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The Herald-News from Passaic, New Jersey • 13

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ED 1TI 0 (g) 1 Complete Coverage Of South Bergen News Complete Coverage Of South Bergen News EWS ERALD MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1971 ILii 9 raBworra I I I with a capacity of 1,100 students, can be expanded in the From the language rooms with electronic devices for individual, private instruction via recordings and headphones, to the science labs complete with greenhouse and special storage and preparation rooms, the new school offers the utmost in learning experiences. Supervising the progress of the work on the building is Louis Fittipaldi, school superintendent, as well as Frank Ruhle, plant engineer, and members of the regional board of education who manage to find time to make frequent inspections as work progresses. The building, set on a 2.6-acre tract donated by Becton, Dickinson off Paterson Avenue at Route 17, is essentially completed. Walls in the classes are in pale pastel colors of blue, green, beige, orange, yellow and brown. An epoxy has been applied to walls in classes and halls to eliminate the need for frequent painting.

Desks in the rooms will By MONICA LANZA Herald-News Staff Writer EAST RUTHERFORD When the doors to the Henry P. Becton Regional High School swing open for the first time this fall, East Rutherford and Carlstadt high school students will find themselves in another world. Gone are the gun-metal gray and khaki lockers, hospital-white restrooms and subterannean passages. Gone are the overcrowded classrooms, inadequate science rooms and bulging storerooms. In fact, the only link to the old East Rutherford High School will be the familiar faces of teachers and students who will uproot themselves en masse for the September exodus to the new building.

The new facility exudes an air of spaciousness. The bright, airy classrooms are all oversize, and boast the latest in technological advances for the most sophisticated teaching techniques. future by an addition to the wing. NEARING COMPLETION The south wing of the Henry P. Becton Regional High School reflects the progress on the $4.3 million facility slated for opening in September.

The school, be color-keyed to- match the interior decor of each class. 1 Members of "the administration and -board pick their way through workmen finishing the terrazzo floors, offering advice, giving instructions. Wooden crates and dropcloths are everywhere as furniture begins to arrive. The seats in the air-conditioned auditorium have beenn-stalled, and only finishing touches remain. The auditorium is designed to seat 1,000, for community functions as well as school-oriented activities, and has acoustical wall panels and ceiling.

Lighting is recessed in all classrooms. Restrooms are finished in blue and white tile for girls and brown and white tile for boys. Extra leachers' rooms have been included in the overall plan to provide quiet work space during off periods. Storage rooms are large and centrally located. Fittipaldi, threading his way through stacks of lumber and skirting scaffolds, proudly points to the air conditioned cafeteria geared to hold 500 students.

The library will meet state standards for students, with 23,000 volumes available and a seating capacity of 140. The gymnasium, 100-by-112 feet, is divided by sliding partitions for boys and girls, with-lockerrooms on both sides. The oversized music room, 40-by-42 feet, has a three-tiered platform taking up a fourth of the room for orchestral and choral groupings. Capacity for school is set at 1,100. Carlstadt and East Rutherford expect to send about 700 to the new building in September.

The school has been planned so Burning garbage to dry sewer sludge studied HACKENSACK Plans are being considered by the Bergen County Sewer Authority and the Board of Freeholders for a plant which would use the incineration of garbage to dry and burn sewage sludge. The sludge, solid waste left after sewage treatment, is presently being dumped in the Atlantic Ocean. Cable TV firm shuns exclusive franchising treasurer of the local company affiliate. They are the son and grandson of the late long-time manager of the now defunct Philadelphia Athletics American League baseball team. The Bergen affiliate is temporarily located in Ridgefield Park.

The parent Alabama, Georgia and Florida. i I'll Miirn-miiiiiniii iihi classrooms may be an auumonar eignr added in the future. Freeholder Victor M. Williams and Richard Nelson, county administrator, met with William J. Patterson, chairman of the sewer authority, and other authority members to discuss plans to alleviate garbage and sewage disposal problems.

Sewage incineration is being seriously considered because the federal government is planning to phase out dumping of sludge at sea. The heat from garbage incineration could be used to dry and burn the' sludge. Ecological and economic ramifications of such a plant will be considered in a study now under way regarding tying together the authority's sludge problem with the county's garbage problem. Substantial federal and state aid might be available for the $2.45 million project, pending completion of working plans. Smoke blankets area LYNDHURST Smoke emanating from fire at local dumping sites has been hovering over the borough since about 8 a.m.

