w M i n i t - E d : Abtfrglar got shot in the foot by a young it## whose automobile was being ransacked by flw burglar. After a two-mile chase the young man caught up with the thief. Trying to frighten him he shot the thief in the foot. A Jury handed the crook $75,tM in damages after bearing him whine, “It was only $250 of stuff (what he had stolen) and now I ’m (Eofmnerrial Iffeaher mined for life.” The judge proved as sym- pathetic as the jury and let the thief off with a probation. The wonder is he didn’t order and SOUTIT BERGEN REVIEW the young man to spend a couple of months practicing his shooting until he got it down Second-Class postage paid at Rutherford. N.J. Lyndhurst a little better. VOL. 62 NO. 7 U8PS 12S-M0 [^°1 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1983 Published at 251 Ridge Rd Subscription $8 00 Published Weekly. Seniors Instructed On Fires Rectory Robbery Sacred Heart R.C. the rectory was found to be Church personnel reported open but no sign of forced a burglary at the rectory entry found Value of the at 8:15 A.M. on Sept. 1. stolen money was not dis­ The church secretary re­ closed . ported that a cash box had Detective Sgt. Michael been removed from the Giametta and Detective 29 at the Senior Citizens J* safe, its contents removed Robert Sibilio are in- and the box discarded on vestigating the rectory Avenue, to familiarize the 1,^ v,*' the floor. The front door of robbery members the depart 1 ^ ment the building and I- to ensure the of the I , j \ Jewelry Heist occupants in the of I Lyndhurst detectives are years old, tied Pollina to a for the following leadsin in­ chair and proceeded to drill, the department vestigation of a burglary of clean out the safe. to * I the Pollina Jewelry store in the Shopping Plaza on An employee, reporting lor work at 9 30 A M freed structing them mi fire Valley Brook Avenue Pollina who called police. alarm procedures, The robbery occurred Pollina has not reported safety practices, drill « Friday, August 26, police events and a demonrtra- 2 n d . A sst. C h ie f T . O s b a c k , far left. Firefighters: J. Sarnoski. A. Carrier. P. reported. As Philip Pollina the value of the stolen F ire fig h te rs ascend ladder for possible rescue. tion of an actual Search SheHhammer, V. Tamaro and Chief C. Castleburry demonstrate “Firefighter Turn-out" was about to open the jewelry as yet and Rescue team in action. Gear. store, two m en allegedly Patrolmen John During the drill, in carrying a gun. rushed Castiglia and Carl Cinardo him from behind, forced which the fire departments responded to the first call of North Arlington, him into the store and with Detective Sgt Fran­ made him open the safe. Rutherford and East cis McSweeney and Detec­ Rutherford assisted, The men. described as tive Richard O’Donnell senior citizens acted as white, one about 25, the carrying on the investiga­ victims for the Search and second between 45 and 55 tion. Rescue Teams. With the help of Bill Gannon, 20 Boy Scouts also were placed in Shop Rite Fire the building as victims. Extensive damage was When rescued the vic­ Wallington and Garfield, suffered by the Hasbrouck tims were aided by the helped fight the blaze for Heights Shop Rite when L several hours. fire broke out in the heavi­ - Shop Jfcite of Hasbrouck ly patroWzfed store early drill ■Heights is one of the m ajor Saturday night aided one hour and 28 stores of the Shop Rite en­ Patrons and employees minutes later. terprises of Larry Inserra had to flee when fire and who operates Patsy's Shop heavy smoke filled the Rite in Lyndhurst, among and Chief C. Castleburry. explain fire alarm store Firem en from the a number of others. procedures and fire safety practices. area, including those from Championship Titles Will Be Decided The second annual pionships. Bellemead Corporate women. the championship,” 1,800 w om en re ­ coach of Kearny High Pioneer Boys Nov. 6 Mayor Henry Hill of Center south of Route Levy, who is serving said Levy. Levy said gistered in the track School track teams 15-mile run will de­ Kearny and Guy 3. The race went as a consultant for the he is confident the division. when students at­ Index termine the men and Savino, Lyndhurst through Lyndhurst, Pioneer committee, woman who wins the William Me Burney, tended from Kearny. Editorials g Cable Guide women champions of publisher, who are co- North Arlington and declared that while race will finish in well former Kearnv High 6 North Arlington and Vagabonding 7 New