Atlantic Highlands Rejects Top of the SEESTORYPA The Weather FINAL _ Increasing cloudiness today, Red Bank, Freehold chance of rain tonight and to- morrow. Low tonight around Long Branch EDITION 50. .30 PAGES Itlontnouth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL 95 NO. 208 RED BANK, N.J. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25,1973 TEN CENTS lUimiHiiiniiiiuuniiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiii u IIIIII n iiinfliiiiiiiniiMiiiMiiiiiiiiniuiiiiniiimiimiiiiimiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini Executivelndicted inProbe Of Political Fund Practices NEWARK (AP) — A public ment to Writers Associates of ates public relations firm. The tain favors from the Broad ing before the grand jury and relations firm reportedly di- Cherry Hill was not a contri- firm was a consultant to Gar- Street Bank in Trenton in ex- asked if it was a campaign rected by former State Trea- bution to the Cahill campaign. den State Park, the racetrack change for a guarantee that contribution. surer Joseph M. McCrane Jr. In fact, the indictment said, owned by Eugene Mori, state funds would be depos- "No, it was not," the in- has been accused in a federai the $5,000 went to Cahill's McCrane's father-in-law. In ited in the bank. dictment quoted Preis as re- indictment of issuing phony campaign and the Grand 1969, during the campaign, According to the federal in- sponding. invoices to allow contributors Union Corp. and the Stop and McCrane was the track's gen- dictment, Pries, who is on the "This check does not repre- to Gov. William T. Cahill's Save Trading Stamp Corp., a ral manager. board of directors of the sent a $5,000 political contri- 1969 campaign to take "im- subsidiary of which Preis is Yesterday's indictment was Grand Union Corp., told the bution by you personally or by proper business deductions" the chief executive officer, the first returned since the grand jury neither he nor his Triple S Corp." the staff on income tax returns. wrote it off as a business ex- grand jury began in- corporation made any con- member then asked. The indictment, handed up pense on their 1969 income vestigating alleged irregula- tributions to the Cahill cam- "It does not," Preis re- yesterday, charged William taxes. rities in Cahill's 1969 cam- paign. sponded, according to the in- H. Preis, an executive of the Directed Firm paign. Last Friday a State Shown Check dictment. Grand Union Corp., with per- The indictment noted that Grand Jury indicted William The indictment said a mem- jury. It said Prcis lied when McCrane, who is to testify Colsey 3rd and Bruce Mahon, ber of U.S. Attorney Herbert Preis, 59, of Englewpod, he testified April 17 before the Friday before the grand jury, two Cahill fund-raisers, on J. Stern's staff showed Preis a was quoted as telling'the grand jury that a $5,000 pay- directed the Writers Associ- charges they conspired to ob- $5,000 check during question- grand jury the $5,00Q check was, in part, to pay demon- APWIreptioto strators for marching at the COLSEY SURRENDERS — Trooper Gordon Comstock escorts William B. State House in Trenton to lob- Colsey 3rd who surrendered yesterday at the Princeton State Police Bar- by for the interest of Preis' racks. Colsey was indicted by the state last Thursday for conspiracy in Byrne Quits Bench Post corporation. trying to get favors from a local bank. The indictment said the demonstration took place in May, 1969, but it did not say •what the demonstrating in- For Gubernatorial Race volved. Lon Nol Concedes, TRENTON (AI») - Superi- forward to a spirited cam- dates, who are rated extreme governor's private office. The indictment said Preis' or Court Judge Brendan T. paign with the entrance of longshots, are former Assem- Byrne was accompanied by statements denying the $5,000 Byrne has thrust himself into Mr. Byrne into the race,". De- blyman Vita A. Albanese of State Sen. James P. Dugan, was a political contribution the forefront of a seven-way Rose is regarded by some as Bergen County and Francis A. D-Hudson, who said Hudson were "knowingly, willfully Will Share Power race for the Democratic gu- the current front-runner. Forst, a leader of a New Jer- County leaders would endorse and deliberately false." bernatorial nomination. Crabiel Critical sey Turnpike employes union. Byrne. Also on hand was Mi- Up to 5 Years PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Republican party. threw Prince Norodom Siha- Using charges of corruption Sen. J. Edward Crabiel, D- In a highly unusual news chael J. Breslin, Bergen Coun- Stern said Preis, if con- (AP) — In another apparent Lon Nol said he was creat- nouk. against the Cahill Adminis- Middlesex, also vowed to re- conference that was held in ty Democratic