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Pontiac Library given memorial gifts Thirty books have been given recently to the Pontiac Public Library as memorials, in addition to some gifts to the building fund, Mrs. Mary Ellen Sweitzer, librarian, has announced. The person in whose memory the gifts were given, the name of the book, author and donors are: Mary Adsit "Japan," by Frank Gibney, given by Mr. and Mrs. William i "Near Eastern Mythology," by John Gray, given by Ruth Louderbach.

"The World and China, 1922-1972," by John. Gittings given by Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Bentley and Mrs. J.

G. Johnson. "Between Myth and Morning," by Elizabeth Janeway, "The Great Himalayan' Passage," by Michel Plissel and in the Highlands," by Alan Hunter, given by friends at 410 E. Water St. "The New Country," by Richard A.

Bartlett, given by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller. "Reaching for Empire- 1890-1901," by Time-Life History of the United States, given by Mrs. David Umsted.

"Florence Nightingale," by EJspeth Huxley, given by Helen Wolff and Caroline Bunton. Also in memory of Miss Adsit, contributions were made to the building fund by the Bank of Pontiac, Mary Caviezel, Mr. and Mrs. Armand Duff, Mr. and Mrs.

Alvin Kna, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tredenick and the Twentieth Century Club. Mrs. Jean Arthur "Miracle in the Wilderness," by Paul Gallico, given by American Legion Auxiliary Aarvig Campbell Post 78.

"Cosmetology," by Anthony Colletti, given by Samaria Shrine No. 29. William Boone "Bring on the Empty Horses," by David Niven, given The Tuesday Club. Mrs. Riley Boulware "How the Good Guys Finally Won," by Jimmy Breslin, given by Mr.

and Mrs. Loyd Pulliam. "Summer at High Kingdom," by Louise Dickinson Rich, given by Linda Onken and Dana Pfleger. John Branz "The House that Sailed Away," by Pat Hutchins, given by friends from General Telephone Company. "Dr.

Balaam's Talking Mule," by Pat Boone, given by Mr. and Mrs. William Nolan and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Vitzthum.

Mrs. Minnie Burton "Oh, A Hunting we will go," by John Langstaff; illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker, given by friends from General Telephone Company. Mrs. Mabel DeGroodt "BertBreen's Barn," by Walter D. Edmonds, given by Mr.

and Mrs. Raleigh A. Carlin. "Tramp for the Lord," by Corrie Ten Boom, given by Mr. and Mrs.

George Brunskill. "Religions of America," by Leo Rosten, given by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Edw'ards.

Charles D. Enfield of American Design," 2 by Clarence Consider arson in Chenoa school fire probe CHENOA Chenoa fire and school officials are continuing to probe the possibility that arson was responsible for a smali blaze Tuesday morning at the Chenoa Elementary School, Eugene Jontry Chenoa school superintendent, said today. "We're going to pursue this and try and determine a cause," Jontry noted. "We're considering the possibility of having an arson specialist come in later this week to investigate." Jontry said the fire started sometime between 11:20 and 11:30 a.m. in a health room in the school's 1911 addition.

The room also was used to store duplicating supplies, he said. Jontry said the supplies, paper and duplicating fluid, were all in their original cases and containers. "There was no evidence the fire was started by spontaneous combustion of any of the materials," he said, "and that is the reason arson is suspected." The force of the heat from the fire did cause the lids on some of the fluid cans to pop off, he noted. The fire, described by Jontry at being a low-key flame, was discovered by Roger Clemmons, a sixth grade teacher, who saw smoke coming from the room. "The alarm was sounded and we vacated more than 400 children the school," Jontry said.

"There were no injuries." Chenoa firemen used a smoke ejector to clear the smoke from the room and then carried several smoldering cartons of supplies from the building. Jontry said damage to the building itself was limited to "less than $100." The damage involved some burned molding and minor damage to and interior wall. Damage to the supplies was estimated to be about $200. Damage included the Lunsford slates dinner at LaSalle The "Citizens for Lunsford for Congress" announced today that there will be a campaign dinner in LaSalle at the Hotel Kaskaskia Ball Room on Friday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m.

