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Shrewsbury Zoning Accord Ends Hassle SEE STORY BELOW Weather Increasing cloudiness with rain HOME and mow developing this after- THEDAILY noon and continuing tonight, high near 40. Low tonight in mid 30s. Red Bank, Freehold Clearing and milder tomorrow, Long Branch FINAL high 45-50. Saturday's outlook, T cloudy and mild. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 89 YEARS DIAL 741-0010 VOL. 90, NO. 110 RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1967 10c PER COPY PAGE ONE Shop Wrecked, Rooms Damaged in Red Batik Blaze Hits High School By WILLIAM L. HAGEMAN 1:30 a.m. by an unidentified resident of the neigh- window frames and breaking glass on the second RED BANK — A two-alarm fire was fought by borhood. * . > . and third floors of the three-stor/ structure. 250 firemen from three departments at Red Bank In the opinion of Fire Chief Frank C. Mazza, Fire entered and gutted a classroom above the High School this morning. the blaze could have started 20 minutes to a half- wood shop. The volunteers were credited with saving the hour earlier than its discovery. The school was Chief Mazza called for aid from Shrewsbury school by stopping an intense blaze that burned closed by its janitors at midnight. and Fair1 Haven at 1:40 a.m., and sounded the out of control for an hour, wrecking a section at SHOP IN FLAMES second alarm at 1:50 to summon additional Red the west end of the Harding Road building. Police Capt. William Patterson, first on the Bank firemen. Today is a holiday for the 1,386 Red Bank, Little scene, said the first floor woodworking shop was He estimated that 210 borough volunteers re- Silver, Shrewsbury and Holmdel students who at- engulfed in fire and spouting flames from its win- sponded and about 40 came from other departments. tend grades 9 through 12 there. dows when he arrived. There were 16 emergency vehicles there. School authorities said, they would decide later As the borough's 12 pieces of fire equipment USE AERIALS today whether to re-open tomorrow. There will be rolled to the school grounds, the fire grew in in- Red Bank's giant aerial truck took up the fight no adult school or guidance conferences tonight. tensity. from the lawn outside the wood shop, while its A general alarm — the third in 24 hours for the Flames from the ground floor windows lapped hook and ladder and Shrewsbury's aerial attacked Red Bank firemen — was telephoned to police at at the side of the brick structure, melting metal fl (See FIRE, Pg. 3, Col. 3) V ... NO SCHOOL TODAY —Red Bank High School WJJ temporarily crippled by an in- fante firs this morning. Some 250 firemen were able to confine the flames to a imall section of the building with help of two aerial trucks and a dozen hose lines from pumpers, but extensive water damage to other parts will keep the school closed at Uait one day. (Other Photos Page 3) (Register Staff Photo) Howard Interstate Highway U.S. Defense Policy Bill Facing Snag in Senate By CHARLES A. JOHNSTON this year could be decided then. unlikely the bill will ever reach Union men are concerned be- the Central jersey Expressway. WASHINGTON - Rep. James Sen. Jennings Randolph, D- the Senate floor. cause of an estimated $2.2 billion The problem arises, however, r. Howard's (D-NJ.) federal in- W. Va,, committee chairman, was New Jersey's two senators, in road building to be unleashed from anticipated requests from erstatc highway bill is in deep described as favorable to the bill Democrat Harrison A. Williams f the bill passes. Sens, Warren Magnuson, D-Wash., trouble in the U. S. Senate. but determined that he will block Jr. and Republican Clifford P. Firmly Set: LBJ A committee source said Mr. and Cary Hayden, D-Ariz., and Informed sources here said last amendments that are being pre- Case, were reported as having Johnson's secretary, Marvin Wat- perhaps others, that provision be WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- February or shortly alter. asked McNamara if he still was night that the measure is due for pared to expand the scope of sent letters to Mr. Randolph ex- son, had encouraged favorable ac- made for thousands- of additional dent Johnson says major U. S. — President Johnson main- interested. Treasury Secretary discussiio' n tomorrow at a Senate work beyond its present limits. pressing their support though tion on the bill in its present interstate miles, and money to defense politics are clearly de- tained "the course of our partici- Henry H. Fowler had prodded Public Works Committee execu- He said that if amendments neither was said to have taken form, indicating prompt approval uild them, in this bill. fined for the man who will suc- pation