The Edwardsville Intelligencer from Edwardsville, Illinois • Page 1

i A A L1BAAY U1CROF1UI P. O. BOX 789 I I 62523 108th 3tamKfenrillc 261 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1970 Intelligencer WARDSVILLI, ILLINOIS 62025 6RJigM 10 Cento Two Killed in Crash in Fog Two Edwardsville residents died in an accident involving the automobile in which they riding and aa Illinois Terminal Railroad brain, State Police report. The driver of the car was Stephen J. Menoni, 22, of 804 Irma and the passenger was Mrs.

Nancy Johnson, 20, of 1138 Prickett Ave. The car was traveling east on Illinois 162, about one mile west of 66, at about 2 a.m. today, State police reported. THere was a dense fog at the time. The a crashed into train, which was switching and moving south.

The two were pronounced dead at tihe scene. Mrs. Johnson was employed in the Conservation Department of Olin Industries. Born in Alton Aug. 6, 1950, the daughter of Norman and Bernice Bangert Warren of 630 Notre Dame Mrs.

Johnson was a resident of the area all her life. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Ralph H. Johnson to whom she was married in Eden United Church of Christ on June 22, 1959, and a daughter, Katlherdne Lynn Johnson. Mrs. Johnson also leaves two brothers, John Warren and Marti Warren, both at home, and four sisters, Mrs.

Tom (Cindy) lacona of Belleville, and Gail War.ren, Beverly Wanren and Anna Lee Warren, all at home. paternal grandmother, Mrs. Edwin Henke, and maternal grandmother, Mrs. William Bangert, both of Edwardsville, also survive. Mrs.

Johnson was a member of the National Secretaries As- sociation. She also was a member of Eden United Church of Christ of Ediwardisville. Friends may call at the Weber Funeral Hoime after 4:30 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday.

Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Eden United Church of Christ, wiith Rev. Donald E. Crismon, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Mr. Menoni, was a Navy Signalman 2C, stationed aboard the USS Shelton. He had been in the Navy years. A lifetime resident of Edwardsville, Mr. Menoni a born Oct.

26, 1947, the son of Leonard A. and Irma I. Ti-mar Menoni of Edwardsville. i paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mi's.

Tony A. Menoni of Edwardsville. maternal grandmother is Mrs. Peart Timar of Granite City. Other survivors are a brother, Leonard L.

Menoni of Edwardsville, and two sisters, Mrs. Ronald Conne) Gusewelle of Bethalto and Mrs. Doug (Linda) Buncham of Caseyvdlle, Mr. Menoni was a 1965 graduate of Edwaiidsivilile i School. He attended Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville one year, in 1986.

He was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Chunch. Visitation at Lesley Marks Funeral Home is after 11 a.m. Sunday. The Rosary will be said at 8 p.m.

Sunday. A funeral Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Boniface, the Rev. William J.

Stanley, pastor, in charge. Burial will be in St. Boniface Cemetery. SI Police Arms Curb Is Defended Lmdsay-Schatih and AP Wire Sen ices Spiingfielcl The Illinois Joint Legilative on a Disorders closed shop in Spr- ingliekl Friday attei a ot hearings into the causes ot last spring's campus i i No dale was set tor new hearings, but Illinois State Umveiist English Prof. Carroll Cox, ho refused to testily without a lav yer.

a ordered bv the a a to report to the next meeting it is 35 uitnesses, ranging from a Senator and other political hopefuls to housewives and students, appeared during the two day session. No "confrontation" with radical students or professors resulted. The hearing room was heavily guarded by state police and plainsclothsmen. Friday's hearings climaxed by the appearance of Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) Chancellor John S. Rcndleman who defended his policy of prohibiting security offers at the Edwardsville cam- Resignation Of Klein Accepted Washington (AP) The white House announced Friday President Nixon has accepted with regret the resignation of Carl L.

Klein as assistant Secretary of the Interior for water quality and research. In a letter to the President, Klein said he was leaving government to attend to "pressing personal business matter The 52-year-old lawyer was appointed in April, 1969, to head the water pollution control desalting and water resources research program of the department. K.lein, a native of Wisconsin, lived in Chicago until his appointment in Washington For four years he was a a of the Illinois Sta'e Water Pollution and Water Resources Commission and directed a series of hearings on water pollution in Lake Michigan and other waterways in the state. pus from wearing guns while ou daytime foot patrols. Commission chairman, Sen G.

William Horsle, R-Spr- mgfield, said he did not agree with the policy. He called it a double standard of law enforcement. Rendleman said policemen with guns on louline patiol create a bad atmosphere. He said guns a i carried dining night duty and are available in a centrally located office during the day. He reminded the commission that his campus a the oulj state university that did not Close Swedish Vote Expected Stockholm (AP) Campaigning in Sweden's national election ended Friday night with a close contest predicted between Premier Olaf Palme's Social Democrats and their nonSocialist opposition.

