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Hoboken City Council President WalterCramer has directed a committee of councilmembers to prepare proposals for an ordinance toprevent the opening of massage parlors and por-nography shops in the city

Cramer said during last night's councilmeeting there was no current problem with por-nography or sex shops in the city but the moveswould be taken to prevent them

The recent movie "Tattoo," filmed inHoboken, gave the impression that the ciry had asex strip similar to Manhattans West 42nd Street

Cramer said the committee would coordinate

public hearings ttrdet*r- cfact-finding sessions and public hearingsmine if such an ordinance was necessary and howit should be written

The City Council has introduced an ordinancethat would allow the city health official to makeemergency heating oil purchases for tenants leftheaUess by delinquent landlords

As proposed at last night's council meeting,the citv would be reimbursed for the fuel oilpurchase by collecting rents directly from the te-nants or by placing a tax lien against the property

inV°Health officer Patricia Mitten told the councilthere were 25 cases th is winter when the ordinance

could have helped freezing tenants. Of *e*e, twowere particularly troublesome.

Councilman Robert Ranieri said the numberof tenants who lost heat was so few as to constitutea "minor problem " He said he did not want tohave the city collecting rents and become a"quasi-landlord ' The potential of the remedy ismuch heavier than the problem," he added.

Council President Cramer voiced concern that jthe city would have to make the initial paymentsfor the oil until it was able to recoup the moneyfrom the landlord

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Hoboken will distribute3,000 cartons of cheese

"You fetve » help die peoplewhen dtey are to need and get themoney afterward," »aid Busme§tAdministrator Edwin Chius

Ms Mitten said that, underthe city's current method of deal-ing with heating complaints byseeking court action before deal-ing directly with the problem, itcould again force some tenants tobe without heat for as long asthree weeks

The proposed ordinancecomes up for public hearing andfinal vote at the council's firstmeeting in March

Council woman Hdcr. Macri,in an unrelated matter, requestedthat the council conduct hearingsand fact-finding sessions to deter-mine which municipal licensingfees can be increased to providemore city revenues

Clayton Anderson and EdwinDuroy were appointed to theHousing Authority Bids werereceived for work at the 11thStreet pump station and StevensPark.

The Hoboken WelfareDepartment will distribute about3,000 five-pound cartons ofgovernment surplus cheese nextThursday, beginning at 10:30a.m., at three sites.

According to Welfare Direc-tor Robert Drasheff, the cheesewill be distributed uptown at theHoboken YMCA, at 1301

Washington St.; midtown at theKealey School yard at 501 AdamsSt., and downtown at the Pro-j e c t s ' Community Roomalongside the Housing Authorityballfield, at 400 Harrison St.

Drasheff said that the cheesewill be given away on a first-come, first-served basis In orderto qualify, persons must presenta welfare identification, dis-

ability or medic aid card. Seniorswishing to qualify must provethat they are receiving SocialSecurity, but no pensions.

The cheese was supplied tothe Hoboken Welfare Depart-ment by the Hudson CountyChapter of the Red Cross, whichreceived 13,000 blocks of surpluscheese from the federal govern-ment.

Housing will be topicat forum in Hoboken

Hoboken orti*t Rov Kinier vasts at o Soil-Portraiton dlsplov at the office* of tho Hobokon CulturalCouncil. Hoboken, state out

Hoboken artists |as defendants in firewell-suited tocultural festival

Hoboken and the state areimmune from civil suit involving18 deaths in 1979 tenementfire.Superior Court JudgeThomas S. O'Brien has ruled.

Both the city and state werealso removed by O'Brien atdefendants in actions stemmingfrom two injuries in the blaze at

131 Clinton St., Hoboken HudsonCounty was removed as a defendant last year. Only the landlorcremains a defendant.

The plaintiffs had claimedthere were serious violations thecity should have corrected immediately on its own when it inspected me tenement on behalf ofthe state. The citv claimed it did

not find conditions warrantingimmediate action.

Carl Schaefer. representingHoboken, expressed tike dry'ssat if action over O'Brien's deci-sion. The court noted that sub-jecting the city to suit in this casewould not encourage it to conductinspections.

Peter and Paul School. ,The Hoboken Housing Forum, -ponsored

by the Hoboken Environment Committee andseveral other local organisations willfeature several presentations by nous ng ex-p?rts reSons P from local officials andquestions from the public. , j .q 'We want to bring together^otofmfoPmation about housing in Hoboken- saidGerard Costa, who is coordinating•Housing is a major issue in thisciare concerned about increases Inrent stabilization laws, rent decontrol and

The Friday session, from 7 to IUJU p.m.,will feature a presentation by Dr. MartinBierbaum. director of the Urban StudiesProgram at Rutgers University.

Bierbaum will discuss subsidized hous-ing, tax abatements, condominium conver-

sions, and economic changes in Hoboken. Hispresentation will be followed by reactionfrom Fred Bado, director of the CommunityDevelopment Agency, and other local of-ficials.

The Friday session is open to the public.The Saturday session will feature 15 to 20representatives from various local groups —including tenants, investors, and real estateagents.

According to Costa, a report will bedrawn up following die conference, whichwill be sent to several local, state andfederal governmental agencies. The reportwill be made available to the public in April.

"We are going to make an intensive ef-fort to explore the major issues that affecthousing," said Costa. "And we are going todiscuss where we go from here."

Sts. Peter and Paul School is at fobrthand Hudson streets in Hoboken. The forumwill be held in the school auditorium.

Kathleen Caputo and RoyKinzer are visual arts coor-dinators for Hoboken Celebration'82, an upcoming three-monthfestimal of historical, culturaland artistic events to be held allover the riverfront city.

Their job is to contact visualartists throughout Hoboken aboutparticipating in the Celebration.which is scheduled to begin onApril 3

But what makes them par-ticularly suited to their task isthat both are themselvesHoboken artists

Ms Caputo, 24, has beenpainting and designing since shedid window designs for a store atthe age of 14

Kinzer, 25. began painting atthe age of nine, and has sinceseen his work exhibited atgalleries in New York. Chicago.Philadelphia and New Haven,Conn

Both ar t i s t s are veryenthusiastic about HobokenCelebration '82, which is beingorganized by the recently-formedHoboken Cultural Council

"The experience of being in-volved with something as large asthis has been extraordinary,"said Ms Caputo "I've learned a

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opportunity," adds Kinzer."Planning the Celebration haslbeen like doing a massive piece offart."

Kinzer is well acquaint*with "massive" works of artjsince many of his paintings arcdone on very large canvases.

"I used to work with smalljcanvases, but they just got bigger!and bigger." he explained. "1 findlI feel more comfortable with allarge work."

Kinzer has studied at the IAcademy of Fine Arts inPhiladelphia, where he met Ms.Caputo, who was also a studentthere. Although he is still quiteyoung, he has already sold manypaintings.

"It is very satisfying to mewhen someone buys one of mypaintings," he observed. "Tome,a painting is only complete whenil is viewed."

Ms. Caputo has studied at theAcademy of Fine Arts, theCalifornia College of Arts andCrafts, and Manhattan's Schoolof Visual Arts. Her work has beenexhibited in all three schools.

Although she hopes to displaymore of her work in the future.Ms. Caputo says that her maingoal is just to continue to paint.

"I'm involved in art becausel it i ou an

IOOI Boar /o discuss budget

The Hoboken Board ofI Education will hold a specialI public meeting tonight to discuss1 the proposed 1982-83 schoolI budget.

The board is required toallow the public to review the

approval.The preliminary budget an-

nounced by the board last monthwas for $21.9 million for 1982-83,with $5.6 million to be raised bylocal taxation.

The budget is scheduled to be

ien seen nearing/a smoke detector law '

allow the public to review me H R ««.»„..«,>planned budget before submitting presented to the Board of Schoolit to Hudson County Superinten- Estimate for final approval ondent nf Schools Louis Acocella for March 18.

Says Hobokenneeds a center

said Ms Caputo rve learnru a t ... . . . ,„. ,^,jot and met many artists. Being it is so individual, it gives you anan artist myself makes a dif- opportunity to express yourselfference because I'm sensitive to as nothing else can," she ex-their needs " plains. "The more I paint, the

"This has been a phenomenal more I learn about myself."

Hoboken Health and WelfareDirector James Farina says thatthe city needs a recreation centerfor teenagers.

"This is the only city in thecounty without a recreationcenter," said Farina, who is alsorecreation director for the city."The Recreation Commission isgoing to do a study on availablespace throughout the city to seewhat can be done."

Farina said that the citycurrently runs an after schoolrecreation program for teenagerson Wednesdays at the Rue Schoolon Garden Street, which has beenclosed for three years.

However, the program willsoon have to leave the Rue School

when renovation work begins onthe school.

"We're going to contact theboard of education to find outwhat the gym schedules are inthe schools, to see, if we can usetheir facilities," said Farina."But eventually we're going toneed a fulltime recreationcenter." «

Maurice Fitzgibbons of therecreation commission said thatthe commission has fundsavailable to expand its teenrecreation program, but itdoen'thave the space to run theprograms.

"We could certainly providea lot more activitie if we just hadthe facilities," he said.

Superior Court JudgeThomas O'Brien's ruling thatHoboken is not legally liable fordamages suffered in a tenementfire three years ago may clearthe way for the city to pass along-awaited municipal smokedetector law.

O'Brien ruled that Hobokenis not liable for damages thatresulted from a Jan. 20, 1979, fireat 131 Clinton St. in which 21persons were killed and others in-jured and left homeless.

Families of the fire victimshad sued Hoboken and the state ofNew Jersey, claiming that therewere as many as 190 "life-threatening" violations in thebuilding that the city should havecorrected when it inspected thetenement on behalf of the state.

The pending legal action hadprevented Hoboken from passinga municipal smoke detector or-dinance, because city attorneyswere unsure about whether the

city could be held liauie fordamages if smoke detectorsweren't installed due to faulty in-spections.

But now, O'Brien's decisionin favor of Hoboken and the stateclears the way for the city to passa local smoke detector ordinance,provided the decision is not ap-pealed within 45 days.

"I think it was a very fair andjust decision," said HobokenMayor Steve Cappiello. "Itrecognizes that the city can't beheld responsible for everythinghaving to do with housing. Nowwe have to wait until the 43-dayappeal time has lagged before

making another move "Councilman Robert Ranieri]

who had introduced a local smokid e t e c t o r ord inance last!November, only to see the law]voted down after the city's legaldepartment advised against it,said that he would re-introduce

... the wake of about 15 fire-related deaths in recent months,Hoboken citizens' groups havedemanded a local smoke detectorord inance , which wouldstrangthen the state law requir-ing smoke detectors in multiple Idwelling units with three families'or more.

continues

Urge publiccooperate inclean sweep

Public Works DirectorWilliam Van Wie says thatHoboken needs more cooperation"oirftSe Public if "OperationClean Sweep" is to succeed.

Hobokens "Opera-tion Clean Sweep,which had beenscheduled to end to-day, will continue•until every street inthe city is c'ea"*0;.according to PublicWorks D i r e c t o rWilliam Van Wie.

"Operation Clean

clean upstreets."

all of the

worksthat city

y e e s have•in more than

of garbagecleanup

tSee Editorial:

KEEP IT CLEANOn Page 22.

"We're cleaning the streetsbut-people are throwing gar-

of to public to

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Keep it cleanHoboken has begun a clean-j£*ts

campa.gn that could be an example tootter municipalities and a challenge to

its own citizens. cu?«»n"Under "Operation Clean Sweepi .

14 citv workers, three garbage com-pactors ami a water truck arc e n g g gin a week-long effort to clean upsidewalks and gutters in Hoboken.

The citv doesn't normally cleanthe sidewalks, but we're making an in-tensive effort to clean the city up, « -p'ams Public Works Director William

Added cloutThe Hoboken City Council^- w—

sidering an ordinance that would banmassage parlors and pornographyshops from the city. Council PresidentWalter Cramer appointed a committeeto draft such an ordinance.

Mayor Steve Cappiello, indicatingthe problem Is well under control, seesno need for such an ordinance,vowing: "If anybody tries to open asex shop here, they will have to dealwith me directly as Joe Citizen."

The mayor's anti-pornographyzeal is commendable, but his clout inpreventing the incursion of smutparlors would be increased by the con-sideration and passage of the proposedordinance.

To leave the matter in the hands ofthe mayor as a matter of personal op-position is to encourage less-thoughtful personal opposition. Givesuch opposition the strength of statuteand the opposition will have mormeaning and effectiveness.

Warns of garbagput near hydrants

Hoboken workers sweep Washington

Clean Sweep" cleanup c o m ^* n1 ; l _Vlv l l B

jogomo, Public Works Director William vonSteve Seer bo.

^ ^ ^ Romano, John Mutehtrw and

rnmes down.Van Wie said that city

sweepers would go townHarrison. Jackson and Nto&roef t

a£' t7on Monday He warned'that cars illegally parked in thatarea >'iH be ticketed.

-Operation4 Clean Sweep/' is. cam&W bv the Public WorksDe^fmXt to clean every streetin Ht&oken

are asked tocooperate by moving the.r cars whenthe sweeper comes down the streetand to maintain the cleanliness by notdumping garbage on streets andsidewalks. . t th_

Van Wie rightly observes that ttieresults should make residents proudLIt should And that pnde should mateeveryone pitch in to make the etionwork and keep it working.

Hoboken Fire Chief JamesHoun is asking city residents notto place garbage or discardedfurnishings near fire hydrants.because it interferes witn

b e l i e f said that manyHoboken residents leave litter ordiscarded pieces of furniturealongside fire hydrants, makingit difficult for firemen to do their

J O bIn a related development.Public Works Director WilliamVan Wie has issued warnings io20 homeowners and store owners

in Hoboken who haven't properlycleaned the sidewalks in front oftheir property.

"We're giving these people awarning, but if the property isn'tcleaned up soon, they will be is-sued summonses," said Van Wie

Van Wie sent out the warn-ings as part of "Operation CleanSweep." a campaign to cleanHobocen's streets.

City workers have collectedabout 100 bags of garbage duringthe first three days of the cleanupcampaign, which is scheduled torun until the end of this week

Hoboken may startcity garbage pickup

Hoboken may soon begincollecting its own garbage, eventhough the city has employed out-side firms for waste collectionfor decades

City Councilman RobertRanieri's committee on solid-waste disposal has recommendedthat the city abandon a longtimepractice of using private contrac-tors for garbage collection, andinstead assign municipal workersto the task

"We have concluded that itwould be much cheaper for thecity to collect its own garbage,"•*aid Ranieri 'It has become tooexpensive to employ a privatecontractor for that purpose "

Ranier i c l a i m s thatmunicipal garbage collection willbe the "financial savior" for theeconomically struggling city,which he says faces layoffs and

cutbacks in services in the com-ing months because of increasingcosts

"This measure may allow usto balance the budget without lay-ing people off.' he said

The city council has twicetabled a resolution on awarding athree-year, $4 mkillion garbagecontract to the La FeraContracting Co . which hascollected the city's garbage formore than 20 years

Ranieri said that action onthe proposed contract would bepostponed for at least two moreweeks, while Business Ad-ministrator Edwin Chius reviewshis committees recommenda-tions.

Chius. who had recom-mended that the council awardthe garbage contract to La Fera,said thav municipal garbage

collection would bring many "pit-falls "

"I have no strong objectionsto municipal garbage collection,provided they could make itwork, ' he said i d just like topoint out the pitfalls involved 1don't think the city council hastaken things like overtime pay-ments and sick leave into con-sideration "

According to Chius. the coun-cil committee claims thatmunicipal garbage collectionwould cost the city about $500,000per year, as opposed to the $1 3million a year quoted by La Fera

"1 don't think it can be donethat cheaply." he said. "But ifthey can make it work, fine."

City officials said thatHoboken has been using privatefirms for garbage collection atleast since the early 1900s

onyremembers

artists'^works '

The works of|Hoboken artists willbe on display at theElysian Tavern, at10th and Washingtonstreets, on Saturdayand Sunday fromnoon until 8 p m

Francis Mazzeo.who was born inFrance in 1904. willdisplay samples ofhis painting aedsculpture Maziao iswell known for bispaintings of land-mark Hobokenarchitecture.

George Zedrich,who studied at theWorkshop School ofArt in New York City,will exhibit a numberof hrs s t r i k i n gabstract paintings

Leo Genese and hisson. Leo Genese 111,will contribute avar ie ty of color

I photographs teatur-ling flowers, wildlifeland landscapes, rang-ling from the GrandiTeton Mountains of

'yoming to the:hes of Hawaii

Object sighted

Hoboken's UFOBy CHUCK SUITOR

Staff WriterHOBOKEN—It was a close encounter of the first kind fas Hoboken police

investigated an UnidentifiedTFVing"Object early yesterday morningA spokesman for the National Reporting Center for UFOs in Washing-

ton. D C . said such sightings are common and this one probably was theplanet Venus

According to police reports. Joe Pistell of 720 Hudson St called polic<before dawn to report the sighting.

PUrolmen Salvatore DeMeo and Edward Cummings responded at 5 48; •> Sec 110, Page 9

During the 1930s. *40s. "50s andpart* of the '60s. Hoboken'^waterfront was one of the busieson the eastern coast, and one marwho remembers it well i-Anthony DiVincenzo of Hoboken

DiVincenzo. known by many a*-Tony Mike, is the man respondble for the film ' 0 a theWaterfront," which starredMarlon Brando and many otherswho went of to fame after the1953 movie blockbuster

\i was the era that signalled achange in the way longshoremenwere hired, the advent of aWaterfront Commission, con-tainerization and guaranteed an-nual incomes

"Forget about the shipping in-dustry coming back to Hoboken, "said the gruff Tony Mike. "MayorCappiello is right in trying to getthe piers converted to housing,commercial or recreational useThe piers are old and obsolete "

Asked what caused the shippingindustry to look elsewhere, the70-year-o ld Tony Mikeresponded:

" P i l f e r a g e . " he said"Pilferage played a big part in itThe robbing caused the insurancerates to skyrocket. Industrystarted looking elsewhere It alsostarted looking into containerization. Put the merchandi

big container so that nobodycould steal the contents '

Tony Mike spent 35 years on thewaterfront. He remembers hisera. longshoremen earned S18 aweek Today, a worker gets $11an hour and guaranteed annualsalary based on his or her hourlywage, he notes. ,

"River Street is nothing buthigh rise, parking lots and emptylots." he said. "Years ago, thehustle and bustle of people,trucks and cars along RiverStreet was the symbol ofHoboken There was a tavern on*very block — sometimes more;than one on each block With th«purchase of a glass of beer yougot a hot meal. Forget about thattoday "

For those who are not familiarwith the movie "On theWaterfront," Brando played thelife of Tony Mike. The film dealtwith un ion i sm, the waylongshoremen got hired and whodid what to whom.

Today. Tony Mike is a super-visor of parks for the city. He isresponsible for the cleanup andrepairs of property and equip-ment. . , . .

Anthony 'Tony Mike' DiVincenzo of Hoboken sitsalone and recalls the hustle and bustle of the oncebusy waterfront. The blanket of snow in lastmonth's storm accents the disuse that has befallenthe facilities.

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a m Their report nead, "Upon our arrival weobserved a large, bright, stationary, yet flicker-ing; light positioned above and in between theWorld Trade Center and the Empire Statebuilding "

The report also said New York City policereceived similar calls

When day broke, the object disappearedDolores Talianto. a secretary to the Federal

Aviation Administration coordinator in Newark.said the control tswer had received one call,which she referred to the National ReportingCent* , a private agency that investigates UFOs

Robert Gribble, director of».the NationalReporting Center said that although this particu-lar sighting was not reported, there have beennumerous reports of ,FOs in that part of thesky

"It's the planet Venus moving slowly to thewest," he said "It is so larRe and bright at thattime of the morning that it seems close to thesurface of the earth

It is not the first time the Hoboken policehave made such sightings Several policemenrecalled at least two other major sightings, in1M3 and i»T7. At one time the Air Force hada UFO investigation program called ProjectBlue Book, but it was phased out in I960.

Hoboken may yet beHollywood of the

Nobody ' s c a l l i n g itHollywood East - yet

But Hoboken is schedule^ toget a movie and film studio, withconstruction starting later thisyear.

Fred Bado. director of theHoboken Community Develop-ment Agency, said HobokenStages will spend $8 million toconvert part of the historicHoboken rail terminal into amodern studio operation.

Hoboken Stages would notmake its own films there butwould rent it out for use by moviecompanies and for television, in-cluding cable television, produc-tions. Bado said.

The financing for the projectis coming through the Stat*E c o n o m i c Developtnen*Authority and from a, federii.

Cappiello is enthusiasticUrban Development •'AqjionGrant, in addition to private in-vestment.

i t will improve that area,"Bado said of the project.

Hoboken officials hope thespinoff from the project will aug-ment the attractiveness of thearea on the southern part of thecity's Hudson River waterfrontthat has already benefitted fromrestoration work on the terminalbuilding.

"There's a great deal of in-terest," Bado said, "in commer-cial development on thewaterfront."

One test of that interest willbe what happens to the RiverStreet urban renewal tract nearthe terminal for which the citywas preparing to seek proposalsearly in the year.

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iemce to honor four chaplains

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cap-piello sees nothing but progressfor the Mile Square City in 19*2with the development of the idlewaterfront for housing, com-Clerical and recreational use.

Some of his other major pro-jects will include an attempt togenerate jobs, induce privatedevelopers to build homes In thewesterly section of the city, at-tract businesses, and upgrade allthe public schools.

Uppermost on his mind is totry and do all that without raisinglocal taxes. Cappiello is facedwith an increase in the 1982municipal budget and he has in-dicated that he would not thinktwice of laying off city workersand cutting salaries in order tomeet the c i ty 's financialcapabilities.

"The Congress has passedlegislation that gives Hobokenthe opportunity to take over thePiers A. B and C, which the PortAuthority has .operated over theyears," said Cappiello.

"I intend to sit down with thePort Authority to s«e what wecan 4o to gel developer*, in-terested I* building housing, com-mercial and recreation, facilitieson the waterfront. ,

Steve Cappiello *...Progress planner

• "Those piers are idle now.We'd like to turn that around andmake something happen therethat would bring revenue into thecity and yet help people withmuch needed housing andrecmional facilities."

Cappiello, who has been the

city's chief executive for nineyears, and who has been a publicservant for 35 years, pointed outthat the development of thewaterfront will not be ac-complished without input from,the public.

The interest to entice new in-dustry, and the development ofhomes on the westerly sectionare being coordinated betweenthe mayor's office and the city'sDepartment of CommunityDevelopment Agency.

Cappiello said the CDA hasprograms available that offerplanning, financial aid, and taxincentives.

The rehabilitation of allpublic schools is being handled bythe board of education with thecooperation of the mayor and citycouncil.

The board is attempting toraise $8 million through bondingto provide the funds for therehabilitation of schools. Thecouncil must approve the finan-cial package.

"On the whole, there will be alot of things happening inHoboken in 1962," said Cappiello."I feel that what we have plannedwill be progressist and positivefor the people of this city."

By Thomas RojasOn the night of Feb. 3, 1943,

during the height of World WarII, the U.S.S. Dorchester wastorpedoed by a German sub-marine as it carried Americantroops headed for Europe.

As the converted civilian shipsank into the ocean, soldiers andsailors scurried for the limitednumber of life jackets availableFour chaplains — one Catholic,two Protestant, and one Jewish— helped the men locate theprecious jackets

When all of the life jacketswere gone, one of the fourchaplains offered his own jacketto a soldier. Without hesitation,the other chaplains removedmeir jackets and gave them tothe men.

Survivors reported that thelast glimpse they had of the fourheroes showed "them with theirarms linked, and their headsbowed in prayer.

Today, a statue in honor ofthe four chaplains — the RevGeorge Fox, a Methodistm i n i s t e r , the Rev JohnWashington, a Roman Catholicpriest, the Rev Clark Polling, aminister in the Dutcli ReformedChurch, and Alexander Goode, arabbi — stands in Hoboken'sChurch Square Park.

On Saturday, at 10 30 am.,the Hoboken Joint MemorialCommittee will hold its annualFour Chaplains Service at thepark — located at Fourth andGarden streets — to com-memorate the deaths of four menwho gave their lives so thatothers could live

Four local clergymen —representing the Catholic,Protestant and Jewish faiths —will participate in the ceremony.

[Speakers will include MayoriSteve CappiHlo and World War II|veteran John McAievy.

"We necer knew where the

Elysian Tavern opensits door to /Hoboken artists

St. Mary services

Tht historic Elysian Tavern, lo-cated at 10th and Washington Streetin Hoboken will host a show of fourHoboken artists this Saturday andSunday from noon until I p.m. onboth days

The artists displaying their worksare leaf time Hoboken residents

> D. Francis Maswo, an energeticsenior dtisen of UM arts, will dis-

| play examples of his painting and| sculpture Maweo was born in Frejues. France in 1904 He studied ata variety of institutions includingthe Art Students League and CooperUnion He has had numerous exhibi-tions and is well known for hispaintings of Hoboken landmarks

George Zedrich. an abstractionistwho studies at the Workshop Schoolof Art in New York Citv will dis-play a number of his unusual andstriking paintings

Zedrich. who is quite versatile,created an exhibit for the Sun Print-ing Co on the historv o» tvpographv

wtnch was exhibited at tftt Van-couver Art Gallery %

Leo Genese and Leo Gene* Wwill exhibit a variety of color photo-graphs featuring flowers, wtWMa.and lanAicapes. ranging from thtGrand Teton Mountains «i Wyamiagto tht beaches of Hawaii A fatherand son team who do freelancaphotography, the Gentses have astrong interest in the beauty mnature

The Elvsian Tavern, itself-a wortof art. was built in \m With its'unusual rococro plaster ceiUng,stained glass windows, and colorfulhistory, said to have at one timebeen a speakeasy, it will provide aninteresting setting for the show Thttavern is owned by Jim Quinn.Hudson County Clerk, and a closeassociate of tht late Mayor Job*. JGrogan Quinn has long been asupporter of local talent and wel-comes the opportune to have localresidents dispUv thier artistic won-ders

m- The fully equipped cardiac^diagnostic and exercise center at« Mary Hospital in Hoboken is"ixpandtng its individualized exer-cise and diet program, a hospital'spokesman said today.

The rehabilitation service'also is expanding to take on a>lend of physical, occupational«nd speech therapy, the hospitalSpokesman said.1 Dr. Alfred Zitani Js , direc-tor of surgery, said he is in theprocess of looking into a non-jnvasive vascular laboratory. He•Mid the thrust of the service will%e in keeping with the hospital'*-philosophy that, where possible«on-invasive techniques should btemployed to minimize inherentifsk

Among the full range ofophthalmology services and the

latest upgrade of I— operating stools, surgicalmicroscope and cautery equip-ment — is the new surgicals y s t e m c a l l e d the"ocutome/fragmatome".

Used in retinal and Vitreoussurgery, the advanced design iseasily adaptable to the needs ofthe surgeon in treating childrenwith congenital cataracts andpreventing blindness in diabetics,the hospital spokesman said.

The hosp i ta l and i t sophthalmic surgeons justreceived approval for intro-oetflar ten* implantation, ac-cording to Dr. Elipido Marcelo,director of ophthalmology.

St. Mary Hospital, built in1863, was the first institution ofits kind hi the state. It currentlyhas 330 beds for patient use, thespokesman said.

Andrew Geerloff, president of me Hoboken JointMemorial Committee, points to statue in ChurchSquare Pork honoring four chaplains whosacrificed their lives during World War I I . epairs being made, tenants pay rent

four chaplains came from," saidWilliam Van Wie, the city'spublic works director and aWorld War II veterans. -'All weknow is that these were fourbrave men who gave their lives

f ° r Perhaps Andrew Geerloff.

president of the Hoboken JointMemorial Committee, best ex-pressed the way veterans feelabout the four heroic clergymen

"Somewhere it is written,"he said "Greater love has noman than to give up his life for hisbrother."

Tenants of a city-managedHoboken building that had beenwithout water for about three^eetgi because of frozen pipeshave af»parently .abandoned plansto stage a rent strike until repairshave been completed.

"We haven't received anymore complaints from the te-nants and the rents have beenpaid." said Bernard Scrivani,director of teh city's Departmentof Revenue and Finance, whichhas managed the building at 401Monroe St ever since its owners

it last Juli

Tenants at the four-storybuilding were without water orworking toilets for a three-weekperiod last month after waterlines froze and exploded whentemperatures dipped to aroundfive degrees.

The tenants had threatenedto withhold rent for the three-week period. ant4 to stage a rentstrike until repair work on thebuilding was completed.

But Scnvani reports' thatrepair work on the building hasprogressed in the past fe* weeks

since temperatures began toclimb.

"The pipes thawed out andwater has been restored to the en-tire building," he said. "Also, we

installed new toilets, ^seems to be working fine becausthe rents have been paid."

Tenants at the building coulcn t be raeched for comment

I I I Year of Challenge'

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Lining up for cheese ...Hoboken residents register for free government surplus cheese beinggiven out yesterdav by the Hoboken Welfare Deportment in o housingprotect community room at 400 Harrison Ave. Similar scenes wereenacted in communities throughout Hudson County. (Story on Page2).

Arson pattern seen i

The chairwoman of theHoboken Env ronment Commit-tee sees 1982 as The Year ofChallenge' in the development ofhous ing , waterfront andeconomic development

Helen Manogue.chairwoman, who also heads theHoboken Historic District Com-mission, says she sees a need forall community factions to pulltogether to determine what goalsshould be pursued and achievedby 1990

The commission, she says, isdirecting its attention toward theproblems of the poor, seniorcitizens, low and moderate in-come housing and economicdevelopment of the waterfront bythe private sect r.

The group recently held apublic meeting on those goals andwill make an attempt at bringingthem to fruition, she says.

Hoboken is in a new era

brought on by ma&sive outside |forces such as Reagonomics aswell as by its own fantastic andpra i seworthy e f f o r t s atrevitalization," Mrs Manoguesaid

"Rather than dividing,ourselves and crumbling underthe weight of differences ofopinion." she continued, '1982 of-fers the unique opportunity towork together to continue toproduce a community that is acomposite of all of our hopes anddreams

i t is greatly to be hoped that1982. the year of challenge, mayend by becoming the year of un-ification, for with unity of pur-pose the challenge before us canand will be met "

She said she sees the develop-ment of the abandonedwaterfront as a major stepstoward the economic revitaliza-tion of Hoboken «

By James Kopchalns

A Hoboken tenants group hascharged that a "strong cor-relation" exists between recentsuspicious fires and increased in-terest in condominium andcooperative apartment conver-sion* in the city.

A study by the group alsoreportedly showed that the samedevelopers and realtors are con-tinually cropping up as being in-volved in the ownership andmanagement of fire-ravagedbuildings.

As a result, the group decidedlast night to consider steps to

| warn tenats of buildings that areI either owned or managed bythese people and corporations

and apprising them of theirfindings.

The study was presented at ameeting last night in Hoboken.According to Ronald Hine, whochaired the committee, a patternhad emerged that suggests thatthe fires may have been set inorder to vacate the apartmentsfaster than regulations wouldallow.

Hine pointed out that neitherthe study nor anyone in the groupwas claiming that the fires wereset by building owners. The pur-pose of the study, he said, was tofind some pattern, some deter-mination towprd a reason for allthe fires.

The committee that preparedthe report worked for over three

months studying major fir& thathad occurred in the city over thepast four years, Hine said.

In eight recent multiple-alarm fires, Hine said a patternhad emerged.

In seven of the buildings, con-dominium or cooperative apart-ment conversion plans were sub-mitted within a short period oftime after the fire had forced te-nants out of the building.

It was in studying these par-ticular fires that the names ofowners and developers kept"popping up," according to Hine.However, he added that thepersons were also involved inproperty ownership ontt manage-ment throughout the city *andmay have only cointidentally

okenbecause of their fre-

quent dealings with property.These patterns suggested a

"strong correlation that maylead to the conclusion" that thebuildings may have been set onfire to force the tenants to vacatethe apartments.

After discussion on thereport, the group membersagreed to consider ways onalerting tenants in buildingsowned or managed by them of thestudy's findings.

The members also agreed toseek legal advice on what judicialsteps would be taken to-place astay on conversion*™ the city un-til fuither investigation into thearson problem.

roup links firesto condo movesfc

By ROY KAH*NStaff Yriter

HOBOKEN -There is a high cor-relation between major multiplealarm fires and the conversion olbuildings to condominiums accord-ing to a tenants' group looking intnarson in the jrity.

m

At a meeting of the tenants groupPor La Gente last night arsonresearch coordinator Ron Hine saidthat three months of combing citylire files and land sale recordsshowed that in at least some casesconversions followed close on theheels of arson fires

He cited eight examples, seven ofwhich he said were clear-cut"illustrations ot the correlation, butwas quick to point out that he didnot know who set the fires and wasnot pointing the finger at anyone

"We are just Irving to show thereIR a distinct pat tern.,and to showthat whai happened in these buiVdings could not have happened bychance. Hine said .y-

According to Hine. the propertiesincluded ^

f'

• 20R Tl.id St . where a fire inApril 19H0 f^ifed tenants out Whenthrv returned the next da\ the huild-inf had been padlocked That buildinf is now being advertised in theNew York Times as condominiumhousing

• American Hotel it River St..where a tire vacated the building6la weeks after a sales contract wassigned The contract stipulated thatthe building elated for a Feh 1closing was to be vacant uponclosing

• 1200 Washington St wherr 11people were killed when an arsonfire pitted the building on Oct 24Five weeks after the fire, it waspold and renovation plans could in-clude condominiums or apart monK

• 624 Park Ave . which was hit bvthree fires between November 1978and June 16. 19B1. when tenantswere finally forced out It was soldthis month and according to Hine

the word on the street is it is goingcondo

• 711 Willow Ave. where therehave been three suspicious firessince 197R none of which was seri-ous enough to force evacuation ofthe building Recently, however, theowner has notified the tenants be isplanning a condominium con-version

• 10R-110 14th St.. where IS daysafter the bank foreclosed on thebuilding it was gutted, by fire It hassince been sold and is scheduled tohe converted into condominiums

Hine cited one other building inJersev City and another in Hobokenbut there is no evidence that theHoboken building is going to beconverted

The eight cases he supplied reprrsehted onlv about 10 percent r»f themajor fires in the city over the pastfour years. Hine admitted during aquestion period following his pres-entation

About 20 people showed up for thepresentation and in the discussionfollowing it the audience, com-prised most I v of tenants, discussedways of dealing with the problem,including notifying and organizing,lenants in buildings that might beprone to arson fires

There was concern that the information might cause more panicthan good but the consensus was itwas hettei to be informed

There was also discussion aboutseeking legal or legislative reme-dies to make it more difficult iCr •unscrupulous landlords to collectinsurance after vacating their build-ings through

Diont D'Aoostmo, cantor, accept* trophy at MissTeenage Moboken of l t t t from Angela Vatonte,president of the Young People's Action Oroonlio-tlon. With the winner to, left, runner u« Vivian

Hoboken selectsMiss Teenager

The new Miss TeenageHoboken is Diane D'Agostino, IS,a junior at Hoboken High School.

Ms. DAgostino was crownedat the fourth annual MissTeenage Hoboken pageant atStevens Institute of Technology.

Angelo Valente, president ofthe Young Peopljes ActionOrganization, which sponsoredthe event , said that Ms.

D'Agottino is one of the toptwirlers in the state, and is also amember of her school's trackteam.

There were a total of ninecontestants in the pageant, whichdrew more than W0 Hoboken resi-dents.

The new Miss TeenageHoboken will participate inparades and civic events duringthe next year.

ieeting is expectedon Guardian Angels

Official has gloomyHoboken forecast

By Thomas RojadHoboken Mayor Steve Cap-

i piello plans to set up a meetingbetween the North Hudson Coun-

j cil of Mayors and local police of-ficials to discuss the GuardianAngels, who expect to begin anti-

l crime patrols in the area nextI month.

