Weather Distribution today fflDBANK ..20,1*5 Iwiifteii, Til—new 11ndependent Daily f •wtJy etoady wttk iU|k ( m. See Weather, pefe Dial SH LOOIO IMM« taiur. "Unfits tkratifb Friday. a*coM Glut Pwui. VOL. 85, NO. 85 PaU U KM Buk U4 tt AdilUOMJ lUIUu Otdcta. RED BANK, N. J., MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1962 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE The Apartments Issue By JANE E. MORROW three years alone, when permits were issued Municipalities in the Red Bank and Bay- for 963 new apartments. Plans have been See or U.S. Move shore areas have been approached in recent approved for construction of another 360 months with 30 formal proposals to build gar- ' apartments in the near future. den apartments, and with uncounted informally l.tM UNITS OKAYED presented apartment building plans. Eatontown has recently approved plans "These proposals have come mainly from for more than 1,000 garden apartment units. New York and North Jersey builders and from About 200 apartments have been built in that a number of local developers who have borough to date. In Tense Cuba Situation (witched their interest lately from single-family Atlantic Highlands recently reamed to per- houses to garden apartments. mit garden apartments, and approved plans Community after community has recently for about 200 units in two developments. WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. needed to handle a big increase Pendleton, Calif., to Camp La come face to face with the problem of decid- Keansburg has introduced a new zoning military buildup in the Caribbean in traffic. All leaves were can- Jeune, N.C., avowedly as part of ing whether or not it wants to have apart- code providing that garden apartments may and a flurry of secret weekend celed at the nearby Boca Chica the Caribbean maneuvers. ments within its boundaries. be built in all R2 zones. About 60 units have activity by Washington officials Naval Air Station and the Flori- A flight of KB50 tanker planes THE SITUATION been built to date in two garden apartment pointed today toward a major da Keys bristled with soldiers. from Langley Air Force Base, Here is what the apartment situation looks projects now under way. U.S. move, perhaps concerning A squadron of Navy jet fighters destination undisclosed. The Pen- like—what towns . have them now, what is Matawan, with about 80 apartment unite, Cuba. recently shifted to Key West. tagon called this "part of a nor- their effect on a community, what are the has recently rezoned to permit apartments in There were signs an announce- A rifle batatlion of about 1,200 mal mobility training activity." pros and cons of zoning for apartments. all residential zones. Applications to put up ment would be forthcoming soon. Marines transferred from Camp (See CUBA, Page 2) There are 889 apartment units in Red Bank 560 apartments are now being considered by A White House spokesman re- —nearly a fifth of the total number of dwell- the Planning Board. fused to confirm or deny this. ings in the borough. Construction of another Freehold is now considering an application Reports circulated through the 292 units in three apartment buildings is to build 92 apartments on four and one-half capital that President Kennedy slated. acres recently rezoned for such building. planned a television-radio address Say Cuba 'Alert' In Long Branch, 1,711 apartments have Marlboro Township has recently rezoned a to the nation to report on the been built since 1951, not counting apartments large tract on Rt. 9 for garden apartments. reason for'the secret conferences in converted dwellings, of which there are In Keyport, a 60-unit apartment develop- White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said he knew o Set by Kennedy many. The greater part of the apartment ment is now going up. construction there has taken place in the past (See APARTMENTS, Page 2) no such plans. ' Order Expected By ROBERT S. ALLEN and PAUL SCOTT A U.S.' order cracking down on WASHINGTON — President Kennedy is setting in motion ships carrying goods to Cuba is extensive emergency military measures against Communist- expected early this week. Other armed and ruled Cuba. Water Rate Hike Asked activity led to speculation tha At the President's orders, large numbers of U. S. ground, Kennedy was readying a more LONG BRANCH — Monmouth your responsibility to the pub- expansion of Swimming Rive air and naval forces have been alerted for possible military lic. To meet our responsibility reservoir from 170 million gal dramatic move against the Com operations in Cuba. Included in this as-yet-unannounced Consolidated Water Co. today munist regime of Fidel Castro, was set to ask the New Jersey we conceived and carried through Ions to 2,650 million gallons, alert are: 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N. C; Second Board of Public Utility Commis- in the face of difficult problems "2. At a cost of $1.35 million, Among weekend developments Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N. C, and all forces at the sioners for permission to increase our 'Water-for-Growth' program construction of an entirely new. heightening this speculation were Navy's huge base at Guantanamo. Its rates. at a cost of more than $8 mil 1,000 million gallon offstream military movements, secrecy Principal units of the 18th Airborne Corps are the 101st shrouded Saturday-Sunday work The company cited its three- lion. This represents an increase reservoir at Glendola. Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; 1st Infantry Divi- in our over-all investment of "3. At a cost of $1.27 million, by Pentagon leaders and Ken- sion, Fort Riley, Kans.; 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Ben- year $8 million "Water-for- nedy's abrupt cancellation of a Growth" expansion and improve- nearly two-thirds." construction of a new five mil- ning, Ga.; 2nd Logistical Division, Fort Lee, Va. lion gallon per day water treat- political tour on grounds he had a This potentially far-reaching emergency military action ment program, recently com- Mr. Greco said the proposed cold. pleted, and higher operating costs increase would amount to 25 per ment plant at Jumping Brook was taken following the receipt of authentic Intelligence which together "have reduced cent to compensate for the high Station. This ultra-modern, high- The main announced military reports that at least 10 Soviet IL-28 twin-engine jet bomb- v return.on Investment to a level er cost of carrying the increased ly automated facility incorporate concentration consisted of some ers are now in Cuba. well below what the board has investment and to offset higher the latest scientific advances in 40 ships, 20,000 men and carrier- This supersonic bomber, known in Western military circles heretofore held to be fair and wages, taxes, and other employ- water treatment and processing. aircraft assembled for the Navy's as the "Beagle," can carry a 4,000-pound atomic bomb load reasonable." ment costs. For the average "•4. At a cost of $240,000, i annual maneuvers around Vie- and has a range of 1,400 miles. This means the IL-28, based household water user, bills would new low-level concrete dam am ques, a small island east of Puer- on Cuba, has the capability of reaching targets anywhere A. J. Greco, president, stated to Roc. that the vast changes and addi- rise about three cents per day, pumping station on the Shark PRESIDENT RETURNS — President Kennedy, who can- on the densely-populated and highly-industrialized U. S. East tions to the water system, made he said. River at the Neptune-Wall Town- celed remainder of his western campaign trip because Assistant Secretary of Defense Coast. necessary by the growing needs The utility executive pointed to ships line, from which water i of a cold, arrives Saturday at Andrews Air Force Base Arthur Sylvester denied the Oct. The Russian bombers were transported to Cuba on a of the 21 Monmouth county mu- these specific projects as proof pumped to Glendola Reservoir. 15-30 exercise is a cover for any Soviet cargo vessel,-and are .now being assembled. They nicipalities served, "required un- of his company's determination "5. At a cost of $920,000, in- near Washington. He is reported ready to make a major planned attack against Cuba. He have long been classified by the U. S. and NATO as "offen- precedented dollar outlays far 'to promote Monmouth County's stallation of 23,760 feet — 4.5 move in the Cuban crisis. (AP Wirephoto) said no U.S. invasion is immlnen sive type weapons." beyond anything ever before ex- continued growth by assuring an miles—of 36-and 30-inch pipelin against Cuba, Haiti or any other The emergency military alert relating to Cuba is part perienced." ample supply of water for house- to tie in Glendola Reservoir, atin American country. of urgent planning that has been under way- by the Joint "There is no compromise with hold, commercial, and industrial Shark River dam and pumping Military Moves Chiefs of Staff for a week. This planning was initiated by growth." said Mr. Greco. "Either use and for public fire protection station, and Jumping Brook Sta- Other military moves included Defense Secretary McNamara at a hurriedly-called meeting you meet it or you don't, and service: tion with the water distribution Collichio Mulls Round - the - clock construction with the Joint Chiefs, at which he told them he had received If you don't you are abandoning '1. At a cost of $2.5 million, system. work at Florida's Key West air- orders from the President to "prepare for any eventualities" "6. At a cost of nearly $2 mil port, 90 miles from Havana, to against Cuba.