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local News INSIDE: Obituaries Comics Lcgals Classified The Press Atlantic City NJ Tuesday June 18 1985 Page 25 Airport Museum Spreads Its Wings 1945 A report which Stowe re (See MUSEUM on Page 26) (See SUBPOENA on Page 26) Ex Millville Patrolman Appeals Dismissal (See NARVAEZ on Page 26) Killed in House ire Staff photo by Dominick Rebeck Jr Millville Senior High School graduates line up along Wheaton ield during Monday's commencement exercises Millville Graduates Reflect on Bittersweet Year (See GRADUATES on Page 26) 4m ness too at Wheaton ield as a riderless horse led by Susan La Barge a Cumberland County 4 Sockwell told the group graduates who sit behind me are young men and women who view their diplomas not as the culmi nation of the past but rather as a pathway to their futures fu tures that hold for them great flying in the number five air craft of a six ship formation of 47s the third pass in the gunnery portion of their range practice Lt Malone was firing on the number five target when By JOYCE VANAMAN Press Staff Writer voked list on April 17 1982 until Sept 4 1984 any expla nation this would seem to be an unreasonable amount of time to wait to resolve this Mistakes were made by Nar vaez but the DMV failed to sup ply him with accurate informa tion on the telephone in 1979 she said parties in this case (the DMV and Narvaez) are responsi ble for the situation which gave Division of Motor Vehicles Nar vaez lost his license in 1977 be cause he failed to have state required autb insurance Referring to the time period in which the accident took place Duncan stated in part all of the circumstances respondent (Narvaez) is unquestionably guilty of driving on the revoked Duncan however took the divi sion to task for failing to issue a notice of proposed suspension to Narvaez for driving on the re Disney World the first class trip in many years we have cried with the passing away of a dear friend and administrator Mr Lvman obstacles to be surmounted as well as success to be Jeanne Wilson valedictorian emphasized knowing the joy of giving In an address titled ing Wilson said sweet ness of life living comes from giving and if we expect anything at all in return we must give of ourselves first developing curiosity and becoming fully involved with life one can direct his or her time City Solicitor William orester volving Narvaez and the state connrmea me appeal ine ter mination the commissioner or dered is now in effect and under appeal to the Department of Civil Service of the State of New Jer he said city took the proper ac tion under the Van Hook reiterated Monday He said he believes an April decision by Kathleen Duncan administrative law judge reaf firms the position In a 16 page document Duncan reviewed the complex case in 4 when he was suspended without pay He said then and reaffirmed Monday that the most serious charge on which the termination was based dealt with an accident in which Narvaez was involved in April 1982 while his license was revoked That accident resulted in an injury to another driver Van Hook said By JOYCE VANAMAN Press Staff Writer MILLVILLE Mike spirits are soaring The Millville Municipal Air port Museum he started 14 months ago in a cramped por tion of Building 35 now has a new spacious home in Building 1 next to the light Service Sta tion thanks to the help of Lewis inch airport manager and thecity And Stowe returned home this weekend with additional materi als given to him by the sister of the late 1st Lt William Malone one of the 14 pilots who lost their lives during World War II while stationed at the ii By CATHERINE HOGG Press Correspondent 7 PORT NORRIS A 69 year old Church Street woman died in fire that trapped her in her living room here Sunday night officials said The body of Mary Wallace of 28 Church St was found near the front door of her house said a State Police spokeswoman at the Port Norris station companion Ralph MacDonald reportedly had left her sitting in a chair near the front door when he went down the street to visit friends He told authorities he was gone "only a few when flames were observed coming from the house MacDonald called State Police shortly before 7 pm Troopers Macarland and GeorgeWren arrived before firefighters 'and were unable to gain entry because the living room in flames police said irefighters from Port Norris Mauricetown Leesburg Dividing Creek and Cedarville volunteercompanies were able to extin By JOSEPH DONOHUE Press Trenton Bureau TRENTON A Millville avia tion company would be excused from paying nearly $19 million in taxes and interest under legis lation approved Monday by the state Senate The bill which still needs Gov Thomas signature to be come law frees Airwork Corp from paying $11 million in inter est and penalties and $628000 in back sales tax which is a major employer in Cumberland Countys with some 500 workers and other companies in New Jersey are being unfairly penalized because of a bureaucratic sad Sen James Hurley Cape May Cumberland 4 Hurley who sponsored the Sen ate bill explained that in 1966 the state Division of Taxation ruled that engines and other parrs jp paired by New Jersey firms aqd shipped out of state wereiriot taxable Eight years