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edat SEE STORY PAGE 16 The Weather Mostly sunny and very TBEdMLY FINAL warm today and tomorrow. high In upper 80s. Clear' Red Bank, Freehold tonight, high in 60s. I Long Branch I EDITION 20 PAGES Monmoutli County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL.95 NO.41 RED BANK. N.J. TUESDAY. AUGUST 22.1972 TEN CENTS iiiiiiniiiiinuiiiiiiuuiBiiiiiuiHiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiimiimiimiHHiuuiiinMnimiimii mniiuiniaminiiniiiiiniiiiiuniuwiiiwinunaiiinmn Holmdel Girds to Battle for Home Rule By HILDY FONTAINE New Jersey municipalities diately. However, he encoun- ing the committee before the pending suit. can't possibly overturn zoning ities will seek to' build up a de- big cities." and the state,in which the tered opposition from Demo- presenting it publicly. "We cannot afford com- rules." fense to and exchange statis- He has sought support from HOLMDEL — A proposal to plaintiff seeks to declare state crats Jonathan P. White and Thus, with a 3-2 vote the placency, ignorance or des- In addition, Mr. Jannuzzo tics between themselves. freeholders, state -senators create a committee of volun- zoiuiig enablingiegislation un- Domenic J. Lucarelli. committee was created, but pair" regarding the suit. Mr. said other municipalities have Mayor Cohen was author- and congressmen As well as teers to work for home rule constitutional Mr. White said he supported no members were appointed Jannuzzo said. said Holmdel is vulnerable to ized to contact mayors of the state assemblymen* and self-determination was Although the committee is home rule, but objected to the to it. Voting in favor of the At the moment, he said, an overturn of the state enabl- four other municipalities and . Writes Daweg adopted by the Tqwnship unanimous in its determina- way the proposal was present- motion were Mayor David Co- residents have shown varied ing acts. be active in the non-legal, In a letter to Assemblyman Committee last night. tion tb fight for home rule, ed. He had no idea, he said, hen and Committeemen Jan- reactions to the suit. "Some Exchange Is Planned areas of the case and keep John I. Dawcs Mayor Cohen The committee, to be called last night's-proposal, brought that such an idea was in the nuzzo and Wallace A. Taylor. say we will lose — if not now, A 30-day extension in the residents up to date. worte. "We feel that striking The ynited Citizens for Home by Committeeman Jannuzzo. making until Mr. Jannuzzo As outlined by Mr. Jan- in five years," Mr. Jannuzzo suit requested by the five mu- The mayor described the down the right of suburban said. nicipalities involved — Holm- suit as "class action" de- and rural communities to do Rule, was proposed by Com- split the committee along po- presented it publicly. nuzzo, the committee's duties 1 mitteeman J. Paul Jannuzzo. litical lines. Legal Advice Suggested would be to "arouse public Other public opinion he said del, Franklin Lakes, Wayne. signed to relieve conditions in long range planning and zbn* It comes on the heels of a suit Mr. Jannuzzo sought to Mr. Lucarelli said com- opinion and solicit support of went in the opposite "direction, East Brunswick and Liv- large cities. He said, "Strik- ing will not solve the housing being brought by suburban create the committee and ap- mittee members should have other county municipalities, with residents remaining com- ingston — has been granted. ing down the suburbs' rights problems in the inner cities. Action Institnte against five point members to It imme- sought legal advice on creat- both moral and financial" in •placent and saying, "They In that time the municipal- will not solve the problems of See Holmdel, Page 2 GOP Rules Fight on Tap MIAMI BEACH (AP) - of Illinois concentrated on the apparently assured unani- vote after the President's the speeches to this 30th GOP ences on issues, especially The battle between large- GOP's post-Nixon era, the mous approval of the platform name is formally presented convention, combines praise foreign policy. state moderates and small- convention proceeded along at today's third session. by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of Nixon's accomplishments Johnson and another forme* state conservatives over the its carefully constructed path Two Minnesota delegates of New York, a longtime rival with attacks on the views of Democratic president, Harry. shape of the 1976 Republican toward the main 1972 busi- talked of a challenge to the turned enthusiastic booster. Democratic nominee George S. Truman, were praised last Convention appeared headed ness: renoraination of Nixon strong anti-busing plank. Nixon planned to fly here McGovern. night by Sen. Robert Dole of for a floor fight today in the tonight and Agnew tomorrow Only one vote, captured in from Washington today, then McGovern, meanwhile, was