Weatfcer Distribution 40. cloudy, W* < ««*l* rate, to»h Today tfc. Partly cloudy IE RED BAM t, •gWMritb * tomtt M. Tonjor- 'Mi etonfe, Minced by rain, 23,425 •nmntfy, cloudy. See weather, ttimumnaut-m.m DIAL 741-0010 VOL 86 u'u'i St"*- Uandtr firemen TrWir. Saund OHM Pntio ftiS ^ ^4 g^ Uii ^ Addition!! MUUnf Ofllcu. RED BANK. N. J., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1963 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE & Million to Aid Railroads BYBOBDUBILL some time as part of a long-range effort to put commuter dividend, an estimated $2,343,800. The estimates apply through Railroad owes $424,593 on its 1961 tax bill and $539,779 for 1982. service on a sound financial track. The program allows the Aug. 31, 1964. TRENTON (AP) — The, State Highway Department wants The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad owes $331,- Highway Department to withhold 40 per cent of the subsidies 351 for 1962. $8% million next year to keep debt-ridden commuter railroads Other recipients include: for capital improvement projects that might qualify for fed- Pennsylvania Railroad, $1,771,000. The Lehigh Valley contends that it is withholding payment from going out ot business, it was learned today. • eral aid. Jersey Central—$1,443,000 which includes $50,000 for op- because the tax bills are currently under litigation in Jersey This is $2% million more than the state is doling out now The Highway Department, which has jurisdiction over rail erating a ferry service from Jersey City to New York. City, Bayonne and Perth Amboy. under a subsidy program In which the railroads agree to natters, will ask {8,502,961 for rail subsidies at a hearing next Pennsylvania-Reading-Seashore Lines—$182,000. "The amounts withheld are the difference between taxes on continue essential commuter trains in return for state aid. week. The request requires approval of the state budget di- New Jersey-New York Railroad—$108,000. the assessed values and the taxes on equalized values, using The state Transportation Division, an agency ol the High- rector, the governor and the legislature. New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad-$49,300. ratios established for school aid," the railroad said in a letter way Department, portrays the financial plight ol some rail- The request will not spell out how the money will be dis- Reading Rallroad-$16,650. to Kervick. roads as touch and go. tributed. But the current formula allows the .railroads 28 Delaware River ferry service between Chester, Pa. and First Assistant Atty. Gen. Theodore I. Botter declined com- "Deficits incurred by New Jersey carriers for operating cents in state aid for each commuter car mile. Presumably Bridgeport—$50,000. (Pennsylvania also chips in $50,000 for this ment on the railroad's' contention that the tax bills are cur- the passenger service have Increased; the financial position the extra $2.5 million in aid would allow the state to provide service). rently in litigation. of some carriers has become critical and funds are needed money for capital projects, a portion of the law which has Meanwhile, the state Attorney General's Office is weighing Botter said state Highway Commissioner Dwight R. G. to initiate capital improvements that will reduce the size of been of little use so far. possible court action against at least two railroads it considers Palmer has asked that any court action be held up pending the operating deficits," the division says. BIGGEST DIVIDEND delinquent in tax payments. negotiation with the railroads. SUBSIDY PROGRAM Under the present $6 million-a-year subsidy program, the UNDER LITIGATION "There is an actual and substantial indebtedness to the New Jersey has been operating a subsidy program tor Erie-Lackawanna Railroad figures to reap the biggest state State Treasurer John A. Rervdck says the Lehigh Valley state," Botter said. "We intend to take steps to get It paid." Assassination Report By FBI Nearly Ready WASHINGTON (AP)-An ex for an inquiry which apparently personal acquaintance between ate "all available information" Official sources indicate th« haustive FBI report nearly has no precedent In American Oswald and Jack Rubinstein, and empowered it to "conduct FBI still is working on its re- ready for the White House will history. alias Jack Ruby, the Dallas any further investigation it port. The basic document is Indicate that Lee Harvey Os- Whether the FBI report would nightclub owner who broke deems desirable." ready, but agents Monday still wald was the lone and unaided be made public before the War- through a crowd of spectators This could include informa- were tracking down belated assassin of President Kennedy, ren commission begins its study and killed the prisoner two tion in the hands of Texas au- tips, reports and rumors, to government sources