Distribution Re& Bank Area f 27,000 •aaaMy cooL la mid H^ tomor- row. Sunday* outlook, fair aad Copyright—The Red Bank Register, Inc., 1966. DIAL 741-0010 eooL MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 88 YEARS 7c PER COPY VOL. 88. NO. 103 Ss FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1966 PAGE ONE Says He Was Harassed Into Signing Documents Leg, Vet Charges Poor Medical Care By WILLIAM J. ZAORSKI and CHARLES A. JOHNSTON He has had no reply from the White House, though prom- Gone are his high school dreams of becoming a golf pro. He said the chief orthopedic surgeon at Clark overruled .ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS — A 20-year-old youth who has ises of investigation have come from others. He had toured local courses in the high 70s before entering ser- surgery there because he was only a transient patient and losta leg from fighting in Viet Natn has protested to President THREE INVESTIGATE vice, but tiiat was long ago as he looks back, now. tliis, he declares, "was wrong, really wrong. The cast was -Johnson that he-got poormodMalcaw^^ _.JU_,vSe^ro(Qlifj^_R>5ase and Harrison A. WSlKams Jr. , It was Oct. 13, 1965, he said, when, while directing six black, the pain intense." Ing paper? and is offered Inadequate compensation. aiuf "Rep. James 5."HowatdroTN^"Jeii^7*_SoW*"6T"ffie"case " "' 'rnen"~in"" a''itnrte&m "during"*- sea-rch and-destroy mission,.,he... ...,. On Oc4:-,20vlews,flown,.tn.,G€grge Air _Force,B as?,, Calif,..,, NeverfteJesf, gays Sp5 Carl E. Bennett, who served with and ate investigating. Spokesmen said yesterday they expect was wounded by Viet Cong gunfire in an ambush attack as he on Oct. 22, to a Michigan hospital, and the following day to the U.S. Amy's Wist Aiitorne Division, he would go back to reports soon. aided a medic who had been hit by shrapnel. Fort Dix where he was admitted to Walson Hospital. - Viet Nam if he eoul____: SpS Bennett had his right leg amputated five inches below The specialist has only high praise for medics who treated "My leg had swollen and the pain was so unbearable & ' The young vet,' now a patient at the Veterans~Admliflstra- theTtheeTrForTDIxirrAugustrlO^nonths^teirhe was wounded him andairliiftedJiini-fift:theJteld._J___undgrwent_thejjrstj|_ edic-had-slit-thecast to- relieve the-pressure.—The-smell-was— tioh Hospital, East Orange, has appealed to Disabled American in combat. He contends the care he didn't get between the what was to be a series of operations in a field hospital about worse thai* rotten eggs. Veterans Chapter 74, here, for help, and has given it his power battlefield and Font Dlx made saving the leg impossible. 75 minutes after he was hit. "I was put in a room by myself. No one else could tolerate .e< attorney. ' , • The adjutant general's office at Fort Dix said it is also TROUBLES IN EARNEST the odor." 1 '*r (appeal) to you personally , Mr. Johnson," he wrote, Investigating.-^,. '-' Then, he says, his troubles began in earnest. It was five After eight operations over many months, when surgeons "because you are my comrpander-in-chief. Sp5 Bennett is the son of Carl H. Bennett, 106 Center Ave., days later, when he was transported to Clark Air Force Base apparently attempted to save the shriveled limb, it was , "H you cajmot get the job done to corrept such abuses Atlantic Highlands, a construction supervisor, and Mrs. Bennett, Hospital in the Philippines, his cast now turned blue and amputated Aug. 2. ... then allk lost," and attended Middletown Township High School. creating a strong stench. (See VET, Page .) W.S. Ships Blast Red Vessels SAIGON (AP) — V. S. wav, John R. Craig and Hamner fired a series of explosions in a U.S. top leaders last night, and further rail lines. Aerial reconnaissance Only light ground contact was (hips bombarded -cargo, vessels more than 250 rounds of five-inch ammunition dump near Saigon, changes were thought likely. photographs indicated the Com-reported in Operation Attleboro, along a 10-mile stretch of North shells at supply craft both on thebut a U.S. military spokesman For the seventh day in a row,munists were putting a major ef- but U.S. headquarters announced Viet Nam today in a renewal of beach and in the water. said damage was light and there monsoon rains and generally fort into repairing their supply that the number of enemy killed the 7th fleet's new campaign to The U.S. command reported were no casualties. - poor weather cut heavily into lines. so far in the month-old operation cut the seaborne flow of Com- only small and scattered ground On the political front, Premier U.S. air