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`` My experience as public safety commissioner '', Roos said, `` has shown me that the office of sheriff is best filled by a man with law enforcement experience, and preferably one who is a lawyer.
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`` My experience as public safety commissioner '', Roos said, `` has shown me that the office of sheriff is best filled by a man with law enforcement experience, and preferably one who is a lawyer.
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Jim Sheeran fits that description ''.
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William J. Seidel, state fire warden in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, has retired after 36 years of service.
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A citation from Conservation Commissioner Salvatore A. Bontempo credits his supervision with a reduction in the number of forest fires in the state.
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Seidel joined the department in 1925 as a division fire warden after graduation in 1921 from the University of Michigan with a degree in forestry and employment with private lumber companies.
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In October 1944, he was appointed state warden and chief of the Forest Fire Section.
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Under his supervision, the state fire-fighting agency developed such techniques as plowing of fire lines and established a fleet of tractor plows and tractor units for fire fighting.
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Under his supervision, the state fire-fighting agency developed such techniques as plowing of fire lines and established a fleet of tractor plows and tractor units for fire fighting.
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Under his supervision, the state fire-fighting agency developed such techniques as plowing of fire lines and established a fleet of tractor plows and tractor units for fire fighting.
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He also expanded and modernized the radio system with a central control station.
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He also expanded and modernized the radio system with a central control station.
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He introduced regular briefing sessions for district fire wardens and first aid training for section wardens.
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He is credited with setting up an annual co-operative fire prevention program in co-operation with the Red Cross and State Department of Education.
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He is credited with setting up an annual co-operative fire prevention program in co-operation with the Red Cross and State Department of Education.
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Richard J. Hughes made his Morris County debut in his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination here last night with a pledge `` to carry the issues to every corner of the state ''.
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Richard J. Hughes made his Morris County debut in his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination here last night with a pledge `` to carry the issues to every corner of the state ''.
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He promised nearly 200 Democratic county committee members at the meeting in the Puddingstone Inn : `` When I come back here after the November election you 'll think, ' You 're my man - you 're the kind of governor we 're glad we elected '' '.
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He promised nearly 200 Democratic county committee members at the meeting in the Puddingstone Inn : `` When I come back here after the November election you 'll think, ' You 're my man - you 're the kind of governor we 're glad we elected '' '.
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He promised nearly 200 Democratic county committee members at the meeting in the Puddingstone Inn : `` When I come back here after the November election you 'll think, ' You 're my man - you 're the kind of governor we 're glad we elected '' '.
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He promised nearly 200 Democratic county committee members at the meeting in the Puddingstone Inn : `` When I come back here after the November election you 'll think, ' You 're my man - you 're the kind of governor we 're glad we elected '' '.
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He promised nearly 200 Democratic county committee members at the meeting in the Puddingstone Inn : `` When I come back here after the November election you 'll think, ' You 're my man - you 're the kind of governor we 're glad we elected '' '.
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He promised nearly 200 Democratic county committee members at the meeting in the Puddingstone Inn : `` When I come back here after the November election you 'll think, ' You 're my man - you 're the kind of governor we 're glad we elected '' '.
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He said, `` We Democrats must resolve our issues on the test of what is right and just, and not what is expedient at the time ''.
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He said, `` We Democrats must resolve our issues on the test of what is right and just, and not what is expedient at the time ''.
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He said, `` We Democrats must resolve our issues on the test of what is right and just, and not what is expedient at the time ''.
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He said, `` We Democrats must resolve our issues on the test of what is right and just, and not what is expedient at the time ''.
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In his only attack on the Republicans, Hughes said, `` The three Republican candidates for governor are tripping over their feet for popular slogans to win the primary.
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In his only attack on the Republicans, Hughes said, `` The three Republican candidates for governor are tripping over their feet for popular slogans to win the primary.
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In his only attack on the Republicans, Hughes said, `` The three Republican candidates for governor are tripping over their feet for popular slogans to win the primary.