said today. apparently was undecided. days later, as Oswald was about thorities. The state's attorney make sure that no leads were The report will go to Presi- Various government sources to be transferred from police general, Waggoner Carr, has of- overlooked. dent Johnsort this week, it was said the FBI report, incorporat- headquarters in the Dallas City fered full co-operation with the The report has been described predicted, and Johnson will for- ing the findings of the Secret Hall to the county jail. Warren probe. as a narrative in minute detail. It was considered likely that ward it promptly to the seven- Service and at least a half-dozen Ths FBI report will be the In Dallas, Carr said Monday member investigating commis other federal agencies, would the state inquiry will be delayed some portions dealing With Jack sion he named Friday. indicate that: basic raw material for the War- until the FBI reports, and in Ruby might be withheld' for the Headed by Warren —Oswald, without accomplic- ren commission, but President any case will not start before present, since he is facing trial ADPED PROTECTION — Starting yesterday, each public school in Red Bank wat Members of the commission , fired three shots at Kennedy Johnson instructed It to evalu- next week. for Oswald's shooting. headed by Chief Justice Earl Nov. 22 from a self - prepared •quipped wifli its own fire alarm box. Clement C Jabloruki, center, vice principal Warren, awaited a call from hideaway at a sixth-floor win- of Red Sank High School, watched a demonstration by borough electrician Everatt Warren to hold their first meet- dow of the Texas School Book Brower, right, and Rre- Chief Charles R. Knolf. ing and organize the machinery Depository in Dallas as the pres- idential motorcade passed, Say President to Get Full Struck Connally —The first and third shots struck the President. Either Fire Alert System Improved could have killed him. Support of R. Kennedy —The second shot missed RED BANK - The Red Bank Fire Chief Charles R. Knoll ap- ^ie $14,235 contract for thi It consists of 100 receivers In Kennedy but struck and seri- Fire Department achieved two peared at last night's. Borough alerting' system w«| awarded i firemen's homej and a trans- ously wounded Texas Gov, John WASHINGTON (AP) r- Wh» Johnson wanted mother man. unch, when a telephone rang. goals yesterday.. New alarm Council meeting to (hank the gov- September after it was learned mitter at police headquarters. I: Connally. does the futur* hold for Robert But Johnson hu asked all Cab- Robert went to answer it. boxes, were put Into operation in erning body for purchasing the that the Federal Communication! the event ot a tire, the desk of- —About seconds elapsed Franclj Kennedy, brother and inet members to stay. Anyway, As he went, an electrician the depart!- radios, and .MI$PK- Benedict R Commission would ao longer. »1- ficer can activate the receiver! between the first shot aad the No. 1 idviier to a president those knowledgeable ot the na- working on a nearly completed radio alert Nicosia, in turn, tommended the tow fire department meaitgei on and. transmit the location ot last. Despite questions raised by now dead at an atsassln'! tional scene would consider it addition to the house strode to- to let system- went on the air. chief for suggesting It police networks. - -• fire or first aid.call. First aid some rifle experts, federal hand? unthinkable for Johnson ward the open veranda and men can receive messages on agents consider Oswald's bolt- The word today is that the 38- Kennedy go. called out softly that he had just heard on; the radio that the two frequencies and firemen on action rifle could have been year-old attorney general — For one thing, much of th< President had been shot. one. aimed and fired that rapidly. whom millions of television Kennedy mantle has fallen or Robert evidently did not hear The system will also include —It has been established that viewers saw constantly by th< the oldest surviving brother. To Deny Strathmore Petition all three shots came from the heroic widow's side — will be many Negroes, for example, this. He went to the phone and two-way sets in borough vehicles same direction, behind and back soon from a brief rest in Robert Kennedy is a knightly received from FBI Chief J. Ed- and, in the future, more receiv. gar Hoover the word that the MATAWAN TOWNSHIP - The Richard T. Schwartz, attorney ed officials. We know the law," ers for firemen. There are about slightly to the right of the Pres Florida, arid that he is: crusader for their civil rights, he declared. Ready to support the President had been struck Township Committee ended a for the petitioners, told The Reg- 250 volunteers In the department. ident's car. This gave the assas- though by the same token some The remark came after Mr.