Weather Dittribntloo THEDAILY Today «• Muqr. taAqr, H* h tht tt*. 1M0t,~ 24.350 eMfcr, lew la the Mi. Tomorrow, ( Red Bank Area j Mr. Mgh 1> DM ML Saturday, Copyright—The Red Bank Register, Inc., 1965. fair warm. Se« waattrtf, pafe 2. DIAL 741-0010 • a • • '• • .. : MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 87 YEARS Unut dally. Uanlur IHMutft Ttiiir. Uvrni Clus Pwtap VOL. 88, NO; 33 Pild tt X«d Hi£i ttfil jnmhnt MdJlic Office*. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1965 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE, U.S. Downed by Red Missile SAIGON (AP)-A U.S. Navy flight returned safely, and the aircraft missile. A U.S. Air Force U.S. reconnaissance planes There w»s no Indication cans was to be a reserve force. At about the same time, U.S. Viet Cong out of this natural plant raiding North-Viet Nam pilots reported, the fourth plane FC Phantom jet was shot down have located five other missile whether the Viet Cong would But U.S. authorities made plain informants said, the Viet Cong highway from Cambodia into Viet wi« reported shot down by a sur-Vas downed by a surface to air about 40 miles west of Hanoi sites encircling Hanoi, but mili- stay and fight or follow their they would be ordered into ac- made a new mortar attack on Nam," a U.S. source said. "We face to air missile today.' missile, the spokesman said. on July 25j and the Pentagon tary spokesmen have raised .he usual tactic of melting away in tion if the Viet Cong launched the Due Co camp. Some 30 have enough forces there now to An American military spokes- He added thai no enemy air- attributed this to a surface to possibility that North Viet Nam the face of a formidable enemy. a major counterattack. rounds of 60mm fire landed about try to do the job." ' man said the plane, one of four craft were sighted in ..the area air. missile. also has mobile launching units. U.S. troops of the 173rd Air- No Contacts 300 yards short of the camp, Pulled Back A4 Skyhawkj, was downed about and-no, other groundfire was re- Two days later the Pentagon The missile launchers are as- borne Brigade and the 2nd Bri- A military spokesman said they reported. But some U.S. advisers who SO miles south-southwest of Ha- ported except that which hH theannounced that Air Force jets sumed to have been installed by gade of the 1st Infantry Division there had been no reports of For months the Viet Cong has have been in Pleiku for several , nol in aft area outside the range plane. The weather was reported had bombed the missile site from Soviet technicians and may be were flown to Pleiku Tuesday further contact with the Commu- dominated Rt. 19, the strategic months believe the main Com- of known antiaircraft missile clear. which the Phantom had been manned by Soviet personnel. arid Wednesday to back' up a nists since around noon, when east-west highway crossing the munist force occupying the Due «iti« In Nottt Viet tittn. No parachute was' setii, the downed as well as another site. ,In the ground war,' U.S. andVietnamese relief column which U.S. paratroopers drew small central highlands from Qui Nhon Co area may have pulled back This spokesman would not elab- spokesman said, and the missing It said one site was destroyed, Vietnamese forces in the central reached Due Co last night. The arms and machine-gun fire from on the South China Sea to the into Cambodia because of the orate, but it was believed this pilot was presumed.killed.. the other damaged and three of highlands mobilited for big opera- camp'30 miles southwest of Plei- a village 15 miles east of Due Co. Cambodian border at a point five massive show of force on the ,ytndi6ated the missile w*i find It was' the second reported the attacking planes were shot tions; against the Viet Cong ku had been under siege since There were no casualties, he said, miles west of Due Co. government side. Mfrom a mobile unit. downing of ah' American. plane down by conventional ground around the embattled special June 3. and a patrol entered the village "We have been waiting for The American paratroopers ~ The other three planes on theover North -Vietnam by an anti- fire. • • forces camp at Due Co. The chief mission of the Ameri- and found it deserted. weeks for permission to clear the (See VIET NAM, Page 3) State Insists on Reasons for Open Exam Middletown Police Issue Unresolved TRENTON — The Middletown police-chief exam, to be Deputy Chief Walling and Capt. Woodward, new captains, Opt. Luker has been on the force 17 years, Capt. Schanck, Idmiaiitered by the state • Civil Service Department,- could Kenneth F. Luker, William B. Schanck