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I TEMPERATURE Saturday high 50; low 3C Sunday high 50; low 27. Last night's low 40. Today noon downtown 64. Tuesday sunrise Sunset 6:35. MT.

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VOLUME XL NO. 165 MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1960 30c PER WEEK BY CARRIER TUESDAY IS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER SHOT Prime Minister Hendrilc Verwoerd of South Africa holds hands to head as he slumps in his seat after being: shot twice in the head at a trade and farm exposition in Johannesburg, April 9. Man at right coming: to his aid Is unidentified. This picture was made by AP Photographer Dennis Royle, on assignment in South Africa from London.

BEFORE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT South African Prime Minister Hendrilc and his wife were In a gay mood at the Johannesburg agricultural fair, April 9, shortly before a wouldbe white assassin wounded the white- supremacy leader. Verwoerd fell back into his wife's arms, (ffl Wirephoto via radio from London) DRIVER'S HAT BLOWS OFF-3 BOYS KILLED BULLETS REMAIN IN VERWOERD Wounds May Be More Serious Than Announced; Souer is Acting Prime Minister. EISENHOWERS FLY TO GEORGIA FOR VACATION AUGUSTA, Ga. (API-President Eisenhower arris'ed in Augusta early this afternoon for a vacation of several days. The presidential plane Columbine III landed at 12:50 p.m.

making the flight from Washington in less than two hours. A crowd of about 500 was at the airport as the President and Mrs. Eisenhower landed. Eisenhower left quickly for the Augusta National golf course and a match with Arnold Palmer, newly crowned Masters champion. Fair and warm weather prevailed.

Shortly before Eisenhower left the White House Rep. J. Arthur Younger (R-Calif) brought the President a new putter. "It's guaranteed to take two or three strokes off your game," Younger told the President. He said the club was designed by Lorin R.

Todd, a police lieutenant in Burlingame Calif. "It has a rounded face which gives the ball overspin," said Younger, "and it has been approved by the United States Golf Assn." BURNS TO DEATH LAWRENCEVILLE, 111. (AP) R. L. Bayne, 38, burned to death in bed Saturday in a fire that swept his small frame house.

Fire Chief Don Bolden -said the fire apparently started from a burning cigai-et on a mattx'ess. MORGANFIELD, Ky. (AP)-A hat blew off a youth's head as he and five companions returned home in a car alter watching drag races. The driver tried to turn around to retrieve it. The car collided headon with a ti'ailer ti'uck and three Illinois teen-agers were killed.

Thi-ee were injured. State Police Trooper Ray Sisk, who pieced together the account, said tlie youths' car "must have been going awfiilly fast." The dead were June Darlene Goforth, 15, Donald J. Bates, 17, both of New Haven and Jolene Poshard, 17, of Norris City. In critical condition when brought to a hospital were Larry Goforth, 17, brother of one of the victims; Eugene Carney, IS, the driver; and Lavonne Mears, 16, all of New Haven. The track driver, Donald Jack Robinson, 21, of Bellvue, was unhurt.

Sisk said the group in the car had been to the races in Sturgis, Ky. When the hat blew off, Carney tried to tui-n, but swei-ved instead into the path of the truck. The accident happened on Ky 56 about nine miles west of here. Symington Wins St. Louis Backing ST.

LOUIS (AP) Senator Stuart Symington (D-Mo) was unanimously endorsed for the Democratic presidential nomination at the St. Louis County Democratic Convention Saturday. The organization also selected 152 delegates to the state Democratic convention in Jefferson City May 2. Missouri delegates to the national convention will be selected at the state meetinfi. By RICHARD KASISOIKE JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Oliver Sauer, chief of the Nationalist Party in Parliament, took over today as government leader in place of woiuidod Prime Minister Hendrik F.

woerd. Sauer promptly pledged to carry on Verwoeid's apartheid policies. Sauer, 62, is Minister of Lands in the Cabinet. He takes over the helm as senior member of the Cabinet, but will not serve as acting prime minister. Foreign Min- istr Eric Louw said.