Saturday. On Saturday afternoon, smoke was seeen spreading north to Rutherford, East Rutherford and Carl-stadt. Reservoir tank covers Herald-News Photos SPANKING NEW Louis Fittipaldi, seated, superintendent of the Henry P. Becton Regional High School, and plant engineer Frank Ruhle, inspect recently installed auditorium seats. The air-conditioned auditorium will seat 1,000.

Water improvement programs set Councilman Ficarra for exploration of the possibility of trading in the Police Department's two unused two-wheel mo HACKENSACK A cable television company, recently formed to service residents in Bergen and Passaic Counties, will be seeking non-exclusive franchises to operate. The company, Coaxial Communications of Bergen County, said that it would agree to 1 pay municipalHiesr-a-montWy-tax on its gross revenues and let local bodies control its fees. It is affiliated with Coaxial Communications, a nationwide firm with headquarters in Florida. The non-exclusive franchise will allow a municipality to grant a second or third franchise to other companies if service offered is considered to be unsatisfactory or inadequate, explained A. William Martin, the firm's executive vice president.

"Our primary objective is to be granted an opportunity to compete before the granting of a franchise by the municipality," he said. The company said it will post performance bonds guaranteeing work to begin within six months usually and actual operation within 24 months. Twenty channels will be offered according to present plans. This could be doubled when actual operations begin, Martin said. It includes all local available commercial channels in VHF and UHF with interference-free reception because the strength of incoming signals can be controlled.

In addition, channels would be provided for the local school system, the municipality itself, police and fire communications, various ethnic groups in a community, and sports and cultural programs. Martin said local studios and camera crews, are planned by the company. These would allow telecasts of high school sports, public celebrations and local organization programs. Local candidates for public office could use it to 'speak to the people in the community or district they represent without "waste exposure," he added. Connie Mack Jr.

is president of the "Bergen company. His son, Dennis J. McGillicuddy, is vice president of the national company and vice president and 56 take oaths as new citizens HACKENSACK Superior Court Judge August W. Heckman presided at naturalization proceedings Friday at which 56 persons were admitted to citizenship. Robert W.

Scott, superintendent of Cresskill public schools, addressed the class, representing 23 countries. Garfield, Lodi and Rutherford each have three new citizens. Those from Garfield are Zdzislaw Wojciech Tomasinski and Malgorzata Szot, both of Poland, and Ciro Di Marco of Italy. Lodi's new citizens are Vincenzo Delia Rocca and Peter Busciglio, both of Italy, and Kathleen Anne Palino of Canada. From Rutherford, Kevin William Lynas, Derek James Lynas and Sharon Anne Lynas, of Great Britain.

Citizens sworn from North Arlington are Jan and Maria Jurusz of Poland. Also from Poland are Agnieszka Marie Lupo of East Paterson and Adam Jan Popek of Wallington. Others sworn were Ramon Arturo Sanchez of Saddle Brook, from the Dominican Republic, and Conceprion Rivero of East Rutherford, from Cuba. Grand jury indicts 2 Lyndhurst youths HACKENSACK Two Lyndhurst youths have been indicted for the rob-Dery of a sports shop Jan. 30.

The indictments, handed up by a Bergen County Grand Jury, charges Gregory Natiello, 18, of 706 Seventh Ave. and Paul Hayton, 19, of 444 Wilson Ave. with stealing two pistols worth $269 from the Lyndhurst Center, 219 Stuyves- ant Ave. They were arrested on Feb. 3 in Passaic.

The pair allegedly smashed a glass door to enter the shop and then broke into a display case, making off with a .38 caliber revolver and a .45 caliber hand gun. i the Water Department, after opposition from Councilmen George. Amato and Pat Ficarra, suggesting that the old one, unused for some time, be reconditioned. Dominick Puzino, water superintendent, is currently renting a unit at $45 daily to meet emergency needs, which was the reason for the council's action. Ficarra also complained about the quality of new infield clay at the Little League fields.

He said it is hard and he could tell it was improper by its color. Councilman Paul Reno questioned whether he had his color TV set properly tuned when watching the games. Ordering 40 tons more for other recreational needs, Mrs. Sabo, recreation committee chairman, reported that the clay only needs mixing with calcium, which the maintenance men have in supply. The council approved a program of painting all municipally owned cars orange so that they can be easily identified, as advocated by Sam Sangis, a local resident who suggested it would prevent or discourage their personal use by employes.

Sangis also is seeking adoption of a motor pool program through which he says the city cars would be returned to the garage area nightly and used only when needed, step against misuse or personal use. The council approved a resolution by GARFIELD The City Council has voted unanimous approval of two water improvement programs, including the covering of reservoir water tanks in East Paterson, as ordered by the' N. J. Department of Health, and for linking of dead-end water lines. The first program will cost $37,000 and the second, $50,000.