"I intend to meet with all of[the police chiefs in the area to[determine their point of view[about the Angels." said the

• 'We have got to set up anI overall policy that we can all1 agree on "

Recently, the North HudsonI C o u n c i l of M a y o r s h e l dI preliminary discussions about thelocal chapter of the GuardianAngels

Anthony Florio. director of

the council, was asked to collectinformation about the angelsfrom the New York City policeana other sources.

Cappiello said that afterFlorio's report is completed, itwill be reviewed by the NorthHudson mayors. Then, a meetingwill be set up with local police of-ficials.

Members of the NorthHudson chapter of the GuardianAngels say that they will beginanti-crime patrols in the area onMarch 26 or 27, with or withoutthe sanction of local officials

Union City Police ChiefHerman Bolte has expressed concem that the Angels may not beproperly trained to patrol thestreets and arrest criminals

By Thomas Rojas

A high-level Hoboken officialsays that local taxpayers may seethe tax rate jump as much as $25when the city draws up its 1982municipal budget.

The source, who asked not tobe identified, also predicted thatin the coming months many cityemployees will be laid off, therewill be no raises for workers stillon the city payroll, and serviceswill be cut back significantly.

The o f f i c ia l ' s gloomyeconomic forecast echoed thewords of other Hoboken officialswho warn that the city will behard-pressed to avoid a financialcrisis.

Hoboken's economic woesstem primarily from the prospectthat the city will have to make upa loss of about $4 4 million shouldthe Bethlehem Steel Corp suc-ceed in its attempts to lower itsproperty assessment by thatamount

To add fuel to the fire, thecity is currently negotiating 198contracts with three municipalunions — the Policemen'sBenevolent Association, theFirefighters Association and theMunicipal Employees Associa-tion, which are believed to beasking for substuntial cost-of-living raises.

But sources say mat the cityis prepared to go to binding ar-bitration with the three unions,gambling that the state ar-bitrator will rule in the city'sfavor.

Hoboken's municipal budgetin 1981 was $19 4 million. Taxesrose some $26 per $1,000 assessedvaluation, to $138 per $1,000.

Hoboken's 1982 municipalbudget is scheduled to be in-troduced to the city council onMarch 17. State law requires thatthe budget be discussed at apublic hearing and passed by thecity council no later than 33 daysafter its introduct'*»n.

Hobokenpierpriority

The attempt by theHoboken administra-tion to get the city'swaterfrontredeveloped for hous-ing, recreation andcommercial use, willbe one of the HudsonCounty Chamber ofCommerce and In-dustry's goal for 1982.

EllsworthSalisbury Jr., ex-ecutive vice presi-dent of the chamber,said his group tookpart in a recent con-gressional hearing inWashington, DC. ,which helped to con-vince legislators toreturn me Piers A, Band C to the city.

Those, piers weretaken over by thefederal 'governmentduring wartime, andlater operated by thePort Author i ty .Under the proposedlegislation, Hobokencould purchase thepiers at slightly lowerthan property market; rice, according tothe government.

According toSal i sbury , thechamber will con-centrate on thatdevelopment and tryto help expand thegrowth of WashingtonStreet, the city'smain shopping dis-trict.

"Hoboken current-ly is in a state of f lux-.'• he said. "Peopleare moving into thecity in mass numbersand are buying uphomes. This it goodand healthy for thecommunity aid theeconomy of the city "

Salisbury said thatthe chamber worksc lose ly with themayor and council onthe rminkibeJ budget

In Hoboken 85 years,he has seen it allB\ Peter La Villa

James Lanzetti haslived in Hoboken for 85years and he has seen andlived through the ups anddowns of the city

He also has seen thechange in the ethnicmakeup, which be calls a"healthy situation"

When the 87-year-oldLanzetti moved here withhis adopted parents, thegeneral makeup of the cityconsisted of Germans,Italians and Yugolavians,he relates.

Today, the city's ethnicflavor has embracedHispanics, Indians, Orien-tal. Pakistamans, to name afew.

"Years ago, when I wasa kid growing up inHoboken, all the menworked as longshoremenand the woman stayed homeand raised a family and kepthouse," he recalled.

"Today, there aren'tthat many job oppor-tunities. There is no work onthe waterfront, and a lot ofwomen have taken on jobsto help out and make endsmeet." he added.

He also reached backinto the past to recall thatjobs abounded and Hobo-ken industry used to providemany jobs for out-of-towners.

The fore ign-bornLanzetti worked for 40years for the city's LawDepartment asItalian/English interpreter.He also served as clerk ofwar claims for the formerRep. Edward Hart of JerseyCity

Current ly , hevolunteers his time to thecity's Revenue and FinanceDepartment just to keepbusy.

"What really surprises

James Lanietti of Hoboken and his wifeMary review some snapshots of Hobokenwhich span several decades.

me is the high rate of crime,not only in Hoboken, butthroughout the country," hesaid. "Years ago, we usedto sleep with our doors openand our windows up and un-locked. Today, people haveseveral locks on their doorsand windows and all kindsof burglar alarms."

The Hoboken manremembers Frank Sinatra,a Hoboken-native, when hewas growing up and beganhis singing career. Lanzettirecalls helping the Sinatrafamily prepare their in-come tax forms.

Three generations' baking^ / /

makes Le Jardin a successAt Le Jardin, a French-style

cafe at 343 Garden St. InHoboken, baking is a family af-fair.

Three generations — FannyLuongo, her daughter MarieTotaro. and Marie's daughtersRosemarie and Francine — bakethe cakes, puddings and pastriesthat have made Le Jardin s afavorite spot for anyone with asweet tooth

But what makes the recently-opened cafe so unusual is that allof the fodd is prepared freshevery day right on the premises.

*We don't bring anything infam outside," says Marie. "We•take everything fresh, usini all-natural l a t r e d i e n t j l i k ehomemade thick cream."

Although Marie opned LeJardin last July, she insist* thaishe still doesn't feel like abusinesswoman.

"I don't feel like an owner. 1fed like a hostess." she says."All my easterner* art taw fami-ly to me. It's like they're visitingmy home. If I don't know themwhen the come into the place, Iknow them by the time theyleave."

Although Marie is best knownin Hoboken lor her rich, creamycheesecake, she and her familyalso prepare apple crumb cake,chocolate snousse, ice creampuffs, baklava, even old-fashioned e n cream.

"I love to cook," she says.Everything I bake Is like one of

my children."Marie has been baking since

she was 9 years ok). Later, whileshe worked as a secretary in herfather's firm, she often baked forcharitable functions at St. Ann'sChurch. Her success at St. Ann'sencouraged her to open her owncoffee

Maria Totaro cuts a slice of ffasMv+akotf cake at

and chat "for hours ' and theyalways compliment her as they

the cafe. '

"I've always been able tobake and my mother and mydaughters bake as well as I can,she observes. "And nobody had toteach any of us I twas )«stsomething we were bora with."

Marie c la ims that hercustomers often sit at Le .lardin

"People feel at home hire. Iand they seem to enjoy all of thelpastries," she says "I think thelfood is so good because 1 bake Iwith love." . * •

pewage plant workerhopes to get license

About one month after thestate Department of En-vironmental Protection issued anorder to Hoboken to employ aproperly licensed operator for itssewage treatment plant, the cityis about to get a licensedoperator

Roy Haack, supervisor of thesewage treatment plant at 6thand Adams streets, said that he

I expects to take — and pass — astate, wastewater treatment ex-

amination next month.I have been taking

| wastewater treatment courses atMiddlesex College and RutgersUniversity for some time," hesaid. "1 hope to take the state testnext month and I'm confident ofpassing '

Hoboken had been without alicensed operator at its sewage

plant for more than a year, afteran engineer who had served asoperator left the post over a dis-pute

About a month ago. the stateDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection ordered Hoboken tohire a licensed operator within 60days or face a substantial fine

licenses are earned afterworking five or mure years in asewage plant, successfully com-pleting an advanced watertreatment course, and passing astate examination

••I've been at the plant forseven vears, so all that remainsis for me to pass the state exam."said Haack "I explained thesituation to the DEP. and theywere very understanding abouti t . " • « , - •

A new era for tenants and l a n d l o r d s ^The Hoboken Housing Forum, which * • • •(*•"

ThMBAS RelaC , . w_._,^._ cnr<x4 Ku ih* Hnhnken Fnvironment Committee

Hobofcen.

A new era of communication betweenHoboken tenants and landlords may be under way_

Gerard Costa, executive d.rector of the two-day Hoboken Housing Forum which washed la*weekend at the Ss Peter and Paul School saidJ ^ a panel of tenants, landlords, housing officialsand real estate agents wh«rh participated hasagreed to hold more meetings in lne*utu r*

-For the first t.me. all of these differentgroups sat down and talked to each other ex-plaint Costa "And thmgs went so well.fcat theyagreed to meet again on April 3 at Ss PetejindPaul I think they will be meeting many moretimes IK the future."

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The Hoboken Housing Forum, which * • • ' .sored by the Hoboken Environment Committeeand other organizations, brought together housingexperts, local officials, tenants and landlords todiscuss the future of housing in HobQkeo _

At the Friday evening session, Dr. W**™*.Bierbaum of Rutgers University dfcmsedchange that have taken place in Hoboken over thepast ten years, with condominium conversions andrising housing costs making it difficult for low-income residents to stay in the city

Bierbaum said that there is a need to expanasubsidized low-income housing in the city.

^ c o u U be abecome familiar inname of a photo gallerythere will be other g

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a .<».more V**

I Continued fram Page 1

NEW EltA - P«Joseph Barry of Applied Housing!

ontiiraed fram Page 1 _ discussed the future for morelalthough federal budget cuts will c o o p e r a t i v e s for low and middle-Fmake that difficult. .nc^ne residents, stricter en-m a But Costa said that the most f o r c e m e n t o f rent control laws

developments of the d i | n p o r tant ly . the panel-.mm occurred during a g r e e d t 0 m e et periodically to

iron out their problems•i _ whose memoers UK-IUIKU "Everyone agreed to stop allFred Bado. director of the Com- h e n a m e - c a l l i n g and -""*

]°keYes Hoboken has a past, but it

brighter

photoorophv ©oHery, Hopoohon.

SisterChurch,Gente"

"head of the "Por latenants' group, and

lOKfUiri , raw. "-v - . .

still a lot of work to do. but thiswas a good beginning."

Photography galleryis open in Hoboken

Two HobokentcTget top award

By Thomas Reja*

new gallery.It is Hopoghan, located at 92

Hudson St., the waterfront city s

center for photographers and forpeople who love photography "

A primary goal of Hopoghanwill be to promote photographyas an art form.

'A lot of people enjoybut not all of them

Hoboken artists to open othergalleries in the area.

S S 5

Ronieriurgesveto of fuel bill

payment of lega

en poucciu«;» — - --city's highest Feb 7 m l h a t c a s e

payment of legal fees for two;Hoboken Councilman »«*«" patrolmenieri said he will recommend T h e t w

CappieHo veto fl t

Hoboken," says Ms. Eckles. "Weiwant people to love and support]

,«,, the arts." •te photography. The gallery has "There's nothing wrong with just Hopoghan is open to thtopened with a group show of six going out and taking pictures, but public Thursday through SundayHoboken photographers. < the photographs we exhibit will from 1 to 6 p m

"Hopoghan" — an old Indian t*the work of artists with a veryword for Hoboken. meaning personal style.""land of the pipes" - is the "There's a lot more tobrainchild of Kathlen Eckles and photography than just snapping aJohn Mann, who are themselves sjutter," adds Mann. "Peopleprofessional photographers. don't realize how difficult it is to

take a blank piece of paper and

Ranieri said he will recommenu T h e t w 0 o f f i cers are tnvoivecthat Mayor Steve CappieHo veto w j f l | counter-complaints in incian ordinance passed last night d e n t s invoiving people the].>..» uiiii allow the city to arrmited while off-duty.

Ranieri said he will recom».^~ 'The7wo officers are involved. . . . . c . . « r,nmello veto w j f l | c o u n t e r . c o m p l a i n t s i n i n c i .

dents involving people theyarrested while off-duty.

Police Officer Edward Cunn-ing, who was allegedly assaultedby three people, arrested themand the suspects are bringing

,o JlTSaSSifKEckles. "But When we looked at owners

UVK9 W(V v..^ „ _ .

we decided that it could accom-modate a permanent gallery aswell."

Ms. Eckes says thatHopoghan will not only displayphotographs, but will provide ameeting place and workshop forphotographers in the area.

"We hope to provide an en-vironment where photographerscan discover and exchange newideas," she said. "It will be a

Fire victim cotsreturned to CET

that will allow the city topurchase fuel for heatless apart-ments and bill the landlord^

"I think the ordinance is toosevere, too strict," Ranter. said_"If the law department agreeswith me. I will ask the mayor toveto it and send it back to thecouncil for revisions

The only dissenting vote wasRanieri s.

During the public portion ofthe meeting Thomas Meehan,president of the Hoboken PoliceOfficers Benevolent Association,asked the council to take someaction on a ruling by the lawdepartment barring the city s

arrested a man who reportedlyassaulted him during a traffic ac-cident, is also facing charges .brought by the suspect in matcase.

Council President WalterCramer told Meehan the councilhas no jurisdiction in the matterbut said he has asked for atranscript of the incidents foreach council member to review.

robbery and a snouivm - . ..„Clam Broth House restaurant tory " ana a,3v,,». ... last fall. which was believed to have been

Public Safety Director part of a major "arson for hire"James Giordano announced that operation in the New York-NewPolice Sgts. James Behrens and Jersey area.John Howe of the detective Commendations also will bebureau will receive the awards awarded to Detectives Johnfor their heroism in foiling three O'Neil, Joseph Petrillo and Raulgunmen who attempted to rob the Torres for the arrest of five menNewark Street restaurant on in connection with the arson-for-Sept. 8. profit torching of the Met Food

The policemen exchanged Supermarket on Jackson Streetgunfire with the suspects, and on Dec. 7.arrested two of the men, while Two Hoboken firefighters—

~* Anthony Vails and Haywood;<« K- hnnnred for

arrested twoanother escaped

B h and

Vails and Haywowill be honored for

f hild who

[Library will show films^VI t l . u >,Lnc a urallf " whick »il

The 12 cots that had beenstored in Hoboken's Multi-Service Center for emergencyuse by fire victims have beenmoved back to the local CETA of-fice for the time being.

find another place to store tne

COtS: officials did not want

The Hoboken Public Libraryhas begun a series of films forpre-school and school-agechildren.

The films for pre-schoolerswill be shown on Wednesdays at10 a.m., while the after-schoolfilm series will be held on Fri-days at 3.30 p.m. The seriesbegan this week and will runthrough the end of April.

Among the films in the pre-school series will be "Dr. Seussan the Loose." which will beshown next Wednesday, "Mr.

Moto takes a walk," whicaM.scheduled for March 24. and "TtwCat in the Hat," which will btscreened April 7.

The Friday afternoon aerieswill include films such as "Puttin Boots," which is scheduled forMarch 12, "Voyages of Slnbad theSailor," to be shown March X,and "Red Shoes," which will bescreened April 2.

The Hoboken Public Libraryis located at 500 Park Ave. formore information, contact TerrySasso, acting library director.

ther escaped. AnthoyBehrens and Howe also will Blakely—will be honored fo

receive commendations for the their daring rescue of a child whoarrest of a suspect believed to be was trapped on a fire escape dur-responsible for the murder of ing a blaze at 68 Garden St. onEugenio Sigario, 25, at his Oct. 12.Garden Street home last Aug. 7. "This is our way of thanking .

In addition, Giordano said the men for the brave work thatthat several policemen, as well they have done," said Giordano, • ias two firemen, also will receive who added that the citations ,commendations for their work in would be awarded at a ceremony trecent months. "sometime around Easter." .

Patrolmen Harry Hunken, "We're very proud of theseRichard Lynsky and Paul Dimar- men, they showed a great deal oftino, Sgt. Martin Kiley, and courage," said Mayor Steve Cap-Detectives Ernest Mack and piello "And I think it would beFred Ferrante will receive cita* very appropriate to hold thetions for their work in the at- awards ceremony at the Clamtempted bombing of the Broth House, don't you?"

Well done

$By BARBARA DEMK*

Staff wHtarCounty school officials were flabbe ••ted

SSSSSSSSS sschool cquittEation aid, which is aimed at offMttiMf theadvantage of the wealthy suburban towns, wfeteh have

tax bases relative to their number of pupils.

U, the •BBSmril tax money to make up the difference

For example. Hoboken stands to tote QUO.Us underthe proposal, roughly two percent of the projected«chool budget for next year According to school boardinternal auditor Anthony Curko, the cuts would meanan additional 13 tt per tl.QM tat assessed value wouldhav« to be added to property taxea to keep the schoolbudget as originally planned

S M AID. P a * 4

from Pace 1We have no room to take a cut like this

our plans will have to be adjusted, butrell result in the elimination of some" Mid Curko

said yesterday he was recommend-readjust their budgets on the

r the cuts will be upheld by thet legislatureHowever, at least one school official said

he has no intention of making the cutsity Superintendent of Schools Dr

i Host said yesterday. " We are not givingin yet. W* have already cut out budget down toti l t million and we just cannot do anymore "

years ago. when the state threatened' ROM said, some districts made

i were stuck with theafter tt»

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downcalled on the state legislators to go

MT Kean and tell him there is absolutelythe state shouldn t meet its original

Just because children cannot vote,t they should bear the burden of

* • c ° n o m i c P r o b l e m s

n«4« the proposed cuts, Jersey City standsto XTmore than «.l million

K an'« order affects four categories of stoteJflualization aid. compensatory education

l*rrMnedial programs capital outlay aid for^oSructlon and aid to pay off bond debts

, - iininn Citv. where the school district will•1O0 001 in equaliiation aid. I169W0 in

J««torv education aid. and $15,000 in debt^ aid internal auditor Peter Rees com-

vesterday "Our budget was extremely? ; % U , n with and 1 am upset that they (theIS.) A wait this late to tell us "

sard he had expected cuts in com-edtcation. but the others really

us W t i

Robert Menendei. who said he did not knowwhich course would be taken

North Bergen Superintendent of Schools DrHerman Klein said yesterday he thought hisdistrict would have no choice than to trim thebudget In order to make up the more than1571,000 in lost state aid, he explained, voterswould have to approve the additional expenditureof tax money during the school election April 6

In West New York, where school aid standsto be reduced from f 111 million to $11 5 millionwith an additional loss of $3,000 in aid for newconstruction, superintendent of schools CarlRaparelli described the cutbacks as "just anoth-er crisis for us to meet "

In other school districts. Weehawken couldlose a total of roughly SUCMB in aid. whileHudson's wealthiest municipality, Secaucus,could take a cut of $32,518. according to figuresreleased by Acocella's office yesterday

On the whole, Hudson's largest total losseswould be in equalisation aid. which is going downfrom $111 S million to $108 8 million under thegovernor's proposal, and in compensatory educa-tion, to be reduced from $12 9 million to $10 0million

The Kean proposal on school aid is expectedto reduce total aid in the state s W0 schooldistricts by $f7 million

Cappiello calls veto_ . . . . . .« "i don't

Hoboken is planning to^rfffehtawards*to several policemen ana twofiremen who distinguished themselvesin fighting crime or in rescuing firevictims.

It is cynical to say that policemenare paid to fight crime and firemenare paid to protect people who arecaught in fires.

Extraordinary conduct deservespraise and rewards in evey humanendeavor. That is why there aremedals for those in military serviceand awards for actors, writers,businessmen and others.

Too many of us these days are tooquick to bad mouth police, firemenand others on the public payroll. Themisdeeds of a few are allowed to af-fect the public image of all. That iswrong.

All of us should be proud of all ourpolice and firemen who daily risk theirlives to protect ours. And we shouldjoin in the public praise and recogni-tion for those who make a special ef-* ELg pur behalf.

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cap-IpieUjo says that it would be

- « ~ for ^ i m , 0 v e t 0 a n

-passed by an 8-to-lvote by the city council Wednej-VfHi" U\ tuc v • »j ^ww-—--

dav night-which allows the cityto suppi:tenantslandlord

Health Officer Patricia Mitten tomake emergency heating oilpurchases for tenants leftheatless by negligent landlords.

The city will be able totake

I don't disagree with thephilosophy of the ordinance, but I

that it should be revised.""However, if the mayor

ana me council want to go intothe fuel oil business, that's their

to supply heating oil to freezingtenanV at the expense of

The city will be able totake , h e f u e | o j | buaction after a building has been prerogative "without heat for six hours The g u t Councilman Thomas

it ill b ibursed for the K e n n e ()y who introduced the bill,l he is behind the or-

Councilman Robert Raniert,who cast the only dissenting vote,said that he will recommend thatthe mayor veto the bill, which hebelieves is too severs.

"It would be ludicrous for meto-overnde an ordinance that waspassed 8-to-l. unless Raniert canprove that he has the support ofother councilmen," said Cap-piello "If they voted in favor ofthe bill »-to-l. there must havebeen a reason for it "

The ordinance empowers

without heat for six hours Thecity will be reimbursed for thefuel oil purchased by collectingrents directly from the tenantsrents directly from the tenants.or by placing a tax lien againstthe property involved.

Ranieri said that he objectsto three main points in the or-dinance the provision preventinglandlords from converting to gasheat during the winter, the provi-sion requiring landlords to supplyspace heaters when furnaces-break down, and die six-hourdeadline for correcting heatingproblems before the city steps in

e()y who introduced the ,t n a l he is behind the or-

dinance "100 percent."that it will serve as a warning t»delinquent landlords.

i f a landlord has any ide_about conveniently running out ofjheating oil over the weekendsthis •ordinance will make him minktwice " he said Human beingsshould not have to wait two orthree weeks for heat.

12 cots set up at Centerfor HobokenBy Thomas Rojas

Ma/7 bag missing in HobokenBy CBUCK SITTON But it wtl/tak/ Social Security clients three weeks bef<By CHUCK StTTTON

Staff «filerHOBOKEN—A bag of eagerly awaited, first-of-the-month

mail is missing from the Hoboken Post Office, leaving 38families without welfare checks and food stamps and anundetermined number of Social Security recipients wit

checks are reissued to them i

families without weuare cnecus ana 100a stamps ana anvTeither conv up with more tax dollars! undetermined number of Social Security recipients without

°cut" Mlded beard of education Secretary f ^~ ;- -1—*•

undetermintheir checksir checks

A spokesman for the Postal Service said postal inspectorshave joined the search for the missing mail that was destinedfor the 200 and S00 blocks of Park Avenue and Willow A.onue.

I The director of Hudson County welfare said the 38 familiescan get new checks bv coming into the Jersey City office.

Postal officials said the March 1 mail was not known tobe missing until the postman opened the mail storage boxfor the area It was then discovered the mail had never beendelivered and may have been misrouted

It is general knowledge that welfare and Social Securitychecks are delivered the first of the month Welfare officialssaid if they don't hear soon that the mail has been recovered,they may start treating the case as one involving stolenchecks.

ScvNAlL,

At this point, tht SI families from ParkAvenue and Willow Avenue may come into ouroffice sign affidavits that they havt not receivedchecks and get another check, ' James Young,county director of welfare, said yesterday

However a spokeswoman at the Social lecur-ity office said each client from that area willhave to call in and report his check missing, thenwait for three weeks for a new check

But calling in on the missing check to thtSocial Security office may be difficult A tele-phone recording answers the phone and informsthe oaller that missing checks are not to bereported until Monday Then the caller it put onhold because of the large volume of calls, andthere is an average wait of 10 minutes beforethe call is answered

The 200 and 300 blocks of Park and Willowavenues have a high concentration of poorresidents At least one of the victims who didn'tget her rfceck said it has made hard times evenmore difficult

Twelvecots have been movedinto Hoboken's Multi-Service

b Fi

'^SSa fire in a 10-

«w t,.u.B, say, it would bedifficult to relocate all ofinto Hobokens Multi-Service P«^»y difficult to relocat

Center for emergency use by Fire those people," he noted "We justvictims or persons needing h«ve to hope that the Red Crossshelter from the cold.

City Councilman ThomasKennedy said that the cots weredonated to the center by the localCETA office He said that thedonated to the center by the localCETA office He said that thefacility would provide shelter for

can continue to do the out-standing work they have done inthe past."

Kennedy said that he willmeet with city Director ofRefenue and Finance Bernardfacility wouia proviae sneiter for ^cicwue «nu ruwim « " » • •

the homeless for "at least a day Scrivani to see if there are any„- ta.n •• citv-manaccd tax-title Hencity-managed tax-title Hen

buildings that could temporarilyhouse fire victims

Leo Genese, chairman of thecitizens advisory committee ofthe Community Development

siiuwci i » v . - .u . --. Agency, has repeatedly called onsaid Kennedy. "But at least those the city to open a shelter for firecots will be available in an victims, and has met with Ken-

nedy to discuss the problem"The cots at the Multi-

Service Center aren't the wholeanswer," said Genese "Butit sa

or two

I don't think that the centercould provide shelter for anylength of time, because thereisn't any privacy there, or anyshower facilities that I know of."

emergency situation."Kennkedy said that the

problem of providing emergencyshelter for fire victims continuesto haunt the city. start.

Ambulance aides are pride of HudsoiTBy Thomas Rojas

About 11 years ago. threeTOen~B'»i Matthews, SteveRuschovansky and the late Ed

, Mclntire—got together and1 decided to form a volunteer am-jbulance squad in Hoboken

"People said it would nevers^ork," recalls Ruschovansky.T'They said that nobody inI Hoboken is going to work for"athing "

Today, the HobokenVolunteer Ambulance Corps isthe largest voluntary ambulancesquad in Hudson County, withthree ambulances and about 50permanent members

The squad, which is head-[quartered at 707 Clinton St , is onI call 24 hours a day. handling^everything from stabbings todrug overdoses to children hit bycars

"We handle anything andeverything." says Matthews.

' M o s t l y , we transportaiergency cases to the hospital,

as people who slip and fallice on the street, or women

are in labor. To date,lembers of the squad haveslped deliver 22 babies."

When the Hoboken Am-r ante Squad was formed, it hadooiy 42 members, who used acarmned office above the city'spublic works garage, and an am-bulance donated by the MaxwellHouse Coffee Corp.

By 1973, the squad hadcted enough donations from

— businesses and individualsbuy their current three-floor

me, which contains a garage,living quarters, gamerooms.

kitchens and even a bar. 'In order to operate an am-

bulance, members of the squadmust complete a CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) courseIn addition, about half of theme.nbers of the corps are cer-tified emergency medical techni-cians

The squad keeps in constantcontact with the police department, and averages about 5,000calls a year. Squad members arerequired to work a minimum ofthree shifts per week.

Currently, the corps islaunching a drive to recruitmembers for the 8 a.m. to 3 p mshift, which is difficult to fillbecause most members workduring the day

" A job like this can take up alot of your time," says BrianMurphy, a patrolman in theHoboken police department"But we do this in our spare timebecause we feel that it's impor-tant."

Has the ambulance squadanswered many unusual calls?

"Well, there was one timewhen a fellow accidentally wentdown a garbage chute in a hous-ing project," recounts Matthews."Bot of his feet were cut off by

the automatic compactor. Youcan never get used to seeingsomething like that."

Bob Davison is the currentpresident of the HobokenVolunteer Ambulance Corps,while Anthony Enrico is the cap-tain. The squad is scheduled tohold its annual fund-raising danceon March 27 at Stevens Instituteof Technology.

$21.7 miIIjoschool bud!upjQf action

Festivalin Hoboken H'

Jewi«h community of

The Hoboken Board of SchooEstimate. Tuesday, will considerthe approval of a $21 7 miliiorbudget foV the next school year —a budget that will require an 18 1percent increase in the amount tcbe raised by taxes.

The city s board of educationlast night approved submittingthe budget to the school estimateboard, which has scheduled apublic hearing and vote this Tuesday beginning at 9 30 a m at theschool board s meeting room,1115 Clinton Street

Also, the board has delayed aresolution setting up a strongpolicy against sexual harass-ment. The resolution will be sentto the board's attorney to reviewand properly word the policy, ac-cording to board member StevenBlock.

The entire school budget be-ing submitted totals $wl,717,556of which $20,759,650 is budgetedfor current expenses which isequal to the amount allowed un-der state budget caps Debt ser-vice expenses are budgeted at$578,646 while another $379,260 isset down for capital outlay funds.

Of the budget total figure,$5,776,795 will have to be raisedthrough taxes, up $885,612 from

last year s figure of $4,891,183an 18 1 percent increase Schofinancial officials said the macause for the jump was in tlcapital outlay funding, all •which has to be raised throug.tax dollars I Harry Gitter

Last year, the school budgicontained no amount for capitoutlay

The officials at last nightmeeting did not comment on hothis increase would affect thcity's tax rate

Concerning the resolutiosetting the policy on sexuaharassment, Block said he expec ted that the resolution woutcome up for introduction at nexmonth's meeting The resolutioiwould adopt a more definitivpolicy on dealing with sexuaharassment between school adm i n i s t r a t o r s and otheemployees as well as betweeteachers and students.

In other business, the boardapproved the use of Rue Schoolfor the filming of portions of amotion picture. Director JohnSayles is reported to be seekingthe use of the school's auditoriumand gymnasium for scenes in hisnext feature film.

^ l refreshments

the of

The Festival of Purim recalls theoppressionandt^cueoHheJewish

comrramrty of ancient Persia frethe hands of the evil Haman bv thJewish Que*n Esther It reaffirms!the values of justice and fairness for jail peoples regardless of their faithIt is also quite a festive occasion

Daring the reading of theMegiHah noisemakers are disinbtrted and used every time thename of Haman is mentioned Chil-dren are ecouraged to attend thereading and dress in costumes ofancient times

For more •" formation on Svn-aeopue artiv-itie? and membershipplease contact the I'nited Syn-agogue of Hoboken 830 HudsonStreet Hobnktn OW*)

4or

lerican Can Co.shutting down plant,60 will lose jobs

9 '3)1

Joseph Shine, loft, ono" NicholasHobofcon voluntotr Ambutanct Corps, ctttck ftwtr

before «oino on duty.

St.HOBOKEN - St. Mary Hospital,

sfcs first in the state of New Jerseysi IMS and number one in the 20th

. Century, carries forward all theI and dynamic changes ofi medicine in the health care

system.la the hands of a skilled staff

, Ojdkstsd to serving the changingHMois st a changing population and

MBdsr demands registered by eco-nomic conditions and health cir-cumstances, St Mary deliversquality health care with technol-ogy's latest to the community.

Sophisticated diagnostic tech-niques at the hospital begin in thefully automated, accredited labora-tory and span the spectrum toviable rehabilitation

The College of American Pa-thokogists accredited lab is studdedwith Astra 4, Astra t and SMA(Sequential Multiplier Analyzer)that perform as many as 12 bloodchemistries in one fell swoop athigh speed It is the exceptionallywell-qualified staff, the human sideof *n automated lab. that makesthe difference in keen interpretingand correlating of results for the

in depth diagnosis. AH of the labstaff (but a few who will test in1M3) are registered in the Ameri-can Society of Clinical PathokKgists

Over the past five years, inconjunction with its Medical Staff,St Mary Hospital has completelyrebuilt the Radiology Department.Radiologists carry out complexmedical diagnostic procedures nowwith eight new streamlined piecesof equipment with little or no dis-comfort to the patient.

Each demand registered by eco-nomic conditions and health cir-cumstances is met with newprograms and innovative methodsfrom its start to today.

In the beginning, the four Fran-ciscan Sisters who* came to Hobo-ken to establish a hospital nursedthe sick and the poor. Then, ahome for abandoned childrenbegan, care for contagious diseasesstarted, St. Anthony's soup kitchenopened, an orthopedic clinic flour-ished and a physical therapy unitwas initiated

Then came the baby boom and in1|55 a 45 bed maternity wing era

dtod mother and child. In It58, antopatient psychiatric unit helped

i the psychic pain of patientsa Child Guidance Clinic added

furthered that mission.

The lMO's and 1070s reflection ofnationwide economic instabilitytrickled into the communities St.Mary serviced. A Family HealthCenter established in 1973 madephysician services available to thepeople in the environs regardless oftheir ability to Da v.

On into l»<4, the *hoapttal, withfederal help, increased mentalhealth care for the area by openingthe Community Mental Health Cen-ter.

The AMA granted approval tostart a graduate medical educationprogram in Family Practice in1975

By 1977, in the place of the IBMand 1114 buildings, a totally newand modern physical plant toweredin their place

Today 8*e north and south towersof St. Mary Hoapital stand out inthe inner-city fresh and new, com-bining modern facilities, equipmentand services. Members of themedical and professional staffcarry forward the tradition of con-cern for the patient and the pa-tient's family in an acute care, fullservice community hospital. Atradition of medical and nursingexcellence continues blending thephilosophy of the Franciscan Stst

ers of the Poor and the ethicalstandards practiced by US. Cath-olic Hospitals

The forward emphasis is oapreventive medicine in patient earsand fitness that will keep psopsswell. Several new services begaa sinutrition and rehabilitation andmore sophisticated equipment waspurchased for eye surgery, ettdoa-copy and radiology. An EmergencyRoom expansion is underway

I By Thomas Rojas- r

The 60 employees of the American Can Coplant in Hoboken will soon be out of work.

A spokesman for American Can's corporateheadquarters in Greenwich. Conn., said workersat the Hoboken plant have been notified that theFirm will be closing "in the near future."

The spokesman added that an exact date forthe closing has not been set.

He explained that American Can's Hobokenilant, which supplies cans to the Maxwell House

ICoffee facility in Hoboken, is closing becauseMaxwell House is switching to another supplier.

Daniel Kelly, manager of the Hoboken Max-veil House plant, declined comment on the closing>f the American Can facility.

Tenants fof<to presentbank books

Pre-schoolers to

scnooi Doara m Htion anti-hcirassmeiit

Hoboken's P r e S c h o o lprogram is about to move again.

The recration program forpbout 40 per-school children —which has had three homes in thepast five months — has been in-formed by the city's board ofeducation that it has to moveJrom its current location, the va-cant David E. Rue Scnooi onGarden Street.

• "We've been asked to movebecause the school is considereda safety hazard," said MaryEllen Gallo, coordinator of the

program "I expect to know byFriday where our new locationwill be."

Ms Gallo added that "thereis a possibly" of the programreturning to the public library.where it was headquartered forabout three years before librarytrustees asked the program to

Jove/he prog^rhyWsecond time,primarily becaus</of inadequaterest room facilities at the center

The nomadic progam thenrelocated at the Rue School,which has been closed for aboutthree years

Now, the pre-schoolers aregoing to have to move once again,

h ti rk on the Rue,,u,,«nrc ~~~~ -•-- ryj" ^ oi with renovation work on the Rueleave last Novemberm*£™J «" 5 ^ , scheduled to begin shortly,noise complaints from patrons < t | ^ ^ p r o g r a m ^ j t j s

well-run." said a parent of a childin the preschool program "It's ashame that they are constantlyforced to move '

After the preschool programleft the library, it moved 10 theUptown Recreation Center ButMs Gallo was soon forced to

The Hoboken Board ofEducation tonight is expected toconsider a proposal to adopt astrong policy against sexualharassment.

Board member Steve Blockhas recommended that the boardadopt a more definitive policy ondealing with sexual harassmentbetween school administratorsand other employees, as well asbetween teachers and students.

According to Walter Fine, as-Itstant superintendent of schools.

the board currently allows com-plaints of sexual harassment tobe handled by "due process oflaw."

