SEE STORY BELOW HOME Partly sunny bid: windy and cold today. Fair, cold tonight. / Red Bank, Freehold Sunny and windy tomorrow. I Long Brandt FINAL Met Dtt&llt Put 3) • ' • • • * i Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 90 Years VOL. 91, NO. 140 RED BANK, N.J., TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1969 16 PAGES TEN CENTS Storm Ashore in Viet BATANGAN PENINSULA, 150 wounded against 560 ene- said the advancing troops so and was removed with the spokesmen said. They added Vietnam (AP) — Two batta- my killed. far have encountered • only baby to a rear area hospital. nearly all peninsula residents lions of U.S. Marines stormed U. S. spokesmen said the light sniper fire and they The Batangan Peninsula is either actively or passively ashore here iii the biggest two battalions were" pushing speculated it might, be some only 11 miles from the .U.S. support the Viet Cong and seaborne assault since the inland today toward a U.S. time before, the cordon is Army's Americal Division pacification efforts are ex- Korean War. They were the Army battalion and a South closed tight enough to force headquarters at Chu Lai., It pected to be "bloody, and first units of an 8,200-man al- Vietnamese battalion. The the enemy to fight or surren- has been a major enemy stor- slow." lied force ordered to smash a_ three groups hope to sur- der. age area and base camp since Military officials said the longtime enemy sanctuary, round an area of about eight Military spokesmen said 470 the war with the French, and cordon will not be pushed too spokesmen announced today, square miles believed to bold suspected Communists had minor probes of its defenses quickly. The area is honey- —Thc-Marines-landed-yester-- up to 800 North Vietnamese been detained by Marines in have almost always resulted combed on higher ground day 340 miles northeast of regulars and an unknown the early hours of the opera- In fierce fighting. - with" tunnel~ systems,- some Saigon at the scene of the first number of guerrillas. tion. If past- experience is a This time the' allies have • three layers deep. Stategists major American battle of the Light Encounter guide.'nearly all will .ultimate" come to stay and the area's speculate it will take time for Vietnam war in August 11*65. The operation was cot an- . ly be released. One woman 5,000 to 10,000 population will guerrillas in these tunnels to Also a seaborne assault, it nounced until today for se- suspect gave birth to a child be put into, the government run out of food and fresh left 56 leathernecks dead and curity reasons. Spokesmen in the midst of the roundup pacification program, U. S. water, and the allies don't want them popping up behind PILOT AND STEWARDESS — Dolta Airlines Capt. Harold Rowley and Miss Lynn them with automatic weap- Sargent, left, stewardess whose mother, Mrs. Frank Karol, lives in Brick Township, ons. at press conference yesterday in Miami. Miss Sargent was credited with foiling • Near Red Base The commander of the fhe-accused attemped hijacker of the plane from Miami to Cuba, Kenneth Me- Increases in State Taxes Army's task'force on the is- Peak of Orchard Lake, Mich. Miss Sarganf reportedly foiled the hijack by enter- land side of the cordon is ing the pilot's cabin and locking the door. Police arrested .McPeek when the Brig. Gen. Howard Oooksey of Alexandria, Va. He said the . plane landed. - . IAP Wirephoto) cape is the home base for two May Be Message Result main force North Vietnamese battalions of perhaps 800 men. v TRENTON (AP) - Govr. text of his speech the day of His suggestion of sharing he was confident bis eight- The landing was timed to Richard J. Hughes steps be- its delivery — were: the fiscal responsibility for man committee would make coincide with the monsoon fore the 1969 New Jersey Leg- —The establishment of Jet- these- and other programs was the deadline. season in hopes that many 10th Graders May islature for the first time to- port Authority designed to re- expected to come with the . Whatever its findings, how- of the tunnels would be day to offer a series of elec- solve the controversy over the words: ever Hughes still will urge flooded and of no use to the tion-year proposals that could location of a fourth metropoli- "We are not somehow magi- that a code of. ethics be enemy. result in state tax increases. tan-area airport. cally absolved of responsibili- adopted that will be binding But spokesmen said the The Democratic governor, lower Age ty during an election year; on local officials. water and heavy rains also Get Split Sessions however, was not expected to — The lowering of the our baths of office contain no This would mean that per- hampered the allies. Many offer any new or higher tax- state's voting age from 21 to such special exception in (See MARINES, Pg. 2, Col. 3) MIDDLETOWN - The next ed, however, that split ses- and flexibility of facilities sons with the rank of di- two 10th grade classes will are hampered markedly for es in' his annual message. •18.