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The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey • Page 10

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B-2 Tuesday, June 2, 1987THE COURIER-NEWS Town Crier In Brief BERKELEY HEIGHTS I Township Committee, tomorrow, 8 p.m. I Planning Board, special meeting, tomorrow, 8 Fall injures city firefighter discuss the nutritional concerns of women of all ages. The get-acquainted hour from 6-7 p.m. will be followed by dinner and the program. Guests invited.

Dinner is $16 and payable at the door. Last-minute reservations accepted. Call 469-2074. Green Brook Flood Control Commission, tomorrow, 8 p.m., Watchung Borough Hall. The Career Options Unlimited Project of the PlainfieldNorth Plainfield and Summit YWCA's Tribute to Women and Industry Program, presents p.m.

PLAINFIELD A veteran city firefighter was Middlesex County Board of Social Services, Tri-County Job Fair, June 1 0, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. Call for details at 745-3790. workshop will show how to teach children to prevent verbal, physical and sexual abuse. For further information, call 247-3727. Middlesex County Board of Social Services has announced the availability of applications for economical assistance for those who have a medical problem that requires cooling during the summer.

Call 745-3773 or 745-3591 for details. Robert Wood lohnson University Hospital, I Board or tducation, June p.m. injured yesterday when he fell 15 feet from a DUNELLEN second-floor roof while he working to control a fire i iknm af-tiuitioc Rlnnrl nrecctire screenina. at a House on West Fifth Street, fire officials said. William Neumann, a member of the Fire Divi today, 11 a.m.-noon.

Story Hour for ages 3-6, tomorrow, a.m. Registration required. sion for 18 years, suffered four cracked ribs and a partly collapsed lung, Deputy Chief Anthony Meola said. uvereaters Anonymous, romurruw, i-i p.m. umi-ellen Historical Society, June 4, 7:30 p.m.

"The Rei Pet in the World Contest" ends June 30. New Brunswick, has set up a hotline for those seeking information on AIDS or wishing to be tested for the AIDS antibody. The number to call, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., is 418- Neumann was listed in stable condition last night Open to children of all ages. in the intensive care unit of Muhlenberg Regional Entries should include a pnoto or owner aim their pet and a short paragraph explaining why their pet is the "Best Pet." The winner will get a 29578. Commission on Status of Women has published Directorv of Women's Organizations, avail Medical tenter, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman would not confirm details of will be exhibited throughout )une at the JFK Library. She specializes in oils and watercolors, using a primitive contemporary style. Call 463-1633. PLAINFIELD AIDS Awareness Task Force, today, noon-2 p.m. Redevelopment Agency, today, 7:3 p.m.

Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F. A.M., today, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Temple, E. Seventh Street and Park Avenue. All brother Masons and members are urged to attend.

Following the meeting, a program on traffic safety will be presented by the New Jersey State Police. Refreshments served. A student art exhibit will be held at Plainfield High School through June 6. The exhibit will feature the work from Plainfield High School students. Displays include paintings, crafts, weaving, drawings.

For further information, call art teacher Viviyanna Turk at the school, 756-3182 or 756-3259, or at home, 769-5135. Plainfield Action Services and Community Action Board of Directors, Budget and Finance Committee, tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Economic Development, tomorrow, 9:30 a.m. Board of Education, executive session, today, 6:30 p.m. Board of Education, executive session, tomorrow, 6 p.m.

Board of Education, Policy Committee, June 4, 7 p.m. The Cifted and Talented Program conducts its annual open house, June 4, 7:30 p.m. at the Gifted Center at Maxson Middle School, 920 E. Seventh St. Students' research papers and projects will be on display.

All parents and members of the public are invited to attend. able for reference at municipal libraries and of-firet For more information call at 745-4186. $10 gift certificate trom i-nenaiy rets in uunenen. Entries can be left at circulation desk. Call Neumann's injuries.

