Death Toll Climbs Temado-Rav Rain Possible * Clouding, showers possible •' today. Cloudy, cool tonight. Sunny, cool tomorrow. J Monmouth County's Home Newspaper tor 92 Years • /.••' VOL. 93, NO. 223 RED BANK, N. J., TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1970 20 PAGES 10 CENTS iiiiiimiiiiuuii nitifiinniiiiiusiiiiid^stituuiiuiiijii tuuiitiiiuiiiiuiuuiiituiuiniiiuuiuisu EI t Racial Riot Flares; Six Killed in Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga. '(AP) — Six persons were shot to death fighters away from some of the blazes and the fires were left and more than 60 Injured in widespread racial violence to bum themselves out. marked by burning, looting and sniper fire, police said early The city's main ambulance service company was re- today. fusing to answer calls because of sniper fire. News vehicles National Guardsmen and slate troopers- ordered into and police cars also were being fired upon. Augusta by Gov. Lester Maddox were calming the situa- - POLICE ORDERED IN tion. Firemen reported that most of the blazes set in a pre- Shortly before midnight the first contingent of state dominantly black area sealed off by the guardsmen and troopers, ordered into the city by Gov. Lester Maddox, troopers were under control. began arriving, Mayor Millard Beckum ordered a citywide REPORT SNIPER FIRE curfew in effect from midnight until 8 am. Police said sporadic sniper fire continued but that it Maddox has ordered 200 National Guardsmen and 140 was dying out. state troopers into Augusta to help police contain the vio- Police said five of the dead were shot as roving bands lence away from the main business section. of Negroes looted stores and burned businesses in die area A spokesman at Taltnadge Memorial Hospital said 20 covering an estimated 130 square blocks on the fringe of persons had been treated in the hospital's emergency room, the downtown business section. and 11 of those were admitted. The sixth man was brought to a hospital early today and there was no immediate word on how he was shot. Police said at least 50 persons have been arrested. DECLINES SPECULATION f ' RIOT FOLLOWS MARCH FLAG WAVERS —Some of the more than 2,000 blue collar workers march around New York's City Hall yes- Police Chief Boadus Bequest declined to speculate on The disturbance erupted after several hundred Negroes, terday at they returned to the scene of Friday's violent confrontation with antiwar students. Shouting "USA whether the dead,.all Negro males, were shot by police or protesting the beating death of a black youth in the Rich- all fhe way" and "Lindsay must go," marcher* carried scores of American flags. Friday's violence resulted sniper fire. mond County jail, staged a march through the downtown from fhe workers' anger at Mayor John Lindsay's orders to have the American flag'flown at half mast for Fire officials said more than 50 fires were reported, area. many of them described as major. The demonstration escalated into fires, looting, rock- the four students killed at Kent State University one week ago. , (AP Wirephoto) Sniper fire and blockades" by the Negro bands kept fire throwing and window-breaking. Nixon Is Firmly Committed To Cambodia Withdrawal WASHINGTON (AP) - President Nixon is now so firm- one official said, "depends very much on its limited ly committed to a June 30 deadline for withdrawing Ameri- nature." • . can forces from Cambodia officials doubt he could prolong What worries some authorities here, however, is the pos- (he operation even if he found it militarily advisable to do so. sibility that North Vietnam may yet undertake some kind of Despite Has commitment, Nixon may yet be faced witii counter action such as a political-military offensive against 2 pressure from field commanders for more time to complete, the'present Cambodian government or a counterattack on me destruction of North Vietnam's Cambodian bases. "allied fences. Some already are reported to believe they cannot do the This would confront Nixon and his military chiefs with whole, job within the two months Nixon has specified. a new situation-^or which he already has closed his ap- The June 30 deadline applies to all support units and parent-options. '•."