If a right-of-center coalition can upset the Social Democrats in Sunday's general election, the chief architect, albeit unwilling, will be the Swedish Communist party. The heated campaign-centering on the issues of mounting tax bills, squeaky-tight money and burgeoning with a television debate by leaders of the major contending parties. Polls taken a few days before the election indicated that Palme's party was on the brink of losing control to the three major non-socialist opposition parties for the first time in 38 years. Whether or not it does will depend on whether the Communists gather more than four per cent of the total and take at least 14 seats or, none, in the 350-seat parliament. expei ience violence last spring in the a a of the invasion of Cambodia and the student killings at Kent, Ohio.

Earlier, of I Chancellor Jack Peltason reported on the policies of the of I for handling dissent students. He agreed with the commission that any piofcssor who advocated violence should be dismissed. Sen. Horsley felt he had an example Prof Philip Meranto of the political science department who uas quizzed for 30 minutes in the presence of his attorney. Meranto is under indictment for five counts rising out of disturbances at the Urbana campus.

He was one of 15 political science teacher who issued a memographed sheet under the namme "Faculty for. Resistance Political Scienc Section." The teachers had referred to the Nixon administration as a "criminal regime" and agreed among themselves to rotate to each others classes to discuss "political repression." Meranto claimed te project was intended to give the students a balanced view of oppressive and illegal tactics used by governments. Horsley called it "indoctrination." Peltason, agreed that the language was "intemperate," but did not agree that it was "advocating violence." ''We cannot combat ideas by silencing people in this society," the chancellor said. "I think we can," reported Sen Horsley. "If a man (Mer- anto) calls this admimslration a 'criminal regime," he isn't fit to teach Charles Siragusa, head of the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission, told the commission he believes Illinois "can expect alevel ol unrest Mis year that your've never witnessed before," He said radicals have introduced a new element of violence the bomb.

He advised the commission to recommend that the legisiatiue up the penalties for possession of dynamite and violent acts. On Thursday, Sen. Ralph T. Smith-R-Illinois, and state treasurer Adlai E. Stevenson III, agreed that violence on- campus cannot be tolerated.

Smith suggested a strict code for student conduct. Stevenson advised the Commission to review the long-term causes of unrest--pollution, government priorities and policies. Senate Clears Bill On Secret Accounts MAN ELECTROCUTED Champaign, 111. (AP) Richard Halsey, 49, of Champaign, an employe of a hardware and appliance store, was electrocuted Friday while installing a clothes dryer in the home of a customer. Washington (AP) A bill aimed at stopping the flow of profits from gambling and illegal transactions to foreign bank accounts has been passed by the Senate.

The measure, passed on a voice vote Friday, now goes to a conference wi the House. Sponsors of the legislation said use of secret foreign accounts is costing ithe U.S. Treasury hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. The measure is designed to stop the use of foreign banks to deposit gambling profits skimmed from Las Vegas, casinos, funds illegally obtained by racketeess and profits of criminal conspiracies taken abroad by couriers. Nation's Railroads Administration Blocks Strike Washington (AP) Acting "with great reluctance," the Nixon administration has blocked for 60 clays a 'hreatened nationwide rail President Nixon signed ex- utive orders Friday barring a Ikout by four unions against rail lines and creating a five- ember board to investigate the ipute.

Unless Congress a emergency legislation, the unions will be free to strike if no contract settlement is reached in the next 60 days. The orders, signed under provisions of the Railway Labor Act, affect some 400,000 union members about 70 per cent of the nation's railway work force. Asst. Secretary of Labor William J. Usery, a top labor troubleshooter, said at the White House he had hoped for a settlement negating the need for toe executive orders.

It was "with great reluctance," he said, that the Labor Department recommended the President sign the orders. But he indicated only a few points of major disagreement remain to be resolved after weeks of government sponsored talks. Those issues should be dealt with by the board, he said. He said a five-member panel instead of the usual three-member board was formed "so that an equitable settlement may be reached at the earliest possible time." Its members are to be named later. Under the 44-year-old rail labor law, the board will study the dispute and submit its recommendations within 30 days.

Over the following 30 says, the unions and rail lines are to consider the recommendations during negotiations. A strike had been called for Sept. 10, but government mediators won agreement from the union to delay for five days. There were selective shutdowns in some areas Tuesday and Wednesday until a federal court order blocking any strikes took effect. U.S.

Dist. Court Judge Howard Corcoran said FiMay he would leave his order in effect until it expires Sept. 23. Earlier this week, C. L.

