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Asbury Park Dec. 30, 1982 D3 Coastal Monmouth Cigarette blamed for fire that killed sleeping woman Community Former head of purchasing will drop rights complaint BELMAR The Edward Becker Post 430 of the Jewish War Veterans, here, donated a child's stroller to the pediatrics depart ment of Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, for Christmas. EDITOR'S NOTE: Organization Interested In submitting items for the Community column may obtain a free copy of the Asbury Park Press publicity guide, "How to Write a Press Release," by sending the name and address of the Collins said he was to have attended a fact-finding conference yesterday before the civil rights division in Trenton on the charge. Collins, however, said he was notified Tuesday that the hearing was canceled because Simonelli is withdrawing his complaint. Collins said a civil rights division spokesman also told him that the division is sending Simonelli the necessary forms to drop the case.

"It appears that common sense prevailed," Collins said. Collins has said Simonelli was fired, not because of his age, but because the city plans to revamp the purchasing department. Simonelli could not be reached for comment yesterday. LONG BRANCH William P. Simonel-li, the former head of the city's purchasing department, will drop a complaint against the city that he filed with the state Division of Civil Rights, according to Robert J.

Collins, city business administrator. Simonelli had charged he was fired by the new administration because of his age. Simonelli, now 68, was 67 when he lost his job. He claimed he suffered financial hardship because of the loss of his job. organization to Community, Panorama Desk, Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, N.J.

07712. MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP The fire fiat took the life of a Crestwood Village esident Tuesday night apparently was. aused by a lit cigarette that ignited the ouch, police said yesterday. Dorothy Lorden, 73, of 4-B Constitution died of asphyxia due to smoke inha-ition, said a spokeswoman for the Ocean )ounty medical examiner's office. Police Capt.

Edward Lawler said Mrs. jorden fell asleep on the couch while moking. Mrs. Lorden was taken to Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River, by the Vhiting First Aid Squad, and was pro-wunced dead at the hospital. Mrs.

Lorden lived alone in the duplex mme in the retirement community, said Daniel Umlauf, chief of the Whiting Fire Company. Umlauf said the fire was reported by a leighbor at 10:26 p.m. Lawler said there was extensive smoke damage in the house but not much fire damage. Richard and Louise Peckham, who live on the other side of the duplex home at 4-A Constitution said they did not know there was a fire until a neighbor, Edward Washburn, called to warn them. Mrs.

Peckham said she was in bed and her husband was watching television when they received the call from Washburn. Mrs. Peckham said Mrs. Lorden lived alone with a pet dog, but the dog still was in a kennel where the woman had placed it while she visited relatives. Peckham said their neighbor had just returned Tuesday from visiting relatives "up north" over the holidays.

John and Louise Koester, 6-B Constitution said Mrs. Lorden was a quiet woman and a loner, although she did have friends in other sections of the retirement community. Firm seeks permit to build piers, boardwalk support the planned boardwalk. The corps also said it is considering a plan by Arrow Smith Associates, Union, to bulkhead and build five finger piers into a harborage area off Bamegat Bay near Penasylvania Avenue in Waretown, Ocean Township. replaced by a 107-foot pier.

A third pier, 110 feet in length, would be built at the tract's south end. The company also wants to install 10 new mooring pilings and to relocate 16 others. Another 90 timber pilings and 90 precast concrete pilings would be driven to struction of a 3.5-foot-wide concrete revetment along the new high water line. The precast concrete slabs would contain holes where salt-tolerant grasses would be planted. The company also wants to build a 6-foot wide boardwalk for 380 feet along the planned revetment and to install 15-inch pipes near each end of the boardwalk to carry off water from storm drains within the project.

An existing 140-foot pier at the north end of the property would be replaced by another pier of the same size, while a 97-foot pier at the center of the tract would be SEA BRIGHT San Giovan Holmdel Township, is seeking a federal permit to build piers and a boardwalk as part of a planned town house project on Ocean Avenue near the Route 36 bridge. The company wants to renovate an existing marina by replacing two piers, building a third pier and installing a boardwalk. It also wants to dredge In order to straighten the shoreline and to install two outfall lines for a planned storm drain system. Plans filed with the Army Corps of Engineers show the Shrewsbury River shoreline would be realigned by removal of some 265 cubic yards of sand and the con Monmouth Beach attorney quits 2 victims of shooting released by hospitals MONMOUTH BEACH William K. Blair the borough attorney for more than 30 years, has submitted his resignation.

