Cahill Calls Port Sites Unacceptable

Today: Our Weekend Enjo Section See Pages 7-10 TheWeather THEDAILY Clear and cold today. Clear, FINAL not so cold tomorrow. Hcd Rank, Freehold I Ixmg Hranrli 7 EDITION 26 PAGES Monmouth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL 95 NO. 135 RED BANK, N.J. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12,1973 TEN CENTS tllllllillilllliuillliillillllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiillilltilllllliiuiiinnminliiiimmmuiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiuniiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiun iiiiiiuiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiuiHmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiiiHiiniiiiiiiiniiniinniiuwmimui Cahill Calls Port Sites Unacceptable TRENTON (AP) — The proposal to build a deepwater oil .and logical locations for a deepwater port — two In New Jer-' marine environment of the Delaware or Raritan estuaries." last month anf haye scheduled additional hearings for Mon- port off the New Jersey coast appears to have been scuttled sey and one in the Delaware Bay off Big Stone Beach, Del. "It is equally apparent that such oil spills could devastate day, Tuesday and Thursday. by Gov. William T. Cahill. The Corps noted that Delaware's strict 1971 coastal devel- our ocean beaches," Cahill said, adding the warning that "the Even if the proposal went forward over Cahill's opposition, Armed with the environmental issue, Cahill yesterday opment law would hinder development there. secondary effects of these superports may ultimately prove to It would be subject to an involved series of reviews at the end fired a broadside at the proposal that officials predicted would Although the engineers did not make a specific recommen- be more destructive to our environment than oil spills." of which it would be relumed to the U.S. Senate Public Works' sink the plan. dation their report leaned most heavily in favor of construct- He said the Army engineers had themselves predicted that Committee which initially authorized the port study. The committee will ultimately decide ;whelher to seek action on the Cahill said, "It is my judgment that the environmental ing the proposed port 18 miles out to sea off Long Branch. if the port were located off Cape May one result would be the and social implications outweigh the benefits," of the port pro- construction of refineries and other heavy industry along 31 proposal through federal legislation.. posed for construction off the Atlantic coast at Long Branch or Cahill said, "The superport sites currently recommended miles of the largely untouched Delaware Bay shores of Cum-' by the Army Corps of Engineers are unacceptable to New Jer- The Army engineers recommended construction of a facil- Cape May. berland County, "completely changing the character of this ity connected to onshore storage tanks by an underwater pipe- The governor's statement came as a surprise. Richard J. sey." The governor said his opposition in no way lessened his part of our State." awareness of the developing energy crisis both in New Jersey line. A tanker would dock at the offshore port anf unload its Sullivan, state commissioner of environmental protection, said The governor noted that the engineers recommended that cargo through the pipeline to the tanks on shore. Wednesday in Asbury Park that Cahill would make a decision and the nation. the state selected for the port be required to assure that the on the deepwater port issue in 30 to 45 days, "but only after re- But he noted that in his annual message presented to the facility would not create "undesirable social and environmen- Ships with capacities of up to 500,000 tons might use such a viewing all of the testimony and evidence presented at the Legislature last Tuesday he proposed establishment of a spe- tal conditions." port. A ship with a 300,000 ton capacity could carry the 2.25 public hearings and weighing my recommendations." cial study committee to investigate the energy crisis. Cahill said, "in my opinion we cannot, nor can anyone million barrels of oil cited by Cahill in his reference to poten- In a report disclosed Wednesday the Philadelphia office of Cahill said accidential spills from the supertankers which else, offer such assurances.1' . tial splUs. the Army Engineers named three sites as the most efficient carry as much as 2.25 million barrels of oil "could wreck the The Army Engineers held hearings on the port proposal S« Cahill, Page 2 Most Mandatory Controls Go, Setting Off Diverse Reactions WASHINGTON(AP)— to be kept within the 5.5-per criminates against the health- areas, large business and la- for a 5.64-point gain to a new pendent Judgement" as to the President Nixon's unexpected cent guideline in effect since care professions. He said bor unions will no longer have closing high of 1051.70. terms on which control au- lifting of most mandatory November 1971. there is a possibility of "a to get advance approval for Analysts said expectation or thority is extended. He said wage-price controls already Standards Retained flight of allied, ancillary and wage and price rises, The loo- higher profits steamed up the the