But Saur will preside at Cabinet meetings. Sauer told Pai-iiament the government will continue on its regular program and Verwoerd's course, adding "the rest of the Cabinet will see that peace and order are maintained." "As far as Parliament is concerned there will not be any deviations from the existing program as a result of what has happened," Sauer declared. Even as Sauer spoke South Africa's white police and courts continued to take sharp action to quell racial strife and continuing Negro work boycotts against white supremacy laws. Verwoerd continued to show progress in a Pretoria hospital from two head wounds inflicted Saturday by a wealthy white farmer. An antigovemment newspaper suggested he may have been injured more severely than Ills doctors admit.

The Rand Daily Mail said the two bullets "may have caused damage which could impair his speech, his sense of balance, his hearing and possibly his mental state for some time." A medical bulletin said woerd is still weak but making progress, adding: "Reassurance can be given that there is no sign of paralysis and, according to the progress made so far, paralysis is not expected." Assassin Held Verwoerd's assailant, David Pratt, 52, had not appeared for arraignment in Johannesburg Magistrate's Court by late afternoon. Legal authorities were reported to be debating what charges should be brought. Teams of detectives revisited the scene of the Union Exposition Trade and Agriculture Fair. Authorities in the midst of the crisis pressed their crackdown on Negro resistance to South Africa's segregation policy. A large force of armed police, supported by amored cars, staged big door-to-door raids on a sprawling Negro settlement five miles outside Johannesburg.

Scores Arrested Scores of Africans were hauled away in police trucks. Many weapons were reported taken in what Col. J. C. Lemmer, deputy commissioner of police described as "a cleanup operation." Reports from Port Elizabeth on the south coast said 26 Negroes were arrested there on charges of incitement and intimidation.

There has been no indication Pratt had any accomplices, but detectives search several homes in the Johannesburg area in connection with the shooting. One friend said Pratt "hates Natioal- ists, and Vervoerd is nationalist 1." other frieds of Pratt a gentleman farmer, said he had shown no political leanings and described him as "a nice, courteous and very generous man." Civil Defense Telephone Here; It's CM 4-0123 MT. V. SALES LEADER AGAIN IN JANUARY START $125,000 SEWER JOB IN MT.V. TODAY Excavating For Main Extensions Begin in Big South Town Area.

A big sewer construction job by a $125,000 revenue bond in Mt. Vernon this morning. City Engineer M. J. Adamson said a big south town area will be sewered Jones street south to the city limits on both sides of Tenth street.

Other areas wnere sewer main extensions are scheduled are the Simpson subdivision in northwest Mt. Vernon and a small section along Nora street in west town. Do-lt-Yourself Job The major project is a do-it- yourself job, with the city hiring men to do the work under city supervision, rather than a contract jcb. Orba Howard, Benton contractor, has the contract for the ti'enching work of 15,000 feet of sewer lines. A five-man crew of workers started the job with an additional five-man crew to be added later.

Given a break in the weather, the job should progress with good speed. Sewer Dept. Supt. Arch Whitlock said. Boy Crushed By Road Grader STAUNTON 111.

(AP) A 10- year-oJd lx)y wa.s killed Sunday when he fell under the wheels of a road grader being driven by his lather near Staunton. He was Kenneth Cool of the St. Louis suburb of Pine Lawn. The boy was knocked from tlie road grader by tree branches and was crushed under the heavy rear wheels of the machine. He and his father were visiting Cool's father-in-law, Joseph Ping- holt of Staunton.

In the first month of the new year Ml. Vernon maintained its retail sales lead in all southern Illinois, based on the half-ceiit city sales tax receipts. State Revenue Department figures, released today, reveal that the City of Mt. Vernon will receive $9,229.27 from the municipal sales tax for January, lOCO. Ccnlralin, in Little Egypt, will receive $8,904.95.

Here are the receipts from the municipal sales tax in other towns in this area: Belle DuBoi.s—$80.14. Walnut Wayne .62. In South Illinois Sales tax receipts in other southern Illinois communities included: 08. ,972.72. 480.33.

Du 064.89. Flora- Johnston Murphy.shoro—$4,667.40. West West CLERK NEVER SAW EX-PREXY ENTER HOTEL BEVERLY LEAVES POLICE STATION Fatal Crash Near Centralia CENTRALIA 111. (AP) Curtis N. McLane, 24, of East St.

