%pbe Red Bank Fire JBombings, Vandalism SEE STORY Sunny and Hot Sunny and hot today. Fair THEDMLY FINAL and mild tonight. Clear and Red Bank, Freehold hot again tomorrow. Long Branch J EDITION (See Detail!, Page 2). , Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 92 Years VOL, 93, NO. 34 RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1969 32 PAGES 10 CENTS auiiiiiiiiiiiM^^ n i uiuiuw umujiiHuuiJUXUiiii i ii ii Hiimi uui iiMuuit Nation Honors Moonmen LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sky is no longer the lim- pioneering trio and, posthu- •he said: "It was our privi- ballroom of the Century Pla- President Nixon has toasted it." mously, to three astronauts lege today to cross the coun- za Hotel broke up after a the Apollo 11 lunar explorers The boyish-looking Arm- fatally burned in a spacecraft try to touch America." great roar of cheers and as "three brave men" who strong — mission commander fire in 1967. ' Guests at the elaborate claps for the astronauts who penetrated the shadows of and first man on the moon- Day of Tours state dinner, the first ever spoke modestly of their ac- space and carried humanity responded in a sometimes The affair climaxed a tri- held outside Washington, in- complishments. to new heights of imagi- quavering voice before 1,440 umphant day of tours through ' cluded members of the1 Cabi- 4 Million in N. Y. nation. of the nation's elite: "We New York and Chicago, a' net and the Supreme Court, Earlier, they were cheered Holding aloft a glass of were very privileged to leave day-devoted to an outpouring 44 9f 50 governors, represen- . by an estimated 4 million in champagne at an extraordi- on the moon a plaque en- of American appreciation for tatives of the diplomatic New York City and 2 million nary state dinner last night, dorsed by you, Mr. Pres? the feat. corps and the aerospace busi- in Chicago. he told Neil A. Armstrong, ident, saying it was for all Armstrong noted that dur- ness, aviation heroes, mili- Nixon hinted that the astro- Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and Mi- mankind:" ing the New York ticker-tape tary leaders and friends and nauts may travel overseas chael Collins, "We thank you : The glittering banquet was tribute he saw a sign, .telling relatives of'the astronauts. after their return today to for your courage. We thank capped by presentation of the astronauts, "Through you The 2'^ho'ur, seven-course Houston. "When they you for raising our sights.. * special medals to, the we touched the moon." Then feast In a lavishly decorated (See Honor, Pg. 2, Col. 4] CC to Picket Office Over Sentences By ED IIOUSMAN testers will move to his but police said there was no ence of 75, a group that feels hit with crude Molotov cock- FREEHOLD — Condemn- home at 8 Sunset Court, and sign of a fire bomb involved. the only .way to get action is tails Tuesday, hours after the ing Freehold as "really a continue picketing until It was the only'incident re- by "more vigorous response court decision. small town in Mississippi at 8 p.m. ported during the night, and than just walking and talk- Urge Caution heart," the Concerned Citi- Doable Patrols police said there was no rep- ing." Besides the militant group zens (CC) of Greater Free- Police Chief Henry T. Lef- etition of the firebombings There was an Implicit' and the group that wanted IT WAS EXCITING — Ticker tape, tissue and confetti greet Apollo II astronauts hold last night voted to pick- kowich told The Daily Regis- that caused six fires the pre- threat of continued and more immediate picketing there et the office and home of Mu- ; on Chicago's LaSalle St. From left, Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael ter that he had doubled the vious night. serious firebombing when one. was a group headed by CC nicipal Court Judge Alexan- ordinary patrols last night in He said he would continue in the audience said: ''In treasurer Herbert Williams,, Collins, (AP Wirephoto) der Levchuk this afternoon. anticipation of trouble, but beefed-up police coverage Washington we give them who urged the audience not The demonstration is to ex- that as of midnight it had through today if rumors of two days to move on our de- to do anything rdsh, press the black community's been unusually quiet. impending trouble continue to mands, then we burn. This is He declared: "We need to "anger and frustration" over Later, a fire termed "sus- come in. the way to get action." plan our response to this in- Judge Levchuk's sentencing, picious" destroyed a part of Indeed there was, among Three schools and three justice. And we are going to yesterday of black picketers the railway freight station. mixed white and black audi- commercial buildings were (See To Picket, Pg. 2, CoL 