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

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Low in lower 70s. Sunday sunny, hot, humid. High in lower 90s. VOLUME 224 MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 21,1975 PER COPY STATE BIDS FOR COAL-GAS PLANT THINGS HAVE CHANGED Gene Tipps talks with his mother, Mrs. O.

E. Tipps, on the porch of their home in Seymour, Texas, Friday. Tipps was knocked out in an auto accident eight years ago. When he woke up the other day, times had changed. (AP Wirephoto) Suddenly It Is 1975, Not 1967 Awakes From Eight-Year "Dream" Consider Nuclear Weapons U.S.

IN WARNING TO NORTH KOREA By FRED S. HOFFMAN AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of Defense James R. Scnlesinger, in a new warning to North Korea, says use of tactical nuclear weapons "would be carefully considered" in event of a new invasion of South Korea. Scnlesinger underscored his warning by acknowledging publicly that the United States has tactical nuclear weapons de ployed-in South Korea. "If circumstances were to require the use of tactical nuclear weapons I think that that would be carefully considered," Scnlesinger said at a news conference Friday.

He noted at the same time that "the ground forces Balance in the Korean peninsula is not unsatisfactory," indicating he believes a North Korean attack could be repelled by conventional weapons. Scnlesinger's warning to North Korea accompanied his disclosure that the Russians have started deploying three powerful new types of intercontinental ballistic missiles, and that two of them carry multiple warheads which can be aimed at separate targets. The defense secretary also said recent long-range Fire Chief At Normal Fired NORMAL, HI. (AP) Normal Fire Chief Victor Sylvester has been dismissed from his job after being found guilty of four out of five charges stemming from payments made to his brother for volunteer fireman's work which was never performed. Sylvester found guilty Friday by the Normal Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of two counts of falsification of records; and one count each of failing to meet prescribed work standards and competency.

Attorneys for said they will appeal the board's decision. Soviet missile tests into the Pacific indicate the Russians are improving the accuracy of their ICBMs, a key technology in which the Russians are believed to have trailed the United States. Pentagon officials are concerned the Russians may be in position by the early 1980s to threaten a first-stnike, surprise knockout of U.S. missiles if the Soviets deploy large numbers of big new missiles armed with thousands of accurate and powerful nuclear warheads. Scnlesinger's new warning to North Korea comes against the background of U.S.

concern that the Communist government in Pyongyang might be tempted to test U.S. readiness to help defend South Korea in the wake of American failure in South Vietnam and Cambodia. "I do not think it would be wise to test (American) reactions," Schlesinger said in words obviously aimed at North Korean leaders. Under questioning, Schlesinger said the United States would have to consider sending additional ground troops into South Korea if North Korea attacked and the South Korean army and the one U.S. Army division there now found themselves hard- pressed.

SEYMOUR, Tex. (AP) Suppose you awoke'one day from a dreamlike existence and realized a war had ended, a president had died, another had resigned, men had visited the moon and prices had doubled? And suddenly it is 1975, hot 1967; you are 28, not 20, and you are stunned. It happened to Gene Tipps. He does have hazy dreamlike recollections of the eight-year period he was in a comatose state. In 1967, Tipps was a typical West Texas youth concerned with the military draft, the Vietnam War, col- lege studies, girls and listening to hard rock music And then on May 21 of that year, his world stopped.

He was critically injured in a car accident. Suffering from shock, his brain swollen, he lapsed into a void. Doctors held faint hope of recovery. Although he regained the ability to walk, he chose mostly to sleep. some 17 hours a day and spent most of his few waking moments staring silently at an ever-present television set.

He rarely spoke and then only in response to questions, usually with a "yes" or But unexpectedly, and without medical explanation, he awoke from gall bladder surgery May 16, 1975, suddenly aware of the world around him. "How long have I been out of school?" he asked his mother. Dr. C. M.

Randal of Seymour said Tipps had (Continued on Page 2) May Try Again On ERA VOTE RE-REGISTRATION BILL DIES IN ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD, El. (AP) The Illinois General Assembly, making a concerted effort to wrap up its business by June 30, meets through the weekend to tackle the hundreds of bills still on the calendar. Both the House and Senate scheduled sessions today, and the House planned a Sunday meeting. Dozens of bills were sent to the governor for signature during long sessions Friday, but several others were ambushed along the way. A resolution to approve the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.

Constitution fell eight votes short of passage in the Senate. And a bill which would have required re- registration of all Illinois voters fell three votes short of approval in the House. Another vote on the ERA is possible, because its sponsor, Senate President Cecil A. Partee, D-Chicago, obtained a' post-ponement. "I'm going to reassess what our position will be," he said.

