Wrong Turn Brings Death to 4 Yanks
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6,000 More Americans Land in South Viet Nam. Veather Distribution • Today , 7 a-m. temperature 41. Part- THEDAILY ly dotty today, high •». Fair 25,350 tonight and tomorrow. Lav 1 Red Bank Area j tonight, 5», High tomorrow, in the Mi. Sunday, lair and ~ C^yright-The Red Bank Register, Inc., 1965. warmer. See weather, page 1. DIAL 741-0010 MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS Iniwd tuyr. ttonlty thtmxfrVrUitT. Hunt CUM POIUH FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1965 - 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE VOL. 87, NO. 222 PU1 >t R«d Bulk ud it Addition^ Milllnr OflUsu. Wrong Turn Brings Death to 4 Yanks SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Another were Al Burt and photographer Doug Kennedy, both of tha Otherwise Santo Domingo was quiet yesterday, and more wrong fcirn into rebel territory wa« blamed today for the. deaths Miami, (Fla.) Herald. etores reopened for the first time since the revolution broke Of lour Marines, bringing the U.S. death toll In the Dominican A 0. S, military source said the newsmen had passed out April 24. fighting to at least 13! ; . through a rebel checkpoint and were approaching the U. S. Col. Francisco Caamano Deno, the rebel provisional presi- . V. S. sources said three Marines were lulled yesterday liter lines when the insurgents opened fire on the Marines and the dent, hotly denied a charge by a U.S. official that he had a patrol wandered accidentally into the Insurgent-held sector Marines fired back. The source said it was probable that agreed to give Communists posts in his rebel government. of downtown Santo Domingo. Two others were wounded and ; U.S. gunfire wounded the newsmen. ' "It's a lie," Caamano told newsmen. one died after he was taken to the Aircraft Carrier Boxer. - Another Marine patrol took a wrong turn Wednesday into Caamano also denied a U.S. claim that Fidelio Despradel, A rebel spokesman said one insurgent was, killed and two rebel territory. After sharp tiling the rebels captured two of identified as a prominent Communist, was one of his aides. wounded in the encounter. The rebels at first accused the the Marines but released them yesterday to the OAS Peace "I don't even know who Despradel is," Caamano declared. United States (if violating the cease-fire arranged Wednesday Commission. The commission returned then to American au- Hector Aristy, Caamano'g secretary, said the rebel chief by a peace commission of the Organization of American States. thorities. had closed down a radio station which came on the air Wednes- Later they said they believed the Marine patrol had taken a In other incidents yesterday, snipers wounded two V. S. day and called on Dominicans to "kill in blood and fire tfie wrong turn. paratroopers and hit a helicopter, wounding the pilot in the foreign invaders and their lackeys." Two U. S. newsmen who had been observing the clash from legs. A flurry of sniping activity broke out near the U. S. Em- Aristy said the station, which called itself "Radio Con- a taxi were caught in the crossfire end wounded slightly. They bassy during the afternoon, but it died down quickly. stitutionalista," did not represent the rebel position. Stop Sand Digging in Highlands By JACQUELINE ALBAN According to neighbors, who permit by the building Inspector. HIGHLANDS - A building per- asked not to be identified, for He would not comment on mit for sand excavation behind the past three days trucks have whether he plans to build a ma- Roxy's Pier, Beach Blvd., was been taking the sand away. rina, to whom he was selling the revoked yesterday after an in- Homeowners said they were wor- sand, or who was trucking it off vestigation by The Register. ried that the sand removal would the premises. Alerted by a resident of the aggravate flooding of obe low- The permit issued to Mr. Cus- area who reported that sand was land area, which generally is ter by Roibert Johnson, Shrews- being carted from the beach, a plagued by the problem during bury .Aye., the inspector, allows Register photographer and re- high "moon" tides. 