Four Yanks Killed in Viet Battle SAIGQN, Viet Nam (AP) —Some of the Wounded Were Heli- the Helicopter Gunner Was the Small Arms and ISO Grenade*
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Weather JHtxOnaUm mat «. Mr Mtftf, te- 25,650 am n» .1* tasty. Urn to- Red Bank Area f allhi, Mi Hlfk tmmvw in the 4fi. Milder on Sunday. Sea Copyrlght-The Red Bank Register, Inc. 1K5. DIAL 7414)010 weather, page J. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS VOL 87 NO 197 lM1Md *•"*• !*««*•» thrmjtb rrtdir. S«cond Qiu 'uu °'» l~w' 10/ PmlP*Md UU lURedd InBukk uUdd iitt AdditionAdilMoMsl IlililiMUUBf* OtliCM. FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1965 7c PER COPY ONE Four Yanks Killed in Viet Battle SAIGQN, Viet Nam (AP) —some of the wounded were heli- The helicopter gunner was the small arms and ISO grenade*. Four US. Army men were killed copter crewmen. 317th American killed In combat The nationalist Chinese govern- and six others wounded in hard The four dead brought to 320 in Viet Nam since December ment announced in Taipei it fighting 20 miles west of Saigon, the number of Americans lulled 1961. a U.S. military spokesman re- in combat in Viet Nam since De- Near End of Viet Nam Review would send a medical team to ported today. Two U.S. Army cember 1961. Thirty Viet Cong were reported Saigon to provide technical as- WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson administration strategists boosting efficiency of the Viet Nam campaign, but he de- killed yesterday when two Com- sistance. The Nationalists already helicopters were shot down. A large portion of the heli- neared the end of their current Viet Nam review today amid clined to disclose any military plans. "I know of no far-reach- copters in the Saigon area were munist companies jumped a have a 15-man military advisory Thirty-three U.S; jet fighters some cautious optimism that the situation is taking a turn ing strategy that is being suggested or promulgated," he added. smaller Vietnamese force in Thua team and an 86-man agricultural on standby, ready to fly more for the better. and bombers made strikes against As for the furor over use of nonlethal gas against Com- Thien Province, 12 miles west of mission in South Viet Nam. auspected Viet Cong concentra- troops into the area. The tight- Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor was slated to brief House munist Viet Cong guerrillas, Johnson said "somebody made the old imperial capital of Hue tions within South Viet Nam to- ing was on the western side of and Senate Committees before meeting with the National Se- In Jakarta, the Indonesian- a mountain out of a molehill" with the allegations that Amer- and 400 miles north of Saigon. day. Military sources said they the Vaico Oriental River, in Viet curity Council' and President Johnson. Vietnamese Friendship Associa- ica was engaging-in poison gas warfare. damaged or destroyed a number Cong country. This will about wind up Taylor's onejweek round of con- At least seven government sol- tion called on Indonesian mass of. structures. Lt. Gen. J. L. Throckmorton, sultations here. He is scheduled to head back to Saigon to- He said the President, as commander-in-chief, would "of diers were killed and 19 wounded organizations to draft "volun- deputy U.S. commander in Viet morrow. course" know in advance and would have to authorize any before contact was broken off at teers" for Viet Nam. Reports of the fighting west of Nam, flew to the 25th ~ Division dark. Johnson held, a surprise news conference late yesterday use of poison gas. However "no one told me that the South Saigon, in Hau Nghia Province, headquarters at Due Hoa, 15 The new Indonesian ambassa- were fragmentary. Early reports just before a two-hour session with Taylor and the admin- Vietnamese were going to use tear gas ... a standard, Rushed to Scene dor to North Viet Nam, Sukris- miles northeast of the battle zone, antiriot item ... but there is no reason why they should," laid five South Vietnamese troops istration's diplomatic, defense and intelligence chiefs. A battalion of troop reinforce- no, presented his credentials in in an attempt to get information. he said. The United States supplied the gas. were killed and 20 wounded dur- The President said the talks with Taylor are focusing on ments and one company of Hanoi and said "a second Dlen Gunner Killed ing the first phase, yesterday. armored personnel carriers were Bien Phu is the predestined doom Fighting broke out yesterday were fired on by mortars andigunner was killed and four other apparently destroyed. was completed, but heavy fight- Helicopter Crewmen ' of the U.S. imperialists in Viet when helicopters coming down automatic weapons. Americans were wounded. One The mortar fire lifted as the ing continued on the ground rushed to the scene. The govern- Two of the American