Earthquake Hits North Japan by JOHN RODERICK of 290,000 on the Sea of Japan
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DISTRIBUTION 7 t-m. temperature U. Sunny RED BANK TODAY tofcqr tad tomorrow, high In the Jfc. Fair tonight, low In the 5h. 35,000 Controlled Thursday, fair and warmer. See 1 Independent Daily f (^ UQNDAYnnouoHrupAr-ttT.m J weather, page 2. DIAL 74L00I0 Issued dally, Monday through Frld»y. Second Clus Postaie VOL. 86, NO. 250 Paid at Red Bank and at Additional MUlini OHlcel. RED BANK, N. J., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1964 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Earthquake Hits North Japan By JOHN RODERICK of 290,000 on the Sea of Japan. scale in the cities of Niigata, ported by police was a few tiles Three persons were injured in I tried to raise tt^e Niigata con- TOKYO (AP)—A shattering Cracks opened in the streets, Sendai and Sakata. The Meteor- shaken from buildings. Akita.. trol tower but there was no an- the sea backed up into parts of ological Agency said this was Autonomy Minister Masamu- swer." earthquake—the strongest since Weak Tremors the industrial r-.rea, and oil stor- only slightly less severe than chi Akazawa was ordered to First news photos from Nii- 1923—struck northern Japan to- age tanks were set ablaze, send- the Tokyo-Yokohama quake 41 The Meteorological Agency Niigata for an inspection. The gata showed the Showa-Ohashi day touching off fires, tidal ing clouds of black smoke into years ago which claimed more said weak tremors shook north- army, navy and national police bridge destroyed with two of its waves and floods. First official the air. than 140,000 lives, mostly eastern Honshu about three were mobilized and ordered into spans collapsed into the Shinano hours after the major quake. reports indicated the death toll Power Cut Off through fire. the disaster area. River. Another bridge was in- National police headquarters was low, however. Normal communication was The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Kenichi Yamashita, pilot of tact. broken with Niigata, 267 rail Survey in Honolulu said the in Tokyo reported only one an All-Japan Airways jet which In the background clouds of The National Police Agency miles northwest of Tokyo, and quake registered 7.25 on the death in Niigata, five in Tsuru- flew ov»r Niigata at about 10,- black and gray smoke billowed reported four hours after the electric power was cut off. Wa Richter scale, which rated the oka, 120 miles north of Niigata, 000 feet, said he saw smoke ris- thousands of feet into the sky. first shock that Jl persons had ter mains broke, pouring tons of 1906 San Francisco quake at and three in Akita City. ing from the city. The national police reported been killed and 20 seriously water into the streets. 8.25. "I saw one large bridge com- hurt. The dead in Tsuruoka includ- more than 50 houses had crum- The quake, which hit at 1:01 Sendai and Sakata, by a quirk ed three kindergarten children; pletely collapsed," he reported. pled in Niigata and one major The temblor's worst effect fell p.m., registered a force of five of nature, were virtually un- whose school collapsed. Thir-; "One of the two runways at the gasoline company's installation on the port of Niigata, a city on Japan's seven-maximum scathed. The only damage re- teen other pupils were injured. airport was covered with water. had been destroyed. Goldwater Sees Total Victory DALLAS, Tex. (AP)—Arizona W. Scranton, who plunged Into ter said. "The Republican party delegate count to 674, — well before some 1,500 cheering Re- Sen. Barry Goldwater-declared the race for the GOP nomina- can win the nation in 1964. publicans at a $100 a plate din* 1 above the 655 votes he needs to today he intends to lead the Re- tion Friday, argues a Goldwa- "From the courthouse to the capture the nomination. ner. publican ticket—from top to bot- ter ticket would spell defeat for Congress, we are going to con- Goldwater, in Dallas for a Economic Policies tom—to victory at the polls next Republicans seeking congres- cede nothing." pair of speeches, had little to He said the economic policies QUAKE-STRUCK CITY — A large cloud of black November. sional seats, state and local of- Goldwater aides said the sen- say about Scranton. Goldwater said he can do the fices. Johnson espouses show "that ator's congressional supporters, this administration's notion of smoke rises from the Japanese city of Niigata today job, no matter what "the doom Out to round up Texas dele- He told a reporter Monday he more than 60 strong, will de- fiscal responsibility went no after it was struck by Japan's strongest earthquake shouters" say. gates' votes at the Republican was not surprised that New clare at a news conference deeper than the wheeler-dealer "I intend to lead a united National Convention, Goldwater in Washington Wednesday or York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel- since 1923. The