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A2 Aabury Park Press. Thura. Oct. 4. 1979 Burke Unveils New State School Classification Plan Press State Hiius Rurnu delayed.

Burks proposed three-tier system yesterday to the state Board of Education, which voted to advertise the plan tor 60 days. It may come up tor a vote at the board's Dec. meeting. Burke recommends that each school be classified either as "approved," which means it meets the state's minimum education standards, "approved with conditions," meaning specific problems will have to be solved in a certain amount of time, or "unapproved," a falling grade. Tlrrl feared that parents may pull their children out of any school that is not approved "because of the stigma of undesira-bility." But Burke responded, "The classification system is meant for improvement, not label-ling." And Board President P.

Paul Rtcci said classification "would not be punitive or damaging, and it would focus public attention and resources on these schools." Schools that are not approved would set up councils to oversee efforts tor improvement. Burke's plan does not specify how much authority the councils would have or how many people would be on a council except that it would include representatives of parents, members of the community, teachers and secondary school students. The New Jersey Association of School Administrators attacked the proposed councils. "Each local board of education should determine the feasibility of establishing such councils," said NJASA Executive Director James A. Moran.

"NJASA Is firmly against additional bureaucratic intrusion into local educational practices and the continuing state takeover of our schools." Classification could also lead to segregation, said Richard Lindsay, representing the New Jersey Minority Groups Caucus. People would move out of the district to one with a reputed better school, Lindsay said, thereby lowering property values. One board member, Susan N. Wilson, said Burke's revisions had weakened the original classification concept. "It places a lot of the burden on the local district.

Some of it should rest on the Legislature," Mrs. Wilson said. The state board also approved evaluation of a school district's tenured chief administrators. The policy and procedures for evaluation are to be prepared by the local school board. An outside consultant may be hired to do the evaluation, the board ruled.

A superintendent'! position was created tor Stafford Township In Ocean County. The Superintendent, to be selected by the school board, will oversee the two-tchool district with 1,079 students and 60 teachers. Each school has had a principal. Approval also was given tor the Issuance of $853,000 In bonds to the Freehold Regional High School district for the construction of additions to Freehold Township, Manalapan, Marlboro and Howell high schools. The money may also be used for renovation of the existing buildings and the purchase of new furniture.

The Freehold Regional Board of Education expects to use the funds to offset the costs of its $13.8 building program, which is going to referendum for voter approval Oct. 16. The board had moved quickly to schedule the referendum by Oct. 16 so it would be: eligible tor the state funds. 2 The additions are expected to Increase the region's capacity by 1,600 student spaces.l needed to alleviate overcrowding.

The district Includes the townships orj Colts Neck, Howell, Manalapan, Marlboro and Freehold and the boroughs of Farming-! dale, Englishtown and Freeehold. In a legal decision, the board unanimous- ly reaffirmed the commissioner's ruling thatj the Manalapan Township school board musts decide where to cut $50,000 from the 1979-80; budget. Burke had ordered the $3.3 million budget cut, but the Manalapan board had argued that it was up to Burke to say where, the money was to be cut, according to board member Brandt, chairman of the legal com-' mittee. TRENTON Amid the protests of teach, ers, administrators and local school boards, state Education Commissioner Fred 0. Burke yesterday unveiled his plan to classify schools and set up parent councils at schools with serious problems.

One critic, Peter A. Tirrl. president of the Paterson Education Association, said It could lead to the disintegration of the present school system. Board member Robert Wol-fenharger, however, said It could be the beginning of a "renaissance" In public education. Under the Public Education Act of 1975.

the so-called "thorough and efficient" law, each school must be classified on its per-formance so the state will know how to improve schools. The classification system should have started in 1976 but has been Lobbying by White House Might Rescue Energy Bill liiiiii4 tfy mliSl WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter's plan for speeding contraction of high-priority energy projects, after surviving a well organized assault by environmentalists, was nearing Senate approval today. White House officials credited an intensive lobbying effort, aided by Carter himself, with turning around what had appeared likely to be an administration defeat. A bill similar to the Senate measure on the proposed Energy Mobilization Board soon will be considered by the House. Sen.

