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7:00 57, Wednesday, from the upper a.m. today high 82, low 55. upper 50s to the mid 60s. Highs TEMPERATURE MT. VERNON REGISTER- -NEWS Fair to partly 'Low cloudy from through Wednesday.

tonight the 80s to around 90. Downtown noon today 82. MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1967 300 PER WEEK VOLUME 270 XLVII-NO. FLOOD RAVAGES CITY IN ALASKA Three Perish In Fiery Car Pileup Kevin Coil Boy Drowns In Pond In This County Kevin Duane Coil, drowned yesterday in a small pond at the farm home of his grandparents in northeast Jefferson county. Coroner John Richardson said the youngster was dead on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital after being found in the pond about 7 p.m.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Coil of Washington, Ill. Washington is in Tazewell county, east of Peoria.

The dead boy, his parents and his sister were visiting at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Coil during vacation. Richardson said he had wandered away from his parents while playing in the yard. Within a few minutes after he was missed the parents and grandparents began searching.

They saw a bit of clothing in the pond and upon investigation determined that it was the youngster. It was not known whether he fell or intentionally waded into the pool. The Jefferson county rural fire department was summoned and sent its emergency equipment to the scene. The boy was taken to hospital in the fire department vehicle. The Forrest Coil farm is near Shields in Farrington township.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the New Home (Lowery) General Baptist Church. The Rev. Donald Breeze will officiate. Friends may call at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix after 4 p.m.

Wednesday. Burial will be at the church cemetery. The youngster was born Sept. 22, 1964, at Peoria, the son of Donald A. and Norma (Bumpus) Coil.

Survivors include: The parents; one sister, Angela Beth; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Coil of the Shields area, and Mrs. Mattie Bumpus of Mt. Vernon.

Two Illinois War Deaths WASHINGTON (AP) The names of twc Illinois Army men who died in Vietnam were released by the defense department Monday. They were: Cpl. Larry G. Abridge, husband of Nancy M. Ashbridge, 1.13 Homewood Crave Couer, and S.

Sgt. Frank D. George, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bagby, 424 North Latayette Macomb.

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) Three members of a Sidell, family perished in a fiery chain reaction collision on Illinois 1-17 east of Kankakee. The victims were Mrs. Ruby Hamman, 55; her ter Covina, and her daughter Mrs. Juanita Wheat, 25.

They were all passengers in a car driven by Mrs. Hamman's son Allen, 29. He and a car in front of him stopped for an auto which stopped to turn. When the Hamman car stopped it was struck by a truck, burst into flames, and rammed the car in front of it. The three victims were in the back seat.

In the front seat were Hamman, his wife, Elaine, 28, and another daughter, Kimberly, 2, all of whom were injured. Three occupants of the other two cars involved in the crash were injured. The truck driver, Russell Latta, 35, of Elkhorn, escaped uninjured but was cited by state police for following too closely. Bond Issue For Parking Lots Discussed Here Action is being considered on Mt. Vernon's downtown parking problem.

The possibility of issuing revenue bonds to finance offstreet parking was discussed at a meeting last night attended by the city council, central business district committee and property owners. The group was told that action is needed now, as the city's, application to the federal government for downtown urban renewal planning funds will not be considered for at least a year. The CBD committee, plan commission and local merchants will at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Chamber of Commerce office to pick proposed sites for off-street parking. Under the present proposal the city would issue revenue bonds to finance construction of off street parking.

The city's income from all parking meters, including street curb meters, would be obligated in such a bond issue. Among those attending last night's meeting were Mayor Joe Martin, City Manager Chester Lewis, City Attorney Bill Howard, Councilmen Coy Flota, Russell Laur and Woodrow Burnette, Plan Commission Chairman J. R. Ansley and Vice Chairman Paul Tyler, Plan Commissioners Eddie Allen and Dr. J.

R. Hayman, CBD mittee and merchant representatives, Albert Parker, D. T. Henson, John Lipps, and Ron Aissie, and Chamber of Commerce Manager Bob Poisall. 77TH BONNIE CAMP STARTS THURSDAY The 77th annual Bonnie Holiness Camp Meeting will open Thursday for a sessiong lasting through Sunday, August 27.

