Two Area Men Among 129 on Lost Submarine
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Distributor) Today II immjt wtuK f^miH will IWBANK • s< • -.;. v. Iflpi both' 4ayi It-* 22,375 Saturday, putty etoudjr with Bt- tit change in temperature. See MONDAY TH*ov<MruDAr-m.un Weather, Pat* 2. DIAL SH 1-0010 : 65 NO 20fi :u""«d tally, llondty threwi rrtSw- ««oruj Olui OJ> 1^u" *">> P»lPaid uu DKM BuBuit uudl Uit AdditionAdaitlonUs UllllBUtlllnli Office* RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1963 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Two Area Men Among 129 on Lost Submarine Middletown,Rari1an^ayj Holds Out Little Hope Bayshore Families WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy held out little hope today — save for some miracle of the sea — for the nuclear submarine Thresher and its 129 men, lost in 8,400 feet of ocean depths about 220 miles east of Boston. Await News —Pray It would be the Navy's worst peacetime submarine disaster — and perhaps Burnett M. Shotwell, Middle- Among Missing the worst in history. town, was New Jersey's first re- cruit selected for the Navy's field Aboard were 96 enlisted men, 16 officers and 17 civilians who were keep- electronics program, in 1960. ing check on the test run. Robert W. Gaynor, formerly ol One possible clue to tha Union Beach, was making the craft's fate was an oil slick GROUNDBREAKERS (JUNIOR GRADE)—Four studants at the Lincroft Elementary Navy a life career. School decided to act a$ junior contractors yesterday and unofficially broke ground Today, it is feared both are Fatality Spurs New •the black sign of a brok- for the nine-room addition to the school. Work on the addition is expected to dead—with 127 other men 8,400 en submarine—which was feet down in the Atlantic. sighted by search vessels start any day. Armed with spoons are, left to right, Debra Herndon, fourth grade; The 20-year-old Middletown and Richard Laurie, sixth grade. The unofficial ceremony had rhe blessing of school sailor, an electronics technician Rt. 35 Action Effort just before darkness yes- officials. third class, is the son of Mr. terday. and Mrs. Burnett E. Shotwell, 25 MIDDLETOWN — The Town- Officials said last night that But the Navy kept one flicker Cooper Blvd., and brother of ship Committee voted last night they would continue to press the of hope alive for its missing Leonard E. Shotwell, 28, of 13 to ask State Police- for more state Highway Department for comrades aboard the fleet'* East Wilson Circle. intensive patrols of Rt. 35. traffic safety improvements on fastest and deepest diving com- His parents are holding out for The action came in the wake the highway. bat type submarine. Spokesmen Plan Early Test of Newthat "slim chance" the Navy of a truck-car crash Tuesday The township has been urging said there was the possibility says is still a possibility—that which claimed the life of two these improvements since 1958 the Thresher, which vanished at the missing nuclear sub Thresher Keansburg women and seriously and as late as last month had 9:17 a. m. yesterday, had sur- may have surfaced and is on its injured the driver of the car. requested the state agency to faced In stormy teas and was way home, without communica- construct jughandles at Cherry unable to radio. Red Bank Traffic Plan tion. Mayor Earl Moody also an- Tree Farm Rd., Woodland Dr. On this outside chance tha The father, a school custodian nounced that State Police had RED BANK — Raymond Ser- would curtail some of the aim- The majority of the changes, ordered a halt to a move au- Crestview Dr., Kings Hwy. and Navy threw chips and planes in- geant, Jr., president of the Pa- less juvenile automobile traffic however, are intended to elimi- in Clark Township, received word Harmony Rd., and Pine St., al to a continuing search. But Adm. about 3 a. m. today from Navy thorized by him earlier in the trolmen's Benevolent Association, that travels in and out of Marine nate bad left-turn conditions, Burnett M. Shotwell day to dramatize the seriousness intersecting the highway. George W. Anderson, chief of yesterday described for the Park, Patrolman' Sergeant ex- easily the most outstanding prob* officials that the search had 1960 Photo naval operations, said last night of the traffic hazards on the The township also wants the Chamber of Commerce the plained. He said traffic increases lems in Red Bank's business dis- been hampered by darkness but that although be was still hope- highway. state to install traffic lights at PBA's proposed traffic plan for by nearly 50 per cent there when trict traffic pattern, the PBA