NATION LOCAL SPORTS BLOOD DRIVE ONE AWAY t The Central Jersey Vicki Frost is among a Boston Red Sox pitcher Blood Bank is sponsoring Bruce Hurst shows how I group of fundamentalist a special blood drive for many more wins his team Christian parents in Ten- hemophiliac Christopher needs for a World Series nessee who won the right Reiser at Freehold Area victory as they get set to to censure their chil- Hospital. face the Mets tonight. dren's reading material. Page 6 A Page 3A Page IB The ister Vol. 109 No. 47 MONMOUTH COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER ... SINCE 1878 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1986 25 CENTS Former Long Branch doctor now in prison Surgeonlose&$2.4million malpractice suit M. Billig with negligently causing her tion on the infant at Monmouth Medical Billig was incarcerated in March after ByBOBNEfF premature baby's right leg to grow longer Center in Long Branch. being convicted in Washington, D.C., by a The Register than the left. The hospital and two other doctors named nine-member military tribunal of two BlUig, who is serving a four-year prison as defendants — one a resident at the time counts of involuntary manslaughter and one FREEHOLD — A local medical malprac- term in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., is respon- — were found by attorneys not to be at count of negligent homicide stemming from tice claim against the former Long Branch sible for paying the entire two-part settle- fault, said Dennis Drazin, the Ked Bank open-heart surgery he performed in 1983 ment reached here Thursday before Su- attorney who handled the case for Castro. and 1984 at Bethesda Naval Hospital in heart surgeon convicted of two counts of perior Court Judge William T. Wichmann. involuntary manslaughter at the Navy's The case was settled before reaching trial. Maryland. flagship hospital in Maryland has been Castro, of the West Allenhurst section of Billig's insurance carrier is responsible for At the time of the operations that led to settled for 12.4 million. the township, sued Billig on behalf of paying the friendly settlement, eventually the filing of 32 counts against the surgeon, herself and her son, Daniel Cowe, now 9, in worth $2,368 million to Daniel and Ocean Township resident Bonnie Castro connection with the surgeon's 1977 opera- t 80,995.72 to his mother. filed suit in June 1983, charging Dr. Donal See SUIT. Page 4A Dr. Donal M. Billig implores Reagan: Persuade Navy to give sand to 2 shore towns By STEPHEN MCCARTHY The Register THEREOISTER/QBEQaELLMAN HIQH HONORS — Port Monmouth's Major General Robert D TRENTON — A Monmouth County Htate Morgan, above, meets Monmouth Regional High School football legislator, distraught over an aborted Navy players during a visit to the school while, at left, a color guard from offer of millions of yards of beach sand, has the fort stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem. written to President Ronald Reagan for help. Assemblyman Anthony Villane, R-Mon- mouth, asked for the president's support in persuading the Navy to honor its promise to deliver sand to beaches in Sea Bright and Monmouth high Monmouth Beach — an offer the Navy recently has withdrawn. Appealing to Reagan as a "strong sup- porter" of the administration, Villane salutes 25 years nevertheless said that if the Navy refused to reconsider, he would vociferously oppose the expansion of the Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, to which the sand offer wait of military grads related. Monmouth Regional community Villane said he has received no response By GREG OVECHKA from the White House but expects one soon, were honored by a dedication of "and I hope it'll be a positive answer." The Register memorial trees along the school's "Avenue of Memories." State officials report that the Navy may lie reconsidering its decision and "could go either TINTON FALLS — Cel- It was appropriate that Fort way," Villane said. "I'm beginning to see a ebrations marking Monmouth Monmouth should play such a little crack." Regional High School's 26th an- significant role in the school's niversary will be capped by a silver anniversary. Last month, the Navy offered the state a nd special half-time program at "Monmouth Regional High two shore municipalities a deal whereby M.2 today's homecoming football School has graduated more stu- million cubic yards of sand, dredged to deep «n game. dents to the U.S. military channels in Sandy Hook Bay, would be academies than any other high pumped onto shore beaches to expand I the Yesterday, the 25th An- school in the country," said Dr. berm to 50 feet wide and 10 feet high ove r a niversary Committee honored span of two miles. military veterans of the school Norman J. Field, president of district with the unveiling of a the Board of