Man. New Jersey Nightly News with downturns and a good man in hand. Good evening. A landmark p*rnography trial in South Jersey creates more controversy. Boxing highlights and a preview of the garden staple tonight in sports with Bill Perry and the Democrats trying to beat the incoming Cain administration to the punch with a new congressional redistricting plan. Well the Jersey still has no idea how strong its p*rnography law is today. The first challenge to the state's recently revised obscenity law has ended in a hung jury in an Atlanta county court. Then Hodgman reports the case involves local standards of what is obscene and what isn't. They cover city is a small town of 5000 residents 20 miles northwest of Atlantic City. Group of citizens and church leaders here have been fighting to close down the adult world bookstore since it first applied for a mercantile license. A year and a half ago. Calling itself our forefathers Children the group says it has petitions opposing the bookstore with signatures of over 90 percent of the adults in the town throwing support from all the local civic groups they cover city
went to court to shut the bookstore down under New Jersey's obscenity law revised one hundred seventy nine to be a legal material must be patently or obviously offensive without a literary or scientific value and must appeal to the purity and interest when applying contemporary community standards. Superior Court Judge Anthony Gibson says the definition of what constitutes a community was crucial in the jury's decision. What would be constitutional or Linux any shouldn't be unconstitutional in Margate. And that constitutional framework requires that the material start to be controlled be examined within a larger community standard. That may not necessarily be the state. It may be the county but it's a very least a county. Gibson says his definition of community is based on prior legal decisions in the state and that the new law does not specifically define community or community standards. Our forefathers children groups as community standards in Egg Harbor City are very different from those in Atlantic City and that the law is flawed. It's one reason they say the national obscenity law center in New York calls New Jersey's obscenity law the weakest in the country isn't it.
Your First Amendment right. To look at or read what you want. We are talking about when you're home we're talking about the distribution which is clearly against the First Amendment. That's what that was the purpose of the California Supreme Court decision. Now we're talking we're talking light years away from. So much worse. Store owner Carl cos one claims it is a matter of first amendment right and that even though he sells magazines and films showing explicit sex acts sodomy of anal sex he says that does not constitute obscenity. What would it take for something to be obscene or I think anything dealing with children or with animals. Could be and would be deemed obscene. But anything beyond that now opponents of the adult world bookstore though say they're not giving up but they'll redirect their efforts toward the state legislature. There is a bill under consideration now by the state assembly that would increase the penalty for selling obscene materials. They also say they'll try to get a narrower definition of community as it is used. German community standards when they
cover city. Hundreds of New Jerseyans could be among some 2000 workers laid off on Christmas Eve by U.S. Steel's fellas works in Pennsylvania just across the river from Trenton. A company's spokesman says the layoffs are the result of a reduction in steel orders. Normally about a quarter of the plant's workforce of over 8000 is made up of New Jersey residents company and state officials say they don't know how many of the laid off workers will be from New Jersey. But that information may be available on Monday. The layoffs will idle almost half of Fairless works employees some of the workers will be recalled the first week of 1982 according to a spokesman. But it's not known how many. Atlantic City's casino industry earnings continue to expand. With the addition of the Tropicana Hotel Casino the ninth competitor to the gaming city which opened on Thanksgiving Day money taken in during November totaled totaled ninety seven point one million dollars for all of the casinos combined. The State
can see no control commission reports those earnings to be an average of three point six million dollars a day and that's 10 percent better than October's average Valley's Park Place took in about 15 million dollars. The new Tropicana reported 2.3 million dollars in earnings for November. Don. Also from South Jersey Atlantic Electric says it doesn't need its Millville coal fired generating station as much as it thought it would when the plant was proposed back in 1988. So completion of that plant will be put off until 1991. The South Jersey utility is citing two main reasons for the postponement of the project. The conservation of electricity by customers and the high cost of money and construction. The project now won't be started until 1987. The proposed 550 million dollar plan has drawn some protest from Millville residents who fear the coal plant will pollute their Cumberland County community. But a spokesman for the utility says those protests had no bearing whatsoever on their decision to delay the plant. State health officials say they found the cause of an outbreak of Hepatitis an Essex County doctor
