New Jersey Nightly News; New Jersey Nightly News Episode from 07/13/1981 7:30 pm

Trenton. Is Done Tarrance. Good evening the pipeline completed just today to reopen Newark's water supply system has sprung a leak. In sports Bill Perry has the Cosmo's highlights along with the weekend sports wrap up and will update the Renaissance Newark project and our closer look segment tonight. There has been another rupture in Newark water system this time it's blamed on aging pipes. City engineers were rushing to get the system repaired when a section of older pipe burst flooding local highways Treadwell's reports a water supply line ruptured less than two miles east of the Quantic watershed today sending thousands of gallons of water over an embankment and flooding some sections of Route 23. According to construction workers on the scene. The break in the line occurred when workmen attempted to reactivate the water systems network of pipelines partially destroyed last week. Eight hundred feet of new pipeline had been installed and water pressure was almost a full force today when an older section of underground pipe caved in. Problems at the Quantic watershed began last Tuesday when John Stringer James Caan Christopher

Ledgett and Steven black all put Quantic residents reportedly opened a valve at the watershed sending a 1 day supply of water gushing through the lines at full force. Repair work was ahead of schedule and water flowed through the system for the first time in nearly a week earlier today. The new section of pipe withstood the water pressure without any problems but apparently an older section of the system couldn't stand the new pressure. Engineers had been hoping to have the Newark water system completely restored by Wednesday. But now they have no estimate of how much today's events have set them back. I'm Reggie wells. Striking Atlantic County court workers have been defying back to work order since last Thursday. Well today they decided to return to work rather than face prosecution with the remaining strikers in that county say they are going to stay out. The two sides will sit down together for the first time in weeks. But no one is predicting a quick settlement. Dan Hodson has more. Almost 100 of the striking members of the Teamsters Local 331 or judicial workers. It's against the law for them to strike. They're under the jurisdiction of county assignment judge Phillip

Groucho's given a tense confrontation last week he ordered union business agent Robert TURKALO to have them returned to work. Mr. circle are you going to tell these people to go back to. Where. The. Boys. Were and directed you to question people when he first heard. About. This today under the threat that individual judicial workers would be arrested and prosecuted. It seems his mind. I am very upset. That innocent people stand a chance of being incarcerated. That upsets me. And. On the basis of. The. You and me. That is the only thing. That I tell people to reserve their jobs more despite the fact that judicial employees are returning to work. They say they are still committed to this strike and are going to pick it in their spare time. These people are so angry and so hungry. They're going to be out there at night.

They're going to be out here in the morning. They are not going to let us stay out. This strike is going to continue. We are going to escalate. We are going to stay out. The union is asking for a 60 percent raise over two years. They claim they're paid an average of $3000 a year less than workers doing the same thing in other counties. The county calls a union request outrageous and is offering a 25 percent raise over two years. Still they say there is room for move we might not say but we will not move. We have never taken the position that we have moved on or off for the two sides will get together with a mediator tomorrow morning for the first time since before the strike started last Wednesday night. But one union official told us the sides are so far apart he doesn't think mediation will change anything. In Atlanta county Dan Hobson and elsewhere on the labor front the strike by Garden State Parkway toll collectors and maintenance workers continues tonight. Wages and benefits the main problems there but talks are scheduled to pick up tomorrow when that strike. Thirty thousand state workers

represented by the Communication Workers of America still don't have a contract talks are continuing with the state and one union spokesman told us today those talks are going smoothly. But if that doesn't continue the union already has authorization from its rank and file for a strike. The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee will begin looking into the conduct of a Senate colleague Harrison Williams beginning tomorrow. The senior senator from New Jersey has been convicted on Abscam corruption charges and has refused to resign. Sandra King reports on the hearing. The hearings could lead to the expulsion of Pete Williams after 23 years in the Senate. The 61 year old Democrat still insists he is innocent of any wrongdoing and despite pressure to quietly resign and spare the public agony of these hearings Pete Williams says he has nothing to hide and nothing to fear. The last time that the senator's Abscam behavior came under scrutiny the scene was Brooklyn federal court. And after five weeks of trial scores of witnesses and reels of incriminating tapes a jury said guilty guilty on all counts of bribery conspiracy

and abuse of his high office. But even when that conviction came in after three long days of waiting Pete Williams said he would fight for his Senate seat that he would not resign. And three months later he continues to insist he will not step down. But this time the joy will be his own peers six fellow senators three Republicans three Democrats. Their job to recommend ultimate action to the full body of the Senate and they will not be bound by a simple no or yes. Guilty or not open to them a wide range of options from no penalty to censure to expulsion. And despite House action against its members convicted in Abscam there's been no Senate precedent in decades. No committee members will talk to us today. A staffer saying only that they're anxious not to make these hearings a media event but the committee is expected to consider whether Pete Williams did violate its rules of conflict disclosure and improper behavior which may reflect upon the Senate. The senator wasn't talking either but his aides say he still hopes for vindication on all of

