Wisconsin State Journal from Madison, Wisconsin • 37

MH, 'HW -4 Follow-Up Pledged on Complaints ins eoring Told I I Exist li -r- Charge of Police Brutality Draws Rebuke From Officer Madison Suburban Wisconsin AState Journal THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1967 By JOHN T. AfcHL (01 Th Stat Journal Staff) Racial prejudice is a problem in Madison, and there can be 77s' Termed 7rrfant' documented cases, according to persons who spoke at an emotion-filled public hearing on possible racial tensions Wednesday night at Marquette School. About 120 persons, 15 to 20 of them Negroes, heard charges and counter-charges over al- leged police brutality before 'ner husband operate a bar (The two young men and a woman Lobby Bar, 513 E. Wilson St.) quieted the crowd with their de- jn tne oniy times egroes scriptions of racial discrimina- have caused incidents they have tion they have encountered. been from outside the city.

The Madison Equal Opportuni-) She said Madison Negroes ties Commission, which called who are her customers have the hearing to try to find out said there are no hard feelings about city racial problems, pro-here, and no reasons for Ne- mkpH tn fnllnw tin nn infnrma- props tn "start anvthina 'Elite' UW Parking Permits Abolished By JEFFREY DEAN (Of Tht SUtt Journal Staff) "What's going to happen to the social structure of the faculty?" That was the enigmatic question raised by the sole student member of the new Madison; fcjsaa mhi it 'if i i in in th im I tion gathered at the hearing. As for police brutality, Campus Parking and Transpor- rigidly controlled and be good-A similar hearing is scheduled said, in her experience, "police tatl" Buoard: D.av.!d for only a specific lot or lots for 7 tonight at Lincoln Juniorigo out of the way to be patient fus the a11 ofland sPeeific times- High School in South Madison, with people." thet coveted J7 parklng per1 Tne new Plan was recognized Tornados Wake: A stunned Albert Skram, 818 Bowman sits amid I the wreckage of Borchers Beach house he was renting for I the summer. Skram escsaped without injury after Wednes- Shock and day's early morning tornado Hazel, was severely injured. Debris struck the area, but his wife, -stat. journal photo by Edwin stew lHt utiNLii AL crowa atti- iHbKb wlki, several hear- tude was that the near Last say statements of rough treat-tc sin Wednes-Side is essentially a good place; ment from and there to live, even with some admitted was one allegation, made byj These privi-problems, including some racial several of the area residents in- I ed permits, discrimination.

There was some eluding Kitteridge, who said once the most strong disagreement, though. they saw a young man hand- highly treasured "There is trouble here, and'culfed by police who had his 'status symbols in vou don't see it," said Mrs. Art head beaten against the side-jthe rigidly class-Thomas, 709 Rogers St. Mrsjwalk. The incident occurred structured world Thomas is white; her husbandimany months ago, they said.jof university mma uic win- jtmimf versity ot Wis-JT campus parking gave their bear- rights in any Uni ATWELL versity lot.

Their passing was not; mourned by board chairman tip The boy and his family did not make any charges, and the is a Negro. "You don't know the problems in trying to find a decent place to live." she said. "You can't; speakers said they had parking rent an apartment. You have Thomas said to Kitteridge, to be a Negro to know." I "The Madison Police Depart-She said her young daughter! ri does not tolerate bru-and son were suffering from this tality. If what you say is true, discrimination.

you should contact Police Wallace W. Cleland, professor board rec0mmended to the cen- -of biochemistry, who termed the; tral administration that a "dis- as Deing a soiuuon to me psy-. chological irritant" by Univer sity Vice-Chancellor Robert At-: I well who said, somewhat unen-. thusiastically, "I don't have to this." I Prof. Jakobson refused to vote on the proposed change! unless it was amended to an experimental program for-! the coming school year subject to elimination or change afterward.

After it was amend- -1 ed to fit his specifications, was passed unanimously. UNIVERSITY Regents, have long been issued "77" per-. mils as a v. were- handled seDaratelv hv the "real misuse of administrative "The administration feathers its own nest and doesn't takel care of ils faculty," he Atwell retorted, "Your com'--ments will make interesting' After breaking down once while speaking, she added, "The young kids growing up in Madison won't take this much longer. They won't accept what the either.