During those 11 days the sound of sermon and song will ring out in a. new open air tabernacle in the shady park a- mid cabins, trailers and tents. Most of the worshipers will live at the camp until the last amen. There will be three preaching services daily, at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

in the steel and aluminum tabernacle, which can seat 1,500 persons. The wooded camp ground, ringed by cabins, is only a short distance northwest of Bonnie. Although it adjoins Interstate Highway 57, the only access is by an overpass from state highway 37 at the north edge of Bonnie. There are dormitories for a- dults and young people and the camp meeting operates a book and novelty store and a dining hall. In the youth program a special price is made young campers of $1 per day, including three meals in the dining hall WEATHER Survivors' Story Couldn't Scare Angry Bear Away WEST GLACIER, Mont.

(AP) Four terror-stricken young people who saw one of their friends killed by a grizzly bear in a Glacier National Park say they tried everything they knew to drive away the marauding animal. They built a bonfire, but it didn't scare the bear. They lay motionless in their sleeping bags, but the bear attacked anyway. One youth even punched the bear with his fist, he said, but the grizzly kept coming. Paul R.

Dunn, 16, a high Believe Guilty Bears Killed WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) -Glacier National Park rangers Monday night killed two grizzly bears believed to be the ones that killed two 19-year-old girls Sunday. Initial exterior examinations of the bears, a park spokesman said, indicated the animals were the ones that attacked and fatally mauled Julie Helgeson of Albert Lea, and Michele Koons of San Diego, and injured Roy Ducat of Perrysburg, Ohio. Carcasses of the two grizzlies, one shot in the Granite Park area, the other shot in the Trout Lake area, will have to be dismembered, refrigerated and transported to a laboratory for detailed examination before the two animals can be confirmed as the killers, the spokesman said. school junior from Edina, screamed: "He's got her in the sleeping bag and he's dragging her up the hill!" The students, who had come to the scenic park for a working vacation, told their story Monday after escaping from the maddened bear, which threatened them for hours before finally attacking and killing Michele Koons, 19, of San Diego, early Sunday.

Twenty miles from the campsite where Michele died, another 19- year-old girl, Julie Helgeson of Albert Lea, was killed in her sleeping bag by another park bear during the same night. One of her companions, Roy Ducat, 18, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was seriously injured. A hunt continued today for the killer bears after park rangers shot and killed two grizzlies Monday in the area where Miss Helgeson was slain. Tests were being made on those bears to try to determine whether one was the killer. With Dunn and Miss Koons were Denise Huckle, 19, of Sam Manuel, and a junior at the University of Arizona and Ronald A.

Noseck, 21, and his brother, Ray T. 23, both of Ora(Continued on Page 2, Col. 6) Off To The Old Ball Game! MT. VERNON REGISTER VERRON VERMON SISTER NEWS A MISTERCARRIER BOYS of The Register-News, pictured yesterday afternoon before they boarded bus for St. Louis, picked a perfect timo to watch a big league baseball game.

The youngsters were part of a crowd of over 45,000 which got a big thrill last night as the Cardinals rallied for three runs in the last of the ninth inning to beat the Chicago Cubs, 6-5. The carrier boys are the guests of The Register News in an annual jaunt to St. Louis to watch the major leaguers play. (Delo Photo Craft) DOWNTOWN FAIRBANKS EVACUATED Mayor Reports Every Home Flooded In Alaska's Largest City. Phones Out, Airfield Road Cut.

3 Johnson's top fiscal spokesmen are on hand to testify before the TAX TRIO-President and Means Committee, opening their presentation for a 10 percent tax surcharge. House Ways of the Council of Economic Advisers; Secretary of the From left are: Gardner Ackley H. Fowler; and Budget Director Charles L. Schultze. (AP Wirephoto) sury Henry Say China Mainland Is In Turmoil TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) The whole of the China mainland is in turmoil, Nationalist China's foremost authority on Chinese Communist affairs asserted in a report published today.

Chen Chiang-chung said sentiment against communism and Chairman Mao Tse-tung of the Communist party was spreading throughout the mainland. Chen is director of the Sixth '(Mainland Affairs) Section of the Kuomintang, President Chiang Kai-shek's ruling party in Nationalist China. Chen said the situation was the worst since the Chinese the Chinese Communists came into power on the in 1949. 1. The people of the mainland were rising against them.

2. Communist political party and military cadres were turnIng aganist Mao. 3. More and more people on the mainland were hoping that Chiang and his Chinese Nationalists would stage a comeback. Chen said the Wuhan industriel complex in central China, the second largest steel-making center on the mainland, was no longer producing steel.

