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The Daily Register VOL. 97 NO.245 SHREWSBURY, N. J. TUESDAY. JUNE 3. 1975 15 CENTS A few voters will pick the state candidates By JAMES H. RUBIN in Mercer County where Assembly Speaker S Howard Wood- loslosie the opportunity to name his successor to fill the vacancy nization-backed candidates BgtinU little known insurgents TRENTON (AP) - A small portion of New Jersey voters son faced a serious challenge in the Democratic primary. for the November election in the predominantly Democratic The 40 Senate seats are not at slake until 1977 when the select Democratic and Republican Assembly candidates in Woodson, Assemblyman Francis J Mi-Mammon and Al- district next gubernatorial election will also be held. today's primary election. bert DeMartin, former mayor of suburban Hamilton Town- Woodson's expected appointment (o Byrne's cabi^ has Democrats swept tn control of both houses in 197.1 in The primary will set the stage for a November general sliip, were vying for two Democratic Assembly nominations becqme an issue in the primary which also has racial over Byrne's landslide victory Many Democratic incumbents are election in which Republicans are hopeful of big guns to re- McManimon was ra,ted an easy winner, with the contest com- tones. Woodson is supported by the large black minority in considered vulnerable in this year's general election because duce, if not eliminate, the lopsided Democratic majority in ing down to Woodson and DeMartin for the remaining nomi- Trenton while DeMartin is relying on (he largely white elec- they are from traditionally Republican districts the lower house. Democrats now control the Assembly 64-14 nation. torate in Hamilton Township The primary.race has been largely overlooked as the le- with two vacancies, and all 80 seats will be at stake in No Woodson, a baptist minister from Trenton, is the first Also in Mercer, there is a spirited race for the Democrat- gislature has been struggling to come up with a tax program. vember. black presiding officer of a legislative house in the nation ic nomination for the new position of county executive be- The legislature faces a July 1 dtfedline to approve approxi- The polls today are open from 7 am to 8 p.m. and some- Whether he wins or loses, sources in the administration of tween Mayor Arthur Holland of Trenton and Mercer County mately $400 million in new taxes to eliminate a projected defi- where between 10 and 20 per cent of the 3.4 million registered Gov. Brendan T. Byrne have said he is in line for a cabinet Freeholder Director Arthur Sypak. cit in Byrne's proposed $2.8 billion budget The lawmakers, voters are expected to go to the polls. post as civil service commissioner. There are nearly 200 candidates seeking the 160 nomi- also are trying to find a way to raise $300 million more' for ad- The only contest attracting any noticeable attention was However, if Woodson is defeated in the primary, he would nations across the state. But most of the contests match orga- ditional state aid to public schools 5 trapped for a day in capsized rig saved GALLIANO, La. (AP) - For 26 hours, Joe Bellard per- ched desperately on a valve handle to keep his head inside a bubble of life-saving air. He was trapped 50 feet under water in an unside-down off- shore oil rig. One minute he was asleep in his bunk in the air-condi- tioned crew's quarters atop the mammoth $5 million oil well workover rig, Progress Marine No. 2, which was being towed slowly across a placid sea. Then suddenly, the four men were scrambling in wa- ter and pitch-dark confusion, their air pocket fouled with spilled diesel oil and made hideous with the sound of the rig's stress and strain. "I was just about gone when I saw a light," said Bel- lard. "Then the diver came • tfllUr •*•!• kr Corl FtrllM through. 1 thought, 'Hallelu- FIGHTING BLAZE — Firemen fight blaze at the sively damaged the pro shop early last night. In jah!'" Bamm Hollow Country Club, Middletown. The the foreground are some of the 67 golf carts dam- Five men were rescued spectacular fire destroyed a golf shed and exten- aged in the fire. (Another photo on page 3.) from the overturned hulk and a company spokesman said seven divers walked "every SURVIVOR OF CAPSIZED RIG — Darrel John Dore Is taken on a Jitter inch" of the sunken hulk into a hospital after being rescued from a capsized oil rig In the Gulf of early today looking for one Mexico. Dore was one of five men who were trapped beneath the surface man still missing. and survived by locating a bubble of air and staying in It 22 hours. $100,000 fire loss set The Coast Guard also put up a helicopter at first light Six of the 12 men aboard terday. After stints in a di- The