later the division reversed its opinion and sent Air work and other companies notices of back sales taxes owed to the state he said 4 the time the taxation divi sion reversed its decision it was too late for Airwork and other companies to go back and collect the sales tax from Hurley said and these other firms were stuck footing the bill This is unfair Why should these compa nies have to pay for a costly! mistake made by the Division of Hurley said 1 An Assembly version of the bill passed in early May 1 effort and hope toward positive said Wilson urging the students not to waste their poten tial life is gift to you what you do with it is your gift tq Wilson said Salutatorian Karin Reed in her address for the said she hoped that in addi ormer Patrolman William Nar vaez have filed an appeal with the nated Narvaez retroactive to Oct state Department ot Civil Service of his removal effective Oct 4 on charges stemming from drivingwhile on the revoked list A hearing date will be set according to Thomas Lowedepartment clerk and assistantdirector of judicial management Narvaez was found guilty byCommissioner Emil Van Hook Woman 69 Stowe said Stowe has done extensive re search on the airport and he has had contact through letters with the families of eight of the men killed in the area airport has been my life long said the 23 year old who has been digging around the airport for years and finding relics which are now part of the museum One of the most memorable occasions for Stowe was the vis it with his family in April to the family of the late Lt Andrew Easterwood Jr were in Dadeville Ala the aircraft struck the ground for his 91st In return Stowe hand deliv The aircraft was destroyed and related Stowe Through their ereu a copy 01 tne Blueprints tor Lt Malone was fatally injured at the scene by Cumberland Coun friends and family members Jty Assistant Medical Examiner Monday marked the official grad Larry Maypow according to po uation of the 436 members of the lice Millville Senior High School Class The cause of the fire is still of 1985 under investigation But there was a note of sad then Millville Army Air ield Malone Street one of the four Stowe visited sister streets in the new airport indus Mary Alice DeHaven of Akron trial park to be named for the Ohio on his way to Michigan for pilots field training duty with the New Malone was from Waukesha Jersey National Guard Stowe is Wise and had attended Yale a staff sergeant in the University He was almost 23 at 177th ighter Interceptor Group the time of his death on Sept 24 and a civilian tecnmcian at tne Atlantic City Airport in Porno cently acquired from the Air na orce stated that Malone was still has difficulty talk ing about her death but' she showed me a stack of letters from officers and the chaplain which she is copying and sending to said Stowe also gave me some pic tures ot him Senate OKs js'j State Requests Book Alleging Police Payoffs By RANDOLPH BRANDT And CATHERINE HOGG 7 Press Staff Writers MILLVILLE The state attorney office has subpoenaed a book that reportedly details payoffs to local' police for towing services a move the newly elected president of the police union here says is know why the attorney general has gotten involved in 11 saia ivncnaei Lesser president of the local chapter of the Benevolent Association think un The book which convicted operator Kevin Potter claims details payoffs received between 1953 and 1973 by several Millville police offi cers was subpoenaed oy a repre sentative of the state attorney office from Vineland at torney Vincent Pancari Pancari attorney said he turned the book over to the state office last week He said he received a call from Assistant Attorney General Dennis Laboda who requested the book for the investiga tion into the case The state apparently was called into the case because some of the police officers listed in the book are currently employed by the Cumberland County prosecu office prosecutor shipped it all to the attorney general because of the alleged conflict in his Pancari said Potter 25 a self employed mechanic at East Broad Street Garage revealed the exis tence of the book during his ar raignment on assault charges filed by his former employee Staff photo by Dominick Rebeck Jr Mike Stowe displays jacket donated by Staff Sgt Robert Goldstine of the US Army Air orce at Millville Municipal Airport Museum director of public safety of driv ing on the revoked list for almost thp pnfirp qpvpo vmtq hp wnc nn r' MILLVILLE Attorneys for the local police force dormer Patrolman William Nar Van Hook on March 23 termi By JOYCE VANAMAN Press Staff Writer KITT TUTTTW rm i ne iraoiuonai member led the class from tne mush the flames shortly' after changing of the hwpk WQO lltlU Hi IHCHIUI) L)lliau IVCgCl 111 1 11 1 a 1 1 I 1 1VA1 Jieir arrival ing of the mortarboards and the longtime beloved vice principal Sockwell said Unllbnn nroc nrnnnnnnort Hand thimHnwntr 'e A3 juuHuuuua uppidube ui wno died in April hor more than nt tha cnan a Kv nna andn 4 years Reger had directed the graduation exercises Kim Sockwell senior class president called the past year an eventful one for the class one marked by the joy of the trip to 8 rr 1 Lift' Jl lls it HhHmv I Wa I 1 'I Tax Break I 7 777 7 :7 5 I 4m.