New Jersey nightly news. With Rebecca Schull in Trenton and Clayton Vaughn in Newark. Good evening. In the news tonight a nationwide postal strike is a day closer. A New Jersey postal officials have instructions from Washington what to do with postal workers walkout. The state public advocate says the federal government is biased in the matter of whether to build a floating nuclear power plants off New Jersey's coast. And we'll have an answer to this question. What can you do to keep your car from being stolen. You may not like the answer. Clayton. And Rebecca and sports Paul deadline has a report about an unusual sports facility in Inglewood. And on a closer look we'll grab an interview on the run with Newark Mayor Ken Gibson. Faced with a deadline of midnight tomorrow. Federal mediator shuttled between postal officials and the heads of three postal workers unions today trying to head off a strike by more than half a million postal workers. New Jersey postal workers have said they'll walk off the job if their
union leaders give the word. How will postal officials deal with the strike. Michael Norman reports. Somewhere inside this building is a special brown envelope. It's sealed and postal officials here under orders from Washington to leave it that way until the thirty four hundred workers in the South Jersey postal district walk off their jobs. The envelope contains contingency plans to deal with a strike. The men who run the South Jersey office facility that moves more than three million pieces of mail a day to the southern third of the state refused to talk about those plans. But according to an Associated Press report the plans include the use of National Guard or army troops to sort the mail. A possible cancellation of or a cutback of deliveries and embargo on third class mail like advertising circulars and they request that Social Security recipients. Pick up their checks at district offices. More detailed instructions will be sent over this teletype machine. Officials
said they wouldn't discuss the plans because they didn't want to jeopardize the negotiations. But yesterday postal headquarters sent a letter to workers telling them they would be committing a crime and would forfeit their right to hold a job if they went on strike. The late word from Washington this afternoon was that the negotiations were continuing. But there was little progress toward a settlement in Del Mar. I'm Michael Norman. The New Jersey Public Advocate is withdrawing from federal hearings on possible nuclear power plants designed to float on the ocean surface. The advocates office also called federal officials biased because the U.S. atomic safety and licensing board has refused to schedule hearings in New Jersey on the effects of floating nuclear reactors would have on shore resorts and ecology. The advocate will still oppose floating plants but rather than go through the licensing board may file objections with the parent Nuclear Regulatory Commission or sue in federal court. A 60 year old grandfather
today was accused of being a ringleader in a drug dealing scheme that fell apart when state police arrested six men and seized 10 tons of marijuana near Trenton two weeks ago. Paul castor bean of Edgewater Park was arraigned in superior court in the state capital today and jailed in lieu of half a million dollars bail. He was the first New Jersey man arrested in the case. The eight others are from Connecticut and Florida. The marijuana was confiscated by police when a DC 6 cargo plane landed at a small airport outside Trenton that was on July 8. Clayton. Auto theft big business in New Jersey and what's worse there's very little that car owners and police can do about it on force when officials say that if a real pro wants your car badly enough you'll get it no matter what precautions you may take. And as Jeffrey Hall tells us very few people who steal cars are ever caught and when they are they usually get off easy. Right. I want to go on Jaguar out of Arden County partially our own when our nanny Jack for our.
