Freeholders Approve County Public College SEE STORY BELOW Weather HOME Becoming partly sunny , THEDAEY •ad warm today, high In mid Ms. Fair tonight with tome patchy Red Bank, Freehold fog, low around 70. Moatly (tinny Long Branch FINAL and warm tomorrow, high 8540. I 7 OuUook Friday, fair and warm. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 89 YEARS DIAL 741-0010 VOL. 90, NO. 16 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1967 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Freehold Hospital Board Rejects Merger Plan FREEHOLD — The board of also by unanimous vote, at' a cil, which last month adopted a "We all agree on that," he auxiliaries are committed lo;,a Joseph Saker, fund drive chair- Preliminary plans prepared by I wing would be constructed. The trustees of the Greater Freehold meeting last week. resolution declaring Us opposi- said. But, Mr. George added, hospital at the proposed location. man, said even if residents of the board's architect, Max O.iancillary facilities wing would Area Hospital last night unani- Twenty-four of the Freehold tion to new hospitals of less than the present population of west- Assets both areas were agreeable, the Urbahn, show a two-wing build-1require only minor expansion, mously rejected merger with the hospital board's 30 members 200 beds. ern Monmouth County, estimat- —Almost $200,000 has been ac- merger .proposal would be "logis- ing in the first phase of coo- \ Mr, George said. 1 proposed Bayshore Community were present at last night's meet- Seek Endorsement ed at 75,000, "can't fill a » cumulated, in cash and assets tically wrong." He said the struction. One wing would The third phase of construe- , Hospital. ing in the American Hotel. Con- The trustees of both hospitals bed hospital at this time, and we pledged, for a hospital at the Marlboro area most practical for house the 120-bed nursing unit tion calls for another wing hous- The trustees said the $1 mil- spicuous by his absence was are seeking endorsement of their don't think any new institution proposed location. !an institution created by merger and the other, ancillary facili ing an additional 120 beds and lion building fund drive will get David T. Buck, the hospital's plans by the HFPC, an unofficial, could." —Any move from the proposed would be an 18 or 20-mile trip ties to serve almost twice that. an addition to the ancillary fa- under way July 31, as originally first president and apparently independent corporation whose The resolution adopted by the location would make the hospital for residents from the county's;number of beds. cilities wing. scheduled. Preliminary plans for the only member of either board advice receives serious consid. board last night cited sixrea- inaccessible "road wise" to resi- western sector "and they might To Add Wing Mr. George said long-range the 120-bed hospital, designed to to support the merger proposal. eration by the state Department sons for the merger rejection: dents of this area. as well go to Jersey Shore or In the second phase of con- plans also call for construction triple in size in a three-phase Mr. Buck resigned from the of Institutions and Agencies, —The 29-acre site oh Rt. 537 —The hospital board has al- aul Kimbail." struction, an additional 120-bed! (See HOSPITAL, Pg. 3, Col. 6) building program, were present- board last Wednesday, it was which must license all hospitals. is centrally located to serve the ready acquired and invested ed. learned. Mr. George credited the present population of western money in the site. Trustees of the Bayshore Hos- The merger has been recom- HFPC's statement lhat hospitals Monmouth County and the an- —Local physicians would be pital announced yesterday they mended by the New Jersey of at least 200 beds are more ticipated population growth. better served by a hospital "as efficient. —The 500-rnember hospital proposed and where proposed." Merger Proponent Resigns had turned down the merger, Health Facilities Planning Coun- FREEHOLD — David T. Buck, first pres- clined to let reporters see Mr. Buck's letter ident of the Greater Freehold Area Hospital, of resignation. has resigned from the hospital's board of Mr. Buck said the letter stated his con- Seek Plainfield Arms Cache trustees. ' viction tfiat "somewhere, somehow the formu- Mr. Buck was the only member of either • la for cooperation" between the two hospital board to advocate merger of the proposed groups "must be found." Freehold and Bayshore Community hospitals, - He said he resigned because he believes He disclosed his July 12 resignation in" "I had no^furthetvalue or use" to the board. reply to reporters questioning-his-Absence <- ; Mr. Buck,- who 