Henry Jackson, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, had said late Tuesday the mobilization board, a critical piece of the president's energy policy, was in serious jeopardy. But White House officials, who asked not to be named, said appeals went out from sen ior administration officials, as well as lobbyists for the energy and auto Industries. Calls were made by Vice President Mon-dale. Energy Secretary Charles W. Duncan and Carter, who contacted a few wavering senators.

The result was that Sens. Edmund F. Muskle, D-Maine; and Abraham Ribicoff, lost on two major efforts to weaken the powers of the board, designed to ease U.S. reliance on imported oil. In the first, the Senate voted 58-39 to defeat a substitute for the board that would have been required to work through the courts rather than being empowered to act alone.

In the second losing try, Muskie attempted to prevent the board from having the power to order local and state agencies to Oil in Alaska Eyed By 'Windfall Panel Air Force jet is In ruins after tornado struck Bradley International Airport Freak Tornado Kills WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Finance Committee Is turning its attention to Alaska's plentiful oil reserves as It continues work on President Carter's proposal for a multi-billion-doUar "windfall profits" tax. Sen. Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, a committee member and strong opponent of Carter's proposal, said in advance of today's session he would make a plea to eliminate the levy on North Slope oil. Officials said the section of the proposed tax Gravel wanted to eliminate would net the government about $12.2 billion between 1980 and 1990. A "windfall profits" tax passed by the House earlier this year would produce an estimated $104 billion between 1980 to 1990 to finance Carter's program for making the nation less dependent on foreign oil.

The Senate Finance Committee is expected to produce a tax with less bite. Aides to Gravel said the Alaska senator would base his argument on estimates that oil production costs in Alaska are 15 times higher than in the lower 48 states. The House-passed bill called for a complicated tax on oil from the Sadlerochit reservoir in Alaska, the only field in the North Slope now producing oil. Five More Conquer Mt. Everest's Slopes KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) Two West Germans, a Swiss and two Nepalese guides have conquered Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, Nepal officials said today.

They said Dr. Gerhard Schmatz, a 50-year-old lawyer from Neu-Ulm. Dr. Hermann Warth, 38, of the University of Munich, and a Swiss member, Hanns Von Kanel, 38, of Bern, spent an hour Monday on the high summit. The climbers were in good physical condition, said a Nepalese tourism official.

Monday's success brought to 93 the number of persons who have climbed Everest in 18 separate expeditions. WINDSOR LOCKS. Conn. (AP) A freak tornado described as "a big monster" killed one person, left more than 100 hospitalized and caused damage estimated at well over $100 million as it churned through north-central Connecticut. The afternoon twister, which accompanied a storm with vicious 86 mph winds, destroyed a collection of rare airplanes and blew away homes and businesses through parts of Windsor and Windsor Locks.

"They wandered around saying, 'Gee, my house Just blew the Rev. James Silver said of the survivors of the brutal storm. Silver's Congregational Church in Poquonock lost its roof and steeple to the winds, rare in New England. Gov. Ella Grasso, who lives in Windsor Locks, declared an 8 p.m.

to 5 a.m. curfew in the stricken area to prevent looting and vandalism. She dispatched 200 National Guardsmen to enforce the curfew and patrol the area, a swath about three miles long and up to a mile wide. Mrs. Grasso, whose home was not damaged, said an application for federal disaster aid was being drawn up.

Bradley International, the state's major airport, was closed today, its regular and backup electrical power knocked out and the airfield strewn with the splintered wreckage of helicopters and airplanes. "It looks like it's been bombed," said state Transportation Commissioner Arthur Powers. Rescue efforts after the storm were hindered because most of the Connecticut National Guard's helicopter fleet was destroyed. The few available helicopters were flown in from other parts of the state to airlift the most seriously Injured to hospitals while roads remained blocked by debris. The funnel cloud unexpected by weath er forecasters destroyed the airport's Bradley Air Museum and its collection of rare and antique military aircraft.

