Truman to Be Buried in Simple, Final Rites „ INDEPENDENCE, Mo
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SEE STORY, PAGE !"• The Weather Cloudy, cold today. Tomor- ..FINAL row mostly sunny and cold. K«l Hank. Freehold Branch EDITION Monmouf h County's Outstanding Home Newspaper 28 PACES VOL.95 NO. 125 RED BANK, N.J. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28,1972 TEN CENTS IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII iMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiiiini iiMiiiiiiiiBiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiuiitiiiiiHiiiiitnuur iiniiiiitiHiiiiiiiinuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii MiiuiitHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttiiittiiinitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiuin^unm Truman to Be Buried In Simple, Final Rites „ INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - their four boys were at the where he received diplomats tend. So did Missouri artist be there. After simple funeral services brief ceremonies that preced- and schoolboys. Thomas Hart Benton, who And so were two newsmen devoid of eulogy, former Pres- ed the lying-in-state. So were An Army band was to play painted the giant mural In the who covered his activities in ident Harry S. Truman is to GO others who had been part of "Ruffles and Flourishes," — a library lobby and Truman's Independence, James W. Por- be buried today in the court- Truman's unofficial life—such fanfare and drumroU reserved last portrait. ter of the Kansas City. Star yard of the Truman Library. as the family maid, a long- for heads of state — for Tru- The widow of his one-time and Sue Gentry of the Inde- Only 250 guests were in- time guard and Rose Conway, man for the last time. haberdashery partner, Mrs. pendence Examiner; two sen- vited, few of them of national who for many years was Tru- The library carillon, which . Eddie Jacobson; his friend ators, Minnesota's Hubert H. renown, in keeping with the man's secretary. sounded a tolling bell at five- and lawyer, Rufus Burrus; Humphrey and Missouri's • unpretentious solemnity that second intervals when the cof- Margaret Truman Daniel's Thomas F. Eagleton; Charles has marked the days since his Truman's gravesite is just fin arrived, also was to chime actress-friend, Rita Gam; S. Murphy and Edwin W. death Tuesday. outside the library office again. Gen. Harry Vaughan, his Pauley of his White House Truman's widow, who had where the former president The governors of Missouri. presidential military aide; days; Robert Weatherford, been secluded in her grief in wrote his three books, pre- and Kansas, Warren E. former Republican Sen. Har- the mayor of independence the house they shared for 53 pared the lectures he deliv- Hearnes and Robert B. Dock- ry Darby of Kansas — these when Truman came home years, was to be at the final ered on college campuses and ing, accepted invitations to at- .were all people who were to from Washington in 1953. rite for the nation's 33rd presi- dent and to receive the flag that draped the coffin. As the nation began a day of mourning proclaimed by President Nixon, thousands still were paying their re- Eye Stop-Gap Plans spects to Truman, lying in state in the marble lobby of AP WlrapfiotD the library. THE NIGHT WATCH — Honor Guard assigned duty at casket of former They had lined up on the "President Harry S. Truman maintain vigil during the night at Truman Li- drives leading to the hillside brary in Independence, Mo. Burial is to take place behind library today. building before military pall- bearers in slow-motion pre- For Central's Riders cision, placed the coffin on a NEWARK (AP) -The fore U.S. Dist. Court Judge Weiss said the other railroads subsidy ends with termination catafalque draped in black state has shifted the emphasis Anthony T. Augelli, expressed may not be.keen to conclude of passenger service. silk. from attempting to retain pas-, pessimism that Augelli's Dec., such an agreement so quickly. "We just don't feel we can N.J. Chamber Backs The pepple waited patiently senger service on Central 18th ruling allowing the CNJ They too are bankrupt and op- pour more money into the while Richard M. Nixon and Railroad of New Jersey to im- to cease passenger operations erating under the'direction of CNJ," Kugler said, Lyndon B. Johnson had sepa- plementing stop-gap plans for on Jan. 21 could be reviewed court appointed trustees. Kugler said that CNJ rail- rate, private moments at the transporting the line's 15,000 by the 3rd Circuit Court of Ap- *1.4 Million More Sought road trustee Robert D. Tim- coffin of the man who had daily commuters. peals by then. The state filed Weiss said the railroad pany, Indicated last week that Port, Nuclear Plants preceded them in the nation's an appeal with the higher State Atty. Gen. George F. would, remain in the passen- he didn't think consolidation NEWARK - The