Weather Distribution Temperature 7it.ni., «. Fair Today „ W»y, tonight aad tomorrwr. BEJDBANK HigJ) today to the WIJ low 18,960 ttmltht in 2T« hlth tomorrtw to the upper Ws. See weather (^ MOHDAtjHitaKHnaDAy-ur.mi ] Me !. Dial SH L00IO IiiuM dally. Uonday tfiroufb Friday. Second Clan PtflK 7c PER COPY VOL. 84, NO. 148 Paid at Ked Bank ud ml Additional Ualtlnt Otllces. RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1962 PAGE ONE Prosecutor to Probe Drainage Projects 2 Escaped Convicts Police Payroll Case FREEHOLD — Vincent P. Keuperv county The prosecutor said he had been watch- Mapped prosecutor announced yesterday that he would ing the situation develop in Keansburg and conduct an investigation into charges of pay- had intended to look into it. roll padding by members of the Keansburg He noted that alteration of public records police department. is a crime. il.3 Million Plan Nabbed by Police The prosecutor, after meeting with Keans- DETAILS OF PROBE burg officials, did not say when his probe Announeed At would begin. Mayor- Coliichio said he asked for the He said he advised Keansburg officials to meeting to advise the prosecutor of the de- Middletown Captured proceed with disciplinary hearings they tails of the probe in the borough. planned as a result of their probe into the sit- The mayor was critical of liis chief critic MIDDLETOWN — Town- uation. on Ihe governing.body, Councilman Martin C. Lohsen. « ship Committeeman Paul REQUESTED BY MAYOR ' Mr. Lohsen rapped the mayor over the Pandolfi last night unveiled Within The meeting with the prosecutor was re- quested by Mayor Louis T, Coliichio. week-end for suspending three men without an estimated $1.3 million conducting a more thorough probe. He said Last week-end, the Borough Council, on program designed to elimi- he thought an outsider, possibly the prose- the recommendation of C. Bernard Blum, cutor should have been brought into the nate the major portion of this 24 Hours borough manager, suspended the chief, depu- probe. community's drainage woes. ty police chief, and a patrolman. The action came after George E. Ostrov, COMMENTS ON LOHSEN The program actually involves RAMSEY (AP) — Abra- borough attorney, conducted a preliminary Slid Mayor Coliichio: "Mr. Lohsen was three projects—with the county, ham Prins, the second of and possibly the state, assuming investigation and review of department rec- conspicuous by his absence from the meeting wo convicts who escaped ords Covering the past four months. some of the cost. today. Yet he was the one who recommended rom a prison car in Pater- ' The attorney said theer were many ir- that the prosecutor be called into the case." Mr. Pandolfi said the program regularities and discrepancies. Also in attendance at the meeting were would amount to "doing 10 years' ion, was captured today Mr. Keuper said he would make a judg- Mr. Ostrov; Capt, Robert J. Kronenberger, work in one year." . after a massive, night-long police ment as to whether there was anything of a temporary police chief; Councilman T. Ed- He said the majority of the cost would be bonded with the manhunt. criminal nature in the situation after he com- ward Kinlin, and C. Bernard Blum, borough Prins' accomplice in the es- pletes his own probe. manager. result being that it would cost he township approximately $50,- ape, Michael Salvi, was cap- 000 a year, including interest. tured last nigh in nearby A[- Held for Study lendale. Formal The proposal was held for The second capture came less than 24 hours after the two con- study by the governing body. victs made their break from a It involves: parking lot at the Passalc Coun- 1. Approximately $68,000 of Charges ty Courthouse. drainage work on 16 township roads which would be done this Prins was apprehended nwr ailroad tracks on Elizabeth St. year by road department e >y Police Sgt. John Gates. ployees. Signed Gates, a 35-year-old veteran of 2. A $500,000 project involving 10 years on the police force, widening and deepening of por- KEANSBURG - Formal ook the prisoner without a strug- tions of five major creeks and charges of neglect of duty were le as Prins walked along the installation of storm sewers on STUDYING PARK APPROACHES — These were the key figures at a discussion of signed and filed yesterday Erie-Lackawanna tracks. 