Louis was fatally injured early Sunday when his car crashed into a bridge abutment five miles north of Centralia. He died at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. The mishap occurred on U.S. Highway 51.

McLane, a clerk for the Chicago Eastern Illinois railroad, had been visiting his grandp.uents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Phipps in Centralia. Other survivors include his parents. Rev.

and Mrs. Hayden C. Gream of Cahokia, East St. Louis, three step-brothers and four stepsisters. Plane Crashes Between Houses CHICAGO (AP) A single-en gine plane stalled shortly after takeoff from Hinsdale Airport Sun day and plunged to earth between two houses.

The pilot was killed and his two passengers were injured. The pilot, Theodore A. Bowen, 37, of Chicago was practicing take offs and landings when the plane spun to the ground less than a mile from the airport in the west- em suburb. In critical condition in Hin.sdale Sanitorium was Zigmund F. Mizura, 27, Cicero.

Another pa.s- senger, Dnniel R. 33, Chicago, suffered facial and leg injuries. The plane era she dnitoavacant lot about 85 feet from a house at The plane crashed into a vacant lot about 85 feet from a house at about 6th Street and Route 83. She Points Out Hotel Guest, Accused of Slaying Owen. WASHINGTON (AP)-Hotel rm- ployes testified today I hoy heard a gagging sound from a hotel room sliortly beforr- police burst inside and found the nude body of David R.

Owen, fonn- or pi-esidcnt of Bradley University, Pcorin. 111. They testified at a coroner's in-j quest into the strangling of Owen iin a drab hotel ixwm last day. As they answered questions, Bobby Richard Over, 21, of Tampa, charged with the murder of Owen, sat slumi)ed in a chair. A tall huslcy youth in a brown jacket.

Van Over was so dazed tlidt he told Coroner A. Maginider Mac Donald that he did not know wliej-e he was. Tiio testimony about the screams preceding the discovery of Owen, a married man of 51 and manager of the Greater Santo Cruz, Calif. Cliamber of Commerce, was given by Joel Fodiman and Mrs. Mary Brown.

Fodiman, night clerk at the Alton Hotel, and Mrs. Brown, a mnid-clerk there, both told how they heard screams on two occasions coming from room 7 Thursday afternoon. When they heard the second scream, coupled with a gagginr' sound and a sound of footsteps they called police. Mrs. Brown told the coroner 'F, jury that -she remembered regi.s- tering Van Over at about 3 o'clock.

At the request of the coroner, she pointed to Van Over's slumped figure in the chair. Police said, shortly after arresting Van Over on an informant's tip, that the ca.se had abnorma' sex overtones. Mrs. Brown said she never did see Owen enter (he hotel, tJiat the first time she saw him he was stretched out alongside a bed, nude, after she accompanined po lice into the room. Van Over left the hotel, police say, but after his arrest admitted having strangled Owen when Owen resisted his attempts to take $14 from him.

Owen who left his post as Brad- Icy president after the school's basketball team was involved in a fix scandal, had been in Washington to testify before Congress in favor of a boat harbor improvement at Santa Cruz, STRAHOK, DALEY FACE VOTE TEST Remember this telephone number: It's CH 4-0123. That is the special telephone for Jefferson County Civil Defense headquarters at the Mt. Vernon rural fire department, Alva Mellott, county CD director, said the special telephone is a new public service and will be in service around-the-clock, 24 hours per day. Director Mellott said residents are urged to call the special number to report turbulent weather or any disaster information. CD will also be on the job to answer any questions on weather conditions.

Remember the number lit's CH 4-0123. MISSILE SUB IN FIRING TEST Rend Lakers To Put Pressure On Politicians A huge geyser of water shoots from the atomic missile-firing: submarine George Washington off Groton, in a firing test. The boat accompanied her sister ship the USS Patrlclt Henry, commissioned April 9, on an overnight cruise out of Groton. In firing test the sub hurls a two and one-iialf ton projectile appro.ximately 150 feet into the air. (W Wirephoto) BENTON The Committee for Survival of Franklin County has chfinged its name to "Citizens for Rend Lake." The group elected Duwai'd New house of Benton temporary chairman scheduled a meeting at West F.ankfort for April 22.

