Mt. Vernon Register-News from Mt Vernon, Illinois • Page 1

i TEMPERATURE Lniit night's low 89. 7:00 a.m. today 40. Rainfall Tuesday .01 ot an Inch. Downtown at noon 49.

MT. VERNON REGISTER NEWS MEMBER AUDIT BTJBBAU OF CIRCULATION A NON-PARTISAN NEWSPAPER SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL SPECIAL FAVORS FOR NONE 1 Mostly cloudy, windy anl colder tonight. Low 32 to 98. Thursday mostly tloudy aid sctfsonnhly cool. High 44 to VOLUME 148 MUSKIE, WALK MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1.D72 Three Pages 60 CENTS PER WEEK SINOLB COPY ILLINOIS Students, Faculty Object College Releases Teacher The Rend Lake College board voted last night to not renew I'he contract of philosophy and English instructor Dr.

Janet Mc-' Keynolds. The unanimous 6-0 vote came alter almost Vk hours of dis -j cussion between the board, ad-; ministrators, faculty and stu- 1 dents. Board members and administrators said Dr. McReynolds was selected because the college is, over staffed in the two areas she teaches, and because she was the last faculty member hired last summer. College President Dr.

James Snyder said, however, thai' Dr. McReynolds will be offered her job back if enrollment projections for next fall prove low and an additional teacher is needed in her fields. About 50 persons, more than half of mem students, were at the meeting. Students Jane Morton and Diane Clark, both of Mt. Vernon, asked if it would be wiser to the four person physical education faculty next year, since fewer students are expected to take those courses.

Student Steve Korris of Mt. Vernon and faculty secretary Mrs. Mary Drew asked why the school hired an additional secretary this school year and suggested some of the money spent for secretarial services could be better spent to keep Dr. McReynolds. Freshman Mary Alice Reid, Mt.

Vernon, at one point questioned a statement by board president Dr. Allen Y. Baker that, -I'm no hero, but I've spent a lot of my time fighting for you people (at the college) in Springfield." "You say you care about the college," she told him. "Well, apparently, I he college cares about you too," she said. She added that Baker's expense account for a recent four month period totaled $2,104.

"You've not done your homework very well," Baker told her. "If you had looked at the bills, you would have seen they were for a three year period." Baker said he did not turn in any bills to the college for items such as mileage to board meetings and a placque presentation, for the first three years of the school's operation. Miss Morton later said the i Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) TQO "YOUNG TO KNOW-A young girl skips gaily past pa- troling British soldiers, who have become an everyday reality to her. The younger children of the Lower Falls Road area of Belfast do not understand the potential horror of a high velocity weapon, but many of the older children are growing to accept violence as a way of life.

(AP Wirephoto) AFL-CI0 CHIEFS QUIT PAY BOARD WASHINGTON (AP) AFL- CIO leaders voted today to walk off President Nixon's Pay- Board, an informed source said. The source, a member of the AFL-CIO executive council said the council voted in favor of the withdrawal of AFL-CIO President George Meany, United Steel workers President I. W. Abel and Machinists President Floyd Smith from the Pay Board. Meany reportedly was seeking to persuade the two other labor members of 15-man Pay Board to join the AFL-CIO in quitting.

The other two Pay Board members from labor are Teamsters President Frank E. Fitzsiromons and Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock, whose unions are not affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Fitzsimmons and Woodcock, who' have been described as reluctant to quit the board, did not attend today's AFL-CIO meeting although they had been invited. Resigi Walker, left, independent Democratic gubernatorial nominee; Cook County (Chicago) State's Ally. Edward V.

Hanrahan, center; and Sen. Edmund Muskie, D-Mainc, right, Democratic presidential preference primary candidate, were all victors in the Illinois primary election Tuesday. High School Wood lawn To Vote On Bond Issue Voters in the Woodlawn high school district will vote April 8 on a $227,000 bond issue that would pay for remodeling and adding to the school. If the referendum passes, a new library, study hall, cafeteria, kitchen, and one classroom would be built. The shop building and main structure would be re-modcled, with new floors, sellings, and lighting.

A public meeting to discuss the bond issue will be held at the school at 7:30 p.m. next Monday. On Rend Lake Campus College May Plant Trees, Prairie Grass Rend Lake College may plant 40 to 50 acres of trees and nearly as much in native prairie grass on the Ina campus, if a plan presented to the board last night is accepted. James McGhee, speaking for several faeully members and administrators suggested the frees and grass be planted in the northwest quadrant of the campus. As McGhee presented the plan the area west of the campus, north of the west access road and south of the road leading to the college disposal area would be planted with a variety of species ot trees.

