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Students Promise to Oppose Cutback in Radio Station Air Time By COLEN DEE BERRY Pre SUff Writer MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Any cutback in campus radio air time win harm the station, student broadcasters at Brook dale Community College warned last night At an informal meeting of WBJB-FM personnel, student broadcasters agreed last night to protest cuts in air time if the proposed changes are made official. "There's no use protesting something that hasn't come into being yet," Rick Ag-caulli, an intern at the station, said. Proposed policy changes tor WBJB-FM, Including a cutback in broadcast hours, were made Monday by Lou Pullano, general sta tion manager, according to students working at WBJB-FM. Pullano denies that any such changes are scheduled. He was invited to attend last night's meeting, but declined because he had a class.

But yesterday, Dr. Rita Donohue, dean of applied humanities and a member of the radio services board, said policy changes have been discussed. "Nothing has been adopted yet But we are considering revisions since our license is up tor renewal next year," she said. When asked if the revisions include cuts in broadcast hours. Dr.

Donohue said, "I am not prepared to comment on that right now." WBJB-FM currently broadcasts from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m., seven days a week. The proposed cutback would stop broadcasts at 10 p.m. and halt weekend programming altogether, according to Richard Robinson, assistant program director. "There's no reason why we can't broadcast 24 hours a day," Alan Cottrell, a disc Jockey at WBJB-FM said last night Students speculated a concern about security during the early-morning hours might have prompted the move to cut broadcasting time.

Brookdale police said they arrested one student disc jockey in October for smoking marijuana in the radio station late at night. He was suspended from the station, on the advice of the student radio board. Two other student disc jockeys were suspended from the station because they played comedy records containing four-letter words during late-night shows. Pullano said there have only been isolated problems with security at the radio station. These incidents have not Influenced policy changes because no changes have been made, he said.

Students last night also expressed concern that a proposed listener survey might drastically alter programming at the station. Pullano has suggested calling 1,250 Mon mouth County residents at random during the daytime, and asking them what they like to bear on the radio, according to Robinson. "What happens if everyone says they want to hear religious music or beautiful music? Does that mean we have to turn into a beautiful music station?" Cottrell said. But Agcauili said a listener survey is required by Federal Communications Commissions, which licenses all radio stations. WBJB-FM is a progressive music station, playing mostly rock and jazz.

The station operates at 2.250 watts and reaches approximately 750,000 people in a 40-mile radius, according to college estimates. Students at the station work on a volun teer basis. Approximately 25 students currently work there as disc jockeys. Cutbacks in broadcast hours would not serve the community and would be detrimental to the students working at the station, Agcauili has said. "A lot of people here are really serious about getting a job in the business.

Cutting down air time will cut down their chances to work at a good radio station," he said. WBJB-FM has a non-commercial, educational license. That type of license does not require any minimum or maximum broadcast hours, according to an FCC spokesman. However, broadcasting hours is one of the considerations in license renewal. Western onmouth Sewer Agency Explanation of Rate Rise lit; "VV'sr'- i v.

"44s -V V' Section D- Monmouth County yj Promises MARLBORO TOWNSHIP An explanation of rate increases projected for the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority, which provides sewer service here and in Manalapan Township, was promised last night by Council President Lawrence Grossman, who also serves as the authority's chairman. "There will be a full and complete explanation in a letter to all authority customers," Grossman said. "I will see that the authority's auditor sends a letter to the Council as well," be added. Councilman John Croddick, reacting to a story in the Asbury Park Press which detailed the authority's projected rate hikes, requested the explanation at last night's Council meeting. "I think it is in the best interests of Council to request an explanation of why the rate is going up in the amount it Is, and what precautions are being taken in the future," Croddick said.

Included in authority's proposed 1978-79' budget are revenue projections based on a residential service fee of $255, an increase of $117, and a connection fee of $975, up $100. The rate hikes will be introduced at the authority's workshop meeting Tuesday. Grossman said last night, however, that the fees projected are expected to stand as 9. 1977 underwriting agency for the authority 's refinancing of up to $24.5 million in bonds. The estimates were based on projections of minimal federal funding and conservative estimates of development In the two townships, he said.

As the underwriting agency, Butcher and Singer, prepared the prospectus for the authority's bonds. The preparation of the prospectus, in which the authority's bonds are offered for sale, required the inclusion of rate hikes to assure Investors of the authority's ability to meet its obligations. Authority auditor Louis J. Gartz said the prospectus was completed yesterday and Mrs. Greer Admits House Was Illegal Asbury Park Ptcm MANY BOYS A-MILKING Andy Herman, 11, ion of Mr.

and Mrs. Frederick Herman, Brlelle, tries his hand at milking a goat yesterday in the 6th grade class of Miss Ethel May Griggs at the Brlelle School. Darnell Esdaile (standing in back of goat), son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Esdaile, Brlelle, waits his turn.

