RBRHS Board to Study Student Protest Meat Boycott Effects
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RBRHS Board to Study Student Protest SEE STORY PACE 2 The Weather FINAL Occasional showers today THEdMLY and tonight, high today around 6ft? Mostly cloudy to- Reef Bank, Freehold EDITION morrow, high about ,60. Long Branch 7 30 PACKS Monmoutli County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL.95 NO. 191 RED BANK, N.J. MONDAY, APRIL2,1973 . ' TEN CENTS iiimiiUHUinuiuiiiHiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiitiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim miiiiimiinii luiiiiiiimmiiiiiiii imiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiinwn Meat Boycott Effects Beginning to Show By The Associated Press President Nixon announced restaurants doing a booming boycott with vow.s to spend budgets and menus all over from midwest slaughtering to inform him of its protest. can live with." last Thursday night that a business. the week meatless but with the state to join the protest or firms. A spokesman said, "It" The Foodarama chain in Spaghetti, macaroni, chick- ceiling on the price of all beef, "Right now we've got a few supermarkets open, they meet its side effects. Many food store chains of- seems to us that the adminis- Monmouth, County set up rfc en and seafood topped the pork, and lamb was to go into waiting line of 20 minutes, and had to wait to put their prom- Individual families changed fered to lend a hand to the tration's recent decision to ceptacles in each store to Sunday dinner menus fon" effect today. But leaders of I've seen a lot of steaks going ises into action. their menus, with eggs and boycott. place a ceiling on beef, lamb gather cash register tapes to thousands of*Americans on ' consumer groups said the boy- by," said Frieda Marianos, The week-long protest over peanut butter plentiful to King's Super Markets Inc., and pork prices is an be sent to the White House as the -epening day of a week- cott would be held anyway be- service manager at a Chicago high meat prices made its make up for the lost proteins in Bergen, Essex and Union enormous blow to consumers a protest. long meat boycott protesting cause the ceiling would not be restaurant where the best presence felt, however, at supplied by meat. Counties, said it wouldn't sell and supermarkets every- effective. One woman said meat was high prices. steak costs J7.50. several supermarkets. Stores ordered less meat for any meat today. It planned to where. Placing a ceiling on banned from her family's them only serves to keep - Most meat markets were Although some New York A random sampling of Det- At the Hillside Pathmark, the butcher blocks, schools post signs saying, "We're menus for the week. closed yesterday, so it was. restaurants reported patrons roit area supermarkets Joseph Zamorski, the Sunday and other institutions substi- sending a message to Wash- them where they are. We wish hard to judge whether house- asking for more meatless showed customers in large managerr-said, "purchases tuted foods, to avQid over- ington and we hope you'll do to urge the administration to She said she was planning wives were crossing beef, dishes than usual, a spot numbers were avoiding meat aren't there like they usually stocking if students took part the same." set the highest priority on a to serve chicken, fish and lamb and pork off their shop- check of restaurants in tttt ' counters. are." in the boycott, and wholesale The chain said it would send timetable to bring meat prices eggs, and "we didn't buy it ping lists. Chicago area showed most New Jerseyites met the meat Adjustments were made in meat dealers cut their orders a telegram to President Nixon back to a level the country this week." Strike Is On, PATH Riders On Their Own By The Associated Press A PATH spokesman said Some 145,000 commuters the final offer made to the were left to fend for them- union met Stowe's recommen- selves today as the strike by dations but that the union de- employes of the Port Author- manded increases in pay and ity Trans Hudson (PATH) line fringe benefits totalling 45 per moved into its first weekday. cent. Meanwhile, an air of pes- But Salvatore Raia, general simism surrounded the prin- '"phairman of Lodge 1330 of the ciples in the dispute following^uRC, said the union was seek- a breakdown in negotiationsx ing an 18.5 per cent pay hike on Saturday. \over a two-year period. PATH APWIrtftnt* . "There are absolutely no had offered an 18 per cent FREED AT LAST — Army Capt. Robert T. White , meetings scheduled," a PATH wage boost over a 31-month of Newport News, Va., in hospital robe at left, is / spokesman said yesterday. period, he said. greeted by Lt. Gen. William Moore Jr., home- "We don't have any indication