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Fort Job Gut Parley Set Tomorrow SEE STORY PAGE 11 Cloudy, Cool Cloudy, cool today, gradual- Iy clearing tonight; Sunny, FINAL seasonable tomorrow, Red Bank, Freehold (Set Deuiis, Fig* 2X Long Branch EDITION ,Monmonth County's Home Newspaper tor 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 204 RED BANK, N. J., TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1970 18 PAGES 10 CENTS Apollo 13 Crew Is Fighting for Life By HOWARD BENEDICT The astronauts' dreams of remained cool from the mo- They noted an immediate in space, their only hope foi SPACE CENTER, Houston achieving man's third lunar ment;1 about 9:15 p.m. EST drop in power and oxygen salvation. They switched on (AP)—Apollo 13's astronauts, landing were dashed by the yesterday, when Lovell supply in the command ship. its systems, and sent oxygen imperiled by a violent space- sudden, chilling accident last alerted the world with the Experts troubleshot the prob- flowing into the command ship rupture, battled today to night that burst a tank and sudden utterance: "Hey, lem and radioed hundreds of ship, enabling them to inhabit return their crippled craft drained their command ship we've got a problem here." orders to the astronauts. its cabin. to earth from a quarter mil- of electrical power and oxy- Scores of persons in Mis- The' spidery lunar vehicle But the LM is built to oper- lion miles away. Their lives gen. sion Control Center stiffened. (LM) became their lifeboat (See Mission, Pg. 2) depend on their skill and Switch Ships that of hundreds of experts With barely 15 minutes of on the ground. , power remaining in the com- Drawing life from the sys- mand vessel, the astronauts tems of their lunar landing crawled through a connecting craft, Aquarius, James A. tunnel to the safety of the Lovell Jr., Fred W. Haise Jr. lunar module, or LM, its sys- and John L. Swigert Jr. still tems still intact. streaked toward the moon, The rupture could have planning to swing around it been caused by an overpres- tonight before heading back surized tank or perhaps a to earth. It's the easiest and speeding meteor. fastest way home. "We're concentrating on But they're rour days from saving their lives right now home with tight supplies of rather than learning what oxygen and water. By being happened," said Craft, who conservative, they will have has been flight director for enough to make it, space of- most U. S. astronaut shots. ficials said. The accident precipitated Christopher C. Kraft Jr., "the most serious situation deputy director of the we've ever had in the manned Manned Spacecraft Center space flight program," he here, said "If the situation said. remains stabilized, there is no Kr^ft and other officials question we can bring them appeared calm at a news back to earth safely." conference. Later, however, IN DANGER—Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., left, Fred W. Haise Jr., con- If all goes right, they'll observers noted that Kraft fer, and John L. "Swigert Jr., right, were reported in danger last night after a pow- splash down in either the At- had never appeared so ner- er failure. The astronauts aro shown Saturday at Caps Kennedy prior to launch. lantic or Pacific Ocean, a vous. (AP Wirephoto) decision to be made today. Lovell, Haise and Swigert . Boards, Black Students Meet By JANE FODERARO The black students wanted a The Red Bank Board of Ed- up work they missed while day, Jan. 15, as a school holi- RED BANK - The next separate black studies course ucation, which will turn over protesting. It was contingent day. to be required of all students. operation of ttie high school • upon the students' return to • —; Fprm a committee of step* 'today was up to black 1 ,,.i5, ,...,. '< WITH APOLLO 13 ^Looking over flight plan procedure in Mis- students. The newly created Red Bank to the new regional board in Classes today. four* teachers selected by the «Jpn Control, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Tex., last night after Apollo 13 1 Fourteen members of two Regional Board of Education June, yesterday negotiated Called Fruitful black students^ four teachers doraloped fuel cell trouble are Donald K. Slayton, left seated, Director of Apollo school boards yesterday nego- offered mandatory black with the students on four Dr. Ivan P. Polonsky, pres- selected by the administration points. The local board ident of the local board, de- and four black students to flight crews, and Jack Lousma, right seated, capsule communicator. Standing at tiated demands with ten studies %that would be part of black student representatives the overall social studies cur- agreed to: scribed yesterday's session work on a black studies pro- left is Thomas K. Ma'ttingly, who originally was scheduled to be