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ON TODAY'S EDITORIAL PAGE The Broader the Better: Editorial Boring the Teeth: Editorial If PI bin FINAL Closing Stock Market Prices Pages 7D and 8D VOL. 91 ISO. 166 1068, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3 MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1969 56 PAGES 1 ta Home DslfTMry J.U' (2.S0 a Month rrice $5,100,000 Pay Hike Proposed for City Increase SILO POST-0 SPAT Exceeds 5 Per Gent I Warren Earl Burger (right) on the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington today after he was sworn in as Chief Justice. With him are his predecessor, Earl Warren (left) President Richard M.

Nixon. (UPI Telephoto) Burger Is Sworn In; Nixon Praises Warren Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boyer salvaging items today from their home in Old Mines, which was demolished by a tor nado late yesterday. Old Mines is about 60 miles south of St.

Louis. (Post-Dispatch Photograph by Louis Phillips) D'Day Forecast: that he had a strong share in keeping "America on the path of continuity and change so es 6 Killed, 55 Hurt in Storms sons, most living in sparsely settled sections, were injured in the storms. The injured were taken to hospitals in Farming-ton and Ironton, where at least two of them were reported to be in serious condition. At 6 a tornado destroyed Frieda, 17; and Ann, 12 were treated at Washington County Memorial Hospital at Potosi and transferred to St. Luke's Hospital in St.

Louis. Sheriff Steven Richards said that the itornadrs struck the western edge of Washington County shortly before 6 p.m. and moved in a northeasterly direction. The twister touched down at least five times, mostly in rural areas, he said. Twenty other person were reported injured in the county, three seriously.

Eleven houses in the vicinity the home of the Pratt family, about seven miles from Potosi. Pratt, 45, and his son were buried under the debris of the frame building. Four other members of the family were seriously injured. Mrs. Pratt, 45, and three other children Wayne, 19; 6,2 19,000 State Near Normal Extended forecast for St.

Louis and vicinity: For the five-day period tomorrow through Saturday temperatures will average near to slightly below seasonal normals. 1 Normal highs are in the upper 80s; normal lows in the mid-60s. Showers or thunderstorms are likely tomorrow and again after midweek. It will be cooler dn the week. ad increasing public under standing of it.

The change of Chief Justices comes at a time when the court is under heavy criticism, and, by coincidence, at a time, when a Gallup Poll showed public acceptance of its work to have reached a new low point. Of Warren, Mr. Nixon lifted a quote from humorist Will Rogers to say, "It's great to be great, but it's greater to be human," The President said that Warren always had an all-encompassing dedication "to humanity and to the family of man." "Over the last 16 years, there have been great debates in this country," Mr. Nixon said. "But standing above these debates has been the Chief Justice.

"Fairness, integrity, dignity these great and simple attributes were more important than all the controversy and the necessary debate that goes on where there is change." The President spoke of Warren's selfless example and said Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms swept Missouri yesterday. Six persons were killed in the Lead Belt area southwest of St. Louis and at least 55 persons were injured. Property damage was widespread. .4 Heavy rain and high winds caused some damage and flood- ing in the St.

Louis area, but no injuries were reported. Killed were Jacob and Herman Herbst, brothers, Doe Run, Mr. and Mrs. William Bet-t Carbondale, Roy Pratt, and his son, Francis, 8 years old, Old Mines, Mo. The Herbsts, who were in their 60s, were fatally injured at 7:40 p.m.

when a tornado demolished their house, William McCarron, a sheriff's deputy of St. Francois County, reported. Moments later, the twister struck Farmington, about five miles to the north, felling power, lines and trees and damaging homes. The Bettertons were killed when their automobile was thrown off U.S. Highway 67, just south of Farmington, and wis dashed against a bluff.

Bet-terson, an associate professor of music at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, was found strapped to the seat of the vehicle. The car frame had been ipped away. The body of Mrs. Betterton was found about 30 yards away. McCarron said about 35 per- g.

by Conferees Pay increases of 5 per cent plus $13.65 for each biweekly pay period were recommended today for the city's 8000 merit system employes. R. Elliott Scearce, city personnel director, said he had presented the wage increase proposals to the Civil Service mission. Scearce estimated that the increase, if approved, would cost the city an a 'i i a 1 $196,287 every two weeks or $5,100,000 a year. He has proposed also that the city provide fringe benefits such as health insurance when funds become avaialable.

