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State Aide Says Carcinogens Probably in Most Water Supplies MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP University study of 53 carcinogens (chemicals that cause cancer) and toxic substances in drinking water supplies, Preuss said. Preliminary findings of the study, which Is now under way, are expected in early 1978, he said. The scientist said the most common carcinogens are insecticides and industrial chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls, known as PCBs. In addition, he cited a growing suspicion among researchers that chlorine, almost universally added to drinking water to kill germs, may combine with other chemicals to form cancer-causing compounds. Increasingly, sophisticated testing programs are discovering potentially dangerous chemicals in drinking water supplies around the nation, he noted.

For example, this week federal environmental officials found carbon tetrachloride, yet another suspected carcinogen, in Philadelphia's water supply. A 1975 Environmental Protection Agency study of water in several U.S. cities, including Toms River, N.J., detected the presence of one or more known carinogens in all supplies. "When we find (a carcinogen) in water, it's not because it wasn't there before," Preuss said. "It's because we didn't look before, or we didn't have the tools before." "Why this fuss? Over the past three to five years scientists have come to the general conclusion that most cancers may be even as high as 90 percent are related to something that we come across in our environment." New Jersey, according to a National Cancer Institute study, has the highest cancer death rate in the country for white males, and the second highest for Representatives of Monmouth Con Cancer-causing chemicals are probably present In "a majority" of New Jersey drinking-water supplies, according to a state environmental official.

"There is no question in my mind that we will find these substances in one concentration or another in water supplies around the state," Dr. Peter Preuss, special assistant to the state environmental commissioner, said yesterday at a Brookdale Community College symposium on water purity. The scope of the problem will be disclosed in results of a state-wide Rutgers white females. "If we can identify these substances, then we can do something about it," Preuss declared. He said carcinogens are produced by a number of sources, including industry, automobile exhausts, and rainwater runoff from cities and farmland.

Many find their way into drinking water, he said. But he warned against alarmism. "Not every substance that's tested is found to cause cancer. Many more are innocuous." solidated Water which supplies water to half the county's residents, also spoke at the Brookdale symposium yesterday. Herb Brown, a chemist with the company, said frequent tests show that levels of dangerous chemicals in Monmouth Consolidated's supplies fall comfortably within state and federal safety standards.

Preuss, however, said that there is no such thing as a "safe" level of a carcinogen. A cancer-causing agent is dangerous in any amount, he added. Section B- Monmouth County Asbury Park Press Thurs. Nov. 17.

1977 rW WW lsA a 'TJtfh ha City Going Ahead On Plan to Raze Railroad Station Frank McCain Aabury Park PrMt the teat aa he gathera in a paas in front of Tom Sanderson, 17, Belmar, in a game on 10th Avenue. Although the warm temperatures are expected to continue, rain that began last night was expected to mar today's weather. QOOD RECEPTION It was good day to bo outsido yesterday, with torn-poratures climbing to 64 degrees under aunny skies. Touch football seemed to fit the weather. Dana McMenemy, 12, of Belmar, puts his talenta to building, the city will consider bringing suit against the responsible agency, Collins has indicated.

Edward Lange, owner of Palace Amusements, here, petitioned the council to act favorably on a plan to bring Grand Prix races to the city along a beachfront course. Earlier this month, another businessman, Jules Resnick, asked the council to adopt a non-binding resolution endorsing auto races on Kinglsey Street and Ocean Avenue so the promotor Alan J. Sockol could go ahead with his plans. Mayor Ray Kramer assured Lange the Council "is watching the proposal closely but we can't fund it and we can't underwrite it." He said the Council is awaiting cost figures and other data from Sockol. Kenneth Roth, chairman of the Hotel-Motel division of the Greater Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, asked the Council to work for the reopening of the Berkeley Carteret Hotel as a hotel and not a senior citiui complex.

