County Branch Library Opens in Shrewsbury SEE STORY BELOW Becoming Fair THEDAILY HOME Becoming sunny and mild after morning fog today. Clear, mild Red Bank, Freehold tonight. Sunny, mild tomorrow. I Long Branch , 7 FINAL (Set Detail! Pats 3) Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 90 Years TOL. 91, NO. 76 RED BANK, N. J., MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1968 TEN CENTS Apartment Owners Seek Cuts Up to $485,000 65 Red Bank Tax Appeals Aired RED BANK - The Mon- ment house has 58 apartments. market value is $293,261. ment house on William St., Corp., claimed the property is to $350,200. Appellant cited mouth County Board of Taxa- The cuts requested were They request that the assess- claimed through Mr. Baar that assessed in excess of fair mar- high costs and low rents. tion reserved decision on some land, $195,000 to $58,000 and ment on the land be reduced fair market value is $327,442. ket value. Oakland Investment Co. ap- 65 tax appeals from Red Bank buildings, $296,000 to $267,000, from $120,400 to $60,000 and on The appellant asked for these The Terrace Inc., George B. pealed assessments on three property owners heard in the which would reduce the total the building from $334,600 to cuts: land, $79,000 to $40,000; Underwood, president, 85 properties through its attorney, Hall of Records, Freehold. assessment from $491,000 to 233,261. building, $381,000 to $287,442; a apartments at 257-279 Spring $325,000. total cut of $132,558. St., building, $608,800 to $333,- Richard D. Porter: 18 W. The largest cuts were re- The same appellants asked Front St., land, $8,400 to $4,900 A cut of $161,739 was re- for these land assessment re- Other apartment houses and 000. Appellant claimed cost of quested by apartment house and building, $14,700 to $11,- owners. quested by Philip J. and John ductions on two other proper- requested cuts: operation and low rents lower H. Bowers, owners of Prospect ties: 59 W. Front St., $30,000 the property value. 500; 91-93 W. Bergen Place, Three assessments were stip- Cannon Point Apartments, % Hill Apartments, again through to $17,500 and 51 W. Front St., Springview Garden Apart- land, $7,200 to $2,700; block ulated, with conditional agree- units, 239 Spring St., land, Mr. Baar. The 60-unit apart- $46,000 to $26,000. ments, William Chirgotis, pres- 9A, lot 7, West Bergen Place, ments reached between the $160,000 to $60,000; buildings, ment house is 21 years old. ident, 283-287 Spring St., 63 land, $7,900 to $1,000. tax assessor and appellants, The owner of Manor East, a $695,000 to $600,000. Tlie appellants say that fair apartments, building, $530,600 (See RED BANK, Pg. 2, Col. 4) and four were to be stipulated, six • velar . old, 40-unit apart- The owner, 239 Spring Street All stipulations are subject to the final approval of the tax board. TROPHY — Sheriff Paul Kiernan presents a trophy to Manor Asks Cut Nancy Bronson, 17, majorette for the Long Branch A cut of $485,018 was re- High School band, after yesterday's Columbus Day quested by Red Bank Manor, parade. More than I 10 marching and mobile units Inc., Harding Road and Spring Apollo on TV Today; took part in the annual event. Postmaster Rocco Bon- St., through its attorney, Fred- forte headed the parade committee for the Christopher ric Baar. The property in- cludes 178 apartments on a Columbus Club. (Register Staff Photo) 504,000 - square - foot lot. The firm asked for a reduc- tion from $377,900 to $178,000 on the land and $1,262,100 to $976,982 on the 20 • year - old Correct Power Loss Off-DutyOfficer building — reducing the total SPACE CENTER, Houston nauts flipped a reset switch. the astronauts, Navy Capt. States. The TV view, to be re- by the fact that the problem assessment from $1,640,000 to (AP) — Warning lights flashed The astronauts said they sus- Walter M. Schirra Jr., Air layed to home viewers by all did not recur when the reset $1,154,982, which it claims is in the Apollo 7 and power was pected the trouble that oc- Force Maj. Donn F. Eiseis and three national television net- switch was thrown. fair market value. lost for a moment as the curred shortly after 1 a.m. Walter Cunningham, a civilian, works, was to last between 10 The reset switch is much Shrewsbury Manor Inc., spaceship soared high over the EDT resulted from a transient went ahead with plans for to- and 12 minutes and possibly like a circuit breaker on a res- Foils Alleged asked for a cut of $166,000 on Red Sea today. One of the overload on spacecraft electri- day's first television broadcast show the trio housekeeping