Tag: New Jersey
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LEGISLATORS ASSAIL INSURANCE CHIEF
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, November 3, 1991 Publication: The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A07 State Insurance Commissioner Samuel F. Fortunato has come under fire by Assembly Democrats for saying that he opposes lifting surcharges on drivers who, except for minor infractions, have clean records.…
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FLORIO SEEKS NEW WIRETAP LAWS CITES ELECTRONIC USE IN CRIME
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, October 24, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03 Against a din of voices protesting his policies, Governor Florio on Wednesday proposed updating state wiretap laws to enable law enforcement officials to intercept communications on electronic devices such as beepers and…
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N.J. BRIDGING RIFT WITH MUSLIMS
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Monday, October 7, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A05 A faux pas by state Attorney General Robert J. Del Tufo for which he has since apologized is serving to bridge a perceived chasm between the Department of Law and Public…
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STORE IS ROBBERY’S SECOND FATALITY; SHOP CLOSING AFTER N.J. MAN IS KILLED
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, October 6, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03 Daisy Benitez says being held up is something the merchants in her area learn to live with. But after a robbery claimed the life of a Tenafly man in her store,…
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GWB TRAFFIC ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Sunday, September 22, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A06 New Jersey-bound drivers who braved the George Washington Bridge on Saturday ran into a 20-minute delay in the morning caused by construction work on the lower level, Port Authority officials said. Although traffic thinned later…
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TRAPS TO SNARE PARKWAY SPEEDERS
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, September 11, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03 In a pilot program to crack down on speeding, the state police will set up speed traps at nine points along the Garden State Parkway one day a week, beginning this…
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ANGRY N.J. SURVIVOR CITES DELAY IN RESCUE
By Elizabeth Auster and Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writers | Thursday, August 1, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page A10 “You have no idea how horrifying this has been.” It was 9 p.m., 16 hours after the disaster. But Peter Cepeda, pacing agitatedly in Washington’s Union Station…
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SETTLEMENT IN WORKS FOR JAIL OVERCROWDING LAWSUIT
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, July 25, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B01 A 1988 federal lawsuit seeking to reduce overcrowding and improve conditions at the Bergen County Jail is nearing a settlement, the state Public Advocate Department says. “We still have to…
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BERGEN JAIL CROWDING IS LAID TO STATE
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, July 11, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B01 Bergen County Sheriff Jack Terhune is warning the state Corrections Department that an overload of state inmates is making the county jail unmanageable. “We have an authorized capacity of 423…
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NEW LAW ON SWEATSHOPS CALLED WEAK
NJ Labor Commissioner Raymond Bramucci admitted new law against sweatshops isn’t strong enough.