But this is not included in the wage proposals. Requested Hiles Several unions representing city employes have asked for larger wage increases than those recommended. Scearce noted that employes 'in lower wage classifications would re-c i large proportionate increases under his proposal. Firemen, who have requested increases of $75 biweekly, would receive $26.05 to $28.70 every two weeks, depending on their pay scale, or $677 to $746 a year. The Rubbish Workers Union has asked for $50 every two weeks plus 15 per cent.

Under Scearce's recommendation, they would receive $22.45, or $583 a year. About 700 employes represented by the Operating Engineers Union, Municipal Employes Union, Teamsters Union and the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have asked for an across-the -board increase of $50 a month. Members of the Public Employes Union have asked for an annual increase of $500 and a minimum wage of $4000 a year. July 1 Meeting The Civil Service Commission: has scheduled a meeting with the Board of Estimate and Apportionment July 1 to discuss the city's fiscal position. This meeting would be before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment holds public hearings on the wage proposal.

The board can approve or modify the recommendations after these hearings. Then the proposals are sent to the Board of Alerment, which can accept or reject them. The aldermen cannot amend the proposed wage increases. Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes said that he thought Scearce's wage increase proposals were good and that there "is no reason employes should be suto-dizing the city." But the Mayor said also he did not know where the money for salary increases would come from unless state aid for the city was forthcoming.

Mayor Cervantes said that he hoped and expected that the Legist ture would take action on allocations to the City of St. Louis before it finished its current session. Nixons Visit Camp David WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon spent the weekend at Camp David in the Catoctin Mountains north of Washington.

They flew to the retreat after attending the wedding of Pamela Agnew, daughter of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, at Towson, Saturday. The Nixons bowled and then watched a movie at the camp before returning to Washington yesterday. Mr. Nixon and his wife exchanged gifts of jewelry on their twenty-ninth wedding anniversary Saturday, it was disclosed today.

Decker called for a Humane Society truck, and within minutes the snake was snared and placed in a box. "If it has a pleasant disposition," said a shelter worker, "I can use it in my education classes. If not, we'll give it to the zoo or find another home for it." The zoo spokesmen said the snake probably "got away from somebody. There's a lot of boes around people have them as pets." of Old Mines were demolished or extensively damaged, The only road into the site, Jack Garret Road, was blocked to vehicular traffic by uprooted trees and debris. The rescue ivOrkers used doors, bed springs and other makeshift stretchers to carry the injured to parked more than a mile away.

The St. Louis area remained under periodic tornado alerts i and severe thunderstorm warnings from the Weather Bureau through the day. Winds, which TURN TO PAGE 12, COLUMN 1 Funds lion-dollar mark. The total does not include any funds for new state buildings. The House has passed a capital improvements budget, which the Senate considers unrealistic, the Senate has not yet held a hearing on the House bill for new buildings.

Rise of $5,900,000 Senator J. F. Patterson Caruthersville, chairman of the Senate conferees, said the restoration of funds by the committee for the Division of Mental Diseases increases its proposed budget by about Over current allocations. The conferees approved $250,000 for a statewide comprehensive alcoholism treatment program. This is about $105,000 more than the Senate had allocated, but well below the $631,000 House figure.

Patterson said about $150,000 of the funds would be for the St. Louis Detoxification Center and about $60,000 for the detoxification center in Kansas City. Patterson said the conference proposals would permit the St. Louis State School and Hospital and the state 'school and hospital in Marshall to hire the full number of new employes they requested. The funds, he said, also will be adequate to allow other mental hospitals in the state to hire half the new employes they asked for.

Under the conferees's budget, St. Louis State Hospital would ket $11,264,396 for operations, up about $150,000 from the Senate TURN TO PAGE 5, COLUMN 1 By JAMES C. MILLSTONE A Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch WASHINGTON, June 23 -President Richard M. Nixon lavishly praised outgoing Chief Justice Earl Warren today in a precedent shattering ceremony that elevated Warren E. Burger to Chief Justice.

Mr. Nixon, said by court historians to be the first President to address the tribunal at an official session, declared that the "nation is grateful for that example of humanity which the Chief Justice (Warren) has given to the nation and the Speaking from a lectern where iawyers usually argue cases be- fore the court, Mr. Nixon ex pressed also the nation's gratitude for Warren's 52 years of public service, as a local prosecutor, as Governor of California and as Chief Justice. Warren, unexpectedly responding to Mr. Nixon's remarks, spoke for seven minutes in a hoarse voice.

