50 Pet. Voter Turnout Expected in County Pacts Ratified, School Staffs

The Daily Register VOL. 97 NO.99 SHREWSBURY, N. J. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1974 TEN CENTS 50 pet. voter turnout expected in county By BEN VAX VLIET also are being asked to approve six statewide public ques- This year's election has been marked by a general lack of The race for sheriff is between Paul Kiernan. a Democrat tions, in addition to selecting local candidates and voting on enthusiasm by supporters of both the Republicans and the seeking his fourth term, and GOP challenger Joseph Regan A total of 226,325 Monmouth County voters are eligible to local questions. Democrats. •> 3rd. go to the polls today, but only about 30 per cent of them are The polls opened at 7 am today and will close at 8 p m The election, however, has especial interest on the county ) Seeking reelection to the freeholders are Republicans Jo- expected to actually cast ballots Statewide there are 15 million registered voters, but pro- * level because the 18-year-control of the Board of Freeholders seph C. Irwin. the director, and Axel B. Carlson of Manas Adding to the expected voter apathy which normally ac- fessional politicians in both parties forecast a record low turn- is at stake, and so is the 70-year-control of Ihe county clerk's quan They are opposed by Thomas J Lynch Jr., Middlelown. companies an "off-year" election is the weather which is sup- out which may drop below the 50 per cent mark office. and Asbury Park Mayor Raymond Kramer posed to be cloudy during the morning with a chance of show- The last comparable election, in which the ticket was Running for the Third District congressional sent, which The county clerk's contest is expected to bo the closest of en later in the day. headed by the congressional races, was In 1962 when 89 K per encompasses nearly all of Monmouth County are Rep James them all. 't Both Republicans and Democrats said they would be mak- cent of the county's registered voters went to the polls J. Howard, a Democrat seeking his sixth, two-year term, and Second term sought ing an all-out effort to get out the vote because the size of the Hlgk la dlslairrt-M Republican Kenneth W Clark Seeking a second five-year term is Republican County turnout U considered crucial to both parties. In last year's election, which also was supposed to reflect In the Fourth District congressional race, incumbent Chairman Benjamin II Danskin He is opposed by John K Voters will be electing a congressman; a sheriff; county an all-time high in disinterest, a total of 62.8 per cent of the Democrat Frank Thompson Jr.. Trenton, is opposed by Re- Fiorino. Democratic county chairman The race is expected clerk, and two members of the Board of Freeholders. They county's voters cast ballots. publican Henry J. Keller. See si pet., page 17 Pacts ratified, school staffs back on the job By JANE KODKRARO High School auditorium, successful conclusion Sunday paid for the day; the board is agreeing to stay until their night. weighing the decision.) » LONG BRANCH - School contracts could be ratified si- In the end, the custodians At 1:30, the teachers, secre- employes were back on the multaneously. accepted the two-year con- taries and custodians unani- job this morning after they During the morning, tract as offered by the board mously approved the new ended a two-week strike yes- Thomas Penn Jr., head of the that gives them a 10 per cent contracts by a standing vote. terday with a final show of custodians' unit, met with the wage hike each year. A suggestion to open the unity. Rev. C. I' Williams, presi- Back at 11:31 meeting for discussion was Most of those affected by dent of the board, and media- At 11:30 am, the custo- put down with a roar of dis- the walkout, whether they tors of the Public Employ- dians announced their accept- approval. Approximately 200 were for or against it, ex- ment Relations Commission ance and the waiting employ- attended the ratification pressed relief that It was (PERC) who had steered of- es signed into school, putting meeting. (There are 350 city over. ten bitter negotiations be- in an hour and a half for the teachers, 60 custodians and 40 "We're going back, thank tween the board and employ- day because schools closed at secretaries.) God," said a young woman es to what appeared to be a 1 p.m. (Teachers want to be See Pacts, page 2 teacher yesterday. She was helping close down strike headquarters on the top floor of the Garfield Grant build- PROTEST RALLY — AAoshe Dayan, former Israeli lestinian Liberation Organization delegates before ing, Broadway. Defense Minister, addresses an estimated 150,000 the U.N. General Assembly next week. The rally demonstrators at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New was called by the Conference of Presidents of Ma- Many teachers claimed York, protesting the scheduled appearance of Pa- they had won a moral victory jor American Jewish