Crashes in Recent Years
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O X $* •• devetap )!®. m «rtr tern** *«r continuing into tomorrow afternoon. Not so cold tonight to* it aid Mi. High tomorrow R*fi«*r, Inc., to tow to mid Sto. MONMOLTH COUfctTS HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS VOL, 88, NO. 123 MONDAY. DECEMBER 20,1965 PER COW PAGE ONE In Wake of Seven Weekend Fatalities Monmouth County Officials Today Planning Gbse Study of Highway Hazards to Safety FREEHOLD Monmputh which claimed ' seven lives at possible- changes at the scenes changes.at the accident locations died from injuries suffered at same short distance, be elimi- light safeguards, as one of the over the hill and not get into County officials will take along, Middjetown Township and West of the fatal mishaps aj well a. would be undertaken or that Broadway and Route 36. nated. bad ones in the county. trouble. ; hard look today at possible elim- Long' Branch. ' ' at other sites. , .hey were necessary. South Laurel'Ave., which ex- Middletown Township officials, He said he will talk today with "But kids hit it at 70, 80, and ination of highway safety hazards County Traffic' Coordinator W. County Road Supervisor How- At Middletown Township, four tends through Middletown, Holm- he added, did make some the state Bureau of Traffic Safe- 90 miles an hour and they are in the wake of the weekend's Robert • Warwick : said- Jie' 'will ard ,J., Preston'cautioned against teenagers were killed when their del and Raritan townships, and changes in the grade before the ty, since the crossing is with airborne when they come off the twin multiple fatal accidents make new studies and take up antic pation that , any majo: speeding car struck a tree* at the Broadway, running through Long road was taken over for main- a state highway, about possible top. They have to expeot what bottom of Thrill.Hill on South Branch, West Long Branch and tenance and future improvement remedies, they get." Laurel Ave. Saturday night. A Oceanport, are county roads. by the Board of Freeholders Mr. Preston took a different Of the Rt, 36-Broadway Inter- fifth is In serious condition. Mr. Warwick said he had rec- about a year ago. view, section, Mr. Preston said: . At West Long Branch, a moth- ommended in a survey some "With even a little common A Bad One "If we can't rely on traffic er and her two sons, their car years ago that the 30-foot hill, sense," he said, ''Laurel Ave. The traffic safety co-ordinator I don't know what we apparently struck when -another which rises in, about 300 feet and desoribed the West Long Branch is not a traffic hazard. Even at auto came through a red light, falls off abruptly in about the intersection, despite its traffic 50 miles an hour you can go (See SAFETY, Page 3) Borman and Lovell Set to Start Three Days of Medical Checkups By JIM STROTHMAN and Stafford indicated that ren- to Houston Sunday afternoon, weightlessness of outer space, Some researchers fear that AP Aerospace Writer dezvous was easier than they after a playful reunion with and how much of a strain it puts over a long period^ of time cal- CAPE KENNEDY ,Fla. (AP) thought. Borman and Lovell. on a spaceman returning to cium loss could make bones — Astronauts •• Frank Borman Stafford and Schirra copiloted Schirra and Stafford were not earth's gravity, dangerously brittle. and James A. Lovell, Jr., who two small airplanes on Thurs- on hand to meet two Navy sailed far enough during their day from the prime recovery planes that flew the Gemini 7 two weeks in space to make 10 ship, the aircraft carrier Wasp, crew from the Wasp to Cape round trips to.the moon, begin to Bermuda. Kennedy,. three days of medical checks On the way, sources said, they Instead, .Schirra was crouched here today to determine what tried to fly. their two aircraft :n in a doorway at astronaut crew physical rigors space travel has formation and noted that it was headquarters on neighboring on man, much easier to pilot two Gemini Merritt Island. When Borman People who talked with the spacecraft in formation, even and Lovell walked down the astronauts said their main com- though the spaceship's were hall, he jumped out and began TWISTED REMNANT of car is viewed by onlookers after it carried four Cliff wood plaint of the 14-day1 flight was speeding at 17,500 miles an beating the air with his arms as hour. if the Gemini 7 crew needed Beach, teenagers to death Saturday night. Accident occurred on "Thrill Hill," South the confinement — they couldn't stretch out. They asserted they Persons who talked with the Ending instructions. Laurel Ave. Middletown, scene of,many similar crashes in