He said all plants there of the Hua Chung Central China Steel Corp. had ceased work. He also reported that the operations of more than 2,000 mining projects in the mainland had come to a halt, "causing immeasurable losses to the Communist regime." Tax Boost Case Not Yet Proved Triggered Bomb? Say Jap Used Wrong Word With Truman NEW YORK (AP) President Harry 'S. Truman's decision to use the atom bomb on Japan was hastened by a poor choice of language in Japan's reply to Potsdam peace terms, a magazine article says. Truman "reacted predictably" when informed that Premier Kantaro Suzuki's reaction was "mokusatsu," meaning "treat with silent article by William Craig in the current issue of the Saturday Evening Post said.

Suzuki's intended reply was to withhold comment, the article said. It also reported that a band of Japanese army officers attempted a coup d'etat to block surrender in World War II after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. HOTTEST, COLDEST NEW RORK (AP) Death Valley, was the hottest. spot in the nation Monday, with a temperature of 121 degrees. The overnight low was 43 at Butte, Mont.

By EDMOND LEBRETON WASHINGTON (AP) Members of the House Ways and Means Committee told adminis-1 tration officials today they still have not made a case for the per cent income tax surcharge President Johnson seeks. timony During their before second the day of tax-writing tescommittee, Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler, Budget Director Charles L. Schultze and Chairman Gardner Ackley of the Council of Economic Advisers were pressed for an explanation that would make sense to the voters. "We're going to have to satisfy the people on two counts," Rep.

Al Ullman, said. He said taxpayers will have to be convinced that they are better off now than they were five years ago and that even after the surcharge is added they will pay less tax than they had before the 1964 tax reduction. Ullman said that, taking into account increases in state and local taxes, he is not sure this would be the case. "My judgment is that a tax increase is justified, but I believe I am in a minority on this committee," Ullman added. Joining Ullman in predicting a tough fight for the bill was Rep.

James A. Burke, who said, "I doubt that any members of this committee are committed to it and many of us have many reservations about it. Republicans planned to press (Continued on Page Two Col. 5) REDS SAY U.S. PLANE DOWNED -This Hanoi radiophoto, monitored in Warsaw, bore caption stating that it shows a U.S.

plane breaking into burning fragments after being hit by a Hanoi missile over the North Vietnamese capital on Saturday. (AP Wirephoto by cable from Warsaw) Crew Members Missing Recon Plane Shot Down After Raids Picasso Day Chicago Unveils Whatsit CHICAGO (AP) Today was Picasso day in Chicago. Mayor Richard J. Daley made the designation in honor of Pallo Picasso, who gave to the city the design for a five-story sculpture for the plaza in front of the new civic center. Even before the unveiling in ceremonies today, the work was the center of controversy.

Art lovers termed it another masterpiece from the hands of the 85-year-old artist, long considered the leader of the avant garde of the art world. Other labeled the 160-ton. 50- 1oot abstraction in rusty steel a $300,000 piece of junk. Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winning poet. wrote a poem to commemorate the occasion in which she takes note of the controversy.

The poem begins: "Does man love art? Man visits art, but squirms. "Art. hurts. Art urges Voyages- "And jt is easier to stay at home. "The nice beer As with so much of Picasso's work, it the "what is it?" that has stirred up speculation and controversy--and ever anger.

The sculpture has been likened 10. 8. woman's nead, the head of a long-eared dog. a child's ski slide. a Trojan dove.

an ape: and a baboon. Usually it is referred to as Chicago's Picasso. $300,000 Building Job The artist presented it as a gift to the people of the city. The $300.000 cost of fabricating and installing the sculpture was subscribed by charitable foundations. Picasso is not expected to attend the unveiling.

Barges Strike Bridge At Cape CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -Highway traffic was tied up for more than two hours early today at Cape Girardeau, when stray barges on the Mississippi River struck a bridge. A 19-barge tow broke off from the Towboat National Gateway at about 1 a.m. and sctatered downstream. Some of the loose barges struck the bridge.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) Flood waters surged through this interior Alaska city of 000 today. forcing evacuation of most of the downtown area and causing heavy damage. Mayor H.A. Boucher reported the situation to Gov. Walter Hickel from the only telephone line still open.

"At this point," I he said early today, "there isn't a home in the city not flooded, and 80 per cent of our businesses have suffered major damage. Obviously the damage will run well into the millions. It is the worst flood in anyone's memory here." Many persons were reported stranded, but there were no reports of injuries. St. Joseph's Hospital had been evacuated and at least 62 patients moved to Basset Army Hospital at nearby Ft.

Wainwright. Those evacuated from their private homes were taken to schools in higher areas of the city. The city lies on a generally flat plain with the Chena River, one of the three rain-swollen rivers in the area, looping through the center. Boucher estimated the water on the Chena was 5 to 6 feet above flood stage at 3 a.m. Alaska Standard Time and still rising as rain continued to saturate the area.

