Bedell, Cioffi Hit City SEESTOKYBEL0W Stormy Rainy and windy today, taper- THEBAILY FINAL Ing off tonight. Variable Hnl Hunk, Freehold dotaHneu tomorrow, • 7 Branch T EDITION 40 PAGES Monmouth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper OL. 94 NO. 254 RED BANK, N.J. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1972 TEN CENTS llUIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIflllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIII iioiiiiiuuiiuiiinuuiiiiiiiiinuuiiiiiiiitiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiuiiiiin Six Slain by Gunman CHERRY HILLXAP) — An ace Lapeters said the officers Theodore G. Hall, 38, of Will- never saw him before and he seven who confronted the gun* off-duty Pinkerton guard who fired tear gas cannisters into ingoboro; Stephen B. Robin- shot my boss in the head and man as they cowered in a went on a shooting spree ling- the building and that several son, 42, of Clnnaminson, and he hit the floor. He. shot the basement also were un- ered in critical condition with policemen entered, but that Joseph Boyd, 48, of Moores- guy sitting in front of me a harmed. I gunshot wounds today while no shots were exchanged with town. couples of times in the back. Three of the wounded men police and a horrified commu- the gunman. Police said the gunman "The other three of us were in critical condition and nity wondered what prompted After the shooting stopped used two sawed-off .22-caliber grabbed chairs and crowded a seventh man was injured se- a rampage that left six dead the gunman was carried from rifles, and that he had seven into the corner of a small riously when he leaped and six wounded. the building along with other 20-bullet clips left. A witness room, begging him not to through a window attempting The suspect, Edwin C. wounded persons, and it was said be kept reloading and shoot us, but he kept firing tq avoid the gunman. Grace, 33, a native of Brook- not until hospital workers that nearly 100 bullets were and he kept saying, 'Don't Another witness, Robert lyn, was in Cherry Hill Hospi- found bullets in his pocket fired. move, don't move.' He was a Slawter, said he took cover In tal with self-inflicted gunshot that police realized who he A worker in an employment maniac." a men's room and tripped wounds in the neck and head. was. office in Heritage House, Several women who encoun- over a body as he left follow- Doctors said he had a good Killed in the shootings were James Ashen, 24, of Black- tered the gunman told police ing the shooting. chance of pulling through. Robert Bartone, 22, of De- wood, said: he ordered them to get out of "I left when I sensed the Police said the business rou- lanco; Joseph A. DePalma, Was Stranger the way. Six women shots were getting weaker, as tine at Heritage House, an of- 44, of Cherry Hill; Charles "This guy walked in. He scrambled to safety from the though the Eunman wajjnov- fice building, was turned into Merkel, 37, of Cherry Hill; was a complete stranger. I GMA Co. office, and another, See Slaylngs, Page S a bloodbath yesterday after- noon when Grace, armed with two sawed-off rifles, methodi- cally pumped bullets into any man he encountered. The gun- man spared all the women he Living Cost Unit Maps met, ordering them to get out of the way. All the victims were males. The gunfire erupted about 8* p.m., and police said Grace Food Price Rise Curbs terrorized the building for sev- WASHINGTON (AP)— The members "feel the problem a freeze" on food prices, an- sion session behind closed eral minutes. About 40 police-• Cost of Living Council today exists because of the lack of other principal option. doors. men surrounded the building 1 control of raw agricultural AP Wlrtptiolo begins considering the Price While the Cost of Living The commission also dis- after being alerted by a gun- Commission's call for "firm products." Council, headed by Treasury cussed allowing only a limited CLOSING IN — Police close In on the Heritage House office building In shot victim who managed to and immediate action" to halt Raw agricultural products, Secretary George P. Shultz, is pass-through of costs at the Cherry Hill, where a young man went on a shooting spree killing six per- escape. rising food prices by broad- which by government defini- not bound by the commis- wholesale level; using govern- sons and wounding seven others yesterday afternoon. The gunman, Edwin Public Safety Director Wall- ening President Nixon's con- tion includes both live animals sion's thinking, the price ment persuasion to try to talk J. Grace of Brooklyn, was one of those wounded. trols on agricultural products. and vegetables, have been ex- agency's