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Newspaper
Hillside Times
Location
Hillside, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1972
Page
9
Union County Clerk Walter G Halpin announced fiscal 1971 passport applications rose 20.4 percent from 1970. Staff handled 9,642 applications in 1971 versus 8,004 in 1970. He noted inexpensive tours and charters make overseas travel affordable and predicted over 10,000 county residents will apply for U S passports this year.
The Elizabeth River Remember When features photos from 1938 39 show a once pastoral waterway now dirty and polluted. The Elizabeth River Project Coalition urges Hillside residents to act, contact Jerome Eben or Robert Fried to join efforts toward revitalizing recreation and ecology along the river.
Three men held up the Hess Service Station at 1484 N Broad Street on Saturday at 4 50 p m escaping with about 250 dollars. Police say one robber carried a .38 caliber revolver. The trio fled in a car toward Newark.
The Hillside Elks Club honored the 1971 high school football team at a Monday night dinner. It marked the 39th straight year the Elks presented awards to the Comet gridders with Bob Davis of the New York Jets as guest speaker. Awards for backs linemen and others were postponed to a later date.
An adult view on drug use contrasts legally accepted substances with illegal ones. It argues alcohol tobacco caffeine and other familiar drugs cause harm, while laws and perceptions vary. The writer promotes education and parental involvement to combat drug abuse in ongoing newspaper series.
The 1972 Union County Police Reserve Course, sponsored by the Disaster Control Department, starts Wednesday at 7:00 pm in Rahway City Hall council chamber and runs for seventeen consecutive Wednesdays. Open to Union County residents enrolled in or joining police reserve or auxiliary units. contact Police Chief or Civil Defense Office at 28-2795 for enrollment.
Vito Mensa, seeking reelection to the Union County Board of Education, spoke at Lyon's Den gatherings where about 60 residents attended. Supporters, including Ferrigno Lordi and Dr. Lens, discussed plans and volunteering for the campaign while Mensa touted a low proposed budget increase and urged relief from rising taxes and living costs. He also addressed the State Lottery funding for education and extended the Special Services Department for psychological and student support programs.
Dorothy Hricko, candidate for the Board of Education, argues the race should be about qualifications and children's welfare, opposing political influence and regionalization. She favors home rule and warns regionalization will alter development toward a socialistic pattern and threaten family privacy.
George Vice of the Elin-Unger Post 273 Jewish War Veterans reports the post leads the area in in-service membership, surpassing Lt. Milton Kelkey Post 575 of Philadelphia. Commander Martin Kaufman says in-service personnel are often neglected and the post now funds a Chaplains Fund to support these men and women.
A reflective snippet contrasts desertion as a quiet route to separation with social critique of public monuments. It notes peace has its own quiet triumphs, which lack grandiose unveilings compared with wartime memorials. The author references Hubbard and themes of silence, criticism, and self-restraint.
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