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DISTRIBUTION t am. Umf*t*tm* u. tumr TODAY ft** U* fc *» tar 7fc. P«k REDBANK , tow M. Tomorrow, 23,600 war, kitft la the 7h. Saturday, pMtJyeioudy. See weather, pap I DIAL 74(.0OIO Juu*d itHr, Monday tiirmuta Fridtx. Second Clui Postage VOL 86, NO. 242 Pild it Red Bulk iad at XddiUonU MiiUnf 081CM. RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1964 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Planes, Hangars Damaged ^Twister' Rips Airport WALL TOWNSHIP - A swirl- emporium and restaurant. Em- going to fall on me so I pushed at night, otherwise there might watched with seven co-workers ing wind and rain storm called ployees and patrons watched the back to the 'wagon and put it have been injuries. from his company's building at a "tiwster1'- descended on Mon- show on the field through win- in reverse to get away. Heavy rain flooded the build- the north end of the airport as mouth Airport here yesterday dows "like we were looking at "On the field, planes were ing of General Avionics Inc., an the wind approached. •nd, in less than two minutes, television," as one put it later. crashing all over. But later we aircraft repair concern, after the "The sky in the northwest got caused about $175,000 damage to "I've never seen such a found one small craft which had wind blew tar paper covering off pitch black. We could see it aircraft and hangars. ' freak," said Charles Ralph, 33, been blown out of a hangar and the roof. Peter W. Van Water- picking up dust behind the Seven single engine planes of Jackson Township, dispatcher overturned in a ditch and it dam, service manager of Gen- woods. It headed straight toward were destroyed and four others for Eastern Air Taxi at the field. had no damage at all." era! Avionics, said he saw two us. All we could do was watch were damaged. A month-old $50,- Short Duration Weather had limited flying all planes wrecked on the grounds. it come." , 000 twin-engine craft owned by "No hurricane was ever like day and there were about 40 It was a strange thing," he In the state, two women were the airport also was damaged. this. The skies were never black- planes and about 20 people on said. "The planes went up in dead, four persona were injured HMgan Wrecked er. The clouds rolled along the the field, most of them under- Hie air. Moved in one direction as a direct result of the storm. Two hangars, with a total of ground next to me. cover, when the storm struck. and then came back. After that A thunderstorm forced a twin- 12,000 square feet of storage "I was walking between hang- Except for the plane owned by everything got black." engine plane carrying Gov. Rich- ipace Inside concrete walls and ars when the Wind started. I the airport, six were owned by Planes in the open all were ard J. Hughes to make an un- under steel cross beams, were raced into one building and the Fort Monmouth Aviation tied with mooring ropes. expected landing at Pottstown, wrecked and two other storage stayed there until it was over. club and the Civil Air Patrol and Van Waterdam said that as he Pa., about 55 miles west of Tren- buildings had roofs lifted and But it only lasted about a min- otters were property of private stood in the General Avionics ton, the plane's destination. doors blown out. ute or two. individuals. building, "rocks as big as your Hughes was returning home 1 Most of the loss is insured "Outside I could see planes Heavy Rain fist were flying past the win- after delivering a college com- and there were no injuries. being rolled over and crash in- The wind knocked apart four dows. The wind sounded like a mencement address in Emmits- Edward L. Brown, the owner, to each other." large sliding doors of a con- train in a tunnel." burg, Md. When the unruly put the violent intrusion accom- Mr. Brown gave this account: verted hangar housing the Jer- Pitch Black. weather persisted, the governor NO SAFE PLACE —. Airplane fucked away in a hangar at Monmouth Airport, Wall panied by dense black clouds "We could see a storm com- sey Seaboard Lines, a trucking Norman L, Finch, manager of returned to New Jersey by car Township, was smashed under debris of damaged building in twister which cut which hung low to the ground, ing and I made a round of the company. It continued on through Quality Components Inc., (See AIKiPORT, Page 2) through 250-foot path of the airfield. at about 4:50 p.m. Police said buildings in a statiomvagon to the building and tore out a wall. damage was limited to the air- be" sure everything was secure. I had Just jumped out to close "The