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102 Year 226 Madison County's, Home Daily Edwardfvilk, Illinois, Tuesday, August 4,1964 Intelligencer 8 7 Cents Jersey Negroes Assault Police Rescue Drilling Saves 9 Miners In French Shaft A A France A Nine miners who spent cijdit (lays huddled in a a a of the collapsed Mt. Rivel limestone mine were hauled up to safety through a narrow rescue shaft today and rushed, one by one, to a hospital. It took about one hour to bring the nine men up through a hole pushed through to them by a special 23-inch drill. None of the survivors appeared to be in serious condition, although ill of them snowed the effects of their long ordeal underground. Severnl had cloth wrapped around their heads to shield their eyes from the blazing sun.

Others were quickly fitted with a glas-ses to protect their eyes. First to reach the surface was Andre Jacques, 23. who seemed slightly He shielded tiis eyes from the blaz- inu sun i a rescuer a him a glasses, Relatives and other i a who hart spent long, a i hours a i i on the slopes of Mt Rivel. cheered as Jacques was helped from the capsule. He was put in an a a and sent to a hospital.

In less a an hour, five of the men had reached the surface. An engineer was sent down in the capsule before the first rescue. He was helping put the men aboard and instructing them how to stand in it for the 250-foot ride to the surface. Those in the worst physical condition apparently were sent up first. The 23-inch drill had ground through the final shell of rock shortly before 1 p.m., without causing a rock fall--one of the last fears, A hoisting rig then was set up hastily to lower the capsule into the mine chamber.

Mayor Andre Socie reported that electronic soundings taken Monday night raised the chance that three of the five men trapped in other parts of the mine might still be alive. Earlier soundings had produced no results. Sweltering Heat Main Cause For Power Failure About 30 homes In the 400 block of Vandalia Street were without electricity for about 30 minutes Monday night as a fuse on Illinois Power Co. lines blew out because of refrigerators, air conditioners, fans, and TV sets taxing transmitting equipment. Power to residences in the ares of Vanrfalia and Fillmore Streets was off from about 9:30 to 10 last night as power company workmen changed the melted fuse.

Roy A. Stroyeck, district manager of Illinois Power credited the increased number of appliances used because of the 100 degree weather (temperatures registered 100 degrees at 8 p.m. last night in downtown Edwardsville) with the power failure. He explained the fuse is "a safety measure" which can indicate that equipment is insufficient to handle the increased load. The power company official reported today that electricity was also off for a short period yesterday at noon in the area of Myrtle Street and U.S.

By- 06, but that Edwardsville has been "very lucky" so far in the occurrence of such failures. Cautioned Stroyeck: "If it happens again during this kind of weather, people should start turning off some of their appliances before the power comes back on so the sudden surge of electricity won't blow fuses in their own homes. They should stagger the turning on oi appliances when the power does come back on." Last night before electric'ty was restored, residents a apartment dwellers gathered in pajama-clad i come-as-you-are party." MS one man described it--to discuss the anal BOILING quite, though to many Edwardsvillians yesterday's burning sun seemed to have raised things to 212 degrees! Actually the numbers refer to the time of p.m.--and Kathy Werner and JoAnn Rothe were among those few who ventured out for an afternoon stroll on a blazing Main Street. By Edwardstiille Water Department and Sun MORE LIKE IT--Numbers now indicate temperature, which later in the afternoon rose to 106 before settling down into the 90's for the evening. Secure in the thought that they have several nearby air-conditioned soda fountains in which to escape the heat, Kathy and JoAnn seem to be enjoying themselves.

(Intelligencer Photos.) 2 Heat, Water Records Set Edwardsville residents, sweltering in unofficial 106-degree temperatures Monday, used a record amount of water for any one day in Edwardsville Water Department's history. Water pumps at Poag pumping station, southwest of city, pushed 1,537.000 gallons of water through city mains from 8 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. today, the first time that water consumption in Edwardsville has topped 1.5 million gallons in a single day, A previous daily pumping record was set last Tuesday at Alton Water Co. Ordered to Pay Back $328,500 The Alton Water Co.

was ordered today by Madison County Circuit Judge James 0. Monroe Jr. to repay $270,000 plus $58,500 interest to five companies and three individuals in Alton. Judge Monroe stated that the water company had not refunded to its customers any of the money collected for water sold during the period of Nov. 25, 1958 to July 31, 1960, and set the $328,500 repayment figure.

The company charged an excess of 47 a per cent during the 20- month period, the judge said in his decision. Plaintiffs in the case were Alton Brick Alton Laundry Laclede Steel Owens- Illinois Glass Russell-Miller Milling Roy Geltz, W. C. Hartman and Edna Marshall. The long court battle began in 1957 when the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a 47M: per cent rate increase.

In 1958 Monroe set aside the hike and the Illinois Supreme Court upheld his ruling later that year. On Aug. 1, 1960, the ICC set a new rate increase at 35 per cent but the water company had continued to charge the 47V4 per cent figure until that time. In June, 1962, Monroe ordered the company to rebate $465,000 but a later ruling by the Fourth Illinois District Appellate Court reduced the figure to 1270,000. Poag with 1,394,000 consumed.

