Freeholders SEE STORY PA#8 The Weather , FINAL " Rain today becoming possi- THEdMLY bly heavy at times tonight. Rain tomorrow tapering to oc- Red Bank, Freehold casional showers in the after- Long Branch EDITION noon. J 30 PAGES Moiimoulli County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL.95 NO. 193 RED BANK, N.J. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,1973 TEN CENTS IllllllllllllllllilllllllllUIIIIIIIIWX School Tax System Invalidation Hailed Here By LINDA ELLIS poorer school districts are on the ruling, f must say that I ing bodies regarding review- rely up to the legislature and shortchanged as a result. think this present legislature ing school budgets. the legislature could of course And it's about time. Assemblyman Chester Apy will avoid any decision and "Of course it raises new rule that communities could That's the prevailing wind is pleased at the haste of the leave it to the next.. .So it be- challenges for Boards ol Edu-, not tax in excess. from county political and Supreme Court decision, but comes crucial that the public cation," the Red Bank munici- "I think," Mr. O'Hern con- educational leaders in the not surprised at the outcome. lean hard on candidates who pal leader continued. "They tinued, "that the average per- light of yesterday's landmark "I have assumed all along run off at the mouth with son of middle income, the sub- 1 will have to deal with state state Supreme Court decision that the Supreme Court would simple solutions. Candidates levels of funding for education. urban property owner in his declaring unconstitutional the affirm Botter (in January of for the next legislature had If a state per-pupil average productive years, will pay funding of public school sys- last year Superior Court better know what they're talk- cost is established, which was more (as a result of the court tems in the state. Judge Theodore I. Botter ing about on this issue and the one of the recommendations decision). But those older citi- The widely-held although struck down the property tax public should see that they're of the Cahill tax reform bill, zens and those who have low not unanimous, view among system as a means of financ- pushed hard," lawyer-legisla- those districts spending in ex- incomes will not bear the bur- those polled two hours after ing public schools). tor Apy declared firmly. cess could have a problem." den as disproportionately as the decision was announced is Apy Delighted "It's a wonderful landmark Up to Legislature in the past." that a major revision in the "Now that that's been decision," exulted Red Bank The Supreme Court yes- The county superintendent system of taxation will be proved correct, of course I'm Mayor (and Mr. Apy's law terday said that nothing in its of schools, Earl B. Garrison, mandatory in the light of the delighted. It has now been de- partner.) Daniel J. O'Hern. "It ruling would prevent weal- is sounding like a new father court ruling. cided by a court of last resort, will stimulate the kind of tax thier communities from rais- who's happy about the birth Financing public schools is the decision is based on the reform that is so deeply ing extra taxes to provide but worried about the done primarily through local New Jersey constitution and needed in New Jersey. It will, more expenditures for schools enormous moral responsi- property taxes and the state the U.S. Supreme Court ruling I think, solve the problems of' above the state average. How- bilities that parenthood en- cannot affect it. .But as hostility between Boards of Supreme Court, in its unani- ever, the court has left the im-. tails. Chester Apy Daniel J. O'Hcn mous opinion, wrote that there is no deadline for action Education and local govern- plementation of its ruling enti- See Moemouth, page 2 Court Action Is Mandate For Law Change: Cahill TRENTON (AP) - A State The court said it would soon said that a new program With, that decision in mind, The State Supreme court es- Supreme Court ruling that hold further hearings before would have to be drafted, but the State Supreme Court said sentially upheld a ruling on overturned New Jersey's sys- deciding on a deadline for re- they declined to speculate on New Jersey's constitution was Jan. 19, 1972, by Superior tem of public school financing vising the school financing its substance or when it might "more demanding" because Court Judge Theodore I. Bot- is being interpreted by Gov.system. take effect. of a clause which insures ev- ter who struck down the prop- William T. Cahill and some The court said it appeared U.S. Ruling ery pupil "a thorough and ef- erty tax system as a means of legislative leaders