The chamber has taken the position that having the building as a hotel is vital to the city's and the beachfront's economy. Mayor Kramer said the Council also would like to see the Berkeley-Carteret reopen as a hotel "but we are getting into a position where we will have to take what we can get." The mayor reminded Roth, "don't forget, the city doesn't own the Berkeley-Carteret, the banks do." Since the hotel closed in March 1976, a few developers have opened talks with tank officials who took over the 51-year-old Ocean Avenue landmark. The latest proposal involves a $7 million deal which would reopen the building as a 250-unit senior citizens residence. Neil S. Piro, president of County Development Corporation, Jersey City, has told the council he plans to completely restore the building and use the first two floors for stores and offices.

Collins said Piro is expected to discuss his plans with the chamber today. Dina Parker was appointed as secretary of the planning board. The post has been Nine Who Quit MCAP's Board Court to Appoint Receiver for to Ask Agency By PRUCIA Bl'SCELL Press SUA Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP The nine trustees who resigned from the Monmouth Community Action Program last month plan within the next few days to request the courts to appoint a receiver to administer the agency. Dr. Robert L.

Maggs, one of the members who resigned, said the group is asking for court administration of the anti-poverty agency because it is Impossible for MCAP to function with the present lack of leadership. Maggs reported to the Monmouth County Welfare Board yesterday that the suit was expected to be filed yesterday morning, but the lawyer representing the nine said there would be a short delay in filing the papers. The welfare board yesterday accepted Maggs" resignation as its representative to MCAP. The MCAP board of trustees has 21 members: seven elected from the community, seven appointed by the Board of Freeholders and seven appointed by various agencies in the county including the welfare board. "We want an interim court-appointed director so that the worthy people will still get the benefits of the MCAP programs, Maggs told the welfare board.

"MCAP is an excellent agency with good programs, but It is in a state of total confusion now. "The organization can no longer function with a leader who is on such bad terms with so many," Maggs said. "The nine of us felt cause he said no progress is being made at MCAP now because there is usually not a quorum present at the meetings. Kramer applauded the plans of the trustees who resigned in taking the matter to court. He and Freeholder Thomas J.

Lynch Jr. had previously proposed that the freeholders do the same thing but the resolution to file suit was not passed by the board. "There seems to be an analogy between the MCAP situation and bankruptcy," Forrest said. "Let a receiver take over and that is when you will find someone willing to serve on the board of trustees." "We want to bring the situation into focus because we are not getting the action we wanted from the federal government David Cohen, one of the freeholder appointees who resigned, said yesterday. The members who resigned are being represented by Oscar Laurie of Middletown Township in their action against MCAP.

Hispanic Group Picks Successor for Nazario ASBURY PARK City Manager John K. Collins has been authorized by the Council to seek bids for the demolition of the 55-year-old railroad station to clear the way for construction of a new municipal complex. Action by the City Council last night came in the face of possible opposition from a federal agency that believes the station should be preserved for its historical value. Because the station is eligible for placement on the federal register of historic sites, the federal Historic Preservations Advisory Council wants to discuss alternatives to demolition with city officials. The group is chartered to review any project financed by federal money that involves historic property, Jack Goldstein, a representative of the advisory council said.

Although the federal Economic Development Administration already has approved grants of $1.5 million for the municipal center, presumably the mnoey could be blocked by the dispute over demolition. "There are many reasonable alternatives to demolition and it will take a meeting of city representatives, the EDA and the advisory council to discuss these," Goldstein said, Collins said last night that he will go to Washington Tuesday with with Samuel Addeo, the city's community affairs director, to argue the city's case with the EDA and advisory council representatives. Addeo, who engineered the federal grants to finance the municipal complex, said he will argue the building itself is not functional as a railroad station. "The maintenance and heat are ridiculous. It's a giant shell.

And I don't think It has all that much architectural splendor," Addeo said. The Council also introduced an ordinance appropriating $21,500 as a down payment on bonds to finance construction of the municipal complex. A public hearing will be held Dec. 7. Proposals for a new municipal complex to replace the City Hall, Banps Avenue, and other offices scattered throughout the city have been considered for years.

