Arts Center Drug Problem Report Denied SEE STORY PAGE 5 Clearing, Warm Clearing and warm today. THEDAILY FINAL Fair and cooler tonight. Sun- Bed Bunk, Freehold ny and pleasant tomorrow. ~jT Long Branch EDITION (Bet DeUlli. Put* 31 J Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 40 RED BANK, N. J., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1970 24 PAGES TEN CENTS Report Giles Signal School Shift Plan ByBENVANVLIET While not officially sanc- the signal school with the Monmouth's Save Our Signal $61 million during the past 10 report indicates that the re- Telegrams protesting the Commission has in fact rec- WASHINGTON - A publi- tioned bythe Army, the news- Southeastern Signal School at School Association firing off a years for improvements at port already has been com- reported move were sent ommended that the school be cation on military affairs has paper is generally regarded Ft.: Gordon has been advo- series of telegrams to state the Georgia base, while hav- pleted' and in effect recom- shortly before midnight last 'shifted to Georgia. reported that the Army will as a quasi-official publication ' cated by several Army study and federal officials. ing spent only $4 million dur- mends the school's transfer. night to Mr. Howard, Gov, The signal school at Ft. recommend after the Novem- often reflecting Army policy. groups, but "political pressur- It also brought a denial ing the same period at Ft. Mr. Howard said early to- William T. Cahill, and U.S. Monmouth has a staff, facul- ber elections the transfer of Advice Studied es have kept the move from • from Hep. James J. Howard, Monmouth. day that he is certain that the Senators Clifford P. Case, R- ty, and student body of 9,000, its signal school from Ft. The paper reports that "the being made." D-N. J., who said the Gen. Boatwright's Commis- Boatwright Commission re- N.J., and Harrison A. Wil- who are involved in 70 sepa- Monmouth, N.J, to Ft. Gor- Army staff is now studying "The action," the paper re- Boatwright study has not yet sion was at Ft. Monmouth port isn't ready and won't be liams, D-N.J., by Paul Welch, rate courses. don, Ga. recommendations from a ported, "will not affect Ft. been completed. early in March to begin an until "around the first of the president of the "Sove Our The story appears in group headed by Maj. Gen. , Dix, N. J., the only Army bas- . Rumors of the transferral evaluation of the possible year." Signal School Association." Mr. Welch said more than Wednesday's edition of the Lin ton Boatwright to move ic training center in the of the signal school have been move of the signal school. "I was informed a short Protest Wanted $50 million worth of training Army Times, a Washington both the signal school at Ft. • northeastern parts of the U.S. heard for more than 15 years, At that time Army spokes- while ago," Mr. Howard said, Mr. Welch, said the associ- equipment is employed and based newspaper, published Monmouth, N.J., and the The announcement won't be but they reached a new high men said that the commission "that the report has been put ation wants the official!, to half of this was installed dur- by a civilian company for chaplain's school at Ft. Ham- made until after the Novem- earlier this year when it was report wouldn't be ready until back and won't be ready until protest vigorously against the ing the past five years. Army personnel and civilian ilton, N.Y., to Ft. Gordon, ber election." 'learned that Ft. Gordon not October for review by Secre- January or December. I'm move of the school, and,to de- The school's annuaj payroll, employes of military in- Ga," | The paper's story set off only has room for the school, tary of Defense Melvin Laird. sure no recommendations mand that the Army Confirm including both civilian arid stallations. It added that the merger of immediate reaction with Ft. but that the Army has spent However, the Army Times have been made." or deny that the Boatwright (See Signal, Page 2) Hazlet Mother Charged in Death By BOB BRAMLEY and NANCY J. KUBINSKI Dr. C. Malcolm B. Gilrhan, county medical examiner, 0. John Reed, township welfare director. The older boy is . HAZLET—A young mother of four children was charged * said death resulted from hemorrhage, but added, "That's a student in the Sycamore Ave. school. last night with .homicide in the. death of her -orie-yeaSold all I can tell you now!" Mrs. Selph, taken from headquarters to a waiting car daughter, whose battered body was found! in their' trailer Police Lt. Roy Hilton elaborated later, saying, "Death for'fte trip to Freehold, was silent and stared straight ahead, hjoier,by first aidmen. , ...