Steve Springer (kneeling, wearing cap), Summer Place Farm, Howell Township, brought the Alpine goat to school so that the class could taste goat's milk, and learn to milk the animal in conjunction with its studies of Egyptian customs and foods. Cow's milk is excluded from the Egyptian diet. The students were treated to a luncheon of Egyptian food after the goat-milking lessons. County Legislators to Ask State Aide To Raise Priority for Sewer Project should be on the streets Monday. However, he added, drafts of the prospectus have been in the hands of potential investors for the past two weeks.

According to Gartz, Butcher and Singer will actually purchase the bonds and resell them. By Dec. 23, the underwriter will return to the authority with a complete bid on the bond package, Including the interest rate the authority was able to obtain. Although the underwriter purchases and resells the bonds, the rate of interest obtained depends upon investors' confidence in the authority's ability to repay the loan. Another factor determining the interest rate is a service contract, in which Marlboro and Manalapan townships jointly agree to guarantee authority bonds against default.

The contract was adopted last night by the Marlboro Township Council, and on Wednesday night by the Manalapan Township Committee. The service contract and the refinancing have been long-awaited here as prerequisites for construction of a sewer collection system for the Morganville section of the township. The Morganville project is not guaranteed, however, as the service contract grants both townships veto power over the project up to Feb. 6. cer who determined the station is eligible for the federal register.

City Manager John K. Collins and city Department of Community Affairs Director Samuel Addeo led the group around the city, stopping at Convention Hall, the Casino Arena and other buildings the city believes have more architectural merit than the railroad station. The municipal complex is to be two buildings, one to house the City Council chamber and another for city offices and the police department. The federal grants will finance part of the construction. Additionally, the council has adopted an $800,000 bond ordinance to finance other costs and spent $50,000 to acquire the railroad station and property.

Asbury Park Press Frl. the maximum that will be charged during the next five years, with the possibility of reductions. Grossman said a number of variables affect the rate structure, and said those variables will be explained in the authority's letter to customers. Among those variables, he said, are the number of new residents who connect into the system, and the amount of federal funding obtained. "The underwriters indicated that they preferred the estimate be based on the worst possible conditions," said Grossman, referring to Butcher and Singer, Philadelphia, the Horan told Mrs.

Greer's lawyer, Lawrence Carton EL that her failure to appear was "not moral; it's just not right." Carton said his client has been ill since the June 23 fire at 11 New St. He gave the judge a statement dated Aug. 11 from a doctor certifying that Mrs. Greer was too ill to attend court. But Horan said the certificate was not "relative" last night.

Carton said he would have the doctor see Mrs. Greer again and issue another certificate, but Horan said he may ask someone from the borough to examine the defendant. "God help somebody," Horan warned if the doctor can't issue another certificate. "I will issue a contempt of court citation if there is no certificate in three days," Horan said. Carton assured the judge he would have the certificate.

Prosecutor Charles Moriarty told the judge an agreement had been made with former Judge Andrew Zazzali, who has since resigned, concerning Mrs. Greer's Illness. But Horan, who has sat on the bench here for two months, said no one has discussed the case with him or written to him about Mrs. Greer's illness. The nature of the illness was not disclosed.

Mrs. Greer is 73 years old. Meanwhile, Horan reserved decision on a motion to merge a second charge with that of running a rooming house in a zone where it was not permitted. The second charge is that of allowing persons to move into the house without a certificate of occupancy. No date was given when Horan would consider the motion.

The maximum penalty for the illegal rooming house charge was a $200 fine or 30 days in jail. The father of one of the fire victims William Hull Sr. of East Orange, has filed suit against Mrs. Greer charging that she knew his son, William Hull was retarded and incompetent and that he and the three other men should not have been there without better care. The borough has since had the house razed.

Rail Station ASBURY PARK The city will learn Monday whether it may demolish the railroad station to build a municipal center on the site. Representatives of the federal Historic Preservations Advisory Council, who have said the 55-year-old station should be preserved for its historical value, yesterday inspected the station and other city buildings that also were built In the 1920s. The advisory council could block the federal Economic Development Administration grants totalling $1.5 million that are to finance part of the construction. The station is eligible for inclusion on the federal register of historic sites, and the eligibility requires the advisory council to re Deo. FREEHOLD Monmouth County legislators plan to meet with the state Commissioner of Environmental Protection Jan.

4 to press for funds for the Manasquan River Regional Sewerage Authority. Assemblyman Walter J. Kozloski, D-Mon-mouth, yesterday said he, Assemblywoman Marie A. Muhler, R-Monmouth, and Sett-elect S. Thomas Gagllano will meet with Rocco D.

Ricci, the environmental commissioner, in an effort to cut through the red tape that has held up construction of a regional sewage treatment plant. "I was a Freehold borough councilman In 1968 and was told that in five years they would be breaking ground for the plant," he said. "Now I'm in my third term in the Assemblyman and not one blade of grass has been moved." The meeting was set up at the request of the authority, which Is now number 54 out of 117 projects on the state's priority list for aid. Knud Scholer, project coordinator of the authority, yesterday said it was originally listed 24th, then dropped to 38th before being placed in the 54th position for 1978. "The state told us the reason for the drop in priority was due to a population survey," he said, "which shows that there is a greater Influx of people in the southern portion of the state, due to tourists, than there is here.