The ERA vote taking nearly everyone by surprise came on a ratification resolution introduced in the Probe Goes On In Chicago MOBSTER KILLED BY MAN OAK PARK, 111. (AP) Crime syndicate fearful that aging and ailing Sam Giancana would barter their secrets for his freedom, may have ordered him silenced in the time- tested manner of the underworld, investigators theorize. Giancana, 65, a wheelman for Al Capone who rose to command the Chicago syndicate, died late Thursday with five bullets in the neck and one in the mouth as he fried an Italian snack of spinach and sausage. The food was still unburned when his 81-year-oJd manservant found him HE TRUSTED? slumped on the kitchen floor. 1 The assassin, police said, probably was known and trusted by the dapper Giancana, a favorite consort of singer Phyllis McGuire and owner of gambling palaces the wide-open Havana that preceded Fidel Castro's takeover in Cuba.

An armored door of the otherwise modest suburban home was ajar. In Lewis ton, Idaho, Sen. Frank Church, chairman the committee investigating the Central Intelligence Agency, said he would give (Continued on Page 2)' New Jobs Bill To Ford's Desk By DON WATERS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Legislation that would resurrect about half the funds for job-creating programs that were contained in an earlier measure that was vetoed is being sent to the White House. House approval by voice vote Friday completed congressional action on the bill, which includes more than $2 billion for public service jobs, college work- study grants, the Youth Conservation Corps and rural water and sewer grants, among other programs. The largest appropriation is $1.6 billion for public service jobs, which President Ford has said he favors.

There was greater uncertainty, however, about his stand on the other spending. Ford vetoed a jobs package. The jobs programs are included in a supplementary spending bill that provides stop-gap funding for executive departments until the regular appropriations are approved. Bruce Votes "No" On ERA Issue Sen. Terry Bruce, D- Olney, voted against passage of the Equal Rights Amendment Friday as the amendment was defeated, 28-30.

Bruce said the resolution was called without notice to Senators or to opponents and proponents of the proposal. "Many of my constituents, both pro and con; wanted to be alerted to the consideration to the time of voting on the amendment, Because this notice was not given, I thought it would be unfair for me to support the adoption of the amendment," Bruce said. by former Sen. Esther Saperstein and subsequently taken over by Partee. An identical resolution, introduced in-the House and passed in that chamber earlier in the year, was rejected by a Senate committee.

But Partee has filed a motion to overturn that action, so voting on both the House and Senate resolutions is still possible. The ERA, which bars discrimination by sex, has come up in the Illinois legislature every year since Congress approved it for ratification by the states in 1972. So far, the proposed amendment has been approved by 34 of the 38 states needed for ratification. However, two of those states, Nebraska and Tennessee, have voted to rescind their approval. In calling the resolution for a vote Friday, Partee denied reports that passage of the ERA in the Senate was linked with the fate of other legislation in an end- of-session deal.

"I want the record to show clearly that I am a strong advocate of ERA, that I am doing my best to get it passed. UP TO HIS EYES IN BILLS Rep. Calvin "Cal" Skinner, R-Crystal Lake, rests his arm on a pile of bills and amendments considered during this session of the Illinois state legislature as he talks on the phone from his desk on the House floor Friday. The House scheduled sessions through the weekend in an attempt to attend to all pending issues before June 30. (AP Wirephoto) Of AAt.

Vernon, Jefferson County Bicentennial Group Seeks Pictures, Area History The Mt. Vernon Bicentennial Commission is seeking historical information and pictures of Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county, to be used for several publications. Information is needed on the old fire barn, ice wagon, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus when it was in town, street scenes with horse and buggies, Ratliff Inn, Moses Kirby's Inn, streetcars and the streetcar line, the Mt. Vernon Steam Bottling the glass company, old grounds, U.S.

Postmaster General Chance who lived in Mt. Vernon for some time, the Karco Band of the Mt. Vernon Car Shops, Mt. Vernon coal mine, pictures of businesses, livery stables, city hall, jail, schools, and the blacksmith shop. Also, early pictures of trains and cars and motorcycles prior to 1926 are needed.

Pictures are needed only long enough to make reprints, and will be' returned to owners un- damaged, according to commission chairman Mary Ward. "We would appreciate information on any of these subjects along with the use of pictures in order to preserve area history for the bicentennial celebration," Ms. Ward said. Persons interested in helping the commission should call Tom Puckett, local historian and commission member, at 242-1441, or write the Mt. Vernon Bicentennial Commission, City Hall, 1100 Main, Mt.

Vernon. Here Are Super Slam Numbers CHICAGO (AP) Here are the winning numbers in Friday's Super Slahi drawing of the Illinois Lottery: 625 1155 91920 173976 WINNING BICENTENNIAL SEAL This seal, designed by Larry Wagner of Route 7, was the winner of the Mt. Vernon Bicentennial Commission contest to design a bicentennial emblem for the city. Wagner is a local artist and art teacher at Casey Junior High School. Mt.V.