rig's bottom shows today to scan the sea around the rig jumped clear and vers' decompression cham- above the waves. Her four the sunken oil rig, having de- were quickly picked up by the ber, they were brought to a jackup legs, each 120 feet termined the missing man tugboat which had been tow- hospital here for observation long, were driven deep into was not aboard it. ing the rig. the soft seabottom mud and The rig flipped in a slow, al- The other three., rescued the helicopter landing pad, at Bamm Hollow club Bellard, 43, of Opelousas, later in the day and placed normally at the top of the most majestic, turnover Sun- day afternoon in 60 feet of La., and Derrel John Dore, aboard a Coast Guard boat, thret'-story___superstructure at By BARBARA KATELL by others, including Al Sloop, "I called the phone oper- Patrolmen Robert McBumie water 18 miles off the Loui- 27, of Delcambre, La., were were sent to the same hospi- the stern, waa instead Just a assistant golf pro, who was ator to get the fire company," and Harry Sage, who rushed siana coast. the first two rescued yes- tal today. few feet above the seaweed. MIDDLETOWN - A flash alone in the shop when the he said. "Within seconds the to the scene from the nearby fire caused damage estimated fire began. whole shop was in flames and Tomahawk Golf Club. They by authorities at $100,000 to "I heard a couple of pops, I got out. It was all I could entered the pro shop to make the prop shop and golf cart maybe from the batteries of do." sure that no one was trapped shed at the Bamm Hollow carts, after the fire began, Treated for smoke inside. Ford in Italy for new talks Country Club yesterday. but no explosion," he said. No injuries were reported The fire, which was report- Mr. Sloop reported he first but several firemen and po- Patrolman Ronald Furiato, ROME (AP) - President Ford flew to Rome today to Middle East situation, his call for internationalization of the ed at 6 p.m. and declared out observed the fire among two licemen were treated on the who had been patrolling on meet with leaders of the Italian government and Pope Paul holy places in Jerusalem and the future of Indochina within about 45 minutes, or three golf carts in a comer scene for smoke inhalation. Everett Road and was first VI The Italian government mobilized thousands of extra po- started in the shed. The blaze of the shed. Among those treated were on the scene, also assisted in It was the final stop of the President's week-long Eu- lice to deal with any anti-American demonstrations that destroyed the shed and the 67 the search but did not require ropean tour, which also took him to Brussels, Madrid and Sal- might erupt during Ford's visit, which coincides with a bitterly golf carts parked in it and treatment. zburg, Austria. contested election campaign for regional assemblies. caused very heavy damage to Lists losses Ford in an arrival statement hailed the "extraordinary Some leftist politicians contended that the President in the pro shop, according to City woman, 73, Don Pritsch, golf pro, who ties of friendship and kinship" between Italians and Ameri- coming to Rome was stumping indirectly for the dominant Middletown Township Fire owned all the equipment with- cans. Christian Democratic party But the Communists, who are Chief Jeff Mackey. in the building, set losses "In a world of rapid and dramatic change," he said, trying to build an Image of respectability to strengthen their The first firemen were on somewhat above that given "Italian-American friendship stands out as a symbol of stabi- demands for Inclusion in the government, urged leftists to ab- the scene within five minutes is assault victim bv the fire chief. Listed lity and resolve stain from demonstrations. among the losses—approxi- after the fire was reported, LONG BRANCH - Police that the woman was being se- Ford at the end of his two-day meeting in Salzburg with but by then the blaze had mately $25,000 in merchan- "I know that our meetings will reinforce the traditional President Anwar Sadat of Egypt said he hoped their talks are investigating an alleged xually attacked when a sec- dise; 185 sets of members' bonds of affection and cooperation between our two nations, spread from the shed to the assault yesterday on a 73-year- ond man reportedly beat off would contribute to a permanent peace in the Middle East. shop. Flames as high as 30 clubs, with a value of approx- thus contributing to our goals of peace and prosperity for Sadat saluted Ford as "an honest and straightforward old woman who resides at her assailant with a two by imately $60,000, and the 67 Italy, for the United States and for all nations." feet and accompanying bil- Witmer House, a rest home at three-inch timber.