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Distribution Weather Today CaoaUanH* ctaadtaM* nd mBd today, Ugh fat 7H. OMdy tonight i«w .round N. Tomorrow 26,875 cloudy and cool with chance «f (JtedBank Area J raia developing. Outlook Wednes- "V". Copyright—Tine Red Bank Register, Inc. 1968. day, cloudy cool, rain continuing. DIAL 741-0010 MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 88 YEARS Isnud dmllr. Monday tbroutb rrlio. Second dm i YOU 89, NO. 59 PiU »t JMd But tad it AMtttonfl KtlUni Ottlcii. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1966 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE May Be Violating State Law Women 9sGroupDistributesBirth Control Information By DORIS KULMAN The response has been overwhelming, according to Mrs. a 17-year-old unwed mother, and a 48-year-old grandmother who her, if necessary. At least one subcommittee member—Mrs. (See related itory and photo, Page S) Harold Dean, wife of the church's minister and a subcommittee had just given birth to another child. Mrs. Dean said. Gerald Marquess, Idaho La., Matawan—also brings one of the LINCROFT — What does a housewife do when a stranger member. The last clinic sponsored by the subcommittee was held small, plastic IUDs along. knock* at her door and asks, "Would you like to know about Approximately 120 women have received the intra-uterine in May. Members will meet this week to plan another drive. "It's much easier to show an IUD than to describe it," birth control?" devices at the four clinics co-sponsored by the Planned Par- Their door-to<Ioor campaigns probably violate New Jersey's Mrs. Marquess said. enthood of Monmouth County or in visits to the four doctors If she's a housewife in a low income area of Monmouth birth control law, a spokesman for the state attorney general's "If we were given the opportunity to prosecute, we prob- who have agreed to provide two women a week with an IUD County she /lings the door open, invites the visitor in, listens office told The Register. ably would have to argue that, in effect, is a violation of the during their regular Office hours, she said. eagerly—and then attends a clinic where for H a physician 83-YEAR-OLD LAW law," the spokesman in the attorney general's office said. UNIVERSAL WELCOME Under an 1883 statute, it is a violation of the Disorderly fits her with an intra-uterine contraceptive device. Since interpretation of the term "just cause" change* with "We didn't find one woman with a lot of children, who Persons Act ". without just cause" to show, sell or ad- That's been the experience of the eight women on the the times, "the fact that they are visiting only low income didn't welcome it," Mrs. Dean declared. vertise contraceptives or to tell how or where they may be birth control subcommittee of the Social Action Committee of homes might be considered some cause," the spokesman de- the Fint Unitarian Church, here. She said one mother of a large family toM her, "You had, seen, bought or sold. Physicians and druggists are gen- 1 clared. Since 1964, the group has quietly been conducting « vig- must have been sent by God." erally exempt under the "just cause" provision. 1 orous door-to-door campaign to bring information about the Women brought to the birth control clinics through the The Unitarian Church group members take with them on 'STRETCHING THE TERM IUD to the county's impoverished mothers, and the mothers door-to-door campaign included a mental retardate found living their door-to-door visits illustrated pamphlets explaining con- "But I would think the way they're doing it stretches th» to the clinics. in a shack, since condemned, with her 11 illegitimate children; traceptive devices which they give to the woman—and read to (See group, page 3) Peace Progress Prospects Dim to~ UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) hod been seriously impaired by Rusk will spend a week in NeV tomorrow. He will see Gromyko statement Issued on Ws arrival — SeoreUry of State Dean Rusk "the deepening crisis over Viet York meeting foreign ministers Thursday. he said: arrives in New York today for Nam" and "an increasing in- attending the 21st annual session Gromyko will make a Soviet "The peoples are expecting the talks with Soviet Foreign Minis- transigence and distrust among of the annual session of the U.N. policy speech in the Assembly's United Nations to adopt decisions ter Andrei A. Gromyko and governments and peoples." General Assembly, which opens general debate Friday. In * which would erect a reliable others pn Die Viet Nam war, but barrier before the forces of ag- prospects for progress toward the gression and safeguard the free- peace table appear sHght. dom and sovereign rights of the Gromyko arrived yesterday Pope Urges Peace Prayers peoples." talking a hard line against U. S, Ambassador