Dennis, president of the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, claimed the industry negotiators remained adamant in offering only a one- year 7 per cent wage increase offer. The unions want a 40 per cent or higher increase over three vears. Besides the clerks, the unions involved are the United Transportation Union, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and the Hotel and Restaurant Employes and Bartenders Union. It would: Require banks and other financial institutions to maintain records of checks and other transactions, including the use of microfilming. Require financial institutions and individuals to report to the Treasury Department on exports or imports $5,000 or more in currency when the reports would be useful in criminal, tax or other proceedings.

Authorize Treasury to require financial institutions and individuals to keep records of transactions with i banks. And extend present penalties on violation ot' the margin requirements on stock loans to the borrower as well as the lender. This provision is designed to prevent borrowers from evading the requirements by obtaining foreign loans. The Senate deleted a provision giving the Securities and Exchange Commission authority to prohibit U.S. brokers from accepting securities orders from foreign banks unless the bank disclosed the person for whom the order was placed or certified he was not an American.

Sen. William Proxmire, D- sponsor of the bill, said deletion of the provision greatly weakened the measure. The Senate also tacked on three extraneous bills in an effort to get action on them this session. Included were: A mass transit bill authorizing $3.1 billion in subsidies for capital Improvements for subways, bus systems a lines. A bill banning unsolicited distribution of credit cards.

A measure giving Individuals the right to correct inaccurate information in their credit files. All three bills had passed the Senate earlier. They will be considered by the conference as pant of the bank bill. Cambodia Aims Big Drive at Red Strongpoint Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AP) The Cambodian military command plans a big assault to smash through a Communist strongpoint that has stalled the government's largest offensive of 'the war there for nearly a week. Limited U.S.

air strikes already were being carried out in preliminary attempts to dislodge an estimated 1,000 North Vietnamese troops dug in at the village of Taing Kauk, 47 miles north of Phnom Penh. Officers at the operation's rear headquarters in Skoun, 45 miles north of Phnom Penh, said today they were not sure when the assault against the North Vietnamese would start, but added they had been told by the high command that the attack would be preceded by massive U.S. air strikes against the village. Officials in Saigon said that once the Cambodians decide to launch their assault, additional air support will be available from South Vietnamese and Cambodian air forces. The officials said they were not aware of any massive commtiment by the U.S.

Air Force, but added a gieat deal dependj on "exigencies." Sources in South Vietnam, said that because President Nixon wanted to keep a low profile in Cambodia, Cambodian air power would be used first, followed by South Vietnamese air strikes and then American planes if needed. For the second consecutive day, newsmen were barred from the front lines, the first time the Cambodian command has kept reporters from any battle area. A spokesman said the order was prevent a i a maneuvers from becoming known, but there was speculation that the U.S. embassy Cambodian would prefer not lo have reporters present if massive American air power is used. The operation, stalled in front of Taing Kauk since Monday, is aimed at repoening Route 6 to Kompong Thorn, a provincial capital, and reclaiming an important segment of Cambodia's heartland from Communist control.

Communist troops attacked the government task force south of Taing Kauk during the night, but the command said it was only of a harassing nature. The key to the coming battle, according to commanders, was whether sufficient air strikes would be committed. Communists stepped the offensive Monday after inflicting heavy casualties on lead Cambodia units. One officer involved in the offensive said Friday that the Communists were still pouring troops into the area and that heavy fighting appeared certain if and when the government resumed the offensive, even if air strikes did materialize. Two North Vietnamese officers who deserted were presented at the Cambodian command's news briefing and said large numbers of Cambodians were with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units.

The U.S. Command today disclosed the first steps have been taken to phase out the Marines' five-year-old pacification program In Vietnam, and said 12 U.S. Air Force jet fighter-bombers have left Vietnam as part of President Nixon's cutback In American forces. The command said the Da Nang headquarters of the Marines' Combined Action Force which oversees the Combined Action Platoons in scores of Vietnamese hamlets, will be inactivated next Wednesday. It disclosed that inactivation of the program has been under way quietly for the last three months.

With the closing down of the headquarters, it will mean a total decrease of about 1,325 authorized troop spaces under the current fourth round of American troop withdrawals, spokesmen said. HIJACK SEARCH PROGRAM EXPANDED Washington (AP) A search for weapons in the hand luggage of passengers boarding international flights is under way at Washington, New York and New Orleans and will be expanded to 32 major U.S. airports by next week. The Treasury Department planned to add 10 airports to the lest today and the rest next week, a spokesman said. The program is aimed at thwarting hijacking of overseas flights.