Seventy five people attended a meeting of the group in Benton, representing every town in the county except Sesser and Thompsonville. Putting pressure on polilicians for Rend Lake action was dis- cu.ssed at length as a prime citizens committee objective. One member suggested "a march on Washington." Poll Prefers Nixon, But Not Farm Policy ailCAGO (AP)-A recent poll taken in Iowa by Midwest Volunteers for Nixon shows considerable discontent for the administration 's fai-m policies. But, the organizatioi. reported Sunday tlie vice president was preferred over four potential Democratic opponents for the presidency.

William H. Fetridge of Chicago, chairman of the group, said the poll was based on interview.s with 738 adults from Feb. 25 thi'ough March 15. He said Iowa was selected "because we wanted to get a sampling of how Nixon would do in a typical farm state." Eighty-one per cent of farmers polled expressed disatisfaction for GOP farm policy, the organization said; 15 per cent were satisfied and 4 per cent had no opinion. Total reaction, including both farmers and non-farmers, showed 59 per cent 24 per cent satisfied and 17 per cent no opinion.

The poU-including farm and non farm person NLxon was preferred 52 to 48 per cent over Sen. John Kennedy (D -Mass); 59 to 41 per cent over Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex), and 61 to 39 per cent over both Sen. Stuai-t Symington (D-Mo) and Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic party's jj nominee in 1952 and Beverly Aadlund, former protego of Errol Flynn, loaves Hollywood PoUco Station, Saturday, for Juvenile Hall uftor her rejected suitor, William Stanrlu, 21, whot himself in her apartment.

Slaneiu died early Sunday from fifiinsliot wound in the head. Polleo detcctlvo holds door oi)en for Beverly, (m Win photo) ERROL'S LAST FLAME LOSES LATEST LOVER Beverly Aadland Soys Billy the Kid Raped Her, Shot Himself. HOLLYWOOD (AP) Deoth ended the stoi-y of William (Billy the Kid) Stanciu latest boyfriend in the life of Beverly Aadland, the day he became 21. Mi.ss Aadland, the late Errol Flynn's last flame, herself narrowly escaped death when the muscular would-be actor fired a fatal bullet into his head, She told police Stanciu foiced his way into her apartment Salur- day, raped her at gunpoint, threatened to kill her, tlien sobbed, "I love you too much. 1 can't kill shot himself.

He died Sunday in a hospital prison ward. Stanciu had been booked on picion of rape. Police listed his death as suicide and said they have no immediate plans for an nquest. An autopsy is pending. Beverly, 17, said he asked her to marry him and she refused.

"Ho told me that I had ruined his he loved me, but I didn't love him, and he goinR to kill me," she said. 'That's a of lies," as.sertec! Stanciu's brother, Kenneth, 22, another aspiring actor. "Beverly asked Billy to marry her a few weeks ago." He asked: "Why would Billy want to rape her? He and Beverly have been going together every night for six weeks. Ever-ybody in town knows that." He said he was certain his brother wouldn't kill wasn't that kind of guy. He had everything to live for." The dead man, son of Romanian immigrants had a juvenile arrest record.

Police found him lying nearly nude in Beverly's apart- Continued on ijago Two, column 2) MT.V. FACTORY BURGLARIZED; $2,000 LOSS General Radiator Looted of 1 Vi Tons of Solder, Valuable Tools. Governor Seeks Third Term GOP Nomination, Chicago Mayor Backs Demo Slate; Heavy Balloting Likely. ny STAN KOVEN GIICAGO (AP) Two political empires are at stake in Ilhnois primary balloting Tuesday the downs! nte Republican domain of Gov. and tlie big-city Democratic fortress of Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley.

The hottest contests in both parties have pointed this up. Candidates favored by Stratton or Daley have been bombarded with attacks on As a candidate himself for re- nomination to an unprecedented third consecutive term, political power probably would ba badly shaken If his opponent. State Sen. Hayes Robertson Flossmoor, should click with the voters. But the odds are heavily in favor of tlie incumbent.

Daley's armor would lie pierced if cither of two maverick Demo, crats former national chairman Stephen Mitchell or State Trcas- Polls To Open At 6:00 Tuesday In Primary Election The polls will open at 6:00 o'clock tomorrow morning in the primai-y election in Jefferson county. Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county residents will ballot at polling places in 45 precincts. The polls will clo.se at 6:00 p. m.

