Daily Republican-Register from Mount Carmel, Illinois • 1

1 11 iir; M- J' AND GIBSON COUNTIES I COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SERVING WABASH AND' EDWARDS COUNTIES AND PARTS OF WHITE. LAWRENCE, KNOX VOLUME 68, NUMBER i MOUNT CARMEL, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1968 1' SECTION 8 p'AGES TEN CENTS I Bellmont Dial Exchange Begins June 25 Inside today jwiwui 111. ii pi imwm iiinuiiiii jrymf, 1 pi i. i i i 4 -'4 4 i- Vi- -ftl. vy- Ov.

tt. vV t- i-j lled. A. customer Education Program is scheduled during thet period of June 3rd through June 14th. L.

E. Peterson, Local Commercial Manager, stated that on June 25th the Bellmont Excharigewill be complete one party service. The rates for this service are Village of Keensburg and Bell, mont proper residence $5.95 per morith business $11.95 per month. "Infthe rural area around these villlages residence is $7.45 per monthTand business $13.40 per month. Peterson went on to say everything was going as scheduled and the June 25th coo; version date Is expected to be met.

The new Dial Bellmont Exchange will be established -on Ju-ne 24, 1968, 3 p.m. CDSTv A card directory the customers new telephone number will be sent out prior to June 1968. Persons on the new Bellmont Exchange will dial 113 for infor-. mation and 114 for repair vice. I Persons wishing to call Mt.

Carmel from Bellmont or from Bellmont to Mt. Cartel will dial the complete seven digit numb- er. Construction of burled and aerial facilities is about 80 per cent complete and should be completed by June 1st. Approximately 48 percent of the telephones have been insta Tri. County Industrial Meets In Grayville Editorial Page 2 Daily Almanac 2 Yesterday's News 2 Crossword 2 Society '1 Page 3 Sports 4 In This Corner Page 5 TV Listings Page 5 Classified Ads Page 7 Comics 7 Radio Listings 7 Weather The five day weather cast for the Mt.

Carmel fore-area calls for temperatures averaging 2 to 5 degrees below the seasonal normal. The' normal high for thin time of year is 75-82 the normal low is 62-60. The low tonight will be about 38-43 degrees, warming slightly tomorrow, turning cooler for the rest nf the week. The jsktes will be fair to partlj jcloudy tonight and mostly sunny tomor-row. Precipitation -during the next five days total one to three-quarters of ari inch Jn showers near the weekend.

The river has risen 3.30" feet over th'et past weekend, and the depth reading now "KGuids at 11.00 Yesterday's high temperature, was $7 degrees, while the overnight low was 47. Precipitation over the weekend totaled 0.86 ef an inch. A year ago to 'day the high-temperature was? 64 degrees, accompanied by a low of 52. r- ---r r- A 7 348-Allendale Cpmpete In Jaycee Sports Jamboree 75 YARD DASH: 1st Phillip smith, North; 2nd Jim Hlggins, South; 3rd, Tony Comptonrsra, wonn, j. b.

young, mchs. 440 YARD RELAY: 1st Lana Gray, Gayle Morgan, Tanea -Tombaugh, Carol Capinp 2nd, Becky Newell, Sheri Sharp, She-ri Putman, Deanette Doerner; 3rd, Melody Henager, Tina Pri- -ce, Judy McCaw, Tony Will, iams. INTERMEDIATE GIRLS (14-15) LONG JUMP: 1st Dlape Hanklns, MCHS; 2nd LanaDav." Is, North; 3rd, Linda Walls, MCHS. rllyn Chapman, North; 2nd Vesta Peter, Mary's; 3rd Anita A 50 YARD DASH: 1st Vesta Peter, St. Mary's; 2nd Patsy Doerner, North; 3rd, Jana Jackson, North.