The high last summer for a single day was 1,200,000 gallons. In addition, Orville Thorpe, chief operator at the pumping station, disclosed information that July, 1964, set a new monthly total pumping record for Edwardsville with 33,585,000 gallons of water taxing pumping equipment. The previous record for one month was set in August, 1960, with 33,423,000 gallons. Temperatures in the St. Louis area set records too, with the U.S.

Weather Bureau at Lambert Field in St. Louis reporting a temperature of 104 degrees yesterday. The previous record there was 103, set in August, 1947. Weather bureau officials said that a front bringing slightly coaler and dryer air will move into the area by 6 a.m. tomorrow but that temperatures will row but that temperatures will be lowered "only three or four degrees." No showers are forecast for the immediate future except a "30 per cent chance of scattered thundershowers." MRS.

IVA WRIGHT (left) being quizzed by County Coroner Dr. W. W. Billings during inquest last night into the arsenic poison death of an elderly Wood River woman for whom Mrs. Wright was nurse and housekeeper.

In center is court stenographer, Mrs. Jacquelyn Kittel. (Intelligencer Photo) Dirksen Tries To Stall Redistricting WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Judiciary Committee give speedy 10-2 approval today to a bill under which states could stave off for two years or more court-ordered legislative reapportionment. Sen. Everett M.

Dirksen, R- 111., had asked for the action as a preliminary to a move to attach the measure to some major legislation certain to reach President Johnson's desk. Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R- N.Y., reported the vote when he came from a closed meeting of the committee. Keating said he took no position on the legislation, merely voting "present." He did not disclose who cast the two negative votes.

If it becomes law, the bill would permit states or citizens to obtain stays on court-directed reapporttonments until the end of the second session of their next legislature. Federal courts have ordered several states to reapportion both bodies of their legislatures on the basis of the one-man-one- vote rule laid down by the Supreme Court in a series of decisions June 15. Most state senates are apportioned geographically. The effect of the high court's order would be to give cities greater representation in state legislatures and to reduce the influence of rural areas. Dirksen said time is needed for Congress to consider a proposed constitutional amendment that would upset the court's order.

Such an amendment would have to be approved by three- fourths of the state legislatures to become effective. Dirksen told the Senate Monday he had served notice on President Johnson Thursday of his intentions. Asked by newsmen what Johnson's attitude was, Dirksen replied: Combined Graduation for Southern Illinois Campuses Slated for Friday CARBONDALE Combined summer commencement exercises will be held Friday for graduates of both the Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses of Southern Illinois University. A total of 973 degree applications has been received. Commencement speaker will be Ralph A.

Micken, chairman of the SIU speech department. An outdoor program is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in McAndrew Stadium, to be moved into the new SIU arena in case of rain. University officials said graduation applications include 26 for doctoral degrees and two for sixth-year specialist certificates. Another 362 students have applied for master's degrees, 570 for bachelor's degrees and 13 for two-year associate de- Registration Is Urged by Local School Officials School officials of Edwardsville Community Unit 7 District are requesting parents to register their children for school as soon as possible.

All students, new in the district or who are attending local public schools for the first time in grades, kindergarten through sixth, should register at board of education office (Hadley House) on St. Louis Street. Any student who will be attending grades seven through nine should register at the junior high school and high school students at the senior high office. Enrollments throughout the district, in most grades, are running ahead of those of the 1963-64 term. Officials pointed out today if any parent had his child registered for kindergarten prior to July 29, of this year, his child would be assigned to the school in his or her neighborhood.

Post cards will be mailed on Aug. 15 to notify all parents of their child's assignment. As of this date, the enrollment at LeClaire kindergarten is high. Other kindergartens in the city are not at capacity however they are very close. grees from the SIU Vocational Technical Institute.

All degree applications are subject to approval only after final grades are recorded, with many prospective graduates enrolled in classes which extend through Aug. 29. The longer courses result from SIU's transition to a year-around schedule with a full-length summer term. A limited number of courses in professional education for teachers who could not attend the longer term will end Aug. 6.

The commencement program will be preceded by a 10-minute concert by the SIU summer band, directed by Melvin L. Siener. Invocation will be given by Rev. Edward L. Hoffman, pastor of the Carbondale First Methodist Church.

Degrees will be conferred by SIU President Delyte W. Morris and Kenneth L. Davis, Harrisburg, vice chairman of the board of trustees. Having bachelor degrees conferred upon them will be Gordon See GRADUATION, Page I Gasoline Bombs, Looting, Arson Abound in East JERSEY CITY N.J. (AP) -Two gasoline bombs were thrown one of them at a 'police car today in this racially troubled city.

It was the first daytime violence after two nights of rioting, but police considered it an isolated incident. The Fire Department also reported six separate fires set in an abandoned building in the areae of Negro rioting the last two nights. The department said it also was being plagued by false alarms from the area. A total of 20 persons have been arrested and 44 injured -including two Negroes who were shot in the rioting. Monday night, windows were smashed in 23 stores and a number of them were looted.

