Mondale Hopes Manatt Issue Ended SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif
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Dionne Warwick pleases audience in Red Bank, B1 GREATER RED BANK EATONTOWN Top Arizona, 23-3 Under fire LONG BRANCH Fusina sparks Stars Isolation area plans Today'* Forecast: to USFL championship for Jamesburg rapped Cloudy, chance of showers Page B2 Page A4 Complete weather on A2 The Daily Register VOL. 106 NO. 919 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1878 MONDAY, JULY 16, 1984. SCENTS Mondale hopes Manatt issue ended SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. his rivals in the polls and in fund- by the abrupt dismissal of Manatt. (AP) - Waller F. Mondale, shar- raising particularly Westerners who said it ing lUr billing with Geraldine But Sen. Gary Hart's surprise appeared that Mondale was writing Ferraro, was flying to the Demo- challenge forced Mondale Into a off the region and particularly cratic Convention today, his tri- fight that lasted through the final California. Manatt is from Los umphant arrival blemished by nil primaries and was a stern test of Angeles. quick retreat from the effort to his political staying power. There also was widespread dis- dump party chairman Charles T. Mondale has tried to keep a firm sent from the Lance appointment. Manatt. hand on all aspects of the conven- Lance, now Democratic chair- A fundraiser for female can- .ion. He selected Cuomo for the man in Georgia, was budget direc- didates, an outdoor rally and a keynoter's role, and his staff was tor in the Carter administration meeting with Senate candidates involved in determining when until he was forced to resign were on Mondale's agenda for the rivals Hart and the Rev. Jesse because of allegations ol financial opening day of the Democratic Jackson would speak. irregularities connected to his National Convention. While both Jackson and Hart Calhoun, Ga., bank. Ms. Ferraro was traveling to the technically still are in the race for When Mondale attended Sunday convention with Mondale, and'the the presidential nomination, there church services in this retort New York congretswoman planned was no doubt that Mondale would community on the shore of Lake to be at his side at the fund-raiser be the winner when delegates vote Tahoe, there was no hint of the and the rally. Wednesday. rollback that would occur later. Mondale had no plans for a Mondale's decision to break The appearance at church was personal appearance today at the the only time the candidate was convention, which opens at 1 p.m. precedent and name a woman as his running mate received wide- wen in public Sunday, although he PDT. Highlights of the first session was Interviewed by the Cable News were an address by former Presi- spread acclaim throughout the party and beyond. Network later in the afternoon and dent Carter and the keynote speech predicted: "We're about to have by Gov. Mario Cuomo of New York But he may have dissipated some one of the sweetest conventions in For Mondale, the 19M Demo- of that with his effort to remove the history of the Democratic cratic Convention was the realiza- Manatt as party chairman and Party" tion of a long-held dream that he name Bert Lane: as general chair- would become the party presiden- man of the presidential campaign A little more than 24 hours after tial nominee The announcement was made by Mondale's Saturday news con- His road to the nomination Mondale on Saturday afternoon at ference, James Johnson, the Mon- proved rockier than most people a' news conference in the yard of his dale campaign chairman, emerged thought in late 19M, when he had rented lakeside home - and it from a meeting in a San Francisco REINSTATED — James Johnson, center, cam- chief yesterday in San Francisco, as Bert Lance, hotel with Manatt and Lane* and the endorsement of the organized stirred a near rebellion among paign chairman lor Walter Mondale, reaches to who was named Saturday as general chairman ol labor and the National Organization delegates. told reporters that Manatt "has •hake hands with Charles T. Manatt after announc- See Meadale, page A7 the Mondale presidential campaign, looks on. for Women and was way ahead of Many party officials were upset ing Manati's reinstatement as Democratic Party N.J. Democrats split on Lance, Manatt jobs BY ALAN FRAM state Assembly Majority Leader John Paul Doyle, D-Ocean. "He SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - said, Bert Lance is my man, and Charles Manatt's return as chair- I'm going to get him " man of the Democratic National Sen Bill Bradley, D-N.J., who is Committee and Bert Lance's not a delegate but is attending the emergence as a top aide in Walter convention