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ASBURY PARK EVENING PRESS, Nov. 3, 1966 17 I 7TT I 1 1 Recertification Lack Delays City's Request for U.S. Aid 'J ble for federal aid for capital improvement projects. $2 Sought The city is seeking more than $2 million in federal aid card which said they got it," be sail He said be met Oct 3 with officials of the regional office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development but i got no answers then and I haven 1 beard from them since." Wants Stricter Enforcement A spokesman for the Phila ASBURY PARK Three re quests for federal aid are be-mg delayed because the city's workable program for community improvement has not yet been recertified -tty Manager Paul H. Her-j thf 1X1 yesterday that program nas not Oecn recertified altlvtiKrS ih.

ow certification expired Aug. 1. vu, auommea me latest f'o'" ui june ror leaerai approval The workable program must be recertified each year in order for the city to remain eligi- i ii li knn thrnttf rrivf rrAr lor final Bavihor run from trainmaster William fUf Peluso watches. All ore long Two of the five passenger on last run. Mrs.

Helen Miller, Matawan, and Dale Mill.r, Highlands, have tickets punched by trainman William Brennan, Union Beach. BAYSIIOKE LINE EXPIRES Train Late for Own 'Funeral9 fiii ii ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS The Bayshore line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey "died" in the rain last night with hardly a tear shed. And it "expired" later than scheduled. The last passenger train pulled into the station here at 11:45 p.m. 38 minutes late.

The main line train from Jersey City, with which it connects in Matawan, had arrived 30 minutes behind schedule Had Seven Passengers There were only seven passengers on the final 10-mile run, plus 6 railroad employes No Date Is Set in $2 Million Suit Against Gas Company James M. Coleman Republican candidate for Congress, leans from speakers' rostrum last night to shake supporter's hand as Francis R. Hurley, Spring Lake, president of the Affiliated Republican Club of Monmouth County, watches. (Press Photo) 900 at GOP Fete; Howard Confident Zuorick at fireman Samuel riding home from work and 5 members of the train crew. Two men brought cameras and one had his 13-year-old son.

"What's to celebrate?" one trainman asked. But the train did give a long farewell toot as it left here for the empty last run to the yards in Jersey City. No Greeters There Only two men were at the station to watch the last train come in. There were no local officials, no bands, and no bunting, much different than when the first train came 98 years ago. Charles A.

Johnson, High- statements is complete and the case has been pre-tried. 2 Pavilions, Walk Ruined The first fire was Aug. 6, 1963 and it destroyed the Sunset Avenue Pavilion and Boardwalk. The second fire was Sept. 11, 1963 and it destroyed the Asbury Avenue Pavilion and boardwalk.

The city claims that prior to the fires the defendants placed and maintained its gas mains under the boardwalk in an ex posed condition which consti- Holy Name Societies To Meet Here ASBURY PARK The week end convention of N.J. Holy Name Societies will begin at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Convention Hall. George W. Ahr, Bishop of the Trenton Diocese, will be keynote speaker.

The convention will feature a study of the Second Vatican Council Decree on tne Aposto-late of the Laity. Seminars will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Morning sessions will be at Convention Hall, afternoon sessions at Berkeley Carteret Hotel.

Speaker at the first seminar will be James J. Norris, Rumson, a lay auditor at the Council. Archbishop Thomas A. Bol-and, Newark, will speak at a dinner Saturday night at Con vention Hall. The convention will conclude with a 10:30 Mass Sunday at Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church.

William J. Griffin, Newark, is chairman of the convention, which is being sponsored by the Coordinating Committee of N.J. Holy Name Societies. Edward J. A.

Fahey, Belmar, is Brakeman Robert McKenna, ball to start final run. Council lo Sell Tract For Hospital Facility under the Economic Development Act for renovations to the Casino and Convention Hall, and for a plan to fill in part of Wes- ley Lake to make room lor requests cannot be approved un- the program is recertified. Mr. Hermann said he has re ceived no word from federal officials on the status of the workable program. "All I know is I got a post Daly Takes Note Of Welfare Issue WALL TOWNSHIP Monmouth County Freeholder Marcus Daly said last night he never intended to raise his controversial unwed parents policy as an election issue.

