Republicans Seeking to Mute Differences
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Freeholders cleared in ousting GOP pair By KEN JAUTZ man had actually seen a copy of the lame-duck Republican majority during After assuming office in January, During a two-day, non-jury trial in ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - The decision. the last freeholder meeting of 1979. the Democratic majority abolished the June, Lynch said Day was a trouble- Democrat-controlled Board of Free- "My partner happened to be in our At the same time, the outgoing Re- two positions, and Allen and Day subse- shooter for the county engineer, and not holders has been vindicated of charges office on Saturday and noticed it in the publican majority appointed Richard J. quently sued to get their jobs back. a superintendent of public works as his that it fired two county employees sim- mail," Kauff explained. "He told me Day to a three-year term as super- They contended their dismissal was job title stipulated He also said Allen ply because they were active in the that Judge McCiann's decision was fa- intendent of public works at (23,250 a motivated by political reasons, which is had made a preliminary study of the county's Republican organization, ac- vorable, but that's all I know at this year. illegal, while the board argued that the county's bridges, but asserted that the cording to Freeholder Thomas J. time ' Both jobs were newly created, and jobs were not needed, and that the work was not part of a continuing pro- Lynch, Jr. Heached at his home last night, Al- met with strenuous objections from the salary and fringe benefits could not be gram. Lynch yesterday said he had been bert Allen, one of the two plaintiffs in incoming Democrats who charged that justified under a tight county budget. Allen testified that his job had been inlurinally told that Superior Court the case, said as of Friday neither he the appointments were "midnight po- "We had nothing against anyone Judge Patrick J. McCann, Jr. has ruled nor his attorney had heard of any de- litical raids" designed to protect Allen made necessary by the federal bridge personally," Lynch said yesterday, replacement program, and that he had that the freeholders' January dismissal cision in the case. He said a ruling had and Day. > "but they were lame-duck appoint- ol two county employees was legal, and not been expected until later this week. made a survey of 900 bridges in the When the appointments were made, ments that were costing the county county since beginning the job three not politically motivated. Allen, a former Republican free- Allen and Day were slated to lose their 150,000 dollars annually, and there was months earlier. .But Lynch and Norman Kauff, the holder, was appointed to a three-year previous county jobs with the change in simply no need for the Jobs. The work board's attorney in the case, could not term as assistant superintendent of political control over county govern- ' had been efficiently handled by staff Day could not be reached for com- comment on the ruling because neither bridges, at 121,500 a year, by a then ment.. people all along." ment last night. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. The Daily Register .lion mou ill (omilv s Great Home Newspaper VOL.103 NO. 13 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, JULY 14, 1980 20 CENTS Republicans seeking to mute differences By DONALD ROTHBERU abortion platform plank call- AP Political Writer Ing for the appointment of DETROIT - Republicans federal judges sympathetic to are opening their national the rights of the unborn. convention determined to Other expressions of doubt mute ideological differences amid the air of confidence and present a united front for came from party leaders con- Ronald Reagan's campaign cerned that Reagan, a leader to return the White House to of the conservative wing of UOP control. the party, might slight mod- When Party chairman Bill erates in his moment of The beach in Sea Bright i$ packed, thank$ to good weather Brock calls the 32nd UOP na- triumph and fail to unite the < tional convention to order at GOP behind his presidential 11 a.m. EDT today, Reagan's candidacy. vice presidential choice will Most prominent among be the only element of sus- them was former President Booming shore has pense to occupy the dele- Gerald R. Ford who said in a gates' zest for political gossip television interview that he and rumor. thought Reagan should Since delegates and party choose a running mate who very good weekend officials began arriving here would "broaden the base of last week, the convention city the party, who would heal any By KEN JAUTZ has been the scene of intense differences." The beach clubs ware crowded, the speculation about