those counts. He also hopes his colleagues will see Abscam as a threat to their rights and autonomy and that they will see him as a foolish but innocent Abscam victim. In Washington I'm Sandra King. A federal judge in Newark did an about face today and ruled the Justice Department cannot claim $1 million in water pollution damage from owners of the Ken Buck landfill. Judge Clarkson Fisher had ruled in April that the federal government could seek the million is common law damages. But he was forced to reverse himself when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against that concept in two different cases. The owners of Ken book had asked the judge to reconsider his rulings following the Supreme Court decisions. The judge did but says he still doesn't think he was wrong. It's just that the Supreme Court has told him he's wrong. Residents of Western Morris County are asking the state to close the current landfill which they say is threatening their water supply with toxic chemicals. Tom Stuard reports. Who do you go to and say what do we do. The

state doesn't seem to give that day. More than 200 Cester residents are pressuring the State Department of Environmental Protection to shut down the 250 acre kohm landfill where industrial solvents were dumped for 25 years until 1975. Ultimately we'd like to close the landfill and make sure it is properly secure to prevent the leaks from contaminating our wells. Bleach is always continuing around but we want to try and stop it. One hundred of the dumps neighbors dug into their own pockets to pay for water samples. They claim toxic chemicals turned up in 42 of their residential wells as a result many are taking the advice of State and Federal environmental officials and using bottled water. We're worried about so much so we. Buy or water or we get water from our sun. There's a town near here called representatives acknowledge the EPA has been testing ground water contamination at the dump code for he's been working with the Department of Environmental Protection and sampling the wells that we have on site inside the landfill and we're going to compile all

this data and try and determine exactly the extent of this contamination. Chester City officials fear that toxic plume could spread beyond the landfill to nearby wetlands that serves the river and rivers headwaters. We have to make sure that the water that comes to our town is pure because if we don't think contamination that we let go here eventually finds itself going to the breakfast tables of millions of people in New Jersey. But BP officials have yet to conclusively establish a link between the column landfill and the contaminated wells. So townspeople promised to do just that at a special public meeting with Health and Environmental officials. July 20th in Chester Township Morris County. I'm Tom steward. New Jerseyans may feel like they're on an energy bill rollercoaster these days the Elizabeth Town gas company has asked for a twelve point eight million dollar rate reduction but public service electric and gas wants higher rates. Elizabeth Town gas as it's asking for the rate reduction because a recent court decision eliminated a Louisiana pipeline tax and that cut the company's gas

costs. It could mean a savings of ten dollars this winter for each customer. PSEG though is asking for one hundred seventy nine million dollars in higher natural gas rates because it says costs have gone up as a result of decontrol and appellate division decision could mean a windfall for the 600000 motorists in this state covered by Allstate insurance. The court ruled today that Allstate cannot keep the $22 billion that got from a rate hike it imposed over a year ago. The decision could mean an average rebate of $37 per policyholder. Allstate is New Jersey's largest auto insurer. Medical history was made at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden recently. A 32 year old woman gave birth to a healthy baby who had grown outside her womb for the entire pregnancy. Susan these last reports meet Linda Abrazo when you're a week old baby brooke Ashley nine healthy 7 pounds 14 ounces they look pretty much like your average new mother and child. Except for the fact Linda has a low grade infection and can't hold brook for a few days. But two doctors here at our Lady of Lourdes

Hospital. This pair is a medical miracle. In a normal pregnancy the fetus grows here inside the woman's uterus commonly called the womb. In Linda's case it developed here in the abdominal cavity outside the uterus and stayed here and groove for the entire nine months when they carried the baby a full term abdominal pregnancy with the babies born without any congenital defects occurs in one out of 200000 such cases. Doctors think Linda's fallopian tube may have ruptured causing the fertilized egg to re-implement in the abdominal wall. Still the fetus had no trouble surviving normally speaking with pregnancy occurring within the womb. The afterbirth that helps to nourish and supply oxygen for the fetus is attached to the lining of the wound. In this case and then this case the afterbirth. The placenta was attached to the inner abdominal structures the bow the inner lining of the abdominal wall. And develop for nourishment from those features entirely to got to the operating table.

