The Daily Register VOL. 99 NO.32 SHREWSBURY, N. J. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1976 15 CENTS All-out efforts speed storm recovery By BOB Bit AM LEY from Raritan Bay to Bamegat and inland to include Mon- mouth and Ocean Counties and a portion of Middlesei County All-night efforts by work crews in Monmouth County's Mr. Sbemtt said 4,Mt of the remaining failures were In shore areas made possible a return to near normal conditions the coastal areas from the Maiawans to Point Pleasant. yesterday after Hurricane Belle's leu-than-stellar perform- "We'll have them all in again by some time tomorrow," ance Monday night. he added "It's these (alien flees Wo have had 11 tree tnmm By yesterday afternoon, road department crewi had lag contract crews out removing the trees that (ell across chain-sawed away most of the thousands ol trees and heavy our wires. We have to clear the trees before we can repair the branches laid low by the storm's blasts, their roots under- Haas," he explained. mined by heavy rains that softened the earth. Wire repair crews from outside areas have been called in Flooding which tell short of pre-storm estimates by com- to give reskfants and N^ni—• electricity in the rimes! pot fortable margins hid subsided except for a few determinedly stole time damp spots, and all area roads were reported open to normal "Thirty-five crews came in from Pennsylvania and mon traffic, even at the state Marine Police station In Monmouth from North Jersey They didn't get hit very hard up there," Beach, where four feet of water drowned Ocean Ave. al the the power official said. hurricane's height. Municipal officials reported cltanups progressing oa Of the 37,000 power failures reported at midnight Monday schedule. with some power (allures persisting In most towns. by Edwin J Shemtt, public information director (or Jersey J. Leonard Clark, Atlantic Highlands borough adminis- Central Power and Light Co., only 5.000 remained in the com- trator, said electric power failed there at II p.n Monday pany's southern area by last night. The southern area extends See Stem, page I Landmark light story BOAT OWNER'S NIGHTMARE — The owner of worthy again. The scene Is on Naveslnk River, this submerged boat has plenty ot headaches and near the Oceanic Bridge In Rumson, after Hurri- began 150 years ago work ahead of him before the craft becomes sea- cane Belle passed through yesterday. By JILL IIIIBKH HIGHLANDS - This year marks the 150th anniversary Belle's big toll: Trees of the purchase by the United States of the property on which the Twin Lights towers TWIN LIOHTS — This yeor marks By JULIE MCDONNELL in Rumson, he stomped de- Throughout northern and Rumson's assistant borough stand. fiantly on a porch roof. western Honmouth, which es- administrator, who said street the 150th anniversary of the purchase FAIR HAVEN - An unruly The unwelcome visitor caped the worst of Hurricane crews had worked all through The edifice - the only twin by the United States of the property ogre took a walking tour stopped briefly at the Lindens Belle, the big problem now is the night after the storm re- lighthouse in the world - on which the Twin Lights towers through these parts Monday on Rumson Road, but, per- the trees. All over. Every- moving the worst of the de- once played a major role in stand In Highlands. The structure, haps finding a frosty recep- bris from local roads. many historical events, and which overlooks Sandy Hook Bay, Is night. where. now keeps a silent watch over no longer operative and Its beacon tion, took bis revenge by clob- Aside from the problem Most communities are esti- Up River Road and down bering into submission a for- this community and Sandy has been reduced to a five-second Ridge, on into Rumson and they create in taking power mating that the entire clea- Hook Bay. blinker. It remains, however, the Little Silver, then sneaking merly-feisty tree on the edge lines with them when they nup effort will take at least of the estate two weeks. The importance of High- only twin lighthouse In the world and back into Red Bank the mon- fall, causing power failures lands as a seaway marker has been designated as an official his- Iter stalked, ripping off a Worse yet, he had friends all over the county, the And nearly all towns are torical landmark. with him, who took over asking residents to chop up was recognized as early as branch here, uprooting entire downed trees pose a massive 1741, when merchants re- trees there. where he left oft, in Long cleanup problem for area