First Black Trooper Alphonso Lofton, 25, is the first black man to be accepted into Florida's highway patrol. Lofton, who works out of Miami, says, "I'm a trooper. That's all." He also said he has heard no racial slurs from among the 900-man force, a fact which surprised him a little. (AP Photo) Armed Man Forces Airliner to Havana Miami (AP) A gun-toting hijacker who wanted to go to Cairo settled for Cuba instead Saturday and took an Allegheny Airlines jet and its eight crewmen to Havana. The young hijacker-believed to be armed with pistol, gasoline and dynamite, was aboard the Boeing 727 on a flight from Pittsburgh to Boston and took over just before the plane made a scheduled stop at Philadelphia International Airport, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.

He allowed 90 passengers to leave, but kept aboard three flight three stewardesses and two men believed to be FAA inspectors or ailines personnel, the FAA said. The plane sat on a runway for an hour while It was being refuleled. "The pilot John Harkin said Guerrillas Ignore Cease-Fire Call Beirut, Ebanon (AP) Field Marshal Habins Majali, Jordan's military governor, ordered his troops to cease fire in their war against Palestinian guerrillas Saturday. But a guerrilla statement broadcast from Baghdad, trap, said the Palestine forces would not join in the shootinghalt. The Baghdad transmitter for the Palestine i a i Organization's Central Committee declared: "The imperialist agent Habis Majali wants to catch his breath.

We are aware of these tricks and Majali will not be able to lead us into any ambush. "Fire will not cease until the regime of the imperialist agents is completely crushed. The revolution marches on its path until victory." Majali ordered his forces to stop shooting at 6 p.m. 11 a.m. CDT Earlier in the day, Radio Cairo reported that King Hussein had agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a 24-hour cease-fire.

But this was thrown Into confusion by an ultimatum by Ma- jali to the guerrilalas to surrender in three hours or face death by firing squads. Also a guerrilla spokesman in Beirut had said it was doubtful guerrilla leaders would accept the Egyptian cease-fire idea. Majali's cease-fire order, broadcast by Radio Amman, was addressed to all army, police and security units of the royal forces. over the radio he talked the hijacker out of Cairo and persuaded him to go to Havana instead," said Lt. Rovert Baker, chief of airport police at Philadelphia.

John Bailderama, among one of the passengers released by the gunman, said the hijacker described as a tall, thin, young Negro-" grabbed one of the stewardesses by the neck and took her to the front of the plane" just before it landed at Philadelphia. Passengers said the hijacker then told another stewardess to bring him a small canvass bag stowed under his stat. A passenger who helped the stewardess get the bag said it held a butan gas container with a white plastic bottle taped to it. The hijacker set the bag in front of him and announced: "I've got something here to blow up the whole plane." A young female passenger who declined to give her name said the man sat about two seats behind her and that she saw him take a small pistol from a canvass bag he had under the seat. An Allegheny spoke.jn.an said it appeared to be a pistol.

Baker said a stewardess slipped one of his men a note requesting a gun. He said a policemen's service revolver was passed up to the stewardess a emergency exit door. "It was my understanding she was requesting it for the crew, not the hijacker," Baker said. "Ordinarily I wouldn't do this but she looked like a pretty competent girl," he said. A unit of police sharepshooters approached the plane while it was being refueled in a futile attempt to get a clear shot at the hijacker or board the plane.

The aircraft left Philadelphia for Cuba ait 1:46 a.m., EOT, and landed at Havana's Jose Marti Airport at 4:32 a.m., the FA said. plane flew on to Miami, landing in Florida at 10:17 a.m. CDT, after spending six hours on the ground in Havana. U.S. to Resume Sending Arms to Greek Junta (c) 1970 New York Times Washington The Nixon administration has decided to resume full-scale arms shipments to Greece, lifting restrictions imposed in April of 1967 when the junta seized power in Athens, informed sources said today.

An announcement of the decision will probably be made some time next week, the sources said. While no figures were immediately available, the move means that the Greek military government will receive tens of millions of dollars worth of heavy weapons, such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery and possibly jet planes, that have been withheld from them under a selective embargo. The decision is expected to create an outcry in the Senate, where there has been strong opposition to resumed armed shipments, and in Western Europe, where there is con- siderabe public enmity towards the Greek dictatorship. The resumption of arms shipments was viewed as a policy victory for the Defense Department, which has been pressing for some time for an end to the restrictions. The Pentagon has felt that the Greek armed forces should be as well armed as possibJe, since they are an element of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance and has argued that withholding certain heavy weapons would not persude the Greek junta to become less authoritarian.

The state department has opposed lifting the restrictions because of the reaction it fears in Congress and Euroipe. Warmer Fair tonight, low in mid 60s. Fair and a little warmer Sunday, high around 90..