Has Official Seal Local artist and Casey Junior High School teacher Larry Wagner, of Route 7, is the winner of the contest to design a seal for the Mt. Vernon Bicentennial Commission. Wagner's design was se- For Bicentennial Year lected for its originality in portraying Mt. Vernon as a city observing the nation's bicentennial. The design will be used on commission correspondence, displays and publications.

Wanted For Park Expansion State Balks At Price Of Land Near Cave-In-Rock ELIZABETHTOWN, 111. (UPI) The Illinois department of conservation Friday had under consideration a Hardin county circuit court jury's ruling that the. state would have to pay $100,000 more than twice the amount the state had offered for an 84-acre tract adjoining Cave-In-Rock state park on the north. Robert Corrigan, chief of land acquistion for the department, said in Springfield that the department would confer with the ney general's office before deciding whether to appeal the jury's decision. Or he said the department might withdraw from the condemnation proceedings in which case it would have to pay court and condemnation costs.

The land the state is seeking is owned by Mrs. Myrtle Schwander and her daughter, Mrs. Frances Dhyr- kopp, both of Shawneetown. They said the state originally had offered $22,500 for the tract. Probation For Sister Centralis Man Gets 20 Years In Bank Robbery EAST ST.

LOUIS, 111. (AP) A brother and sister from Centralia, have been sentenced in the robbery of a Hoyleton bank last December. Ronald E. Hough, 22, was given the maximum term of 20 years in prison Thursday in U.S. District Court here.

His sister, Mrs. Connie Lee Claybourn, 23, was placed on five years' probation by Judge James L. Foreman. Foreman told Mrs. Claybourn he had given her a mild sentence because her only role in the robbery was providing transportation.

She apd Hough pleaded guilty last month to robbing the Hoyleton State and Savings Bank. About $4,000 was taken in the holdup. The two testified against their father, Donald L. Hough, 42, of Irvington, 111., when he was tried on bank robbery charges earlier this month stemming from the sarrie robbery. The father was acquitted by a jury.

Gov. Walker To Get A Moon Rock SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) A joint session of the Illinois General Assembly has been scheduled for Monday, at which Gov. Daniel Walker will be presented a moon rock by astronaut Eugene Cernan. Bond Issue Was Approved Last Year PROMISE CASH FOR FACILITY NEW YORK (UPI) Illinois Friday said it would provide "a very significant cash contribution" if its proposed site is chosen for a $237.2 million experimental coal conversion plant.

"If Illinois is chosen for this plant," said Sid Marder, head of his state's 10 member delegation, "The state will be almost certain to make a very significant cash contribution." Marder said his agency, the Department of Business and Economic Development, could use proceeds from an already-approved $70 million coal conversion bond issue approved by the Legislature last year. However, the state legislature would have to formally appropriate the bond funds for that purpose. A tax moratorium could be provided through county action and would be "just about a lead pipe cinch" if Illinois is picked in the six- state competition for the plant to convert coal to gas and liquid fuel, Marder said. Ohio earlier proposed to provide the necessary 1,000 acres of free land and said it had a bill in the legislature to provide a 20-year tax abatement. Other states said they could not forecast what their legislatures might do but would try to provide similar enticements to Coalcon, the firm set up by Union Carbide Corp.

and Chemical Construction Co. (Chemico) to design, build, test and run the plant under government contract. The Illinois state officials added an air of mystery to their state's proposal by declining to make public the single site they have proposed and which they cont- tend is "unbeatable" when compared with 16 sites proposed by Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky. Although each of the other states have given at least a generalized description of the location of their proposed sites, Illinois would only say the one it suggests is definitely not in Cook county and is in the southern half of the state. "It could be just about any place south of Kankakee," said one of the men from Springfield.

"But please be sure to say it is definitely not in Chicago or anywhere in Cook county." Aside from such reassurances to Chicagoans and Mayor Richard Daley, one member of the delegation did provide an additional clue. Jerry Seinwill, representing the Division of Water Resources, ruled out Lake Michigan and said water supplies would have to come from either the Mississippi, Ohio, or Wabash rivers. A requirement for the plant will be large quantities of water and Seinwill said any one of three rivers would have sufficient flow that could be diverted for the purpose. Marder, as head of his department's Bed Energy Division, displayed a six- inch-thick looseleaf book containing the Illinois proposal to Coalcon. He said it emphasized that the proposed was "eminently to meet Coalcon's nine In speaking of these requirements, the Illinois group, which also utilized a slide show, said they could offer "fantastic" high sulfur 1 coal reserves, a location that would "easily exceed" the required 1,000 acres of land and plenty of water.

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