Mayor Louis P. Sodano said Blair is retiring from his Red Bank law practice. The Board of Commissioners will appoint Rocco Ravaschiere, of the same firm, Parsons, Canzona, Blair Warren, as bor ough attorney at its next meeting, Sodano said. "He's a tremendous gentleman," Sodano said of Blair. "He's been a real backbone to have as a lawyer for the town.

He was very much concerned about the town and was a very good municipal attorney." Blair submitted his resignation at the commission's meeting Tuesday. Police probe shooting incident Breakfast to benefit fire victims OCEAN TOWNSHIP Police yesterday continued their investigating of the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a township man after a domestic dispute at his home Tuesday night. Bill Bland, Cold Indian Springs Road, was listed in fair condition yesterday in the intensive care unit of Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune after shooting himself in the left shoulder and chest area with a 12-gauge shotgun. Police were called to the scene by a neighbor who reported an argument at Bland's residence. i Police said the shooting followed an argument between Bland and his wife.

Police reported that while his wife was outside the house, Bland shot himself and then walked out on the porch where he collapsed. No one else was injured during the incident, which happened at about 5 p.m., police said. Bland was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center by the Oakhurst First Aid Squad. Detective Kenny Kennedy, Lt. James Jones and Patrolman Anthony Tallarico are investigating.

LAKEWOOD Dorothy Olah, who was shot once in the head with a tiandgun Monday night at her home, was released yesterday from Point Pleasant Hospital, a nursing supervisor said. Mrs. Olah's daughter, Kathy Batzel, vho was shot once in the arm, was from Paul Kimball Hospital, here, to a nursing supervisor there. Meanwhile, Charles Olah, who has been charged with both shootings, remains in fair condition at Paul Kimball after shooting himself twice in the head, police said. Police have posted around-the-clock guards since he was admitted Monday.

Police said the shooting, which happened at 8:47 p.m. in the family's first-floor dining room at 1995 Lanes Mill Road, was the result of a dispute between Olah and his wife. The nature of the dispute has not been revealed by township police nor the Ocean County prosecutor's office, which collected evidence. Family members could not be reached for comment. Olah was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with the shooting, police said.

Superior Court Judge Harold Kaplan set Olah's bail at $75,000. Police said Olah fired four times: once at his wife, once at his stepdaughter, and twice into his own head. One bullet was removed from Olah's head early Tuesday, but the second one remains lodged near a jugular vein, police said. Neither bullet penetrated the skull and no plans have been made to operate, police added. Although released from the hospital, Mrs.

Olah still has a bullet lodged in her lower right jaw and Mrs. Batzel still has one lodged in her upper right arm, nursing supervisors said. Four children, between the ages of 9 months and 11 years old; Mrs. Batzel's husband, Randy, and Olah's brother witnessed the shootings, police said. Two of the children belong to the Olahs and two belong to the the Batzels, police said.

The two families share the same house. All nine persons fled the house through the front door when the shots were fired. The children went to neighbors' homes and Mrs. Olah summoned a passing motorist on Lanes Mill Road who took her to the police station in neighboring Brick Township. Brick First Aid Squad members then transported Mrs.

Olah to the hospital. Olah, although shot twice, struggled with police before being subdued and placed in an ambulance, police said. Detectives from the township and the prosecutor's office found the gun Tuesday morning on the front lawn of the house, police said. club president, James Sweeney, here, who is chairman of the breakfast. The fund campaign was led by Tim Adams, Point Pleasant.

The breakfast will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pasty Fagan's, Bay and Oak avenues, at the Bay Lea Golf Course. The restaurant and local merchants are donating services and food for the event. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for children.

