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NINETIETH YEAR NO. 170 ASBURY PARK, N.J., MONDAY, JULY 21, 1969 TEN CENTS in the Moon 9 9 MMBMMlil3iiBI lite Men Spacemen Walk on Surface, Conduct Tests, Re Hazardous Rendezvous Maneuver Enter for Ship; Today I v- 1 1 i Stars, Stripes Flying Proudly SPACE CENTER, Houston Two Americans, who strode the moon's surface for the first time and raised their nation's banner above it, hold the world in suspense again today with a perilous blastoff for the long journey home. A successful liftoff and rendezvous with their orbiting command ship would climax an epic expedition in which Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.

fulfilled a centuries-old dream of men everywhere. There is only one liftoff engine on the landing craft they If 5ni! Aldrin's Father: Amazing By GARY DECKELNICK Press Staff Writer BRIELLE Col. Edwin Aldrin who made aviation history by helping man conquer the once formidable expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, watched proudly, but tiredly, last night as his astronaut son helped take man across the far vaster regions of space. "It's amazing," he said as he watched his son, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. take lively steps around the moon.

"It's wonderful. It's still hard to believe." The astronaut's father, 73, who admits to "rushing in where angels fear to tread" in his younger days, saw the lunar expedition on television in his luxurious Brandywyne apartment. But he said he wasn't nervous as he watched his son jaunt around the moon. "I don't think I was nervous," he said. "The critical part was setting the thing down in the right place.

The other thing seems to be part of the routine we're getting back to all the time. "The high point was their Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin (left), watches as astronaut Neil A. Armstrong plants the Stars and Stripes on the surface of the moon. (AP) Astronaut Neil A.

Armstrong (right), reads inscription a plaque fastened to the spaceship that carried him and Edwin Aldrin Jr. to the "moon. (AP) can cagie. musi worK, or the astronauts would be stranded with only 15 hours of oxygen left and no hope of rescue. 1 They are confident it wilW perform flawlessly as have millions of other parts of Apollo 11 hardware during the incredible journey that carried man's quest for the unknown to his first landing on another celestial body.

The launching from the moon was scheduled for 1:55 p.m. A successful liftoff would shoot them into lunar orbit to chase down Michael Collins, orbiting some 65 miles overhead in the Apollo 11 command ship. Once linked up, they plan to fire themselves back toward earth early tomorrow, ending a space odyssey in which they etched their names beside those of history's great explorers. Colum Police to Press Kennedy Charge 'Tranquility Base Here: The Eagle Has Landed' Pair -Slated To Appear Before SIC Cb SPACE CENTER, Houston UP) "Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed." Thus astronaut Neil Armstrong, in a landing craft named Eagle beside his crew- mate, Edwin! began first conversation between earth and the moon.

Here are excerpts: MISSION CONTROL: Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot." EAGLE (Armstrong).

Thank you That may have seemed like a very long final phase. The auto targeting was taking us right into a football field size, uh, football field size crater. There's a large number of big boulders and rocks for about one or two crater diameters around it. And it required us to plunk down in P66 (non-automatic flight) and fly in manually "over the rock field to find a reasonably good area. We'll get to the details of what's around here but it looks like a collection of just about every variety of angu- granularity, and every variety of rock you could find.

The well, varies pretty much depending oh how you're looking relative to the sun There doesn't appear to be too much of a general color at all; however, it looks as though some of the rocks and boulders, of which there are quite a few in the near area, it looks as though they're going to have some interesting colors to them. EAGLE (Aldrin): I'd say the color of the local surface is very comparable to that we observed from orbit at this sun angle, about 10 degrees sun angle, or that nature. It's pretty much without color. It's gray, and it's very white, chalky gray as you look into the zero phase line and it's considerably darker gray, more like ash, ashen gray as vou look out 90 de-See EAGLE Page 2 EDGARTOWN, Mass. I -The police chief of this small resort, town on Martha's Vineyard says he is going to court today to swear out a complaint charging Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The action stems from a wuekend auto accident on Chappaquiddick Island, adjacent to the Vineyard. A young woman was killed and Kennedy was injured, though apparently not seriously. Chief Dominic J.

Arena said yesterday he is 'f irmly convinced thrfe was no negligence involved" in the accident. "But the matter of the time period after the Arena said. "There is, in my opinion, a violation concerning going from the scene, leaving the scene." The mishap occurred between 11 p.m. Friday and I a.m." Saturday as Kennedy was driving Mary Jo Kopechne. 28, of Washington, to a landing to catch the ferry "'back to the Vineyards -The car skidded off a narrow bridge and Janded hot- torn up in eight feet of water.

Kennedy escaped with what a -physician said was a mild concussion. Miss Kopechne. form secretary to the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D- N.Y., was trapped in the vehicle and drowned.