But Block would like theboard to establish a policy spell-ing out what action will be takenagainst any member of the schoolsystem who is guilty of sexualharrassment

Also at tonight's meeting, theboard is expected to submit its1982-83 school budget to the Boardof School Estimate for approval.

revise

HOBOKEN-Tenants at tb» 400-unit ChurchTowers apartments are angered by themanagement's demand to see their savingsaccount books, according to Councilman ThomasKennedy.

Kennedy said the families st the federally-subsidized housing project received letters tell-ing them they must supply the managementoffice with their Social Security numbers, allbank books and statements of interest andverification of other income and assets.

Kennedy, a resident of the downtown apartment complex, said, "we feel it's an Invasionof our privacy ... It doesn't make sense that thefederal government can say bring in your bankbooks "

The 400 families within the three 10-storystructures off Clinton Street received lettersMarch 8 from the Van Management Corp . thebuilding's rental agent. More than SO tenantsreportedly met at a church hall last night anddecided to petition Rep Frank Gusrini, D-Hudson, to intercede on their behalf.

Roger Levy, representing the Yan agency,told the ttnaats he was ordered by die federalgovernment to request the documents. Levy saidhe did not kaow the reason for the order

Kennedy ssid these materials

re

Cappiello threatens /county and 5 towns //may quit sewer co-opBy John J. Farrell Jr.

"We are more than likely to leave you even ifit means court action!" Hudson CountyFreeholder-Chairman Steve Cappiello toldrepresentatives of the Hudson County UtilitiesAuthority at a county freeholders' caucus.

The verbal bombshell at the caucus, at whichCappiello threatened to withdraw county supportand said several North Hudson towns were think-ing of doing the same thing, left HCL'A represen-tatives temporarily speechless and they quicklyleft the room

However, Francis X Fahy. the HCUA's ex-ecutive director, who earlier told the freeholdersthe group was there to provide them with any in- •formation they requested, later explained he couldnot comment about Cappiello on behalf of theHCUA. which meets Monday night.

After Cappiello mentioned that Hoboken.where he is mayor, along with Weehawken. UnionCity. West New York and North Bergen, are con-sidering withdrawing support of the HCUA,County Executive Edward F Clark Jr., who hadearlier disagreed with Cappiello on the release ofcounty personnel information forms to the board,suggested that county officials, mayors and HCUA

fficials might meet to talk things over after theanty budget was out of the way.

See HCUA - Page 21.

By CHUCK tUTTONStaff Writer

HOBOKEN-Coundlman Robert A Ranierihas asked the city s law department to draft anew "pinball ordinance" in response toThursday s court ruling that the present law isunconstitutional

"Apparently, the courts are saying these(video and pinball games) are not a dangerousthreat to our youth, and we do not have the rightto control the amount of temptation to ouryouth." Ranieri said

Ranieri said he is asking the law departmentto look at the decision to determine how a newlaw should be written

Hadson County Superior Court Judge RobertE Tarleton ruled Thursday that the ordinance,which limited the machines to one per store, wastoo restrictive

The council has been delaying action on a

revised ordinance which wouldnumber of machines allowed, increasetration fees, restrict the amount of timestudents can operate the machines, batcontinue to outlaw the very profitable pinbalarcades

"The big business of video machines takesprecedence over the community's right to pro-tect its youth." Ranieri said Ranieri has arguedfor a more restrictive ordinance from the ~—»-cil

Two weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Courta Texas case back to a lower court for a Mlhearing on whether a community has a constlU-tional right to restrict video machines

In that case. Mesquite vs Aladdin's Castle,the ordinance would permit persons under II toplay the machines only if they are accompaniedby their Barents

See VIDEO. Paa* 111

Guardian Angelsproposed asdance chaperones

ftojat

A Hoboken official who coordinates tkecHy'sTeen Dance program suggests that schools amigroups holding teen-age dances should invite theGuardian Angels to their events to discourageviolence.

Maurice Fitzgibbons, who runs Hobokea's"Multi-124" Teen Dance Club, says that schoolsand organizations should "think about a new typoof teen dance supervision" in die wake of themurder last weekend of Nelson Insanzon, 1C, whowas stabbed to dead) after attending a dance at St.Michael's Church in Jersey City.

An unnamed 17-year-old was later arrestedand charged with the murder.

See SUGGESTS - Page S.

Union City, which changed its ordinance aftera legal challenge, now allows arcades but "»-strict* the number of them in town,of machines in each arcade, and thtminors may cpsrate the machines There havenot been any legal challenges to the currentUnion City ordinance

Continued from Page I

Clark later said "possibly" other townsmight pull out because the HCUA's opera-tions are getting "too expensive.

He mentioned the possibility of meetingagain with the HCUA. but said the county sWashington experts (Daniel Knvit s lawf,rm) were making a long-range survey, par-ticularly on the availability of federal fundsfor secondary sewage treatment plants

Before Cappiello made the threat thatthe county might withdraw its support of theHCUA Clark confirmed that the county snew liaison men with that autonomous

I agency. Al Fiore. had received informationiTfom it about its operations Clark has ex-

pressed concern that the county is bound by a1105 million HCUA bond issue

Freeholder Anne H O'Malley questionedFahy at one point about how the authoritywas meeting bills from engineers and others.He said it received some funding two weeksago and a schedule for paying bills hadjjeenadopted. ^

While HCUA representatives reassbredClark that the federal goverment provides 75percent funding as it proceeds to upgradeprimary treatment plants, the county ex-ecutive claimed there was no guarantee thaiformula would continue for secondary treat-ment plants

"Tne format has changed with the pre-sent federal government philosophy." he as-serted.

Cappiello said. "We are seriously think-ing about the likelihood of closing shop and<§o our own (treatment plant) work "

Continued from Page 1

i f the Guardian Angels real-ly want to fight crime, theyshould go where they are needed— among their peers." saidFitzgibbons "Schools should letthe Angels corne to their teendances free of charge I'm surethey would jump at the chance "

Fit/gibbons said that he hascoordinated dozens of teendances since 1978. and has neverhad any major incidents ofviolence

' I've got about 12 kids in T-shirts who walk around duringthe dances keeping an eye onthings." he explained "I'vefound that the best idea is to havethe kids police themselves Often,t!»e ki<Js will ignore an order from

. an adult, but they have respectfor each other "

Fitzgibbons added that

"Multi-124/ wtiich holds dancestwice a month at the Multi-Service Center, does not allowanyone wear ing gangparaphernalia to enter.

"We won't let anyone in ifhe*s wearing a jacket, 'colors,' or"anything that identifies him as a lmember of a gang." he said."Even if we lose about 30 kids perdance, it's worthwhile A danceshouldn't bo a place for a gangmeeting."

Fitzgibbons said that Multi-124 hasn't had to invite the Guar-dian Angels to the dancesbecau«se they haven't had anyviolence problems However, hebelieves that other dance clubswould be well-advised to invitethe Angels, who are scheduled tobegin patrols in North Hudson onMonday.

. .obokengarBSeissoSmdv be decided tonight

By Thomas Rojas ^

Will Hoboken begincollecting its own garbage, orwill the city continue to employoutside firms for waste collec-tion0

The answer to that questioncould come at tonight's CityCouncil caucus meeting, at 7 atCity Hall

Councilman Robert Ranieri— whose committee on solidwaste disposal has recommendedthat the city collect its own gar-bage — claims that municipalgarbage collection will be I thefinancial savior for the oty,which faces layoffs and cutbacksin services because of increasingcosts and decreses in federal anustate aid

Last Friday, Mayor SteveCappiello notified every cityemployee that they may be laidoff in 45 days, in preparation Torpending cutbacks.

The mayor's preliminary1982 municipal budget, which pro-jects an increase in the city's taxrate of about $25 per $1,000 ass«rsed valuation, is scheduled to bepresented to the council infor-mally at tonights caucus^

•The city won't significantlysave money by laying off a fewpeople." said Ranieri. We needtosavebig money And municipalgarbage collection can save thecity between $600,000 and $860,000* yeRanieri's committee claimsthat the city can collect its owngarbage for between $500,000 and$800,000 a year In contrast, theU Fera Contracting Co.. whichhas collected the city's garbagetor more than 20 years, has of-fered Hoboken a three-year con-

^ for about $14 million per

The three-year La Fera con-

tract has been tabled by thecoun-aHw.ce. while Cappiello and cityBusiness Administrator EdwinChius. have reviewed the solidwaste committees report Butthe 1Ssue may be resolved

T t a u s has stated that he willrecommend that the council ap-prove the three-year La Feracontract, arguing that the citywould not be able to collect itsown garbage as cheaply as thesolid waste committee suggests

•There are all sorts of pit-falls involved in municipal gar-bage collection." he said. ' If **

do decide to go Into the garbagebusiness, we should study theproposal for at least a yearbefore going ahead with it."

But Ranieri insists thatHoboken should begin municipalgarbage collection immediately

'We are offering the city away of avoiding layoffs, salvag-ing the tax rate, and continuingthe same services," he said."Municipal garbage collection isthe key to the city's future. Allthat is needed now is for the ad-ministration to show aggressiveleadership."

calling on Rep Frank Gua.ini otS e ? C.iv to try io revise newfeSSl fel ine* that they dawnmvade their pnv^jJJ °£_fthem to divulge personal income

infOrTIT0YAN ManagementCorp *hKh manage* the three-bu Iding complex for midd£mcome tenants, hastenants that they

i, •

Shipyard sale reportdelights Cappiello A ^By Thomas Rojai

Hoboken Mayor Steve CappiW© Tt « •(rouriSTbT reports that the Todd ShipyardsS 5 " ? f Newark may purchase theBethlehem Steel sh>Pyarii* " S ^ r L , , to.

"I would be encouraged if Todd were tobuy the Bethlehem shipyard, said themavor^'They (Todd Shipyards) have exten-s i o n tracts with the federal Q e r a m n land that could be good ™V°L2J!? «Li

A spokesman for the Bethlehem SteelCorp. headquarters in Bethlehem, Penn.

Recently, rumors have circulated thatthe financially-troubled Bethlehem Steel isconsidering moving out of HobokenHowever, should Todd Shipyards acquire theHoboken shipyard, the facility wouldprobably remain in the city.

"1 can't imagine Todd acquiring thatfacility and then moving out of Hoboken,said Cappiello. "They would probably wantto stay here." .

If Todd Shipyards does purchase theL..I n ^ L I ^ . . « nlant it UMttllri be 8

or more" of Bethlehem's ship-repairfacilities.

The spokesman would not say whichshipyards Todd is considering, but admittedthat the Hoboken plant is one of theshipyards under consideration.

Bethlehem also owns ship-repairfacilities in San Francisco, Ba'timore andBoston.

Todd closed its Hoboken facility when of-ficiais decided that there wasn't enoughtr e p , i r w o r t l in the area to support both theHoboken and New York plants.

Today, Todd owns shipyards in Seattle,San Fiancisco. Los Angeles. Houston,Galveston, New Orleans and New York City.

Three-in-one spot enlivens Hoboken

rw.-^w, ™. H*V. t i M to According to the owners * _ M t e g . t h e concept of a ^ ^ ^ ^By Thomas Rojas

Ordinarily, you have to go toa bookstore to buy a paperback,to a cafe to drink a cup of espres-so, and to an art gallery to view apainting.

But , at the UnicornBookstore, located at 518

LynnlSceTPiet Halberstadt Jersey, Ms .Spencerjay;and Al Weaves - the establish idea has worked in Manhattan asment is the first of its kind in allof New Jersey

"At first, we only planned onk ' lls Ms

well at other areas."Bookstores and cafes seem

to work well together," shenotes. "People can browse

bkopening a bookstore,' recalls Ms. notes "people can orow»rs b W r "But when we realized through the books then have aSpencer. __how much space we had, wedecided on making it a bookstore-cafe. Then, we decided to give ar-tists in the area some exposureby displaying their work on theupstairs floor."

But plans for the bookstore-; cafe-art gallery do not end there.

Ms. Spencer says that theUnicorn will host guitar players,poetry readings, autograph par-ties and other unusual events.

"We're open to anything,"

cup of coffee or a homemadepastry. It's a very comfortableatmosphere."

Ms. Spencer says that theUnicorn has already receivedseveral special requests forbooks from artists and writers inthe area, as well as from StevensInstitute of Technology.

"We're really the fi.st full-service bookstore Hoboken hasever had," she observes. "So weplan to carry many unusual titles

and to fill any special orders peo-ple might have. Also, we'll beworking with the schools in thearea to carry books they mightneed."

Ms. Spencer and her partnershave beea working on theUnicorn ever since they boughtthe property almost two yearsago.

The site had previously beenoccupied by Rudolph's MillineryShop from ihe turn of the centuryuntil around 1945, then by severalclothing stores and a SalvationArmy post.

"Our goal was to keep asmuch of the architecture of theold millinery shop as possible,while creating a place that isopen, airy and cordial," says Ms.Spencer. "We think the Unicornis an example of the new thingsthat are coming to Hoboken."

laying off cops w e giving crookkeys fo the city, soys PBA hood

•y Hamas Rajas•if Hoboken lays off policemen, they might as

well turn over the keys to the city to the arsonists,the muggers and the other criminals.

That's how Thomas Meehan. president of theHoboken Policemen's Benevolent Association.?eacted yesterday to Mayor Steve Cappiello sstatement that the city's police and fire depart-nwnts probably will be hardest hit by anticipated

!*y Last night, Cappiello told members of theUnhoken City Council that 100-pIus" employeesmayface the ax should the council not allow anytax increase for this year ,

The council is scheduled to receive and in-troduce the l « 2 municipal budget at its regularmeeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. A public hearing andfinal vote will be scheduled for April on the

Cappielto already has announced that cityemDtovees „, all departments might have to belaid off in order to bridge a huge anticipatedhudeet deficit this year.

The mayor blamed the increase on cuts in

state and federal monies combined with coa*tracted increases and a loss in ratables.

"The streets aren't safe^now," said Meehan."If policemen are laid off. it will created a verydangerous situation^'

Meehan said mat 40 policemen have retired inthe past three-and-a-half years, but no policemenhave been hired In that period.

"The city has saved about $1 2 million in thelast three years by not hiring any police,' heclaimed. "How can they justify laying men offnow?"

Meehan s comments typified the reaction ofmunicipal employees in Hoboken, who areangered over Cappiello's decision Friday to notifyall city workers that they may be laid off in 45days.

The mayor issued the general layoff notice inorder to give the administration leeway in layingoff city workers when trimming a preliminary1982 municipal budget that projects a $25 increasein the tax rate

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Cappiello did not diactowhow many workers would belaidoff, but did say that the mostlayoffs "probably" would comein the police and fire depart-

m e n"Were willing to tlgMcn ourbelts, but first the adAfctelrationhas to make aa effw* to trimsome fat from the bud**,saidJude Fitrgibbons, prfrtdent ofthe Municipal Employees As-sociation. "The city has too manydirectors and councilmen. Maybethey should start cutttog there

Meehan agreed with Fitzgib-bons that the city should considercutting down the nupwer of direc-tors and councilmea before ap-plying the budget-cutting ax toother municipal employees.

Both union representativessaid they would be willing tomeet with the mayor to try towork out a solution to the city sfinancial problems.

The tenants must supply theinformation to Roger Levy, vicepresident of VAN Management,bv April W. and must repreai theprocess every year Previously,the tenants only had to supplysocial security numbers and * -2forms to VAN Management onceevery two years

According to Levy. HUUclaims that the information »»necessary in order to insure tfc«the salaries of tenants at ChurchTowers do not fall abovefederally mandated limits formiddle income housing

But tenants- at the housingcomplex, who are angry aboutthe new regulations, met Tuesdaynight at Our Ladv of Grace

toguidelines.

W > feel that this is an inva-sion of our privacy, saidHoboken Councilman ThomasKennedy: a Church Towers te-nant. "They have no right to askfor all of that information Allthev should be^ble to ask for isuRir social secifity number andproof of salary**P Kennedy sml that .the newHUD guidelines also give VANManagement the authority ophone a tenants employer toverify if salary- information givenbv the tenant is correct

'-These are CIA-type tac-tics " he added i t shows notrust between management andtenant '

RU*M>, HUD ha* e^taomneamaximum income eligibility re-

which vary according to thenumber of persons in eachhousehold If a households totalincome exceeds the HUD limit,then its rent is increased 20 percent.

This isn't just a matter ofweeding out some over-incometenants," he said i t 's clearly aninvasion of privacy."

Church Towers is located atClinton and Grand Streets,between Fourth and SixthStreets Neither Guarini, whosedistrict includes Hoboken. nor his

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Department has assigned aspecial squad of detectivesto clear up a backlog ofwarrants from othermunicipalities that has builtup over the years.

Police Capt. PatrickDonatacci, chief of thedetective bureau, said thatthree men have been as-signed to the warrantsdetail full-time on a rotatingbasts Their task is to clearup the thousands of arrestwarrants, motor vehiclewarrants and contempt ofcourt warrants that thedepartment has ac*cumulated.

"So far, the men havedone an outstanding Job,' hesaid. "They have processed

more than 200 warrants in atwo-week period."

Donatacci explainedthat the warrants squadisn't always able to ap-prehend the person who iswanted by po l i ce inneighboring municipalities.But if the squad cannotlocate the person — becausehe moved or passed away —the warrant is returned tothe municipality that sentit.

"We received about 25to 30 warrants a day fromall over New Jersey andeven from other states." hesaid. "We've tried toprocess all of them before,but we haven't had the time.There are some warrantshere that date back to1979.

Before the"'specialwarrant s squad wasformed, only one policemanwas assigned to the choreBut as the backlog in-creased, it was decided thata full squad was needed

"Our anti-burglarysquad has done such a goodjob of cutting down thenumber of burglaries thatwe've been able to put twoextra men on warrants,"said Donatacci. "We hopeto keep the squad going aslong as it's necessary."

"Public Safety DirectorJames Giordano praisedDonatacci's "initiative" informing the warrantssquad, adding that the chiefof detectives is "using hismen to the fullest."

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House OKs safeof Hoboken pier$

Conibiit«4 Reports |^f '^ . \ |WASHINGTON-Thf House voted XWM ye»-

terdiy to transfer Hoboken Pi r-s A B and Tfrom the federal government to th* city <rfHoboken

Mavor Steve fappiello of Hobhken said thetransfer would be handled by the General Ser-\ ices Administration for a pric* lower than thefair market value of the real estate The cit\will attempt to develop the properly and put itback on the tax rolls

The transfer must now be approved by theSenate Sen BUI Bradlev. D-N J . has introduceda bill to do so that will be voted on soon

Since 1952 the city the federal governmentand the Port Authority of New York and New-Jersey have operated the pier in a joint arrange-ment, but the port facilities now are obsolete

Cong Frank Guarini who sponsored the billMid Local control of the piers represents thespirit of change the spirit of an area that iswilling to renew itself " He said thousands ofjobs will be crea te ~~~~~~•"••"~~"

HOBOKEN—The city administration is look-ing for concessions from its unions to help getout of what the mayor called the "brink ofbankruptcy ' But no one expected that policy toinclude insults. ( ' r

Irate public works employees say that s whathappened when Mayor Steve Cappiello saidMonday that government employees are lessefficient than private sector workers

He was using it as part of his argument thatthe city shouldn't take over garbage collection,even though a councilman claims it witi save thestrapped city more than half a million dollarsa year.

But the public works employees say thatwasn't what the mayor was saying in July whenHoboken was hit with a garbage strike

According to a letter sent to "All employeesof the city of Hoboken involved in the pick-upof garbage during the garbage strike." in July.Cappiello stated, "The job was done remarkablywell considering the fact the city utilized one-half of the equipment normally used by thecontractor." •«

Public works employees say that meant theywere more efficient

But Cappiello says times have changed "Itwas that kind of spirit that prevailed at thetime," he said "They worked very hard butthat was the exception It was only for two weeksand it was nice warm weather " <-IUy Kaha

Fire safety educationstressed in schools %

In the wake of several tragicfires in Hoboken in recentmonths, the city's Fire Depart

director of the department'scommunity relations bureau, metrecently with George Maier,

rnent plans"to step up efforts to superintendent of schools, toeducate public school students on arrange for the distribution o. the

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Hoboken Mavor Steve Cappiello has put everyritv-employee on notice that he or she may be laidoff within 45 day* In addition, all temporarymunicipal worker*, will be let go immediately

The mayor madr that announcement yester-dav after discussing with city administrators apreliminary 1*2 municipal budget that projectsan increase in the tax rate of about $25."

•'The city has lost revenues, our populationhas dropped and we've lost many ratables." saidCappieHo "We haw to adjust to that."

Cappiello said that he is issuing a blanketlavoff notice to all city empiovces in order to give

the city leeway when decisions are made on theextent of the layoffs. cw.

•State law requires that we give Civil Serviceworkers 4!v<lay notice of layoff," he explained

The general notice gives the city the authority tofluctuate on the number of layoffs But there willbe layoffs The only question is how many

In addition, the mayor announced that all cityworkers are being notified that they may bereduced one rank or one grade in title, as a cost-saving measure

Cappiello stressed that the budget figures dis-cussed with the city's department directorsyesterday were by no means final." adding thatthe administration' will work together with the

City Council to draw up an acceptable budget.

Although the mayor would not release anybudget figures, he said that current estimates callfor an increse of "about $25, in round figures" inthe tax rate. k

"I'm going to present these figures informallyto the council at Monday s caucus, to let themknow where we stand with our present numberswhich are at the cap limn," he said "But we'regoing to work together on the budget We want tobe in full agreement before I formally introducethe budget

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fire safetyHoboken Fire Chief James

Houn announced that a fire safetyprogram called "Learn Not toBurn" will be introduced as partof the health and safety coursesin the schools. The program wasprepared by the National FireProtection Association.

Fireman James Monaco

"Learn Not to Burn" oookletsand other available literature

Among the 2!) fire safety tipsstressed by the course are theneed for an escape plan in thehome in the event of a fire, andthe need for immediatelyreporting the presence of fire orsmoke

" Keeping these fire safetytips in mind could well help tosave lives in the years ahead asthe boys and girls in today'selementary grades grow intochildhood." said Houn. w,

The fire department has con-ducted an aggressive educationprogram among school childrenduring the past year As part ofthe program, school groups visitfire stations to get a first-handlook at the men and equipmentthat respond to fire emergenc ies

C«itimK*l «r«nCappiello added thaf he

would meet with all municipalUnions to "discuss the financialsituation of the city and ask their

rt in carrying out essentialS?vTces, knowing well that the

cant offer them any raises."Hoboken is currently

negotiating 1982 contracts with J u d e Fj t Zgjb b 0 I l S ( president ofthree city unions —Policemen's Benevolent Associa-tion, the Firefighters Associa-t ion , and the MunicipalEmployees Association.

it 's a sad day for the City ofHoboken if workers are going tohave to lose their jobs," said

the Municipal Employees As-sociation "And it's going to bethe little guy that gets hurt '

Hoboken's municipal budgetin 1981 was $19.4 million Taxesrose some $26 per $1,000 assessedvaluation, to $ 1 * per $1,000

Congressdebateson piers^

By DIANE CL'RCIO i ~•Huff Writer j) * 1

HOBOKEN-Three valuable piers would berelinquished from the federal government to thecity under the provisions of a bill debatedyesterday in the House of Representatives

The legislation introduced bv Rep FrankGuanni. D-Hudson seeks to ease the tax burdenhere The piers could net Hoboken an estimated170 million a vear in real estate taxes alone Batthe city cannot tap the monies because afederally-owned facility is tax-exempt

No serious opposition was heard against thebills according to a statement issued by Guanniyesterday A vote on the bill is scheduled foftomorrow

The City of Hoboken signed a lease with theI'.S Maritime Administration in 1952 to allowthe Port Authority to use Piers A B and C Thebills transfer the ownership for a price slightlyless than market value

Guarim said his bill has the support of thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey,the New Jersev Department of EnvironmentalProtection and the Reagan administration

Transfer of the piers is paramount to a $250to $500 million waterfront development plan Ahighrise romplex — including a hotel officebuilding manna, exposition hsll. condominiumsand a shopping area — is being considered onthe site of the piers

The piers have been dormant for severalyears mainlv because of the emergence of thecontainer ship industry which thrives in PortNewark and Port Elizabeth The piers haveexperienced a gradual decline from the pre-

1 employment level of more than 3.000irtual abandonment today

is passed in the Haus£v|tft BillFwcpected to introduce si l |«j |pplsla-

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Hoboken may cut council numbersBy Thomas Roias j

A reduction in the number of city councilmembers and department directors is expected tobe recommended as a way of reducing the 1982Hoboken municipal budget, which will be in-troduced at tonight's 7 p m. council meeting atCity Hall

Mayor Steve Cappiello says that he would con-sider reducing the number of directors and coun-

ts expected tothree-year $4-La Pera con-

cilmen on the city's payroll in order to trim thebudget.

Things have gotten to the point where wehave to consider any method of reducing thebudget," the mayor said.

Cappiello is expected to present the councilwith a budget that projects an increase of about$25 per $1,000 assessed valuation in the tax rate.The mayor has said he wants to work with thecouncil to cut the budget by "at least $1 million,"adding that he would like to hold any increase in

the tax rate to no more than $10In other business, the council

consider a resolution awarding amillion garbage contract, to thetrading Co

After the council recerws and introduces thebudget, it will schedule a meeting in April for apublic hearing and fmaJ vote on the budget

In order to reduce the number of city councilmembers — which is currently nine — Hobokenwould have to change its form of government bymodifying the state Faulkner Act Councilmembers currently earn $9.2lM)-a-year with a $500-a-year stipend for expenses.

The mayor made his comment in response tosuggestions by several municipal employees thatdirectors and concilmen be included in any at-tempt to bridge the huge budget gap anticipated bythe city

Cappiello has already announced that as manyas "100-plus" city workers may face the ax whenthe city attempts to trim a 1962 budget.

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C0uncilman RoberHRanierisaid that he would support any at-tempt to reduce the number ofcouncilmen and directors.

"All you need to run a citythis size is a mayor, a councilwith about five members, a city<*'erk a n d a business ad-ministrator." he said "I wouldsupport reducing the number ofdirectors and modifying the

Act to reduce thecouncilman."

hire a private consulting firm todo a three-month study of thefeasbility of municipal garbagecollect ioa for Hoboken.

The contract has alreadybeen tabled twice and Ranieri hasconsistently attempted to per-suade his colleagues to reject thebid and begin the municipalcollection of garbage.

It is believed that Ranieri hasthe support of only two of theeight other councilmen — E.Norman Wilson and NunzioMalfetti — in his bid for

municipal garbage service, butyesterday Mayor Cappiello saidhe would support municipal gar-bage collection if the councilvoted in fav^r of it.

"Personally, I don't like theidea of the/city going into the gar-bage business, but 1 would goalong with the decision of thecouncil," he said "However, Iwould prefer that they award theone-year contract to La Fera andhire a private firm to study theplan." , s

By ROY KAHNStaff Writer

HOBOKEN-The majority of the City-Council is expected to side with MayorSteve Cappiello and his proposed per-sonnel cuts at tomorrow night's crucialbudget session at City Hall

Cappiell*. for the past few days, hasbeen predicting that cutting the citypayroll is the only way to trim an

| estimated $1 7 million from the proposed1882 budget

Saff efforts have already trimmed$700,000 from the budget to bring it underthe b percent limit set by the state onmunicipal budget increases. Cappiellosaid But he continued, the city is lookingat a $26 increase in the tax rate and hewould like to see that figure reduced toless than $10

Cappiello indicated that "some coun-cilmen were looking for no increase inthe tax rate this year

But the mayor's way is not the onlyone according to a persistent critic onthe council

Councilman Robert Ranieri has beenpushing for a city takeover of garbageElection and is predicting that the

Mayor i§ predicted a$ victor in the battleof the budget in Hoboken

move will save the city between $400 000and $1 1 million per year

The public works committee of thecouncil is just finishing its review of athree-year $4.2 million garbage contractwith LaFera Contracting Co.. whichwould close off that option

Ranieri said his plan would save asmany as 75 jobs, but conceded that itprobably doesn't have the backing of thecouncil majority

It has. however, attracted the interestof Councilmen E Norman Wilson andNunzio Malfetti. two other councilmennot aligned with the majority

Wilson said yesterday that Ranieri sproposal •looked good on paper andfor the long range is certainly worthlooking into "

He said it did not make sense for thecouncil to rush into a deal with LaFera.particularly if the possibility of signfi-

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Cappiello rejects'82 school budget •••-4k

By ROY RAHN§uff Writer

HOBOKEN—The board of education movedcloser to laying off teachers yesterday when itsproposed $21 7 million budget was rejected bythe board of school estimate

The school board was dealt the defeat byMayor Steve Cappiello and City Council mem-bers Salvatore Omelli and Helen Macri. who area majority of the five-member board In aprepared letter circulated after the vote thethree charged the school board had shown a'total disregard in holding the tax line for 1982in this city "

The letter called on the board to reduce itsbudget by more than $980,000 so school taxeswould not be increased this year

The school board was seeking increases thatwould have increased the tax rate bv about $6

per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The current rateis $138 per $1,000.

Dr George Maier. superintendent of schools,said part of the increase was supposed to cover$197,000 in state and federal aid for remedialprograms, which was eliminated in Gov ThomasH Kean's proposed state budget There are 76remedial teachers in the system who servebetween 2.200 and 3.000 students

The 12-point cost savings plan suggested bvthe council members includes

• renegotiating current labor contracts• increasing class sizes by two or three

students• closing the Lienkauf School• abandoning plans to renovate the Rue

School

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By Thomas Rojat•

"Hoboken is on the brink ofbankruptcy and we must setlimits on how much of a schoobudget we can tolerate."

With those words, MayorSteve Cappiello, acting aschairman of the Hoboken Boardof School Estimate, yesterday re-jected a proposed 921.7 millionbudget for the 1962-83 shool year.

By a vote of 3-to-2, the schoolestimate board resolved to returnthe proposed budget — whichcalls for about $5.7 million to beraised by local taxation — to theboard of education with therecommendation that the amountto be raised by local taxes bereduced to $4,822,111

The board of education no<has 20 days in which to revise thibudget and re-submit it to th<board of school estimate foireconsideration.

Besides Cappiello, the otherlmembers of the school estimauboard who voted against thelbudget were Sal e also on theboard of education, voted in favor|of the budget.

In a written statement to thelschool board, Cappiello, Macriand Cemelli charged that theboard is "unaware of the in-

crease in property tax in 1981 inthe City of Hoboken." The state-ment continues, "the budget youhave submitted shows a total dis-regard in hopMing the tax line for1982 in this city.

The statement recommendsthat the school board make cutsin the following areas:Elimination oral! non-mandated

program increases.Reduction in the local share of

programs in cases where Cheprograms could be run by usingthe state's share alone.Closing of one school building —

the Leinkauf School is suggested— in addition to keeping the RueSchool closed for the 1982-83 year.Utilization of supervisors as

teaching personnel for at least

two classes per day.Increasing the average class

size by two or three students.Reduction of fuel heating cost

since prices have been reducedby suppliers.Renegotiation of labor agree-

ments.Cappiello said that he was

recommending the cute "withdeep regret" because the city is"on the brink of bankruptcy" andfaces asn increase in its tax rateof about $25 per $1,000 assessedvaluation, because of increasedcosts and a loss of ratable*.

In suggesting that the schoolboard reduce the amount of thebudget to be raised by local taxesto 14.8 million, the school es-timate board Is essentially call-

ing on the school board to maintain last year's budget, whichwas $23.7 million, of which$4,891,183 was raised by locataxes.

The board of education ha;the right to appeal to the stat<>Commissioner of Education if iconsiders cuts demanded by th<school estimate board too severe

However, board presidentWendelken said yesterday thatthe board has no plans to appealat this time. The board hasscheduled a special meeting forMonday at 7 p.m. in the administration building to discussthe recommended cuts in theschool budget.

School budget races heavy oppositionJL .. , Wf ROY IAMN y* i ^ / " slashed sUte and federtl education Cappiello said, he could not reconcile a $t Ux

" * Staff WrlM* i\Vf If the increase is shot down, School Superintendent increase in the school budget, and seemed cmfideni! , By ROY IAMN

Staff Writer T\\

HOBOKEN-A proposed 1700,000 tncrease1 in the cityI school budget is expected to face heavy opposition thisI morning when It is presented to the board of school| estimate for review

"I'm not optimistic," board of education PresidentI and board of school estimate member Robert Weadelken•aid, discussing the financial difficulty the city Is facing

I with its own budget

"The dry seems to be strapped," be said, "and the|board of school estimate hat only two people from the

(of education) The rest is the City Council, and|they will probably dictate which way the budget goes

The proposed increase, which would raise the schoolax rate about $4 per 11,000 of assessed valuation, includesay raise* for the school system's 775 employees as well

an eifort by the school board to recoup $197,000 in

slashed state and federal educationIf the increase is shot down, School Superintendent

Dr George Mfrier said la* schools will be forced to cutstaffing In renhedUl math and reading programs. Thereare about 76 compensatory education teachers in thesystem, serving between 2,300 and 3,000 students, be saidRegular classroom instruction would not be affected.

He added that it was fairly uncommon for the boardof school estimate to reject a school budget, noting toelast time it happened was about five years ago.

But Mayor Steve Cappiello, who for the past few dayshas been predicting municipal employee cuts to avoid aUS increase on the city tai rate, said 1700.000 for theschools was too much money.

"I know we are going to lay off people," he said "Itwouldn't be right to just lay off people on the city payrollThe (schools) will just have to double up, like we aregoing to have to do "

In the face of the municipal budget-cutting efforts.

Cappiello said, he could not reconcile a $6 Ux rateincrease in the school budget, and seemed confident thebudget would be returned to the board for additional nita.

The school budget was expected to be brought up ata council caucus meeting set for last night Sources saidthe majority of the council was expected to side witkthe mayor.

Maier was hopeful his proposed budget would beaccepted. He Mid the council has historically beenconservative when dealing with the school budget, andhas rejected budget increases which had been approvedby the state. .

But he added, "I don't have any indications that thatwill happen And appeals Hfvt been made '

In addition to Uw budget, the board of education Useeking council approval for a 19 million bond issue, ofwhich IS million would be earmarked for building repairsThe remaining IS million ia[ for refinancing old debts,he said.

School budget„vote set tonight

By ROY K.AHNStaff Writer

HOBOKEN—The fat* of the city'sHI .7 million school budget is ex-pected to be decided tonight as theboard of education race* to meettonight 's deadline for filing budgetswith the county school super-intendent

Progress" on the budget has beenslow since last week's rejection ofthe budget bv the board of schoolestimate, which ordered more than1500000 in cuts

At a closed session Mondav*<Hhool board members indicatedthat they could not agree on eitherhow much to cut the budget orwhere

Sources speculated the hardest hitareas would be remedial math andremedial reading programs wherestate and federal cuts have alreadyleft gaping holes However, oneboard member said the programs.

.wait* affect mort than 2.230 stu-

be preservedcost-cutting efforts

dents, mayOther cost-cutting efforts being

considered include eliminating allcapital Improvements, renegotiat-ing contract*. Increasing class sizesand reducing teaching staff throughattrition

Board member!; said budget de-tails would be worked out in a onehour closed pesslon before tonight's7pm meeting at the board offices

Mayor Steve Cappiello who sitson the board of school estimate hassaid the board of education will nothe permitted any increase In itssharp of the ta» rate this vear Hesaid the proponed increase wouldtack Si on the Ux rate

The City Council, working' on thrcity budget. i« projecting a $26increase per $1,060 of assessed valu-ation to fund its 136 million budgetCappiello hat told the council i0reduce thf tax rate increase to f ioThe council will discuss its budgetat a mflletirw en Monday.

