IPeatHer DISTRIBUTION 7 tun. temperature M. Cloudy tti» mornint. Wr Oil •ftcnmw EEDBANK TODAY •ad tonight. HIgb day, «. Low tonight, M. Tomorrow, ptrtly 23,550 cloudy, high in the 40s. Saturday, cloudy, followed by clearing and mamxfauooaanaua~t*T. am colder. See weather, page 2. DIAL 741-0010 l»ued duly, Monday throuih Frld»j. Second Clan Poitagt VOL. 86, NO. 152 Paid at Red Bank and at Additional Mailing Offices. RED BANK, N. J.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1964 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Junta Abolished in South Viet Nam Coup SAIGON, Viet Nam (AP) - sist him in ruling the country. Saigon radio said the coup was ising prospect for the coun- nialist and Communist policy to standing committee of the revo-i moted himself so he would out- confusion, they apparently were Nguyen Khanh, a 37-year-old U.S. military sources said Maj. staged to wipe out "certain ele- try ... neutralize South Viet Nam," a lutionary military committee! rank the other generals in the shunted aside because they army corps commander, seized Gen. Duong Van Minn, provi- ments who support the colonialist "The armed forces are de- policy advocated last fall by formed on Nov. 1 last year! army. He and the rest had been were considered proponents of control of South Viet Nam's mili- sional chief of state and chair- and Communist policy to neutral- termined to continue the (No- President Charles de Gaulle of lacked the ability to deal with Imajor generals. De Gaulle's proposal for a uni- tary government today and man of the old junta, had been ize South Viet Nam," a policy vember) revolution and to fulfill France. the nation's internal and exter-j Among those reported driven fied, neutralized Viet Nam. pledged to "smash the Commu- arrested. Tanks had ringed his advocated last fail by French the aspirations of the nation . 'Reform Country' nal problems and therefore has from power with Minh were the Khanh in his seizure of power nists and the traitors who advo- residence before dawn at the President Charles de Gaulle. too restore security and order "The new revolutionary gov- been dissolved. The new chair- junta's No. 2 man and defense reportedly had the support of cate neutralism." start of the coup. • Khanh in a mid-afternoon ". to place the country on a ernment," said the broadcast, man of the standing committee minister, Maj. Gen. Tran Van the interior minister, Maj. Gen. Khanh abolished the military Swift and Bloodless broadcast said three months aft- free democratic basis with the "will work to reform the coun- is Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, com- Don, and the No. 3 man and Ton That Dinh; the information junta that took power after the The coup was swift and blood- er the revolution against Diem, assistance of the population. try, wipe out conspirators and mander of the 1st Corps. This armed forces chief of staff, Maj. minister, Maj. Gen. Do Mau; overthrow of President Ngo Dinh less, and Saigon's civilian popu- "the political, economic, and so- Saigon radio said the coup establish the nation on a< basis decision is effective today, Jan. Gen. Le Van Kim. and the 3rd Corps commander, Diem last Nov. 1. He formed a lation went about its business as cial situation, especially in the was staged to wipe out "certain of democracy." 30." Although rumors and conflict- Maj. Gen. Le Van Khiem. new council of generals to as- usual. countryside, still offers no prom- elements who support the colo- Saigon radio announced: "The) Khanh also apparently pro- ing reports kept the situation in (See COUP, Page 3) Bribe Trial Is Headed Alignment Talks Scheduled For Jury U.S., Reds Trade NEWARK (AP- — The last of three defendants has taken the stand to deny government accu- sations that the trio had con- On Rt. 18 Freeway Proposal spired to obtain $48,000 in a brib- Protests Over ery plot involving U. S. Army FREEHOLD — The «tate Highway Department has con- westbound, separated by a grass island median about 6 feet Signal Corps contracts. firmed its plan to hold a formal public hearing on alignment wide. The trial, now In its fourth for proposed Rt IS freeway, between Marlboro Township and The western terminus in Madison Township, Middlesex week, may go to the jury to- west of the Rt. 35 traffic circle, Eatontown, on March 4. County, would be at the junction of the existing Rt. 18 and morrow afternoon, lawyers said. Rt. U. S. 9 approximately five and one half miles south of Harrison F. Tryon, 49, of New Downed Plane The hearing at 10:30 a.m. will be in the auditorium of South Amboy. the Monmouth Shopping Center, Eatontown. Shrewsbury, a former civilian WASHINGTON (AP) — State whether or not Washington de- The incident was described by The proposed line would swing southeast from the western employee of the Signal Corps at Department authorities said to- cides to follow through with a U.S. sources as serious but not Virtually all speakers are expected to support the so- terminus across the Middlesex-Monmouth County line inter- Fort Monmouth, was to resume day it is up to Moscow to make written note. as provocative, from the stand- called "southerly" routing among three under consideration. secting with Morganville-Gordon's Corner Rd. (Monmouth testifying in his defense today. the next move in the U.S.