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Bayshore Area Socked Hard by Storm Weather Dittribatton Todty 7 sum. temperature 15. Sunny THEBMLY today with a high around 80. Low 24,450 tonight 60 to 85. Fair through I Red Bank Area f Wednesday with little change in "V Copyright—The Red Bank Register, Inc., 1965.' temperature. See weather page 2. DIAL 741-0010 MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS Inued diily. MorvUy throuit] Frldiy. Stand Clua PMUJ« VOL. 88; NO. 15 Paid u Bed Buk aad it jLddiUauI Huiini orricej. MONDAY, JULY 19, 1965 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Bayshore Area Socked Hard by Storm Heavy rains, punctuated by Long Branch Railroad tracks, "Many homes there are right lightning and thunder, raked causing Many Mind and Wagner at sea level," he explained, "and Monmouth County yesterday. Creeks to overflow. even normal facilities would not Sections of the Bayshore area The mayor reported that some have been able to handle all that Girl, 14, Killed particularly were hit hard. residents along Bowne Ave., water. Our drains just wouldn't It was the second wet weekend which parallels Wagner Creek, hold it." in a row in New Jersey. and Leonard Ave., which paral The mayor said that the main- By Lightning The rainfall norm for July was lels the tracks, had water as tenance crews were ori the scene passed over the weekend. U.S. high as three feet in their yards. but that nothing much could be POINT PLEASANT BEACH - A 14-year-glrl was struck Weather Observer William D Flooding extended- from Rt. 36 done until the waters had re- and killed by lightning and her companion burned Sunday Martin in Long Branch said yes- to the bay between Wagner ceded, He added that catch seconds after they ran out of the ocean. Joni C. Walters, 310 terday's accumulation was 1.21 Creek and First Ave. basins would be checked to see Ceylon Ave., Dover Township, was killed Instantly. Her inches. Highway improvement work, if there was. any^stoppage. ^companion, Janet Mischler, 21, of 1108 Langford St., Asbury Adding Saturday's showers, the which includes a drainage sys- Isolated flooding occurred east T>ark,~wastreated at Point Pleasant Hospital and released. weekend fall was 1.85 inches, Mr tem under the tracks, is in of First Ave., the mayor dis- Police said the girls were surfing when they saw a storm Martin said, bringing the July irogress, Mayor Morgan con- closed, reporting that his own approaching. They ran out of the water and were about 50. total to date to 4.32 inches. Nor- inued, and this served to aggra- feet up the beach when the lightning struck. mal rainfall for the month is vate the situation. (See BAYSHORE, Page 2) 4.25 inches. Mr. Martin has forecast clear skies for the first half of this week with seasonably mild tem- peratures. The storm caused loss of elec- tric power to many Bouses. _. Hardest hit by flooding was FirstDivisionAttacked; the west side of Atlantic High- lands, with waters reaching a i height of three feet in some THE RAINS CAME — Flood scenes, such as thii one on Rt. 36 at Leon-ardville Rd., places. Middletown, resulted from yesterday's heavy downpour. Traffic wai detoured from Mayor Russell W. Morgan there said the storm was one oi Three Yanks Are Killed highway for several hours during and after the storm. Water poured toward Raritan the worst he could remember. By EDWIN Q. WHITE and three Americans were mortar barrage against forward arrived In Viet Nam last week. He attributed flood conditions Bay, overflowing Many Mind and Wagner Creeks and causing flood conditions SAIGON, South Viet Nam killed, a U.S. spokesman an- elements of the division's 2nd It was the first action in Viet on the west side to water run- throughout west side of Atlantic Highlands. Highway it undergoing road widening (AP) — Troops of Hie newly nounced. Brigade outside the Bien Hoa Nam for the "Big Red One" ning downhill from the Leonard- arrived U.S.. 1st Division were The spokesman said several air base 12 miles northeast of division that made an enviable and storm drainage improvements which added to problem. Area was hardest hit by ville Rd. area of Middletown attacked by the Viet Cong for more Americans were wounded Saigon. record ' in Africa and Europe across Rt. 36 and New York and high wafers that were reported throughout the Bayshore area. (be first time during the night in che attack that began with a The 1st Division troops had during World War II. "I had teen through Korea and I thought I was a combat Rumson Fire veteran until last night," said Maj. B. McJtlton of Fort Worth, Lightning Injures Indict Man in TintonFalls Tex. "I had