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50 YEARS AGO:

MLK
RESOUNDS
JR.

IN MONMOUTH

Christie:
Vote in a
governor,
not senator
Says state heads have experience
and have been held accountable
JOEL ASCHBRENNER JASCHBRENN@DMREG.COM

FORT DODGE, Iowa - Chris Christie threw more

jabs at senators Saturday, continuing to make his case
for sending a governor, like himself, to the White
House.
First-term United States senators are wonderful
people, but they have never made a serious decision of
consequence and been held accountable for it in their
lives, he said during a town hall meeting at a bar in
Ames.
Go through the list of great presidents, he said
later at town hall in Fort Dodge. Many, many of them,
especially in the 20th century, have the experience of
being governor.
Such lines are connecting with Christies audiences
in Iowa. Many Republicans interviewed at his events
say they want to elect a governor to the Oval Office
rather than a member of Congress.
I tend to favor governors, generally, because of
the executive experience, said Bob Wilson, an Urbandale retiree and Army veteran who talked to
Christie on Saturday at the Machine Shed, a restaurant in Urbandale. He has demonstrated an ability to
work across the aisle. We certainly dont have that in
Washington, D.C., today.
See CHRISTIE, Page 5A

This marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther

King Jr.s visit to what is now Monmouth University.
ERIK LARSEN @ERIK_LARSEN

TANYA BREEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

his year marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.s visit to
what is now Monmouth University. If the speech by the civil rights
leader on Oct. 6, 1966, is a little-known historical event outside the West
Long Branch campus, it is perhaps largely because of the complex reac-

tion King received from a largely conservative and almost entirely white audience.
Some students stormed out of the gymnasium, and others, including a sitting Monmouth County freeholder and college trustee seated in the third row, heckled King
when his remarks turned to his opposition of the Vietnam War.

See KING, Page A5

Edmund Burke said on one occasion that when bad men combine, good men
must unite. This is the challenge facing America. When bad men plot, good men
must plan. When bad men bomb and burn, good men must build and bind. When
bad men shout words of hatred, good men must unite and proclaim the glories
of love. When bad men seek to preserve a deadening status quo, good men must
unite to bring about the birth of justice. And this is the great challenge.

RALPH BINDER, COURTESY MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowded gymnasium at what was then Monmouth College on Oct. 6, 1966.

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VOLUME 137
NUMBER 15
SINCE 1879

Rick Binaco, with Maria Iadonisi (left), who collected money

from co-workers and bought a gift certificate for Binaco, and
Carol Crothers, president of Sunrise Travel Center.

Lost and found,

man uses trip to
give back to kids
JERRY CARINO
CARINOS CORNER
Back in November, someone in the
newsroom handed me a letter from a
reader. It was two pages, handwritten,
with the words tightly bunched in one
giant paragraph.
Reading this was going to require
some effort. So I went home and stuck
it on a pile earmarked for later.
During the chaos of the holidays, the letter vanished.
Two weeks ago, during some post-holiday cleaning, it reappeared on my table.
This is a story of compassion, ethics and basically doing the right thing, it began.
I read on, literally standing over the garbage can.
When I was done, I backed away and called the
phone number at the top of the letter.
The handwriting was rough, but the story it conveyed was beautiful.
In 2003, Ocean Township resident Rick Binaco
faced a grim prognosis as he battled sinus cancer.
See LOST, Page 6A