in the war in Vietnam is Johnson for the U.S. nomination tive session and that its fate for are approved in committee it is a forceful position. As drawn, and adopted in the firmly set, major defense policies for the World Bank presidency. torn the President if it passes ceed Defense Secretary Robert S. The Central New Jersey Ex- House 361 to 1, the Howard bill are clearly defined," and Mc- without amendments. McNamara, quitting the Pentagon —McNamara told Johnson he pressway System hangs in the would add 200* miles to the 41,000 tor the World Bank's presidency. Namara's successor — tot yet was still interested. The nomi- balance. Similar assurances have come mile interstate system but would named — can carry on in Mo But a triple play of announce- nation went forward to the bank. Much more insistent, as long through Postmaster General Law- add no money for construction. ments by the World Bank, White Namara's tracks "without loss Its 20 executive directors voted Apy Set to Resign rence F. O'Brien, top White is dangers to the integrity of the of momentum or effectiveness." Instead, states would be allowed House and McNamara Wednesday unanimously Wednesday night to interstate system itself can be House liaison spokesman with to surrender approved routes night left in a fog some of the —Outgoing President George D offer the $40,000-a-year job to avoided, have been aides of Presi- Democratic leaders. New Jersey which will not be built and sub- more intriguing aspects of the de- McNamara, after the French rep- Woods of the World Bank sound dent Johnson and lobbyists for Gov. Richard J. Hughes has stitute new projects? The only fense chiefs switch in assign- ed out McNamara last April 18. resentative reportedly delayed to His Post on Council primed both, as well as filling the AFL-CIO laborers and build- limitation is that the new work ments. The statements reported: check with Paris. A delegation McNamara indicated his interest LITTLE SILVER — Councilman Mr. Apy said he is resigning ing trade unions. the President's ear on needs for (See HIGHWAY, Pg. 2, Col. 3) — McNamara will take over the in the post. He discussed it with headed by Woods called on Mc- Namara at the Pentagon. Chester Apy will resign from the now because preparation for th< presidency of the 107-nation World Johnson, offering to stay at the governing body when it meets Assembly post already is consum- Bank after he finishes his work Pentagon "as long as he felt it The White House statement, Monday. ing much of his time. on the fiscal 1969 defense budget necessary." sued under Johnson's name, Mr. Apy, who won a GOP seat Sooner 'the Better* next year, probably sometime in —About mid-October, Johnson (See McNAMARA, Pg. 4, Col. 2) in the State Assembly in the Nov. "I see no particular value in 7 elections, yesterday confirmed my remaining on the council Shrewsbury Zoning rumors of his impending resigna- now," Mr. Apy said, "and the tion. sooner I can be relieved of those Mayor Charles W. Stephens -will responsibilities to begin my new Chutists Slay 130 Reds; duties the better." appoint Mr. Apy's successor, re- portedly from among nine per- One woman and eight men re- Agreement Reached sons being considered by local portedly are being considered for Republican leaders. the vacant council seat SHREWSBURY - After a According to state law, the professional office rone, and res- hour hassle, a. round-robin Americans Repel Attack Mr. Apy had said he would quit They include Roger Coleman of council would need a two-thirds ervation in the master plan for i the council although election to Zoning Board chairman, am convenings and adjournments vote, instead of the 4-3 majority one year of the Sisters of St. totaling, in all, four separate pub- it mustered, to approve the zon- Joseph tract on Broad St. as a 24th North Vietnamese. regiment that three-day battle, the South the Assembly doesn't require it, Charles Rell, a member of that Ijp meetings, a council caucus, a ing code over the property-own- future high school site. Indepen- for six hours during a sweep op- Vietnamese said they lulled 256 but hadn't indicated whether-he boardr-Artmir-Sassr-Shade-Tree namese paratroopers reported property-owners' petition, a wallP eration six miles northeast of of the enemy. would resign before Jan. 1, when Commission chairman: Stephen ers' protests, borough aTfofney" "killing 130 North Vietnamese in out by the mayor and several • new battle near Dak To yester- Dak To, the central- highlands Democratic Councilman Gordon Greenwood, a Planning Board John Keale said. also argued for extension of the At Bu Dop, 80 miles norUi of frayed tempers, the Planning It went like this last night: professional office zone.