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...were a record 242 strikes in the 1979-80 school year. The following year there were 191; so far this fall there have been about 65. Only some 20 strikes are still in progress today, and few seem likely to continue for long. A 19-day strike ended in Teaneck, N.J., last week after State Superior Court Judge Sherwin Lester leaned on both sides. He ordered teachers back to work and, when they refused, began commandeering school buildings for use as makeshift jails to confine groups of teachers during the day. When an intransigent board of education failed to produce...
...done with amateurs," boasts Mickey Spillane, detective novelist and sometime pitchman for Miller Lite beer. Spillane concedes, however, that the high jinks that accompany the filming "would drive regular actors up the wall." Last week Spillane and pals gathered at a bowling alley in Teaneck, N.J., to shoot another of the award-winning spots. Those present included Comedian Rodney Dangerfield, Actress Lee Meredith, Boston Celtics President Red Auerbach, former Oakland Raiders Coach John Madden, ex-Baltimore Slugger Boog Powell and retired New York Jet Matt Snell. Off-camera the jocks disputed the merits of their various sports. "The baseball people...
...those with the time, skill and persistence, home labor can pay off. Victor Sanchez, a Teaneck, N.J., salesman, figured that with just three hours work he could install a new shower by himself-saving $150. Chicago Architect John Dix and his wife estimate that the painting bills alone for the condominium they are refurbishing themselves would...
George Kurien Teaneck...
...Side, he was a dedicated gardener at his New Jersey home, and he once tried growing grapes to produce his own wine. His report on Château Volcker grand cru: "It came out like shellac." He is from a middle-class family-his father was city manager of Teaneck, N.J.-and is known to be somewhat parsimonious. His cigars, complain his associates, do not carry a banker-like aroma. (One of his first acts, nonetheless, will probably be to remove the NO SMOKING signs Chairman Miller installed in the Fed boardroom.) Volcker's preferred entertainment is watching sports...