In New York Tops on court Reeling CBA, fogte girls Commercial fishermen in hlHtfla-rOn. No. ff county. consider court suit7/ Pagt3A Page 1B ^r The Daily Register VOL. 107 NO. 222 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER .. SINCE 1878 TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1985 25 CENTS Reagan could cost county millions The county and its municipalities how you try to shield it, the cut years at half its current size, and budget, " Collins said. "Services Some local municipalities could revenue sharing dollars were used could lose nearly $8.2 million in would have a direct effect on the then end. could be cut, or else we might have be severely impacted by the to pay police salaries. "It would federal dollars if President Re- taxpayers." Whenever the cutoff date, the to raise the county tax rate by I'/i proposed cut. Middletown stands to create a tremendous difficulty in agan's plan to end revenue sharing The 12-year-old revenue sharing county and its municipalities have cents." is realized. lose the most money, $496,187. Other preparing the budget without raising program gives federal funds to said the cut could either increase Since the money is considered towns who receive large federal the tax revenue or cutting ser- County Administrator Robert J. county and local governments to be the tax rate, or decrease services. outside the state-mandated cap, dollars include Asbury Park, vices." Collins said yesterday that the used "with no strings attached," For example, in the county's 1985 many local governments consider $485,843; Neptune, $349,289; Long Red Bank Financial Adminis- county receives 13.8 million from Collins said. Reagan has proposed budget, the revenue sharing funds the proposed elimination a "double- Branch, 323,582; Ocean, $222,781; trator Bruce Loversidge said the the federal government, nearly 4 eliminating the program to reduce were split: $1.91 million was used to whammy." State law said that local Hazlet, $184,757, and Keansburg. $77,049 in federal dollars were used percent of the $119 million budget. the federal deficit. pay the salaries of the Parks and governments can't increase their $163,436. for police salaries and wages. The municipalities receive a total of The planned cut would not take Recreation Department employees. spending by more than 5 percent a $4 4 million. Municipal officials said the tax- However, Loversidge said that effect until Oct. 1. However, the The remaining $1.89 million paid the year. Once revenue sharing is payers would wind up bearing the while the loss of the funds is "No doubt about it. there would be U.S. Senate Budget Committee last salaries in the prosecutor's office. eliminated, those federal dollars burden of the missing dollars. "nothing to sneeze at, it's not the a substantial impact if the money week approved a plan to allow the "That's $3.8 million we're going must be made up within the capped Eatontown Borough Auditor end of the world either." was cut," Collins said. "No matter program to continue for two more to have to take out of the operations budgets. Carlton Thistle said the federal (Sec REAGAN, Page 2A> Mulvihill to appeal BY LISA R. KRUSE FREEHOLD - Joseph Mulvihill will appeal the 10-year prison term imposed on him Friday by a Victim's kin Superior Court judge, his attorney said yesterday. to file suit Mulvihill, 34, of Patterson Av- enue, Union Beach, received the FREEHOLD - The family of the maximum penalty from Superior Union Beach woman slain by her Court Judge James A. Kennedy. husband last June will sue him, the Mulvihill was convicted of man- borough and the police department slaughter by a Superior Court jury for a minimum of $1 million, their in December for the drowning and attorney said yesterday. beating of his wife, Terry, also 34. However, the husband's lawyer John Ford, MulvihiU's attorney, said the family had "no legal said he would base his appeal on the standing" to file suit, and the Union jny'f rentict and statements mad* Baaok boroofh attftlnwy Mid the by Kennedy at sentencing. municipality and the police depart- "The verdict of manslaughter ment were immune under state law suggests that the jury concluded from any legal action. that Terry's death was not inten- Louis Locascio, who is rep- tional, and her injuries were the resenting the family of Terry result of an accident," Ford said. Mulvihill, 34, of Patterson Avenue, "However, the jury did feel that Joe confirmed that a suit will be filed was guilty because he didn't do what against Joseph Mulvihill, the he should have done afterwards. For borough of Union Beach, the borough police department, and that, he certainly shouldn't get the seven individual police officers. maximum sentence." Ford said that during the sentenc- Locascio