New Jersey Nightly News; Episode from 08/28/1981; Dub

New Jersey Nightly News with Don Torrance and can't manage man. Good evening the state closes in on another unlicensed boarding house and shuts it down after falling 107 health and safety violations. In sports Pat Scanlon takes a look at the Giants player making the most of a second chance and a crackdown on car thieves who have found the Garden State Parkway parking lots easy pickens. The State continued its offensive against unlicensed boarding homes today by closing down a home in Jackson Township in Ocean County and moving its residents out. It's the second for shut down of a boarding home in a week and more promised by the Department of Community Affairs. The Lakeside lodge looks appealing enough from the outside but state officials who swooped in to close it today are the worst they've seen since they began cracking down on unlicensed boarding homes. We found rooms filled with debris. We found one man on oxygen nearby people smoking cigarettes. We found basement infested with the insects and an absence of a cellar door which is a distinct fire hazard in the facility of this kind.

The new bureau of grooming and boarding home standards was created to crackdown on homes like this after 63 people were killed in boarding home fires in New Jersey in the past year. Social workers found 107 violations here Wednesday during a routine tour including violations of fire safety. No central alarm system doors too flimsy to service fire barriers. They also found food violations in sex even rumors washing floors and cleaning rooms without adequate compensation come the owners of the lodge Eugene and Joanna plates arrive during the evacuation but have no comment. President so many elderly many more without families seem to have seven computers at their rooming house was being closed and they told you where you can go or he told you they're going to put you somewhere and then tell me I don't know until they tell me. What do you think's going to happen to you. I don't know who won and I don't care either. The state will do a relocation job that usually takes six months and just two days taking these people to a

licensed boarding homes. And though this home is out of business my sack says hundreds more remain and people are living in substandard conditions. Rob you're always only formed last year and we only have a staff of less than 20 investigators you know we have 12 social evaluators and only we have even fewer physical inspectors and we have an estimated thirty five hundred of these types of facilities around the state. My sack told reporter Steve Katz today's closing of the home doesn't mean the baits are out of the ruling business. State officials think the baits are simply going to open another home somewhere in New York State. A critical shortage of low income housing has city officials and residents in New Brunswick worried welfare recipients are being hurt the most. And this is a new sauce reports the situation could get worse. New Brunswick homes not far from the city's downtown area is the largest subsidized low income housing project in the city. There are nine hundred twenty residents nearly half of them on

welfare. But there are some of New Brunswick's more fortunate Poor know more welfare tenants are being admitted to the complex and the growing shortage of subsidized housing is forcing some families to secretly share apartments. Some people their own behavior you know for money to buy bears. There have been no food banks for people to come over Easter and the clothes are already clothed been wearing some of the girls having babies moving in with these. But the problem exists citywide construction of the new Hyatt Regency Hotel meant relocating low income residents who lived in a project that used to be here. And the 65 men who live here at the local YMCA will be homeless next month. The residence has been ordered closed because they can't afford improved fire safety equipment. Legal services lawyers whose clients are primarily on welfare call the situation critical. One of the big problems is coding for us. When tenants are living in a building that has come down they have to find a new place to live. Even with the help of the city they cannot

find new places to go to and are forced to live in the condemned housing. Housing officials agree something must be done and offer two solutions. No one would have. Neighboring communities took place for binaries resembling court to read a fair share of the work load a low to moderate income category is second in their plans which work in that area at this point in time is to develop new housing resources by the way rehabilitation of existing housing stock and provision of rent subsidies. But we do including state and federal welfare grant money. No one involved a New Brunswick's housing crisis is optimistic about a quick cure in New Brunswick. I'm Susan these last. Season's world incorporated owners of the boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino in Atlantic City has taken the first step to try to keep Clifford and Stuart Perlman with the company they found it. Caesar's world has filed the plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission that would allow the Perlman's to trade their interest in the Boardwalk Regency with other company's stock

holders and exchange for the Caesars world stock of those people loan. The plan would keep the performance with the company and would keep the Atlantic City casino operating under different corporate structure. But the plan also calls for Caesars world to retain one million shares of Burbank Regency and that may not satisfy the Casino Control Commission. The commission refused to license the performance because of past business associations. The Perlman's are challenging the Commission ruling in court asking the state Supreme Court to rule on the commission's right to exclude them from their New Jersey operation. The commission has not received any notification of the stock plan and a spokesman says commissioners won't comment on the acceptability of the plan until they do. Don the city of Atlantic City recently announced support for 24 hour gambling efforts are also want to weigh among casino employees to organize a group to lobby for all day gambling. But then Hudson reports the support is by no means unanimous. The newly formed Association of Atlantic City casino employees or Ace held a rally at the

