U. S. May Call Off Job Cuts at Earle Depot SEE STORY BELOW Cloudy, Mild Clouding up and mild this af- ternoon. Cloudy, chance of THEDAffl FINAL rain tonight. Sunny tomor- row, T Red Bonk, Freehold ( Long Branch EDITION Menmouth County's Borne Newspaper tor 92 Years VOL. 93, NO. 197 RED BANK, N. J., MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1970 22 PAGES 1.0 CENTS Guatemalans Step Up Search for Assassins By ELOY AGUILAR was willing to pay the $700,000, "but unfortunately this was GUATEMALA (AP) — Guatemalan security forces to no avail." stepped up their hunt for members of the leftist Rebel A special representative sent by Brandt's government Armed Forces during the night after the body of kidnaped tp Guatemala said a break in relations between the two West German Ambassador Karl Von Spreti was found in a countries had not been "discarded." • The Guatemalan government had previously 'released (Related Stories, Pages 2, 3) FAR men in exchange for its own kidnaped fdreign minis- ter and an abducted American diplomat, but it said it could roofless mud hut near Guatemala City. He had been shot not meet the kidnapers' demands this time because the pris- once in the head. oners sought were already .sentenced by the courts or Police patrols were seen on almost every other block scheduled for court action. It said to release them would of the capital. Some homes were searched. But there violate the constitution. was no immediate report of any arrests. IMPOSE STATE OF SEIGE Instead, government imposed a 30rdSy state of siege Count Von Spreti was kidnaped Tuesday and killed just giving security forces extraordinary powers. after the Guatemalan government refused the demands of The body of the frail; 63-year-old ambassador was found Uie Rebel Armed Forces, or FAR, for the release of 22 about 12 miles from Guatemala City, near an adobe house jailed FAR members and $700,000 in ransom money The where he was believed to have been held.' He wore a blue terrorists warned several times that tfiey would kill the $uit, white shirt, black shoes, and had a watch on his left 63-year-old diplomat if their demands were not met. wrist and a ring on his finger. He was holding a blood- West German Chancellor Willy Brandt scored the Gua- covered pair of eyeglasses, arid the left side of his head was temalan government, saying it had "shown itself unable bathed in blood. to give accredited diplomatic representatives necessary se- The Guatemalan army said the body was found after curity." In a statement issued in El Paso, Tex., during Ms an anonymous telephone tip to the Guatemala City fire de- WEST GERMANS COMMENT ON DEATH — West German press officer Conrad Ahlors hands' to newsmen tour of the United Staites, he said cooperation between coun- partment. the statement of the West German government on ths death of their Ambassador Count Karl von Spreti in tries "will be seriously threatened if it does not prove pos- IDENTIFICATION MADE sible to prevent terrorist actions of this kind." Guatemala City. Ablers read Chancellor Willy Brandt's statement to newsmen late last night. The identification was made by West German Charge WILLING TO PAY d'Affaires Gerhard Hikesch and Wilhelm Hoppe, a West ...'.' IAP Wirephbto) Brandt said his government had made known that It German government special representative. Crucial Carswell Vote Is Today By JOHN CHADWICK not make today's session, 49 was set for 'Wednesday in the Percy, R-Ill., and Thomas J. nation it should not be WASHINGTON (AP) — G. nay votes insured at least event the recommittal vote Dodd, D-Conn., both of whom through interminable delays. HarroW Carswell's sup- a tie, thus setting up a tie- foil short, and that test still had been considered uncom- It should be from a vote porters in the Senate ap- breaking vote, in favor of the is rated close. mitted. of the Senate." . :. peared to have an important nomination by the Senate's The pro-CarswelT .forces Issues Statement Dodd, who said he would victory within their hands to- presiding officer—Vice Presi- had picked up sfeam' all Percy in a statement issued : vote against -the 'domination day as the Senate_ headed in- dent Spiro T. Agnew. through last week primarily^ by his office last night said itself, Indicated niS'.oppositlon to Its firsfc crucial vote on the But failure of the recommit-; on fhefbrce of"aietEef "By" In mbre:than two inonthspf — to-recommittal- wasbased-on- hard-fought Supreme Court tal motion by Sen. President Nixon- reaffirming debate the Senate "has heard similar notions. .Sending it nominations. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., does not his support .'ak.Uta--nominee testimony "ana arguments back* to committee, lie said' "'"An Associated Press poll necessarily mean Carswell, and criticizing opponents for both pro and con. The coun- yesterday, is "a backdoor prior to the start of today's now a judge on the U.S. 6th attempting to strip the exec- try, the President, the Senate excuse for some who do not vote showed 49 senators Court of Appeals, will take utive of its constitutional pow- and Judge Carswell should wish to face up to the situa- opposing a motion to recom- the seat vacated nearly a ers of appointment. have the right to a straight up ' tion" and be counted directly mit — and kill — the nomi- year ago when Abe Fortas What seamed to put and down vote on »the on the nomination itself. nation to the Judiciary Com- resigned under pressure. the Carswell backers over merits of the case that had - Another weekend announce- mittee, 39 for and 10 uncom- Test to Be Close the top against the recommit- been made. ment : against; -recommittal mitted. By prior arrangement, a- tal motion were.stands taken "If Judge Carswell is to;be came from Hawaii Republi- Since two senators could vote on the nomination itself yesterday by -Sens. Charles ultimately denied the nomi- can Sen.-Hiram Fong. Jury Convenes on Kopeehne Probe By CORNELIUS F. HUEIEY Miss Kopeehne, 28, a for- row strait from Edgartown, was given a jail term of two is foreman of the grand jury, trict Attorney Edmund Dinis EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) mer campaign secretary of one of the towns on the is- months, suspended on proba- says he believes its first move to advise us on what we may — A special session of the the late Sen. Robert F. Ken- land of Martha's Vineyard. tion for a year. should be to ask for the right want to do." ( Dukes County Grand Jury nedy, died In a car driven Kennedy, the youngest and The grand jury, which put to inspect the transcript of Courses of Action convenes today amid doubt by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, only survivor of the four Ken- off an inquiry last October testimony and the report of If the grand jury is denied over its procedure in its in- D.-Mass. The car plunged off nedy brothers, escaped, but because a District Court in- District Court Judge James access to the documents, it dependent investigation into a narrow bridge into a tidal delayed for 10 hours his re- quest was scheduled, is meet- A.. Boyle on last January's would have two avenues pool on Chappaquiddick Is- inquest. the death last July 18 of Mary port of the accident to island ing in a special session on open: It could seek an appeal ANTI-VIET CONG DEMONSTRATION — A Cambo- Jo Kopeehne. ' : land, which lies across a nar- police. : its own motion to investigate to the Massachusetts Supreme Whether the grand jury asks dian boy, wearing a military-style uniform, carries an Guilt Admitted the accident. The procedure it for the transcript "is up to Court, or it could retrace the He subsequently pleaded. will take is up to a majority the entire grand jury. I don't steps taken at the January anti-Viet Cong poster through the streets of Phnom guilty to a.charge of leaving vote of its 23 members. know the legal procedure," inquest by recalling the wit- Penh. The poster shows a Cambodian flaying at tha ' Leslie H. Leland,' 29, a the scene of the accident with- Leland said Sunday. "This nesses heard then, including Vist Cong with a club and a barbed wire fence in out making himself known. He Vineyard Haven druggist who is why we have asked Dis- , Kennedy. background denoting Vietnamese border. (AP Wirephofol LongBfanch to MapAction Earle Layoffs On SIC Probe Allegations May Not Occur By AL HORAY • City Council President Wil- ing the governing body's de- drop out of the coming mayor- By DORIS KULMAN LONG BRANCH — A City •bert C. Russell last night said cision. , al race and Milton Garr, a Council conference session is he has scheduled the caucus The council president added longtime administration critic The Department of Defense may be on its way to call- slated for tonight to decide session to explore the possi- that he is "very concerned" and council aspirant in the ing off the scheduled reduction-in-force (RIF) at the Earle the official "course of action" bility of probing "possible im- about what has come out of May 12 election, challenged Naval Ammunition Depot, Colts Neck, where last month it to be taken here in view of proprieties" by city officials the SIC hearings. He said city the mayor and Mr. Hartnett ordered 129 civilian employes fired. and employes. He said, if the officials agreed at a private to "take action" in temporari- Beyond acknowledging "there is no RIF in progress at See Related Story Page 3 slated session fails to get off meeting Friday night to meet ly suspending Police Chief the present time" and declaring none will get under way the ground tonight, it will be tonight to'decide what course .Joseph D.