The Daily Register VOL.98 NQ.153 SHREWSBURY, N. J. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1976 15 CENTS Gumbs to quit county post to become judge By SHERRY CONOHAN rout• e_ AtK o1L _th e* chamber'1 t _ 4 Ad sft— JHift h.*. AM become_ _ >>AlnB s»*..#*» * KMlliikan* activ/1'iniHe I contendelit Bj •• f * Ir I MA tiff cancI,' hill e lo Mr. Gumbs. who annual congressional dinner for thevacancy. worked his way through law WASHINGTON - Mon here. Among others rumored lo school at Lincoln I'niversity mouth County Freeholder Di- The resignation of Mr be possible contenders for the Law School in Missouri and rector Philip N. Gumbs yes Gumbs, a Democrat, from the vacant seat include a woman. only passed the New Jersey- lerday said he intended to re- Board ol Freeholders should Councilwoman Jacqueline bar exam after many years of sign from the Board of Free not change Ihe balance of Holtz of Freehold. study to acquaint himself holdera to become a Work- power on the board which Whoever eventually is ap- with the laws of New Jersey men's Compensation judge presently is controlled by the pointed to succeed Mr and adapt his learning in Mis- souri to them Mr. Gumbs. who has been a Democrats by a 3 2 margin Gumbs will have to stand for election In November if they The persistence paid off freeholder since January 1174 According to Mr. Gumbs. and director of the board wish to remain on the board and Mr Gumbs. while deeply the board may appoint his after the end of the year committed to his work as a since January 1975. said he successor. But if the board, had decided to accept the of- when Mr. Gumbs three-year freeholder, said he has been DINNER FOR N.J. 6ELEGATI0N — Sen. Harrison A. Williams, D-N.J., which will be divided 2-2 polit- term expires. Their most like- finding It Increasingly diffi- fer of Gov. Brendan T Byrne ically after his resignation, and Paul F. Richardson, chairman of the New Jersey Chamber of Com- (o nominate him for the judg- ly oppoinent In the Republi- cult to devote as much lime merce, left, examine a drawing showing the members of the New Jersey cannot agree on Ihe person can column Is Benjamin H. to his law practice as he eshlp. He had been weighing that should be, It will then be congressional delegation In Washington last night. The drawing was the offer for the past week Danskin, the county Republi- would like because of Ihe presented to the delegation at the 38th annual congressional reception and up to Gov. Brendan T Byrne. can chairman. Ihe current county post. and a half. a Democrat, to appoint some- dinner. front-runner for the GOP "Being a freeholder really In accepting the Judgeshlp. one as his successor Mr. Gumbs explained that ap- nomination If he decides he cuts down on the time 1 could pointment as a Judge general- Most prominently men- wants it. spend on my law practice tioned as his potential succes- Mr. Gumbt' departure from The job takes a lot of lime." ly is regarded as the pinnacle Philip YGirnki for those In Ihe legal profes- sor at this time is Red Bank the board also leaves open he said. sion. Mayor Daniel O'Hern But the position of director. That Mr. Gumbs and his family Area gains cited Mr. O'Hern. a lawyer like Mr title most likely will fall lo live in Matawan Township Township Zoning Board of "Every lawyer would like to be a judge somewhere and Gumbs, has said he wants lo Freeholder Ray Kramer. Ihe where, until this past Jan I. Adjustment. I think if I have Ihe opportu- make sure that taking me mayor of Asbury Park. »ho he also had served as mayui It Is expected that it • ill br nity I should take II." he said post of freeholder would not now is deputy director of the He did not seek election again a month or so before Mr In an Interview aboard a spe- force him to give up certain board. after serving two terms in Ihe (jumns' appointment as a cial New Jersey Slate Cham- elements of his law practice The appointment to a judge- post. He also is a former judge is processed and be- in GonRail okay for ethics reasons before he ship has particular signifi- chairman of the Malawan comes effective. ber of Commerce train en- WASHINGTON (AP) - plan scheduled signed into is designed to assure continu- Sen Harrison A. Williams Jr. law yesterday by President ance of commuter service on said yesterday that 80.000 Ford. bankrupt railroads in the New Jersey commuters will The New Jersey Democrat Northeast and Midwest. The be among the biggest benefi- said that among key provi- bankrupt lines are