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Killer's early parole angers victim's mother Page B18 sura" Pake Pre Since 1879 Monmouth Edition Store Price 25 Cents Wednesday August 12, 1981 FBI issues warrants for McNeils had only wanted to talkwith the McNeil brothers about the missing money. But Thursday, the FBI issued warrants for the McNeils to be arrested on sight, Joseph Valequette, a New York-based FBI spokesman, confirmed yesterday. FBI representatives would not explain why the warrants were issued or if the bureau's role in the case has changed. Although FBI officials referred reporters to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York for comment, Assistant U.S.

Attorney Ira H. Block refused to discuss the matter. By JODY CALENDAR and PETE SETTLES Press Staff Writers THE FBI has issued warrants for the arrest of Samuel F. and Thomas R. McNeil, who vanished July 17 along with $3.2 million in assets from their companies.

The warrants charge the McNeil brothers with bank larceny in connection with the disappearance of the assets a charge that carries a penalty of $5,000 or 20 years in jail, or both. FBI officials had said previously they Valequette, after verifying the warrants have been issued, said the documents are sealed in the U.S. District Court, Southern Division, New York. "We're charging both McNeils with bank larceny under Title 18 of the U.S. Code," he said.

"I really can't give you any information." Valequette said issuance of the warrants doesn't mean the FBI knows the McNeils' whereabouts. Samuel McNeil is a former resident of Holmdel Township. Thomas McNeil's last known address is New York City. Valequette explained tne warrants have been issued only tc FBI personnel, but have become part ot computerized records of all federal warrants. "If somebody, local police for instance, stopped the McNeils for running a red, light, the authorities could check the computer and find out a federal warrant has been issued on them," he said.

The U.S. Magistrate's office in New York refused to allow reporters access to the warrants, saying they are sealed. The McNeil brothers disappeared after making allegations charging Max C. Hugel, chief of CIA covert operations, with issuing illegal "insider" information on some stocks in 1374 and 1975. Hugel denied the charges but resigned the day after the allegations were made.

A week after Hugel stepped down, a company run by Samuel McNeil, Triad Energy reported the bulk of its assets had disappeared. Another $700,000 was reported missing from Everest Petroleum managed by Thomas McNeil. Steven Flannigan, a spokesman for the See AGENCY CHARGES, page A5 Ca nacoans end for strike controllers tip fl r- i IN L.t XSk Associated Press The Associated Press THE CHIEF FOREIGN support of the striking U.S. air traffic controllers collapsed today, and the airlines worked feverishly to return traffic between the United States and Europe to normal. Canadian controllers agreed to end a two-day boycott of traffic to and from the United States, reopening the crucial North Atlantic route through Canadian airspace, Canadian Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin announced.

The chief control center for North Atlantic traffic at Gander, Newfoundland, was reported back in service and handling U.S. flights at 7:25 this morning. Pepin's announcement followed 10 hours of talks with leaders the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association. PEPIN SAID HIS agreement with the controllers included establishment of fact-finding teams to investigate their complaints that the U.S. strike threatened the safety of air traffic.

These complaints, which U.S. and Canadian aviation officials denied, were the offi cial excuse for the Canadian controllers' boycott. The end of the Canadian boycott and of one in New Zealand left only Spanish controllers refusing to handle flights to the United States in support of the American strikers. But Australian controllers were seeking a court injunction today to stop flights between Australia and the United States, Portuguese controllers have voted a boycott beginning Saturday, the international federation of controllers' unions meets tomorrow in Amsterdam to discuss joint international action, and British air traffic personnel meet Friday to consider action. MEANWHILE, THOUSANDS of weary, homeward-bound Americans, some of them broke and hungry, camped out at Europe's airports overnight after the Canadian boycott cut trans-Atlantic air traffic by more than half during the peak season.

Westbound flights were reduced yesterday from about 225 to less than 100, the British Civil Aviation Authority reported. Some British vacationers on tight budgets wept See CANADIANS END HELP, page A2 Bush backs cuts Vice President George Bush is greeted at National Governors Conference in Atlantic City by Georgia Gov. George Busbee (left) and Gov. Byrne before speech endorsing cuts in federal spending. However, Bush said states would be get tools to handle new burdens: Story, page A2.

Sister, 12, brother, 8, drown in Complete Index PageA2 FAIR AND LESS HUMID tonight in Monmouth and Ocean counties. LiOw in tne mid to upper bus alter a daytime hfarh in flia 80s. Mostly sunny and warm tomorrow, high again in the 80s. Winds west at 10-15 mph. Ocean temperatures in the low 70s.

