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Weatber DbtrUm&m 7 u. *Mp«*atatt 18» Fair Today May, Ugh near m Ctcody tt- pjynt» tffw in IDA Mi* Tomorrow* 24,700 cloudy, rain likely, Ugh in Of (/, Red Bank Area j 70». Friday, fair, pleasant. Set Copyright—The Red Bank Register, Inc., 1965. weather, page 2. DIAL 741-0010 MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS VOL. 88, NO. 42 luutl <ti!Ir. limit? thmuih TtAvf- »mmg CIUI PnMip WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1965 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Believe Red Missile Downed U.S. Jet SAIGON, South Viet Nam, dication that Communist an- have been downed in the past reported a missile probably was presented his credentials as the Taylor, former chairman of the newspaper Nhan Dan said the (AP) — A U.S. Navy phantom tiaircraft missiles have been month by missiles which Soviet responsible. new U.S. ambassador to South Joint Chiefs of Staff. Taylor re- Bien Hoa attack "has brought Jet plane has been shot down by moved: as far south as Thanh technicians are presumed to X Viet Nam and told Chief of State signed last month. out more strikingly the stale* - fpianes attacked two mis-" mate of the U.S. aggressors and what appeared to be a surface- Hoa, It seemed likely that the have Installed in North Viet sile sites north of Hanoi last Nguyen Van Theiu: "I hope you The Viet Cong claimed "abso- to-air missile about 90 miles missile was fired from a mobile Nam. U.S. officials believe So- can make use of me." lute supremacy" in the Viet their henchmen. There is no month, and .the pilots reported 'safe' place^for them." south of Hanoi, a U.S. spokes- launcher. viet personnel are helping to one was knocked out and the "I want to make myself as Nam war following its 15-minute man reported today. man the missile launchers. One parachute was seen after other damaged. U.S. pilots are useful as I can," Lodge said in mortar attack early Tuesday on American- officials - said the The supersonic plane, from the Phantom was hit, but search The spokesman said the known to be looking for mobile French as he began his second the Bien Hoa air base 12 miles long-range attack damaged 45 the 7th Fleet aircraft carrier and rescue operations failed to Phantom downed Tuesday was missile sites outside the Hanoi tour of duty in Saigon. north of Saigon. American and Vietnamese air- Midway, was hit Tuesday near locate the American airman. -Hying support for an armed re- area as potential targets, but * Lodge, 63, was ambassador in Ignoring the Communist guer- craft but all could be repaired , Jhe. cjty ..of.. TJmnh. Hoa. the The other crewman is presumed connaissance mission. It was hit they reportedly have had little South Viet Nam for nine months rillas' heavy losses last week in within three days. There wert spokesman said. dead, the spokesman said. on or near the tail, he said, and success. until June 1964 when he was the battle on the Van Tuong no serious casualties, U.S. offi- The downing was Hie first in- Two other American p!anes the pilot of the wing aircraft In Saigon, Henry Cabot Lodge succeeded by Gen. Maxwel] D. Peninsula, Hanoi's official cials said. 'White Paper' Rushed by Republicans GOP Blames Democrats For U.S. Viet Nam Position WASHINGTON (AP) — A sprinted to beat him into the unveiling for a news coference a.m. today — one hour before supported strong actions in Viet House Republican "white melight. at 11 a.m. the Republicans'- Nam, but they have objected to paper" — made public 18 hours It was serious business for the Then, with reason for frustra- Reschedule Conference Johnson's saying he is carrying With barely time"fo make the arly to try to stea) a march on House GOP leaders, who con- tion, the House GOP chiefs saw out a 1954 Eisenhower commit- President Johnson — contends evening newscasts and the early ment. tend Johnson is trying to push the White House beating them that Democratic administra- them into the background and morning editions, the Republi- In the white paper, the Re- tions, not Republican, bear re- to the punch. On Monday the cans hurriedly changed plans silence their attempts to criti- administration issued its own publicans said: sponsibility for the U.S. position cize some of his policies and and made public their white pamphlet called "Why Viet paper immediately. They re- That Harry S. Truman origi- in South Viet Nam. tresent their own. nally involved the United States Further, the 37-page report Nam." Then the White House, scheduled their news coference For a week they let it he breaking the usual afternoon for this afternoon, a few hours in Viet Nam back in 1950- before argues that some of President the country had been split into Johnson's campaign talk was known they were going to issue pattern for news