Four U.S. Catholic Bishops Ask Bombing Halt SEE STORY BELOW Weather HOME Mostly sunny warm and hazy today and tomorrow, high In the THEDAILY mid to upper 80s except lower Red Bank, Freehold near shore. Fair and warm to- 7** FINAL night, low near 70. Saturday's Long Branch outlook, partly cloudy and"cooler. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 89 YEARS DIAL 741-0010 VOL. 90, NO. 37 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1967 10c PER COPY PAGE ONE Alaskan Flood Waters Recede Slowly FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - bodies were discovered in the cent of the community's proper- Damage ,was placed at about The danger of uncontrolled pouring through Fairbanks at a cal governments were nearing .The hrnwn flood waters of_ the .. city and.iwo more in Tok,. a ri.v;. ty, owners barf, flood insurance,-. ..$200 million, . -fire,, which had officials on edge -rale of 15-billion gallons a day •-- the -limits' uf their firianctarabil-""' Chena River receded today, hut er community on the Alaska The situation prompted calls for Gov. Walter Hickel, calling for yesterday after five buildings . enough to supply the city of New ity to cope with the diaster. at a pace so slow that the city's Highway. immediate federal rehabilitation Fairbanks to be designated a fed- , burned fn the downtown area, York with water for about two Aid 'Only Natural" 15,000 evacuees were not expect- Police conducting a house-to- funds and low cost loans to bus- eral disaster afea, said he thought tapered off with no additional weeks. "I would think," Hickel said, ed to begin returning to their house search earlier reported inessmen and homeowners. Saturday would be the earliest fires reported today.. vPolice, conducting a house-to- "that under the circumstances it damaged' homes and businesses three deaths, including that of a "It's much more than I ex- time residents could return to The Chena, sent on a rampage house check, reported three con- would be only natural for federal before Saturday. Only a tiny young child. pected it to be," said Creath their homes—if rain holds off. by more than 5'^ inches of rain firmed deaths, including that of aid to be forthcoming." fraction of (hem carried flood in- The victims were not identified Tooley, western regional director Cloudy skies settled above the during four days, was down about a young child. The dead were Hickel and Boucher both surance, officials said. and the cause of death was not of the President's Office of Em- city today and the Weather Bu- six inches from Tuesday's high not identified and there was no stressed the need for a quick and The bodies of four more vic- given. ergency Planning, who toured the reau forecast a few light show- point when up to nine feet of official word as to whether they massive effort to complete re- tims were found yesterday, dis- About 95 per cent of Fair- city of 30,000 by boat and heli- ers. "If these clouds drop more muddy water rushed into the bus- drowned or died from other construction and repair before aster headquarters and State Po- banks' buildings were affected copter yesterday. "You just don't rain we could be right back in iness district. causes. the arrival of winter weather, in lice reported, bringing Alaska's by the flood, but an insurance expect to see a town inundated trouble," said Mayor H. A. At peak flow, Geological Sur- Hickel, with Tooley at his side, which temperatures of 60 below flood death total to seven. Two executive estimated just two per such as this." Boucher. vey engineers said, the river was told newsmen that state and lo- (See FLOOD, Pg. 3, Col. 8) U.S. Combat Casualties Fall SAIGON (AP) — American slightly below this, year's weekly There have ' been exceptions, vious week's 220 dead and 545 out, leaving 39 of their dead and combat casualties in the Vietnam average. Records showed 12,497 when Communist forces am- wounded. 15 weapons on the battlefield, the war last week dropped to their Americans have riifd in combat bushed U.S. units, inflicted heavy ' B7 Reds Killed Leathernecks said. MarW. cas- lowest number since last Janu- in Vietnam from Jan. 1, 1961, casualties, then pulled out quick- In ground fighting near Tam ualties were not announced. ary, reflecting a lull in major, through Saturday, while another ly. Some military strategists be- Ky, U.S. Marines reported kill- Three hours later, a reinforced sustained ground fighting, the 76,630 U.S. troops have been lieve the Communists are resup- ing 67 Communist troops in four squad from the 3d Marine Regi- U.S. Command announced today. wounded. plying and regrouping during the fierce