Middletown North reclaims 1st in baseball poll 1B The Register Vol. 107 No. 275 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER...SINCE 1878 MONDAY, MAY 20, 1985 ?5 CENTS INSIDE 743 graduated from Monmouth SPORTS ly MYU E. RABIN The Register WEST LONG BRANCH - Some hurried off the platform with a confident smile and others jumped in the air. waving their diplomas as degrees were handed out yesterday afternoon at Monmouth College. Sunshine spilled into openings in the large blue and white tent where friends and relatives jockeyed for the best spot to aim their cameras, earnestly searching the assembly of 743 graduates for that familiar face. As the graduates marched down an aisle created by faculty members robed in regalia of their alma mater, some paused to shake hands with a professor or recieve a pat on the back, others excitedly blew kisses to their parents. Thanks Mom and Dad. I Love You, " read a sign clutched by one graduate But not all the graduates were college-age. Shouts of "All right Mom!" greeted Nancy Bowen Lobo of Rumson, 43, as she walked up a platform bedecked with white flowers to receive her B A from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. After an invocation by the Rev Cornelius P. Williams, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Long Branch, graduates were welcomed to Monmouth College's Slst commencement ceremonies by Jules L. Plangere Jr., chairman of the board of trustees. Before a sea of students robed in black with gold, blue and white hoods, he said. This is really your day You have many reasons to be proud of your accomplishments ' College President Samuel H. Magill conferred five honorary degrees including a Doctor of Laws degree to commencement speaker Sen Frank R Lautenberg D-N J and a Doctor of Humane Letters in memory of Katherine Elkus White, former Ambassador to Denmark and mayor of Red Bank In addition, a Doctor of Literature degree went to Paul Fussell. teacher, author and critic; a Doctor of Science degree to Walter S. McAfee, pioneer of radar exploration of the moon and former chief scientific UNEMLS LOSE — Herschel Walker of advisor for research at the US. Army Electronic the New Jersey Generals picks up Research and Development Command at Fort yardage, but his team didn't pick up a Monmouth; and a Doctor of Humane Letters to win against the Denver Gold. Robert C Stanley Jr . president of four Canadian gold mining companies 2B Lautenberg expressed nostalgia over speaking at the site of his first debate in his 1982 race for the Senate. He also recalled the college as the forum for LOCAL a recent meeting with officials from the En- vironmental Protection Agency, in which he success- fully lobbied the closing of a sludge dumping site 12 Howard honored THE REGISTER/CARLO ANDREWS Rep. James Howard, D-N.J., was miles off Sandy Hook given the Joshua Muddy Award in See Graduates Page 3A GETTING DEGREES — Monmouth College graduates are on the way to get degrees recognition of his years of public service during ceremonies at Fort Monmouth. Honors, awards Bill passes Assemblywoman Marie S. Muhler saw the State Assembly pass her bill to protect retirement benefits for the mark college rites spouses of state employees. 3A ni Awards, presented the first two WEST LONG BRANCH - The awards. STATE euphoria of commencement was Robert Barth, dean of student doubled for several graduates of life and development made two Women speak Monmouth College yesterday as Student Government presentations About 75 women heard speakers they received student awards and with the first, the Student Govern- urge abortion foes to consider the degree honors. ment Association Award for would-be mother's plight before In addition to receiving his academic achievement, going to condemning her for having an baccalaureate degree summa cum Alberta A. Aiken of Middletown. abortion. laude. Mark R. Lambert of West Aiken earned a bachelor of Long Branch received the Alumni science degree graduating summa 4A Associations^ Edward G cum laude. She is a mother of Schlaefer Award for achieving the three, a 1960 high school graduate highest standing among students A party and has studied at Queens Hospital THE REQISTER/CARL ANDREWS completing all degree work at the Nearly 80 toddlers who were born Center School of Nursing and college. Brookdale Community College. SMILE — Camera in hand, this woman records scenes of the Monmouth College graduation prematurely celebrated their first year Lambert, an engineer at Fort The Student Government As- of life during a party at the hospital Monmouth. graduated from Shore B.S.; Nancy Bowen Lobo. B.A.. B.A.; Kim Arlene Lesser, B.S. and sociation's Outstanding Student Pearl Crum, B.A.; Dorothy that helped them survive. Regional High School in 1974 and Kathryn Monahan, B.S.; Eileen Robert Peter Marra Award went to Donald Wilcox of Maureen Davis. B.S,; spent four years in the U.S. Navy Helbig Toughill, B.S.N.; Perry Also, Eileen Marie Marron. 