chairman, who victed, faces a possible sen- concession to the Nixon ad- ing a "high political council" "This committee's main tration as an opening wedge, main in the primary and Cahill's own outer office, said he was backing Byrne as tence of five years imprison- ministration, President Lon made up of himself and the function will be to help the Byrne announced yesterday charge Byrne with "political Bryne declared that the Cahill well. ment and a $10,00(1 fine. Nol announced last night that three most important opposi- president lead the country," he was entering the June 5 opportunism of the worst Administration "must contend Dugan expressed the hope he will share power with three tion politicians in Phnom Penh Lon Nol said. primary just two days before sort" because he waited until almost daily with corruption" that some of the other candi- Preis has been employed by of his chief anti-Communist — former Premier Sisowath In Tarn, leader of the the filing deadline for the Gov. William T. Cahill "ap- and he added that integrity in dates would drop out of the Grand Union since 1933, work- opponents. Sirik Matak; In Tarn, former Democratic party, said the election. peared to be in deep trouble" government would be "the race and there was specula- ing his way up from a route The president said he also president of the National As- purpose of the council was to Despite Byrne's impressive to announce his candidacy. focal issue" of the campaign. tion that Byrne had received salesman to his current posi- was suspending for six sembly and Cheng Heng, who broaden the political base ot credentials and his important Mercer County Democratic Moments earlier, Byrne of- such commitments before- tion as senior vice president months both the National As- was chief of state after the Lon Nol's one-party govern- backing from Democratic Chairman Richard J. Coffee ficially submitted his resigna- hand, although no such evi- in charge of Grand Union sub- sembly and the Senate, which coup three years ago in which ment and unite Phnom Penh's leaders in Bergen and Hudson and Assemblywoman Mrs. Uon as a judge to Cahill in the dence has yet materialized. sidiaries. were dominated by his Social Lon Nol and Sirik Matak over- rival political forces. He said Counties, none of the other Ann Klein of Morris County he, Sirik Matak and Cheng candidates dropped out of the also refused to withdraw. Heng were "very satisfied" race. Mrs. Klein accused Byrne of with the new distribution of Sen. Ralph DcRose of Essex being the handpicked candi- City Tables Beach Bond Issue Plan authority promised by the County, who has the backing date of the "same tired old president. of the important Essex Coun- - coalition of party leaders that LONG BRANCH—The con- opposing position on the mat- council votes. "No deals on sion, made the appointment of The balance of the $3-63 mil- Sirik Matak heads the Re- ty organization led by Harry have traditionally picked troversial $3.63 million bond ter. appointments have been made Mr. 'f^lcher to the Sewerage lion measure, it was said, will publican party. Lerner, said, "I fully expect Democratic candidates in the ordinance to fund for the pro- "A deal was made to a since I have been a member Authority. A second resolution be supplied by federal and The Nixon administration to win the primary by a com- past in New Jersey. jected North End Beach com- councilman for a seat on the of the council," he said. named former Fire Chief Mel- state agencies. hopes that the Communist and fortable margin. I'm looking The remaining two candi- plex was tabled by City Coun- Sewerage Authority and a Teicher In Denial vin Kaplan to the city Housing Pact Guaranteed pro-Sihanouk guerrillas who cil last night after a lengthy seat on the Housing Authority Mr. Teicher later denied Authority. Mr. Lange was told by May- now control most of the coun- discussion on the issue. for his vote," Mr; Pandura that he has been involved in Mr. Pandure has charged or Henry R. Cioffi that the try will agree to cease-fire ne- Councilman Wilbert C. Rus- said. any negotiations for appoint- that a relative of Mr. Kapl- contractual agreement be- gotiations with a broader- sell remains the lone opponent While Mr. Pandure did not ments to sway his vote. an's is employed by Mr. Tei- tween the city and the federal based regime. to the program since Coun- name Mr. Teicher during the He added that he did, at one cher. He said he is drastically and state agencies has been After the cease fires in Viet- cilman Samuel Teicher has council session, he told a time, favor the development opposed to the two appoint- guaranteed. nam and Laos, the Nixon ad- reversed his stand and now newsman after the meeting of the North End beach area ments.