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SINCE 1878 VOL.106 NO. 31. 25 CENTS Bayshore clam bootlegging persists By RAY GERMANN caught selling unpurlfied Baysbore off their rakes and tongs they've ever known. has not been a case of hepatitis in ment of Environmental Protection's clams has been labeled a poacher — storage since the waters In his home environment — a the area positively linked to con- Bureau of Shellflsheries, said in an Despite a 1974 ban on ill bard- and hai been subject to a fine or jail closed — and rejoined the clamming secluded cove of Sandy Hook Bay — taminated clams in a decade. interview last month that tbe bac- ibell clamming In tbe Bayshore, sentence, industry when the programs began. one of the holdouts sneered at tbe "If I really thought there was teria level in Bayshore clams is some continued to rake clams from Clamming became legal again Some poachers accepted the new thought of handing bis hard-earned any danger, I wouldn't sell them," "potentially dangerous" to any mod on the bottoms of tbe bays and when the state began a relay pro- ways so they could continue clam- harvest over to an Ocean County he said. "But if there is a danger, consumer. riven, just as their fathers did and gram June 1, transporting tbe clams ming without the Marine Police at relay clammer, or depuration plant I'll be the first to know. I eat these "Just because nobody has gotten their grandfathers before them. to cleaner Ocean County waters (or their heels. owner Jayson Harvey. things every day." sick recently doesn't mean there's In their eyes, they were simply purification. And a Highlands de- But others have ignored tbe new "These guys are paying us half State consumer health officials, nothing to worry about," she said. carrying on a tradition, but since puration plant will now purchase, ways with staunch self-right- what the clams are worth," be said. who routinely test the clams for The cove clammer said some In tbe state of New Jersey outlawed purify, and resell clams. eousness, determined to avoid a "And there is nothing wrong with bacteria, insist there is a danger. his fold rely on bootleg clamming to hard-shell clamming in 1974, anyone Some law-abiding citizens dusted "middle man" In the only trade them." He pointed out that there Gale Critchlow, chief of the Depart- See Clam, page At Car-bomb kills 35 in Lebanese By The Associated Press wounded. A similar explosion Friday in the Tbe second deadly car-bombing northern port city of Tripoli, also in Syrian-controlled Lebanon within controlled by Syria, killed at least 20 a three-day span killed 35 people people. yesterday, but Syria turned a deaf A group calling itself the Front ear to the urgings of U.S. special for the Liberation of Lebanon from envoy Robert C. McFarlane that it Foreigners claimed responsibility move its troops out of Lebanon. for yesterday's blast and warned McFarlane, who is conferring such attacks would continue "until with Saudi Arabian leaders today, no foreigner is left on Lebanese met with Syrian President Hafez soil." Assad in Damascus for six hours The blast demolished a coffee yesterday to discuss efforts to re- shop in the market center and dev- move foreign forces from Lebanon. astated the surrounding area. After the session, a Syrian Police said that most of the casu- spokesman reaffirmed his govern- alties were Lebanese civilians — ment's opposition to the Lebanese- merchants and residents of the low- Israeli troop withdrawal accord. He income neighborhood — but that two said the pact, signed May 17, "is Syrian soldiers were among the vic- being Imposed on Lebanon" and tims. "transforms Lebanon into an Is- The Front for the Liberation of Shiite Moslem militia leaden and Baalbek officials called for a raeli protectorate." Lebanon from Foreigners, which 1 This statement came shortly af- claimed the bombing in a call to the day of mourning and a general ter a powerful car bomb exploded in Beirut office of a French news agen- strike in the Bekaa today, a crowded market In Baalbek, a city cy, has' taken responsibility for a Police estimated tbe bomb con- CAR BOMB — Residents and rescue workers In city's crowded market, site of a violent Sunday in tbe Syrian-controlled Bekaa Val- series of bomb attacks aimed chief- tained 220 pounds of TNT. The car the ancient city of Baalbek. Lebanon gather car bombing. ley of eastern Lebanon. Police said ly at Syrian and Palestinian targets. was blown into pieces so small that around a Lebanese Red Cross Ambulance In the 35 people were killed and 133 