U.S. Marines Find Heavily Fortified North Viet Bases SAIGON (AP) - U.S
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Middletown Crashes Kill Woman and Youth SEE STORY BELOW Rain Possible Cloudy and warm witii chance HOME of showers today. Clearing, Red Bank, Freehold cool tonight, Sunny and warm Long Branch FINAL tomorrow. I 7 (Sen Details pats 3) BEGISTER Monmouth Counttfs Home Newspaper for 90 Years VOL. 91, NO. 61 RED BANK, N. J., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1968 TEN CENTS Soviet Moonshot Seen World Power Factor MOSCOW (AP) - The Rus-sian feat "shows a capability news agency, said scientific in- challenge to America's Apollo of its time," comparable to "With this fantastic success, distance. Such pictures should ! was frequently radioed back to sians forged ahead in the space that could change the basic struments aboard the space project." Sputnik I, the first satellite to the U.S.S.R. is on the way lo be of better quality than the ! earth. race again over the weekend structure and balance of power ship had been recovered with Webb, who a week ago pre-orbit the earth. being the victor and being the pictures transmitted from I Soviet scientist Leonid Sedov by recovering an unmanned iifthe world." "a vast body of scientific in- dicted the United States would He also predicted that the first to reach the moon," said pace by U.S. or Soviet moon- | told Tass th'at Zond 5 had a spaceship that splashed down 'The spaceship, Zond 5, was formation." remain second in the space next Soviet feat would be a the institute's director, lieinz raft. special heal shield, that its in the Indian Ocean after cir- launched on Sept. 14. It went Lovell, director of Britain's race for years because of manned flight around the Kaminsky, Other valuable informa- speed was slowed down on re- cling the moon. into a holding orbit around the Jodrell Bank Observatory and heavy cuts in its space budget, moon. Western sources speculated ion from Ihe flight included ! entry by "air resistance" and Sir Bernard Lovell, Britain's earth, then took off for the an authority on the Soviet said the Zond 5 flight demon- West Germany's Bochum In- that the scientific equipment ests of control equipment and j that "at a comparatively small strated that the Russians have stitute for Satellites and Space aboard Zond. 5 included cam- top space expert, predicted that moon. It circled the moon on space program, called the So- if temperature and air-pres- height" it was further slowed the Soviets within months will Wednesday, landed in the In- viet shot "a considerable "an able-bodied rocket" bigger Exploration predicted that eras and that pictures were by parachute. No mention was make a mannned shot around dian Ocean Saturday night, and achievement ... It probably than any operational U. S. such a flight would be accom- made of the moon's surface. If sure controls needed for later made of retrorockets fired to the moon. James E. Webb, out- was picked up by a Russian means.that a manned- round- rocket. plished with a three-man space- so, it would be the first time manned flights. Tass said Fri- brake its descent. going head of the U.S. space recovery ship yesterday. the-moon flight will occur in Webb said the flight was "the craft "this year or at latest in film was used to take pictures day that flight information on Physicist VLadimir Kessnikh program, said the latest Rus- Tass, the official Soviet the coming months as a direct most significant 'demonstration the first quarter of 1969." of the moon at such a close [he working of this equipment (See MOONSHOT, Pg. 2, Col. 4) U.S. Marines Find Heavily Fortified North Viet Bases SAIGON (AP) - U.S. Ma-and huge stocks of munitions, Upwards of 2,000 American ammunition, mines and gre- ters said results of the DMZlight. In almost three weeks rines over the weekend found South Vietnamese soldiers re- Marines were probing the nades and rice. operation have already, exceed- 415 North Vietnamese and 55 two heavily fortified camps ported killing 98 North Viet- wooded foothills north of their Yesterday, men of the 26th ed intelligence estimates and Americans have been reported just below the North Vietnam- namese in a pitched battle on Rockpile base, sitting aUiwart Marine Regiment a few miles more is expected. In the past killed, but the North Vietnam- ese frontier. The bases evi- the eastern flank of the DMZ.the central infiltration route to the south located a second three weeks the Leathernecks ese regulars have made no dently were intended to sus- Most of the significant ac- from the 17th parallel. underground fortress of some have rounded up about 35 tons sustained battle effort. tain the Communist thrust