owii SEE STORY BBIX)W Gearing, Cold Clearing this afternoon, FINAL Men in upper 30s. Clear and Red Bank, Freehold cow tonight; mostly sunny to- Long Branch raurrdw. Sunday mostly EDITION cloudy, milder. llomnouth County"* Outstanding Homo Xewspapw 34 PAGES VOL.«|4 NO. 182 RED BANK, N.J. FRIUA^. MAKCII10,1972 TEN CENTS iiHniuum Seriate Votes Legalized Gambling Study TRENTON (AP) - The If approved by the Assem- gambling study was intended dum in November which have both stated firm opposi- help to carry out its in- In other major devel- basic plan, however. The State Senate has authorized a bly, the measure would take to undermine the recommen- would let the voters decide if tion to a proposed income tax. vestigation. He suggested it opments: Democratic plan would insure study of all forms of legalized effect without the signature of dations of Cahill's Tax Policy gambling should be legalized The Governor's Tax Policy could be an attempt to post- —Democratic and Republi- a continued Democratic mar- gambling that critics have Gov. William T. Cahill. The Committee which called for in New Jersey. The proposal Committee recommended a pone consideration of new can Senate leaders announced gin of 9-6 in the state's con- charged is an attempt to tor-" governor has already signed overhauling the New Jersey covers casino gambling, book- $1.5 billion tax package last taxes. they had agreed to bring a gressional delegation. The pedo tax reform. legislation authorizing a study tax structure. making, off-track betting and month that included a 1 to 14 The gambling study com- series of partisan bills on con- GOP plan would give Republi- ' The measure was approved of off-track betting and has The gambling study mea- wagering on athletic events. per cent income tax and a mittee would be required to gressional redistricting up for cans a good chance of reduc- ing the margin to 8-7. by a 28-7 vote after a rambl- said the more general study sure could take effect without Sen. Wayne Dumont, R- statewide property tax to en- report its findings to;the Leg- a vote next Thursday. ing debate in which suppor- measure might be an attempt Cahill's signature because it Warren, chief sponsor of thfe able the state to take over islature by June 1. At a news conference both ters of the bill talked more to sidetrack tax reform, in- was passed in the form of a broader gambling study, said funding of local school costs. Bipartisan Backing sides indicated there is still a -The Senate voted 27-9 to about the possibilities of re- cluding adoption of a state in- resolution without appropriat- the question of legalized gam- Cahill criticized the gam- The measure received bi- wide gulf separating them on give the governor the power duced crime and increased come tax. a ing any funds to carry out the bling should be placed before bling study as "suspicious" partisan support in the Sen- the issue of reapportioning the to appoint the chancellor of revenue in legalizing gam- However, Senate Majority study. the voters. "AH we can do is because he noted that the pro- ate. Republicans control the 15 New. Jersey congressional higher education. The chan- bling than about the need to Leader Alfred N. Beadleston, The study is intended to let the people vote," he said. posed committee would not upper house 24-16: Cahill is a seats. cellor is now appointed by the study the question. R-Monmouth, denied that the dear the way for a referen- Dumont and Beadleston have funds or extensive staff Republican. Each party introduced a Board of Higher Education. 4 Killed in Crash KEY PORT - Four Bay- been.The car had been head- Red Bank, by members of the Bayshore Garage, off Rt. 35, shore residents, all under age ing north. Kcyport and Matawan Town- north of Hollo's Post House. 2(>, were killed last night A police spokesman said the ship First Aid Squads. Traffic The abutment, police say, when the car in which they car was "cut in two" by the in the area police say, was was not damaged. In- were riding crashed into an impact of the crash. It took snarled for more than an vestigating the accident are overhead railroad bridge some time, police said, to re- hour. Sgt. George Nadler, Patrol- abutment and was so badly move all the bodies from the man Robert Dillon, and Cap!. demolished that police have wreckage. They were trans- The vehicle was described Michael Kelley, who heads been unable to determine the ported to Riverview Hospital, as a 1969 model. It is at the the traffic safety bureau. driver. Police identify those killed as Ronald Fogel, 20, of "Waakaack Ave., Keansburg; Joseph Saia, 