Fire Damages 4 Stores

Dlitributlon . temperature 22. Partly today, Ugh M, Increas- Today ing ctodinesc tonight, followed by light wow. Law tonight, M 22,050 to 8. Tomorrow Mr, high In 2*. See Weather, page 2. DIAL SH 1-0010 VOL. 85, UO. 173 i tun,:», itasaiT't&cn frtlw. MM cum Pww Mdilioo*) Mailing OKJMi. RED BANK, N. J., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1963 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Fire Damages 4 Stores Business Center Blaze Menaces Register RED BANK — The Bag ment of the bag shop, Fire Chief first major fire in which the that today's newspapers could The building is owned by Red Shop at 44 Broad St. was Charles Knoll said yesterday. aerial of the new hook and lad- come out on schedule. Bank Properties, of which Clif- Chop Through ton Siegel of-Florida is a prin- der truck was used as a fire Jewelry Store gutted in a fire Saturday The sole access to that base- tower. Water was- poured onto cipal. No representative of the night that covered the busi- ment is through a, trap door In the burning building from aloft Past The Register building, at owner could be reached for com* 36 Broad St., smoke damage was ness district with a pall of the floor. Only after firemen by this means. ment yesterday. braved the dense smoke to chop Water seeping through the also sustained by Reussllle's jew- This is the third time fire has heavy smoke and menaced through that floor's two inches common foundation wall damaged elry shop. damaged this structure. Last'June the Register building next of concrete and underlying tim- the Register basement, Heavy Crowds lined the street to a smoky fire in the House of door to the blaze. bers were they able to get water smoke filled The Register news- watch the battle against the 10th Curtains, then the occupant of directly to the blaze. rooms and offices. major fire in the Broad St. busi- the now vacant shop, was quickly Three other shops in the In freezing weather, a film of Harold Kelly, general manager ness district In three years. extinguished without serious dam' one-story building at the Ice over surrounding streets soon of The Register, said that scores S. I. Danenberg of Eatontown, age to the adjoining shops. comer of Broad and White Sts. was added to the smoke hazard. of employees of the newspaper proprietor of the gutted bag shop Over Two Stories suffered leaser damage from Chief Knoll praised the "extreme- came to help protect their place said: Many years ago,, when tills was smoke and water. Thi Fann; ly fine perforhi^nceof the volun-; of work. Three worked all "There is nothing left. I will a two-story structure, a fire re- Fanner Candy shop lost its en- teers in very difficult conditions." through the night, he said, to get look for another store and open tire stock, but fixtures and equip- He pointed out that this is the up again as soon as I can." (See FIRE, Page 3) ment were, left intact. The Royal Barber Shop and an empty shof between it and the candy shop had smoke damage in the street PERILOUS CORNER — Icy sidewalks and streets added peril to the smoke hazard at floor levels and water damage in the corner of White and Broad Stt. Saturday night as firemen fought stubborn.blaze. basements. The Royal Barber Shpp, left, and the vacant store suffered smoke and Water damage. All Red Bank fire companies battled (he difficult blaze for The Fanny Farmer shop, right,, loit its entire stock on the premises, and had its floor more than two hours before damaged, but fixtures and equipment were left intact by the fire. was subdued. Little Silver am Shrewsbury companies stood by. The fire was discovered by Dominic DiGirolamo, an em- Councils Quiz Regional Board ployee of the barber shop, who was passing by and noticed the smoke. He notified Patrolman Frank Calandriello, Jr. Meet to Slice Budget The fire, started in the base- HIGHLANDS — The Borough the 1963-64 Henry Hudson region- The two bodies met with the Councils of Atlantic Highlands al school budget, defeated for the Board of Education yesterday foi AP News and Highlands will decide tomor- second time at the polls Tues- a line-item check of the spending row night how much to cut out of day. schedule. Councils then met without thi board, but decided to wait until Digest tomorrow night to arrive at Map Road Program final verdict on budget reduc- Rising state, local .and Social tions. Security taxes may nibble away possibly half of President Ken- ' Have 10 Days nedy's proposed tax cuts by the Under state law, if a school time they would take effect. In West Keansburg budget is defeated twice at the (See page Hi) polls, it then goes to the govern- RARITAN