New Jersey Nightly News; New Jersey Nightly News Episode from 07/25/1979 7:30 pm

Oh. New Jersey night. I'm sure. Good thing I was on vacation in the news tonight. Most of the money paid to free kidnap victim Joan Diedrich has been found and the hunt is on for suspect number five. Most of Amtrak's New Jersey bound trains may be saved. The U.S. House passed a New Jersey

sponsored measure this afternoon. In sports. We'll have a report on the signing of the New Jersey Nets number one draft pick. And on a closer look we'll take a look at some of the recent court decisions on affirmative action. Most of the ransom money paid for the release of Patterson bank executive wife Joan has been recovered. The money was found in a dumpster behind a Patterson junior high school. The FBI late today said it's looking for a fifth suspect identified as another young man from Patterson. More on this continuing story from Richard wells. It took the FBI more than five hours to count all this money but they wouldn't say how much was here only that the bulk of the ransom which was $300000 had been recovered. It was broken up into tens twenties fifties and $100 bills all the bills were marked and according to the FBI would have been difficult to circulate. The money had originally come from the Franklin bank of Patterson where Joan Diedrich husband William is a vice president. Even though the bulk of the money has been recovered the search according to the FBI is not

over. The FBI is continuing its investigation in this matter. And at the present time we are looking for a fifth subject. The money was found in his garbage dumpster behind a Patterson junior high school. After police acted on an anonymous tip I received a telephone call from an identified adult Spanish male. He first requested to speak to a Spanish detective because he had a problem speaking English and I advised him that there wasn't any on duty at this time. But I would try to help him. And then he related to me in broken English that there was some money in a large garbage can be and I don't want to move and it was in regard to some of the fellows I've been at it you know I've been arrested. The FBI says it expects to make the arrest soon. More arrests in the meantime John Diedrich is in seclusion in her home in West Milford. She was released early Sunday morning after being abducted Friday blindfolded and tied up for nearly 48 hours until the ransom was paid. The four suspects already arrested in the

case remain in jail in lieu of four of a million dollars in bail each. In Newark. I'm read well the FBI has released the name of the asset suspect he's identified as Jose. Nineteen years old his address is given as East Thirty fourth Street in Paterson. That's the same neighborhood the other four suspects are from his whereabouts are still unknown but authorities are out searching. The Dominican Republic says council general for Philadelphia was arrested in his Cherry Hill home last night. He's charged with conspiring to run guns to the Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua Sandino Groupon is being held on three million dollars bail. Three other men were also arrested for the alleged conspiracy. Customs officials say no guns were ever purchased. But the scheme allegedly was to deliver a million dollars worth of guns and ammunitions to the Nicaraguan rebels. Some newer cab drivers turned on their off duty signs this afternoon in downtown traffic in a demonstration for higher fares. The cabbies members of the newer Taxi Drivers Association want a rate hike to overcome what

they call the catastrophic effect of rising gasoline prices. The association which claims to represent about 2000 newer cab drivers is asking the city for a 40 percent increase in Gap but would accept less. Than. 20 on the first 20. There are 600 medallion taxi drivers of those cabs say it's becoming increasingly difficult to make a living by driving a newer taxi commission called an emergency meeting for August 2nd to discuss the driver's request. The city of Newark cannot enforce its new ordinance banning the sale of drug paraphernalia at least for a while. A federal judge has issued an injunction against the drug law until the city can prove its constitutional. The legal action was started by the Bad Company A New York based outfit that sells cigarette papers a product that's affected by the New

York ordinance. Anyone selling advertising or displaying papers such as the bamboo product would face a $500 fine 90 day 90 days in jail or both. Babel officials say that law is constitutionally vague. Courtroom arguments will be heard. August 2nd. The fight for imperial Newark ambulance service was taken to the home of the city's police director last night. The controversy is over a police walkie talkie. The former state senator says he needs it to operate his ambulance service but police director Hubert Williams says he doesn't. More on the story from Sandra King. The police director wasn't even at home but that didn't stop Tony in Peoria alley asking this resident. Directo Williams. As a member of the north ward to be sensitive to our personal feelings because you don't like me I certainly don't like him. Williams doesn't pretend to like the Northwood activist but he maintains that has nothing to do with

his placing those police radios off limits to any civilian. Williams says NPR realease three ambulances should be hooked into the city's centralized communication system along with all the other volunteers there. You know Evelyn service most of the rector in the city you're not going to be going in on the street doing three hours before they can get an ambulance imperially says his squad has answered 50000 emergency calls free of charge over the past 11 years. He says he wants to continue the service his way and he predicts he'll get that police radio back. The demonstration lasted only 30 minutes and he said that was all the time he needed to make his point. In Newark. I'm Sandra King. At least 700 assembly line workers at the Ford plant and Mogwai will be laid off Friday. Company officials say the demand for light trucks has dropped significantly. So production at the plant where the trucks are built will be temporarily suspended. Union