Jersey, it was chairmen of the Kearny, then re­ the men and women ahead of the male run­ School running star, Lyndhurst, and Fred Sportswire 11 announced today by event, declared the versed and went will run over the same ners. said the awards com­ Bellars, the Lyn­ Leonard Levy, championship aspect through those com­ 15-mile course the Classifieds 18, 19 The Athletic Con­ mittee of which he is dhurst runner who Real Estate , chairman of the women will begin 14 15 of the run already is munities again, added gress is the successor chairman is prepar­ participated in the Obituaries women’s division of their race a half hour 13 attracting some of the Rutherford and then to the old Amateur ing an attractive list 1908 Olympics. Auto Promotion 12 , 13 The A th le tic Con- state’s top runners. finished in the Cor­ before the men’s Athletic Union. It has for the event. Dining Out g The Pioneer run was porate Center. division. been aggressive in McBurney said that McBurney said Wedding Guide 9 Levy said that TAC held last year for the An added feature of "This will give the promoting more com­ among the trophies there will, also be Beauty Aids 9 approval has been first time with a the event this year women an opportunity petitions in the three will be one to prizes for winners in Dance,Dance, Dance 14,15 given to both the men course that began in will be a five-mile to pit th e ir skills years of its existence memorialize Harold the junior and senior and women cham­ Lyndhurst’s spacious race for men and against each other for and now has about Jardine, the late divisions. Racing Troubled By Dwindling Attendance, Profits The horse racing racing season ended In Connecticut lure is the money they General Manager C. revenues although the new giant in the busi­ portends trouble for business is running so that betting could where General Instru­ insist New Jersey’s Kenneth Dunn has Monmouth Park and ness, suffered a the New Jersey fauto trouble because continue at tracks still ment Corp. of Route 3, treasury would fatten said that simulcast or Freehold tracks pay decline last year. plants. on and the infusion of up to 4 percent. Meadowlands, cf increasing competi­ operating. Atlantic Clifton, has built a $25 tele betting might To keep the East new revenues needed Although that figure tion for the gambling City, which is in dire million tele-park, the save the track. Rutherford track pro­ which has ju s t by the tracks if they has been sliced launched its dollars - and the best financial straits, state reaps heavy Bleaker days probaby ducing the kind of re­ are to survive. drastically from what thoroughbred season, solution, according to could place bets at benefits from racing are headed for Atlan­ venue required to con­ once was, the knows it has many the racing moguls, Meadowlands when although it does not However, before of­ tic City. The casinos tinue its operation on operators are certain light miles to travel may be more gambl­ Atlantic City’s season have a racetrack. ftrack betting comes in the resort city are the money-making before it can match ing. had ended but the rac­ to New Jersey, Tele- sopping up most of the to demand the same basis needed to pay ing at Meadowlands Races are brought gam bling cash kind of break given the New York tracks. When Gov. Kean put Betting may precede for the big complex, continued. Likewise, to television screens available in the area. Garden State. The latter, longer a conditional veto on a it. Under this system the racing season has in the few weeks in the tele-park and Now that the Garden established and fueled bill that would have bettors could reach This means the re­ been extended and the when Meadowlands is betting is conducted State track in Cherry by revenues from off permitted simulcast for a telephone and venues for the state, lucrative Labor Day closed betting could on the computer Hill, rising from the track betting are able betting at the place bets without once as high as $44 racing was taken continue by placing machines hooked up ashes of the fire that to offer more attrac­ racetracks, many ele­ going to either the million per year, will from Monmouth and wagers at tracks still to the computers at destroyed the plant, tive purses and at­ ments in the racing in- track or an offtrack fall further. given to operating. the New York tracks says it will be again in tract the better dust r y said he betting office. Meadowlands. where the races action late next year, The alarm felt by horses.