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ESSflL -Essex Edition Mike Cleveland B6 Movies B4 Television B5 Comics B6-B7 Dear Abby B6 Jeane Dixon B7 Wednesday, September 30, 1981 Section BfiSE Glass recycling plan encounters criticism By ROBERT F. LANZETTI Herald-News Staff Writer MONTCLAIR While residents praised the concept of recycling glass, a man living near the recycling center on North Fuller-ton Avenue complained about noise and litter during a township council public hearing Tuesday on legislation making the recycling mandatory. On a schedule yet to be announced by the department of public works, residents will have to separate glass as well as newspapers from their regular garbage and put it on curbsides during collection days, or face stiff fines. Theodore W. Tappen of Park Street complained the requirement would only increase activity at the center which he described as already being "a public roller coming in creating a lot of noise crushing aluminum cans.

"This ordinance will only increase the amount of glass coming into the area daily," Tappen said. "It's at the point now that it shouldn't get any larger." But other residents connected with the center supported the legislation as necessary. JEAN CLARK noted the township will have problems disposing of refuse as landfill space becomes limited and dumping costs, already at $5 a ton, increase further. He added state and county officials are recommending municipalities recycle 20 percent of their refuse. Milton Levy of Glenridge Parkway said efforts have been made to cut back noise at the center, including soundproofing around concrete bins.

He added that sound measuring tests were taken and the levels were "not excessive from glass crushing." Levy said a screen also was placed to prevent papers from blowing on adjacent property. While Councilor Marilyn J. Sopkia believed the council should adopt the ordinance, she said ways should be explored to abate the noise problem, regulate traffic and keep children out after.the center closes. Under terms of the ordinance, once residents place glass and papers at the curbside, they become township property. Ajiy unauthorized pickups will result in a maximum $500 fine.

Residents failing to separate their garbage are subject to a $25 fine. Residents can still sell or donate their papers and glass privately under the legislation, but not by putting it at curbside. "The noise rattles windows in the surrounding area," Tappen told the council, citing instances of trucks coming and going with glass now, plus additional noise from workers breaking up glass for recycling. PAPERS ALSO LEFT at the center have blown on adjacent property, Tappen continued. After workers leave, he said children roam around the center, picking up copies of such magazines as Playboy and Hustler.

Others come in looking for bottles, apparently for collections, and youngsters play in the center, which could be hazardous because of the broken glass, he said. Tappen said workers have been at the center on Sundays, making it impossible for residents to sit outside because of the noise. He also complained about a steam Bay Street station takeover depends on state cleanup Mayor Mary V. Mochary suggested a bus KENDALL SAID there is no timetable for expansion since the work is tied into the Lackawanna Plaza urban renewal project. Because of limited land available in the urban renewal project, the council is hopeful some of the state's property could be used in the project area.

Township counsel Joseph C. Dickson Jr. noted all land the state requested has been sold by the Montclair Redevelopment Agency which oversees the project. In other business, the council pushed through a resolution participating in a county bus shelter program to meet today's filing deadline. Councilor Dolores B.

Reilly, noting Bloom-field has already taken advantage of the program, suggested some streets in the township be included. Kendall said the township didn't participate initially in the program since the public works department would be responsible to maintain the shelters. By a Herald-News Staff Writer MONTCLAIR The township council finally agreed Tuesday to accept maintenance of the state Department of Transportation's Bay Street railroad station, but only if the state first cleans it up. In discussing some transportation improvements, township manager Bert N. Kendall said the station will be accepted if grass, now quite high, is mowed by the state, graffiti is removed from walls and plans for the station, along with operating manuals and the 20-year guarantee for the roof, are turned over to the township clerk.

Kendall added the state will also have to maintain the electrical system for a year after the township accepts the station. Councilor James H. Ramsey said there are plans to expand the lot, which opened earlier this year. Ramsey, who said he uses the station about three times a week, said the facility is only half full on the busiest days. shelter in front of the YMCA on Park Street.