More than 100 policemen, who during the night had been the target of the gasoline bottles, bricks and rocks hurled by hit- and-run bands of Negro youths, patrolled a wide area in the predominantly Negro section today. Two radio patrolmen reported seeing a gasoline bomb ignited in front of a building. Sgt. Thomas Clougher and Patrolman John Eggers said that when they drove to the scene to investigate, another lighted gasoline bomb was thrown at their car. The fire bomb hit a pole and bounced off the policemen said.

Also during the morning, five Negroes arrested while driving through the area Monday night were cleared of disorderly persons charges. Early today, the hit-and-rtm bands retreated from the streets, but more than 100 po licemen still patrolled a wide area of the predominantly Negro section in the southern part of the city. Windows in a score of stores were smashed and some businesses looted in the latest outbreak. At a midnight press conference more than three hours after the riot began, Mayor Thomas J. Whelan said he believed the violence had "passed its peak." But he reiterated his warning: "We will use all the force and power at our disposal to see that law and order is maintained." He said he was prepared to sit down with civil rights leaders "anytime, anywhere" but the first problem was maintaining order.

Old Man Pedals Across Continent SAN FRANCISCO (AP) It took Lyman Frain Sr. 86 days to pedal his bicycle from New York's Times Square to San Francisco's Golden a Bridge, and he was a little off schedule. "I figured to make, it a little faster," said the 80-year-old Philadelphian. "but I was bucking those west winds all the way." The aging but hearty cyclist finished his trip Monday. He said he pedaled 3,244 miles on his 12-speed French bicycle, equipped with an extra-low gear for mountains.

"I feel pretty proud of what I've just done," he said. "I'm the first man my age to ever ride a bike from ocean to ocean. I just wanted to prove an old guy still had something left." Frain was at the bridge-which he wasn't allowed to cross on the bicycle--by bridge officials and his son, Donald, 35, an electronics designer of San Jose. He said he made the trip, on Woman Held in Arsenic Murder BY RICHARD NORRISH Of The Intelligencer A portly, twice-widowed Alton woman was held today in the arsenic poison death of 82-year- old Mrs. Pearl Rigg of Wood River, her "very dear friend." Authorities held Mrs.

Eva Angela Wright, 58, of 2758 Hillcrest, Alton, after a coroner's jury last night recommended she be held for a murder investigation by the Madison County Grand Jury. The jury of six men deliberat- ed for more than 30 minutes following nearly three hours of testimony in an inquest conducted at the Marks Mortuary of 633 E. Lorena Wood River, by County Coroner Dr. W. W.

Billings. Mrs. Rigg, wealthy and respected widow, whose husband Joseph 6. Rigg died in 1949, was rushed to Wood River Township Hospital about noon July 19 with what was described as "acute gastritis." She died two hours later. Her body was taken to the Streeper Funeral Home, Alton, within a few hours of her death, but was ordered reteurned to the hospital by Dr.

Billings after he said he had been informed of certain "irregularities" in the elderly woman's bank account. Dr. Billings said a bank official, whom ha declined to name, learned of Mrs. Rigg's death and informed Deputy County Coroner, Edwin Marks, who then called Billings. The coroner said the report of a St.

Louis pathologist, who an- alysed tissues from Mrs. Rigg's body, stated that the deceased had taken "a lethal amount of arsenic." Dr. Billings described it as "enough arsenic to kill 100 people." The poison had been ingested by Mrs. Rigg "very probably daily over a period of days--about 10-30 days prior to her death." Examination of her tissues revealed massive damage to heart, brain, liver and stomach, Dr. Billings said, which indicated death was due to a compilation of injuries inflicted by the poison over a long period of time.

Mrs. Wright, who acted as nurse and housekeeper for Mrs. Rigg since about Easter of this year, denied knowledge of poison. Although she showed no apparent reaction when Dr. Billings informed her Of the poison, she asked could that be possible? I'm just shocked.

Oh See ARSENIC, Page 2 a diet of orange juice and steaks, because cycling was good for his health. "Most men of 60 sit down in the old rocking chair and rock themselves into the grave," he said. "But they'd live 10 or 20 years longer if they'd take up bicycling. If it wasn't for this bicycle, I wouldn't be alive today." Frain said he averaged 40 miles a day but clocked 109 miles one day down the western slope of the Continental Divide toward Salt Lake City. BULLETINS SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP)-Gov. Edmund G. Brown named Pierre Salinger today to fill unexpired term of the lite Sen. Clair Engle. (AP h'e United States warned Commu- North Viet Nam today of if any further unprovoked attacks are made against U.S.

military forces. State Department press officer Robert J. McCtoslcey taid the American protest was sent to the American Embassy in Saloon for "transmittal to Hie North Viet Nam regime through appropriate channels." LEOPOLDVILLE, the Conge (AP) Communist-backed rebel warriors and Congolese battled tonight across the front lawn of the U.S. consulate in Stanleyville the army fought to retain control of the northern Congo's most important cltv..