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Schools Face Cash, Community Problems SEE STORY PAGE 17 Goudy, Cold THEDMLY FINAL ami enM, flurries J'lw- Red Bulk, Freehold '» today. Hear, cnlfl tonight. Long Branch Sunny, cold (omorrow. 7 EDITION Ttelflils. Pane Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 123 RED BAM:, N. J., FRrDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1969 32 PAGES 10 CENTS iM • !'„ •:ucni. :.i ii- 'iiiui n. cw. til .IJJIUJIUI: IIIIIU II- I:: iiiiiiiBiiin.iiiui mi «H mi BEDTMI mieinuiiu iiiwir-'im- 3i .TIF .: i Newark Seen Secure By RICHARD L. STERN ' — Anthony "Tony Boy" Boiardo, a reputed Mafioso. NEWARK (AP) — Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio says the — Municipal Court Judge Anthony Giuliano. Newark city government will operate "efficiently and ef- — Councilmen Calvin West, Irvine Turner and Frank fectively" despite the indictment against him and 14 other Addonizio, and former Councilman Lee Bernstein. defendants. — Former Corp. counsels Philip E. Gordon and Norman Addonizio, free on $25,000 bail on his own recognizance, N. Schiff. was scheduled, along with the others, to enter his plea . — Anthony Lamorte, head of the Municipal Utilities Au- today on the charges against him. Addonizio and 11 others thority, and James Callaghan, an employe of the Authority. are charged with income tax evasion. All 15 are charged — Contractors Joseph Biancone, Mario Gallo, Ralph with extortion. Vicaro and Benjamin Krush. HINT IS GIVEN The arraignment was set for 10 a.m. at the Federal Court Building in Newark. A spokesman for the U. S. Attorney's office here hinted that federal authorities may know the whereabouts of The indictment, which alleges extortion of $253,000 from Boiardo, who dropped out of sight last week. a contractor, was returned Wednesday by a federal grand The indictment alleges the men obtained payments rang- jury probing alleged governmental corruption. Two other ing from $500 to $37,009 from Constrad, Inc., in connection federal grand juries are investigating gambling and possible with municipal construction projects. links between the Internal Revenue Service and the Mafia. The indictment charges the mayor, Boiardo, Frank Ad- PROTECTION LIFTED donizio, Bernstein, Callaghan, Gordon, Giuliano, LaMorte, In a related development, the Intelligence Division of Vicaro, Biancone, Turner and West with income tax evasion. the IRS announced it had protected "certain key witnesses" On Tuesday, the federal grand jury investigating around the clock up until the time of their testimony before gambling indicted 55 persons, including reputed New Jersey the grand jury. An IRS spokesman said no witnesses were Mafia boss Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante. The under protection at present. last of the 55 defendants were arrested by the FBI Thurs- Those indicted besides the mayor were: • day. Challenge Firemen Votes By HALLIE SCHRAEGER vote at all on membership, vision Director James H. for the firemen and Borough FREEHOLD — The New Deputy Attorney General Blair. Attorney Sam Matlin, who Jersey Division on Civil Douglas J. Harper said at a The fact that the second moved for a recommendation Rights is challenging the hearing here yesterday. session came six months to of dismissal on the grounds: right of volunteer firemen Division officials had the day after the first ses- Dismissal Grounds to vote on new applicants previously stated there would sion June 18 was made evi- — That the division had MCAP SANTA — Karen Kologia and Vincent Rogers, both 3 and both of Port Monmoutli, ara among 25 fcr membership in fire com- be no objection to a vote dent by the vague, uncertain not spelled out specific youngsters who received presents and Christmas cheer yesterday from Santa (Sam Volovickl Claus in K/ICAP's panies. after a probationary period. replies of witnesses whose charges in its amended com- Belford-Port Monmouth Day Care Center, Belford United Methodist Church. Yule party was also attended by In the case of the Free- It was the second day of memories had faded. plaint, as ordered by Hear- hold Fire Department — public hearings into alleged The hearing was punctu- ing Examiner Sylvia B. 10 mothers and the Rev. Howard Marshall and his wife. {Register Staff Photo) which is supposed to set a discrimination in the fire de- ated by procedural questions Pressler when she adjourned precedent in the state — the partment's membership poli- raised by the defense at- the hearing last June. division does not want any cies on a complaint by Di- torneys, William R. Blair Jr. • — That the matter was settled, anyway, when the division director said he was School District Shifting satisfied with the last ordi- nance amendment, adopted Taxes Cut Oct. 6. — That having the division FREEHOLD — The county These cases were situations most appeals granted, 121, director as the complainant, Need