Kennedy went to the police 10 hours after the The car had been found by then; two boys going fishing saw its wheels beneath the water. In a police statement, Kennedy said he was left dazed by the accident. He said he tried to rescue Miss Kopechne, but was not able to find her. The Massachusetts Democrat and Miss Kopechne had been at a dinner party at a See KENNEDY Page 30 'INCREDIBLE, FANTASTIC Awe, Pride Grip the Shore successful landing and coming out and moving around so. lively." But the personal high point, for the retired colonel was when his son saluted the American flag.

He had said before the flight that the salute would mean more to him than "all the foolish talk about who's getting out first." Mission commander Neil Armstrong preceded Aldrin onto the lunar surface. "It was wonderful, that flag salute, except it wasn't in color and I sort of figured it would be," he said. "I hoped they would let us have at least that part of it in color. But it was very impressive. And I noticed he saluted the president a couple of times too." Col.

Aldrin was joined by relatives, including his two daughters, Mrs. Madeline Crowell, Tulsa, and Mrs. Fay Ann Potter, Cincin-natti, during his day-long vigil. It was his relatives, not he, who spoke as Buzz stepped out of the lunar module, Eagle, for the first time. "I don't think I said he said.

"Everyone else was talking. They were saying things like 'there it that's all." He doesn't expect to see his famous son again until The astronauts will be kept in strict quarantine for 45 days, seeing only the scientists who will debrief them. See FATHER Page 12 Pros State House Bureau TRENTON Two reputed leaders in Monmouth County Mafia circles win get a chance to meet tomorrow when the state Commission of Investigation resumes its hearings into underworld activities in the Long Branch area. Scheduled as witnesses are Simone R. "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante, who reportedly controls Mafia activities over a broad area of central New Jersey, and Anthony Russo, one-time rackets boss of Monmouth County.

For DeCavalcante, it will be his second appearance before the crime probers. He testified for about 20 minutes July 9. It will be Russo's first confrontation with the commission. He is the only one of the 14 Mafia figures subpoenaed to testify who has not yet checked in with the commission. He was supposed to answer the supoena July 8 along with all the others.

But he was excused from appearing that day because of a death in his family. DeCavalcante and Russo will be among four persons scheduled to testify as the commission moves into its fourth day of private hearings. The others are Philip Comora, Elberon, Long Branch, and Anthony Agnelli-no, alias Tony Dale; Long Branch. Agnellino, who testified July 10, will. also be returning for a second appearance.

DeCavalcante, who lives in Princeton Township and has a business headquarters in Ken-ilworth, is the reputed head of a Mafia family that is expanding its operations into Monmouth County. One of his underworld lieutenants, Frank "Big Frank" Cocchiaro, alias Frank Condi, See SIC Page 2 INDEX Air, Ground Duels Rage Along Suez By ELAINE JENNINGS Press Staff Writer An infant stirred in his sleep last night, unaware man had touched a dream. His future was being printed from the moon. Outside his crib, incredible miles away, hid that gleaming globe of rock, veiled from Shore eyes by a stubborn muggy mist. Streets went limp about 9 p.m.

as the public scurried inside to witness the greatest moment in history. A stooped man was singing lowly the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" as he moved as swiftly as old age permits to the North End Hotel, Ocean Grove. Stepping into the hotel elevator was the Rev. Leslie Newman, evangelist from Brighton, England, who was returning from a service at the Auditorium. Beaming like a cherub, shaking his head, he said, "Incredible.

Fantastic. A credit to every human being. A beautiful message for the world." Morally, spiritually, he felt "Why not leave the Earth? It's every man's right to explore God's world." From the crowded television room on the second floor came "Thrilling," from Mrs. Zelma Johnson; "A night I never believed I would see," Mrs. Lucille Sheumaker; "Utterly fantastic." Mrs.

Beulah Crangle, visitor from New York. Then, "It's too colossal for and "I think it's of the Lord," from Mrs. Armitt Coate, Moorestowh; "For the' best interests of all mankind" and "God crowned man with power and glory to do things like this," Alexander Paterson, Fair Lawn. In Asbury Park's Asbury Diner, Kathie Barker, Holmdel Township, said, "This has change life and bring people together, somehow it has to." The sophomore at Beck-Sce SHORE Page 30 bus, Balboa, Magellan, de Gama, and Byrd. But what a difference.

When Columbus landed in the New World, Spain's Queen Isabella didn't hear about it for six weeks. Through the magic of televison, an estimated 500 million people around the world had a ringside seat to man's greatest adventure. It was unforgettable. Armstrong climbed through the LM hatch and started backing down a nine-rung ladder. On the second rung from the bottom, he opened a compartment, exposing a television camera.