Chief Emery or myself. "You, sir, are derelict as a citizen in not calling this to our attention." The responsibility of the citi- jpla'ms was emphasized by the Rev. James Wright, chairman of the commission; Mayor Otto Festge; and Richard Callaway, an attorney. ANOTHER attorney, Neal permits a -psychological irn-jtinctive. form of identification tant- jfor regents' cars be worked- "At least half of them arejout.

handed out for prestige rea- Another faculty irritant I sons," Prof. Cleland said. entered the meeting when "I don't think there's a singlelgarage in the basement of person on this campus ojnew Van Hise building was older people, who have comelzen to make known his corn- needs 10 pans in every single cussed, its 4U spaces will De-lot," Prof. Leo Jakobson added. ih a 1 by the central ad-: IN THE FUTURE faculty -ministration.

and staff members will be as-' PROF. CLELAND called it a. signed to a parking lot, and, Toman, received a generallyithis will be there home base, authority" when the administra-negative reaction when he ac-llf they feel the need of having tion builds itself a parking cused Thomas of threatening more parking areas for theirigaraee outside of the univer- iuse, tney can apply, in wrmngSity parking system. here from the South, have ac cepted as better. hen a race riot starts here, it will be the young people who start it." MOST SPEAKERS said they did not believe the problems here were critical enough to cause any racial disturbances like those in Milwaukee a Detroit, but ihev arknrmiprfcrprf difficulties Pride in their near East Side neighborhood was emphasized by several speakers, such as Bill Bazan, 1331 who said, "There is a lot of harmony here interested citizens trying to solve our own problems." ne accused some i Morrisonj'o Kitteridge and when he ques tioned the crowd's acceptance; of statements by Thomas.

He said, of racial incidents in Madison, "I of i youths who think it's great fun WHAT WIND CAN DO Clad in waders, Undersheriff Vernon (Jack) Leslie, hatless in center, directs rescue work- ers as they clear away tornado's wreckage from the Lake Mendota surface. The bodies of the twisters two victims were found under the debris that littered the area, 8" aown 10 souln Maalson; reading in the newspaper, but they distort the situation." and ride through and with sufficient justification, for alternate parking stickers The alternate stickers will be Igfj. Jurns Banned rl I jficlals t0 stop crashes at W' Broadway and two Falcon Cir- cle streets in Monona byj changing traffic rules is The garage was recommend-. 'nigger, nigger, DiacK man, I'll bust your and then scoot out" APPLAUSE was given for ed by a faculty committee, he. said, and "is not a unilateral; feathering of the nest." JACKSON moved that the younger residents of the statements by sev who have formed the persons, including mat ot be excluded irom tne.

Harry Hamilton, 918 Pontiacpected to go into effect today, its users- wno must pay n'g Lns bv east J120 a year to Park Jjlay iafffc intoihave to a re8ular Park' rw ctreote I i tho!" tney want alternate parking-; be restricted as soon as the, Items in Brief Group to Organize The Wisconsin Distributive Education Alumni Assn. will hold its first organizational meeting at the Downtowner Motor Inn, 350 W. Washington Ave. on Aug. 13.

Officers will be elected. Exchange Club Recently elected officers of the Exchange Club of Madison are Thomas A. Page, 1414 E. Skyline president; Donald MacLeish, 6241 Highlands vice president; Harold Os-borne, 2011 University secretary; and Myron Gold-schmidt, 221 E. Sunset treasurer.

The members of the board of directors are LeRoy a 1 1 5058 Marathon Hugh Dega, 5063 Marathon IJohn Freeman, Joe Meagher, 742 Oneida Place, and Jerry Mullins, 844 Prospect Place. Madison News Free Car Wash Donors at the Badger Blood Center between 1 and 5 p.m. today will get their car washed free at the Red Cross Center en Ann just off the South Beltline. Dystrophy Carnival Jeff Ophime, son of Mr. and Mrs.

David Ophime, 3826 Anchor will serve as ring-in a for a neighborhood carnival at his home starting at noon Friday for the benefit of muscular dystrophy victims. Maltba Honored Rufus L. Maltba, 5331 Frosty Lane, recently received a certificate from the i 1 ton Masonic Lodge noting his 50 years in Masonry. He was made a Master Mason on Sept. 20, 1916 in Watauga Lodge No.

273, Boone, N.C. Trail, who said that while "not I all avenues are open in Madison to people of my tne soiuuon to a commicatcu uie auiimuu iu a uiuiuuuui.ii:.. problem is "basically a matter of love love your neighbor. PLATTEVILLE GRADUATES PLATTEVILLE Forty-five graduate students and 119 undergraduate students are candidates for degrees at Platte-ville State University this sum mer. Summer session com mencement will be at 2:30 p.m.

