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ff 1L. Northern Vallev Friend of the People It Serves Vol. 79 No. 239 76 PAGES Four Sections FRIDAY, 3IARCH 15, 1974 New Jersev fd Kew York From hKMnuct, K. J.

QltSl 3 10 CENTS TV' sues oil hrms on State gas I Ignoring government experts' warnings on im-pending fuel shortages, the Sixon Administration chose to follow policies favored by the oil industry. Page D-21. when Federal Energy Administrator William E. Simon ordered an extra 25.8 million gallons into the state. But then, the suit says, Simon reverted to the original crisis-prone February allocation in computing the state's March share.

"The defendants have ignored the February experience, utilized an artificial and inadequate February supply figure, and accordingly have allocated New Jersey a gallon-age amount of gasoline for March that is significantly smaller on a per diem basis than that given in February," the suit said. On pricing, the suit said the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 requires the energy office to distribute fuels at equitable prices. The suit asserts that New See SUES, Page A-2 IfV, V. iH it I. I 1 -r r.

ifi i 'j'h A' 1 r-; Lost motor fuel tax revenue of $25 million in the current ficsal year and an anticipated loss of $29 million in fiscal 1975, as well as losses in sales tax revenue from automobile sales. "Tensions and emotions were reaching violent levels among the residents of this state exacerbated by the fact that residents were all aware that such gasoline shortages were ich more severe in this state than in the vast majority of other states within this nation," the suit declares. The gas crisis was somewhat relieved in late February Staff Photo by Joe Giardelll FIRST-DAY BARGAIN HUNTERS Shoppers browse through the tree-lined mall at Paramus Park's first day of business. By BOB CUNNINGHAM The Record Trenton Bureau TRENTON New Jersey has filed suit against federal energy officials and 30 oil companies to try to bring more gasoline to the state at cheaper prices. The suit, filed by Atty.

Gen. William F. Hyland in U.S. District Court here yesterday, asks that the state receive at least 270 million gallons of gasoline for March. That would bring the state's allocation up to the national average of 89.6 per cent of March 1972 gasoline consumption.

The Federal Energy Office said yesterday that any increased gasoline allocations to New Jersey or other states will have to await official announcement of the lifting of the Arab oil embargo. New Jersey is scheduled to get 246.4 million gallons this month 85 per cent of the 1972 figure. The suit says that Wyoming is getting 110.7 per cent of 1972 gas consumption, and that seven other states are getting more than 100 per cent. Hearing March 25 A hearing on the suit is scheduled for March 25 before U.S. District Court Judge Clarkson S.

Fisher. The judge told Hyland he would move the hearing up on one day's notice if the gas shortage gets critical before that date. Hyland said he hopes the suit can add to March's allocation, and that the Federal Energy Office be ordered to keep New Jersey's gas supply at the national average in succeeding months, as is sought in the suit. The suit charges gasoline shortages have created havoc in the state. It cites Long lines at service stations which blocked entrances to homes and businesses and created traffic hazards.

Layoffs of 11,300 workers which drove the unemployment rate a half per cent above normal. People unable to get to work, to doctors, and to food stores because they had no gas for their cars Paramus Park Mall opens with a splash fi School aid plan seen interfering with tax reform By JOSEPH SANTANGELO The Record Trenton Bureau TRENTON The legislature's fiscal analysts say a recent decision to fully fund a state school-aid formula may compound New Jersey's tax reform problems. The Office of Fiscal Affairs (OFA) said in a report yesterday that a projected $152-million increase in aid to public schools appears to be widening the gap between wealthy and poor districts. The formula, which became law in 1970, has been introduced in stages and currently is funded at 66 per cent. The legislature last fall agreed to 100 per cent funding for next year.