The firefighter was standing on the roof of the Middlesex County Prosecutor Alan J. Rockoff will be keynote speaker at a program on child ahmp at R-30 a.m.. lune 17. at Middlesex County house, opening windows to allow smoke and fire to escape a second-floor bedroom when he fell backward off the roof, according to Meola. Dunellen Ski Club, today, 8:30 p.m., Ale IN Wich, North Avenue.

Dunellen PTO, une 4, 8 p.m., high school. FANWOOD College, Edison. Sponsored by the United Way of Central Jersey, the program also will feature Assistant Prosecutor Joyce Munkacsi, a co-chairperson of the Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse, and Neumann was wearing full protective gear a heavy coat, boots and a helmet when he fell, but he was not carrying an oxygen tank on his back, Patricia Stanislaski, director of the New Jersey Board of Health, tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Mayor and council, agenda session, lune 4, 8 p.m. GREEN BROOK Meola said.

The fall cracked Neumann helmet, Meola said. Child Assault Prevention Protect. SOMERSET COUNTY The deputy chief said he went to the hospital last cirnto rlnh of Somerset Countv. todav. 3- night but was not able to talk with Neumann, who 4:30 p.m., Fuld Auditorium, Somerset Medical High School Choral Concert, today, 8 p.m., high school auditorium.

MIDDLESEX a two-part workshop offering assistance to individuals contemplating a return to school. Workshops will examine ways to overcome obstacles and aid in assessing career goals. Practical information will be offered and problem solving strategies explored. The program will run June 6 and 17, a.m., Plainfield Public Library, W. Eighth Street and Park Avenue, Plainfield.

Fee for both workshops is $15. Registration is limited and requested by June 4. Call 756-3836. UNION COUNTY Union County Nutrition Program of the Division on Aging, weekly pilot Breakfast Program begins today, a.m., John T. Gregorio Community Center, 330 Helen Linden.

$1. Call 862-0545 for information. Board of Elections, today, 9:30 a.m., 271 N. Broad Elizabeth. Jewish Community Center, Green Lane, Union, Alzheimers Support Group for families and caregivers coping with an Alzheimers patient on a daily basis, today and every first Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Call 289-8112. Regional High School District 1, Board of Education, today, 8 p.m., David Brearley Regional High School, Kenilworth. New lersey Thoracic Society, medical arm of the American Lung Association, 1 5th annual scientific and membership Meeting, tomorrow, Quality Inn Conference Center, Route 1 South, North Brunswick. Details: 687-9340. John E.

Runnells Hospital, Berkeley Heights, Advisory Board of Managers meeting, tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. Hospitalwide 75th birthday party for all patients, 2:30 p.m., Mary Connolly Hall Dining Room. Alexian Brothers Hospital, 655 E. Jersey Elizabeth, "Basic Life Support Adult Heartsaver Course," in Spanish, June 4, 7-9 p.m., 4 North Classroom. Free.

Pre-registration required at 351-9000, ext. 258. MIDDLESEX COUNTY National Council of Jewish Women from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Mini-Convention, today, was under sedation. Center. Anyone that has nao a siroxe is weicuinc.

It was not immediately determined what caused Neumann to fall, Meola said. I Mayor and council, special meeting, today, 8 A national service officer of the Disabled American Veterans visits tomorrow, 1 0 a.m. -6 p.m. rkpH at Spars at the Somerset The fire at 975 W. Fifth a two-story, single- p.m.

Rntarv flub meets each Tuesday, noon, Patul- the Snmerville Circle, Route family home, was reported at 3:19 p.m., Meola said. He said the fire was contained to the bedroom and brought under control in about 15 minutes. 22. The benefits expert will help veterans and their families file new and reopened claims for the full range of veterans' benefits. Veterans need not be i-iau nwmhsrc to takp advantaee of these free The Union County Arson Squad is investigating lo's, Vosseller Avenue, Bound Brook.

Kiwanis Club of Bound Brook and Middlesex meets each Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Patullo's, Vosseller Avenue, Bound Brook. Board of Adjustment, tomorrow, 8 p.m. MOUNTAINSIDE the cause of the blaze, Meola said. services. Veterans or family members visiting the van should bring the veteran's Veterans Administration claim number, if known, and Social Security Identity sought in suicide SCOTCH PLAINS Scotch Plains Woman's Club, luncheon, tomorrow, noon, Chanticler Chateau, Warren.