and Joseph McCarthy, 16'/4 years, and Capt. McCarthy, 11 years. be opened to all police captains in the township, but municipal will compete for the top police post. WALLING OPPOSED officials will have to convince the state examiner mere is Richard C. Darling, state Civil Service personnel super- On the local scene in Middletown yesterday, Deputy Chief luffldent reason for the move. visor, told' The Register yesterday the powers of the chief Walling said he opposes the idea of opening the chief's exam Under general Civil Service regulations, a promotional examiner are broad enough to open the test to all five men. to the newly-promoted captains. «xam is open only to men'Who have been one grade below He said, however, that before a decision is made, the "I'm definitely against it," he commented, "Why shouldn't for a period of at least one year. Middletown Township Committee must formally apply for an I be?" " For the post of Middletown police chief, this would apply open exam, by resolution, and in addition show that there There was some indication from local officials that if the toly to Deputy Police Chief Raymond T. Walling, whose per-, is good reason to have the regulation waived. deputy chief strongly opposes the open-exam concept, it may nuuient' rank is captain, and Capt. William W. Woodward. In point of length of service in the department, the three be dropped. The designation of Mr. Walling as deputy chief is, by new captains rank below Mr. Walling and Mr. Woodward. (See POLICE, Page 3) Township Committee resolution, "temporary.": His present authority'as acting police chief is based, on tiiis designation. Although decisions on the matter ha,ve not been finalized, and the door is being left opw-for a two^man test^ the Middle- Severe Blow to Keansburg Program town Township Committee Monday instructed its attorney to- ask Civil Service if its regulations could be waived so that three newly-promoted, police captains would be eligible to take thfrexam for police chief. -.' • , If the test is opened, It would me»n that in addition to . Drop $3 Million Project KEANSBURG - The bor- In a letter to the agency, the made clear to the builder. that Mayor Leonard S. Bellem ough's, urban renewal program firm said that it was withdraw- this was not the case and that said he has two prospects who DISCUSS FIRST LADY'S VISIT — Gov. Richard J. was dealt a severe blow yester- ing its proposal because of "con- the beach was not part of the approached him last week who U.S. Water Crisis Hughes ch«ti yeiterday with President and Mrs. John- day with the announcement that flicting information" it reported- project and would have to re- are interested in submitting pro- a proposal to develop the ly had received from officials on main open to the public, posals. son. They discussed the First Lady's planned visit today beachfront property in the Grand- Grandview area has been with- Mr. Blum said he felt the real Mr. Blum reported that the to New Jerjey. (AP Wirephoto) Team Is Activated drawn. view Urban Renewal area. reason for the contractor's Robert Chuckrow Construction . C.. Bernard Blum, executive Mr. Blum said representatives withdrawal was his failure to file Co., New York, b interested in director, said Jack W. Blumen- of the firm had been misled by additional data requested by the submitting a proposal. WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal water crisis-team heads feld. Inc.,. Philadelphia, has de- certain business people that Housing and Home Finance The firm has constructed First Lady's Escort into the drought-stricken Northeast today to begin laying out cided not to enter into a con- beachfront property in the area Agency, Philadelphia, Pa. several large motels on the west i. systematic program for solving an acute water shortage. tract to construct'a $3 million was part of the renewal pro] Officials did not seam too coast, apartment projects along Secretary of the Interior Stewirt L. Udall and:U, Gen. W. motel-apartment -complex on theect. concerned about the develop- the eastern seaboard and a high- F. Cassidy, chief of the Army Engineers. hHdftj*t«am which 17-acrett The <Bre,otor said * fcljj bean met* -• (See KEANSBURG, Page 3) To Be Area Resident has mattings:scheduled at Philadelphia,and Camdert; N. J., NEWARK — This isn't just an ordinary working day for today and at Newark, N. J., and New York City tomorrow. ' Dr. Mildred R. Grtxler, of 15 Homestead Pkwy, West, New Follow-up teams of about a half doien men factl will be Shrewsbury. set up in each city to continue working with tuff-and local Dr. Groder will escort Mrs.