There were no. indications coming operations director, upon White's arrival how long the strike will last. that President Nixon planned in Philippines from Saigon yesterday. White, 33, ONCE.A MOTEL — All that remains of a small at least two guests at the motel were killed. The Both sides are still quite a to order the carmen back to the last known American POW in Vietnam, was motel at Calhoun Falls, S.C., is the block founda- damaged cars of-the motel guests remain parked ways apart on benefits and work. Three months ago, a released by the Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta, tion after a tornado hit the area. Authorities said in front of where their rooms once were. wages." similar strike threat by the south of Saigon. David Stowe, chairman of carmen dissolved after the the National Mediation Board President ordered the men to and supervisor of the talks, remain on the job for 90 days returned to Washington yes- to allow negotiations to con- Twisters Kill 8 in South; terday to discuss the situation tinue. Last American with federal officials. Commuters were expected Stowe's last recommenda- to rely heavily on emergency tion called for a 14.5 per cent transportation arteries estab- pay hike for members of the lished by other carriers to POW Is Freed cores Hurt, Loss Severe AFL-CIO Brotherhood of handle the increased demand. By The Associated Press 1969 as satisfactory, but said Railway Carmen over a two- Among the carriers providing he was being treated for a ie Associated Press At least one Fairfax shop- $100 million. He said an esti- as tornadoes touched down in year period. extra service Were Transport In the Philippines, the last slight case of malaria. ping center was damaged mated 5,000 persons were left Monroe and Athens. There were discrepancies of New Jersey, Penn Central known American prisoner of Tornadoes killed at least heavily, and the nearby W.T. homeless in the state and 250 between public statements and the Central Railroad of Meanwhile, the weather ap- war was suffering from a The 32-year-old Newport eight persons in South Caro- Woodson High School was were injured. Some 1,000 made yesterday by represen- New Jersey. slight case of malaria today News, Va., pilot had been ex- lina and Georgia over the damaged -to the extent that homes were damaged, he peared about to deal another tatives^ the PATH line and The PATH tubes link Hobo- blow to Southern states as that may delay his return pected to fly home Wednesday weekend, while a twister tore classes were called .off for said. the carmen's union over the ken, Jersey City and Newark home to home soil by a day. for a reunion with his wifei apart a shopping center and today. major, flooding was devel- stalemated contract negotia- with midtown and lower Man- • Carter surveyed the strick- oping on five North Carolina In California, a recently Judith, but doctors said his re- injured several dozen persons About 75 teen-agers playing tions. hattan. freed POW, Air Force Lt Col. turn home might be delayed near Washington, D.C., yes- basketball at the school suc- en area from a helicopter yes- rivers. The Pec Dee River at terday and said he planned to Cheraw, S.C., was expected to Louis H. Bernasconi, gathered until Thursday. terday. cessfully dodged flying glass his mother and 14-year-old and falling building materials seek emergency federal assis- crest at about 15 feet over r The National Weather Ser- daughter into his arms and Four C141 StarLifter hospi- when the tornado smashed tance. He said the storm was flood stage last night. vice reported flooding in wide- Thieu: J Came wept for joy yesterday as the tal jets left Clark yesterday windows and ripped off part the worst natural disaster the spread areas of the nation, in- crowd cheered thunderously for the United States. Fifteen of the roof. state has suffered in terms of The forecast office in Co- cluding "a serious flood situ- financial loss. and sang "God Bless Amer- Americans and a Canadian ation", after heavy rains in At one point yesterday, tor- lumbia, S.C., said the Yadkin- To Say Thanks' ica." missionary were taken to Missouri and Illinois. nado watches were issued for The tornadoes struck with Pee Dee River in North and In Massachusetts, freed Travis Air Force Base, Calif.; The tornadoes in South parts of Florida, Virginia, capricious aim. One family's South Carolina was rising SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. House. POW Air Force Maj. Fer- 16 POWs went to Andrews Carolina and Georgia SStur- Maryland, Delaware, Penn- mobile home was overturned with the heaviest flooding in (AP) — President Nixon is ex- Although U.S. officials olten nando Alexander told a wel- AFB. Md.; 17 were taken to day left hundreds injured and sylvania and New Jersey.