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am 9 Family photos of Anne Rubenstein and daughter Mae, who were stabbed to death in 1965 in their Highland Park home. MARINE FORECAST bw thunderstorms. Wirxte southwest at 15 to 35 krot5. WiMB 2-3 See! bays, 7-11 feet in seas. Smalley provided The Daily Home News with the following account of the crime that occurred Saturday, Feb.

13, 1965. Mae Rubenstein, a sixth-grade student at Lafayette School in the borough, was home alone in the family's first-floor apartment Her mother had gone shopping, and Elihu and her father were working at the lumberyard. Maurice Feller, Anne Rubenstein's 9-year-old nephew, dropped by for a glass of water. He discovered bis aunt lying in a pool of blood in the foyer leading to the bedrooms and living room. Startled by what he had found, he apparently did not see the young girl lying on the kitchen floor and ran to the upstairs apartment and reported what he had seen to 20-year-old Dianne O'Connor.

"Something has happened to my aunt She is bleeding. I think she fell down," Maurice said. O'Connor followed the boy down to the apartment, where she discovered the bodies and called police. A short time later, Anne and Mae were pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Joseph Dolin of Edison.

Smalley reported the investigation determined that Mae Rubenstein died first and that her mother, who had just returned from shopping, walked in and interrupted the activity. Scuffle marks on the foyer floor, Smalley said, indicated Anne Rubenstein resisted her attacker. She was still wearing a heavy winter coat when her body was discovered. On the floor beside her were three loaves of bread she had purchased in a borough bakery. Sewitch is requesting that anyone with information about the murders to call Sgt Joseph Vasallo at (732) 572-3800, Lt Brian Caffrey at the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-4310 or county investigator George Trillhaase at (732) 745-3809.

MURDERS From Page ai "I continue to hold out hope. I was able to rebound from that experience and somehow move on," said Elihu, a 1967 graduate of Highland Park High School who earned a masters degree in public administration from C.W. Post College in New York in 1971 "But," he said, "the memories are always there. It's like there is always a black cloud hovering above me. It just never ceases it never goes away.

It burns a hole in me." An autopsy performed by Middlesex County Medical Examiner William C. Wilentz, who described the killings as the work of a "sadist," determined Anne Rubenstein had been stabbed 30 times and her daughter 15 times. The wounds, according to the autopsy report, were in the upper extremities the neck and the face. Wilentz, according to a story published in The Daily Home News, said the girl died of a slashed jugular vein and that her mother died of stab wounds to the heart and lungs. Elihu, who retired in 1986 after becoming disabled by multiple sclerosis, said he wants closure.

"To solve the crime," he said, "would not bring anybody back but hopefully there would be justice not vengeance but justice." Assistant Prosecutor Nicholas Sewitch, who heads the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office homicide investigation unit, said the Rubenstein double murder is one of several cases under review and that he "is pleased with the progress of this investigation." Sewitch is hopeful that advances in forensic science will enable investigators to identify the killer. "We now have tools and resources at our disposal that did SUN AND MOON 030 Sect 0x6 SlTSGE ScTose ttcto Woorrsexca Oct 13 Oct. 22 .6:52 am. 6 48 a.m. a.m.

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He said there were reports that a businessman in town with the same last name owed money to some loan sharks, and that the killer may have targeted the wrong family. In February 1965, a short time after the murders, Wilentz told The Daily Home News "This was the work of a sadist Who else would do that" He said the victims had not been sexually molested. Then-Highland Park Police Chief Alfred T. Smalley said there were no signs of an attempted sexual assault and more than $100 in the house was left untouched. Authorities were unable to determine a motive.

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ONE YEAR AGO: Hurricane Rita struck eastern Texas and the Louisiana coast, causing more flooding in New Orleans. THOUGHT FOR TODAY: "Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the Ten Commandments." Charles Dudley Warner, American author and editor (1829-1900). The Associated Press 12,15, 20, 22, 27, 28, 30, 41, 46. 49, 57, 60, 61,63, 66 LOTTO: NA TAKE-5: NA FRI. TAKE-5: 3.

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All of the members of then-Middlesex County Prosecutor Edward Dolan's staff and the Highland Park Police Department who were involved in the case are either deceased or retired. Elihu expressed "disgust" in reacting to the statements coming from the Prosecutor's Office, noting that he called the office about two or three years ago and received no satisfactory answers. He said he suggested at the time that investigators use the new technology to test and reanalyze whatever evidence they have. Elihu said that even though authorities said the investigation was ongoing, the conversation led him to believe that au hurting Menendez. By a 2-to-l margin, voters who said they did not approve of the job Cor-zine was doing were supportive of Kean, Murray said.

Murray noted that an early poll in the spring showed property taxes were the top issue in the race, even though the U.S. Senate has no control over local property tax decisions. "The Democrats control the state. The state is not working well, according to the voters," Murray said. On the question of who has higher ethical standards, 29 percent of the likely voters preferred Kean, compared with 13 percent for Menendez.

