A Middletown Union Soldier's Civil War Letters, Page 18 Weather Distribution 7 «.m. temperature 17. Cloudy Today today tod tonight, with • chance RED BANK of now or raid. High-today in the »s, low tonight about». To- 21,300 morrow, partly cloudy, high la tnuDtY nmomnuua-mr. an »s. S*e Weather, page 2. Dial SH 1-0010 tuiud dtllr. Itondu ihroum Pttlur. ttccnt Clui Ponut VOL 85 NO' Hit Ml tlMi BuTlU u MdiUonU UaUloi Ofllcw. RED BANK, N. J., TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1963 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Hughes Proposes Laws For Growth Problems By JOHN KOLESAR Hughes. Most of them dealt with with mass transit," he said. "The drivers. He asked the lawmakers JRENTQN XAPl-JnWs first an- the results of increasing popula- problem of improving our over- w act on two bills requiring sus- nual message to the legislature, tion traffic and urbanization. " all transportation facilities tfiiii pected drunken drivers to take Richard J. Hughes today pro Among major new proposals in becomes a problem of providing breath tests and imposing new posed a long' list of new laws to the message were: p adequate financing." penalties for near-drunk drivers. He proposed the bills last year, deal with problems caused by New —A department of community "...This financing should be Jersey's growth—ranging from a affairs to centralize state agencies made available on a long-term but the Senate refused to pass them. new cabinet department to hints dealing with problems of local basis," he said. Hughes has said at a vast new transportation pro- government. It would be the 15th previously that a bond issue of He said he was not Inflexible gram. department of state government. up to a billion dollars is being and would consider reasonable In his 12,000-word message to —A broad study of higher edu- considered for transportation. changes in his bills. the opening session of the 1963 cation in the state, both public Hughes said he is also asking He promised that he would sub- township's first Planning Board1 nine years ago, becarna chairman of the group last legislature, Hughes put off dis- and private, to evaluate the quali- Rutgers University to conduct a mit a comprehensive plan in the spring for state participation in a night. With him is the boardY new vico chairman, Marshall MePowell. Sea story, cussion of basic tax problems, ty of college education. statewide forum, including region- Hughes hinted at an over-all al meetings "to develop the middle income housing construc- page 13. • , : '. ' • •• :••'.•••';•' • ' • Related Stories, Page 13 transportation program dealing breathtaking vista of New Jer- tion program. Such a program is with both highways and railroads. sey's transportation horizons." needed, he said, to stop the de- cay of cities. though he admitted they must He said he hoped to have a con- "From this will emerge the "The inefficiency and waste of play a major part in any legis- crete proposal in the very near blueprint upon which our trans- haphazard growth" of many com' lative program. future. ' \ portation future will be built munlties requires a 15th cabinet He promised to deliver a special He said substantial added ex- ...," he said, department, Hughes said. message to the legislature Jan. penditures would be needed for The governor said the first Item 28 on the State Tax Policy Com- state and local road construction. he wants the legislature to con- He suggested, the new depart- Voting District Increase mission's report on a two-year "It" is much the same story aider is the problem of drinking (Sfe HUGHES, Page 2) GOT. Richard J. Hughes study of the state's tax picture. MATAWAN TOWNSHIP —The The population now stands at portion of the Strathmore con The commission report is to be Township Committee will meet an estimated 7,500 to 8,000. It struction), with $46,226 collected officially made public Wednesday. in special session Monday, night is expected to about double after in permit fees. Kennedy Postpone Message to map out new election dist- the 1,900-house Strathmore proj- An ordinance was introduced ricts, as a result of *e Strath- ect Is completed. increasing the number of deputy Hughes asked the legislature to more development. Registration Nights building inspectors from two to postpone delivery of his budget Previews The decision was made , last Mayor John Marz, Jr., an- three, and adding the post of message from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11, night after receipt by the govern- nounced that special voter reg- financial secretary to. the build- and said a bill would be intro- ing body of a formal request by istration nights will be