I. , \ Brearley band points Mancino slate Wins to compete nationally.. committee control, GarWqod Dems lean to Kenilworth artists Kenpedy..page 20 in surprise.,page 20 VOL. 87 No. 23- Published Every Thursday Thursday, June 5, 1980 Serving (Iranford, Kenilworth und Gurwood LLSRS 130 HIM) Second Class Postage Paid Cranford, N..J. 20 GENTS Town •I ..-..•• ,t Proud day ence J—This-is-a-memorable-day-for-Ed- l Klauder, 2AL Burnside Ave. Thirty ' six years ago he was preparing to A-suit. charging that neglig'ence-fn-a~HBellanter"and-his^motherr~Alice A. boardji-NayyJUS&iWhich was. inthe- physical education course at. Hiljside_'.Bejiafitc, _9_Ilet_ford'Av.e., who, charge_ rst-vmr^atr Omaha- •Beach-inr.ther .j^vefHi£SCh(»lrestttjt£g&J8^ Normandy invasion. Today, at. age student has been filed in Superior Court. - resulted in Robert breaking two bones in 54, he attains.a degree in psychology" Plaintiffs are the student, Robert A. his right leg, inducing "severe pain "and at .Kean College. He'll carry the, injury.'.'Their lawyer, John P. Libretti, American flag and wear his Navy said, Robert suffered possible per- uniform in the commencement manent injury that could result in his procession. Sidewalk right leg being shorter than his left. Defendants named include the Board of Education and Cranford township plus, James Farrell, the physical A rampage education instructor, and Frank S.tr-ykcrv—another, pupll-^who—was- A smoke detector and alert wit- —we"stli"rrg~withTJ611arite.~"" nesses led police to'the" apprehension According to the suit, the incident of two. local boys who rampaged happened Dec. 13, 1978 when Farrell set through a. home and stole or up wrestling matches among the eighth *> ' grade* physed students. The suit con- damaged $1,850 \#orth of property. ; Page.. 4. .'-..... .':'.. tends the instruction . was negligent A prograrh aimed at the beautification because bothboys were told to begin the and safety of downtown sidewalks was match on their knees facing each other launched-this-week—with-lctters that ''with the weight of their bodies setting.on have gone out to all property owners their ankles! . •*•••••>• whose walks have been determined in As a result of "negligent instruction positioning," the suft alleges, Stryker Orange Avenue pool was reported need of-repair. The letters followed a fating of all managed to pin Bellante on to his in need of repairs that could cost half shoulders and fie sustained a fracture of a million dollars, the Township business district sidewalks . by the Cranford engineering department on a the right tibia and fibula, causing Committee learned this week. Page permanent injury to the growth plate. 16. one to ten scale. Owners whose walks More than 260 runners-finished the routes in Sun- CHS teammate, Maureen Clarke, placed .first rated unacceptable are receiving a Libretti said the plate regulates the : •letter from the Chamber of Commerce growth of a leg. ' day's Chronicle Run. Mary Beth Hogan, left, won among. ,w,otnen in"! three mile, right, topped ail requesting them to make repairs within Bellante and Stryker are now 16 years first among women in six mile and-is.clocked in by females in one-mile and was second in six mile Bird's eyes 60 days. : old and sophomores at Cranford High her brother Chip. Scott Van Why is behind her. Her Photos"by Greg Price. More 'photos on Page 13 Sidewalks covered include those on School. Libretti said the suit was not public as well as private properties. The filed until this year because Bellante There will be plenty of familiar local government is cooperating with underwent treatments for « or 9 months faces on the U.S. Open lijiks at the Chamber in the program. The letter and it had taken doctors time to Baltusrol next weeK as 1 advises owners, of unacceptable determine the extent of his injury. "authorities." Forty one Union sidewalks that if repairs are not made a College students and staffers will The suit alleges civil negligenceon the formal .warning jwill be issued by the •.P.9!liOh.g defendants andL.cxintains a. lttte^^ in uniform:' as Pinkerton guards imentand it this is not tor damages and costs, without a heeded a summons will he issued. The , specified dollar amount, hired especially for the ev(ent. They include J. Harrison Morson, dean of letter urges'cooperation of all property . Ajnong other allegations,, tjie suit golf buff, who said, "I juM couldn't owners.. , ' "contends that the wrestling activity was The rating scale used two crite.rw; ^inherently dangerous to the skilled miss this chance to see£fch.e. whole., | 1 Allen ;: : ^h6W^ "••"•"•'•• - •-•:-•••-••••••-•-.—- jfejyrrand^ appearance. _^ -—--—- -•],•• VeveaTedlhaE about 30 percent of"the 300 "tfii unskilled student." '^ .