WAYNE NJ MARCH 19 68 Filmed by Microfilming Corporation of America Strikes TV Blew Against 'Revolting' Group By JOAN WIESSMANN neither inspirational nor ‘cool’. Everything about it ! A lively bundle of charged dynamite was petite Jo stinks!” Ann Traynor, 16, a junior at Wayne Valley High School, On the video screen, she was shown telling Alap when she was viewed with Alan Burke on his TV show Burke, “ 1 hate the group!” To which Zapim retorted, ♦ Saturday night, denouncing the “obscene” lyrics and “ When you grow up, you might like it!” “gross” actions of a group named “ Mothers of Invention,” The spirited daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Tray­ whom she described as “revolting,” “disgusting,” “fil­ nor, is currently rehearsing for the all-school production thy,” “grubby” end “ smelly.” of “ Gypsy,” slated for presentation this coming week­ end and the next — which she quickly pointed out to An attractive, slim blonde with flashing green eyes, Burke. who measures 5 feet 3 in height, she provoked “boos” as “ I am not a prude,” she flashed back at him. “ And well as applause in her determined tirade which prompt­ I love music. I have* always enjoyed every other group, ed Allen Burke to say, “You sound like a prude!” such as the Beatles and the Beach boys. At her 47 Brandon Ave. home yesterday, Jo Ann pre­ But she “ detests” two groups, “ The Fugs” and the sented a graphic picture of Frank Zappa, leader of the “ Mothers of Invention.” The latter are the worst, ac­ “ Mothers of Invention” — with whom, she had verbal tilts cording to the local high school student. over his performances and albums — as having black, Burke had introduced Zappa as leader of the most shoulder-length and unwashed hair, wearing “ filthy popular groups in the country, which spurred Jo Ann to clothes,” and “looking like something the cat dragged in.” march up to the podium and tell the controversial emcee She charged that the lyrics to his songs were repul­ that she wanted tocorrect his statement. “ They are NOT sive and obscene: “I’ve heard dirty stories that are at the most popqlA^Mlnly % M JptW Sdj teenagers fike them least funny, but his lyrics even lack humor. His music is ANN TKAYNOR Plan Permanent Barriers f i r a i f n e 20* Sunday Goldberg Agrees To lO D A Y Closings M il lto«f« m WAYNE, N. J„ *7471 Mayor Edward-. Sisc6 met Vol. 2. No. 124 Matiner Publications Monday, March 11, 1968 this morning with Commis­ sioner David Goldberg of the New Jersey , Depart­ ment of Transportation re­ garding the closing of the Man 'Critical' After Auto Crash cross ^ traffic islands on Route 23 in Wayne Town­ ship. • ' It was' agreed by Commis­ sioner Goldberg that apparent­ ly the closing of the islands by the municipality has been effec­ tive, and has not raised opposi­ tion fronj the motoring, public or. the merchants. In \Jew of this, it was agreed that Mayor P a le Sisco would ask the Municipal Council, at its next meeting, to A Wayne man is in crit­ support the closing of the is­ ical condition today in Chil­ lands so that the Department ton Memorial Hospital in of Transportation maintenance/ Pompton Plains following forces could undertake a per­ an accident at 1:50 a.m. manent closing as a moans of yesterday morning when added! highway safety. the vehicle he was driving The Department of Transpor­ struck a utility pole on tation will he observing the sit­ Black Oak Ridge Road uation from a traffic flow point of view during file next about 100 feet south d several days, Mayor Siseo ex­ Pompton Plains Gross pressed liis appreciation, for Road. the fine cooperation given Ltim James A. Whitaker, 22, of by the State Department of 169 Old Turnpike Road, is un­ Transportation. der intensive care at the hospi­ While meeting with Commis­ tal and a passenger in his car, sioner Goldberg, Mayor Sisco Joseph Dombrowski, 19, of 49 raised questions concerning the Parkway, Little Falls is listed PREFACING VOUCHERS to mail out March 29 to 799 people who purchased cat licenses, Killer Bend Project ot) Route 23, in fair condition. are employees in Wayne's Treasury Dept. The cat license ordinance was repealed March 6 (Continued on Page 2) Police said Whitaker sustain­ by the Town Councilman. Timothy Coppinger, Treasurer at Wayne's Municipal Building, re­ ed a possible fractured skull and ports that the vouchers must be raturnad to his office by April 30. Check refunds w ill fallow severe neck and head lacera­ in the mail around May 17. Shawn above an, from left, Betty Larsen, bookkeeper; Alma Planning Board tions. Dombrowski