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...JERSEY'S garbage crisis reached crisis proportions this summer. Five times this summer, beaches had to be closed after garbage and ugly bacteria washed ashore. Governor Kean has declared a mandatory recycling plan. Most of the garbage landfills in the state are full and have closed. The remaining ones are reaching their capacity and have limited the types and quantity of garbage they'll take. Municipalities now are faced with the messy task of trying to redefine "trash" as opposed to "garbage" as opposed to "recyclable materials" under the new waste ordinances. Suburbia is in an uproar...
...known 30 years ago what we know now, New Jersey and much of the rest of the country would be in better shape," admits Governor Thomas Kean, a strong believer in shoreline protection. "We wouldn't have built in those areas, and we wouldn't allow people to build in those areas." Even now, however, billions of dollars worth of coastal development -- some would say runaway overdevelopment -- cannot simply be abandoned. Says Chris Soller, management assistant of the National Park Service's Fire Island National Seashore, off Long Island: "It's a tough tightrope to walk. Our whole concept...
...Jersey last week, Governor Thomas Kean signed a law requiring the separation from other trash of reusable material so it can be recycled. The new law could reduce by 25% the 10 million tons of refuse dumped annually in the state's landfills. "Without further action," said Kean, "New Jersey could actually choke on its own garbage." Unless other governments take similar innovative steps, the country can expect more big stinks like the voyage of the Mobro...
...White House Domestic Policy Council. The National Governors' Association has scheduled a vote Feb. 24 on a welfare reform plan, featuring work, training or study obligations for recipients, including mothers of children age 3 or more; approval is expected. In his budget message last week, Republican Governor Thomas Kean of New Jersey proposed a plan that would require all able-bodied welfare recipients, except mothers of children age 2 or younger, to take jobs, return to school or enroll in training programs...
...five players for Princeton include Jeff Stanley, Kean Butcher, Fazal Shiek, Tom Shepard and Christian Griffin. Jernigan should have little difficulty dispensing with top-ranked freshman Stanley, the junior national champion...