On-Time Apollo Liftoff Is Hoped for Tomorrow
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unty Mourns Loss of SEE STORY BELOW Suimy, Cool ' Mostly sunny and cool today. THEMIS FINAL • Cloudy and colder tonight. ) Red Bank, Freehold 7*" Chance of snow tomorrow. ( ' hagg Branch J EDITION (hi BettUi, P«i« J> *• Monmouth County's Home Newspaper tor 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 98 » • • BED BA]k, N. J., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1969 40 PAGES TEN CENTS wiJiuimmiBHmntitiiuiraHinii'njnfliirisii urn jmiiiHuiniHreitin-iir' IUMIHN MiriNiULMiiiiiiDiii liJiin'mi iiiiniiM^ iiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiunii in nmnuui iiinii n IN i » im iiiiiiiiii » ••• mm i » iiini « » i • "•• • iiiuaiiiiiiHiiimwiiiiiiiHiiiisnuin ••• !••• i ••inmiimmiii On-Time Apollo Liftoff Is Hoped for Tomorrow By HAERY ROSENTHAL But the challenge was for- outer and inner walls. The Downey, Calif., to help with terday for more study of their CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. midable. leak was in the outer wall. the transplant. flight plan, Conrad was in a' (AP) — Specialists using part To get astronauts Charles The tank itself holds 28 Conrad said, "We were hap- mission directors' meeting. of another spacecraft raced Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gor- pounds of hydrogen, kept in a py they discovered the tank It was decided at the meet- today to restore Apollo 12 to don Jr. and Alan L. Bean liquid state by cooling to 423 problem, rather than us en- ing to forego the only other flight readiness for an on-time aloft imtime, crews had to re- degrees below zero. There countering it in flight where other launch opportunity this launch toward the moon to- move a leaking tank deep in are two such tanks for hydro- it could have caused an month — on Sunday — be- morrow morning. the spaceship's innards, re- gen and two for oxygen in a abort." cause the later start would Failure would mean post- place it with one taken from service compartment behind The second hydrogen fuel move the moon-landing point ponement of man's second Apollo 13, test it and reload the main cabin. tank on board would have 360 miles to the west. visit to the lunar surface un- it. Apollo 13 was in a han- "We're comfortable because have been enough for the mis- Officials said they didn't til mid-December. gar, being readied for launch we know our problem," Don- sion, Donnelly said, "but feel Conrad and Bean should "The launch team has all next March. nelly said. "The problem is we're always lifted off with try to land on the alternate the confidence in the world The tank, part of the fuel the tank. We. have to get it two tanks in the event wehad site because photographs cell system that produces the this type of problem in from Apollo 11 — the- moon- we will lift off at 11:22 a.m. out of there,and get a new 1 Friday," said Paul C. Don- ship's electricity, is built like tank in." The'space center flight. '' • landing flight in July — nelly, launch operations ma- •a thermos — with a vacuum had experts flown in from . While Gordon and Bean re- showed landmarks that were nager. acting as insulation between the manufacturer's plant in mained in crew quarters yes- unknown before. By JANE FODERARO The purpose of the article, according to the "It's nose was pointing in the air ready for EARLE — Earle Ammunition Depot has been editors, is. "to inform the public of the extent to take-off and fumes were coming out of the tail- named in a True magazine article,as a "classi- which nuclear weapons are concentrated in popu- pipe," one source, Arthur Hadley, an aide to fied" nuclear weapons site. : lous metropolitan areas, and to raise questions Gen. James M. Gavin, is quoted as saying. concerning the safety of such devices." '. The aide is reported to have theorized that SHE BLAZED THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE—The SS Manhattan, which spent more Interviewed last night, author Stuart Loory said, "the people at Earle will tell you themselves Mr. Loory said he ' tries to present a "a combination of radio signals from passing than two months traveling over 10,000 miles over the top of North Amefiea and they have the 'capability' to handle atomic wea- "balanced" view in his article. "I don't want police cars plus a tune played by a local disc back, 'is escorted by tugs as she steams up the Hudson River, yesterday, on her pons ... and that's all." to scare anyone," he said, "but neither do I jockey happened in one of those occurences of way to a berth at the foot of West 42nd Street in New York City, The voyage of "However," he continued, "other military want to down-play some of the implications." He statistical probability to combine into a signal that said he amassed unclassified material in order to fed into the electronic brain as a fire order." the 1,005-foot