New Jersey Nightly News; New Jersey Nightly News 03/18/1979

New Jersey likely new song. Good evening. In the news tonight the New York Paternal Order of Police takes a swipe at the police director they disagree over the crime rate. In other news college teachers are negotiating. And we'll have a report on one way to overcome your fear of flying. In sports Well Rutgers came close but both men's and women's teams ended their seasons last night. Bill Perry will have all the sports including high school basketball championships. And we'll take a closer look at the week's top stories. Now the news in Newark police director Hubert Williams says unofficial figures showing a drastic increase in crime. Are false. Two days ago a New York Council member charged that overall crime had jumped 66 percent after the layoff of 200 police officers. Today the Fraternal Order of Police made the same charges using similar figures and criticizing the police director. Wells has more.

The Newark Police Department communications center is the hub of the dispatch network in the city. All emergency calls are directed here and all statistics are stored in computers at this center. In a press conference Thursday Newark Councilman Anthony Corrino did some statistical analysis of New York's crime figures for January and February Korinos report was not sanctioned by the police department but shows an increase in all areas of violent crime including armed robbery rape and assault. Following these revelations there were charges that Corrino was playing politics with the emotional crime issue in Newark. In an attempt to further his own political career. But today the Fraternal Order of Police revealed similar figures. Just last month there's a saying that figures don't lie but liars can figure both know that things can be manipulated. How accurate are these recent crime statistics. Well the figures that we are compiling are factual. They all indicate definitely without a doubt that crime is increasing in every category from

burglary robbery to homicide to rape and it's increasing within every ward within the city. Our police director has been called on the carpet by various of business groups throughout the city that are being hit by the high crime rate. He in fact is telling these people that the crime rate of declining what he tells them this he's actually lying and concealing the true crime statistics. The unions have been known to be fast and loose with their language. That's kind of hearsay third hand information. I never told anybody that crime was going down or crime was going up. I tell everybody that we have not made an assessment at this point. It is really too early for anybody to tell. And what he's reporting is totally inaccurate. So the Fraternal Order of Police continues its fierce city campaign in hopes of getting the 200 laid off policemen back on the beat in Newark. I'm Reggie wells. Archbishop Thomas Boland who died yesterday at the age of 83 will be buried

in Newark on Wednesday. Bolen head of the Archdiocese of New York for 21 years until his retirement four years ago. Funeral plans include a wake tomorrow afternoon in the Cody funeral home in Orange the Archbishop's body will lie in state in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. From Monday through Wednesday when a mass will be celebrated by Bowl and successor Archbishop Peter Garrity Boland was last seen in public last Sunday when he reviewed a St. Patrick's Day parade in his hometown of West Orange. State negotiators today said they expect a break in the ongoing talks to avert a state college strike. But teachers say that unless an agreement is reached by tomorrow night there will be no classes for 90000 students at eight state colleges beginning Tuesday. Negotiations continued at Rutgers today. And Diana London was there. Today was the third day of bargaining in the teacher's union still insists there's no real progress to report.

There have been no breakthroughs we've been working. We're still working. I cannot say at this time that we will have an agreement. I can't say that we won't have an agreement. We've got a great deal of work to do in a long way to go in some of the major issues. I have not even been discussed as yet those major issues really boil down to more money and a few other academic matters. The teachers are asking for a salary increase that keeps up with the rate of inflation. They say that would mean about 12 percent. The state is offering a two and a half percent increase. The New didn't go into effect till January. The two groups of far apart. But despite the distance Frank Mason the state's chief negotiator says he thinks there is hope. I think in spite of the position the union has publicly announced that a strike is inevitable. On the contrary there's a fairly good chance that an agreement can be reached.

State officials may sound optimistic but union leaders say they have their doubts and that they're continuing to prepare for an extremely well-organized strike this coming Tuesday in New Brunswick. I'm Diana London. The rights of all state psychiatric patients to refuse medication are now at stake in federal court in New Jersey. A U.S. district judge has agreed to expand the suit brought on behalf of one patient into a class action affecting all patients at state psychiatric hospitals. The suit is being brought by the state public advocate who says mental patients are being forced to take drugs which they should be entitled to refuse. The court action began with the case of an involuntary patient at an cos psychiatric hospital. In a preliminary decision four months ago Judge Stanly Brotman upheld that patient's right of refusal. But Brahman's new ruling means he'll be hearing allegations concerning all state psychiatric hospitals and all 5000 of their patients. New Brunswick raw sewage is turning the Raritan River into an open sewer. So