reports. St. Benedict's prep school sits on High Street in Newark just a short block from Essex county's office buildings. In the last two weeks three employees and county offices have contracted type hepatitis. Two more cases are suspected. Four students at St. Benedict's have also gotten the same type of hepatitis. It's not considered anywhere near as serious as Type B hepatitis which may be deadly. One more type a case is suspected among students other than the proximity of the school to the offices. The state health department couldn't find out what all the victims had in common until today. It turned out everyone with hepatitis had eaten at this lunch stand in the basem*nt of the old Essex County Courthouse. The stand is operated by the state commission for the blind a blind employee wasn't wearing protective gloves while handling food. Some equipment was found dirty. Ironically Health Department inspectors discovered all this on December 5th during a check and they gave the stand a conditional approval after
operators promised to clean it up. But it took until today to interview all the hepatitis victims and isolate the cause. This morning before the lunch Stan was singled out Essex County executive Peter Shapiro described the situation as a small isolated outbreak of Hepatitis and said while there was cause for concern the situation was not serious. There have been no deaths. The symptoms are similar to a bad flu an injection of gamma globulin usually prevents the disease from taking hold. Some teachers at St. Benedict's have already gotten the injection and parents of students have been notified about the problem. Students parents and county employees are advised to see their physicians if they have reason to believe they may have contracted the disease. In Newark I'm dyin doctor. Police in Patterson tonight are continuing their roundup of suspected drug dealers in an operation that has resulted in 53 arrests so far. The drug bust which began yesterday are the result of a month long investigation into street corner drug sales. Police say
more arrests are expected soon. The crackdown called Operation straight sale by Patterson police is the largest undercover operation in the city's history. Charges of neglect of duty incompetence and inefficiency have been filed against two high ranking Union County Jail officials after the third suicide in that jail this year. Jail administrator James Scanlon and Warden Thomas Jefferson have been suspended without pay and they face dismissal now. The action came in the aftermath of prisoner McCord suicide on Tuesday. The 29 year old Verona woman hanged herself in an isolation cell. She was placed in that cell against regulations after she tried several hours earlier to kill herself. Lewis Collette a the acting head of union county's Correctional Services says the two faced an administrative hearing within 30 days. He also says a third man may be charged but that man has not been named to airlines at Newark Airport. Air Florida and New York air are taking off this time after no shows. Susan Esau's has the story.
There Florida's no show rate is running about 30 percent higher than ever and it's for daily flights out of Newark. Spokesman blame the air controllers strike saying the increased no shows are usually passengers who make several reservations to make sure they get on a convenient flight and then fail to appear for the other flights. Air Florida's new policy starting January 5th. Is in the form of an incentive to keep your reservation. Anyone flying to Fort Lauderdale West Palm Beach or Miami will get a $30 discount on weekdays provided they show up. If they do not use the ticket on the particular flight that they made the reservation for they they took it has absolutely no value at all they can't use it anymore they can turn it in for a refund they can use it for wallpaper. However we still offer the normal ticket where they are there is absolutely no penalty. New York air is no show rate is also at an all time high of about 30 percent on its four daily flights one Thanksgiving flight for example was 50 percent overbooked and less than a third of those with reservations appeared. The airline now charges $20 a ticket
for passengers who don't cancel at least 30 minutes before takeoff on its flight between Boston and Orlando. The program has been very successful on our flights from Boston and Baltimore to Orlando in fact we anticipated a no show factor in excess of 50 percent and we've really had a no show factor of about 5 percent on those routes. So if we ever fly to Florida from Newark and frankly we we've considered it in the past and I'm sure we'll consider it again in the near future. Will probably introduce the program there to keep the fares absolutely as low as possible. Both New York air and air Florida are low fare carriers charging up to two thirds less than other airlines flying similar routes and a big reason they've started penalizing no shows is to keep those fares low. Spokesman point out the door to make money they have to pass on no show cost in the form of higher ticket prices for everyone. And with the Christmas crunch coming the holiday message from the airlines is please call us if you don't plan to keep your reservation in Newark. I'm Susan nice loss. And even if you decide to show up for that flight it's going to cost you more to park at Newark Airport. The
