j§ed m Car, Ambulance Collide SEE STORY PAGE 3 The Weather Sunny, breezy and cool THEDAM FINAL today Clear find cold tonight, low in upper 20s. Rain devel- Red Bank, Freehold 7 oping tomorrow. Long Branch J REGISTER EDITION Monmouih County's Outstanding Home Newspaper .32 PACES VOL.95 NO. 113 RED BANK, N.J. MONDAY, DECEMBER 11,1972 TEN CENTS AstronautsBegin Moon Probe This Afternoon SPACE CENTER, Houston recorded through five earlier trol at 2:36 p.m. EST yes- away, Ceman's voice crack- scientist in space, began< a (AP) — Apollo 17 astronauts American landings. terday. Eleven minutes later, led into the control center: chattering catalogue of de- Eugene A. Ceman and Harri-. Probe From Above they fired America's powerful "Thumbs up, America has scriptions of what he saw pas- son H. Schmitt are poised on The third Apollo 17 crew- service propulsion rocket en- arrived on station for the' sing below his window. the threshold of man's last man, Ronald E. Evans, will gine to slow the speeding challenge ahead." planned lunar exploration, remain in lunar orbit aboard craft and settle it into lunar With their lunar goal at He stopped suddenly at one ready to board a spider-leg- the command ship America. orbit. least near, the three space- point and called out: "Hey, I ged landing ship named He will probe the surface As in past moon flights, Mis- men let flow the joy and ex- just saw a flash on the lunar Challenger for a plunge to a from above with an array of sion Control waited through citement of their view. surface." box canyon on the moon. science instruments and spe- the silence for word of a suc- "We're breathing so hard, "It was right out there The last Apollo rocketed cial cameras. cessful firing, this time for 22 the windows are fogging up on north of Grimaldi," he said, smoothly into lunar orbit yes- America and Challenger, minutes. the inside," said Evans, the naming a crater which is on terday, and the men of 17 still locked nose-to-nose, Then the spacecraft shot first Vietnam veteran as- the left edge of the full moon spent the night circling the swept behind the moon and from behind the moon; and, signed a space mission. as viewed from the earth; "It «P WIreptiolo moon, resting for the descent out of touch with Mission Con- from a quarter million miles Schmitt, the first American was just a pinprick of light." WHERE EIGHT DIED — At right, workers search yesterday for the at 2:55 p.m. EST today to the eighth victim of an explosion and fire on Clinton, Mo.» town square. Five barren surface 15 miles be- of the victims were would-be rescuers trying to aid the trapped. Officials low. said an accumulation of gas probabl/ caused the explosion. Seven other Ahead, for Ceman and persons were in|ured. Schmitt, were three days of Ex-State Officials' Trial exploration among the cra- ters, hills and canyons of a steep-sided valley called Taurus-Littrow. Report on Truman As the 11th and 12th lunar Series to Start Tomorrow explorers, they will walk and By The Associated Press life," and he labelled the drive more than 20 miles over charges baseless and vicious. the valley floor searching Once upon a time, the The trial of D. Louis Tonti rock and soil for secrets names Gallagher, Knowlton, is expected to begin after the Is Less Optimistic needed to complete the moon Jones and Tonti were political first of the year in Trenton, history already partially names to be reckoned with. before U.S. Dist. Court Judge Within a few weeks, all will KANSAS CITY (AP) - A today. 2:30 p.m. yesterday, his blood George Barlow. medical report of "more Two daytime reports yes- have an opportunity to prove The 55-year-old one time pressure was 110 over 60. Rocks May they are innocent of criminal frequent abnormalities" in terday said the former chief The spokesman also said Democratic gubernatorial the rhythm of Harry S. Tru- executive's pulse was in the charges. candidate was indicted by a • Truman's wife, Bess, 87, and Starting tomorrow, with for- man's heart has cast a cloud 70s, his temperature less than • Margaret Truman Daniel, Hold Key federal grand jury on April 19, over renewed optimism for 100 degrees and his physi- mer State Sen. Willard B. 1972 on charges he and two their daughter and only child, Knowlton of Bergen County, the former president's recov- ological response improved. had been informed of the set- To History others conspired to extort ery. At one point, the 88-year-old the four former public offi- more than $200,000 from three back. The spokesman said he SPACE CENTER, Houston cials will follow each other to Truman had been taken off