Order Dock Strike Ended Grand Isle As Hurricane Flags Fly
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Weather DiMtribotion 7 am, pmpmtwD pd* K •nMt doadhktM wiA Mime rtla THEDAEY Today the «•. Um tMicbt, N, Tomer- 24^225 \ t row, douoy, followed by clearing high ». Sunday, increasing etoudlnesa, cooler. See weather, page 2. NORTBERN MONMOUTH'S HOME NEWSPAPER DIAL 741-0010 VOL. 87, NO- 70 Issued duly, Mond>r through Friday. Second Clan Poslagt Paid at Red Bank and at Additional MaJlInt Offices. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1964 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Hilda Threatens Gulf Coast NEW ORLEANS (AP)-Hurricane Hilda sought longitude 91.8 or about 300 miles south-southwest of eye — but declined to say if the vessel was in dis- a target for the fury of her 150 mile;an-hour winds New Orleans. tress. earlytoday as she wallowed in the Gulf of Mexico, For more than 24 hours, the Weather Bureau "The owner of the ship has requested us not to lashing at the deserted offshore oil rigs off the had been predicting a northward turn by Hilda and give out any information," a Coast Guard spokes- Louisiana Coast. the latest advisory still said a slow turn "to a more man said. "We will have Coast Guard vessels at Thousands of refugees fled the swampy marshes northerly course is indicated." the ship's last reported position at daybreak." of Louisiana's Cajun country for the safety of the He refused to say any more about the ship. TARGET UNKNOWN interior as they remembered killer hurricanes of the The Weather Bureau said coastal tides from past. Forecasters declined to hazard a guess as to Galveston, Tex., to Mobile, Ala., would reach five More severe than any of her Atlantic sisters, Hilda's probable target, but the red and black hurri- feet by sunrise with higher tides as Hilda moved Hilda — first Gulf hurricane of the season — con- cane warning flags were hoisted along all of the closer to shore. tinued to move in a northwesterly direction at a Louisiana coast west of the mouth of the muddy HUGE TIDES snail's pace through the night. Mississippi River. '' "Hilda has the potential to produce tides of 12 The Weather Bureau's 1 a.m., CST, bulletin The New Orleans Coast Guard said it had to 15 feet near and just east of the center as it placed the hurricane's eye—the low pressure center sketchy reports from a ship 348 miles southwest of crosses the coast but the storm is too far from the which spawns its howling winds—at latitude 25.9, the Louisiana coast — or somewhere near Hilda's (See HILDA, Page 3) Court Acts Under Taf t-Hartl^y WAITING FOR HILDA — Jack Johnson, U.S. Coast Guard, watches over evacuated Order Dock Strike Ended Grand Isle as hurricane flags fly. Most of the 3,500 residents were taken to higher ground as Hilda approaches southern most Louisiana coast line. (AP Wirephoto) NEW YORK (AP) - A federal speedy in returning to docks from papers aimed at an 80-day cool- officials this morning to make backlog of cargo will be. And the judge, acting on a national emer- Maine to Texas. ing off period to allow time for preparations to get the men back men may get premium overtime gency declaration by President Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason, further efforts to break the three- on the job in the Port of New pay in chunks that will more Johnson, has ordered 60,000 long- president of the AFL-CIO Inter- month deadlock in negotiations on York. than make up for wages they shoremen to end their strike in national Longshoremen's Associ- a new contract. In some other ports, Monday have lost. See Garden Apartments Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico parts. ation, said the men would obey Leaders Silent was considered the most likely Sign-carrying pickets began dis- U. S. officials here said there the restraining order issued last Union leaders, however, did not time for resumption of work. In appearing from the waterfront as never had been such speed in night by U. S. District Judge immediately issue back-to-work still other ports, union officials word of the court order got strike injunction action as far as Frederick vanPelt Bryan. orders to the men, who struck at said work might resume today or around. they could remember. The regular work day in New midnight Wednesday. tonigh/. ) Judge Bryan's order restrain- 1 Far Off in Fair Haven But it appeared that most of York starts at 8 a.m.