leaders however have a different story. They say the 700 layoffs will be permanent and they've threatened a temporary shutdown at the 30 500 employee plant. The U.S. House has overwhelmingly approved a measure that could save some of Amtrak's runs through New Jersey. President Carter wanted Amtrak to cut its routes by almost 43 percent. That meant the end of several long distance passenger trains that stopped in New Jersey but New Jersey Congressman James Florio came up with a compromise bill one the House approved today. It will give Amtrak nearly three million dollars over the next three years to buy new trains. At a Washington news conference today Florio said the bill would cut Amtrak trains by only 20 percent. And the figures used to determine which trains will go will be based on more recent ridership records that would reflect current increases in train ridership. The Department of Transportation announced today its half price fare for Conrail trains to the Jersey Shore has been so successful it will do it again this weekend. Ridership increased by 50 percent last weekend in

the plan to offer residents an alternate way of getting to the shore. The special weekend roundtrip fares apply to trains leaving Newark and New York City and arriving in Long Branch and points out free buses are also available to take riders to and from the beach areas. The Elizabeth Town gas company may get a 12 million dollar rate increase that's the recommendation of at least one hearing officer for the Board of Public Utilities. If the proposed increase is approved the typical customer's bill will go up 13 percent. That's up from an average $44 a month they are now paying. The average customer is now paying will pay forty eight dollars of Elizabethtown has one hundred and eighty thousand customers it serves all of northwestern New Jersey. The state commission of investigation is looking into the New Jersey Housing Agency and its dealings with a Camden County apartment project. The project involved is the mansions complex in Pine Hill according to a Trenton newspaper The FBI wants to know why the housing agency was so willing to spend

millions of dollars to bail out the mansions developer back in 1973. According to the published report the FAA paid out 11 million dollars on the project that was valued at only four million in 1973. Another million a year was reportedly committed to the Project for the next 40 years. A spokesman for the sci admitted his agency is looking into the matter but the client further comment. Congress has defeated a constitutional amendment that would have banned bussing of school children to achieve desegregation. State education officials think busing is a good tool for racial balance but one that New Jersey doesn't really need. Mariama Rosso reports. About 20 percent of the state's schoolchildren take the bus to school but mostly because they have too far to walk. Only three percent of those on the buses are part of a desegregation plan and there's never been a state or court order to bus.

State officials say New Jersey doesn't need busing because the state is so small and so densely populated in urban areas schools are so close children walk and you can't just segregate by having them walk to another nearby school. Even in the suburbs they say you can often get racial balance in the classroom. Just changing the district lines of the neighborhood school a few blocks. Assistant Education Commissioner Joseph Zach says the state prefers to use these simpler and less expensive means to desegregation wherever possible costly expensive its educational dollars dollars that we'd like to see possible. But House Judiciary Committee chairman Peter Rodino of Newark thinks Boston is a tool the nation still needs. Even now some people don't like it but it is. The courts have tried to be able to bring about

equality of educational opportunity for all children regardless of race color or creed. Apparently New Jersey can do that without saying I Merriam Rosso. A radio station will soon be for sale in the city of TAM bed and the seller. The city taxpayers. Mike Power reports. The radio station is way up on top of Camden City Hall. It's been there since it went on the air in 1926. The city says it has three groups interested in buying WCM official say the station makes a small profit and is one of only two or three city owned radio stations in the country. The president of the Camden City Council says the city just wants out of the radio business. Wow. We kind of felt we really shouldn't be in the radio business. We're in the business of operating the city. We don't we just don't feel that. The operation was essential to the operation. The city Camden has tried to sell WCM before but has never been able

to. The city says it will insist that in the new owners reaffirm the station's commitment to Camden's heavy minority population specifically probably one of the biggest shows that we have is for Hispanic show which is on the air. It's my understanding that again several years ago it was a Hispanic community who objected to the sale several years ago based on the fact that that state program would be lost. The Camden city council plans to formally put WCM on the auction block tomorrow. The asking price is eight hundred fifty thousand dollars. In Camden. I'm like our. Jersey Central Power and Light Company is working on ways to provide more electricity. The utility is not talking nuclear power or more oil burning plants. Says the future may lie in windmills within the next two weeks. And the Department of Energy a proposal for a two megawatt windmill hopefully to be working by next summer. That same proposal will also ask for money to build it. Eventually

I would like to build 50 or 60 windmills across the state. We'll have to see the forecast is becoming a bit repetitious with our past present and future. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms low temperatures will be in the upper 60s. Tomorrow. Again a good chance of thunder and a little cooler at the shore. Partly cloudy warm thunderstorms are likely. Watch metropolis.

