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Hi Jpfttlabelprftm inquirer metro new jersey The Scene 2 Business 4 New York stocks 5 American stocks 6 section Thursday, FeDruary 2, 1978 By WILLIAM SPEERS Shore track wants Garden State merger Levy proposed yesterday that the state reduce its share of the handle to 4 percent each racing day on the first $700,000 wagered. He said the tracks would then make an extra $28,000 each day that way. Assemblyman Richard J. Codey Essex), chairman if the State Government Committee, said he would cntinue to oppose state Ownership of Garden State, favoring (See TRACK on 2-B) the Authority was willing to sell bonds for the purchase and reconstruction if a feasibility study shows that the 35-year-old South Jersey track can make money. Several legislators and owners of other private tracks have insisted, however, that the state must reduce its 8.1S percent share of total wagers at private tracks by at least 2 percentage points if any racing is to survive in New Jersey.

which has been closed since a fire destroyed its grandstand and clubhouse, in April. Levy and Garden State Racing Association president Richard H. Wid-ener said the two tracks may agree on a joint operation, sharing racing days at the two South Jersey tracks, but only if the state reduces its share of racing revenues. Neither specified how Garden State would be rebuilt. The Assembly State Government Committee, which is expected to move the Senate-passedtakeov erbill into positin for a full Assembly vote next Thursday, heard from 17 witnesses, most of whom painted a woeful picture of unprofitable horse racing at private tracks in the state.

The administration of Gov. Brendan T. Byrne fully supports the idea of state ownership of Garden State. William F. Hyland, chairman of the sports authority, said yesterday that By John Hilerty Inquirer BtaH Writer TRENTON The president of Atlantic City Race Course yesterday proposed a' merger with the Garden State Park race track as a means of preventing horse racing in South Jersey from bankruptcy.

Robert P. Levy made the proposal during a lengthy hearing on a bill that would empower the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to rebuild and operate Garden State, The night the toll went up chool tax breaks overruled I 11 1 tw aMHpy nwiniw.jMaiin iinmi "i Court halts parochial deduction Philadelphia Inquirer MICHAEL VIOLA The anesthesiologist, Dr. Barbara Penny, checks Monty's respiration Monty and Monty They had a tiger by the tooth 'I'm sorry. I don't have time to talk. We're very busy here right now." We're here on the east coast of the Delaware River.

It's 11:30 p.m., a half-hour before N-Hour. And while Camden sleeps Tonight Show" has a guest host tonight) these men in uniform work feverishly. This is not a night like every other night. If it were, the operations room wouldn't be so crowded. (Bump) Sorry.

Trying to keep out of the way. Maybe I can slip among these coat hangers. 7 It's a short, narrow room taken up mostly by a large console with buttons and bulbs but no bells. They're outside. There is also an intercom that keeps the operations center In instantaneous contact with every man on the firing line.

As the bewitching hour approaches, the firing line is a beehive of activity. Men in cherry pickers on yellow trucks work feverishly overhead. Little men with dirty hands work below on the automatic machinery. Cold and dark It's a cold night. And dark, too.

And the men outside on the firing line look longingly at the men in the warmth and light of the operations room. But there's a job to be done. And the men the firing line are going to do it. You can bet on that. Here comes the man again who said he's too busy to talk.

He's Ed Harris. He's a big man. He's also superintendent. He enters the operations room to warmup. "Cold o'it there he says.

He's a nice guy. But this night he's harried. He directs your reporter to his superior, Alex Bonavitacoli, who isn't even there. He's several miles away dealing with the situation downstream. "Everything's going along pretty good down here," he says over the phone.

"We've been working all week on it, and now we're just about 75 percent modified. After midnight we'll close down what isn't modifed and fix keep men overtime if we have to." Bonavitacoli confirms on his end what Harris has been experiencing on this end. "Had a real run on stickers. Not this morning but this afternoon." Bonavitacoli chuckles. "This was after you guys in radio and TV told everybody they could save a few bucks by getting a new sticker before midnight." But this reporter is a pencil press person.

Short and sweet Right after Bonavitacoli hangs up, a youth about 18 walks up to the operations center. Time is short. It's 11:45 p.m. "Got any stickers left?" says the youth. Harris stifles a smile.

"All this to save, what $2 for one month. And as you can see, this kid doesn't even have a car. Just delaying the inevitable, far as I can tell." Harris goes to the intercom. "Lane 18, you got any stickers left?" The answer comes: "I got four." It's going to be close. Thousands of unused, printed receipts are brought into the operations center.