Kansas, the Republican na- only visible rift of a united night and approval of the par- the New Mexico primary by go by helicopter to his nearby in Austin, Tex., for a visit at tional chairman, as part of GOP poised to denominate ty's platform. Rep. Paul N. McCloskey of Key Biscayne home until he the LBJ Ranch with former the concerted GQP effort iq President Nixon tonight. Reluctance of Sen. Charles California, is expected to be comes before the convention' President Lyndon B. Johnson, convince anti-McGovern Conservatives from the McC. Mathias Jr. of Maryland withheld from Nixon in tomorrow night to accept its wh<> recently endorsed the' Democrats to desert their South and the smaller, tra- to press a minor dispute over tonight's presidential ballot- presidential nomination. Democratic candidate while party and back Nixon in No- ditionally Republican states ending the military draft ing. The 1,348 delegates will The platform, like most of acknowledging their differ- vember.1 seen favoring a potential 1976 presidential bid by Vice Presi- dent Spiro T. Agnew pushed their delegate-apportionment plan through the convention's Rules Committee in a nine- hour session that lasted until late last night. ' "They've asked for a floor fight and they're getting it, as far as I'm concerned," said William Mclaughlin. Mich- igan's Republican chairman and a leader of the GOP mod- erates. Not Enthusiastic Others indicated their en- thusiasm for a floor, battle was "waning, though the full convention loomed as a more favorable forum than the '.•••• , • . AP Wlr«ptioto committee, on which each COGENT COMMENT ON CONVENTION ORA- state has equal strength. TORY —* Not everybody was turned on. by the While different party fac- speakers at last night's session of the Republican tions and potential 1976 presi- National Convention/ as witness the reaction of dential hopefuls such as Ag- HOda Haderu J9, of Ava, AAo. ; new and Sen. Charles Percy gallon THE COMMITTEE — These dozen men form the committee first deputy chief; Fire Chief Garrett Corson; Raymond West- which planned Red Bank's 100th birthday party ot its Fire De- on; Nicholas Mazza; Charles Jones, second deputy chief; partment. The one-day celebration has been In the planning Charles Wilson; Calvin Carhort; Albert T. "Pete" Mac Donald,- stages for more than four years. The results of the work will be Donald Wright; Willard Watkins, and Police Chief George H. es evident Saturday when the borough has the biggest parade in its Clayton. A tabloid section (n today's Daily Register carries sto- history. From the left are Luis Albano; John Abbatamarco, ries about the anniversary. RagMtf Staff Photo MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) at the 1976 convention was a "This is a barefaced at- — A few ripples of dissension "barefaced" attempt to stack tempt to try to gain a favor- have disturbed the calni sur- that condaverin favor of Sen. able position four years in ad- face .of unity in New Jersey's Charles Percy, R-Hi: vance." Hunt said. "They're' Gov; William Tv Cahill, a Probe May Block Kugler Judgeship Republican delegation as it trying to load this thing. It's looks forward to the selection backer of the minority con- like trying to pack the Supreme MIAMI BEACH (AP) - A Sources close to the Re- however, that Cahill is hoping returns to Trenton Nov. 13. fications for the Supreme of a presidential candidate in vention proposal that favors Court." pending investigation by the publican administration of for an early trial of the Sher- Cahill. here for the Republi- Court. But Cahill raised some 1976. big industrial: states, vehe- Hunt sa'id he did not have a State Investigation Commis- Gov. William T. Cahill said win case so the SIC in- can National convention, said questions about whether he The first signs of even the mently denied Hunt's charge. personal preference for the sion into Attorney General the governor feels the cloud of vestigation of Kugler can be yesterday he would have no could afford to lose either of mildest controversy emerged "No way," the governor 1976 nomination and added George F. Kugler Jr.'s han- suspicion over Kugler's office completed in time for a pos- statements about possible the two key administration of- yesterday as three delegates said. "I wouldn't be party to that he did not think that the dling of the Paul J. Sherwin must be cleared before Kug- sible appointment to the nominees to the high court un- ficials. to this GOP national con- stacking this convention for or majority rules proposal op- case may cause Kugler to ler can be considered for ei- state's highest court. til he is ready to submit his Cahill announced last week vention, including a promi- against anyone in 1976." posed by the larger states en- miss an opportunity to be ap- ther of two vacancies on the The nominations must be two choices to the Senate.