committee, where the con- has set off reactions ranging The old Phase 2 standards support personnel from the ser mandatory controls over market. trol legislation originated, will from a stock market surge to will be retained for processors health field... " construction wage Increases Fear Inflation begin extensive hearings on dire predictions of a price and retailers of food, and for The aim of Phase 3, Nixon . also were retained and the But critics In Congress, the whole stablization pro- 'crunch on wage-earners. doctor, dentist and hospital said, is to cut the inflation President said voluntary ef- most of them Democrats, said gram In about two weeks. ' • Nixon yesterday abolished bills. Those two areas have rate to 2.5 per cent or less by forts to hold down interest they fear a surge of inflation Nixon's, move is a gamble, the tight mandatory controls seen some of the biggest pace the end of the year — to keep rates will continue. that will push prices up faster Patman said. except in the food and health increases. fighting inflation until the The stock market took off than wages. Sen. Jacob K. Javits, R- industries, along with most of . In Chicago, Dr. John R. "impact is felt at the local su- on the announcement, pushing Chairman Wright Patman, N.Y., said now Is not the time the government. machinery Kernodle, board chairman'of permarket or corner grocery the Dow Jones industrial in- D-Tex., of the House Banking to end controls and "there is for enforcing them. He set up the American Medical Associ- store." dex 15.35 points above the pre- Committee predicted Con- considerable doubt in my instead a system of voluntary ation, said Phase 3 dis- Except in the reserved. vious day before settling down gress "will make its own inde- See Most, Page 2 guidelines and asked Con- gress to extend the standby control authority, expiring April 30, so that the government could move in quickly to State Halts Sewer Plant Work halt excessive increases. In a nutshell, Phase 3 of the TRENTON (AP) — The permit, according to Richard is completed. • removed the materials. The regulations forbid Nixon economic program pro- State Department of Environ- C. Goodenough, division direc- Goodenough also revealed The new law defines wet- dumping of garbage, disv vides that prices may be mental Protection, with an tor. that he was ready to move lands as lands washed by tidal charge of sewage, pesticides raised, but the increase eye toward the new Wetlands At present, the new law ap- against the State Department waters. and movement of vehicles on. APWirattfitro should not exceed the in- Act, has ordered a halt to the plies only to 36,000 acres of of Transportation, which had Meanwhile, the Department" areas officially, set aside as ANNOUNCES PHASE 3 — Treasury Secretary crease in costs; wages may contmction of the Bayshore mapped wetlands, most of dumped excavated materials of Environmental protection wetlands. George P. Shultz announces President Nixon's, be increased without govern- Regional Sewerage Authority which are located in Mon- from road, construction in said it was assigning special Mr. Goodenough, said the plans for Phase 3 of the economic controls during ment approval, but for the Plant in Union Beach. mouth, Ocean and Middlesex Middletown Township into a teams of biologists and in-agency was aware of viola- a White House news briefing yesterday. present, raises are expected The new wetlands regu- Counties. It will eventually be wetlands area. The director spectors to catch violators of tions and the teams of biolog- lations went into effect extended to the state's 300,000 said he canceled the move af- the state's new wetlands regu- ists and inspectors could pin- Wednesday, requiring would- wetlands acres once mapping ter learning that workers had lations. point the blame. be builders to obtain construction permits if they wish to Assembly Bill Gives work in wetlands areas. Per- mits will not be issued until the prospective project is AMA Patient Rights Seen shown to be ecologically sound. Officials of the Division of New Tax Exemption Marine Resources, which is in charge of enforcing the new Raising Difficult Questions TRENTON(AP) - The neighboring states because Charles Yates, D-Burlington. law, also announced yes- New Jersey Assembly ap- New Jersey does not grant Yates, who said he sup- terday that they had ordered By DORIS KULMAN penetrate to the heart of physicians and which, a Red "the patient has the right to proved a bill yesterday which them tax exempt status. ported the concept of the bill, a halt to the construction of a American medicine. Bank surgeon pointed out, refuse treatment to the extent would grant property tax ex- In his annual message deliv- suggested that Kean have the street in Union Beach because The American Hospital As- The 12-point AHA policy "never has been resolved by permitted by law, and to be emptions to non-profit con- ered to the Legislature bill amended in the Senate to the project would have neces- sociation's newly-issued BUI statement says that a patient any organized medical group informed of the medical con- servation or recreation groups Tuesday, Gov.

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