Moon Mission Approaches Finale by HOWARD BENEDICT Getting Ready to Eat Break- Journey Neared an End, Con- Ers Sent This Message to Rear They Also Demonstrated on
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Tri-Town Regionalization Ballot Tomorrow SEE STORY BELOW Sunny and Cool THEDAIII FINAL Partly sunny and cool today. Clear, colder tonight. Sunny Red Bank, Freehold and cool tomorrow. Long Branch T EDITION (Bet Details, Fas, S] Monmonth County's Home Newspaper for 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 10S RED BANK, N. J., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1969 32 PAGES 10 CENTS IlillllUIUIllllilllllillBIB Moon Mission Approaches Finale By HOWARD BENEDICT getting ready to eat break- journey neared an end, Con- ers sent this message to Rear They also demonstrated on ,. get the transportation system "Concur," said Bean. SPACK CENTER, Houston fast," the capsule commander rad, Gordon and Bean held Adm. Donald C. Davis on the man's second visit to the worked out and then take the Conrad and Bean said they (AP) - Apollo 12's moon said. the world's first news confer- Hornet: "Dear Red Dog: Apol- moon that astronauts can necessary people," the Apollo slept fitfully in the cramped men neared the end of their "Very good," said Mission ence from space during a fi- lo 12 with three tail hookers land at a precise point on the , 12 commander said, "There's voyage of discovery today, Intrepid cabin on the moon. Control. "You ready for the nal telecast last night. aboard, expects to make PIM surface, valuable knowledge no doubt a geologist can do a Suit Too Short guiding their Yankee Clipper*, big day?" Answering questions pre- (Point of Intended Movement) for future Apollo crews who better job than I can." toward a blazing dash* Conrad revealed that his "I don't know. What's hap- pared by newsmen, they re- as we have energy for only will fly into mountains and The capsule communicator, suit was sent back to the fac- through the atmosphere and pening?" Conrad said in mock ported it took gteat skill to' one pass. Signed, Pete, Dick craters. back to their home planet. astronaut Gerald Carr, re- tory to be refitted a week be- surprise. land ort the moon, rocks are and Al." Conrad told the televised layed reporters' questions in Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., fore the flight, and that it was Navy Is Waiting hard to identify because the Navy pilots on carrier land- news conference last night the unprecedented news con- too short when it came back. Richard F. Gordon Jr. and "Oh, we've got a nice little color changes in different sun ings are called tail hookers that it was no easy task to ference from 112,000 miles in Alan L. Bean were on a near section of the South Pacific angles, sleeping on the moon because of the arresting gear land Intrepid on the moon. "I didn't want to take my space. suit off, and in my hammock perfect course that would reserved for you and we've was difficult and they'd on their aircraft. "It took every bit of know- slam them into the atmo- got most of the Navy stand- launch again in a thunder- The landing in warm Poly- The astronauts were asked I was very uncomfortable," ledge I had to get that baby • he said. "If the suit's sphere 76 miles above the Pa- ing by to pick you lip." storm — as they did Nov. 14 nesian waters climaxes a lu- down there in the right place. whether they would agree to cific Ocean at 24,600 miles an "Good," said Conrad with — if necessary. nar expedition which should launch again through a storm too short, it's too short. It was That was no piece of cake. about half an inch too short." hour. Splashdown was set for a chuckle and went on eating The astronauts hoped to vastly enrich man's knowl- That's my profession. And it like that which buffeted Cape 3:58 p.m. EST about 400 miles his last breakfast in space for match in the Pacific the pin- edge of the moon and-per- took everything I had to get Kennedy on Nov. 14. Static Gordon said he was so busy southwest of American Sa- this trip. point landing Conrad and haps his own earth and uni- that LM down in one piece. electricity created two bolts handling Yankee Clipper moa. They planned a short burst Bean achieved last Wednes- verse. I think we got some things of lightning that momentarily alone in lunar orbit that he knocked out some electrical The Apollo 12 crew slept of their jet Ministers at 12:44 day when the lunar module Coming home with Yankee to work out on