The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey • 19

REGION 19 Motive in teen slaying undetermined Regional briefs By TONY RUMMO Home News staff writer Somerset County Prosecutor Nicholas Bissell Jr. said yesterday police have not yet established a motive in the bludgeon-slaying of Sharon Thor, a 16-year-old Franklin High School junior, whose partially clothed body was found Friday near her home. She had disappeared four days before. "We are looking into everything." Bissell said during a press conference in his Somerville office. "So far, we have interviewed about 35 persons, in cluding family members, friends, acquaintances, boy friends and whatever for leads." "There are a number of people we are looking at very strongly," Bissell replied when asked whether police have a suspect.

He added that authorities hadn't limited their investigation to the fact that it may have been someone she knew. Miss Thor's body was found in a wooded area about a fourth of a mile from her home on John E. Busch Avenue. She was last seen Tuesday, Oct. 26, when she hurriedly walked out of her house after receiving a phone call, according to Bissell.

"At this point, I can't tell you what we have learned from neighbors," Bissell said. Police are trying to determine whether the phone call was made in the neighborhood. Bissell said an autopsy indicated Miss Thor was killed an hour or so lat-tr. He said she was bludgeoned to death, apparently with a two-by-four piece of lumber and a cinder block which were found near her body. Her head and chest were crushed.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1932 THE HOME NEWS The piece of lumber and cinder block had what appeared to be blood on them and have been sent to the state police laboratory to be analyzed, Bissel stated. He said laboratory tests to determine whether Miss Thor was sexually assaulted have not been completed. Bissell asked anyone with information to call Acting Chief of Detectives Patrick McColgan at 231-7100 or Franklin police at 873-2300. Names of callers will be kept confidential, he said. Hiram Street lithographs for sale NEW BRUNSWICK Lithographs of scenes from historic Hiram Street are available through the New Brunswick Rotary Club.

Hiram Street, the former 19th century commercial center of New Brunswick, has been named on the National Register of Historic Sites. The Rotary Club is offering a pre-issue price of $25, not including framing, for lithographs done by Francis McGinley, a recorder of historic scenes and events. The Rotary Club has commissioned the project to raise money to support the YMCA, YWC'A, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and other youth and senior citizen activities. For further information, contact the Rotary Club at P.O. Box 761, New Brunswick.

North Brunswick man critical following crash EAST BRUNSWICK A 22-year-old North Brunswick man, Jerry Staro-zytnyk of Linwood Place, is in critical condition at Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, where he is being treated for multiple injuries, according to a hospital spokesman. Starozytnyk was injured at this morning when his car ran off the roadway and struck a tree near the intersection of Church Lane and Riva Avenue, according to Police Officer Virginia Duane. Park improvements slated METUCHEN Thomas Park, known to residents as Tommy's Pond, is slated to receive $40,000 in improvements with help from a Green Acres grant. A public hearing to discuss the improvements was held last night at a meeting of the Borough Council. Mayor John Wiley Jr.

said the park, which is at the corner of Franklyn Place and Lake Avenue, will receive a new sidewalk, additional landscaping and a filter for storm water runoff, as well as structural improvements to the pond's dam. The park is about 1.3 acres in area. In accordance with proposal requirements, the project will be funded on a 50-50 basis the borough paying $20,000 and Green Acres matching that sum. The park's pond, which is stocked each spring with fish, is also a favorite ice-skating spot. SAYREVILLE WOMAN HURT IN CRASH Attempt made to reattach arm Ms.

Herbert was taken to the Perth Amboy General Hospital following the collision and then transferred to Bellevue Hospital early this morning, according to a hospital spokesman. Roth, who was not injured, was charged with careless driving, failure to maintain control of his vehicle and excessive speed for the conditions by SAYREVILLE A borough woman underwent microsurgery this morning at Bellevue Hospital, New York City, in an effort to save her left arm, which was mangled in a motor vehicle crash yesterday, according to authorities. Theresa Herbert, 55, of MacArthur Avenue was driving south on Jernee Mill Road near the Viking Terminal at 1:26 p.m. yesterday when her car was sideswiped by the northbound car driven by Sanford P. Roth, 31, of Union, according to Patrolman Gary Sczepanik, the investigating officer.

Roth's car crossed over the center line of the roadway and traveled 167 feet on the wrong side of the road, during which time the collision occurred, Sczepanik said. Sczepanik. -ev AjOiAon Barnegai Bedminster Berkeley Heignts BernardsviHe Biackwood Brick Town Camden CaMe'et Cherry Hill 9S Volunteers sought The Volunteer Action Center of Middlesex County has postponed the start of a special training program until Monday. The program, which was scheduled to begin Oct. 25, is designed to prepare volunteers to relieve families of handicapped individuals from "the endless cycle of constant care," said Bonnie Templeton, executive director of VAC, which is headquartered at the Presbyterian Church, 100 Livingston New Brunswick.

The postponement will allow the recruitment of more volunteers to handle the number of families seeking the service. "The response from volunteers was good, but we were not prepared for the huge number of calls we received from desperate families pleading for this kind of help," said Ms. Templeton. Interested volunteers may call the VAC office at HIGH MOrHeCK46'' MUA line plan angers residents OLD BRIDGE South Old Bridge residents, long plagued by water shortages, told the Township Council last night they are angered by the Municipal Utility Authority's negotiations to buy water from Monroe for a new development instead of bringing new lines close to their homes. Arlene Curry, president of the Redshaw Valley Homeowners Association, told the council that the water line discussed last year for the Matchaponix Hills development at a hearing before the Planning Board was to go along the Jersey Central Power Light right-of-way.

The right-of-way goes through south Old Bridge, and Monroe's connector lines are just across the township line from the proposed development. The developer has yet to return to the Planning Board for final approval, and water and sewer proposals must be cleared up before permission from the board can be given to build. George Stone, MUA director, said recently that he was hoping the developer would pick up most of the cost to make the connection with Monroe and also help in the construction of holding tanks that could be used to give water to area residents, whose wells dry up during the summer months The water from Monroe would cost several cents more per 1,000 gallons than the 81-cents currently paid by Old Bridge residents. Park cops nab burglary suspect HIGHLAND PARK The arrest last week of a a 16-year-old South Seventh Avenue boy has solved six recent house burglaries in the Graham Street area, according to Detective Lt. Frank Reff.

The youth is being held in the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center, North Brunswick, awaiting juvenile court action, Reff said. Detectives said the methods used by the burglar in these cases matched those allegedly used by the youth in 16 previous burglaries. The Graham Street cases began after the youth was recently released from the the New Jersey Training School for Boys and Girls in Monroe, Reff said. A check of fingerprints found in the burglarized homes matched those of the suspect and resulted in his arrest by Detective Sgt. Ronald Haskins and Detective Brian Caffrey, Reff said.

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