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

TEMPERATUKE Thursday Wgh 48, low 34. 7:00 a.m. today 37. Downtown noon today 52. MT.

VERNON REGISTER-NEWS WEATHER Gear to partly cloudy and colder tonight with low upHcr 20s and low 30s. Considerable cloudiness and colder Saturday with high in low 40s. Outlook for Sunday clearing and cold. VOLUME 113 MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1967 30c Per Week USING TRUCE FOR BUILDUP GIs RESCUE 51 FROM RED PRISON CAMP PHAN THIET, South Vietnam (AP) American paratroopers fought their way into a Communist jungle prison camp today and rescued 51 emaciated, malaria-ridden Vietnamese prisoners who cried with joy as the Americans arrived.

The camp was discovered by accident when two Viet Cong guerrillas fired upon a company of the 101st Airborne Division on ia defensive patrol 90 miles northeast of Saigon. One prisoner, his thin body covered with sores, said the camp has been the scene of at least 30 executions in the past year. The Viet Cong managed to move away about half the estimated 100 prisoners in the camp as the paratroopers fought through the 21 buildings in the comptex hidden under a thick jungle canopy. The camp also probably housed part of a regional headquarters, according to Lt. Col.

Frank L. Dietrich, Traverse City, a battalion commander. One prisoner was found locked in primitive wooden Stocks, reported Capt Charles jpr. Belan who led his company Into the camp. Other prisoners were found in crude bamboo jails.

Three were Bo emaciated and diseased; they had to be evacuated by helicopters that hovered over the jungle and pulled them up by ijvinch. One of the rescued prisoners, Nguyen Tuoi, 35, a limner, said the prisoners never were given medical treatment even though the jtingle ctimp had twp dispensaries. They apparentity were used by the Vict Cong and North Viemamese troops In the area. At least one prisoner had been In the camp since 1964, American officers said. Chicago Ships Snow South On Train To Melt MEMPHIS, Tenn.

(AP) A rail shipment of more than one million pounds of rapidly melting arrived in Memphis Thursday on its way fromGhi- leago to points souths "They sent it because they wanted to get rid of it," ex- plahied A.W. PkHe, supervisor of Illinois Central's Johnson Yard in Memphis. "We'll send It on south to McComb (Miss.) and New Orleans." The snow arrived in 14 cars, itnd officials estimated that each carried approximately 80,000 (ounds of snow. J.H. Johnson, assistant general yardmasler, said railroad men in Chicago had "some empty hopper cars and more snow than they knew what to do with, they loaded It and sent it south to melt." When Centralia Car Runs Wild In Highwoy Widening At School SEEK 100 PER CENT WEST SALEM LOSS (NBA Radlo-Teleyhoto) BATTLE SCABS from her election campaign are siwrt- ed by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

During a rally in Orissa state, the lady was struck in the nose by a stone tlirown from a crowd of Jeerers. CENTRALIA, 111. (AP) An 18-month-old girl got in the driver's seat of a car Thursday night with these results: Two damaged cars, one bro- ften window and four persons slightly injured. Mrs. Patsy S.

Heard of rural Centralia, with her daughter. Amber, parked the car outside laundromat. The mother, who went in side alone, said she couldn't remember if she left the motor running. Little Amber somehow got the ear rolling. It struck the auto of Mrs.

Etha J. Bryant, which smashed tiirough the front window of the laundromat. Four persons inside the laundromat were injured. Amber was not hurt. MOtOBIST KILILED HIGHLAND, lU.

(AP) BU- nois police say one man was killed and anotlier injured when their car hit a bridge support on Interstate 70 and U.S. 40 near Highland, III. early today. State police identified the dead man as Robert Labadie, 18. The injured man was identified as David Stamm, 19.

Both men were from Moro, HI. Troopers repoit Stamm in serious condition at St. Joseph UosQiial jB Hisblaadi Demand Ouster Of Sukarno JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Indonesia's Parliament was reported today to have called on Congress to oust President karno and investigate his connections with the Communists. Political observers expect Congress to accede to the request. "The more than 300 mem- Jbers "Of Parliament make up half the Congress, the nation's highest legislative body.

