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-Pi^U'< s- 10-year Jail Sentence r" SEE STOKY BELOW' TheWeatnw Mostly sunny, less warn FINAL and humid today; clear and T Red Bank, Freehold f cool tonight Mostly sonny and l_ Long Branch 7 pleasant tomorrow. EDITION nr • ' • Monmouth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper 34 PAGES VOL.95 NO. 22 RED BANK, NJ. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26,1972 TEN CENTS niraimiii Affected Towns Ponder Beach Fee Ruling A state Supreme Court rul- decision is made on a course Bright charges residents ?5 decision "ridiculous,1' and Mayor Norton said, "is a democracy," she said, "but nicipal beach would not make George Hoffman said the new ing that shore communities of action. per year for season passes added, "It may certainly grave problem in our then sometimes we wonder if as much profit. "We would state ruling will not have cannot charge nonresidents "We have instructed our and $10 for nonresidents. At bring more people to our borough. If the governor we do." lose approximately 4Q to 59 much effect on the city. higher beach fees than they borough attorney, Richard L. the same time, a. 50-cent ad- beach on season passes, but at wants this decision to apply Mayor Sidney B. Johnson of per cent of our revenue." "The only effect it will charge residents will have Bonello," said Mayor Cecile mission is charged for the, the same time this would then i>e should make available Monmouth Beach said he had He saw no plans for appeal- have," he said, "would be on little U any effect on Bayshore F. Norton after a caucus of general public. mean we would, have to pro- the necessary funds to make not yet discussed the matter ing the decision and said, "I the sale of seasonal badges." municipalities. Other Ocean- borough council, "to study the Monmouth Beach operates vide more help to maintain it possible." with the Board of Commis- frankly see no point in appeal- He said the seasonal passes tront communities ponder entire ruling and then advise Its beach as a club with a 250- the beach, more police, more Mayor Norton said she was sioners. "We don't have to ing. We have no daily public cost city dwellers $7.50 and re- what action, If any, they will us." 300 nonresident quota.- Resi- lifeguards. We certainly "particularly impressed by make a decision until the win- attendance. We will continue quire a $15 tariff from non- take. Sea Bright and Monmouth dents pay $15 per season and would need Green Acres funds the speed with which this case ter, you know," he said. to run our municipal beach as residents. Sea Bright last night de- Beach operate the only two non residents $43: There is no to provide parking for these was run through the courts, Sees Profit Off club for residents only." He said daily beach fees cided to Btudy the entire Su- municipal public beaches in general admission. .;.; people. .over many other pending The decision Mayor Johnson And, in Long Branch last make up most of the revenue See Beach, page 2 preme Coort decision before a the Red Bank area. Sea Mayor Nortonrt«rmed the "Parking, as you know," cases. We feel we live in a said would mean that the mu- night, City Council President Storm Disrupts Power Service, Halts Traffic A sudden thunderstorm with Rumson reported 18 sepa- their storm damage "very Police in Fair Haven said county reportedly vgere hit by gusting high winds late yes- rate power failures, most af- light" and said of the trees .power failures were limited to a hail storm. terday afternoon blew down fecting small areas, and a that fell, none had blocked several small areas, and Sea Matawan Bit trees an* power lines, creat- tree down in the municipal roadways. Bright, usually hard hit by Electrical power was out ing traffic jams in many parking lot. A car was dam- No damage and no power summer storms, reportedly for several hours in sections areas, and left thousands of aged by it. failures were reported in Ea- had little damage. of Matawan Borough as wires homes and businesses without Shrewsbury police termed tontown. The southern portions of the fell and trees toppled during electricity. the height of the storm. Drivers got out of then* cars Residents of Marc Woods and-wandered-around while and Marc Hampton Apart* road crews cleared trees and meats as well as those living downed wires from the roads in the area of Ravine Drive and, in several instances, had power curtailed when; lines of traffic would move COLTS NECK — Six fire companies bat- He said that both fire companies from Colts wires were knocked down. Neck, with assistance from the East Freehold, less than a mile before stop- tled