Stanley Galorenzo, city engineer, was ordered to expedite efforts to get the latter under way, especially in the area of Botany Street and Summit Avenue, where residents often are without water always suffer from poor pressure conditions and always have poor quality and taste in their water, according to Councilmen Pauline Sabo and John Speruggio. The entire program will also remedy problems in the Third Ward and other areas of the city troubled with the non-circulating lines. The council approved nomination of Ray Pavlick, a local tavern owner, as a special police officer. It also paid its respects to the late John Krehel who died recently, who served with the Fire Department from November 1918 and was the second fireman in the history of the department to receive a gold badge for 50 years' of active duty. In other actions the council purchased a new compressor at $5,075 for use by EAST RUTHERffOKD-Officials of the Royce Chemical Co.

reported 4o police that children playing near one of the firm's storage facilities on Herrick Street destroyed several bags of zinc oxide valued at $150. EAST RUTHERFORD Elsie Zimmerman, 174 Park Ave, reported to police that a lawn statue, "Hugo, the Mexican" valued at $100, was stolen from outside her home Saturday night. EAST RUTHERFORD Lloyd Bradley, 238 Park reported to police yesterday that sometime during the previous night someone broke into his car and stole a stereo tape player valued at $50. The auto had been parked at the rear of his home. EAST RUTHERFORD Patrick Cocozzo, 18, of 35 Clinton Place, suffered serious injuries when his new motorcycle, which he was driving through the Becton, Dickinson and Co.

oarking lot on Hackensack Street, struck a small wall and catapulted 20 feet through the air into the side of the Reading and Study Institute building of the medical supply manufacturing firm. He is confined to Hackensack Hospital suffering from shock, cuts and possible internal injuries. Garfield police arrest driver GARFIELD Wayne J. De Frances, 22, of Union City was released on $100 bail after he was arrested by Patrolmen Edward Sabat and Robert Andrezzi at 4:20 a.m. yesterday for fleeing the pursuit of officers in a high speed chase through Spring Street and Belmont Avenue before being overtaken at Palisade and Belmont Avenues.

Sergeant Angelo Masut assisted. GARFIELD Clifton Fisher Milwaukee; Joseph Harnett, Washington, D. and Samuel Manning, Detroit, Mich, all sales representatives of Interstate Publishers' Service, Kansas City, Mo, were arrested at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for soliciting sales without a city permit. They were released in bail of $25 each pending court appearance at 9:30 a.m.

Friday. GARFIELD Patrolman Dominick Masut extinguished a fire in the engine of an auto owned by Charles Aliamo, 130 Farnham Ave, parked in front of his home at 11 p.m. Friday. Masut discovered the blaze while on patrol and used his fire extinguisher to douse the flames. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS-Candace Hogan, 6, of 238 Paterson Ave, suffered a bruised hand and a bump on the right side of her head when she was thrown from her bicycle when it collided with a car driven by Armando E.

Gorut, 5 Glen 'Ave, Rutherford, near her home yesterday afternoon. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS Police are investigating a small explosion that was set off near 2 Passaic Ave, early Saturday morning, alarming residents of the area and blowing out a small section of a wooden fence. No one was injured. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS The Little League clubhouse on Industrial Avenue was broken into by thieves who removed an entire window frame, but left without stealing anything, John Glcgowski, 320 Madison Ave, an official of the organization reported to police yesterday. LODI A car belonging to Enrico Piacentini, 552 Harrison Ave, was reported stolen Saturday.

Piacentini told police he had parked the auto in his driveway at 1 a.m. and when he checked at 7 a.m. it was missing. LODI A stereo tape player valued at $120 and a tape deck valued at $6 were taken from the car belonging to Jeannie Bratica, 199 Philip Ave, East Paterson. The car was parked at Lodi Lanes when the theft occurred.

RUTHERFORD A storage shed rented by the Rutherford Towing Service and owned by Vincont Conte, 276 Ridge Road, located at 22 Borough was destroyed by fire of unknown origin at about 8 last night. All local fire companies fought the blaze. Toopled urn scalds three WALLINGTON Three men were treated at Passaic General Hospital early yesterday after a pot of coffee fell upon them at a wedding reception at the home of Thomas Ciliento, 23, of 267 "Mt. Pleasant Ave. The latter was scalded on the chest and hands, while Ken Brady, 42 Lester St, and Edward Kopec, 24, of 213 Lincoln Place, Garfield, each was scalded on the left leg.