better conditions were expected scribed the mother as "complete- ful, he was "not optimistic." by daybreak. ly distraught." The mayor authorized two po- these sites. the business district, explained School lets out. said. If the submarine had plum- "Our family and former (Union lice Cars to patrol the highway, Another request Is the Instal- its latest revisions, and told of Traffic lights Patrolman Sergeant also re- Mother Treated meted to 8,400 feet—the depth of Beach) Mayor and Mrs. Harvey riding abreast at a speed of 30 lation of a barrier down the cen- Us chances for Implementation The PBA. also advocates the ported that a poll of Monmouth The sailor's mother, Mrs. Mary the Atlantic at the Thresher's C. Erikson were so close to that miles an hours. ter of the highway from the Five by April 15. installation of traffic lights on St. merchants is planned to de- Shotwell, employed in the Broad last reported position—the sub- boy—he was like a son. We are The plan was to have cars pa- Corners intersection to the high- Broad St. at its intersections termine the popularity of a pro- St., Red Bank office of Bell Tele- marine would have been crushed A a recent joint Borough all praying," Mrs, Novick told trol the highway from 1 to 7 way's intersection with Navesink with Front St., Monmouth St., posal to ban parking on Mon- phone by the massive weight of water. Council-PBA meeting, Patrolman Co., was placed under The Register. p.m. each day until Saturday. River Rd. and Bergen PI. mouth to Drummond PI. heavy sedation |ast night, just Anderson said there would be Sergeant reported, council agreed "He was so proud of the The plan was put into effect late The township also wants a traf- after she and the famih/recei'ved no chance for the crew to sur. to all but one of the PBA rec- yesterday but was called off aft- fic light installed at Cooper Rd. definite confirmation that Bur- Thresher. Only six weeks ago, vive at that depth or to mak« ommendations: to expand the er State Police reported it was nett was listed aboard the vessel. he mailed us several color pic- and wants its synchronized with a rescue. bus stop on Monmouth St. near tures of the sub." against the law and was tying the existing light at Chapel Hill Broad St., making room for two Mather of the Year Robert Gaynor, son of Mrs. (See AREA MEN, Page 2) up traffic. Rd. Nothing Suspicious more buses. Anita Edith Gaynor, Cliffwcod There was no indication of sus- EATONTOWN - Mrs. Leslie Beach, formerly of Union Beach, picious ships or submarines in Acquisition of the necessary D. Seely, 154 South St., has been visited here 10 days ago to at- the area when the submarine traffic signs has caused slight named New Jersey Mother of the tend a family funeral. delays, Patrolman Serjeant said, disappeared, the Navy said. Year. A graduate of Middlesex Voca- but baiting further delays, most OK Pact for Sewer Plant The sleek Thresher was last She was selected Monday over tional High School, the youth, heard from as It plunged in a of the BPA plan will be put into many nominees for the honor by now living in Groton, Conn., is steep test dive which the Penta- effect this month on a temporary 2~ .American Mothers Commit- married and has two children. gon said was to have been "in nan-enforceable basis. tee, Inc., a national organization His wife is expecting a third Included in the plan are rec- To Serve Area, 2 Schools excess ot 400 feet." with headquarters in New York, child. 1 It was then that the Thresher ! ommendations to' ban left turns whose president .is Mrs. Daniel He and the family are close MIDDLETOWN-The Township service the Thome and Harmon; to a 240,000-gallon capacity, was escort vessel, the submarine res- from English Plaza to Front §t. A. Poling. The selection was an- friends of Union Beach Council- Committee last night authorized Schools, nearby. estimated last night at $136,000. cue ship {Skylark, lost contact and to create a storage area or nounced yesterday. man and Mrs. William W. No- its attorney to draft an agree- The Township Committee con No Details with it and seat cut the alarm left-turn slot on Front St. for vick. His mother has an unlisted ment with the Willett Acres turning left into English Plaza. Mrs. Seely is well known in ferred with the developer and The township's share of the that triggered th» sea hunt. this area tor her civic and chari- telphone. The Register was un- Corp. to share the cost of a pack- school officials in an attempt to cost has been set at approximate- The extra lane would be acquired age sewer plant on Harmony Rd, (See THRESHER, Page 3) table work.