He praised the work of the court and its role in governing the nation. Cites Responsibility Addressing the President, Warren said the work of the court was "very similar to your own grave office. So many times the court speaks the last, word on great questions." He called it "a very awsome re- spohsibility." The exchange between the two most powerful men in the Government, taking place in the hushed chamber where the Su- preme Court sits, almost rele- gated the oath-taking of Burger to a secondary role. It was Warren who smilingly administered the oath to his successor. Each man said the words in a firm, clear voice.

When they had finished, the old and new Chief Justices clasped hands firmly, Warren saying, "Congratulations." Warren then turned to the audience, which included Cabinet members, members of Congress, judges and other dignitaries, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Chief Justice of the United States." No Speech by Burger- Burger, standing beside Warren, smiled and nodded but said nothing. That ended the ceremony. Burger, who will be 62 years old in September, became the fifteenth Chief Justice. He takes office immediately, although the court does not meet publicly again until it begins a new term Oct. 6.

Warren, 78, was Chief Justice for 16 years. Today was the final day of the term of court that began last October. "I leave with deep happiness," he said. "And I wish happiness to my successor." He described the administering of the oath as "my happy duty and pleasure." Mr. Nixon and Warren stressed the sense of continuity and of change that characterized the work of the court, in the Warren years and throughout its 180-year history.

Old Dispute The President's appearance may have ended the old dispute that long had separated Mr. Nixon and Warren, deriving from political activities in the early 1950s. i Nixon sought also to make clear his respect, almost veneration, for the court as an institution, probably in the hope of boosting public acceptance sential for our progress." Continuity and change, the President said, supply "the secret of how a government can survive for free men." Together they spell progress, he said, but one without the other means no progress. The 16 years of Warren's chief justiceship, Mr. Nixon said, brought some of the greatest change in the nation's history, yet it has been achieved with a sense of continuity and "no one has been more responsible for that than the Supreme Court." Speaking softly, without notes, turning his gaze from one to another of the eight Justices sitting before him, Mr.

Nixon concluded by forecasting that historians looking back on this period would credit the entire court and not just the Chief Justice for the achievements of the era. "It was always that way; may it always be that way," he said. Mr. Nixon said he was speaking not as President, but as a member of the bar admitted to practice before the Supreme Court. He was responsible for the only levity of the historic ceremony when he commented that he had argued a case before the court in 1966, then added: "There is only one ordeal more challenging than a presidential press conference, and that is to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States." Warren, who had listened to TURN TO PAGE 5, COLUMN 2 annual reports of their investments and assets.

On June 13, at a conference of the Justices, Warren sought to nave tnem bind themselves to the same code. He reported' June 17 that a majority had decided to defer action until October. Brennan had announced already that he was forgoing speeches, selling his stock and dropping out of a suburban real estate venture. jr i 1 1 1 1 marsnau, raeanwniie, saia simultaneously with. Warren's earlier announcement that he would abide by the conference's" restrictions.

The inclusion of Stewart and White among those who will follow the judicial code left Jus- tt T-l i TUMi. a Tirps Hiiun i. ninrir wir nam i i Douglas and John Marshall Harlan unaccounted for. in tiiHiuum-uig ueuisiuns at iu- day's session, the court held- tion against double jeopardy U)9( armlir'Ellilo fn crafa criminal I Ml HJJHIWMW VU UMthb VI IUIUIU1 trials. The vote was 6 to 2.

Reversing the larcenv con-: Triofinri nf 1V4atir1ati4 man frlii court held that the ban on double jeopardy, "like the right to trial by jury," was clearly to the American scheme of justice." i Double jeopardy is the principle by which a person, once acquitted, cannot be tried again for the same offense. The decision marked a re- TURN TO PAGE 5, COLUMN 2 2 Tornado Warnings founded by Sirens 4 Justices to Comply With Conduct Code Restored By LOUIS J. ROSE Jefferson City Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY, June 23-A joint conference committee today restored $6,219,010 which the Missouri Senate had slashed from House approved general revenue allocations for the fiscal year starting July 1. The joint committee, com posed of five senators and five reoresentatives. agreed to re-.

store $2,674,733 of the $4,300,000 which the Senate had cut from The bureau morning siren requested the after a report from the public that a tornado had been sighted near Glencoe. The evening request was made after St. Louis County police said a tornado had been sighted east of St. Charles. Harry Waldheuser, principal assistant to the meteorologist in.

charge of the St. Louis Weather Bureau explained that "in each case, we had tremendously strong radar echoes." He said, "just because one did not come through the St. Louis area doesn't mean there wasn't one; sometimes they hit and then withdraw back up ine clouds." Man Shot to Death Knocking on Door A man who lrnnritfid on the ut, wrong door about midnight Saturday was shot to death by the resident of an apartment at 2219 Franklin Avenue. Arthur Williams told police that he fired a shotgun through the door under the impression burglars were breaking in. The charge killed Q.