TOWNSHIP - A Also alated for street improve- ing bodies for revision. The coun- Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., major road renovation and drain- ments in 1963 is a portion of cils have 10 days to act. says he has uncovered evidence age program for the West Keans- the'Woodland Park section, in that four American fliers were gurg section of town is planned Hazlet. The defeated budget totaled $551,615, a decrease of $1,585. I killed in the Bay of Pigs invasion. this year by the Township.Com- The program, as outlined yes- called for $450,578 to be raised in (See page H.) mittee. terday by Committeeman Mar- taxation, a decrease of $26,090. INTERNATIONAL WHERE THERE'S SMOKE — A fire that remained totally obicured by smoke throughout Us life, except for one vfa Olinsky, road chairman, in- Before the second election, the Italy and the Netherlands take burst of flame, destroyed the Bag Shop, 44 Broad St., Red Bank, here completely hidden by the smoky pall, and cludes: school board had cut $13,650 from the lead in Brussels in striking In West Keansburg— menaced'its neighbors Saturday night. The Register building, endangered, tuffered only imoke and water damage. the budget back at France In first Common 1- Bituminous concrete (black- The next, building along Broad St., Reussille'j jewelry shop, 36 Broad, was alio damaged byimolce. Herethe aerial Six Hurt Questions asked of the board Market council meeting since the top) surfacing of the shoulders of by councilmen and mayors from veto of Britain's application. One of Red flank's new nook and ladder truck geti itl firit u»o as a water tower at a .major fire. Laurel Ave., from First to Fourth the two boroughs yesterday re- result will be higher prices for Hifc •SB.-'-**— • ' •• • •'•' "•" vealtd these facts: African coffee and bananas for 24-lnch Drain 1- The board plans to raise Frenchmen for another year. 2- Installation of 24-inch drains the salary of its superintendent (See page 11). 6 Corners Project Plans Near Completion Accidents at the Intersection of Olive'and from $13,000 to $13,500. The. board Premier Khrushchev and Mao Thorne Pis., to eliminate a flood- had not made this fact known Tze-tung seem to be dipping their TRENTON — Plans fqr con- gineer, ,^ are'out of his tersectioh at Six Corners by swing west across Maple Ave. at MJDDLETOWN — Six persons ing condition there. The water previously. toes gingerly Into waters of rec- straction of a 1 million overpass handshd , they must be'approved by building an overpass about 300 May St. and then, north over Rt, were injured last night in three will be drained to the bay. 2- The board has "given up' alculation. Mao receives the So- feet west, and constructing a new 35. at Six Corners, Rt. 35, Keyport, the federal government before separate accidents here. 3- Bituminous concrete surfac- on the question of transferring viet ambassador and Foreign contracts'can be let. approach to it. On the north, or Keyport side, ing the full length of First, Third, are near completion, The Regis- the new road would curve east In fair condition this morning in $30,000 from its 1962-63 budget Minister Gromyko has new Chi- Highway' officials predicted New Approach Sixth and Ninth Sts. ter learned yesterday. Riverview Hospital are George debt ^service to current expense, nese ambassador as luncheon earlier, this, year .that the over- and rejoin Broadway opposite 4- Bituminous concrete surfac- On the Matawan side of the Mazur, Wilson Ave., Port Mon- the question was defeated twice guest. No construction date has been pass would be'.completed by Fourth St. Fourth St. 'would be ing of Central Ave., from First present Intersection, the new ap- reconstructed £rom Broadway to mouth, and Gustave Lester, • Es- (See BUDGET, Page 3) (See Page 3.) set, however. Memorial Day, 1964. sex St., East Keansburg,. to Fourth Sts., and from Sixth to The search for earthquake vic- proach road would start at its junction two blocks east with According to Steven J. Xlnk, The Highway Department pro- Seventh Sts. tims has been abandoned in the Broadway just beyond St. Jo- MapIe n ^ tuppatatonpp g Ave. Mr. Mazur suffered multiple state Highway Department en- poses (o eliminate the present in-i 5- Installation of drains on both Today in ruins of the, Libyan town of El seph's School and Convent and MMapll e PPII . „„„,,, , tep d . cuts about the face and a possibli sides of 10th St., the full length of fractured skull when a car in Washington Marj. Survivors move into two from the intersection and would the street. • • . tent camps to await rebuilding dead-end at Rt.

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