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PAA R9 THPPDKQ fiTI AMTimTV I AniTi a nirA TUESDAY KIOVMRR 1R 2004 SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY EDITION 7S I Paged NOVEMBER 16 2004 cn rente Toms River and north OU cuius west ofWilliamstown: 75 cents daily Vol MMIV No 321 South Jersey Publishing Co (llU'PlT'Zr Al ATLANTIC ATLANTIC CITY ORECAST: 6 am 42 noon 58 6 pm 44 Details Page A2 ii a "7 'ii Rice in Powell out at State Dept Condoleezza Rice left is ex pected to bring more of a hard line philosophy to the State Department than was seen under the moderate Colin Powell Associated Press Scott Applewhite bbbpbeb Lal BL AH bti Three other Cabinet members resign By TOM RAUM Associated Press WASHINGTON President Bush has selected Condoleezza Rice his national security advis er and trusted confidant to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state officials said Monday in a major shakeup of the presi national security team Three other Cabinet secretaries also resigned Powell a retired four star gen eral who often clashed on Iraq and other foreign policy issues with more hawkish members of administration said he was returning to private life once his successor was in place The Cabinet exodus promised a starkly different look to second term team Rice is con sidered more of a foreign policy hard liner than the moderate Powell The White House announced exit along with the resig nations of Education Secretary See Cabinet Page A8 Other departures in the CIA and the State Depart ment may indicate a Bush directed purge of dissenting views officials and analysts say Page A9 CODEY BECOMES GOVERNOR Codey to put on government Associated Press photo by Mike Derer SIBBBBi BhBBmlBBBHBBB IB' Mil isBh SIM JKJHMr 1 TO BHIHniJi I iMMplMRRMb WBMi 1 MlXhh JHMMhMHM I Ym' i 'jHBR ftBR BHTiA Ina s' mb I I LJz I JtBB 1H Ny At IB MBBHBMBM Je bbI 'V ME Bk 1 3 KK WWZlMMWlfrifc 1 1 BL IHMbHHEM JMBBv 1 BbHB f'B VJ BBlBBlBHEr' rr42 "i'l ifr 1 7 BB jBB Mk I i BW i BBr jBBt jBB BBIBBK' SrSB 1 a 3 BkkB? wu I r' rAXA jBE nIB MBk'Wn a 'YEmmIIIP'' I jMM JKMMHdmi JMHHBmM State Senate President Richard Codey joins children touring the Statehouse in Trenton on Monday Codey became governor at 12 am today following the official resignation of Gov James McGreevey Senate leader took over as governor at 12 am today By PETE McALEER Statehouse Bureau (609) 292 4935 TRENTON You were probably asleep when it happened One minute before the stroke of midnight Monday Gov James time as governor offi cially ran out State Senate President Richard Codey of Essex County took over as acting governor a minute later In reality Codey began acting as acting governor Monday morning While McGreevey stayed out of the public eye and away from the state capitol Codey held meetings inside the office and met with reporters outside the Statehouse getting ready to put into motion a new government and to some extent a new style and a new face of New government and hopefully after a while New Jersey residents will like Codey said McGreevey submitted his resigna tion with an 18 word letter to Secretary of State Regena Thomas: Madam Secretary I resign effective 11:59 pm on Monday November 15 2004 Sincerely James McGreevey governor" One of his last official acts was to send a proclamation to fifth graders at St Mary Magdalen School in Millville declaring love to write a state holiday The fifth grade class which suggested the idea to See Codey Page A14 allujah insurgents are mostly Iraqis Evidence remains of some organized foreign fighters By JOHN HENDREN Los Angeles Times CAMP ALLUJAH Iraq The battle for the city of allujah is giving US military commanders an increasingly clear picture of this insurgency and it is the portrait of a home grown uprising overwhelmingly dominated by Iraqis not by foreign fighters Of the more than 1000 men between the ages of 15 and 55 who were captured in intense fighting in the center of the insurgency over the past week just 15 are confirmed foreign fighters Gen George Casey the top US ground commander in Iraq said Monday There is evidence that orga nized foreign fighters were pre sent One dead guerrilla bore Syrian identification A number of insurgents believed to be for eigners wore similar black each with black flak vests and weapons superior to those of their Iraqi allies But although there has been an intense focus on the terror network of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al Zarqawi by US and Iraqi officials who have See Iraq Page A12 State may require costly tests on wells By THOMAS BARLAS Staff Writer (609) 272 7201 College seniors in hire demand By JUSTIN POPE Associated Press BOSTON The recovering economy and looming retirement of the baby boomers are making this a very good year to be a college senior looking for a job after graduation Recruiters career counselors and students say See Seniors Page A15 IN SI DE k4 BASEBALL Barry Bonds at age 40 easily wins his seventh National League MVP award Page C1 RANT'S INDEX Bridge D5 Life D1 3 6 Business B5 0 Movies D3 Classified E1 3 New Jersey A15 Comics 04 Obituaries B2 3 Crossword D5 Region B1 4 9 Editorial A16 17 Sports C1 5 Horoscope E7 TVPuzzles D5 BUSINESS South Carolinians prepare to IB! mix it up after they dump the minibottle next year Page B5 SCIENCE NATURE Arctic melting may have polar bears on the way out Page A4 1 a 1 gPW TRENTON John Roeschke doesn't want to become a member of the to force people into making sure they have safe drinking water But what he said might happen under a proposed state law requiring private wells be tested every five years for a wide range of contaminants Witnesses testifying before the state Senate Environmental Committee on Monday said the well tests could cost as much as $600 The price of treatment See Tests Page A12 111111111111 111111 11111111 1 yllllAZQQOOOOZS i 4rn PRESS IN OCEAN CO.