Matawan Police Purpose Seen Achieved '»<•-. "; i . ••' -. -•-•'• •.>.••••••,• .• •' - • SEE STORY PAGE 3 The Weather FINAL Mostly cloudy today" Cloudy THEDAILY and colder tonight with chance of snow flurries. J Red Bank, Freehold T" EDITION Cloudy, windy and cold to- I Long Branch • J morrow. Monmouth County's Outstanding Home Newspaper VOL.95 NO. 163 RED1BANK, N.J. WEDNESDAY; FEfilUJARY 21,1973 . • ' .. TEN-CENTS iiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiituiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiimmuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiumiiiiiiiUHuu iiiiHiiuiHimiiiimiiiiiuninHiiHiuiiiniiniiii«iiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii luiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiimtiiiimiiitiiimiiiiiiHiiimiiiiimiiiuuiiii Tax' About 1.42 Cents FREEHOLD - The county $41,635,328, an increase of Three major factors were a greater distribution of the $1,500,000 from surplus, the the same standard — the funds for two major projects about 70 new employes this tax rate will decrease about $6,420,729. Included in this in- cited for the.decrease in the property tax. ' same as it did last year. equalized net valuation — expected to be undertaken year — this does not include 1.42 cents this year meaning crease is $4.1 million in antici- • county tax rate. They'are an County taxpayers will be While the county tax rate' which is used to apportion the this year. The freeholders ap- the 40 the county welfare de- that county taxpayers will be' pated federal revenue shar- upswing in the economy asked to contribute $30,635,328 , dropped L42 cents to 65.52 per county tax. propriated $1,166,128 for con- partment expects to Hire. paying about 65.52 cents per ing. If this were excluded, the which increased revenues the this year, an increase of about $100 of equalized valuation, Major Projects struction of facilities and pur- Freeholder Director Joseph $100 of equalized valuation. actual county increase would county received last year, the $2.7 million. If this were this is not. the aVnount county This complicated comput- chase of equipment for the C. Irwin said that all county This is the second con- be $2.2 million or 6,4 per cent. continued growth of ratables spreaa out over the county's taxpayers will be paying. The ation is the reason why in county's sanitary landfill employes will receive salary secutive year that the county A public hearing on the , within the county and a re- population of 491,540, the per key factor in determining this some municipalities the coun- which is scheduled to begin increases of 7.5 per cent. The Board of Freeholders has in- budget is scheduled for 2 p.m. duction in departmental capita share would be (62. amount is the ratio of as- ty tax rate is slated to in- this summer and $3 million employes a|so will receive for troduced a budget that has March 13 in the Hall of requests. The county also expects to sessed valuation to true value crease even though the coun- for construction of a Social the first time complete hospi- provided for a decrease in the Records here. A complete Ratables Up receive as revenues $554,340 in each municipality. This ra- ty rate dropped. If the county Services Building. These talization which in effect ts a county tax rate The tax rate itemization of the county County ratables are ex- from state aid motor vehicle tio ranges from 70 to 112 this rate had not decreased, these funds will come from the fed- $280-a-year pay boost. • dropped 1.68 cents last year. budget will appear in the pected to increase $505 million fund, down $280, $8,945,660 in year.throughout the county. municipalities would have had eral revenue sharing pro- The budget provides $10.1 The proposed budget, in- March 1 issue of The Daily this year for a total of $4 bil- miscellaneous revenues, up The various municipal ra- to contribute even more. gram. million for all salaries, ah In- troduced yesterday, totals Register. lion, 650 million, providing for $3,701,063 and will appropriate tables must be converted to Included in the budget are The county expects to hire Sec County, page S Laos Cease-Fire Set VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - — Formation of a provision- and withdrawal of all foreign ment. It is made up of Ca- Phongsavan signed for the The warring Laotian factions al government of national troops within 90 days. Some nada, neutralist India and government, and Phoumi tdday signed a cease-fire union, with half the cabinet 300 U.S. airmen are listed as Communist Poland. Vongvichit, secretary-general agreement scheduled to take posts going to rightist and missing after being shot down Pheng also said Vientiane, of the Pathet Lap's political effect at noon tomorrow, or neutralist non-Communists in Laos, but the North Viet- the administrative capital, arm, signed for the Commu- midnight EST tonight. and half to the Communist namese have given the U.S. and Luang Prabang, the royal nists. The signing took place at The