4 Little Silver Stores by DOKIS KULMAN Men, on the Scene Within the Other Three Stores Except Flames Enveloped Hisstore
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THURSDAY, MAY 4,1972 TEN CENTS uiiiiniiimHitiimNiHiiiiuiiiuiiiuiiniiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiniiniuniiiii iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiuiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniwiHiiniiiBwniiiiiiiimiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiininiiiiiininniiiiii 4 little Silver Stores By DOKIS KULMAN men, on the scene within the other three stores except flames enveloped hisstore. three minutes of the 3;25 for a five-foot section in front For a few minutes, there was LITTLE SILVER - A stub- alarm, 30 minutes to locate "and that's the reason the fire a macabre stacatto of break- born, smoky fire of undeter- the blaze, Chief Apy said. got into Monmouth Meats." ing bottles as the fire and heat mined cause gutted a four- At 4 o'clock flames burst The meat store roof was the devoured his stock. store building at 665-691 through the roof of the Health only one not completely col- Food store and the adjoining No Loss Estimate Branch Ave. early today. lapsed. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Noglows, Some 150 firemen from Ked Bank Pizza, at Bill The alarm was sounded by Branch Ave. Little Silver, also were on the Little Silver, Shrewsbury and two Oceanport patrolmen, on scene. Mr. Noglows, who Red Bank fought the flames Fed by gas- from the Red their way to the neighboring owns Monmouth Meats with for two hours in a chilling Bank Pizza store- violet 7-11 Store for coffee, who his brother, Stephen, of Fair drizzle before the fire was flames, cloaked in billowing smelled smoke. Haven, said he couldn't esti- brought under control at 5:30. white smoke, rolled across the Find Smoke roof and cascaded down the mate the loss. Thick gray smoke still was Little Silver Police Lt. Da- The Noglows have two other curling from the debris after 7 rear of the building. vid Kennedy and Patrolman Flood of Water Monmouth Meats stores, in o'clock. Gregory Strand responded Red Bank and Eatontown. The fire gutted the Little Water poured on the flam- and found smoke pouring ing roof by Red Bank and The Red Bank Pizza store Silver Pizza, National Health from the air vent-at the'rear had been closed for a week. It Foods, Gioia Coiffures, Inc. Shrewsbury firemen manning of the health food store, Pa- aerial ladders and Shrews- was scheduled to reopen and Monmouth Meats stores. trolman Strand said. tonight. bury firemen stationed on the Patrolman Strand said he The five companies at the roof of the BP service station Red Bank's Navesink Hoojc had completed a routine pa- and Ladder Co. sent its aerial scene began packing up hose next door boiled over and trol of the area just five min- shortly before 8 o'clock. flooded the pavement and gu- truck, and the Liberty Fire utes earlier and hadn't seen Co. truck in, answer to Little Through Ceiling ters with ankle-deep pools of or smelled smoke, or seen Little Silver Fire Chief tepid water. Silver Fire Company's first flames then. call for help about 4 o'clock. Douglas Apy said the fire About 5:17, smoke and One of the first on (he scene apparently started in the Na- Shrewsbury Fire Co. sent Its flames burst through the roof was Mario J. Gambetta, own- aerial truck and pumper in re- tional Health Foods store at of the Monmouth Meats store er of the National Health 685. Branch Ave. and ate sponse to the second call for at 665 Branch Ave., last of the Foods store, who lives just help about 20 minutes later. through a common false ceil- four. across the street from it on ing into the other stores. Chief Apy said that the'roof •Branch Ave. Red Bank's Westside Fire The smoke was so dense of'the meat store is com- Mr. Gambetta watched in that it took Little Silver fire- Company responded to anoth- pletely separated from that of grim silence as smoke and er call for help at 5:40. RejIiUr Stall Pltolot by Dan Lord! RAGING BLAZE — Firemen pour water Into four-store Little Silver complex which was gutted by flames early today. Flames shoot from roof In rear view of building above. Photo below shows front of- .shops with aerial ladder and hoselfne at upper left. (Another photo on page 2.) Fighting Is Off Sharply In Vietnam SAIGON (AP) - Major fighting tapered off sharply today as the' North Vietnam- ese offensive began its sixth week, but U.S. bombers kept up.heavy raids over both North and South Vietnam. Informants said U.S. fight- cr-bomber3 were averaging about 100 strikes a day,inside North Vietnam and about 600 over the South, but there were serious