City robbery probed ASBURY PARK Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at about 5 a.m. yesterday. Scott Grant Greenfield, North Riverside Drive, Neptune told police he was robbed at knifepoint of $158 dollars by four men, one of whom he said was dressed in women's clothing. The robbery took place behind a building on the 400 block of Cookman Avenue, police said. DOVER TOWNSHIP The Jersey Shore Irish American Club will sponsor a pancake breakfast Sunday to benefit the McCormick family of Bradley Beach.

Two children died in a fire at their home Dec. 17. The club already has raised several thousand dollars for the family, said the Ground broken for town hall SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS Ground was broken yesterday for the $500,000 municipal building to be constructed on Brighton Avenue, next to police headquarters and borough offices. The new building will replace a cottage and small garage that the borough uses as a police headquarters and meeting room. The building construction is being financed by bond issues totaling $584,477.

Boardwalk to get new planks As long as the weather is mild this winter, the public works department will work on the boardwalk, he said. In the spring, the department wants to concentrate its efforts into fixing up the city's ballfields, Collins said. The department expects to have the boardwalk renovation done by the spring, he said. The public works department has also replaced old railings, he said. LONG BRANCH About $13,000 left in a 1970 capital improvements account is going to pay for new wooden planks on the boardwalk.

Robert J. Collins, city business manager, said the money from the account is specifically to go for lumber. Work to replace old planks on the boardwalk, primarily in the amusement area, began this week, Collins said. Board told of dangers; Raffetto quits county unit Banker decries approach to taxes in state Retiring leader seeks free time that he did not have as a child other groups he belongs to want a permanent, non-partisan tax commission created to review the state's revenue needs and tax policies and suggest ways to make them compatible with the need for economic development. Biasing taxes against the wealthy and corporations would hurt the state in the long run, because those groups are the ones that create jobs and investment capital, he said.

If New Jersey's taxes stay reasonable, it will remain attractive for corporate headquarters and companies that will further growth in related areas, like pharmaceuticals, chemicals and electronics, he said. He said a 1 percent raise in the sales tax, a more equitable income tax, "nuisance taxes" on liquor and cigarettes, eliminating the homestead rebate and tunneling money from gambling taxes would close the gap. He said the sales tax increase, which could generate $250 million, should be effective until 1985, when the commission would review it. "The state is searching for ways to spend the money it gets from gaming revenues at a time when it's looking for ways to raise money," he said. "We're not thrilled by any extra taxes, but we have to fill that gap.

Somebody is going to have to have the guts to free up that money." He was noneommital on what he thought the chances are of any of them being adopted, even though he is one of the driving forces behind the lobbying being done for them by banks and other business groups. Noting his Jersey City heritage and the way things are resolved there, he said, "Somebody ought to put a bottle of Scotch on the governor's desk, lock the door and don't let anybody out until this thing's resolved." WEST LONG BRANCH The head of New Jersey's ninth largest bank says partisan politics and narrow-based solutions will not solve the state's fiscal crisis but will scare potential industrial investors. Thomas J. Stanton chairman and chief executive officer of First Jersey National spoke to about 150 politicians and businessmen at the Squire's Pub for a Monmouth County Department of Economic Development luncheon yesterday. He said the state legislature needs equitable, permanent solutions to recurring fiscal crises if the state's economy is to develop.

So-called "quick fix" solutions, such as higher special taxes on business that have been used to cover previous shortfalls, will not work, he said. Referring to a measure that would have put people with incomes of $50,000 or more a year into a 10 percent tax bracket, he said the state could gain a reputation in corporate boardrooms around the country as an inhospitable place for investments if the solutions are biased against corporations or the wealthy. Other ideas, such as using the sales tax to gain more revenue from companies and the wealthy would ruin the sales tax's reputation as being the "least regressive in the country, if not the world, he said. "I'm appalled by what's going on in Trenton. The budget crisis came down on a partisan basis," he said.

He called the legislature's revenue proposals "Jersey Lightning," a term businesspeople use to describe the treatment business and the wealthy receive on tax matters. The legislature is expected to take a series of votes today on tax measures, including those to raise levies on income, sales and specialty items such as liquor. Gov. Thomas H. Kean vetoed an income tax bill that would have increased taxes on upper income earners, a move the Democrats hope to override.