Education. But, Just as all the various parties involved plaque listing all known vet-, The Regional High School Dis- began to agree on the offer, the Navy renef ;ed, erans of U.S. military actions. trict was established by resi- saying it would proceed with original plan • to Major General Robert D. dents of Eatontown, drop the sand at Sandy Hook. Morgan dedicated the plaque, Shrewsbury Township and Tin- Naval officials explained that a plan to and the 389th Army Band and ton Falls in a 1957 referendum. buffer Sandy Hook beaches with the dredged the Fort Monmouth Color Guard In September 1961, the high sand was blocked when the U.S. Fish and participated in the ceremony. school opened its doors to the Wildlife Service protested the project would Six deceased members of the See SCHOOL. Page 4A disrupt colonies of beach-dwelling birds called least terns apd piping plovers. See VILLANE. Page 4A Lottery The winning' number Britain breaks relations with Syria drawn last nighfin New Jer- sey's Pick-It Lottery was By ROBERT GLASS Charges conspiracy with plane terrorist 008. A straight bet pays Associated Press $235, box pays $78 and plane at Heathrow airport in the Speakes said. "The United States Damascus also will be closed. pairs pay $2350. The Pick 4 LONDON — Britain broke rela- hand luggage of his pregnant Irish will consult and cooperate with More rigorous checks will be number was 8974. A straight tions with Syria yesterday, charg- girlfriend. others to bring practical meaning made on passengers, crew and bet pays $2,808 and box ing that Syrian officials conspired Judge William Mars-Jones to the isolation — diplomatically, baggage of Syrian Arab Airlines' pays $117 with a Jordanian who was con- sentenced Hindawi to 45 years in politically, economically." flights arriving in Britain, the victed hours earlier of trying to The winning number prison. He said terrorists "can Howe said in his announcement foreign secretary said. Britain blow up an Israeli Jumbo Jet by expect no mercy from our courts. to the House of Commons that the stopped short of banning the picked yesterday in New smuggling a bomb on board in ... A more callous and cruel evidence against Syria included airline. York's Daily Number lottery London. deception and a more horrendous testimony that Hindawi carried Howe said Britain will "main- game was 7-5-0. The "Win- Syria called the action un- massacre is difficult to imagine." an official Syrian passport and tain and strengthen" visa restric- Four" number was 1-5-9-7. justified and ordered its air space Within an hour of the verdict, met with the Syrian ambassador tions on visiting Syrians and and territorial waters closed to the Foreign Office summoned Syr- on the day the bomb was found. inform its allies, "impressing on Turn tack your dock; Index British planes and ships. ian Ambassador Loutof Allah "In addition, we have indepen- them the widest security implica- Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Haydar and told him of Britain's dent evidence that the Syrian tions of the involvement of the Daylight Savings ends Howe told Parliament there was intention to expel him and the 20 ambassador was personally in- Syrian authorities, and ./. urging Ann Landers 7A conclusive evidence of official other diplomats in the Syrian volved, several months before the them to take appropriate support- As provided by the Uni- Bridge SB Syrian involvement in the Embassy. commission of the offense, in ing action." form Time Act of 1966., K Is Classified SB "monstrous and inhumane" at- The United States announced it securing for Hindawi the sponsor- It is Britain's second break with time to "fall back" by Color Comics 8A tempt to sabotage the El Al flight was withdrawing its ambassador ship of the Syrian intelligence an Arab country in 2V4 years. turning the clocks back Crossword 7A to Tel Aviv and kill the 376 people from Syria in a show of support authorities," he said in the speech Prime . Minister - Margaret one hour. Standard Time Jumble : 7A aboard. for Britain. less than three hours after Hind- Thatcher's government ended re- officially resumes at 2 a.m. Movies 7A A Jury at the Old Bailey crimi- "A state that encourages and awi was found guilty. lations with Libya in April 1984 Sunday. Nation «A nal court convicted Nezar Hind-, takes part in terrorism isolates Syria has been ordered to close after gunfire from the Libyan New Jersey 5A awi, 32, earlier yesterday of try- itself from the civilized world," its embassy within 14 days, Howe embassy killed a London Obituaries 4A ing to smuggle a bomb onto the White House spokesman Larry said, and the British Embassy in See BRITAIN. Page 4A People 2A Sports IB PUMKINS, SWEET COBN, GARAGE SALES '« GN'S, LPN's, Aides Looking For a New Car? LOVE LINES Television 7A Tomatoes, Winter vegetables.