He said there was an average of 1 to 5 feet of water throughout the downtown area. The mayor expressed grave concern about the possibility of fire. He said all police cars and fire engines were flooded and only a few Army halftrack vehicles were able to move about, The Fairbanks Airport, he said, was open but the road to the airport was flooded. Gov. Hickel planned to fly from Juneau to Fairbanks later today to view the damage and meet with the mayor and military officials.

The governor said state and federal agencies were preparing to send in food and clothing to Fairbanks and Nenana, 50 miles southwest of here. He declared both communities disaster areas Monday. The situation at Nenana was unknown early today, Boucher said, since all communications there had failed. The A-67 Centennial Exposition here, located on the banks of the Chena, began flooding Monday night. Workers fought to control the waters spreading through the grounds of the financially troubled centennial.

By GEORGE ESPER SAIGON (AP) The U.S. Command announced today that the North Vietnamese shot a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane Sunday, apparently while it was photographing damage from a raid only 10 miles from Red China's border. The RA5C Vigilante's twoman crew was listed as missing. The plane was the 642nd U.S.

warplane announced as lost over the North so far in the war. Navy planes raided the Lang Son railroad and highway bridge Sunday in what were the closest raids to Red China in the Vietnam war. They followed up with raids on nearby targets Monday. U.S. B52 bombers raided the southern half of the demilitarized zone today, for the second time in three days and dumped tons of explosives on what the command described as extensive North Vietnamese artillery and antiaircraft positions.

The stepped up raids by the eight-engine Stratofortresses, each capable of carrying up to 50,000 pounds of bombs, indicated that the Communists may be building up for another sustained drive on U.S. Marine outposts at Con Thien and Dong Ha just south of the zone. Both outposts were heavily shelled in June and the first week of July, but shellings have been infrequent since tactical fighter-bombers gave the area a going over. Monday's raids near the Chinese border were among 143 missions over North Vietnam logged by Air Force and carrier- based Navy fighterbombers. The other strikes included a number on rail sidings, highway bridges, surface-to-air missile sites and fuel storage areas in the Hanoi-Haiphong areas.

The strikes around the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) Road Worker Killed On Job and lodging in the dormitory. Improvements for 1967 session, in addition to the new tabernacle, include redecorating and cleaning up the grounds and refurbishing the special cottage where the speakers have private quarters. The camp meeting association is interdenominational. The Rev.

Ewell Gulley of Coulterville is president. Among those scheduled to speak during the 11 days are Rev. Lewis Hedges missionary to Africa; Dr. B. G.

Wiggs, Seymour, evangelist; Paul Qualls, Orlando, music; Rev. Ed Irvin, Richmond, youth worker; Fern Abbott, children's worker; Rev. Mardy Picazo, missionary to Brazil; and Rev. George Blanchard, Chattanooga, evangelist. Trustees of Bonnie camp include Wever Williams, Bonnie; Maxey Milner, Mt.

Vernon; Olin Bryant, Mt. Vernon; Harris, Mt. Vernon; Kenneth Cook, Benton; William Minor, Mt. Vernon; C. N.

Cook, Benton and Paul Wielt of Mt. Vernon, HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) Don Monken, 25, of Highland was killed Monday when struck by A vehicle as he was working with a county road crew six miles southeast of Highland. Robert. Spengel, Madison County deputy coroner, said an investigation of death is under way and the full circumstances are not known.

Spengel said the death appeared to be an accident and involved a road department vehicle. Monken was the son of the Helvetia Township road commissioner, Lester Monk3n of Highland. Actress Jane Darwell Dies HOLLYWOOD (AP) Ac-1 tress Jane Darwell, who often told friends her life and work had been completely without hardship, was about to embark on a new film role. The 87-year-old actress spoke of her upcoming role in "Seven from San Antonio" at a party last Friday. She described it as: "A lusty old gal with lots of spirit--something I can sink my teeth into--and I still have my own teeth!" Miss Darwell died Sunday at the Motion Picture Country home.

She had suffered a light stroke last Memorial Day and a heart attack last week. She won an Academy Award in 1939 for her role as Ma Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" and later said it was her favorite of the more than 200 films she made. Her career in films, stage and television spanned 61 years. Miss Darwell was born Patti Woodard in Palmyra, Mo. She was the daughter of W.R.

Woodard wealthy contractor and president of the Louisville Southern Railroad. 1.