Walt Lunsford, former pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Mendota, will speak on his campaign theme, "The Republican Revival." There will be no charge for the dinner; but in the spirit of all revivals, a free-will offering will be taken to cover the expenses. When asked about the prudence of such an arrangement, Lunsford responded, "My whole campaign is a leap of faith. I have as much faith in my supporters as they do in me." (Courtesy Jacobson Grain) Noon prices today were: Corn $2.52 Soybeans $4.55. Friday's Closing Bids were: Corn $2.47 Soybeans $4.47 Cash Grain CHICAGO (AP) Wheat No 2 soft red 3.39 3 4 No 2 hard 3.54%n. Corn No 2 yellow 2.54%-59%n.

Oats' No 2 heavy 1.57'/)n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 4.55 No 2 yellow corn Tuesday was quoted at 2.56%n (box) 2.59%n (hopper). Pontiac Livestock Prices at- the Pontiac Sale Barn on Monday were: HOGS: No. 1, 205-235 547.50 235-270 $45.50 270-300 Sows, 275-600 LAMBS: Choice, CATTLE: Veals, choice, good, small, Cows, canners and cutters, beef, Bulls, bologna, beef, Good fat steers and heifers, Joliet Livestock JOL1ET (AP) (USDA) -Hogs trading active Wednesday, butchers 1.00-1.50 higher; 1-3 200-240 Ibs 50.0051.00; 1-3 240-260 Ibs 48.25-50.00; 2-4 260-280 Ibs 46.50-48.25; sows higher; 1-3 300-600 Ibs 39.00-40.00. Cattle trading moderately active, slaughter steers steady to 50 lower, most decline on high choice to prime; slaughter heifers steady; choice and prime Ib slaughter steers yield grade 3-4 46.0046.75; choice Ibs yield grade 2-4 44.00-46.50; destruction of six cases of choice Ibs yield duplicating i and three grade 2-4 42.50-45.50; mixed good and choice Ibs 39.5044.00; couple loads choice and prime Ibs yield grade 34 43.50; choice including few prime Ibs yield grade 2-4 40.50-43.00; mixed good and choice 750-950 Markets Local Grain Market Summary Hornung, given by Mr.

and Mrs. John G. Dargan. Ronald Fortner "Contemporary Literary Criticism," Voi 4, by Carolyn Reily, given by Atlas Music Company. Mrs.

David Fotheringham God, this is Anna," by Flynn, given by Mrs. Clarence Farber. William Fuhr "The Way Life Was," by Jeffrey Simpson, given by Pontiac National Bank. Pete Giovanini "Reploge illuminated globe and given by The Harris Family, Frank Giovanini Family, John Giovanini, Mr: and "Mrs. John Reis and Family, Mrs.

Teresa Giovanini, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gtovanini. Forrest Herwig "The Bicentennial Almanac," by Calvin D. Linton, given by Mrs.

J. E. Young. "All the Livelong Day," by Barbara Garson, given by Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Baxter and Mr, and Mrs. Richard Bouhvare. "An American Annual of Christmas Art and Literature," given by Sen. and Mrs. William C.

Harris. "The Rail way Bazaar," by Paul Theroux, given by and Mrs. Robert Dievendori and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dievendorf.

George Huck "Personal Recollections of the American Revolution," by Lydia Post, given by Samaria Shrine No. 29. Bernard Kelson "Antique Trader Weekly Annual," V. 3, by Mebane, given by Dr. and Mrs.

L. S. Lowenthal. CHICAGO (AP) Commodity futures prices posted substanial gains on the Chicago Board of Trade today. Severe weather over much of (he nation's midsection appeared to trigger the upward price movement.

Technical adjustments coming after the first of the year also fueled the market. Wheat and soybean futures advanced by about a dime a bushel while corn was up about a nickel. At the close, wheat was to 9M cents a bushel higher, March 3.56V4; corn was 4Vfe to 5 higher, March 2.69; oats were to 2'A higher, March 1.52 and soybeans were 8Ms to 11 higher, January 4.66. Futures CHICAGO (AP) Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Wednesday: High LowClose WHEAT (5,000 bu) Mar 3.61'/i 3.49 3.56% May 3.68 3.55% 3.62 Jul 3.69 3.58 3.63'/2 Sep 3.75% 3.65 3.69Vi Dec 3.80% 3.74% 3.79% CORN (5,000 bu Mar 2.72% 2.64% 2.69 Daily Leader, Pontiac, 111. Page 14 Jan.

