King Death Anniversary Marked in Red Bank SEE STORY BELOW Fair, Pleasant FINAL Sunny and pleasant. today. THEDAUI Clear and mild tonight. Sun- Red Bonk, Freehold ny, pleasant tomorrow. Long Branch EDITION (Seo Detalli. Pag. 81 I 7 Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 90 Years VOL. 91, NO.- 199 RED BANK, N.J., MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1969 22 PAGES 10 CENTS Wayside Methodists Share Service With Victims ^ Reevytown Church Fire Seen 'Definite' Arson NEW. SHREWSBURY \- early Saturday by a blaze room. He said remnants of He said a five-hour search torium, spewing flames into The all-Mack congregation bi Borough Fire Marshall Walter several candles have been of the ruins by him and Mon- the choir room and the pulpit the burned-out Reevytown B. Cobb Jr. said had been found. mouth County Fire Marshall area. A.M.E. Zion Church joined in "definitely set" by someone He said entry to the Leonard Mack yesterday and Easter worship with the all- who broke into the building building was gained by break-1 Saturday "turned up some in- The walls and ceilings in white congregation of the through a window. The tiny ing a window in a corner of teresting leads." The two the auditorium, kitchen and Wayside Methodist Church, congregation was invited to the church shielded from men will continue their inves- lavatories, either burned out Ocean Township, yesterday share the Easter services in WyckoffRoad. tigation tomorrow. or blistered by the intense morning and took "renewed the Wayside church. Traces of blood found at the The fire got started in the heat, will have to be torn out courage from our good pris- Fire Marshall Cobb said the window area indicate the ar- meeting room-dining room in and replaced, and so will all tian neighbors," the Rev. fire was set by church can- sonist — or one of the arson- the center of the building, Mr. the electrical wiring, Mr. Charles Lee demons, pastor dles, lighted and left to burn ists if there were more than Cobb said, and the pressure Cobb said. The heat cracked of the Reevytown church said. on pew cushions and on tables one — was injured climbing and heat which built up almost every pane of glass in The interior of the Reevy- in the combination board through the window, Mr. Cobb melted a folding door separate the building. town church was wrecked meeting room and dining said. ing that room from the audi- (See AESON, Pg. 2, Col. 6) Ruled Out Viet Military Victory FIRE'S TOLL — The Rev. Charles Lee demons, pastor of the Reevytown A.M.E. Zion Church, New Shrewsbury, shows Walter B. Cobb Jr., borough fire marshal, WASHINGTON (AP) -Two egy in /building up the Amer- by the White House on mili- fect" of American bombing of "Conditions may have been 100-year-old Bible charred by fire which wrecked interior of 85-year-old church the North probably induced former U.S. commanders in ican effort from 1964 until tary operations against Viet sufficiently serious to have early Saturday. Mr. Cobb says the fire was "definitely set." the Vietnam war say Amer- last year was generally suc- Cong and North Vietnamese Hanoi to seek relief by agree- induced North Vietnam to use ican escalation of the fighting cessful and ended any chance sanctuaries in neighboring ing to the negotiations now the tactics of 'negotiation' to (Register Staff Photo) was essential in preventing of an enemy victory. Lags, Cambodia and North under way in Paris. gain a period, of relief in the fall of South Vietnam, but Westmoreland, who ran the Vietnam "made it impossible "The cumulative effects "oj order to rectify its more White House restraints ruled U.S. war effort in Vietnam to destroy the enemy's forces air operations and the de- pressing problems, and to re- out a traditional military until he became Army chief in a traditional or classic mands of the war in South bvigorate support of the war jfn Close-Quarter Fighting victory, of staff last June, said with- sense." • • Vietnam resulted in unprece- in South Vietnam." dented stresses and strains on In their 347-page "Re- out the buildup of American Sharp, who. as U.S. com- Curbs Hurt port on the War. in .Viet- troops in 1965 he doubts the mander in the Pacific the North Vietnamese econ- nam," published today by South Vietnamese could have planned the air war against omy, production and distribu- Although calling the bomb", the Pentagon, Gen. William held out for more than six North Vietnam until his re- tion systems the life of the ing "the most precise in his- people and the politic*! con- tory," Sharp Implied the N. Viets Kill 14 GIs C. Westmoreland and Adm. months. -•'• tirement last August, for his U.S.G. Sharp said their strat- But, he wrote, restrictions part said the "profound ef- trol apparatus," Sharp %ote. raids could