Police Code Adopted by Red Bank Council JL J SEE STORY BELO* Periods of Ratn THEBAILY FINAL Warm with periods of tiln expected today, tonight and Red Bank, Freehold again tomorrow. I Long Brandt EDITION (Set Detail*, J>t(t 3) 7 Monwnouth County9* Home Newspaper for 92 Years VOL 93, NO. 27 RED BANK, N. J., TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1969 18 PAGES 10 CENTS Miiiiiiiiiumiiiiigiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii! niniia j .v •- Railroad Warned on Explosives in Red Bank By DORIS KULMAN ty sloppy In guarding against cars unguarded, Chief Wat- ing that it contained danger- The railroad is in violation immediate action in the "and.the railroad was aware RED BANK — The borough fire and explosion. kins averred. ous material and should be of the borough fire preven- courts." of the situation." will take legal action if the Chief Watkins said that on ' He said three carloads of kept away from flames, fire tion ordinance when it parks Residents of the area are Cites Trackage Central Railroad of New Jer- several occasions this year explosives, such as dynamite, and corrosive acid, the freight or sidetracks cars' containing "up in arms" and so, the . "The railroad says it \«ey parks carloads of high — and as recently as this were sidetracked in the yards car was left unguarded until explosives or other dangerous chief said, is he. doesn't have any place else explosives or other dangerous past weekend — the railroad last April. Sunday, when the railroad material, Chief Watkins said, Citing the freight train ex- to park the cars," the chief materials in the freight yards has sidetracked carloads of A carload of smokeless pow- sent guards at his insistence, and leaving such cargo un- plosion which demolished a said, "but it has trackage here again, Fife Chief Wil- explosives, smokeless powder der ("the freight cars holds Chief Watkins said. guarded violates an inter- six-block area of Noel, Mo., where it can store them and lard D. Watkins warned yes- and other dangerous materi- about 40,000 pounds and they state Commerce Commission just two days ago; Chief Wat- if anything blows up, it's only Less than a week-and-a- terday. al, most of it bound for don't go half-empty") was regulation. kins said, "That could hap- pine trees." half before, the fire company In a letter to A.L. Fetchko, Earle Naval Ammunition De- parked here from early Sat- "It better not happen pen here just, as well. We He said that when he pro- the Central's assistant direc- pot, on the New Jersey South- urday morning until mid- had been called to the freight again," he declared' firmly. don't want it to happen tested the 48-hour parking of tor of safety < and security, ern Railway tracks, between morning yesterday, Chief yard on three occasions to "The next time, I'm going di- here." • the carload of smokeless pow- Chief Watkins made it clear Herbert and Catherine Sts. Watkins said. Although it was extinguish grass' and scrap rectly to the borough attor- The chief said he had met der here this past weekend he thinks the railroad is pret- And it has left those freight clearly labeled with a warn- lumber fires, he pointed out. ney and we're going to take with employes of the railroad (RAILROAD, Pg. 2, Col. 4) Is Given Political WASHINGTON JAP) - A "When you have a subject said deployment would feed Republican Sen. Claries H. "And the fact is that on tinge of politics is shading before the Senate based on the arms race and lead to in- Percy of Illinois indicated he this important question the the waning hours of the Sen- the concept of defending creasing neglect of problems has heard some complaints President has told me that ate's missile defense debate, yourself," Jackson said in an at home. about his position. each senator should be guid- ed by his own conscience to but a Democratic champion interview, "I can't for the life "And the administration "Some have claimed that in vote in a way that best serves of the Safeguard system says of me see how that's going will have to face the electo- opposing the deployment of the national interest," Percy he can't see it as a future to hurt the person who is ad- rate, encumbered by a costly an ABM now I oppose a Pres- said. campaign issue. vocating it." blunder, just as the previous ident of my own party," Per- Sen, Henry M. Jackson, D- Liability Is Seen administration had to face cy said in a letter to his con- Cannot Support It NEW POLICEMEN — Red Bank's police force numbers 37 men with the swwar- Wash., said he does not be- Sen. George S. McGovern, tiie people encumbered by stituents. , "In good conscience, as a ing-in of two new