says the Public Interest Research Group charging that the city dumps up to 100000 gallons of raw sewage into the river every day and to make matters worse a scientist from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that appreciable quantities of cancer causing chemicals are flowing into the Ratan from the now closed pinball landfill in Addison. That charge was made in an affidavit filed in federal court in Trenton in connection with a suit aimed at cleaning up the landfill. We had a mixture of salt and clouds today but even old saint Paddy would be pleased with our mild temperatures. The Irish spirit warmed up New Jersey in preparation for tomorrow's big parade in Newark. Tonight. We'll have fair weather throughout the state with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s in the north slightly cooler and South Jersey. Tomorrow. A good day to watch the parade and maybe recuperate. It'll be partly sunny with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s in the north again a bit cooler in the south. The outlook for Monday. Partly cloudy with little or no change in

temperature. Uh huh. Watch the fabulous grease band tonight at 8:00 on the sun. Well there's plenty of basketball news tonight but it will make wreckless fans happy. Bill Perry is here to tell us why. Too true Sandy plenty of basketball and it will make Rutgers happy the impossible dream turned into a nightmare Rutgers suffered a double dose of misery last night losing twice the

men in the NCW East regionals and the women in the eastern Saint John's top director 67 65 in the NC double A's rector's was in control already twice that led by as many as eight in the first half. Watch the following illustration and then I will analyze what cost Rutgers am. I in. Oh well. OK. What we're saying is workers are often against the man for man getting the ball inside and penetrating but unfortunately Tom Youngs got St. Johns in foul trouble they went to the zone and wreckers couldn't do anything against St. Johns don't record didn't have was a rescue Carter was getting beer for St. Johns 22 points on her records didn't have according to Thomas but 14 points up but thanks. They didn't have an outside ready against the zone this is James that was only one St. Johns went to the zone in the second half put records up 60 to 61 for minutes up 19 for claims

Reggie part of beautiful skin on the face by St. Johns up 63 62. Abdel Anderson's record back up by 164 sixty three to quarter free throws. St. Johns up once Brooklyn Frisco but he also missed one 65 all it came down to this Wayne McCoy following a Reggie Carter mess. Watch the replay watch McCoist position on James out of the pocket gates St. John's the way in 67 to 65. Meanwhile the Rutgers women under the direction of two research grants put it for them last night in an AI AWB Steria semifinal testing in the dark uniforms beat Rutgers 79 to 68 number 44 simpy Brogan 27 points you can play Kathy only on number 40 inside here at 17 for Tennessee wreckers thirty seven to thirty six after the first half but in the second half I miss you guys I'm sorry Debbie Gruber driving there at 13 points how you work with the lane here had a total of. 10 broken doing it outside Tennessee doing it on the second half anyway. Records was meant by number

24 to be skinny. She had 14 Thank you. Was. Also. 14 June all Koski number 45 the caps were all season long records and it 10 points but Tennessee beats record 79 68 in these areas. Some very good double dose of bad news but things are going well for Kevin doctoring and the Mets on the road last night the nets watched the Golden State 117 to want to cheer when the spectacular shots apartment. We get you Bernard came John Williamson led the Mets last night with 30 points the Nets have now lost. The ring and on the road they are thirty two up and 34 down on the season. Sunny Parker right here like Golden State with 22 points. The Mets will try again at Portland tonight then tomorrow the next play against San Diego the trailblazers and Clippers two hot clubs in the NBA. Things just not looking good for New Jersey. And high school basketball expat title time her poems would be one that one state championship last night beating Wildwood 74 to 58. The winners in the dark and dirty lead throughout the report

for after one wild which are just two of 17 in the first quarter. That'll hurt him fourth on number 15 19 points and 12 rebounds for the winners. Thank you Joe. Total twenty three point. Four. We're great. Right here show game high score which twenty eight and one after the game. What a record. They take the one state title. Other state champions in Group Two. Aren't. Baby. Pleasantville 73 67. Group three. Malcolm X the baskets I don't think people want banks to prepare. For. Group 4 Camden takes it. Thank you. 67 to 61. Highlights of the group 3 and group 4 games tomorrow. Plus the space shuttle wrapped up right yes I think that's enough. The finals of the state high school wrestling meet were held today at Princeton's Jadwin jam 12 individual champions were crowned in the various weight classes and we can identify the winners for you first of all you're looking at a hundred twenty two pounds Joe Duca from Paulsboro is waiting out the final

seconds boozing on the bottom. Joe one of decision overhangs Diable of Pakistan 1 0 1 1 or Doug can a hundred central one away Joe spin is Oh absolutely false at 115 pounds. Orlando Kasar rose one hundred twenty nine pounds a spectacular pain for a long branch in the darker uniform right here at 135 pounds you'll see coming up to Austin from Neptune one a decision over Wayne's not going to be better. Than this. He's been. Through A hundred thirty five crown winner again is Austin from Neptune at a hundred forty one pounds one in central one 148 Jan Michaels from Brighton and he was named the meat's outstanding wrestler one fifty eight build Dykeman from 174 and Richardson from St. Benedict one hundred. Eighty eight pounds movement and growth and the heavyweight was Matt Walker Pittman and Mike thanks to the tournament directors for getting in those winners. Maybe three four five minutes ago that sports said to you Bill

