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Monday 4th British Open win Sea Bright swing stunt's Specials for Tom Watson: Sports sudden stop: Family The Daily Register >lon IIIoil t h County's Great Home Newspaper VOL. 105 NO. 19 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1982 25 CENTS ounty wilts s heat wave ets records By KATHY SELIGMAN Thousands of people flocked to Monmouth County beaches yesterday as the Northeast con- Pool mishap tinued to simmer during the sixth day of the worst heat wave this year. The mercury hit 95 degrees in the afternoon fatal to boy — the hottest of 1982 — and the heat and humidity are expected to continue today. MIDDLETOWN - A 12-year-old East Keansburg boy died yesterday afternoon af- HMlilar (MM tv Larry Ptrna Record highs of 98 were reported several ter an accident in his family's swimming places in the Northeast. HERE COMES THE BRIDE — Alice Welsh of Rumson arrives in a boat skippered bv Robert Borch, brother of the groom, pool, Middletown police said. at the Fisherman's Wharf, attended by her father Harry Welsh, photo left. Above, the bride exchanges vows with Jack Borch. Although yesterday's high was not a Mon- nouth County record for the date, there maybe Richard Vincent Hardiman of 3 Lusan record highs today before showers or thunder- Lane, East Keansburg, was pronounced dead storms cool things off this evening or tomorrow, at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank, at approx- according to the National Weather Service. imately 2:30 p.m. after efforts to revive him failed, hospital officials said Parking lots at the Gateway National Recre- Nautical bride rides the waves According to Lt Ronald Lundrigan. Rich- ation Area at Sandy Hook were closed to addi- tional traffic by 10:30 a.m. as more than 10,000 ard's father, Terrance Hardiman, told Pa- people crowded the beaches, according to a park trolman Michael Rubino that he and his wife, spokesman. Attendance yesterday at the Barbara Milson Hardiman, were in the house before she walks down the aisle Clearwater Festival held at Fort Hancock was for a few minutes shortly before 1:30 p.m. below Saturday's turnout, the spokesman said. When they went back outside, police re- ported, the parents found their son in the By SUSAN HOOPER brother, Robert. Fewer than 1,000 persons showed up for the "I liked having my bride come in by opening day of the seventh annual festival. pool, lodged under the pool ladder. Harry Welsh was first to set foot boat," he said. With the help of a neighbor, the Hardi- RUMSON — Rodeo riders have roped dockside Gingerly, he lifted his daughter Many of those who were turned away from Alice said the wedding was "a wonderful mans removed Richard from the pool, police their cowgirls on horseback Parachutists in from the fiberglass limo, and the two the overflowing parking lots at Sandy Hook time," adding she was unaffected by yester- said. love have literally fallen for each other. marched down the dock to Jack, the 90 yesterday morning filtered down to beaches in day's sticky, OS-degree weather. Terrance Hardiman told police the boy So when two local sweethearts with the guests, and the Rev. John Pfahler of Staten Sea Bright or Long Branch, where lots were also "I was supposed to be hot and I wasn't," jammed. could have been in the pool anywhere from sea in their blood decided to tie the square Island, N.Y., who were waiting on the restau- two to eight minutes, pplice said. she said. "I don't know about the rest of the "The crowd is fantastic," said Albert J. knot, it seemed only natural that the bride rant's lawn. See Eail, page A4 would arrive by boat. According to the sunburned bride, yester- guests." Reid, vice president of the Keansburg Amuse- "We like to spend our spare time fishing day's ceremony — although admittedly dif- ment Park Co. Reid said the biggest crowds so The father of the bride was reported to be and hanging out on the water," said Alice ferent from the customary church wedding — far this year flocked to the Bayshore park. pleasantly surprised by yesterday's nautical Welsh-Borch of Rumson about her watery was but a scaled-down version of their dream "It's super," a spokesman for the Long Not everyone sought relief from the heat at proceedings, Alice said, after some pre-voy- wedding to Jack Borch of Fair Haven at wedding. Branch Amusement Pier said. "It's crowded, the beach One innovative Atlantic Highlands age doubts. Fisherman's Wharf yesterday afternoon. "Originally Jack wanted to get married actually overcrowded." resident set up a homemade waterslide. Joan To accommodate the wishes