WALLINGTON An auto driven by Mrs. Diane Purcell, 261 Alden St, went out of control, jumped the curb, struck a pole and then the car of Mrs. Pauline Remiszewski, 151 Alden parked 15 feet from the street, in the latter's driveway at 7 p.m. Friday. A telephone wire leading to 155 Alden St.

was severed. Mrs. Purcell and her two children, Kathleen, 2 and Thomas, 3, were treated WALLINGTON A 1969 Dodge cab from the Bloomfield Cab Co. was reported stolen at 12:12 last night from in front of the Bade's Tavern, Main and Alden Streets. Bill Clark, of 35 Walsessing Ave, Bloomfield.

said that the cab with black top and white body markings, was taken while he left it to pick up something. torcycles for a new police car. He said they were unsafe in today's traffic conditions, as is the use of the three-wheel motorcycle at night. It is operated by Patrolman Bob Rudziewicz for checking businesses and other commercial buildings at night. Councilman Joseph Migliaccio said that with just one small light on the rear, the night motorcycle could be struck easily and because of the lack of protection for the officer, the consequences could be tragic.

Councilman Reno, chairman of the police committee, agreed to consult Police Chief Carmine J. Perrapato about the cycle's night use. The assignment was made recently by the chief. Approval was given resolutions by Councilman John Benanti, fire committee chairman, for completion of contracts for purchase of a new tractor and cab, with pumper for Fire Co, 4, to tow its ladder truck, and for a new pumper for Fire Co. 3.

Cost of the former is $46,295 and the latter, $48,295. Councilman Stanley Siedlarczyk received assurances from James Luscian-drello, health inspector, that officials of Cola Jewell Street and Columbus Avenue, are cleaning debris from a nearby stream. He also was critical of the adjacent Pathmark store for the same condition and both he and Councilman Benanti requested that curbs on Columbus Avenue, battered by large trucks turning into the premises, be replaced. Councilman Joseph Migliaccio suggested that perhaps the public works employes could do the work at reasonable cost. Councilman Edward Mucha proposed that the health department take steps to stop vacuum loading noises at the formerly Hamersley plant.

He noted it had been achieved before fora short time. Mrs. Nancy Chabora, 196 Market questioned the working hours of Peter Stienstra, welfare director, complaining that she saw him walking his dog and allowing the animal to run loose in the. Belmont Hill county park at 2:25 p.m. one day recently and, that she has had trouble finding him at his office when visits.

West Point band to give 2 concerts in Bergen SADDLE BROOK With the high school band in Italy, another band, equally as popular, will offer a one-hour concert at the high school auditorium at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. The U.S. Military Academy band will be in Bergen County for two appearances. Earlier in the day it will perform at Hackensack High School.

Magazine salesman suffers setback in Bergen battles not be restrained from prosecuting under the laws. Guy Simmons, an independent contractor and field manager working for International Trade Press Inc. of Huntsville, started legal proceedings in February when a number of his salesman were arrested for soliciting without licenses. Simmons claims the permit ordinances are illegal and obstruct interstate commerce. Judge Toscano dismissed the order to show cause due to Simmons' failure to file $100 security fees for each town named in the suit.

Motions will now be made by the town attorneys to have the case dismissed because of Simmons' failure to comply with the security law. Simmons is expected to make a motion to show cause why he should have to post the money. The peddler had been representing himself in court but now has an ACLU lawyer, Royal Giffin. The 12 towns involved are Garfield, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Rochelle Park, Fair Lawn, Ridgewood, Allendale, Park Ridge, Fort Lee, Wyckoff, Oradell and Woodcliff Lake. HACKENSACK An Alabama magazine salesman, fighting a legal battle with 12 Bergen towns over ordinances covering solicitors' permits, lost a round in court Friday.

County Court Judge James I. Toscano dismissed an order for the towns to show cause why they should Tavern bandits fire tear gas WALLINGTON Two men fired three shots from a tear gas gun early today in Mizdol's Tavern as they made off with $138 from the cash register and a customer. Emil Mizdol, proprietor of the 252 Maple Ave. tavern, reported losing $100 in the holdup at 12:28 a.m. Lion Sudol 56, of 105 Strong reported $38 stolen.

The men, described as white, one about 5 feet 10 inch'es, and the other 6 feet one inch, drove off in a car parked in front of the tavern. The taller one wore a dark jacket, and weighed. about 160 pounds while the other was reported as wearing a dark coat, heavy set build, wearing glasses..

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