They're hauled by a man in a red stocking cap with "Joe" stitched in white. "Nothing but scrap paper now," says Joe. Another hat pokes in the door. Bear trapper's style. He's a white-collar type.

"I'll keep out of way, Ed," he promises. "I'll watch from out here." Peace and quiet By Steve Hindy Associated Press NEWARK, N. section of the New Jersey income tax law that allows parents of private and parochial school children a $1,000 deduction for each child was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge here yesterday. U. S.

District Judge H. Curtis Mea-nor's ruling will affect the 1977 state tax bills of thousands of families who sent their children to' the state's 753 non-public schools, 714 of them religiously affiliated, and of those, 575 Catholic. In an eight-page ruling, Judge Meanor said the provision of the state's 1976 income tax law violated the section of the U.S. Constitution that says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." There was no immediate word on whether the state would appeal the ruling, which was made on a suit by Public Funds for Public Schools of New Jersey, a coalition of public-in-, terest groups. When the tax break was included in the income tax law, it was regarded by many as a way of gaining legislative support for the controversial levy sought by Brendan T.

Byrne, who was listed as the main defendant in the suit. The judge said he saw no difference between the New Jersey law and a similar tuition reimbursement law that was ruled unconstitutional in New York in 1973. "In both cases, the parent-taxpayer receives a financial reward from the state for sending his child to a nonpublic school," Meanor wrote. The judge said the New Jersey law did not p.i?s a three-part test written by the U. S.

Supreme Court to determine whether a statute violated the "establishment of religion" clause. He said the law failed because it did "advance" religion and because it "fostered an excessive government entanglement with religijn. In declaring the law unconstitutional, Meanor also enjoined Sidney Glaser, state director of taxation, from permitting the deduction from 1977 taxes. A spokesman for Byrne said the governor would not be able to comment on the decision until it is studied carefully by his staff. Asked to comment on the ruling, Glaser said, "We haven't seen it.

It just came to our attention." But ho said collection of the tax would not be affected by the ruling. "The rest of the law is till operable," Glaser said. "Only that particular clause is knocked out." Assemblyman Michael Adubato Essex), sponsor of the unconstitutional section, said, "The realities are that you don't have to be an expert to know that the public school systems in our country are a failure. "The children are getting a much better eudcation in the private and parochial schools than they are in the public schools," said Adubato, who has three children in Catholic schools. He said the Assembly's legal staff would have to study the ruline but, "I don't know how enthusiastically they'll pursue this." School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Zoo veterinarian, Dr. Honna Hinsch, who coordinated the tiger tooth treatment, had discovered that something was amiss in December when Monty, who's just a baby at 4, began losing weight and vomiting. (Tigers usually live about 20 years.) Monty was anesthetized and examined then, but the only problem they found was a broken right canine tooth (that's the long, sharp one). "In a smaller animal, you just pull the tooth but with an animal that size, you might deform the whole mandible (jaw)," she said. She discussed the matter with her own dentist, Dr.

Ingber, whose specialty is restoration work capping and filling teeth. He was fascinated by the thought of saving the tooth by doing root-canal work that is, removing the pulpy tissue, and then restoring it. (See TOOTH on 3-B) By Murray Dubin inquirer JS'ftf Writer Dental work makes everyone nervous. Monty walked around, teliing people to keep their fingers crossed. Anga paced and made loud noises.

Kundur just walked back and forth like an expectant father. Anga and Kundur are tigers, Siberian variety, at the Philadelphia Zoo. Monty Simmons is the head keeper, Upper" Darby variety, at the Zoo's lion house. Yesterday, a dental team of 11 specialists spent more than three hours with their fingers in the mouth of a 300-pound Siberian tiger named Monty Simmons' namesake and the child of Kundur and Anga. Monty the Tiger, you see, had root-canal work yesterday.

Using some makeshift tools-tools for human teeth are not necessarily useful on tiger teeth and dealing with a five-inch-long tooth, a team of dentists, anesthesiologist, students and veterinar- This was the root of the problem Dr. Ingber wore a special shirt under his turtleneck. It had a tiger on it. Dr. Carl Tinkleman, a dentist too, had a shirt that said: "Hold That Tiger." The third dentist, Dr.