Port Authority has announced that starting next month a short term parking will cost a minimum of $2. As it is now short term parking costs $1 for each of the first two hours. Port Authority officials say the new $2 minimum will help offset higher operating costs than if you're not flying anywhere but going out to buy your Christmas tree this weekend these tips from Rolonda Watts might prove helpful. For many the Christmas tree is the center of attention around this time of year and for the cost conscious it might make your season a little more joyous to know. Tree prices haven't changed that much from last year. If nothing pleases you more than having a real Christmas tree growers say you have plenty to choose from now depending upon the size a real tree will cost you between five and seventy five dollars. Growers are saying the most popular tree this year is the douglas fir. They last longer than the pine and have straight trunks and nice full branches. Growers say most people like the douglas fir because they even smell like Christmas. Now the Canadian balsam fir is a cousin of the douglas fir. They're the old fashioned Christmas tree
and great if you have a lot of fancy Christmas ornaments you want to show off. They're also one of the least expensive of the lot. Growers say one tree to watch out for is the spruce. They're pretty trees but they lose their needles very quickly. But if you insist on having that spruce grower suggest you cut your own for 20 dollars you can do that here Bear Swamp Christmas trees in Lawrenceville for a few dollars more you can buy a balled in burlap tree. Once Christmas is over planted in your yard how Smith grows Christmas trees here. He says if the tree you want to buy is yellowing don't panic. Some of the trees even growing when I read that people say gee let's tell the truth it's not that mainly that their leaders are cut down wherever because the weather turns on as the winter progresses they want to get more yellow. One other thing to remember is that while the trees have been sitting here the SAP has closed up the pores. So when you take it home chop a couple of inches off the bottom and place it in ramrod or artificial trees can be just as wonderful as the real ones
you can buy them in almost any department store and the prices vary here at Kmart. A four foot tree will cost you almost $13 while a six and a half footer runs about fifty dollars. Picking out that special tree is a very personal thing. But whatever tree you choose this Christmas enjoy and Trenton I'm realigned the watts of snow in the forecast but let's take a look at the weekend weather forecast anyway tonight will be fair and cold with temperatures in the mid 20s. Mostly sunny skies tomorrow and a little warmer temperatures in the high 30s and the outlook for Sunday. Sunny and milder. I don't know. The Democratic controlled legislature is rushing to redraw all the boundaries of the state's
congressional districts before the Republican administration of time of Governor Tom Kaine takes office. Jim appointing our political correspondent is here to tell us where they stand. Jim can't congressional redistricting is a lot like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube infinitely complicated. You could play it by the book do it yourself and solve it in minutes. Or you could be like the Democrats play politics let everybody in on the act and take forever. Legislative aides today were rushing to Democratic drawn redistricting bills into position for a vote next week. But the basic snag remains. 15 congressman might squeeze into 14 redrawing districts. New Jersey having lost a seat to a faster growing state. Right now the state's congressional delegation is split. Eight Democrats seven Republicans. The disappearing district will be a Republican one if Democrats who hold slim majorities in the Senate and Assembly can pass a plan before Republican Tom Kaine is sworn in as governor next month. During Cain's reign
Democrats will have a smaller legislative majority and a few Democratic defectors could give the GOP the upper hand in redistricting. The actual redistricting maps are being drawn by Democrats behind closed doors in the state house and have not yet been released publicly. But at this point the principal proposal on the right differs considerably from the existing boundaries. It has the approval of the state's Democratic congressman but Bergen County Democrats are squabbling over it and Republicans will probably fight it in court if adopted it would put in the same district two Republicans first term in March Rock'em out of Ridgewood and three term congressman Harold Hollenbeck of East Rutherford. Also thrown into the same district would be Millicent Fenwick of Bennett's bill and James quota of Hackettstown. But one or the other is expected to run for Senate next year anyway. A separate redistricting bill has been filed by Bergen County Democrats who could use their sizable legislative delegation to block any other proposal.