recommendation down the rise in prices, and After a day-long meeting empt from controls since the will weigh heavily on any de- increasing meat exports, the yesterday, the commission de- start of the program last Aug. cision. spokesman said. cided- to make its recommen- 15. The administration has The spokesman said the "These don't necessarily ex- dation to the council, which been reluctant to try to con- commission definitely hopes haust all the possibilities," he Cahill Optimistic on Tax oversees the controls Nixon trol such a volatile market. for quick action by the council said. imposed last November. The spokesman listed re- on its recommendation. The council's staff and oth- TRENTON (AP) - Despite think it's deteriorating. If very difficult for legislators of Cahill conceded, however, A commission spokesman moval of the exemption as "There was general agree- er government economists apparent reluctance in the anything, I think it's picking both' houses to turn this tax that his efforts to enact tax stopped short of telling news- one of the main options. He ment that firm and immediate have been working separately program down. When they reform face a difficult, uphill men the exact recommenda- also said the commission "is legislature to vote on tax re- up some support 1 action was necessary," he on a program to try to stem form, Gov. William T. Cahill "I think people are getting have to push a button 'yes* or fight. tion, but said the commission not currently recommending said of the lengthy commis- the tide of rising food costs. maintains that his program is to understand it. And the 'no,' many who have indicated The Assembly returns today not stumbling. more people understand it, they will say no, will say to resume deliberations on the Furthermore, the governor the more support it can get." yes." tax reform program. Assem- said yesterday he will insist He insisted that he was not Moreover, Cahill said, if the bly leaders say they will stick on a public vote on the key in* discouraged by what ap- key tax bills pass the Assem- to an agreement made with Court Hears Two Officials come tax biU before the legis- peared to, be efforts by legis- bly, it will stand a good Cahill to vote by Aug. 21 on lature adjourns this summer. lative leaders to delay or chance in the Senate "in spite the proposals. In an interview with The avoid a public vote on the tax of the representations" of leg- The cornerstone of Cahill's Associated Press, Cahill gave proposals. islators who have said they program is a proposed 1 to 14 a moderately optimistic as- In fact, he said, the vote on are not prepared to vote for per cent graduated state in- On Proposed Drug Center sessment of his campaign for the income tax may produce tax reform. come tax combined with a a $1.8 billion tax reform pro- some surprising support. "When the moment of truth statewide property tax of $1 FREEHOLD — Assem- payers Organization to halt. His other objection, he said, gram. Hard to Reject comes, there will be quite a per $100 of assessed value. blyman Eugene J. Bedell and the state drug center plan. is that the planned school's lo- "I don't think it's in worse "If a vote is actually cast," few who will say yes," he The taxes are designed to low- Long Branch Mayor Henry R. Assemblyman Bedell, who cation "is not conducive" to shape," Cahill said. "I don't the governor said, "it will be added. er local property taxes by 40 Cioffi yesterday testified be- Is also business manager of rehabilitation efforts and has per cent on the average. fore Superior Court Judge Local 346, Wood, Wire and brought on a "public outcry." Cahill, who has encountered Francis X. Crahay that the Metal Lathers Union,' Nep- Closed Z Years Ago opposition from the State former Star of the Sea Aca- tune, told the judge that the The former Catholic girls AFL-CIO and the State Cham- demy building, Long Branch, structure is "a moldering academy was condemned as a Horse Owner Admits ber of Commerce, said the is outmoded and improper for building" and "a fire trap." school by state inspectors and most surprising resistance to .use as a planned state teen- He added that he objects to phased out as a learning facil- tax reform has come from age drug treatment center. .the state's proposal in two ity two years ago. "the people who will benefit The pair of political figures areas. As a person familiar The state Department of Payment to Detective the most. By that I mean the appeared during yesterday's with the construction trades, Health purchased, the three- average workingman and his second day-long session in he said, he is aware that it acre tract and two buildings By WILLIAM J.