TODAY „ lod&L, km |a 0* 2fc. 23,750 Twiomiw, ftuny, Ugh 49, Sctnr* w*tth«, iwgi t DIAL 741-0010 J MOT, KssAty tluoafti Frlilij. Sw«o4 Clui VOL. 86, NO. 192 M4 U' Kt< Buk *Bd u AldlUonU lUlUni OIUM*. RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Tanker Split in 2 by Blast Off Virginia PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP)-An A U.S. Navy vessel, the USS Maine, to Houston, Tex., was con-halted dead in the moderately one remained on the bow section try to lift crew members from five to 10-foot seas, from small A Coast Guard plane carrying •xplosion tore apart the Ameri- Raleigh, said the entire 39-man ducting freeing operations during rough seas, the American tanker of the split tanker, but that some the stern section to the Raleigh, boats or from the San Jacinto flares left Elizabeth City, N. C. can tanker San Jacinto early to- crew had been accounted for. which fumes are expelled from Mobile Pegasus drew alongside of the San Jacinto's crew were which has a doctor aboard to herself. a-d arrived over the San Jacinto day during tank cleaning opera- Some ->i the crewmen were in-the tanks. and removed an undetermined still on board the stem section treat the injured. Visibility in the area was re- at 2:20 a.m. The Coast Guard tions, killing one crewman and jured, the Coast Guard said, but Halves Part nurrfber of their crew. whxh earlier had been reported The Coast Guard said the Navy ported at about eight miles under cutter Agassiz headed seaward letting the two sections helplessly the extent of the injuries was not Wracked by the blast, the 523- Several hours later the USS a having lights and power for command ship, Northampton, broken clouds. from Cape May, N. J., while the adrift off the Virginia coast while known. foot vessel broke in two between Raleigh, a landing platform for a brief time after the explosion. which has a helicopter aboard, Moments after the emergency cutters Conifer and Madrona de- » host of rescue vessels sped to The explosions occurred at t! pilot house and the engine helicopters, joined the Mobile • Helicopter Due was expected to arrive on the call was radioed to the 5th Coast parted from Norfolk along with her aid. 12:45 a.m., some 40 miles off the room aft but hung together for Pegasus and reported the entire Arrangements were being scene to begin the transferral. Guard District headquarters here two 82-foot patrol boats, the Point The dead crew member was Virginia coast in the warm Gulf several hours before the stern crew of the San Jacinto account- made, the Coast Guard said, for There was no indication wheth- ships and planes were getting un- Grace and the Point Grey. reported to be a steward but Stream as the San Jacinto, en and bow portions parted. • •* for. Navy helicopters to leave Nor- er the men rescued by the Mobile der way from widespread points otherwise was not identified. route to ballast from Portland, An hour after the 11,257-ton ship The Raleigh reported that no ton at the first light of dawn to Pegasus were plucked from the along the coast. (See TANKER, Page 3) When Is Two Area Students A Demo Win Top Science Fair Awards NEW BRUNSWICK - A pe- Point Rd., Locust, a Middletown Miss Halpern narrowly missed | as won by Thomas Bazley, 15, tite, 17-year-old Long Branch Township High School junior. being a grand winner last year, f 51 Oakwood Ave., Long A Demo? miss with a list of honors as They will be among New Jer- when she won first prize in the ranch, a Long Branch High long as your arm who built a sey's representatives at the Na- girls' physical division at the School sophomore. He will have a FREEHOLD — What makes a machine to measure light waves tional Science Fair-International fair. cience-oriented, week-long cruise Democrat a Democrat, or, a Re- and the wavelengths of light, and n Baltimore May 5-9. Wins Cruise iboard a U.S. Navy ship in publican a Republican? a 16-year-old Locust "ham" ra- Miss Halpern and Taylor also The top prize among the doz- lugust. Or, is a voter hogtied to a par- dio operator who built a tele won U.S. Army Achievement ens of special awards, the U.S. Taylor was given first alternate ty because he casts a ballot in vision camera that works, were Awards. Navy "Science Cruiser Award," •anking for the cruise In the that party's primary election? named grand winners of the 11th went Bazley is unable to accept And, if he is so bound, for how annual Central New Jersey he award. Last night, Bazley long? Science Fair last night. said he has no intention of miss- These were questions posed They are Gail B. Halpern, 450 ing it. yesterday by