Tenant incomecheck backed53'7*

•Lets Make Hoboken GreatlAgain," a local politicalorganization, supports newfederal guidelines requiring te-nants of Hoboken's ChurchTowers—as well as otherfederally-subsidized housing

[projects—to supply personal in-Icome information annually

Michael P DeLanxo. aIspokesman for the organizationland former Hoboken mayoralIcandidate, applauds the new[guidelines from the U.S. Depart-lment of Housing and UrbanI Development, which require that(tenants of federally-subsidizedhousing supply W-2 forms.

I bankbooks and verification of alllother income to the building's

lanagers every year.

Tenants at Church Foyers, a |middle-income housing project,]have called the new guidelines an 'invasion of their privacy One te-nant, Hoboken CouncilmanThomas Kennedy, called theregulations "CIA-type tactics."

But DeLanzo, who is ex-pected to run for mayor again in1983, is calling for a federal in-vestigation of all subsidized hous-ing, especially senior citiiensprojects

"We take issue with Councilman Kennedy and the other tenants of Church Towers, whoclaim that these new guidelinesinvade their privacy via CIA-typetactics," he said "There must besome guidelines for these quasi -welfare apartments."

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• using supervisors as teaching personnel forat least two classes per day

• removing all summer salary "perks" fromthe budget . ' ,

Cappiello said the estimate board had nochoice but to reject the budget, particularly asthe city government is now grappling with itsown budget If no cuts are made in the citybudget it will require an increase of $36 per11.000 of assessed valuation The mayor hasvowed to keep the increase below $10 by reducingexpenses by at least $17 million

Bat while the mayor and council memberswere prepared to assault the school and munici-pal budget with a cleaver, thev have not beenas anxious to turn it on themselves

So far. Cappiello has been talking aboutcutting back the city payroll along civil serviceseniority guidelines His own appointments donot fall under civil service

After yesterday's meeting, the mayor said hehad talked about (administration) cuts." andthat they "would be considered." j * a

As to cutting his own IE.000 salary or thesalaries of members of the City Council, whichrange from ft.000 to $10,000, Cappiello said it wasa possibility

I don't know if I would volunteer it.' saidMacri But if everyone is going to cost save,why not'

Macri also observed that while she would liketo keep the city budget at a zero-growth level

In mv wildest imagination it would be vervdifficult

The budget will be released at a hearing atCit y Hall tonight but the figures released to dateindicate that more than $2 4 million would haveto be cut to hold the line

Nonetheless Macri said the council is dotermined to have the school board hold Uw lineon its budget

In justifying the hard line on the budpetCappiello said the city's financial condition was

on the brink of bankruptcy " He blamed laxappeals including that of the Bethlehem Siwlshipyard which could knock up to $4 million offthe tax mils for eroding the tax base

He said new development in the city particu-larly housing rehabilitation efforts, was insignificant compared to the overall picture

cant cost savings existsCappiello whose administration has

cast a jaundiced eye on the plan saidyesterday that he is "willing to listen ioanyone' but the project has a lot ofpros and cons."

He claimed his main concern is thatby assuming responsibility tor garbagfcollection, there would be too mamemployees on the government payrolli and they > are less efficient than pm atesector employees

i t is common knowledge that gar-bage should not be a government-runoperation." the mayor said

Ranieri in an interview last week.admitted that the plan has its pitfallsA central one he said, is that politicsmight become involved in the operationBut the issue of the potential savingswas an overriding one the officialadded

Ranieri,charges*^programstoo costly

Hoboken Councilman RobertRanieri says that the financially-struggling city can no longer af-ford the costs of programs run bythe North Hudson Council ofMayors.

In addition, Ranieri opposesthe recent appointment ofHudson County Freeholder JohnSpinello of Jersey City to the$15,000-a-year post of intra-governmental "liaison officer"with the Council of Mayors.

However, Hoboken MayorSteve Cappiello defends theSpinello appointment, as well asHoboken's involvement with theMayors Council.

Ranieri said that Hoboken is"overburdened" with the ex-

penses of the Mayors Council, ata time when Cappiello is con-sidering laying off as many as 100city workers in order to trim the1U82 municipal budget and avoid aprojected $28 increase in the taxrate.

"Hoboken must pay $5,000 indues and $18,000 in program ex-penses to the Mayors Councilevery year," he said. "Thosefunds come out of the generaltreasury, and we simply can't af-ford it "

Regarding the Spinello ap-pointment, Ranker! charged thatthe job is unnecessary andsuggested that Cappiello. who ischairman of the freeholders, mayhave created the post as a favorto Spinello.

"My question is: why createthe position at all, and why givethe job to a freeholder fromJersey City?" asked Ranieri.

But Cappiello denied that thepost was created as a favor toSpinello, adding. "1 think the jobis necessary and I support the ap-pointment."

As for Hoboken's annual pay-ment to the Mayors Council. Cap-piello said that the programs runby the council are important tothe waterfront city.

"The programs that the coun-cil operates—such as the Mealson Wheels program, the Com-munity Action program and thefood program—bring manybenefit! to Hoboken. he said

Follow HUD rules, tenants toldBy Thomas Rojas

Tenants at the federallysubsidized Cnurch Towers apart-ment complex m Hoboken mustfollow federal guidelines requir-ing them to divulge personal in-come information or face rent in-creases, according to an aide toRep. Frank Guanni of JerseyCiw

Guarini aide Conrad Vuocolosaid that residents of the t n r**'building complex for middle-income tenants have little choicebut to comply w i > b.

guidelines from the US. Dpeart-ment of Housing and UrbanDevelopment which require themto certify their income annuallyby providing W-2 income taxforms, bankbooks and verifica-tion of all other assets

The tenants had objected tothe guidelines — particularly theprovision requiring them to supp-ly bankbooks — as an invasion oftheir \ privacy, and had askedGuarilfti, whose district includes

to try to revise the

regulationsBut Vuocolo said that the new

HUD regulations — which applyto all federally-subsidized hous-ing — are part of the Reagan Ad-ministration's policy of "crack-ing down" on income eligibilityrequirements for programs suchas social security, medicaid.scltool lunches, and housing

Currently, rents at Church ITowers range between $209 for an

apartment and $440 for |a tntee-bedroom apartment

C,ity may lay jftff ^ Hoboken garbage willcops, firefighters stay a private affai

By ROY KAHN<** !»t«ff Wr i te r

HOBOKEN-Poliee and firefighters are expected to be hithardest as the mayor and City Coun-cil contemplate la voffs to trim morethan $1 7 million from the proposedcity budget

Mayor Steve Cappiello said yes-terday that in a technical move 'all municipal employees, whonumber more than 400, will be given45-day layoff notices With the gen-eral notification, the administrationwill have free rein to eliminatepeople from the payroll as of May15

Cappiello said the layoffs will bebased on seniority listings providedthe city by civil service, but pre-dicted thai the hardest-hit depart-ments will "more than likely bepolice and fire "

The mayor said he would not

change his position even though heanticipates claims from those de-partments that the layoffs will leavethe city defenseless

When we are faced with thesekinds of money problems, we haveto stand fast he said But headded. It could be open to nego-tiation "

Union officials representing theuniformed forces could not bereached for comment

Besides cutting staff Cappiellosaid. Everyone in the city (govern-ment ) may be asked to take a stepback in terms of (civil service) titleand rank The move would reduceexpenses and "allow us to keepmore people on the payroll," hesaid

Cappiello said he already hastrimmed $700,000 from the budget tobring it under the state-mandated 5percent limit on annual budget in-creases

But with the fir* cut. the city stillfaces a $25 increase in its alreadyhigh tax rate. a rate that jumped t%last year to $138 per $1000 ofassessed valuation The mayor saidhe is striving to keep the increaseunder $10 this year

Cappeitto said he and the councilwill make the final budgetstatement jointly to avoid a competition between the two branchesof government

But at least one councilman. Robert A Ranieri said the layoffs maynot be necessary

Ranieri has been pushing for thecity to stop contracting out forgarbage collection and start doingit itself He says the move wouldsave the city $500,000 to $800,000 peryear

Ranieri admitted that somelayoffs may be needed, but said hisplan, which has received alukewarm reception from the restof the council, would save 75 jobs

Councilmen favoithinning ranks »V

Garbage co l l ec t ion inHoboken will apparently remainin the hands of private contrac-tors for the time being, though acompromise has been presentedto slowly turn the service over tomunicipal employees

At its caucus last night, thecity council considered a planthat would hire the present con-tractor. La Fera Contracting Co..for only one year by which timethe city would take over the ser-vice, fhe plan was submitted byCouncilman Robert Ranieri, whosat on the council's solid wastedisposal committee, withAnthony Romano and HelenMacri.

Meanwhile, a local civicgroup is calling for a publicforum to discuss the different is-sues in for municipal garbagecollection The group, theHoboken Civic Leaue, also askedthat the council postpone theawarding of a three-year $4million contract to La Fera.

Romano and Macri, recom-mended that the council acceptthe LeFera bid and continue theprivate firm collection.

However, Ranieri presentedfigures that he said showed thecity could save between $500,000and $800,000 a year by city collec-tion.

However, both Romano andMrs Macri said they fearedRanieri's figures may not haveshowed the true costs. Romanosaid he didn't believe that the citycould begin collection im-mediately.

Both pointed out that Kearnyand North Bergen have onlyrecently passed ordinances turn-ing garbage collection over toprivate contractors. "NorthBergen and Kearny have gone Outof the garbage business," Mrs.Macri said, "and I don't think weshould now be going into it."

Ranieri said the city had theequipment and the facilities tobegin co l lec t ing garbagetomorrow. He said that even at

its most spendthrift the citywould spend $825,000 — far belowLa Fera's offer of $1.2 million forthe first year.

However, most of the councilmembers appeared to favor con-tinuing the private contractorsystem Recognizing this.Ranieri offered a compromiseplan that would hire La Fera forthe next year (the company isnow working on a per diem basisfollowing their contract expira-tion in February)

During this year, Ranierisaid a private firm could be hiredto make study if u recom-mended the municipal collection,Ranieri said the city would thenhave another tine months to im-plement it

Concerning the public forum,William CaulfiPld, the group'spresident, said the forum wasneeded to invite public input intothe decision. "This isn't apolitical question, it's a questionof what is best for Hoboken."

HOPES program is given grantContinued from Page 1

Cramer announced his sup-port for the commission govern-ment just after last nightsm e e t i n g was adjournedCramer's announcement wasfollowed by statements of sup-port from the other three coun-cilmen. The other five coun-cilmen did not make their opi-nions known.

Cramer said his endorsementwas in response to Cappiello'sstatements in which the mayorsaid he was considering reducingthe number of councilmen as wellas department directors now onthe municipal payroll. ,

h i ther t a p p i e l l o ' s orCramer's suggestion would haveto be done through a change in thecity's charter under the stateFaulkner Act. Each could only bedone through a public referen-

iim.

The budget as introduced lastnight would call for an increaseof about $28 in municipalproperty taxes. This would meantaxpayers would have to payabout $166 per $1,000 assessedvalue.

To cut down on this increase,Cappiello has said that as manyas 100 municipal employees mayhave to be cut from the payroll.

Concerning the collectioncontract, the council's vote cameafter city Business AdministratorEdward Chius suggested it as acompromise solution. The coun-cil, particularly Kennedy andRobert Ranieri, had been arguingfor over an hour before Chiusspoke.

The city has already receiveda low bid from its present privateco l l ec t ion f irm, La FeraContracting Co., that for a con-tract that would total about $4million for the next three years.

The Hoboken HOPESorganization's In-School YouthProgram will continue.

E. Norman Wilson, executivedirector of HOPES (HobokenOrganization Against Povertyand Economic Stress) , an-nounced that he has received a$35,000 Youth in Community Ser-vice Grant from the state Depart-ment of Community Affairs to

[continue the youth programThe grant will be used to

employ 42 teenagers — at theminimum rate of $3 35 an hour —for 15 hours a week after school.The youths will be assigned tovarious worksites throughout thecity

"With all the ciplace throughout the country, I'm,extremely pleased that the past'performance of HOPES meritedthe renewal of the In-School-,*Youth Program." said Wilson.

Cappiello group to meetMembers of the Steve Cap-

piello Association of Hobokenwill hold their regular moatiilymeeting on April 6 at the

clubrooms, 612 Jefferson St.,President Charles Beth has an-nounced. Mayor Cappiello is thegroup's standard bearer.

'Let public decide' on rule issue

oDOKennets suspectin holdups^/

Hoboken police took to the streets of•w YORK City Monday to arrest a man

I Suspected of two armed robberies at grocerystores last month.

Police said that Harry Calendana, 21.was arrested on 112th gstreet in Harlem and

|charged with two counts of armed robbery,for the rubbenes of grocery stores at 1001Willow AXVE. AND »*?Vi First St. on Feb12 and 14 About $650 was taken in the tworobberies. '

in addit on, the suspect was charged withaggravated assualt, assault on a police of-ficer, criminal trespass, s oplifting, failureto appear in court, and possession of a con-trolled, dangerous substance (marijuana),police said

According to Pol ce Capt. PatrickDonatacci, three detecives — Sgt. Martin

i Kitey and Detectives Ernest Mack and FredFerrante — went into New York with anarrest warrant and were assisted in theirsearch by New York police Donatacci saidthat the suspect was processed yesterdayand will be transferred to Hudson CountyPenitentiary

In another case, Hoboken police havearrested a New York man suspected ofengineennr a stolen check operation in NewYork and New Jersey.

Donatacci said that a man who gave hisname as Michael Fazio, 39, of New YorkCity, was arrested in Hoboken last weekafter a bank teller alerted police that thesuspect was trying to cash a stolen check.

According to Donatacci, the man issuspected of stealing checks from the mail,depositing them in banks in New York andNew Jersey, and then withdrawing themoney.

The suspect is wanted by federal postalauthorities on "both sides of the Hudson" formore than 17 charges of robbery, fraud andinterfering with the U.S. mail, according topolice

the suspect was turned over to New Yorkpolice after the arrest.

"They have been looking for that guy along time," said Donaacci.

By Thomas Rojas

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cap-piello says that he would supporta public referendum changing thecity's form of government fromits current mayor-council systemto a five-member commission.

"I will go along withwhatever the public wants to do,"said the mayor. "Put the issuebefore the public and if they votefor a change in the form ofgovernment, I'll support it "

At Wednesday's City Councilmeeting, four councilmen—Thomas Kennedy, AnthonyRomano, Nunzio Malfetti andCouncil President WalterCramer—said that they would

support changing the city's form1

of government in order to cut theproposed $20.3 million municipalbudget for 1982.

The budget, which projects a$28 increase in the city's tax rate,was introduced at the councilmeeting.

Cappiello has said that hewould like to cut at least $1million from the budget, primari-ly by laying off city employees,placing a hiring freeze in alldepartments, and eliminatingovertime.

The mayor has also said thathe is considering reducing thenumber of d irec tors andmembers of the council.

are currently nine members inthe council.

According to JohnRasimowicz of the state Depart-ment of Community Affairs, theonly way for Hoboken to changeits form of government would beto hold a public referendum call-ing for the formation of a CharterStudy Commission, which woulddecide whether to recommend achange in the city's charter.

Under the state Faulkner

Act, Die governing body ofmunicipality can place the issue |of forming a charter study com-mission directly on the votingballot. The matter can also bebrought to a vote by circulating • Ipetition which would have to Isigned by 20 percent of theregistered voters in Hoboken.

Hoboken was governed by afive-member commission until1953, when the city changed to Itspresent mayor-council form.

Councilmen favor thinning their ranks)\%\i>

By James Kopchains

Four members of the Hoboken City Council,including Council President Walter Cramer, sup-port changing the city's form of governing boardfrom its present nine-member body to a five-member commission. . * :-

Cramer and Councilmen Anthony Romano,Nunzio Malfetti. and Thomas Kennedy announcedtheir support last night in response to reports thatMayor Steve Cappiello was considering ways of

reducing the number of council members in orderto trim the municipal budget.

In other business, the council voted to re-bid acontract for private garbage collection, this timewith specifications calling for two days per weekcollections rather than its present three days perweek.

The council also received this year's $20million budget and set a public hearing on its adop-tion for April 14 at 7 p.m.

See COUNCII.MEN - Page 27. .; :

Hoboken may cut work week to save fands «nBy Thomas Rojas cut about $1 5 million from the budget wlfhout l a y ^

(ARCH 29,1982

"%W^M^KB^ Has'

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cappiello is consideringhaving city employees work four days a week for10 weeks during the summer in order to cut costs.

Thai proposal was one of several budget-cutting measures suggested during a closedmeeting Monday night involving Cappiello,Business Administrator Edwin Chius and the CityCouncil.

The work session was held to discuss methods oftrimming the proposed 1982 municipal budget,which projects an increase in the tax rate of $21per $1,000 assessed valuation.

According to the proposed plan, all citydepartments — except police, fire and sewageplant operators — would be closed on Wednesdaysfor a 10-week period from June until August.

Chius said that the plan could save the city asmuch as $120,000, and added, "most merchants inthe city close their stores on Wednesdays duringthe summer anyway."

On a related matter, Cappiello disagreed witha plan offered by Councilman Robert Ranieri to

at wlfhouting off any municipal employees. '

"There is no way to cut the budget withoutlayoffs," said the mayor. "I wish there was a way,but there isn't."

Cappiello explained that Ranieri's proposal toask Stevens Institute of Technology and the Hous-ing Authority for about $200,000 in additional pay-ments to the city in lieu of taxes was unfeasible.

"Both Stevens and the Housing Authority havetold me that they can't pay the additional money,"he said.

The mayor also disagreed with Ranieri'sclaim that the proposed development of the 15thStreet area would bring the city about 1150,000 intaxes, arguing that the city would not collect taxesuntil development is completed.

Sec HOBOKEN - Page IS.

CwHimud from Page 1Cappiel lo agreed with

Ranieri's proposal to reduce cityemployees one rank or one gradein title, but added that employeessuch as the city comptroller andpolice and firemen could not bereduced in rank.

Also at Monday's meeting,the mayor showed the council aletter from Gov. Thomas Kean,dated March 26, which cautions

Cappiello to anticipate receivingonly 75 percent of the estimatedincrease in gross receipts andfranchise tax revenues that willbe collected in 1982.

"That letter means that wewon't be receiving about $56,000from the state that we have beenanticipating," explained Cap-piello "So that's more moneythat we're going to have to makeup in budget cuts "

t House OKs transferof piers to Hoboken

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Hoboken Mayor Steve CoppieHo, second from right, placet hissignature on the contract settlno the city's First Street ImprovementProflrom in motion. Witnessing me event are Kenneth w. Nickel, left,0 Trust Company of New Jersey vice president, Conrad J. Rehlll Sr.,second 'rom left, o bonk senior vice president, and architect John P.Clorke.

First Street plan Boosted* • * % >

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cap-piello yesterday signed a contractwith the Trenton architecturalfirm of Clarke and Travisano forthe planning and implementationof the First Street ImprovementProgram

Underthe program — spon-sored by the city's CommunityDevelopment Agency, the TrustCompany of New Jersey and an$85,000 grant U.S. UrbanDevelopment Action grant —businesses and residents of the

First Street area will be en-couraged to improve theirneighborhood through low-interest improvement loans.

In addition, the CDA hascommitted about $200,000 torepair and improve sidewalksand curb*

^3NHoboken Mayor SteVe Cappiello said he is very

pleased with the passage of a bill, sponsored byRep. Frank Guarini to transfer control of Piers A.B, and C from the federal government back to thecity

Guarini said of the legislation, passed yester-day by the House of Representatives, "this is agreat day for Hoboken and will signal the return ofall Hudson County's waterfront facilities to theirprevious greatness."

The congressman attributed the victory1 to theperseverance of the iadn duals and organizationsinvolved including Hoboken Mayor Steve Cap-piello

Used heavily during World War I for troopmovement and again during World War II. thepiers have been phased out for shipping purposesas a result of the new containerization system be-ing used in maritime shiprr>*n at facilities such asPort Newark and the Glc-Ml Terminal in JerseyCity. 5

See HOUSE - Paae IS.

Hoboken is one step closer to loklna ever Her* A, B ond C from thefederal aevernment as the result tf 0 vote »v me House of Repress*tatlves yesterday. The facilities have bean dormant for veors.

House OKs piers for Hobokenfrom Pact I

"Hoboken has be>'n at-tempting to regain control of thepiers for 65 years." he siid. "Ican't praise CongressmanGuarini enough for his efforts inthis endeavor ."

Cappiello said he will workclosely with the Port Authority inworking out a redevelopmentplan for the piers, adding that heis hoping to see redevelopmentwork begin "within a couple ofyears "

"The piers are perhaps the

one area which Hoboken cancount on in the years ahead torelieve us of our financialtroubles." added the mayor

Several studies on theredevelopment of the piers havebeen done by the Port Authorityand other organizations Poten-tial uses for me property includea marina, an exposition hall.shopping area*, htgerise condominiums, artistic facilitiesand office space

The transfer of the piers toHoboken's control will next beconsidered by die Senate

THE SEW YORK TTMB8, TVB8DAY. MARCH V, It*

QuichingHoboken

To the Old Residents,It May Be Too Late

Bf WILLIAM E.GEIST

HOBOKEN N.J., March 22 - latsJs town of steel-toed work shoes,shot-and-a-beer taverns and an oc-casional beehive hairdo, the inva-sion of the quiche-eaters continues

Lured by rows of relatively inex-

Caive brownstones convenient to_nhattan, young professionalsand artists have been moving indroves to the left bank of the HudsonRiver. And Hoboken, which somelocal resvtaou look upon with prideas perhaps the least fashionable cityin the country — if not all of NewJersey — is becoming positivelytrendy.

The new residents can be seen onthe streets wearing designer jeansand driving foreign cars. Plantshang from macrame in condo-minium windows. Haagen-Dazs icecream and Tax Shelter Digest aresold at the Hoboken Daily News•nra. Those who liked "the oldHoboken" say it may already be toolate. The first croissants have been

Now an art gallery has opened ina vesture one local

tantamount toopening a live-bait shop in the Mo-lave Desert. "Hoboken people don'tbuy art," Al Pierre, of the PierreBrothers butcher ehop.st »tly.

Debra Hull, coowner of the Hobo-ken Art gallery, which opened inDecember, admits that "the localpeople think we're crazy." But herpartner, Barbara Smith, says peo-ple in New York don't laugh in herlace as much as baton — as If notknowing that Hoboken is in is to beout of it.

Hoboken's only bookstore, Uni-corn, opened last month where tieSalvation Army clothing store usedto be. Having never seen a bookstore

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how they can Jam. "We had a book-store once," said BUI Phelpt, a life-long resident. "It went out of bust-ness and the new on* will, too. YouCM l H U "*Hffl in H0O0UO. rQQfjMdoatread."

Tin bookstore, with such ""gj*-sktss as 00, Gourmet, InterfaceAfs and Aroorum In the front win-dow, would be perplexing enough.

* * * hi also a cafe that

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beer and antes." Here, In the mtd-MOrs, AartT. VanPutten buUt thefirst bisaaij in the New World. Andths town may stiU hold ths distinc-tion of having ths most bars percapita in ths United States, althoughthe number is down from the lSws,whan there ware as many as 17 on a

ways. Rents and tans are way up soUgh a tot of people caat afford toUve here anymore," said Mr. Pier-ro,f

Met RsJbsrstadt, aths Unicorn, said that

bottadthereto

ofof the

the first

i is frequently the butt ofjokes for being hopelessly declasseand okt-fashkaod, to which onelongtime resident retorts: "Whowants to keep up with these tunes?"Though Hoboken to fust 10 minutesfrom Manhattan by train, bus orcar, everything in the dry, from thsarchitecture to the price of a beer,

moving to Jersey City now, unableto afford Hoboken.

At the Cafe Etysian, where work-ers from the Maxwell House plantcan bring in their sack lunches andwash them down with SB-cent beers,

of the clientele wonder how

i loaf and other foods of fash-the bookstore-cafe

an art gallery, Hoboken'sIts four months

Viola Gtmdarsan, « years old,sand for several minutes at thefroatdoor of the Unlearn, peering in-side and trying to imw to grips withsomethmgthatitoasrasTttthadJi

lanythintlike that before," said Mrs. Gunder-MD, with a shake of her head

"People laugh," said Lynn Span-oar, one of the owners of ths book-store-cafe gallery, "whan you sayyou're opening a place like this inHoboken. Ho^Hotaaen and all ofthat." Bat aa employee, Kevin McOqekey, said: "This bookstore hasa it serves

perhaps protected by Its own image.Now, however. It is *»r«—»»» a

city of contrasts, where a woman inpurple tights and a miniskirt standswatting for a bus with three scarfedOKI women, uvonoe a new gourmeifood shop, a street vender sells pota-toes for $4.25 tor 90 pounds. A leanjogger spurts past a man sweepingalready dean streets by band. Andthe same wide, bright neckties ofthe ifJO's and 40's are sold to new-COBMTS in shops catering to those in-terested in the latest fads, as well astOOBBkJeT PMHOflfllwBl att lOCwU BwOIW UMstseemingly haven't routed thsirstock smce World War II.

ei are miaed about the m-

i and ocoipatton of Hoboken."Ths New Yorkers have dens a lotbyfuongupoMI

otao« it will be before someon* buysthis architectural gam and raisestke prices.

"I don't understand what all Asravmg about Hoboken is about,"said Rocky MuseUa, a Ufekmg resi-dent of this community that hasnever cared much for fads that peo-ple rave about.

nasees believe that Hobofcan is dss-ttoed to be the next SoHo or Green-wich Village. Those who want to

some of the old Hobokensay that an important battlelest when the Court Street Bar.

Gene, a local plumber, tingingriil as ^Jersey City, Itoriginals as '• Jersey City, ,

City Hers I Come," put quiche on

Tke owner, Jack Talbot, acknowl-edged that he had given In on thsojafca* kssue. but said that waswhere he hadYdontiwhere he hadf drawn ths Una*"You

•The Federal WflwbWS

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hanging plantshe said defi

But they'rea a lot of

it in the back awaydews until it died."

Hoboken eyes role

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Will Hoboken became as tynonymous with movie msring asHollywood?

MaybeFour years ago, New Jersey set out

to woo film making back to the state ofits birth—Thomas Edison started theindustry with a film studie in WestOrange in 1883 and D W Griffith latershot his first film in Fort Lot, wheresilent epics and serials such n "Perilsof Pauline" were made.

The state's effort has paid off. TheNew Jersey Motion Picture and Televi-sion Commission spent $800,000 to lureover $30 million in business that itsexecutive director, Joseph Friedman,says is "direct production expenses"for 365 projects filmed in New Jersey.

LAST TEAR ALONE, 135 differentprojects including motion pictures,television shows, documentaries, industrial films, experimental shorts andcommercials accounted for an annualrecord of $12 million.

This year's filming of "Annie," themovie version of the successful Broad-way musical, is "the biggest thing"ever shot in the state, Friedman says,with actor-director Woody Allen backfor the "fourth time."

Now even the commission's grandiose plan for a huge "Universal City"for the production of movies seemsless farfetched A more modest $tmillion film and video production cen-ter is planned

got to crawl before you canwalk," Friedman wrs.

EFFORTS TO DEVELOP a filmcenter proved fruitless until JeromeKretchmer entered the picture lastspring. Construction on Kretchmer sproject is scheduled to begin withineight months.

The studios are to be housed in therefurbished Erie Lackawanna RailroadTerminal here. They could open byearly MM.

T H PLAN CALLS for construetion of six sound studios equipped forfilm making on the second floor of theterminal's old ferry building, and acenter for post-production work in anadjacent YMCA building

"It's a marvelous structure."Kretchmer says of the terminal " I'm inthe recycling business. That's what Ido. I restore old structures. And this isthe perfect structure for this

cutTeachers' pay mayto reduce school budgetsBy Peter LaVilla and Thomas Rojas

Both Hoboken and Jersey City may cut thesalaries and benefits of teachers to reduce the newschool budgets for 1982-S3.

Jersey City Mayor Gerald McCann recom-mended at yesterday's public hearing at the Boardof School Estimate meeting in City Hall that cutsin teachers' salaries could mean a $1 million sav-ing in the 1982-83 budget.

He also said it could lower the proposed tax in-crease needed to finance the schools from $3 28-per $1,000 assessed valuation to about $1 90 for1982

At a special meeting of the Board of Educationin Hoboken yesterday. Mayor Steve Cappiello.chairman of the school estimate board, presentedthe school board with a list of suggested cuts in theproposed $21.7 million budget.

The largest suggested cuts were in plannedrencvation work at the closed Rue School and inteachers' salaries The school estimate board hadrejected the budget — which calls for about $5 7million to be raised by local taxes - on Tuesday.

In Jersey City yesterday McCann said he

would like to avoid layoffs as a means of reducingthe school budget "There don't have to be layof-fs." he said "We can achieve that by givebacks inwages and benefits."

The 1982-83 school budget is $115 million ascompared to $102 million for 1981-82 However, theamount to be raised by taxation rose only $600,000,and half of that - $300,000, is reflected in the 1982budget. The other half will reflect in the 1983-84budget.

According to McCann, the proposed $3.28 taxincrease was brought about by the previous ad-ministration and a cut in state aid. The mayor said$2 88 is carried over to this year by the previousadministration and 44 cents is what his ad-ministration is responsible for.

"We were expecting $750,005 from the state inEqualization Aid but it was cut," said McCann. "Ifit hadn't been cut, we would have cut our portionof the tax increase by about 50 cents. So we'refaced with a 40-cent increase."

The board of education closed three elemen-tary schools in 1981, laid off some 140 teachers andwatched student enrollment drop by some 8,000pupils.

See TEACHERS' PAY - Faflt 13.

.CoMtiaved from Page 1 ^ >VDuring the public portion of the

meeting, Joseph Duffy recommendedthat $700,000 be cut from teacher in-struction which is up $5.1 million thisyear.

Dominick Pugliese, former CityCouncil president, recommended thatmore money be allocated to helpeducate the students on the perils ofdrugs.

He recommended that the 15,(00budget item be increased to $100,000.McCann agreed with him and madethat recommendation to the board. Thefunds also will be used to fight van-dalism.

pay mayPatricia Murphy Alverez, a parent

and representative of the SchoolImprovement Advisory Council, acity wide group, questioned the board onthe closing of School 28.

Dr. Michael Ross, superintendentof schools, advised the board that thereis money in the budget to pay teachersalaries and other personnel, but theschool will not be reopened inSeptember.

However, it was brought to lightthat school officials are looking at othersites to possibly build a new School 28on.

The board transferred $150,000

Hoboken PBAasks wage,benefit hikes

' By BILL ALPERT >*Staff Writer

HOBOKEN-Police filed a list of de-mands for increased pay and benefits lastweek soon after Mayor Steve Cappielloannounced the city might have to lay offnotice and firefighters to avoid a tX> jumpin local taxes

The Hoboken PBA filed two petitionsTuesday with the state Public Em-ployment Relations Commission request-ing state arbitration of their 1PJ2 contrac*with the city. said Francis X. Hayes, thecity's labor lawyer, yesterday after atreceived a copy of the petitions.

Hayes said the city and policebargainers have met sporadically for ne-aatiations since the 1»1 contract expiredDie SI.

The petitions — one for policemen underthe rank of sergeant and one for sergeants,lieutenants and captains - list 11 de-mands. Hayes said, including: ,f ^

• A 10 percent pay raise;• Annual longevity pay" increases for

officers who have worked S. 5,1, 1$, and20 yean for the dty;

• Pay for credits earned in continuingcollege education,

• Doubletime pay for working onholidays;

• City-paid insurance to complementstate worker-compensation insurance for

on-the-job injuries, so injured officers willreceive full pay;

• Bulletproof vests for all PBA mem-bers, to be worn at the officer's option.

• Increased "terminal leave " from 4 to5 days for each year of service to be paidupon retirement ;

• Five personal days off instead of two;• A prescription eyeglass program;• A change from the 8-squad system of I

shifts to the five-platoon system;• The assignment of steady-shift work I

jobs by seniority only.Early last week, CappWlo said all city

employees would be given 45-day layoffnotices as a legal precaution, in case thecity had to make layoffs beginning May15th Cappiello predicted that the hardesthit departments would "more than likelybe police and fire."

More than $1.7 million mast be trimmedfrom the proposed dty badge! for 1IB ifproperty owners are to escape • $Sincrease in local property taxes, themayor said. Last year, the city's propertytax jumped t » to |Ut par $1,000 assessedvaluation Cappielk) said he would like totry to keen the MB increase under $10

Hayes said that the dty must file ananswer to the PBA petitions within sevendays. The city's position v negotiationsthus far has been no increases in moneyor benefits, he said.

PBA seeks refereein contract ^

The Hoboken Patrolmen'sBenevolent Association, Local 2.has filed with the state for an ar-bitrator to help it in its contract

1 talks with the city, and among themajor demands the PBA madeare a 10 percent wage increase, areduction in the work week, and aone-year contract The unionssays it is at an impasse

Frank Hayes, the city'snegotiator, said he learned ofseveral new PBA demandsthrough the mail despite twomeetings with the union

David Solomon, attorney forthe PBA. filed with the PublicEmployment Relations Commis-sion for an arbitrator last Tues-day. Hayes said

The demands include thewage hike, a prescriptioneyeglass plan, a 1 percent in-crease in longevity every twoyears up to a maximum of 12years.

Also, three additional person-nel days, pay for college credits,increased insurance while oncompensation to equal a full-week's salary, bullet-proof vestseven though'they don't have towear them, double time pay forworking holidays, one additionalday for terminal leave for eachyear of service.

And, a one-year contract,steady day work based onseniority, and a change in thesquad system that would reduce awork week from 40 to 32 hours,according to Hayes

The PBA demands come onth eheels of an announcement byMayor Steve Cappielio that hemay have to lay off about 100 city-workers in order to reduce themunicipal budget to avoid a taxincrease of $28 per $1,000 asses-sed valuation.

The layoffs could comearound April 1. the mayor said.

be cutfrom other accounts to repair Schools17 and 22.

Nicholas Introcaso, board presi-dent, said a special meeting will be heldprobably Tuesday to adopt the $1million cut the mayor proposed.

The Hoboken school estimate boardrecommended that the school boardabandon plans to renovate the RueSchool, thus cutting $194,000 in capitaloutlay monies from the proposedbudget.

In addition, the board suggested$130,000 in cuts in teachers' salaries.Those cuts would result in the layoff ofabout nine teachers.

In other areas, the school estimateboard recommended cuts of $51,000 inspecial education programs, and$50,000 in heating fuel expenses.

Last Tuesday, the school estimateboard recommended that the amount inthe school budget to be raised by localtaxation be reduced to $4,822,111.* The c o m p r o m i s e m e a s u r esuggested yesterday would reduce theamount to be raised by local taxes to$5,248,295.

The board of education has called aspecial meeting for Monday at 7 p.m. todiscuss the proposed cuts in the schoolbudget.

3 welfarechiselersarrested^

By Thomas Rojas ^J ^ \ ^

Three Hoboken welfare cheats have beenarrested within the last week and six othershave left the welfare roles voluntarily as aresult of a new state program that identifiespersons who work while receiving public as-sistance.

Hoboken Welfare Director RobertDrasheff explained that the new WageReporting System begun in January by thestate Division of Public Welfare enableslocal welfare offices to identify clients whoare working and collecting public assistanceat the same time.

"The system allows us to match theclient with the name of his employer," hesaid. "And the reports are updated everythree months."

Drasheff said that he received his firstreport under the new system about threeweeks ago, and was able to identify ninewelfare cheats. Police arrested three of thefraudulent welfare recipients within the lastweek while six others closed their casesvoluntarily.

Although Drasheff would lnot divulge thenames of the persons arrested, he said thatone was employed by Stevens Institute ofTechnology, while the other two worked for atrucking company and a clothing manufac-jturer in North Bergen. I

He added that the welfare cheats]averaged about $150 a week in salary, and'that they had been working for "at least ayear, maybe more."