never seen fighting Court Action like that before." Another veteran, Sgt. I.C. Is Under Way Raymond N. Simmons of Jack- FREEHOLD-The father-of-a Fire Unit's Fund Shortage son, Tenn., compared the Viet MiddletoWn Sailor Rumson boy accused of causing Cong attack to action around FREEHOLD — Paul Rigby, former A summons rising out of the indict- a $150,000 fire loss at the Rum- treasurer of the Tinton Falls Fire Company, ment was served on him Thursday directing Hie Hurtgen Forest, in Germa- RED BANK — Lightning struck twice on He was taken to the hospital by the Red son-Fair Haven Regional High has been indicted by the Monmouth County that he appear for arraignment in County ny, in 1945. the Navesink River yesterday afternoon, dam- Bank First Aid Squad. School has moved to force his Grand Jury in connection with the shortage Court July 30. aging a boat and injuring a weekend sailor. U.S. planes pushed the war Mr. Mason, a business executive with the insurance company to defend of about $2,500 in company funds, The Daily Treated for first degree electrical burns The indictment was handed up July 13 deeper into North Viet Nam to- DuPont Co., New York, said last night his him. Register learned last night. at Riverview Hospital was Richard Mason, but was withheld from public announcement day, bombing a 10-mile stretch only injuries were burns on the inside of each Monmouth County Judge Clark- Rigby, 30, was charged in a 19-count 47, of 2 Quail Dr., Middletown. because Rigby had not yet been served. of railroad track starting 15 arm. son S. Fisher has ordered tlv true bill with forgery and conversion of corpo- According to Mr. Mason, he and his boat- According to the Indictment, Rigby miles north of Yen Bay and 90 Selected Risks Insurance Co ration property by an officer over a period ing partner Harry La Towsky, Neville St., New In another lightning-caused incident, Doug- joined as a defendant in a sui- drew checks on a company account making miles northwest of Hanoi, a U.S. of months prior to an audit last winter un- spokesman announced. Shrewsbury, were in a rice in their 14-foot las Raynor, 17, of 77 Pinckney Rd., here, was tor damages by l the district' them payable to himself and signing Mr. examined at Riverview Hospital after he was covered missing funds. , Wolf'8 name. racing craft, when, at about 1:45 p.m., he board of education against 1 Members of the company forwarded It was the deepest penetration heard a "terrible noise and a crash and my struck, by lightning on the dock o( the Mon- Robert Hensler, and his son At the time the investigation was asked, of North Vietnamese territory mouth Boat Club. the audit report to Prosecutor Vincent P. arms felt paralyzed and I was is the water." Paul, 17, of Osprey La., Run)' Keuper who conducted an investigation. Nine Mayor John E. Lemon stated that whatever announced so far. Results of the The lightning bolt left a gaping hole and Hospital authorities laid there v/u no son. ., members of the company, including William shortage had been uncovered apparently did raid were not reported. a. number of smaller holes underneath the evidence of electrical injury. The carrier, which now has an J.,Wolf, the president, testified before the not involve funds appropriated to the com- section on which he was sitting, Mr. Mason opportunity to have the court Grand Jury June 29. pany by the mayor and Borough Council. The youth said he felt a "big jolt" in his said. He added that his partner told him that void the order, had disclaimed Rigby operates a service station at Tin- Subsequently, however, the governing arm as he was protecting his boat from crash-* immediately following the bolt, the boat tilted liability coverage for the ton Falls and had been a member of the body has withheld payment of 1965 appro- •Two Marines ing into others at the dock during the storm. and Mr. Mason was thrown into the wind- senior Hensler on grounds tha company for more than 10 years. priations pending outcome of the probe. whipped waters. He theorized that the bait may have bounced the fire was the result of a de Mr. Mason was kept afloat by his life pre- off the stainless steel stays which support the liberate act. Foiled In mast of the small racing craft. server until a boat from the Monmouth Boat According to the school board's Club came out and picked him up. The rescue He and his partner,. John Frederickson, suit, the youth "deliberately" set Raid Attempt boat Attempted to tow in the stricken racer, 17, of Winding Way, Little Silver, had just fire to materials on the stage but the small craft turned over.
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