Voters Oust Addonizio
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Supporters in Attack on Newsmen Clearing, Warn Becoming clear, wann today. FINAL Fair, mild tonight. Sunny, Red Bank, FreehoU f hot, humid tomorrow. Long Branch J EDITION Fl|i 3) Monmouth County's Home JVew»naper for 91 Years VOt. 92, NO. 249 RED BANK, N.' J., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1970 24 PAGES 10 CENTS Voters Oust Addonizio ByCARLZEITZ Addonizio supporters, although he carried three Newark, but we have no magic," Gibson said, NEWARK '(AP) - With a pledge to unite a Negro councilmen into office with him. "If we all worH on and on — right on as we racially divided city where the present mayor is Two Gibson councilmen ousted veteran Ne- say — we can change the quality of life. We must accused of corruption, Kenneth A. Gibson be- gro Councilmen Irvine Turner and Calvin West, begin to reconcile this community at this mo- - cotnes the first Negro mayor of a major north- who were aligned with Addonizio and who were ment." eastern city. indicted with him on federal extortion and con- That involves mending sores still festering .The election of the 38'year-old Gibson set off . spiracy charges. A third indicted councilman, from racial rioting that took 26 lives in 1967 and joyous celebration, in' Newark, where Negroes are Frank Addonizio, a distant cousin of the mayor, opened anew by statements during the campaign a majority of the population but a minority of also lost. since May 12, when Gibson outpolled Addonizio registered voters. Gibson appeared to run well in . Gibson workers attributed victory to a heavy but failed to win a majority. one key white section of the city. turnout of Negro voters and surprising strength After Gibson's victory, hundreds of Negroes BEAT ADDONIZIO in white areas. They cited two districts, one of . paraded up Newark's main street, normally them the home of.Addonizio, in which Gibson got deserted after dark. Some shouted "power to He beat Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio, 56, • a 45 votes in. the first election. This time he got the people" and waved clenched fists in a Black white former congressman who served eight 245, about 20 per cent of the vote. Power salute. years as mayor of New Jersey's largest city but In,some white districts, Gibson counted a TO FIRE SPINA was named this year on criminal charges, 54,892 quarter of the vote. Gibsoa said his first act would be to fire to 43,339. Both sides urged calm after a campaign with Police Director Dominick Spina, whose summa- Gibson said his theme would be "to set New- strong racial overtones. "Our problems are tion' of the election as " a question of black ark on the right road again." To do this, he said, great, but they are not insurmountable," a joint versus white" became a campaign issue. "Our national priorities must be reordered, our statement: said. "We can only meet them head • Negro personalities from across the country state tax structure must be revised and cities on, however, if we can learn to trust'each other — including Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte .must become as important as trips to the and work together.'" and the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy — cam- moon,,." • . Addonizio was greeted with/boos of his sup- paigned for Gibson, a native of Alabama who In Trenton, Arthur Holland,, who moved, Into , porters when he sought to congratulate Gibson. won tits engineering degree while working for the an integrated neighborhood during an earlier Earlier, shouting white youtps had overturned a city. term as mayor, beat Mayor Carmen Armenti to television camera after tele sion reports predict- ... Addonizio, a member of Fordhatn Univers- win a new term., John Davies, editor of the ed a Gibson victory. Polk i restored order. , . ity's famed "Seven Blocks of Granite" football Gallup Poll, was elected a councilman there. Addonizio warned Gil of "a massive job team and a war hero, served seven terms in When he takes office July 1, Gibson will face, ahead." congress before returning to Newark to become a Newark City Council dominated by whites and "We are prepared to face" challenges' of • mayor. Newsmen NEWARK (AP)—The elec- glassware at television cam- Gibson taking a. commanding youths to stop blocking a tele- son and racial problems In tion night headquarters of de- eras before Newark police lead, the crowd of about 1,-. vision camera, he was booed. Newark, shouted "Burn, ba- feated Mayor Hugh 3. Addo- and Essex County Sheriff's 000 persons shouted chants But he'drew cheers when -he by, burn" at the cameras. nilo, running for a third Deputies could dear the head- denouncing the news media. said that the mayor was Lasts 10 Minutes term, erupted in a brief but quarters at Thomm's