19, of 24 Bucknell Drive, Hazlet; Rosco Brewer,' •25, of 20 Glenmary Ave., Leonardo, and Vickie Strelsky, 18, of 152 Morn- ingsidc Ave., Union Beach. The accident, which was re- ported at 11:04 p.m. yes- Rtgltler Stall photo terday, happened on Rt. 35 BAR HONORS PAST AND PRESENT PROSECUTORS — The AAonmoufh Bar Association last night near the Rt. 36 intersection. honored former County Prosecutor Vincent P. Keuper, who was county prosecutor for 17 years, and Police say they had no infor- James M. Coleman Jr., who was sworn in to succeed Mr. Keuper March 1. Left to right at the testi- mation On where the young monial dinner at the American Hotel are. Charles Frankel of Asbury Park, whospoke; Mr. Keuper; people had come from or Mr. Coleman and William T. Wichmann, bar association president. what their destination had Middletown Zoning Upheld By WILLIAM J. ciates because the firm failed and documented oral opinion. the grounds that it did not there is a strong presumption to sustain the burden of proof The motion by Middletown provide for multiple family of validity for it. FREEHOLD — Ruling that needed to overturn the zoning Township attorney. Robert H. dwellings in the township and There must be a clear show- a Clifton firm failed to prove code. Otten to dismiss the complaint so excluded persons who ing that it Is arbitrary or un- the Middletown Township zon- A party attacking the vali- came after the firm rested its could not afford to buy single- reasonable, he continued, and ing ordinance uncon- dity of a zoning ordinance has case after calling three wit- family homes. total factual settings must be stitutional, a Superior court a heavy burden, said the nesses. It ended a two-day The firm launched its legal evaluated in each case. He judge here dismissed its com- judge, and must show that the trial without the township attack on the entire zoning said the court could not pass AP Wlraphoto plaint yesterday. ., code bears no reasonable rela- having to call witnesses to de- code Wednesday after Judge on the wisdom or the lack of BANK ROBBERS ESCAPE IN POLICE CAR—This Fort Worth, Tex., Judge- Merritt La'ne Jr. tionship to the public good. fend its zone plan. Lane upheld the township's wisdom of the legislators. city police car was commandereed by four men armed with shotguns yes- granted a motion on behalf of Proof of unreasonableness Primarily, Chandler Associ- Zoning Board of Adjustment's The wisdom' of a particular terday shortly after they reportedly had robbed a Fort Worth bank, taking the township to dismiss the must be beyond debate, said ates was seeking to invalidate denial of a variance for the course a governing body has two lady employes with them as hostages. Profiles of the bandits and hos- complaint by Chandler Asso- the judge in a very detailed the township's zone plan on firm for a 464-unit "town taken is reviewable only at tages can be seen as the car pulls away. Hostages were later released un- house" complex off Palmer the polls, he said. harmed; three of the men were later captured. Photo was made by Fort Ave. and Cherry Tree Farm Class Suits Worth Star-Telearam photographer Ron Heflin. Road, near Rt. 35. Concerning the firm's argu- Validity Test ment that exclusion of apart- Union Beach Board's A test of validity of a zoning ments and the township's two- ordinance is the reason- acre minimum zoning were in- ableness of the ordinance in valid because they violated NixonHuddlesAirlines light of existing circum- the equal rights of people. 'stances and the physical char- Judge Lane said there is a Budget Cut $238,766 acteristics of the area, said well settled rule in law that to Judge Lane. By ED WALSH cholpgist at $7,596; cut text- can you pay $1 million when raise the constitutional rights Execs to Thwart Plots book expenditures from the assessments are $29 mil- ' The judicial role in review- of a class, there must be a Top officials of the nation's, evening and no ransom has yesterday. The caller de- UNION BEACH - It wasn't ?12,50O to $10,000; sliced $3,000 lion?" he asked. ing a zoning ordinance is member of that class in the 29 biggest airlines were called been paid." manded $50,000, but bis 9 p.m. predicted publicly, but every- from teaching supplies budg- "I am afraid that if our per- tightly circumscribed, said suit. to Washington today to help Wiser also said TWA had deadline passed without pay- one knew it was coming. eted at $13,000; and cut school centage of tax collections the judge, explaining that Sec MIddletown's Page 2 thwart what President Nixon started a new, more intensive ment or incident.