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FOOD nonms county sport opinion i 7 -vehicle pi leu When parents are a burden nn Where to get fresh veggies di Simms silent; LT missing ds on Route 80 A9 L)j leJcf (to! i MORRIS COUIITY'S NEWSPAPER VOL.5 NO. 241 Mistaken identity Grandma in Boonton thought to be fugitive I a iiy I I 25 CENTS swore she was Farmer, accused of taking off in 1990 with her grandson, Jerad Lee Peters. At one time the grandmother had custody of the boy and allegedly kidnapped him after his mother regained custody, according to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which asks anyone with information on the case to call (800) Lawrimore doesn't blame the people of Boonton for their armchair sleuthing. The pieces seemed to fit. Lawrimore, 56, recently arrived in the close-knit town with her 5-year-old grandson, Michael O'Steen.

They went on walks together through the quaint, historic downtown and, she believes, were recognized as newcomers. The two had just enjoyed lunch together at a local delicatessen when they were quietly asked by police to go to headquarters for questioning. That was on July 9, the day after the episode aired. "Apparently, there were some people on Main Street who were hot on this," Boonton Detective Scott Hollinghurst said. "So we See MISTAKE A11 Al By LAWRANCE BlNDA Daily Record BOONTON A decade ago, a group of sightseers touring a state park in South Dakota insisted that Doris Lawrimore was an actress in a popular situation comedy.

She told them no, but when they wouldn't go away, she acquiesced to their wishes and gave out about 30 autographs. Recently, Lawrimore again was the victim of mistaken identity, but this time of a more nefarious nature. She hadn't minded pretending to be Loretta Swit, the actress who played Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the long-running television series, "MASH." But she was not about to be accused of being Patricia Farmer, a fugitive grandmother recently featured on the show "Unsolved Mysteries." "People are always confusing me," said Lawrimore, a Fort Lauderdale, native spending the summer in Boonton with her daughter, April DiStano. "But it's never been this drastic." A week ago, Lawrimore spent two hours in Boonton police headquarters after several residents 'KtJ- 'J 4 "Our work is Bush said, Bush ethnic Garfield By Henry Stern Associated Press GARFIELD had made the lived in fear because countries. JULY 22, 1992 More fishes Others barred from reservoir By Scott Friedman Daily Record PARSIPPANY Mayor Frank B.

Priore ignores the "no trespassing" and "no fishing" signs as he disappears into the woods of the i Jersey City Reservoir property with his rods and reels. The fence around the property is topped with barbed wire. Gates are chained shut and padlocked. Signs tacked onto trees warn, "Notice: No trespassing, no hunting, no fishing. Violators will be prosecuted." The mayor says he has permission to enter the property to fish.

Access to the reservoir for fishing is perhaps one of the most unusual perks Priore has obtained during his 10 years as mayor. The 8.5-billion-gallon reservoir, which provides drinking water to Jersey City, is off-limits to anyone without special permission, but many Parsippany residents know its deep waters provide some of the best fishing in the area. Fishermen have bragged about poaching smallmouth and large-mouth bass, perch and trout. There is an abundance of catfish, sunfish and pickerel. Many fishing enthusiasts drop their hooks right over the fence on the Parsippany Boulevard bridge leading to Boonton, despite signs on the bridge announcing that fishing is illegal.

They use nets lowered on long ropes to land their catches, i The property is surrounded by nine miles of fence, whose barbed wire and chain links have been cut by scofflaw nature-seekers to pro-; vide easy access to those who dare to enter. Those who do, risk being caught See FISH A11 Good Morning GREAT Sunny and comfortable today, high 78-83. Clearing and cooler tonight, low 55-60. Partly sunny tomorrow, high 79-84. B18 alon i Doris Lawrimore, on her daughter's front porch in Boonton, Jerad Lee Peters, 5Va, is list-holds a photo of her grandson, Michael O'Steen, 5.

ed by the FBI as The real Patricia Farmer, wanted by the FBI. i I i i i i 4-w 7 1 I la ,4 Will public pay for open space? makes appeal a campaign stop President Bush said yesterday he world safer for children who previously of nuclear war, and should be reelected he can bring democracy to more RUMORS swirl around Bush campaign. A8 DEMOCRATS' bus tour rolls toward final stop. A8 not finished," speaking against a backdrop of the gold-colored onion-shaped domes of Three Saints Russian Orthodox Church. Bush was welcomed to this ethnically mixed community by colorfully dressed support Ballot question going to voters By Fred Snowflack Daily Record Morris County homeowners are being urged to spend $40 a year to preserve the open space and farms around them.

