: Our Third District Congressional Choice -SEE PAGE 6 Sunny, Mild THEDAILY HOME Partly sunny and mild today. Fair and cooler tonight. Cloud- Red Bank, Freehold ing and cool tomorrow. I Long Branch FINAL (Sea Details Page 2) 7 Monmouth County's iiome Newspaper tor 90 Years VOL. 91, NO. 86 RED BANK, N. J., MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1968 TEN CENTS Armed Fugitive GivesUp To Red Bank FBI Agent BHICK TOWNSHIP (AP) — He was trailed to the house Third, three bloodhounds He said that lawmen found Police tried to enter the A fugitive described as "armed on quiet Sprucfe Drive by three were used to trace his scent four rifles and ammunition in- house when they arrived, but and dangerous" withstood an events. First, neighbors spotted from the car to the house, side the house, all of which be- Mrs." (Jmirino yelled, "Go all-night siege by more than 30 him at a nearby shopping which they did repeatedly. longed to Amato's son-in-law. away. Don't come back unless lawmen before surrendering to- plaza. Of the family, State Police Lt. The son-in-law, Robert Gua- you have a search warrant." day to a Red Bank FBI agent Then, earlier in the week Joseph Babick said after the rino, came out about 5 a.m. to Then, they brought Amato's who had trailed him for five State Trooper Robert Maziarz surrender that officers had talk with State Police. Shortly former wife, now Mrs. Connie days. thereafter, his wife yelled out Nappi of llowell Township, to found a car parked several "feared that he might have Police learned yesterday that been holding them hostage be- to call on the telephone. plead with her daughter to Vincent Amato, 44, a native of hundred feet from the house cause a man in that desperate When the arrangements were open up. Newark, had holed up here that also was registered to frame ol mind could have done completed, Hoffman ap- Mrs. Nappi said, "Let me in," in the white frame ranch house Amato. Two pistols and l'OO it." proached the front steps with I want to talk to you." of his daughter. rounds of ammunition were However, he said there was liis gun"' drawn, but when he "No! All you want is mon- As federal, state, and local found in the car, State Police no evidence that they were met Amato, they shook hands ey," her daughter replied. law officers closed in yester- said. hostages. :. and hurried off. (See AMATO, Pg. 2, Col. 6) day, they found that the daugh- ter, Mrs. Rose Ann Guarino, CAMPAIGN TRAIL — Massachusetts So/. John A. Volpe, second from right, chats was inside, along with her hus- with Mrs. Ann D. Flyhn of Deal before yesterday's press conference in Old Orchard band Robert, and their chil- Saigon Offensives Are Revenged Country Club, Eatontown. Taking part in the discussion are J. Russell Woolley, dren, Kelly Ann, 5, and Mi- county GOP leader, left, and Webster B. Todd, state Republican chairman. Mrs. chael, 7. Flynn is president of tho N. J. Federation of Republican Women. Sov. Volpe is on They were reported unhurt after the surrender. the campaign trail in the state for Richard M. Nixon. (Register Staff Photo) Amato, a parolee from the New Jersey State Prison, who South Viets Slash Enemy escaped in a hail of bullets af- to attack the key district town south of the capital. Two Amer- and 17 larger weapons on the ter an Oct. 15 robbery at a New SAIGON (AP) - South Viet- of Ben Cat, and the govern- icans were wounded, and no battleground in the southern Haven, Conn., loan office, was namese infantrymen smashed ment operation was launched South Vietnamese losses were half of the DMZ where Ameri- sought by the FBI for unlawful into troops from a veteran Volpe Again on Trail North Vietnamese regi- "in order to destroy the enemy reported. can infantrymen, tanks, artil- interstate flight to avoid prose- in the area southeast of Ben lery, planes and offshore war- cution. He was pawled in New ment that spearheaded two of- The U.S., Command an- Cat." ships killed 232 North Vietnam- Jersey Sept. 10 while serving fensives on Saigon this year, nounced that American infan- ese in an all-day fight Friday. 