A young athlete became very wealthy and very happy and here wealthy for sure anyway. The New Jersey Nets have come to terms with their number one draft pick. Now that is a six foot six inch forward out of northeastern Louisiana is expected to step right in as a rookie. In fact some of the most complete player in this year's entire draft. That's coach Kevin question. Questions at today's news conference. And that has reason to smile is a four year contract is estimated to be worth $800000. Not bad at all that's 200 grand a year for the big man. So I think it will be OK. I'm just playing. One question is where will he play the nets already have Bernard King one of the best small forwards in the business.

Possibly Locke really has them both together in a lot of places can play together. Of course who in July and in the summertime you don't give jobs if they have to go out and players have to earn that. But if it goes then the situation with Benoit and the FO is that when the job's in training they can play together. A couple of big fights are coming to New Jersey very soon. First of all on August 18th in Atlantic City about for the WBC light heavyweight championship of the world current champ Matthew Saeed Mohammad formerly known as Mattie Franklin will take on John. Muhammad is from Philadelphia from England. That title bout on the steel pier then on September 18th Mike Rosman will be at Giants Stadium to Rossman has been out of action since April 14th that's the day he lost his WBA light heavyweight title the victor Glenda's Rossman getting pounded against the ropes here and that bout the Jewish bomber fractured his right hand you'll be seeing if that hand is healed when he takes on Iran. Well oh this will be the first fight at Giants Stadium. Mike Ross one of Turner's of all against Iran quote September 18.

Meanwhile in orange today funeral services were held for one of the most colorful fighters in the history of the sport two time Tony died on Sunday in a Livingston hospital at age 69. He had been seriously ill for some time. You could talk about Delano for hours on end there was a serious fight or a killer in the ring who floored Joe Lewis in 1939. Lewis got up to win that one goal and 0 ended his career in 1944 after 100 14 pro fights. Then there was the fun side of Tony Coelho a PR man's dream. L.A. is known to train on beer and there was the ever present unlit cigar. Tony's fame also came from his willingness to get into the ring with anybody or anything including Teddy the Russian bear and even an octopus one time public or a public relations man at the time was car Mind Body government I didn't know it was an octopus he thought it was another Russian he was going to be working with because Russians have odd names until we got to take when he wanted to take a look at a nation

I'm not going in and I think the rush to push and not to push for better money. We rush to get shots against poison and what do you think happened. Three days later the octopus died. May not have been the prettiest fighter who ever lived but not many were more interesting. Tony survived by his widow Mary and a son Anthony Jr. will be missed. One other item last night at the Meadowlands track John Campbell drove home one winner giving him one hundred sixty eight wins on the season. That ties this season records of this record at the Meadowlands John Campbell will try to break that record tonight. And that's sports Rebecca. Thanks Paul. A temporary injunction has been issued against a Cherry Hill insurance company. According to the state insurance commissioner's office Somerset insurance operating out of a Cherry Hill office. But the commissioner says the company is licensed in this state and as far as he can tell he's not licensed anywhere in the country. Somerset insurance officials must show up in court August 17th against the

injunction. Now that we've marked the 10th anniversary of landing on the moon space scientists are looking to the future and will have a part in it. Television cameras made in this state will be carried aboard the nation's first spacecraft. Steve Taylor reports. The American space shuttle will be more than a rocket ship that can make repeated trips out of the atmosphere. It will also serve as a cargo vessel which can resupply space stations and as a means of launching satellites. The space shuttle has two enormous doors 60 feet long which the astronauts can open in space that makes it possible for them to unload or launch whatever the shuttle is carrying. Now the RCA Space Center in Mercer County they've got a full sized mock up of the shuttle's cargo bay. Inside is a make believe communications satellite similar to the kinds the shuttle will be placing into orbit RCA built the model to test its remote control cameras which will be mounted inside the cargo area. The space shuttle provides very limited visibility for the astronauts to

view the activity going on in the cargo bay. They have to look through the two windows on their bulkhead. And when satellites or other cargo are loaded in that day they would have practically no visibility they need the television system with its multiple cameras so that they can keep aware of everything that's happening in that cargo bay. The government is paying RCA over 10 million dollars for seven color cameras. They'll go into service whenever the space shuttle finally gets off the ground. There's been delays in that program but Massa now says the first shuttle flight into space should come in the middle of next year. I'm Steve Taylor. This is the story of a happy family father mother and three sons. They all went to church. The boys played baseball or were active in their community. Not uncommon in the town of Mondeo New Jersey until early one Sunday morning. The oldest son