4A Colts Neck, who was cited for his Harshakuman R. Gohil, B.S ; before entering Monmouth Col- Charles Vallone, B.A.; Donald B.S.; Arlene Range McDonald. participation in school activities Linda Joan Hassler, B.S.N.; lege. Craig Wilcox, B.S. and Frank Scott B.S . Deborah Ann McVitty, B.S.; NATION including serving as president of Christina Jones, BS.; John Wil- The Schlaefer Award for highest York, B.S Wendy Roberts Monaghan, B.S.; liam Kornek, B.S.; John William the association. He graduated Those graduating magna cum Gergory Peterson Moore, B.S.; MOVE probe standing among students complet- summa cum laude with a bachelor McBride, B.S.; Gail R. McCarthy. ing the associate degree program, laude included Lorri Ballance. Gergory W. Nowlan, B.A.; Diane B.S and David C McDaniel. B.S.. A House panel is investigating the of science degree in finance and B.S; Patricia K Balto, B.S. Dwulet Olkowski. B.S.N.. Karen went to Alicia Portuondo of Little marketing Also, Kathleen Orme McJunkin, siege of the radical group's Silver A foreign languages and Janice Mary Brennan, B.S. C. Stout, B.S.; Janet Lynn Wasky, B.S.; Kelly J Powers. B.A.; headquarters that left nearly a dozen education major, Portuondo is a Those graduating summa cum Dolores Casarella. B.S ; Bernadet B.S.; Eileen Marie Weimann, Katherine Elisabeth Rouse, B.S.; people dead and hundreds 1983 graduate of Red Bank Cath- laude also included Gail G. Amor, te Chizuk, B.S.; John Dow Jr BS.; Susan D. Wooley. B.S. and Richard Mack Schnabel. BS; homeless. Meanwhile, Philadelphia olic High School. B.S.N.; Craig Stephen Batzel, B.S.; Kim Therese Gayliard, B.S. Terri Lynn Young, B.S. Patti Lynn Shipman. B.S.; Shawn Mayor W. Wilson Goode released a Dr Yvonne Thornton, Class of B.S.; Catherine M. Blackburn. Madonna Mary Goss, B.A. Those graduating cum laude Thomas Stotz. B.S; Edwin sanitized version of a letter from '69, a physician and medical school B A ; Susan Klatte Cassidy, B.S.; Thomas Robert Harris, B.A.; Jill included Alexis E. Bates, B.S ; Veguilla. B.S ; Nityalaxmi MOVE daring police to act. professor who received one of the Mark A. Catanese, B S ; Joan Abel M. Huss, B.S.; Patricia Harnett Linda Mae Barbara Beam, B.A.; Poonam Wadwani, B.S. and 5A college's first Distinguished Alum- Dow. B.S.; Mark Russell Lambert, Keady, B.S.; Robert John Kuehl. Sandra N Benner. B.A.; Elizabeth Dorothy Ann Wilson. B S. WORLD Prisoner exchange Israel will free 1,100 prisoners, Corps accused of neglecting state wetlands including a notorious terrorist, in exchange for three soldiers. also expected to conduct hearings tomorrow another 300. and municipal dischargers instead of ex- PATERSON (API - A coalition of New on the Clean Water Act. —More than half of 40 projects that tending it to 10 years. Jersey environmental groups says the U.S. "We hope that New Jersey's legislators caused damage in North Jersey were not —Control pollution coming from runoff Army Corps of Engineers is not protecting will put the Army Corps on the spot." said authorized by the Corps. from streets and farmlands in addition to the state's wetlands and they want Congress Ian Walker, chairman of the New Jersey —The Corps allowed four large-scale, runoff from pipes. Environmentalists be- to take the land from Corps' jurisdiction. Chapter of the Sierra Club, one of 37 groups environmentally harmful projects to escape lieve 50 percent of the pollutants come from At a news conference here Saturday, the in the Clean Water Campaign. review under a nationwide general permit runoff. New Jersey Clean Water Campaign asked exemption. INDEX Congress to review the performance of the "The EPA and Fish and Wildlife have —Allocate K 3 billion for construction of Corps and consider turning wetlands' environmental interests while the Corps has —Recommendations to the Corps by other wastewater treatment plants each year, protection over to either the U.S. En- construction interests," Walker said yester- agencies on permit denial and modification instead of the current J2 4 billion. vironmental Protection Agency or the U.S. day. were disregarded. —The Clean Water Act should be amended to say that no permit may be renewed, Fish and Wildlife Service. The Sierra Club studied freshwater There are 600,000 acres of wetlands in reissued or modified to contain effluent The Senate Environment and Public wetlands in northern New Jersey and how New Jersey, 300,000 of which are protected limits less stringent than previous permits. BRIDGE . 71 Works Committee holds oversight hearings recent development has hurt the Passaic under the state's Pinelands Protection Act.