A small pond would be created in the center of the forest-to-be and perhaps a small two room log cabin would be located near the pond. The area north and east of the road to the college disposal area and west of the north access road would be planted with native prairie grass, McGhee said. He estimated the cost of the tree planting project at under $1 ,000, bucuuso the trees have been promised by the Department of Conservation at a cost of $25 per thousand, he said. Dr. Eugene Estes, teacher of botany at the college, advocated the project for its value as a science teaching aid.

"This would be a long term project," Estes said, "It will be perhaps 20 years before students can go out and walk through a forest. But if it isn't done now it will be even longer." McGhee said that much of the area now in question is being used for soybeans this year by farmers who are leasing it from the college. McGhee said that, if approved, the project would not interfere with this year's crop, but would preclude soybean planting next year. The board passed a motion commending the faculty and administration for the work done thus far on the project, and asked that planning continue, with a more complete report to be made later. A request that the board recognize the Rend Lake Colloge United Professional Education Association as representative of (Continued On Col.

f) Rend Lake Manager nation Of Jones Is Accepted The Rend Lake Conservancy District board accepted general manager Richard D. Jones' resignation "with reluctance and deep regret" at the board's regular meeting last night. Board president Roy E. Patton of West Frankfort commented, "In every instance Dick met the challenge and under his leadership the Intercity Water System became a reality. His many accomplishments will always be remembered by the people of Southern Illinois." Angelo Bione of Christopher was the only board member voting not to accept the resignation.

"Dick did a fine job and it will be extremely hard to replace him," explained Bione. "That's why 1 voted 'no' on accepting his resignation." Jones will return to Louisiana, where he lived previously for eight and a half years, to go into private business. He declined to disclose exactly what the business venture entails. Replace Jones? Patton said after the meeting that the board's personnel committee would meet in the near future to "take a long, hard look at the current situation" to see if it will be necessary to replace Jones with a new general manager. If the board decides not to appoint a new general manager, Larry Foster, the current manager of operations for the district, would be the ranking administrator.

Jones' last day on the job will be this Friday. In other action, the Board approved a revision in the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) loan agreement. The revision calls for the change of dates on the $150,000 revenue bonds from May I.

1971 to Nov. 1, 1971 and on the interest payments from Nov. 1971 to May 1972. HUD agreed to delete the requirement that the district advertise its bonds for public sale. Loop Water Lines? The board authorized District engineer C.

C. "Bud" Givenrod to undertake a preliminary! study on the construction costs I for looping the lines of the in-j tercity Water System. The looping of the water lines would be an effort to mnke the system more efficient. Authorization to advertize for bids on the construction of a water line to two Old Ben coal (Continued On Page 8-A Col. 8) Beat Rolland Lewis, Carl Tennyson HENDREN, BRUCE WIN STATE SENATE RACES -0- -0- -o- (AP Wirephoto) -0- -0- -0- Henry C.

Hendren of Albion and Terry L. Bruce of Olney will be opponents for State Senator from the 54th district in the November election. Hendren won the Republican nomination in yesterdav's primary election over Rolland W. Lewis, mayor of Mt. Vernon, in a close race in the 13-county district which includes Jelfer- son county.

Bruce, the incumbent, won by landslide proportions over Carl Tennyson of McLeansboro, for the Democratic nomination. On the basis of unofficial results, Hendren defeated Lewis by 398 votes, with only throe precincts missing in the entire district. Hendren's unofficial vote was 9,760 to 9,362 for Lewis. Bruce defeated Tennyson, 15,041 to 5,959, on the basis of unofficial results. Here is the unofficial county- by-county vote in the GOP race between Mayor Lewis and Hendren: Hendren Lewis TERRY L.

BRUCE Jefferson I Wabash Effingham Edwards Lawrence Wayne Hamilton Crawford Cumberland Clay Richland Jasper White Gholson Wins Coroner Nod In Hamilton McLEANSBORO In the only contested race in Hamilton county, Jerome Gholson defeated Ruth McDonald for the Democratic nomination for coroner. With all 18 precincts reporting, Kholson had 1,806 voles to 397 1,052 873 1,910 743 1.444 408 766 272 619 54(1 381 355 9.760 2.241 547 1.080 133 472 1.238 683 779 360 THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN-Chicago's Muyor Richard J. Daley, right, addresses newsmen at Democratic headquarters in Chicago Tuesday night. Daley said he would support Edward V. Hanrahan, who defeated the regular Democratic party candidate for Cook Comity (Chicago) State's Attorney.

(AP Wirephoto) WALKER UPSET ROCKS PARTY FOUNDATIONS margin, partner. In the Harligan was Simon's CHICAGO (API Daniel J. Walker, whose quixotic cam- paifin took him on a 1, 200 -mile walk across the stale lo meet ()V Muskie Polls 63 Per Cent Of Vote LINE UP 59 DELEGATES FOR MUSKIE CHICAGO (AP) Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine won big today as the vote was tallied in his contest, with Sen.