Seen for Integration Board of Taxation handed which were not settled by and Hazlet had the next most, as "the man who chooses the down final decisions on 1,326 municipal assessors. There 78. Eatontown was third high- r"-"^utinfr attorney and the were approximately 550 other est with 56. These munici- judge" and as the man who By CAROLE MARTIN school desegregation plans Newark School Superinten- state board's commitment to tax assessment appeals yes- appeals held by the board palities, however, accounted manes the final determina- TRENTON (AP) — Offi- voted overwhelmingly yester- dent Franklyn Titus, mean- ensure that steps are taken terday for a total reduction which they felt did not war- for almost one third of the tion is an "abuse of power cials of "racially un- day in favor of a resolution while, said he would prefer to correct racial imbalance. Of $5,758,763. rant reduction. total granted by the board. that could result in discrim- balanced" school districts urging state action to consoli- l..at the state board go even The resolution said that Although the total number The two highest reductions The board also approved ination against any defend- say the State Board of Edu- date urban school districts, further and file suit to deseg- there are certain school dis- of appeals is 318 less than granted by the board were: about 275 appeals that had ant." cation must take steps to shift with heavy minority school regate every predominantly tricts whose ethnic school last year, the total reduc- American Baptist Estates of been granted earlier in the In ruling against them, district lines wherever true populations, and predomi- white school district. He population makes it virtually tions were $45,000 greater Red Bank, 40 Riverside Ave., year by municipal assessors Mrs. Pressler said another integration _ cannot be nantly white suburban school vowed to file a taxpayer's impossible to correct imbal- than last year's amount. Red Bank, a cut of $325,000 pending final approval of the adjournment of the hearings achieved Within the existing districts. suit himself to achieve that ance within their district. Approximately 500 of the for an apartment house, and county board. These appeals would "give the respondents school borders. Resolution Adopted end if the state board fails Newark Up Tight reductions, totaling $3,971,149, Long Branch Country Club, totalled $1,787,614. an opportunity to seek such Local school board mem- The resolution offered by to do so. Latest statistics show New- were granted directly by the Eatontown, a cut-of $125,000 Assessment reductions r-"~' •'s they deem appro- bers and school superinten- Woodrow Davis, principal of Assistant State Education ark's school population is 72 board after hearings in in land valuation. granted by the board were: priate." dents attending a two-day Newark's Hawthorne School, Commissioner Victor J. Po- per cent black and eight per September and October. Ocean Township had the (Sec Tax, Pg. 29, Col, 1) ..iis. Pressler allowed the conference to discuss develop- was adopted 83-1. Some 18 desta said he looked upon the cent-Puerto Rican. division to amend its plead- ment and implementation of other delegates abstained. resolution as support for the (See School, Pg. 2, Col. 1) ings to include the voting is- sue, doroite objections from the defense atorneys. i/ie vuiunteer fire depart- ment was established by or- Hughes Likes Cahill Picks dinance Nov. 3, 1919, and amended once — on Jan. 3, 1949 — before this year. By DAVID M. GOLDBERG pointed Garven to his judge- admitted to the bar in 1954,' plications and recommenda- Rule Changes TRENTON (AP) - Repub- ship. Those comments came described him as "a man in tions." The post had been dis- An amendment May 5 did lican Gov.-elect William T. after he met with Cahill and whom I have the greatest per- cussed with State Republican away with the sponsor-black- Cahill is getting favorable re- the two nominees. sonal faith and confidence." Chairman Nelson Gross, for- ball system and the Oct. 6 views for his first major ap- Kugler, 44, will assume the Expects Greatness mer federal judge Arthur S. amendment provided for a pointees and they come from post of New Jersey's top law Lane and State Sen. William "I feel he will be one of T. Hiering, R-Ocean. written explanation of any a Democrat. enforcement officer with no the really great attorneys rejection for membership Cahill announced yesterday previous background in pros- general," the governor-elect Kugler, tall and balding, is and for a method of appeal. that George F. Kugler Jr., a ecution work and little in said at a news conference. a former president of the Other objections entered political unknown from Cher- criminal law. Kugler's- selection was made Camden County Bar Associa- into the record by the di- ry Hill, would be his next at- But Cahill, who said he has from what one Cahill aide tion.