Truman told a nurse he was did not know if the two wom- contractors doing business the critical list and was de- feeling better. (AP) — Rocks can't talk, of trial in federal courts in New- with the New Jersey Highway en were at the hospital at the course; but, oh, what they ark or Trenton. scribed as in serious condition But, beside the report of re- time. Authority, which Tonti headed yesterday after doctors noted newed cardiac difficulties, the still can tell. "Things are going to be for 16 years. Heartened by the earlier Maybe, just maybe, when busy around here for a some improvement. He re- latest bulletin said only: bulletins, Mrs. Daniel issued a The indictment alleged that mained on the serious list af- "There has been a slight de- Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene while," said a worker in the Tonti had the firms send the statement that she and her A. Cernan and Harrison H U.S attorney's office. ter a new report last night. crease in blood pressure re- mother were "very happy and money to an associate in , A hospital spokesman said quiring medication to bring it Schmitt step onto the moon The former officials are Italy, and the cash was encouraged." tonight, they will find one that ' Knowlton, Rep Cornelius he had no additional informa- to within normal limits. He is One of the bulletins had de- stashed in a numbered bank tion about the-latest devel- resting quietly and having no will hold the key to the history Gallagher of Bayonne, State account in Geneva, Switzer- TRIALS UPCOMING - Former Garden State scribed the former President of the universe. Sen. and Republican State opment but said both Tru- difficulties with respiration. as "more alert and able to land. Since the indictment, Parkway Director D. Lduls Tonti, left, and Rep. man's personal physician and Other physiological signs re- From dusty gray, white and Chairman Walter II. Jones federal prosecutors reportedly Cornelius Gallagher, once powerful political fig- talk at times for short peri- black rocks gathered on five and former Garden State a cardiac specialist had re- main satisfactory. Doctors ods." have been attempting to gain ures In New Jersey, face federal court trials In lumed to the hospital within still characterize his condition previous Apollo missions, sci- Parkway Executive Director access to certain Swiss ac- the coming weeks. an hour from the time the ab- Mrs. Daniel expanded that ence has learned much about D. Louis Tontl. as serious." by saying when she and her counts. normal rhythm was detected Previous advisories in- the earth and the moon. Adding them all up, the sep- In 1971, when it was first U.S. Dist. Court Judge Leon- to the indictment, Gallagher at 8:45 p.m. EST. mother visited him in the But these samples also have arate trials could include evi- dicated increased stability in morning, "he smiled at us and runmored that he was under ard I. Garth. The charges was acting with former Jer- The next medical bulletin Truman's blood-pressure raised many questions, And dence about shakedowns of investigation, Tonti termed against the former congress- sey City Mayor Thomas Whe- gave us 'yes' and 'no' answers mysteriesstill remain. contractors, phony income tax was scheduled ,for ||0 a.m. readings over the weekend. At to our questions." the allegations "hogwash." man include perjury before a Ian and Jersey City Council And now, the last Apollo statements, secret Swiss bank "At no time did I engage in grand jury, conspiracy and in- President Thomas Flaherty, gives 20th century man one accounts, perjury before any improper conduct or in come tax evasion. both of whom are now serving more chance to find the rocks grand juries, fraudulent bank any way compromise my He was indicted April 11, Jail terms for extortion. that will solve the basic puzzle loans, get-rich-quick land duties or responsibilities as di- of evolution. schemes, under-the-table 11)72 on charges he purchased According to the In- Say Peace Talks May rector of the parkway." bonds under fictitious names dictment, the three of them So far, 594 pounds of lunar campaign contributions, false Gallagher's trial is sched- bank reports and payoffs for to avoid paying income tax on put up the money, Gallagher rock have been returned to uled to begin Jan. 9 before more than $326,000. According See Knowlton, Page 2 earth by lunar missions. political influence. In a $54 million endeavor, Knowlton, 56, was indicted Be at Turning Point' HIM scientists from the United in August 1971 on charges he States and 17 foreign coun- extorted $75,000 from the J. PARIS (AP) - Henry A.