-Soviet point of East-West relations, as County Rt. 3) and then pass just east of Robertsville. They said representatives Highway Department spokesmen have said this line, skirt- On trial with Tryon are dispute over an American train- the Soviet shooting of a U.S. ing the northern fringe of Earle Naval Ammunition Depot, The freeway would then continue southward through from the U.S. military mission William J. Laverick, 50, of ing plane downed by the Soviets RB47 reconnaissance plane over meets its standards. It would tie in ultimately with the pro- Marlboro Township intersecting with Rt. 79. About three miles at Potsdam, East Germany, had Shrewsbury, also formerly em- in East Germany. ' been prevented from going clos- the Barents Sea in 1960. Tha posed Rt. 35 freeway. east of Freehold Township it would intersect with the Free- ployed at Fort Monmouth, and Without some Soviet help the hold-Eatontown Rdi (Monmouth County Rt. 537). er than 200 yards to the plane United States said that plane was The line was developed by the county Board of Free- Malcolm Schaefer, 39, of West U.S. government may never wreckage. (See PLANE, Page 2) holders in consultation with municipal officials from the af- The proposed line then continues south to the northern Allenhurst, eastern representa- know precise details about the fected areas, state highway engineers, and Navy representa- boundary of the U. S. Naval Reservation at Earle. The route tive of Consad Corp., an elec incident Tuesday that cost the would then turn east bordering the northern limits of the tives. tronics firm in Monterey Park, lives of three U.S. Air Force of- naval reservation intersecting with Rt. 34 in Colts Neck Calif. ficers, they said. Costs of the project will be shared, whenever the work Is Township and then passing through New Shrewsbury and over authorized and money is available, equally by the state High- the Garden State Parkway to an eastern terminus located Snoyer Commended Accuse U. S. Council to Study way Department and the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. at a point south and east of the Parkway Interchange 105 All three are charege with Washington and Moscow trad- Design of the freeway calls for two roadways that would where connections to both the parkway spur to the Eaton- bribery conspiracy. Laverick and ed protests Wednesday. The Tryon also are accused of ac- carry two lanes of traffic in each direction, eastbound and town Circle and to the Rt. 35 Freeway will be provided. Kremlin sent a note saying a cepting $1,500 from Consad's Soviet fighter downed the T39 Eatontown Plan President Robert S. Snoyer. jet trainer about 60 miles inside Attorney Gen. Robert Kennedy Communist East Germany aft- has commended Snoyer for his er the plane failed to heed warn- co-operation with the FBI in the ing signals. The note accused the For Land Swap Early Survey Planned case. The Consad 'president was U.S. military of "gross provoca the government's major witness tion" by intruding into Commu- EATONTOWN—A crowd of 50 proceed with plans for a bond and remained on the stand for nist air space. people jammed the council issue. nearly a full week. The State Department charged chamber and overflowed into the Former Mayor F. Bliss Price, On Future School Needs Jnoyer testified that the de- the Soviets with "a callous and hall las' night at the public hear- attorney for the Piccola group, fendants told him they would help inexcusably brutal act of vio- ing on a proposal to swap the pointed out that if a $300,000 bond RED BANK — The Board of Education Board member Stuart Edington explained Consad with $2.4 million in Signal lence against an unarmed air- Borough Hall for a larger site issue were to be amortized over announced last night that it is preparing to that the last survey made here is now ob- Corps bids if he would pay them craft that accidentally strayed on Broad St., next to the fire a 40-year period, the cost to the hire professional consultants who could solete, and that the board was not quali- 2 per cenM48,0OO—for the as- over the demarcation line be- house.