racetrack last night to get out support for 24 hour a day gambling. I had to get casino employees to register to vote. The group claims of potential membership of 20000 but all the employees were offered free admission only 800 showed up after a month long effort only 5000 dollars have been raised and only 30 400 voter registrations have been submitted. Still peace organizer big boss Ken Arthur says the support is there. I know that what numbers it takes to have political strength and we're going to be Atlantic County area and we have that right now. But again that's saying that I'm expecting 100 percent of those people to go to the polls on Election Day. And you might be lucky if you get 60 percent of it. So I have to go for even larger figures like Governor Burton is the biggest roadblock to 24 hour a day gambling. He says as long as he's in office it will oppose it. But I want to go out of office with the casinos operating in a way that I represented they would be operating but Bernie only has four more months in office. And Arthur says he'll have voter support. Politicians will have to listen to that he says 24

hour gambling will mean fewer layoffs this winter. More jobs in the long run. And most of all regular eight hour shifts instead of the 10 to 11 hour shifts that most dealers get passes for men work now. But not everyone agrees with that assessment. Some casino employees say they like the extra dollars that overtime hours bring in some casino executives say they're not at all sure that all day gambling would mean more jobs. Fewer layoffs and regular shifts. I'm not certain that. There's enough of a market there to justify that the cost of New Jersey which is quite high for staffing up the casino and it may just mean the rescheduling of the people that you have. Now that might be a more efficient way to to cover Playboy President Arnie Fleischman says 24 hour a day gambling would probably mean more jobs and regular shift. Right but there's no guarantee that the business is here and the requirements for employees will exist if business is lacking. Other results have to take place. But there's 18 hours 24 hours. That's great. Overall the casinos have not taken any position on 24 hour a day gambling. In the end

their support will be crucial if the doors are ever to stay open all day. In Atlantic City I'm Dan Hart. Meanwhile a coalition of legislators from Northeast States has been formed to halt expansion of casino gambling from Atlantic City to other parts of the northeast region. Connecticut State Senator Steven Casey who announced the move today says the group will monitor efforts to bring gambling to other states and develop strategies to fight proceed o interests. A federal judge has thrown out portions of a libel suit alleging former casino control commissioner Kenneth McDonald was defamed in the 1980 Time magazine article on Abscam. The former vice chairman of the gaming commission contends that time falsely reported he was videotaped taking a $100000 bribe to help the FBI phony Arab Shaykh get a casino license. MacDonald was indicted last June on federal conspiracy and extortion charges. U.S. District Court judge actually Cerak and has held the McDonald's suit was filed after the 1 year statute of limitations on libel actions had lapsed. Although McDonald's suit was filed a year to the day of the date

of the magazine Tom successfully argued that copies were in the hands of readers before the cover date. And other portions of the suit the judge let stand allegations that MacDonald was linked to the FBI as Abscam investigation of organized crime. The Donald claimed he was never linked to any such investigation. The former casino commissioner resigned in the wake about scam publicity in February 1980. Police in Camden are threatening to stage a sick out tonight. At issue are delayed Christmas bonuses on a proposed contract extension and knew that the mayor nor the police union seems willing to budge. Steve Taylor has details. Camden is desperate for money and its police like other city workers have been asked to accept a three week deferral in any will December bonuses usually about $1000 per officer on the average. The police union has agreed providing the city agrees to something else. The turnover of police will take over the Pharo. If the city continues on contract from 81 and 82.

The police want that contract extension because they fear any new contract won't be as good given Camden's shaky finances. The mayor won't comment on that assertion. I don't think would be appropriate for me to go into the details of the 1982 contract. Mayor Primus will say that unless the union accepts the deferred bonuses without the contract extension 30 police will be laid off next month. The standoff apparently caused a sickout of 11 out of 20 officers on one shift last Tuesday and the police are threatening that all 20 of the officers on tonight's midnight shift won't show up. The city is not planning any disciplinary action against the officers who called in sick on Tuesday. But if the whole shift takes the sick out tonight Mayor Primus says he'll take the union to court. Meanwhile Primus says police supervisors will go on patrol tonight if the sick out hits. The mayor says he has other plans which he won't describe. I can only assure the residents of Camden that the city will not be unprotected. But the mayor admits that many patrol cars would only have one officer instead of two and that could

be a problem in a city where crime is increasing where the police say the usual number isn't enough. We need more police and we're down to hundred police. And so the city is never safe. If policemen that are going to shift don't show up to see that much more from in Camden. I'm Steve Taylor. November 4th has been set as the date for the racketeering trial of State Senator William Musto of Hudson County today in Newark U.S. district court judge actually Cerak and denied motions by must as attorneys to dismiss all charges against the senator. Musto and several other Hudson County officials were indicted last April on bribery charges in connection with construction contracts for public buildings. Don American scion of it has submitted to state officials a plan designed to protect groundwater at its Bridgewater plant from chemical contamination. On June 19th the Department of Environmental Protection ordered the company to clean up twenty six chemical lagoons or some 800000 tons of chemical waste had been stored. And the EPA claims some of those stored chemicals had leaked into nearby water supplies. Well state officials say some progress is now being