reportedly Ellis, deputy treasurer; Helena Shenasko, secretary. suffered a severe fracture of the left ankle,; internal injuries, sev­ W ill Consider ere arm lacerations, and severe bleeding from the mouth. Cyanamid Plea Council To Receive Petition i • Unable to obtain statements An office building addition * from either person, police sur­ for the American Cyanamid mised the car was travelling Co. will be^considereli at a spe­ south on Black Oak Ridge Road Asking Hunter Plnce Bridge cial meeting of the Wayne when Whitaker lost control of Township Planning Board, to­ thetrdiicle or vision of the road- A request for construction of a bridge on Hunter Place— currently divided in half night at 8 at the Municipal vJway cue to the heavy fog and by aluminum guard rails flanking both sides of Singac Brook — will be presented to Building. * -■Vrccesdve speed. the Wayne Township Council during tKe public hearing portion of its meeting Wed- Also oil the Board's agenda ’ Abortion of Black Oak Ridge „ are the landscape plan of the Rood was blocked off approxi­ 0 Walter Abrams, 219 Andover dents> said last ni« ht he str°ng- “must” in the interest of safe- Willowbrook Shopping Center, mately 12 hours and traffic re- Drive, promoter of a petition ly feels that the construction of ty protection to the neighbor- Phase 1, and the revised land­ v routed from Jackson Avenue on which he already has the a bridge on Hunter Place, to hood. scape plan of the PrCakneoa (Continued on Page *) signatures of some 150 rest- permit “through” traffic, is a (Continued on Page 3) Shopping Center. * ! • WAYNE NEWS IN BRIEF Council To Receive Petition i ' Pace Prowlers Reported At Homes * Police were summoned to the , home ol Arthur Fredel, 65 Asking Hunter Pluce Ridge Place, at 12:35 a.m. today when he reported a prowler in the vicinity of his home. (Continued from Page 1) tors to the bridge's reality, have either side of the brook — built' Fredel told officers he was watching television when some­ He said he was "almost cer­ a petition going which cites its by real, estate developers. It was when Abrams one day one lifted the mail slot cover at his front door. Police checked the tain” that he would have the cost at that figure. "The people who told me this wanted to drive one of his chil­ area for prowlers with negative results. ’ support of the Wayne Fire De­ said they were in favor of the dren to the Lafayette School, A similar report was made shortly after midnight yesterday partment’s five volunteer units, bridge, but not the price,” he on the eastside of the Siitgac in Prquannoek when Mary Pochmursky of 42 Jacksonville Road, as well as the Wayne First Aid Brook from his westside home notified police someone had attempted to enter^the^front door of Squad, because a bridge there continu'd. “I want to know where they on Andover Drive, that he be­ her home while she was watching television. J would speed up emergency She told police she saw a youth walk slowly away' upon calls to home when fire alarms reached this price, *if it's their came acutely aware of the ex- big argument. Was it one per­ 1 tra distance he had to travel finding the door locked. , are sent in, or to emergency victims in dire need of an am­ son’s bid, or what? I would via car to reach the school. bulance^—not to mention short­ like to see some other esti­ ' “It’s a great deal more than Tennessee Man Injured In Crash ening of daily motor trips for mates from a variety of con­ the five minutes of time and A T ennessee man was treated for a knee injury at St. Jo­ the area residents. tractors.” .extra two miles o f traveling seph’s Hospital in Paterson and Issued a careless driving sum­ At the present time, there is Abrams laughingly noted ‘-time, minimized by the oppo­ mons early% yesterday morning after his vehicle struck a tele­ no "through” street for traf­ that there are going to be some nents of the bridge’s construc­ phone pole oVt Hamburg Turnpike about 200 feet north of Church fic connecting Valley Road to duplications of signatures on tion,” he said. “Just consider W AYNE TODAY MAR. 11. 1968 Lane. Greenrale or Iaauwe Aves. on the two petitions, , “Because the expensive wear and tear on . Charles R. Reape, 31, o f 3946 Hedge Row CV, Memphis, re­ the eastside of the brook, in a . some signed mine after I point­ a car, plus the additional unnec­ portedly told officers he was traveling north on the turnpike two-mile stretch that extends ed out that no firm official cost essary tipne expanded in thils ra- whon ho fell ^usleep. from Preakness Ave.