Friday in the Williams Field House. i I OlgllO ait 111 JJiuvv wuwj. The Falcon Circle streets are the two most-used south entrances to Monona since Bridge Rd. was closed in June for reconstruction of Black Bridge. Village officials pre viously issued warnings to res-: idents about using Falcon Cir-tion, and the University cle entrances because they.

bus lane until its next meeting were unmarked and dangerous. 'in September. John Winner Safe Aboard Forrestal John Winner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Winner, 1217 Diake has notified his parents that he is safe after being aboard the fire-stricken aircraft carrier USS Forrestal.

Winner entered the Navy in February. He boarded the Forrestal in June after graduating from Great Lakes Naval Train ing Center. The carrier arrived in Vietnamese waters on July 26. UW to Close Part of Observatory Dr. The University of Wisconsin reported Wednesday that Observatory from Elm to Bab-cock would be closed to vehicular traffic during the next four or five weeks.

A high bank on the south side of the road which is not protected because of construction work necessitated the closure. Third in the priority in the budget is a $286,900 request to complete the development of the Southeast Golf Course by establishing roads, parking areas, and complete the course layout. Marshall promised the commission the course would be opened on "May 30, 1968, at 10 a.m." MADISON'S BEACHES are crowding to the point that the park board felt compelled to request $1 million for the construction of several swimming pools in the city in the early 1970s. New Commission Will Bid for Airport Area $8.2 Million Urged for All Projects The new Madison Airport Commission held its first meeting Wednesday and heard a proposal for extensive private use of the southeast corner of the airport by the Monona Aviation firm. The firm asked the City Council last week for a chance to Capital Budget for Seven Slightly Hurt When 3 Cars Bump Three women and four children were injured none seriously in a three-car accident shortly before 3 p.m.

Wednesday in the 2400 block of University Ave. Police said that a car driven by Mrs. Ernestine Chechik, 60, of 3538 Topping bumped i into the rear of a car driven by Mrs. Marilyn Cunnar, 27, of 814-B Eagle Heights. That car was pushed into one driven by Mrs.

Catherine Jones, 27, of 105-F Eagle Heights. Mrs. Jones said she had slowed for a car stopped in front of her. Mrs Jnnps anrl hpr rfancthfprs Anne, 2, and Catherine, 4, and Mrs. Cunnar and her children, Geoffrey, 2, and Jenifer, 4, were all treated and released at University Hospital.

Mrs. Chechik, who was ticketed by police, was treated at Madison General Hospital. Parks This project is one of the few tentative requests in the total budget. ipu. I i ne udpiidi uuugei aibo con tains several large requests for improvements at the University Hill Farm Park Shelter, Garner Park, Marshall Park, Elvehjem Park, Brittingham, and Warner Park.

INCREASING USE of soft-ball and football fields forced a request for $405,000 for the installation and improvement of lighting at the West Side Baseball diamonds, University TTM1 i. ,1 nui rami tenuis courts, ana the Southeast Golf Course. The board also: ONE. Recommended that the Board of Estimates approve reduced cost figures for the Vilas Park Zoo commissary building and the University Hill Farms' Park shelter. TWO.

Rejected the request of the Madison Mustangs to operate concessions at Warner Park during their football I games tms ran and ordered the city to operate all concessions at Breese Stevens Field and Warner during public events. University parking system, and His motion passed with one. abstention, Vice-Chancellor At- -1 well. I The board adjourned its three i and one-half hour meeting 5:30 p.m. and deferred action on business parkins permits, residence halls parking iurisdic-- Study Lease Aviation were at the commission meeting and said they would become part of the Monona Aviation operation.

'J The Green Bay firm said it wished to install over $80,000 in testing equipment for planes in a centralized service area for Wisconsin and surrounding, states. THERE ARE several other companies who are interesting in locating in the Monona Aviation Lee said, including Rockwell-Standard, which handles sales of Aero Commander planes, and Custom Air Sales of Muskegon, Mich. The idea of a maintenance shop for private planes received enthusiastic rt from Arthur Touchet, of Professional Office Buildings, which has two planes which Touchet said are not maintained well here because of. lack of service. I Mittelstadt and Frickleton-said, "Madison has inherited castle and has had no offers whatsoever for its use.

