YOIII low ii Page 1 3 The Daily Register VOL. 107 NO. 233 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER . .. SINCE 1878 MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1985 25 CENTS Bad cheese delays distribution BY ARMANDO MACHADO who leads the volunteers. He said he tions of 106,000 pounds of federal Gov Thomas H. Kean's office, and those towns," Kopystenski said. because of delivery problems. found some cheese was processed in surplus cheese today will have to that officials from the state Depart- Countywide distribution of This is the third consecutive year Residents appearing at their local July 1963. , ** wait for left over cheese, ment of Agriculture will come to the surplus cheese to the needy has been the group is sponsoring the pro- distribution points must prove they The program, sponsored by Viet- Kopystenski said. The cancellation county today to investigate the canceled in seven municipalities gram, Kopystenki said. Last year, meet eligibility requirements, such nam Veterans Agent Orange Vic- represents about one-third of the matter. because of "questionable quality." organizers were stuck with leftovers as being a recipient of a local, state, tims of New Jersey, got off to a cheese. "This is just a minor inconve- that had to be donated to area or federal aid program, or being a Union Beach volunteers on Satur- successful start Saturday, with 17 . The bad cheese, which will not be nience that will be rectified by our pantries, and some of the food went member of the low-income bracket, day discovered a portion of cheese municipalities participating, ac- distributed, was deliverd Friday to agency with the state, and the to waste, she said. Kopystenski said. that was "definitely moldy" in one cording Rena Kopystenski, ex- Middletown, Aberdeen, Matawan, distribution agencies ... The credit The cheese will be distributed Families with foster chidren are of the three tractor trailers making ecutive director of the group. Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Neptune goes to the (Union Beach) volun- today, with schedules varying from also eligible, but proof of address is the deliveries, according to Union However, seven of the 36 munici- and Neptune City. teers. We may reroute leftover town to town. Distribution in Ocean required! People must demonstrate Beach Councilman Prank DiCicca, palities designated to receive por- Kopystenski said she alerted cheese for the neediest cases in will be delayed until tomorrow (See CHEESE, Page 7A) Teamsters reach Graduate tentative accord testing backed on 3-year pact WASHINGTON (AP) - Most adults responding to a nationwide BY PETE YOST will review the pact, which, if survey believe students should pass approved by that panel, would be a mandatory exam to graduate from WASHINGTON CAP) - The submitted to the rank and file. The high school or advance from junior Teamsters announced yesterday process could take as long as the high, the Education Department they had reached tentative agree- middle of May to complete, said said yesterday. ment with major companies in the Zeller. The telephone survey, conducted trucking industry on a new three- The old contract was an austerity year national contract containing among 1,200 people from November package that froze wages for some through January, also showed broad wage increases and job security 300,000 drivers and warehouse, of- protection. Some 160,000 union support for more math, science, fice and maintenance shop em- members would be covered by the English and social studies in public pact. ployees. schools and higher standards for Two cost-of-living increases teachers. Negotiations were continuing, under the old 37-month pact totaled "More than two-thirds of the however, between the union and a 66 cents, but this money was group of regional trucking com- participants said they would be allocated to union health, welfare willing to pay an additional $200 a panies, Regional Carriers Inc. of and pension funds instead of two Kansas City, which refused to agree year in taxes to finance education workers' paychecks. reforms such as better pay for to all the provisions of the pact The union has been negotiating reached with the industry's biggest teachers, extra teacher training and since Jan. IS with Trucking Manage- trucking firms. smaller classrooms," the depart- ment Inc., the Industry's main ment said. The old pact was to expire at bargaining arm, wokn,repn)ientia» midnight; but Teamster spokesman' 35 Arms including tNttargest In the fleeted the nation's makeup in terms Duke Zeller said "no strikes are business. The union announced Feb. contemplated" against companies of age, geography, race and family 15 that the Motor Carrier Labor income. But it was not representa- for which RCI is bargaining, mainly Advisory Council of Chicago and smaller, regional firms hauling tive of Americans according to Regional