Members said Parliament will present its resolution Saturday to Congress, which is to meet early next month. The resolution also asks Congress to name an acting president. In a further blow to Sukarno's waning support, parliamentary members from the pro-Sukarno Nationalist party were said to have voted for the resolution after initial resistance. Sukarno remained secluded in his Jakarta palace. The military leaders who blocked the attempted Communist coup in October 1965, and took over the government the following February have urged the president to resign before Congress meets to reduce the possibility of violent reaction from his supporters.

But Sukarno has given no public inkling of his plans. One government minister said that if Sukarno had decided two weeks ago to leave the country, "he might have gotten away with it. But now it is questionable whether the generals will Itet him go." In East Java, Sukarno's birthplace where affection for him remains strong among millions of peasants, the Moslem Nahda- tul Ulama party demanded that Sukarno be dismissed. The state highway depai't- ment it was revealed last night, has been asked to allow 100 per cent loss to the Mt. Vcr- 3ion grade school disti'ict for encroachment of a realigned Highway 460 on the West Sa lem school property.

Dr. John Alford, superintendent, told the District 80 board of making the i-equest and said state officials have made no decision. Russell Stewart, board president, named a committee to seek professional guidance on value of the property and watch over state right-of-way purchases for the highway. The liighway will be widened and improved as an approach to the intersection of Interstate Higliways 57 and 64 west of Mt. Vernon, In otlier business the board: 1.

Set up the machinei-y for the April 8 election of three board members; 2. Was told the may get more, instead of less, federal aid than originally sought. 3. Awarded a contract to Noel Davis, architect, lor a survey to determine work needed for school buildings to meet standards of a life safety code; 4. Authorized issurance of an anticipation warrant for up to $20,000 at per cent interest: rest; 5.

Raised the minimum wage for custodians' overtime pay from $2.50 to an hour; 6. Passed unanimously a re solution commending Virginia Riley, administrative secretary to the board, for an article in the National Education Association Journal. The article, Is entitled "The Educational Secretary," Board members whose three- year terms expire this year are Mrs. Helen Steffy, Donald Musick and Edward (Bud) Rue. The board dsignated Vu-ginia Riley and Charles Rohlfing to receive election absentee ballots, to issue ballots and handle other absentee voting procedures.

Petitions of candidacy can be filed beginning February 22 through March 18. Applications for absentee ballots can be made by mail through April 3 and in person through April 5, Ballots will be cast April 8 from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at Casey Junior High School. Alford explained that last year the school district received about $120,000 in federal aid through Title 1 of a 1965 law. Early this year the school was advised the application should be cut, and it was, to something like $96,000.

Later officials said the eventual grant would probably amount to about $12,000 under tlie figure requested. "Now we are iold a re-evaluation is sclieduled and we may end up with about $106,000," the superintendent said. He said further that represen- (Gontinued On Page 2, Col. 8) SHE'S ALL the Jump on Valentine's Day is CMcago Gas Light Club cocktail waitress Jean Valentine Bose, whp sports a pair of heart-shaped glasses while holding a big valentine. Valenthie's Day has always been extra spe- del for her because it's her birthday.

HAR Wlrepfaotoi), 900 BOATS, 804 TRUCKS SEENJN DAY Massive Supply Mbye- ment Is Five Times Normal Traffic, May Cause U.S. to Resume Bombing. SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP) -The U.S. Command today reported a massive supply buildup in North Vietnam during the first three days of the lunar new year truce and the suspension of American bombing raids. U.S.

officials said the four -day cease -fire proclaimed by the South Vietnamese government remains in effect. But they would not rule out the possibility that air strikes against North Vietnam might be ordered before the truce ends Sunday should the Communist buildup reach levels considered "intolerable" by the U.S. Command. Tlie North Vietnamese movement of supplies southwai-d is "not technically a violation of the stand down," these sources said, but it was obviously long planned and "creates doubts as to North Vietnamese sincerity about the truce." U.S, sources said it appeared unlikely that the foupday truce would be extended to match the seven-day cease-fire proclaimed by the Viet Cong. A U.S.

spokesman said that in the first 30 hours of the truce that began at 7 a.m. Wednesday, U.S. reconnaissance planes and destroyers sighted some 900 boats along North Vietnamese coast five times the number normally se'efe such warplanes, A sharp increase in road traffic in North Vietnam also was reported. The spokesman said 112 trucks were spotted by U.S. warplanes on Tuesday, the day before the truce began, but on Wednesday, after the cease-fire took effect, various sources reported seeing 779 trucks.

