Cong Shells 2 Airbases SAIGON (AP) — Communist the Attacks on the Airfields Were in Addition to the Six Killed Shot up at Phuoc Vinh
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Keyport to Get $400,000 Vocational School •SEE STORY BELOW Weather Becoming partly cloudy this HOME afternoon and tonight, hlgb to- day In the mid to upper 50s, THEBMLY low tonight in the upper 40s. Cloudy and continued cool with a chance of rain developing to- / Middletown-Bayshore J FINAL morrow, high in the mid 50s. Outlook Sunday, cool with Copyright—The Red Bank Register, Inc. 1967. chance of early rain. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 88 YEARS DIAL 741.0010 VOL. 89, NO. 224 FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1967 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Cong Shells 2 Airbases SAIGON (AP) — Communist the attacks on the airfields were In addition to the six killed shot up at Phuoc Vinh. operation completely and was op- guerrillas raked two airfields in reply to the U.S. raids on M1G and 100 wounded, U.S. headquar- Elsewhere in South Vietnam, erating normally two hours af- near Saigon with rocket and mor- airfields near Hanoi which be- ters said about 30 more Ameri- only light ground fighting, was ter the 15-minute attack. tar fire today, killing six Ameri- gan last month. cans received such, minor inju- reported. Bad weather continued Only four or five of the planes cans, wounding 100 and blowing The two fields hit were Bien ries as sprained ankles as they to hamper raids over the North, hit at Bien Hoa were damaged up or damaging more than 25 Hoa, the largest tactical fighter sprinted for cover. but 138 missions were flown yes- beyond repair. Most of the planes. base in South Vietnam, and an The U.S. Command said dam- terday, mostly against supply planes at the field were in sand- The guerrillas used the biggest Army airstrip at Phoc Vinh, 34 age to the airfields was light to targets in the lower half of North bagged revetments or damage weapon in their arsenal, their So- miles north of Saigon. Phuoc moderate and gave no further Vietnam. would have been heavier. viet 140mm rockets, against the Vinh is largely a support strip, breakdown. However, eye- Although the 140mm rockets Most of the damaged aircraft big airbase at Bien Hoa, 16 with helicopters, transport air- witnesses reported at least 25 dug big craters in the runway were F1O0 .Super Sabre Jets and miles northeast of Saigon. craft and spotter planes stationed planes damaged at Bien Hoa and at Bien Hoa, U.S. spokesman F-102 Interceptors, Most were U.S. officers speculated that there. more were known to have beert said the field was never out of (See VIETNAM, Page 2, Col. 3) FREEHOLD — The county's were from Patock Construction 143. Plumbing, Frank C. Gibson, Electric, Asbury Park, $64,399, months of instruction were eighth vocational school will be Co., Shrewsbury, $231,700; P. Freehold, $42,992, and Albert and Sol Lieberman, Lakewood, Ralph T. Bernard for electron- in Keyport, Donald P. Hoag- Thompson, Neptune, $228,700; Wolf and Son, Leonardo, $39,822. $61,887. ics, $7,456; Melvin J. Hersh, land, superintendent of the Mon- Woodward Construction Co., Red Heating and ventilating, Frank The board held for study bids $6,200, and Philip L. Walsh, mouth County Vocational School Bank, $240,200; S. J. Day, As- C. Gibson, Freehold, $86,300 and for 2,050 gallons of number two $7,700, both air conditioning, re- district, announced yesterday. bury Park, $240,000; Vaccaro Albert Wolf and Son, Leonardo, heating oil and 34,000 of num- frigeration and heating, and The vocational sohool board Construction Co., Asbury Park, $83,104. ber four from Agway, Int., Free- Nancy J. Webster, medical "den- ONE FOR GOOD MEASURE — Pedestrians are not allowed on the Garden State authorized a planning program $271,600; Donate Construction Electrical, Electro Sales and hold, 11.64 cents for number two tal assisting, $6,200. Parkway, but Alfred F. Hauselt of Wall Township has walked the 173 miles twice for it. Mr. Hoagland estimated Co., New Shrewsbury, $230,800 Service, Neptune, $57,000; Nam- only W. A, Fluhr, Red Bank, 12.60 Sharon Portavan was hired to and Britton Construction Co,, As- cents and 07.58 cents; Monmouth each way. It's part of his [ob as sign supervisor for the N. J. Highway Authority to the cost of the building to be ron Electric, Linden, $54,195; teach English at $6 for each $400,000. Construction would be- bury Park, $274,807. Red - Bank Electric, $58,- Petroleum, Englishtown, 11.75 teaching period at the Coun- mark the locations of mile posts and tenth-mile markers with his three-foot measuring gin in 1969 or 1970, he said. Structural