the vice Ford, who defeated Re- boardwalk! packed, the itreets jammed presidential nomination •• agan for the l»7« GOP presi- and Sandy Hook periodically closed during well as efforts to influence it. dential, is regarded as a key one of the busiest weekends yet in what is The agenda for the open- figure in Reagan's efforts to becoming a booming shore season. ing convention session was unite the party in 1980. Most resort workers attributed the devoted to routine business Sources close to Ford said weekend crowds to the excellent weather and a few speeches, led off by he was urging Reagan to of the last few days. a welcome from Mayor Col- See GOP, page 3 Mid-to-upper 80-degree temperatures APphotO eman Young of Detroit, a and a slight ceiling of scattered clouds Democrat, who is a top politi- above blue skies brought near record NIGHT BEFORE —Firawarks last night along the Detroit River marked the signal cal ally of President Carter. for the Republican National Convention to open today. Visitors and delegates by the crowds to Momouth County over the week- hundreds poured into the city all day yesterday. Reagan was flying to the ~~Cani8ter end. convention city today, a jour- According to the ranger station at the ney capping a 12-year quest Gateway National Recreation Area on for the Republican presiden- no bomb Sandy Hook, approximately 14,000 people Hush choice for V.P. tial nomination. Most of his, visited "the hook" yesterday, and nearly top aides arrived last week after all as many flocked to the area on Saturday. and worked to defuse poten- The crowds caused park rangers to tial conflicts over the party DETROIT (AP) - De- close Sandy Hook for more than two hours platform and to try to ensure troit police removed a on both days. And yesterday afternoon, Danskin, Flynn fail that the convention will canister full of oil last early departees clogged Route 36 in both adhere (o a script as tightly night from the front lobby directions, prompting police to issue peri- crafted as that of any of Re- of a building in the com- odic warnings for emergency vehicles to agan's old Hollywood movies. plex where the Republican use alternate routes when possible. to swing N.J. votes Four thousand delegates National Convention opens Police in Sea Bright and other com- and alternates and thousands today. munities, however, did not report any ma- By BARBARA KATELL Before the vote, Flynn argued that the more reporters, technicians The canister was placed jor traffic problems. "Sure it was heavy DEARBORN, MICH. - The nomination of delegates were bound by the rules estab- and political groupies arrived in a special bomb disposal traffic," said a dispatcher for Troop E, Ronald Reagan by the Republican National lished by the state at the 1978 national con- in town over the weekend and truck and taken to nearby State Police in Holmdel "But with this Convention is a near certainty. And with vention. She said that delegation decided that filled hotels for miles around, Belle Isle, where police ex- weather and time of the year you have to little else to do, the New Jersey delegation at the choice of a running mate should be left to including several across the ploded it and found the con- expect that. At least the traffic's moving." Rtflllltr pholol bv Larry P«rn* least hopes to have some influence on whom the presidential candidate so that he could Detroit River in Windsor, tents to be harmless. The traffic was apparently equally ON BOARD — Elberon beauties Julie Reagan picks to run for vice president. choose whom he wanted to work with, not Canada. Sgt. Fred Bedient said Weiner, top, and Melissa Orensteln whom the delegates wanted. heavy on area boardwalks. "Everything In its first caucus meeting, here, yester- The mood was festive; the police found some printed was packed here," said a spokesman for enioy the water, sand and boating at day afternoon, the delegation refused to fol- Danskin, while noting that his personal dominant colors were red, material with the foot-tall, the Long Branch Amusement Pier. the beach In North Long Branch. low the recommendation of Monmouth Coun- preference was George Bush, nonetheless white and blue; and the Re- blue cannister. But author- "We've had as many people as we did ty Republican Chairman Benjamin H. argued that the delegates should "let Re- publicans were enjoying pub- ities said they had no idea during the July 4th weekend.'' Although the crowds will diminish to- Danskin and Ann D. Flynn of Long Branch, agan make the choice. lic opinion polls that said Re- how or why the canister day, the excellent weather will remain. delegateat-large from the Third Con- The Coast Guard also reported one of "I don't want us to be locked into one agan holds a strong lead over wound up in the lobby.