10 days ago told The Daily from the Freehold board's meeting last night: • Register'hi had been "dumped" last Janu- The Freehold board last night unani- ary, when he was replaced as board president mously adopted a resolution rejecting the by Albert A. George, because of his view that Riot Victims' Rites Held the Freehold area cannot support the pro- merger proposal recommended by the New NEWARK (AP) - Newark Ne- off with the help of State Police tour the trouble zone urging pass to enter the cordoned area. car sped away from a command Jersey Health Facilities Planning Council. posed hospital on its own, reiterated that groes bury the first of their riot and National Guard forces to turn calm. Milt Campbell, a 1958 Olym- Outside of a few shots within to halt. The Bayshore hospital board took similar ac- point last night. dead today while other New Jer- in any guns they might hold. pic champion from Plainfield, the riot area, the most serious In New Brunswick, city offi tion last week. He said recent statistics show that the sey cities tougih flickers of racial He set a noon deadline for re- flew back to walk the streets incident in Plainfield was firing cials talked with the peaceable Officials of the Freehold board reluctant- average cost for most hospitals is $70 a day trouble. turn of 36 semi-automatic rifles!talking peace, crowd at City Hall, then reduced ly admitted that Mr. Buck's resignation had per patient. For a 100-bed hospital, "that at a car by riflemen manning a! ,ice patrols downtown to nor. Plainfield authorities hunted a reported stolen from a munitions! Another volunteer, Marcellus been accepted at an executive session which, means $7,000 a day whether the beds are oc- cache of stolen arms. Newark's factory in nearby Middlesex.]Smith, came to police headquar- checkpoint. The car contained a mal—a single car cruising the followed the public portion of last night's cupied or empty," Mr. Saker said. "I don't night was quiet after nearly a Mayor George Hetfield said the jters complaining his car had been white couple, who were cut streets, meeting. see how either of the. two groups could ex- week of bloody battles. A few rifle crates were found in ,f"ne|fired upon by perimeter patrols, slightly by glass splintered by Mayor Sheehan urged the Ne- Joseph Saker, the board's fund drive pect to go ahead." shots Tuesday night punctured riot area. ' i'Td rather get shot at by my bullets. Police charged them with groes to "give us a couple of chairman, said the trustees "accepted Mr. He said medical and Hospital economics the peace which came to Plain- Negro volunteers continued to own people," he said, getting a curfew violation, saying their months. We've only been in of: Buck's resignation regretfully and with deep dictated the HFPC's recommendation for a field after a white policeman had fice eight weeks." She said the gratitude and appreciation for the guidance 200*ed institution. ' been killed by a Negro gang. discussion "resulted from prob- and inspiration he has given in the three "The HFPC wasn't set up W impede any- lems that are very real." years he served as president." one but in an attempt to save people from In New Brunswick, six miles (See RIOTING, Pg. 3, Col. 6) Albert George, hospital president, de- making big mistakes," Mr. Buck said. from Plainfield, 100 Negroes marched to City Hall where May- or Patricia Sheehan and Negro Councilman Aldrage Cooper Jr. Custodian's Resignation Rejected Again urged calm. In Paterson, north of Newark, a few rocks and bot- tles were thrown and firemen chased false alarms. Won't Sign Raritan Paychecks In Jersey City-«nd Elizabeth all was normal in areas where sporadic violence burst Monday. RARITAN TOWNSHIP — The is the signing of payroll checks, ing a problem in the distribution Voting against acceptance In a In Newark, funerals were sched- resignation of Custodian of School "I have resigned effective July of paychecks to board employees tie "vote, were Board President uled for three of the 23 Negroes Funds Robert G. Brady was 15," he said. on July 14. Theodore Stieve and- members •hot down during sprays of gun rejected for the second time by "I will be out of town next At the request of board mem- Vincent J. Brady, Robert' J. Cor- fire from Thursday through Sun- the Board of Education last payday. They can take me to bers, Mr. Brady agreed to with- bliss and Robert A. Hand. Ray- day. The funeral of a. white fire night. court or put me in jail. I will draw Hie July 12 resignation in mond A. Mitchell was absent. captain slain by a sniper also is Mr. Brady, who attended the not do the job." favor of one dated July 15 to solve Explain Vote being held.