Steel and Ornamen- 300; Electric Construction, cents and 7.38 cents, and Dean ty Technical Institute. Thomas wheel. He's shown on-one of his hikes through New Shrewsbury. (See story, Page 2.1 The county has four schools tal Iron, Park Steel and Iron, West End, $66,782; Molnar Oil Corp., Fanwood, 7.52 cents H. Evans Sr. and Raymond J. completed, some under construc- Bradley Beach, $39,661 and Electric, Woodbridge, $63,336; for number four only. Luts Jr. were hired as custo- ion and others in planning Green Iron Works, Hillside, $45,- Freehold Electric, $64,820; Coble Four teachers hired for 10 dians for $4,100. stages. The board accepted bids for the Asbury Park Vocational Riders' Group Sets School which is expected to be built this summer. Contracts U. S. Challenges Thant Stand will be awarded at a special meeting Thursday, May 25, at UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. ence conducted in the spirit of i "The United States is prepared nce on all sides that the United 2 p.m. (AP) — The U. S. government the 1954 Geneva agreements on o engage in such talks^" Gold- States—in my General Assem- Service Cut Battle General construction bids has challenged U.N. Secretary- Vietnam. berg said. bly "statement on Sept. 22, 1966 1966. The railroad wants to be relieved from General U Thant's contention —offered to take the first step NEWARK — The Municipal Public Service 1 The chief U.S. delegate to the Commenting on Thant's call Co-ordinating 'Committee, an eight-town com- its five-year contract to keep trains running that America must stop bombing United Nations said North Viet- for a stop to the bombing, of. the and .'order a cessation of all muter group in the Middletown-Red Bank under the Aldene Plan. North Vietnam as the first nec- nam's response to Thant's pro- Notrh, Goldberg reminded the bombing of North Vietnam the area, will fight the petition of the Central Rail- Mr. Roemer said he would mobilize essary step toward,prevention of posal was negative while that of secretary-general that the United moment we are assured private- Premier World War III. ly or otherwise that this step road of New Jersey to eliminate its passen- MPSCC member towns and their mayors the United States was affirma- States made an offer of a bomb- ger service. against the petition when and if the court Thant told the U.N. Corres- tive. ing halt last fall from the ros- will be answered promptly by a MPSCC's chairman, August E. Roemer, action reaches the point at which commuter pondents Association yester- trum of the U.N. General As- corresponding and appropri- interest can be heard. He said he didn't ex- Goldberg said the United ate de-escalation on the other and its attorney, Milton A. Mausner, last day that he feared "we are wit- States shares Thant's desire tor sembly. pect that point to be reached today. Says He side,'" Goldberg said. nessing today tfie initial phases a peaceful settlement and agrees "It was precisely in the hope (See related stories, Page 2) The chairman said he would be calling a of World War III" in Vietnam. that talks in the 1954 Geneva that there could be a mutual de- Thant told the newsmen that meeting of the committee in the near future He asserted that U.S. bombTnjr spirit would help the cause-of escalation of the conflict and since his last news conference on night said they would attend today's 2 p.m. to assess the first few weeks of the Aldene WillRun of North Vietnam remains "the peace. diminution and stoppage of vio- (See REJECTS, Page 2, Col. 2) hearing in Federal District Court, here. Plan. Action on the passenger service elimi- first obstacle to talks" for peace "We'll fight this thing all the way," Mr. nation petition may be taken at that time, he DALAT, Vietnam (AP) - Pre- and urged that all attention be Roemer said. said. mier Nguyen Cao Ky announced focused on stopping the bomb- The bankrupt Central petitioned the Fed- Also a subject of possible action at the his candidacy today for pres- ing. eral court May 2, two days after the start next MPSCC meeting is a move to curtail ident of South Vietnam in the "If the present trend con- Cheers. Jeers Greet Wallace of the Aldene Plan, for permission to seek ticket agent service at Little Silver and El- coming elections. tinues," Thant said, "I am an order eliminating all passenger service. beron stations, although MPSCC has not yet PRINCETON (AP) — "I wish a small band of students rose sympathizers in the academic Ky said he had a long talk afraid a direct confrontation first you'd stay and listen to me. I during his address and shouted, community. The action followed the state's refusal to received notification of that proposal, Mr, last week with Gen.