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PAOE A-2 ALTON EVENING TELEXtRAl'H SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1968 Johnson Has Busiest Day; Signs Bill, Visits Truman By PRANCES LEWNfi SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP) President Johnson, in one of his busiest public days in a long while, paid a visit president Harry s. to former Truman, practiced diplomacy, signed a major bill and even found limeja stopoff at (he Truman homeland dedicating this 2llrd birth to show off his grandson. Johnson also got in some criticism o-f watched the Congress launching a (1 of the Apollo spacecraft Friday before leading to his Texas ranch with in Independence, Mo. He came halfway across I he country to Truman's white frame Victorian home to sign proclamations setting aside Oct.

24 as United Nations Day 1968 day of the world to Truman as one of its unflinching supporters. Grateful Generations "Generations still unborn wil remember and be grateful Wood River Woman Dies In Accident Mrs. Sharon K. Jergenson, 21, of 730 Condit Wood River, was killed Friday afternoon and her husband, John, seriously injured when a tire blew out on a pickup truck and the vehicle overturned on Interstate 90 in north central Wyoming. Wyoming Highway Patrolman Robert Warne said that Mrs.

Jergenson the driver, was tossed partially out of the truck by the impact and was pronounced dead at the scene, 3.4 miles east of Buffalo, Wyo. Warne said the truck, owned by Mrs. Jergenson's father, Ralph W. Beckmann, of 428 S. Walnut Bethalto, had seat belts but they were not being used at the time of the accident.

Patrolman Warne said Mrs. Jergenson was pronounced dead by Dr. John Knebel of Buffalo. Warne said Jergenson, 23, was being treated at Johnson County Memorial Hospital in Buffalo for back injuries. The extent of his injuries had not been determined, i Warne said the Jergen- spns apparently were westbound at the time of the crash.

Warne said the truck swerved off the roadway after the tire blew out and overturned times down a 49-foot embankment coming to rest upside down. He said Jergenson crawled from the wreckage and flagged down a passing motorist who summoned the highway patrol and a doctor. HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENT GOES HOME Robert O. McKee of Palo Alto, gets a helping hand from nurses Joan Lindenborn (left) and Marilyn Linford, as he packs his bag to go home from Stanford Uni- versity Hospital Friday. McKee received a new heart Aug.

31. "I can breathe once more and I feel like living again," McKee said. (AP Wire- photo) Final Chapter Near On LBJ Record Book By JOE HALL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Only formality remains before the 90th Congress closes the books on a record bearing several victories for President Johnson and some of his bitterest defeats. The House failed to complete Adults (Continued From Page 1) a father to give a helping hand, he said, so most drifted into the gang or other gangs for security and recognition. He asserted the Wai- Lords have some older fellows, 24 and 25 years of age, who have filled the leadership gap for the teenage boys.

One minister in the East St. Louis area, Rev. Beaty went on, showed great concern about violence and the living conditions of the gang members, and tried to direct their efforts into more positive goals. However, he did not try to weaken the gang structure, but rather tried to get them interested in the issues of today, especially the race issue. There was some lessening of street violence, but the War Lords used violent methods to settle problems.

Most continued to be criminally inclined and the efforts of the minister fell way short of his personal goals to improve the lives of the young men, he related. The blacks are not able to see the white man as an individual, and cannot see any reason for the white man's behavior. The blacks Alton Evening Telegraph Dally by Alton Telegrap! Printing Company PAUL S. COUSLEY President. Editor.

General Manager RICHARD A. COUSLEY. Vice President and Classified Mgr HENRY H. MCADAMS, Secretary and Assistant General Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (The Associated Press IB exclusive) antlUed to the use for publication ill news paper and tches credited In ihl local herein.) the local news 911 weekly 114.00 a year, $7.80 in Illinois and MUiour year, fll.OO montbi i cannot have any sympathy for the white man, he continued.

When SENSE was started, Rev. Beaty said, there was an attempt to get both sides to realize the thoughts and opinions of the others through rational, organized discussions, but here again, the result has been weakened. The main reason, he said, for the failure of SENSE in the past few weeks is lack of discipline of those who attend, and no guidance or direction from adults. There should be black and white adults helping direct the sessions, the Rev. Beaty emphasized.