'removal of excess beach sand porter rushed to the scene. Some of them claimed Edwin from buildings and beach and re- CAPTURED MARINES — Two U.S. Marines taken pris- A man was operating a bull- F. Custer w.as selling "truck- moval of fill sand from water dozer, but there were no trucks load, after truck-load" to Rt. 36area and marinas, docks, and oner by Santo Domingo rebels' yesterday after a gun in sight. On the beach behind contractors. slips." light are served coffee in rebel headquarters. The Ma- Roxy's Pier and Bar were sev- No Comment A check of the borough ordi- rines are Pvt. Dan-ell Southwell, 21, Mason, Mich., left* eral five-tfoot-foigh mounds of Mr. Ouster, owner of Roxy's nance revealed that its land ex- sand. Pier, said he bad been issued a (See STOP, Page 2) and Corp. Rueben Garcia, 23, of New York. " Want Philadelphia Unit at Fort By DORIS KULMAN many of the points made in Moorman reiterated his belief tary of Defense, Gen. Moorman what ' the 'people in Monmouth FORT MOMMOUTH-The U.S. an exclusive Register series on Chat the entire command should said. County want. The same thing Army Electronics Command the fort's problems and possible be" located here. He said he has As he had in last month's ex- goes for *he officials In Phila- (ECOM), here, wants to move future. ••, requested, funds to construct clusive Register interview, den. delphia." ttt» command'* Philadelphia oj. The four-part teries appeared housing here tor the Philadelphia Moorman emphasized that Mr, Buddina told the general flee to this installatlotfr in the Register April W. Material Readiness Directorate. EW> responsibilities are being that it - appears ' halt of the -rSind-piltdiip wai nM earfad away yarttrday after midentf That'i the command's coal-to- it was . 4taat -selfies ty Wftich eniptoys'^mbre than 2,100 chippe'" "d' away. Philadelphia employees probably (#tnp4«jfttd and caltad The Registar. Invattlgatiqn proved excavation permit had day. -.:- prompted the Dateline interview. civilians. According to Dateline, the wouJd refuse to move to Mon- The Register said all of general predicted that within mouth County. teen Improperly issued. If was immediately rar»lt«d by Highland*! authorities. It won't become fact for at The general said that if the least five years. BOOM'S responsibilities should Signal School moves to Fort five years, ECOM will consist Fear Problems But, with the slicing away of be centralized here. H called for Gordon, Ga., ECOM probably of a command devoted to the- The Dateline editor said that BDOM's responsibilities, both in concerted citizen and political ac- would use the vacated buildings procurement of sys- the 36 per cent minority group procurement and research, no tion to provide the facilities the to speed the nwve from Phila- tems, concentrated in one place. employees fear problems involv- one knows what ECOM will con- command needs if It is to re- delphia. As to where that place will be, ing housing, obtaining mortgages, sist 6f or where it will be in themain and to expand here. The move would be discussed Gen. Moorman is quoted as say-schools, churches and lack of Marines, Seabees next five years. Likes Location with the Congress and would re- ing: service facilities. So Maj. Gen. Frank W. Moor- In (he Dateline interview. Gen. quire approval by the Secre- "I don't know. I don't know (See FORT, Page 2) : man, military head of ECOM, staid in a recent interview with Irving Buddine, editor of Date- Building Air Strip line, the civilian Welfare Rind Council employee publication at Senior Citizens Plan Protest CHU LAI, Viet Nam (AP) - the. landing. But six battalions number of Marines in the north- BOOM'S Philadelphia office. TRENTON (AP) — Elderly demonstration centers in various cy for inquiries concerning re- included $10,000 for the program fliree thousand more U.S. Ma-of Vietnamese troops had been ern part of South Viet Nam to The interview was reprinted in citizens — complaining that the cities. quests for financial or psychology- in his budget. He said the ap- rines and 3,000 Seabees landed on operating in the area for the yesterday's edition of The Mon- approximately 13,000. The oth- state is stingy about expanding The centers, among other cal help, propriations committee went a desolate coastal plain in South past two days to prepare the mouth Message, the fort news- ers are stationed in the Da services for the aged but lavish Viet Nam today and immediately way for the landing. paper. along with . the $10,000 but re- NShg^Phu Bai-flue area. about establishing incentive began building a 4,000-foot air The landing increased the The Dateline story underlines elderly residents in time of crisis aging asked for $50,000 to set up to restore the original atrip. awards for horse-breeders — plan and serve as an answering agen the centers but the governor only Not a shot was fired. Six Viet a protest march on the State House Monday. namese battalions scoured the Wounded in Viet Nam landing area for 48 hours earlier James Compton, head of the and killed eight Viet Cong and New Jersey Council of Senioi Captured 13. Two of tbe.govern- Citizens, said today the protest ment troops were killed and six would center on the 1965-66 budget Long Branch GI Dies bill to be introduced in-the Legis- 'Wounded, I lature Monday.