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Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mildenhall Air Base. England, on the accomplish something." Shultz told re- vestigation into the bombing of the U.S. attack during negotiations last Septem- Israel Radio said Israeli negotiators George P. Shultz, en route to the Middle way to Egypt, said he is prepared to porters during the seven-hour flight Embassy in Beirut would show the Unit- ber on the Israeli withdrawal from west had suggested that Habib agree to allow East, today vowed to stay in the region engage in shuttle-type diplomacy be- from Washington to- Britain, where his ed States demonstrated "serious negli- Beirut. Israeli agents to remain in west Beirut as long as there is a chance of arranging tween Israel and Lebanon if it will help plane refueled. gence" in ignoring an Israeli warning, In Washington, Slate Department to track down "terrorist units," but he the withdrawal of Israeli and other produce an agreement on troop Shultz said he will raise the possi- Israel Radio reported from Tel Aviv spokeswoman Sue Pittman said, "We refused. forces from Lebanon. withdrawal bility (if an expanded U.S. role in Leba- yesterday take full security measures at our em- Fifty-two people were killed in the He voiced optimism, saying a He plans to go to Israel Wednesday non in discussions with Lebanese and The broadcast quoted the officer, bassies" and any allegation to the con- bombing of the U.S. Embassy last Mon- withdrawal agreement "is a very do- and Beirut Thursday. See Israeli, page A2 Toland doubts Hitler diaries By JO ASTRID GLADING Hitler, which revealed several previously unkown facets of the Fuehrer's life, is considered the definitive American DANBURY, Conn. — Renowned biographer John work on Hitler Toland said he is plagued by serious doubts as to the it doesn't fit with Hitler's character. He was always authenticity of the recently discovered diaries that were ridiculing other people who kept diaries. And he worked allegedly kept by Adolph Hitler over a 13-year period. tremendous hours, so I don't know when he would have Reached at his home here yesterday, the Pulitzer found time to keep a diary. He used to dictate everything," Prize-winning author and former Red Bank resident said Toland said he turned down an invitation to go Germany to examine But he acknowledged that despite his six years of the 60 handwritten volumes Tolands 1976 biography of See Toland, page A2 Hitler diary goes in print HAMBURG, West Germany (AP) — Excerpts from a diary purportedly written by Adolf Hitler begin appearing today in the West German magazine Stern, which is marshaling forces to defend the papers' authenticity. The news magazine, which announced the discovery and acquisition of the diaries last week, has arranged for British histouan Hugh Trevor-Roper to join Stern officials in Hamburg W discuss the documents today at a news conference Trevor-Roper, author of a 1947 book "The Last Days of Hitler." wrote in Saturday's edition of the Times of London that he had reviewed the diaries and believed they were genuine. Some other experts, as. well as some former Hitler aides, have suggested the diaries are part of an elaborate fraud Two of Hitler's aides were quoted yesterday in a Hamburg weekly as saying the bound notebooks — said to have been found in a plane wreck by a German army officer and hidden in his hayloft for 35 years — are fakes. "The discovery of Hitler's alleged diaries is one of the many fairy-tale lies that we have known since the war," said Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant Nicolas von Below, ac- cording to Bild Am Sonntag We often sat until three or four at night and Hitler would then go to bed He had no more time to write " The Sunday Times of London published selections from the 60 diaries in which the Nazi dictator speaks con- temptuously about Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goeb- HISTORIC H.OAX? — John Toland, former Red claims that the diary being printed bv the magazine See Diary, page A3 Bank resident and renowned Hitler biographer, Stern, left, "doesn't fit with Hitler's character." HIGH TREVOR-ROPKR Planned Parenthood Accused killer motivated lauds five legislators by impulse, hardened life By TERRY MOORE FREEHOLD - Richard In January. Biegenwald was ar- from a shallow grave at the Staten Is- Agency