The railroad station site has been considered as a possible site for close to four years, it was reported. If the city is barred from demolishing the ARMOl'K KAVALEK "They have not allowed for inflationary increases," he said, "so this is actually a decrease in money." Sharfstein was referring to the approximately $3.3 million that the federal government funnels through the state to the county welfare board. This year's grant represented a cut of approximately $1 million which forced the board to cut services and eliminate 110 positions. Because of the cutback, 96 persons were laid off and the rest of the positions were eliminated by attrition. The persons who were laid off are being rehired as other positions are vacated by staff members quitting or retiring, Berzin said.

The board now employes 568 persons out of an authorized strength of 576. Frederick Forrest, a board member, urged the board to fill the vacancies that exist as quickly as possible so that services that were cut could be restored. Sharfstein warned the board to move slowly on this because of the possible limit on the funds that will be allocated for next year. "1 just don't want us to hack ourselves Few Believed on Welfare Rolls Aliens No Problem that we had no choice but to resign, but we want to try to affect a major change there." The petition was filed by them as former trustees, Maggs said. "I don't want the responsibility for the agency any more.

Money comes in and it goes out. MCAP is more than $100,000 in debt and I don't know where the money is ever going to come from," he said. Maggs said he would consider accepting reappointment to the board if the situation is straightened out. MCAP has been the focus of a series of complaints about poor management and mishandling of money in recent weeks and is now being investigated by several agencies including the federal Community Services Administration (CSA) which oversees anti-poverty agencies. The nine trustees resigned Oct.

12 when Board Vice Chairman Reinaldo Nazario refused to leave the board after he was ousted from the group he had represented. In addition to Maggs, those who resigned were Juan Andujar, an elected community representative, William Ieon, who represented the Puerto Rican Civic Association, and six appointees of the freeholders, David Cohen, William Seaman, Paul Smith, Clarence Gale, William Williams and Herbert Werner. When they resigned they asked for a complete Investigation and for the appointme nt of a caretaker administration to replace executive director Wilbert C. Russell who has been charged with mismanagement of the agency. Freeholder Ernest G.

Kavalek, who is also a member of the welfare board, voted against accepting Maggs' resignation. He said he hoped that when the situation is resolved Maggs and the others who resigned will reconsider their resignations. The board of freeholders did not take action on the resignations that were submitted to them by the freeholder appointees. Kavalek then moved to name Frederick Forrest, a welfare board member, as their MCAP representative but Forrest declined the appointment. "You are not going to find anyone willing to serve on the MCAP board now," Forrest said.

"We have the right to fail to appoint anyone." The board voted not to fill the appointment. Freeholder Ray Kramer, who is also a member of the welfare board, abstained he- in County into a corner," Sharfstein said The final amount of the federal grant has not been determined as yet and the slate may make adjustments on the cap put on the budget this year which could improve the budget picture, according to the board The board renewed a contract with the Community Coordinated Child Care of Monmouth County and agreed to provide one staff member to work with the non-profit agency. The agency coordinates child tare services throughout the county William C. Readel Jr. has been appointed as an assistant regional administrator for direct services for the new central region of the state Division of Youth and Family Services.

The position has been created through a reorganization of the division into four regions within the state. The reorganization was recommended in a study of state operated social services and is being Implemented by the division Director Robert C. Wells, former director of the Monmouth County welfare board. Readel was previously project coordinator of I he Monmouth Family Center which is a combined unit of the division and county welfare board workers. He is being succeeded by William Frederick, an administrative supervisor with the welfare board.

The board agreed to support pending state legislation which would allow welfare boards to adopt officially the name Board of Social Services. The Monmouth board was the first to change its name to the Monmouth County Board of Social Services, but because of state restrictions, the name is unofficial now. Other counties have since followed suit, according to the board Mrs. Barbara Seeley, supervising clerk for the welfare board, was honored by the board yesterday. She had been an employee of the board for 20 years prior to her LONG BRANCH The Spanish Fraternity has named an Eatontown man to replace Reinaldo Nazario as its representative on the Monmouth Community Action Program Board of Trustees.