tion reported today occurred Inside the demilitarized zone 300 bunkers, along with 1,200 of supplies, including 16,000 The South Vietnamese troops through the center of the de- in the northern provinces. above the Rockpile the Marines mortar shells and other am- rocket and mortar shells. of Hie tough 2d Regiment were militarized zone that intelli- Elsewhere another lull in the on Saturday found a complex munition. Reaction Light sweeping the scrubby coasta gence reports indicate is war appeared to be lengthen- of 350 log bunkers, some rein- Each camp could have sup- Although the Marines had flatlands yesterday when they planned in the next six weeks. ing, with enemy forces avoid- forced with steel beams, and ported and sheltered an enemy never before probed the cen hit a large enemy force three While the Marines were un- ing contact and making a few a huge stockpile of shells, regiment of about 2,500 men. tral DMZ area in force, enemy miles from Gio Linh, the big covering hundreds of bunkers attacks. rockets, rifle and machine-gun Officers at Marine headquar- reaction has been surprisingly camp which is the eastern al- lied anchor below the DMZ.».. The purpose of the South Vietnamese sweep, was to clean /f Election Goes to House up the area southeast of, Gio Linh toward the coast, about four miles distant through which another infiltration chan- LAYING CORNERSTONE — Bishop George W. Ahr nel runs down Ihe coastline. of the Catholic diocsse of Trenton participates in The South Vietnamese sai> Howard Would Vote for Favorite dedication of the new San Alfonso Retreat House, their forces suffered light ca WASHINGTON - Rep. sentatives in Congress (House the candidates would receive delegations must caucus to de for the man who is the choici sualties. Ocean Ave., West End, yesterday afternoon. James J. Howard, D-N.J., and Senate) of that state the a majority of the Electoral Col- termine who the state vote wil of the people of the United Another government foro (Register Staff Photo) pledged today to cast his vote 12 largest states, comprising lege votes — no matter who favor. Thus, of a total of 50 States, despite his party affili- reported killing 48 of the enem. in the New Jersey Congression- only 25 per cent of the popula- received the majority of the votes (the District of Columbia ation. near Phu My, in the centra! al Delegation for the presiden- tion, could elect the President, of the popular votes. If this is not yet represented in Con- "Some of our good citizens coastal area, while U.S. infan- tial candidate receiving the simply because they have more should happen, the election gress), a candidate must re- will question my decision on trymen of the Americal Divi- most popular votes in the Unit- members in Congress. would be thrown into the House ceive at least 26 to be elected. this issue and ask why, since sion reported killing 15 North ed States if the election is put "This year," continued Rep. of Representatives. If this situ- As an elected representative I am elected by, and represent Vietnamese west of Quang Two Colombian into the" House of Representa- Howard, "with electoral votes ation becomes a reality, each from New Jersey, I feel a the people of the Third Con- Ngai city, in the northern sec tives. being split in three directions, State receives one vote, regard- strong responsibility to cast gressional District, I do not sim- tor. "The true spirit of our Dem- it is conceivable that none of less of population; and state my vote in the state caucus ply cast my delegation vote for Two prison camps figured in ocracy," the Third District the winning candidate in my the war news over the week- Airliners Are congressman said, "provides district. I feel that by doing md. so, we would be repeating the -that~the~ leaders of this great South Vietnamese headquar- country be elected 'by the peo- very faults we are trying to cor- rect in the Electoral College ters said the Viet Cong over- ple.' In this critical election Woman,YouthKilled ran a prisoner of war camp at Flown to Cuba system. year, it is vital that the presi- Binh Son, 325 miles north of dency be filled by a man who "If the majority votes were aigon, and killed 20 of the HAVANA (AP)-Two Colom- a Castroite plot directed from is truly the choice of the peo- divided among the 15 congres- prisoners who refused to let ian airliners that took off two Havana. He said it seemed im- ple across the nation, regard- sional districts in such a way their "rescuers" take . them lours apart from the same air- probable that the two incidents In Middletown Crashes that no candidate carried eight lort in Colombia were hijacked could have been a coincidence. less of his political party." away.