There needs to be good discussion with the freedom of all to speak, he said, but the whites have not stood by their convictions and have not spoken their real thoughts. A more practical solution, the minister said, would be a larger scale discussion being held with youth, adults, and school leaders taking part. There should be discipline in the meetings, and especially in the classrooms, and there must be a concensus the discipline is fair, he continued. Too often the Negro parents will not out, but rather let their children work out their own problems, while white adults try to keep their children out of discussions, Rev. Beaty said.

the final adjournment Friday night because a quorum of its members had disappeared, many for weekend campaign speeches. It scheduled a token session for today with hopes to adjourn sine indefinitely The Senate, which did vote for sine die adjournment, expects to complete its formalities Monday concurring in the hoped-for House vote. Business Finished Leaders in both branches said that all substantial business had been finished, including passage of all the necessary money bills. The last money bills to go through were a appropriation for single money bill in history Law (Continued From Page 1) tices for public funds, said, "It appears unreasonable for funds to be held for more than 30 days after the last authorized day of payment." Elble said that Section 305 of the Illinois Revenue Act allows "cities, towns, villages or corporate authorities" to "prosecute suit against any collector. During Wood River Township's 1967-68 fiscal year, Elble's investment policy earned a total of $10,647, township records show.

As of Sept. 30, 1968, Wood River Township had invested $277,698, an all-time high for the township. Checking accounts are kept at a bare minimum and funds are transferred from savings to checking accounts as needed every two weeks. Last year, 1967, when Elble took office, road and bridge funds were invested for the first time, records show, earning $1,858. During the current fiscal year, Illinois Municipal Retirement funds totaling $3,808 are being invested the first lime, the record shows.

a foreign aid measure, lowest in the program's 21-year history. Congress wound up its work on money bills with a claimed reduction of $14.5 billion from funds requested by President Johnson. The President had sought $148 billion and got $133.5 Dillion. The 1967 and 1968 sessions of the 90th were marked by ex- reme frustrations resulting Tom the Vietnamese war which caused heavy cutbacks in funds for most of the programs passed earlier in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Sharpest Disappointment Johnson suffered one of his sharpest disappointments in the six-week session held after the national political conventions.

This was the blocking in the Senate of his selection of his old friend. Abe Fortas to be chief justice of the United States. Republicans and Southern Democrats filibustered tion to death. the nomina- Correction The Telegraph incorrectly re ported in Friday's edition that Boone Hammond of Alton walked into the SENSE meet' ing Thursday accompanied by the War Lords, a militant black organization from East St. Louis.

Hammond pointed out that he was not at the meeting, held at the high school annex, when the War Lords arrived. He arrived later. Hammond is an adult adviser for SENSE, biracial group of young people. Harry Truman for his leadership in that dark and confusing time" when the world emerged from the worst war it has known, Johnson said in a statement read in the Truman living room. The two old friends the na lion's 33rd and 36th presidents traded compliments at a warm early evening meeting, while a neighborhood crowd of more than 1,000 gathered outside, waving and shouting greetings.

"One of the greatest presidents the United States ever lad" Johnson said of Truman as he signed documents on a dropleaf table before the fire- placed and handed out souvenir to Truman, wife Bess, and laughter" Margaret Truman Daniel. Right Side 'You're always on the right side," the 84-year-old, white- laired, Truman told the present chief executive. "You don't enow how much I appreciate he job you're doing as President of the United States. You're one of the greatest." The crowd outside the Truman home provided Johnson with an unusually warm greet- ng. And he loved it.

He went handshaking and someone gave lim a red rose. They shouted at seeing his daughter, Luci Nugent, and his aouncy, blond 15-month-old grandson, Lyn, who came along Washington. Johnson stood his grandson on of his motorcade car. 'Give 'em a big smile and a wave," he coached. Unexpected Speed In Washington, a Congress trying desperately to adjourn sent Johnson bills and business.

He reacted to some of it with unexpected speed. Within hours after Congress passed a joint resolution calling 'or a United Nations Day, Johnson was on his way to get Truman in on the action. As he flew to Kansas City, Johnson dispatched from his presidential jet the congratulations to the orbiting Apollo 7 astronauts and all concerned with their "splendid beginning." Johnson had kept appointments with the foreign ministers of France, Great Britain and Italy Friday morning and ic was with Michel Debre of Trance when the space launch- ng occurred. While Air Force One waited at Kansas City Airport, Johnson came aboard after visiting Truman and signed a farm bill providing a one-year extension of wheat, cotton, feed grains, rice, nilk and wool production control programs. Worker Dies in Roof Collaspse PARK RIDGE, 111.

(AP) A construction worker was killed and four others were injured Friday when the roof of a gymnasium under construction at Maine Township East High chool collapsed. Ralph M. Geimer, 49 of Glenview, was killed when he fell 75 feet to the concrete floor after 18 100-foot steel beams toppled from the gymnasium roof. The injured men were pinned under the girders. Police said the workers were attempting to Talks Near Critical Point By FRKI) COI.KMAN Associated t'rpss Writer i GIBRALTAR (AP) The deadlocked summit talks on Rhodesia's political rule or continued white minority a possibly crucial stage today after two days of "tough" negotiations.