T. Williams, 29 years old, 2709 Semple Avenue. The victim, not related to Arthur Williams, was identified by occupants of an apartment ait 2217 Franklin, who said he apparently believed he' was knocking at their door. Arthur Williams was charged: with manslaughter. it the House-passed budget for the Division of Mental Diseases.

The conferees also put back $726,727 of a Senate cut from the. State Agriculture Department budget. The restoration would finance full operation of the state meat inspection program. Welfare Restoration In. other action, the conferees voted increased funds for the Welfare Department, the Commission on Higher Education, tne itate lounsm commission, state aid to public libraries and for the state fair.

The joint; committee voted to restore about $856,587 of a Senate cut of almost $4,000,000 in the state welfare budget. The Conference Committee proposals will now go to the House floor for debate. There will toe strong pressure on both the House and Senate to accept, the budget totals. The conference bills are on pretty much a take it of leave basis because they cannot be amended. Although they can be returned to conference, this method has its hazards because of the nearness of the June 30 mandatory adjournment The conferees failed to rer store a $460,000 allocation to the University of Missouri for planning funds for a proposed four-year medical' school in Kansas City.

However, the com mittee agreed to write a letter intent authorizing the univer- where in its budget for this purpose. $80,702,119 Alloted As approved by the conferees, the over-all general revenue al location for the university's op- erating budget totals $80,702,119. This is about $5,000,000 less than Governof had recom. mendei and about $17,000,000 below the university's request. Two senators refused to sign the bill relating to the university budget because they opposed issuing the letter of intent for the Kansas City medical school.

They were Senator Robert A. Young St. Ann, ahd Senator Edward T. Linehan St. Louis.

The over-all general revenue allocations by the joint conferees total $596,886,470. Federal funds and revenue from other sources would boost the budget to just past the 1.3 bil- From Poit-Dlspatch Wire Services WASHINGTON, June 23 Four Supreme Court Justices intend to comply with restrictions placed on the off-the-bench activities of other federal judges, Chief Justice Earl War-rent said in a statement today. The four are Justices William J. Brennan Potter Stewart, Byron White and Thurgood Marshall. Warren said they "individually indicated their agreement in principle with the standards of conduct adopted by the Judicial Conference and their intention to act accordingly." His statement, issued his last day as head of the Supreme Court, said the four Justices had asked him to amplify an earlier statement that he had issued at the court June 17.

The U.S. Judicial Conference June 10 forbade all federal judges except members of the Supreme Court to accept outside fees. The conference said all federal judges again excluding the Supreme Court Justiceswould be required to file News Index page Editorials 2B Everyday Magazine 1-8E Financial 7-9D Obituaries 10D Sports 1-6D Want Ads 10-20D iCivil Defense sirens were Isoiinded twice yesterday in the Sts Louis area to warn residents that tornadoes had been sighted and were moving toward the metropolitan area, the Weather Bureau said today. tlSlie first was at 8:41 a.m. in Civil Defense county system; the second, at 7:12 p.m.

Weather Bureau requested the sirens in each case after determining that tornadoes had been sighted.1 Chance of Rain Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Rather warm and humid with a chance of shnwers arid thunderstorms tonight and continuing into tomorrow; low tonight about 70f tomorrow's high 85 to 90. Temperatures Summer Storms Padding TUeirPart rf a.m. i .2 a.m. "3 a.m.

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POBT-DI9PATCH WEATHERimO RKOJ U. PAT. 'Unofficial Other Weather Information on Pare 2A 85 Boa Constrictor Halts Traffic at 14th, Papin An adolescent boa constrictor surprised a St. Louis neighborhood this morning by slithering into the intersection of Fourteenth and Papin Streets and bringing traffic to a halt. The six-foot reptile with a three-inch girth was coiled when patrolman Kenneth Decker arrived about 8:30 a.m.

He said drivers stopped their automobiles to avoid hitting the snake, and some stared at the reptile from behind rolled up windows, 'rt.