And you know how. Our way. Auto theft is a billion dollar a year business in the United States. State police say that in New Jersey alone 34000 cars were stolen in 1976. Statistics point overwhelmingly to a particular group of people who are stealing all thefts thoughts with the kids as the Kennicott of all crime. Caps. The next thing is the car. Of the 34000 cars stolen in New Jersey in 1976. Charges were brought against three thousand people but there were only 357 convictions more than half the people who stole cars were juveniles. State police say the reason most auto thieves aren't caught is because the majority of them stripped the car and sell the on the serial number of parts to dishonest scrap dealers and body man. Stolen cars are almost always abandoned once they're stripped and who pays. Ultimately
all motorists through higher insurance rates. One of the biggest problems confronting police is the ease with which auto thieves can buy tools to break into cars any spring steel and any twisted screwdriver will do. Well this is a lockout. We used to get into a course. On the suburban shopping area is the fact that they're in a crowd and only prevention we've got to keep the car is locked. You've got to keep it into the trunk right now to track the car thief to grab that's about all you can do is far trying to keep the car safe but even so if he wants that car he's going to get it by not going to take it and nothing you can do about it. And that's only part of the problem. The attorney general's office says most courts don't hold those parked far away. Auto theft is considered a high misdemeanor in New Jersey carrying a maximum seven year jail term which is
rarely if and when a juvenile steals he usually gets a slap on the wrist which some police feel is tantamount to another shot of the street and a chance to rob another. In Patterson I'm Jeffrey. I thought all court order was issued today to force the state legislature to equalize pension contributions between men and women in the state's public employees and teachers systems. The order aimed at ending discrimination against women in the pension system. Now women in the same position generally pays more than men for the pension fund. Rebecca. Sludge disposal like garbage pick ups and street maintenance that's something we expect government to take care of. But with shrinking landfill space and growing environmental awareness. Many towns are becoming hard pressed to find ways to get rid of sludge Mariama Rosso has a report from Dover Township near Toms River where one proposed solution to the sludge problem is causing local opposition. This pool of sludge behind me is only a fraction of Dover townships problem. Dover
processes 200000 gallons of sludge every week and it no longer has any place to put it. Ocean dumping was banned four years ago and the landfill which used to accept its sludge has no more room. To Dover's problems. One of the many gaping gravel pits hollowed out by the state when it was building the Garden State Parkway. The Dover Township so worth already thought of the perfect solution to both problems in sludge farming mixing soil and sludge to fill in the holes and create real estate. If the state approves this site next to the YMCA could become a baseball field created from sludge. But the sewer authorities perfect solution has run into trouble with the neighbors. There were as were contaminated by chemical leaks two years ago and they fear that cancer causing nitrates in the sludge will get into the water supply. There are indications of many different heavy metals Plus high nitrate levels depending on the weather and
the conditions and residents do not feel they didn't get sufficient testing from all different agencies to satisfy our mind that in fact our wells will not be contaminated. We believe it's 99 percent safe and as I've indicated to the residents in the area I don't think there's anybody that can give 100 percent guarantees on anything but there's a public hearing on the proposed sludge farm next Wednesday and state officials say they'll be there. Meanwhile the sludge in Dover is 500000 gallon holding tank is two feet from the top. And officials are begging for space in landfills like this one. I'm running out of time. This is also in Dover Township. Last year a Georgia ruptured killing 30 people. That accident started an increase dam safety inspection program here in New Jersey and the inspectors are calling one third of this state's dams high hazards. Greg Marston reports.
Especially high hazard Dam is one located in an area where a break could threaten people living downstream. Again what that label is not necessarily dangerous 413 of the twelve hundred dams in the state have been labeled high hazard. Even though many of them have never been inspected. Large dams like this one at Round Valley reservoir out of state and federal standards but most dams in New Jersey are privately owned and at least 50 years old. State officials say many have been poorly maintained and getting them repaired is a complicated process. The owner. Considers that he does not have the funds necessary to repair the structure. And if the structure has been in existence for 20 years it's considered permanent water policy and Supply Council for the state. Then they can make a decision that the private property owners surrounding this lake will share the costs of repairing or rebuilding the dam itself. That's the long term solution to the problem. When immediate action is needed state officials
