19 Crewmen Lost After Ships Crash NEW YORK (AP) — Nineteen Aboard — and the Tanker's Cap- Fered an Injury of Any Conse- Crewmen of a Norwegian Tanker Tain
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Her tanks were 80 heading out on a carefree sensible from shock. per cent filled with a cargo of Caribbean cruise. As time wore on through a vegetable oil. Watched Rescue The collision occurred 18 gray dawn, the Atlantic yielded Collision Course mites off Point Pleasant, N. J. 13 bodies. A massive daylong MATAWAN — Mrs. Helen Bliss, 171 Broad St., witnessed shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday in search of the area finally was As the two plowed through the the rescue operation from aboard the liner Santa Paula, en dense fog. called off at sundown without foggy murk on what was to be a route from the Caribbean to New York. She is home today. The stern quarter of the tank- any trace of six men still miss collision course, neither appar- "I was looking through a porthole," she said, "When er sank in the pall of darkness ing. ently had any impending sense suddenly I saw two bright red lights. One dropped straight and fog. Water poured into the of danger even though both Pride of Fleet down out of sight. It appeared to be a flare but I couldn't liner's bow compartments, were equipped with radar. be certain. Their captains later declined which were sealed off. The vessels involved were "I went up on deck and learned of the collision.. Our to comment on circumstances $20-million liner Shalom, pride captain had apparently been ordered to circle the area for Rescue Operation preceding the collision. of the Israeli merchant fleet and signs of survivors in the water. He had ordered the lifeboats An air-sea rescue operation Suddenly the rending crash its seven-months-old flagship, to stand by to pick any up. was quickly put in motion. occurred, with the Shalom's and the 12,723-ton Norwegian "We watched the helicopters taking people off the bow Clad variously In nightdress bow slicing into the tanker. tanker Stolt'Dagali. of the tanker but I didn't see anyone in the water." •er or ballroom attire, many of the The 629-foot-long, 25,320-ton Some of the tankers crew cruise liner's 616 passengers Shalom had sailed from New were flung from their bunks into raced to decks to watch through York at 11:15 the night before, the icy ocean. They found them- it asked the Shalom to stand by sition and headed for it also. the mist. after a round of gay farewell selves fighting for life without and give aid. Aboard the Shalom, passen- Eventually, 24 of the tankers' parties on what was to have an instant's notion of what had The Coast Guard flashed an gers still awake w^re, startled 43-member crew were snatched been a leisurely 10-day cruise to happened. SUNSET AT SCENE OF SEA TRAGEDY — The tun sets on scene of yesterday's alert for a possible "major by the crunch of the collision. from the seas, from swamped he West Indies. Some took to lifeboats while marine disaster." For a time Some couples on the dance floor tragedy at sea, as forward section of Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali drifts in Atlan- lifeboats and from the barely 10 others, including Capt, Kris- Aboard the sparkling white there were fears the liner might were thrown off their feet. Oth- floating forward section of the tlan Bendorsen, remained with tic off Point Pleasant. Thirteen persons died and six others were missing and pre- ship were 1,076 persons. They se in danger too. Coast Guard ers abed were tossed about and vessel. Among them were a the forward section that includ- included crew members and a ships, planes and helicopters one or two sent rolling onto the lumed lost when tanker was cut in two by Israeli liner Shalom in pre-dawn collision. stewardess — the lone woman ed the tanker's bridge. lost of entertainers. No one suf- sped for the scene. floor. SOS Message Another cruise ship returning The ship's Intercom bud- At 2:23 a.m., the tanker sent from the Caribbean, the 20,000- speakers announced that there Momentous Decision an SOS message. Moments later ton Santa Paula, noted the po- (See LOST, Page 2). ignment At Lahehurst Shift Seen Sailors Brought To Air Station LAKEHURST (Aj>)-The Navi A)r Station here was alive wll excitement but'also grim. In the mess hall, sailors we • • .TRENTON — Republican state Sen. Richard R. Stout, West LINER LIMPS BACK — The Israeli liner Shalom, » 40-foot long gash, four feat talking about the survivo Allenhurst, told The Register last night that he believes • "re- wide, running back from her bow just above the wafer- line, limps back to New York brought in during the mornin; appojtioiLon a population ba"sis portends to shift political pow- from the collision of a Norwegiai jer. to .big cities in the s,tate." > port yesterday. The liner collided in pre-dawn fog off Point Pleasant with Norwe- tanker and the Israeli passengi The senator was referring! to the state Supreme Court's gian tanker Stolt Dagali, cutting the tanker in two IAP Wirephoto) liner, the Shalom, off the Ne momentous decision saying the legislature's 188-year-old sys- Jersey coast yesterday. tem of apportionment docs not meet the requirements of the Then the door opened and nim U. S. Supreme Court's "one man, one vote." of the Norwegian survivors en "The system advocated by both courts drastically weakens tered. • The room immediatelj the American system of checks and balances," Stout added. grew silent. 'fin particular, the system would do anything but influ- ILS, Weighs Expanding All eyes were on the nine a ence or help candidates running for legislative seats in rural they trooped down the chow Urn areas," he said. tin trays in their hands, for : Gov. Richard J. Hughes, saying the reapportionment is an Thanksgiving Day dinner. Important problem for the whole legislature, has ordered a Master of Tanker special session for next Monday. The War in Viet Nam In the lead was the master < ' Hughes said he would present general guidelines he be- WASHINGTON (AP) — The S. McNamara, and other offi Taylor, who returned to the tanker, kristian Bendorsen, lieves should be followed and would ask the Senate to aban- Johnson administration appears cials are likely to lead to basic Washington Thursday, is known itocky man of 54 with thimiinf don its controversial weighted voting system. to be moving reluctantly toward policy decisions by President to believe that the time for new blond hair, gray around the tern The Senate also will hold a special meeting of its own Mon- i decision to undertake a cau- Johnson next week. decisions is at hand. Further- pies. He wore a black and whi'f day. Originally it had been scheduled for Monday, Dec. 7. tious expansion of the anti-Com- Divided Feelings more he sees some advantages checkered flannel shirt and khak Senate Majority Leader William E. Ozzard, R-Somerset, munist war in Viet Nam in the Johnson and other top admin- in authorizing and promptly un- trousers with a flashlight jammei says he personally favors taking the case to the U. S. Supreme hope of brightening the current- istration officials are reported dertaking air strikes either into his hip pocket. Court In an attempt to preserve New Jersey's 188-year-old ly dim prospects for a peaceful to have divided feelings about against Communist supply lines The others, in line behind him, tradition of allocating its senators and assemblymen. He said ettlement. Viet Nam strategy between from North Viet Nam to South were clad in sweaters, dungarees, the senators would consider such a move only after they select Talks' beginning here today sticking to confining the war Viet Nam through the neighbor- khaki pants. a new lawyer Monday to carry their banner. among Ambassador Maxwell D. almost entirely to South Viet ing kingdom of Laos, or against For the most part the men Communist concentration points Both Ozzard and Senate President Charles W. Sandman, Taylor, Secretary of State Dean Nam, and making some strikes did not smile. They talked li'tle, for men and supplies in the (See SHIFT, Page 3) Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert to the north. A Navy man led them to a pri; north. ate section of the mess ha Taylor recently declared that where they sat at three tabl" Discover 2,492 Neptune Township Daly Votes the outcome of the conflict Is and, still in silence, ate from now "very much in doubt." their trays piled high with tur- ;ey, ham, green peas, mashed But he said he thought attacks VICTIMS BROUGHT ASHORE — Rescue workers carry potatoes, candied yams, pie ani on'targets in Red-held territory body of victim of yesterday's collision at sea past re- coffee.