Voters Reject School Plan SEE STORY PAGE 2 The Weather THEBAILY FINAL Becoming cloudy this after- Krd Hank, Freehold 7~ noon with chance of rain EDITION tonight, low in low 40s. Rain L 32 PAGES likely tomorrow. Long Branch I Monmouth County*!* Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL. 95 NO. 76 RED BANK, N.J. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18,1972 TEN CENTS luiiumiiiiiiniuiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiim iiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiuiiiii Senate Rebuffs President On Spending, Water Bills wrong" in his "budget-wreck- WASHINGTON (AP) - The at noon today. Democratic current fiscal year. The Sen- fore the 92nd Congress could clearly drawn. As with the Senate has rebuffed President leaders planned to try to win ate last week had voted for finally quit. Leaders said they spending ceiling, so with this ing" charge. Nixon on two fronts, denying . the necessary two-thirds mar- the ceiling but balked at giv- were hopeful today would be bill, a vote to sustain the veto "The only budget we have him unlimited authority to cut gin to override and thus enact ing Nixon authority to make the day. is a vote against a tax in- before us is his fiscal 1973 federal spending and then the measure over Nixon's ob- cuts in virtually any area" he The President served notice crease. budget and the spending this overriding his eleventh-hour jections. wished. in his veto message that he "A vote to override the veto bill provides for 1973 is $250 veto of a water pollution con- Back on Spending That legislation was sent would draw the spending issue is a vote to increase the likeli- million." Muskie declared. trol bill. Earlier last night, the Sen- back to conference with the in the closing weeks of the na- hood of higher taxes." •"That will hardly bust the At 1 o'clock this morning, ate voted to eliminate from a House. tional political campaign. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. D- budget. two hours after Nixon had debt-limit-increase bill the The water-pollution and Sees Tax Hike Maine, floor manager for the slapped down the $24.6-billion $250-billion spending ceiling spending-limit bills are the fi- "If this veto is not sus- antipollution bill, said the "Over the long run, this to- airtipollution authorization which Nixon had asked for the nal obstacles to bo cleared be- tained ... let the issue be President was "just plain See Senate Page 2- measure as "staggering, budget-wrecking," the Senate voted 52 to 12 to override him. The vote was nine more than the necessary two-thirds. Thirty-four Democrats, in- '. _ -" AP Wlreptltrfo cluding presidential candidate Kohl Says Sherwin DESOLATE FAN AT SERIES GAME - Fifteen- year-old Debbie Granberg of Danville, Calif., George McGovern, and 18 Re- looked like this In Oakland last night. She had publicans voted to override; come to the Coliseum to see the third game of the Nixon won the support of four World Series. But heavy rain and hail washed it Democrats and eight Republi- out — so it's rescheduled for tonight. See story cans. page 22. Soon after the House meets Sought Bid Rejection By WILLIAM J. ZAORSKI that the chief counsel for the the state Republican Party fi- was Manzo Contracting Com- Transportation Department, nance committee as a bribe pany. FREEHOLD — State who recommended that the and Mr. Sherwin and Mr. "Was the reason that the Asks MCAP Board Transportation Commissioner contract be awarded to the Loughran are charged with contractor was a friend, sup- Uohn C. Kohl testified yes- Clifton firm, represented that accepting the check as a porter to the Republican Par- terday that Secretary of State firm's president in legal mat- bribe. The trial moves into its ty'/" asked Mr. Boylan. Paul J. Sherwin sought to ters. third day today and is ex- "He (Mr. Sherwin) in- have a road construction bid Alleged Kickback pected to conclude within dicated he wished we would To Suspend Russell rejected but did not ask that it Mr. Sherwin, whois on three weeks. reject the bid but we felt we be awarded to Michael Manzo leave of absence from his should go ahead and award ASBURY PARK - Charles back salary to an MCAP em- County Board of Freeholders of Morganville. state position-; Mr. Manzo and Through questioning by Spe. the contract even though it D. Barnwell, chairman of the ploye, Mrs. Ada Mills, for a and Gov. William T. Cahill to However, another state wit- William C. Loughran of Sea cial State Prosecutor Mat- was above the estimate," Monmouth Community Action period of suspension deemed withhold approval of MCAP ness, a highway engineer, tes- Girt, are on trial before Supe- thew B. Boylan of Newark. replied the