Hillside Week Police Log Highlights Multiple Thefts
Hillside authorities report a series of incidents including a bicycle theft at Center Bowl, a gas station heist where fuel and oil were paid for but not, and two men from Newark held for unlawful use of an automobile after a stolen car stop. Additional larcenies from vehicles on Route 22 and Broad Street are noted, with tools and glasses stolen. An injury at American Can Co. and a cigarette burn on a convertible are logged, plus juveniles sent home after a disturbance on Salem Road.
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Billy Wright
Badger Ave
John Jenkins
Milton Ave
Newark
Hillside
Broad St
Lower Road
Robert Werte
Herman Weisberg
Western Drive
South Orange
Crown
Florence Bean
Bond St
Store Fire Evacuates Six From Luncheonette Building
Fire at Rowe and Pats Luncheonette on the first floor of a frame building forced six families and workers from their homes. Fire spread to the ceiling as neighbors alerted the fire department. Firemen forced entry, used masks and smoke ejectors, with some smoke damage to the second floor. Fire Chief Carmen Dill attended from a dinner nearby as acting and off duty officers assisted at the scene.
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Carmen Dill
Rowe and
Pat
Dil
Unico National
College Tha
Dominick Cupido
Hillside Ekes Out Route 278 Alignment Favor for Town
Municipal officials at a Department of Transportation meeting welcomed alignments that miss Hillside, while Kenilworth Roselle Union and others fear the routes cut into residential and industrial areas. Local leaders vow to fight the highway intrusion and keep the route from shifting eastward. Hillside, a small township, warns it cannot afford further highway disruption and tax burdens.
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Department of Transportation
Goethals Bridge
Hillside
Kenilworth
Roselle
Union
Heigheboring
Thim
Overtime Pay Authorized to Police by New State Law
Neighboring Union Township adopts time and a half pay for overtime instead of extra time off. Police recalled for June power outage at the high school graduation for emergency carnival duties and Fourth of July events received overtime wages. Proponents cite quicker staffing, money in officers’ pockets, and full shift coverage.
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Union Township
Hillside Kept On Alert After Newark Riots
Hillside police doubled patrols and kept reserves on duty after the Newark riots. Acting Police Chief Harry Schostale cited increased stock and overtime as 23 reserves worked from 7 p.m. to midnight. Fire department shifts were on standby. no damage occurred in Hillside though nearby areas experienced violence and a Molotov incident. Local officials met to assess the situation amid business owners in the Newark disaster area. Continued on Page Two.
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Newark
Hillards
Harry Schostale
Hill= side
Feast
Share
Ernest Voelk
George Shelbourne
George Hellock
New=ark
Joseph Langer
Harlem
Paper Drive by Troop 348 Scheduled on Saturdays
Senior Girl Scout Troop 348 invites paper donations on July 22 and July 29. Call 6868142 or 9231943 weekdays to arrange pickup, leave your address, and place paper on the porch for collection.
Thunderstorm Flood Delays Traffic and Damages Home
Last Tuesday’s storm slowed traffic on N Broad Street and Hille Side Avenue. The Lehigh Valley Railroad underpass at Conant Street flooded and northbound Garden State Parkway traffic was rerouted from 4:30 to 9:30 pm due to parkway flooding in the Avnington East Orange area. Lightning destroyed a brick chimney at 1136 St Louis Avenue. SP/4 Daniel Uhl, 22, of 1056 Vorhees Street, has been assigned as a supply clerk to the 11th Administration Co. in support of the 1st Cavalry Division Air Force in Viet Nam. He was a Hill Side High School graduate who joined the Army in May 1966 and went to Viet Nam in May 1967. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Uhl. He previously worked at Bristol-Myers in material handling and enjoys hunting and fishing. He was in Germany from November 1966 to March 1967.
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N. Broad St
Hilleside Ave
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Conant St
Garden State Parkway
Nvington and
East Orange
St. Louis Avenue
1Ith Administration Co
1St Cavalry Division
Ah Khe
Viet Nam
Uhl
Hillside High School
Daniel Uhl
Bristol&Myers Company
Huntin
Germany
Township Passes Traffic Ordinance Near Bus Stops
A new ordinance to ease traffic near bus stops on North Broad Street was approved on first reading by the Township Committee. It moves bus stops from north to south corners and sets a minimum ten of 120 feet for stop length. The meeting also considered purchases and repairs for local facilities.
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North Broad St
Diamond
Hollywood Ave
Hillside Ave
Ackerman
Carmen Dill
Civil Defense
Civil Defense Department
C.D
Parents Demand Bus Amendment for Nonpublic Students
About 30 parents and parochial school students pressed the Newark Irvington and Roselle boards for bus transportation claiming the new state law allows local boards to provide it. Board president Feltman said only public school transport is authorized unless amended. The board also awarded bids for school windows, roofing, and fuel oil, with plans to transport handicapped pupils and a bid for a new school business administrator.
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Board of Education
Newark
Irveington
Roselle
Franklin A. Feltman
Hilleside
Feltman
Harry Partridge and Co
Harden-Locker
Joseph E. Clayton
State Board of Education
Hillside
Martin J. Lynch
Ewing Township
State Federation District Boards of Education
William E. Hess
Union County
Robert P. Kirkpatrick
Lynch
Marvin Corwick
State Department of Education
Rainbow Roofing Inc
East Paterson
Abrams
Morris
National Fuel Oil Co
Wellen Oil Inc
Jersey City
Pop Warner Football League
Woodfield
Suspect Drugs In Mysterious Hospital Case
Daniel J Sheridan a 22 year old of 130 Frances Pl was reported in fair condition at Memorial General Hospital Union recovering from an alleged overdose of heron and tuiial Police say four men drove off in a car registered to an Irvington man and dumped him on the hospital lawn He was taken to the emergency room after a phone call claimed he had taken the drugs and Sheridan was listed as critical before questioning by detectives.
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Daniel J. Sheridan
Frances
Memorial General Hospital
Union
Irvington
Sheridan
Taxes Due and Evening Hours Announced
The tax office will be open from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday nights for taxpayers. Readable dates show July 24 and July 31 with the third quarter taxes due by August 1, 1967, according to Tax Collector John C. Pozar.
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John C. Pozar
Hillside Adult Band Rehearsals Set For Monday
Hillside High School music rooms host 7 30 p m Monday evening rehearsals for the Hillside Recreation Commission sponsored Adult Band. The group will perform Pop Concert Under the State on Wednesday August 16 at Conant Street Park directed by Mick Buglio.
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Hill~side
Hillside High School
Hillside Recreation Commission
Wed
OHS Pom
Conant St. Park
Mick Buglio
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Long Ave
Phillips
Austin Bury
Adama Ave
Elizabeth
Center Bowl
Amoco
Route 22
Doreman Place
Raymond Issler
Rudolph Lane
Rahway
American Can Co
N. Union Ave
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Jeeee
Harvey Kaplowitz
Summit Ave
Salem Road
Albert Piscitelli
Milton M. Lilien
DER
Laula Lazzaro
Schoefield St
Sam Kirsch
Colling
Rose and
TOBIA
BBC Appliances
Liberty Avenue
Liberty Ave
Waverly
Vorhees St
AN Kh
Raha
New Jersey
Joseph E. Artz
Summit
Jersey
Ieard E. Forsell
Hil Rotary Club
Theodore J. Mayhew
Fenotidtta
Wire
Kirkpatrick
Willside Times
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