The Board of Adjustment meeting scheduled for June 4 has been changed to tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Township Council, special meeting, June 4, 9 p.m. SOUTH PLAINFIELD South Plainfield Historical Society, today, 8 p.m., Railroad Crossing Building, South Plainfield Avenue. All squares for the quilt should be turned in at the meeting, whether completed or not. Public invited; refreshments served.

Economic Development Committee.today, 8 EDISON Police have been unable to identify a number. Craa malinnitu crrppnine. lune 6. 8 a.m.- man who jumped off the Morris Goodkind Bridge on Route 1 here Sunday morning in what has been 12:30 p.m., Somerset Medical Center, 110 Rehill Somerville. Limited enrollment; registration Tall hWk.lMl called an apparent suicide.

The victim appeared to be a Hispanic man be What to do with Somerset County's garbage is tho tonir of a hmrhpon nresentation to be Riven by tween 20 and 30 years old, Police Lt. Louis LaPlaga said Sunday. The man was 5 feet, 6 inches tall, and weighed about 130 to 140 pounds, with black, collar-length hair, a "scruffy" beard and county officials lune 8, Somerset Marriott. Social hour at 1 1:30 a.m., luncheon at noon. Freeholder John K.

Kitchen; John Horenshy, director, Office CnM uactp Manaopmpnt. and Wavne DeFeo, Board of Education, private session, today, 7:30 p.m. The Board of Assistance meeting scheduled for today has been canceled and rescheduled for tomorrow, 7 p.m. NORTH PLAINFIELD The Memorial Library's fine free period for une runs through )une 1 3. No fines for overdue items returned during this time (except video tapes).

Blood Drive, today, 4-8 p.m., St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Grove Street and Mercer Avenue. To be eligible to donate, you must be between the ages of 1 7 and 66, weigh at least 1 1 0 pounds and be in good health. Call 756-6414. Special Education Parents Association, tomorrow, 8 p.m., school auditorium, 12 Harrison Ave.

Rnrnuoh fnnnril tomorrow. 8 D.m. mustache and brown eyes. recycling coordinator, will present "SoHd Waste Lt. Carl Henderson said yesterday that police Disposal Somerset iouniy aoiuuun iu niein-kon n( tho Snmprspt ountv Chamber of Com still are trying to identify the man.

Anyone with merce and interested citizens. Information and information is asked to call police. A motorist called police after seeing the man reservations: 725-1552. "Nutrition and The Two of You," is a free one-offprpH limp 10 hv Somerset Medi standing outside the railing of the bridge at about 7 a.m., LaPlaga said. Police received the call at 7:06 cal Center and Somerset Health Care Affiliates to and dispatched a car at 7:09, but when it arrived women in the early stages ot pregnancy or those I Health Advisory Board, tomorrow, 4:30 p.m.

I RrwH nf Education, executive session, tomor the victim was found lying dead in the parking lot considering or trying to Decome pregnant, i leg- Ictor -all L.9.S.-19.J1 of Valley Manor Apartments on Marina Drive. row, 7 p.m., regular meeting, 7:30 p.m. Diabetes Screening Clinic for borough residents, June 6, 9-1 1 a.m., Vermeule Center. A 12- Carrier Foundation in Belle Mead offers a new n.iinai.ont cimnort eronn for adult children of al He was wearing a white, short-sleeve shirt witn Middlesex County College, toison. aii odo- i i o.

"Retirement Planning for Golden Enjoyment," seminar, today, p.m., Middlesex County College's Community Advisement and Resource Center. Call 548-2058 for further information. The Middlesex County prosecutor's office will sponsor a seminar on AIDS for law enforcement personnel at 1 :30 p.m. lune 4 in the auditorium of Middlesex County College, Edison. Attendance will be limited to 200 law enforcement personnel.