The disparity in how much districts spend to educate each pupil, the OFA says, will jump 20 per cent if the additional aid is supplied as planned. The OFA suggests the By MATT CAHILL Staff Writer To the splashing of a waterfall and the buzzing of saws in the background, Paramus Park Mall opened for business and sight-seeing yesterday. Shoppers and spectators seemed to view the opening ceremonies as a momentary diversion from the sight of the terraced, stone waterfall and a 20-foot sculpture of a wild turkey. The start of the waterfall and the opening of the stores climaxed seven years of planning and a year and a half of building at Paramus Park Mall, the fourth major shopping center in Paramus. Publicity on the mall which cost at least $25 million to build attracted the curious as well as the bargain hunters.

They strolled beneath the mall's glass skylight, gazing at 47 trees, the sculpture, and the waterfall. Some joint, There was Vito Parmaletta, a Pat-erson printer who wore a black leather porkpie hat and chewed on a cigar. Parmaletta stood on the sec-ond level, overlooking the waterfall, and pronounced, "Some joint, huh?" Parmaletta said he works nights, and since his wife was at work and his children at school, there was no reason for him to stay home. At 9:30 a.m., the crowd gathered around the waterfall, and the Para-See MALL, Page A-2 Staff Photo by Joe Glardelli MUNCH BREAK Kristy and Karen Camellos of Englewood Cliffs take a break from window- shopping to enjoy hot dogs at Paramus Park Mall on opening day. The parking lots were jammed.

legislature hold off on $100 million of the increase until it decides how to meet a court order to reform public school financing. Proof on payoff date reported 2 gunmen wounded in Fair Lawn ush-fund proBe narrows Three members of the original Watergate team and a fourth defendant plead not guilty to charges arising from a break-in at the office of Daniel Ellsberg's onetime psychiatrist. See Page A-5. By RICHARD W. JONES Staff Writer Two bandits were wounded seriously in i gun battle with Fair Lawn and Glen Rock po-hce last night after allegedly robbing a tavern and forcing six patrons to disrobe.

The pair was tentatively identified this morning as Alfredo Suarez, 33, of 561 Main Increase already approved However, members of the legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee and officials of the state education department yesterday took a dim view of the suggestion. The aid increase has been approved in advance by the governor and legislature, and stands little chance of alteration. The state Department of Education, discussing its proposed $841-million budget with the committee, said school boards already have adopted budgets including the added aid. Changes now would leave them short of funds, the department said. Dr.

Victor J. Podesta, acting education commissioner, also challenged the OFA view that the aid increase might be regressive. "Two-thirds of the money," he said, "will go to the 176 poorer districts. The increase in minimum support aid will not detract from a permanent solution to funding." The state Supreme Court has ordered the legislature to devise a new system of financ- See SCHOOL, Page A-2 By BOB WOODWARD and CARL BERNSTEIN Washington Post News Service WASHINGTON The special Watergate prosecutors have what they believe is proof that the final Watergate cover-up "hush money" payment was made on the evening of March 21, 1973 about 12 hours after the" meeting at which, by President Nixon's account, the chief executive expressed disapproval of the payment scheme. Information on the prosecutors' conclusion was obtained from informed sources.

In recent interviews, Nixon's lawyers have disputed the date of the $75,000 payment because, according to several informed sources, its authorization and delivery on March 21, coupled with the tape-recorded White House meeting on the subject earlier that day, could be used as evidence that testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee. Attorneys in the special Watergate prosecutor's office did not realize the significance of the date of the payment until earlier this year, the sources said. But they decided that pinpointing the date would be crucial, according to the sources, after they listened to the tape recording of the meeting on the morning of March 21 in the White House between Nixon and former White House Counsel John W. Dean III. It was at this meeting Nixon has said that Dean made his first full presentation on the extent of the Watergate cover-up, and the payments made to the conspirators to buy their silence.

Dean initially testified that this meeting took place on March 13 but, according to sources, now agrees that it was March 21. See HUSH-FUND, Page A-4 Nixon was part of the cover-up conspiracy. The key to establishing the date of the payment was a dinner attended by former Nixon campaign aides Fred C. La-Rue and Manyon M. Millican, along with a personal friend of LaRue's who was visiting from out of town for only one day.