Louis Luna, general advisor to the fraternity, says the organization's members have voted to designate Teofelo Ferrer, a civilian employee of Ft. Monmouth, to the anti-poverty agency's 21 member board. MCAP and the federal Community Services Administration (CSA), which supervises the agency, were notified of Ferrer's appointment in a latter last week, Luna said. "We just have to wait and see what happens," Luna said. "We don't know where we stand because they don't answer our letters." Luna said no representative of MCAP ever responded to the Spanish Fraternity's letter last month saying Nazario had been ousted as the representative.

Nazario Initially refused to accept the notification, saying it had not been properly delivered. He later acknowledged he had received it, but contended the Spanish Fraternity violated its own bylaws by dismissing him without a hearing. Luna says no hearing was required under the bylaws. Nazario then resigned as a fraternity member, but said until the resignation was accepted, he would remain on the MCAP board. He said this week he understood the fraternity would reject his resignation.

Luna said while the fraternity's board of directors is expected to consider the resignation this week, he doesn't know what the vote will be. Nazario said last month that even if his ouster by the Spanish Fraternity were valid, he expected to be named a board representative of the Spanish Affairs Council, a civic organization In Eatontown. The Spanish Affairs Council's request for representation at MCAP is on the agenda for tonight's meeting of the Board of Trustees. Under the bylaws of the board, there are to be seven members elected as representatives from the community, seven members appointed by the freeholders, and seven who represent special Interest groups. The board has 20 positions filled, with one special interest group to be chosen by the board.

However, nine trustees quit last month after Nazario refused to yield his chairmanship or permit questions about his status as a member. Six of the nine were freeholder appointees two represented special interest groups, and one was elected. The resignations also are tonight's agenda, although the board has previously Included the nine In roll calls and counted them absent. Board Chairman Louis Cappie said some weeks ago that he didn't know whether the board would continue to have representation from the Spanish Fraternity. Luna said he didn't think the board could eliminate the fraternity's representation simply because the organization decided to name a new person.

Tonight's action on representation and membership may be moot, however, if the trustees who resigned are able to prove their charge that the board is illegally constituted, and that all actions taken since the annual meeting Oct. 11 should be declared invalid. William Leon, one of the trustees who quit, said the organization he represented asked him to return to the board. The group, the Puerto Rican Civic Association, has notified MCAP that it has declined to accept Leon's resignation. "I'm going back, but not until the problems of legality of the board are resolved," Leon said.

"I'm waiting to see what the CSA does." According to the board's bylaws, a trustee who misses two consecutive regular meetings without an excuse loses membership. "Does that mean two regular legal meetings or two illegal meetings?" asks Leon. "That's the problem that has to be resolved." The trustees who resigned say they are preparing a suit which would result In a court ruling on the legality of board actions and membership. They also plan to ask that the court appoint a caretaker administration to run the agency while the issues are being resolved. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP Monmouth County has no significant problem with aliens receiving welfare payments, according to Uuis Armour, acting director of the Monmouth County Welfare Board.

Armour's comment was made in response to news reports that aliens in New Jersey are receiving $5 4 million in welfare payments. "There may be some who are receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children," Armour said at the welfare board meeting yesterday, "but I don't think it is a major problem there." He said he did not know how many are receiving Supplement Security Income because that is administered by the Social Security Administration. Armour said he would investigate the situation further. "Essex, Hudson and Union counties seem to have the most problem," Ben Berzin, administrator of research and planning for the board, said. "We don't have the concentration of aliens here that they have there." Aliens are legally eligible for welfare payments, Armour said.

The only way to change the situation would be to change the law which allows them to collect benefits or to force families already in the country to support their relatives when they come to the country, Armour said. Aliens without jobs have to file a statement from relatives in the country saying the family intends to support the immigrant. This shows good intention but is not enforced now, Armour said. The discussion was brought up by Freeholder Ernest G. Kavalek, a member of the welfare board, who said he resents aliens coming into the country if they know they are going on welfare when they ccme here.

In other business before the board yesterday, Ed Sharfstcin, fiscal officer for the board, reported that the state has indicated that the county's allocation for funds for 1978 will probably be the same as it was this year. Inside. Monmouth County District Atki Cap Waiver B6 No Protest! At Open House B6 Harris Survey B7 Business B9 Effect of OPEC Price Rise B9 Chamber Name Change Backed B9.