No one knew the baby was outside the uterus even though ultrasound testing had been damaged. Linda's life was in danger throughout her three hours Ghazarian delivery. The child was delivered and she was fine. They were concerned with me because I was losing a lot of blood and as a matter of fact I'm going to lose me. They had to completely replace all my blood and then they put me in intensive care for three days. Being 32 years old Linda has decided not to tempt fate and says this is her second child she had her uterus removed after giving birth to Brooke. Asked what she thinks about having accomplished the nearly impossible. Linda refused to take much credit. I don't feel special I just feel as though. God smiled on me in Camden I'm Susan nice loss. Governor burned today put his signature on a bill authorizing construction of a new state prison. The exact site of the medium security prison is still to be determined. Burns says the facility will probably be built in the northern section of Camden. Camden Mayor Melvin Primus says a spot mind in the city's

downtown area both sides still have to get together on the location. But the cost has been set. $30 million for the 400 bed prison. Thirty two state prisoners will get a new address this week. The Sussex County Jail in Newton they are being moved to alleviate overcrowding in state prisons. The first 16 will arrive in Newton this Friday. The second group underly 30 first Sussex County officials didn't want the prisoners but Governor Byrne issued an emergency order that they take them there jail has 86 cells but only 36 county inmates. Sussex County does get something out of the deal training for 10 new guards and $32 per day for each prisoner of houses one Camden firemen arrived at a huge fire in that city's industrial area. This morning they found the fire hydrants open complicating their efforts to control the fire. The blaze burned for four hours and went to seven alarms. One hundred fifty firemen had to be called in. Five of them had to be treated at local hospitals for minor injuries. The fire started in the H. M. Paluck company building a pine street spread to the adjacent national heating and building supply company and two other nearby buildings. Once the fire was put out investigators began immediately to look for its

calls. Atlantic City's air has been dangerously unhealthy all summer according to an air pollution monitoring group. Ozone levels in Atlantic City exceeded federal health limits seven times and approximately four times according to the Delaware Valley Citizens Council for clean air. Atlantic City has had the worst air pollution in the Delaware Valley for 17 of the last thirty seven days. And now here's a look at the weather forecast tonight will be warm but with less humidity than today the temperatures will be in the low to mid 70s. Tomorrow will be sunny and warm with decreasing humidity the highs will be in the upper 80s to low 90s. And the outlook for Wednesday sunny and pleasant. Time for tonight's closer look in Newark Here's Gus Henninger.

Late last year a coalition of private corporations announced the formation of Renaissance New York a project aimed at revitalizing downtown Newark. It's been more than six months now since that initial announcement. What has been accomplished so far. John Maddox is the executive director of Renaissance New York and is here with us today John in that six month period. Give us a progress report. Well I'm very optimistic. Let me say that at the point we're at now I think we have I think we've played a very meaningful role in a number of the projects that were underway before the creation of the corporation and possibly they being the reason for the creation of the corporation. I think we have in addition of course staffing offices and becoming involved as a coordinator and a facilitator of projects. I think with what I think we have I think we've taken a good clean crisp look at the downtown business district from what from a private sector

investment development perspective. I think we have you have you made a judgment you and the private sector people made a judgment that Newark is a viable investment possibility at this point. All apps. Absolutely so. Absolutely. So I think that the projects that are underway now and truly underway now will demonstrate demonstrate that. But beyond that the potential is there down the road. Well let's talk about the ones which are well underway now there's the Washington Park building really started before Renaissance and the whole issue of the status of that. Well they're clearing ground now to start they have started they have started construction and they're clearing buildings on the site now for the construction of 400000 square foot office building. And the major major tenant would be bad telephones that are major tenant at this point probably 70 percent of the building will be built telephone but significant at least from my perspective it puts first class

office space on the market available and on the market for uptown. Now John we've read or heard about other buildings which are in various stages of discussion and negotiation. What are they. Well of course you will I know are familiar with Prudential's expansion of the gateway complex they 4.8 acres under under option. They have got their building designed in cost it out we expect to hear within a week from hard on the approval of roughly 10 million dollar you Dagh that would assist them in the construction of the parking parking garage and pedestrian walkway. Very optimistic. That's a 65 million dollar 500000 square foot office building of which Prudential will take possibly 50 to 60 percent of. But again it puts some first class office space on the market downtown which is desperately needed. When you say they will take 50 to 60 for their own employees for this for their own units. Yes. Or their own use.

Some problems John have cropped up. There is speculation that the increase in the mass transit fares may cause a dramatic decrease in the use of mass transit. How will that impact if at all. Well one of the major assets of downtown Newark of course is it's its accessibility by public transportation to two railroads in the hub of the bus. The buses in the region it will have an impact. It. The degree of that impact will be I think is going to be a function of how high the fares go. I simply did not believe that that we in Newark or in the northeast are going to abandon in place. Mass transportation systems the degree of impact is going to be a function I think of society in general and in what they're willing to pay to for that convenience is one of the unique characteristics of Renaissance Newark as compared to other projects John has been the public sector private sector joint effort here.