five hours to extinguish a fire that de- The borough street depart- ping for another tree or wire. stroyed a barn on the Colonial Farms proper- Holmdel, Tinton Falls and NAD Earle fire companies battled the fire until 10:30 p.m. ment was called in to cut Oceanport police reported a ty, Bt. 537, here. trees that bad fallen across tree landed on the roof of a The spokesman said that the barn contained Johnson Ave. and Little and car parked at 16 Main St. and A spokesman for the Colts Neck Volunteer stalls for 20 horses. No horses were injured. He Atlantic Sts. The trees dis- New Shrewsbury police re- Fire Department said the barn was struck by said, however, that two horses worth $100,000 rupted traffic for a time. ported a similar incident on lightning around 5:30 p.m. yesterday. each were removed from the barn. See Storm, page Z Sycamore Ave. In Red Bank, police said, more than 30 power lines were reported down and "countless trees and limbs." Traffic backed up on Shrewsbury Schotte Starts 10-year Ave. where trees and power lines blocked the roadway. Power Out 4 Hours Little Silver's main shop- ping district was without pow- Sentence in Bank Fraud er for more than .four hours . 1 RislsterStoHPtnt* and police reported trees on NEWARK (AP) - Douglas five years concurrently, Monmouth Regional High liam Certilman, 35, of Scars- BEATING. THE HEAT — A lucky boat owner sails the Navesink River Harding Eoad were down, J. Schotte, the former bank meaning a total of 10 years School District. dale, N.Y., had pleaded guilty near Marine Park In Red Bank while most of the less fortunate county blocking -traffic during rush president who pleaded guilty actually in jail. He was also Parenty had pleaded guilty in the case. The fourth, James residents wait for cooler, drier weather. hour. to masterminding a plot to fined $10,000. to two counts of aiding and Perry, 30, of Paramus, was misapply up to $10 million of The former bank president abetting Schotte in mis- convicted earlier this month his bank's funds, had use for pleaded guilty March 13 to application of the funds. He and is free on bail while ap- the overnight bag he brought three of 169 counts of mis- and Schotte allegedly used pealing. with him to Ms sentencing in applying money and admitted $37,000 in bank funds to pur- Gets 4 Tears federal court here. spending $245,000 of the bank's chase stock through Parenty's Perry was sentenced to four McGovern Rejects Offer money to buystocks. account. years and fined $10,000, and U.S. marshals led Schotte Others Sentenced Parenty was sentenced to Cox and Cutler, were each . away to begin serving 10 Sentenced with him were one year in prison, all but 60 given a suspended one-year years in federal prison right four stockbrokers to whom days of it suspended, and sentence, two years probation after U.S. District Court Schotte admitted making per- fined $10,000. He was placed and a $10,009 fine. Certilman By Eagleton to Withdraw Judge Lawrence A. Whipple sonal loans and through whom on two years probation. was sentenced to three years pronounced sentence on him he admitted buying the stock. Three-of the brokers, Ber- and fined $10,000, but was giv- and five other defendants in Also sentenced was Patrick tram Cutler, 45, of Brick en until Aug. 8 to wind up per- CUSTER, S.D. (AP) - draw but that McGovern has draw as a candidate far vice the case yesterday. Whipple Parenty, 40, of Eatontown, the sonal business before begin- dismissed the idea. Township; Emmet W. Cox Democratic vice presidential president," Eagleton said. had ordered Sehotte's sen- former superintendent of the Jr., 49, of Oakhurst, and Wil- ning the term. candidate Thomas F. Eagle- "I did tell Sen. McGovern "He very promptly and very tence to begin immediately. ton disclosed Tuesday he bad that if my candidacy at any magnificently said that he been hospitalized three times time became an embarrass- didn't even consider that with- Schotte, who was president in the past 12 years for ner- ment to him or in any way a in the realm of discussion." of the now-defunct Eatontown vous exhaustion and had vol- hindrance to his campaign McGovern confirmed in an National Bank, was actually Freeholders, Russell unteered to withdraw from and his chances of achieving interview with The Associated sentenced to 15 years, but the race. the presidency, I would with- See Eagleton, page 2 Whipple said he could serve His running mate, Sen. George McGovern, turned down,the offer as "ridjcolous" To Meet Tomorrow and said he still had full con- McGovern, Howard Camps By SHERRY CONOHAN ture," but could not say when half ago from a trip overseas fidence in Eagleton.