--•''.• was caused by a hemorrhage of the brain. The child had oblivious to news photographers' flashbulbs exploding in her •':' Police Chief William J. Smith said'Mildred Selph, 25, multiple bruises over her head and body." face. <rf,.ttie Hazlet Trailer Park, 1762 Rt. 36, was lodged overnight the couple, married six years, have three other chil- 'DIDN'T DO NOTHING' in.the Monmouth County Jail without bail pending arraign- dren, including William, 11, Mrs. Selph's son by a previous Mrs. Selph, a slender brunette, walked quickly to the ment today before Judge Harold Halpern on a charge of marriage; Robert 3, and Katie, three months. car, while her husband, dressed in a dirty teeshirt and' black homicide. trousers, attempted to cover his head with handcuffed hands Police reported the youngest girl is a patient in River- Her husband, John Selph, 36, a driver for a Woodbridge as he rushed for the police car. trucking firm, was charged with child neglect and also view Hospital, but would not comment on her ailment other ' "I didn't do nothing," he complained. lodged overnight without/bail. than to state it -was unrelated to the alleged crime. Lt. Holmes J. Gormerly, who with Detective John J. ..The couple was arrested in their trailer shortly after 9 IN SERIOUS CONDITION Fettierston coordinated the investigation, said police will p.m., seven hours after police headquarters received a call Hospital officials reported the child in serious condition inspect the couple's home with health officers today, but from Mrs. Selph saying her daughter Cherie Anne "had in the pediatrics ward. Her physician, Dr. John A. Tilly of would not comment on what he hoped to find. The Selphs passed out." Red Bank,: said "tests are being run on the child because have lived in the township for two years. The Hazlet First Aid Squad rushed the child to River- we don't know what's wrong," but added there appeared to Assisting in the probe were Detectives Bruce Kerri- view Hospital, Red Bank, where she was pronounced dead be no evidence of a beating. gani Robert Freedman and Charles O'Connor of the county on arrival. The couple's two sons were placed in a private home by prosecutor's office. ————Federa- — • *. • • • -... .. l » Reserve... .^ FDI...... C... i..._,n. * Accord By JANE FODERARO — when the Eatontown ac- acted quickly and strongly. flying to Washington to meet» The approach of the FDIC WASHINGTON - Two fed- count in the reserve was re- They feared the- move would with officials of the FDIC, the ; since it took .over the Eaton- eral agencies yesterday ham- portedly overdrawn by ?3 mil- create one of trie most com- Fed and the Treasury Depart- • - town'bank has been both hu- mered out an agreement to lion or more. (The closed plicated'situations in the his- ment. Top-level meetings con- ' man 4md positive. The corpo- head off a banking snarl bank did not reimburse the tory of banking, : affecting tinued through.the week' ' ration acted swiftly to pay stemming from the insolvency Fed for the three-day i eriod.) banks throughout the state as Conditionsof the final "un- back depositors and to allay of the Eatontown, N. J., Na- The canceled checks were re- well as their depositors. derstanding" will not be any fears concerning their ac- tional Bank before it was turned to Eatontown custom- In effect, the charges would made public. However, au- counts. closed on Aug. 8. ers a week after the bank have reverted to banks where thoritative sources said that Thus far, the FDIC has paid 1 A spokesman for the Feder- failed, when the FDIC closed the Eatontown checks were the Fed will probably deal more than $8.6 million to de- al Deposit Insurance Corp re- out accounts and made insur- deposited. Then those banks directly with the FDIC by fil- positors of the defunct bank. ported that "the FDIC has- ance payments up to $20,000. could have passed them on to ing claims rather than charge Nearly. 6,000 of the bank's 9,- worked out an understanding Early this week, while the their own despoitors who, os- back on the checks. 120 depositors have picked up - with the Federal Reserve" re- FDIC continued its pay-back, tensibly, would have sought An FDIC spokesman said their checks. garding a specific batel1 of it was reported that the Fed- payment from Eatontown cus- yesterday: "With regard to Wayne Ness, supervising Checks drawn on the bank eral Reserve independently tomers. Incredibly, Eaton- the general public, most claim agent, said that the "and 'bleared through the re- was executing a massive town customers could produce people will be taken.care of. bank, which has been open Serve system.