etown TrimmecJ SEE STORY PAGE £, Windy, Showers Windy with showers, thun- ) Red Bank, Freehold FINAL derstorms today, heavy show- I Long Branch ers tonight. Tomorrow windy, showers likely. EDITION U PAGES Monntouth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL.94 NO. 190 RED BANK. NJ. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22,1972 - TEN CENTS WWWWIWnWHWWBWm——IWHIIMIIIIWIIIIIII IWUHlWMIIIffllinillllllllltlMIHIHIWIttlWHHIHIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIinillHIIIIBmiHI Urge Penalty On Use of ana WASHINGTON (AP) - The anyone driving under the in- "In general, we recommend as a misdemeanor, and the National Commission on Mari- fluence of marijuana is a only a decriminalization oi —Elimination of fines and rest treat it more severely. possession of marijuana for jail terms for smoking mari- -Retention of felony penal; juana and Drug Abuse today serious threat to public safety 1 recommended repeal of all and said that heavy, daily use personal use on both the state juana in private or possessing ties for growing marijuana ; jail terms and fines for pri- over a number of years may and federal levels," the com- one ounce or less. Presently selling it for profit or possess- vate pot smoking, but not for cause some damage to heart mission said. 42 states and the District of ing it with intent to sell. its cultivation or sale. and lungs. Specifically, it recommend- Columbia classify possession See Urge, Page 2 After a year's study, .char- tered by Congress, the con- servative panel unanimously proposed a national policy of using "persuasion rather than prosecution" to discourage smoking of marijuana. But it stopped short of rec- ommending outright legal- ization, expressing the hope- that marijuana is a fad that will lose favor if de-empha- sized. SPRING VISITOR — The transparent beauty of a crocus attracted Regis- It said marijuana is far less ter Staff Photographer Don Lordi, who found yet another admirer buzzing dangerous than the American among the first bright flowers of spring. public thinks. It found little or no evidence that marijuana can kill, cause addiction, brain damage or birth de- fects, or lead to crime, vio- mdelBoard Sets lence or necessarily to more powerful drugs. But it did find that long- term, daily use of marijuana by adolescents sometimes Budget Slash Study contributes to a general lack of motivation, concluded that HOLMDEL - The Board of "I first knew of the dollar curs: "He's right on that. Education will meet early amount of cuts recommended There are areas there that by the Township Committee should go, if something must next week to decide whether Union Beach ftmlitlr Staff Photo to accept or appeal the when (board secretary) Ralph go, before the program suf- BARN BURNS — Six fire companies and two first aid squads turned out last night as fire leveled barn $209,500 slash to the school Keevil got a letter In the mail fers from cuts." in Deepdale section of Middletown. Nine horses were reported safe. Deputy Fire Chief W. Irwin budget voted Monday by the Friday. It gave only tbe dollar Man Killed Mr. Landers cited the in- Hendricks said structure, owned by Deepdale Inc., was a total loss. An adjacent barn suffered minor Township Committee. ..-.,.' total to be cut, no breakdown. damage. , I managed to reach Mayor stallation of catch basins and The proposed $3.3 million curb repair work to help solve In Car Crash school budget lor 1972-73 was Cohen over the weekend for a drainage problems at the In* KEYPOHT - A 21-year-old defeated 4 to I at the polls further breakdown of the fig- termediate School and a bus Union Beach man was fatally Feb. 8. Under state law, it ures," Mr. Landers continued. shed planned for maintenance injured yesterday morning then went to the Township "We met once with the as capital outlay plans that when his car and another ve- Committee for study. Township Committee before hicle collided at Rt, 36 and Horses Saved in Barn Fire could be shelved if need be. The Board of Education can the budget was voted on, and The additional $20,000 would Broad St. now accept the municipal once after it was defeated, to !come from surplus, the board According to Police Capt. MIDDLETOWN — Fire of keeping firemen on the scene "the call came into Police was visible from as far away' body's decision or it can ap-'.go over it line by line, Mr. head noted. Michael Kelly, who heads the undetermined origin leveled a for close to three hours. Headquarters at 8:39 p.m. and as the Bayshore." peal the committee's decision Landers said. department's traffic division, barn off Deepdale and Van' According to Deputy Fire it would be.safe to say many He said that second deputy to the state commissioner gf • Mayor David Cohen said The cuts in