The case of the three welfare cheats isdue to be heard in Hoboken Municipal Courtshortly.

WM0KEN PICTORIAL

Public Library sChildren Dept.presents...

TIM Hebekefl Pi l icLibrary, 500 Pirk a*eHsookM, CMMrtn's Dcptwill have film viewing at 10a m on Wednesdays asfollows:

Pre-scneel fflmt March3. Madeline and Mole andthe Umbrella, March 10.Dr Zuess an the LooseMole and the TV Moleand the Zoo, Sasha, Yasha.Yakov and the Woll, March24, Mole as a Panther. MrMoto Takes a Walk, RichCat, Pnor Cat; March 31.Alexander and the Car witha Missing Headlight,Methtr Goasa; April 7, Catin the Hat; April 14, KittensBrow Up, Than are No BlueMice; April 21, DragonStew AprH 28 Ben andMa.

Alia, a f#« viewing torschaai age entire*, at 3:30p.sj. an Frieteys, as

Mare* 8, tiaaatast TinKoM^tf Mast* Harefc 1?SjaBannnj I V*JWPA I sjaewW vs i 1 £ |

• a n in teats, M SheepPag; Marca is, ratalsSeal , Tagaaifs sadHaraart, Cavaa Raveet;

(to taUr, THe Racaad Tha Rescue, The

ana aai rvans,Tke MM; Apr! 2, Had

April t .SaMahttant, Star*ef ZKhary Zweea; April 16,Start Little; Apr! 23,PorMs af PrisCM. Phillipand The Wan* Celt, andApril 30, Mike, M y efGreece.

_ choois I Hoboken teachersailed loo Political I a ngry about CUtS 3

Veterinarian fa owoffice in Hobojceft/f

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HOBOKENr™*lN '<V?S, wVeri ihr slate'; D-'part-I f mtnt «f I ducaii'm it-quit*1*! allI t SCTHXI* district:; to givt ^udenisI JMi i i i rn 'm Basic Skills tests,what alm,-,i everyone here alreadyknew was documented, Hobokt-n'sschool system was a disaster.

Pupils in ihe thiMl and ninth gradesmade the worst r^ «,d<ng booius in thesiato, with cnly 41 percent of themachieving b*sit prof ickney.

In that year, too, Thomas McFee-'•y, a n'tyhavi of th« taK- M>yor Ber-nard McFeeley, retired after <*8 yearsas Superintendent <?t Schools, and the

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'"chool tioard appow'<*l George Maier,a formi-r pnncipai h<-re, to replacehimm

lew in this city of 42,000 residentsvvould d»r.ap,ree that the rchool situa-tion tifre has improved r.iricp then.Amongother things, Mr. Maier:

«JReviv_"d the curriculum guide forthu first time in25yeai-s

•ICreated a program for exceptionalstudent';.

•IExpanded a staff enrichment pro-gram uni offered in-servu.e teachert raining courres.

*l Hired reading and mathematicssupervisor;.

«ICroat«>d a staff handbook specify-ing for the first t in«; ewry profession-al's msponsihil inta».

Scores on the Minimum Basic Skillstest have gone up steadily smce 1978.Last year, 75 percent of the third-grad'-rs and (A iM-rcent of the ninth-grad^rs achieved biisit proficiency inreadio"

Vtocent Bus'jomagno, ar» official cfU* Hudson County office of t&j Bs-partBient of Education, said that tfcst^fi6-student Hoboken school district— 80 percent are from minoritygroups, meetly Hispanic — was oas cfthe most improved in the county endthat much of the credit was I.'r.Mater's.

Four years ago, Mr. Maier said, thscumauum was oui of date, therewerena achievement standards, s:~ idaises used old textbooks and otl:.: .-used none. He acid that he had beenable to make improvements deep:*?one (actor that has remained vchanged:

Politics still plays a large role in thsschori system

"Tbe HcbcA.cn Board of Educa-tion," said Steven Block, a I -~*.mtrnber who frequently oppc. ..six other members, "continajs to cp-erate as a political club whece pri-mary functions are to provide jobsand spend public money based on thepolitical needs and personal whims olboard members and local politicians.

' 'Conducting the business of politicsin the name of education precludes ef-fectively conducting the business ofeducation"

Just recently, the wives of Council-man Thomas Kennedy and JamesGiordano, the city's Director of PublicSafety, were given part-time clerk'sjobs with the Board of Education. InNovember, the City Council Presi-dent, Walter Cramer, v«ho had justtost his Job as chief trial counsel fcrTransport of New Jersey, was glveathe newly created, $38,000-a-year peti-tion of Business Manaucr-Adminbtra-ti ve Di rector of the school rystcm.

Anthony Romano, Hobokcn's FirstWard Councilman, who had been theContinued on Page 12

By Thomas RojasHoboken public

anery about anticipatedp J. i i».,«ffc that

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Budgetcut byV$520/000

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For years, Hoboken petowners have had to take theirsick or injured animals toveterinarians in Union City orJersey City

That caused many problemsfor senior citizens, handicappedpersons, and others unable toleave their homes

But now, there is good newsfor Hoboken pet owners, as wellas pets.

Dr. Allen Rich, the city'sfirst veterinarian, is scheduled toopen a clinic at 235 WashingtonSt. on Thursday

Rich, 32. a resident of WestOrange, says that he hs^ wantedto open his own veterinary clinicever since he was a child.

During the past four years,while working as an associateveterinarian in Secaucus, hemade many house calls toHoboken homes.

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costs

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salaries becauyhave been la«d of!

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Hoboken's CchooisCalled Too Political

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board's Business Manager, was put inanother newly created positio. , thatof assistant to the board's secretary at$28,000 a year.

Thomas A. Gallo, the swc.ret.ary for17 years, is also an Assemblyman, his

.district office at 1115 Clinton Street isalso his Board of Education office

Also in November, the 57-year-oldmother ot Robert Wendelken, th"school board president, was rehired asan aide, as were eight others among 21who had been laid off earlier for budg-etary reasons. Mr. Wendelken ton-ceded that seniority tiad not beentaken into account in the rehiring.

er

mltl I <;.'i>nvf m> own inottislunl the 34-yuar-olu Ixiai•m wim is also a UatlitT i

Uniont'ity

the Boai<1 of kdu'.ition :taff uftcr ifbw..'«nn*ar>ouidnu-mlii'i tii './/•'

"Should she b»- dt'ptivt-d i.l a |oli U-oau-'i" slut's 11'L.'tlvd to nn. ' '

Mayor, S^v.n! ;tpi>ii-||<> b<t'«.<- \V!<i.the board wa;, cUti.-d, hut lrn<v >x.ar.ago th" voters opted lot thi a|»|i-in,tivf

sysHr-mAll curmit mernbtrs uf iht* 'KMIU

txc»>r»t Mr Uiock have iciauvi.'s oiclos»* f n«'iwl:; on the puyi <ili ' >r.-.- memher. Jam* •> Fitrina, is d'rwtoi ol tin-city's Department ot Health ;uni WHfarri, another, James l^onac*. u tin-man, is thf cily's l-'ip,1 Vr»-v»;iiUo>Officer

Aft()r Mr Monaco jcnnwi the iy>,itUhis wiK", Ann, a leacbci, was i',iv"i,

(1 ,Wf0mon- than a ionv>-nliiiua! tt it;er's salary Thewif»*uf anoth"r l>n>imfimber, Johi. Pope, was, prumoicilone of two po^iions in th« tak'nuand-giftedprop.ra'n

"Everyone has .i p,i»lttilhfr or gi.hmotiitT," Mr M;m'r said, "it makirhard changing thiu^,., '

Mr Maitr, \NIIO-\- (.aur'ht«.r i-sc.hoi.il psychologist, s;i>»itt"idt, d«. .p^Uie pervasiveness of p< mu s, "i ukc \think that we piurmut the bt-M V"son 'conn«:nu>ns,'' he -.«iid. 'liivr.u't meUiey'iv not p,»wd anu IK>* UW right \*son for the job "

evaluation beingof schools,' saidRobert Wendell*;- w i l l b e lost

Approximatey , u J t e n d a n c e of-through attnt.on me u d i " ^ a v i c eficer, security &*™Vm grOwth personnelprincipal and ^ J ^ c V f r o m what we ex-

"It is a substantial w a s n- t possible

tremendously from it.

plan to cut budget• ^ Rf m r >,. »„„:«.; nrnnoses that ov<By Thomas Rojas

Hoboken Councilman RobertRanieri this week will offer thecity administration a plan to cutabout $1.5 million from the 1982municipal budget without layongoff any city employees.

The City Council will meetwith Mayor Steve Cappiello andBusiness Administrator EdwinChius in two closed "work ses-sions" tonight and Wednesday at7 p.m. to discuss ways of reduc-ing a proposed $20.3 millionmunicipal budget that projects a$28 increase per $1,000 valuationin the tax rate.

The mayor has said that hewould like to hold any increase inthe tax rate to "no more than$10." That would require an es-timated $1.5 million cut in thebudget. Although Ranieri,who is recovering from recentsurgery, does nto expect to beable to attend tonight's work ses-sion, he promises to present thecouncil witti a proposal for cut-ting "between $1.2 and $1.5million" from the budget. •

Ranieri has proposed savingsin seven areas.

• Municipal garbagecollecting. Ranieri claims thatthe city can save between$500,000 and $800,000 by collectingits own garbage instead ofemploying a private contractor.

• Reduction of overtime.

Ranieri proposes that overtimepayments to city — workers —which totalled $200,000 in 1981 -be cut in half, saving the city$100,000

• Development of the 15thStreet area Ranieri claims thatpriv iate developers haveproposed a $15 million develop-ment project for 15th Street thatwould bring about $150,000 intaxes to the city annually.

• Reduction of one rank orone grade in title of all cityemployees, for a one-year period.That would save the city between$100,000 and $150,000.

• Additional payments of$50,000 to $75,000 from Stevens In-stitute of Technology formunicipal services in lieu oftaxes.

• Additional payment ofbetween $50,000 and $75,000 fromHousing Authority projects.

• Voluntary savings ofbetween $200,000 and $300,000 bythe board of education for a one-year period. These savings wouldbe in addition to the $520,000 inproposed cuts recently made inthe 1982-83 school budget.

Ranieri's proposal does notinclude any layoffs of cityworkers, even though Cappiellohas said that as many as "100-plus" municipal workers will belaid off in order to trim thebudget.

100 nabbedat cock fightBy Arnold Freilich ^ >\

Aboui 100 persons were arrested last nightwhen Hudson County Proscutor HaroW J• RwoldtJr. and a team of 60 investigators ° ^ o \ n thedoor of a basement in a Hoboken apartment houseand found an alleged gambling operation that in-,eluded a cock fight arena ^ ^ / ^ " L n w

More than HO fighting cocks and $15.000jconfiscated in the raid on the basement at

Monroe St around 11 30 p.m. Officials saidK o T i c beverages were also being sold illegally

As the prosecutor and his men enteredbasement of the five-story house _mey !said a <fight was in progress with more ttuuiM» personsattendance In another room nearby about 10a t l e playing poker, authorities sa»d.

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Jack Hill, strike force leagaladviser for the prosecutor's of-fice, said a bus had to makeseveral trips between Hobokenand the County Administrationbuilding in Jersey City to tran-sport all the prisoners for proces-sing.

Hill said a staff of assistantprosecutors and clerical person-

nel were at the administrationbuilding processing them andSuperior Court Judge James WTaylor handled the arraignmentsthroughout the night and into themorning A hearing was set fornext Friday.

Most of those arrested werecharged with gambling violationsin relation to card games andcock fighting Rancisco Rosa. 53.

and Leopold Jenao. 46, both ofHoboken, were charged withpromoting gambling and baitingand fighting live animals

The birds were taken bywardens of the SPCA. Hill said,and will probably be released insecluded suburban areas.

Ruvoldt described the opera-tion as well established andprofessionally run. He said

*almost the entire basement wtsconstructed as a cock-fightingarena.

Hill said eight women wereamong those arrested. Most ofthose arrested were from HudsonCounty, he said

According to Hill theprosecutor's office has had theoperation under observation forseveral weeks.

in Hobokeneet'to a veterinarian. •>- - -Sains "After taking a tour of theSIJ 1 started looking for a loca-

^JJTfiSK-Rlch plans tonrovide general medicine andsuJsery for all k.nds of animalsas will as vaccinations againstinfprtinus diseases.

And he plans to continue

emer( ,ency care to the clinic,•fm trying •« "™lone

Or. Allen RichMokes house calls

cats that suffer from "high-nse syndrome," an unexplainedtendency to jump out of windows.!_„ u_ v.nA anu unusual cases.

ne recaiis. > nv ~—trying to ea» the rat, so the rat bithim. 1 guess it was the rat's

. it

How can a person prolong thelife of his pet?

"Make sure that they are fedp e r l y a n d have regularv v J vaccines," saysc h ^ u p s ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ &

•I - » ,

says men. . v. the elderly es-pecially, a pet can be their onlyfriend or their last link with aloved one. Pets are a very impor-tant part of their lives."

Rich says that he most oftentreats dogs that are hit by cars,

KICn. maw, £»iw— . . „lot of love. Pets «re very _...sitive to their environments andhave a lot of empathy for theirowners."

A graduate of the Universityof Pennsylvania, Rich is a self-confessed "animal-lover" whocurrently owns two dogs He callsopening his own office "a dreamcome true."

Hoboken rate to rise $2" dJ V tawever -tot * ' • * <"*

By ROY KAMNStaff Writer

HOBOKEN-Mayor Sieve *Cap-piello dropped into the lap of tbeCity Council last night his proposed1982 municipal budget — completewith a $28 hike in the city tax rateand provisions for firing most tem-porary and provisional employees

To make his budget work. Cap-piello has called for the freezing ofthe school tax levy, a municipalhiring freeze, a salary freeze, a banon city-paid travel to conventionsand the elimination of most of thecity's overtime payroll The docu-ment was released just before the

message mciuuru »• »^the $25 million budget falls justwithin the state-mandated 5 percentcap for annual budget growth Itwill push the tax rate up to 1166 per$1,000 of assessed valuation

That figure indicates the amountto be raised by local property taxesis jumping $1 57 million over lastyear to $8,020,037 86 That amountdoes not include any increases in thecounty tax rate, which though notyet announced are expected Nordoes it include the raises that cityemployees might get through con

indicated.

nt the most premit^ «•.*,»v „the council was neither the budgetnor the proposed layoffs It was aproposal by CatacUinMt RobertRanieri that the city embark m animmediate takeover of municipalgarbage collection

After more than two hour* ofdebate, the council refused to sidewith him but did table a rttototkmthat would have given the | 4 1 tril-lion garbage con t o n to LaftftContrfkM Co. Instead, *tided!

^ , fromoption to Ihe LaFera proposal whichwould reduce the number of citygarbage collection days from threeto two v !...•;•

\doptpd unanimously by the coun-cil, the move was Ranieri s "secondchoice." he said

He began the meeting bv attempt-ing to convince the council to aban-don reliance on the private sectorcompletely and follow a route takenby New Brunswick when, on March1. it took over garbage collectionservices

Challenging the council to adopthis plan and save bet worn WWi.flM)

and $11 million more than the cur-rent arrangement, he charged thatrefusing to follow his leai wouldindicate the council is afraid to takeon responsibility and doomed thebody to political disaster

"This document dictates a tax-payer revolt." he claimed, holdingup his copy of the proposed budget.

He predicted that, were the docu-ment approved, the public woulddump not only the mayor hut theCity Council as well.

The council, however, was notswayed by his arguments.

Councilman Thomas Kennedychallenged Ranieri's comparison

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good news Is that the

according ™ — •«• - -j .said he hopes to hold any in-

crease in the city's tax rate to "no more than 110."Business Administrator Edwin Chius said that

Hoboken will have to cut "about $1.5 million"from the 1982 budget in order to hold the tax in-crease to $10.

Meanwhile, Kennedy says that the an-ticipated transfer of Piers A, B and C to Hobokon'scontrol could mean a "turnaround" for feetroubled city.

"It won't solve all of our problems, but it's astep in the right direction," said Kennedy. "Oncethe piers are officially under Hoboken's control,developers from all over the country will be com-ing here to offer development plans."

Legislation transferring control of thefederally-owned piers to Hoboken was passed bythe House of Representatives on Thursday

Rep. Frank Guarini of Jersey City sponsoredthe bill, which must be passed by the Senate beforebecoming law

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Hoboken(ontinaed Irwi Pag? 1

"The people of Hoboken arecalling on Sen Bill Bradley to seethat the bill is passed as soon a<spossible." said Kennedy "Thesooner the piers are in Hoboken shands, the sooner developmentwork can begin "

Kennedy congratulatedGuarini and Cappiello for theirefforts in returning the piers toHoboken s control.

oboken' s Schools

By ROSE1T DIAMOND

HOBOKENnN 1978, when the state's Depart-ment of Education required allschool districts to give studentsMinimum Basic Skills tests,

what almost everyone here alreadyknew was documented: Hoboken'sschool system was a disaster.

Pupils in the third and ninth gradesmade the worst reading scores in thestate, witti only 41 percent of themachieving basic proficiency.

In Aat year, too, Thomas McFee-l«jy, a nephew of the late Mayor Ber-nard McFeeley, retired after 48 yearsas Suptnntendent of Schools, and the

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school board appointed George Maier,a former principal here, to replacehim

Few In this city of 42,000 residentswoukJ diragree that the school situa-tion here has improved since then.Among other things, Mr. Maier:

3 Revised the curriculum guide forthe first time in 25 years

§ Created a program for exceptionalstudents.

S Expanded a staff enrichment pro-gram and ottered in-service teachertraining courses.

3 Hired reading and mathematicssupervisors.

^Created a staff handbook specify-ing for the first time every profession-al's responsibilities.

Squres on the Minimum Basic Skillstest have gone up steadily since 1978.Last year, 75 percent of the third-graders and 64 percent of the ninth-graderl achieved basic proficiency in

Vtatcent Russomagno, an official ofthe Hudson County office of the De-partttient of Education, said that the6,506-student Hoboken school district—. 10 percent are from minoritygroups, mostly Hispanic — was one ofthe most improved in the county andthat much of the credit was Mr.Maier s

Four years ago, Mr Maier said, thecurriculum was out of date, therewere no achievement standards, someclasses used old textbooks and ottersused none. He said that he had beenable to make improvements despiteone factor that has remained un-changed:

Politics still plays a large role In theschool system.

"The Hoboken Board of Educa-tion," said Steven Block, a boardmember who frequently opposes thesix other members, "continues to op-erate as a political club whose pri-mary functions are to provide jobsand spend public money based on thepolitical needs and personal whims ofboard members and local politicians.

"Conducting the business of politicsin the name of education precludes ef-fectively conducting the business ofeducation."

Just recently, the wives of Council-man Thomas Kennedy and JamesGiordano, the city's Director of PublicSafety, were given part-time clerk'sjobs with the Board of Education. InNovember, the City Council Presi-dent, Walter Cramer, who had Justlost his Job as chief trial counsel forTransport of New Jersey, was giventhe newly created, $38,000-a-year posi-tion of Business Manager-Administra-tive Director of the school system.

Anthony Romano, Hoboken's FirstWard Councilman, who had been theContinued on Pagt 12

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board's Business Manager, WAS put inanother newly created positio., thatof assistant to the board's secretary at$28,000 a year

Thomas A- Gallo, the secretary forI 17 years, is also an Assemblyman, his

district office at 1115 Clinton Street is1" also his Board of Educationottice

Also in November, the 67-year-oldmother of Robert Wendelken, theschool board president, was rehired asanaide. as were eight others among 21who had been laid off earlier for budg-etary reasons. Mr. Wendelken con-ceded that seniority had not beentaken unto account in the rehirtng.

0angry about cuts

f)y Thomas Raja*Hoboken public school teachers are

angry about anticipated cut* ia taachcrsalaries aad layoffs that may result fromreductions la the Mtt-tJ school budget.

"Why are teachers always the first oneswhen cuts are made?" <l»estioned*a

for the teachers, who aahafaat

cuts into he Identified.The teachers are concerned

the $3M million school budget -to the Hoboken Board od Ed ,Board of School Estimate

the school estimate board hts rocoav• f «6ed cuts totalling SSS.WO-includmg

Budgetcut by V$520,000

Hoboker school heart last night

tion wart a t the closed Rue School, aad1130009 |^ Mathers' salaries, which couldSsult m lie toy** <* •bo»t • taeJ"!£? li.

The ads**! estimate hoard rejected <Jeproposed Mffi-83 school budget last week.TtosaggaNad cuts would n3uce the amouatn thehasiet to he raised byiontSTmttlioii to $4*2,111-

The hoard of education tr» hah* aspecial meetiniat T toaight I*®***:S t r t o n buildmt to discuss the praaosad

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great3

"How (,uuld I deprive my own mother'*" asked the M-year-old boardpresident, who is also a teacher inUnion City

Mi Wiiiwtelkpn's wife also )<J»n*ithe Board uf Education ^a'f afu-r liebecame a board member in 1377

"She's an excellent typist," he said"Should she t*' deprived (if a job bf-cause she's i elated to mt'"

Board members are appointed Uithree-year uiisalaried teirns by theMayor, Steven ( appiello Before 1979,the board was eleci«d, but three yean,ago the voter; opted for the appointivesystem.

All current members of the v*wrdexcept Mr. Block have relatives orclose friends on the payroll One member, James Farina, is director of thecity's Department of Health ami Weifan? anotbeT, James Monaco, a tire*man, is the city's Fire PreventionOfficer

Aftof Mr Monaco joined ihe board,his wife, Ann, a teacher, wasfciv^ :,special classixiom poiiition that .pa;-.$1,000 more than a conventional teacher's salary The wife of another boa tomember, John Pope, was promoted i -one of two positions in the talentedand-gitted program

"Everyone has a godfatheT or &ximother," Mr. Maier said. "It makes ithard changing things '

Mr Maier, whose daughter is aschool psychologist, sa\d that, dtspit*the pervasiveness of poiilics.," 11 ike toUunk that we promote the best pe.son."

"Just because some me has politicalconnections," he i>aid, 'doesn't meanthey're not good and not Use right pw_sonforthejob." m

mSmmm m <«* tat*

salaries.la addition to the cuts la

-lartes. the school estimate boardS 5 5 < «f »®y £22*™aiotrama, IPIOJJO in neattag n ap****-"- •--•—»|» salaries, " • * * *

said•a

office In HobokFor fears. H«*bokta pet

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That caused many problemsfor senior ciurens, haaflOppedpersons, aad others aaahte toleave their homes

But aow. there is good newsfor Hoboken pet owners, as well

** Dr. Allen Rich, the city'sfirst veterinarian is scheduled toopen a chwk at 235 WashingtonSt. oa Thursday

Rich, a . a resident of WestOrange, says that he has wattedto open his own veterinary dmKever since he was a child.

Duriag the past four years,while working as an associateveterinarian ia Secaucus, hemade many home calls to

"I r a S o d that there are atot of shut-ins and handicappedpeople la Hoboken who couMatge t* ) a veterinarian," hn ***plains "After taking a tour of thecity, I started looking far a l e t *tion for at office."

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adviser tor the proset«tor??f.flee, said a bus had to make

b e t w e e n HobokenT ^ Admi"'stration

g Jersey City to tran-sport all the prisoners for proces-

Hill said a staffprosecutors and

nel were at the administrationbuilding processmg them andSuperior Court Judge James W.Taylor handled the arraignmentsthroughout the night and into themorning. A hearing was set fornext Friday.

Most of those ai rested werecharged with gambling violationsin relation to card games aadcock fighting. Rancisco Rosa, 53,

and LeopoM Jaaaa, 48, both ofHoboken. were charged withpromoting gambling and baitingaad fighting irveaAnals.

The birds were taken bywardens of the SPCA. BUI said,and will probably be released tosecluded suburban areas.

RuvoMt described the opera-tion as well established aadprofessionally run. He said

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Si Mary Hospital in Hotofcen and St FrancisHospital in Jersey City have formed a partnershiplo pool resource*, and programs.

A committee to plan the partnership has beenestablished by the boards of trustees of both in-stitutions Sister Joanne Schuster, director of theHealth Care Movement of the Franciscan Sistersof the Poor, has been named to head the commit-tee

St Mary, with 330 beds, and St Francis, withhave been sponsored bv the Franciscan254.

Sisters since their founding in the 1860s but haveoperated independently

The institutions are expected to retain their in-dependent identities after the partnership takeseffect but they will be able to purchase new equip-ment and expand programs without duplicatingserv ices

Appointed to the planning panel were JamesT Lucey and James F Boy Ian, chairmen of theboards of trustees of St Mary and St FrancisHospitals, respectively; Dr. Wallace T. McCaf-

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HOBOKEN-Teamsters Lor aart up an earlv morning pirkrt uneat the Maxwell Hous* Coffw f«an 'gate here v*>sterdav K spokesmanfor the union Frank Spinolli saidthe picket was aimed at a vendormaking a delivery to the plant - notat Maxwell House

The orderly pickets were trackdrivers on strike since Thur^lav atthe Liquid Carbonic* companv otKearny

Spinolli

was directed at a driver and asalesman making a deliver* Healso said he hoped it might moveMaxwell House officials to applspressure on Liquid Carbonic*

A spokeswoman for Ma swellHouse said the company was notprepared to comment on the picketing st this time

Officials at Liquid CarbonicscouW not be reached for commentyesterday - O w e * Suttee

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frey and Joseph Colford.chairmen of the respective boardslongrange planning groups; SisterGrace Frances Strauber, president olSt Mary, and Thomas A. Schember,president of St Francis.

A year ago the Franciscan Sistersretained the Chicago-based management consulting firm of Hayes/Hill tostudy the operation of both Hudsonhospitals and make recommendationsfor collaboration Their report notedthat both facilities had recently com-pleted building programs, have activeand loyal medical staffs, are wellmanaged and are fiscally sound

The report concluded that bothhospitals are "philosophically compatible" and that officers and trusteesof both support development of a closerworking relationship.

Early last year Schember wasvoted to St. Mary's board of directors,and Sister Grace Frances was elected aSt. Francis trustee. Sister Joannerepresents her order on both hospitalboards.

"The partnership will enable us toprovide more services, purchase betterequipment, attract larger staffs anddesign better programs," said SisterGrace Francis.

Schember pointed out that thehospitals already have taken some ac-tions together. Approval has just beengranted by the New Jersey Departmentof Health for the purchase of a CATscanner. The two hospitals also havefiled a joint application to buy a linearaccelerator

One machine will be located ineach hospital to be used by patients ofboth.

Sister Joanne speculated on theconsolidation of data processing,purchasing and materials manage-ment. She said recruiting andmarketing would be shared respon-sibilities.

Hoboken won't CUTpay to save iobs ***'•~~ . _ . '. . ^ _ an nntirtn that is under miniBy Thomas Rojas

Hoboken will not be cuttingthe salaries of city employees asan alternative to layoffs in effortsto reduce costs.

Mayor Steve Cappiello saidthat a recent Superior Court deci-sion on Paterson prohibitsmunicipalities from reducing thesalaries of city workers.

Superior Court AssignmentJudge Peter Ciolino had ruledthat Paterson administratorsacted illegally in February whenthey reduced the salaries of cityemployees by 11 percent as analternative to layoffs.

About 50 city employees hadfiled suit against the Paterson ad-ministration, claiming that thepay cut was unfair. The judgeagreed with them, adding thatonly the city council is em-powered to reduce salaries,through an ordinance.

That ruling means that Cap-piello, who is consideringmethods of cutting a 1982municipal budget that projects anincrease in the tax rate of $28 per$1,000 assessed valuation, will nothave the optionof reducing thesalaries of city workers,^

"All we can do is tyre, fireand furlough." said the'may<6r.

However, the administrationdoes have the power to demotecity workers one rank or onegrade in title in order to cut

salaries — an option that is underconsideration

t appiello has warned thai asmany as 100 municipal workersmay receive pink slips a? te cityslashes the budget In addition,the mayor is considering cuttingthe work week for city employeesto four days a week during thesumer. as a cost-saving measure.

But ci ty business ad-

mm.strator Edwin Onus cautionsthat cutting the work week clonewill not solve Hoboken's fiscal

P r O b ' T m n o t «n f a v o r o ffurloughing city workers untileverv nor essential employee isterminated,' he said Theharder we bite the bullet n 1982,the better off the city will be tnthe future."

Hoboken Councilman NunzioMalfetti plans to go door-to-door-to discuss the city's financialproblems with residents of therecently-redistncted Sixth Ward.

Malfetti said that he plans togo down every block of the sixthward in order to meet citizenswho were added to the ward tathe redistncting

"I am particularly interestedin hearing their feelings about the1982 municipal budget and thepending property tax increase,he said. , . -

Recently, the boundaries ofHoboken's' six wards werechanged to equalize the popula-tion of the wards in accordancewith the 1980 census as requiredby state law

The biggest change occurredI in the sixth ward, where morethan 2.000 persons were added inthe redistncting

Malfetti, who represents thesixth ward, is making an effort toget to know his new constituentsby visiting them personally.

Malfetti would like to remindsixth ward residents that he livesat 629 Bloomfield St. He can alsobe contacted by leaving a mes-sage with the City Clerk's officein City Hall.

City weighs4-day wf ekto cut costs

HOBOKEN -The Citv Council is consideringa four-day workweek lor the municipality s 700

es in an effort in cut $2 million from its

Employees' head askssurvey of refuse

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Hoboken Munic ipa lEmployees Association Presi-dent Judge Fitzgibbons says thatthecity should hire a private firmto study the possibility ofadopting a municipal garbagecollection system in the future

It isn't feasible for the cityto begin collecting its own gar-bage right away." he said."There should be a long-termstudy on municipal garbagecollection to find out how much itwould cost the city."

The City Council is scheduledto discuss the controversial gar-bage iseue at Monday's caucus,and reach a final decision atWednesday's council meeting

The council has several op-

Itiens available it can award aone-two or three year contract to

the La Fera Contracting Co., a Fitzgibbons added that cityprivate firm that currently workers would ask for salaries ofcollects the city's garbage. It can about $14,000 to start for pickingaward a garbage contract reduc- u p garbage, and $16,000 for driv-ing the number of days of collec- ,ng garbage trucks.tion from three to two. Or it canbegin a municipal garbage collec-tion system.

Fitzgibbons, who representsmore than 200 city workers, saysthat municipal employees wouldbe capable of handling garbagecollection, but believes that thecity should study the proposalbefore going into it.

"Salaries, equipment and up-keep would cost an enormousamount of money," he explained."H might wind up costing the cityjust as much.to> collect its owngarbage as it costs to hire aprivate collector."

employeproposed 1982 budget.

A high ranking citv official said vesterdavthat the move could save about $1 7 million But'the official is not sure how effectively the citywould operate if the four-dav schedules werestaggered Ui allow municipal offices tn remainopen for a full five davs

No additional details of the plan were available last night, and it is not known what otheroptions the council is considering to cut the city «expenses

Council members have said IW employeecould be laid oft to avert the $27 tax rate increaseincluded m the administration's $30 millionproposed budget It is an alternative councilmembers have said they wish tn avoid

On Monday and vesterdav the council metin closed session to discuss possible alternativesto laving oft employees According to sourcesthe four-dav workweek was discussed at length

When the budget was presented to the counciltwo weeks ago Mayor Steve Cappiello's versioncalled for a new tax rate of $1*8 per $1,000 ofassessed valuation A written message from themayor was included with the budget, and itcalled fnr the council through its deliberations.to bring the tax rate increase below $10

Since the budget was released Cappiello hasmaintained that the citv s only hope is to cutpersonnel in the city and school system

The boai* of educations budget is $20 7million, and f5.7 million of it is to be raisedthroufh local taxes The remainder will beprovided through state and federal aid

On March Hi, the board of school estimaterejected Ahe school board's original proposal andordered the board to trim almost $500,000 fromthe amount to be raised by local taxes

The board has complied, but with minimalpersonnel cuts Cappiello has indicated thatwithout lavotfs. he does not believe the councilwill accept the reduced budget

One alternative to large scale personnel cutsor a four-day workweek has been proposed byCouncilman Robert A Ranieri who claims thatthe citv could save as much a $1 1 million bytaking over garbage collection

Ranieri did not attend the council's closedwork session last aight because he is recoveringfrom minor surgery But he has said the garbagecollection plan as well as other cost-savingmeasures would be raised at the regular meetingWednesday night

A public hearing an the city budget has beenscheduled for 7 p.m. on April 14 in City Hall.

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"Sparks from the Wheel," • poetry readingon the theme of Labor and industry. Also,a historical lecture and slid* show inHoboken's only foundry.American Magnesium 4 AluminumI Jib Adams StreetTour one of Hoboken*s oldest firms wheretheatre sets and displays are produced forprominent clients like Bloomingdale's,Macy's, and national theatre companies.Bamboo 4 Rattan Works901 Jefferson StreetWhat do Lipton Tea, Drakes Cakes, andVanquish Pain Reliever have in common?The manufacturer of their boxes! Discoverthe world of printing and packaging atUniversal Folding Box13th and Malison Streets

Wednesday, May 5Get a sneak preview of next season's fashion

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Hoboken Councilwonts $4 ceiling , von, tax rote ri$9 4

The Hoboken City Council wants to hold any ,increase in the city's tax rate in 1962 to $4 per$1,000 assessed valuation.

Recently, Mayor Steve Cappiello presentedthe council with a proposed |20.3-million 1962municipal budget that projects a $28 increase inthe tax rate. The mayor said that he would workwith the council to hold any increase in the taxrate to $10.

However, at a budget-cutting work sessionWednesday night, the council insisted that an in-crease of mare than $4 in the 1961 tax rate of$138.04 would not be acceptable.

According to city business administratorEdwin Ctiius, the city would have ta cut at least $2million from the budget to hold the increase in therate to U

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Since 1937 this company has bean printingadvertising and magazine supplements formajor de.>artment stores and newspapers.This pro;*si will be presented in slides atthe plant.Aico Grayure Inc.9th and Monroe StreetsA look at the origins of the people behindwhat's made In Hoboken—a lecture entitled"Community, Culture, and Class: Hoboken'sWorking Population, 1880-1910" by Howard L.Green, Hew Jersey Historical Commission.Celebration Center. Room 218 • •Immediately following the lecture: a lookat Hoboken's old storefronts and industriesand how they have changed to the familiarsites of today. Slides from 1965 to 1982,by Martin Andrews.

Thursday, May 6 Tour of12:15 pm

8:00 pm

Friday, May 7

11:00 am

IJOO pm

Dan Dee Belt and(see Wednesday]"In our Water," a documentary onchemical waste followed by a discussionwith the filmmaker and local waterauthorities atRue-Demarest School •".•»:. "• jO*• »•4th and Garden Streets " •*

From its control center at Journal Square,an inside Look at the PATH system and itsfascinating history.For time and starting place, call 420-2088.Your watchband, coat, handkerchief, andthe leather grip on yoor tennis raquetcould have all come from the same place.Tour the complex, beginning withNeuman Leathers300 Observer Highway (Newark Street side)"The Alinsky Project" by Herb Shapiro, adramatic presentation and public forum onthe work of Saul Aliosky, community organizerat St. Paul's Church8ZO Hudson Street

J don't know if it can be done,' said <"Btft those are the oouncil's instructioni.

Cpi'ut said that trimming the budget to thecouncils specifications would require ttlff.layoffs, a strict salary freeze, a rigid hiring freeze- in which we would only replace people wedefinitely need - and several concessions fromthe city unions." ,

Meanwhile, a general layoff notice has beeasent to all city employees, which will take effect atthe close of the working day on May 19.