clashes all within one-half ment fought another Communist It said 82 Americans The U.S. Command said that lull. mile of each other since yester- force oE unknown size in a heavy killed and 748 wounded. with the exception of one signif- The South Vietnamese armed day. exchange of small arms and au- But a new series of small,icant engagement, contacts last forces announced losses of 283 In the biggest batle, just before tomatic weapons. Again, the fierce scattered skirmishes that week were generally light and dead and 683 wounded last week, noon today, a company from the Communists broke contact, leav- could develop into something big- scattered and on a small unit above their average. Their high 1st Marine Regiment ran into an ing 13 dead on the battlefield.. ger was reported by U.S. Ma- level throughout South Vietnam casualties stemmed largely from enemy force of unknown size and One Marine was killed and 12 rines rooting out Communist last week. isolated actions. exchanged small arms and auto- wounded. troops in hills west of the coastal The lull in major sustained The South Vietnamese also an- matic weapons fire. Under the The four clashes were part of plain of Tam Ky, about 350 miles ground fighting has been evi- nounced 62 men missing. Their pounding of tactical fighter- the Marine's Operation Cochise, northeast of Saigon. dent since early last month. casualties were up from thepre-lbombers, the Communists pulled (See VIETNAM, Pg. 2, Col. 7) In the air war over North Vietnam, bad weather limited U.S. pilots to a below average 111 Transportation Department Report Hit missions yesterday. Heavy clouds hung over the Hanoi-Haiphong area and air SURFS UP and so is the surfboard of 14-year-old Joseph Caine of 560 Wostwood strikes were concentrated in the southern panhandle stretching Aye., Long Branch. Hs rigged a sot of wheels for his board io get if to the beach, from south of Hanoi to the 17thStanding Riles Commuters and was on his way there when sported by a Daily Register photographer. parallel that divides North and South Vietnam. MIDDLETOWN-Jersey Shore "The only solution to our prob- and Long Branch Railroad trains earlier t'.tat many former train commuters said yesterday they Reds' Toll Down lems is better service and con- since the Aldene Plan went into passengers had given up the may not be quitting the railroad solidation of railroads," said Mr. The command said 1,043 Com- effect April 30. rails for buses and car pools. Fitzgeraid, stressing that he ex- munist soldiers were killed last but they are irritated abou' Under Aldene, all Jersey Cen He said last night state figures pressed an individual point of 1 week, the lowest figure this year. standing in rolling stock thes tral trains terminate _ at Penn don't impress him and said he view rather than an official one. Bearded Ex-Mayor The toll of American dead last hot summer days. Station, Newark, from where had replied to a letter from the week was the lowest since the Bernard K. Mitzner, presiden Mr. Mitzner said he was, un- riders move to uplown New York state. reck ending last Jan. 7 when 67 of the American.Commuters As happy with a report from the on Penn trains and downtown on Further, Mr. Mitzner contended U.S. soldiers were killed, The sociation, said a report from the state Transportation Department PATH (Port Authority Trans that the state had misled com- wounded toll was the lowest state Transportation. Department that only, 60 passengers apparent- Hudson) tubes. muters about plans to air condi- Hits Marina Pad since the 716 in the week ending ndicating little traffic loss for ly had been, lost on New York Mr. Mitzner had contended See STANDING, Pg. 3, Col. 1) By CHARLES A. JOHNSTON Blum said he was not aware of questions posed by the ex-may- Jan. 21. The over-all toll of 830 the carriers wasn't the whole KEANSBURG — Former May-: the details of the agreement, or; said that the borough had a killed and wounded last week story. or Louis Collichio wore the beard which he acknowledged to be valid reverter agreement under was the lowest since Jan. 7 And Paul Fitzgerald, a mem- of Mr. Belvedere, a title of histrue; Mayor Leonard S. Bellez- which Keansburg would take back when 546 casualties were report- ber of the Matawan Township Burke Backing Conrad's when he was a noted prufessitfn- z'a said he would like to know title to the basin if the developer, id. " Transportation Committee, said •1 of old wrestler fame, last night the details himself, and Borough Andora, Inc., did not expend at Last week's toll compares with he would press his group to as he grappled anew with Bor- Attorney Patrick J.