set aside ing inspector, public hearing duced later in the day to permit the county Board of Elections for in the near future for Strath- was set for Jan. 21. the delay. He has said the de- ^districting. more residents. Mr, Marz reported, however, lay is caused by a hunt for added tax revenue, to balance a $30 to WASHINGTON (AP)-President At present, there are three In other business, the com- that funds to be expended for Kennedy appeared today to be districts in the township. It was mittee reported that building building inspection salaries will $50 million increase in state spend- ing. holding a slim margin in a tight indicated that the number may permits totalling $12,652,066 were decrease from the $10,000 spent struggle to clear the track for ac- Hughes was to go before a joint be increased to five or six. issued during 1962 (reflecting a in 1962, to $8,000 in 1963. tion in the new Congress on major session of the legislature at 3 segments of his legislative pro- New Deputy p.m. to deliver the message in gram. ' , Mrs. Ruth. M. Hill was ap- person. pointed as deputy township clerk. Though 1963 is a legislative elec- Kennedy previews his proposals Eatontown VLpcal No salary was set. , tion year, Hughes made no men- for leaders of both -parties at a At the request of Committee- tion of the fact. The message ex- late afternoon White House con- men Henry E. Traphagen and tolled co-operation between the ference in advance of Wednes- Norman E. Wood, Township At- governor and legislature In 1962, day's formal- opening of the 88th School Budget Up torney Herbert Smith was in- Hughes' first year in office, and Congress. structed to obtain a ruling from said differences between the po- " Members who have discussed his program with him predicted EATOOTQWN — The Board of atea $993,485 ,fpt current expense the state 'Division of, Local litical parties can be overcome no surprise requests. A possible items, up $117,408 from the cur- Government regarding validity with the right amount of determi- Education last sight adopted a exception could be a renewed rec- tentative budget of $1,082,133.50 rent $876,077. Of this, $150,000 of the appointment of Deputy nation. , ommendation for action on a bill tor the 1963*, school year. This will be provided from surplus Building Inspector Salvatpre Vena ..- Problems of Growth to eliminate state literacy tests Is an Increase of $149,500 over funds, the same amount as in to the Planning Board.,[ Throughout the message, fa voting—a measure the Senate the current budget. the present budget; $295,251 from The two committeemen nave Hughes' theme was that-growth RETURNING TO COUMCIL-r-CarlM. V.md.rve.r, center, it b.ing .worn"back into objected ro Mr. Vena's appoint, killed last May. Of the total, $343,390.50 is to local taxes, up $120,064 from the .causes most Of New Jersey's office on Freehold Council after a year's absence from that body. Shown with Mr. current $174,287; $274,234 from ment on grounds that he is an Lengthy Discussion be raised in local teases. This is problems. Many of the proposals state aid, down $23,556 from the official of the town, |nd the Vanderveer are hit mother, Mrs, §r(lce Vsnderveer, and, Borough Attornay M. Ray- $152,047 inoreUumthe $191,343.50 had.been made previously by As new members of the House current $247,234; an estimated post, under state law, must go provided by taxpayers for 1962- mond' McGowan. AIJO tworn in ai Councilman at last night's organization mteting and Senate'mkde the round of $300,000 in federal aid, up $20,' to a "citizen" who is npt an of- 83. was Councilman Leonard J. Conway. coffee Matches and other get ac- 000, and $1,000 in funds under ficial. quainted affairs, leaders quietly Part of tiie increase is due to Oiiicials Get the National Defense Education The question to be answered is discussed the possibility of breaki the new edementary school which Act, the same amount as in the whether a deputy building in ing up what promises to be a the. board expects to have in op- current budget. spector is officially an official. Compliments, lengthy session with' a summer eration for part of the next school Teachers' salaries are up $63,- Mr. Smith said last night it recess. year. It is scheduled to open in Freehold Council Organizes 281 at (592,373, compared to the Is his opinion he is not, and House Democrats, called into January, 1964. current $528,000. This includes that the board appointment is Decline Pay FREEHOLD — Councilmen Copeland, Elizabeth Power'and and James Goodwin,' Tercente caucus, were expected to give When they go to the polls Feb. the salaries of four new teach- valid. RED BANK - James Gettis, Leonard J.