made in the effort to clean up the Bridgewater facility. There's been a rash of car thefts and break ins at commuter parking lots along the Garden State Parkway recently Parkway officials suspect it's all part of a stolen car ring and they're launching a crackdown. More from Greg Wells. The Garden State Parkway operates 16 commuter parking lots that provide a total of twenty two hundred parking spaces parking here is on a first come first serve basis and it is free. Many people drive here leave their cars and take buses to work or meet vans or limousines that offer group riding. And many of these people leave keys in their cars they leave their windows open or they lock the car but leave rather inviting accessories exposed. In the last year. A lot of drivers have returned at night and found their cars damaged or they couldn't find their cars at all. And one particular incident and we arrested four individuals that broke into four different cars in a period of less than five minutes while we try to tell people that if you have something in the

car something loose something valuable put it in the trunk keep it out of sight because it's an invitation. Try to keep your car locked. And beyond that if they really want you. They can come to the window there's no problem with that. Officials admit that locking an automobile merely keeps an honest person honest. The Newark Police Department demonstrated for us that a person who really wants to break into a car can do so in a matter of seconds. It's a key point. The material I'm doing. In addition to CB radios and tools car thieves steal cars for the parks because people are keeping their cars longer before trading them in there's a good market for used car parts. Parkway officials are patrolling hourly now and they say they may have to put in around the clock guard at these commuter lots until the thefts are curbed or if it is a stolen car ring until that ring is broken. This is a 1981 Cadillac. It was stolen. Stripped of all of its parts and then abandoned.

Now police officials say it's difficult to break into Volvo's in jeeps because the locking mechanism is located in the lower part of the door. But they say all other cars or a snap. And police officials say the only way you could ever guarantee that your car would never be stolen or broken into is to leave it home in the garage and take the bus. In Newark. I read Wells. Going to burn his ass the Small Business Administration for disaster declaration for a two block area of the Wildwood boardwalk which was devastated by fire on August 20th. Brown says the 17 businesses which were damaged or destroyed by the blaze in total 10 million dollars in losses have created an economic hardship in that area as a result of the fire more than 400 people are now out of work. If a disaster is declared the businesses which suffered losses will be eligible for long term low interest loans. When the National Rifle Association sent out 50000 brochures endorsing gubernatorial candidate James Florio the membership was not violating state election laws. The allegations of impropriety brought by former Attorney General John Degnan and state senator Joseph really know who both ran in the Democratic primary have been

dismissed by the state election law enforcement commission. The commission rejected the contention that the NRA his effort should have been subject to the state's eight hundred dollar limit on private contributions for candidates who receive state financing. As for you know did the cost of the mailing was estimated at about $10000. The commission interpreted the brochure as a private communication between the NRA and its members. A Swiss engineering firm wants to build a 110 million dollar refuse burning power plant in Rahway. The company of Widmer and Ernst has applied for a state permit with the Department of Environmental Protection to begin construction within the year. RALEIGH officials say the facility would reduce the local tax rate by 10 percent. Producing three million dollars annually in tax revenues in addition five hundred construction jobs including 60 permanent positions would be made available. Now for a look at the weekend weather tonight will be mostly cloudy with temperatures ranging from the upper 50s to the low 60s. It should be Partly Cloudy tomorrow with a chance of rain throughout the day the highs will be in the low 80s and the outlook for Sunday is better partly

sunny and warm. Oh. After all we just heard from Reggie that it's tough to break into all those in the volleyball tennis championship. Kind of tougher for junior Wade to break into the winner's circle I guess. That's kind of what sports very good done I can tell you watching those packages hit for their closely all right when they reach the quarter final round of the Volvo women's tennis Cup the

$100000 event at random public college and the tournament has been marred by upsets which have led to some exciting tennis. Well last night in the third round match the comeback ended for former champion Virginia Wade. She lost a third seeded versus Virginia Rizzi each 6 1 7 to 5. And a quarter final round today but Tina bungee taking Tre Lewis in three sets 4 6 7 6 6 3 and Regina Marsico of advancing against WENDY WHITE 6 4 6 2. Coming up tonight at center court in quarterfinal action Fairfield's Pancha Sal takes on receipts and top seeded hotline Leka takes on Stacy Margolin. Well the Volvo semifinals are set for two o'clock on Saturday the finals at 2 o'clock on Sunday. While the rest of the NASCAR playoff teams are fighting it out from the first round action the cosmos have been waiting in the wings to face a second round opponent. A privilege they earned by winning the league points championship. But it hasn't been a vacation for the Cosmos. They've gone through a special training session to stay in game condition and Sunday at Giants Stadium. They host Gremio of Brazil in an