ex-president Biegenwald. confined in institutions off rested in the shooting death of Anna M. land, NY. home of Biegenwald's moth- MONMOUTH BEACH - Planned and on since he was 6, seems to be a Olesiewicz, 18, of Camden, who disap- er Parenthood of Monmouth County last is honored, Bl smooth confidence man hardened by peared last Labor Day weekend from The second corpse found on Staten night presented federal, state and coun- prison life and motivated by impulse, the Asbury Park boardwalk. Her body Island is an unidentified teen-age girl ty legislators with Family Planning Ad- authorities say. was found behind a fast-food restaurant who had been repeatedly stabbed, au- vocacy Awards for their "pro-choice" Until recent months, he was an ob- in Ocean Township Jan. 14. thorities said voting records, support of family life Planned Parenthood $33,000 in funding, scure ex-con, paroled after serving "There was absolutely no motive for On Friday, the prosecutor identified education and other Planned Parent- Kramer cast the sole vote in support of nearly 20 years of a life sentence for the this murder other than to watch her two other bodies taken from makeshift hood causes. the agency. murder of Stephen Sladowski. a die," said Monmouth County Prosecutor graves in Monmouth County, and vowed The bi-partisan nature of the award The county provided approximately Bayonne city prosecutor. Authorities Alexander Lehrer. to seek murder indictments and the was demonstrated when Rap. James J. $40,000 annually for community educa- said Biegenwald, then 18, walked into On Thursday, Lehrer said he will death penalty for Biegenwald. of Asbury Howard, D-N.J., and Assemblywoman tion programs, including sex education Sladowski's delicatessen, announced a seek a murder indictment against Park, who is being held at Trenton State Marie S. Muhler, R-Monmouth, the two for community, civic, and social or- stickup and then shot Sladowski after he Biegenwald for the death of Maria Prison candidates who squared off in the last ganizations, for eight consecutive years turned over the cash register receipts. Ciallella, 17. of Brick Township, missing The woman's body unearthed from a 3rd District congressional race, were up to 1981 Now, Biegenwald is implicted in five since Halloween 1981. Her dismembered shallow grave in Tinton Falls on April 15 both called to the podium to bask in the Kramer also was the only freeholder RICHARD BIEGENWALD killings body was one of two corpses unearthed See Accused, page A3 outpouring of appreciation. who voted against the $99.2 million Pamela Martin, chairwoman of the budget for 1983. agency's information and education i think the award should go to all of committee, said the awards were you who have worked so hard," Kramer created because "verbally thanking Rains wash away yet another weekend told the Planned Parenthood board them was not enough. The people who members, volunteers and financial sup- And for the eighth straight'weekend the Eastern seaboard toward New Eng- March 1. said weather service fore- have been extra good to us deserved A rainy and thunderous day con- porters. across the state, rain put a damper on land, bringing with it fog and some caster Harry Woodworlh something more." cluded with a shroud of misty fog Later in the evening, Kramer said. blanketing the county — ending the golfers, newlyweds and other New Jer- thundershowers. That total already surpasses the re- And no one was more appreciated "I'm kind of embarrassed. I don't think eighth consecutive weekend of rain for sey residents in what has become the The storm added to the 20 61 inches cord of 1902 inches ol rain that fell than Democratic Freeholder Ray that simple vote required honoring me Monmouth County residents. wettest spring on record of rain that had previously fallen at during the entire spring season of 1981. Kramer, who received a lengthy stand- with a plaque." However, he added, Several Bayshore municipalities re- Flash flood warnings were issued as Newark International Airport since See Eighth, page A3 ing ovation from the 200 Planned Pa- "I'm pleased. I'm glad to be accepted." ported flooding as rain collected on the roadways turned into puddles in many renthood supporters who gathered for Bat Leilam Kramer, who also at- already sodden ground places and streams and rivers crested, nA *\ r\ f\ +\\t the annual meeting at the Channel Club.