being Concorde not coming here ciaries of the new railroad sions of the bill is one which reorganized under the new Consolidated Rail Corp. B) JIM OSTROFF "The possibility of a Con- Florida, New Orleans, and said, "747, DC 10 or SST, Us al Society, an environmental "This legislation is a sound corde SST gelling into a hold- the Caribbean still the same ball game." group based in Sandy Hook. and carefully developed plan Although 20 or so airplanes ing pattern over New Jersey These airplanes, which are Despite assurances lhal Ihe says his main objections per- which should facilitate estab- fly over the New Jersey shore is pretty remote." said Frank now predomlnenlly of the Concorde will not be a factor tain to what he sees "as a Byrne acting lishment of ConRail. with area every hour on a typical Puglisi, the regional public in- wide-body, 747 and DC 10 va- in this area, local environ- gross misuse of fuel." minimum disruption lo exist- day, the supersonic British- formation officer for the riety, Mr. Puglisi said, ap- mentalists say they continue "I feel that this plane is ing, essential raif service." French Concorde will "most FAA. proach the Jamaica-based to oppose the SST. but for about the most inefficient Williams said In a statement likely never even approach" Mr. Puglisi explained that airport In a path thai brings reasons far afield from their way to move people that has like candidate He said there Is no doubt this area, according lo an of- this situation can be attribut- them over the Sandy Hook re- main interests ever been invented by man." that some of the biggest bene- ficial with the Federal Avia- ed to the final destination of gion. However, even if an SST "1 have vehemently op- he said, explaining lhal this By SHERJtV CONOHAN lidaries will be rail commu- tion Administration. European-based planes did fly this route, he said he posed this plane and will con- aircraft, which cruises ai ters in New Jersey This fact became known "Generally, when planes foresees "no problem ' tinue to do so." said Dirk Van about 1.350 m.p h . consumes WASHINGTON — Gov. Brendan T. Byme sounded more Williams said 80.000 New one day after Secretary of come In from Europe they "The Concorde is just an- Nest, a member of the Little more fuel per person earned than a little like the candidate last night at the New Jersey Jersey commuters now use Transportation William T. come in directly over Long other airplane. When it ap- Sliver Environmental than any other plane. State Chamber of Commerce congressional dinner and many rail service provided by lines Coleman Jr. ruled lhat an Island and never gel any- proaches Kennedy airport it Commission, it seems ridi- "I'm not impressed by ihe of those who heard him felt he already has begun his cam- that will become part of Con Anglo-French company could where near New Jersey." ^rnust reduce its speed to the culous lo me. " he added. arguments," he said, lhal we paign for reelection. Rail operate these supersonic He added that most' of Ihe same velocity as any other "that our government firsl must get to Europe so fast The governor was one of four brief speakers at the cham- "Without the provisions of transports (SSTs) out of John air traffic over the Jersey- plane," he said, noting lhat saw fit not lo support our own when so much needs to be ber's 38th annual congressional dinner which highlighted an this legislation, the status of F. Kennedy International Air- shore area — which is as high most planes enter Ihe ap- SST program and then turns done with our own natural re- otherwise Informal evening of hobnobbing by New Jersey that service after Ihe lines port in New York, and Wash as 20 planes per hour during proach pattern at about 300 around and supports someone sources. businessmen, state officials and legislators with the state's are taken over by ConRail In lngton'a Dulles International peak travel periods — can be m ph. else's." congressional delegation in which politics vied with economics Mr. Bennett, who described April would be very much in Airport, In Virginia, on a It- attributed to flights into Ken- "There's no difference just as the foremost topic of conservation. D.W.Bennett, executive di- the goals of his society as the doubt," Williams said month trial basis. nedy Airport from areas like because this is an SST." he rector of the American Littor- See Concorde, page 2 In his brief remarks to the approximately 1,150 guests as- sembled In the ballroom of the Sheraton-Park Hotel, Gov.