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But we 'll have a liberal, well planned, forward looking, honest platform.
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But we 'll have a liberal, well planned, forward looking, honest platform.
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We 'll not talk out of one side of our mouth in Morris County and out of the other side in Hudson.
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`` We 'll take the truth to the people, and the people will like the truth and elect their candidate and party in November ''.
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`` We 'll take the truth to the people, and the people will like the truth and elect their candidate and party in November ''.
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`` We 'll take the truth to the people, and the people will like the truth and elect their candidate and party in November ''.
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He said, `` You can see signs of the Republicans ' feeble attack on the Meyner administration.
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He said, `` You can see signs of the Republicans ' feeble attack on the Meyner administration.
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But I shall campaign on the Meyner record to meet the needs of the years ahead ''.
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But I shall campaign on the Meyner record to meet the needs of the years ahead ''.
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He urged New Jersey to `` become a full partner in the courageous actions of President Kennedy ''.
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He urged New Jersey to `` become a full partner in the courageous actions of President Kennedy ''.
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`` We must keep the bloodstream of New Jersey clean '', the former Superior Court judge said.
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`` We must keep the bloodstream of New Jersey clean '', the former Superior Court judge said.
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`` To prevent hoodlums from infiltrating the state as they did in the Republican administration in the early 1940 s ''.
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`` To prevent hoodlums from infiltrating the state as they did in the Republican administration in the early 1940 s ''.
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Calling the Democrats the `` party that lives, breathes and thinks for the good of the people '', Hughes asked, `` a representative Democratic vote in the primary for a springboard toward victory in November ''.
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Calling the Democrats the `` party that lives, breathes and thinks for the good of the people '', Hughes asked, `` a representative Democratic vote in the primary for a springboard toward victory in November ''.
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Calling the Democrats the `` party that lives, breathes and thinks for the good of the people '', Hughes asked, `` a representative Democratic vote in the primary for a springboard toward victory in November ''.
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Calling the Democrats the `` party that lives, breathes and thinks for the good of the people '', Hughes asked, `` a representative Democratic vote in the primary for a springboard toward victory in November ''.
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Calling the Democrats the `` party that lives, breathes and thinks for the good of the people '', Hughes asked, `` a representative Democratic vote in the primary for a springboard toward victory in November ''.
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Hughes supported Gov. Meyner 's `` Green Acres '' plan for saving large tracts of open land from the onrush of urban development.
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Hughes supported Gov. Meyner 's `` Green Acres '' plan for saving large tracts of open land from the onrush of urban development.
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He said legislation for a $ 60 million bond issue to underwrite the program is expected to be introduced Monday.
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He said legislation for a $ 60 million bond issue to underwrite the program is expected to be introduced Monday.
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He said legislation for a $ 60 million bond issue to underwrite the program is expected to be introduced Monday.
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He said legislation for a $ 60 million bond issue to underwrite the program is expected to be introduced Monday.
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The plan will provide $ 45 million for purchase of open land by the state.
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The other $ 15 million is to be alloted to municipalities on a matching fund basis.
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Hughes said, `` This is not a plan to conquer space - but to conserve it '', pointing out the state population has increased 125000 each year since 1950.
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Hughes said, `` This is not a plan to conquer space - but to conserve it '', pointing out the state population has increased 125000 each year since 1950.
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Hughes said, `` This is not a plan to conquer space - but to conserve it '', pointing out the state population has increased 125000 each year since 1950.
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Hughes said, `` This is not a plan to conquer space - but to conserve it '', pointing out the state population has increased 125000 each year since 1950.
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Hughes said, `` This is not a plan to conquer space - but to conserve it '', pointing out the state population has increased 125000 each year since 1950.
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He said `` Morris County is rapidly changing and unless steps are taken to preserve the green areas, there will be no land left to preserve ''.