Yesterday's high was 88. Page A4 NJ TRANSIT'S board of directors yesterday authorized its executive director, Jerry Premo, to hire architects and engineers to plan construction of a garage in the Freehold area capable of holding 150 buses. A6 TWO AIR FORCE C-141 transports were parked on a remote runway in Denver as the Army prepared to transfer 888 deadly nerve gas bombs from Colorado to permanent storage in the Utah desert. A9 AN OLD BLACK safe made in 1871 sits in the corner, holding the accounting records of B.D. Wolcott's Sons, 27 Main Eatontown, which is going out of.

business after 115 years. Bl LOW OXYGEN levels in coastal waters, which were detected last week off Asbury Park and Long Branch, are spreading southward. B20 CHEMICALLY unbalanced pool water can be "associated" with the deterioration of young swimmers' dental enamel. C16 Monmouth A COMMITTEE to advise the government and inform the public about removing chemicals from Burnt Fly Bog in Marlboro Township will be chosen soon, the state says. Bl IN A SHOW of unity, the Republicans of the 11th District have unanimously chosen Free-! holder Joseph A.

Palaia of Ocean Township as their candidate for the state Assembly. Bl Business THE REAGAN administration says it may be "irresponsible to publicize" some auto recalls and won't tell the public every time one is ordered. C12 ATLANTIC CITY'S eight casino hotels, buoyed by the opening of the Claridge Hotel Casino, won a record $118 mil- lion from gamblers in July. C13 Food "PERFECT pastibilities," salads that are made with as-, sorted noodle shapes, are part of a national trend toward lighter, healthier foods. CI Panorama POINTS WEST, a 13-part series on a writer's observation of towns and people that make up seven states in the Midwest and West, features Grinnell, Iowa, in the first part of the series today.

B7 A BEAUTY CONTEST may have its place at the county fair, but a sociologist would like to see the contestants limited to livestock not women. B8 Sports KEITH MORELAND hit a bases-loaded single off Bruce Sutter in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Dl 25th Annhwnory iupr tab Bonni White Eatontown, Middletown, Tomt River, Brick Town. "Cloverhill Ship Wheel BrwIU Get here early.

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DJ Oldies. Heineken 954. I T-' I 7 ffl accident happened. Hogenbirk said he was standing beside the house when he saw, the girl in the water. "I just looked over and the young girl was just coming up (to the surface).

I ran over and by the time I took my shoes off she was down again. I never saw the boy at all," he said. Hogenbirk said he dove into the water. "I got over quick, but it was so deep and I couldn't see her at all. I was feeling See SISTER AND, page A10 By SANNE YOUNG Press Staff Writer LACEY TOWNSHIP A 12-year-old girl and her 8-year-old brother drowned in a lagoon off Meadow Lark Drive in the Lanoka Harbor section yesterday afternoon despite attempts by two men to rescue them.

The children were identified by police as Sherrie Ann Joa, 12, and Ricky James Joa, 8, of First Avenue, Dover Township. The children were visiting their grandmother, Frances Laux, at her house on Sin Wilentz leads tributes to Judge Merritt Lane says it heeds largest rate hike ever lagoon 1 l't -a RICKY AND SHERRIE ANN JOA Lost despite rescue efforts debt, and to invest in new facilities. $42.5 million by Oct. 1 for the company's 25 percent investment in Three Mile Island Unit 1, which is undamaged but hasn't produced any power since March 1979. Company officials are hopeful the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will allow the utility to restart the plant this fall.

$35.3 million for the company's 25 percent investment in Three Mile Island Unit 2, which was damaged in an accident in March 1979 and probably won't produce electricity again. $38.4 million annually for the next five years to decontaminate Unit 2, which is considered an environmental hazard. The BPU must decide before Oct. 1 whether it will grant the $42.5 million increase for Unit 1, but a decision on the remaining $196 million of the rate increase is not expected for another year. In opposition to request, the People's Utility Fight, a consumer rights group, is urging 704,000 customers not to pay September electric bills.

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Gerard Grappo said. able and efficient assignment judge," Wilentz said. "His performance in every position he held in his 15 years on the bench was in the highest tradition of our court system. "In our system of justice, he brought about this goal of excellence. We shall miss this untiring, very quiet, very fine gentleman." Superior Court Judge Thomas F.

She-bell Monmouth County assignment judge, said Judge Lane's death is a "real loss to the legal profession and the bench. "He was a brilliant lawyer and the finest jurist I've ever known. He will be sorely missed." Monmouth County Prosecutor Alexander D. Lehrer, who served as a clerk to Judge Lane for one year, said he would be missed by the legal community. "He was, in my opinion, the finest judge and lawyer I have ever known," Lehrer said.

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The bodies of the two children were discovered submerged in about 10 feet of water about 30 minutes later by two divers from the Lacey Township Underwater Search and Recovery Team, police said. Autopsies are scheduled to be performed today at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River. Two carpenters, Randal J. Hogenbirk, Hemlock Drive, here, and Craig E. Boehle, Bay Parkway, Waretown, were installing exterior trim on a house under construction on Clairmore Avenue, across the lagoon from Meadow Lark Drive, when the Asbury Park Press On the slate Republicans have unanimously chosen county Freeholder Joseph A.

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if yi If Nftf. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP The chief justice of the state Supreme Court led tributes yesterday to Superior Court Judge Merritt Lane who died Monday at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank. Judge Lane, 60, a resident of the Monmouth Hills section of the township, was serving his second term on the Appellate ill uii uie iippcuaic Division of Superior Court at the time of his death. juuue lane. "Our court pauses to pay tribute to a brother judge," Chief Justice Robert N.

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