Weather • • 'j ,-> ^ v * \ ': * Low emu* and "I*namm W^y 7Y n , Copyri^bt-The Red Btnk Register, Inc., MM. i t *••. Outlook lor Sunday, fair and MONMQUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS DIAL 7414010 "'/ VOL 88, NO. 169 |»«i igf-see. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1966 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Administration Mustering Forces Viet Debate Nearing WASHINGTON (AP) — The his argument today why Con- Morse contends, will be a vote we have put our hands to the administration is mustering its gress should rescind its 1964 on President Johnson's policy. plow and do .not intend to turn forces to counter an attack on resolution that gave President • But Sen. Richard B. Russell, back," the Georgia Democrat President Johnson's Viet Nam Johnson a blank check to carry chairman of the Senate Armed said. war authority and to deliver a on what Morse calls an illegal Services Committee, told news- vote of confidence one supporter war. men that when Morse launches Humphrey had a date today hopes will be a clear warning to for another (meeting\ with 20B Morse promised that after his move Monday he will intro- Congress members to plug ad- Hanoi. giving senators the weekend to duce as a substitute for the Or- ministration policy with his re- With Vice President Hubert ' think over his case he will ask egonian's his own amendment port on his nine-nation Asian H. Humphrey doing a little Monday that his proposal be reaffirming Che 1964 resolution. trip. lobbying in tfte background, the attached as a rider to the bill "It might mean that the lives Republicans and Democrats Senate moved toward the cli- authorizing m additional $4.8 of American boys will be spared 1 max of the.debate. Sen. Wayne billion in funds for the war. if we can get the message home who heard the vice president'* Morse, D-Ore., was set to give The vote on his amendment, to (North) Viet Nam that (See DEBATE, Pa$e 3) 300 FAMILIES FLEE — More fhan 300 familiei were forced io flee their homes yes- Long Branch Political Pot Boils terday while flames in $1.5 million fire deitroyed the Sylvania lumber yard and near- by houses, stores,, garages and hook-and-ladder in the Six Corners area of North Ber- gen. , (AP Photo I Phillips to Run for City Council By SANFORD R. STAROBIN some experienced political ob- intentions of running for mayor, the recipient of the league's well- is seen by some as bearing the LONG BRANCH — Councilman servers feel the top-name politi- as has Councilman and former oiled and wealthy organization. attributes of, a potentially sucess- Yanks on Battleground Donald L. Phillips last night said cians will eliminate each other in mayor Milton F. Untermeyer. His candidacy is looked upon ful mayoralty candidate1. he would definitely run in the the mayoralty battle. Mayor Vinvent J. Mazza has by some observers as having the Mr.. Rand last night.dismissed May 10 election, but he wasn't Unlike the council-manager given no indication yet whether approval of the business com- questions of whether he would sure whether it would be for thegovernment, the mayor's seat be- he will try to succeed himself munity. run for mayor by declaring that mayoralty or one of the five comes a powerful and choice under the new form. Bruce Woolley, a Board of he had not given the idea, serious ven General's Praise council seats. post. The new mayor will be Adjustment member, is con- thought, Telcher Is Boosted SAIGON (AP) — Gen. William briefed Gen. Westmoreland on military action in the northern With his declaration, Mr. empowered with* strong appoint- sidered a strong mayoralty Councdlwoman Lucy. J-.' Wilson C. Westjnoreland, commander of one of the heaviest attacks of part of the country. Phillips added another log to the ive and administrative preroga- Samuel Teidher, however, pres- candidate because of close ties remained mute last night on U.S. Forces in Viet Nam, paid the War experienced by Amer- Vietnamese troops made con- smoldering political hearth, tives, and will be responsible for ident of the Chamber of Com- with the county. Republican whether she:would run for either high tribute today to 2,500 Amer- ican troops, action elsewhere in tact with the Reds six miles which appears ready to blaze up the selection of a city business merce and a leader of the Better Party, even though this is a sup-mayor or council, - but ' friends ican infantrymen on a personal the past 24 hours tapered off. northeast of Quang Tri city, administrator. Government League, which posedly non-partisan city. were confident) she would enter tour of the battle-scarred jungle U.S. South Vietnamese and capital of the northernmost shortly. Qualified political sources