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Today: Our Weekend Enjoyment Section SEE PAGES 7-10 The Weather Mostly sunny and mild THEMILY , FINAL " ' "• • today, high in low 60s. In- Kcil Hank, Freehold creasing cloudiness tonight. 5 Long Branch Tomorrow, chance of rain. T 7 EDITION 30 PAGES Monmouth County's Outstanding Homo Ncwspapor VOL.95 NO. 175 RED BANK, N.J. FRIDAY, MARCH 9,1973 TEN CENTS nniiluiMuiillliiiinilliiiilliiiiiiiiiliiilMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiuii IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII iiiiiiiiiiinii IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIH iiiiiuiiiiiii mini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniu Energy Crisis Weight, Cause, Cures Argued By SHERRY FIGDORE ground of the speakers. ment policies on the economic energy fence, Richard J. Sulli- "scapy curve, about to go "The electrical energy sys- While this country contains such as hydro power, solar 'Congressman James J. control of fuel source devel- van, commissioner of the through the ceiling." tem cannot continue to double one-third of the world's coal and geothermal energy, and JAMESBURG - The Howard, D-N.J., chairman of opment. State Department of Environ- And David F. Moore, Exec- every 10 years for very long," deposits, it is still not econom- fusion reactors, are nowhere United States is already in the the new House subcommittee Kerryn King, a senior vice mental Protection, said "En- utive director of the North Mr. Moore continued. "The ically feasible to develop near ready to provide a prac- grip of an energy crisis, ac- on energy, was the only op- president of Texaco, Inc., pre- vironmentalists are not the Jersey Conservation Founda- numbers of plants needed them.in the face of lower- tical source of energy and cording to a dozen representa-. timist at the symposium, en- dicted a gasoline shortage this primary blocks to new energy tion, said the country must be- stagger the imagination." priced natural gas and im- American dependence will tives from the fuel industries titled "Energy and the Envi- summer, blamed environmen- plant construction," falling gin to acknowledge "the dif- Facts Cited ported crude, it was noted. continue upon natural gas and and government gathered ronment — Finding a Bal- talists for delaying federal far behind in the obstacle ference between demand and Whatever the answers, bas- The nation, self-sufficient in oil which together provide 77 here yesterday^ for a day-long ance." leases needed for exploratory race to everyday construction need." ic facts stand out starkly. oil and gas production as per cent of the nation's symposium on energy prob- Mr. Howard called the cur- offshore oil drilling, and said problems such as unmet deliv- "I cannot understand the The United States, with 6 per- late as 1967, will be importing energy requirements, panel- lems. rent situation an "energy the industry must have a ery schedules. policy of energy advocates cent of the world's population, half its needed 40 million gal- ists said. vThe precise terminology, challenge," demanded more deepwater port to handle su- "I think the really crucial who are continually crying for is consuming one-third of its lon-per-day-requirements by Mr, King stated that no new Wie seriousness of the efficient power usage from pertankers crammed with issue is demand," Mr. Sulli- further exploration of national produced energy, it was 1975 from the politically vul- refinery construction or ex- "crisis," its causes and cures consumers and producers, Mideast crude oil. van said, characterizing the energy sources when the end brought out by panel mem- nerable Middle East. pansion is going on anywhere varied according to the back- and a revaluation of govern- On the other side of the spiraling needs for pow.er as a of that supply is in sight. bers. Alternate energy methods. See Energy, Page 2 4 in Atlantic City Convicted CAMDEN (AP) - Four spiracy to extort kickbacks to- public service.' " indictment, including former who was convicted on 18 present and former Atlantic taling at least $28,000 between Ponzio, a Democrat, re- Mayor Richard S. Jackson, counts. City officials have been con- ferred to the commission elec- were, severed from the trial I960 and 1971. Somers, 56, mayor from 1969 victed of federal charges of The defendants maintained tion last May in which he was after they pleaded guilty or no extorting money from con- relected, but Somers, a Re- defense to conspiracy to 1972, was convicted of one their composure as the ver- count of extortion for alle- tractors doing business with dict was read, but their fami- publican, and LaSane, a charges. Four counts of the Atlantic City. Democrat, were defeated. indictment were dropped dur- gedly accepting a $5,000 bribe. lies broke into tears. At- Both Fisher, 58, and LaSane, A U.S. District Court jury torneys for the four said they The indictments