commissioner. Program (MCAP) area board unjust by the trustees showed programs until the question of tified he was told by the assis- rior Court Judge Francis X. Commissioner Kohl said Mr. Mr. Sherwin became COMMISSIONER TES- 3, called on the MCAP Board "flagrant disregard" of a di- Mrs. Mills' pay is settled. tant commissioner that Mr. Crahay on bribery-conspiracy Sherwin sent a letter to his "somewhat irritated and said TIFIES — State Trans- of Trustees yesterday to sus- rective approved by the Sherwin had an interest in the charges in connection with an house Oct. 9, 1970, suggesting that in the best interest of all portation Commission- pend'executive director Wil- MCAP board at its Oct. 2 matter and did not want the alleged $10,000 political cam- they discuss the low bid. concerned that we should take er John C. Kohl leaves Mrs. Mills was fired March paign kickback for a road con- Monmouth County bert C. Russell for refusing to meeting. 14 from her job at the MCAP contract awarded to a Clifton Could Reject this action," testified Com- firm. struction job. "I don't recall his exact missioner Kohl. He added that Court House after testi- comply wuth a board order. At a news conference in the neighborhood service center fing at the trial of Sec- Mr. Barnwell charged that Action Now office here, he in Belmar where she had been The engineer maintained he They are accused of trying words," said the state offi- he later ordered an in- cials, "but he^ indicated that vestigation to determine if the retary of State Paul J.o Mr. Russell's failure to pay also urged the Monmouth in charge of job development. was told that Mr. Sherwin was to get rejected the $607,000 bid Sherwin yesterday. On Aug. 7 the MCAP Board of inquiring if there was a possi- of Centrum Construction Co., the bids were above the esti- bidder could do the job. Trustees that the' firing had bility of awarding the con- Clifton, for construction work mate arid we could legally re- During~questioning by Adr- been unjustified and ordered tract to the Manzo firm. This on an eight-mile stretch of Rt. ject them and that he felt that ian M. Foley, attorney for Mr. bids and readvertise or award Mob's Hand Seen Mrs. Mills reinstated no later statement was left unchal- 46 in Knowlton and White it would be a distinct favor to Sherwin, Commissioner Kohl the contract. than Aug. 21. It held she lenged by defense attorneys in Townships. the contractor to reject them said Mr. Sherwin noted that "When you said that Mr. should be considered sus- their cross examinations. Mr. Manzo alone is charged and rebid." He said Mr. Sher- he, the commissioner, had two Sherwin described Mr. Manzo penced for three days instead Testimony also disclosed with giving a $10,000 check to win told him the contractor options — either reject all. See Kohl, Page 2 In 200 Firms of being fired, but stiuplated NEW YORK (AP) - The ' Service of 676 subpoenas was at that time that she receive bugging of the Mafia's trailer continuing. no back pay for the five headquarters in a Brooklyn month period before she re- Kissinger Moves Stir New Speculation Gold went to City Hall to re- junkyard has revealed that al- turned to work. most 200 outwardly legitimate ceive Mayor John V. Lind- SAIGON (AP) - U.S. presi- Kissinger came from Paris week-long military assess- U.S. forces in Vietnam, and talks, saying only that they businesses here have been in- say's accolade as a •"hard-hit- At the Oct. 2 meeting, the dential adviser Henry A. Kis- where he held another secret ment of the war. Gen. John W. Vogt. the 7th are in a serious and sensitive filtrated by the underworld. ting, fighting DA." board reconsidered the mat- singer was flying to Saigon meeting yesterday with the Both Kissinger and Abrams Air Force commander respon- stage. But diplomats in Wash-' District Attorney Eugene ter and ordered that Mrs. today to join American and North Vietnamese It was his were scheduled to meet with sbile for air strikes against ington who claim knowledge In turn, the prosecutor said North Vietnam. of the Paris peace talks have Gold said Tuesday. he had received the mayor's Mills receive the back pay for South Vietnamese officials in 20th trip to Paris for Secret President Nguyen Van Thieu, negotiations. but officials said they did not. Kissinger was scheduled to raised the possibility of a joint full cooperation, and had the entire period from March a major Indochina political U.S.-North Vietnamese an- •'They rim the full gamut of 14 until she returned to work and military review, reinforc- know just when. return to Washington after business activities in this made weekly reports to Lind- meeting with Thieu. nouncement before the U.S.