Middlesex County Council of Parent-Teachers Associations' Board of Managers, annual ABC's of PTA (Schools of Information), )une 4, 7:30 p.m., Carl Sandburg Middle School, Old Bridge. Registration, 7 p.m. Details at 679-2117. Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County, "Center Circus" field day, June 4, 10-2 p.m., Treatment Center, Roosevelt Park, Edison. Harry Swift and His Ponies, a mom walk and petting animals.

More information at 549-5580. lewish Community Center, Senior Adult Club, meeting, lune 4, 1 775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. Helping Hand gray, purple and tan vertical stripes, blue corduroy coholics beginning lune 16, p.m., Cramer hour fast is required. Blood pressure testing, nutrition nA nclnnrtnrncic rnuntplino hv a Hiptirian Will jeans, a black canvas belt with a brass buckle and Building. The lb-week program win aaaress oena-uinrc anH rpournissions exDerienced bv adult chil- also be provided.

Appointments required. Call brown leather loafers, LaPlaga said. rlron of alrnhnlirc and thpir fpplines ofaneer. Built. The dead man also had a black diving watch, a PISCATAWAY brass key, and $5.01 in cash, LaPlaga said.

p.m. Blood Pressure Clinic, June 4, 5-7 p.m., Municipal Building, 2480 Plainfield Ave. A retirement dinner honoring Doris M. Brand for her 25 years of service to the Borough of South Plainfield will be held June 5, 7 p.m., lacques Restaurant, 2000 Park Ave. Call Pat Vargo, municipal court clerk, at Borough Hall or 754-4832.

Bike-A-Thon and Balloon Fest, to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, June 13, 10 a.m., Spring Lake Park. Balloons will be released at approximately 10:30 a.m. All children are welcome to come and release their balloon. Rain date June 20. For further information or contributions, call Mr.

DeCarlo, 754-4620, ext. 290. WARREN Environmental Commission, today, 7:30 p.m. Warren Memorial Post 10089 V.F.W., tomorrow, 1 p.m., Elks Trail. Township Committee, June 4, 8 p.m.

WATCHUNG Recreation Commission, tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Board of Adjustment, June 4, 7:30 p.m. WESTFIELD Housing Committee, tomorrow, 10a.m., Mayor's Conference Room, Municipal Building, 425 E. Broad St. Public welcome.

Free Blood Pressure Screening, tomorrow, 7-9 p.m., Municipal Building, 425 E. Broad St. The Memorial Library Board of Trustees meeting has been rescheduled for lune 4, 8 p.m. Public invited. CENTRAL JERSEY Registered Dietician Patricia lorio addresses members and guests of the Women's Network of Central New lersey, tomorrow, The Willows, Green Brook.

Owner of PMI Nutrition and Health Care Consultants of Plainfield, lorio will hidden secrets, low self-image and powerlessness, Educational materials provided. Open to the public. For registrationfee information, call Alan Alex I Dnr ladv of Fatima Senior Citizens Club Guard placed on probation meetings are held in the church cafeteria, 501 New ander, 874-4UUU, ext. wn. ELIZABETH A Union County College security Market Road.

The business meeting is nem on tne first Tuesday of the month and the social meeting th third Tuesdav. 1:30 rj.m. All new members guard has been placed on probation for five years for setting fire to a faculty lounge at the college's over 55 are welcome at the business meeting. Cranford campus on Dec. 16.

Kenneth Barrett, 29, of Newark, pleaded guilty If interested, contact Joan Gleason at 231-7175. to the charge earlier this year. Barrett was ordered to pay the college $500 as compensation for the deductible it had to pay before collecting insurance VOLUNTEERS DONATIONS Somerset Countv Head Start Program, a child for the $18,000 damage caused by the fire. Barrett was sentenced Friday by state Superior Court Hpuplooment oroeram that serves 125 low-income Planning Board, conference meeting, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Township Council, tomorrow, 8 p.m.