Reilly said one could go on Bloomfield and Gates avenues in front of the old telephone company building. THE COUNCIL agreed to submit those two location on a trial basis. Also, relating to traffic, the council approved a suggestion to make Draper Terrace one-way when Immaculate Conception High School has home football games in order to alleviate traffic congestion. It rejected a request from the board of education to make Maple Avenue one-way onto Bloomfield Avenue while Glenfield Middle School renovation work is in progress. Reilly said it would be difficult for residents living below Lincoln Street to leave the area if it was one-way.

The school board felt it would easier for the contractor to work and safer for children with the modification. See CONDITION, Page B-3 Herald-News Photo by Bill Clare A smiling 7-year-old Amy Scheler of Verona watches at the fence as Verona's soccer team plays visiting Montclair. Help sought in search for deceased's kin ter lived in Wayne in Passaic County, Anyone with information about Wilkojc's next-of-kin or their whereabouts should contact Ruffino at the missing persons unit in Hackensack. died earlier this month when he fell down stairs in his residence in Bergenfield. Members of the missing persons unit of the Bergen County Sheriffs Department have By LINDA MOSS Herald-News Staff Writer Bergen County authorities are asking for help in locating the family of a man, reportedly with relatives in Wayne, who been unable to locate any next-of-kin of Henryk Wilkojc, who was in his late 50s or early 60s.

According to Sgt. Richard Ruffino, Wilkojc had been liv--ing and working for about a from the injuries he sustained. Pruzinsky told police that Wilkojc had once said he had been divorced about 15 years ago and had a daughter. Wilkojc mentioned that the daugh year at the residence of Charles Pruzinsky at 138 Columbia Ave. in Bergenfield.

On Sept. 13, Wilkojc fell down a flight of stairs and was pronounced dead at the scene Newark man charged in 2 park sex attacks By a Herald-News Staff Writer BELLEVILLE An 18-year-old Newark resident was arrested and charged with the rape of one woman and the attempted rape of another in Branch Brook Park during the weekend, Essex County Police said. According to police, Heriberto Melen-dez allegedly raped a 30-year-old woman in the park on Saturday and attempted to assault a 28-year-old woman on Sunday. Police said Melendez ran behind a female jogger along the park's footpath at about 3 p.m. Saturday for about 20 yards before dragging her into the bushes, striking her with his fists and assaulting her.

She was taken to United Hospitals of Newark where she was treated for facial injuries and scratches and released. Another woman was followed at the park by Melendez at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, struck in the head and dragged into the bushes, police said. According to police, before he could rape the woman several youths saw the incident, began yelling and called police. Melendez then ran from the scene.

Police said she received minor injuries. POLICE SAID shortly after the Sunday incident, Patrolmen Anthony Milbauer and Derrick Westry apprehended Melendez after a brief chase through the park. Melendez was identified by the Sunday victim, police said. An investigation by Detective Thomas Paranzine later resulted in charges involving the Saturday rape, police said. Melendez is being held in Essex County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond or $20,000 cash.

Woman's body found at cemetery entrance died and who dumped the body, Detective James Fultz said. The results of an autopsy will be released this afternoon, he said. According to FuRz, the woman was about 20 years old, 5 feet 2 inches, 120 pounds, and had a brown complexion. She was wearing a red dress and a blue jacket. The woman may have been six months pregnant, Fultz said.

"Her stomach was quite swollen," he said. "It was out of proportion with the rest of her body." By a Herald-News Staff Writer 1 NEWARK Police are seeking the identity of a woman whose body was discovered Tuesday morning near a side entrance to the Congregation B'Nai Israel Cemetery. The badly decomposed body, which was wrapped in two canvas bags, was spotted 7:30 at the intersection of Whitney and Ruth streets by a man going to work, police said. The woman, who had been dead for a week, apparently was dumped at the intersection's curb Monday night, police said. Police do not know how the woman Herald-News Photo by Jack Anderson Patti Lepre of Caldwell does some weeding in Brookdale Park rose garden before crisp fall weather sets in.

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