—just 12 A spokesman for Gleason said The longer the resumption of ing the strike is good for 10 the strikers would not be so hours after the judge signed the he would call a meeting of union work is delayed, the greater the days. Bryan scheduled a hear- FAIR HAVEN — Over 100 resi- Maurice A. Potter, Long Branch The audience applauded when ing for next Thursday on the dents jammed the firehouse attorney for Mrs. Marian C. Mr. Buckley denied Mr. Russell's government's request for a pre- meeting room last night—hop- Harding, an objecting neighbor, request to postpone the hearing A Native American, But — liminary injunction ordering an ing for a hint as to whether or will take over. until four of its five members 80-day coolingoff period under not there will be garden apart- Questions Invited could be present. ments here. the Taft-Hartley Act. The 80 days After that. James Buckley, Clifford Grimmer had disqual- would include the time start- After three and a half hours of chairman of the board, explained, ified himself as an interested ing at 8 o'clock last night. testimony and cross-examination statements from the floor will be party because he owns property He Never Expected Voting Rights May Resume concerning Allen Brothers propos- heard. within 200 feet of the site and H no agreement is reached by al to build 236 units on Ridge Nearly all the borough's offi- John Martin was out of town. By DORIS KULMAN were almost like a prayer. "I years, replied, "But colored peo- Hastily assured that he could the end of 80 days, the long- Rd., they were enlightened by cials were included in the curious The board agreed that its re- never felt like that before." ple aren't allowed to vote!" vote for names in the column shoremen will be legally free to profuse and detailed descrip- crowd that listened intently as maining three members would RED BANK — Ernest J. Par- A native American, born in a Mr. Parmely can vote now. of his choice, Mr. Parmely resume the strike. tions—but remained sure that a Mr. Russell questioned E. Roscoe hear the matter.Their vote for trtely, 244 Bridge-Ave., here, was small rural community outside Last night, at a demonstration promptly stepped back into the Judge Bryan stood by last nl^ht decision is a long way off. Allen, president of Allen Broth- or against the proposal must be shown how to operate a voting Leechville in Beaufort County, supervised by the local NAACP booth and tried to choose a dif- because he had been alerted that The hearing before the Zoning ers; James J. Macrae, Union unanimous. machine last night — and fo N. C, Mr. Parmely said he in Masonic Hall, West Bergen ferent one. The levers wouldn't President Johnson ordered the Board of Adjustment was ad- architect who designed the lux- A Man Gasp the first time in his more than never expected that one day he PI., he was introduced to his budge. Department of Justice to seek an journed to Wednesday at 7:30 ury units and Richard J. Jeske, A mass gasp went up from 60 years felt like an American would vote. first voting machine. injunction. The judge immediate- p.m., when William L. Russell, professional engineer from Sum- spectators as Mr. Russell intro- citizen. "That's because the rest of the ly signed the papers presented Jr. will continue to interrogate mit who designed a proposed duced into evidence, a mason jar "I feel I have a'country now," Then, last month, workers In He proved a serious and alert machine is locked," the demon- by Assistant Attorney Gener- •xpeit witaetsej In behalf of the sewage treatment plant and of raw sewage. He followed with the slim, grey-haired Negro said the voter registration drive con- student. For demonstration pur- strator quickly explained. al John W. Douglas. applicant. would supervise iU initalla- jars of purified effluent from a in a voice so hushed with wonder ducted by the Red Bank Area poses, only one column on the Mr. Parmely understood. tion and operation. Branch of the National Associa- machine, (with the names of Bryan said the order was nee- When Mr. Russell concludes, (See APARTMENTS, Page 2) and gratitude ^hat the words (See VOTING, Page 3) tion for the Advancement of sports like fishing and tennis (See DOCK STRIKE, Page 3) Colored People, knocked on his substituted for those of candi- Resort Mayors' Stand door. dates) is in operation. Mr. Stafford W. Thompson, West Parmely followed instructions Westside Ave., here, education implicitly, and learned how the machine works. He started out Monmouth Rural chairman of the local NAACP and one of the drive workers, of the booth—then stopped. Call Boat Tax Wo Answer' said that when their mission was "Suppose," he asked hesitant- explained, a surprised Mr. Par- MONMOUTH BEACH - "I ing held by the State Boat Regu- as opposing the law. Harry mental task. There are an esti- ly, "I don't want to vote for Areas to Benefit mely, who has lived here two don't think it's practical," said lation Commission in Point Pleas- Bush of Bloomfield, a spokesman mated 300,000 boat owners in the the names on that list?" Mayor Sidney B.