State Proceeds on City Drug Center by DORIS KULMAN That Was the Word Last Long Branch City Officials' Planning for Star of the Sea in Night from Richard J
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i/ , • , I • •• Ft. Monmouth Gifen Ckfan Bill on Sewer SEE STORY BELOW Snowfall Ending Light snowfall ending but cold today, tonight, tomorrow and FINAL again on FJiday. t -SET / EDITION Monmonth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper 36 PAGES TEN CENTS VOL 94 NO. 96 RED BANK, N.J. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1971 Loophole Seen in Wage Hike Restriction policy statement? WASHINGTON (AP)-The "the reality clause," or loo- is unclear. questioned by a newsman, rail agreements in some cases rollbacks of scheduled pay in- pect this to have much effect Pay Board has left Itself a loo- that the loophole might well replace work rules that meant creases, because this might on the pay portion of agree- A: It has no legal force. The phole. But, according to briefers board meets again at 2 p.m. phole that may stretch wide who allow themselves to be have enough stretch in it to extra pay. needlessly antagonize unions. ments because fringe benefits It says this: "In reviewing Thursday to attempt to re- enough to squeeze a 12 per identified only as "informed pass through recent settle- The source said the board But the board allows five or usually increase in line with new contracts and pay prac- duce the general policies to cent pay raise through. But it tices, the Pay Board shall sources" or "sources in a po- ments in the rail industry, had set no figure for what more of its own members to pay. specific, legally binding direc- may take months to find out. consider ongoing collective sition to know," the purpose is calling for raises of one per would be an "unreasonably in- initiate a rollback appeal. Q: What will be the effect of tives. But one source cau- The board's general rule is bargaining and pay practices to allow the board to approve cent per month for 42 months. consistent" raise in an exist- Some other major points the rulings on the present that raises in new contracts and the equitable position of higher raises when circum- Although the rail settle- ing contract, like the rail covered in the briefing are dock strikes and coal strike? tioned that it could take • can't exceed 5.5 per cent a the employes involved, in- stances warrant ments are more than double agreements. However, figures touched upon in these ques- A: The board has not con- months to settle everything. year, and raises in old con- cluding the impact of recent How high or under what cir- the 5.5-per-cent guide, they of 7 and 8 per cent were dis- tions and answers: sidered any specific cases.. Q: Will persons who did not tracts might be rolled back if changes in the cost of living cumstances still is unknown. came after the rail workers cussed before the board de- Q: Are fringe benefits such "You just can't anticipate get yearly pay step-ups called "unreasonably inconsistent" upon employe's com- The board has made no deci- had gone through a long peri- cided not to pin itself down, a as pension plans, vacation and everything," one source said. for in their contract during with that guide. pensation." An identical loo- sions on specific cases, and od of rapidly rising prices source said. health insurance limited by "I don't have the slightest the freeze now be able to col- But the initial policy phole is supplied for existing won't even consider any for a with no raise at all. The sources said the Pay the 5.5 per cent ceiling? idea how the board is going to lect them? adopted Monday night also contracts as well. while yet, the sources said. Furthermore, as one source Board does not expect many A: Yes, but the sources said react," said another. A: The board's general contains what one source calls What that means, exactly, But they conceded, when voluntarily pointed out, the businessmen to appeal for the Pay Board does not ex- Q: How final is the board's See Pay Hike, Page 3) State Proceeds on City Drug Center By DORIS KULMAN That was the word last Long Branch city officials' planning for Star of the Sea in night from Richard J. Russo, also oppose use of the building his address to the 185 persons WEST LONG BRANCH - deputy director of the Divi- as a residential treatment attending the first annual din- The state is proceeding with sion of Narcotics and Drug center. Almost 800 city resi- ner of the Monmouth County its plans to use the former Abuse Control in the state De- dents turned out for a public Narcotics Council at the Star of the Sea Academy in partment of Health, who said meeting