dead and with the first load of Rangers A U.S. Army helicopter door|helicopter was knocked down and helicopter phase of the assault through the night. ment forces seized a quantity of Nam." according to Hanoi Radio. Single Primary Is Seen For New Legislature By WILLIAM HENDERSON TRENTON — Chances of two, statewide primaries this year dwindled hourly last night when legislators were informed the cost of the elections would total over $2 million. There had been a plan afoot to hold the scheduled June 1 primary for governor, Assembly and other offices and another election in September for the state Senate. Acting secretary of state Rob- ert M. Falcey is directed by law today to tell the 21 county clerks what offices must be filled on the June 1 primary day. Filing day for primary candidates is TESTIMONIAL DIGNITARIES — Retired Supreme Court Justice Henry E. Ackerson, Jr., second from right, at the April 22. Ktad tabla st the Shadowbrook, Shrewsbury, last night at testimonial dinner given him by Monmouth County Legal Falcey said he will also send letters stating the number of'sen- Ald'5ositfy, .Others ers, l*ft to right, R*v« Gordon Low don, pastor of the Red B*tik Methodist Church, who d«- ators and assemblymen to be liv»r»4 prflyaiy JujJ-ic» Haydn Proctor, the principal speaker; Amos E. KraybiH, Jr., director of-the society, and M. elected is stiira, matter of icon Raymond MeSowan, president, who was toaitmaster. jecture; The Register learned it costs more than $1 million to set up a statewide primary. This in- cludes maintenance of voting ma- chines; the printing of ballots Jiitice Ackerson Is Lauded and the mailing of sam.pl* ballots to voters; legal advertising; sal- aries for board of election mem- ; SHREWSBURY — Two-hundred twenty-five members and Justice Proctor stressed the affectionate title of "Uncle NEW JERSEY MOTHER OF 1965 Mrs. Mabel Jackson Robinson, extreme (eft, of Madi- • friends of the} Monmouth County Legal Aid Society hailed retired Henry" to which the guest has responded through most of bers and extra workers; poll .'Supremo Court Justice Henry E. Ackerson, of Keyport, last his life. He served on <the state's bench from 1919 until his watchers and other expenses. son, compares notei with, left to right, Mrs. Leslie D. Seely of Eatontown. who was night at a testimonial in The Shadowbrook. retirement 14 years ago and earlier was a senator for two Counties and municipalities pay New Jersey Mother of 1963; and this year's two runnert-up, Mrs. Irora Dunlop Gray for these elections with funds col- ! They cheered him particularly for 12 years as president of terms and county counsel for seven years. Moorestown, and Mrs. lone Whltehead Presley, Margate City. Mrs. Robinson was se- the Bqclety, through last January. But more significantly they lected from taxpayers. At the Rutgers Law School in Newark, where the new $2 gave loud and steady support when the principal speaker, A legal question about the plans lected yesterday by New Jersey State Committee of the National American Mothers million law center has been named Ackerson Hall, Justice Supreme Court Justice Haydn Proctor, of Interlaken, said to hold separate primaries for Proctor said, Justice Ackerson and Ms wife Elizabeth, are Committee in Molly Pitcher Inn, Red Bank. (See Story, Page 10) his life time of public service had gained for the 84-year-old the New Jersey Senate and As- called "Uncle Henry and Lady Elizabeth on their frequent , jurist the title of the Number pne Man of Monmouth County. sembly has also popped up. visits there. Both Justice Proctor, and Monroe Eisner, of Red Bank, Attorney General Arthur J. Vice president of the society who wired congratulations when The Ackersons will have been married 55 years on Tues- Sills and David J. Goldberg, coun- lie was unable to attend, asserted that the judge and former day. Mrs. Ackerson was among the guests at the dinner. sel to Gov. Richard J. Hughes contend the state constitution re- 15 Seeking 3 Keansburg state senator had done more in behalf of the law than any other Presiding was M. Raymond McGowan, of Shrewsbury, who resident of the county. fers to the Legislature as a sin- was elected president to succeed the justice this year. The re- gle body and, therefore, have 1 A highlight of the night was a vocal greeting, to the tune doubts elections can be held for of Hello Dolly, entitled. Hello Henry. (See ACKERSON, Page 3) each house. Borough Council Vacancies The legality angle arose in the wake of the Supreme Court's rul- KEANSBURG -* A wide open Mr. Smith filed some time ago as Wade, owner of McConnlck's ing Wednesday that the Sehate political .campaign shapes up while Mrs. Reaney filed yester- Inn, Beachway. must be reapportioned on an in-here for Borough. Council with day. Filing; previously were- Coun- 50 Raritan Valley Acres Sold terim basis, by June 3.