Piscataway High School Art Show and Sale, gala opening, tomorrow, 7 p.m., and lune 4 and 5, 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., library of the Susan B. Anthony Building. More than 200 works by students artists will be on display. Library activities: Registration begins tomorrow for "Animals on Parade" held lune 1 7, 4 p.m., )ohn F. Kennedy Library.

Children will be shown how to transform a box into an animal friend. "Bet You Can, Bet You Can't," for children in grades K-6, June 4, 4 p.m., Westergaard Library. Registration not required. The paintings of Christine M. Dyke families, will hold its awareness festival Week of Judge William Wertheimer.

Volunteers are still being sought by the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of the Somerset County Office on Aging to assist older adults in filling out Medicare and Medigaf Insurance forms. RSVP will sponsor a course that will meet June 15, 1 7 and 19 at the Somerset County Library in Bridgewater and lune 22 and 24 at the former Washington School in Raritan from 9 a.m. to noon. Barrett also pleaded guilty April 21 to two the People on June 6, noon to 4 p.m. at 429 Lewis St.

Resources for this program must be provided through tax-deductible contributions and donations. Contact Carolyn Burton-Lana or Lucille jones by calling 846-8888 between 8 and 5 p.m. counts of making false public alarms in conjunction with telephoned bomb threats made to the school last fall. As part of a plea bargain, the state dropped a count of arson involving five small fires set Dec. 15 at the school's Nomahegan and science buildings.

People Barrett remains on the unpaid leave of absence imposed by the school following his arrest in Feb ruary, according to college spokesman Roy Smith Kelly of New Providence, bachelor of science; Chsmn Rmwn of Plainfield harhelor of science: SOUTH PLAINFIELD He said no decision has been made regarding possi DUNELLEN Tann rinun Da Paul. Jeffrey Dolan ble disciplinary proceedings. Kumar was honored recently bv choir and Richard Dolan of Scotch Plains, bachelor of Man sentenced for break-ins members and other friends at a garden party for son, bachelor of science; Janet Crockett of Edison, bachelor of science; Bonnie Hltschmann and Gregory Monaco of Edison, bachelor of arts; Joyce Glass and Karl Towns of Piscataway, bachelor of arts; Cynthia Kravec of Westfield, master of business administration; Douglas Elman of Clark, bachelor of science; Jill Colicchio and Jonathan Stirberg of Cranford, bachelor of science; Lisa science; David Shipitotsky ot bprmgtieia, Dacne-Harnlri Dluaatch of Summit, bache her years ot service as cnoir director ana organist John T. Carron, son of Mrs. Lois M.

Carron and the late Robert Carron Plainfield recently completed requirements and graduated as a member of the class of 1987 at Thiel College, Greenville, Pa. WESTFIELD NEW BRUNSWICK A Bronx, N.Y., man was St. John The Evangelist tnurcn. lor of science, and Ellen Caruso of Westfield, sentenced yesterday to 10 years in state prison bachelor ot arts. EDISON after a jury in April found him guilty of a series of Flora Buchbinder Cowen will be presented Award for Alumnae Servic, break-ins in Edison and Woodbridge between Feb UNION COUNTY 15 and Feb.

21, 1986. during a reunion of all living former deans of State Superior Court Judge Martin Kravarick Douglass College t-rioay. NORTH PLAINFIELD imposed the sentence on Kenneth Battista, 30, and also fined him $1,000 plus $30 to be paid to the state Violent Crimes Compensation Board. Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Andrew Alan Martin of Boy Scout Troop 235, a sophomore at North Plainfield High School, will formally raroina hie if hipupH FacIp Scout award Baron presented the state's case. Battista was on June 6, a date that has been proclaimed in the found guilty of seven counts of burglary and five counts of theft.

borough the "Alan Martin uay Dy Mayor aieven Novak Jr. PLAINFIELD Police News The National Honor Society chapter at Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School, has inducted juniors Lisa O'Brien, Angela Delnevo, Tracey Clark, Joanne Lee, Chad Goldfarb, David Lamp-man, Scott Obedin and Steven Gelman as new members. CENTRAL JERSEY Stockton State College has awarded degrees to James S. Quick of Neshanic Station; Mark W.