Carriers Inc. were joining goods over relatively short dis- educational background. tances. the talks Nearly 53 percent of the respon- MCLAC represents 40,000 to 50,000 dents attended college or graduated RCI and a number of independent Teamsters who would be covered from one, compared to 33 percent firms continuing to negotiate with under the tentative agreement and the Teamsters together employ for the nation as a whole. from 15,000 to 20,000 Teamsters. consists of a number of small The department said that 85.1 general freight carriers. percent of the respondents believed "We are pleased that, as our that their local school districts members asked, we were able to TMI issued a statement saying its successfully address areas of the member firms will meet in the next should require a student to pass greatest concern to them, namely few weeks to begin ratification reading and math exams before wage increases, increased health procedures. receiving a high school diploma. and welfare and pension contribu- Trucking management has been About 80 percent of the supporters tions, and perhaps most import- interested in setting up a formal of high school exams still favored antly, job security," Teamster two-tier wage structure, which the tests even if their children President Jackie Presser said in a would involve permanently paying weren't able to graduate or if it statement. new employees at a lower wage meant that one out of every five low- income children wouldn't get a The statement issued by the scale. diploma. Teamsters said the contract does Under a modified two-tier sys- not contain a two-tier wage struc- tem, by contrast, wages of newly Asked about mandatory tests for ture. At a news conference, Zeller hired workers ultimately would promotion from junior high school, declined to specify whether the catch up with the pay of veteran 95.2 percent of all respondents agreement contains a lower starting employees. supported them. When these sup- wage for new employees which porters were asked whether they Although the Teamsters state- favor such exams if it meant their eventually would be boosted to the ment issued last night said the new regular wage children would be held in junior high contract does not contain a two-tier - an extra year, 94.6 percent still said The old contract, which was to wage structure, union sources, who "yes." expire at midnight yesterday, pays declined to be identified, had said M* *r MM H. The department said that 82.6 Teamsters an average $13.26 an earlier that the accord might in- ON PALM SUNDAY - Rev. George J. Willis Sunday is so called because palm branches percent still backed junior high hour. clude some form of modified system Jr. of St. George's By The River Episcopal were strewn in Christ's way by the multitude at exams even if they believed the The ratification process begins paying new employees at a lower church, Rumson, with Linnea Gilmour, 6, and his last entry into Jerusalem. Holy Week began experience of failing would convince Wednesday in Chicago when a 600- scale. her brother, George, 9, both of Rumson. Palm yesterday and will end next Sunday, Easter. a student that "he or she was dumb member union screening committee (See TEAMSTERS. Page 7A) (See TESTS, Page 7A> Without Florio, hopefuls seem even BY ALAN FRAM In the week after Rep. James When the 47-year-old Florio an- anything," Florio said. "It wasn't tively strong state economy — and AtMclated Press Writer Florio, D-N.J., dropped out or nounced last Monday that he would an easy decision, but I spent time polls showing New Jersey's resi- A prominent New Jersey Demo- contention for a third try at.the not seek the nomination, he refused trying to weigh and balance, and It's dents feeling good about the state — crat, musing about his party's Statehouse, it was hard to find a to say he believed he would lose. a decision I'm comfortable with. I it seemed a difficult time to unseat gubernatorial hopes this year, said politician from either party who Instead, he cited uncertainty over live with my decisions." the incumbent. he knows what must be going thinks the popular Kean, who is whether Kean will accept state Other politicians say they think "I think the final, cold calculation through the minds of most of the expected to run again, should worry campaign funding and thus have to Florio may have found himself was all things considered, Florio five contenders for the nomination. about getting re-elected in Novem- limit his spending to $2.3 million. He trailing Kean in his own polls. In didn't see himself winning," said "You look at the numbers, you ber. also said that as a legislator with addition, they think it likely that as one Democrat here. look at the possibilities of beating It was also difficult to find one some seniority and a subcommittee Florio made his decision, there were So, without Florio, the Demo- (Republican Gov.