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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday february 21,1986 races n places Elbow room is scarce in new Jersey City from press dispatches in inc most crowded town in the most crowded county in the most crowded state in the nation there arc no vacant lots rarely any parking spaces and real estate agents take Down for Sale signs As fast As the Ink dries on the buyer s Check. According to the 19x0 census 43,549 people live in slightly less than a Square mile in West new York . Unofficial estimates Sny h s closer to 50,000, counting illegal aliens and others who Don i care to to to to authorities. By comparison neighbouring new York City had 23,900 residents per Square mile in 1984. Los Angeles counted 6.664 people and Anchorage Alaska had 131 residents per Square mile said Alfred toilet a demo Grapher in the new Jersey department of labor. He said the population density Here and in neigh Boring towns along the Hudson River is disproportionately High because they have fewer Parks and non residential areas. Hudson county with 12.067 residents per Square mile is the most densely populated county in new Jersey. The Garden state is the most densely populated state with 7.5 million people living in 7,496 Square Miles or an average of 1,000 residents per Mickey Mouth Mickey Sooney Porti a wide Grin at he place hit footprint in wet Cement at Mann i chinese Thea Ter in Hollywood Calif. Thit it the Leeond Lime gooney t footprint Han print and signature have been placed in Cement at Mann to the Fin time wat oct. Is 1938. Square mile according to census figures. But residents of West new York have Many Rea sons for putting up with the disadvantages of living in such a crowded place it s a Short commute to new York City Homes have a spectacular View of the Manhattan Skyline the Meadowlands sports Complex and a Cluster of High tech companies Are minutes away Many apartments arc rent controlled in a High rent area and the educational system has a Good reputation. The place is viable said Anthony m. A Flo the mayor for 14 years. The Community was incorporated in 1898, and first attracted German Irish and italian immigrants. After the cuban revolution West new York became Home to Many political exiles from the Island. They were followed by people who left Cuba. Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons. Today 60 percent of West new York s population is hispanic. Last squad to Toast comrades the eight surviving members of Utah s last squad club of world War veterans plan to spend their final reunion March 1. Toasting their dead comrades from a bottle of whiskey scaled in a Strong Box for 45 years. The last squad club was organized in 1941 by 101 veterans of the War to end All wars Fred Voll said. The members agreed at inc outset to disband when Only eight survivors were left. A bottle of whiskey that has been scaled in a Strong Box since 1941 will be opened at the final meeting. The Toast will be shared by the surviving members followed by the traditional smashing of glasses said Voll 89. Who was a quartermaster in the Navy during world War i and served for 18 months in Siberia with allies from the Imperial russian Navy. One of inc members is former Utah co. J. Bracken Lee who was mayor of Price in 1941. The Box which has been held in the Helper City vault also contains Memorabilia donated by the Mem Bers but i m not sure exactly what else is in it said Voll. Most of the last squad members were in the army in Europe but some of us were in other branches of the service said Voll a retired Railroad machinist. Hillbilly makes comeback the founder of the West Virginia hillbilly says he s coming out of retirement on his 75lh birthday to resume publishing the weekly newspaper in its original Folksy format. I m Gonna be a Busy boy Jim Comstock said tuesday As he announced that he had repurchased the rid Wood based paper after a five year absence.  founded the weekly in 1957 As a county paper that can be enjoyed by everyone in the state when he sold it five years ago it had nationwide subscribers who looked to it for Down Home humor and pungent commentary. The paper itself was pungent on one occasion when Comstock mixed his Printer s Ink with the juice of the ramp a wild onion prize As a delicacy by some people. The . Postal service made him Promise never to do it again. The hillbilly went through two owners after coms Tock the latest switching fast year to a Glossy mag a be format. , who plans a 10,000-Issue run on his 75lh birthday feb. 25�h. Says that was a mistake. Mountaineers Don t like that Slick kind or paper he said. It s not Good for secondary use. Astronaut plans to guest shot astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin will appear on Abc s Punky Brewster show to help Young viewers Cope with the deaths of the seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle challenger the series creator says. Producer Dald Duclon who wrote the episode scheduled for broadcast March 9. Said he was inspired by news coverage of How children who saw the shuttle explosion on clevis on were affected by it. Aldrin who made Man s first visit to the Moon s surface with nil Armstrong in 1969. Will appear As himself. He tells Punky played by Molcil Moon Frye about the risks that All explorers take. 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