conferences, after Johnson's. LEONARDO CRASH — Car being towed away was struck last night and was aimed at making Barry Gold- :heir paper today. They set the scheduled one for Johnson at 10 The House Republicans have (See GOP, Page 2) dragged along tracks by a Jersey Central train at Leonardo Ave. crossing, Leonardo.' water appear trigger-happy but Two women occupants were injured. Accident caused half-hour delay in commuter may have ' caused Communists to miscalculate and accelerate ichedule. • . , the Vietnamese war.3 Toss Away Script At Leonardo Crossing As rebuttal to Johnson's state- Atlantic Highlands Likes ment that he is carrying out a commitment former President DwigM D. Eisenhower made to Viet Nam in 1954, the white paper said the original U.S. in- *2 Women Injured volvement had come under the Middletown Sewer Plan Truman administration in 1950. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - Borough Council went on arate ones in the county would offer these advantages, ac- Fearing they might be up- record last night in favor of participating in a regional aewer cording to Mr. Pike: staged by Johnson again, the system with Middletown Township. —Backing of the state Board <$ Health House Republican leaders Tues- -First coiiiidetatar'ffiir'^iS&r'; ": As Train Hits Gar day"threw away their script for The governing, body, in a letter, asked the township to • -More economical and superior sewage treatment issuing the wWu*. ipaper and proceed with negotiations, J0» the advice of Charles M. Pike, —Lower cost per community than individual plants LEONARDO •- Two Rahway of 290 22nd Ave., Bricktown. the path of the moving train. director of the Monmouth County Planning Board, who is •»-Long range plan of 12 to 15 plants In the county ID women wire/injured yesterday The driver's mother, Mrs. Gus- 'Didn't See Her' pushing for a regional system to include this municipality, place of 100, '.•'.'•' when their car was struck by a sie Geis, 55, of the same address, "We didn't see her in time, Astronauts Middletown, Highlands, Holmdel, Marlboro, and Colts Neck. The borough's sewer consultants have estimated that a Jersey central' Railroad pas- the only passenger in the car, never thinking she would cross According to Councilman Richard C. Stryker, this com- new secondary treatment plant here would cost $790,000, plui senger train and dragged 50 feet is reported in fair condition in the tracks with those blinking Blaze New munity would be included in Midtfletown's first stage of de- $95 per house for connection. ' • " along the tracks at tbe Leonardo Riverview with multiple contu- lights and warning bells,"he told velopment of a regional sewer system, calling for construc- Cost oE community participation .in a regional system Ave., crossing. • sions and possible internal in- The Register. tion of a plant on a site within the township. has been estimated by Peter Homak, of KiJlian Associates, driver of'the car, Miss juries. John Merker, 20 Fourth Ave,, SpaceRecords county consultants, and Charles Keupper, Middletown engi- KfflKleen Geis, 35, of 364 East Conductor John Benbrook, 55, Atlantic Highlands, reported he Construction of one regional plant rather than six sep- neer, in the neighborhood of $500,000 or less. Milton Ave., Rahway, was treat- of Hamilton Ave., here, said the was behind the Geis car, which MANNED SPACE CENTER, ed at ^iverview Hospital for deisel train, pulling eight pas was traveling east on Rt. Houston, Tex. (AP) - L. shoulder and arm injuries and senger cars, stopped briefly at when it stopped for a light, made Gordon Cooper Jr., the new world space flight king, and his Gable Snaps, released. Police said she was Leonardo Station at 7:20 p.m;—a left turn off the highway onto thrown from the car when the "Five minutes later than sched Leonard Ave., and headed for talkative partner Charles Con- Middletown Renovation train, the 5:29 p.m. out of Jersey ule"—and was heading toward the railroad crossing. rad Jr. blazed a record shatter- City, was brought to a stop by Atlantic Highlands when the Geis "I learned on my horn to warn ing trail toward today's midway 18-Year-Old engineer Robert B. Sweeney, 52, car turned off Rt. 36 and into the driver, but she didn't seem point in their heavenly eight-day to hear or see anything," he de-voyage. Youlli Killed clared. The Gemini 5 spacecraft Work Cost Under Attack Mr. Merker said he went look- whipped around the world al WALL TOWNSHIP — An 18- most flawlessly as it neared the ing for a policeman, and spotting MIDDLETOWN — The cost of governing body members did not "We received an estimate andyear-old youth on a summer job Principal Shifts Patrolman William Thorne in a end of the mission's fourth day renovation work in the basement earn of the fact that the cost had acted on it," he added.