shocked them all. Bill Moyers Journal brings us the story of the regrettable death of a family. Don't miss it. Friday at 9:00 on New Jersey Public Television. The National Bar Association is the oldest as well as the largest organization of black attorneys in this country. The outgoing president of the association is Julius Williams who practices law in Newark. Later this week Mr. Williams will be leaving for the National Bar Associations. I knew well Convention in Los Angeles but this afternoon he spoke with reporter Saundra King. Mr. Williams as the representative of 7000 black lawyers nationally and as one who's legalizes focused on the Congress the Supreme Court what has the past year been like for black Americans. It would have to be termed a mix. The year the Bacchae case on the one hand

was suppose the conservatives point of view as voiced by the Supreme Court and yet the webbie case seems to have rectified some of the wrong bed Baki created. Are you saying then that that Rocky was discouraging harmful to affirmative action whereas whatever may have been a boost. Yes just as an example. Brocky case there were some specific examples of racial discrimination in certain preferential programs such as utilized by the University of California could not be utilized. The case on the other hand found no specific discrimination in the situation with respect to the Kaiser company or with the union there. What it did say that this particular program and it didn't narrow it to that particular program was in fact an acceptable means by which blacks could be introduced into some positions of influence and affluence in this society.

Any time we have Supreme Court decisions we see the effect rippling down closer to home here in New Jersey. What have these two cases meant. First Bucky. We've seen a big change in some of our college and university admissions policies. Let's look at Rutgers the Rutgers program was almost exactly like the University of California we're talking about the law school law school years when certain a certain number of seats were set aside as they go for minority admissions. The Law School has changed the word minority to disadvantage students and has increased the number to 30 percent from 25 percent. But now that disadvantaged whites are included in that category. What's that going to mean to the black or Puerto Rican youngster trying to get into law school. It depends upon how that particular term is administered. The definition that they come up with I haven't seen the guidelines but those of us who have been a part of

the Rutgers experience for so many years for so many years feel that it will not have a significant effect nationwide if that particular program were instituted. It may be a different kind of result. Have you seen other losses here from back in. Yes this year we've seen several school just completely eliminate their front of action programs here in New Jersey tonight in New Jersey I can speak from. I've been paying attention to other states as well as New Jersey because I think it's the outstanding example here. Let's talk about the weather. We have a case where affirmative action programs were in fact upheld. How's that strengthened from another action in the corporate world in the public sector here in New Jersey. It will be interested in this particular area a certain set of guidelines for example in Atlantic City. There are certain that were written into the regulations with respect to the casino gambling industry in a particular county in this particular county. There

was to have been a program whereby black saw it made it to some of the ongoing jobs in the construction industry based upon these pre-determined goal. It was certainly give us who have been involved in Atlantic City and the casino industry itself. Those kinds of guidelines the medical school would be another example. Its almost broke now but certainly the new plan could not have been so successful had not there been a decision such as Webb assuming that the time table will different back to the U.S. Supreme Court for a moment. What about desegregation. We're now 25 years past Brown versus the Board of Education when separate but equal was struck down. Where do we stand and what movement have we seen during the past year. It is very clear to me that we have not integrated our schools in this country. The focus of attention however seems to have shifted from the courts to Congress. There are all kinds of attempts now to attach riders to various

appropriation bills. Some successful some not successful. Saying in essence that if in fact the particular problem that relies upon busing as a mean they cannot utilize federal money but there was a decision this year that upheld busing as a legitimate means of integrating schools and what does that mean quickly here in New Jersey. It means that that as a viable alternative to us we haven't seen busing in New Jersey for some strange reason. New Jersey is certainly no panacea to racial discrimination but the option is still there. WILLIAMS Thank you for being with us. Thank you. Once again our top stories. The FBI is looking for a fifth suspect in the kidnapping of a Patterson bank executives wife dreck. Earlier today Patterson police recovered most of the two hundred seventeen thousand dollars paid as ransom and the US House has passed a measure that could save some of the abstract train schedule for cancellation in this area. The measure was sponsored by New Jersey Congressman James Florio. And that's the news.

I'm Rebecca. Good night for New Jersey nightly news. New Jersey Nightly News is a joint presentation of New Jersey Public Television and w ne t 13. The program is broadcast weeknights at 6:30 on Channel 13 and at 7:30 on New Jersey Public Television. There's a repeat broadcast at 10:00 p.m. on New Jersey Public Television. And at 8:00 the following morning on Channel 13. Portions pre recorded. It. And from the New Jersey Public Television Studios in Trenton. It's

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