10-to-14 years for parole viola- government military headquar- Z Other Actions trymen sweeping in the demili- In County for Nixon tion in connection with another ters announced today. It was one of three actions tarized zone captured more The larger weapons left robbery. A government spokesman reported around Saigon. U.S. than 250 North Vietnamese behind included eight light ma- and South Vietnamese forces weapons in one of the largest chine guns, four mortar tubes, could effectively garner votes said 32 soldiers from North LONG BRANCH — Massa- vania, New York and New En- Agrees to Surrender Vietnam's Dong Nai Regiment killed another 38 enemy sol- battlefield hauls of the war. two heavy antiaircraft machine chusetts Gov. John A. Volpe gland as he considers New Jer- should a bombing halt be im When he emerged in the glare diers and seized 27 weapons in guns and three bazooka-type plemented now, that the move were killed and 13 other cap- The troops of the 5th Mech- bad a busy day in Monmouth sey an important state to win. of floodlights that bathed the tured in heavy fighting yester- two clashes 10 and 12 miles anized Division found 242 rifles rockets. County yesterday, when he held He said Mr. Nixon's concern would appear to Hie public as house, Amato arms overhead a political manuever just be- day 24 miles, north of Saigon. a press conference in Old Or-follows the general trend of had agreed by telephone to sur-The prisoners Included a bat- chard Country Club, Eatontown, concern jn three important is- fore election day. He said he render to FBI agent James doubts if such a move would talion deputy commander and addressed a crowd of potential sues. He said those issues are Hoffman of the Bed Bank, -a-"company commander, the Republican voters in the Long the Vietnam war, a more strin- have much effect on the out-office, who had been a part of come of presidential balloting spokesman said. LBJ, Humphrey Swap gent law and order program the team that had followed him Branch armory and was The South Vietnamese troops and the devaluation of the dol- next week. since last Wednesday. whisked away to make a polit- also seized 21 weapons in the lar. ical speech in Wall Township. Gov. Volpe predicted a ma- He had resisted police en- battle and turned up two muni- Gov. Volpe in his eighth po- He said the Republican doc- jor GOP win in Vermont and treaties, a plea by his former tions stockpiles in the surround, litical trip to the state this year trine is to "get the bombing New Hampshire. He said Mas- wife and the shutting off of ing area that included 400 mor- Charges With Nixon told a press corps in the coun- stopped" in Vietnam without sachusetts, his home state, and the electricity. tar shells, bazooka-type rockets Connecticut will be "battle- try club that Richard M. Nixon, exposing our troops to addition- Wednesday, a motorist and grenades. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' But Nixon — expanding yes- appearance in New York, had the GOP presidential candi- al dangers. ground states," but showed escaped on foot from a state terday on his Friday statement accused Nixon of making "ug- confidence in a GOP victory in Six South' Vietnamese were President Johnson has ac- date, asked him to campaign He added, when asked if the trooper writing a traffic ticket. cused Richard M. Nixon of that he did not believe specu- ly and unfair charges about (See VOLPE, Pg. 3, Col. 6) After tracing the abandoned reported killed and 20 wounded. here as well as in Pennsyl- Democratic administration It was the first time a siz- making "ugly and unfair lation that Johnson would our security gap and charges car to Amato, State Police make "a cynical, last - minute about our attempts to win issued a statewide alert de- able force of the Dong Nai charges" on security and Regiment had been in action peace efforts and Hubert H. attempt" to salvage Hum- peace in the world." scribing him as "armed and phrey's candidacy — said he Humphrey issued a state- dangerous." since last May 5, when the Humphrey charges Nixon with Further Gaming Probe Is Set regiment was badly mauled in spreading an unfounded ru- was trying to squelch the re- ment after Nixon's television an attack on Saigon. Its reap- mor that the Democrats are ports. appearance, charging him pearance indicated it may be playing politics with peace. 'Quite Responsible' with "using a tactic which he Man Sought back to full strength now and Humphrey accused his Re- "It seemed to me that I was has used in so many cam- In Trial of Police Director orders for a third offensive publican presidential opponent being quite responsible in nail- paigns. against Saigon. ing that," Nixon said. " . 1 "The tactic: spread an un- squad had periodically been McCauley, assigned to ad- Sunday night "of simply using NEWARK (AP) — The prose- In Slaying The Dong Nai Regiment also the old Nixon tactic of unsub- would think the President founded rumor. Then say you cution plans to probe further shifted to City Hall security ministrative tasks involving the don't believe it," Humphrey squad, noted a downtrend of was in heavy fighting in Sai- stantiated insinuation" by sug- would be thanking me rather today the effectiveness and "any time there were rumors Of Woman gon during the Tet offensive gesting White House "insiders" than attacking me." continued.