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Scope and ContentArticle: "Hoboken: Change Bringing Problems." By Kenneth Schept. New York Times, New Jersey Weekly, Sunday, Nov. 8, 1981, page 1, left side, with continuation on page 16. Also on page 1, right column: "Hoboken: Fear of Fire Haunts Many." By Joseph Laura. Continues on page 14. Discusses the series of arson related fires including the one onJanuary 20, 1979 that killed 21 people and a fire at 1202 Twelfth St. on Oct. 24, 1981 that killed 11 of the 21 tenants including seven children. Front page has photo with two views: "Renovated Madison House, left, and fire scene on Park Avenue in Hoboken where two died last month." [The Park Avenue fire was on Columbus Day and killed two brothers, 7 and 2 years of age as noted in the right article.]