Organizations. for the future with a show of strength in collective bargain- ing. A Board of F.ducation People seen Vecharged' spokesman, however, felt most persons involved "suf- fered needlessly, especially the children." Meanwhile, nine of the by city PLO-protest rally strike leaders, cited for con- tempt of court for failing to return to work during the By CAROL JACOBSON Jewish Organizations, one of "Since the setbacks of the and at the Freehold Syna- enormous U.N. vote favoring gogue. strike, face court action and the organizers, said over the possible imprisonment. NEW YORK - Six hundred loudspeaker that 170,000 Arafat and the Arab Rabat The Jewish Community bus drivers moved slowly into people filled the area. conference, this rally re- Council and the Y sponsored Withheld ratification the city, parked on the side Somewhere in between charged the people. I couldn't the Monmouth County bus Teachers and school secre- streets off Second Ave. and those counts people from ev- imagine a rally of 150,000 trips. taries yesterday morning discharged more than 30,000 ery facet of American Jewish people," he added. "The Pa- "I'm disgusted that the rec- withheld ratification of tenta- out-of-town protestors. life, young, old, middle-aged lestine Liberation Organiza- ognition of the U.N. has been tive 1974-76 contract agree- Rabbi Jack M. Rosoff was and some curiosity seekers tion represents a mortal dan-, extended to terrorists and ments while school custodians overwhelmed at the turnout swarmed into the area to ger for Israel. This rally will murderers," Myles Merling sought last-minute improve- of American Jewry in Dag hear Moshe Dayan, Abba be something these young said. "Going helps me with ments in theirs. Hammarskjold Plaza at a Eban, Sen. Henry Jackson I) people will never forget." I my dignity and my sell re- Although teachers approved mass rally sparked by the Wash. — to thunderous ap- Rabbi Rosoff, with a contin- spect." Mr. Merling is execu- a new salary package Sunday U.N. invitation to Yasir Ara- plause — Mayor Abe Beame gent of members from Con- tive director of the Y. night, they stayed out of fat to speak next week before and Sen. Jacob Javits, R-N.Y. gregation B'nai Israel, Rum- 'I'm outraged' classrooms yesterday in sup- the General Assembly. "I don't know if the crowds son, including 17 teen-agers Penny Susser, 23, of Little port of the custodians, a made any difference in4ha_ jfliD£d_a_bU5lQiiLjiI Jewish Silver, said, "I came because I move that reportedly brought leaders who met alt the YM care and I'm outraged." Sev- the board close 10 scrapping CLEANING UP —JAfredufloxrcwi hfiglnjQ clear wreckage of Jersey Cen- crowd at 25,000. Rabbi Israel U.N. vote," Rabbi Rosoff said tral Railroad freight train that derailed near the Holmdel Road crossing. Miller, chairman of the Na- on the return bus trip, "but it YWHA, Deal Park Another enteen-year-old Phil Jacobs, the tentative settlement. busload of people met at the Little Silver, said he went "to All three employe groups Eight cars of the 25-car train left the track. Rerouting on the single open tional Conference of Presi- made a dent in the Jewish track caused some delays of northbound commuter traffic yesterday. dents of Major American conscience. Hillel School in Wanamassa See FLO, page 2 met at 7 a.m. in the Junior State racing school funding deadline, Burstein says LINCROFT - The state last night. every New Jersey school Dr. Erling Clausen, Ber- cent of public school costs, lines, Assemblyman Burstein local district didn't fulfill the predicted, "they will draw legislature is making a "des- The Assembly and the Sen- child, Assemblyman Burstein keley Heights superintendent Assemblyman Burstein said. reported. The bill also would state requirements or its pu- back their horns on that." perate attempt" to meet tire ate are generally agreed that said. of schools, and Jeanne T Court could intervene require each school district to pils scored below the state 'Unrealistic' court-imposed Dec. 31 dead- the state should set standards Provisions outlined Reock, a legislative analyst If the legislature doesn't prepare a "comprehensive standard, he said. "It is unrealistic to expect line for a plan for state fi- and objectives for the public with the New Jersey School come up with a financing needs assessment program" The bill being drafted that the state will provide The Bergen legislator, who more funds for local schools nancing of public education schools and "it's the funding is chairman of the Assembly Boards Association, also were method "the courts may in- detailing the areas in which doesn't legislate curriculum, "and if the statewide proper- that's the real problem" in panelists at the seminar, the tervene," Assemblyman students and school need Assemblyman Burstein em- and not have more say in how enacting legislation to comply education committee and a those funds are spent," Dr.

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