Thursday the jumped to 804, the spokesman reported. If that rate of water and road traffic is maintained until the four-day truce proclaimed by the South Vietnamese government ends at 7 a.m. Sunday (6 p.m. EST Satm -day), the spokesman said the North Vietnamese will be able to move an estimated 35,000 tons of material south toward the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam. During the two-day Christmas truce, he added, the Communists moved an estimated 10,000 tons of supplies into the south- em part of North Vietnam.

The spokesman said the North Vietnamese ai-e also using the cease-fire to repair bomb-damaged roads and bridges. Navy Cmdr. Jack E. Jones of Lemoore, who flew over North Vietnam Wednesday, reported: "We saw over 100 trucks moving down the highways, watched a pontoon bridge being built and saw six very large barges moving down river." While neither the American ctKnmand nor other allied spokesman were making reports of activity on their side, it was assumed that allied forces were moving men, material and supplies at a normal rate in South Vietnam. This presumably includes the landing of replacements or other troops as well as the unloading of cargo.

Allied military authorities reported that 267 incidents have marred the first three days of the truce period, but only 49 were termed significant, meaning they involved allied or enemy caaMdties or "obviously important" enemy troop movements. New Merchant Policeman Named By Sesser Mayor Harvey Hudson was named by Mayor Dwight Dame last night as a merchant policeman replacing Barry Webb. Hudson's appointment, which was ratified by the city council, is effective February 15. Webb resigned Januaiy 18. The council also voted to.pur- diase a larger tractor and mower for use at the city cemetery.

A committee was appoint- de by Daait to 4H Uds. MT. V. TO HAIL OZARK TOMORROW To Dedicafa Runwoy AFTERNOON CELEBRATION AT AIRPORT COLLAPSES UNDEB Is an alniew of St. Bose of Lima Boman Catholic Church where the roof collapsed dur- Ing 8 o'clock Mass Thursday.

Forty-eight persons were injured when tlie church roof sagged under heavy snow and collapsed with a roar. (AP Wlrephoto) Presidential Succession RATIFY 25th AMENDMENT! CARSGN GITY, Nev. (AP) The Nevada Senate unanimously adopted a resolution today that formally ratifies a U.S. constitutional amendment on presidential succession. The Senate adopted the measure at 10:44 a.m.

to fulfill the requii'ement that two-thirds of the states approve it. The Assembly had adopted the measure TJiursday. Nevada thus became the 38th state needed to place the new 25th Amendment into the Constitution. Minnesota became No, 37 earlier today. The 1965-67 Congress first adopted the resolution.

The amendment allows the President to fill a vacancy in the office of vice presidency. It also provides methods to make the vice president acting president chief executive becomes disabled. Princess Falls At White House WASHINGTON (AP) King Hassan II of Morocco finished a day of welcoming in Washington and at the White House with the pronouncement that relations between his country and the United States "will always move from good to better." The monarch and his retinue were entertained royally by 'President and Mrs. Johnson at a state dinner Thursday night while Washington was in the midst of another snow storm. There was a momentary flurry at the pax-ty when the King's older sister, Pi'incess LaUa Aisha, tripped on her turquoise gown and lost her balance as the guests of honor were coming downstairs with the Johnsons.

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, chief of protocol James Symington and her brother, Prince Moulay Abdallah, came to the princess' rescue. The princess, who is Morocco's ambassador to England, suffered no iU effects from the incident. But the event was duly photographed by a lineup of cameramen who were waiting to take a formal picture of the guests of honor. Salem People Hurt In Florida Meets Students Reagan Not Changed On By JAMKS BOW SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) University of California student marchers return to classes today with no sign that their state Capitol protest changed Republican Gov, Ronald Reagan's mind on tuition and economy. Reagan thanked his administration's first wave of marching protestors Thursday but gave no indication he'd change his plans to cut higher education budgets and charge tuition for California students at the state university and colleges. Many of the students had ridden all night on chartered buses from campuses 400 and 50O miles away. Thousands more from California's 19 state colleges are scheduled to march Saturday, led by the California Federation of Teachers (AFL-CHO), In an unscheduled address to tlie students, Reagan said he was "a Uttie shocked" over reports that he held a grudge against higher education. "I want to thanit you because you are the first and only group in the academic community that have come and asked the governor what his position is," Reagan said.

