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9 on Board SEE STORY BELOW Weather HOME Cloudy windy showers likely (fall morning, clearing in after- noon, mild, Ugh In Ms. Fair and breezy tonight, low around 40. Red Bank, Freehold Tomorrow, fair and cooler, high Long Branch FINAL mid to upper Us. Outlook for Wednesday fair and pleasant. Copyright—The Red Bank Register, Inc. 1967. DIAL 741-0010 MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 88 YEARS VOL. 89 NO 201 Ptld it IUd Bin* and at Additional MaWnn Oftlcet. 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE dtlly, Hondas through Friday. Second Clairf POBUE* MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1967 Yacht Building, 35 Boats Destroyed Fire Loss: Ha If-Million RED BANK — Fire raced The intensity of the blaze pre- by Riverside Gardens apartment there was no telling where it had Some firemen directed the through a boat storage building vented any attempt at boat res- house telephoned police simul- started." evacuation of Riverside Gardens H at Marine Park yesterday, swal- cue, and ignited the wooden parts taneously. Chief Mazza guessed that and the building at the rear of lowing 35 boats and erasing any of nearby buildings. Only 20 minutes before, a burning gasoline must have the boat house as a precaution, clues that might have determined 3-Hour Battle police check of the alley leading spread through the building at the while the rest trained hoses on its cause. Fire Chief Frank C. Mazza said down to the boat.yard showed outset, carrying the flames to the fire from the nearer building The two-alarmer wrecked more 300 volunteers and 20 pieces of everything to be in order. every corner. and adjacent property. The Liber- than a half million dollars worth equipment took part in the three- The flames engulfed the build- The blaze was punctuated with ty Hose Co. and Relief Engine of property at Irwin's Yacht hour battle. Only their efforts and Ing with a startling speed, Chief the explosions of gas tanks and Co. pumped from the river. Works' number two yard at the the stillness, of the early morn- Mazza said. bottled cooking gas, he said, and At 3:55 it became a two-alram. foot of Boat Club Ct. ing air kept the fire from taking The chief arrived ahead of the glowing embers as large as fire as Chief Mazza ordered the It was one of the hottest and a whole block of West Front St., fire trucks, and before getting footballs cascaded over the wa- second blowing of the fire horn most spectacular iires in re- he reported. out of his car he radioed for out ter like holiday rockets. for more men. cent Red Bank .history, flames Two firemen were injured. of town assistance. Fire horns Roof Collapses The heat fired patches, of grass shot more than 200 feet into the A general alarm was sounded were blowing in Fair Haven, Lit- The roof collapsed a few min- in the area and charred the air and were seen all along the at 3:32 a.m. when Patrolman tle Silver and Shrewsbury at 3:35. utes after the fire fight started, shingles of a building owned by COOLING OFF PERIOD — When the sun cam* up yasterday, there was nothing left of county coast and as far away Harold Gilmore activated a fire "It was an inferno when I got and after that it was a battle to the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat what had been number two yard of Irwin's Yacht Works in Red Bank. The Indepen- as Staten Island. box and a resident at the near- there," Chief Mazza said. "The save the rest of the block, Chief and Yacht Club. entire interior was ablaze and Mazza said. (See BLAZE, Pg. 3, Col. 4) dent Engine Co. stayed on the job throughout the morning to prevent flare-ups. Ernest Trunzo, captain of the mop-up company, douses parts of the wreckage still smoulder- For Hemispheric Summit ing. The lots was estimated at over a half million dollars. (Register Staff Photo) LBJ to Head South 14 Arrested in Drug To Start Union Beach WASHINGTON (AP). — President Johnson flies to South America tonight for a hemispheric summit meeting that, in the view of American officials, can't possibly bear much solid fruit until the 1970s. Raid in Middletown The main purpose of the 19-nation talks at Punta del MIDDLETOWN — "It seemed crawling on hands and knees "in a steel company; Edwin A. Book, Board Ouster Petitions Este, Uruguay, is to line up broad support for south-of- like an episode out of a James the eerie dark." 2B, of 561 Secotid Ave., Long UNION BEACH - Circulation Former Councilman John Mur- Hayden L, Messner Jr., rep- the-border development schemes that would require at least Bond movie. I crawled on my Acting Police Chief Kenneth F. Branch, an unemployed writer; of petitions will start today In