Cappiello issued the blanket notice to give thecity leeway in laying off Civil Service employeeswho must receive 45-day notices of layoff. Themayor has declined to say how many employeeswill be laid off. „ .

Temporary city employees can be laid offAm?mediately.but Chius said that the city will begin toterminate temporary workers around April it .

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Tax rateContinued from Page 1

In addition. Chius hasnotified all employees of thecity's Department of Administra-tion that they will be furloughed.without pay, for 10 Wednesdaysfrom June 30 till Sept I Othercity departments are expected tofollow suit.

Cbkiiadded that city unionswill be informed that they cannotexpect a pay increase in 1982

The Policemen's BenevolentAssociation, the MunicipalEmployees Association and thetwo branches of the FirefightersAssociation are all negotiatingJ982 contracts with the city

By Thomas Rojai ' • f ,Recently, student! i t the

Sadie Lelnkauf School in Hobokenwere shown a film and given ademonstration of the HeimlichManeuver, the popular method offreeing trapped food that is block-Ing a person's breathing.

Physical education teachersFrank Andreula and HaroldPoore cautioned the children tobe sure and remember the techni-que, because it could savesomeone's life in the future.

Ruben Maldonado, 11, aspecial education student at theschool, remembered.

According to Andreula, a fewdayi after the demonstration ofthe Heimlich Maneuver, ChrisMarotta, 9, also a special educa-tion student, complained duringlunch that he wasn't feeling well.

Teacher Frank Damello toldChris to go to the bathroom, and•aked Rubea Maldonado to ac-company him.

When the youngsters got tothe bathroom, Ruben noticed thatChris was c h o k i n g . Heremembered the Heimlichtechnique, and pressed a fistagainst Chris' chest whilepushing the fist inward with hisother hand.

"I said to him, 'rememberthe movie we saw?,' " explained

I Ruben. "And then I did it."

ISure enough, a l a r g e

"jawbreaker"-type hard candypopped out of, Chris' mouth andthe child began breathing nor-mally again.

"When we showed the film,we made sure that every child un-

i dexstood the technique and wasiable to perform it " "•<<

- it saved Chris" life."Anthony Russo, coordinator

of special education for theHoboken school system, praisedyoung Ruben for remaining calm

during a stressful situation."It says a lot for a child with

3 learning disability to do what heid," said Russo. "We're all very

proud of him."

Irish eyes ore not sminng ^of British flag In Hoboken

By Thomas Ro)asLocal Irish-Americans are angry about •

Hoboken firm that has been flying the English flagin recent days

But a spokeswoman for the firm — the UnitedStates Testing Co. at 1415 Park Ave. — says thatthe flag, which had been flying above the plant forseveral days in honor of a visiting Englishdignitary, has come down.

* Irish-born Michael Daly, a Jersey City resi-dent, said that the flying of the English Flag overAmerican soil is an insult to Irish-Atnericanseverywhere.

"That place (U.S. Testing) isn'tor anything," said .Italy, who claiispeaking for "manyiiish-Americans""If they had been flying the Russia

ibassywas

area.then

there would really te an uproar."But Dorothy Campbell, a spokeswomaa 1

firm, said that the company, which does —with several for*** compares, flies forein honor el many visiting Agnluries and Ismen. * ,,

"We do the same llmmrliir any dignitsaid. "We're not trying to hurt anybody,a foreign flag,* put up. the American flabeside it." V >*•

Ms. Catftftetl said that t*! flag we* takendown yesterday, after the .English dignitary tadleft

The U.S. TestingCo. doettesting and researchon all kines of proayrts, including containerresearch. | t has beetf in Hoboken for son* 73years.

Wide variety of eventsopens Hoboken festival

Andreula. "And it reallysaid

offBy Thomas Rojas

Todays the day.Hoboken Celebration '82. a

three-month festival of artisticand historical events, officiallygets under way with an openingceremony at 2'p.m. at City Hall

The ceremony will also markthe opening of an exhibit ofhistoric maps — from Indiantrails to satellite shots — tracingHoboken's development DanielCohen and Kevin McCloskey arecurators of the map egtiibMrwhich will run through June 20

I Celebration "82. sponsored bythe Hoboken Cultural Council,will fofer more than 200 freeevents, which will take fjpre allover the city — from the parks tothe piers. <

This opening weekend ofCelebration '82 will feature

several eventsBack-a-Yard7' an" exhibi-

tion of b l a c k - a n d - w h i t ephotographs taken in Hoboken byJoe Dondero. opens today atJackson Gardens, where it will beon display until April 30

"Recent Works." an exhibi-tion of paintings by BettyShandler, opens at the HudsonUnited Bank today, afld wni be onview through May 3.

-jsS^Ferryboat."' an outdoormusical comedy set abourd aHoboken ferry and written byEllen Brenner and Billy Makuta.will be performed at 7 tonight atStevens Park

1 June Anderson's Frolic andDetvur. Inc.." a dance piece, willbe performed at 8 tonight at theAmazing Movement Experience.

"Original Architectural

Ferryby th?

Drawings of the RailTerminal." sponsoredstate Department of Transporta-tion, opens today at the IJrie?Lackawana Terminal. It will runthrough April 19

Tomorrow. "Hobofceri, NewJersey/Hilo, Hawaii," an exhibi-tion of paintings by QpttgUcdsay, opens at the Celebrtffc*Center. JH§r A Building, where itwill run through April Hk

Also tomorrow, poet' JohnCiardi will read selections fromhis work at Stevens Institute ofTechnology, beginning at 7:30pm.

Last night, a kickoff" partywas held at the Multi-ServiceCenter for Celebration *82. whichis scheduled to conclude with atwo-dav waterfront festival on

. June 19 and 20.

Nine organizations get< .county cultural grants wNine Hudson Countyorganizations have been awardedState/County Arts PartnershipGrants through the HudsonCounty Cultural and Heritage Af-fairs division

The grants are for the 1981-2 program year The nine

award recipients were chosenfrom among 45 individuals andgroups who applied for the grantsin January of last year Evenmore applications have alreadybeen received for the grams forthe 1982-1983 program year

The grants for the 1981-1982vear came out of a $10,000 slategram to the county.

The Hoboken Cultural Coun-cil was awarded $2,500 for itstwo-month long HobokenCelebration 82

The College Community

Orchestra of Jersey City StateCollege was awarded $1,000 forprogramming in the HudsonCounty community outside thecollege

The Indo American associa-tion headed by Mono Sen received$1000 for a" series of culturalprograms reflecting the impactof the drama, literature, danceand music of India.

The West Hudson CommunityArts Festival received $1,250 tocontinue its program of reducedentry fees for senior citizens andfunded prizes in the juniorawards category of its outdoorarts festival the third largest inthe state.

The East Lynne Company,based in Secaucus. received $750to help it continue its productionsat the Five Corners library inJersey City \

Officials wouldlend own jobs

By Thomas Ro)asF i v e m e m b e r s of the

Hoboken City Council, includingCouncil Pres ident WalterCramer, have begun circulating apetition calling for a change inthe city's form of government toa five-member commission

"We don't need nine coun-cilmen to govern Hoboken," saidCramer "By changing to a five-member commission, we can cutcosts dramatically "

In addition to Cramer, theother council members who havecalled for a change in the form ofgovernment are Nunzio Malfetti,Louis Francone, Anthon Romanoand Sal Cemelli

budget that projects an increasein the tax rate of $28 per $1,000 as-sessed valuation.

In order to accomplish thechange, Cramer's group plans tobring the matter to a vote by cir-culating a petition which willhave to be signed by at least 20percent of the registered votersin Hbooken.

Cramer said that he favorsthe change because it would notonly cut costs, but also "placepower in the hands of the electedofficials."

"The way things stand now,the council doesn't do the hiringand firing, and we don't prepare

Moreover, at least two other the budget," he explained. "Thecouncilmen, Thomas Kennedy commission form places theand E. Norman Wilson, have said power in the elected officials.that they would support a change

in the form of government if itwould mean improving thequality of government and cut-ting a proposed 1982 municipal

Mayor Steve Cappiello hassaid that he would support achange in the form of govern-ment, if the public were to vote infavor of it.

The Hudson County TeenArts Festival received $500.

The Attic Ensemble, a JerseyCity-based theater groupreceived $750 to help in audiencedevelopment and promotion

The International Institutereceived $500 to help in printingand production costs associatedwith its Golden Door immigrantarts programk reflecting thecounty's diversity of ethnicculture

Hudson School, Hoboken.received $500 for its literarymagazine.

The applications that havebeen received for the next fiscalyear's awards will be reviewedby an advisory panel later thisspring, said John J Johnston,director of the county culturaland heritage affairs division.

n fo dfreuss garbage collectionA m% ,*. . : .ii^rtiM (AT rh» DIIIK and CitV Clafil Anthony

Bv Thomas Rojas < U » t H has said that the La Ferai ofter.isThe future of g a r b l e collec- l o 0 s l eep to accept, particularly

lion in Hoboken will once again ,„ ijght of Hoboken's huge anbe the topic of discussion tonight, ticipated budget deficit.at ?when the City Council holds R a n i e r i argues that the citya public caucus At City Hall c o u . d s ave between $500,000 and

For weeks, the council has $800,000 during the first year bynostponed action on a proposed collecting its own garbagei«- "*> .. u — Meanwhiule, Business Ad-

ministrator Edwin Chius as wellas several councilman, has saidthat municipal garbage collection

three-year, $4 million garbagecontract offered by the La FeraContracting Co.. which currentlycollects the city's garbage.

councilman Robert Ranieri would cost the city almost as

much as private collection for thefirst year, and would probablycost more in later yean.

Tonight, the council is ex-pected to consider the followingoptions award a one. two orthree-year contract to La Fera,award a contract to 1 a Fera oranother firm reducing the nunberof collection days from three totwo. or begin a municipal gar-bajje collection system

Onus and City CtarH *Amoruso are scheduled to acceptalternate bids to. garbage collec-• ion at the Municipal CourtChambers on Wednesday ataround 10 a m

The council is expected toconsider the bids, and make afinal decision on a garbage con-tract for 1982. at the councilmeeting that night, beginning at 7P rr,

Hoboken again delayson garbage decision

Offer Hoboken aidon housing |

collection system would cost ap-proximately $1 million

Councilman E NormantainY private firm to do the job Wilson moved that the matter bewill have to <vait just a little tabled for further study and his

colleagues agreedwhich currently

The question of whetherHoboken will start its own gar-bagft.cellection or continue to re-

k>ngert

A group of concernedcitizens, calling themselves theHoboken Housing Coalition madetheir presence felt at a meetingof the city's Housing Authoritylast night, offering to assist theagency in finding a replacementfor its retiring executive direc-tor.

The Rev. Geoffrey CurtissI made a presentation at the(authority's headquarters onHarrison Street, offering the help

I of two coalition members he saidare experienced in housing mat-

I ters — Michael Coleman and Roni Hine — to screen prospects lor[the directorship. " •.,?

The current director, JosephICaliguire, is reining in Juneafter 24 years on the job.

Rev. Curtiss asked the com-missioners several specific ques-tions concerning the qualifica-tions for the positions, a copy of athe job description, where andwhen the agency has advertisedfor the job, the number < f currentapplicants, and when the selec-tion of a new director will bemade

Authority Chairman PeterFontana told the group he alreadyhas several names and assuredthem that the agency will adver-tise in newspapers for resumes.He also said by April »Mheauthority will begin reviewingthe applicants and will most like-ly name the new director in*May.He also gave the group a copy olthe job description for the posi-tion.

It was thought the issuewould be resolved at last night'scity council meet ing but the mat-ter was tabled after a bid of $1 05million was received from LaFera Contracting Co for a oneyear contract

It seems that the city'sbusiness administrator. Edwin(hjus submit ted figures to theroqncil showing that a municipal

La Fera,handles the city's garbage collec-tion, has also submitted a three-year, $4 million contract to thecity The firm's last contract hasexpired but it is continuing tomake collections and is billingthe city on a month to monthbasis

The council is now expectedto vote on the matter at its April26 meetine

The figures Chius gave thecouncil contradict other es

submitted by CounRobert Rumen, whe

claims the city can save between$500,000 and $R00.098 in the fir«tyear if th* city adopted MS.owncollection system **%T

But sources said Chius"figures, which the councilmembers declined to divulge, ineluded costs for using the balerfacilities of the HackensackMeadowlands Development commission Those costs, they way,will increase by 20 percent everyyear

Cappiello out to cut budget^

Hoboken's having a three-month party

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cappiello is meeting with city unionrepresentatives this week to seekconcessions needed in order toreduce the proposed 1982municipal budget.

"The unions will be asked tomake certain sacrifices," saidCappiello. "We all have tocooperate so that Hoboken cano v e r c o m e i ts f i n a n c i a lproblems."

the Policemen's BenevolentAssociation, the MunicipalEmployees Association and thetwo branches of the FirefightersAssociation are all negotiating1982 contracts with the city.

The PBA has already filedfor arbitration with the statePublic Employment Relations

Committee, and the other city un-ions are reportedly consideringfollowing suit.

According to sources, thecity is going to ask the unions toaccept the following concessions:a salary freeze, a hiring freeze,reductions in rank, and stifflayoffs.

Cappiello has said that asmany as 100 city workers may belaid off in order to reduce theproposed municipal budget,which projects an increase in thetax rate of $28 per $1,000 assessedvaluation.

measureIt is expected that the police,

fire, and public works depart-ments will be hardest hit by Ibudget cuts.

On a related matter. Cap-]piello said that the city will haveto make up a $70,000 shortfall in [state funds, because of reduc-tions in the municipal share of Igross receipts and franchise taxrevenues that will be collected in I1982.

The mayor had expected theshortfall to be $56,000, but Gov.

In addition, the mayor is con- Thomas Kean recently informedsidering cutting the work weekfor city employees to four daysfor a ten-week period during thesummer, as a cost-saving

him that the city can expect ashortfall of $70.(W0, which willhave to be made up in themunicipal budget.

By Thomas Rojas

Hoboken Celebration '82 begins tomorrow.The three-month festival of artistic and

historical events to be held all over the city will of-ficially begin with an opening ceremony at 2 p.m.at City Hall, which will also mark the opening ofan exhibit of maps — from Indian trails to satelliteshots — tracing Hoboken's development.

"From then on, it's just one things afteranother," said Laurie Fabiano, director of theHoboken Cultural Council, which is sponsoring themammoth project.

According to Ms. Fabiano, Hoboken Celebra-tion '82 will include performances of theater,music and dance; exhibitions of all the visual arts;demonstrations of ethnic skills and crafts; filmscreenings; lectures and workshops; fashionshows, and even a five-mile run around the city.

All told, more than 200 events are scheduled,and more than 400 artists are expected to par*ticipate. And everything is free to the public —thanks to the City of Hoboken, the Port Authorityand local businesses.

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Hoboken's having a three-month partyContinued from Page 1

Here are a few highlights ofHoboken Celebration '82:

"Alternate Paths," an ex-hibition of illustrations dealingwith different ways to cross theHudson River. From June 6 until20, at the PATH Terminal.

Hoboken Artists, a group ex-hibition of 50 of the city's finestartists. From May 7 until June 6,

, at Port Authority Pier 6.

The New Jersey SuburbanOpera Theater will performhighlights from "The MarriageofFigaro" on April lu, at 8 p.m., atOur Lady of Grace Church.

"Stooplife," a new play byLouis LaRusso, author of theBroadway hit "Knockout," willbe presented on April 22, 23.24,29and 30, and May 1. 6, 7 and 8 atStevens A Building, beginning at8 p.m

Marco Rizo will perform hisoriginal composition, "CubanSymphony ," at Stevens ABuilding on June 1 at 8 p.m.

The premiere of "Jacob'sLadder," an outdoor dance eventby Toni Smith, will take place onJune 3 at 5 p.m. in front of CityHall.

"La Moda," a fashion showfeaturing designers from Milan,Italy, will take place on Jtme 10,

at 9 p.m. at Port Authority PierC.

"On the Waterfront," theclassic movie starring MarlonBrando, will be screened at PierC, where it was originally filmed,on June 17 at 8 p.m.

Anyone wishing to welcomeHoboken Celebration '82 is in-vited to a "kickoff Party," begtn-ning at 8 tonight, a t ' t heMulti-Service Center.

Cappiello of 'misleading public'By Thomas Rojas

A Hoboken civic organizationaccuses Mayor Steve Cappiello of"playing politics" with residentsby releasing misleading informa-tion about the city's financialproblems.

In a letter to Cappiello, theAnthony Russo Civic Associationcharges that the mayor is mis-leading the public by warningthat his proposed 1982 municipal

I budget projects an increase in theI tax rate of $28 per $1.000 assessed[valuation.

The group also charges thatTappiello's statement that asiany as 100 city employees will

laid off in order to trim the

budget is "an inflated figure."Russo, who is coordinator of

special education for the city'sschool system, claims that Cap-piello has purposely over-estimated the projected tax in-crease in 1982 so that home-owners will feel relieved whenthe tax rate is "cut down" toabout $6. s

Russo explained that hisgroup has studied the proposedbudget and found a "hidden sur-plus " which will cause a tax rateincrease of about $6 to $8.

In addition, Russo's groupsays that Cappiello has over-estimated the amount of an-

ticipated layoffs so thatemployees receiving layoffnotices will have to ask themayor to intercede for them, andwill feel indebted to Cappiellowhen the layoffs don't gothrough.

On another matter, the groupopposes the proposed appoint-ment of Hudson CountyFreeholder John Spinello to the$15,000-a-year post of "liaison of-ficer" with the North HudsonCouncil of Mayors.

The organization claims thatCappiello — who is chairman ofthe freeholders — may havecreated the post so that Spinello

will side with him on county mat-ters.

However, Cappiello deniedthat the post was created forpolitical reasons, adding that hebelieves the job is necessary andthat Spinello is qualified for it.

As for the municipal budget,Cappiello has said that the pro-jected $28 tax increase - whichhe hopes to reduce to "no morethan $10" - reflects losses inratables, reductions in federaland state aid, increased costs,and an anticipated loss of $4 4million, should the BethlehemSteel Corp. succeed in its attemptto lower its tax rate by thatamount.

Claim zone board blocksuptown Hoboken mart

The construction of a super-market in uptown Hoboken —which has been the subject of agrowing controversy in recentweeks — weill be the subject of ameeting tomorrow of the city'sZoning Board of Adjustment.

Seymour Heller, vice presi-dent of Hoboken Shore Proper-ties, Inc., which owns five acresof vacant land between 14th and15th streets, claims that the zon-ing board has denied his firm thevariance needed to sell theproperty to the Pathmark super-market chain because the super-market would create trafficproblems

He says that the planned

supermarket would provide jobsfor some 120 residents andgenerate tax ratables amountingto $125,000 annually.

But the zoning board hasdenied the variance, arguing thatthe uptown property is currentlyin a district zoned for light in-dustrial use which makes noprovisions for commercial retailfood stores.

The zoning board isscheduled to hear arguments anddecide whether to grant thevariance at 7:30 p.m. tomorrowin City Hall

At the meetingn Hobokenresident Rocco Cavallo is ex-pected to present the zoning

board a petition — signed byabout 1,000 residents — callingfor development of the super-)market.

Meanwhile, a survey by the IAnthony Russo Civic Associationhas found that 94.2 percent of the IHoboken residents polled support [the proposed supermarket.

"It is absurd not to grant ap-1proval to this proposal," said]Russo, coordinator of specialeducation for the Hobqken school •system. "The supermarket would ibenefit Hoboken by addingratables, reducing the enormous'tax rate by at least $1. and offer-ing competitive prices and set-]vices to the public "

Tenants win roundin rent dispute ^ ^

Tenants of the state-financedMarine View Plaza apartmentcomplex in Hoboken have won avictory in their attempt towithhold an 18 percent rent in-crease imposed by the buildings'landlord last October

Thomas Illing, president ofthe Marine View Plaza TenantsAssociation, announced yester-day that Judge Gregory Castanohas dismissed a suit broughtagainst the t?nants by theModerate Income ManagementCo., which manages the two-building complex for moderate-

income tenants.The managing company had

filed suit against the tenants inorder to collect the rent increasethat had been imposed last Oc-tober 1. but which had beenwithheld by the tenants, whoclaim the increase was toosevere. '

Judge Castano ruled that themanaging company made anerror in bringing the case beforehim by calling it a contract dis-pute. He advised the managingfirm to take their case to housingcourt

Denies Hobokensick leave appealBy Special Correspondent

TRENTON - The AppellateDivision, State Superior Court,yesterday denied the appeal ofthe Hoboken Board of Education,which challenged a ruling thatallocation of sickleave wasnegotiable and arbitrable.

The board had filed a scope ofnegotiations petition with theState Public Employment Rela-tions Commission and PERCentered an order denying theboard's permanent restraint ofarbitration.

At the start of the 1978-79school year, the board method of

calculating charges against sickleave was to charge aon-accumulataWe time first, leavingintact "baniied" and "bankablesick leave days. The board re-quired sick leave days to be firstcharged against that year's ac-cumulate days, then against sickleave time already "banked" inprior years, and then sick leavedays to be charged against non-accumulative time.

The Hoboken Teachers As-sociation filed a grievanceprotesting the unilateral changeand the tribunal yesterday upheldPERC was negotiable and ar-bitrable.

City may lay off75 to pare budget

By ROY KAHN*\ " ^

HOBOKEN-The City Council hasderided to lay off 75 municipalemployees and expects to cut de-partmental allocations by 10percent as it struggles to knock $2million off the proposed 1982 citybudget, according to a councilsource

The source said the layoffs willsave <>t]lv about t l million, half ofthe council's goal

The decision to cut jobs cameafter three closed sessions duringthe past two weeks, the source saidMonday

The council meets again tonightto" discuss the budget A pubUchearing on the budget is scheduledfor 7 pm Ajyil 14 in City Hall

No official statement has beenreleased on the council's delibera-tions, but it is expected that thepolice, fire and public works depart-ments — or those with the largestdepartmental allocations — will behit hardest, the source said

Three weeks ago Mayor SteveCappiello released a budget callingfor expenditures of *20 million and

rate increase of $27 per (1,000of assessed valuation If im-plemented. Cappiello s budgetwouM boost the tax rate to %mThrough its deliberations and addi-tional cuts the council hopes U>eliminate the need for a tax in-crease

Council sources sav thev have notyet decided where the additional $1million in cuts will be made But thegoverning body has consideredlaying off as many as 150 people andscheduling municipal employees forfour-day work weeks

The council also has been review-ing tt* proposed $21 million schooltMdget which, following the adop-tion o* %mm in cuts, still willrequire a tax increase of more than

nThe S900.000 in cuts ordered by

the board of school estimate whenit rejected the original version oftht school budget, were designed toforce layoffs of school personnelcommensurate with the layoffs for-

"*«en in city departmentsBat the board managed to avoid

large-scale personnel cuts, and nowcity officials say thev are lookingfor more reductions

Yvgoslavianofficialsbooks to Hoboken library

nvironmeniqllauds Hoboken cleanup

ft group of Yugoslavian of-ficials came to Hoboken yester-day bearing books.

The Yugoslavian leadersvisited the city to fulfill apromise made three years ago toCouncilman Robert Ranien, whohad led a delegation of Slavish-Americans from the New Yorkarea on a trip to their homeland

At that time, the Yugosla-vians promised Ranieri that theywould make a presentation ofbooks to the Hoboken library.

In a ceremony at the publiclibrary yesterday, the visitingY u g o s l a v i a n d i g n i t a r i e spresented Ranieri and library of-ficials with about 300 leather-bound books — in English and in

Slavish — on Yugoslavian historyand culture

Library officials said that thebooks will occupy a special spacein the foreign nations section ofthe library.

Ranien said that the bookswill be a welcome addition toHoboken. which has a largeSlavish-American population

Council seeksays to w

[Hoboken taxes

By Thomas RojasThe state Department of En-

vironmental Protection is super-vising the cleanup of chemicalspillage from a lot that has beenvacated by a Hoboken firm

George Klenck, a spokesmanfor the DEP. said that Reiter-Schneider-Connor, Inc. ofHoboken has done "an excellentjob" of cleaning spillage at theirlot at Sixth and Jackson streets.

The company, which recyclesindustrial drums, recently movedout of Hoboken, where it hadoperated lots on Jackson Streetand a». Eighth and Madisonstreet?

Anthony Russo, coordinator

of special education for theHoboken Board of Education,notified the DEP that thedeparting company had left somechemical spillage at the JacksonStreet site, presenting a potentialhealth hazard to children in near-

trord ing to Klenk. DEP in-spectors visited the two lots lastmonth, and discovered that theMadison Street site had been ex-tremely well cleaned."

However, inspectors foundabout a shovelful' of con-

taminated soil at te JacksonStreet lot, and instructed thefirm's owners to clean the lot.

• The company was extreme-ly cooperative," said Klenk"They did an excellent job of

cleaning the site, which was real-ly welcome on the part of theDEP and Hoboken health of-ficials."

Klenk said that inspectorsalso checked the storm drains inthe area, and found that nospillage had run off into thedrains He added that a final in-spection of the lot will be madenext week.

But Russo insists that thecompany should have informedthe DEP of their departuresooner

"The public has no wijp ofknowing when a company qptesout of a site and leaves spillagebehind." he said.

reA GIFT BOOKS — Dlnko Zorovlc, toft, movor

ii, a province of Yuooslovio, present* aTof books to Terrv Sasso, director of ttw

Hoboken Public Library, at a r»c«nt ceremony.LookinVon ore Duson Boodanovlc, c o n $ u i generaloMn« YuSoslavion consulot. In N«w York, andMoboten Councilman Robtrt Rontori, at me farVSTlMYugoslavian officials visited HobokjnSSintlv to fulfill a promis* to Ranltri, who visitsYugoslavia about thrte v«ar» aoo.

Crowd due at hearingon

A standing room-only crowdit expected at Hoboken City Halltomorrow, when the city's ZoningBoard of Adjustment continues apublic hearing begun last week onthe construction of a controver-

supermarjet at Washingtonand 14th streets.

The owners of the property,Hoboken Manufacturers, haveapplied for a variance in order tosell the property to the Pathmarksupermarket chain.

Supporters of the plannedsupermarket — including severalcitizens' groups — claim that thesupermarket woule provide jobsfor some 120 residents andgenerate tax ratables amountingto 1125,00 annually.

Opponents of the super-market — including WoodrowMonti, the city*s tax assessor —insist that a better use of the landcould' be made if developmentwere delayed until the city's taxrevaluation is completed.

At a packed zoning boardmeeting last Thursday, propo-nents and opponents of the pro-ject engaged in an often heateddebate. *

Supporters- presented a planto reroute traffic in the area toease access to the proposed store,while opponents argued that theuptown property is in a districtzoned for light industrial usewhich isn't suitable for a com-mercial retail food store.

After a debate of more thanan hour, Zoning Board ChairmanFrank Camerone adjourned themeeting and scheduled a con-tinuationof the public hearing for7:30 tonight, at the City CouncilChamber!* m City Hall.

Spokesmen for severalcitizens' groups who attendedThursday's hearing said that theyexpect to return to City Halltonight te argue in favor of tteproposed supermarket.

By Thomas Rojas

Hoboken's proposed 1982municipal budget will be the sub-ject of two special City Councilmeetings this week

A public hearing on thebudget will be held tomorrow, at7 p.m. at City Hall. Then, onThursday at 7 p.m., the councilwill discuss the budget in a closedmeeting.

The proposed $20.3 millionmunicipal budget projects an in-crease in the tax rate of 128 per$1,000 assessed valuation. Thatwould raise Hoboken's tax rate toabout $166 per $1,000 assessedvaluation.

Mayor Steve Cappiello hassaid that he hopes to hold any in-crease in the city's tax rate to"no more than $10." However,the council reportedly wants to

the increase to $4, which

would require trimming the Ibudget by about $2 million

It is expected that Cappielloand the council will agree on abudget-cutting plan that includeslayoffs of city workers, areduciton of the work week dur-ing the summer, a hiring andsalary freeze, and stiff reductionsin overtime payments.

Cappiello has said that asmany as 100 municipal employeesmay be laid off in order to avoid afinancial crisis.

Meanwhile, Jude Fitzgib-bons, president of the HobokenMunicipal Employees Associa-tion, has called a specil meetingof the union's 200 members for4:30 p.m. today, to discus* the an-ticipates layoffs. '

The council is expected tovote on the 1863 municipal budgetat their next regular meeting, onApril 21.

Ranieri opposesmayor as freeholder

Election processmore than gamefor youngsters

By Thomas Rojas

Hoboken Councilman RobertRanieri plans to introduce aresolution calling for MayorSteve Cappiello to step down im-mediately as chairman of theHudson County Board ofFreeholders

Ranieri charges that Cap-piello's involvement with thefreeholders is one of the majorreasons for Hoboken's financialproblems.

He said that he will ask thecouncil to draft a resolution call-ing on Cappiello to resign asfreeholder and "become a full-time mayor."

"Steve Cappiello was a finemayor until he became involvedin county affairs," said Ranien

"When he became a freeholder,the city began to decline. Now,the leadership of Hoboken has ab-dicated ."

Cappiello declined commenton Ranieri's planned resolution,but said that the councilman hadsupported him in his bid for afreeholder seat.

"Ranieri supported me forfreeholder, because it would giveHoboken better representation inthe county," said the mayor. "Idon't understand why he's chang-ing his mind now."

Ranieri offered the plannedresolution as part of a revisedplan for cutting the proposed$20 3 million 1982 municipalbudget. *>•

In addition to Cappiello'sreseination as freeholder,

Ranieri is calling for a 50 percentsalary cut for all elected of-ficials, a reduction in the numberof department directors, an ad-ditional negotiated cut in theschool budget, reduction of over-time to c i ty workers by$100,000,and the adoption ofmunicipal garbage collection.

Cappiello has said that he andthe council are considering paycuts for elected officials, as weltas reductions in the numbr of Idirectors and in overtime pay-ments.

A public hearing on theproposed municipal budget isscheduled for Wednesday night,with final passage of the budgetexpected at the council meetingthe following week.

100 face y ^in Hoboken crunch

Cappiello backs foeas housing chief

By Raul Vicente Jr.

Mike Garcia, a Hoboken resi-dent and part owner of a gamecalled Elections USA, inventedby Dr Salvador Marse, apediatrician in F.ast Orange, isasking the state Board of Educa-tion to consider purchasing thegame as a tool to teach childrenthe election process.

.Marse, who spent eight yearsdeveloping the game, has been

U.S., he said — that over theyears he observed a decline in thepopular vote. Finally hearing thatthere were people who felt thatthe electoral college should beremoved from the electionprocess, he decided to developsomething that would make theimportance of the system under-stood in a fun way.

Garcia, who recently lost hisbid for election in the state as-sembly's 33rd district said, "I

unable to find anyone to support can't stand by and see a methodhis venture financially, said Gar- by which we can teach our young

the mechanics of the electoral

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cap-piello has recommended thatThomas Vezzetti, a frequentcritic of the city administration,be named executive director ofthe city's Housing Authority

In a letter to the HousingAuthority, Cappiello says thatVezzetti, who has worked for thecity as a security guard andmanagement analyst, is "amplyqualified" to succeed JosephCaliguire. who is retiring as ex-ecutive director in June after 24years in the post

Vezzetti is a longtime criticof the mayor, the City Council,

the Board of Education, and theHudson County Freeholders. Hefrequently attends meetings ofthose groups.

At Thursday night's meetingof the Housing Authority, a groupcalling themselves the HobokenHousing Coalition offered to as-sist the agency in finding areplacement for the retiringCaiguire.

Peter Fontana, chairman ofthe Housing Authority, told thegroup that the Authority willbegin reviewing applicants byApril 29, and will name the newdirector sometime in May

cia.After reading the results of

marketing specialists and NewYork educators, who havelabeled the game as an excellentlearning tool, Garcia and Marsehave decided to offer a modifiedversion to the state at a 50 per-cent reduction of the wholesaleprice

Marse's interest in the elec-tion process began as a child. Hesaid that even at the early age ofnine he kept his own tabulationsof the Presidential elections fromPuerto Rico

Later, when he came to the

..„ mechanicsprocess go unnoticed.

Most of the young people wholived in deprived socio-economicneighborhoods, said Garcia, don'tread newspapers, magazines andoften do not keep up with currentevents.

Garcia pointed out that thegame could be played by anyoneregardless of their language oncethe rules were explained. Heemphasized the use by Hispanicand black children who make upthe bulk of the youth living indeprived areas.

My ROY KAHN"Staff Writer

HOBOKEN-Still swinging its budget cleaverbehind closed doort, the City Council is seriottelvconsidering laying off more than 100 municipalemployees and forcing $1 million in ruts fromthe school budget

Following four work sessions, the council hasagreed to cut more than $15 million from thebudget through layoffs But according to sources,the council wants to eliminate a total of $2 8million from the $20 million budget

•Mayor Steve Cappiello's administration ver-- sion of the befttget called'for a $27 increase in

the tax rate He then told the council to cut the•ike to $10 or less

Councilman Thomas Kennedy said yesterdaythat the council might be able to bring theincrease into the $10 range, but it is doubtful the

> it could be brought below $5. The current taxrate is about $135 per $1,000 of assessed valu-ation.

Personnel cuts, however, represent only aportion of the slashes being considered by thecouncil

Last night, the governing body was expectedto accept a compromise on its long-debatedgarbage pickup plan This would give its privatecontractor a one-year. $12 million deal and at

the same time commission a study on thefeasibility of the city's taking the work over.

For more than a month. Councilman Robertk. ftwteri hat argitf that the cKy could N N *as much as $11 million annually if it rejectedthe La Fera Contracting Co s contract and vealinto the garbage business. ~.

He had pressed for an immediate sanitationservice takeover, but opposition on the co**ctlforced the compromise jj~

Ranieri said the study would be compiledwithin six months. "

The council is also turning to the board ofeducation to realize savings

The Cappiello-dominated board of schoobtsti-mate rejected the school board's proposed, f21million budget when it was first proposed^" J

then ordered $528,000 in cuts The school ITcomplied, but Cappiello complained at thethat the trustees had managed to find thewithout laying off personnel, as the city

According to city officials, the councilplanning to request additional cuts totaNleast $471,000. and is debating the pessiMclosing the Sadie Leinkauf School Theaccon*ng to Business AdministratorChius could result to a #1QB,«Ooperating costs and could be toU for$100,000.

The Professor sold onThere's this iellow. Frank

Bradley from Hoboken. and he sonthe phone and he s trying to sellHoboken to the Old Professor Hekeeps going cm and on and on. andfinally the O!d Professor exclaims.

