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10a COURIER-POST, Thursday, August 17, 1389 Your money should work as I hard as it you do. hi KM-) I1 State roundup Burlington City man charged in shooting MOUNT HOLLY A resident of Alexander's Inn in Burlington City will stand trial on attempted murder charges in connection with a June 19 shooting there. Willie Clifford Nesmith, 44, who lived at the motel at High and Broad streets, is charged in connection with the shooting of John W. O'Neill, 24, of the Dunbar Homes housing project, following an argument Nesmith also is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon. O'Neill suffered a bullet wound behind his right ear and has since recovered, said Burlington County Prosecutor Stephen Raymond.

According to Raymond, Nesmith fired two shots at O'Neill with a gun while the men were in a hallway near steps that led to an exit Teen pleads innocent in attack on mother NEWARK A 16-year-old West Orange boy pleaded innocent yesterday to charges that he sexually assaulted and strangled his mother last March. At his arraignment in Superior Court in Essex County, Jamie Loftus posted $125,000 bail. Superior Court Judge Michael J. Deg-nan set trial for Oct 2 before Superior Court Judge Julius A. Feinberg.

Loftus, who is living with his father James, denied accusations in a July 31 grand jury indictment which charged him with murder, felony murder, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, theft and receiving stolen property. United Jersey believes in lending a hand to the hard working people who deserv it most. Through our Commu- nity Reinvestment Program, United Jersey is dedicated to providing special products and sen-ices to low and moderate income people. To help, we offer home improvement loans with flexible rates and terms that make your payments easier. If you you can get a loan at 1 below our usual rate, plus be able to pav it back more slowly.

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Ellis Island charged with anti-Italian bias CAMDEN A Brigantine man has sued the Ellis Island Foundation, claiming a tribute to immigrants discriminates against Italians. Cris Anthony wants the foundation to include the full names of nine of his ancestors on the American Immigrant Wall of Honor under construction at Ellis Island. He paid $900 to have the names listed on the wall The wall serves as a tribute to the millions of So call us today at I-S0O-282-BNK, or stop in at any branch LZJ quai Opportunity Lenders Members FOIC ii'wi organisation, wilh over $11 Mion in assets, immigrants who passed through Ellis Island. But the foundation said the names could not be listed as Anthony requested, with the full first and last names of the husband followed by the full first and last names of the wife, which he said was the Italian custom. The foundation will only list the husband's first name, followed by the wife's first name, then her last name and then his last name.

These stories are based on reporting by the Courier-Post and The Associated Press. 'SAVINGS: United Jersey The fast-moving bank MemDers ot UJB Financial Corp a financial services sJttr, Sale prices effective thru 8-31-89 DIAMOND Guaranteed Appraisal Trade-In Value DIAMOND, EVENT DEE'S JEWELRY IN DEE'S AUDUBON AND TRENTON STORES ONLY iini roEF! EVERY "Written Commuter train arrivals showing improvement NEWARK NJ Transit commuter trains arrived on time at a rate of 92.5 percent in July, mark- ing the seventh straight month of performance at that level, the agency said yesterday. NJ Transit, which considers a train "on time" if it arrives and departs within five minutes of schedule, has improved dramatically since July 1988, when the on- time performance was 76 percent -4- the poorest rate since the state agency assumed control of the trains from Conrail in 1983. Teen-ager charged it) grandfather's slaying A 17-year-old girl was held yesterday in the stabbing death of her grandfather following what police say was an argument over her curfew. Jeremiah Roach, 59, died of a stab wound to the heart, Detective Gene LaVigne said.

Police said they were called to the Roach home shortly before midnight Monday and found Roach lying on the ground and bleeding. He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. 'Diaxtssd WTO ..,4 7iaW VSSS EvVfeJsJ 5 Diamond 14 KL (P 'TXirST'M Wedding or GoM W'-4 toniversaiy Ring bm At SSFB vl HwiH Choice of fflk- 111 ftfeiy lit Officials dig up house patio in search for woman's remains The teen-ager, whose name is not being released because of her age, has been charged with juvenile delinquency in connection with a homicide, said Union County Assistant Prosecutor Robert P. O'Leary. Bail set for suspect in Camden homicide CAMDEN Bail was set yesterday at $150,000 for a man charged with beating his mother's boyfriend to death.

