Red Bank Pilot Plane Crash Victim
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McKenna claims Zar waging a personal vendetta •y JULIE MCDONNELL The Mayor said that Mr. Zar had "tuned In" the Fire the Mayor a inued Mr. McKeana said that RED BANK - Mayor Frank McKenna tut night ac- Department and First-Aid Squad to the Alcoholic Beverage charged that iboui «s*M vat •cted, he would become cused Paid lax, frsiaiailut candidate lor Mayor, of Commission tor charging that they were selling bear the two departments boroagtTif: ^••ayor, was "another rumple of harboring • "personal vendetta" agaiast tie Fire Depart- without a license. "I would, ste to remind him m* OM salaq UsmWeadJngc meat aad Flnt-AM Soaad, la the wake of charges by Mr. Mr. Zar, asked to respond, retorted, "It's a damned fireman or First-Aid Squad man would lo Mayo ^^Htman has ever beea paid la Red tar thai the torn to "waiting" money (or conventions, Ha," and demanded u apology from Mr. McKenna. amount." the Mayer said "I would 1U Bank," Mr dkemrs aid partlet oe tbcie and other groups 1 "Mr. McKenoa doesn't have his facts straight, ' he said. consider what a fuUy-pald Fire Department sad First Aid ^Ktcused Mr. McKeau of "using Mr. McKenaa, a Democrat who Is seeking re-election. "Police Chief George Clayton stated at a pehUc meeting Sqaad would cost the taxpayers." thm tmaja A ajtiasaia and First-Aid Speed members) to next month, charged Mr. Zar with "McCarthyiara methods, that I was not the person who made the complaint about the Mr. McKenna went en to accuse Mr Zar of "alienating get votes " "He's making an emotional appeal, hat (hat's natal half-truths to support kia half-baked claims" Mr. beer sales" many dedicated aad sincere people hi this town who give not the same ss the tact*. "Mr Zar said. Jar's campaignpg , he Mid, "has beea dlvtaive and lr- According to a story In the May M, 1177, Issue of The freely of their time." Mr. Car asserted that be was net against the firemen, yi, and 1 deplore Us tactics and Us antic*. Dally Regie er dealing with the beer controversy, "Chief Mr. Zar kw produced vouchers showing that the town Clayton said las) night that Mr. Zar was not the person who "Will we here in Red Bank be fsced with the prospect of FirstAid Squad or policemen. haa spent more than |1I,*M In the last two years on parties, alerted him to the beer sales." having to hire paid personnel to man the Fire Department "But Just because they're important dossal meaa we liquor aid conventions, many of them for groups such as In Us statement last night, Mayor McKenna said that and Flrst-Ald Squad at a tremendous cost to the taxpayers, should give them everything they want," he declared. the nre Deparmat, Ftrst-Ald Squad and the Parka and Mr. Zar "has opposed the purchase of new equipment for should he be elected Mayor?" Mr. McKenna asked. "I Mr. Zar went on to accuse Mr. MeKenaa, Councilman Racraatloa Department. Ike squads, which In the opinion of experts was needed to would like to add that other dedicated department heads In Robert Marks and others of "conflict of interest" because It a lengthy statement Issued list Bight, Mr. McKenna supply adequate and safe protection for our citizens. If one the borough, who also work many hours of overtime at no they are volunteer firemen and have voted on purchaa ifer said he fait that be must speU "In defense of people who, life Is saved with the use new equipment, It la worth every cost to the town, have Indicated that they would not be able the Fire Department. give of their time freely to reader to Bed Bank fire penny spent." to administer their positions effectively under the harass- "The Fire Department la mismanaged, Just like the prouctloa aad first-aid services." "He now criticizes the Mayor and Council for spending ment of Mr. Zar as Mayor" other department*," Mr. Zar said They let the equipment Aad he suggested that these same volunteers might quit money to send the fire chief to fire conventions, where be Is Mayor McKenna concluded by describing as "an out- go to wetdowns In West Long Branch and to wlldwood for tf they had to work under a Zar administration. Instructed In the most modern methods of fire fighting," rageous claim" Mr. Zsr's contention that he Is the founder the annual convention, and it costs the taxpayers money." The Daily Register VOL.101 NO. 92 SHREWSBURY, N.J. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20,1978 15 CENTS Red Bank pilot plane crash victim MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, Calif - An Air Force major from Red Bank, N.J., was killed yesterday when the B-5J bomber he was piloting crashed into a field shortly after taking off from this busy Strategic Air Command base, authorities said. Maj. William V. Parkell, M, of 51 Reckless Place, Red Bank, was Instructor-pilot on the routine training mission in which he and four other Air Force officers were killed. The lone survivor of the crash, Master Sgt Joseph Packey, a 15-year-old tall gunner from Jit. Pleasant, Pa., stumbled from the fiery wreckage and was found staggering through a plowed field MO yards from the crash site. He was reported In stable condition with severe injuries at March AFB Hospital. The 144-ton, eight-engine bomber was carrying 61,000 ' gallons of fuel, but no nuclear or conventional weapons, when it crashed In a light fog one mile southeast of the March AFB runway In a rural area 15 miles southeast of Los Angeles, Air Force Capt. Carl Rossman said. "It's just horrible - horrible," Charles H. ParkeU Sr. said of his son's death. "His little girl Jennifer is 1% years old." A lifelong Red Bank resident, Maj. Parkell graduated In 1M0 from Red Bank High School, where he played on the vanity football team. He entered the Air Force in 1M4 after graduating from the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. His older brother, Charles H. ParkeU Jr., joined the Air Force four years later, and resigned recently as a captain. Maj. ParkeU; his widow, Mrs. Phyllis Parkell, originally of Colllngswood, N.J.; and his daughter, Jennifer, were living at March AFB. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Parkell Sr. live at the Reckless Place address. Major William V. Parkell See Red Bank pilet, page 7 Pieces of wreckage of bomber are scattered over wide area Brookdale rejects a semester extension •vMARK MAGYAR three Faculty Association strike," Mrs. Doremus said. that these teachers will make weeks of the second semester that they will receive every vidual consciences and hon- tion — and not finances — LINCROFT - The plans to make up the missed "This board cannot take any whatever arrangements may for any student needing extra hour of classroom instruction ored the NASA picket lines first, it should put the money in Brookdale Community College classes because "all called for action that would appear to be necessary, on their own time to complete his first they paid for, regardless o| should go the the students'" the Brookdale Educational Board of Trustees last night extending the semester or penalize them for having hon- time and without compensa- semester course work. what action the board takes," she said to applause from the Trust, which provides scholar- voted unanimously not to ex- class periods and would have ored their professional and tion on an Individual or group Faculty and student leaders Sylvia W. Smith, Faculty As- crowd of 75. ships for middle Income stu- tend the semester to make up resulted In the faculty being contractual commitments. basts, to assist those students attacked the board's decision, sociation president, vowed in Dr. Trudy Unger, chair- dents." classes missed during the Non- paid for making up the time," "The Faculty Association who need help In meeting their charging that the board put response to a question from person of the Brookdale Col- "We couldn't do that if we Academic Staff Association said Ton Doremus, commit- leadership has several times learning objectives on sched- financial considerations ahead trustee Gordon N. Litwin. lege Senate and associate pro- wanted to," said Thomas strike, despite strident faculty tee chairwoman. stated both publicly and ule," she said of education, penalized work- "But, I must say at the out- fessor of psychology, agreed. Auch, Brookdale vice presi- and student objections to the "The Board wishes to com- privately that they will ensure The board approved also ing students and failed to solic- set, the faculty strongly ob- "There's a week's worth of dent. college "making money on the mend those faculty members that students receive a full the Brookdale Veterans' As- it student opinion In making its jects to the college making faculty salaries in the budget "The board can amend its strike." measure of Instruction In the sociation's recommendation decision money on the strike. The mon- that won't be spent," Dr. Un- budget if it wants to," Mr. msg, whWIIUo IllCmelt theiI IICIrI 3LIIVUUICscheduleUd liresjwMic Ul IIMU UVIluu ill me BWVWUWH s •*.%. »•••••• >••«•—••«•• «•*.•.».«•.. •••«•>• y _•.. m —( . i i IT" — — The board's Educational classes, at times under severe Fall Term.. that the usual "deferred credit "The faculty will never rere-- ey that's not coming to us bebe-- ger said. "If the board Iis really Litwin said, correcting himh . ServicervJcess Committee rejected personal stress, during ththee "We encourage and expecexpectt feefee"" b bee waive waivedd foforr u upp t too twtwoo negnegee o onn It Itss promis promisee t too student studentss causcausee wwee respecte respectedd ouourr indi Indi-- sincersinceree abouabout t puttinputtingg educaeduca-- SeSeee Breefcdale Breekdale, ,pag pagee 7 7 They came to give it to GUhooley...and they did it By MARK GRAVEN Butt MrMr.