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Cease-Fire Accepted, Pakistan War Ends SEE STORY PAGE 3 Cloudy, Cooler Cloudy with chance of light rain this afternoon or tonight. FINAL Mostly sunny tomorrow, high Ked Bank, Freehold ., to upper 40s. I Long Branch EDITION 26 PAGES Monmouth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL.9* NO. 122 RED BANK, N.J. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17,1971 TEN CENTS One-Day Yardville Prison Uprising Ends Peacefully BORDENTOWN (AP) — New Jersey's second nal charges against the rebel prisoners. have a four-part grievance written by the inmates prison takeover in three weeks, a one-day uprising The Yardville hostages, Richard A. Seidl, 36, read over a local radio station. at Yardville Correction Center,- has ended peace- the prison's superintendent, and Ira Friedman, 31, Released fully. a guard, were unharmed. And a state official said After it was broadcast, Seidl was released and About 150 rebel inmates among Yardville's 744 no prisoners or prison personnel were hurt. Dam- the prisoners returned to their cells. prison population returned to their cells yesterday age was limited to a few broken windows, a prison Friedman said he was treated well by the pris- after releasing a guard and a prison officer they spokesman said. oners. had held hostage for 21 hours. Prisoners told two newsmen, Cal Zletz of The "I have no qualms about going back tomor- They ended their uprising after the state Associated Press and William Combs of United row," lie said. "I was protected by the men from agreed to investigate a charge that guards beat a Press Internationa], who entered the facility as ob- my wing." prisoner Monday and to allow the prisoners' griev- servers, that the takeover was sparked by dis- Yardville is mainly for youthful offenders, ances to be broadcast by radio stations. The agree- content over the alleged beating of an inmate by aged 15 to 30. ment was reached between rebel spokesmen and guards Monday in a mess hall. Forty-three prisoners transferred to Yardville State Attorney General George F. Kugler Jr. Prisoners on their way to work or classes- on after the Rahway disturbance were not involved in On Thanksgiving Day inmates seized control of Wednewday began congregating in a yard and be- this takeover, prison officials, Itahway State Prison and held six hostages for gan jeering, a spokesman said. Kugler said a decision to bring SO state police- about 24 hours. Seidl and Friedman tried to calm the men, but men into the prison Wednesday night was prima- APWInplMto Kugler said that, as at Rahway, no promises were taken as hostages in the South Whig — one of rily to frighten the inmates into giving up. ADDRESSES PRESS — Gov. William T. Cahlll, center, speaks at press were made to dissident inmates at Yardville, ex- 10 cell blocks in the prison, a spokesman said. However, he said later he would have used conference yesterday in Trenton on the rebellion at Yardville Correction cept a vow that there would be no corporal punish- Negotiations began almost immediately, by them, and 50 correction officers on hand, if it had Center. Inmates held two hostages over Wednesday night and released ment telephone from the prison headquarters, and con- been necessary. them after a statement was read over local radio stattons. With Cahill are Charges Unlikely tinued for the next 18 hours. In their grievances, prisoners asked that offi- Attorney General George Kugler, left, and acting state commissioner of Later, Gov. William T. Cahill told a news con- The stalemate broke yesterday when the pris- cers involved in Monday's alleged incident be pros- Institutions Maurice Kott. ference be didnt believe there would be any crimi- oners released Friedman after the state agreed to ecuted. Voters Approve \ew High School RED BANK -The $9.5 mil- $386,000 optional question, was district cast ballots, including balloting at the high school, lion Red Bank Regional High soundly defeated, 1,743-1,251. 70 absentees. 192-48 at the River Street School referendum was ap- Red Bank and Shrewsbury In Red Bank, where turnout School, and 92-78 at the Oak- proved by 58 per cent of those voters strongly supported the was far behind the other com- land Street School. voting in the three-borough high school question while munities in the district, the to- Little Silver voters at the district in a relatively large Little Silver voters rejected it tal vote for the school was 610- Markham Place School de- turnout yesterday. The mar- by a 43-votc margin, 733-690. 