And all this must be resolved before the April filing deadline for the June primary election. What happens to him if there isn't an agreement. Well there's always a possibility that the primary could be prolonged until it was postponed until late summer but as Chris Jackson the assembly leader said to me if the Democrats can't unite over this issue and the Republicans deserve to redraw those districts despite the fact that Tom came back from his post-election vacation we don't seem to see the pace of things picking up in the transition can we expect that he has he has promised his aides he came back last night and he's already said they're expecting the first Cabinet appointment by Wednesday. We'll be standing by. Thanks a lot Jim. A series of sold out rock concerts is making real big money for the new Brendan Byrne arena and the borrower of Rutherford wants a piece of that action. Sandra King has more. He Struther furred says it's being short changed the Sports Complex took nearly one third of its land tax free and the borough now says unfair. There is compensation from the Meadowlands close to $900000 each year in lieu of
taxes but that figure was determined nearly five years ago before there was a BRENDAN BYRNE arena before concerts like this one. Rocket struck again says with big crowds big profits. And private Motors. Though officials insist this is not the place for tax exemption. He missed the entire meaning. Of the promoter. And. I don't know if this was on the sports or exposition though what it might fall under but that doesn't seem to me to be a public purpose that's asserted by the concerts. State law does provide for taxation when a public facility is leased but the Sports Authority chairman says that loophole does not apply here. This is a new theory I suppose in an effort to fortify what they think is a legitimate claim for more money. Our position has to be that we've entered into a binding contract binding upon us and binding upon them the language specifically said in section 3. Any future facilities
which might be constructed during the period of the contract term and that surely contemplated the arena. And therefore we were powerless even if we wanted to pay more money. So the Barrow has imposed a tax assessment it's even sent a bill when the sports complex does not intend to pay. So now it's all up to the Bergen County Tax Board. But the board's expected to depend on the state attorney general and he says the Barrow has no legal claim in East Rutherford. I'm Sandra King. And when we come back Bill Perry will have to swear it's OK. I don't know. And Bill Perry is here with the latest sports bill. OK thank you Dan. a title fight in Atlantic City and
some familiar faces in toto of the Boxing night in the state last night in a see to my title fight Jeff Chandler the champion in the white trunks right uppercut. And it's the beginning of the end for a 13th round Channel put down again in the round and then it was stopped these two fought to a draw once before this was the first defeat for Murad. Now here comes that first knockdown again Chandler with his fourth title defense he is now 27 I went to Iraq and now 19 one in three. Meanwhile in toto a state for the way champ rocky in the dark trunks outclassed Tony trysts non-title fight Rocky won all 10 rounds in all three chords but was rather lackluster rocking out twenty two in to hear 18 year old Tony Aiello in the Main Event stop J.J. Cottrell in the eighth round junior middleweight is now 15 and oh that's JJ on the ropes ropes state bantamweight champ Diego Sariel scored a sixth round behind to rent this research are now 12 1 and 1 and newcomer Mark Beckner a heavyweight from Boonton and his pro debut stop still Hannibal and one there is the state's 1981 Golden Gloves champion. It is Wisconsin and Tennessee and Garden State
for Sunday at Giants Stadium and one right here goes in-depth on the badgers and the volunteers. Tennessee comes at you in a blur of orange and white boasting enough speed to turn a football game into a track meet. Bring back Anthony Hanco*ck number 28 is one of Johnny majors speed merchants. The last several fluke injury clouded his senior year his first two in the process I want to be good with your eyes away from the good to go and still that something caused the cracked bone of Hanco*ck's foot. But by the fourth game he returned to action in eight games got five touchdown passes while averaging seven yards a carry Hanco*ck ingenius put in Willie Gault number 26 are an explosive tandem on the field or out. The blocks and track record in the shadow of the light and dark and Olympic sprinter.