strikes yesterday against Guam-based B52 bombers passed the 1,000 mark. munist supplies to the south. action In South Viet Nam, while Nguyen Cao Ky announced six North Viet Nam. U.S. pilots flew struck today in Tay Ninh prov- The U.S. force in Tay Ninh re- The Navy reported 42 cargo Vietnamese headquarters report- changes in .the civilian cabinet in only 52 missions, about one third ince for the ninth consecutive ported killing about 20 more Viet boats destroyed or damaged in ed a series of Viet Cong harass- an effort to end the eight-week- the average during good day in support of Operation At- Cong by air strikes and small th« bombardment by two destroy- ing attacks with mortars and old dispute between southern cab- weather. tleboro, the 30,000-man hunt by ground clashes. This raised to 1,- ers ranging 20 to 30 miles north mines that ranged from, one end inet ministers and northerners U.S. military sources said the U.S. ground forces to flush the 009 the total enemy officially re- of , the demilitarized zone be- of the country to the other. dominating the ruling military North Vietnamese are taking ad- Viet Cong out of a major strong- ported killed since the operation tween North and South Viet Nam. One mortar and sabotage at- Junta. Reports of friction persist- vantage of the foul weather to hold 60 miles northwest of Sai- started Oct. 15. Tha Navy said the destroyers tack set oft a four-hour fire and ed after a stormy meeting of rush repairs of roads, bridges and gon. : .••'•-• (See VIET NAM, Page 2) LJBFsPal: Tapioca WASHINGTON (AP) - President Johnson may turn out Tentative Approval Given to be the best friend a tapioca pudding ever bad. He can't say enough for the stuff. ' Take last night. He looked at the big, fancy cake turned out by the 'Whits' House chef for the 32nd anniversary of Johnson's marriage to Lady Bird. "It is pretty," he said, "but I think I will have to have Red Bank Library Grant DISABLED VETERAN — Sp5 Carl E. Bennett of the tapioca." , ' IOlst Airborne' Division, second from, right, told Presi- RED BANK — A $50,000 feder- struction bids can be solicited. level, which will be added to the The main level will consist of It was that way all day at Bethesda Naval Hospital. dent Johnson that he war "disappointed by the treat- In his hospital suite, the convalescent President told re- al grant for the proposed library The board hopes to seek bids rear of the existing basement, a large' open stack and reading porters he couldn't remember his menu—but "I know I had addition has received tentative before the end of the year and housing a children's room of area of about 72 by 73 feet. Both ment" he received after losing a leg from a wound sus- tapioca." . approval in Trenton. break ground in the spring, she about 45 by 41 feet, and story it and the children's rooms be- tained in Viet Nam, Nearest him are) his parents, Mr. .The windfall is contingent only said. hour and meeting room of about low it will have windowless sides And off.ht went: "Tapioca has less calories than any 21 by 42 feet, a foyer, rest and Mrs. Carl Hv Bennett of 104 Center Ave., Atlantic , other dass*rt that you get and it has great advantages when upon Borough Council's appropri Needs Certification, and a glass wall facing the river. ation of its share of the total es' The news from Trenton came rooms, the children's librarian'a The addition: will be of concreb Highlands, and left, hit brother Sp4 Randolph Bennett. f office, an equipment' rottin arid, He said R is easy to make, filling, satisfying and low on timated cost oil- WJS.OOOi ' ~ fe a letter from' Roger H« lylc- block construction., Another brother, Richard Bennett, I* tarving with the Donough, dlrector.of the Division a technical "work room" for the The addition will be wider thai calories. " - ...^-'•-.-'•' • .•: •• . • • .. , The Library,Board last night Air Force.' : By Johnson's account, a. heaping cup of tapioca has 169 made its torniki request to the of the State Library, Department stiff,: • • •.-' ••• • (See LIBRARY, Page 2) • calories; a servuig'of ice cream has 200 to 250. governing body for the appropri- of Education, through which the ':'•:': At Ws anniversary party, Johnson sent fora dish of ation, i and put its stamp of ap- federal grant must filter. He leftovtr tapioca, and fed spoonfuls to reporters, pointing out proval on the plans, both by una said his department must have By Monmouth Tax Board the calorie count. ' : . ' nimous votes. the borough's certification that He said Zephyr Wright, the family cook, makes tapioca" it can pay its share before April Board President Mrs.