••••.., advisers attached to the South Vietnamese as well as to But offices also say the storm,of opposition stirred up strictly American outfits engaged in die Cambodian opera- % his/decision to send troops linto Cambodia in the first tion, Nixon said.at his news conference. - place made it impossible for him to speak ambiguously about the limit of the assault, '• <• . ' .' : He stated the deadline, without qualification as to any Less potential controversy is, seen here over the 21.7 unforeseen developments, officials say, because he Wanted mile limitations Nixon has placed on penetration of Cambo- to stress that destruction of the sanctuaries is not a first dian territory by U. S. forces. step toward an indefinite U, S. troop involvement in Cam- Officials say that distance from the South Vietnamese' bodia. border was picked because intelligence reports showed no "The homefmnt support we've, gotten for this operation," important enemy bases beyond that line. : Sit-ins by Black Students LOOTERS AT WORK— Looteft surge through part of the business district of Augusta, Ga., today after • march protesting the death of a black youth in the Richmond County Jail. One man was shot in tfi* leg by police, six injuries have been reported in rock throwing incidents, and at least three major fires were burning Set at Matawan Regional last night. State police have been sent to help restore order. IAP Wirephoto) By NANCY J. KUBINSKI The board.authorized high ough and this township met nunciations of the Board by: MATAWAN TOWNSHIP - school Principal Cafl J. in a 2^-hour meeting which the blacks and' Mr. Young- Black students, after an un- Youngman to take whatever was closed to the news media. man, who the students said successful meeting with' the steps necessary to keep the Legislature Acts on Top Reporters Barred mistreated their, parents dur- Board of Education, vowed to school open, even if it means Three reporters'"' were ing the initial confrontation, sit in at the Regiqnal High calling the police. • . barred from the high' school at the school Friday. .' - • School today and every day The decision was made af- and one was threatened with Yesterday, the school was 9 until their demands for more ter 150 black students, par- arrest after she was discov- virtually empty after a near black teachers and a black ents, the school board and the ered in the auditorium. clash between white and black Bills in 'Cleanup Mom studies course ara fulfilled. councils from Matawan bor- The meeting saw angry de- students occurred when blacks occupied the corridor TRENTON (AP)' - /The ark, Kennedy and LaGuardia or Hugh J. Addonlzio win re- But left hanging were such next to the cafeteria. Airports. election today. items as: Local police prevented an New Jersey Legislature, In its rush to adjourn for the sum- —A bill identical to last Drug Plan Approved ( —A resolution authorizing incident and white students year's providing $12 million —A portion of Cahill's anti- a November referendum low- Death Toll Seen High mer, has most of its major returning to classes were told for the state's six largest ci- narcotics program, including ering the voting age from 21 by some teachers to go home, work out of the way. But the ties to use primarily to raise a measure appropriating to 19. The measure, pushed, while others milled about the housecleaning remains. •; ' police and fire salaries. It $800,000 for 50 new state by a large group of students halls . or attended some' The senate and assembly, cleared the senate over the troopers to be used in the who combed the state house In Wake of Tornado classes. working late into last eve- claims of two Bergen County fight against drugs. It was lobbying with legislators, qj, (AP) - The twister struck with its search of the debris and it Police made four arrests of ning, gave final approval to Republicans that it was approved hi the assembly and faced an uncertain fate in the A tornado followed by hurri- deadliest fury in the down- was feared the death toll non-students at the high a variety of Gov. William T. ''pork barrel" legislation be- pushed through the senate assembly, where the GOP cane force winds hit the town district of the commu- would rise. school shortly after 10 a.m., Cahill's priority measures, ing used to help Newark May- just before adjournment. has already voted it down. heart of this northwest Texas nity of 170,000, ripping chunks Nearly all downtown store Detective Lt. John McGinty and sent them to Cahill for city last night. Police said 23 of concrete off skyscrapers. fronts were blown out and reported. his signature. persons were known dead and Broken glass whipped Policeman C. W. Cranford Men Identified that the toll was expected to through the streets by the said, "Looting started before .The men were identified as But it left untouched much go much higher. wind caused many of the in- the wind died down." Albert White, 2d, of 18 Lock- of the trivia and the assembly Campuses Calm Down; Hundreds Were injured. juries. wood Ave.; Sylvester White, scheduled a full session Mayor James Granberry Thursday to cope with it. Property damage was esti- Hours after the storm hit described' the damage as 19, of the same address; mated in millions of dollars. there had been no organized Richard D. Davis, 24, of 68 The senate will have only half "massive, just massive," and Stonehurst Blvd. and William its members here, but has set Demonstrations Go On said "we are trying to set Davis, 19, a Jersey City Col- June 8 as cleanup day.