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Werner Raps New Shrewsbury Attitude , SEESTOHYFAGES The Weather, Cloudy today, periods of rain THEDAILY FINAL likely tonignt through tomor- Red Bank, Freehold row morning. Long Branch J EDITION 36 PAGES Hf onmouth bounty's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL 95 ISO. 179 IlED BANK, N.J. THURSDAY, MARCH 15,1973 TEN CENTS HlfflllllJIIf JlfrfllJfllfflJIIIJIIJIIItlllJIfJIllllllJIJJIItJIfflllliJJflJfllllllllllfllllJIJlflf JlllJJIjiJiiJiiJfiiiJiijiiff jfiiiiiiiiijiifjiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitlllllllllll iiiiiiiHiMiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiin Beef Demand in Slump, But It May Be Brief WASHINGTON (AP - the consumer level was re- ciable effect on the wholesale demand had not shown up at ing at around 547.50 per hun- Gov. William T. Cahill said tural centers of our country sumers in coping with the Spokesmen for the govern- ported yesterday in a survey market. the wholesale level where dredweight at Omaha, up yesterday he has appealed to and the increasing escalation soaring cost of living. ment and food industry say a by the National Association of "The real question is wheth- packers reported slaughtering from $32.50 as late as Novem- President Nixon to take of prices." And in Harding Township. sudden decline in consumer Food Chains, which said 15 of er this is going to continue," he 636,000 head of cattle last ber. "drastic action" to deal with Cahill suggested that Nixon Two housewives are organ- demand for beef may be only 16 food chains advised they added. week, the largest number sharply rising meat and food re-examine the need for sub- izing a meat boycott they a brief phenomenon rather were ordering less beef last The Washington, D.C., divi- since the first of the year. The Labor Department re- prices. sidies to large farm operators hope to spread throughout than something that will have week than in previous weeks. sion of Safeway, Inc., report- A spokesman for the Cost of ports that wholesale prices for Cahill said he sent a letter "and that you will insist that Morris County and nearby an impact on high beef prices. A spokesman said most of ed demand for beef was off in Living Council said there was farm products, processed to the President on Monday non-productive farm land be Somerset County. A Treasury Department the chains reported their or- its 240 stores in Washington, "no evidence that we have foods and feeds increased at which said: "I thought you put into full production." "We cannot afford to buy economist said that with the ders were off 3 to 4 per cent, Virginia, Maryland and Dela- seen of a diminishing of con- an annual rate of 56 per cent should know that from my In making the announce- meat for our families," Mrs. economy "doing as well as it which he interpreted as being ware. sumer demand, as much as during the three months from vantage point as Governor of ment the governor said he has Bonnie Gorski said yesterday, is, the demand for beef is like- significant. But he added, "it '•Prices are going up and we might like to see it." December through February, New Jersey, I sense growing directed the State Division of adding she and Mrs. Betsy ly to expand in spite of the could be just a one-or two- people are looking for substi- Wholesale prices for cattle with rising livestock Drices a resentment to the reduction in Consumer Affairs to begin MacKinnon have enlisted the price." week phenomenon... that is tutes," said a spokesman. continued at record levels major factor. production on the part of education information pro- support of 18 other house- The decline in demand at not going to have any appre- But a decrease in consumer with choice-grade steers sell- On the New Jersey front, some of the major agricul- grams to aid New Jersey con- wives since monday. China Frees 2 Pilots CLARK AIR BASE, Philip- side and signed a receipt for cry as his brother enveloped Marine Maj. Chet Hanson, pines (AP) - Two U.S. mili- them. Both were smiling him in a bear hug. who made the flight with tary pilots, the last Americans broadly, and Flynn was, smok- Flynn told U.S. officials that them, said thew.seemed in held prisoner in Communist ing a cigar Guy gave him. several days before they left good spirits ancPasked about China, arrived at Clark Air A helicopter took the pilots Peking, the Chinese took them world events. Base today and joined 108 oth- to a Royal Air Force field on a .