George McGovern for Illinois delegate support for the Democratic presidential nomination. Muskie was capturing 59 tional convention delegates, to McGovern's 14, as the last pre: cincts were counted in that i phase of Tuesday's presidential primary. Ninety-seven per cent of the precincts had been ed. Eighty-seven delegates were chosen to go to the Miami Beach convention uncommitted to any presidential candidate, Muskie's delegate victories capped a showing in which he 'easily outdistanced Eugene .1. McCarthy to win as expected in a presidential preference pri- i mary, polling 63 per cent of the vote.

The demoted Democratic front-runner from Maine, whose White House campaign got off to a shaky start in the opening primaries, said in victory that i he'll keep winning now. The delegate contest was really 24 contests, with the 160 convention seats apportioned among Congressional districts, and the vote count through the night. Minor changes in the delegate lineup remained a possibility as the last votes were counted, but the meant there were more uncommitted delegates than the rival campaigners could claim between them. And that was about the only thing that went right' Tuesday for Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, who will lead tfhe uncommitted bloc when the Democrats convene in Miami I Beach July 10.

Daley's Chicago Democratic organization was jolted when two insurgents beat his chosen candidates lo win nominations for governor and state's attorney. "The people have spoken," said Daley. always a good thing when the people speak." In the presidential preference vote, with 99 per cent of the 10.858 precincts counted, this was the outcome: Muskie 747,622 votes, or 63 per cent. McCarthy 438.782 or 37 per cent. "We're going to keep on win- ning, through all me primaries, through the Democratic National Convention and across tht entire nation next November," said Muskie.

"This is the le Hepubliam primary. sage hal Je ichard B. Ogilvie easily i Continued on Page- 2, Col. 2) Edwards, Byers, Stedelin Win In For Representative Keller And Walsh Are Nominated In the 55th district, which includes the four northern townships in Jefferson county, John M. Edwards of CoUinsvUle won 771 for McDonald.

Both the Republican nomination for clnyus are from McLeansboro. state senator, while Harold D. Stedelin of Centralia and Harold Hawkins Gets Wayne State's Attorney Nod nation, rocking the foundations vidon 0( jn ol the parly statement. a vole of nm- Challenging the might ol lidence for the policies ol this Mayor Richard J. Daley ol Chi- administration." cago.

Walker lulled up wide Walker's win along with the 55th District ma, counties'j of Raymond Berg, the 3 1 and scored well in heavily Re- party's choice. By Edward V. publican Chicago suburbs lo Hanrahan in the Cook Count) dump the Daley-backed Simon, 'state's attorney the With unofficial returns from its most serious 10,165 ol 10,11511 precincts. I he I jolt since Daley look over I he former corporate attorney and. in 1954.

author of the critical report on Daley, nevertheless, was jo the 1968 Democratic National viijl Mon- newsmen alter the Convention week disorders tall- verdict was in. "The D. Byers of Highland won ie(l ,0 te 1 cratic nominations in the Gen 1 1 7'' ays ood whe eral Assembly race "We haw won' The people People speak. have won!" Walker. de-.

'though failing it. commit roDor ti nff Here are the hnal () wd ihimsclf for Walker. ll.e mayor; tofd campaign headquarters dci a "You iv bound to sup- wm after 2 a.m. Walsh was with Robert V. Walsh of Mt.

Vernon and Charles F. Keller of Effingham won the Democratic nominations in Tuesday's pri: mary for slate representatives 1 from the 54th district. The loser in I he three-mart dace was R. H. Sidle of McLeansboro.

With one of Hie 13 counties Democratic FAIRFIELD In the only Race: Stedelin, 101; Jefter- contested Wayne county race, son county 727. Don E. Brum- Robert Hawkins of Fairfield has met, Jefferson lieutenant governor would won the Republican nomination for state's attorney, defeating Willard Pearce of Fairfield. With all precincts reporting, Hawkins had 2.R30 votes to 890 for Pearce. A spokesman lor Simon said 1 (lHM 1 heHd oF 8 i ihnu uohsowi V0U 132.

Harold D. Byers, 'not comment until later today. ''in the prmmy md'parl NominaUjd as 1,1,1 Republican Jefferson county, 210. Neal Kckerl Loses 0 mlker 9 QOli was Republican Senate race: John Despite Walkers stunning 0 ji lo navw mHi DaS( on large number of Republi- M. Edwards, Jefferson ivictory, his running mate, county.

144. Robert A Hayes, Ibondnle Mayor Neal J. Jefferson county, .100. toll to Neil Hartigan by a wiclol (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) candidates for state representatives, without opposition, wert turn C.

Blades of FalrfleM anil Roscoe D. Cunningham of reuccville..