Should the impasse continue, it is generally expected that Prime Ministers Harold Wilson of Britain and Ian Smith of Rhodesia will seek a face saving formula to avoid a total collapse Work ers Demand Soviet Union Troops Leave Czechoslovakia in the talks. In that event the most likely possibility is believed to be an interruption allowing the leaders to return home for consultations. Informed sources said Wilson and Smith were prepared to stay as long as necessary, but both sides have indicated the talks aboard the British assault ship Fearless in Gibraltar harbor may end Sunday. The British Parliament reconvenes Monday and Wilson would be expected to answer questions in the House of Commons Tuesday. place when beam broke in the loose, loose the other girders.

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R. No. 1 Godfrey, Illinois Marcella Reed 400 Church Street East Alton, Illinois Bruce Tipton 2202 Oakview Godfrey, Illinois Congratulations! And, many thanks to all the many others who registered in the big "Savings Circus" event. By CJENE KRAMER Associated Press Writer PRAGUE (AP) Widespread workers demands for Soviet occupation troops to leave Czechoslovakia were reported today after Communist party chief Alexander Dubcek had urged citizens to accept Moscow's view of the world and be patient instead of protesting. The Trade Union Prace the nation's Central Trade Union Council "is receiving at present resolutions whose contents and salient questions are identical with those received after the 21st of Soviet troops invaded and Czechoslovaks demanded they get out.

Prace said a new element of the resolutions is that they also object to "false Information provided by the press and communications media of the Warsaw Pact (Soviet bloc) countries." The resolutions are flowing In from factory and district organizations, the paper said. Although responsible to the party, Czechoslovakia's press and radio have not made public a single petition or resolution hacking last week's agreement with the Soviets to sign a troop- stationing treaty or the Czechoslovak party declaration upholding it While upholding internal reforms launched last January as the only course, for Czechoslovakia, Dubcek devoted the major part of a speech Friday to the need for full coordination of relations and Ideology with the Soviet Union and four other Warsaw Pact nations which invaded this country in August. Illinois Men Die in Action WASHINGTON (AP) The Defense Department said Friday that two more Illinois servicemen have been killed in action in Vietnam. They were: Army Pfc. Bruce G.

Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Brown, 4422 N. Francisco Chicago.

Marine Cpl. Joe E. Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.

Jones, 1159 N. Larrabee, Chicago- It was the popular party leader's way of meeting some of the demands made by Moscow during his talks there last week. Looking drawn and tired after six weeks of work under pressure of occupation, Dubcek addressed party leaders and workers at a Prague electrical equipment factory. Parts of his speech were televised Friday night and published today. Dubcek acknowledged there have been protests against the continued stay of occupation troops, estimated locally at more than 500,000, and to his commitment to sign a treaty with Moscow legalizing the stay of some of them.

"We are receiving letters which state that all the troops should leave at once. Others after reading the communique on the temporary stationing of troops on our territory talk of capitulation and so on," he said. Dubcek declared "we have no alternative" other than to carry out the August Moscow agreement in which Czechoslovakia promised to meet Soviet "normalization" conditions In return for gradual troop withdrawals." mmsaumm People Behind The News Scene meet BILL BRUNNER William D. Brunner, copy editor and one of the men behind the Telegraph news scene, used to teach Japanese radio code to American radio operators in World War II. He disliked it because he didn't know the language.

Bill also taught Morse code at the Army Signal Corps' Central Radio School in Kansas City, and could "read" 35 words a minute. He joined the Telegraph in 1932, his last year at Alton High School, writing local news copy for 10 cents an inch, including headlines. Bill's education includes a bachelor's degree in English from Southern Illinois University (1960), and one year at Missouri University (1935). He currently is working on his master's thesis in Bill began working full time with the Telegraph on Aug. 20, 1948.

He has been a reporter, wire edi- tor and assistant city editor. He also worked 25 years as area correspondent for the St. Louis Globe Democrat and Post- Dispatch and one year at the West Palm Beach, Post Times. Bill, as copy editor corrects the English of the reporters, such as spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation. He also writes headlines, measures the copy so it will fit in the columns properly and "logs" major stories daily go there will be an accurate count when it is time to lay them out and write heads for them.

The job requires someone well- qualified in the English language and Bill fits the category. He also teaches college level English courses at Southern Illinois University's Edwardsville campus. Bill is 54 years old, married and the fattier of a married daughter. He lives in Godfrey. One of ii icrles on Telegraph covering IIBVVI In MudUon, Macoupln, Greene mid Calhoun Counllci.