LaRue remembers transferring $75,000 after that dinner. Credit card records of the travel expenses and hotel accommodations of LaRue's friend firmly established the date of that visit and the dinner as March 21. After the dinner that evening, Millican, 47, who was in charge of voter canvassing in the 1972 Nixon reelection campaign, was given a plain envelope by LaRue and asked to deliver it in person to an address in the Maryland suburbs. Millican did not know what the envelope contained or what the purpose was of its delivery, the sources said, and thus was an unwitting messenger, not knowingly involved in illegal activity. The address in the Maryland suburbs was the home of William O.

Bittman, attorney for Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt Jr. The envelope contained $75,000 mostly in $100 bills taken from a fund managed by LaRue for payments to the Watergate conspirators, according to later fc. AP Photo at STRIKE UP THE BAND! President Nixon smiles Mayor Daley, back to camera, on arrival in Chicago. Joe Jack, Bobby enlist Paterson, and his brother, Luis, age and address not available.

They were in satisfactory condition at Bergen Pines Hospital this morning. The men were hit in a hail of pistol and shotgun fire as they ran from the Maple Inn at 15-18 Maple Ava. Police converged on the building when the bartender tripped a silent alarm connected to police headquarters. "It was like the Fourth of July," said Fair Lawn Sgt. Thomas Faline, one of-five policemen to trade shots with the unidentified men.

He said he recovered a pistol from one man lying unconscious in the street. Lt. Robert VanHouten said one man appeared to have been hit in the leg and groin, the other in the chest. Both were bleeding and unconscious when he reached them, he said. Police said one of the ban- dits ran out of the bar, saw police, and opened fire with a pistol.

He retreated into the building. Glen Rock Patrolman Lawrence Hotchkiss shattered the glass door with shotgun fire, whereupon the two men ran out, firing their pistols, and fled in the direction of a car parked nearby. A fusilade of gunfire felled the suspects before they reached the car, which police said was stolen. Shortly after the shooting, I olice heard shouting from the bar and released half a dozen See ROBBERY, Page A-2 FREE EAR PIERCING WITH PURCHASE OF 14K GOLD EARRINGS FROM S7.95 843-5630 445-1037 825-4262 ADV. Kennedys go off to war Record cited for excellence PRESS AWARDS The Record wins 12 prizes for journalistic excellence from the New Jersey Press Association.

See Page A-10. TEEN-AGE ALCOHOLISM Staff writer Constance Rosenblum explores this serious problem facing Bergen County families in The Sunday Record. WHAT-IS P.R.? Public relations means many things to many people. Business writer Matt Cahill defines P.R., talks about its public image, and interviews some local P.R. people in The Sunday Record business pages.

I rimes To Fifth in a series By ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY The summer of 1941 was the last one our family would have together. Ordinarily, Joe Jr. would have been returning to Harvard that fall for his last year of law school. However, believing the United States would be drawn into the war, he wanted to prepare himself for a role in active service. Accordingly, he volunteered for training as a Navy flier; and in July, shortly before his 26th birthday, he reported for his primary training at the Squantum Naval Air Station near Boston.

Jack had come to the same conclusion as Joe and after returning from his South American travels soon after his 24th birthday he volunteered for the Officers Candidate School of the Army. Because of the Business C-13-15 Classified Ads D-6-20 Comics B-20 Dine and Dance B-13-17 Editorial Pages C-2, 3 Movies and Theater Obituaries Real Estate Religion Pages Sports, Racing Television Weather B-1319 -A14, 15 C-7-12 JB-10, 11 D-l-5 B21 B-2 back injury he had suffered in Harvard football, he failed the physical exam. He tried the Navy and was rejected for the same reason. During the rest of that summer he did all sorts of calisthenics and corrective See KENNEDY, Page A-4 AP Photo Legal Notices Lifestyle Lottery D-20, 21 B-l-8, 22 B-2 OFF TO WAR Joe Jr. receives Naval commission from his father in May, 1942, shortly before his 26th birthday.

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