The Tennessee record for kickoff and punt returns. Consummate with the defense the defense wins over Michigan Ohio State in the season Tennessee boasting its big playoff and a lot of responsibility to the badger defenders all-American crowd will have to pressure Tennessee's quarterback badgers and tackles with one hundred twenty three this season and he knows his role. You know the running attack you know. But the Badgers all-American safety mandated boom could cost him to see fit. He has 6 interceptions on the year before the line is done a good job all year long putting pressure on quarterbacks who have had to throw the ball up and when that happens a lot of times the interception is a result.
Another key factor will be the wind where the two teams square off at Giants Stadium Sunday at 12:30. I Bat Scanlon I was pretty windy. Thank you Patrick everything you wanted to know about Wisconsin and Tennessee. There is the sports schedule coming up tonight and that's how it's Denver and an indoor soccer the cosmos play Jacksonville tomorrow night college basketball. Rutgers Princeton hosts Duke and at Seton Hall against St. Peters that one at the Meadowlands Arena Sunday. There's still a lot of Giants play in St. Louis St. Louis the pick here 20 to 17. Have fun at sports I was right last week picked the Giants by four and they won but thank you. This state is full of holiday cheer and there are all kinds of Christmas celebrations taking place this weekend and you can enjoy it very effectively. Good luck. Evan these are Scrooge Tiny Tim and the ghost of Jacob Marley will be back on stage of the Carter theater this weekend. This is the second year the company has performed Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol and both ears a special sign performance for the deaf has
been given the lavish costumes and spectacular stage settings which include a revolving stage along with special effects help transport the audience back to Dickens 19th century London. Performances are on Saturday at 2:30 ended 8 and on Sunday also at 2:30 the Cardiff theatre is at ninety one university place in Princeton after this weekend the company will move on to the Annenberg theatre in Philadelphia for 16 performances beginning on December 16th. In New York Lee Valentine House is once again decorated for Christmas. The house was built in 1885 for the Valentine brewery family. And as with many aspects of Victorian life the celebration of holidays was a high art Christmas being the most elaborate. Visitors enter through the hallway were evergreen garlands decorate the staircase the first floor of the mansion is filled with Holly poinsettias and all kinds of holiday
decorations. In the dining room the table is set for a late Victorian supper. With china crystal and silver and paper and Victorian style ornaments hang in the reception room on a tray surrounded by children's toys and games of the period. The mansion is open on Saturday and Sunday from noon until 5. That's at 49 Washington Street in Newark. That holiday classic The Nutcracker has become an annual tradition across the country and New Jersey is no exception. New Jersey ballet will present its version of Tchaikovsky's fantasy ballet this weekend. It's a world of make believe a journey into the kingdom of sweets a vision of sugar plum fairies and Cavaliers. The company will give 12 performances throughout the state. Curtain goes up this Saturday at 3:00 and it ate at the Sussex County Vo-Tech high school on 94 in Sparta.
And for those of you who enjoy the duck cracker here are some details of other performances taking place around the state. The doll's Gras will perform at the North hotter than high school in Annandale on Sunday at 2:00 in the day and on Saturday a two in a day. The Garden State Ballet will perform at the Randolph high school in Randolph on Sunday at 7. And finally the Princeton ballet will perform Nutcracker at the Trenton War Memorial in Trenton on Saturday at 8 and on Sunday at 2:30. And that's the news for tonight for Don Torres Bill Perry and Jim McLean I'm Pat Monahan Wishing you a good weekend. As a. New Jersey Nike presentation the New Jersey network
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