^hopping expedition and Hanson said one crew mem- er POWs awaiting flights where a U.S. hospital plane they bought a variety of gifts ber, Lt. Col. Robert Smith, home. They appeared in good was waiting for them. Waiting for friends and relatives. The gave his name plate to Smith, shape. there also was Smith's broth- purchases were in 10 pack- saying, "I would be honored if Air Force Maj. Philip E. er, J.H. Smith, a Hong Kong ages that were loaded aboard you wear it." Smith, 38, of Roodhouse, HI., import-export executive. the plane. Smith, when asked Flynn was worried that his and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. The two brothers had not what was in them, said. hair was too long for Navy Flynn, 35, of Colorado seen each other in nearly "They are to be surprises." regulations, but "we told him Springs, Colo., were flown eight years. When the flier Smith's brother also made not to worry," Hanson said. from Hong Kong where they saw his brother, he laughed the flight to Clark Field. "He had a cut that was al- crossed the British'-Chinese joyously and reached out his En route to the Philippines, most like a Marine's crew- border several hours earlier. arms to him, then started to the men put on new uniforms. cut." Both were shot down while flying in the Vietnam War — Smith on Sept. 20, 1965, when he strayed over China's Hai- nan Island, and Flynn on Aug.Road Lobby Beaten, 21, 1967, when a North Viet- namese MIG attacked him near the Chinese border. STATE CLAIMS MEADOWLANDS OWNERSHIP the state claims ownership of about one-fifth of Three days ago the Chinese — The state Department of Environmental Pro- the valuable acreage. Here Rowland Younghans, Transit Gets Boost freed another American POW tection yesterday unveiled the first part of it's a scientist for the department, points out details from another war. He was WASHINGTON (AP) - about $6 billion a year, is trust-fund money for local- survey of the Hackensack Meadowlands in which to a news conference. AP wimhoio John T. Downey, a CIA man Handing the highway lobby a. made up of a four-cent tax on choice road or transit pro- in the Korean war, who was rare defeat, the Senate has every gallon of gasoline and grams. captured on Nov. 29, 1952, voted to allow cities to use levies on tires and lubricants. — Approved, 70 to 23, an when the plane he was aboard $850 million to road-user taxes The Senate approved anoth- amendment by Sen. Harrison was shot down. to finance mass-transit sys- er amendment to bar Presi- Williams, D-N.J., to provide State Asserts Right to Parts tems. dent Nixon from refusing to $840 million for two years to' North Vietnam released 107 American fliers and one civil- "This is a shattering victory spend any of the $18 billion. subsidize the daily operations ian yesterday, and the Viet over the highway lobby which Floor debate on (he bill con- of /ailing municipal transit Cong are to turn over 27 mili- for years held the highway tinues today. companies, and $3 billion over Of Hackensack Meadowland tary men and five civilians to- trust fund in a grip of con- In other votes yesterday the three years for subway con- crete," said Sen. Lowell Wei- Senate: struction. TRENTON (AP) - The h»s been covered by mean Innes, a spokesman for the of land in the sports complex morrow in Hanoi. high tide.' area. That will leave 146 Ameri-i cker," R-Conn., after the 49,-44 — Rejected, 70 to 23, an The subsidy amendment is . state is claiming ownership of Coalition for Better Public vote yesterday. amendment by Sens. Weickcr about one-fifth of the acreage The state's claims will ex- Education, charged that the The areas covered by yes- can POWs still in Communist opposed by the White House tend to fully developed resi- terday's disclosures included hands, including seven ser- The vote to divert a portion and Edward M. Kennedy, D- and key members of the House in the first parcel of Hacken- state was acting with "unli- Alass., to divert $2.3 billion in sack River Meadowlands that dential and commercial land kely haste" in approving the Jersey City, Tcterboro, Hobo- vicemen and two civilians in of the $18 billion, three-year and its future is uncertain. has been surveyed by the New in Elizabeth and Newark as maps in order to clear the ken, Lyndhurst, North Arling- Laos. All are to be freed by highway aid bill to urban Jersey Department of Envi- well as the meadowlands, Sul- way for the sports complex, a ton and Walden Swamp. Of March 28, the deadline set by transit work was largely sym- livan said. pet project of Gov. William T. the total of 5,785 acres, the the Vietnam cease-fire agree- bolic, since each city's share ronmental Protection. would be relatively small. But Environmental Commis- Property owners who may Cahill's Administration. state is claiming ownership of ment. be forced to pay the state for Superior Court Judge Mor- about 1,150 acres.