Jury Continues Soil Removal Probe SEE STORY BELOW Sunny, Sunny, pleasant today. THE BAII7 Cloudy, mild tonight. Becom- ing fair, pleasant tomorrow Keel Bank, Irtcliold FINAL l^ong Branch and Sunday. 7 7 EDITION County's Oufsfaiuliiig Homo \owspapor VOL.94 NO. 34 RED BANK, NJ. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13,1971 TEN CENTS ECOM By DORIS KULMAN signed a 20-year lease at He said he hasn't any plans , Hexagon building, will be in Mr. Dworman said he {2,851,550 a year for the build- yet for the remainder of the the shape of the letter "x" . doesn't know if he's the lower NEW SHREWSBURY - ing. The lease also has four tract. "(the Xagon?) with excess to bidder, There were two bid- The $25 million, six-story five-year renewal options. Others Expected - the government area from the ders—Tinton Realty Corp., building a New York City And, Mr. Dworman said, "But we expect other busi- center core. Army security New York City, was the oth- builder will put tip here for the office of Rep. James J. nesses will come in.. .firms regulations will govern the er-who reportedly submitted lease to Ft. Monmouth's Howard, D-N.J., was mistak- that want to do business with building beyond the first floor proposals for four sites. The Army Electronics Command en when it said Wednesday the government," he said. 'Sales areas, he said. GSA has said the bids were will hou,se retail stores as well that the building will become Mr. Dworman said con- Federal specifications call "negotiable" and not com- as ECOM offices. government property at ex- struction will be completed for office space for 3,500 petitive. Lester J. Dworman, presi- piration of the lease. within two years "on the out- ECOM employes and parking Parley Held dent of The Dworman Co., Not so, the builder de- side." He said he expects the areas for 2,700 cars. Mr. Mr. Dworman was here last which was awarded the feder- clared. groundbreaking within 4 to 5 Dworman said another 700 night to confer with Borough al lease on Wednesday,.re- "No one owns, the building months. parking spaces will be pro- Council and Planning Board vealed yesterday that the en- but me," he said, "The gov- Mr. Dworman said plans vided for use by shoppers. members "and see how we tire first floor of the building ernment is strictly a tenant." for the building are being pre- The building will encompass a can all work together." He will be given over to retail Mr. Dworman said the pared by Kahn and Jacobs, a total of 750,000 square feet. was accompanied by Daniel shops. He said there will be building and its parking area New York City architectural Mr. Dworman said the New B. Schwartz and Frank Mar- 100,000 square feet of selling •will occupy 36 acres of the 70- firm specializing in office Shrewsbury site was one of zulli of Point Real Estate space. acre site on Tjnton Ave. and buildings, and aren't yet com- two for which lie submitted Agency, Freehold, his local ECOM will have 535,000 Wayside Road. The firm has plete. bids. He also put in a proposal real estate representatives. square feet of usable space on an option to purchase the TheXagon for a tract on the east side of One of the things the plan- the five floors above. tract from George Mangan Mr. Dworman said the Rt. 35 in Eatontown, con- ners and councilmeh will have The General Services Ad- but Mr. Dworman declined to structure, which will be a tiguous to that borough's in- to do is rezone the Mangan ministration in Washington disclose the cost of the site. quarter-mile east of ECOM's dustrial area. See ECOM, Page 2 Register Sto« Photo MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR $MILE$ - New Shrewsbury Mayor Robert F. Openings Stand Henck, left, who envisions a dramatic drop in the tax rate, shares happy thoughts last night with Lester J. Dworman, president of the Dworman FREEHOLD - Nothing can ward the recommendations to through Sea Bright and on the backed up to Monmouth out and will eventually de- Company, New York City, which as been awarded a contract to build a be done about the traffic situ- the federal agencies in- Rumson side. Often traffic is Beach in the south, to the pend upon Coast Guard ap- $25 million office building in the borough for lease to Ft. Monmouth's ation over Rumson Bridge volved." Highlands Bridge in the north proval. Army Electronics Command. this year. The petition, drawn up by and as far as the Ave. of Two "The Coast Guard," Mr. This seemed to be the con- Robert and Edward Hensler, Rivers in Rumson. Carrie added, "will be the de- sensus among county officals co-managers of the Sea Bright The petitions, requesting partment which will finally here when informed by The Bathing