Who will maintain and support these huge buildings? As a business enterprise, Monona Aviation wants to build a full scale, comprehensive aviation facility." There were no specifics on financial terms. Lee said the firm is ready to negotiate. East Side Madison Co-op, of "obviously frying to create some kind of issue" with agitation over alleged rough treatment of a white boy by police and with distribution of a flyer on allegations of police brutality. Jack Kittredge, 217 Schley Pass, defended the co-op and denied that the co-op was responsible for the flyer. ONE OF THE two young Negro men who was specific about a case of alleged discrimination was John AnArson, a resident of Beld St.

on the South Side. He said a Madison beer bar refused to allow him to enter even though he had an authentic Wisconsin identification card. He said that the checker at the door said the bar catered only to college students, although the bar is well away from campus. Anderson said he persuaded a white friend to try to enter the bar and the friend was served without any check of an ID card. Anderson said he went to the district attorney's office and couldn't get action, they went to the city attorney's office where he could no get more than a promise to look into the matter.

"That means that the owner will be talked to, he'll let everybody in for two; or three weeks, and then go back to normal," Anderson said. Police Inspector Herman Thomas said that if Anderson had a proper ID he had a case and should come to the police. AN AIR FORCE sergeant at Truax Field, Richard Cunningham, a Negro, said he had difficulty obtaining an apartment, although he finally did get one. He praised Madison for "being enlightened enough to call this meeting to get at problems." Mrs. James Biwer, 1450 Mor rison supported Mrs.

Thomas' statements, saying that when the Thomases moved in, some older neighbors "were going around whispering. 'We have got to sell, we've got to Mrs. Biwer said that she and present detailed plans for eight types of services as part of a "fixed base operation to which the city would lease buildings and airport land. The commission did not act on the proposal, but it will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday to discuss it.

Robert G. Lee, attorney for Monona Aviation, said the city proposals to lease property to Monona Aviation will have to mesh with the firm's proposals to sublease land to provide the aviation services. "BEFORE WE can establish Madison. All of the improvement projects are small, ranging from the replacement of plantings to the installation of electricity and water at Burrows Park, but the total long term cost exceeds $800,000. LAND ACQUISITION costs will total $1,250,000 over the next seven years with the bulk of the cost coming within the next two.

The board hopes to extend the James Madison Park and plans to purchase a major park site to be determined in 1968. overhaul service, aircraft han-earine and storage, and gov- 'ernment approved flight train- ing. At present there are two fixed base operators which pro. vide most of these services to some degree to private plane owners. They are Four Lakes Aviation and Mobility.

Both are located along the east side of the field where the old terminal was. THE PROPOSED lease by Monona Aviation would involve hangar. Another large building in that area which probably will be available next year (Build- Zoo Tops By MARVIN LEVY (Of Th Stat Journal Staff) The Madison Park Board Wednesday night recommended the approval by the City Board of Estimates of an $8.2 million capital budget request covering 1968-74. The proposal will be financed through tax revenues, cotes, and in one or two in-' stances by a bond issue. Parks Supt.

James G. Marshall drew up the proposed budget on a priority basis with 22 mam items. CONTIN'TJED construction in the Vilas Park Zoo is the highest priced item at $1.8 million, but this will be delayed if money is received to rehabilitate existing structures at the park over a three-year period. Rehabilitation plans include the reconstruction of animal cages, a new concession stand, and repairs to the monkey island all at a cost of $542,000. The highest priority project Is park and playground improvement to revamp old park areas, replace over-used facilities, and the general adaptation ef existing parks to the increased needs of a growing proposals with other firms for property next to the two pres-sub-Ieasing, we have to know ent operators, but on a larger what arrangements can be scale.

The firm would lease made with the city," Lee said, 'the old Air National Guard The two men who have formed Monona Aviation, with planned financial support from other men in Madison, are Table Set as an Example Seven Crestwood area children learned the value of making up for past mistakes last week. Some time ago the children vandalized a picnic table in Crestwood Park. Nc mally the Park Department would haul the table away for repair. This time the parents insisted that the vandals see their damage daily by keeping thp lahle in the nark. County Judge Russell Mittel-jing 102) would be better suited stadt and Claude Frickleton.

to the firm, it said, and when Both live in Monona Village, i that became available it would The services they propose to move there, provide are a flight training! "With the expansion of avia-and instruction academy, flight tion, there is a shortage of line sales and service, used pilots," Frickleton said. "More and new aircraft sales flight training schools are charter and rental service, needed." recreational and scenic ain Representatives of. Phillips flight service, maintenance and Petroleum Co. and Green Bay The tactic worked. The table was sandpapered, puttied, I and repainted after several days of hard work by the chil- I dren.

in addition to the repairs. $11.43 was raised through odd jobs, savings from allowances, and birthday money to repay the Park Department for damage others did to tables. Mnl(il4l A A A A A 4 4 A. AAAAAA -V i UU.