Republican and Democi'atic candidates will be nominated tomorrow for the final election in November for county, district and state offices. Tools and metal valued at were stolen during a last night at the General Radiator plant, 410 south 12th street. Police who investigated the l)reak-in the thieves took of solder metal, a tool containing assorted tools v.ilued at JF -IOO and a tool )vix containing tools valued at SilOO. The thieves got into the plant by breaking a window on the east side of tho building. Fail To Uncover Murder Weapon HERRIN, 111.

(AP)-A search r)arty of 50 Boy failed to turn up a rifle used in the Christmas D.ay slaying of Mrs. Margaret Strunk, 52, who Uved near Carterville. Herrin Police Chief Roy Cole directed searchers Saturday through thick underbrush south of Herrin around Carterville. A carbine bullet killed Mrs. Strunk and two derringer bullets were removed from the skull of her companion, Bernard Dobraski, 32.

Dobraski identified Dr. Walter J. Goodpaster as the gunman. Dobraski told authorities Goodpaster, 46, a Herrin Optometrist, fired at the couple after an argument over Goodpaster's barking watch dog. Dobraski said he tossed rocks at the dog.

Goodpaster is held without bond in the Williamson County jail in Marion on charges of murder and attempted murder. Garrison, Farrar, Lipps Chaney On School Boards R. LeBen Garrison and Fletcher Farrar were elected to three-year tenns on the Mt. Vernon grade school board of education Saturday. Carl Tubbesing was unopposed for a one-year term to fill a vacancy on the grade school board.

V. N. Chaney of Belle Rive and Robert Lipps of Mt. Vernon wore elected to three-year terms on the Mt. Vernon high school board in Saturday's balloting.

Here ia the vote in the two elections: Grade School R. Ben Garrison 446; Fletcher Farrar 394; Orian Metcalf 364; Miles Johnson 329; Carl Tubbesing 603. High School Lipps 566; V. N. Chaney 561; Florence Class 451; A.

Grant 313; Charles M. Jones 176, Farrar was reelected to the grade school board. Garrison, Tubbesing, Chaney and Lipps are new "school board members. urer Joseph Lohman should win the party's nomination for governor. Daley, and his impressive organization, have thrown their weight behind Otto Kenier, former Cook County judge.

The effect on Stratton would be something less than fatal, but still painful, ii anyone but Samuel Witwer should emerge from a sbc- way race as GOP candidate for U. S. Senator to run against the Democratic incumbent, Paul Douglas. But in this race, it's nip-and- tuck between Witwer, a Chicago attorney associated with government reform movements, and William Rentschler, a young, fast- moving Lake Forest candy manufacturer. A third independent GOP candidate, former State Treasurer Warren Wright, is considered in the running as well.

The vigor of these campaigns, with the resulting high pitch ol voter interest, has prompted forecasts of a heavy primary vote upwards of some say. Heavy Republican balloting would add to the prestige of Vice President Nbion, the only major aspirant entered in the non-binding presidential preference primary. More than voters have registered this year, an increase of more than over the number registered two years ago. And judging from an increase in the number of absentee ballots cast in Qiicago and suburbs, the (3iicago Board of Election Commissioners predicted a greater primary turnout this year than four years ago. In the last three presidential- year primaries, the vote total for both parties has been: in 1948, in 1952, and in 1956, 1,839,577.

Sen. Douglas is unopposed for re-nomination in the primary, as are most of the incumbent Republican state officers, all of whom ai-e seeking new terms. Also to be nominated in the primary are congressional candidates from the state's 25 districts. Twelve incumbent are unopposed. Lohman and Mitchell have concentrated efforts on inciting a downstate revolt against Daley, as Cook County chairman.

Consequently it is felt that Daley, even with a Kemer victory would be embarrassed if the combined Lobman-Mitchell vote should exceed Kemer's. Herrin To Vote On School Bonds HEREIN, 111. (AP)-Voters wiU consider a proposal for a school construction bond April 23rd. If approved, the money would. provide a new grade build'; iiig and Improvetpents to two isting.