Pavilion, requested relief from this state of af- determine whether there is a Daily Register about petitions that "bridge openings be fairs, were circulated and change. Before that is done, Soil Removal Probe circulated in Sea Bright re- eliminated entirely during posted among all the beach the request must go through questing less frequent opening peak traffic periods, and that clubs in Sea Bright and were the proper channels. of the drawbridge. they should then be put on an signed by hundreds of peti- "When it reaches the Coast Freeholder Albert E. Allen, hourly basis." tioners. Continued by Jury Guard," he continued, "a de- the county's director of Under county regulations, Borough officials and law termination will be made by FREEHOLD - The Mon- Mr. Keuper added that Burt, past president of the bridges, said he had riot been between Memorial Day and enforcement officers agreed that organization on the mer- aware of the complaints until Labor Day the bridge is on the need of some sort of mouth County Grand Jury, there may be one or more wit- Lincroft Little League, and its of such a change. If a probing the controversial soil nesses to be called. He also Robert Pearce of Coronet qijerjed jiy The Daily Register scheduled to open every half change to the procedure, thus change is found necessary, easing the traffic congestion removal agreement at said that the panel may sub- Ave., Lincroft, an interested yesterday. hour on weekends and ho- the Coast Guard will have to Thompson Park, Middletown, poena some records. Study Expected lidays between 11 a.m. and 7 at peak traffic, periods during citizen. schedule a public hearing on will visit the site Sept. 2. "If the calendar is not too "The county," Mr. Allen, the summer Season. 1 ..The grand jury probe con- pjn., and at random, upon a the matter, giving a chance County Prosecutor Vincent heavy on Sept. 2," he said, said, "cannot change the signal from an approaching "I cannot see that anything cerns an agreement between for everyone to express their P. Keuper said yesterday that "the grand jury may conclude the Middletown Township scheduled bridge openings. vessel, at all other times. can be done this year," said views on the matter. A final the panel heard testimony The Board of Freeholders, this matter. If not the grand Recreation Commission, and Jams Caused Thomas Carrie, county bridge decision will not be reached from nine persons. ' jury will have to be held however, will consider the pe- supervisor. Mr. Carrie ex- Holmdel Excavating Co. The This procedure causes ex- until after such a public meet- over." commission agreed to trade titions when it is received by tensive traffic jams oh the ap- plained that the procedure for ing is arranged. Ttiis all takes them; and will most likely for- such a change is long drawn 10,000 to 12,000 cubic yards of proaches to the bridge Albert E. Allen time." Testifying before the grand dirt from the park for con- Nine Lives jury yesterday were Ben- struction of two ballfields by jamin Schaffer, former direc- the company. Unit Sees tor of the Middletown Recrea- tion Commission; Robert It was alleged, during the Daley, an employe of the controversy that followed, Action Near Hblmdel Excavating Co., that permits required under Marlboro Bond Issue Holmdel, and Louis Pettru- HOWELL - The 9 Lives the township's soil removal ByJIMMcCORMICK The main objections to the the Lloyd Road project should back, but it is no secret - the repair of a bridge on the road. Committee has met with state zelli, president of the com- ordinance were not obtained proposal centered on the des- not be undertaken until it is way council is spending mon- However, Recreation Com- officials resulting in a revised pany. and that the soil removal vio- MARLBORO - The Town- ignation of priorities for the determined how much the up- ey - the tax rate will go up mission chairman Stanley plan for the construction of Also, Middletown police lated a restriction in the deed ship Council last night author- township in order to plan coming projects will cost. $1.15 next year," he said. Bauman revealed last night the 7.Q mile Route 9 dualiza- Sgt. Michael Mahoney; Mrs. that gave the land to the ized issuance of $490,000 in sound fiscal policies on a long- Councilman John Williams The mayor said that since after the meeting that a letter tion project. Elizabeth Thompson Babcock, township for the park. bonds to finance the Lloyd range basis. disagreed, stating the part of the county has no plans to ex- has been sent to HUD asking The committee met in daughter of the late Geraldine In an earlier session, the Road reconstruction project Councilman Lawrence S.