7, '76 Expect more support for USSR-backed Angolans cases of duplicating paper. An investigation was being continued this morning by Clyde Boles, Chenoa fire chief, and Marshall Elson, a state deputy fire marshal. Elson is a native Chenoan. Says churches may hold liquor permits Obituaries Streator man dies in fall from crane STREATOR A Streator man plunged to his death Tuesday morning when he fell from an industrial crane he was working at Plymouth Tube, South Streator. Leonard F.

Vickers, 32, a Plymouth Tube maintenance man, was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary's Hospital shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday. According to i i County Sheriff's Police, who along i LaSalle County deputy coroner Kenneth Sangston investigated the accident, Vickers was working with two other maintenance men when he suffered the fatal fall. Police said Vickers and another employe, David Guyon, Streator, were on top of the crane on a beam while another employe was operating the crane.

Vickers reportedly told the operator to move the crane to the east, and when the crane moved Vickers fell, police said. Vickers fell about 20 feet before hitting his head on a cross-beam, and he then fell 10 more feet to the floor where he landed on his head, police were told. Vickers was taken to the hospital by the Streator Fire Department. An autopsy was performed, but no results have been obtained from it. Livingston County Sheriff's Police investigated because the accident occurred in Livingston County.

The LaSalle County coroner's office was called because Vickers was pronounced dead in LaSalle County. Vickers had been employed in the Tube maintenance department for seven years. His funeral will be at a.m. Friday at the Church of the Open Bible. Eli Wenger FAIRBURY Eli Wenger, 83, of Walworth, a native of Fairbury, died Saturday at the Walworth hospital.

His funeral was held at 11 a.m. today at the funeral home at Walworth, with burial at the Walworth Cemetery. Mr. Wenger was born Dec. 6, 1892, in Fairbury, a son of Daniel and Barbara (Burkhardt) Wenger.

Surviving are his wife; three daughters, a son, several grandchildren and five sisters, including, Mrs. Joseph Rinkenberger and Mrs. Sophie Kellerhals, both of Gridley; Mrs. Tillie Rinkenberger, Fairbury, Mrs. Ben Rinkenberger, Forrest; Mrs.

Rose Rinkenberger, Fosston, Minn. SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) -A private school or church may hold a retail liquor license but may not sell liquor in or within 100 feet of its own building, Ally. Gen. William J.

Scott said in a formal opinion. Scott's opinion Tuesday came in response to a request by Michael R. Berz, chairman of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Scott said it would be illegal for public schools to hold a liquor license but said he could find no prohibition against private schools or churches doing so. However, the attorney general noted that state law prohibits the dispensing of alcoholic beverages within 100 feet of a church or school and said in his opinion the 100-foot limit includes the church or school building itself.

"This provision of the Liquor Control Act was enacted for the purpose of protecting churches, schools and other named institutions," Scott wrote. "This protection cannot be Divorce granted Marcia Cremeens, Flanagan, received a divorce Tuesday from Gerald Cremeens, Flanagan, on grounds of mental cruelty. The decree was granted in Livingston County circuit court by Judge Charles E. Glennon. Mrs.

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Estimated for Thursday: 1,000 hogs and 25 cattle. N. Y. Stocks NEW YORK (AP) --The New Year's rally in the stock market charged ahead at full speed again today, drawing some fresh impetus from dropping interest rates. The 2 p.m.

Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was up 13.62 at 904.44, on top of a net gain of 38,41 over the first three sessions of 1976. The Dow has not closed above 900 since Nov. 9, 1973, when it was beginning a protracted slide following the imposition of the Arab oil embargo. Gainers outpaced losers by about a 3-1 margin on the New York Stock Exchange. In the continued rush of activity, Big Board volume reached 24.03 million shares by 2 p.m., and was running nearly 2 million ahead of Tuesday, which was the ninth busiest day on record at the exchange.