Its political affiliation is not known. its make could not be determined. Long distance separates Hughes fears for sides in telephone strike arts school By MARE RO8ATI offices, where striking workers pre- issue in the talks, which were ad- dicted the company would be unable journed as the old pact expired at By TERRY MOORE WASHINGTON (AP) - Man- to keep up with tbe crush of service midnight Saturday, local time. agement and labor an far apart on requests. "I would not expect a settlement LONG BRANCH - Although the wages and other issues as American No new talks were scheduled be- in the next day or two," CWA Presi- Performing Arts Program at Red Telephone * Telegraph Co.'s 875,000 tween AT&T and tbe three unions dent Glenn E. Watts said yesterday Bank Regional High School "has a operators and technicians are strik- representing tbe striken — tbe on the ABC television program lot of merit," county Super- ing the company for the second time Communications Workers of Ameri- •This Week With David Brinkley." intendent of Schools Milton G. hi 12 yean. ca, the International Brotherhood of "We want at least doable the Hughes doubts that the Middle town, Only minor service disruptions Electrical Workers, and tbe Tele- kind of money they're (ATlrT) talk- Rumson-Fair Haven and Shore Re- were reported yesterday, tbe tint communications International Un- ing about... Tbe company knows the gional boards of education will sup- day of the walkout, u managers and ion. area in which we must go and port the state-approved facility. supeivisors worked In place of the "It's been a pretty quiet day," they're unwilling to meet that," be The program, offering intensive striking employees. Charles Dynes, an AT&T spokes- said. courses in dance, drama, creative Appearing later on tbe same pro- writing and television production, "Management people are ban-, man, said last night. "After the last 1 dling the jobs very capably and effi- two long, hectic days, today's been a gram, ATM Chairman Charles would be a first for the county, if it ciently," AT4T spokesman Pic sort of breather." Brown said that although tbe two is funded. Wagner said yesterday. "I expect Dynes said that while tbe nego- sides differ widely on a new wage The Freehold Regional Board of that the same will be trua when tbe tiating process had not been broken package, other unspecified bargain- Education is the only county school need for equipment service arises." off, no new talks were scheduled. ing issues related to tbe scheduled board that has agreed to send its However, Wagner acknowledged Rozanne Weissman, a spokeswoman divestiture of the huge tele- talented students to the performing that the real test of tbe system for CWA, the largest of tbe three communications company remain arts school, and to provide for their would start today, when business unions with 525,000 members, also unresolved. transportation. cans flood tbe Unas. said she was unaware of any sched- "There are a lot more Issues The Monmouth Regional and Across the country, picket Unas uled negotiations. than- economics, I assure you," Henry Hudson school boards have were set up outside Bell System Wages and job security were at See long, page At refused to pay the tuition for their This week, tbe Middletown, Rumson-Fair Haven-aad Shore Re- N.J. strike impactfminimal' gional boards should make their de- cisions, and Hughes isn't optimistic. ' By KARIN LAUB ter their three-year-contract ex- take "a few extra minutes to get an "I don't think any of them will pired. operator for a long distance call." be funding (tbe program)," Hughes ; NEWARK (AP) - The na- "We have management people New Jersey Bell encouraged cus- said in a telephone interview last tionwide strike of some 675,000 assigned to cover the jobs that come tomers to dial directly whenever night. workan against American Tele- . closest to customer service," said they can, so tbe interim operaton If local school boards do not sup- phone * Telegraph Co. will have Lynette Vivianl, a spokeswoman for will not be overburdened, she said. port the program, parents can little or no effect on telephone users New Jersey BeU, which serves S And people who have scheduled a choose to enroll their children in tbe in the Garden State, New Jersey million customers. phone Installation in the near future school, pay the tuition and provide BeU officials said yesterday. Vivianl said 1,000 managerial may have to wait a day or two, she transportation for the student, ac- ' The striking worken, including employees will work "12 hours a said.