the fallen branches into a Branch, south down along the communities. manageable siie—no more quested that a beacon be set On River Road, he kicked Atlantic coast, and up north than three or (our feet in up overlooking the water for "Our biggest headache now the convenience and safety of in a fence; on Bingham Ave. into toe Bayshore. Is trees," taid Gary Sammon, length-and place them by the side of the road to await mariners The British and pickup by local street crews. French governments were Debris should be placed on also at war that year. residents' property, not in the At that time, according to streets. Mary Read of Highland Ave., Some of the county's oldest who has researched the his- trees fell at the hands of tory o( the towers, John Ham- Belie-along with the Lind- ilton, president of the New ens' tree, a century-old maple Jersey State Legislature, in- tree on Sycamore Ave., structed the Monmouth Coun- Shrewsbury, toppled over, ty militia to erect a beacon closing that street to traffic which could be lit to warn all day yesterday. New York that French spy ships were entering Sandy In Red Bank, a giant maple Hook Bay on Broad St. near the First Church of Christ, Scientist, See Twla Lights, page 1 went, as did an ancient elm at Marine Park. Throughout the county, wil- lows suffered most from the winds that gusted up to 70 miles per hour at the height Sea Bright board adopts of the storm, according to Donald Mohr, chief agent (or the Monmouth County Exten- f 9 sion Service. He advised homeowners to battle plan on school issue take the following steps to SEA BRIGHT - The future me ammunition to present to prior to his meeting with Dr. exits, a new door for the boil- STORM VICTIM — This maple tree on Sycamore Ave. in Shrewsbury, be- save their damaged trees: of the borough public school Mr. Burke when 1 talk to him Burke today. er room, and removing all lieved to be more than 100 years old, was one of Hurricane Belle's victims. —Straighten the trees, me- may hang in the balance tomorrow." The vote was prefaced, storage closets from under The street was closed all day yesterday as rood crews struggled to remove chanically or otherwise, and today, as Harold Y. Bills, In compliance with this di- however, with the under- these wooden stairwells. In the tree and the electric company worked'on downed power lines. See Belle's, page 1 county schools superinten- rective, the board voted 8 to 1 standing that Dr Burke addition, one sink was to be dent, meets with the state to authorize work to comply would give the school the added in each bathroom, as Education commissioner to with all or part of 13 points green light to open In Septem- well ss action to upgrade discuss a "battle plan" cited by Howard W Hoi ber if these changes were In- classroom lighting, check all adopted by the Board ol Edu- combe, chief safety con- itiated immediately school wiring and removing Bayshore life-term convict cation last night. sultant, facility planning ser- The immediate measures, certain guards so windows The board's plan, accepted vices, with the state board accepted with only Loretta can be opened from the in- during what several members The board promised to hand- Hanley voting "nay." called side. termed the most raucous deliver a letter on intent to (or the installation of emer- The board also gave Its ap- escapes from state prison meeting in the school's 84- this e((ect to Mr. Bills just gency "panic" doors on all See Sea Bright, page 1 year history, followed 'sum- more than 15 years, a prison Keansburg, was serving a mouth, were arrested shortly mation by Mr. Bills ol a re- TRENTON (AP) — Hurri- port that charged the school cane Belle provided the cover spokesman said Tuesday. sentence of life plus two to after the slaying. Both were The inmate, Terrence K three years for murder, con- sentenced to life terms in with 24 violations ol a school- tor the first successful escape house planning guide. from Trenton State Prison in Alden, 28, of Bay Ave., spiracy and assault with in- prison. Alden, however, tent to kill and had been in eluded police for five months "Given this report," Mr. prison since May, 1974, the and was finally captured In Bills told the board and al- spokesman said. Indianapolis, Ind. most 130 people who crowded Authorities who went to Al into one room of the school, Alden had been convicted of "I cannot approve this school The Inside Story the June, 1)7), shooting death den's cell in Wing 6 at about 1:50 p.m. yesterday on a tip to open in September" THE WEATHER of Richard D.