have been even SAIGON (AP) — North Airborne Brigade, defending lasting 2'/a hours, was in the more effective were it not for Vietnamese infantry- the southern approaches to Viet Cong's War Zone C restrictions irriposed by men slashed into^two groups the provincial capital of Bao stronghold in northern Tay Washington for nonmili- j>f US. troops last night, Loc. Ninh province along the Mark Anniversary of Death tary reasons. killing 14 Americans and As the mortars pinned down Cambodian border, where "From a military stand- wounding 28 in close - quarter the defenders, North Vietnam- thousands of American air point, both ah* and naval pro- fighting. Only three enemy ese infantrymen drove to the cavalrymen are pursuing grams were inhibited by re- were known dead. barbed wire perimeter of the -troops of- the North Vietnam- strictions growing out of the Fighting generally"- ap- camp, hurling hand grenades ese 1st and 7th Divisions. limited nature of our conduct peared to be at the lowest lev- and firing machine guns and Troops of the 1st Air Caval- King Rites Held in Park ry Division sweeping 65 miles of the war," he said. el since the enemy's spring rifles. » by DORIS KULMAN service to the Rev. Dr. Mar- sorrow, 100 persons came yes- heard clergymen eulogize the offensive began six weeks The paratroopers fought northwest of Saigon late yes- Sharp also stated that "ad- ago. back and called in helicopter terday came under withering RED BANK - It was, al- tin Luther King Jr., four days terday to pay tribute to the slain civil rights leader and ditional operational lati- most, like that Sunday one dead. apostle of non-violence on the exhort all Americans to the Eleven Americans were gunships and troop reinforce- small arms and machine-gun non-violent direct, action the tude ... would have enabled killed and 13 were wounded ments, who succeeded in driv- fire that killed three Ameri- year ago, when more than Almost. first anniversary of his vio- cans and wounded 15. The 2,000 persons/wrapped in a In the . sun-drenched park lent death. Rev. Dr. King preached and the execution of campaigns in one fight, about 100 miles ing off the attackers after a practiced. Like those thou- against North Vietnam which northeast of Saigon. 2'/rhour battle. North Viet- enemy withdrew under heavy common grief, gathered in where last April 8 thousands Like those thousands of bombardment by warplanes Marine Park for a memorial gathered in an outpouring of mourners a year ago, they sands a year ago, the 100 would have brought about a Mortars slammed into a namese casualties were not blacks and whites yesterday more rapid deterioration of night bivouac of American known, spokesmen said. and artillery,' leaving only t joined in the singing of "We (See SUPPORT, Pg. 3, Col. 3) paratroopers from the 173rd The other engagement, also three bodies. Shall Overcome," the hymn of the early days of the civil rights movement Dr. King led. Color Switch Leads to Victory They came, yesterday as last April, the women in then- Easter Parade fashions, the young children, proud in their new "best" clothes, the. teenagers with long, tousled In Asbury's Big Easter Parade hair and blue jeans. And yes- terday, as a year ago, the By NANCY HUTCHINS firm, selected her outfit at decided on the color." She the boardwalk today. Just service was punctuated by ASBURY PARK - For the Middletown Shopping Cen- completed her outfit with a wait until my Mother sees the voices of the tots, black those who think Easter colors ter. Her decision to use tur- turquoise satin turban - style these!" "These" were the and white, playing together on should be the pastels of sea- quoise as the color compan- hat, a turquoise print scarf awards the winner receives, the park's swings and slides. sons past, the cliocolate ion, to her brown suit, shoes, at the neck, and her old the Gov. Richard J. Hughes brown ensemble of the win- gloves and handbag, was bracelet on her arm. trophy and the City of As- Gratified ner of the 34th Annual As- something of an accident. The oldest of four children, bury Park award. Mrs. Aggie L. Dixon, chair- bury Park . Easter Fashion "I came across an old tur- she was eager to get home Although her color choice man of the service which was Promenade may be a disap- quoise bracelet," she ex- to her parents, two sisters, was a departure from winners sponsored by the Red Bank pointment. plained, "and it looked so and brother. "I just thought of other years, Miss Borsel- Area Concerned Citizens, said But for the six judges in pretty with the brown that I it would be fun to walk on lino was joined by most of that although they had hoped the annual event, the classic the contenders in many style for a larger attendance, she styling and clever color co- elements.