He made the statement before nearly 900 Republicans at the annual candidates night in the Sea Girt Inn. Mr. Daly said that as an instructor in practical politics at St. Peter College, Jersey City, he has often advised his students that a candidate should never raise a controversial issue prior to election. Proposed Probe Mr.

Daly is the author of a proposal to refer the names of unwed parents applying for welfare to the county prosecutor for prosecution under the adultery or fornication laws. The proposal has been one of the most controversial ever raised in the county and has not been accepted by the Mon mouth County Welfare Board of which Mr. Daly is a member. Mr. Daly, who is seeking reelection to the Board of Free holders, said that he had dis cussed the issue as early as last spring with Ernest W.

Lass, welfare board chairman, and S. Thomas Gagliano, wel fare board attorney. Mr. Daly also predicted that in spite of the uproar over his proposal, the Republicans would score the largest victory this county has ever seen. Prediction Shared His predictions were shared by his running mate, Freeholder Harry Larrison, James M.

Coleman GOP candidate for Congress, and U.S. Sen. Clifford P. Case. Mr.

Coleman repeated his charges that his opponent was a "rubber stamp" for the Johnson administration and that the major issue in the campaign was reckless, free, and duplicate spending of the Democrats. 'Petticoat' Cast Are Well Fed HOLLYWOOD IT) The frequent meals served in boarding-house scenes of CBS-TV's "Petticoat Junction" are cooked on a four-burner gas range at one side of the sound stage by prop-man Vince Vecchio. Vecchio, 49, genial and shiny bald, learned the trade in his father's restaurant at Omaha. Often he finds himself serving a baked ham, turkey or roast-beef dinner to the actors at 10 o'clock in the morning. "At home?" he echoed as pork chops sizzled in the pan.

"No, I let the little woman do the cookin'." delphia regional office said the workable program is being held up because the federal agency wants the city to enforce its building and health codes more strictly. The spokesman said a letter was sent to the city Oct 21 out lining what the city must do to obtain recertification. Mr. Hermann said he has not received the letter. John G.

Lumley, executive di rector of the local Housing Au thority, said the lack of recert- fication will not affect the West Side urban renewal program or ine proposed new senior citizens housing project He pointed out that the federal grants for these projects already have been approved. Springwood Section Cited Mr. Lumley said he has talked to federal officials concerning the workable program. He said they will "insist on stricter code enforcement, particularly to the Springwood ave nue business district. Revitalization of the Spring- wood avenue business district was cited in a market analysis report as a key to the feasibility of building one-family homes in the urban renewal area.

The report, prepared for the Housing Authority by a Philadelphia real estate consultant, called for stricter code enforcement as one step which should be taken. Mr. Lumley said he was confident the workable program eventually will be recertified, but conceded it could be delayed for several more months. He said the usual procedure in these instances is for city and federal officials to meet and negotiate their differences regarding the program. Mr.

Hermann said he will get in touch with federal officials to see what is holding up the recertification, but doubted that any more money couTd "be appropriated for additional inspectors. Inspections are now conducted by the health officer and three sanitarians, the building inspector and the fire inspector, he said. Alarm Issued For Man In Fraud Case EATONTOWN A man wanted by Trenton police for fraud was the subject of a Monmouth County police radio alarm yesterday after be purchased $1,200 worth of merchandise from Bamberger's Department Store here on credit cards. Detective Lt. Marvin Fowler said the man identifies himself as John H.

Harris, a Ukranian Orthodox archbishop, with a post office box in White Horse Station. Harris was driving a 1966 model car rented from a rental agency in Highland Park, Mich. He was accompanied by a wom-'an. He was described as dressed in black robes, wearing long black hair and a heavy beard. He is about 40 years old, 5 feet, 11 and weighing 185 pounds.