The freeholders agreed yesterday to put a non-binding referendum on the November ballot asking voters if they would pay an additional tax to create a trust fund to be used to buy land, preserve farms and build bikeways. The plan would initially cost property owners a half-cent per $100 assessment. But after the first year, the cost would increase in half-cent increments until it reaches a maximum of two cents per $100 assessment in four years. An owner of a home assessed at $200,000 would pay $10 the first year, $20 the second, $30 the third and $40 beginning with the fourth year. The money would go into an open space trust fund, which would be overseen by a 15-member board.

BOB KARP Daily Record County officials said the open-space tax would raise about $2 million the first year, $4 million the second year, $6 million the third year and $8 million the fourth year and after. While the referendum will be non-binding, freeholders said it's unlikely they would start the program if voters opposed it. If approved in November and agreed to by freeholders, residents would begin paying into the trust fund with their August 1993 tax bills. Officials of Morris 2000 presented the idea yesterday to a receptive freeholder board. Morris 2000 is a private group that promotes balanced growth.

Freeholder Edward Tamm said officials must act quickly to preserve open space. "The '90s are the last time we'll see large chunks of land," Tamm said. Morris 2000 officials expected the freeholders to discuss the proposal and take action next month. But with Freeholder Director Patric J. Hyland calling the proposal an "excellent idea," enthusiastic freehold- See SPACE A11 Addison testified that he bought the license for $120,000 14 years ago.

A Morristown liquor license would trade for $250,000 today, but Addison's will be worthless if the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control upholds the revocation, Town Clerk William Chambers said. Addison, visibly shaken by the decision, said he had been coerced into admitting last week that drug I t.L v-" I I immigrant communities. A demonstrators protested his foreign on abortion. reasons I want your support for four complete the job of freedom," Bush the church parking lot. dais with Bush were local and state as well as about 20 women in ranging from the gold and green of Brazilian samba dancers to a dress of a woman wearing the Cuban CHRIS PEDOTA Daily Record President Bush accepts flowers from the Polish Children's Alliance after his speech outside a Russian Orthodox church in Garfield.

jr. Ml) i 3 1 See BUSH A8 seen drug dealing in his bar, contrary to his admission to the town prosecutor last week. His attorney. Harry Schwartz. said tnai in turn tor Addison's ad-mission, the prosecutor had promised not to make a recommendation to the council on whether to fine, suspend or revoke the license.

But town Prosecutor Paul M. Bangiola said there was no such deal, and that the admission was 428 4444 OR 1 800 ers from several scattering of policy and stand "One of the more years is to told the crowd in Sharing the Republican officials ethnic costumes, baiana dresses white peasant flag. Neighborhood Tavern, called drug-dealing den, loses license Index Around Town A6-7 Business A12-15 Classified B13-18 Comics B12 Crossword B13 Entertainment B11 Food ETM Morris County A3-5, A9 Obituaries A10 Opinion A16-17 Sports B5-9 Television B10 activity went on inside and outside the bar. He said he thought that in turn for the admission and promises to clean up any problems, he would retain the liquor license. The quasi-judicial hearing came after months of complaints from residents and police who said the Martin Luther King Avenue bar was the nucleus of an intricate drug operation.

Addison denied last night having accepted in order to shorten the hearing. Bangiola urged the council to revoke the license. Addison testified last night that he was working to end any opportunity for drug dealing at the bar. He said he has put in extra lighting, ordered a sign to mark the entrance, and spends twice as much of See TAVERN A10 393 8900 3y Diane Daily Record MORRISTOWN The town council agreed last night to revoke the liquor license of the.Neighbor-hood Tavern, after hearing testimony that the unmarked bar is a drug-dealing den. The owner of the bar, Raymond Addison, is to be formally stripped of the license Tuesday.

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