can order the water level lowered like we did here at the Untermeyer dam in Kerala. But it will be four years before all of the high hazard dams can be inspected thoroughly and only then will state officials know if any of them is truly dangerous. This is Greg Morris and reporting. The Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church wants to buy a building in West New York that may run into trouble with local officials. The proposal is to turn the three storey building into a religious meeting hall in the dwelling for members of the Unification Church. West New York mayor has already noted that such a change would take the building off the tax rolls because of the church tie and the town may not be able to afford that hearing on the matter. So that now for next week. Hay fever season just around the corner and for hundreds of thousands of state residents that means discomfort even misery as pollen fills the air. Reporter Jack on a day looks at the prospects for this season and the early signs are not promising. Beginning early next month and continuing through the fall. These innocent looking weeds will
begin spilling Holland into the air. How on that will cause sneezing and runny eyes and noses. Hauen that can cause headaches irritability and insomnia. Conditions vary from year to year. And here in St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston a pollen count will be taken every day beginning August 1st. Dr. William Weiss monitors that county. But based on the climatic conditions that usually proceed to heavy pollen season. He says the outlook this year is not good. A very cold winter often pre-sales as a heavy hay fever season. We've had a fair amount of rainfall this spring as we all know. So it. Probably will be a fairly heavy hay fever season in the fall. Weiss warns that the system of measurement may vary from hospital to hospital but as a general rule a count of 10 would mean that there were 10 grains of pollen in each cubic meter of their. Symptoms and sufferers begin when the count reaches 20. And there have been
times in recent years when the car has gotten as high as 300. But if you wait until then the only thing to treat are the symptoms. Rice advises immunization. If your hay fever victim try to avoid your exposure to the elements as much as possible. Stay in an air conditioned environment. Try a trip to the beach where the pollen count is usually low. And remember the peak pollen period runs from sunrise to about 9 o'clock in the morning and keep an eye on pollen counts. They can warn you of conditions that will worsen your hay fever problems. In Livingston I'm Jack Connelly. People march on Washington for all sorts of reasons and the reason some residents of Aberdeen New Jersey march to Washington this week was in search of a zip code. Last fall the Monmouth County community changed its name from Ottawa township to Aberdeen. But it seems the post office won't recognize that change. Currently mail to Aberdeen is handled through three neighboring communities Postal officials say any change would cost more money. So
Aberdeen residents say they're going to keep up their pressure per zip code. Paul Budde line reports for garden state sport news when the New Jersey nightly news continues. Here's the weather forecast for New Jersey fair and warm tonight with some patchy fog low temperatures from 65 to 72 degrees. Tomorrow will be quite warm with hazy sunshine high temperatures inland will be from 85 to near 90 degrees. It'll be somewhat cooler along the shore with highs from 78 to 85 degrees. Water temperatures will be about 68 degrees with visibility one to three miles an early morning fog and three to five miles in the afternoon. The outlook for Friday hazy hot and humid. Goodman the king of sweet look equally as old with the fourth set of jazz band of the
orchestra Benny Goodman at the top for over 40 years on performance of this ageless and jazz drive reforms some of his greatest hits. Voters stop saying sing sing a new original jazz band version of Rhapsody in Blue swing with the king himself. Benny Goodman on improvements at work. Watch it Thursday at 9:00 on New Jersey Public Television. Good evening Athletes throughout the state are already training for the 1980 Olympics. Today we visited an ultra modern facility where some alleged hopefuls are doing that training. It's the American sports medical center in Englewood. Its purpose is to set up a centralized training site with the very best of equipment. The center a year and a half old charges a yearly membership fee of six hundred sixty dollars. The basic philosophy is training aimed at strength flexibility and cardiovascular conditioning. Our goal at the Sports Center is to raise the quality of just
general physical training not only for the athlete but for the general public. We have our staff Olympic athletes and these Olympic athletes are their purpose is to involve the community more in their own excitement about their own bodies and their events and to spread that enthusiasm into the community by their actually training the members that come in and sign up for our program. One interesting thing about the American sports medical center everyone trains they gather whether an Olympian or a beginner. According to Bill Thompson and center founder Dr. Irving this method leads to fantastic morale and that's what I'm most proud of. We have Olympic athletes competing in the gas leaks we have cardiac patients. We have pregnant women regular when we have a lot of high school students place for everybody. Tomorrow we'll have a look at two of the Olympic hopefuls training at the center. There are some outstanding summer
basketball leagues in New Jersey. Two examples the Jersey City recreational league and the Jersey Shore. But the vast majority of summer basketball is not played in organized leagues but rather on the playgrounds of our cities. This is Eastside park in Camden. Every day in the summer its ports are crowded with players. Some very good some not so good. There's a big difference between organized ball and street ball like this past quarter as you see. Well I love basketball you know. One of the things that every since I was young I played in high school we got me to college and I just I never considered you know like going pro or anything but I hope to play into I'm 60. The advantages of playground basketball are many. For one thing the players aren't controlled by