Jefferson of Scotch Plains; Carrie L. McNamara of Bridgewater; Deborah Mallory of Plainfield; Marc L. Osgood of Manville; Geri Cipolla of Dunellen; William R. Clayton of Keansburg; Carol E. Allen of Lebanon; Lisa J.

Horberg of Manville; Barbara R. Hartsell of Pittstown and Martha E. Kostnac of Neshanic Station. Muhlenberg College of Allentown, has awarded bachelor of arts degrees to Leslie E. Becker of Edison, psychology, Cum Laude honors, and Beth Stark of Piscataway, natural sciencebiology.

The following students received degrees at Monmouth College's 53rd commencement exercises: Michael Queenan of Piscataway, master of science; Melissa Young of Piscataway, master of business administration; James Bridgman, Marcy Catelli, John Fen-ante and Glenn Lehner of Edi- Plainfield area residents John D. Page, Michael J. Ferrovecchio, Franco DiFabio, Richard Wagenblast and Randall T. Nitti are among 21 students at Union County College who have been inducted into Tau Alpha Pi, the national honors society for engineering technologies. SCOTCH PLAINS North Plainfield The Elizabeth Snvder chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Dunellen, has honored Assault on Ann Jiang of 1165 Route 22 Mark S.

Romanowski, left, Dunellen High bcnooi; Kanay jones, center, ns- I Ahprn. right. Green Brook Hieh School. Apartment 193, reported Friday. Police said the victim was beaten about the upper body.

vuiunuj I The graduating seniors, chosen by their high school faculties and senior classes, James E. Thurber, 44, of 12 Van Doren Kenneth Tjaden of Scotch Plains, a former Rutgers trustee and member of the Board of Governors who received $217,000 in pledges during the annual phonothon in support of programs at New Jersey's State University, was named Outstanding Volunteer and the first member of the newly created Rutgers Phonothon Hall of Fame. uioro hrvnomH tnr iKtanrtme rienennani iiv. serv ce. eduersiiiu diiu Chatham, was charged with driving while intoxi v.1 I ivy i iji patriotism.

cated at 1:27 a.m. Saturday. Police said Thurber was driving erratically on Route 22. Sarah D. Shaw, 23, of 1263 Columbus South Plainfield Plainfield, was charged Saturday with possession of narcotic paraphernalia after she was stopped for a motor vehicle violation.

Theft of a watch and wallet from a car parked at 145 Grove St. on Saturday. Phillip L. Johnson, 47, of 585 Elizabeth Theft of a bicycle from the side porch from a home at 510 Evona Ave. on Sunday.

Theft of a bicycle from a rear yard at 407 Pleasant Ave. on Saturday. Police reported that rocks were being thrown at Conrail trains as they passed the New Market Avenue railroad crossing at 4:39 a.m. Sunday. Police said two train windows were broken.

Police questioned four suspects, but no charges have been filed. Newark, was charged Saturday with shoplifting from mart, Route 22. Police said Johnson was observed trying to steal several boxes of golf balls. Assault on Monica Short, 22, of 133 Garfield Plainfield, at Spring Industries on St. Nicholas Ave.

on Friday. Police said the victim was punched in the face by a fellow employee. Theft of eight pairs of pants from a rack at M. Epstein, Stelton Road, on Sunday. Value: $280.

Theft of a vaulting pole from the Frank Jost Memorial Field during the public school state championship high school track and field meet on Saturday. Value: $200. Stephen P. Tassie, of 19 Duer North Plainfield, was charged Saturday with simple assault on Dennis A. Tassie of 117 Jackson Ave.

Police said the victim was punched about the head and body. Assault reported between Grover Newell of Edison and Juan Aguirre of Piscataway on Satur Watchung day at the Potamkin auto dealership on Route 22. shoplifting from Marshalls, Blue Star Shopping Center, Route 22. Westfield Charles W. Jacobs, 23, of 532 Bradford and Alexander Bowles, 25, of 711 Summit were charged Friday night with possession of cocaine after being stopped in North Avenue on a motor vehicle violation.

