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ru(D i Region Obituaries Real Estate Television 1-4 5 6-8 9 10(2)01. mmmmm Chemical spill spers evacuation A nail punctured one of the 55-gallon plastic drums stored in a tractor-trailer, docked at the truck distribution center, at about 5 p.m., said Bob Hembuch, senior inspector for the Middlesex County Hazardous Materials Unit All employees of the trucking center, including 15 to 25 forklift operators and truck drivers, were evacuated from the building when the chemical hydrazine, a flammable and poisonous liquid used as a rocket pro-pellant spilled onto the floor of the truck and the ground. By 5:30 p.m., units from the North Brunswick Fire Department were at the scene. At 6 p.m., the county hazardous materials unit arrived to start the cleanup. After firefighters examined the scene and wet down surrounding trucks and loading docks, two officers from the hazardous By KENNETH GODWIN and JENNIFER NELSON Home News staff writers NORTH BRUNSWICK About 2 gallons of a flammable and poisonous chemical leaked from its plastic drum at the Central Carthage East Transport Co.

on Livingston Avenue last night No one was injured. Environmental Impac in. -Tin 1 5 wq-xxtct 11 Jf materials unit dressed In flameproof silver uniforms, removed the drum by placing it into an 85-gallon, plastic-lined metal container and carting it off. The remainder of the spill was soaked up with a drying chemical. Township police blocked off the stretch of Livingston Avenue that runs between North Oaks Boulevard and How Lane to See SPILL, Page B2 'Tipping fee' stays same at Edgeboro Hi i I A 1 1 I'd J1' 1 i.V.

1 Marc AscherThe Home News daughter Marisa while leading 450 1 1 Mil 1 Jl U.ik Edison. Kindergarten teacher Karen Mercuri holds ByTEDSERRItL Home News staff writer SAYREVILLE The Middlesex County Utilities Authority's landfilling rate will remain unchanged in 1992, according to a solid-waste division budget introduced yesterday. The rate has been charged this year at the Edgeboro Disposal Inc. landfill in East Brunswick and will be charged next year at the new Edgeboro II landfill, said Executive Director Fred Kurtz. An average family of 3.8 persons pays nearly $21 a month for the collection and disposal of their garbage and refuse, Solid Waste Division Manager Richard Fitamant calculated.

The overall solid-waste budget is down by 13.7 percent from last year to $44.9 million. The authority, in preparing its 1990 budget, overestimated the amount of solid waste that would come to Edgeboro when the Edison Municipal Landfill closed last Jan. 1. The recession, which slowed construction and reduced the flow of construction and demolition debris to Edgeboro, also was a factor. Instead of receiving 895,000 tons this year, Edgeboro will get about 775,000 tons See MCUA, Page B2 Andrea KaneThe Home News Laurel Van Leer Recycled or not, kitsch is kitsch Opening my mail at work is always fun.

Most reporters just get press releases. I get conversation pieces. One day I might get a package of pre recycled chipped plastic soda bottles. I now know that old soda bottles look like confetti before they look like flower pots, packing crates or rulers. Another day I might get a comb or ruler made out of recycled foam coffee cups to show, I suppose, that there is life after coffee.

I've received two ball-point pens made from recycled paper. One is already broken. I don't think Bic will have any competition from this product The white carpet square spun from recycled squeeze ketchup bottles caused quite a stir in the newsroom. Most people thought it should be red. The latest toy to arrive via the U.S.

mail was a box full of packing peanuts apparently protecting a plastic foam cup you know, the kind that bounces back when you decide to chew your coffee? The Postal Service may have a bad reputation but this cup didn't look fragile to me. Luckily, the package also included a press release that cleared it all up. The peanuts, not the cup, were the sample. Made from corn starch, they look like anemic Cheese Doodles and taste terrible. The cup was part of a desktop experiment in biodegradability.

The idea was to fill the cup with water, toss in a few peanuts and see which melted first The peanuts were the hands-down winner. The company suggests tossing them in a toilet or out in the rain to get rid of them. I suppose you could also use them to thicken gravy. Melt in your hand These wonder peanuts were loads of fun but have one major drawback. On humid days, they also melt in your hands and probably on your package.

I think they need an coating before I'll trust them. Knowing the fun stuff these companies send ME, I couldn't wait to attend the Environmental Expo at Raritan Center last week and find out what they give to each other. I was a little disappointed with their lack of creativity. More than 150 companies set up booths and displays for the three-day expo. The souvenirs were varied but mostly uninspired.

With a few exceptions, the emphasis was clearly on the corporate logo and not on fun or education. I have nothing against corporate logos, per se, but when I drink my coffee or scoop my ice cream, I don't want to be reminded of a company that makes its money cleaning up toxic waste or sorting garbage. Most of the expo-goers didn share my sensitivities. They canvassed the booths like trick-or-treaters collecting chocolate. In fact, the most popular give-a-way item was candy.