current ex- Philip Visaggio of 403 Union Schoick Roads last night Chief W. Irwin Hendricks people called as the red sky chief Edward Strutski was the education. Monday that one segment of penses recommended by the Ave. was driving west on Rt. first man to arrive on the "I cannot speak for the the suggested reduction, the Township Committee total 36 when his car was in colli- scene and Chief Strutski along board until we have fully dis- $53,000 capital outlay reduc- $156,500. This coupled with the sion with a vehicle operated with several neighbors let cussed the matter," Board tion recommended by the aforementioned cut in capital by Thomas P. Ellis Jr., 28, of nine horses, lodged in the. President John K. Landers Township Committee, was in- outlay would serve to drop the Upper Montclair. Mr. Ellis Seek 46 Suspects barn, loose. said last night at his home. itially suggested by the Board tax rate 14 cents, down to was heading north on Broad At midnight six horses were "We will meet early next of Education as a likely area $3.08 per $100 of assessed •St. alive and accounted for while week. • for cutting, Mr. Landers con- valuation from $3.22. Members of the Keyport three remained, at large. First Aid Squad responded. "The barn was a total loss;" Mr. Visaggio was pronounced Chief Hendricks said. "There In Narcotic Raids was hay and feed stored In dead at the scene by local physician Dr. Harry M. Pop- FREEHOLD - Fifteen per- State Police undercover Detective Sgt. Charles A. there but no equipment." Muskie Is Victor, Says pick. sons were irt custody at 7 a.m. agent. Croce, central regional super- He said that an adjacent Dr. Stanley Becker, county today as the result of a pre- More arrests were expected visor of the State Police Nar- barn also suffered some dam- medical examiner, attributed • dawn police raid on suspected today as local county and cotics Bureau, the in- age but was not completely death to multiple fractures narcotics sellers. state police seek those dictments and arrests arethe lost. and hemorrhage. A total of 48 indictments charged with a total of 61 result of a six-month in- Fire companies from Old He'll Keep OnWinning were handed up last week complaints of distributing he- vestigation. Village, River Plaza, Holm- Mr. Ellis has been charged by Patrolman Robert Dillon against county residents rang- roin, marijuana, hashish, co- He said a single undercover del, Middletown, Lincroft and CHICAGO (AP) - Sen. Ed- was favored, left in doubt the committed delegates, 87, lead- Community Fire Company of mund S. Muskie, claiming in final lineup in the Illinois dele- with causing death by auto. ing in age from 16 to 48 who caine and methedrine. agent was able to purchase ing than the two campaigners According to State Police several thousand dollars Leonardo responded to the victory that he'll keep win- gation. But it was clear the could claim between them. He has been released in $5,000 allegedly sold narcotics to a bail pending a hearing in Mu- worth of narcotics from alarm. ., ning now, held a big lead over Maine senator would emerge And that was about the only The Fairview and Holmdel Sen. George McGovern today with a substantial margin nicipal Court April 12. "street sellers" at the rate of thing that went'right yes- 12 to 15 bags at a time. First Aid Squads also respond- as the ballots were counted in over McGovern. terday for Chicago Mayor Mr. Visaggio was born in Hoboken and had lived in "There are plenty of drugs ed to the call. There were no their contest for Illinois dele- The delegate contest was Richard J. Daley, who will injuries reported. gate votes for the Democratic really 24 contests, with the 160 Union Beach with his family to be bought in the county," lead the uncommitted bloc Sgl. Croce said. "Unfortuna- The farm, which is owned presidential nomination. convention seats apportioned when the Democrats convene for 11 years. He was a com- among Illinois congressional municant of Holy Family tely, a raid such as this one by Deepdale Inc., is known as Muskie easily outdistanced July 10 in Miami Beach. See Arrest, Page 2 the old Deepdale Farm. Eugene J. McCarthy to win as districts. Catholic Church, Union Daley's Chicago Democrat- Beach. expected yesterday, in an Il- With 64 per cent of the ic organization was jolted linois presidential preference 10,858 precincts counted, dele- He is survived by his par- when two insurgents beat his ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas primary, polling 63 per cent of gates committed to vote for chosen candidates to win the vote. Muskie's nomination led for 58 Visaggio; two brothers, An- Medical Forum nominations for governor and thony and Martin Visaggio, A slow count of the long bal- convention seats, McGovern state's attorney.