were an- ing the eight-week trial. nounced five days before the who is 39 and was the city's handed down the verdict yes- would appeal the convictions. Continue In Bail election. first black commissioner, terday against former Mayor Sees Self Target were convicted on four William f. Somers, City Com- Ponzio said he was the tar- The 48-year-old Ponzio re- U.S. District Court Judge counts. missioner Arthur Ponzio, for- get of the investigation that ferred to Fisher's conviction Mitchell H. Cohen continued mer City Commissioner Kar- led to the indictments in the as "a miscarriage of justice" the defendants' bail at ?25,0OO According to U.S. Attorney los LaSane and public works case. and said neither LaSane nor each. Herbert J. Stern, the 18 , department aide Germaine "There were political over- Somers should have been in- Although the defendants counts against Ponzio carry a . Fisher. tones in the indictment hand- volved in the trial. were officially charged with maximum possible sentence The jury deliberated some ed down immediately before Ponzio and Fisher automati- extorting $28,000, the prose- of 200 years in prison and a 14 hours over a day and a half the last city commission elec- cally lose their jobs because cution contended they re- $160,000 fine. The others face before reaching the verdict. It tions," he said. "Perhaps this of the conviction. ceived larger sums. Prose- sentences ranging from 100 also found Ponzio, LaSane might be the quote of the day: Three other defendants cution witnesses testified they years to 20 years and fines and Fisber guilty of con- 'This is the price you pay for named in the original 26-count paid nearly $42,000 to Ponzio, from $80,000 to $100,000. IRA Says 8 Bombers Escaped ARRIVE AT FT. MONMOUTH — Staff Sgt's Harry L. Ettmueller, left, 29, of Pleasantville, and Martin S. Frank, 31, Belleville, sit in back of car as they arrive late at Pqtterson Army Hospital. Newsmen were kept away LONDON (AP) - Members of the gang got back to Ire- nite exploded outside the Old the cars to plant them in. No picious citizens. from family reunions which were due shortly afterwards. of the Irish Republican Army land safely. Bailey criminal court and the arrests have been reported Police squads blew up two in Belfast said today that 10 The explosions killed one central army recruiting office from the dragnet. suspicious cars outside the Irish men and women being person, wounded 243 and blew in the Whitehall area. Two During the night somebody floodlit Houses of Parliament questioned by Scotland Yard out windows in neighboring other booby-trapped cars in South London set fire to a and the law courts. Neither about bomb explosions in Lon- buildings. were, found in central London, Roman Catholic church, and a held explosives. Army bomb don yesterday were part of and the explosives were re- telephone caller told the disposal experts blew up suit- ReturningPO WsGet Seven men and three wom- the IRA squad that planted en were arrested at London's moved. priest, "That's for you, you cases dumped outside the Na- the explosives. But they Heathrow Airport shortly be- The sources in Belfast Irish bastard!" Firemen tional Gallery and blocked off claimed eight other members fore cars packed, with gclig- blamed the arrest of the 10 on doused the flames before they Trafalgar Square, in front of the 24-hour rail strike in Brit- did much damage. the gallery, but again no Bomb -scares rippled bombs were found. Warm Fort Welcome ain yesterday protesting the through the downtown section government's anti-inflation Newspapers wrote of "Lon- greeted by Maj. Gen. Hugh F. room with a color television of the city last night, and sev- By GREG BORAK curb on wage increases. Be- don's Bloody Thursday," a Foster Jr., post and ECOM and private phone. Across the cause of the strike, the 10 eral theaters were evacuated. reference to Northern Ire- Sears Quitting FT. MONMOUTH - Two commander. hall are private sitting rooms guerrillas stuck together in- Offices on Fleet St., Britain's land.'s "Bloody Sunday" and In the absence of any public where they can catch up on stead of splitting up to escape newspaper row, emptied one "Bloody Friday" of heavy Army staff sergeants were en- address system to address lost time with their families. via widely separated ports after the other as suspected casualties from bombings and thusiastically welcomed back the crowd cheering. "We love Both men, apparently in and airports, the informants bombs were reported. Police shooting. They called for to their home state last night you" and "welcome home," good shape, will be able to or- Vesco^s Firm said. stations were swamped with tougher measures against the after having been Viet Cong prisoners of war for a com- the two sergeants were quick- der "anything under the sun," Ixindnn police were search- calls from frightened or sus- IRA.

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