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Madison Phone 844-7108 Pontiie, HI. May Jul Sep Dec Mar 2.78 2.82 2.78 2.71 2.76 2.70 2.74% 2.74 2.78% 2.71% 2.75% 2.65 2.68% 2.72 2.76 OATS bu) Mar 1.53% 1.50 1.52 May 1.50 1.46% 1.48% Jul 1.46 1.43V 4 1.44% Sep 1.45 1.43% 1.44 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu) Jan 4.69 4.58 4.66 Mar 4.77% 4.67% 4.74% May 4.84% 4.75 4.83% Jul 4.92 4.83 4.90 Aug 4.94 4.86 4.93 Sep 5.00 4.89 4.98 Nov 5.04% 4.96 5.04 Jan 5.11 5.07% 5.11 By FRED S. HOFFMAN AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. intelligence sources predict two more Western Hemisphere countries will soon come out in support of the Soviet-backed faction in the Angola civil war. Intelligence sources said they have received strong indications that the governments of Jamaica in the Caribbean and Guyana in South America will formally recognize the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), an action already taken by Brazil.

These sources forecast that such action will follow expected recognition of the MPLA by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which convenes later this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. U.S. intelligence sources also have been watching the movement of a Soviet guided-missile destroyer down the west coast of Africa in recent days for any indications it may sail toward Angola. At last report, the destroyer was steaming west of Guinea. The Russians have stationed an amphibious tank-landing ship some 300 miles off the northern Angolan coast for some time in what is regarded by some U.S.

analysts as a further demonstration of Soviet interest in that area of Africa and its adjoining waters. The Soviets have moved destroyers and tank-landing ships in and out of Conakry, Guinea, for several years. Analysts say that even if the destroyer meets with the tank-landing ship at sea off Angola, it would be more a symbolic, show-the- flag gesture lhan a significant military show of force, considering the relatively small naval power involved. On the diplomatic front, sources said a three-man MPLA delegation recently visited both Jamacia and Guyana and received assurances of at least moral support from leaders of both countries. There are reports that Guyana may demonstrate its support for the MPLA by sending a small medical team to Angola.

More significantly, recognition of the MPLA could be followed by open use of Guyana's facilities for refueling Cuban airplanes lifting troops to Angola. This would amount to defiance of the United States. If, as U.S. intelligence expects, Guyana formally backs the MPLA, it would be somewhat ironic because Guyana's present prime minister, Forbes Burnham, was installed in 1964 with substantial help from the CIA. The CIA was concerned at the time over control of the Guyana government by Marxist Cheddi Jagan.

As for recent fighting in Angola, U.S. intelligence sources said the MPLA may have taken Negage, described as a key strongpoint in northern Angola, from U.S.-supported troops. Reports reaching Washington said Soviet-built T34 tanks were used in the attack on Negage, a possible indication that Cuban troops are engaged. Sources said last week (hat there were signs a tank unit of the regular Cuban army had entered the war. U.S.

intelligence reports tended to support South African press accounts of a new MPLA offensive, with the apparent loss of the important north Angolan town of Carmona by the U.S.-backed National Front (FNLA). In other developments: Dick Clark, D-Iowa, chairman of a Senate subcommittee on Africa, said his panel plans public hearings later this month on how and why the United States became involved in Angola. He said Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and other officials will be asked to testify. --A White House spokesman indicated lack of progress in talks earlier this week between Kissinger and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F.

Dobrynin. Those talks, from the American standpoint, were aimed at persuading the Russians to halt their military supplies to the MPLA and at getting all outside powers to leave the Angolans alone to settle their future. --The Pentagon said "it is too to tell" whether the Russians either slowed or stopped their arms deliveries to the MPLA. Officials said Soviet airlift and sealift deliveries have been sporadic. --Sen.

John Tunney, said an "extremely reliable" source told him American pilots have been flying arms to Angola in C130 Hercules cargo planes. In response, a Pentagon spokesman said, "No U.S. military pilots, military aircraft or Defense Department contracts are involved in flying over Angola." The Pentagon noted that the United States has sold or given ClSOs to many nations, including Zaire, which is adjacent to Angola. --The Nigerian government rejected President Ford's call for African leaders to insist on the withdrawal of Cuban soldiers and Soviet advisers from Angola. SEMI ANNUAL LEHMAN'S CLEARANCE STARTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 SUITS Broken Lots Values to 129 50 69 SPORTCOATS Broken Lots Values to 79 50 39 TROUSERS Discontinued Patterns Values to 27 50 SHIRTS Broadcloth Knits Flannels $4 JACKETS OFF WEST SIDE SQUARE Fine Men's PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.