There was no immediate count of the number left homeless by the twister. Authorities planned to search again today to determine if any victims were trapped beneath the rubble of the scores of homes and businesses crumpled by the surge of wind. Killed when flying lumber bashed Into his pickup truck was William Kowalsky, 24, of Manchester, authorities reported. Officials reported 118 persons hospitalized. Ten, including a 10-month-old baby, were In critical condition.

About 180 other persons were given treatment at makeshift first-aid stations or released after hospital treatment, according to Dr. Douglas Lloyd, the state public health commissioner. Raymond LaMontt, 58, of Hartford, was driving when the storm swooped down. The twister propelled a large sign, then an airplane into his car, crushing it. Intruder Stabs SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) An Intruder stabbed a retired bishop yesterday, and ran from the church shouting "you're excommunicated" only one day before the bishop was to leave to meet with Pope John Paul II in Chicago, a spokesman tor the Sacramento Catholic Diocese said. Alden Bell, 75, was not seriously wounded, but was taken to a hospital for observation, police said. Sgt. Mike Roy, a police spokesman, said a man walked into the chancery office two Dog To meet deadlines for approval of synthetic fuel plants, oil refineries and other projects. Muskie, the Senate's chief environmental advocate, gave several impassioned speeches declaring that the new agency would inevitably permit new energy development at the expense- of dangerous chemical discharges into the air and water.

In one victory for the environmentalists, the Senate gave the Environmental Protection Agency veto powers over certain energy projects found to be a threat to public health. But the EPA would be empowered to act only if local and state agencies had first decided to halt construction of a new energy facility. Some members of the Senate felt the board should be given even more power than urged by the president. An attempt to permit the board and the president to set aside federal laws to expedite energy projects was soundly defeated. Another provision would require all electric utilities that switch from oil or gas to coal to be designated high-priority energy projects by the board.

That proposal, by Sen. Jennings Randolph, would prevent environmental organizations from fighting conversion to coal. The four-member mobilization board could designate an unlimited number of projects as high-priority facilities. At stake are billions of dollars worth of various energy facilities, many of them delayed by local and state opposition. British Want Revisions In Energy Bill WASHINGTON (AP) The British government is unhappy about a Kennedy energy bill and wants the Carter administration to lobby Congress to remove provisions it finds objectionable.

Administration officials were getting their chance to convey the British objections today at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the bill by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. Kennedy is chairman of the full committee. An Oct.

1 diplomatic communication from the British Embassy to the U.S. State Department expresses formal opposition to the Kennedy bill, which would restrict mergers and acquisitions by the 16 largest U.S. oil companies. The British government contends the measure would prevent joint ventures with U.S. companies In developing oil in the North Sea.

The British communication, marked "confidential," contends that if the bill becomes law without modification "considerable economic and commercial effect would ensue tor United Kingdom interests." A copy of the three-page communication was obtained by The Associated Press. Kennedy's bill would prohibit mergers or acquisitions totaling over $100 million by the 16 companies. It also would restrict the amount these companies could Invest In foreign concerns. "This provision could hinder the United Kingdom's on-and-offshore exploration and development program for oil and gas," the British communication said. Some 20 major oil companies already have joint arrangements for North Sea drilling, and British Petroleum and Standard Oil of Ohio are currently planning a Joint venture.