So they feel there is a greater need for funding there." Kozloski called the state environmental department one of the "most monstrous departments in the state to deal with. They have, continually let this authority flounder," be said, "and I blame them for the lack of a treatment plant." Gagliano yesterday blamed the holdup of funds on the state's "bureaucratic maze." "One of the things made clear is the in SEA BRIGHT Mrs. Castle King Greer, the owner of an illegal rooming house that burned last spring, claiming the lives of four mentally handicapped men, was fined $200 in Municipal Court last night. Although Mrs. Greer was not present.

Judge Ronald Horan allowed her lawyer to enter a guilty plea to be entered. The case has been postponed a number of times since July. Fire officials have said they believe the blaze, still under Investigation, was the work of an arsonist. ability of the state to make decisions," he said, "and I'm afraid that this is typical of the state. The authority is not in a priority position and it's lower now than when it was formed." "Farmlngdale and Freehold are desperate for sewers and portions of Freehold Township are in the same situation." Mrs.

Muhler said the authority was experiencing a "run around from the state." The authority was formed five years ago to serve Howell and Freehold townships, the boroughs of Farmlngdale and Freehold and part of Wall Township. A sewage treatment plant, however, has never been built because of problems with financing, the proposed location of the plant and various law suits Instituted against it because of the building delays. The federal government is to pay 75 percent of the treatment plant with the remainder being paid by the state, the authority and the users. guidelines mjuiring that programs be new and innovative to be eligible for CETA funds. On Oct.

7, a federal representative of the Department of Labor upheld the county CETA advisory council's decision that the dredging project was not a new program. The commission's new proposal will be directed toward the removal of a sandbar located in the western section of the lake near Sunset avenue in Asbury Park, Quatrella said. If the project Is approved, eraploees hired to handle the work would be paid through the CETA program. Quatrella, who recently resigned as mayor of Loch Arbour, relinquished the chairmanship he has held since the commission was formed in 1971. Fenton K.

Hudson, Ocean Township, asked Quatrella, on behalf of the commission, If he would reconsider and remain as chairman. "Maybe it's selfish of me, but I'm tired. I have a 16-year-old boy at home I don't even know. I'd like to be able to say I have a family life," Quatrella replied. The commission will elect a new chairman at the next meeting.

The commission also announced its proposed 1978 budget of $14,000. Chairman Says Panel Will Keep Pressing For CETA Assistance to Dredge Deal Lake -1, OCEAN TOWNSHIP In his final meeting as chairman, Dr. Michael R. Quatrella announced that the Deal Lake Commission will continue to seek Comprehensive Employ Asbury Park Presg THREE WHEELING FISHERMAN Frank Kaufer, Belmar, rides his tricycle south on Ocean Avenue there after a day of fishing at the Shark River Inlet. Despite temperatures in the 20s, he caught three flounder.

Committee to Begin Screening Candidates for Superintendent Decision Due Monday ment and Training Act assistance to dredge the lake. The commission's most recent proposal was denied because it failed to meet federal Zach is assistant commissioner of the Division of Controversies and Disputes with the Department of Education. He was previously superintendent of schools in Asbury Park. H. Victor Crespy, superintendent of Freehold Regional schools; Anthony Palmlsano superintendent of Eatontown schools, Nida Thomas, director of the state Office of Equal Education Opportunity; Carl Swanson, assistant deputy commission of the state Department of Education; and Fred Klett director of personnel for the department, are on the screening committee to select a new superintendent.

Ralph Latallle, deputy commissioner of the department. Is chairman of the committee. FREEHOLD A screening committee for the state Department of Education will meet Dec. 21 to begin interviews to select a new Monmouth County Superintendent of Schools. To date 10 persons have submitted applications for the job vacated by Harold Y.

Bills on Nov. 1. Bills resigned to take a position as executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials. Deadline for filing applications is Dec. 19, according to the Department of Education.

It is not known when a decision on a successor will be made. In the meantime, Joseph F. Zach of Spring Lake Heights has been assigned as acting superintendent. view plans and recommend to EDA whether the building should be preserved. Frank Goldstein, of the advisory council's office of review and complaints, said he will decide Monday whether to recommend that the station be preserved.

The age and architectural merits of the station, which he described as a "nice building," will be considered, as well as the role and importance of the municipal complex in the city's overall development plan, Goldstein said. Among others who accompanied Goldstein and city officials on their tour of the station and other city buildings was David Polnsette, the state historic preservation offi JLAAAiAA.AAAiAAAAMMMA A A A JL A A A A A i 11 i 1 1 i 1. i AAA A Jt A.