Kittrell L. Scott, 25, initially was charged with the aggravated assault of Harold Petty, 48, after the Aug. 1 beating. When Petty died this week of head injuries, the charges were upgraded to murder. The men lived in the same house in the 600 block of North Third Street According to Assistant Camden County Prosecutor Michael Chew-kanes, Petty might have been drunk when the argument began early on Aug.

1, just as he was about to leave the house for work. A fight and wrestling match followed, during which Petty rolled off the hood of a car, striking his head on the ground, Chewkanes told Superior Court Judge Isaiah Steinberg during yesterday's bail hearing. Scott has been held in the Camden County Jail since his arrest on the assault charge. Hospital rights bill signed into law by Kean TRENTON Hospital patients will be protected by a bill of rights spelled out in a law signed by Gov. Thomas H.

Kean yesterday. The law requires hospitals to inform patients, through notices and pamphlets, that they have the right to receive a wide range of details about their hospitalization and care, including complete information about their condition. 21, 1976, said Steven Brizek, an assistant county prosecutor. After two days of digging, "we found nothing of value," Brizek said. But he said the search would continue.

Brizek said the case was reopened in March after lying dormant for 13 years when an investigator with the prosecutor's office, George Braejack, developed new information, which Brizek would not describe. "At this point we're trying to solve a mystery," Brizek said. "The first mystery is where is Mrs. Reyez. Is she alive? Is she dead? If she is, where is her body?" Investigators started the search at the house because Mrs.

Reyes lived there with her husband, Her-nan Reyes, at the time of her disappearance, Brizek said. The couple were in the process of getting a divorce, he said. Brizek said investigators planned to return to the house today and would continue to search there until they either found the woman's body or were satisfied it was not there. At the time of the woman's disappearance, Pompton Lakes police conducted an "exhaustive investigation," but were unable to solve the case, Brizek said. There were never any arrests, he added.

Mrs. Reyes had been discharged from the hospital on March 16, 1976, after undergoing a mastectomy. Brizek said she kept an appointment with her physician the following Friday, and was to return for a follow-up visit that Monday. "She did not appear at the doctor's on Monday," Brizek said. We are proceeding under the assumption she is dead," he said.

Brizek stressed that no one, including Mr. Reyes, was considered a suspect at this point. The couple were married in 1963. Mrs. Reyes returned to her native Chile in December 1974 while her husband remained in the United States, and returned to Pompton Lakes in 1976.

They had no children, Brizek said. 1 I All SetHnns I I Anniversary Ring b0ia -V- 98 r-OSSl? Choice of fiivsA rtlQ) 5 Diamond AHSeWngs Gold' POMPTON LAKES (AP) Passaic County officials dug up the grounds of a single-family home here searching for the remains of a woman who disappeared 13 years ago. Investigators for the Pompton Lakes police department, county sheriff and prosecutor's office spent Monday and Tuesday with pickaxes and shovels removing the patio. They were searching for the body of Maria Reyes, who disappeared during the weekend of March 20- Law enforcement groups give backing to Florio TRENTON (AP) Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. James J.

Florio yesterday received the backing of two Mercer County law enforcement groups and renewed his call for a ban on assault weapons. His Republican opponent, Rep. Jim Courter, attacked Florio's stand on a proposed state bill ning the weapons as opportunistic. Courter, who has not taken a stand on the proposed law, said Florio has a long history of being backed by the National Rifle Association. He called the bill badly flawed.

Florio received the backing of the Mercer County Sheriffs' Officers Policemens' Benevolent Association Local 187 and the Mercer County Brothers Officers Law Enforcement Society yesterday. Courter picked up the support of the Hispanic Law Enforcement Society of Essex County. "There is an issue that is a key to where you stand on crime and who you stand with," Florio said. "These cops can tell you about what it's like to be out there on the dark streets wondering if someone is going to come at you with an Uzi oranAK-47." Courter said the bill in question would ban some assault weapons, but would not ban other guns that could be converted into assault weapons. DBMOND EARRINGS I jjP T.

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