Term Munitions Train Parking Negligence SEE STORY BELOT Hot and Humid Hot and humid today. Chance THEDMLY FINAL ' of showers tonight. Becom- Red Bank, Freehold ing fair, warm tomorrow. Long Branch EDITION (8» Detiili, Fan 2) I 7 Monmouth County's Hotne Newspaper for 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 37 RED BANK, N. J., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1969 20 PAGES 10 CENTS piifliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirjii1 Camille Worst Ever,' Death Toll May Hit 200 GULFPORT, Miss. (AP)' - "We know where there are "We have enough people to President Nixon declared of the coastal strip, warned An increasingly grim picture more bodies," Cassibry add- do the work," said Cassibry. the state's coastal strip a of coming tides of up to 20 of Hurricane Camille's devas- disaster area, making it eli- ed. "We estimate the final "What we need is supplies." feet above normal, fled in- tation emerged today as res- toll will be between 150 and gible for an initial $1 million land before Camille arrived. cue workers struggled Airlift Food in federal assistance. Curfews through wreckage looking for 200. There were over 2,000 in- At Atlanta, a dozen C124 Camille, lashing first at the jured." Biloxi and Gulfport were dead, injured, missing per- Globemasters at Dobbins Air southeastern edge of Louisi- under 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. cur- sons — and missing towns. Rescue work by 1,500 Na-.Force Base were assiped to ana, shrieked onto the Mis- 1 few. National Guardsmen, "We have 100 confirmed' tional Guardsmen, 500 Civil airlift 375,000 pounds of food sissippi coast Sunday night. armed with rifles, patrolled bodies," said state Sen. Ned Defense men and volunteers to Keesler Air Force Base in The area of maximum to prevent looting. Cassibry, coordinator of civil was hampered by the weight Biloxi. New Orleans shipped forceJjJ- around the eye — A curfew also was in-force defense along Mississippi's of the wreckage left by Ca- 13,000 gallons of water in tank included the port city of Gulf- at Bogalusa, a city of some coastal strip, shattered by mille,, the most powerful hur-. cars to ravaged Bay St. port, with 30,000 residents, 21,500 in Louisiana. Mayor 150-mile-an-hour winds, mon- rieane ever to hit the Ameri- I ;uis, just across the state and nearby Biloxi with 44,- Curt Siegelin said power lines ster tides and fire. can mainland. line... 000. Thousands of residents were down, drinking water was scarce and the city in "critical condition." Martial law was Imposed in Louisiana's Plaquemines Par- ish (county) at sundown yes- terday. Deputies with cocked Defend Freehold C C shotguns turned back angry residents trying to check on their homes.. FREEHOLD — Harsh saying trouble in town is he mean the members of the man's right to protest, and in The parish is a low delta words' mingled with pleas for caused by "a handful of rab- Police Department, including a man's right to picket and in land, laid down over the cen- ble hiding under the guise of the chief? Or does he mean understanding as the Con- equal rights for all," replied turies by the Mississippi Riv- only the black members?" cerned Citizens (CC) of Great- citizenry. ." and later say- Mr. Mayer, "but I do not be- er's suit. Officials said the er Freehold was defended by ing that by "rabble" he asked Mr. White. lieve in firebombings. ." communities of Benice, members and non • members meant the "so-called Con- "And if he means the black (Six fires were set off by Boothville and Triumph were at last night's Borough Coun- cerned Citizens." members are acting under crude Molotov cocktails here wiped out. cil meeting. "Does Mr. Mayer mean the the guise of citizenry, rather Tuesday night and a seventh Nothing There CC member Albert White, elementary, high school and than being entitled to the full "suspicious" fire destroyed "There are no homes Lockwood Ave., challenged college teachers? Does he privileges of citizenship, then part of the railway freight there," said Parish Commis- AWAIT EVACUATION — Five persons await rescue on rail tracks between Councilman Tobias H. May- mean the ministers of the lo- that is what the problem is station early Thursday morn- sioner Howard Wilcox. Gulfport and New Orleans after their frame house was lifted by the 150-mite- 'er, who was quoted in cal churches? Does he mean all about." tag.) "There are no grocery stores. an-hour winds of hurricane Camille and left on the tracks. (AP Wirephoto) Friday's Daily Register as the local businessman? Does "I certainly believe in a "I suggest that all of you (See Hurricane, Pg. 2, Col. 6) beware of irresponsible state- ments," Mr. White told the governing body. "You are to blame for many of the