The picture was black and white and somewhat jerky, but it recorded history. Among scientists, there was elation that the crew had landed in an area with a variety of rocks, a treasure that held at least the hope of a rich payoff in the search to learn more about moon and earth. As Armstrong planted his size 9la left boot on the powdery surface at 10:56 p.m. yesterday, he spoke words that will be remembered for all time: "That's one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind." The camera trained on Aldrin as he stepped on the far shore 20 minutes later and exclaimed: "Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificient desolation." There were other memorable utterances during the day of high adventure. There were Armstrong's words when Eagle separated from the command ship to start the dangerous descent: "The Eagle is flying." There were Armstrong's and man's first words from the moon's surface after touchdown at 4:18 p.m.: "Houston Tranquillity base here.

The Eagle has landed." Or when Aldrin, a deeply religious man, relayed this message to the world shortly after the landing: "This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening, whoever, wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." They planted an American flag and saluted it, but made it plain they came to the moon as ambassadors for all mankind. They unveiled a stainless steel plaque bearing these words: "Here men from planet earth first set foot upon the moon, July, 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." They left on the moon a disc on which messages from the leaders of 76 nations had been recorded. They will return to earth with them the flags of 136 nations, including Russia.

And thoy left behind mementos for three Americans and two Russians who died for the cause of space exploration. The theme was carried through when President Nixon placed an extraordinary radio call to Armstrong and Aldrin as they strolled the surface. As they flanked the American flag, Nixon said, "I can't tell you how proud we all are of what you have done for every American. This has to be the proudest day of our lives. "For people all over the world I am sure that they too join with Americans in recognizing what an immense feat this is.

Because of what you have done the heavens have become part of man's world "For one priceless moment in the whole history of man," See MOON LANDING Page 30 NEIL A. ARMSTRONG Man of History Asbury Park Taxpayers The third installment of 1969 real estate taxes becomes due on August 1st, 1969. Prompt payment is mutually beneficial to the taxpayer and the city. Signed Harvey P. Herbert Collector of Taxes City of Asbury Park.

iftfrhti Kiv A i il Jiiill a series of raids on Israeli targets in the occupied Sinai desert. The Egyptians claimed they shot down 19 Israeli jets, one during the Green Island raid and the rest in dogfights along the canal. The Israelis admitted losing two Mirage fighters, but said they shot down five Egyptian planes. 1 Artillery duels raged for more than six hours up and down the 103-mile waterway. U.N.

observers pleaded twice for a cease-fire, but the ground and air fighting continued. Israel said three of its soldiers were killed and three wounded by artillery fire. The Israelis reported six commandos killed and nine wounded in the attack on Green Island; Egypt claimed 30 Israelis killed. An Egyptian spokesman said today that his government was "seriously studying the escalation of fighting" and "the Israeli aim behind such escalation." A senior Israeli officer said, however, that the raids were carried out in the hope of preventing further escalation. "We plastered their artillery positions and mortar positions and tank positions," the officer said, "and we took out two ground-to-air missile positions.

They have taken quite a heavy beating." Wrought Iron sale. Monmouth Awning Casual Furniture, 147 Main Asbury Park. 775-4881. Ground and air battles raged along the Suez Canal yesterday in the Middle East's fiercest fighting since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The action began when Israeli commandos attacked Green Island, an Egyptian fortress in the Gulf of Suez, before dawn.

Israeli jets followed up 12 hours later, hitting Egyptian positions across the canal for the first time since the 1967 war. Egyptian planes then made BANDITS TAKE LAUNDRY MONEY NEPTUNE Two men, one of them armed with a revolver, staged a holdup at Donald's Brad-, fiske off Rte. 35, this morning and escaped with an undetermined amount of money. Police said the holdup took place shortly after 8:30 The men fled on foot in the direction of Asbury Park. One was described as a Negro, about 6 feet tall, wearing a khaki shirt, colored trousers, and a maroon hat.

The other was said to be Negro, about 5 feet 6, with short hair, wearing a black pullover shirt and blue dungarees. Butcher Wanted Full-part time position in one of shore's leading retail markets. 775-0117. Shanty Pub Supper Club has Happy Medium Trio tonight. Page Andrew Tully 20 Classified 31-35 Comics 19 Crossword Puzzle 35 Datebook 14 Dr.

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Hairdressers wanted. Excellent opportunity. 229-3535. At the Asbury Diner, Asbury Park, following the telecast'of the moon walk are (left to right) Billy Mason, Jersey City, who stopped with his family for a snack; Kathie Barker, Holdmel Township, Mrs. Dorothy Duffy, a waitress at the diner, and Richard Diely, Middletown Township, enjoying a snack after watching the telecast.

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