yes- Councilman Edgar N. Dinfcel- worked to change the govern- Jacob Rand, acting city man- the race. • north of Saigon where they other Allied troops reported only province, but bad weather pre- spiel has already announced his ment form, is considered to beager and assistant city attorney, (See PHILLIPS,. Pag* 8) Hurled* back a fierce predawn sporadic contact v/ith the enemy. vented U.S. Marine planes from terday asserted that Rocco Bon- Viet Cong assault yesterday. Raids Washed Out providing the air support re- forte, the city's postmaster and a Astride the hood of a jeep, the A third day^ of heavy rains quested by the government former commissioner, was giving jut-jawed general told his men: curbed air raids against North forces. thought to running for mayor, as Viet Nam. The thick overcast Offshore, however, the U.S. was Paul Kiernan, Jr., who ran "3Tou gave the enemy a sound in 1963 for the state Assembly Marlboro Township defeat and I am proud of you. allowed only four air strikes destroyer Mason directed its Your performance was in the against roads and bridges around five-inch guns at the enemy posi- and the following year for coun- highest spirit and professional the coastal city of Vinh, 165 tions. A spokesman said the ty clerk. conduct of U.S. fighting men. I miles south of Hanoi. The 7th naval and ground artillery killed Understood to be waiting in salute yi>u." Fleet's jets made no sorties at least 20 Communists, while the the wings for the proper signal to run for the council was ment :Thei-discovery of 48 more against the North yesterday. government troops accounted for Large U.S. Homes bodies -outside the camp's However, the Strategic Air 28: more, took four prisoners and Thomas Marinelli, Jr., who' lost a bid last year for the council. MARIBORO — After three the application maps required But Mayor Grubb said he was changes be discussed, before a barbed wire defenses raised the Command's .' eight-engine B52 held their losses to light casual : All At-Large years of delayis, Township Coun- several changes before he ap- concerned with the alterations vote was taken.' , toll of enemy dead to at least Stratofortresses came in over the ties. ; The May election will deliver cil; with a 3-2 count, last night proved them. and suggested that the maps be . Too Much Power' .< 13pv Many more victims believed weather from, Guam to pound The. government announced returned to the Planning Board to have dragged away by the Communist targets this afternoon earlier'that 17 Communists were five councilmen and a mayor, all gave the go ahead.to Atlantic Mr. Kurtz called the changes "I think Ibis is giving'thje eflr Seaboard Home and Develop- for reapprova!. gineer too much power," he sajid. Viet Cong. Fifteen Communists in South Viet Nam's Thua Thien killed byi artillery and air power of.whom will run at-Iarge. It "ovetistghts" by the Planning ! were taken prisoner. province, 15 miles west of the oldin a fight in the province be was necessitated by Wednesday's ment Corp. to build 202 houses Board which he said were re- After Milton Kosene, the town- George E, Creevy, the council referendum in which the govern- here. , quired before the maps' could be ship's attorney, told council that president, did not agree and.re- While officers of the U.S. 1st imperial capital of Hue. The tween a 350-man Vietnamese raid accompanied s flareup of (See VIET NAM. Page 3) ment was changed from council' Another delay was attempted filed with the county. Six or he did not consider Mr. Kurtt's plied that the engineer was »u- Infantry Division's first brigade manager to mayor-council. by Mayor Waiter C. Grubb, Jr. eight lots had no dimensions list- action irreguttr, Mr. BrodnJak ttorized to make adjustment*. Large, fields are expected to and Courvcilman Joseph A. Brod- ed and duplicate lot numbers said that council could not vote After a sliort' receii, council vie for both the mayor1* post niak when Frederick Kurtz, the had to be corrected, Mr. Kurtz in good conscience on the appli- approved the app!ic»tionj, with and the council seats, although township engineer, reported that said. cations. He suggested that the Councilmen Brodmak and Philip Ghana's Coup Leaders Say H; Arnold 'abstaining. The-develb]*et-s gained approval for 168 lots' in Section I and 34 lots in Section I-A of their 620- Middleiown LibraryUnit Concedes lot development' planned for the Pfkrumah Abused Liberties southwest corner of Rt. 79 and ACCRA, Ghana (AP)-Ghana's Casualty estimates ranged Alexander said he doubted that School Rd., West. • new military leaders say they from 4 to 18 dead and 30 Ankrah "oould run the political Last month the Planning Board overthrew ' President Kwame wounded.