They were freed on $1,000 bail each. George H. Nolan, 18, of 825 Mountain was charged early Saturday with driving while intoxicated. Police said they saw his car crossing the double center line before stoppping him at North Avenue and Clark Street. Clarence Taylor, 25, of 144 Elizabeth Ave.

was issued a summons charging him with assault on Friday at noon. Assaults also were reported Saturday on Tuttle Parkway and Sunday at 800 Forest Ave. An attempted burglary was reported Friday at offices of Suburban News, 822 South Ave. Theft of jewelry from residence in 400 block of Clark Street at 6 p.m. Friday.

Theft of wallet in 200 block of North Avenue at 2 p.m. Friday. Shoplifting of a pair of shorts from Leader Store, 109 E. Broad at 5 p.m. Friday.

Theft of radio from car parked in 800 block of Highland Avenue at 8:40 a.m. Saturday. aggravated assault. Police said the victim was beaten by five or six men in the 500 block of Park Avenue, but all of the suspects except Lewis fled before police arrived. The victim was admitted to Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield for treatment of injuries.

Assault on 29-year-old woman in the 1200 block of West Front Street on Sunday. Police said the victim was chased by a man armed with a large stick. Assault on 29-year-old man on Laramie Road on Sunday. Police said the victim was struck on the right side of the head with a shovel while in a rear yard. Frederick Robinson, 32, of 342 Nether-wood Plainfield, and Rodney K.

Cober, 28, of 1044 W. Sixth Plainfield, both were charged with possession of less than 25 grams of marijuana on Sunday in the 100 block of East Front Street. Assault on 31 -year-old woman in the 300 block of Bergen Street on Sunday. Police said the victim was choked, scratched and pushed down a flight of stairs. Scotch Plains Theft of bicycle from parking lot of Friendly's restaurant, South Avenue, on Saturday.

Theft of four tires and rims from car parked in 2000 block of Route 22 Saturday. Theft of front grille from car parked in 1600 block of Front Street on Saturday. Police said the two men, who are employees of the dealership, each contended he was was as- saulted by the other. Assault on Lawrence W. Dubose of Wat-chung Avenue in the parking lot of a Sunoco station, Somerset Street, on Saturday.

Police said the victim was punched and kicked in the body. Plainfield Theft of a radar detector from a car parked in the 400 block of Stelle Avenue on Sunday. Willie Phillips, 29, of 221 Liberty Plainfield, was charged Sunday under the Domestic Violence Act. Theft of a car jack from a car parked in the 400 block of Monroe Avenue on Sunday. A 19-year-old woman reported that a man attempted to sexually assault her early Sunday in the 100 block of Central Avenue.

Police said the victim was at a party and a man offered to walk her home. While walking home, the man pulled the woman into the bushes at 2:1,5 a.m., grabbed at her clothing and knocked her to the ground, police said. The victim was able to escape and fled, police said. Willie James Lewis, 24, of 744 W. Third Plainfield, was charged Sunday with Piscataway Theft of four wheel covers from a 1984 Pontiac parked at Blue Star Shopping Center, Route 22, on Sunday.

Value: $60. Theft of a 1983 Cadillac Seville parked at Watchung Ford, Route 22, on Friday. Theft of two tires and a spoiler from a 1987 Ford Escort parked at Watchung Ford, Route 22, on Friday. Theft of a car owned by Edward Char-ney of Franklin from the parking lot of Lockheed Electronics, Route 22, on Friday. Police said the stolen car was spotted by Springfield police, who gave chase.

The car became involved in an accident, and the two occupants of the stolen car escaped on foot, police said. Rose Ann Calenda, 51 of 31 06 Cricket Circle, Edison, was charged Friday with Theft of a bicycle from 257 Princeton Road on Sunday. The bicycle was recovered later in the day. Theft of a bicycle from a garage at 161 1 Ann St. on Friday.

Theft of a briefcase containing a $350 micro-! meter, magnifying glasses and binders from a car parked at Franklin Inn, Stelton RoaatAon Friday..

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