the Asbury Park renaissance is underway at least that's what Mayor Ray Kramer is calling it a major proposal for the redevelopment of the Asbury Park beachfront calls for the sale of the beachfront and Boardwalk area to private developers those developers Carmen and Thomas Ricci are responsible for similar developments in Long Branch and in the seaside area. The eight block stretch of property in Asbury Park has been assessed at more than 12 million dollars. The plan does not include the sale of convention hall or the Berkeley Carteret hotel the mayor's plan detailed in today's Asbury Park Press. But many people fear of flying means a lot more than the novel of that name. Terrify them. And that can sometimes cause problems at home and at work. During what's called Flight phobia is a difficult problem for psychologist but as Diana London tells us a new approach is being tried in New Jersey. That depends not on doctors but on films. Happy New Year.

If you're afraid of flying this film may make you nervous and it's part of a new kind of therapy for flight phobia. Elizabeth General Hospital. Patients are shown several scenes from TV commercials some that produce anxiety. Immediately followed by others that are more relaxing. We know that if people are exposed and allow themselves to be exposed to the thing they fear they can overcome that fear. We also know that some people learn to do things by observing others they have more courage to do that. And thirdly if you. Reinforce or reward people for doing something that they're fearful of doing they're more likely to do it again we've incorporated all three of those elements into each segment of the film.

Dr. Dan Holtz first tried the therapy about five years ago. He worked with flight phobia X whose fear went way past the sweaty palm and chewed up fingernail stage. I wasn't able to look for it let's say other types of employment where maybe traveling would be in which you could look as a benefit. I would shy away from those type of employment. There were many things that my husband wanted to do. Many trips he would like to take and I was really preventing all the happiness experiences that we could have. At the end of therapy 40 out of 50 patients in the program said they were able to fly. That was five years ago. In a recent follow up study doctors found that almost all of them were still flying. Which. Doesn't even bother me. Been to Hawaii been to Puerto Rico been to St. Thomas been to Florida back and forth. I don't feel that the airplane is the obstacle between here and there. It's just

a way of getting there. When I have time the doctor is pleased with the success of the program. He's especially pleased with a hundred dollars for his many sessions takes. A major clinician the therapist the psychiatrist or psychologist is not necessary. Everything is on tape and film and it can be applied by anyone who learns to use a tape recorder or projector. That's a tremendous saving in clinical time and of course money. For every school of psychology. There's probably a different method for treating phobias but most of them have something in common. They all take a lot of time and money. Usually private sessions They cost anywhere from 50 to 80 dollars an hour. At those rates you can develop called poverty. The approach of Elizabeth general offers an alternative to that helping people to overcome their fear of flying and to gain more control

over their lives. In Elizabeth I'm Diana London. It's come and strangely beautiful and great. This week ended on a surprising note Governor burn yesterday named Robert Lenz to be the state's new chief justice. Well comes from a politically active family. Democrats. And he currently represents the liquor industry in its fight against price

deregulation. The governor said the naming of a lens was the most important decision of his term. Governor Brown also named Stuart Pollock as his associate as his choice for associate justice. The state's current chief justice Richard Hughes reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in August as Will another judge on the court. If the appointments are confirmed the character of the court. And the state's justice system could change. So take a look at this story and others of the week with John McLaughlin he's a contributing reporter and a columnist for New Jersey magazine and Richard Hixson our commentator on the media and a professor at Rutgers. John on last night's program you said you felt that the lance apartment had been made on merit. Surely though there are some political overtones here. I did say that I would like to reach outside today and say that while it may not necessarily have been on the merits. I still think what emerged there was a point there. I have learned that there was because several Not a growing rumbling. In the legal and judicial communities about the appointment. Some people feel that Mr. Weiss doesn't have enough

experience other people feel that well. He's his father's son and there's a reason he's there and some people think there's a giant conspiracy involving some of the Williams And the governor and chief justice Hughes and which I don't believe. Do you believe that in fact he doesn't have enough experience should one have been a judge on some level before one becomes chief justice of the Supreme Court. Well perhaps what I would point out that the first chief justice or for Vanderbilt's or for about a year on the bench before he was appointed chief justice. The same was true for chief justice Weintraub. Something like 15 years elapsed between the time Richard Hughes served on the bench until the time he became chief justice. I think of a. Of a man as bright and capable as you. Yes I do. I think will do fine. OK on another court issue New Jersey took a giant step toward what one newspaper called Candid courtroom bringing television and radio into the process of justice has been a slow and deliberate as the legal process itself. Last December the state Supreme Court allowed cameras and microphones into the chambers for the first

time since 1936 Apparently the experiment succeeded. The Supreme Court said it would give the media access to trials in Bergen and Atlantic counties. It'll be a year long experiment with a few guidelines. The cameras will be barred from rape trials and other sensitive cases. Only two cameras will be allowed in court. They'll be no bright lights and no camera movement. Once inside. How significant is this death. I think of the three broad areas. This has implications and sociological what this conceivably kind of effect it could have on the public in terms of its. Learning. More about the judicial trial process technical the technological aspects which we'll see now if. The broadcasters can. Adapt. And be is as unobtrusive as possible. And then there's the area of finally allowing the. Electronic journalists access to the courtroom which they have been denied it's been discriminatory up to this point.

