Feb. 9, 1971: The Council unanimously approves A&P’s proposal for a supermarket in the new Botany Village Square as part of the urban redevelopment.
April 8, 1971: The DPW begins planting trees as part of the city’s beautification program. The first ones were along Allwood Rd., from the circle to the power lines.
March 4, 1971: The BOE asks City Manager Holster to make School 6 available for academic use. Previously it was leased to the city as a community recreation center.
May 4, 1971: Taxi cab fares charged by the Clifton Taxi and Livery Service is argued before the Council. The company wanted to raise taxi fares from a minimum of 60 cents to 70 cents.
April 6, 1971: Some 150 teenagers attend a Council meeting to protest a revised anti-loitering ordinance, claiming a violation of their rights. April 6, 1971: The Council debates whether to repair or demolish at city expense an old structure on Parker Ave. in the Botany Village redevelopment. They also argued about bids to install a sprinkler system at the new Allwood Branch library.
May 4, 1971: A proposed sign ordinance, part of the beautification program, bans signs painted on railroad overpasses, streamers, bunting, strings of lights and spinners. May 14, 1971: Frank Carlet, a 34year-old attorney, becomes city Republican leader for the fourth consecutive time. He won 57-34 over Councilman Frank Sylvester.
On Nov. 16, 1971, Mayor Anna Latteri announces that she will appoint 38-year-old Frank A. Pecci (above), of Silleck St., to the BOE. He would fill out the unexpired term of Stephen Groceljak, who resigned. May 16, 1971: The city hosts a parade sponsored by the New Jersey American Legion to honor American POW’s War in Vietnam. June 15, 1971: Three ministers call city leaders to repeal the teen curfew and park restrictions. A youth worker calls City Manager Holster “paranoid” on the curfew issue. June 16, 1971: Construction of a 12-unit apartment at 180 Highland Ave. wins approval.
The 1971 Paul VI varsity football team. Kneeling, from left, Richard McDermott and Roy McTernan. Standing, from left, Henry Patterson, Steven Jakimec, William Donnelly, Kevin McKenna, Paul Ogden, Joseph Brower, Kenneth Scarpa, Joseph Rothong, Gary Szilagyi and Joseph Maran.
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July 8, 1971: The BOE rejects the Social Education Committee’s proposed sex ed curriculum. The dissenting voters insisted they were not opposed to the proposal, but wanted to study how sexuality was handled in the curriculum to compare it with the committee’s remarks.