Seldom has a bill in Congress received so much international attention so early In the legislative process. On Tuesday, British Energy Secretary David Howell told a Washington audience the Kennedy legislation "would freeze up sensible commercial arrangements." And yesterday, Viscount Etlenne Davignon, a member of the nine-nation European Commission, also criticized it. In its communication, the United Kingdom outlined a number of amendments it said would make the bill more suitable to British interests. One would exempt Joint ventures "that have been specifically approved by a foreign national competition authority." The administration has already suggested an amendment to the Kennedy bill that would waive the prohibition against certain Joint ventures if they are "to the clear benefit of foreign public policies." The British communication said this proposal is "welcome as an indication that the international aspects are recognized but does not remove the British government's basic concern." Bills to break up or restrict expansion of major oil companies have never gotten very far in Congress even though they have been introduced many times in the past including previous measures by Kennedy. AsociM4 Press in Windsor Locks, yesterday.

a One Mart "It was like a science fiction movie a big monster coming at you like there was something outside the windows," said La-. Montt, who was hospitalized in good condi-i tlon. At a restaurant in Windsor Locks, visitors from the tornado-prone Midwest real- lzed what was about to happen. "We were in there eating and It started to get black," recalled Roger Barker of Tole-do, Ohio. "We tried to tell this guy behind us that a tornado was coming.

He said tornadoes don't happen up here in New England. Windows started breaking and we hit the deck. I said to him, 'Well, you've got one; The National Weather Service at the airport had issued no tornado watch advisory when a wave of thunderstorms moved Into'1 the state. When the twister struck Just before 3 p.m., forecasters reported 86 mph winds and issued a severe thunderstorm warning. Because the twister struck so close to the'' NWS office, radar was unable to detect it, said Roland Laro, meteorologist in charge.

Retired Bishop blocks north of the state Capitol shortly after noon, drew a knife and stabbed Bell in theA right rib cage and the little finger of his'1 right hand. The man had been to the office earlier in the day, spoken with Bell, and reportedly" complained that he was being excommunl- cated, Roy said. Bell retired this year after 17 years as" leader of the diocese, which covers 42,000 square miles of inland Northern California up to the Oregon border. Leads Police i Chase Suspect with possession of a stolen; car and was released in the! custody of his grandparents Police are looking for anoth er suspect in the chase. Furman and Scalzo wertf treated at Community Memorial Hospital for head! InlliriaMi 1 Two Charged 1 In Burglary BELMAR Two borough; pull In front of to The the back of men are Being held in and fled, po municipal Jail in $7,500 eacn after they were ed early this morning oreaiang into Vesuvto's I taurant.

Tenth Avenue, lice said. Stewart Marvin. River Road, was charged with buri glary and Michael Cennelll Eleventh Avenue, with aid3 ing and abetting burglary. Patrolmen Frank Madison! and Matthew Sharin arrested Marvin inside the restaurant and Gennell outside shortly! after midnight, police said, Police said a rear window! had been broken. Both men are scheduled to be arraign-1 ed tonight in municipals court.

i The bill calls for a tax of 50 percent on the price of Sadlerochit reservoir oil above $7.50 a barrel, a price that would be adjusted annually for inflation. Oil from other fields north of the Artie Circle is exempt from the tax. The Carter administration favors a middle ground between the House-passed bill and Gravel's proposed exemption a 60 percent tax beginning at $12.91 a barrel. The issue of Alaskan oil is one of several still pending before committee members as they struggle to complete work on Carter's proposal. The president is asking for the tax on increased revenue the oil companies will receive from his decision earlier this year to phase out federal price controls on oil.

At its session yesterday, the committee tentatively rejected Carter's call to create a special Energy Trust Fund, which would receive the proceeds of the tax on the oil industry. However, only five of the committee's 20 members were present when the decision was made by voice vote and Sen. Russell Long, the committee chairman, said the outcome could be reversed if the subject was brought up again. On another issue, the committee rejected a proposal from Sen. John Chafee, for a 75 percent tax, to be phased out through 1995, on so-called "new oil." The House approved a 60 percent tax on new oil, or oil from fields discovered between 1973 and 1978, and Long has indicated the Finance Commitee will wind up accepting a tougher tax.