as he begins his own re- F Mondale's campaign brought election bid, said Manatt's reten- mixed reactions from New Jersey's tion would help return the conven- delegates to the Democratic Na- tion focus to the enthusiasm gener- tional Convention. ated by Mondale's selection of Rep The New Jersey delegates Geraldine Ferraro, D-N Y . as his gathering here for the opening running mate gavel today expressed some "I'm glad we have a national negative opinions about Lance's chairman," Bradley said "I think new role. But as word circulated it is enormously positive " last evening that Mondale had The timing of the announcements decided to retain Manatt while on ihe weekend before the four-day giving Lance a major campaign convention bothered some of New post, most said they viewed the Jersey's delegates moves as positive developments "I don't think either move had to STEPHEN C. HORNIK Lance, who is from Georgia, Here they come — Beach bound can head eatt on Route 36 in Atlantic Highland* be made like this." said James asking me about the Manatt de- served as budget director in Presi- Grogan of Belleville, N.J., a Mon- cision." dent Jimmy Carter's adminis dale delegate and president of the Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., tra'ion until he resigned amid state's Building and Construction the honorary chairman of the allegations of past financial mis- Trades Council state's delegation, was critical of 2-day heat wave jams beaches conduct. He was cleared of bank "They could have waited to do the Lance appointment at an after- fraud charges in 1X0. SANDY HOOK - Back-to-back was raised and lowered for boaters middle and upper 60s with highs in this until next Sunday They were noon news conference. "It's a gesture to show (Mon- sunny days and extreme heat drew State Police in Holmdel said "it the DOs climbing, and this really puts a "The fact of the matter is that at dale's) desire to show confidence in little dent in things," he said. thousands of bathers to area was a normal weekend with the The chance of rain it 30 percent a time like this, this is kind of a the party's southern structure," "The only thing I fear is it can beaches this weekend causing traf- heat and heavy traffic," in describ- pebble in the shoe," h•• said. "He today, dropping to 10 percent this said Stephen Homik of English- take away the momentum we had left with a bit of a cloud, and fic jams on several major roadway ing backed-up traffic on the Garden arteries. evening. town, N.J., one of New Jersey's 114 from Ferraro," said Assemblyman therefore the cloud cover extends '' State Parkway. Ocean temperatures are in the The onslaught of traffic forced Mondale delegates Vincent Ozzie Pellecchia, D- But the Democrats said there Gateway National Recreational Gateway Park officials could not lower to middle 60s Marlene Lynch Ford, a Mondale Passaic, a Mondale delegate "It's was no talk of delegates abandoning Area officials to dote the park to be reached for crowd estimates The marine forecast calls lor backer from Point Pleasant, N.J., too bad we have to get involved in Mondale traffic t 11:30 a.m. in what was yesterday. southwesterly to westerly winds at agreed that Lance would enhance these side issues " By yesterday afternoon, most of reportediy one of the busiest sum- Beach goers may have been 15-20 knots today and evening the ticket's appeal in the South Before the announcement that the slate's delegation had checked mer weekends ever. spared recent weekend storms. But westerly winds at 10 knots. Visibili- "When you're in politics, people Manatt would remain as party into the Holiday Inn on Fisher- Police in Sea Bright said Ocean more thundershowers are in the ty will be five miles or more, make allegations and the allega- chairman. Rep. William Hughes. man's Wharf, about two miles from Avenue traffic was backed up into offing for today with highs in the except during today's predicted tions against him were all dis- D-N J., the delegation's only un- the site of the convention. missed," she said. "I'm willing to Monmouth Beach. Drivers crossing 80s. thundershowers. committed delegate, said: "I think "I've been Interviewed five or six give him the benefit of the doubt " the Sea Bright-Rumson Bridge It will be fair and cool tonight the timing was terrible. The re- times already," said state Sen. Average seas will be one to,two "Mondale has shown the party he baked in their cars while the bridge and Tuesday with lows in the feet through the night porters were asking me about Laurence Weils, D-Middlesex. a is willing to make a decision," said Ferraro, but now everybody is Mondale delegate. Monday Index Bell ringers Advice B7 Arts A8 return home Business A5 Classified C7 BY MILTON A.