-—- • • -smafrprint." vision head.V'above in the sions, will be scheduled for at Bather, be is expected to ask — The.adoption of a "truth As Hughes worked to add state government would have lace split sessions because of least two, ahd'possfbi^^nian^ this lumber 61 pupils," he the Republican-controlled leg- in lending" bin that would re- the {finishing touches to the to disclose all their outside lack of room in the high more years unless crowding said. • ': • •' • : .. islature to share with him the quire "true annual interest" lengthy message, a legislative school, the Board of Educa- can be alleviated by a second "By dispersing the 1,000 interests hi business. Deadline, tion decided last night. high school. • 10th graders, into two 500- burden of paying for the new be shown on consumer loans. committee hurried toward a His proposal in mat line programs. — The adoption of a strong noon deadline to try and wrap .-; On. recommendation from Class Reorganization piipil divisions," he continued, up its findings in the investi- also would bar legislators Superintendent Paul F. Le- In asking for reorganization "we reduce the 2,680 pupils High on the list of Hughes' conflict of interest law that .from knowingly disclosing for would bar legislators from gation of possible affiliations IS ears On fever,- the board gave one-. of classes, Mr. Lefever ex-' in die btiilding at one time proposals, most of which a fee confidential information 1 T were unveiled before today's "accepting outside employ- between organized crime and year approval to the plan, plained that high school en-' to -2,18(f, making for better legislators. obtained-in ihe course of of- which -will set the morning ' rollment will total 2,680 next quality education not only for opening session — a depar- ment" which they had reason ficial duties, or participating ture from his past practices to believe would impair their Sen. Alfred N, Beadleston, Report • session from 7:30 a.m.' to year. 11th arid 12th graders, but al- when newsmen received the judgment in official duties. chairman of the group, said or voting on legislation in 12:15 p.m. and the afternoon "Our high school facility so for 10th graders." which a legislator has a per- TRENTON (AP) - A legis- session from 12:15 to 5 p.m. will be very crowded and the While not fully explaining sonal interest, unless the law- lative committee worked to-. , Dr. Brinton Miller indicat- maneuverability of- pupils what procedure will be used • maker can certify that he ward a deadline of noon to- to determine which students can vote objectively despite day to wrap up its findings will go into which session, Freehold Officials Ask bis special interest. in an investigation of possible Mr. .Lefever indicated a geo- Hughes also would strengthen affiliations between - legis- graphical basis may be used the lobbying law by closing lators and associate of orga- Ex*City Man to facilitate transportation! the gaps that .exempt, certain nized crime. Eliminate Lunch lobbyists from registering. The chairman, Sen. Alfred With split sessions, lunch Delay of Rights Parley The measure would require N. Bealdeston, said yesterday will be eliminated for the stu- fuller information in the lie was confident his eight- dents. They will however, lobbyists report.- man committtee would make Is Said to Be gain the option of an extra FREEHOLD — Borough of- if possible, at a more con- fire protection in the bor- Hughes termed construc- the deadline. Class taking it either one pe- .-(telals. who have.been asked venient place. ough." tion of the airport "one of "We worked 14 hours on riod before or one period after -to attend a conciliatory con- "It would be a nice idea if The issue was raised last the most difficult transporta- Saturday and we came up -their respective' sessions. ference at the N. J. Division they (Civil-Rights Division summer: when two local col- tion, problems - this region • -with 'a, fairly good rough Criminal Heir Mr. Lefever said the only on Civil Rights office in New- officials) would come down lege students, Malcolm H. must resolve." draft," he said. educational losses will be in here, since we are all work- Parker of Muhlenberg Col- ark tomorrow at 10 a.m. will i "We heed to edit and refine Monmouth County Prosecu- Cocchiaro lived there, in the the area of extra-curricular . ask s today to have it ad- ing people and can't keep lege, AHentown, Pa., and Er- taking days off," Mr.