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Hazlet Campaign Trailer Ruled No Violation SEE STORY BELOW Becoming Suniy THE DAILY Becoming sunny and mild to- HOME day. Fair and cool tonight. Clouds developing, cooler to- Red Bonk, Freehold morrow. Long Branch FINAL (See Details Paga 2) I 7 Morimouth County's Home Newspaper for 90 Years VOL. 91, NO. 83 RED BANK, N. J., WEDNESDAY; OCTOBER 23, 1968 TEN CENTS Apollo Trio 9s Reports To Help Set Lunar Trip ABOARD USS ESSEX (AP) The decision on whether the After the three men were re-entry. The men came out of Eisele showed more weari- — The Apollo 7 space trio — Apollo 8 flight will be another brought aboard the Essex, Dr. orbit without their helmets to ness than the others because cleaned up, rested and well earth orbit or circumlunar is William Carpentier, the recov- permit them to hold their I he had stood the last night fed — come wore today to expected in November. ery team chief physician, said noses, blow and equalize the | watch and normally would relive for experts their 11-day, For Navy Capt. Walter M. a medical examination showed have been- preparing for sleep atmospheric pressure on their V/i million-mile journey in Schirra Jr., Air Force Maj. all three men "essentially nor- at the time of splashdown at 11 space. Donn F. Eisele and civilian mal — no problems." He said ears. I minutes, 57 seconds after 7 The three will fly from the Walter Cunningham, the next the men showed no sign of Like most other spacemen on I a.m. USS Essex to Patrick Air few weeks will be a continuous mental strain, no irritation. the 16 previous American "Quite the opposite," Carpen- | Visibility was the poorest for Force Base, Fla., for a long se- round of medical examinations, flights, the Apollo 7 trio walked | any recovery to date. Under ries of debriefings. debriefings and reports. tier said. stiffly after the long confine- WHERE THE HEAT WAS — Astronaut Walter Cunningham leans to inspect the I normal clear conditions, rescue From their answers and data The Apollo 7 crew splashed Eisele had some residual in- ment. But Carpentier said he I helicopters would easily have bottom section of his Apollo 7 space capsule. Cunningham, with -fellow astronauts gathered by the spacecraft, the down at 7:12 a.m. EDT yester- fection, but otherwise there was "very pleased with their spotted the orange and white Walter Schirra Jr. and Donn Eisele, rode the charred capsule to an Atlantic splash-* space agency hopes to deter- day in the Atlantic southeast was no evidence ol the colds total ability. chutes as they gently lowered down early yesterday completing a highly successful I 1-day space flight. mine whether the next manned of Bermuda. Officials called that plagued all three astro- They're Tired the spacecraft into the water space shot can safely take men the Apollo 7 flight "a perfect nauts during the flight and ''No doubt about it, they are 7'/ miles from the carrier. IAP Wirephoto) in a circle around the moon. mission." caused so much worry for their 2 tired," he said. But under leaden, gray skies, V the descent was not seen from the ship, which disappointed television viewers hoping to see the recovery in color for the first time. On landing, the chutes disengaged and the cap- Hint Negotiators May Get Hanoi Reply sule tipped upside down in the water. It took 20 tense min- discussions. The President has A Western ambassador in A blast yesterday from, the ment once again called the Sai- PARIS (AP) — American his government's acceptance utes before the world could be called for the Saigon govern- Moscow with access to high Viet Cong appeared to reject gon government a puppet re- and North Vietnamese negoti- or rejection of the American told that the men were safe. ator's meet again today amid proposals, it was doubtful that ment toj participate in the sec- Soviet officials reported to Par- Johnson's proposals for Com- gime which represents no one. speculation Hanoi may reply the reply would be announced ond phase of the talks and is is that Tho on his way home munist de-escalation in ex- North Vietnam was equally Chris Kraft, director of flight operations at the Manned to the U.S. proposals to halt in Paris. It seemed more like- reported ready to let the Viet told Soviet Premier Alexei Kos- change for an end to the bomb- unyie'ding in a broadcast state- Spacecraft Center in Houston* the bombing in North Vietnam. ly that it would be rushed to Cong's National Liberation ygin he had good hopes of; an ing. U.S. officials in Washing- ment which said the United ton admitted the statement was States had been forced to re- said the