329. feated the proposal 485-402 gin was 1,748-1,313. Twenty-six per cent of the The issue was supported as while on the other side of The swimming pool, a 11,767 registered voters in the follows here: 326-203 by those- town, voting machines at the Point Road School registered a 288-248 approval. In Shrewsbury, where all residents voted at the Shrews- bury Elementary School, the Minorities to Get proposal was endorsed, 388- 241. The absentee voters, mostly college students, fa- THE TALLY IS IN — Red Bank Regional Board of Education President Samuel Hathaway, front, vored the proposal, 60-10. turned to the crowd assembled In the high school cdfeteria last night arid shouted 'It's In the bag' as The swimming pool was re- the last of election districts reported and the board realized that its $9.5 million referendum had jected in all three towns. The passed. Board secretary Salvatore Giovenco, rear, read the official results as the board's supporters Jobs on Project cheered. only polling place where it re- ASBURY PARK - Minority late next month. ganization formed by the N.J. ceived a majority of the votes group workers in Monmouth The guarantee for minority Presbyterian Snyod to provide was at the River Street School and Ocean Counties have been group workers employment is housing for senior citizens in where it was supported, 172- guaranteed jobs in construc- part of the contract signed this area, is sponsoring the 62. tion of the more than $9 mil- yesterday for construction of project. It is being financed When the votes were tabu- Cease-Fire Acceptance lion, 350-unit high-rise apart- the 26-story Asbury Tower, on by a $9,285,000 mortgage loan lated, Board president Samuel ment building for senior citi- Ocean Ave., here. from the N.J. Housing Fi- Hathaway exclaimed, "I'm zens here. Ground breaking The Presbyterian Home of nance Agency. elated. I'm so excited, I can for the building is expected Asbury Park, a non-profit or- The goal set by the agree- hardly talk." ment—known as an affirma- He told the 30 board mem- tive action agreement - Ends War in Pakistan bers and supporters assem-, is 20 per cent minority em- bled in the old high school' By The Associated Press stability in the subcontinent," hero by the Bengalis, said the tured Pakistani soldiers. ployment for each trade cate- cafeteria, "I thank all of you President Agha Mohammed Yahya said. defeated soldiers from West Aurora said he expected all gory involving the general for everything you have done. Yahya Khan of Pakistan ac- Prime Minister Indira Gan- Pakistan were being allowed Pakistani troops to be dis- contractor and all subcon- I thank you with all my cepted the Indian proposal for dhi had announced the cease- to keep their weapons until armed within two days and tractors for more than $10,000. heart." a cease-fire on the western fire yesterday after Pakis- they arrived in POW camps movement of the prisoners of It is believed to be one of front today, ending the 14-day tan's army in East Pakistan, , because of fear that vengeful war to India to begin "as soon the few times that such a Architects Notified war on the Asian subcon- 1,000 miles from the western Bengalis "would butcher as it can." clause has been inserted in a Mr. Hathaway and the tinent. front, surrendered uncon- them" in reprisal for the war In a three-minute speech private construction contract board notified its architects ditionally. ' on the Bengali independence by telephone as soon as the Radio Pakistan said Yahya to Parliament in New Delhi, of triis type. The agreement ordered Pakistani forces to Despite the surrender, the forces since last March. Mrs. Gandhi said India wants has the approval of N.J. At- results were in and the archi- commander of India's eastern "The bitterness in Dacca — to build its relations with Pa- tects will begin work imme- stop fighting at 8 p.m. — 9:30 torney General George F. a.m. EST — when a unilateral front said some Pakistani sol- you have to see it to believe kistan on a "basis of friend- Kugler Jr. diately on a set of plans to be diers in outlying areas had it," he said. ship." filed with the Little Silver Indian cease-fire in the west To Monitor Program was to begin. apparently not received in- But he denied that the Muk- "This is what precipitated Planning Board and the state structions form their head- ti Bahini, the Bengali guer- Synod officials said a coor- Department of Education. "I am accepting the Indian us to call the western cease- dinator will be hired to moni- proposal for a cease-fire in quarters in Dacca and were rillas, have begun killing cap- fire," she said. tor the affirmative action pro- See Voters, Page 2 the interest of peace and still fighting. These included gram. The coordinator will be units at Khulna and near Syl- selected by the West Side het and Comilla, he said.