You don t have to sell Hoboken tomp' I was sold on the city longbefore I spent those wonderful yearsat the Hoboken Tennis Club1

However this Bradley fellowpays no attention to the OldProfessor s avowal that greaterlove hath no man than theProfessor's tor the Waterfront CityAnd Bradley keeps on selling andselling Now the Old Professordoesn't know whether this HobokenBradley is as big as the Bradley wehave in Washington or whether he sonly fivMoot six but the OldProfessor takes a chance and hi

honks himThis is very disconcerting to Mr

Bradley. w»© seems determined toglamorize the Mile Square City nomatter how long it takes

There is however no letup The,Old Professor picks up one Sundaynewspaper and there is a hig featurearticle on a Celebration 82 inHflboken Another papery lays thesame tune-except that it featuressomebody named Sinatra And amonthly magazine dittoes

The Old Professor finally fallsasleep-and guess what happens"He dreams ABOTT HOBOKKN' Henot only dreams about it but findshimself walking the length ofWashington Street with somebodywho keeps putting the rap on thecity

Perhaps Freud could explain itAll the Old Professor can do is tellyou what he dreamed Or drea nitif you insist

TheLud

Anywav. in this dream, he iswalking with a fellow who looks likea retired horse thief as the OldProfessor makes like avocado ofwhich there arc many in HobokenAs they start the southward trek onWashington Street, this fellowgrumbles What sail thehup-huphup all this baloney everybodyabout a Hoboken renaissance' Allya hear and read is HobokenHoboken Hoboken' You'd think itwas the garden spot of the world

Well it once was. the OldProfessor countered A beautifulgarden spot And there were beergardens all over the place

I think Jersey City and Newarkand Union Hill, which had all thembreweries had beer gardens too.the incredulous one retorted

Look he went on those otherf'aces like Jersey City and Newark,tor instance had InternationalLeague baseball

Hah said the Old lYotessorbut WHERE was the first

organized baseball game in thiscountr> pJavod"' It was played inHoboken back in 18«i long beforeJersey City and Newark had anybaseball And another thing whenbaseball was illegal in New York onSundays did vou know that JohnMcGraw used to bring his Giantsover to Hoboken tor Sundayafternoon exhibitions" And that hegot fresh one dav and Jack Merity

a local umpire, who later was anannouncer at the Oakland A boffedhim one0

Yah but the Old Professor scompanion exclaimed look atwhat Jersey City had in boxing-themillion dollar gate was in JerseyCity And Jersey City producedfighters like Johnny Butt who heldtwo championships while Bayonnegave us Chuck Wepner and NorthBergen gave us JimmyBraddock

"All right, all right the OWProfessor said That same JackDempsey who knocked out Georges(arpentier at Thirty Acres—DOYOl> KNOW WHO KNOCKED HIMOUT*

He didn t knowWell, only ONK man knocked

him out Jack Dempsey knocked out50 men in his career - but only oneman knocked him out And thatman here the OW l*rotessorpauses tor effect That man wasfrom Hoboken' He was born in 1879in Hoboken as Andrew Charigleone.He did his boxing as Fireman JimFlynn He knocked Dempsey out injust one round back in 1917 Ofcourse, one year and one day later 'the OW lYofessor added coyly

Dempsev knocked him oat in oneround

The Growler wasn't impressedOne knockout doesn t mean that

much he sneeredWait a minute said the OM

Professor Hoboken also had JoevRoss and .lark DeMave and Skellyl*wis and Franks Nelson and CySmith and Charlie Sieger the IronMan. who fought Joe Gans twice

This stopped the skeptic But not

for long He suddenly switched backto baseball

How about ball players' hedemanded Jersey City had theMcCarren brothers and theStapleton brothers and there was alefthander named HerbieThormahlen who went up with theYankees '

"So.what*" bellowed the OldProfessor Hoboken had atremendous WHOLE battery notjust a pitcher Johnny Kucksmadethe Yankees and Sonny Romano, acatcher made the Orioles AndTomy Carey an infielder made theS« Louis Browns

There was a halt now aroundFifth street for air

"Look, said the Old Professorpointing eastward A couple ofblocks over is Stevens InstituteThey don't go tor headlines in sports

but back around World War I theStute had some terrific footballteams - they plaved ColumbiaPrinceton. Yale and Rutgers "

"But how about basketball""came the prod Look at what fnionCity turned out big timers likeTommy Heinsohn and TogoPalazzi

Listen, the Old Professorrasped, "there was a fellow namedNat Hickey who came out ofHoboken and made the originalCeltics He ranked with any of em

Tistrue he went on. everyplace in H udson County has hadsomebody or something to bragabout Secaucus had TonyBeck man the bicycle rider and 300-pound Harry Krajewski. who ran forl ! S president Kearny folks willalways brag about Alex WebsterWest New York had Lenny Burns

Malfetti, Wilsondefend roles incharter change

and Joe Co vie I lo Weehawken, wellWeehawken had AlexanderHamilton and Aaron Burr whodueled there Even Guttenberg gota lot of headlines once It had aracetrack back in the late 1MB sbut maybe we shouldn t talk aboutthat..."

Sensing some softening on the OWProfessor's part his companionottered to a buv a drink Even indreams people can get thirstyEspecially if they're in a dream

walking in HobokenSo they barged into the nearest

water hole This ;s one of the thithings that make Hoboken NumlOne remarked the Old Professor]

Ya see his nibs explainedHonoken - at least at one time -

had MORE saloons per block thanany place in the entire I S A

And the ot her t wo thing!***N They aren t things snorted

Old Professor They re people.Jerry Mollov and Frank Sinatra

In a joint staiemWt. HobokenI Councilmen Nunzio Malfetti and

E Norman Wilson — two of theseven council members who arecirculating a petition calling for achange to a commission formofgovernment — have defendedtheir position, which has drawnloud criticism in recent days.

Councilman Robert Ranieri,for example, has voiced his op-position to the change, arguingthat the commission form ofgovernment encourages "crime,graft and corruption "

In addition several localcivic and political groups havecharged that the change is in-

i'tended to divert attention fromthe • ineptness of city officials,"and Hobokens growing financialproblems

But Malfetti and Wilson dis-agree with Ranieri's arguments,stating that "the quality ofgovernment is determined not byits form but by the people in it."

Moreover, the councilmendeny they are to blame for finan-

cial ills ',«•"We can honestly say (fdi

the current budget mess is not ofour doing," they contend."Neither or us has loaded the cityor Board of Education payrollwith political supporter*, wehave never endorsed tbejmayorfor elective office, wtofneverrubber-stamped his poljHes '

Malfetti and Wilsif claimthat MOM who objtct, to thechange in govern rotnt want tokeep the current administrationin power. m

"Many of the critit^fcow sur-facing are the samqfpeople whof°f years supported the currentadministration, they charge."The idea of a possible change ingovernment was born out of afrustration with current ad-ministration policies "

The councilmen added that<hey support the governmentchange in order to "out an end towanton uncontrolled spending bycity officials who do not have toface the voters1

Cultural council sponsois 3-month bath

Hoboken cefebrofes ifs past with tours, slide showsexpectation

By MIGUEL TERSYStaff Writer

HOBOKEM-lf you don't have anything to do theHoboken Cultural Council a non-profit organization.has several events coming up for the next two weeks*-aid Assistant Director Marianne Quercio

The events are part of a three-month celebrationcalled Hoboken in Celebration 82 The art and culturalevents highlighting the city s past and present are freeof charge so thev can be accessible to the public saidQuercio

Sparks on the Wheel.' a program of poetrvreadings and historical lectures is scheduled for at 3p m at the American Magnesium 4 Aluminum Company. 1316 Adams St It will include a slide show onAmerican labor and industry Quercio said

Quercio said there will be several walking tours thisweek One will be at the Bamboo and Tan Works 901Jefferson St beginning at 1 p m The tour will featuretheater sets built for R H Mary's and Bloormngdale s

A second walking tour at the Dan-Dee Bav and BeltCompany. 115 Grand St will show how belts and bags

are made from basic materials to the finished productsaid Quercie.

The tour win Include a sneak preview on the latestfashions on belts and carry-on baggage " Quercio said

A third walking tour scheduled Wednesday at 1 3Dp m and 3 30 p m at Alco-Gravure Ninth and Monroestreets will include a slide show highlighting thehistory of the companv This company has done supple-ments and advertisements for Sears J C Penny andLevitt, said Quercio

Bethelem Steel at 13th and Hudson streets will be

the site of a walking tour of the shipyards and drydocksSaturday May 7. at 2 p m

The tour will include two artists working OPsculpture using material from the yard." Querrio saidadding that the finished worts will be unveiled June19 as part of the waterfront festival

A slide presentation Store Fronts." will be heldWednesday at 9 p m Room 218 of the Hoboken CulturalCenter at Third Avenue and River Road The presenta-tion will contrast familiar sights of today withstorefronts of the past

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Hoboken: Closeup of a city

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by 7*4 lowell

Daaiel Coken and »ome of hit photographs.

By JANET SLATERStaff t r i tor

HOBOKEN-Daniel Cohen has lived her? for onlvthree years yet he has discovered and captured onfilm parts ot the ntv that lifelong residents mav nevethave noticed

Cohen s collection of photographs is just one anumber of artists work on display as part of theHoboken Celebration 82 - a 12-week series of dancemusic theater and art exhibits put together bv theHoboken Cultural Arts Council The celebration endsApril 80.

Cohen's exhibit consists of a collection of close-up photographs of places that "evervone goes pasthut which have surprising bursts of color and detailThey include close ups of carefully arranged BlessedVirgin grot 1 o« a magenta door and a robin s egg-bluewindow frame

An example of his work is a pair of photographswhich show a contrasting overview of the citv inNovember and how it appeared eight months later inJuly While the rooftops are identical, the color andbackground change from blue to red. from foggv toclear

'There are visualsurprises in Hoboken'

— Daniel Cohen

There are visual surprises in Hoboken saidCohen.

Thoses surprises not only appear in his photos hutin the gallerv itsell The exhibits are being shown inrenovated shipping offices on Pier A at River Streetand Second Avenue The spacious white-walled roomsoverlook the waterfront and give a billion dollar viewol New York City, said Cohen

While the rooms are somewhat bare and dustytheir present appearance is a far cry fnm how thevlooked when the arts council first received permissionto renovate them from the Port Authority of NewYork and New Jersey said Betsv Kuga an art*council member

"The rooms had not been used in about 10 years. "she said The dust was a couple of Inches thick, andthere were pigeon s nests in the ceiling "

About 30 volunteers armed with paint donated bylocal businessmen some cleaning supplies and threecases of beer. hx«i up the place Kuga said ThePort Authority did all ot the electrical »ork. and thedepartment r.f public works donated a van in thegroup

Everyone s been really heljful. The town pavedthe way and made things reallv easy for us." saidKuga

The volunteers learned that their efforts weren'tthe first attempts taken to enhance Hohoken's nativeculture

"WP discovered that in the 1920s a io* of artistssettled here, kind of like a little Bohemian uprising.Cohen said.

The council's next project is renovating the endof Pier C. an area "as big as an orpan liner" in orderto hold theater productions and grand scale sculptureand painting exhibits. Kuga said

The Port Authority ha* allowed the council to usethe property until August After thai the group sfuture is uncertain she said

"It depends MI money and real estate ' she saidA lot depends »n the artists and the community, and

what thev want to do with us

compromise 'resolution is[expected to be introduced attomorrow's Hoboken City Councilmeeting in the long-standing dis-pute concerning a municipaloperated garbage collection ser-

jvice as opposed to a privately-I operated one

The resolution was discussed|at last night's council caucus.

The compromise will consistI of a one-year contract for three-Iday-a-week collections with aI stipulation that the city will im-I mediately solicit proposals fromla consultant to determine if asubstantial saving could berealized if the city established its

| own service.In other business, the council

received a letter from HobokenMunicipal Court Judge Rudolph INaddeo informing the membersthat he is submitting a resolutionto increase fines for parking |violations.

The judge said that some of Ithe city's fines are considered!archaic.

The measure was referred tolthe law committee and, if found!satisfactory, wiH be placed on thelagenda for tomorrow's council!meeting.

The council ateo is expected!to pass two resolutions of ap-Jpreciation to Ninslav Kopac, a|vice consul of Yugoslavia, for!services rendered to Slavic resi-ldents of Hoboken, and to DirZorovic, president of the contil ofCres Losinj, a Yugoslavian!province. Zorovic donated 3001books on Slavic culture to thelcity's library

The garbage col lect ion]resolution is being considered aslone way of breaking the impasse|the council has been tangled in|over the issue.

Garbage study to be discussedHoboken Mayor Steve Cap-

piello is expected to meet withmembers of the City Council to-day to discuss hiring a privateconsultant to study th feasibilityof the city adopting a municipalgarbage collection system.

The mayor is scheduled tomeet with Robert Ranieri, HelenMacri and Anthony Romano, whomake up the council's committeeon solid waste collection.

Recent ly , the councilawarded a one-year $1.2 millioncontract for three-day-a-weekgarbage collections to the LaFera Contracting Co.. whichcurrently collects the city's gar-bage.

The contract was awardedwith the stipulation that a consul

tant be immediately hired todetermine whether the cityshould collect its own garbage inthe future.

That agreement ended weeksof debate between Ranieri, whohad argued in favor of municipalgarbage collection, and other cityofficials, who countered that thecity was not prepared to collectits own garbage.

But Ranieri insists that thefeasibility study will give the cityample time to prepare formunicipal garbage collection.

"I would expect the study tobe completed in four months," hesaid. "That would give the cityabout eight months to beginordering equipment, set up truckr o u t e s , and make other

preparations."Ranieri said that he will ask

the mayor and council to budgetabout 125,000 for the feasibilitystudy, which he predicts willshow that the city can save atleast $300,000 a year by collecting

its own garbage/However, he added that if the

consultant recommends that thecity continue to employee aprivate garbage collector, thenhe will "yield" to the consultant'sdecision.*

Ranieri opposes changein form of government

By- Thomas Rojas

Hoboken Councilman RobertRanieri charges that a movementby several City Council membersto change the city's form ofgovernment is merely a "redherring" intended to divert thepub l i c ' s a t t en t ion fromHoboken s growing financialproblems

Ranieri explained that he op-posap the proposed change fromthe City's current mayor-councilfornt of government to a five-mffmber commission, becausethe commission form encourages

"•'crime, graft and corruption.'"The municipalit ies in

Hufcon County, that have hadftfcal strife — including Union

North Bergen andeehawken — have had the com-

mission form of government," hesaid. 'The cities that are stablepolitically, such as Bayonne, use

the mayor-council form."Ranieri argues that the

mayor-council form guardsagainst corruption by providing asharp division of powers betweenadministrators and legislators.

"In government, there mustbe a system of checks andbalances, in which one groupwatches the other," he said. "Themayor-council form allows thelegislators to watch the ad-ministrators. But, in a commis-sion form, the legislators are theadministrators. That leads tocrime, graft and corruption."

Several of Hoboken's ninecouncil members, includingCouncil President WalterCramer, have begun circulating apetition tailing for a change inthe city»s form of government.

They contend that the com-mission form cut costs by reduc-

Ing the number of ad-ministrators, and it would im-prove the quality of governmentby "placing the power in thehands of the elected officials."

However, Ranieri insists thatthe change of government move-ment is a "red herring" intendedthe draw the public's attentionaway from the city's proposed1982 municipal budget, which pro-jects an increase in the tax rateof $28 per $1,000 assessed valua-tion.

"If tie council really wantsto cut expenses, they can reducethe number of council membersby modifying the state FaulknerAct, reduce the number of depat-ment directors, and cut thesalaries of all elected officials,"he said. "I predict that thechange of government movementwill die out as soon as the budget

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Crimmal refugees are marked menR«JN

Ordinarily, a heart-shaped tattoo bearing theinscription Mother' would not be cause for con-cem.

But Hoboken police say that a Cuban boatrefugee wearing a tattoo in the shape of a heart,with the word <7Madre" (mother) inside of it, may

, have been • murderer in Cuba.Hoboken police have been notified by New

York police officials that a number of Cuban boatrefugees — who arrived during die "FreedomFlotilla" exodus of 1960 — may have tattoos whichidentified them as habitual criminate in Cuba.

According to acting Hoboken Police ChiefPatrick Totare, the tell-tale tattoos can be foundeither on the hand, between the index finger andthe thumb, or inside the lower lip.

"The tattoos were used by Cuban officials as away of branding career criminals," he explained."The different kinds of tattoos indicate the type of

crime they committed — homicide, rape, robbery,or whatever."

According to a release issued by New Yorkpolice authorities. Cuban officials used varioussymbols to indicate the different crimes.

For example, a star with three vertical linesabove it indicates kidnapping, a cross representsgun-running, three vertical lines with two horizon-tal lines underneath them indicates that the tattoo-wearer was a drug dealer, and a heart inscribed"Madre" means that the wearer was a murderer.

In addition, Cuban officials used a "dot" code,with a tattoo in the shape of three dots indicatingrobbery, two dots representing larceny, and onedot branding the bearer as a "non-supporter " ofCuban ruler Fidel Castro.

Totaro said that the tattoos have been dis-covered on a number of Cuban exiles arrested for .crimes in New York City and in Newark. He addedthat Hoboken police have not come across anyonewith the tattoos.

This photo, showing ffctffwt tteon tintWof tne Manhattan mn during the1950s, is one of 50 photos from the personal colkc«#«*( WUiojW /be on diiplov in Hoboken later this month. ** " '*%afr*

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A love affair with ships

He is Stevens;, MusiProf. WUUam F Ondnck will women who perform mairy con1 «? wrtiyttM

c Man

By Thomas RojasAs a child growing up in

Hoboken. William Miller wouldsit in Elysian Park and watch thegreat ocean liners being pulled bytugboat up the Hudson River Itwas love at first sight.

•The ships were all likecharacters in a play," he recalls"Each had a distinctive per-

sonality I began to learn all Icould about them."

The great ocean liners arealmost all gone now. replaced bycruise ships and highspeed air-liners But Miller is keeping theirmemory alive

Over the years. Miller, now33, has taken more than 40voyagev He has travelled toSouth America by cargoship, i0the Orient by containership, andto the North Pole by rnailbnat

In addition, he has vfritten sixbooks about the great oceanliners, and has built an impres-sive collection of steamshipmemorabilia which includes25.000 color slides, 400 posters,M 0 0 b r o c h u r e s , 5,000photographs, 50 cast iron oceanliner models, a bolt fromt heQueen Mary, sheet music aboutthe Titanic, steamer swizzle

.sticks and matchbook covers

Miller's seafaring expertisewill be on display this comingSuTiday, beginning at 10 a.m.,when he acts as tour guide for

Along the Hoboken Shore," awalking tour of the city'swaterfront, from the BethlehemSteel shipyards to the Erie-1 ackawanna Terminal.

What's more. Miller will be|

curator of "Great Ladies of OufHarbor." an exhibit of 50 prints ofthe great ocean liners, beginningApril 28 at the Pier A Building,athat same night, at 8 p.m , hewill deliver a lecture on "ThePort of Hoboken," also at thePier A Building.

Then, on May 9, the busyMiller will be the guide for"From Ellis Island to Hoboken,"

a boat tour tracing th* story ofthe "Golden Door " throughwhich 16 million immigrantsentered Hoboken from 1950 to1921 All of the events are part ofthe three-month HobokenCelebration 82.

Today. Miller is a projectcoord ator for the New York-

based Harbor Festival Founda—•tion, which organizes *h? annual"July 4 Harbor festival along theHudson, as well as about 200other public events every year. 1

According to Miller, Hoboke»°was at one time one of the biggest***ocean liner ports in the country.In fact, the German liner**1

imperator." which weighed,-52.000 tons and carried 4,000 pas-,.^sengers, once docked in thaVwaterfront city

Although he now resides in*Jersey City, Miller says thafjHoboken will always hold 1*'4special place in his heart. T

• HOboken is where I firstfrsaw the ships." he says. "That's^where it all started for me."

Prof. WUBrtn'..-.—celebrate his*25th anniversary as certs during the year both on thedirector of musk at Stevens In- campus and on tour in East CoastStitMte of Technology Saturday at states The Stevens 22-memberthe annual spring concert, begin- Jazz Ensemble hosts such well-ning at 8:15 p.m. in the "A" "—" •"•'—- - '— **««»iinBuilding Auditorium. Fifth andHudson Streets. Hoboken.

More than 200 alumni fromacross rtw nation have alreadymade reservations to attend.They will be joined by currentstudents, their families andfriends, and others who have en-joyed music at Stevens over the

known musicians as Joe Morello,Clark Terry. Jon Faddis. BillWatrous and Ron Roullier at itssemi-annual "Jazz Nights."

Ondrick credits much of hissuccess to the high academicstandards at the college, whereentering freshman average in the600s on the mathematics portionof the Scholastic Aptitude Test

fast quarter century The concert and where all undergraduates arewill include classical selections required to gain a firm founda-

musical review of the lastITS arranged by James T.

ran. arranger and accom-panist.

When Professor Ondrickarrived at Stevens as an instruc-tor in 1957, the extent of thecollege's musical activities wasan 11-man glee club that per-formed twice a year Today theGlee Club numbers 55 men and

tion in core subjects such ascalculus, physics, chemistry andcomputer science.

"The students at Stevens areserious," says Ondrick. "and arewilling to be challenged even inan area outside their major fieldof study. There's a tremendousworkload here, so there's littletime for fads During the 60s.students here maintained interest

activities such as the GleeClub, which suffered at othercolleges."

Twenty-five years have,however, produced changes in thestudent population at Stevensthat Ondrick believes have beento the benefit of both the collegeand its musical activities.Stevens first admitted women in1971 — after 100 years — and twoyears later the Glee Club in-cluded female voices The collegealso accepts increasing numbersof students from outside the NewYork-New Jersey metropolitanarea each year, and Ondrickbelieves this has provided "himwith a wide range of talent fronta broad geographical area

Ondrick has high praise forthe three men who have held thetitle of arranger/accompanist forthe Glee Club during his tenureKenneth Manzer served in thatposition from 1958 to 1968. andwas succeeded by Robert C Heb-ble from 1968 to" 1979 James T

William F. Ondrick25ft milestone

Moran, who received the BEami ME degrees from Stevensin 1978 and 1980. respectively, hasbeen arranger/accompanist since >1978

New Hoboken churchinstalls pastor Sunday on budget costlvf <

To answer the needs of resi-dents, a new church has been es-tablished in Hoboken The River-side Assemblies of God has begunholding services at St John sLutheran Church, 300 BloomfieldSt., a temporary location

While establishing roots inthe community, the search for apermanent location is ongoing"We are using St John's proper-ty," a member said, "so that wecan begin offering our ministry tofill the needs of people "

The church is the first -f itsdenomination to function inHoboken.

To enable the congregation tomove forward, the Rev GerardJ. Cleffi will be installed pastor

a t 3 p.m. Sunday

Cleffi is originally fromNewark and is the former as-sociate pastor of the Bethel As-sembly of God Church, Nutley.He and his wife are also formerdirectors of the Bethel Home forGirls, an outgrowth of theworldwide Teen ChallengeMinistries.

leen Challenge is a national-ly known program established forthe purpose of Christian rehabili-tation of youthful drug addictsand alcoholics as well as otherlife-controlling problems

The Cleffis have come toHoboken "with a vision tominister to the lost, and to lead

them to a saving knowledge of thelLord Jesus Christ " I

"The Riverside Church has|opened its doors to all people,Cleffi said. "Jesus was crucifiedso the entire human race couldexperience salvation anddeliverance from sin. In thatsame fashion, our doors are opento all people regardless of race,creed or color."

The schedule of servicescurrently lists Sunday worship at3 p.m., Home Bible Study, 7 30p m Mondays; Bible study andprayer at 7:30 p.m Wednesdays;and Home Bible study at 7:30 p.mFridays. Saturday lists youth andfellowship night beginning at 7:30p.m.

'The longer we wait to passthe budget, the more we will have

So says Hoboken Mayor SteveCappiello, who is working withthe City Council to reduce theproposed 1982 municipalwhich projects an • a t

"He brought the budget infour months late," said one iratecouncilman. "Now, we have tocut twice as much to make up forthe delay "

Cappiello would like toresolve the budget issue as quick-ly as possible, so that city

valuation. J , , ;„•Because of the long delay in

passing the budget **£*£*have to make up for the firstquarter of the year." said Cap-piello I f we wait much longerthen we will have to cut even

"" But several council membersblame the mayor for the delay inpassing the budget, saying that nedid not introduce the measure un-til the middle of March.

•It isn't fair to the cityworkers to delay much long«.he said "We should resolve thisquietly so that they will knowwhere they stand.'

Abut 15 temporary munfipalemployees have been laid off thusSJ in efforts to hold the tax in-^ U s e to $10. Capp.ello has saidthat as many of 100 city workersmay receive pink slips.

Hoboken leadersmeet on finances

Budget ox chops jobs in\% J t l > 3 l ^ s.ons a sal

Thomas Rojas <J *V f U rank, a stiffThe budget-cutting ax has begun to ran on r e d u c t l o n o f

loboki

Hoboken Mayor Steve Cap-pieHo. his department unecJors,and the City Council will onceagain meet behind dosed doorstoday to discus the city's grow-ing financial problems

The meeting, at tip m in CityHall, will be another in a series ofclosed strategy sessions betweenthe mayor and other city of-ficials, as Hoboken attempts toavert a financial catastrophe

About 1 ri t e m p o r a r ymunicipal workers have been laidoff thus far. in an effort to trimthe proposed $20 3 million 1982municipal budget

Layoffs of Civil Serviceemployees are scheduled to beginon May 19. when a 45-day noticeissue to the workers takes effect

/Cappiello has said that asmany a*. 100 municipal workersmay receive pink slips as the cityslices the proposed budget, whichprojects an increase in the taxrate of $2K per $1,000 assessed

valuation. That would pushHoboken's tax rate to about $166

The mayor is also consider-ing a salary and hiring freezereductions in rank, cutbacks inovertime payments, and a reduc-tion of the work week during thesummer.

In addition, the council isr e p o r t e d l y c o n s i d e r i n gdemanding add.tional cuts in theproposed 1982-83 school budget,which has already been reducedby about $520,000. in order tocomply with recommendationsmade by the Board of School1-stimate

Superintendent of Schools(rtwge Maier has warned thatany further cuts in the schoolbudget 'could have a devastatingeffect on our school system "

However, the council appearsdetermined to make whatevercuts it deems necessary in orderto hold \ke increase in the city'stax rate to no more than $10

Edwin Chiusmsmmeasts

.,,_- a salary and hiring freeze, reductions inrfnk a st!?f cutback in overtime payments, and areSucuon of tte work week to four days during the

the Hoboken Municipal

Xbons. Preside!"V m g i b S added tha. Hoboken will be Mere-

ly crippled if * e threatened layoff of 100 city

^ S E t f E ' t h e ci,y will be able

city emp*need

More workers face ax

Hoboken school boardpro-prayer,anH-nuk*

Educat ionemergency meeting today to con-sider dismissing additional per-

, sonnet because of school budgetcuts.

According to presidentRobert Wendelken. the 2 p.m.

i meeting was called to meet theApril 30 deadline set by contractfor notifying school personnel oflayoffs

Just last Tuesday, the schoolboard issued dismissal notices to'H non-tenured employees, in-cluding 35 teachers.

Among the non-tenured

clerk „Wendelken, wife of the boardpresident, Phyliss Wendelken,mother of the president, andMichele Maier. daughter ofSuperintendent of Schools GeorgeMaier.

The school board is expectedtoday to consider eliminatingseveral tenured administrativepositions, and consolidatingothers. In addition, severaltenured teachers may be laid off

The City Council isdemanding additional cuts of

about $680,000 in the proposed1

1962-83 school budget. The boardhas already cut about $520,000from the original $21.7 millionbudget, which was rejected bythe Board of School Estimate.

The school board is reported-ly considering appealing thereductions ordered by the councilto the state Commissioner ofEducation

By James Kopchains

The Hoboken B<3ard ofEducation is officially supportingeffort to return public prayersinto classrooms

The board approved anamendment as part of a con-troversial resolution that alsocalled for a Treeze in the nationalnuclear arsenal.

In other business, the boardapproved sending dismissalnotices to 44 non-tenured teacherand employees, including schoolBusiness Administrator Walter

tendorf, James Farina, JamesMonaco, and Pope voting for it.

The vote on the amendedresolution was 6-to-l with onlyWendelken voting agaist it

Prior to his vote, Wendelkencriticized both Block and Hotten-dorf. "You are using the board asa public podium," Wendelkensaid, "which is totally unfair."

Concerning the dismissalnotices, Wendelken tried to havean amendment added that wouldhave sent notices to all assistantsuperintendents, administrativeassistants, directors, principals.

Hoboken groupsin government'*11'

p*iST2«^"«"»ff%K H<*""""n

proposed change in Ihe city*

Cramer The dismissal notices v ice. principals, supervisors, anawere passed after an unsucces- coordinators.sful attempt by Board President H e explained he had in mind

- • •- u - ' - ideas about consolidating jobsamong administrators »n an ef-fort to save money But, wouldnot specify which areas he wasconsidering consolidating.

Robert Wendelken to havetenured administrators servedwith similar notices.

Prayer was abolished fromthe classroom by a decision of theU.S. Supreme Court. To have itbrought back would require aConstitution amendment or areversal or modification by theSupreme Court

form of governmentSal D'Amelio, president of

the Hoboken Civic League, calledthe movement by severalmembers of the City Council tochange the city's form of govern-ment to a five-member commis-sion a "fraud "

He said that the movement is"a mask" to disguise the"ineptness" of city officials,whom he claims have pushedHoboken to the brink ofbankruptcy >• :

"The commission form ofgovernment is an outdated form,which was changed almost 30

to bring aboutyears ago

The amendment failed whennone of the members would se-cond the motion. Block said hedid not want to second the motion

The resolution represented because Wendelken's plan did notthe first time in any of the come with the recommendationmembers' memories that the of Superintendent of Schools Dr.board had taken a position on any George Maier. • ; -*>; - -issue other than local education " " "matters The effective date of dismis-

Steven Block introduced the s a l *n th« n2J'c«* '! J u n e *L?C*- -o^.t,™ , cording to Block they are being

sent out to conform with contractrules that proper notice be given 11 •% • _m « m*— "Plan board

However, the present mayorand council have destroyed themteenty of the elective processand provided Hoboken with a taxrate which is the highest in the

*l8tMayor Steve Cappiello hasblamed the city's rising tax rateon the loss of ratables, increasingcosts, and reductions in state andfederal aid.

The Hoboken Civic League itcalling on Cappiello and the coun-cil to hold a public forum on theproposed change in the form of

^MeTnUi .e , MichaelDeLanzo. chairman of the "Let sMake Hoboken Great Again

and civic organizationaiiu • • vi mer mayoral candidate,said that a change to a commis-sion form of government wouldnot solve the city's financialproblems.

"We have to get back to thefundamentals of good]government," he said.

en extends oufcigarbage collection

The Hoboken City Councilresolved the long-standing issueof what to do about the city's gar-bage collections last night,granting a one-year. $1.2 millioncontract for thre-day-a-weekcollections to the La Fera Carting

In other business, the councilauthorized $260,000 for the up-coming revaluation of the city sreal estate and accepted bids lorthe rehabilitation of the JeffersonStreet Recreation Center

The compromise garbageagreement contains a proviso forthe immediate solicitation of con-tracts from consultants to in-vestigate the feasibility of thecity operating its own collectiondepartment.

The compromise pasted £ to-11 The dissenting vote was cast byCouncilman E. Norman Wilson

The council also voted to pay$1,810 in legal fees for thepreparation of a bond issue forthe construction of a municipalgarage. The cost of the garagehas been given as $12 million

The council also passed aresolution of gratitude andfriendship to two Yugoslaviandiplomats, Dmko Zorovic, presi-dent of the Council of Cres-Losinjin Yugoslavia and NinoslavKopicvice of the YugoslavianConsulate Zorivic donated 300books on Slavic Culture to thecity's litfrary Kopic was honoredfor service to Slavic residents ofthe city

Hoboken girl, 15gains Com

... mis-spelling crownBy A. Elizabeth Foley

Karen Powell, 15. aneighth grade student at theThomas G. Connors School,Hoboken, it the new 1982Hudson County SpellingChampion.

She bested a field of M6other spellers to take the ti-tle after 10 rounds of spell-ing — two on Tuesday andeight last night at theMartin Luther King Jr.School, Jersey City.

It was a girl's world forthe prize winners in the 27thannual Hudson CountySpelling Bee, sponsored byThe Jersey Journal All theprizes were won by girls.

For her paramount ef-forts, Karen earned the 30-volume EncyclopaediaBritannica 3 and anexpense-paid trip toWashington, D C , whereshe will compete in the 55thNational Spelling Bee.

First runner-up to Karenwas Rufh Ayure, who alsoattends school in Hoboken.An eighth grader at theRue/Demarest School,Ruth almost dropped out ofthe competition in thefourth round, when she wasrung-down. A challengeplaced with the judgesresulted in her return. Shespe l led the word"knightly," instead of"knlghtling," but wasreturned because the taperecording did not clearly in-dicate the pronouncer's dic-tion.

She will receive a com-pact portable black andwhite television from theZenith Radio Corp.,Secaucus.

While Karen and Ruthspelled for the first ninerounds along with others,they became the last twocontestants when RobinShamburg of St. Paul of theCross School, Jersey City,misspelled "riverain."

Because the ruleschange when two contes-tants are left — a missedword must be correctlyspelled by the other contes-tant and then topped with awinning word — Ruth mis-

sed "cadaver," beginningher spelling with the letter"k". Karen quickly cor-rected that spelling and ad-ded "debridement" to win.

The other words Karenspelled in earlier roundsw e r e . ' w a g g i s h . ""capitulate," "secon-dariness," pally," "trac-tile," "churrasco," "jambeau, ' "convection'and "amole."- #'* As second runner-up,]Robin will receive clock-radio from Goodman'sHome Furnishings Center,Jersey City.

Other prizes were wortby Jackolynn Monserrate ofSchool 22, Jersey City, whowas third runner-upreceived the AmericanHeritage Dictionary of theEnglish Language from dieHoughton Mifflin Co..Boston Fourth runner-up,Cynthia Hmielewski of Invmaculate ConceptioaSchoool, Secaucus, receivedthe Webster's CollegiateThesaurus and Alice Singerof Robert Fulton School,North Bergen, earned theWebster's New CollegiateDictionary, both gifts of theG and C. Merriam Co..Springfield, Mass.

Gina Moyet, a studentat Martin Luther King JrSchool, site of the Bee, wasawarded the hard-cover edi-tion of the World Almanac.

Following the conclu-sion of the Bee, Karen, whowas accompanied by hersister, Robin, her mother,Lillie Jackson, and a babybrother, Ricky, 2, detoureden route home for an icecream treat.

Of the original 112 con-testants registered for theSpelling Bee, three failed toappear. Of those who weresupposed to return lastnight, one failed to appear.

Handling the scorekeep-ing duties last night wasRegina Morley of Our Ladyof Mercy School, assisted byBarbara Stanavitdi of TheJersey Journal editorialdepartment. The recordingwas handled by TomMularney of Jersey City.

[Factory tours Hoboken featurenuclear freeze resolution

The resolution angered OttoHot tendorf. because it impliedthat each member supported it.Hottendorf seconded the motion,but introduced an amendmentsupporting school prayers

John Pope then secondedHottendorf's amendment, whichthen passed by 4-to-3, with Hot-

to employees in danger or beinglaid off. . ' -A *" . » *,.''•

The board is at present look-ing at ways to cut its $21 miUionbudget proposal which had beenturned down by the city Board ofSchool Estimate

May scheduleThe Hoboken Planning Board has an-

nounced its schedule of meetings duringMay. M

The board will meet today, at 11 30 am .to review a report of the Subdivision and SitePlan Review Committee.

The board will hold a public meetingTuesday, at 8 p m. on the planned blightingof the Condenser Service building onObserver Highway

On May 24. the planning board isscheduled to hold a regular meeting All ofthe meetings will take place in the City Coun-cil Chambers at City Hall

When people drink from analuminum can or reach into theirfavorite handbag, they seldomthink about the work that wentinto producing that can or thatbag

But, beginning on Sunday.Hoboken it es will be treated to aninside look at a few of the area'smany industries — which produceeverything from theater effectsto tennis raquets.

"Made in Hoboken" is aweek-long series of tours throughsome of the mile-square city'sbetter-known businesses Thefree tours are part of HobokenCelebration "82, the three-monthfestival of artistic and historicalevents held all over the city

According to Marianne Quer-cio, assistant director of the

Hoboken Cultural Council, whichis sponsoring Celebration "82. allof the companies participating inthe tours have played a majorrole in making the Celebrationpossible.

