Your Town New strategy? ktCBA Murder trtal Pagei B ChHd at ebargefe up Wicelinski named Coburn confessed, Today's For* «tt: during divorce cases. Coach of the Year. ex-wife testifies. Highs around 60. fit*** 1 Page4B Page-IB The Daily Register VOL. 107 NO. 224 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER . SINCE 1878 THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1985 25 CENTS Victims suspected trouble BY BOB NEFF HAZLET — Five family members Judge family who died Tuesday of carbon mon- oxide poisoning caused by a dirty obituaries, 7A furnace apparently knew something was wrong. After a carpenter warned the pinpoint the amount of lethal gas in Judge family last week to check a the blood stream even if carbon gas odor, they contacted a re- monoxide is diagnosed, he said. pairman to examine a gas-powered A cold feeling is also a symptom dryer. And a family member was of carbon monoxide poisoning, treated Saturday for what he Whitehead said. When family mem- thought was the flu bers were found dead Tuesday The gas dryer was not at fault. afternoon, the thermostat had been Neither was the flu. 'set at 90 degrees, according to Capt John and Mary Patricia Judge and John J. Fetherston. their three children, Daniel, Janet The furnace, located off the and John Jr. died of carbon mon- hallway of the one-story ranch at 11 oxide intoxication, the county medi- Monmouth Road, could not expel the cal examiner said yesterday. A lethal gas after its chimney became natural gas furnace, unable to purge clogged with soot due to a lack of Friends of young victim, Tom McGarry, left, Brian Hayes and Jim Siraniero, discuss the tragedy. the lethal gas, spread the fumes maintenance, Fetherston said. through the home. Because of three factors — an County Prosecutor John A. Kaye inspection vent left ajar, unclean yesterday ruled the deaths acciden- burners, and the accurm.laleil MIOI tal — the lethal gas was forced into the At least a week before the furnace's hot air chamber where it Tragedy stuns classmates tragedy, sometime between Monday spread to the rest of the house. night and Tuesday morning, family A spokesman from New .Jersey BY GAYLE E. RABIN "He was shy," said Craig Alkin, His sister, Janet, 25, was more family member had survived. members had complained of dizzi- Natural Gas, the company that 17, Judge's gym partner. "But outgoing - she had been a twjitcr.- *i\iHow could one person cope with ness, fainting spells, headaches and served the Judge household since HAZLET — Homeroom began whenever be did something well majoretta and had acted in school finding his lttp yesterday at Rarltan High School he'd jump up and get all excited." plays. asked. "Maybe it's better this way. carbon monoxide poisoning, accord- cally ends with the meters — with a few moments of silence for "He had loads of freckles all over Many students were shocked I was walking around with my head ing to a state health official. inside of the house Is up to the John Judge Jr. his face," Hayes said. "He was just about the death of their classmate. down today. I know a lot of people They died of the nation's No. 1 owner. Many students and teachers shed a big goof." "I couldn't believe it because I was were." cause of death by poisoning, which This tragedy will not cause the tears over the 17-year-old junior, John Meyer, 17, said John enjoyed just talking to him the day before," Bessinger said Jerry Bubo called claims between 1,500 and 2,000 lives company to change that policy, who died Tuesday. working with his hands and was said Michael BeslanoviU 17. "It asked John to go out Monday night, every year, according to Dr. Brent according to spokesman Glenn Phil- "You don't think you could die making wooden chess pieces in really hurt me." but his friend complained of being Whitehead, director of the New lips. when you're so young," said Rob industrial arts. Christine Bessinger, 17, said her tired. Jersey Poison Control Center. The company sends out regular O'Neill, It. Principal Ralph Guadagno said family had known the Judges for 10 John's father, John Sr, his Whitehead said the symptoms Brian Hayes. 