J. Goldberg "forces of aggression" — which VATICAN CITY (AP)-Pope that he lifted his voice 'with work out plans for a peace and indicated that Rusk would ask to Soviet parlance means the Paul VI today proclaimed Octo- piercing cry and with tears" to said "... a settlement should Gromyko to help get North Viet Americans in Viet Nam. ber a month of worldwide prayer political leaders to ''prevent the be reached now, even at the Nam Into peace negotiations. U.N. Secretary General U to end the Viet Nam war. further spread of.the conflagra- expense of some inconvenience Interviewed on the CBS tele- Thant in the introduction to his In the fourth encycllcalof his tkm and even to extinguish it or loss' , for (otherwise) it may vision program Face the Nation, annual report said chances of reign, the Pope told the world's entirely." have to be made later in the Goldberg said: fruitful international cooperation half billion Roman Catholics He called for a meeting to (See POPE, Page 3) (See RUSK Page 3) U.S. Bombs, Shells Own Forces; GROMYKO ARRIVES — Soviet Foreign Minister Andre! A. Gromyko tpeaks on ar- rival a+ Kennedy Airport, New York, last night for the United Nations General As- sembly meeting opening tomorrow. He is flanked by Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. ^portedSlain, 2 7AreWoundedDobrynin, laft, and Soviet UN Ambassador Nikolai T. Fedorenko. (AP Photo) SAIGON <AP)—U.S. military wounded and in tiro accidental killed two infantrymen and Ninh City, 40 miles northwest of North Viet Nam' and,:mired headquarters, reported today that spellings of American Infantry; wounded 18, an official spokes- Saigon, with Commtnist MlG Jets 'for Jn«««?c»• '•' "g . men by their own artillery six man said. Several hours later, In the accidental tombing, a_ the third straight iy. In the JJ Marine*by a.,Marine plane three soldiers died and 23 were wound- U.S. Marine F4.Phantom fighter- only major action " ' - Senate Slated to Act two more rounds of 105mm ar- th £ontn Oen ffeie and four ed. tillery killed one infantryman bonfl^r^ a * > Marinei The artillery shells landed on iVietnamese regtfajg and'wounded three, the spokes- units ofthelWthlJght Infantry the defQittbLtjoej d Bone, man added. Brigade ki Tay Nfnh province ^.., JThe 'lastTwiW Donating error Policeman Both artillery Incidents took ft W neir the Cambodian border. y fo _ _ -*rovince/« in. Viet Na_ m too^k place Aug. X One shelling at 1:30 a.ffl. today place a few wilts from Tay South Viet NamI "aTfw»««« WJHHI US. planes 'dropped" nvj TRENTON (AP) — A bill the on the bill until Wednesday al Gov, Richard J, Hughes-*»« Is Found south of the demilitarized xonie. palm on a unit of the U.S. liraHughes , Administration consid- though the Senate also is meeting expressed confidence that, Co»- lie VS. command said three Infantry Division. They kffledlers vital to the future of the in special session today. gress will- pass supplemental Marines were killed and tour three Infantrymen and woundedlproposed Central Jeraey Express- The. measure would permit the legislation that is needed to per- Unconscious wounded. A spokesman said (he 19. Simmiil Says will be considered at a spe- parkway to purchase 21 state- mlt t&e parkway to install the SHREWSBURY-Chief of Po- air sttite. wss oalied to' by the T^^ W^ a Mrjes ol cial session of the State Senate owned miles of the highway in booths. lice Raymond Mass said today nnder direction accidental bombings on Allied this week. Union, Middlesex, Ocean and Parkway officials contend the thai Patrolman Vincent Plaia of a forward air controller. He troops and Vietnamese civilians The measure, already passed by Cape May Counties. need for full legislative approv- was found unconscious at 3 a.m. said the Phantom jet made one during July and August. Gen. the Assembly, would dear the The state Highway Authority al of the tolls is urgent because today behind the Shadowbrook He May Hear bombing run 600 feet in front William C. Westmoreland, com- way for tolls on portions of the considers the proposed tolls nec- of the rising cost of labor and Shops on Broad SL at Aubrey of Marine positions, then. themander of U.S. forces in Viet Garden State Parkway in Middle- essary to permit it to finance right-of-way acquisition. If ap- PL There are no clues as to ground unit called for strikes Nam, appointed a military re- sex and Union Counties. construction of B $92-mllllon spur proval is delayed, they say, the What happened, the chief said. 300 feet closer to them. view board and ordered a full- Because of parliamentary rules, of the Central Jersey Express- parkway might not be able to scale investigation of firing pro- the Senate probably will not act (See SENATE, Page 3) The patrolman had been mak- The forward controller marked way.

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