5) Ireland's Religious of Sorrento's Delicatessen and dismissal of eomplaints against the store's proprie- tor, who the CC claims War Fury Grows started the trouble. Freight Station Burns The picketing almost began right after the meeting at the FREEHOLD — A "suspi- bombing. _ Earlier, police had has not been any damage in the melee received 15 tOfND.ONOiERRY, Northern / shots to scatter one group of measure, however firm, or : Astro when a motion by Mrs. - cious" fire destroyed part of reported everything quiet estimate on any of the fires. days on the same charge. Ireland (AP) — Northern Ire- gasoline bombers. unpalatable." Gerry Reed, Colts Neck, to land's religious warfare in- Firing was reported in the railway freight station following the wave of fire- In the fires early yester- Asked if the sentencing Premier Jack Lynch of the f'picket Levchuk tonight" bombings less than 24 hours creased in fury today as three other centers including here at 12:30 a.m.. today as day, one building, housing could have precipitated th« Irish Republic coupled his was cheered but narrowly de- police and firemen were on before which damaged three Catholics, Protestants and Belfast, the state capital, and the offices of Holland and bombings, Chief Lefkowich, call for U.N. action with a feated. guard to prevent another public schools and three police battled in at least nine six persons were hit by bul- McChesney, a feed and vege- replied, "Who can tell?" demand that the British gov- Picketing is scheduled to breakout of firebombings. commercial buildings. ' table firm, was gutted, while cities.and towns. lets. ' I ernment open talks to review begin at 1 p.m. today at Police Chief Henry Lef- No one was injured in the the other buildings, including T roops Walt The Catholic regime in the "the entire constitutional po- Judge Levchuk's office, 57 W. kowich called the fire sus- freight station fire. No one Freehold High School, Inter- British Prime Minister Irish Republic demanded that sition" of Northern Ireland, Main St. and run continuous- picious but added that there was injured in yesterday mediate School and the 2 Sentenced Harold Wilson was reported the British government call <See Ireland, Pg. 3, Col. 8) ly until 5 p.m., when the pro- was no evidence of fire- morning's blazes and there Fourth Street School, suf- In a U.N. peace force to re- preparing to break off his va- fered slight damage.. cation to confer in London In Window store order ta the Protestant- The buildings are widely dominated. northern counties with Home Minister James separated. which are part oT the United Callaghan. British troops Breakings Kingdom. London replied waited in the wings. Chief Lefkowich said there Fishery Blaze, Firebombing was no indication the bomb- FREEHOLD - Superior that'Northern Ireland was no In Belfast, Prime Minister ings were racially motivated. business of Dublin's or the James Chichester - Clark re- Court Judge Francis X. Cra- He did say one man could hay yesterday suspended a United Nations'. called the state parliament have done all the damage 30-day jail term for David Downtown • Londonderry, from summer recess, mobi- since it took place over a Dugger, 9 First St., one of where the current violence lized police reserves and Attempts Probed in Red Bank four-hour span. two borough youths convicted began during a Protestant hinted in a television broad- Last month . members of, in Municipal Court of break-' parade Tuesday, was in cast he might call in British RED.BANK — A fire at the a half of each other are be- building failed because the About 50 Red Bank firemen Concerned Citizens, a local ing store windows during the flames, ravaged by more troops. Bayshore Fishery on Shrews- ing investigated by police. flare failed to ignite, police battled heavy smoke and fall- civil rights group, clashed' May 19 disturbance here. than' 4,000. Roman Catholic He warned that his Protes- Fire Chief Willard Watkins said. ing glass at the fishery for bury Ave. last night and two with bystanders while picket- Judge Crahay upheld sen- found flares without spikes At 10:37 police found four about 45 minutes before put- and Protestant fighters. Po- tant government "will not other attempted fire-setting ing a delicatessen for al- tence of the other youth, Clif- (the "fusees" that are used windows broken at the Polar ting the fire out. lice fired a barrage of 30 shrink from any necessary incidents within an hour and leged discrimination. Bor- ford Deckle, Monmouth Ave., at railroad crossings) at the Club on Shrewsbury Ave. and Two firemen entered the ough officials issued a state- to 60 days in Monmouth scene of the fire and said that a strong odor of gasoline building before, the flames ment afterwards calling for County Jail.