Later, student leaders said after a private conference with Reagan that they had failed to get their point across. "We feel he does not understand the University of California, the state colleges or higher education in general," said Jay Jeffcoat, president of the student body at the University's Santa Barbara campus. Reagan says a $280-annual university tuition and "temporary" spending cuts are needed to balance the state budget. But Reagan now has "a different perspective and new respect for studests in general considerably more respect," Jeffcoat said. Jeffcoat, dressed in a dark suit and striped tie, joined other student leaders in advising the marchers to be quiet and Jeffcoat said the marchers represented all shades of student opinion from the nine-campus university.

Included were some from the Berkeley campus, the scene of demonstrations and unrest that reached a climax with tiie firing of university President Clark Kerr last month. NEW SNOWSTORM ON EASTERN COAST Red China Has Atomic Spy Case By JOHN BODEfUCK TOKYO (AP) The first atomic spy case in Red China the newest and probably least advanced member of the nuclear club was reported today. There was speculation in Tokyo that it would be used to whip up more public fui-y against the Soviet Union. Quoting the "Revolutionary Workers' Daily," a newspaper loyal to Mao Tse-tung, the Pek- coiTespondent of the Tokyo newspaper Mainlciii Shimbun said two arm.ed men in the chemical industry ministi-y have been arrested on a charge of stealing atomic secrets. One of them was identified as an official named Ting Tirfh- sheng.

The nature of the secrets was not specified. The paper said Security Minister Hsieh Fuchih, an ally of Mao, was investigating to determine whether any of the information had gotten to a foreign country. The foreign country was not named. The spy report came amid continuing daily anti-Soviet demonstrations in Peking and anti-Chinese demonstrations in Moscow. The Soviet government today published the text of a protest note to the Chinese govei'nment Implying that it was hindering the flow of Soviet aid to North Vietnam.

By IHE ASSOCIATED PRESS new snowstorm shuck the bllzzard'-ravaged Eastern. Seaboard today up to 14 inches of additional snow that tangled transportation in some areas, played havoc with thousands of commuters and forced school closings. But as dawn broke, the storm appeared to be tapering off and rising temperatures were expected to help melt the white stuff. In several states along the Eastern Seaboard, the snow had stopped by daylight, but not before leaving great accumulations. The storm hit Virginia and the then swept northward into New Jersey, New York and New England where millions were still digging out of Tuesday's bhzzard that dumped up to 16 inches of snow, took lives and cost millions of dollars ai business losses and snow removal expenses.

In Boston, all classes were canceled in the public schools. Tlie wind-driven snow was falling steadily, but the accumulation in downtown Boston at 6 a.m. was only a fraction of an inch. In Maryland, which was one of the hardest hit states, the storm ended shortly before dawn. Snow emergency plans were in effect in 11 counties.

The storm dumped inches of snow on Salisbury, on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Mai'yland State Police said there were no fatalities, and that all state roads were open. Baltimore City schools also were open, but public schools in four Eastern counties (CJontinued on page 2. column 1) To Get Home Improvement Jobs Report Mt. V.

Officials Are Being Impersonated PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP)Two Illinois residents were reported in fair condition today following the collision of the sightseeing bus in which they were riding and a tnack. lith Kendrick, 67, and Mame Sweeney, 77, both of Salem were among 13 tourists admitted to a hospital following the accident Tiiiirsday cm 41. GOLF COURSE LOAN WASHINGTON (AP) The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday a loan of $140,000 to help finance the construction of a golf course in Lake Bluff, 111. The loan raises the total loan to Mt.