13 other streets. against suspended Police Chief Sandy Hook Park and its approaches at a conference last night in Sea Bright. Left Salvi was nabbed yesterday in Alphonsus McGrath and Deputy 3. Securing an interest free fed- ront of a candy store in nearby eral loan to prepare plans and to right are Stephen G. Link, Trenton, southern district engineer for the state High- Chief Theodore Loder by C. Ber way Department; Robert T. Brown, president, Sea Bright Chamber of Commerce; .Ilendale by Police Lt. Frank nard Blum, borough manager. specifications for a $800,000 storm 'arcnti. sewer project in East Keansburg. Mr. Blum said he signed the Kenneth H. Creveling, director of planning development, state Department of Con- Armed Robber complaints after discussing the Under the last proposal, the servation and Economic Development, and Edward Shea, program chairman for the matter with his attorney. township would seek a $16,000 Prins, 26, of Jersey City, who loan for the East Keansburg Sea Bright Chamber. On Tuesday, Mr. Blum declined was serving 15-to-21 years in survey. to sign the charges until certain 'renton State Prison for armed questions involving procedure This project would not be done obbcry, had threatened revenge were cleared up. immediately. igainst ihe Hudson County as- , Hearing Dates First Project sistant prosecutor who helped get Mr. Blum said that Chief Mc- Mr. Pandolfi said the first him convicted. Even as l-e was project is actually work thBt- nor- Park Plans Told captured police were guarding Grath will receive a hearing Feb. 12 and Deputy Chief Loder mally would be done this year the homes of the Hudson County on Feb. 19. and that the projects were judge, prosecutor and assistant Patrolman Frederick Loder, lumped together instead of being But Ocean Ave. Remains a Question prosecutor Involved \n the case. jdone piecemeal. Salvi, 37, of Morris Plains, was also suspended, will SEA BRIGHT - State official As for the second project he way,'" In consideration stage 480 acres of Sandy Hook for park serving a life sentence for mur- hearing Feb. 23. were unable last night to say only. said the county is willing to give use, on a free basis, from th der. George E. Ostrov, borough at- just what will happen to Ocean Mr. Creveling said Ihe park at least $100,000 toward? the federal government, it hope torney, is now drafting the Ave. as a southern approach to will be ready to receive abou The search for Prins was con- $500,000 project. "eventually to acquire use of thi charges against the patrolman. Sandy Hook Park. 5,000 persons a day. Figuring that centrated in a JO-mile area The committeeman said he al- hook's entire 2.000 acres." Be- The charges against the num- arrivals will be four persons to around Crestwood Lake, Allen- so hoped to receive state aid. But, they stressed, the park cause important defense Installa ber'one and two men of the po- should be welcomed, not feared a car, he estimated that the re- dale, in northern Bergen Coun- This project involves the wid- tions are located there and be- lice department reportedly in- quirement will be for the parking y. More than 100 police of'icerj ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN stands beside the Mercury ening of the following creeks: Kenneth H. Creveling, Asbury cause of today's international volve alleged failure to properly of 1,500 cars a day. Most he be- 'anned out in the hunt after Sal- capsule on the gantry at Cape Canaveral. Glenn con- Compton's Creek—from '.eon- Park, director of planning devel- tension, he guessed that "it will supervise the maintenance of de- opment for the state Department lieved would feed in from north- vi's capture there. ardville Rd. to within 2,000 feet (See PARK, Page 2) tinues to train with, the capsule for his orbital flight. partment records. of Conservation and Economic ern points. (See CONVICTS, Page 2) Mr. Blum also announced that of Tindall Rd., Bay Ave. to INASA Photo via AP Wirephoto) Development, and Stephen G. Left open to some guesswork he will recommend to Borough Church St., and Tindall Rd. to .ink, Trenton, engineer for the was how most of these cars, go- Council that Richard E, Burke, Park Ave.; Pews Creek — Bay southern district, N. J. Highway ing east on Rt. 36 from Key- Middletown attorney, be named Ave. to Main St.; Ware Creek- Glenn's Space Adventure Department, spoke of park plans port and crossing the Highlands- to hear both sets of charges. Bay Ave. to Rt. 36; Wagner's Council Against Creek—Bay Ave. to Rt. 36; and in Borough Hall before an inter Sea Bright bridge, would make Mr. Blum, a former captain in Many-Mind Creek—from the rail- municipal group of about 45 per- he across-traffic swing left into the department, has disqualified road to Lakeside Dr. jns. the entrance of Sandy Hook with- himself from hearing the charges. Storm Sewers Assurances were given by Mr. out interfering with the normal Weather Outlook Suspended Friday Wyckoff Rd. Plan Storm sewers would be in- Link that the state "intends to heavy flow of cars, also crossing Mayor Louis T. Coliichio said meet and solve problems of traf- hat bridge and heading west stalled at: EATONTOWN-A New Jersey council would meet early next fic brought about by the park," toward the Rt.