tanker demonstrated that a shipping route could be opened through sources have told me that, when they say they have the capability, they mean they (nuclear arrive at conclusions about "classified" sites. Mr. Loory says there are estimates of more tht Arctic to bring oil to the American east coast and Europe. [ AP Wireptioto) weapons) are there." . He writes: "For years, the Atomic Energy than 50 accidents involving nuclear devices, since Officials at Earle were not available for, com- Commission and the Defense Department have as- the end of World War II. However, he says, the ment, last night. • . V' ••••'•" .w •'• . sured iis that we need hot fear an accidental nu- Defense Atomic Support Agency reports 16 such vMr. Loory, who is White House'correspond- ' clear explosion. Atomic weapons, they have been mishaps. ent for the Los Angeles Times, researched his saying, are as safe as the corner gasoline station. Mr. I*qry was asked to comment on trans- story in Red Bank last summer. The article, ap- But, from time to time, gasoline stations ex- portation of nuclear weapons to and from Earle. "I don't know," he .said, "but it would be ques- pearing In the December issue of True, is;titled plode ..." "Is There an A-Bomb in Your Backyard?" INCIDENT CITED tionable if they are transported by rail." KEPT READY x. The author goes-ion to relate an incident in ' The question of shipping atomic weapons, ' 'The Earle depot is cited as one of about 100 Jackson Township on June 7, i960, when a Bomarc he said,, is not necessarily pertinent to the run- Hoped for by 1974 Installations in the United States where nuclear anti-aircraft missile "arnied with a nuclear war- ning dispute in Monmouth County over unguarded shipments of. explosives through Red Bank to weapons allegedly are "kept in readiness for at- head caught fire'and exploded.'. : By DORIS KULMAN federal Urban Mass Transit governor and legislature de- tacK, or are manufactured and stored." McGuire * Although the •warhead did not detonate, sources Earle. (The Central Railroad of New Jersey and LITTLE SILVER — The. Administration a few months i"rif> on a,new policy," he Air Force Base and a launching site in Jackson reported that the missile nearly launched itself Red Bank officials are currently negotiating pro- New York and Long Branch ago said it won't commit fed- said. , : Township also are included. , while, the crew was eating in the mess hall. (See Nuclear,: Pg. 2t Col. 5) Railroad will be electrified eral funds "except in cases Hitch in Plan all the way — from Bay Head of extreme emergency." A possible hitch in the plan to South Amhoy - by 1974 "What would be considered to electrify to Bay Head is "if all goes reasonably well," an extreme emergency if not the Manasquan River Bridge, state Assistant Transporta- this?" Middletown Commit- which would cost about $6 tion Commissioner Ronald teeman Edward Makely, million to replace. Mr. Ber- Berrnan told the Municipal MPSCC chairman asked. man said a report on the pos- Public Service Coordinating "The train service is inade- sibility of repairing the Committee last night. quate and the railroad is bridge should be completed next month. By BEN VAN VLIET was issued by West Long Mrs. Ann D. Flynn, who had ,nan said, "Monmouth County sustained, a great loss by his "If all goes reasonably bankrupt . ." Branch Mayor Henry Sha- worked closely with Mr. Wool- has lost an outstanding'pub- . passing," well" is state Transportation Electrification will upgrade Those who knew, loved, The electrification is ex- and respected Monmouth heen. Mr. Woolley had served ley as county GOP vice chair- lie official who has contribut- . j/mes Parkes, a former Department lingo which pected to cost about $80 mil-, speeds in many areas by 10 man, called him "a man with ed greatly in his lifetime to fre&older and friend pf Mr. translates into "if Uncle Sam County's "Mr. Republican" as borough clerk there .since lion. The federal government miles an hour and will cut 1928. a unique personality. There the general welfare of this Woolley's for 30 years, said, sends money." at least 25 minutes from the expressed, their sorrow yes- hopefully will pick up. tlfe bill terday at the passing of J. The Monmouth County Mu- was only one RUES Woolley great county of ours." ' "He was a. hard-working poli- Proceed Anyway for two4hirds the^cost, Mr. Bay Head-New York run and and he'll be missed by Re- tician and I feel proud that shorten the run from Red Russell Woolley. nicipal Clerk's Association an- , "Russ Woolley was a devot- If Uncle Saim doesn't prom- Berman said, and the 9tate nounced that it will sponsor publicans, Democrats and In- ed public servant," said Su- I was one of those who first ise the money, the state, will pay>lfte rest with reve- Bank approximately 15 min- Political friends • and foes dependents alike." appointed him to the Board utes, Mr.; Berman said.