Restau- . "NBC stinks, OBS stinks, "crucified by the newspa- . The disruption lasted about violent melee against news: rant. One television camera the Newark News stinks," the pers." ten minutes. After the cam- men last night when election belonging to NBC was crowd chanted rhythmically. Other Addonizio supporters, era was attacked, the police returns showed the mayor wrecked but no Injuries or When Councilman Frank J. bitter over national'attention began pushing Addonizio sup- losing. arrests were reported. Addonizio — a distant cousin given to the campaign of porters, along with the news- Youths threw chairs and When early returns showed 01 the mayor—pleaded with Mayor-elect Kenneth A. Gib- men they were attacking, to the exits. ' BLUE HUGH — Newark Mayor Hugh Addonizio offers a-study in dejection a* he Telephones were ripped walks toward a tad meeting wrrh his backers last night, to concede wjiat the polls away from- a special press had shown — that Kenneth.Gibson had won, to be&ome the first black mayor of table and other tables were a major northeastern city. : • (AP Wlrepjioto) overturned in the confusion. Sequestered Jury Unaware Just as the restaurant was cleared, the mayor arrived to offer a concession statement and the crowd pushed Us way back in. , Speaking from a crowded Of Addonizio's Vote Loss podium, the defeated candi- TRENTON CAP) - Hugh J. Addonizio, who has lost Killam, then president of Killam Associates, had decided to date congratulated Gibson on his case for re-election with the Voters of Newark, still submit a letter July IT, 1964, withdrawing from the con- a "splendid victory," but was (aces the judgment of the jury hearing the federal case tract after Joseph Biancone, one of the co-defendants, had drowned out by boos' and against him on extortion charges. .asked him for five per cent of the firm's city contract fee shouts from the audiences TRENTON (AP) — The co-chairmen of rendous." But he said he expected the The mayor lost to black engineer Kenneth A. Gibson in the hallway' outside Addonizio's office,' -•'• i Tells of Job the legislature's Joint Education Committee measure to encounter serious opposition. TELLS OF DECISION : predicted .serious difficulties for Gov. Wil- The two.men discussed, the chances.for by 11,000 votes. The jury, which has been sequestered He warned Gibson he had 1 since the trial began nearly two weeks ago, has been cut- Homaek said they decided to do this after the; incident "a massive job" as the fu- liam T. Cahill's highly controversial pro- the program at a news conference i follow- off from news that may affect their decision, and it is un- at the mayor's office because,. "We wanted to.get away ture mayor and said, "I stand posal to provide $0.5 million iii state aid for ing a public hearing in. which, witnesses aware, of the outcome of the election. from this job," ' , . ready to assist in a smooth private and parochial schools. for and against the proposal disagreed'over Yesterday, a government witness said under cross Homaek testified Monday that Biancone had asked transfer." Sen. William T. Hiering, R-Ocean, and everythingxfrom the. constitutionality, of the examination that he gave the Newark city council a dif- for the money for "a political campaign or a war chest." The mayor, appearing tired Assemblyman John H. Bwing, R-Somerset>' plan to the"! effect on public schools of paro- ferent reason in 1965 than the one he gave in court Monday Homaek also identified in court Biancone as the de- but remaining calm through- agreed after a hearing yesterday that it chial school- closings. • for his firm's decision to terminate work on a city sewer fendant who had once asked him for money at city hall. out his short speech, was ap- . would be "veryV very difficult to get the SIDES CLASH project. In his testimony Monday Homaek said he jand Killam plauded briefly by the crowd, bill through both houses." The measure is With' about 70 witnesses lined up to Peter Homaek, president of Killam Associates, admitted were introduced to the mayor by Biancone after Anthony including the police officers scheduled to. come up for legislative action testify; before the legislature's Joint Educa- in testimony yesterday that the city council was told only LaMorte, another defendant who is now director of the who, rushed in at the start of when "both houses return in September., tion Committee, backers and critics of the that the firm had too great a workload to handle the New- • Newark Housing Authority, in turn had introduced him to the disorder. '.'It's a matter of principle,"' said Hier- proposal contintfaUy clashed over constitu- ark Soutnside sewer interceptor project. Biancone. • Councilman Anthony Imper- ing. ".The amount of money, is small." He tional, moral, educational and financial is-' '.