New Jer- "Employment in New Jer- Last weekend, Robert highest office. Kugler Jr. yesterday, dropped court last Thursday. ger business if it received |1.4 with the other railroads could sey State Chamber of Com- sey, the transportation of vital Kaighn, who is heading the Many Pay Respects a motion to stay a federal Kugler said alternative million in excess of the cur- be effected in the near future. merce yesterday announced food supplies and even the port site study "for the Phila- Once the doors were court ruling that would allow plans being considered includ- rent state subsidy by June 30, Tlmpany did not attend (he its support of a deepwater heating of homes and all per- delphia-district, .said a port opened, people of all ages CNJ to cease passenger oper- ed use of buses and other rail' when the present subsidy con- hearing, Weiss said he was ' port facility at an unspecified sonal transportation needs are would probably not be erected streamed past the mahogany ations Jan. 21 unless it gets In- roads already providing par- tract, expires. vacationing In Florida. • location but "within the dependent upon the contin- in an area where citizens and coffin in eloquent, silent trib- creased subsidies from the allel services, The state, however, js only Egos Are Cited boundaries of New Jersey" as uing availability of fuels local officials definitely op- ute. They moved through at state. Plans Temporary willing to pay the J2.6 million , Kugler said one of the stum- specified by federal and state which now must be imported pose it. • the rate of nearly 2,000 per Kugler, reiterating the "We're working on plans for It owes the CNJ under the bling btqdts to consolidation , government and business rep- from other nations in steadily Last summer, Dr. John . hour, and the line still state's position that more commuters on a temporary existing contract. Should the or the three railroads was the resentatives. increasing amounts," he said. Burnes, chief of the Environ- stretched for a quarter mile money was not available, basis that are at least as good railroad cease passenger op- "egos" of the trustees, who The trade organization also "The problem arises," Mr. mental Resource Branch at after midnight. said, "We've gotten to the end as what we have now," Kug- erations on Jan. 21, the state wished to maintain their rail- favors development of nuclear Magovern continued, "not the Philadelphia installation, Margaret Truman Daniel, of the line." ler said after the hearing. will keep the $2.6 million, be- roads as separate entities. energy facilities within the only because of declining do- See State, Page 2 her husband, Clifton, and Kugler, after a hearing be- He ruled out increased sub- cause under the contract the See Stop-Gap, Page) Garden State, terming both mestic supplies but also be- sidies, which he asserted the these and the port "important cause of new air pollution Legislature would be dis- to offsetting the socio-econom- code requirements which pre- inclined to pass. The subsidy ic threat posed by dwindling clude further use of many of currently amounts to $5.2 mil- fuel resources and the rapidly the nation's remaining fuel re- lion a year and according to increasing demands for elec- sources because their sulfur 2 B52s, Big Copter some statements by the rail- tricity and power for trans- content exceeds acceptable road {9.5 million more is portation and heating.". limits." . • • needed annually. Last week, Arthur M. Cox A public hearing last "It would be cheaper to buy Jr., public relations director Thursdaynight at the Middle- each passenger a Volkswagen of the state chamber, told The town Township High School Lost in New Attacks and send him off to work," Daily. Register that the orga- drew nearly 500 people and 43 SAIGON (AP) - U.S. populated areas, including area, and several crewmen Kugler said. nization was following the official testimonies. All but bombers kept up saturation Hanoi and Haiphong and their were captured. Kugler urged the railroad to deepwater port question very one of those who spoke vehe- air attacks against the Hanoi suburbs. The U.S. Command said one enter into serious negotiations closely but was slow to an- mently opposed the deepwa- and Haiphong areas today, Novosti, a Soviet press B52 was hit over North Viet- with the Lehigh Valley and nounce an official position. ter port proposed for a spot on and the U.S. Command an- agency, said in Moscow that nam and crashed early today Reading railroads to consoli- The trade industry group in-. the continental shelf about 13 nounced the loss of two more its office in Hanoi was de- near the Nakon Phanom Air date property and service and dudes not only oil, utility, and miles southeast of Long B52 bombers and a big rescue stroyed during a raid yes- Base In northeastern Thai- said such a deal could be trucking companies in the Branch. helicopter. terday. The agency said it did land.