Ethics is a key issue for Olga Petrucelli, 80, of Clark. "I'm pretty sure there won't be much corruption around if Kean can help it," she said. "I follow the politics a lot and I'm pretty sure Menendez was involved with that Hudson County machine." Bridget Harrison, a Montclair State University political science professor, said Kean is benefiting from the name recognition built up by his father, Thomas H. Kean a former governor. But that transfer of support may wane as voters differentiate Kean more from his father, she added.

The Kean family name rings true for Jay Dertinger, 57, of Linden, who describes himself as a registered Republican with Democratic leanings. TODAY IN HISTORY TODArS HIGHLIGHT: On Sept 24, 1789, Congress passed the First Judiciary Art, which provided for an Attorney General and a Supreme Court. ON THIS DATE: In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as "Black Friday" after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market In 1969, the trial of the Chicago 8 (later seven) began. (Five of the defendants were convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention, but the convictions were ultimately overturned.) In 1976, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. (She was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Carter.) LOTTERIES Drawings of Sat, Sept 23, 2006 Multiple states FRI.

MEGA MILLIONS: 7, 12. 17, 22, 43; Mega Ball: 16 NJ PICK-3: 599; straight: box: $13250; pair: $39.50 PICK-3 (DAY): 158; straight: $245; box: pair: PICK-4: 9005; box: PICK-4 (DAY): straight: $68 CASH-5: 22. 36; five of four: $636; DAILY: 627 DAILY (DAY): WIN-4: 1298 WIN-4 (DAY): PICK-10: 1,4. land security funding and immigration policy. "Menendez has tried to paint Kean with the Bush paintbrush.

Clearly, that's not working," said Harrison. Menendez spokesman Matthew Miller said he believes voters will soon figure out that a vote for Kean means another vote in the U.S. Senate to keep soldiers in Iraq. "We know most people in New Jersey want to change direction in Iraq, and Tom Kean Jr. wants to stay the course," Miller said.

"As more voters tune into the race, they'll reject Tom Kean Jr. because he's a rubber stamp for George Bush." However, Kean spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said voters will see Kean's independence while they wonder about Menendez's financial relationship with a nonprofit for which he helped secure federal funds. "The race will come down to independents, who we feel will break for Kean, who is a moderate and will stand up to President Bush when he disagrees with him," Hazelbaker said. The poll was conducted by telephone Sept 18-21. Gannett New Jersey Newspapers include the Asbury Park Press, the Courier-Post, the Home News Tribune, The Courier News, the Daily Record, the Daily Journal and the Ocean County Observer.

Staff writer Rebecca Lerner contributed to this story. "The Democrats in this state seem to be pretty corrupt" he said, noting the numerous resignations Corzine has called for. "Kean comes from a good family, a political family that I believe has ethical backgrounds," he added. New Jersey's U.S. Senate contest is a key race nationally.

If the Democrats gain six seats, they would take control of the Senate for the first time since 2002. Duffy noted that Democrats are leading in all the other close races except for New Jersey. "We've all contemplated the irony of Democrats winning up to six seats but losing New Jersey," Duffy said, noting that such a loss would keep the Senate in Republican hands. That's something George Clarke, 63, of Woodbridge doesn't want to happen. "The whole Iraq war is a real mistake as far as I can see.

The president lied to us to get us into the war. I don't see it ending. And of course we just hit that plateau today where more Americans died in Iraq than died in the World Trade Center," he said. "There isn't a politician who could actually say pull out now, but the Democrats lean more toward that than the Republicans." Menendez's campaign has at tempted to link Kean with Bush and the unpopular war in Iraq. But Kean polled better or even with Menendez on Iraq, home -SIGHT EDITOR cJohnMflthnt.com EDITOR AAMIR Ml POLL From Page Al in the MonmouthGannett poll as of July.

The poll of 391 likely voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. Jennifer E. Duffy, editor of the Washington D.C.-based Cook Political Report, said the Republican's lead would normally be very surprising for the Democrat-leaning state except for everything else going on. "It's New Jersey. It's blue.

It's a terrible year for Republicans. Why is this race in single digits?" Duffy asked. "But for New Jersey, scandal has hit a critical mass. You have the (former) state senator (Lynch) who pleaded guilty, you have Gov. McGreevey out there again, which brings back memories of the 'I am a gay American And yes, people associate (Menendez's home of) Hudson County with corruption." McGreevey launched a speaking tour last week to promote his book about his sexual relationship with a male aide.

He resigned in 2004 because of the scandal. On Sept. 15, Lynch pleaded guilty to corruption and tax evasion. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, said state issues are ADMINISTRATION Kf-TAN n.gandhi.. (732S 5-7317 SHIRLEY THOMAS (732)843-3314 PRi.MDr.N1 krlnih $24.50 straight: $233.50 1057; box: 23, 25, 35, five: none; three: $12 NY 763 4416 6, 7, 10, Home News TkiBUNE CONTACT US MAIN NUMBER: (732) 246-5500 )5 Kennedy P.O.

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