- ' business district sidewalks are Farrell is an experienced wrestling Sen. Edward Kennedy far outpaced pressive with 365 Democrats backing over yet," she said u( the Democratic" 'hazardous and unattractive." coach. He is the son of the high school President Jimmy Carter among him compared with 268 for Carter. The race.Even if Carter-Wins, she •srn'id.; "he Propertyowners of walks at the low end wrestling coach, Herb Farrell, and in Cranford Democrats in Tuesday's spread was.much closer in, ^arwood .. would_ . have...to .:'.'came. Circus here of the scale, rated "Very unsafe" or addition, to his physical.education primary, achieving 57 percent of the with 145 voting for Kennedy and 120 for plntform elements .-1.1 e.r votes cast. Ronald Reagan amassed Bl Carter. Reagan garnered'80 percent of concern has . been funding for '.ocial The King Circus will have shows "unsafe" received the Chamber letter, teaching he coaches the. CHS junior percent of the votes cast by local the Republican vote in the two boroughs. with copies to the mayor, public works varsity wrestlers and is the CHS tennis programs.- . a I Hillside Avenue School grounds at coach. Republicans in the GOP primary. More Democrats than Republicans Both parties elected municipal [ 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday/It's a benefit commissioner; township administrator, Kennedy's strong showing in the- 12th turned out Tuesday because of the commerce committee chairman,-tenant committee members. The only roiiiest for-the Suburban Symphony. , The only formal answer to the changes Congressional District guaranteed a Kennedy-Carter contest. Altogether was in District 28 among Democrats, and township engineer. They \vere to_ datchaSwCome from the attorney seat at the convention for Barbara only 23 percent of the registered voters advised that repair permits may be where incumbent John.Coburn defeated. "Riccardo" will appear in the representing the township government, Brande, township committeewoman, in Cranford went to the polls. Ronald D. Marotta, township -com-' I finale. He is the son of Carla obtained for $5 from the engineer and Peter J. Farabaugh, who contended in a who led his district delegate slate. Reagan swamped- his former' that there will be no. increase in tax mitteeman, 2(i to 14. This wa-, a n-bufl to ~ j Wallenda,-one of the famous circus brief filed with the court that the town Locally, the senator achieved 1,051 votes challenger, 'George Bush, At the 12th Timothy O'Leary, party chairman who •families on the high wires. assessments for s-idewalk • im- was not negligent and that "any injuries to Carter's 652. district level, Assemblyman Chuck provements. had in his capacity as trustee ot Die I me or damages allegedly sustained was In her first try for political office, Joan Hardwick, . Reagan's campaign .put Marotta on it (t'Loan ,-,;jid In- This program follows the Chamber's, the result of the contributory nogligence Allen of Cranford topped a crowded field .manager, topped the field of candidates wanted elected commissmiHTv on [lie recently launched down town of said'plaintiff." __ ^^ -party committee and anight where beaulificationeffortswhich-include new »j)fJ.6_candida'tCsJor-Democratic-county^-for--delegat(;—w-i-th—1-jOO-l—votes— Flowei^showA Michael Cooney,- attorney" freeholder nominations.. She will EclwaiiTK. Gill, former mayor, led the possiblevto have two families instead of* garbage receptacles and "Help Keep dormant Bush slate with.218., Another one representing each district, '(''ohum's Cratiford Clean" posters which have representing the school board and be on the November, ballot along ' "Cranford Portraits," a flower Farrell, filed an answer to the complaint with two other insurgents on a slate former mayor, Malcolm Pringle, paced wife, Elaine, is committeewoman in the • been distributed throughout the business district. show presented by -the garden clubs community. with the court which denied any formed by Thomas Dunn, mayor of a moderate Republican slate with 243 of Cranford, will be at the Centennial negligence on the part of the board or Elizabeth. This slate toppled regular Four of the eight-member moderate Coburn ; challenged this, and cam- Avenue Recreation Complex. Hours In .a . separate development, the organization candidates including in- group were' from Cranford and had- paigned as an "independent iVnioiTal" are 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to cumbents Walter Boright and-Thomas- organized .to support John Anderson. on Dunn's .line. .Marotta-. who didn't - (J p;m. .Sunday. a proposal from the Commerce Com- "Fred More; school business manager,- But Anderson's withdrawal from the campaign, was disgruntled. "If he had mittee for a maintenance code for • Dillon. Boright, former Kenilworth said the matter had been referred to the courfcihnan, did well in this area but was GOP lists stranded them on a polygot put as much effort into his campaign for commercial property. It was presented , company which carries the school Township --Committee--' lie- -would ha vt-. to the workshop session by Bob Biach, swamped by Dunn's forces based in line headed by peronnial-candidate- system's liability insurance, which-in Elizabeth, home of Allen's two running Harold Stassen.