Man Accused Of Accepting $200 'Payoff ASBURY PARK An arraignment was scheduled here todav for Ravmond E. House. Stoney Hill Eatontown, be fore U.S. Commissioner David Goldstein on a charge of impersonating a federal employe. House was arrested last night in Brick Township by the FBI on a charge of accepting a $200 "payoff" from a Brick Township boatowner for alleged assistance in obtaining a Small Business Administration loan.

The FBI said House impersonated a representative of the Small Business Administration. The FBI said he has lived in New Jersey three years and has been unemployed since October. The maximum penalty if convicted for impersonating a federal employe is a $1,000 fine and three years in prison. THREAT REPORTED TO PRESIDENT SAN ANTONIO, Tex. W-A part-time farm laborer who lives in an unfurnished, abandoned house has been charged with threatening to kill President Johnson.

A spokesman for the Secret Service said Emmanuel Magdalene, 48, was jailed yesterday in lieu of $25,000 bond. Officers said 'the man telephoned the FBI on Oct. 17 and said he had a gun and was going to shoot the President. FREEHOLD No trial date has vet been set for hearing two suits in which the City of Asbury Park is seeking mil lion from the New Jersey Natural Gas Co. In June 1965 the city filed two suits asking for $1 million each in damages from the gas company for two large boardwalk fires in 19G3.

The city claims that the fires were caused by gas leaks from lines running under the boardwalk. So far the only court action in the case has been the consolidation of both suits into one, and the transferring of the case from County Court to the Superior Court. A spokesman for the Gas Com pany said depositions are being taken from various persons in volved in the case. No trial date will be set until the taking of Council Plans Bond Sale To Finance Debts KEANSBURG The Borough Council has decided to sell $1.3 million in bonds to re-finance its debts for the first time since 1962. It introduced three bonding ordinances last night and set a public hearing on them for Nov.

15. The bonds cover the cost of road construction and sewer and water work, which previously were financed by short-term bank loans. The Council approved the sale of a lot and building on Main Street for $10,000 to George Os-trov, 365 Carr the high bidder at a public auction last week. Union Beach, waves high (Press Photos) I Up to now, this has been done by the license inspector. A resolution will be offered authorizing tax foreclosure on six properties, including one owned by the estate of Mrs.

Joseph P. Rogers, Union Ave. It is expected that this property, on which $1,793 is owed, may be used as a site for a new fire-house for the Independent Co. The Council will pass a resolution opposing a 10 per cent price increase proposed by the New York-K a g-Long Branch Bus Line. Former councilman Donald L.

Phillips returned to his $6,100 a year job as city fire and traffic signal superintendent yesterday. Mr. Phillips took a leave of absence from the civil service post when he was elected to the Council in 1965. The Council will meet at 7 o'clock tonight with the Library Board of Trustees to discuss a proposed addition to the library. A meeting will follow with the Long Branch Regional Health Commission and Advisory Board.

JOHN G. CHAPrELLE the tree would have been difficult to climb alone, but do- licc have no evidence the youth used a ladder or was helped Dy another person. Why he was ud the tree or in the area is unknown. "That's soins to be one of our mysteries," said Chief Van Kirk. He said none of the nei2Wors reported hearing or seeiag anything unusual during toe night.

uetective igt. Arthur Brandau is investigating. v. LONG BRANCH The City Council plans to sell to Mon mouth Medical Center Tuesday night a 175- bv 115-foot tract at 2nd and Pavilion avenues for $6,000. The hospital expressed interest in the property after a contractor working for it inadvertently piped the brook running through it.

The hospital plans to build a rehabilitation center on the property. Jersey Central Power and Light Co. was also interested in the tract for a substation. The Council also plans to introduce an amendment to the administrative code which would give the tax collector the power to issue mercantile and boarding and rooming houses licenses. Park Purchase OKM WASHINGTON The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a $50,000 grant to New Jersey yesterday for the purchase of 7.4 acres in the Point Pleasant area for park and recreational purposes.

the train in Matawan or Mid- dletown Township, or take the bus, or drive. Although little note was paid to the final run, conductor George C. Gifford, a railroad man since 1920, felt the event keenly. "It's a rotten pity," he choked. "Old ladies are crying and just heartsick." Those passengers who offered comments on the state of the rail service were quick to speak, but reluctant to give their names.