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He said `` Morris County is rapidly changing and unless steps are taken to preserve the green areas, there will be no land left to preserve ''.
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He said `` Morris County is rapidly changing and unless steps are taken to preserve the green areas, there will be no land left to preserve ''.
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He said `` Morris County is rapidly changing and unless steps are taken to preserve the green areas, there will be no land left to preserve ''.
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He said `` Morris County is rapidly changing and unless steps are taken to preserve the green areas, there will be no land left to preserve ''.
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He said `` Morris County is rapidly changing and unless steps are taken to preserve the green areas, there will be no land left to preserve ''.
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He said `` Morris County is rapidly changing and unless steps are taken to preserve the green areas, there will be no land left to preserve ''.
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Hughes would not comment on tax reforms or other issues in which the Republican candidates are involved.
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Hughes would not comment on tax reforms or other issues in which the Republican candidates are involved.
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He said no matter what stand he takes it would be misconstrued that he was sympathetic to one or the other of the Republicans.
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He said no matter what stand he takes it would be misconstrued that he was sympathetic to one or the other of the Republicans.
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He said no matter what stand he takes it would be misconstrued that he was sympathetic to one or the other of the Republicans.
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He said no matter what stand he takes it would be misconstrued that he was sympathetic to one or the other of the Republicans.
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`` After the primary '', he promised, `` I 'll be explicit on where I stand to bring you a strong, dynamic administration.
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`` After the primary '', he promised, `` I 'll be explicit on where I stand to bring you a strong, dynamic administration.
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`` After the primary '', he promised, `` I 'll be explicit on where I stand to bring you a strong, dynamic administration.
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`` After the primary '', he promised, `` I 'll be explicit on where I stand to bring you a strong, dynamic administration.
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I 'm not afraid to tangle with the Republican nominee ''.
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I 'm not afraid to tangle with the Republican nominee ''.
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Fifteen members of the Republican State Committee who are retiring - voluntarily - this year were honored yesterday by their colleagues.
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Fifteen members of the Republican State Committee who are retiring - voluntarily - this year were honored yesterday by their colleagues.
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The outgoing members, whose four-year terms will expire a week after the April 18 primary election, received carved wooden elephants, complete with ivory tusks, to remember the state committee by.
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The outgoing members, whose four-year terms will expire a week after the April 18 primary election, received carved wooden elephants, complete with ivory tusks, to remember the state committee by.
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The outgoing members, whose four-year terms will expire a week after the April 18 primary election, received carved wooden elephants, complete with ivory tusks, to remember the state committee by.
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There may be other 1961 state committee retirements come April 18, but they will be leaving by choice of the Republican voters.
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There may be other 1961 state committee retirements come April 18, but they will be leaving by choice of the Republican voters.
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A special presentation was made to Mrs. Geraldine Thompson of Red Bank, who is stepping down after 35 years on the committee.
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A special presentation was made to Mrs. Geraldine Thompson of Red Bank, who is stepping down after 35 years on the committee.
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She also was the original GOP national committeewoman from New Jersey in the early 1920 s following adoption of the women 's suffrage amendment.
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She also was the original GOP national committeewoman from New Jersey in the early 1920 s following adoption of the women 's suffrage amendment.
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She served one four-year term on the national committee.
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The North and the South were in greater agreement on sovereignty, through all their dispute about it, than were the Founding Fathers.
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The North and the South were in greater agreement on sovereignty, through all their dispute about it, than were the Founding Fathers.
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The truth in their conflicting concepts was expounded by statesmen of the calibre of Webster and Calhoun, and defended in the end by leaders of the nobility of Lincoln and Lee.
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The truth in their conflicting concepts was expounded by statesmen of the calibre of Webster and Calhoun, and defended in the end by leaders of the nobility of Lincoln and Lee.
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The people everywhere had grown meanwhile in devotion to basic democratic principles, in understanding of and belief in the federal balance, and in love of their Union.
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