After satisfying his or her sweet tooth, dedicated logo forager could have brought home 17 pens (none made from recycled anything), seven plastic bags, one canvas bag, five notepads, three key rings, three buttons, two coasters, two letter openers, two stickers, two rulers (one from soda bottle confetti), two luggage tags, a flying disk, a hat and a set of golf tees. For the kitchen, there were four ceramic mugs, an ice cream scoop, a snack bag clip and several refrigerator magnets. In the personal health and hygeine department, one could find a first aid kit a nail clipper, a comb, an emery board and a cholesterol test Recycled fortunes Worthy of a special mention were the fortune cookies from Wehran Envirotech Inc. Now this is my idea of fun, and they tasted good, too. My fortune said: "Landfills are like paper, much better when lined." So, what did I bring back from this smorgasbord of corporate kitsch? Six samples of landfill liners in popular decorator colors.

Between those and the ketchup bottle carpeting, I have quite an interesting collection of coasters. Suggestions for Laurel Van Leer's weekly column on environmental matters mavbe sent to her at The Home News, P.O. Box5Sl, New Brunswick, NJ. 08903. As fCiil I nil ON PARADE Washington School Halloween parade in children around the school.

Andrea KaneThe Home News The newborn boy abandoned Thursday in Perth Amboy is listed in good condition at Raritan Bay Medical Center. Cops seek foundling's abandoner By ALICE GALLAGHER Home News staff writer PERTH AMBOY Police said yesterday they have no leads on who abandoned a newborn 6-pound, 3-ounce baby boy on State Street yesterday afternoon. "We had one lead, but it turns out the woman was still pregnant" said Detective Robert Carter, the investigating officer. The 6-pound, 3-ounce baby boy was found sometime between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

by Leslie Boyd, who was leaving a laundromat on State Street and heading to a local school to pick up her child, Carter said. "She was walking along, looked back and saw a package wrapped up in a baby blanket lying on the sidewalk a few inches from the curb," Carter said. The woman was surprised to find the 20-inch-long baby wrapped snugly in the blanket. She waited to see if someone would return for him, but eventually took See BABY, Page B2 i v- Rae Rosengarten and Dr. Murray Jacobson arrive at Shaarey Tefiloh Temple in Perth Amboy for the funeral of their sister, Ruth Jacobson.

500 gather for funeral of slain philanthropist Store papered with porn in protest By ALICE GALLAGHER Home News staff writer NEW BRUNSWICK Employees of the Student Cooperative Store on the Douglass College campus of Rutgers University returned to work yesterday morning to find censored pictures of naked women glued to their windows, ap parently as a protest of the sale of pornographic magazines at the campus store. "The mailman came in and told us about them," said store manager Blossom Lowen, who entered through a back door and did not notice the posters at first. "They have no right to do this to our property. University spokeswoman Pam Orel said the incident was reported to police, who talked to the students involved, but that no charges were filed because the actions were not criminal. Letter sent to store The president of the Douglass College Government Association said the inci dent was sparked by a recent dispute between the association and the co-op store located at the corner of Nichol Av enue and Lipman Drive.

"I wrote a letter expressing my concern about the selling of sexist materi als, President Margaret Monte said. It that type of material that gives our society the idea it's okay to think less of women. The recent dispute was sparked by a greeting card that outlined the reasons most of them sexual beer is better than women. Monte said past disputes have arisen from the sale of pornographic magazines and calendars some students deemed to be discriminatory towards handicapped people. Members of the student government board approved a resolution two weeks ago asking the co-op store to reconsider the "sale of sexist material." "We don't feel we have the right to demand, but we're asking them to reconsider," Lowen said.

"I think pornographic magazines have a negative impact on women." See STORE, Page B2 Dr. Jacobson found his sister at about 6:30 Tuesday evening, dead in her bedroom at her home two houses down from his on High Street. The petite, frail woman, stooped and slowed by osteoporosis, a degenerative bone disease, had been beaten with her own cane and strangled. An intensive investigation by detectives from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and Perth Amboy police continues into Mrs. Jacobson's murder.

The family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the killing. Nephew Barry Rosengarten of Perth Amboy, who spoke for the family at the funeral service yesterday, described his aunt as "a girl who couldn't say no" when asked for help. Family members at times were concerned she was "being used," but Rosengarten, reading a passage by author George Bernard Shaw, said she had used her life for the best of what human beings have to offer, making the world better for others. Rabbi Aaron Chomsky began the service singing the traditional prayer of mourning, El Maleh Rachamim "God who is full of See FUNERAL, Page B2 By HANNELE RUBIN Home News staff writer PERTH AMBOY More than anything else, Ruth Jacobson was remembered yesterday for her generosity. She gave of her time, her money and her labor to help the people of Perth Amboy at 92, she had been giving for longer than most people live to Kiddie Keep Well Camp for disadvantaged youngsters and the Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged and to many other charities and causes.

More than 500 family members and friends gathered yesterday at Congregation Shaarey Tefiloh to honor Mrs. Jacob-son. Among them were her sister, Rae Rosengarten and brother, Dr. Murray Jacobson, both of Perth Amboy; numerous nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews and members of her extended family the old, young and needy she tried to help. One of five brothers and sisters, Mrs.

Jacobson was born and raised in Perth Amboy. Her late husband, Isadore Jacob-son, died in 1969. He was a founder of Jacobson, Goldfarb and Tanzman Associates, a Woodbridge real-estate brokerage firm..