last February to reg- Squire's Pub, here! He was Long Branch as a temporary that a director of the state's ister angry opposition to the the dinner's main speaker. training center for persons Star of the Sea programs state's plan. Mr. Russo said that the working in drug abuse pro- "will be appointed soon, with- Hinge on Suit state plans to meet the objec- grams. It hasn't changed its in a month." Acknowledging that the tions of Long Branch officials plans for eventual use of the The Long Branch United state's plans hinge on the out- and residents "by telling them former Catholic girls' school Civic and Taxpayers Organi- come of the court suit, Mr. the facts about the issues. We as a therapeutic boarding zation last month filed a Supe- Russo told newsmen last night hope they're intelligent school for teenagers who are rior Court suit to bar the state that t|ie state "hasn't changed enough to see and understand into "soft" drugs but not yet from using the Chelsea Ave. substantially" its plans for the the need..." addicted to "hard" drugs, building as a drug treatment building. The former Star of the Sea such as heroin. center. Mr. Russo didn't discuss the See State, Page 3 Dire Need Is Seen For ?Detox' Facilities WEST LONG BRANCH - The Monmouth County pro- some community hospitals in much if not more than most There is "dire need" in Mon- grams have relied on the state New Jersey and several state states" in treatment and re- mouth County for a "good, Neuropsychiatric Institute at hospitals, including those at habilitation of drug abusers, Register Staff Photo short-term medical detoxifica- Skillman for detoxification. Trenton, Ancora and Greys- he said "but we fall down FIGHTING DRUGS — Richard J. Russo, second from the right, deputy director of the Division of Nar- tion center" for heroin addicts However, the NPI has a limit- tone Park, have detoxification quite miserably" in pre- cotic and Drug Abuse Control in the state Department of Health, was the main speaker at the first an- and the community hospitals ed number of beds and work- centers. ventive education. nual dinner of the Monmouth County Narcotics Council last night. With him, from the left, are Richard should provide it, Richard J. ers in drug treatment pro- Mr. Russo said the state He said adults must become C. Wenner, Narcotics Council administrator; J. Matthew Martin, project director of Discovery House Russo, deputy director of the grams here say many addicts lacks reliable statistics on the as knowledgeable about drugs - Iherapeutic center on Marlboro Hospital grounds; and Robert I. Ansell, Narcotics Council chairman. state Department of Health's are lost to rehabilitation dur- extent of drug addiction but as the young are. He urged Division of Narcotics and ing the month-long wait. that in the first five months of educational programs, begin- Drug Abuse Control, declared No Response its mandated confidential me- ning in kindergarten, to teach here last night. Those familiar with the dical registry, which records children the healthy respect "The community hospitals county situation say the hospi- drug-dependent persons who and fear of drugs he said we Ft Monmouth Exempted do very little" in the pre- tals have been approached come to the attention of po- teach them to have of fire. vention and treatment of drug about the need for a detoxifi- lice, treatment centers or Robert I. Ansell, Narcotics abuse, Mr. Russo said. cation center but haven't re- physicians, "we already have Council chairman, said that "This is a problem that sponded favorably. To be con- 40,000 unduplicated names." year-old body is trying to de- faces the community and the vinced, they say, are the hos- "I don't think there's a velop reliable statistics on the From Sludge Halt Order community hospitals have to pitals' boards of governors, school in the state that doesn't extent of the drug problem in the medical staffs, and the have a serious problem." he the county. By SHERRY FIGDORE begin to face it... it is most important that you begin to county medical society. said. "We've started some munic- NEWARK - An assistant to develop community aware- According to Mr. Russo, New Jersey "is doing as See 'Detox', Page 3 ness in the community hospi- U.S. Attorney Herbert J. i : tals," he told the 185 persons Stern said yesterday that Ft. .i Monmouth is not a contributor attending the first annual din- to the municipal sludge dump- ner of the Monmouth County Narcotics Council in The Cioffi Delays Action ing ordered to a halt by Dec. IS in 10 Monmouth County Squires Pub, here. shore communities. Costly In a directive issued last Mr. Russo said he knows de- week by Mr.