doubts whether the bombing was achieving its ob- jective of stopping the Com- munist drive. "This is the quietest day since the offensive started," said one officer. RiglilK Staff NM Informants said it was pos- PRESIDENTIAL PITCHERS — Four of the six spokesmen for the various Presidential aspirants dis- sible the North Vietnamese cuss procedures before appearing before the Women's Political Caucus last night at the Unitarian were resting regrouping and Church in Llncroft. From the left are Albert White, representing Rep. Shirley Chisholm; Mrs. Jackie xe supplying in preparation Yuhasz, chairman of the caucus; William F. Dowd, representing President Nixon; Walter Gehricke, for new assaults. representing Sen. Edmund S. Muskle, and Long Branch Mayor Henry Cloffi, representing Sen. Hubert "That's the pattern they've H. Humphrey. Also appearing were Malachi Kenny, representing Sen. George McGovern, and William County Mourns Death.followed all along;" said one McAullffe, representing Sen. Henry M. Jackson. source. Field reports said that air strikes were called on a con- voy of vehicles believed to be Of J. Edgar Hoover supply trucks headed toward Lincroft Women Told How the threatened imperial capi- FREEHOLD - Flags on from White Sulphur Springs, deeply saddened by his pas- tal of Hue. Nine of the ve- Monmouth County buildings Va., where he is attending a sing." hicles were reported de- are flying at half staff today governor's conference, that Mr. Keaveney, who retired stroyed. in mourning of the death of J. "America has lost a great in 1965 after 24 years with the Enemy gunners fired seven National Candidates Stand Edgar Hoover, the first and man." FBI, said "it was an honor to 122min rockets at the big U.S. By BEN VAN .VLIET At one point, there were 40 "He did a lot more than I "It is not in the laws," he only director of the Federal "He provided the leadership work for and with .him. He military complex at Phu Bai, Bureau of Investigation. that forged the FBI into an or- will be very difficult to re- people in the audience — in- thought," Mr. Dowd confided said, "and not in the rhetoric, 10 miles southeast of Hue, but LINCROFT - It would ap- cluding four men. but in the example that gov- The flags were ordered low- ganization that represented place." no casualties or damage was before the meeting. ered yesterday by Freeholder fidelity, bravery, and integri- pear that whoever becomes And perhaps that's why the Also appearing were Long ernment sets." Mr. Keaveney said he had reported. this nation's 38th president Director Joseph C. Irwin and ty into the minds of all Ameri- met the director "four or five male panelists all made a de- Branch Mayor Henry Cioffi, Mr. Dowd then cited exam- will remain lowered until af- cans," the governor said. times," and he described him will indeed be a friend of. liberate effort to cite the representing Sen. Hubert H. , pies of how President Nixon ter the funeral-. "I've worked for him for 30 as a perfect gentleman, but a Bus Service womankind. "strong" and "vigorous" Humphrey; Albert White, rep- had set examples. Meanwhile, present and for- years," said Solomon Quinn, hard taskmaster. At least that's the thought' stands their favorite candi- resenting Rep.- Shirley Chi- He said the President has mer FBI agents and law en- special agent at the FBI's "If you did your job," he To Resume that six men representing the dates have taken regarding sholm; Malachi Kenny, repre- appointed 40 women to sub- forcement officials in Mon- Red Bank office. "He has giv- said, "you had nothing to wor- current contenders for the na- women's rights. senting Sen. Georgo cabinet level posts, including mouth County expressed sym- en his life to his job and will ry about. That's the type of tion's highest office tried to One of the panelists — Wil- McGovern, and Walter II. five women generals. pathy at the death of the 77- be hard to replace." guy he was, a wonderful per- Tomorrow leave with the Women's Politi- liam McAuliffc, representing Gehricke, representing Sen. During the Johnson admin- year-old Mr. Hoover. ASBURY PARK - A "seven- cal Caucus last night. Sen. Henry M. Jackson — Edmund S. Muskic. istration, he said, only 27 John L. Keavenoy, retired son to know and to work for." went so far as to criticize the Gov. William T. Cahill, him- special agent in charge of the Red Bank Police Chief day-old strike by mechanics The men, at the invitation A seventh panelist, Daniel women were named to mean- self a former FBI agent, said at the Asbury Park-New York of the women, came to the make up of the panel for not Gaby, who is seeking the ingful federal positions, and Red Bank office, said "I am George Clayton said Mr.