OK the question's been raised you spoke about public education some people think that in fact they'll be more distortion of what's going on in the courtroom just because of television's need to compress. And to perhaps seek the more sensational What do you think about this is going to be a real challenge to. Obviously we're not going to see the complete trial uninterrupted it's going to be edited. But of course material in newspapers is edited to a degree. It's not the same as being there. And this will be the challenge to avoid as much as possible simply the sensational aspects of trials. John as somebody who's covered trials from a print. Basis what is your view of this new idea of letting TVs into the courtroom. Well. First of all it might be a better idea. To. Televise trials for jurors. I really think you can see a lot more. Watching someone testify before a camera. And you can by watching them in person that's more radical than what my other thought is that people tend to posture. When they know they're on television they don't

act naturally. But to the extent that it opens up the process I think one of the more valuable things is going to be the public really want to know how much the lying goes on in the trial. If they had a chance to watch any trial for 15 or 20 straight minutes they would know. That what you're seeing there is a contest of liars. That's important thing for the lawyer I think. John will this heighten the theatricality of the courtroom. If you're on the other hand look at the judges. What's going to happen at the end of the year this is a year long experiment presumably the end of the year the Supreme Court decides whether it's worked or not what criteria do you think they'll be using. I don't know I think it you know that's a that's a very good question what kind of criteria. I'm somewhat concerned of mixed feelings about. The judiciary's. Kind of primary involvement in this. I was thinking. Perhaps if we had another body or an agency of some kind that would evaluate do the evaluation.

Because it is. It is keeping it within the same family. The decision to allow. The cameras in the same body will also make the decision. Whether it was effective or useful should be continued at all. What about the question of the guidelines the restrictions that are being placed on cameras do they seem legitimate to you. Yeah I think so either use this sort of thing you want to approach fairly carefully and cautiously. Remember that the courts are the last great autocracy. It's kind of a dictatorial system in terms of what they allow and what they don't allow. They said that it's contained within the court's own jurisdiction I think is a much easier to deal with than giving over some other body. The confusing status of television in New Jersey became more confusing this week. The Federal Communications Commission came to a decision regarding the license of Channel 13 the FCC said their team's programs for New Jersey were OK but that many had to develop plans for a better building in north Jersey.

That programming is important not buildings but the main challengers call the FCC decision a significant first step. Is it that. Well I think so. The fact that we don't have a VHF channel which means you know having wider. Reception throughout the state could be improved. Whether the physical presence will make a difference in. Helping New Jersey's identity in terms of. Summoning information throughout the state is open to question if in fact the FCC is not talking about more programming but rather physical facilities does that begin to meet the problem this in fact exists. Well I think it's a form of economic blackmail. In terms of channel 13 has never since 1961 when the movie channel from New Jersey to New York showed very much interest in televising in New Jersey. What's happening here is the FCC. Said well. It got maybe an hour of programming a day.

We think that's adequate for doing your job. We're going to make you build a studio and that's a lot of money and you got to bring camera crews over here and personnel presumably what you're paying all these people you're going to make it work. So we'll do more in your charity knows that kind of thinking that's going on with you occurred to me as maybe this FCC decision is somewhat of a cop out because here we have an educational channel. That doesn't that hasn't has never given all that much attention to news anyway. Even in New York news. And I mean aside from a few national and international programs. And if the FCC had come out with a stronger statement regarding one of the existing commercial stations and force them over here and I think conceivably would have gotten a New York station without. Which is a plug should work. Fortunately our time is up. I'd like to thank our guests contributing reporters John McLaughlin Richard Nixon. Thank you for being with us.

Recapping tonight's top stories. New York's police director says those crime statistics are false. The police union today backed up a city councilman claim that crime is up drastically in New York and State College teachers are still negotiating with the state. State officials say they hope to avert a strike planned by the teachers next week. And recapping our weather. Well the weather tonight throughout the state with in the upper 30s to low 40s in the north slightly cooler in South Jersey tomorrow. Sunny. Throughout the state. And that's New Jersey Nightly News the Saturday edition and I wish you Happy St. Patrick's Day and a good night. New Jersey Public Television. The program is broadcast both New Jersey Public Television.