wind blew right through port property and only to part and knocked out the wall on the of that. K tunnelled through a a hangar door when all of a sudden this terrible wind and south end of the building," said •trip about 250 feet wide. Edward Humble, foreman of the There was no damage to the black clouds roiled everything over. plant. Humble said most of the administration building ' which work at the trucking terminal is houses the Air Lanes bowling 'I was afraid a building was Keansburg Johnson vs. Goldwater? Few Dull Moments Wants Own Seen in Campaign HighSchool The senator described himself yen for the kind of crowd hop- By JACK BELL By FRANK W. HARBOUR AP Political Writer to California audiences as "the ping and individual handshaking SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - If only Republican who has the that Goldwater gives every sign KEANSBURG—The Board of Education decided last night the presidential race matches ghost of a chance of beating of detesting. However, if Gold- to "go it alone" — and build a small borough high school, Sen. Barry Goldwater against Lyndon Johnson." water is the Republican nomi without any further study of the regional question. President Johnson the Novem- He called the California pri- nee, he probably would have to The school would take in the junior high grades — seven ber election campaign will have mary outcome "a victory for the campaign on the supermarket and eight — with an estimated enrollment of 425 in grades circuit. few dull- moments. great majority of Republicans TWISTER REMAINS *— After violent wind tform had ripped through Monmouth Air- nine through 12, and 225 in grades seven and eight—for a total There, U tome' difference of across the country who share In his California campaign, port, Wall Township, this hangar, three ether buildings,'and 12 airplanes added up of 650. opinion 'over whether Go]* my belief- that Lyndon Baines the senator laid' out the pattern The board's action was taken in face of recent statements Johnson can be beaten' in .1964 of the attack he could be expect- to a $175,000 damage loss. Her* part of roof of hangar ha» been blown off and water's' defeat of Gov.' Nelson A. doort blown in. Dabrlt showed on aircraft. by state and county education officials that the best curricu- Rockefeller In Tuesday's Cali- if—we .^Republicans concentrate ed to Make on Johnson in a lum in a high school can be obtained with an enrollment Of fornia primary carried the j e» our fire on him and not on each general election contest. 1,000 to 1,500. ater over his last big hurdla to- other." Among other things, Gold- If Keansburg joined the Henry Hudson regional district, ward the Republican presiden- All signs indicate that John Water said the administration's : this enrollment could be realized. ' ". ' " ' ' • tial nomination. son would welcome Goldwater foreign policies offered a "path as his opponent. The President, to suicide," that the country But last night's move precludes such a' possibility—even the possibility of study or discussion. • • . ' The Delegate Situation, an experienced performer on the faced "another Korea" in South Viet Nam and might lose all of SeePageS stump might even be tempted The board action reverses a decision last month to meet into • a television debate with Southeast Asia to the Commu- with Henry Hudson. Goldwater, who has been ac- nists. The board has been dickering with the high school con- But if Goldwater Is nominated cused by critics in his own party "We are following the same struction question for 10 years, but the reason given by mem- at the mid-July convention here, Itslmpacton County of firing carelessly from the hip path of appeasement that we bers for the fast decision last night to go It alone was that the fireworks probably will start in some statements on major followed in the 1930s," he said. By CHARLES A. JOHNSTON Monmouth Park Race Track is Branch, reports that about half "we are in a hurry." exploding even before the Au- Issues. The Democrats have been gust Democratic convention OCEANPORT — Dollar figures geared for the impact. of its 75 rooms — with rates Said member John J. Ryan, "We've wasted enough time TV Debate making a book on Goldwater's Businessmen generally have a doubled for the season to a top —this regional thing is out of the question." goes through the formality of bigger than telephone numbers Because of the limitations on utterances for several years. "ho-hum" attitude. But note rate of $12 a night—are booked County School Superintendent Earl B. Garrison noted that nominating the President.