Vernon residents were warned today to beware of people who have been impersonating members of the city's inspection bureau. (Charles "Bus" Compton, chief of the city's inspection bureau, said he has received reports this week that residents in east Mt Vernon have been told, by telephone, that their homes will be condemned and tom down if they do not make certain impi -ovements. Later, he said, they have been contacted by persons seeding contracts for installation of new siding, new windows and other home improvements. "The city 's inspection department never contacts a resident by telephone," Inspector Compton said. "We always send a registered letter, requiring a return receipt, when we request anyone to improve prop- He also said that any time the city conducts a visual ui- spection of a property the inspector wears a unifoiTO which identifies him as a bonafide employe of tlie city.

"To avoid becoming a victim of a confidence game we advise residents who receive such telephone calls to immediately contact us and, above all, not tg enter into any contracts through feai- that the city will demolish property," Compton said. Inspector telephone number at city hall is 242-2000. Compton said that he was told of one local resident who sold his home because of the anonymous threats. Compton said that investigation by his department shows that no Mt. Vernon firms are involved in tbe impersonations.

All highways and air routes will lead to Mt. Vernon Satuiv day. They will be filled with thousands of people expected for a gay public fete in behaU of Ozark Air Line's fifth versary of service to southern Illinoii. The gi'eat, the near great and Mr. Average Citizen will be among those present from many of A i a's metropolitan cities, small communities and the farm lands of the nation's By time the last goodbye is said at early evening, there will have been sown seeds of pleasant memories that will be recalled in the years ahead.

Beginning with Open House at 10 a.m. in Mt. Vernon Aliv port and conthiuing six hours at the same site, there wdll he activity galore, to be foUowed by a social gathering from 4 to p.m, in Elks Country Club. Early arrivals will tour the admmistration building and surrounding area. There will be a bevy of hostesses on duty throughout Open House time, greeting all visitors, with approximately 20 visiting mayors and other dignitaries receiving gold keys to the city of Mt.

with boutonnieres, from the "hostesses. Ozark Air Line officials, and representatives of world known airlmes flying in and out of St. Louis, will aiTive at 11 a.m. in a new FH-227-B prop jet, with Capt. R.

Paul (Pappy) Downs at the controls. Aboard will be Ozark's President Thomas Grace. It wiU be last time Gapt. Downs will fly a commercial plane into Mt. Vernon or elsewhere, as he is retiring from such service as of day.

As Downs flies off at 3:30 p.m, he will be given the time honored salute by Ozark officials and the public. During the stay here of the FH-227-B, the public will be privileged to inspect it hi and outside over a period of several hours. Airport hostesses will serve as guides. The day's general chairman, Lewis, city manager of Mt, Vernon, and Stan Koziara, chairman of Mt, Vernon Airport Board Authority, have arranged a noon luncheon at The Lawrence in behalf of Ozark Air Lhies officials and visiting dignitaries. Beginning at 1:45 p.m., at the airport, a strolling group of musicians from Mt.

Vernon "Township High school, under direction of Charles Gi'egg, will entertain during a 30 minute period. An honor guard, directed by Hubert Griffith, Mt. Vernon Township High school, will present the colors at 2:15 p.m. give an exhibition of drill and then until 2:35 p.m. maneuvers.

At 2:35 p.m., there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony to be followed by a 45 minute program of speaking and introductions. Guest speakers wlU include United States Senator Charles Percy, who will be accompanied by Mrs. Percy; Congressman Kenneth Gray; Ozark Airlines' President Grace and J. E. Wenzel, director, Illmois Department of Aeronautics.

A number of state and aviation agency officials, United States postal officials and Illinois district state representatives will occupy the platfoim and wiU be introduced prior to the speaking. Throughout the day, beginning at 10 a.m., Mt. Vernon Aviation Company, directed by Max Firebaugh, aiiport manager, will provide airplane rides for the public at a cost of one cent per pound, with a maximum charge of $1.00. According to replies received from Invitations, the following mayors will be present: Morgan Phipps, Mattoon; A. Ross Hor.

ton, Belle Rive; Relza Troutt, Sandoval; Ollie RauliSton, McLeansboro; Thomas E. Smith, Christopher; Fiank Patterson, WaltonviUe; Dwight Dame, Sesser; J. J. Struck, Du Quoin; jContlnued oo figt 3, Jji.