Showa-Ohasi bridge' lies collapsed mentality of a card shark." party on a platform of princi- declared: "Whatever the dope- Thursday that a ticket topped ler—his foe in three presidential in the Shinano River, foreground, after it collapsed in ple—the same platform and the sters and pollsters say—what- by the Arizona conservative can primaries—had thrown his sup- Goldwater said Johnson's for- quake which hit northern Japan shortly after noon. The same principle in every part of ever we hear from the doom best help them win re-election port to the Pennsylvania gov- eign policy is uncertain and smoke is from oil storage tanks that were, ruptured and this nation," the front-running shouters in both parties—I in- this year. ernor. "We'll just have to wait "weak-kneed." Republican presidential contend- tend to lead all the candidates Not Surprised and see' what the result will He charged this policy is caught fire. (AP Wirephoto) er said in an address prepared to victory, North and South, Goldwater is virtually assured be, he said. "leading us into World War III for the Texas Republican Con- East and West, in November." of support from the 56-vote Tex- The Arizona senator assailed as surely as we were led into vention. "The Republican . party can as delegation to the national President Johnson's fiscal and World War H by the same kind Keith Demands Action Pennsylvania Gov. William win the South hi 1964," Goldwa- convention. That would push his foreign policies Monday night of stupid ineptitude." Continue Probe Iowa Wild Over Scranton DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Delegates said the governor Anderson of Kansas. would launch a system of dime- Pennsylvania Gov. William W. spoke and answered questions, Scranton was almost mobbed store feudalism. - Of Crash In Scranton carried his uphill fight They termed it "a very im- as he alighted from the plane. War or Peace for the Republican presidential pressive appearance." Howev- Chants of "We want Bill, we "We must have people in the nomination into Kansas today, er, no delegate beyond the five want Bill" answered the "We White House who think, because cheered by an Iowa welcome already committed to him came want Barry, we want Barry" the decision is : made there he described as "the best in my out publicly in support of Scran- cries of a noisy, though com- whether we should have war or Which 4 Killed life." ton. paratively small, group of Gold- have peace," he declared. An Associated Press survey water backers. This is not the hour1 for us SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS—While the community remained Related Story, Page 2 of Iowa's delegates shows nine The Goldwater forces conced- to go off half-cocked In the field numb, Police Chief George Newman continued- last night to committed to Goldwater, five ed the turnout was surprisingly of foreign policy—the very field complete an investigation of Sunday's train-car collision which It remained to' be seen, committed to Scranton. and ten largo, considering that Scran- in which the American people took four lives in one family, though, _ tipw fruitful • was i uncommitted. ton's. Iowa backers learned only have always supported ths Chief Newman conferred-with. Magistrate IMctard Ofeldt jw'fW®TOtes aiming Iowa's Scrantoh's backers said they late Saturday that he was com steady judgment and sound about preparation of charges against the Pennsylvania Rail- 24 GOP national convention del- were encouraged by: Ing to their state. leadership of; the Republican road engineer who was at the throttle of the train. But he egates. Scranton is out to wrest —the governor's greeting here "I never had such a recep- party when In power." *aid no decisions were made. die nomination from Sen. Barry by.a cheering crowd of 3,700; tion in my life, even in Pennsyl- Earlier Scranton described as Meanwhile, Assemblyman Irving E. Keith last night called Goldwater of Arizona. >-»»me news' '• that New York vania," Scranton told the crowd. a "tr^mendoiis.boost' the sup- upon Gov, Richard J. Hughes and N. J. Highway Commissioner Scranton met With Iowa dele Gov, Nels.on A. Rockefeller had In his speech, Scranton did port announced for him by Dwlght R. G. Palmer to improve safety measures at railroad gates for nearly an hour behind withdrawn from the nomination not mention Goldwater by name Rockefeller 'Monday. crossings. ;Iosed doors Monday night. He race and called on moderates but said this is not the time to "I appreciate support from He'll make the same demand of the state Public Utility told reporters afterward, , "I to back Scranton; join ''extreme reactionaries' who anyone—especially from one of Commission, he said, and if action isn't promptly taken, he'll think we made substantial —a public endorsement of the are anything but conservative— he real leaders of our party," «sk the legislature to initiate a "full scale investigation" when progress." Pennsylvanian by Gov.