The city of New York has had some very specific minority participation requirements for contractors and workers. There has been some conflict about that. What is the present status of that problem. Well I'm familiar with the city ordinances that require a minority contractor participation in projects that receive local property tax abatement. I would hope and I would hope that the construction projects that are about to take place obviously will comply with the law because I think they should. I think that's one of our purposes is to is to employ people. I know there have been there has been controversy in the past on major construction projects. I would only hope that the individuals the developers and the financial institutions involved in these upcoming projects are address that problem recognize that it's a problem and address it and resolve it before it becomes before it becomes a problem that can inhibit future development

because that it can do it. If it becomes a serious problem. One final quick question John will be the first building to actually dig a hole and start coming up out of the ground. Well I would say at this point you'd probably be Turner constructions building at one Washington park or a low wall or an entrepreneurial developer has optioned land just so just south of the Gateway project and so that same site construction company is very very active construction. OK John Maddox executive director of Renaissance New up with the progress report. Thanks for joining us. Thank you Gus. We'll be right back with Bill Perry. The good news and the bad news and sports. And here's Bill with a Cosmo's and swimming and track and a whole lot more bill and a

whole lot more. Thank you. Down the cosmos are not playing in the NASL this week. They're defending a trans-Atlantic Cup championship. And last night the defense began with the game against Glasgow Celtic the Scottish team the team that replaced the Soviet Union after the Russians pulled out of the round robin tournament the cosmos wanted to do nothing before. Twenty nine thousand Giants Stadium 13 minutes into the match Steve Wegerle leader Francois Vandewalle a baby and the goal for Julio Cesar Romero one footed one nothing Cosmo's. The Scottish team had some scoring chances but ubat broke in Miami quite a few nice saves here is one of them and the clincher for the Cosmo's off the corner kick from bogey 25 minutes into the second half it goes in off Jeff Durgan shoulder to do nothing this Wednesday night. The Cosmos host Southhampton of England this past Saturday night the NASL Seattle Sounders beat Southampton three to one. There was more international competition over the weekend it was the United States against the Soviet Union and a two day track and field competition in Leningrad the Soviets won the competition. Two hundred and through it I'm one hundred and seventy eight but willing bowlers Michelle Glover was a double winner taking the 100 meter dash and

then in the women's four by 100 meter relay the bell high standout anchored the final leg taking the handoff and starting out a four you are disadvantaged but by virtue of this furious finish and a well-timed lead at that tape Glover snatched what looked like an easy win for the Soviets. Here is one more look at that spectacular finish. Michelle Glover. Closer to home last week was racketball week in New Jersey and the state's 1981 racquetball championships concluded yesterday. After three days of competition it all took place at the King George racquet club in green book and 23 division championships were decided in the Men's Open competition right to know you Quantock was a winner over Charles-Norton for Chester New York when Kapiton always started playing. He didn't think it would lead to any state title. I graduated college and I was out playing football and swimming football scholarship will not work. I never thought I'd be this good or basketball player. But fortunately I turned out to be in men's doubles it was important to Porchester

New York and Dandini Phillips of Northpoint field in the Women's Open division. Cathy yard you championed women's senior division. Rory coming. How would you like to swim. Twenty three and a half miles while there was a marathon swim today around the island swim off and seek in Iowa and it was a 23 and a half mile swim and experienced paid off for last year's champion Paul Smith of Pukekohe Canyon California. Paul jumped in the water swim for a son. Smith won it going away. There wasn't another swimmer in sight. That's true. There are no swimmers in sight as Paul Smith crossed the finish line with that time of eight hours. Forty nine minutes and 30 seconds. At one point today Azmath had a two and a half mile 40 minute lead over the field. No video of Paul Azmath around the island when does that mean we have video for our next story folks. The sailing OK beautiful weekend for sailing Mike Marino with Perth Amboy took advantage. He won the thirty fifth annual Red Grant regard to the record and Yacht Club sponsored the invitational.

Our Tricia Gasper US has more real Really you right now Trish it's one of the most prestigious sailing events on the East Coast. Named after Red Grant but damn voice sailor he was killed at sea in World War 2. It's been going on for 35 years and has remained popular while many other regattas have come and gone. 107 boats from 16 feet to 50 feet in five different classes competed. And while these sailors look relaxed there's really a lot of work and strategy and competition. Arthur Zukor a sailor for 50 years told me about it. It's it's a tricky thing like any sport. You've got to know what you're doing. You've got to be able to handle your both correctly. Got to figure out where the wind is coming from and take advantage of everything and try to come in first each time. On Raritan Bay. I'm Trish Gaspar's.

Thank you. Trish possumus just swam in through the door. Come on now we did and that's OK. For the story. Thanks a lot Phil.. Once again our top stories. Newark is facing another water crisis tonight as workmen rushed to repair that pipeline destroyed by vandalism last week an older section of pipe began to leak flooding local roads and that's the news for Bill Perry. I'm Don Torrance. Good night from everyone here at New Jersey. We have. New Jersey note here is a presentation of New Jersey public television and in

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