Mrs. Constance Brighton Ave., Long Branch, a First prize in the senior boys Mitchell, incumbent Democratic Long Branch High School senior, iological division was taken by conwnitteewoman from the eighth and David G. Taylor, 138 Locust D. Alan Fein, 16, of 230 Broad- district of Howell Township, in way, Long Branch, a Long challenging petitions filed for Branch High School junior, who election to that post by an in lso won a U'S. Army Certificate •urgent, Mrs. Hedwig Schubach Convict 9 of Achievement. Mrs. Mitchell, who ,will seek The winners were chosen from re-election to the township's Dem- 230 outstanding science student's ocratic executive committee in In Train rom 55 junior and senior high the April primary, contends that chools in eight counties who ex- Mrs. Schubach's nominating pe- hibited at the fair, co-sponsored tition is illegal because five of YOUTH GOVERNMENT — Participating in American Legion-sponsored Monmouth Robbery iy Rutgers University and the the signers are "registered Re County Youth Government Day yesterday at Freehold were, seated, left to right, Miss New Jersey Science Teachers As- publicans." sociation, in the Rutgers gym- Sue Kerstein, of Freehold Regional High School, clerk of the youth Board of Free- AYLESBURY, England (AP)- Superior Court Judge Gene R. A jury found nine men guilty to- nasium. Mariano accepted the complaint holders; Barry Unger, Long Branch High School, a freeholder, and William Kroll, day on charges of taking part Projects yesterday and set Monday at Red Bank High School, director of the board. Standing are, from left, Harry F. El- in Britain's great train robbery Miss Halpern's exhibit dealt 8:30 a.m. for a hearing before —the theft of $7,345,000 from the with interference of light waves. kan, county chairman for youth government for the American Legion, and Freeholder Superior Court Judge David A. Glasgow-London mail train last Taylor's was named "TelCon Nimmo here. Marcus Daly, Benjamin H. Danskin, and Joseph C. Irwin. Aug. 8. (Television Image-Conversion and Holds Up Ballots . A 10th man was found.guilty Transmission)." Bazley's entry, Meanwhile, Judge Mariano is- of conspiring to obstruct the entitled "A Comparative Study sued an order temporarily re- course of justice. of the Salinity Variation and Its straining County Clerk J. Russell Judge Edmund Davies said he Effect on the Anatomy of the Woolley and Township Clerk would defer sentencing the con- Artemia in Several Locations ol John Miller from printing sample Lower Voting Age? victed men untir, after the trial the World," was the study of ef- ballots, or official ballots for of eight other persons accused fects of sea water from different Howell Township voting ma- 9of complicity in the giant money areas on brine shrimp. Fein's ex- chines, until after the question snatch, the largest cash robbery hibit was "Effect of Hibernation has been decided. in the annals of world crime. on the Fatty Tissue Content of Mrs. Mitchell, who is repre- Students Vote 'No The eight awaiting trial — in- TV AWARD — David G. Taylor, 16, of 138 Locust Point Glycerol In the Golden Hamster." sented by attorney Patrick J "I fee! the work I've done is cluding three women — were Rd., Locust, shows tha home - mad« television camera McGann, Jr., challenged Mrs. FREEHOLD — Representatives of Mon- Freeholder Director Joseph C. Irwin and granted separate trials when the worthwhile," Taylor, whose op- Schubach's petition when it was mouth County's 20 public and parochial high Freeholders Benjamin H. Danskin, who had case was brought to court in which made him a grand winner at tha llth annual erating TV camera was the star filed with Mr. Miller. The town- schools agreed yesterday there is no need to suggested the topic for the hearing, and Mar- January. Another defendant Central New Jersey Science Fair last night. The son of crowd-gatherer at. the fair, said reduce the voting age from 21 to 18. The oc- cus Daly observed the debate in mild amaze- ship clerk immediately voided pleaded guilty and still another Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Taylor, he is a Middletown Town- when he was' announced as a two of the original 16 signatures casion was annual Youth Government Day, ment. got a directed verdict of ao grand winner. ; on grounds they were not regis- Speaking out at a public hearing at "a "You have given us a lot of information." quittal during the trial. ship High School Junior. (See SCIENCE FAIR, Page 3) tered to vote. mock Board of Freeholders meeting in the Director Irwin told the 165 youngsters whose The police have so far re- But.