command module in a third-floor classroom in riculum. — Set the birthday of Dr. as "fruitful." He said last gram. pilot on the flight. Other man is unidentified. ; (AP Wirepho+oJ Red ,Bank High School. The During the day, about 75 Martin Luther King as a week that busing and Dr. — Ask administrators to negotiations climaxed a pro- black students sat downstairs school holiday for the com-- King's birthday had been ap- study disciplinary procedures, test started by black students in a cafeteria awaiting word ing school year. proved by the local board im- in the high school with con- last Wednesday. of progress. The rest of the —Cooperate with the re- mediately before the protest. sideration of selecting one or During an eight-hour ses- student body went about the gional board in starting an While the local board set- more black administrators Sex Education Course sion, the participants ham- business of a normal school orientation program for black tled with the students early in . for appointment to the admin- mered out agreement on day. eighth grade students at Riv- the afternoon, negotiations istrative staff. point after point. In some Yesterday's meeting was er Street School. with the regional board con- —Request the black stu- cases, board members ac-, arranged after approximate- —Approve busing of stu- tinued until after 5 p.m. dents to recommend candi- cepted student demands. Sev- ly 100 black students staged dents from the Westside to Except for black studies, dates so that additional black Chlanges Are Pressed guidance counselors can be eral points were conceded by demonstrations at the high the high, school for the bal- the students appeared to be in accordance with the board' considered for employment. By JAMES H. RUBIN students. school last week. They said ance of the current school Marburger said the proposals Individual parents and or- they represented all black stu- year. on all other points. The re- — To involve high school TRENTON (AP) - A legis- posed some serious questions ganized groups protested ve- But, at the end of the day 1 they reached an impasse on dents in the school who num- —Give demonstrating stu- gional board agreed to: students, both black and lative committee has urged which might be answered on hemently at the public hear- ber about 300. dents the opportunity to make —Approve Dr. King's birth- (See Boards, Pg. 2) major changes in sex educa- May 6 when the State Board ings that sex education was the question of black studies. ^ tion courses in New Jersey,. of Education holds its next filled' with pornography and but it is uncertain whether monthly meeting. was leading their children in- the advice will be heeded. He said it could be a dan- to promiscuity. 1 The committee announced gerous precedent to permit According to educators who its recommendations yester- parents to decide which support sex education, the at- day but stopped short of any courses their sqns and daugh- tack was led by ultra-right City Police Hassle Flares decision to force revision ters should attend. wing groups including the through legislation. As far as censoring any John Birch Society. By AL HORAY night charged "political ignor- that, the appointment was Councilman Cioffi, also a 000 per year captain's salary. John H. Ewing, R-Somer- course materials or publica- Guidelines Issued LONG BRANCH — C. Car- ance" on the part of Council- made solely on the decision mayoral aspirant in the up- With Chief Purcell's pending set, co-chairman of the Legis- tions, he' said, "The state Under the state's current roll. Green, acting city police man Henry R. Cioffi in con- of Bernard Hartnett, city busi- coming city election, scored retirement, the captain now lature's Joint Education Com- board has never banned any- policy, the state Board of Ed- chief, this morning started his demning Capt. Green's ap- ness administrator and acting the appointment and noted is responsible for the admin- mittee, said the committee thing and would be very re- ucation issues guidelines for fourth day as temporary head pointment Sunday. Mr. Cioffi public safety director. "Mr. that a 1963 Grand Jury pre- istration of the department. never intended to propose luctant to do so. There is a sex education curriculum. The of the. 6i)-man department as termed the appointment "this Hartnett is a top notch admin- sentment led to the censure of He also heads the patrol di- legislation this year. He said, question of educational free- decisions on how \o imple- istrator," the mayor said, top-level police officials here vision and is required to dom." controversy continues to rage most recent action by the however, that new laws might ment the program are left to over his appointment to the mayor" and said he could not, and he is fully qualified to at that time.