of the on a fishing boat near Sandy Hook," Alice After a reception on dry land, Alice and Beach-goers thronged the boardwalks de- Smith of 48 Ocean Blvd put a garden hose at the Jack made their getaway as expected: by starfish-struck pair, the restaurant arranged said. "This is as close as we could get spite haze and overcast skies in the afternoon top of a large sheet of plastic so her 15 grand- boat down the Navesink River to Red Bank. [or Alice and her father Harry to putter over without making our guests too uncom- that threatened to bring rain. A warning for children could cool off by sliding down the hill in Their next stop? A two-week honeymoon severe thunderstorms was issued in the late from the nearby Oceanic Marina to the res- fortable." her backyard. to North Carolina's Outer Banks, where Jack afternoon, advising the possibility of showers, taurant's dock on the Navesink River in a Although he didn't get to ride to his wed- "This is what the poor man does for a motorized rowboat. ding in a boat, Jack said he didn't mind being said they plan to — what else? — go fishing. dangerous lightning and wind gusts of up to 50 . See Heal, page A4 At the helm was the bridegroom's the one waiting on the shore. "I don't think he thoughUUvould go as miles per hour. Jersey City gets water, but it's not drinkable yet bottles and buckets at "water buffaloes," 400- By JIM O'CONNELL officers to pass the word to residents not to the water system so they could open hydrants gallon tanks on wheels that had been filled with drink from their taps until the water system had for up to 12 hours to flush out the system. JERSEY CITY (API — The state'* second- been "purged," or flushed out. County firemen help, A 2 McCann said that for 24 hours after the flushing potable water by the National Guard. Mean- while, the signboard atop the Jersey City Sav- largest city has running water again, but of- The mayor said he hoped residents would be — through today — residents should boil water ficials say they are worried the 225,000 residents able to drink tap water tomorrow and added that for 5 minutes before consuming. ings Bank read 99 degrees at noon will try to drink from their taps before it is safe. drinking water remained available at firehouses galvanized steel aqueduct that had supplied the "Things should be back to normal on Tues- "This stinks," resident Arthur Burns said. Jersey City Mayor Gerald McCann an- and police precincts. city until late Friday. day," said the mayor, his eyes puffy from lack "But when things get back to normal we'll all forget about it pretty fast ' nounced yesterday water was beginning to State and municipal health department of- The whole 26-mile aqueduct system had to be of sleep. "When it is over, I will be very happy snake through the city's 300 miles of pipes that ficials were called in to begin testing for the shut down so workers could dry out the broken and very relieved because I have been in my "We have already begun plans to study the usually carry 65 million gallons each day. sediment and bacteria they feared had con- underground main in a Secaucus marsh. It took office since Thursday." system," said William Goble, the citydirector 2'/j hours to weld the patch. The water could be used to flush toilets, but taminated the water left in the pipes that supply ' There was no official estimate of economic of engineering who was overseeing pipeline re- Scribbled signs in the windows of taverns and officials said it, wasn't clean enough to use for Jersey City and more than 75,000 residents in loss, McCann said, "but I'll have to assume it is pairs. Hoboken and parts of Lyndhurst and West restaurants read "Closed. No Water," telling bathing, washing or laundering and shouldn't get in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.'' "There's still potential for trouble because into ears, eyes, mouths or noses. Caldwell, McCann said. the story of the ordeal that began when the main burst Thursday afternoon. On the streets of this densely populated city, of the a&e of the system''.estimated to be 80 McCann told businesses using water to re- Early yesterday, work crews welded a steel residents spent hours lined up to fill jugs, soda years old, Goble said. main closed, and asked reporters and police plate over a l-by-2-foot hole in the 6-foot-wide City workers waited for pressure to build in Transit chief affirms j Israelis, PLO exchange shutdown threats real heaviest gunfire in week By The Associated Press night to 250.000 Israelis in Tel Aviv at a rally supporting the invasion of Lebanon JUne 6 By ALAN FRAM very shortly anyway.