splashdown was only But there was no advance pub- Washington, and that any an- Front take part on the Com- agreement with the Americans. lic indication that the North nouncement would come from munist side of the table. "not encouraging" but said it lease 14 North Vietnamese sea- one-third mile from the aiming But none of the public state- point. "The carrier was in the Vietnamese had reached a de- President Johnson. also was not decisive. men this week "by the strength U.S. officials believe North ments coming out of Hanoi have wrong place," he said with a cision. Would Broaden Talks Vietnam's leaders are now de- The Viet Cong statement al- of the Vietnamese people and shown any relaxation in the de- so repeated the long-standing the pressure of world opinion." smile. U.S. Ambassador Averell Har- Johnson reportedly offered to bating Johnson's proposal at riman and Xuan Thuy of North stop all bombing of North Viet- mand that the United States demand that Washington rec- U.S. officials had said the Dr. Donald E. Stullken, re- Vietnam were scheduled for the nam if Hanoi limited, its par- conferences in Hanoi for which must stop all attacks on North ognize the National Liberation men, who were captured in a covery team leader, said the 27th session of the five-month- ticipation in the war and let Le Due Tho, special counselor Vietnam unconditionally before Front as the only legal repre- naval engagement off North Apollo 7 craft "looks outstand- old talks. the Paris peace talks move to Xuan Thuy, returned from there can be any progress in sentative of the South Vietnam- Vietnam, were being released ing internally and externally. Even If Thuy gave Harriman promptly Into a new stage of Paris last week. the Paris talks. ese people. And the state- as a good-will gesture. It is one of the cleanest I have looked at. The three men who occupied it for 11 days must be awfully good housekeepers." Samples from the capsule — Howard, Stout Argue Vote Record including some of the mysteri- ous "fuzz" that collected on •fiED BANK — Democratic He didn't specify which ones. third three - way confrontation from the floor, and deliver a "I voted for Medicare, for the windows during the flight — were flown to Patrick Air Rep. James J. Howard defend- The exchange came at the of the congressional race. two - minute summation. the Elementary and Secondary Force 'Base for analysis. ed his voting record last night, end of a candidates meeting The candidates meet again It was during the summatioi Education Act, for water pol- The astronauts, after eating and challenged his GOP oppo- sponsored by the Monmouth at 9:30 tonight in a debate that Rep. Howard threw th lution control, for funds to re- nent, state Sen. Richard R. steaks, eggs, toast, butter and County Council, League of Wo- sponsored by the Matawan challenge to Sen. Stout. search cancer, heart disease Stout, to explain how he would men Voters, and held in Red Jaycees in the Magnolia Inn, large quantities of coffee and "Sen. Stout says I should b( and stroke. Does Sen. Stout have voted on certain issues Bank High School. Approxi- Rt. 79, Matawan. defeated because I voted for 9' grapefruit juice, followed the oppose them? had he held the Third Con- mately 135 persons attended. The format for last night's per cent of the administrate ritual of' inspecting the craft in which they had spent so much gressional District seat. meeting had each candidate bills," Rep. Howard declared "He" says I voted to let pov- Walter Petrovich, Socialist time. On the way to the mod- Sen. Stout said he would have answer two questions posed in "and he thinks they were ba erty funds be used to start Labor Party nominee, shared ule, they shook hands with the voted differently than flep. advance by the league on the riots. I voted against a bill votes. I voted for some bi Essex crew and posed for pic- Howard on some of the five the platform with the two ma- which would have denied funds problems of the cities and the bills. I assume he would hav tures. issues the congressman cited. jor party candidates in the Vietnam war, answer questions voted against them. for legal aid for people accused of being involved in civil dis- turbances, because I think that amounts to finding them guilty without a trial. Every lawyer POLITICAL PALAVER — The debate was over, but the McGowan Legislature, Marking 300th Anniversary,I've asked in this district discussion lingered on when Democratic Rep. James J. agrees with my vote. The Howard, left, and his SOP opponent for the congres- president of the American Bar To Conduct Association agrees with my sional seat, state Sen.