The committee also approved a proposal by Sen. Malcolm Wallop, to exempt from the tax oil produced from Indian Trust lands. The proposal is expected to reduce revenues by about $328 million over a decade. Also approved was a proposal by Sen. David Boren, to reduce the tax on so-called "high-water wells," or those with a high ration of water to oil production.

The proposal would cost the government about $350 million in revenue. Retail prices are nearly 12 percent higher now than they were a year ago. Wholesale prices had risen 1.2 percent in August, with food surging ahead after four months of decline. Georgia State University's Economic Forecasting Project, which each month issues predictions of wholesale price changes in advance of the official announcement, said it expected the government's September data to show a 1.3 percent increase. That would match the January rate, the largest for a single month this year.

"We found a significant Increase in meat prices," said the project's director, Donald Ratajczak. He added that higher fuel costs, reflecting Increases in the price of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' crude oil, and rising precious metal prices "also had an Impact." The Agriculture Department reported last week that the prices paid farmers for their goods surged 1.5 percent In September after falling 3 percent In the previous month and showing no change in July. Much of the September change in farm prices was due to higher cattle, hog and milk prices changes that show up rapidly at the wholesale level, government economists say. The Commerce Department reported yesterday that after two months of decline, new orders received by the nation's factories rose 2 percent in August to $142.7 billion. Economists Fear Jump In Price Index Today TOMS RIVER An Ocean County Sheriff's Department bloodhound sniffed out a suspect in a two-town chase early this morning.

Beachwood Patrolmen James P. Furman and Chuck Scalzo began the chase in the borough about 2:30 a.m. today when the driver of the car refused to stop. At Washington and Dock Streets, here, the officers managed to the car ana attempted force the driver to stoo. 1 Carter Unit Contends Kennedy Plan Illegal WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter's re-election committee is preparing a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that various draft-Kennedy organizations are actually part of an organized movement, The Washington Post reports.

The Carter-Mondale committee contends the organized nature of the pro-Kennedy groups means they may have exceeded legal limits on campaign contributions, the newspaper said in today's editions. The FEC has said that individuals can donate up to $5,000 to various draft-Kennedy committees, as opposed to $1,000 limits to committees that are promoting announced candidates or politicians, like Carter, who are considered certain to become candidates. However, the Carter-Mondale group reportedly feels the Kennedy groups already are working in an organized way to promote their candidate. The newspaper, which said it had obtained a copy of the complaint, said Carter-Mondale officials hoped to file it with the FEC today. "The facts show the continuing existence of a common and coordinated strategy among the respondent committees," the newspaper quoted the complaint as saying.

"Their common strategy at present is clearly to funnel money and people to the Florida for Kennedy Committee in connection with the Oct. 13 caucuses and the Nov. IS state party convention vote in Florida." The complaint will ask the FEC to find that the various Kennedy groups are affiliated and should be required to register and report contributions and expenditures, The Post said. It said it also will say the groups should return any contributions that now exceed the limits. Tom South wick, Kennedy's spokesman, said the senator plans to authorize the formation of an exploratory presidential campaign committee sometime next month.

He said, however, that "we expect everyone to abide by the FEC rules," and added "we have no involvements whatever with these groups in fact, we've disavowed them." Officials of the Carter-Mondale Re-election Committee could not be immediately reached for comment. driver rammed the patrol car WASHINGTON (AP) A jump in farm prices and the continued Impact of higher crude oil costs may have pushed wholesale prices up sharply last month, economists say. The Labor Department's official analysis the Producer Price Index for September was being released today. It is closely watched because increases at the wholesale level generally show up In a month or two as higher prices at retail food merchandise outlets. N.J.

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Dover Township police found the car unoccupied at Hadley and Grand Avenues with its motor running, the door open and damage to the front. The bloodhound, called Chase, was then brought to the scene and traced a scent from the car to the Dunkln' Donuts, Route 37, where police arrested a 17-year-old youth from Island Heights who was having a cup of coffee. The youth was charged.