as a man- unlikely that the local proper- Yesterday's ruling came ficient education." financing local schools. How- date for change. ty tax combined with in- less than two weeks after the The U.S. Supreme Court ever, the Supreme Court rul- However, Cahill declined creased state aid could be ad- U.S. Supreme Court' had de- ruling did not bar the State ing was based on narrower yesterday to indicate whether justed to provide "a thorough clared that the local property Supreme Court from deciding grounds that are expected to he would press for tax reform and efficient education" for tax did not violate the federal the constitutionality of New effect the eventual solution to to provide new state financial all school children. constitutioms' arneans of fi- Jersey's school funding sys- the problem. support for public schools. Some legislative leaders nancing local school costs. tem on state issues. See School, page 2 He said the court decision AP Wlrtptiolo "in essence" requires "a TO MARKET? — A Coast Guard boat was used yesterday to evacuate change in our state laws relat- * livestock from a flooded area near Old Monroe, Mo., where the second of ing to the financing of public two levee breaks' along the Mississippi was reported Monday. The Corps education." The governor.said of Engineers said nearly 850,000 acres of land was inundated in the east- Market Gives Away Meat; the ruling also gave new ern third of Missouri and western third of Illinois. meaning to his concern in pro- posing tax reform last year. "This concern has now been translated into reality by the PATH Riders Adapt court," the governor said. But Farmers Hold Livestock he declined further comment By The Associated Press Iowa Farm Bureau presi- livestock when it's ready for Jersey by the protest, but until the attorney general's of- dent J. Merrill Anderson said market. Herman Neugroschel, owner fice had reviewed the deci- The meat boycott in New it made sense for farmers to The slack in buying cattle of Herman's Prime Meats in sion. Jersey has been so successful withhold animals when mar- and hogs at the wholesale lev- West Orange, said he and his To Alternate Routes Cahill's tax reform program that at least one market was ket prices fluctuate. But he el resulted in widespread lay- wife were supporting the boy- By The Associated Press ken serving more than 200,000 this rail line is servicing. An was defeated last year when forced to give away ham- emphasized that farmers' in- offs of meat packers. cott by eating fish this week commuters. This operation in- increase of more than 5,000 the Legislature rejected a burger meat that would have terests would be best served if Small markets were being even though his income de- With the carmen's strike volved more than 300 bus trips passengers per day has oc- proposed state income tax. spoiled on the shelves. they continue to market their hit especially hard in New pends on meat sales. ngainst the Port Authority between 6:00 and 9:30 a.m. curred at the Newark station 71 Ruling "We support the boycott, so Trans Hudson PATH rail sys- "Problems have been at a and an additional 1,000 to 2,000 The Supreme Court ruled, 7- we gave the meat away rath- tem in its fourth day today, minimum and the operations daily riders are using stations 0, that the current public er than dump it," John Stutz, New Jerseyans who commute so far have been very west of Newark, Lynch said. school financing system, manager of the Clark Shop- to Manhattan were settling smooth," Grasiosa said. "The "Today's operation was a which relies primarily on lo- Rite, said yesterday. "There State's $2.3 Billion down to alternate means of Jersey City police created an vast improvement over yes- cal property taxes, was un- was no way it could be sal- transportation. express lane from Jersey City terday's," Lynch said, "and constitutional. It said that vaged." The strike appears to be at to the entrance of the Holland although there appeared to be poorer school districts, par- Stutz said the meat, about a stalemate, and no negotia- Tunnel, which greatly re- less people this morning, ticularly those in the -major 100 pounds worth, was given tions are scheduled. duced traffic delays." The there was actually an in- cities, were shortchanged. away after the price was cut Budget Wins Approval Yesterday, travelers who spokesman also said an exten- crease of about 600 passen- But the court "stopped short in half without attracting any THENTON (AP) - After a tions, some designed to delete leaving a total surplus of normally use the PATH tube sion of the lane to Hoboken gers." Lynch emphasized, of declaring the property tax buyers.