exhibition match this tune up for Wednesday night's playoff game against either Tampa Bay or Seattle is set for 7:30. Well Saturday the Giants play their final game of the preseason when they met the Meet the Pittsburgh Steelers at Three Rivers Stadium by Tuesday the Giants must reduce their roster to 45 players. So for five Giants the Steelers game is their last chance to make an impression. Well one giant who knows all about the waiver list is number 61 center Ernie Hughes. Last winter he was released by the San Francisco 49ers and then signed by the Giants and he was then asked to switch positions from often supplied to center. A move that look like GSP when the Giants starting center Jim quacked retired when preseason camp began. Well throughout all the big redhead has kept the right mental approach. There's so many athletes every year to get relief from both the ball club. If you can keep a good mental attitude and feel good about yourself and work hard I think things will work out. It's really tough to keep yourself going sometimes because there are other people that doubt you more than yourself. I never really had any doubt in my own ability. It was

like a numbers game and I just kept working hard and few things would work out. At 6 4 265 pounds Hughes is bigger than his predecessor Jim Watt and his versatility has never really been a question. Dinner named Bernie was switched from defense event to office of guard moving to the center position wasn't that difficult to transition. The most difficult part is probably learning the outfits of line the calls. Against different defenses defenses making calls. According to the eye. I think it's a lot of studying on my part. As far as the physical part of snapping the bone like the stuff that's come along pretty well. If you can concentrate. The snapper beat it pretty much every time. OK well great Britain Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett are still playing beat the clock today ko set a new world record in the mile run. The time three minutes of forty seven and three 10 seconds Coast fellow countrymen Ovett only set the record a few days ago and before that if I want to go and next week Bill Perry

will be back here. With all the sports he's back from that vacation in Cape Cod. Lucky Bell will be alternated telling us how how much fun he had Hughes was a former classmate of yours another day. That's right only he was live right down the hall from me to deal with the Hall of Notre Dame so I did quite a bit of research on the story before today. Thanks Pat OK we'll have a preview of things to do this weekend when we return. Waterloo village will be the site of some pick and stop in this weekend as the fifth annual

Bluegrass Festival gets underway. And that's just one of the many things going on around the Garden State this weekend. The three day event which began today is the largest bluegrass festival in the Northeast attracting thousands of people each year. And some of the finest bluegrass bands in the country will perform choral story in the rambling mountaineers was one of the groups that performed at last year's festival. But. Rather. From a. Playground. Rather. This year's list includes Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. The seldom seen of the father of bluegrass Bill Monroe the 10th and busy boy of the village on the site for the event. That's tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. And on Sunday from 11 to 7 What in the village is instant help.

And from bluegrass to folk music it's the sixth annual Clearwater Festival in Mammoth County. They'll be continuous live musical entertainment arts and crafts displays and musical workshops. There will also be a special area for children with face painting minds and a variety of workshops. The Hudson River sloop Clearwater will be available for sales around Sandy Hook day. It all takes place on Saturday and Sunday from 2pm till dusk at the Sandy Hook unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area in the Highlands. Facets of a collection American painting and sculpture is the title of a new exhibit at the New York museum. It offers an overview of three centuries of art from the 17th 30s to the early 1950s. Included in the exhibit is the painting by Thomas Coleman titled arch of Nero and a portrait of Mrs Joseph Scott by John Singleton. There is also a group of paintings by the peel family and some early wax relief portraits the exhibit can be seen on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5. That's at the museum at forty nine Washington Street in Newark.

In theater this week an actor's Cafe Theatre presents the musical side by side by Sondheim. The review consists of some of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical songs comedy tonight Send In The Clowns and of course side by side curtain goes up on Saturday at 8 pm. The theater is located at Franklin and Fremont streets in Bloomfield on the college campus there. Finally the historic town of Smithville will host its first annual Country and Western gem for a weekend. There will be a variety of activities for the entire family and country music will fill the village throughout the Jan Brady That's on Saturday and Sunday from noon until dark. The town of Smithville is on Route 9 just 12 miles north of Atlantic City. And that's just a few of the things happening this weekend hope yours is a good one. Thanks again. Oh it is too revealing our top story tonight a Jackson Township boarding up has been closed down by the state after investigators found over 100 health and safety code violations at officials in New Brunswick are worried about a critical shortage of low income housing in that city.

And that's the news for Don Torrance and Pat stand on end the rest of the nightly news team I'm kept out of hand wishing you a good night. New Jersey Nightly News is a joint presentation of New Jersey Public Television and w any

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