patrolman, Ernest Van Pelt, left, and Raymond Moore, botti lieve a political campaigner R-S.D., told the Senate Mon- Vietnam," said McGovern, former defense contractor, I would be successful in raising day Safeguard could prove a considered a possible conten- But Percy said the Safe- cannot support putting this of that borough. Miss Shirley Swan, deputy borough clerk, administer* fh« oath it as an issue against Presi- major political liability to der for the Democratic presi- guard division does not fol- yet-to-be-completed weapons . of office AvMIe Police Chief Leroy McKnight and Councilman Theodore J. La- low party lines. dent Nixon. the Republican President. He dential nomination in 1972. system into production," he trecque Jr., police committee chairman, look on. (Register Staff Fh6to) said. I • . • .. ......... Although there will be more debate on the $20 billion military procurement autho- rization bill, the key vote on Nixon's Safeguard plan is due Red Bank 'sCouncil Bill on Tax Reform Heads Wednesday. That roll call vote will come on an amendment which would bar the use of Adopts Police Code the $759 million in Safeguard For Major House Debate funds to be authorized this RED BANK - The Bor- $15,000 for the purchase of a year for steps leading to ac- The -application, of Harold come tax rate reductions in ough Council last night adopt- high pressure water sewer WASHINGTON (AP) — drafted a chance to offer to be brought under control. tual deployment of the sys- Williams for a minor subdi- the bill. The critics want to ed an ordinance raising the cleaning machine and truck, Having completed congres- amendments. However, a group of Demo- tem. That would restrict vision which would divide his give less relief to upper pay. of probationary patrol- and increasing the minimum sional action on a six-month Mondays 237-170 House crats wants to knock the ad- work to research and devel- Prospect Ave. residential bracket taxpayers and more men to $6,800 and introduced width' of lots in the B resi- compromise extension of the vote assurances extension of ditional 5 per cent extension opment. , property into two lots was income .surcharge, the House the 10 per cent surcharge out of the reform bill, which to those in the middle brack- an ordinance requiring every dential zone from 33 to 50 held for study after Council- now heads for debate on the only through Dec. 31. But an comes up for debate Wednes- ets.. .'•.:'• "I trust we can defeat it,'* member of the force to have feet. All three proposed ordi- man Thomas F. Oakley pro- said Sen. Everett M. Dirksen an annual physical examina- nances are scheduled for massive tax reform bill. additional six-month exten- day with a vote planned for The Rules Committee cus- tested that the only egress of Illinois, the Republican tion. public hearing on Mon- Preliminary skirmishing sion, at 5 per cent, is includ- Thursday. tomarily sends tax bills to the and ingress to, the lots leader. The $300-a-year increase in day, Aug. 18. centered today in the Rules ed in the tax reform bill. More to Middle House under a '"closed rule," is through a 50-foot driveway "It's the diffiest cliffhan- the salary of probationary Ordinances appropriating and not a borough road. Committee, which must de- the entire extension is They also seek an opportu- permitting ho amendments ger I've seen in my years patrolmen is effective as of $9,200 for the emergency re- cide whether to give critics needed, the Nixon adminis- nity to offer an amendment but only a yes or no vote on here," said Sen. Mike Mans- last Friday. pair of a borough incinerator, "Some consideration should of the reform bill as it is now tration argues, if inflation is readjusting the proposed in- the entire issue. field of Montana, the Demo- There are five probationary and exempting routine main- be given to how we will get Chairman Wilbur D. Mills, cratic leader and an oppo- patrolmen on the force now. tenance and minor repairs in and out with garbage D-Ark., of the Ways and nent of deployment. "It's Two of them, Raymond from the prohibition on con- trucks and snow plows," he Means Committee is asking like the Perils of Pauline." Moore and Ernest Van Felt, ducting construction busi- said. for this kind of handling of Jackson said he believes were sworn as officers last nesses here on Sunday were . The subdivision was recom- Order Passaic Curlew the tax reform bill and indi- advocates of deployment will Friday. adopted after public hearings mended by the Planning ' cations were tbe Rules Com* win. "I would guess that it's . The council "also introduced at which there weren't any Board two months ago.