things See Long Hearings that are happening." Lakewood Enforces Curfew Mr. Mayer had no comment when Mrs. Ruth Hurwitz, 106 LAKEWOOD (AP) - Rela- Authorities said a firebomb lumbered across the only Lakewood Municipal Man- W. Main St., asked him if he tive calm was restored to this hit the outside of the Con- street by which they could ager Thomas L. LaPointe in- thought the CC was connect- community as a tightly-en- gregation Sons of Israel leave. The police retreated to dicated he hoped the large On Court Nominee ed with the firebombings. forced curfew limited disor- Synagogue but did little dam- the tracks until the train show of force by police would Mr. White's brother, Hil- der to scattered incidents of age. passed and then resumed serve as a deterrent to any WASHINGTON (AP) -> Senate approval as a federal less than a month later, he liard White of Liberty St., window - breaking and fire- At the start of yesterday's their steady march. .-r~ outbreaks of violence such as Clement F. Haynsworth Jr., judge. was confirmed unanimously told the mayor and council bombing. curfew, police wearing blue Ocean County Undersheriff the numerous incidents of President Nixon's nominee On March 7, 1957, Hayns- by the Senate as a judge on that the CC does not repre- A police spokesman said 13 jump suits and carrying large Arthur Brown issued a "red firebombing and : looting for Supreme- Court justice, worth was showered with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of sent the black community ,— persons were arrestedd Mon- shields as well as Wearing alert" call for help last night which occurred the previous can expect rougher going praise during a 70-minute Appeals. for one thing, because, he day night, 11 of them for vio- riot helmets, marched cau- to police departments hi all two nights. next month than a dozen hearing before a Senate judi- The full Senate Judiciary said, the majority of its. mem- lating a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. cur- tiously into the heart of the Ocean County municipalities. , Eighteen persons, including years ago when he won easy ciary subcommittee. Then, Committee will meet Sept. 9 bers are white. few and two on weapons ghetto "community. Brown said 158 out-of-town five juveniles, were arrested for a hearing on his nomina- "The CC do not control the charges. The spokesman did As they moved in to en- law officers augmented the 39 Sunday night and four per- tion for the Supreme Court black youth," he said. "They not say exactly what the force the curfew, a Jersey Lakewood officers in enforc- sons were booked on a charge seat that Abe Fortas resigned (See Freehold, Pg. 2, Col. 1) charges were. Central Railroad freight train ing the curfew. of possession of firebombs. in . mid-May. Committee member Hiram L. Fong, R- Police with riot gear dis- Hawaii, said there will be persed a crowd of nearly "extensive hearings." 200 blacks to end the disor- ders Sunday.' Mayor John Chances are that consider- Employe Negligence Is Blamed Franklin imposed the curfew, ation of Haynsworth will be but there were five firebomb- more protracted than the ings and much window-break- brief hearing in June that ing, despite the curfew. preceded Senate confirmation of Nixon's choice of Warren No injuries were reported For Munitions Freight Parking as the result of firebombs. E. Burger as chief justice to succeed retiring Earl War- . Lakewood, an Ocean, Coun- RED BANK - The Central "there was no excuse" for ren. his letter continued. "I can yards here. He cited specif- ty community of 25,000, first Railroad of New Jersey has leaving the Earle • bound fully understand your con- ically the parking of the car- Opposition already, has . was hit by violence Saturday blamed employe negligence freight car in the Red Bank cern and wish to express our load of ammunition from Sat- night after three black youths been sounded by groups who for the recent weekend park- yards "without proper secur- appreciation for the coopera- urday morning, Aug. 2, until were arrested during a street are unhappy with Hayns- ing in its freight yards here ity precautions." tion of your administration, mid - morning the following fight. worth's record in civil rights of a box car loaded with am- ". .. .'Frankly, it was due to particularly Councilman Wil- cases. Monday, and said the box car munition bound for the Earle negligence on the part of the liam S. Anderson and Fire was unguarded until Sunday, But, at, this stage, there is Naval Ammunition Depot, person in charge of this op- Chief WillardD. Watkins." when at his insistence, the no indication of a Senate con- Leonardo. eration," Mr. Farrell wrote. ' Chief Watkins two weeks Central, sent guards. troversy the size of the one In an Aug.