Mark Snyder, wasn't talking about his under shirt. All three are instructors at the ians successfully operated on Monty the Tiger at the Zoo's hospital facility while a gqggle of media representativew flapped about. "The patient was very cooperative," said Dr. Jeffery Ingber, one of the dentists. Camden police probed in thefts, drug traffic Camden's 378-member police force has been the subject of several recent investigations.

In 1971, two officers were charged in the beating death of a Puerto Rican, and the incident sparked several days of rioting, looting and arson. Both officers were later acquitted. In 1974, four white officers were indicted by a Camden County grand jury in the alleged beating of four black men during search for the per-(See POLICE on 2-B) way about a week, sources said, adding that it probably would continue at least another month. County Prosecutor Thomas Shusted also confirmed the existence of an investigation, but he refused to discuss it further. Asked to comment yesterday, Mayor Angelo J.

Errichetti said, "I am aware of the problem. It is a joint investigation by the city police department and prosecutor's office and 1 nave ordered tnat this investigation proceed with vigor," Police Chief Harold Melleby and Chief of County Detectives Vincent Buondonno confirmed that there is an investigation, but they would not give details. "There is a grand jury probe into allegations of certain Camden police officers concerning improprieties or alleged criminal activities. The investigation was initiated by Chief Melleby and then a request was made to the Camden County office," uie statement said. The investigation has been under A grand jury investigation is underway into allegations that several Camden police officers may be involved in a spate of burglaries and narcotics trafficking, sources have told The Inquirer.

The investigation is being conducted by Camden police and the Camden County prosecutor's office. Although officials said they were not certain how many officers might be involved, sources said the total Could go high 30. In a statement yesterday, Camden Phila. hotel work starts in weeks It's five minutes to N-hour now, and a strange mixture of anticipation and relaxation descends over the operations center. The uniformed men are comparing winter coats and linings zips out and this thing zips out and laughing over a pornographic newspaper.

Alone, seated at the console, Harris makes the final check. "We'll close 2, 3 and 7 and put those men into 1, 4 and 6. OK. Let's go." Harris leads several men out to Lane 2. There are two minutes to go.

They help toll collector Don Harrison clean out Booth 2 of money and other materials. Harris watches his watch with concern. "It's just abbut time. Let's get him over to 1." Harrison hurriedly sets himself up in 1 as the red light in Lane 1 turns green. It's vention center, between the two towers, including a exhibition hall, a ballroom large enough to seat 2,100 people at dinner, 14 meeting rooms, and a rooftop ath-letic center.

A two-level underground garage with parking for more than 500 cars. Franklin Town Corp. will develop the project jointly with Peter Patti-son Associates of New York. Geddes Brecher Quails Cunningham of Philadelphia is the architect, and Turner Construction Co. of Philadelphia ill be the general contractor.

Management of the hotel will be assumed by Canadian Pacific Hotels Ltd. of Toronto. It will be the first United States (See HOTEL on 3-B) Mayor Frank L. Rizzo said, though, that his administration had discussed the bill with City Council members, and he predicted that the ordinance "will move through council like a streak of lightning." The ordinance has not yet been introduced. The complex, which is scheduled to completed early in 1980, will consist of: The 30-story, 800-room Franklin Plaza Hote'.

containing seven restaurants Vt ji lounges. A o'i'e fiwer, called the Smit "Vrilding, in which SmithKlire Corp. will use a fourth of the space for its corporate headquarters. A glass-enclosed lobby and con By Andrea Knox Inquirer Business Writer Franklin Town Corp. made it official yesterday: Financing for its approximately $87 million complex that will contain a hotel, convention center and office tower at 16th and Race Streets is virtually complete, and construction will begin "in a matter of weeks, possible as early as March." Jason R.

Nathan, president of Franklin Town made the announcement at a news conference attended by dozens of Philadelphia business and government leaders. The only part of the financing that is not final is the ordinance needed to permit city participation in the $5.5 million purchase of the site. i i i I jL wfegggi li i i I 1 E5 5 Ns 71 'ARrHSTrrr-Z "ZZ? r- I Suburban 1 i i I I Station I jj JOHN NNtDY Bl VP ji i 1 City Hall At a.m. a black station wagon creeps up to Booth 1. The driver hands Harrison two ouarters and dime and expects no change.

Sir, you're the first human 1 pay the new 60 cents comments for the press? "Oh man, is this for real?" Sure "Well, to tell the truth it's not even my money. Actually, I work for the Red Cross. They're paying the toll." Philadelphia inquirer.