Republicans are calling for bipartisan support to raise some $320 million to close the $70 million deficit. The bill would also restore funding for more than $87 million in programs cut from the budget last year. Stanton said the state Chamber of Commerce, the state Chapter of the American Bankers' Association and iaiiBiiiiiw (mi It is2 i.j,;. Nr.v I 1 'j- the idea, the state now mandates the system for local and county governments. Perhaps his proudest acheivement, he said, was helping Spring Lake retain its character.

"Spring Lake is an oasis in a mad world, but we've managed to maintain its character all these years. The community spirit in Spring Lake is excellent. "I think my biggest single accomplishment was preventing serious inroads from being made into the character of the town. I've done my utmost to see that wasn't changed," he said. He noted the rejection of the town house proposal for the Monmouth Hotel tract, the rejection of the idea to put paddle boats on the lake and others, saying the council did its job to keep the borough a comfortable haven for single-family homes.

He is pleased with the progress of the recreation commission, the replacement of shade trees and the newsletter that records government's doings for townspeople. He said he'll miss his store, Casa-grande's Market, 1210 Third but not much. It is one of the few full-service stores left around that will deliver groceries and put them away for customers while they're out, he said. He'll miss some of his customers, but he recalled as a child he had to work in his father's store while his friends relaxed. As director of economic development for Monmouth County, he organized a follow-up file system to maintain contacts with companies that express interest in relocating to the county.

He upgraded the industrial directory, produced a brochure describing the county and helped develop prospects which, if successful, could lead to hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in ratables. He refused to elaborate, saying disclosure could adversely affect the companies' decisions. Freeholder Clement Sommers, who oversees the department, said no replacement has been named. Raffetto caused a bit of a stir when he announced his retirement at department luncheon in West Long Branch yesterday. The affair was attended by about 150 politicians and businessmen, some of whom speculated on who the replacement would be.

The consensus at one table was Frank Campione, who was defeated in a re-election bid for freeholder in November. Sommers said several names are being considered. PLAY IT SAFE! You never know what the day will bring. Bad weather or an unexpected event can keep you from getting to the store for your copy of The Press. Be sure you don't miss all the important local news, great grocery coupons and informative articles you find daily in The Press.

By GARRETT STASSE Press Staff Writer ANDREW RAFFETTO believes in making clean breaks. In October, he sold the specialty grocery store that he owned since the end of World War II. On Monday, he announced his resignation as mayor of Spring Lake, a post he held for seven years. Yesterday, he announced he was resigning as director of the Monmouth County Department of Economic Development, a job he had for about a year. Now, he said, he'll get the chance to act like a kid for the first time in his life.

The son of a retailer "I was practically born in a store" won't have to talk friends into taking aerial pictures of hurricane damage, find ways to replace shade trees, keep paddle boats off the lake or chase ratables. He obviously is pleased with that, saying he had to retire to gain time for his first vacation. Raffetto, speaking from his home yesterday, was quick to give credit to others for accomplishments, saying he is a "low-key kind of guy. Things come and go; I try to get them done as best I can and don't make much note of them." He appointed the borough's first coun-cilwoman, Mary F. Geiger, and placed women on the planning and zoning boards.

It seemed only natural since he fathered six children, five of them girls, he said. He talked a friend into flying over the borough to take photographs of the damage wrought by Hurricane Belle in 1976. It helped document the destruction so well that Spring Lake received more federal disaster aid than any other municipality in Monmouth or Ocean counties, he said. He was featured on Spanish television during the U.S. Bicentennial celebration, although the cousin of a customer had to tell him about it, he said.

A camera crew came through the borough in 1976, interviewed him and that was the last he thought of it until the customer told him about his appearance on television in Madrid. He is proud of having "brought the borough out of the quill pen age" into the computer era, and that he got another friend, a computer specialist, to donate his consultations for the move. "When I first took office, there was a considerable amount of money in checking accounts," he said. "I said, "This is not good. It should be in interest-bearing I got what I consider a very good proposal for the borough where, instead of having all that money laying fallow, we could take money from an investment account and move it to a checking account to pay our bills without jeopardizing the interest we were making." Although he refuses to take credit for Serving a special "prix fixe" )cw car's Eve full course dinner including choice of following entrees: Asbury Park Press Thomas J.

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