recent years. Youngsters, f dreamed a lot during the mis astronauts quoted Borman as Borman and Schirra had a ranging in, age from 13 to 18, included two from same family, sion, sources said. And Borman saying he thought future space- well-publicized bet over which was quoted as saying that Lov- men should not have to fly in spacecraft would land closest to ell was dreaming "all the bulky space-suits on long-dura- its target, the Wasp. Officials Thrill Hill' Takes 4 Lives time." tion flights. And if a "backup" said Schirra acknowledged that Food on board the spacecraft pressure system is needed, Bor Borman got slightly closer, but — some of it dehydrated r- got man suggested it be built into blamed it on - an instrument in tedious and somewhat objec- the spacecraft rather than the the Gemini 6 capsule which was tionable toward- the end of the space suit, sources noted, slightly off. , Cops Report Death Car The two Gjeraini 7 pilots flew Astronaut Donald K, Slaytoh, flight, the sources noted. Air Force Lt. Col. Borman much of their mission in their director of the Gemini 7 crew, and Navy Cmdr. Lovell, as well underwear!; .and would have said the bet was called off. as Gemini 7 astronauts Walte done it evsn more if Mission "There was a lot of handshak- M. Schirra, Jr., and Thomas P. Control permitted them. ing and mutual congratula Hit Tree Avoiding Aiitp Stafford, pralseJ the Titan 1 BormaiTasd Lovell are sched- tlons," said Slayton of the meet- booster and Gemini spacecraft. uled to stay at Cape Kennedy ing of the two Gemini crews. MlbPLETOWN/- ^'Thrill Hill M. Ryan, • 17, of 624 Pinehurst was in critical condition in River- All four also remarked how until Wednesday, concentrating '• The .reunion was & brief one. claimed the'lives' of foursCliff- Dr., and George Basile, Jr., 15, view Hospital. easy U was to see through each on medical examinations. Thej S^kjrra-'ahd Stafford. had to wood Beach teenagers Saturday of 1271 Seawood Dr. State police of the Keyport tar- then plan to' fly to the Manned ieaVeS. for Houston only ; other's spacecraft windows night., Cindy Ann Stein, 13, half-sister racks reported that the Injured while they were rendezvousing Spacecraft Center in Houston; minutes ""after Borman and Lov- Killed instantly when the speed- Of the Laiier youth, died shortly girl told them the car was speed- high above the earth Wednes Tex., to begin eight days of tell- ell arrived at Cape Kennedy. ing car In which they were riding after in Riverview Hospital, Red ing toward Rt. 35, moved over day. ing and retelling the story of Of prime interest to research- struck a tree on South Laurel Bank. , to avoid an oncoming car, and Schirra. was quoted as saying their marathon flight to project ers is finding out how much cal- Ave., state police reported, were A fifth occupant of the car, hit a tree. that the Gemini 7 capsule ap- officials, cium was lost during the space HAPPY REUNION '-,' ,th?r«.'-were lots of laughs when; Charles F. Lauer, Jr., 18, of 200 Karen Hennigar, 14, of 155 Brook- Numerous accidents, including peared twice as bright as the Navy Capt. Schirra and Air flight. • . • . crews of G»m!nl 6 and'7 spacecraft got together, for. Wayside Dr., the driver; Dennis side PI., also Cliffwood Beach, (See CRASH, Page 3) brightest star, Sirius, when he Force Maj. Stafford flew from Other tests will show whether was approaching it and Schirra nearby Patrick Air Force Base " heart gets "lazy" in the their meating,yyaifSr(|ay, at Capa, .Kennedy, Fla. Rebels, Army Government Change Major Factor Have Battle In Domingo McCauley to Tell Long SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, (AP)—The precarious peace efforts in the Dominican Republic appeared today to have been dealt a shattering setback by a battle between Army troops LONG BRANCH — Paul L. McCauley will announce tonight ' TJie league is scheduled' to present its petitions with re- and former rebels. his decision whether to accept the.$15,000-a-year city manager's portedly 3,300 names to the city clerk at 2 p.m. today. At least 13, persons were be- post or bow to, the threat of the change of government move- At least-one member of the government body is convinced 5 lieved killed in two shooting in- ment and reject the. appointment. Mr. McCauley will decline the job offer, maintaining that the ? cidents yesterday. Twelve were The 34-year-old city manager of Bradford, Pa., late last league actually has more than 4,000'signatures. reported killed in a six-hour bat- night, said he was still deliberating and had come to no deci- A special council meeting called for 11:30 a.m. Saturday to tle that raged around a hotel on sion.