Charges Heard Phrases like "political harassment," "end of an era," and "it's a hopeless case" filled the dingy interiors of the cars. Said conductor Gifford: "Even though I just found out about the removal this morning, I knew it was in the wind. I was just living and working day by day until the decision came." The stop order came from the railroad's headquarters in Jersey City as the first passengers boarded the train Tuesday. The state Supreme Court approved a request from the railroad to lift a stay imposed when lawyers from the nine communities affected decided to champion the cause of the commuter and railroad worker. Approval Given Last month the Appellate Division, second highest court in the state, ruled in favor of the railroad.

The Supreme Court gave tacit approval of removal by allowing the railroad appeal of the stay to be granted. Mr. Gifford walked down the car's aisles recalling the history of the branch run. He said actors and politicians used the route before World War II as part of their path from the Shore to New York. "It seems that the railroad wants service and appearance to run down over the years," Mr.

Gifford charged. "They just don't care about the commuter anymore." He pointed to 19 windows in the two cars which had been smashed by vandals long ago and not repaired. Equipment Criticized "It's things like that and the decaying passenger stations, and the filthy cars if this wasn't the only way my passengers could get around they would have abandoned the railroad long ago," he said. "I just don't know what some folks will do," said the 66-year-old Mr. Gifford.

"This is the only means of transportation for many of the people and they can't get bus connections for the times they want." He said the remaining passengers have already tried alternate means of transportation but found nothing better than the service the railroad provided. The Bayshore line tracks cross above the Garden State Parkway as they leave Matawan and then go above Route 35 on a $2 million trestle built by the state Highway Department last year. Paid the Debt "That would have taken care of our debt for ten years," said the fireman Sam Peluso, Long Branch. The line's chief despatcher, L. G.

Whitfield, Highlands, thought the Bayshore run might have picked up business when the Aldene connection starts taking Central Jersey passengers to mid-Manhattan. "It's a pity we couldn't have kept going for a few months longer," he said. One man came from Scars-dale, N.Y., yesterday afternoon to ride on the last day. He collects last day train rides, and the conductor gave him the ticket. The Atlantic Highlands station sold its last tickets to Donald Joyce, Raritan Township, and his 13-year-old son, Dennis.

"It's depressin Mr. Joyce said, as he kicked away an old newspaper from the train's littered floor. landia Apartments, remembered the line for 40 years. "It was splendid until World War II." he said, "when they took off the boats to New York." The steamers used to go between here and Manhattan in an hour and served drinks and meals on the way. When the boats were discontinued, the Bayshore trains went to Matawan to connect with the New York and Long Branch Railroad main line.

Had 340 Regulars At the end there were only 340 regular paying customers and about 100 passholders. Now they will have to catch tuted a public nuisance. On previous occasions, the suit says, the city had asked the company to remove the gas mains and bury them under Ocean avenue, but the company refused. The suit further charges that the gas mains were not installed in accordance with common practice and that excessive stresses resulted which caused leaks in the lines which resulted in the fires. Under agreement with the city, the attorney for the city, Nathan Baker, Hoboken, of the law firm of Baker, Garber, and Chazin, will receive one-third of any damages awarded.

The Gas Company is repr sented by Roger Lancaster of the firm of Schrieber, Lancaster and Demos, Newark. Driver Hurt In Crash Into Trailer Truck MIDDLETOWM TOWNSHIP- A Long Branch man was injured when the car he was driving collided with a jacknifing tractor-trailer on Route 35 at 11:09 a.m. yesterday. Arthur Pereless, Oceanport was reported in fair condition at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank, with a broken leg and cuts of the face and thigh. The moving van driver, George Andrew, Newark, told police his truck began to skid when he brakd for a state Highway Department truck working on the side of the road.

He was southbound in the fast lane the Navy railroad overpass. Mr. Pereless told police he was going north in the fast lane when the truck jacknifed into his path. Mr. Andrew was charged with careless driving by Patrolman Ernest Volkland.