said the Marquette fam- ing, Kennedy reiterated the testi- ily is seeking $1 million from the mony taken throughout the trial and borough, the police department, and then told Mulvihill "despite these the officers. The amount Mulvihill is being sued for is not determined, *HMH XWH kf Cart Nrtw factual statements, the jury found you guilty of manslaughter. Locascio said. "I believe that the judge didn't "We're suing Joe Mulvihill be- Stop, look and celebrate agree with the jury's verdict and set cause he killed her," Locascio said. forth his own penalty." "The basis of the suit against the Andrew Halliday. school crossing guard at the corner of Halliday, a longtime crossing guard, picks a day each year to town, the police department and the Middletown-Llncrolt Road and McCutcheon Court in Oak Hill, The prosecutor's office had mark the birthdays of the children who cross his path daily. sought the death penalty against officers is the report of the Mon- mouth County prosecutor, which hands out doughnuts to Daniel Coneey, 12, and Terry Mayhew, He Is also known for providing Halloween treats to children and Mulvihill. The jury, however, found 11, In celebration of "everyone's birthday." The 71-year-old shoveling snow from the corner's sidewalk. reprimanded the police for the him guilty of third-degree man- manner in which they handled the slaughter, as opposed to first-degree case." murder. (See LAWSUIT, Page 2A) The judge had the discretion to sentence Mulvihill to a minimum of probation, or a maximum of 10 said he will argue that Kennedy years in prison with a five-year should have given Mulvihill proba- Capital Cities acquires ABC minimum before parole. tion for the crime. In addition, Ford capacity at the new parent com- "With this sentence, a terrible said he will argue no minimum BY GOTTEN TIMBERLAKE said. "1 don't think Capital Cities person with a worse criminal record will do much to change progamm- pany. parole time should be given, and would get the same sentence as Joe NEW YORK (AP) - (Capital ming at ABC." "This agreement will create a there was no aggravating factors Mulvihill," said Ford. "It's my Cities Communications Inc. an- ABC, which had been a rumored new, broad-based and balanced that justified the maximum penalty. moral position that the sentence was nounced an agreement yesterday,.to takeover target for months, had communications company that is At the trial, Mulvihill testified he acquire the much larger American inappropriate, and my legal position been a strong second in the prime uniquely equipped to take advantage and his wife were arguing after they Broadcasting Cos. Inc. for more that the judge relied on factors he time TV ratings in recent years but of the rapid and fundamental left a Sayreville bar. Mrs. Mulvihill than $3.5 billion *i a deal tfeat it slid into third in the current changes that are occurring in the shouldn't have." includes the participation of Warren Ford said that Kennedy repeated had called the Union Beach police season. However, its daytime TV business," Goldenson and Murphy and asked that her husband be Buffett, one of the nation's richest operations remain highly profitable, said in a statement. throughout the sentencing that "the men. bottom line is somebody died." removed. Mulvihill left the house analysts say. ABC has television and radio with police, who returned him home The deal must be approved.by operations and also is involved in "The presumptive sentence in The two companies said Leonard manslaughter is 7'i years," Ford 45 minutes later. stockholders and will require "some Goldenson, the 79-year-old chairman publishing, video enterprises, mo- divestitures" to obtain regulatory said. "To impose the maximum of Mulvihill testified that his wife and chief executive officer of ABC, tion pictures and scenic attractions. was up when he returned, and the approval, according to ABC and because of the cost and other 10 years, there has to be aggravating would serve as chairman of the Capital Cities owns newspapers, TV argument resumed. He said his wife Capital Cities, both of which own factors. executive committee of the factors. Just because someone died and radio stations and cable TV 1 came after him with a baseball bat. local television stations. The "Another bidder would have to proposed new company. is not itself an aggravating factor. ' systems. The two struggled for control, and proposed combination would be clear the FCC and other regulatory ABC and Capital Cities said Ford said he "took issue" with called Capital Cities-ABC Inc. Thomas Murphy, 59, Capital Kennedy's statement that a "need to then the bat hit her in the back of hurdles," said J. Kendrick Noble Cities' chairman and chief executive shareholders of both companies are Buffett.