either referees or coaches because of that. The shot selection is limited only by a player's imagination. Some people play tennis but you know they get the bathtub because you know they watched Dr J come out on the court and tried many things that he do when you're not here. Yes I did. East Side Park in Camden is fairly typical of playgrounds around the state. Go to any inner city and you're sure to find some pretty good ball players. And that's sports for tonight Rebecca. Thanks Paul. On our Sound Off segment this evening contributing reporter John McLaughlin talks about the mayor of Jersey City and his good friend. I have always thought of a drug lover. James Thurber once said I was a dog in love with another drug. Robberies. You never said that the mayor Thomas Smith of Jersey
City because a man might have placed him in the snoot. The mayor loves dogs all kinds of dogs. Even a stray mongrels I hang around the waterfront and the dogs love the mare because he feeds them baloney sandwiches. Last week a city policeman shot and killed one of the mayor's favorites a dog called Bomb. And he wounded another called Henry Hudson. Since then the mayor has made frequent trips to Henry Hyde to his bedside and has ordered a full scale investigation of the shooting. I mention this because of reveals the nature of Mayor Smith. And the merest personality is of consuming interest in county among jobs always in politicians. Is in the process of rebuilding. The Hudson County Democratic machine. And it was a great deal of uncertainty as to who will be rewarded who will be punished and will be promoted who will be fired. One thing they want to know though is that the mayor prizes loyalty above all. And Henry Hudson were nice of the mayor and he was nice to them. The story is this. If you want to stay in politics these days all you've got to
do is keep your nose clean. Do you work at the organization. And when the mayor approaches your tail. I'm Paul Duke of Washington Week in Review. Each week the top reporters in town join me to talk about what's happening here in the capital and what it all means at the White
House on Capitol Hill the Pentagon and foreign affairs and in the economy. We try to shed a little more light by letting you hear directly from the people who report the news first time each week on Washington Week. Don't miss it Friday at 8:00 on New Jersey Public Television. In the past few years jogging has become a national obsession. It's estimated now that 25 million Americans jog regularly. Contributing reporter Michael Aaron rock one filed this report on one jogger. Out jogging by 30. Unmarked believe God takes him to wake Park every morning and accompanies him on his five mile run. Forty five minutes later Gibson goes home and heads to city hall. On a recent morning. I was jogging and we walked through. I caught up with the mayor
and asked if I could run along with. Him at. 6:30. I musta been. Just after you were like the first time. You probably can't find one. Did you find that. You started running because you were mayor I mean with the two things associated. Oh yeah they were on. To this crazy job at work 7 days a week. So. Much is in. The side of that. Time in. My mind in No. Time. I'm pretty good. You have to think. Fairly good. Yeah. Sometimes. The
people running the streets and everything you could do a crime what do you think about that. Be a deterrent to crime. I think. That if you. Use it the. Less you turn it over to. People. We have three. OK. You have the fun. With. My Run is. Right. We have tennis courts here. If.
You have people here today. The psychological reasons I do. This. Probably fairly good. And I'm watching you get. The better you are able to. Take care of your problems. Stress and otherwise. Yeah I know you're. Now 46 years old. Easy go. Maybe partly because. He says you know how they're always very excitable executives are the prime candidates for heart attacks. Well I'm Type C. GIBSON Is Type C so much the better for him and so much the better for New Jersey. This is Michael are in Iraq.
And tomorrow on a closer look we'll visit one of the highlights of New Jersey's summer cultural scene. Waterloo music festival. Once again our top story. The deadline for heading off a nationwide postal strike is midnight tomorrow. A New Jersey postal officials are planning for the worst. The state public advocate says the federal government is not doing all it should to get New Jersey opinions on a floating nuclear power plant. And a knife man has been arrested in connection with that seizure of a plane full of marijuana near Trenton earlier this month. Police think he may be the ringleader of the gang. That's the news we have a couple of letters from the viewers tonight our address for Viewer Mail is CNN 7 7 7 Trenton 0 8 6 2 5. The first this evening from Brian de wood of Nord. Probably the most politically run medical school in the United States is the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. CME D-N.J. is the only medical and dental school in the nation without any campus student housing. Is
that fair to the students in the years to come. The college could grow to a great school. However before that happens a complete master plan must be started immediately to benefit the all important intellectual quality of life for New Jersey. All commuting medical and dental students. And there is this from Mrs. Rosa Ray Thomas of Whiting. Could you please show where I 287 would cut through a little local and it would cut the small unique little town into. The devastation of homes would be monstrous with the town's heart ripped away by a six lane monster. We show the small town in the homes affected. I live there. With a four and a half percent mortgage. Goodnight Rebecca. Goodnight Clayton. And good night for the New Jersey nightly news. New Jersey Nightly News is a joint presentation of New Jersey Public Television and w ne t
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