew an estimated 300 recent approval by Congress of prices down. staged a peaceful protest rally at an workers. AFL-CIO officials and two decontrol of the oil industry, Charles The state AFL-CIO president1 accused Exxon station put side the company's state legislators and was one of five Marciante, president of the state AFL- oil companies of “doing a job on the research center on Route 1 last week to such protests staged in the state Oct. 17. CIO, said. consuming public and destroying the Protests were held in New economy.” He said it was sad that Brunswick, Newark. Passaic and Cohgress approved decontrol. “If^the Council wants restudy T,: In addiTTon Ti cost of fuel oil rises;seniors won’t make Linden. it and many of our own union members Demonstrations were coordinated in in low paying jobs won’t make it,” he 103 cities throughout, the nation, addedr<£/ of land for parcel sizes including one by senior citizens at the Lmddn Mayor Jotfh T. Gregorio, who The Linden City Council has sent “What we are looking for is the American Petroleum Institute s also-is a state senator (D-21st District). several appraisals for parcels of city reasonable resale value of any lot to be headquarters in Washington The arrived as the rally was beginning to owned land back to the real estate used for building,” he said. The figures elderly are worried that many of their break up. but commented that it Was a committee for further study so that the originally supplied for the small lots ranks on fixed incomes may suffer or mistake for Congress to take controls city," instead of the future owner, might alorfe will be studied by Emanual die because they may not be able to off the oil industry. “ Prices are going collect some profit from the land. Ffangella, tax assessor, and Chester scrape together enough money for oil to skyrocket. If consumers suffer. I’m Small, non-building size lots were Croback. building inspector, who will costs. going to see if I can do something about , being sold by the city at a much lower be asked to come up with a new State Assemblyman David Schwarz it/“.he said. price than what the buyer might get estimate if they feel the lots will be used (D-Middlesex-Somerset) echoed the Workers from as far away as Salem when the land is resold, George for building. fears of the elderly as he spdke in a iight and Cumberland counties in South Milkosky, real estate committee Even though some lots are sold as -drizzle at the Linden rally. "I’m voicing Jersey were on hand,.and a variety of ’Chairman said. Two^adjaceat small nob~buijdi& dots, oftce the owners my support to reobtain price controls. trades, including construction, glass, .non-building, lots can be combined, obtain en§tigfi land for a building lot, There are an awful lot of people on fixed distillery and electrical workers were adding up to me size of an acceptable they can go to the planning board incomes who can’t afford increases,” , represented. Marciante said the building lot, increasing the value of the requesting a hardship variance, which he said. workers took off from jobs on their own land many times pyer, Milkosky if granted, would allow them to build. Marciante urged U.S. senators Bill (Continued on page 3) explained. n Milkosky said. Bradley and Harrison Williams, both CRITiCIZING'OIL PRICES AND CONGRESS—A protester and member of the The candidates Heavy Construction Laborers Union, local 472'of Newark, carries aloft an effigy of the American consumer wearing, among other things, a noose around his neck. A demonstration Dy about 300 workers from a variety of trade unions was Profiles: Ninth Ward council candidates held last Wednesday at an Exxon station outside the oil company's research “My primary goal ia,, the center on Route 1 in Linden. The workers criticized high prices of .gasoline and “A! a lime when many important’, reestablishm ent of two-party heating oil as well as decontrol by Congress of the oil industry. decisions are to be made by city government because it is only through council, I feel thpt a person with representation by Iwo parties that truly experience in government is essential democratic government is achieved.” not only to the ward but to the city at Nancy Highberger, Repubjiean council Police rule suicide large,” Alvin Coplan, incumbent 9th candidate in the 9th Ward, made the Ward councilman, said.