Murder suicide grisly double tragedy in Hillside home
Mrs Frances Holloran De Coff 59 was found dead of apparent suffocation in a Hillside bedroom when police entered after a sister reported concern. Her husband John DeGoff 59 was later found dead of head wounds in a Peabody motel. Notes on a coffee table claimed marital despair and intent to kill. Police stated no violence at the scene. toxicology will determine the death cause. Mrs De Coff leaves two sons and three grandchildren.
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Frances Holloran de Coff
Vine St
John DeGoff
Peabody
Mass
Hillside
James Nolte
Charles O'Brien de Coff
Danvers
Hillside Police
George Holleran
Charles
Joseph Granahan
Nutley
Newark
Hillside seeks students for summer job program
During the Hillside Township Committee meeting Police Commissioner Carmen Ferrigno announced the Hillside Employment Labor Project will again accept applications from high school and college students. The committee matches applicants with openings and has previously aided 150 placements.
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Carmen J. Ferrigno
Hillside Employment Labor Project
Hillside
Ferrigno
The
Hill
Hillside Kiwanis and Local Notices Highlight Community
Hillside Kiwanis members, led by President George Hall, met to discuss fund raising and joined interclub events at Cranford and Mountainside. Police reported thefts of three battery flashers valued at 42 dollars, while arrests and public incidents included a contempt of court warrant arrest and a cherry bomb damage report. Two vehicle theft recoveries were logged by Patrolmen Oramp and Kerrigan.
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Hillside Kiwanis Club
George Hall
Marisa‘s
Cranford
Cranford Kiwanis Club
Mountainside Inn
Mountainside
Union County Street and Bridge Department
N. Broad St
Mertz Ave
Black parent plan urged to protect children in township
Last Wednesday a man asked two 12 year old boys to engage in an unnatural sex act. The proposed plan would route children to a designated house for police notification. St Catherine's School has started the program and calls for all PTAs to participate for child protection.
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Rey
St. Catherine’s School
PTA
Collision on Route 22 Injures 40 Year Old Man
A 40 year old man on Route 22 Westfield suffered multiple injuries in a 10:42 pm collision in front of 375 Route 22. John F Harding Jr 22 Worcester Mass operated the other car. Patrolman LaCara provided first aid and the injured man was sent to St Elizabeth Hospital for further care.
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Boynton Ave
Westfield
Route 22
John F. Harding Jr
Worcester
Mass
Lawrence LaCara
Harding
Noell
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Elizabeth
LaCara
Economy Committee Named By Mayor
Mayor I Lute Share forms a special panel to save Township money. Members include Finance Commissioner Robert Diamond Township Treasurer Marvin Corwick and Police Commissioner Carmen Ferrigno. The group will study tax relief, centralized purchasing, and seeking higher aid to keep to the budget and aim for a surplus. The reconstruction of the N Broad Street and Mertz Avenue intersection, funded by the county, is cited as a cost-saving example.
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I. Lute Share
Robert Diamond
Marvin Corwick
Carmen Ferrigno
Share
N. Broad St
Mertz Ave
Hillside PBA answers Hillside Times editorial on pay parity
The Hillside P B A Local No 70 defends police fire pay parity concerns reacting to the Times February 28 column. It argues both sides face hazards and supports an impartial evaluation rather than pay increases based on tradition. A referendum is suggested as a possible solution.
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Hillside P.B.A
Hillside Times
P.B.A
Solomon
Questions on Hillside dog welfare and Newark contracts
Kenneth E. Hathaway pressed Councilman Lee Bernstein about the townships plan to contract dog catcher services to a Lodi firm. Bernstein and Finance Commissioner Robert Diamond questioned the Lodi firm’s seven day holding policy and tied contracts to nearby operations and animal sales to laboratories. A new $200 000 shelter project aims to replace the 142 year old facility, with bids prompted by Newark’s increase in annual spending for dog pickup.
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Kenneth E. Hathaway
Board of Health
Lee Bernstein
Newark
Hathaway
Hillside
Lodi
Bernstein
Associated Humane Societies
Robert Diamond
Charles Dotto
Humane Animal Shelter of New Jersey Inc
Main St. Lodi
Associated Humane Societies Inc
Evergreen Ave
Eastcoast
Diamond
Eastcoast Animal Supply
Edwin O.gil
Township approves police and fire salary ordinances on first reading
Police and fire department salaries were increased in two ordinances approved on first reading by the Township Committee. March 19 is scheduled for hearing and adoption along with two other ordinances. The two year residence requirement for police and firemen was restored per civil service rules. PBA representatives and Elizabeth officers picketed the Municipal Building before the meeting, with 75 to 100 protesters. Patrolman Anthony Lordi pressed for action on union proposals and department integration, which the commissioners said would be addressed at the March 19 session.
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Township Committee
PBA
Elizabeth
Anthony Lordi
Hillside Pba
Lordi
Lords
Reminder Issued For 1968 Dog Licenses By Clerk
Township Clerk Louis Dischler urged dog owners to pick up the 1968 licenses as the 1967 licenses expired January 31. The reminder targets owners who have not yet obtained their renewed licenses.
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Louis Dis=chler
Coed Describes NCE At Career Day Program
Miss Colleen M. Huppert a Newark College of Engineering sophomore will represent NCE and describe student life at New Jersey's largest engineering school during a state wide Engineering Career Day program. The event March 18 at Rutgers New Brunswick hosts 1 200 students and 400 adults with other speakers. Colleen is among about 35 coeds in NCE's undergraduate body of nearly 2 800. She attended Hillside High School class of 1966 and joined NCE for math and computers. She is active as class secretary freshman year cheerleader choir and a National Merit award recipient. The program is sponsored by the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers.
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Colleen M. Huppert
Newark College of Engineering
Henry Huppert
Hillside
NCE
New Jersey
Rutgers
New Brunswick
Colleen
Hillside High School
Griffith Munic. Foundation
Celleen Huppert
NOE
Spectra 76
N.j.society of Professional Engineers
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Livingston Ave
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