"These firms have con-tributed financially, they havesupplied material for theatersets, and they've allowed us touse their facilities for free," shesaid "They deserve a lot ofcredit for what they have donefor the c i t y and for theCelebration "

"Made in Hoboken" gets un-der way on Sunday, at 3 p.m.,with a historical lecture, slideshow and poetry reading at theAmerican Magnesium andAluminum Co . Hoboken's onlyfoundrv

On Tuesday, at 1 p.m , therewill be a tour of Bamboo and Rat-tan Works, which producestheater sets and displays forclients such as Macy's depart-ment stores and national theatercompanies.

That will be followed, at 2p.m., with a tour of UniversalFolding Box, which manufac-tures boxes for Lipton Tea.Drakes Cakes and other famousclients

On Wednesday, visitors canget a sneak preview of nextseason's fashion belts and carry-all bags at Dan Dee Belt and BagThe tour begins at 12:15 p.m.

That will be followed, at 1 30and 3 p.m , by a visit to AlcoGravure Inc., which prints adver-tising and magazine supplements

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•,«—*.> V>\* E M SS3' " " " ' ™ ; ^ F S C J S » ,nvo,vemen, ,. S Z S ^„ school, the InstitutAlgVien du Petrol

umuld thHk that Under the project. Stevens is

Ho en a ^ n a U * * -jrJJJjMM* - ^ * £ -'" CBu.m™g.neenng students in developing Ihe engineering

5p«,ficall». to Steven, Institute faculty ^ ^ . ^ ^ „,

participate in the program. Allinstruction is done in English.

Moreover, the projectprovides for about 20 Algerianstudents to attend Stevens for ad-vanced study and research.

According to Dr. LuigiPollara, director of the Algerianproject and provost emeritus ofStevens. Algeria, one of therichest countries in natural gasreserves and a major exporter ofliquified natural gas, is at-t e m p t i n g to expand i t seducational programs in gas

engineering, polymer technology,and plastics

Stevens' involvementAlgerian education began in 1973,when the college became part ofa consortium of five universitiesthat was assembled to assist theAlgerians in setting up anengineering program

In 1980. the Algerians decidedto deal directly with one institu-tion, rathe rthan a consortium Ofall of the institutions in the group.Stevens was chosen.

"The Algerian should be

.given a great deal of credit fortheir commitment to the educa-tion of their youth." said Pollara"A large portion of their nationalbudget is invested in education '

Has Stevens benefited fromthe program as well?

"Very much s o , " saidPoUara "Interaction with othercountries is always beneficialWe feel that we have an obliga-tion to reach out to the world '

To that end. Stevens Inter-national Programs Office, which

Pollara founded, is cowswertngoffering its services to other na-tions as well. According toPollara. peliminary discussionsare under way with Peru andseveral other South Americancountries.

Stevens' Algerian Educationprogram is funded entirely by theAlgerian government Althoughthe program is earned out withthe knowledge of the US StateDepartment, there is no federalinvolvement in the project.

for major department stores andnewspapers.

At 8 p.m. that night, "Com-munity, Culture and Class:Hoboken's Working Population,1880-1910." a lecture by HowardL. Green of the New JerseyHistorical Commission, will takeplace at the Celebration Center,Pier A Building.

Thursday's schedule calls foranother tour of Dan Dee Belt andBag. at 12:15 p.m. Later, at 8%

p.m., the documentary film "InOur Water," which deals withchemical waste, will be screenedat the Rue Demarest School

An inside look at the PATHsystem at the control center atJournal Square will be held onFriday For time and startingplace, contact the CelebrationCenter.

Also next Friday, at II a.m..there will be a tour of NeumanLeathers, which produces allsorts of leather goods.

hen. at 8 p.m.. "The AlinskyProject," a dramatic presenta-tion on the work of communityorganizer Saul Alinsky. will takeplace at St Paul's Church.

1 Made in Hoboken" will con-*elude on Saturday, May 8, with atour of the Bethlehem Steelshipyard William Miller of theHarbor Festival Foundation willbe the guide for the tour, whichbegins at 2 p.m.

Libraries offer booksand much, much more

Hoboken teachers face layoffBoard Tr? cuts demanded by the Board of

For students, housewives, ex-ecutives or anyone looking for aretreat from the pressures of theworld, the Hudson County librarysystem has something foreveryone

Wander through the travelcollection at the WeehawkenTown Library, housed in a statelycentury-old townhouse at 49Hauxhurst Ave Your librarycard from any part of HudsonCounty can be used at any branchunder a reciprocal borrowingarrangement The library is openfrom 1 to 9 Mondays and Wednes-days, from 1 to 6 Tuesdays,Thursdays, and Fridays andSaturdays from 9 to t

Examine the growing collec-tion of Spanish language books atthe Union City and west NewYork branches The new, twostory brick building at 324 43rdSt., Union City, offers story hoursfor pre-school children, as well assenior citizens programs. Hoursare Mondays through Thursdaysfrom 9 30 to 8 30, Fridays from9 30 to 6, and Saturdays from 9 30to 5.

A second library in UnionCity, located at 419 15th St., isopen daily except Fridays andSundays.

Doubling as a community artscenter, the library of West NewYork, 425 60th St , promotes localartists and musicians in their up-stairs gallery space Poetryreadings, piano recitals and lyricvocal works are arranged by thetown's cultural council.

You can even learn to paint inthe library's art center. Free toresidents of West New York,clasies are offered twice a week,Tuesdays and Fridays from 7.30to 10 in the basement of thelibrary building.

Are you chal lenged byphilosophy or intrigued byhistory? Bayonne's illustriouscoftection is spread throughoutits four branches. The mainbranch, 697 Avenue C, presentsfilm programs for young and old,story hours, and a special "shut-in program" which deliversbooks to the elderly and in-capacitated. Hours are from j>

a m to 9 p m. Mondays throughFridays Saturday hours are from.9 to 5

Other Bayonne branches are:the Bergen Point Branch, 162Broadway, Branch One, KennedyBoulevard and W 11 St andBranch Two. 1055 Avenue C.

All newcomers to the County ofHudson will want to spend anafternoon at least in the NewJersey Room of the Jersey Citylibrary's main branch, at 472Jersey Ave

Designated as the " a r e alibrary" for the entire county, itreceives official state and federaldocuments, and has the mostcomplete lending and referencedepartment of any library in thecounty

Incorporated in 1&®, JerseyCity's extensive collection nowconsists of close to 700,000v o l u m e s , inc luding r a r e ,historical materials, foreignlanguage texts and art tomes

Spanish-language readers whofavor "los hbros en espanol" canfind a wide selection in theBiblioteca Cnolla at 194 NewarkAve Encyclopedias, children'sbooks, fiction and referencematerials are all available in theSpanish and English idiom.

Fine arts and audiovisual aidsare specialties of the five CornersBranch, 678 Newark Ave. Films,both educational and feature, arescreened and can be borrowed

Brand new to the Five Cornerstechnical collection is theKurzweil Reading Machine Byscanning and converting theprinted word into syntheticspeech, the machine is an in-valuable aid to the blind andvisually impaired. Jersjey City isone of only six localttipf chosen toa c q u i r e t h i s a d v a n c e dtechnology

The Miller Branch, 489 Berf«iAve, runs a special programcalled "Community Awareness,"presenting guest speakers, films,tape recordings and communityforums and handles such topicsas the war in El Salvador, racerelations and the Judicial system.

The program is held two Sun-days every month at the library's2Q0-seat auditorium.

Other Jeney^-Cfty4 branchesare the Claremont Branch, 295Martin Luther King Drive; theCireenville Branch. 1841 KennedyBlvd ; Hudson City Branch, 14Zabriskie St

The Marion Branch is at 1017West Side Ave ; Pavonia Branch.206 Pavonia Ave , and the WestBergen Branch, 503 West SideAve

The latest addition to theJersey City library network is thePearsall Branch at 104 PearsallAve. in Greenville.

Bringing the library to thepubljc, a fully-equipped1 bookmobile" makes 26 stopsthroughout the city every weefciLibrarians also regularly visit

Jocal schools/ Elsewhere in the county, the>Hoboken Library, on Fifth Streetand Park Avenue, offers arts andcrafts programs and film screen-ings for children, as well asschool tours. Hours are from 9am. to 8 p. m on Mondays, Tues-days and Thursdays, from 9 to 6on Wednesdays and Fridays andfrom 10 to I on Saturdays. \

North Bergen's main* librarv at8107 Bergenline Ave. \ featuresstory hours for children and artsand crafts programs. Open sixdays a week, hours are Mondaysand Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 8p.m.; Tuesdays and Wednesdaysfrom 9 to 7; and Fridays andSaturdays from 9 to 5. A branchoffice at 1406 67th St. has limitedhours from 3 to 5:30 Mondaysthrough Fridays.

Newcomers to Secaucus canuse the main library at PlaaaCenter from 9 to 9 on Mondaysand Thursdays, from 9 to 6 onTuesdays, Wednesdays and Fri-days, and from 8 to 9 on Satur-days.

The thre* remaining towns inHudson County, apart from Gut-tenberg, which does not have itsown book collection, areHarrison, East Newark andKearny. They are independentlibraries and reciprocal borrow-ing privileges do not apply. Resi-dents of those towns can,however, apply for a NewarkPublic Library card without pay-ing the usual non-resident fee.

The HobokenEducation is expected to issuelayoff notices to 35 non-tenuredteachers at tonight s meeting at %at the Administration Building

Superintendent of SchoolsGeorge Mater has recommendedthe layoffs because of cuts infederal and state aid as well as

School Estimate.Recently, the school board

reduced Us proposed $21.7 millionlHftt-83 school budget by aboutS52Q.OO0 in order to comply withrecommendations made by theschool estimate board, which re-jected the propose* measure

cuts

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Hoboken Council deimore schoolBy Thomas RoJas^U ^\*

The Hoboken City Councilhas demanded additional cuts ofabout $680,000 in the proposed1982-83 school budget

But the Board of Education,which has already reduced itsoriginal budget by about $520,000.is considering appealing to thestate Commissioner of Educa-tion

i t will be very difficult forthe school board to accommodatethe City Counc i l , " saidSuperintendent of Schools GeorgeMaier. "I believe that there issupport on the board for appeal-ing to the state."

Recently, the school boardreduced its original $21.7 millionschool budget — which had beenrejected by the Board of SchoolEstimate — by about $520,000.

Those cuts, together withreductions in federal and stateaid, have forced the school boardto issue dismissal notices to 44 recently, even though schoolnon-tenured teachers and enrollment has not dropped by

including

" T h i s is going to bedevastating for the schools," saidschool board member JamesFarina "To make things worse,the more we cut the schoolbudget, the less state aid wereceive, according to the stateformula "

According to Farina, theboard is considering severalmethods of reducing the schoolbudget . These includee l imina t ing severa l ad-ministrative positions, con-solidating others, and closing andselling the Leinkauf Schoolbuilding.

However, a proposal byBoard Pres ident Rober tWendelken to issue dismissalnotices to all tenured ad-ministrators has been rejected bythe school board.

"That suggestion was a littleirrational," said Maier. "Thenumber of titled administratorshas been reduced by one-third

Maier has said that thosecuts, as well as anticipated cutsin federal and state aid. couldresult in the layoff of about 45employees, primarily teachersMoreover, he has warned thatany additional cuts could have a"devastating" effect on theschool system

However, the City Council isreportedly going to demanddeeper cuts, in order to reducethe municipal budget.

Also at tonights meeting,board member Steve Block is ex-pected to call for a resolutionagainst sexual harassment in theschools

In another matter, the schoolboard is expected to discuss therecent removal of asbestos fromthe Wallace and Brandt grammarschools, and from Hoboken HighSchool

Head Start project gets$240,000 federal grant^yj

employees, including BusinessAdministrator Walter Cramer,the city council president who as-sumed tl\e controversial $38,000- called for

one-third. We have made savingsin administrative personnelabove and beyond what was

The Hoboken HOPKS HeadSi art program has received a$240.0011 federal grant which willallow the project to continue forat least two vears

V . Norman Wilson, executivedirector of HOPES (HobokenOrganization Against Povertyand Economic Strips), said thatthe grant from the V S Depart-ment of Health and Human Ser-vices will insure continuednutritional, health, and socialservices for 105 children fromages 3 to 5.

Applications for September |

registration in the program'arebeing accepted at the Head Startoffice, h7 Jefferson St.

i a-year post last NovemberBut the council, which is at-

(tempting to resolve Hoboken's

Wendelken's proposal was re-jected by the school board atTuesday s meeting, when the

growing financial difficulties, is board approved sending dlsmts-reportedly demanding additional sal notices only to non-tenuredreductions of about $680,000. employees

Memorial Day paradewill be at night again Tj

The Hoboken Memorial DayParade will be held on May 26,beginning at 7 p.m.

The parade will begin atNewark and River streets, thenproceed west to WashingtonStreet, north to 11th Street, andeast to Hudson Street.

buiunce Corps, the High Schoolband, several veteans' groups,the American Red Cross, theHoboken Elks Club, the Knightsof Columbus color guard, and sixdrum-and-bugle groups

The parade will be the thirdin a row to be held at night VanWie said that the night scheduling

Public Safety Director allows more persons to attend theWilliam Van Wie. a veteran of event.World War 11, will be the grand Groups interested in par-marshal ticipating in the parade should

Members will include Mayor contact the Hoboken JointS|eve Cappiello and the City Memorial Committee, which isCouncil, the city's Volunteer Am- sponsoring the event.

Woboken man indicted in $8 million fox fro^V \ Hoboken man was among

eight persons indicted yesterdayin Union City in connection with ascheme to allegedly obtain about$8 million in fraudulent state taxdeductions.

Philip Casella Jr , 38, wholives in Church Towers inHoboken, was indicted with theothers in plotting to use phonychemical supply companies andfalsified documents to concealthe trafficking of stolenchemicals and obtaining millions

l'»* in unlawful tax deductions.

Also indicted was Casella'sfather, Philip Sr , 65, who was thepresident of the defunct AceChemical Co. of Newark.

The year-long probe by theUnion County prosecutor's officealso led to the indictment of Ed-die V. Brown, 32, president of theFoot Chemical Co., also ofNewark.

The others indicted wereCharles Eiferman, 42, ofElizabeth, Ida Rossi of Newark,a bookkeeper and secretary forFoot Chemical; Harry Kleinman,

70, Elizabeth, a Foot salesman;Timothy Crumpler, 31, awarehouse employee and truckdriver; and Thomas LloydRogers, 28, a warehousemanager.

The 58-count indictment in-cludes charges of conspiracy,fraud, tampering with corporaterecords and receiving stolenprope r ty . Union CountyProsecutor John H. Stamler saidthe illegal chemical transactionswere used to account for morethan $7.9 million worth of

fraudulent state corporate taxdeductions since j ^ / y d f*£-

The indictment stems fromthe theft of a tanker truck con-taining about 6,000 gallons ofmestyl oxide from the HetemTrucking Co. of Linden in April,1979. According to assistantprosecutor David Hancock, thistheft was part of an operation ofspiling stolen chemicals and us-ing the corporations to caver anyproceeds made, thus evadingstate tax laws.

Hoboken hotel fireclaims 13th victim

CUNA plans rally against arsonBy CHUCK SUTTON * ! * \ A l fire at 11th and Willow in 1974, and 37 ance rates, found that the nets too oft

Staff Writer V" l \ of t he r r i w e r e c n i l d r e n ' n l n e ' a s t *ftur cause injury to the jumpers.By CHUCK

Staff Writer

HOBOKEN—A community grouparoused bv the grim toll of recent fireshere has scheduled a demonstration Mav15 to protest the attitude on the partof the city's administration which allowsfor these deaths to happen."

The protest is planned bv CitirensUnited for New Action, the organizationwhich was instrumental in organizing amass demonstration following the deadly fires in October At that time, anestimated 1.000 demonstrators filed pastbuildings where arson victims died

Juan Garcia. CUNA's executive direc-t«r. said vesterdav that the arson hasbeen a major factor in displacing Hispanics from a citv that is continuing toundergo Rentrification "We don't ac-cuse the administration of directly beinginvolved in the planning or setting ofthese fires But thev are aware of whatis going on and they have set theconditions conducive tor setting thesefires." he said vesterday

Garcia added The oitv's poor hous-ing conditions the housing violationsthat are never > corrected the citv stillnot passing the smoke detector law. allpoint to the citv's attitude

Garcia said the demonstration willbegin at 102 12th St at 1 p m and windpast the site of the fire which killed 12persons Fridav m Pinter s Hotel, whichhas alreadv been demolished The resi-dential hotel stood at 151 14th St.

"We've have lost % neople smce the

fire at Uth and Willow in 1974. and 37of them were children In the last fourvears. 54 people have died, and 28 havebeen children. In the last six months wehave had 27 deaths - IS have beenchildren

"We cant do anvthing tor those whohave alreadv been displaced bv arson.high rent and poor housing conditionsBut we can do something to maintain ourpeople here We won t allow things tocontinue "

Garcia also said that Cl'NA will bemeeting with a representative of RsateAttornev General Irwin Kimmelman soffice late this week to discuss theimpact of the Hoboken fires

On Saturdav, Garcia said, local peoplewill join a demonstration for betterhousing in Jersey Citv Its all part ofthe same fight to survive, he said

In other developments Fire ChiefJames Houn rejected calls for includinga safety net in the department s fireequipment Some local groups havecalled on the fire department to have thenets available to catch people tumpingto esc ape death bv fire

In the aftermath of the blare Fridavthere has been a flurrv of criticism thatthe fire department was not equipped torescue fire victims who were forced tojump to escape the flames

Houn said in a telephone interviewvesterday that the Insurance ServiceOrganization which sets firefightmgstandards bv setting municipal msur

ance rates, found that the nets too oftencause injury to the jumpers.

Houn added that it would take 10 mento hold the net He said large air baftsare being considered for rescue opera-tions, but thev have not vet been ac-cepted bv anv major fire department orthe ISO

A housing coalition also met withMayor Steve Cappiello. requesting thathe go to the state to get help with housincinspections Capppiello said vesterdavsuch a program had been under way butcollapsed during the transition to the-administration of Gov Thomas H Kean

Thf group also raised the question ofwhether fafety nets could be carried onfire app^utus and* also asked wtiv thefire department was not exempted frombudget cuts

Cappielto said he was willing to coop-erate with the group, but vesterdaywould not commit himself to anv specif-ic course of act Km

The speakers on behalf of the housingcoalition included Helen Manogue SisterNorberta ami the Rev Jefferv Curtis.

Downstairs m Citv Hall DetectiveCapt Patrick Donatacci said vesterdavthat there has been no arrest of theperson or persons who poured an ac-celerant on the stairs leading from thesecond to the third floor of Pinter sHudson Countv Prosecutor HaroM JRuvoldt said Sunday that the presenceof the accelerant <a flammable sub-stance) makes the fire a definite castof arson

JANET SLATERStaff Writer

HOBOKEN-Maria Colon, whose four-year-old son was killed in the Hth St fire Friday,died Tuesday in Hackensack Medical Center, ahospital official said

Colon was the llth person to die from the fire,which ravaged the four-story Pinters Hotel,killing 12 residents, including six children Threeother victims remain hospUallied

The 20-year-old woman was pronounced deadat 3 a m . her cause of death listed as cardiacarrest It could not be determined yesterday ifan autopsv will be performed

Colon was brought to the hospital sufferingfrom burns covering 70 percent of her body Shewas listed in critical condition, and was givenspecialized burn treatment

Colons son. Uis Xavter, was pronounceddead on arrival at Jersey City Medical Center

Her other son William. 2. was treated forSw VICTIM, •••* 7

VICTIM M(rntinurd from . _ . .

minor burns at Rt Marv Hospital hprp He wasreleased yesterday into the custodv of an aunt.said Thomasina Nolan the hospital s director ofcommunity relations

Santns Sepulveda. 29, admitted to St Marvsintensive care unit with smoke inhalation andmultiple fractures has bwn removed fromintensive carr and is in good, stable conditionNolan said.

Pleads guilty to arsonfor profit at food store

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Garcia, whose aep mulrt not bedetermined is in critical condition in the in-tensive care unit at St Barnabas Medical Centerin Livingston, suffering Iroin severe burns ahospital official said

Drmsld Brimeskv *>, was flown from the fire•n heiimptpr to New York Hospital-CornellMedical CentPr in Manhattan He i* N>,ngtreatwi for.Kirns and remains in serious condi-tion a hospital spokesman said

Two firemen. Jem- rostanie. 30 andSalvamrp Hot so. whose age mulri rot be de-termined, were taken to St Mary Hospital anritreat*! for smnke inhalation and burn* Dorsewas Hi'.charged Saturday and CnMaplr »•*« rr-lea^ed Monda\. Nolan said

A Hoboken man, who said hewiped out a debt to the co-ownerof the Met Food Store on JacksonStreet, Hoboken, by getting threeother men to set it on fire lastDec 7, faces sentencing July 9after pleading guilty with them toaggravated arson charges.

Thomas Santos. 22. ofHoboken told Superior CourtJudge Lawrence Bilder that heowed the co-owner. Julio Vargas.27, of Brooklyn, some money, butthe latter agreed to cancel ii if he(Santos) would find someone toset fire to the place

He said he contacted threeother defendants. Wilfred Laluz,19, of Jersey City, and RobertRomero, 22. and Robert SanchezJr., 19, both of Hoboken, to do the

job.The three laftef defenflaMs,

in pleading guilty, told the judgethey set fire to the store with gas-oline. Police and fire officialsreported the blaze caused con-siderable damage to the buildingand its contents

All four defendants were in-dicted with Vargas, who stillawaits trial Under the pleabargain, the four agreed to testifyfor the state against Vargas, ifhis case goes to trial, and theirpleas were made to a second-degree crime instead of first-degree, meaning they can facemaximum prison sentences of 10years as opposed to 20 years As-st Prosecutor Anthony Pepe in-formed the court

$240Gwill givekids help

By BILL GYVBto TV

HOBOKEN-The P40.000 federal grant re-reived lait wwk mearei two more vears ofvital servk* for the He«d Start prop-am hereThe money came from the Department ofHealth and Human Service*

We are safe for another two vears " MaryAnn PaWski. the program director sakJyesterday »t the renter at 117 Jeffemtw St

The 21 paid employees, along with severalvolunteers were busv vesterday answemgphones, conducting classes and herding aseeminflv endless stream of children from oneroom to the next

"The Uds are great, that's wtiv I'm hereand that's what keeps me going," said SueGeJlert, the program s education coordinatorThe profjram, which is operated by theHoboken Organization Against Poverty andEconomic Stress Inc. , provides nutritional.

educational, health and social services tochildren between the ages of 3 and 5 Thenationwide Head Start program is one of seventhat fall under President Ryan ' s 'safetynet" of social programs

Without the program, many of the parentsof the more than 100 youngsters involvedwould not be able to obtain the services thevoffer, staff members said Another obstacleis the fad that most of the families using the

program reportedly have incomes ot wellunder $10,000

"All the other dav care programs inHoboken have waiting lists so there are nospaces for the kids eve* if the parercta couldafford them," GeUert said There is noquestion in mv mind that the Head Martprogram is vitally needed bv these peoplebecause K provides services peneralry un-available to the population we serve."

Budget issue

A member of the Tioboken Board ofEducation says that Robert Wenelken wa>replaced as the panel's president because ofhis controversial budget-cutting recommen-dations

Wendelken was replaced by Otto Hotten-dorf at Monday night's reorganizationmeeting, amid speculation that school boardmembers forced Wendelken out because ofthe past appointment of his wife and motherto positions within the school system.

However, a board source, who asked notto be identified, insists that Wendelken souster had nothing to do with hiring prac-tices

••Wendelken's wife was recently laid off,and his mother was hired before he everarrived on the board, so that had nothing todo with his replacement," said the source."He was pushed out because the boarddoesn't like some of the budget-cuttingrecommendations he has made '

The source explained that Wendelkenhas recommended that the school boardstudy every administrative, supervisory,coordinator and resource position, in orderto determine how many positions can be ter-minated or consolidated.

He has also recommended that several 'administrative personnel be returned toteaching positions

"Some members of the school boardperceived Wendelken as an agent of the CityCouncil, which had demanded the budgetcuts," the source added

Wendelken's recommendations, as wellas other budget-cutting proposals, arescheduled to be discussed at a specialmeeting of the school board Monday at 8p.m

The school board source also objected toearlier reports that describe Hottendorf as a"compromise candidate," selected after"intense debate" between supporters ofWendelken and board member John Pope

Wendelken declined comment on thecontroversy, but added that he is "not upset"about his replacement as school board presi-dent.

chambermusicorchestratakes shape

HOBOKENBy Judith Locorriere

Another area of Hoboken's culture is beingdeveloped

Gary Schneider, a resident of Hoboken, hasorganized a chamber orchestra which after onlythree concerts has received rave reviews.

The 25-year-old Schneider, who had alwaysdreamed of conducting his own orchestra, said hehad no idea that the Hudson County communitywould be so receptive to his venture

"I guess the city was ready and waiting forsuch an orchestra."

Schneider brought his group of local and out-of-state musicians together primarily to round outthe city's schedule of events for "Celebration 82."

He debuted the orchestra in February andbrought them back for encore performances inMarch and April.

"The electricity between the players and theaudience has been special," Schneider said. "Theaudiences have been enthusiastic and warm."

The concerts are performed at St. Paul'sEpiscopal Church on Hudson Street, which fulfillsa two-fold purpose.

Not only do the concerts bring classical selec-tions to a sector of the population who seems tohave been waiting for it. but they are making St.Paul's a vital, thriving parish again.

"St. Paul's Church is a wonderful place forconcerts." Schneider said. "The acoustics are sogood because of the construction of the ceiling."

The Rev. Geoffrey Curtis, pastor, of thechurch, was a moving force in bringing thechamber orchestra to St. Paul's. Schneider said.

Since beginning the orchestra last fall,Schneider observed the group has grown from acommunity group to a professional organization.

French horns, like the out being played byPomelo Titus, make up the largest part ofme wind-arms section of tat Ho«4*«nChamber Orctiestro. y

Many of the musicians are residents ofCounty. Others are from Manhattan.

"We have many fine players," Schneidqr saty,"who are doing this for the love of the art. None of -us are getting paid."

The 37 persons involved get together once m>week to rehearse. The Celebration 82 comjnitta*has rented space in the Port Authority building onRiver Street so the orchestra coul^fave a regularrehearsal hall ^

The group concentrates on music written forsmaller orchestras, especially Mozart, earlyBeethoven and Baroque compositions.

Schneider, a new-breed, Hoboken resident,started playing the piano when he was young Hestarted dabbling in classical pieces and composingat age 13, he said. ^v

While he has hit bachelors and mastersdegrees in composing from the Indiana UniversitySchool of Music, Schneider said his first love isconducting

"My conducting ambitions go way back to mychildhood." he said "I have always dreamed ofconducting a top quality chamber orchestra likethe one we have founded here in Hoboken."

When Celebration '82 wraps up this fall,Schneider said he hopes to be able to work out aregular season schedule for the chamberorchestra

"We have applied for a non-profit organizationstatus." he said, 'and will soon be setting up aboard of directors "

Schneider acknowledged the many cards andchecks residents have already sent in support ofthe group and said the overwhelming response hasassured him and the other performers in theorchestra that "the city wants what we are givingthem. "

.:4 Gary Schneider of Hoboken, fulfills o life-long dream as he conducts tht chamberorcbestra he founded in Hoboken.

Paulo Kasin of Hoboken, positions nor ctMajntf waits for the signal to loin therest of the ensemble during Hoboken Cnomtar Orchestra rehearsals.

Stephen Grenhoim, con%rt master, and Anne Butero rehearse violin selectionsfor the upcoming perf^aj|wnces of the Hobokon Chamber Orchestra.

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the Satvtlay, MayS, 1*2

*, * Families in tragedyHOBOKEN— They had one thing common. They all wanted to live

here around friends and family. They paid for it with their lives.Thirteen persons died in a fire April 30 at the Pinter Hotel at 14th Street and Bloomfield

Avenue. The number 13, according to old wives4 tales, is unlucky. For those threestruggling working-class families, luck ran out. And for their mourning neighbors and friends,fear and helplessness remains because of the invisible foe that has claimed 27 lives andcaused a critical housing shortage in this city during the last six months.

Seven members (if the Garcia family perishedin the blaze

Friends sav the Garcia familv planned tolea\«' the Pinter Hotel at the end of the month— thedav of the fire

I used to talk with the mother < Anna HildaPerez 48 » all the time about wh\ they were allliving in that small apartment because it wasso expensive." said Luis Torres who has livedin the area most of his life

"They reallv didn't have much choice thevprobably couldn't find any place else inHoboken Torres said Thursday as he satoutside a bar on 14th Street

With a sad smile. Torres fondly recalled 8-vear-old Angel Luis Perer

He was a real oam But a normal kid Youknow, alwavs hang ing around the adults, playingaround just bugging you "

Luz Delia Garcia, 17. who was called"Corona by her friends, was the mother of twochildren — Eric* Negron, 3 weeks, and 1-vear-old Jorge Negron

"She was a very serious person." said NildaFigueroa who occassionally works in a localbodega where the Garcia familv shopped"Quiet but real friendly

She was part of the Savage Sisters That'snot a gang It's more like a club Thev playedbaseball and have other activities "

Figueroa said she watched from her •*•'•'

apartment window as Corona stood in the third-floor window of her burning apartment buildingacross the street screaming for help

Olga Garcia 22 was one of Hilda Perer'sdaughters that died in the fire Olga s husbandRavmondo Torres who had been working latearrived while the fire was in progress

• • •Just four months ago. Ismael Vasquez. 15

and his familv moved into the Pinter Hotel Thefamilv of four died in the fire

"Even though thev only had been there ashort time we all became good friends becausethey were such good people." 15-vear-oldCarmen Tirado said Thursday

The Tirado family escaped before the fireconsumed the building s only escape route — thestairs

Carmen's younger brother, Charlie, cradlinga crucifix in his hands, said.' He (Ismael) wassuch a nice guv He would plav with me all thetime Let me ride his bike, and would play fightwith me

At night. Ismael would be one of the first kidsoff the streets. Carmen said "He was realprotective of his mother and spent a lot of timewith her "

Ismael s parents. Francises Vasquez. 42Juan Serrano. 32. had just bought a hot dog truckIt was going to be part of the family's dreamfor a better life. Carmen said. ,

Late Monday Maria Colon. 21. died inHackensack Medical Center Her son Xavierperished in the fire

Colon, who lived around the block at 1317Washington St moved to the Pinter Hotel withher three children when the Washington Streetapartments were converted into condominiums

She was a familiar sight in theneighborhood Figueroa sa»d "She was alwavswith her children "

Winston Winston

To 13-vear-old Jennv Otero Colon was lik*a big sister

We spent a lot of time together 1 m goingto miss her because she was mv friend She wasliving here because she couldn't find anotherplace to live. Jennv said as she leaned acrossthe candy counter in the bodega

"She would talk to me a lot and just tea<*me things about life 'I'm going to miss her alot "

Luis Perez could not hide his bitterness"Everytime there is a fire. there is a condo

Its too bad because it seems like they re tryingto get rid of us."

In the past six months, arson-suspected fireshave claimed 27 lives and has helped tx> createa critical housing shortage throughout the city

"They don t realize what thev are doing isnot making us want to leave, thev making uswant revolution, and that's what is going tohappen here if all the deaths of innocent PuertoRicans continue." Perez said

Carmen Tirado,right, quietlyrecalls 15-year-old IsmaelVasquec, above, aHoboken firevictim. Carmca'ibrother, Charlie,below, cradlescrucifix as he•ays, "He(Ismael) wassuch a nice £uy."

Photo* b, BUI Baycr

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Photo by Ml B.yrNilda Figueroa, a friend of Hoboken fire rtctlm Lui Garcia, at the bodega where she occasionally works.

Life of service ending for citizens action bureau

PI**© by Bill

Anna Florence, foreground, and Rena Solo at workyesterda> at Jersey City's action bureau.

By DOUG QUAT VSpecial to Ttw Map*** , '

JERSEY CITY-Yesterday looked like anyother dav at the citizens action bureau

Director Ed Balteraik's desk was overrunwith unanswered correspondence Several wom-en answering telephones were busily writingdown the information thev were getting AndYolanda Rivera was listening to a voung womancomplain about not having my running water inher apartment

But there was one major difference from thtusual work dav because vesterdav marked thebeginning of the end for the ll-vear-old bureauvet another victim of Jersey City s budgetcrunch i

"We were'toW we've been let go for economicreasons." Balterzuk explained "The citv ishaving economic problems and I guess thev sawus as an unnecessary service "

Thomas Golodik. the spokesman for MayorGerald McCann, explained that with the citv sfiscal crisis at a critical point, the bureau hadto go ;

"It s a matter of deciding what agencies aremost important in the functioning of this citvGolodik said "The action bureau was not highon that list of priorities

Baltermk and his nine-man staff who haveoperated on a vearlv budget of about $120 000.will officially be out of business as a problem-solvinff agenrv todav But it will continue tooperate bv referring troubled citizens to othercitv

According to the white-haired administrator

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it is the people of Jersev City who will sufferthe most from losing his agencv

The citizens action bureau is a vital pieceof machinery that has served the public wellWe re their last resort if thev have a problem.said Balteraik. who has headed the agencv forfive years.

'Now." he continued, "there s no other placethev can go "

The bureau was formed in 1971 to act as anintermediary between municipal bodies and thecommunity.

Balteraik contended Inai before the bureauwas organized, citizens could complain only totheir Democratic commiUeemen. who he saidoften traded off political favors to get thingsdone He said his bureau eliminated this tvpe ofbargaining and also became a watchdog agencvto keep an eve on other city departments

And it has been busv ever since dav one. andis open seven davs a week from 9 a in to 10 p mHis staff last vear handled more than S00 written.m walk-in and 14.500 telephone complaints.Palterzuk said

J "Who will those people turn to now*" hea s k e d . v . .^ r . . - • « • , , , . ,

Every complaint received was investigatedbv the staff, no matter how far-fetched We haveno nght to make a judgment on something unlesswe have all the facts explained FeliciaPugliese Baiterzuk s administrative assistant

•'Time8.«re verv hard now and people whocaH<# Sf^so*S*e thev need some help addedRiyM.aSigKWoiter We are here to

After receiviag a complaint bureau workerscheck on its validity. If it seems valid — andmost do - the bureau then tries to ri^tt thewrong. Rivera said

Among other tilings, the bureau has fawidshelter for homeless people, provided nursingcare for rtut-ins. counseled battered wives,given food to the down and nut. taken Inrunaways, and handled all types of bousing andpublic works problems, such as skipped garbagepickups and faulty hydrants

Originally, the bureau was set up only tohandle complaints related to municipal servicesBut once word of its success rate whk*Balteraik places at M percent, spread, rhetroubled came in droves with a wide range ofpersonal problems

Balterzuk credits his troops with keepingsome of the other city departments in line

He said that occasionally he has (rotten call?from people who were turned away from one citydepartment, onlv to discover after an investiga-tion that the complaint was valid and should havebeen handled by the first agpnev

The office will remain open however, untilJune 15 to accommodate those employees who.because they are covered bv Civil Service. maMbe kept on for an additional 48 days

"Well keep working right until the end "Rivera promised Well handle everything weget as long as thev keep coming in But afterwe re finished 1 don t know who these peoplewill turn to

Sing to Gotodik all queries to the»wiH now be forwarded to the appropriate

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Gallons bluecoat bill vetoedGov Thomas H Kean yesterday vetoed iriift by As-

semblyman Thomas A Gallo, Hoboken Democrat, permit-ting retired former members of the Police and Firemen'sRetirement System to serve on the Board of Trustees forterms beginning on or before June 1 this year "Since thereare no terms beginning during this period, the purpose of thebill is moot," commented Kean It was intended to allowRichard Carroll, ex-Hoboken police sergeant, to serve onthe board. Gallo said he introduced a new version withoutthe date reference