17, said, "I think John's brother Daniel, 22, had been years. She agreed with many stu- mother, Mary Patricia, and his could very easily be mistaken for fliers warning customers to have everyone was up late last night, just on the gymnastic team and also dents who felt that the tragedy sister suffered fainting spells within the flu. But most hospitals in the their furnaces cleaned — a service thinking " tended to keep to himself. would have been even crueler if one (See CLASSMATES, Page IA) state do not have the facilities to (See TROUBLE, Page 5A) Offshore toxic Picketing burning mulled decision BY ALAN SIPRESS at-sea incineration would not be in anyone's back yard," said Truman reserved The burning of toxic wastes off Temple, an agency spokeman. "No the New Jersey coast could begin by one wants to be downwind from the BY USA R. KRUSE November under a measure being plume." FREEHOLD - A constitutional considered by the Environmental He admitted, however, that the confrontation between the right of Protection Agency. EPA is aware of disadvantages, free speech and the right of privacy Environmentalists, who say a which are being examined in a study has been argued in court and now toxic spill at sea would be disas- to be released early next month. will be resolved by Superior Court terous, plan to challenge the To reduce hazards, the EPA Judge Marshall I. Selikoff. proposal at an April 18 hearing at proposal includes several regu- Selikoff must decide whether to Monmouth College, West Long lations such as requiring an agency grant a permanent injunction ban- Branch. staff member be present on every ning anti-abortion activists from The incineration would occur incineration voyage in order to halt picketing on private property at approximately 130 miles off the the burn in case danger is detected. Planned Parenthood's clinic in coast and could involve liquid (oxic The regulations also prohibit Shrewsbury. wastes from states throughout the ocean burning of high-level radio- After hearing two days of testi- eastern United States. active wastes and materials with a mony, Selikoff yesterday said he This latest proposal comes at a high concentration of metals. The would study the evidence before time when officials and environmen- proposal would mandate that the announcing his decision. No date talists have been pressing for re- incinerator destroy at least 99.99 was set. strictions on the dumping of waste percent of waste and 99.9999 percent However, Selikoff dismissed the off the New Jersey coast and on the of materials containing PCBs and case against the state Right-to-Life discharge of sewage and industrial dioxion. Committee, saying no evidence was releases that flow onto the shore. presented that they took part in In addition, the EPA proposes about the recent redistricting. Students at last The EPA allows ocean incinera- that each incinerator ship carry |50 MIDDLE GROUND - Dennis Jackson, left, activities at the Shrewsbury clinic. night's meeting found they were separate, but tion of hazardous materials only in million to 1500 million in liability principal at Middletown High School South, talks Planned Parenthood received a cases where a pressing need to insurance and have a plan to address with students Irom the two township high schools equal. See •lory, Page 1B temporary injunction in June to stop dispose of the waste can be met no a toxic spill. the demonstrators from picketing other way. Critics of the EPA proposal, on their property. The agency But under the draft regulations however, say there is no technology objects to the picketers shouting. released last month, companies for effectively coping with toxic In closing arguments yesterday, could obtain 10-year permits to burn spills at sea, which are much more attorney William 9owd, who is hazardous wastes at one of three difficult to contain than those on Weird laws updated representing 10 individual defen- sites off New Jersey, California and land. dants, told Selikoff he must adopt a Texas. The agency would also grant "If there's a major spill out in the BY CHRIS HAND 1981, giving Maclearie a good 24 are the type that Maclearie at- middle ground. six-month permits for research into ocean, how do you pick it up? You years worth of material. tempts to rid from municipal law. "The court must balance Planned new incineration techniques. can't. The fish pick it up," said RED BANK - Whenever a mu- Code 131A, Section 15, for exam- "We will take out anything that's Parenthood's right to operate their "Obviously, the advantage is that (See BURNING. Page SA) nicipality hires Coded Systems, ple, might be interesting to him, if ancient, archaic and in conflict with clinic and perform their services, Avon-by-the-Sea, to undertake a only for its language. state statutes," Maclearie said of and the defendant's right to reach codification of its laws, the company "No person shall use or pretend to the Red Bank recodification. 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