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Dr. Hilda A. Davis elected to Women•s Hall of Fame/3a Records fall aa 900 lJ...-ticipate in .annual Run for Bruce/ lh Vol. 75, No. 39 March 5, 1986 TO Citizens HAIL HE CHIEF discuss Main St. Safety is object of new organization by Bruce Johnson With hopes of making Newark's Main Street as humor to keep safe during the night as it is durin~ the day, the newly formed Citizens for a Safe Main Street held ,an from becoming organizational meeting Thursday evening in the Newark Police gym. More than 50 people at cynical_ If you tended the open meeting, among them representatives of the Newark Police don't keep that Department, Mayor William Redd, State Sen. James N~al and mayor!ll candidate Dr. Hugh Ferguson. sense of balance, Although· residents said. they realize that making darkened Maln~S. you11 g nd r.' safe at night as · ' daylight bow-s is an probability, they a / tis a healthy objectiv~. · "It's certainly a wor thwhile goal and I would love to see it, but it's going to be tough," said Redd. Newark Police Chief William Brierley in English bobby's topper. "Unfortunately, over a series of events over time, olicing a univet·sity town such group you can name," he says. "We Newark has become the as Newark requires a special see people at their worst, in stressful place to raise cain on by· Neil Thomas flexibility on the part of local situations. Some things just rip the weekend nights and it's very P lawmen, according to Newark heart out of you. tough to change that at Police Chief William A. Brierly, who is "If you don't maintain a sense of titude." now in his 31st year on the force and balance and equilibrium, if you don't The Main Street problem 16th at the helm. monitor your own responses and keep stems from young adults One hour you might have to inform that sense of balance, you'll go under. primarily from outside of the family of a teenager that he has You will become repressive and cynical, Newark in the four-state been killed in a cruising incident. The and when you do that, it's time to get area, driving to the city and next you might have to deal with a dif out of the business. hanging out on or driving ficult domestic situation, and the one "I'm happy when I hear laughter in around Main Street. after that you might have to cope with a the halls." Although police have step squadron of fraternity brothers mar Brierley has been hearing laughter in ped up patrols and created a ching down Main Street in jock straps the halls of the Newark Police Depart contact system through and goggles. ment since Sept. 1, 1955, when he joined which more than 25 people The only way to survive, says the force fresh out of the U.S. Marine have been arrested since Brierley, sitting in an office decorated Corps. last summer, the problem by an impressive display of police pat While a Marine, Brierley served in remains. ches, hats, mugs (steins, not shots) and Korea, which he jokes was actually his "We have in effect been porcelain pigs, is to maintain a sense of first "police action." taken over," said' Redd. humor. "When I came back from military "It's a very tough thing to "You have to have humor to keep service, I knew right then and there that counteract, because whether from becoming cynical," says Brierley, I wanted to do more than the humdrum we like it or not, people who whose sense remains sharp enough that sort of thing," says Brierley, who might are crusing have the right to he readily agreed to pose for a portrait have remained a Marine had he gotten drive on public roads and wearing an English bobby's topper. the embassy duty for which he applied. people who are standing on "Police deal in more personal injury, tragedy and sunrises than any other See CHIEF/7a See SAFE/4a .· L-~----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ INDEX FACT FILE - ~~: ~:- KEEP POSTED - I.\ N ewarkers ........ 3a Bicycle regulations News .............. 4a Voter registration Church ............ 8a If you would rather bicycle than fight Newark traffic, Residents of the City of Newark take note: Bicycling on the sidewalks on East Main Schools ............ 9a who want to vote in the April 8 Street between Tyre Avenue and South College Aveaue Community ....... lOa municipal election have iust over Is prohibited. Bicyclists may walk their bikes or ride in University ........ 13a one week to register. City voter the street. When riding in the street, bicyclists must Entertainment .... 14a registration is distinct from follow all laws which apply to cars. This includes riding Sports ............. lb registration for state and federal westbound on Main Stret and eastbound on Delaware elections, so even if you voted in the Avenue. Lifestyle ........... 7b last presidential election you may Classified .......... 9b not be eligible to vote in the city City Council to meet Forces ........... 14b election. To register, stop by the cashier's desk in the Newark Newark City Council will meet at 8 p.m. Monday Municipal Building, 220 Elkton Rd., ~:.rch 10 in the Newark Municipal Building, 220 Elkto~ any weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a registration ap plication. Or, you may register dur Correction ing a special weekend session to be held 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, The name of Hans lrr, an All-State Jazz Ensemble March 15 in the Municipal trumpet player, was inadvertently omitted from 8 list Building. of ~ewark High School All-State musicians in the F b 26 Issue of the newspaper. e · v Storewide Redactions. Guaranteed savings on all famous name furniture, bedding and accessories. Everything is on sale! No Payment 'til September on any purchase of 8300 or more from our multi-million dollar inventory: IG-Speed Bike for just 833 with any purchase of 8299 or more. Stores Closed Thursday to prepare for this gigantic sale. Every sofa, every loveseat, every chair, every recliner, every sleep sofa, every bedroom, every mattress, every waterbed, every dinette, every dining room, every item is re-tagged with special savings! a\Orr FURNITURE Five Seat Sectional Upholstered in Velvet with 2 inclining seats ~~~~~~~; 7 Pc. 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" It was a difficult Mower For Your Money. 9f reading. time for women, and certainly · And Davis doesn't really think for black women. Opportunities Honda's lawn mowers are yards ahead of the of herself as a pioneer. "No," she were limited." competition . Our exclusive overhead valve 4- said thoughtfully, "I've never However, while her friends stroke engine delivers maximum performance nad a plan. I've just taken the enrolled in a two-year normal opportunities as they have while using considerably less gas and oiL Our school, Davis was insistent on since I never earned much English at Wilmington College exclusive Roto-Stop® system stops the blade, presented themselves." getting a four-year education.