terms are similar to Pathet Lao. Prince Souvanna government the names of only capital, would be neutralized Prince Souvanna's villa in those of the 1962 Geneva Ac- Phouma, the 72-year-oid neu- seven American servicemen to guarantee the security of Vientaine amid the popping of cord, which stopped the fight- tralist premier who has head- and two civilians held prison- the government. champagne corks and cries of ing in. Laos for a time but ed the government since 1962, er in Laos. The agreement was signed "bravo" from foreign diplo- brought no lasting peace. is expected to retain the post. — Supervision of the agree- after weeks of negotiations mats. In addition to the cease-fire, — Formation of a mixed po- ment by the same three-na- over the power of the Commu- The test of the agreement Interior Minister Pheng litical council to organize tion International Control nists in a new coalition re- was not made public imme- Phongsavan said the agree- elections. Commission that was unable gime. diately. ment calls for: — Release of all prisoners to supervise the 1962 agree- Interior Minister Pheng There also was no imme- diate announcement of when U.S. air attacks on North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces in northern and south- Top Court Rejects Zoning ern Laos would end, These troops have been putting steady pressure on govern- CAPITOL DEMONSTRATION — Demonstrators gother at the Cdplfol yes- ment forces in recent weeks, terday In Washington to protest President Nixon's plah to halt federpl and U.S. B52 bombers and funding of local antlpoverty programs. Police carry a demonstrator who Appeal by Freehold Twp. fighter-bombers have been apparently fainted during the day's activities. flying some 200 strikes a day Register Washington Bureau sites of 40,000 square feet. here does not warrant consid- fiscation" of the property. against them from bases in Attorney William R. Blair eration by the Supreme The township won the first Thailand. WASHINGTON - The Su- Jr., Red Bank, representing Court," the owners added. round before Judge Andrew preme Court yesterday re- the property owners, in a Frank Schere is the owner A. Salvest, of the -Law Divi- The U.S. Pacific Command fused fo reviews.New Jersey brief filed last mont^with the of the Buck farm. The Ward- sion, Superior Court of New in Honolulu, which.makes all announcements about U.S. air E* Head Notes court decision breaking Free- Supreme Court, urged denial en owners are identified as Jersey, on Aug. 18,1971. hold Township's one-acre zon- of the township's request for Barbara and Lawrence Cohen The property owners won on operations in Laos and Cain- ing restriction review The brief claimed the and Sally Tannenbaum, ac- the appeal in June 23, 1972, bodia, said the strikes contin- ued as usual in Laos yes- •The action apparently township's zoning require- cording to papers filed with with the Supreme Court of ment was "confiscatory" of the case. New Jerseyupholding the ap- terday at the request>of the clears:the way for devel- Laotian government, OEO Rally 'Impact' opment of the 108-acre Buck the owners' property because John A. Kaye, Freehold peal. LONG BRANCH - Wllbert farm and the 215-acre Wardell it made the land unusable be- Township Attorney claimed Advisers to Leave antipoverty activities who During their day-long visit cause of the high costs accom- In overturning Judge Sal- C. Russell, executive director descended on the nation's cap- to Washington, the Monmouth farm Both properties had the New Jersey Appellate vest's decision, the Appellate, panying houses with one-acre Court erred in a decision find- The cease-fire agreement of the Monmouth Community ital yesterday to urge their County delegation called on been stymied from building Court pointed out that the programs under a 1965 zoning lots, ing the municipal zoning ordi- also means the withdrawal of Action Program (MCAP), re- congressmen to fight for the New Jersey's two senators, township's adoption of the all American military ad- turned from Washington late life of these programs. Clifford P. Case and Harrison amendment requiring home "The constitutional question nance "unconstitutional con- •one-acre restriction "was de- visers to the royal Laotian last night encouraged by the The protest was triggered A. Williams, and the shore signed to inhibit residential army, a large number of Thai impact he felt had been made by President Nixon's decision area's congressman, James J. development in the municipal- mercenaries the United States by participants in the national to dismantle the Office of Howard, all of whom have al- ity at a rate which would out- has been paying to fight for mobilization seeking contin- Economic Opportunity and cut ready expressed their support strip what the town fathers the Vientaine regime and uation of all existing antipo- off federal funds for commu- for continuation of the antlpo- Israelis Hit Guerrilla though the voters and tax- American military and CIA verty programs.