and idential electrical system that its three properties at 66, 72 three orbiting astronauts said cal systems perhaps resulting from a U.S. manned spaceship. eating. is reset after a temporary and 81 Riverside Ave. The it was a "very traumatic ex- when, too many heaters or fans Schirra, who refused to •Flight director Gene Kranz overload. firm, through Mr. Baar, said perience." were turned on simultaneous- switch on the camera during said initial evidence indicated Flight controllers said they the three properties operate as Mission Control officials at- the first scheduled telecast the electrical trouble was "at- had no plans to shorten Apollo $33,000 Heist one unit and fair market value tributed the trouble to a pow- Ground controllers who Saturday, agreed to a TV tributal to a cyclic load" and 7's mission. They said that is $325,022. er surge and the power re- searched for the cause said the transmission today as the cap- was not a serious problem. He even ii the electrical units HOLMDEL — Four men Louis Petruzzelli, 36, of 170 The 25 - year -old apart sumed when one of the astro- problem was not serious and sule speeds over the United said this theory was supported failed and did not reset, reserve were arrested yesterday morn- Stillwell Road, here, was batteries would give officials ing (or possession of $33,000 in charged with aiding and abet' up to 12 hours to bring the stolen meat products, after ting, following the incident crew back to earth safely. their alleged unloading opera- which occurred on his proper- Kranz said today that be- tions were observed by an off- ty, the LP Excavating Co., Still- Black Power Conferees Make tween 40 and 50 per cent of duty -Middletown police ser- well Road. Apollo 7's total flight objectives geant. All were released in $5,000 have been accomplished in the Joseph Dorsa, 28, of Port bail each pending a court hear- first quarter of the planned 11- Reading; Edward F, Robel, 42, ing here Tuesday. day flight, and another 15 per of Middlesex, and Frank Esola, Integrated Education Top Goal cent will be obtained on re- Observed Operation 52, of North Brunswick, were Police Chief Joseph W. Phil- mtry,- such as tests of the. charged with possession of sto- RED BANK-The first Black agreed the main thrust of the "more effective force in build- can history really become for improvement," he added. spacecraft heat shield. lips said Sgt. Michael Mahon- American by including the his- Mr. Murphy said it was len property. Power Conference in Monmouth black community should be to ing a strong, self-sufficient As far as prime objectives ey, returning from Mass at St. County was held here Saturday secure for its children "effec- black community." tory of all minorities," he said, agreed to explore ways in Catherine's Church at 11 a.m. "and we would like to see the which the Negro community are concerned, the percentage when approximately 65 persons tive education relevant to the Those at the meeting were is "much, much higher" than observed a 45-foot refrigerated met to discuss the situation of black community;" to increase "very unhappy" because the writings of minority-group au- could band together financially truck being unloaded into thors included in the literature to aid blacks to establish busi- the 40 to 50 per cent overall, Cagle Trial black people in the county, and the number of black entrepre- history of minorities isn't part he noted. smaller trucks by six men. to unify black organizations in neurs; to bring "drastic im- of American history as taught courses. The contributions nesses. He said the possibilities made by different peoples of government and private The 4!4-pound television cam- Officers learned later the deciding priority goals and provement" in employment in county schools, Mr. Murphy, era aboard Apollo 7 can be truck had been stolen from a ways of achieving them. and housing; to insure more a Red Bank Board of Educa- should be included throughout loans "to ease the problems To Begin the school curricula. black people have when they mounted to point inside the Shop-Rite supermarket in Eliz- The conference was closed participation of blacks in the tion member, said, "although spacecraft cabin or hand held FREEHOLD — Testimony abeth Friday. to the press. But Curtis Q. making of decisions that affect a few schools are beginning to Want Improvement want to go into business" also will be explored. at the end of its 12-foot cord began this morning in the mur- Calls for Assistance Murphy, here, co-chairman, the destiny of black people, take steps to change this.