Mayor Sees BackingGiven Youth Club NEW SHREWSBURY Gordon Montgomery, 44 Fairfield Drive, chairman of the Parents Committee to Save Le Teendez-vous will not present a petition to the Borough Council tonight. The petition would have asked the Council to state its approval of the teen-age club at Sycamore and Shrewsbury avenues. Mayor John E. Lemon Jr. has agreed to make a statement in the form of a Council resolution backing the club.

"I have no reason to believe the Council won't back the resolution," he said. Mr. Le.Ton that rumors that the Council would not back the club were untrue. "The club has been an asiet to the community," he said. He said the mayor and Council intended to do nothing to interfere with club owner J.

Xel-sey Burr's Oct. 3 conviction in Municipal Court for allowing noise to extend beyond his property's borders. Brielle Police Probing Youth's Electrocution Democrat Feels He Will Return FREEHOLD Rep. James J. Howard said yesterday he's confident, but not overconfident, that he will be returned for his second term in Congress Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference in the American Hotel yesterday, Mr. Howard predicted that his opponent, Republican James M. Coleman, would be rejected by the voters just as were Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Wayne Dumont in 1965. Has Same Views He said Mr. Coleman represents the same political philosophy as Mr.

Goldwater, who ran for president, and Mr. Du-inont, who ran for governor. Asked if he thinks that the presence of popular Republican Sen. Clifford P. Case on the ballot will hurt him, he replied: "Well, that's one of the many imponderables of this election, but I think that the difference between Case and Wilentz (Warren Wilentz, the Democratic Senate candidate) has narrowed and that will lessen the damage." Sees No Big Issues He said he didn't think there were any major issues in the campaign.

Mr. Coleman contends that reckless spending of the Democratic administration is the issue. Mr. Howard said he thinks the campaign is like a big Republican primary election between Sen. Case and Mr.

Coleman, who he said are at the opposite ends of Republican thinking. Not Seeking Credit He said that he isn't trying to take credit for passage of legislation on water pollution and truth in packaging as charged by the Republicans. Mr. Howard readily admitted that the legislation mentioned in his campaign literature was sponsored by others. However, he produced letters from the sponsors of these bills thanking him for his support.

He noted that he will be in Washington today at the invitation of the President to witness the signing of the pollution and truth in packaging bills. Mr. Howard also said that he was greatly disturbed that certain sample ballots had been printed in the county omitting the voting lever next to his name. He said hd was the only candidate to have the lever left out. Stanley A.

Davis, county election clerk, said later that this was a printing error which was corrected before the ballots were mailed to Long Branch and Deal, where the i a BRIELLE Police here are continuing an investigation into the death Halloween night of a 17-year-old youth electrocuted on high voltage wires. John Gunn Chappelle, a Man-asquan High School senior, was found draped over a wire 25 feet off the ground at Linden kne. One of the first aid volunteers answering the call was his mother, Mrs. Benjamin R. Cbap-pelle.

Had Climbed Tree Police said the youth apparently climbed a nearby maple tree enl fell onto the wire from it. When he touched the wire and the tree at the same time he grounded his body and was electrocuted, they said. Dr. C. Malcolm B.

Gilman, Monmouth County physician, said yesterday the youth died late Monday night. Mrs. Chappelle last saw her son between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m., when he left the house. When he did not attend school Tuesday he was marked absent. He was found at 3:20 p.m.

Tuesday by James McAfee, 405 Linden Lane. The tree the youth climbed is behind Mr. McAfee's house. The scene is nearly a mile from the Chappelle home at 333 E. Magnolia Ave.

Chief John P. Van Kirk said POLICE SCHOOL CONDUCTED-Sgt. William Michau (left), Long Branch police reservist, director of a seminar for special and reserve police in Monmouth County, shares lectern with Long Branch Police Sgt. William D. Walling, who spoke last night on juvenile arrests and procedures.

Some 200 volunteers are attending the two-hour training sessions every Wednesday night through January at the Garfield School, long Branch. (Press Photo).