that." didn't have time to get lonely power. soundly for 9% hours as their p.m. to zero in on the area Intrepid touched down only Clipper are 80 to 90 pounds of Answers Question during the 40 hours he was spacecraft sped closer to where the aircraft carrier 600 feet from an unmanned moon rock gathered by Con- The reply was in response "I'd go again," said Con- separated from Conrad and eartji early today with Con- Hornet waited. If they come Surveyor spacecraft that rad and Bean, film recording to a question on , whether rad. Bean. rad the first to awaken close, the landing will be tele- landed on the Ocean of nearly eight hours of moon- geologists should go to the "We made it this time. Why . "At the end of the day I around 5:30 a.m. EST. vised live. 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Salvage Sought N.Viet Buildup For Ethics Bill Eyed on Trail TRENTON (AP) - The prohibit in some cases law- SAIGON (AP) - Allied intelligence has detected an legislature reconvenes today yer-legislators from practic- increase in the movement of North Vietnamese war mate- and will attempt to salvage ing before state agencies. rials and troops along the Ho Chi Minn Trail. some sort of ethics bill de- Also on the agenda for to- Responding to the new enemy threat, the U. S. com- spite Gov. Richard J. day is a vote in the assem- mand has shifted a good part of its fighter-bomber raids Hughes' veto of their first at- bly on the recommendations from targets in South Vietnam to the infiltration corridors tempt, which he said was too of the Vieser salary commis- through eastern Laos. weak sion that would raise the gov- For the past five days the 150 planes of the Carriers Republican leaders in the ernor's salary from $35,000 Ranger and Hancock have been sent out to bomb and strafe Senate have scheduled a dis- to $50,000. The rest of the the trail network and to check on traffic moving from cussion of Hughes' condi- commission report, recom- North Vietnam .-south. tional veto on the conflicts mending salary increases for Informants said there always has been an increase in bill for the GOP caucus that most of the major state offi- North Vietnamese infiltration at this time of the year, precedes the regular session. ,cials, will come up for a dis- after the seasonal monsoon rains have ended and movement The outgoing Democratic cussion in the senate Repub- along the jungle trails is easier. governor vetoed the bill last lican caucus. MORE THAN CAMPAIGN Monday because, he said, it One informant said it appears the enemy command fell far short of placing tough The Assembly will also act is trying to prepare- "for something more pronounced than restrictions on the outside on a bill appropriating $10 a campaign marked by a series of 'highpoints'of activity," activities of lawmakers and, million for sewage system the pattern for the past year. other officials. At that point, control that represents the This could take the form of a sustained countrywide Republican leaders said they first part of the $271 million offensive, or the present strategy of cyclic "highpoints" thought any conflict bill was water pollution bond issue of activity could continue, informants said. dead for the session. approved by the voters Nov. 4. Meanwhile, the nightly Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Later in the week, how- shelling dropped to its lowest level in nearly three months. ever, they set the discussion The, senate • agenda is Only two rocket and mortar attacks were reported Sunday of the measure in an at- largely tentative, depending night. tempt, to assess feelings on on what clears the Republi- The U. S. and South Vietnamese commands reported the measure, whdeff would can caucus beforehand. BUILT IN 1900 — The Branch Avenue building of Red Bank High School was built at the turn of the century more than 100 enemy troops killed in scattered fighting when girls and boys used separate entrances, A referendum for a proposed regional high school tomorrow will yesterday.' Twenty-three Americans were reported wounded, while the South Vietnamese said their casualties were Senate Debate Set come before voters in Red Bank, Little Silver and Shrewsbury. "light." On Tax Exemptions Inadequate School Plant Is Undersea Nuclear WASHINGTON (AP) - Hoping to wrap up the tax re- form package by Christmas, the Senate will be debating during the next several weeks just how far it can go to Ban Is Seen Sure play Santa Claus for individual U.