ray suggested mediation or arbi- resentative of the New jersey several years of planning before their impact would be felt. stomach right up the house, along Luker reported that 14 arrests Bruce K. Zuccaro, 28, of 139 Os- with the police officers." an effort by the Citizens Com- tration Tuesday. Over the week- Education" Association, issued this Johnson thus has made it clear in advance (hat he ex- were made as a result of the raid good Ave'., Staten Island, a Mer- mittee for Better Education to end, Mayor Alfred T. Hennessy statement: pects neither surprises nor spectacular developments at this That was the explanation yes- at 14 Holland Rd., in the posh chant Marine; Sandra S. Teeluck- Southview section of town. singh, 22, of'45th St., New York have all nine members of the Jr. offered to act as a mediator. first meeting of hemispheric presidents in II years. terday of Mayor Ernest G. Kava- "If there is mediation, the as- City, an unemployed student local Board of Education re- Harry A. Halier, Teachers As- The chief executive sets out at 11 p.m. from Dulles In- lek who reported that he, Town- The raid was led by police sociation will accept no conditions ternational Airport in suburban Virginia and is to fly non- ship Comraitteeman Joseph M. Captains Joseph M. McCarthy, beauticjari; Naomi May Martin, moved, or to get them to resign. sociation president, said the as- or demands. sociation will take the offer un- stop to the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo—a 10-hourtrip. Malavet and Township Clerk head of the criminal investiga- 26, of 20 Pleasure Bay Apart- The move follows Hie- resigna- "While the mayor's offer I'm der advisement. He added: From there he will move by helicopter 90 miles to the con- Thomas T. Conrad by coinci tion division, and . William B. ments, North Long Branch, a tion last week of 36 teachers sure lips been made in good faith, ference site at Punta del Este, a seaside resort city.- "We respect the mayor for his dence got in on a narcotics raid Sdianck, head of the patrol di- housewife; Cheryl F. Brower, II,' here. certain inaccuracies in his state- concern, but it must be remem- Formal meetings begin Wednesday and end on Friday ' Saturday night. vision. • " of 519 Ocean Blvd., Long Branch, ments must be corrected. Mrs. Edna M. Hule], commit- bered that we teachers have when, if everything goes according to the well-orchestrated Mr. Malayet is police commit- Police listed these arrests: - an unemployed' medical secre- tee president, said there will be been subjected to many indigni- "He says that neither side has advance script, the 19 presidents will sign a "Declaration tee chairman. He and Mr. Con- Dennis Hood, 24, of 14 Holland tary, and Robert J. Kurau Jr., of Punta del. Este." ._,.,. ", two seU of petitions. ties and It'must be undersood taken the initiative toward a set- rad also got their suits dirty Rd., a service representative for 24, of 16 Church St., a postman,. One will go to the board, ask- (hat any acceptance of mediation tlement. Here, he Is 'wrong, the all of whom are charged with ing the members to resign. The must carry with it come reason association sent the school board possession of marijuana, being other wjll go to county School to believe the school board wants a telegram March 31, to discuss under the influence of marijua- Superintendent Earl B. Garrison, school problems solved. problems. On April 3. the board na, and disorderly conduct, po- an agent of the state Depart and association met and for 45 Democrats Select Mc(iann/Gehricke lice reported, ' "Our resignations were submit- ment of Education, asking that ted only after repeated attempts minutes all nine board mem In addition, police said Mrs. T the state remove the members if to meet with the board. Even hers sat abiolutely silent, re- Maftirr is charged with carrying they do not resign. the mayor does not seem to be- fusing to discuss anything. They a concealed weapon, a knife. said they would only listen." For Assembly Bid ii^i^ew 5B District The petitions will be circulated lieve we are serious. The board's Arrested and charged with be- at a meeting of the committee dismissal of association repre- Mr. Messner also said "the By CHARLES A. JOHNSTON was an independent candidate for ing under the influence of mari- tonight at 8:30 at the Union Gard sentatives is only one instance of mayor is incorrect when he im- REDJBANK - Northern Mon- governor in 1961, campaigning on juana, and disorderly conduct, po- ens Fire House. The meeting is the contempt the board has shown plies that the teachers are bluff- mouth County Democratic lead- a pledge to give the state a legal lice reported, -were; open to the public.