75 YARD DA'SH: 1st Lee Ann Compton, North; 2nd, Vicki Renner, South; 3rd Jeanne Kie-ffer, St. Mary's. 220 YARD RELAY: 1st Lee Ann Compton, Leasa Williams, Judy Simpson, Marilyn Chapman; 2nd Paula VanGildetj Sa-. naTa Bishop, Tonia Brown, Vi. cky Mason; 3rd Debbie Davis, Becky Mascher, Lyn Foshee, IIARRIMAII TELLS HANOI TO GET SERIOUS Peace Talks Or Propaganda? A luncheon meeting washeld Wednesday, Mayl5inGrayvllle.

The meeting was devoted Jo a report by Executive Director Dwight H. Wallace oTthe Tri-County Industrial Commission relative to his recerit trip to the State Highway Department in Springfield. His report included the average cost per mile of four lane highways today, which was $800,009 and also 70 per cent of thejax revenue col-lected by the State highway by onljL- twelve xomnfunities within the state. alsjpresented theDlrectT pis-wtth a State Highway -nfep whicft showed the completed system and the tentative "plans for the location of other systems which includ-ed our own Route According to present plans, Roufe or whatever name It will be deslg-nated as in the future, would begin in the East St. Louis area- maKlnB a "air circle tnrougn Southern Illinois and then going North, through Harrisburg and decide now whether serious negotiations should start" in place of the propaganda Droao- sides that marked: the first three meetings last week with North Vietnamese envoy xuan Thuy.

"We had a very frank exchange of views on the conference' here," Harriman said of his talk with Diem. "We agreed "we should, adopt an affirmative attitude rather than get involved in propaganda." Asked about reports that Hanoi has predicted po progress before June, Harriman said he. "deplored" the fact Thuy is "makine propaganda" in the Paris talks. Anesthetist Head parent organization; The Nat. ional- American" Association of Anesthetists.

-Walter-Curry is an Anesthetist at the Wabash General Hospital' in Mt. Carmel. 1 Guest speakers for the day were Dr. Vincent Collins MOA head of the Anesthesiology Dept. at Cook County Hospital in Chi.

cago. His talk was on "The Right, to PI ami Shnrk? 'Dr. Paul Naney MD from 111. discussed "Monlt. oring the Surgical Patient and Heart Action." North.

220 YARD RELAY: 1st, Phil-lip Smith, Kent Kirkman, Kyle Ernest, Tony Compton 2nd Jeff Young, John Williams, Ra. ndy Zigler, Jim Higgins; 3rd David Bassett, Bryan Roder-mund, Russell Harrison, Leroy RaXfcrty, JUNIOR' BOYS (12.13) LONG JUMP: Mike Mc 'Farland. North; 2nd Tim Raf. ferty, St. Mary's; 3rd Eddie Hedge, North.

1 HIGHJUMP: IstTomRlsley, North; 2nd, Jeff SeatonSouth; 3rd, Tom Brewer, JJorth. BASEBALLlTHROW: TstStan. Ralbley, North; 2nd, Steve Litherland, North, 3rd Fred Drone, St. Mary's. 50 YARD DASH: 1st Tom Brewer, North; 2nd Greg Buch-anan, North; 3rd Steve Bertram, South, ARD DASH: 1st Jeff Spen.

Glick, South, 3T3; Mark St. Mary's. "220 YARD. DASH: 1st Jim Newkirk, North; 2nd Paul Lopez North; 3rd, Scott Silyey, South. 440 YARD RE 1st Mike McFarland, Tom Brewer, Jeff Spencer, Tom Risley; 2nd Stan Ralbley, Steve Litherland, Jeff Seaton, Steve Bertram; 3rd Charles Reavill, Tim Newkirk, Tim Rafferty, Scott Silvey.

-INTERMEDIATE- BOYS (14-15) III. Governor was a judge ki the appeals court and Kerner himself -became a Cook County judge hi. 1954. His wife, Helena, is the daughter of the late Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who was killed in Miami in 1933 by an assassin's bullet meant for President -elect Franklin D.

Roosevelt. In his handwritten letter "to up the present Highway l's gen. eral locationterminatinglnChi cago Heights where 11 would con. next with other major highways For those interested in seeing these maps they are being shown at the Security Bank And Trust Company in Mt. Carmelj-Nor, rls City State Bank in Norris City and at Hart's Department Store in Carmi.

In other business, H. C. Wil. liams of Omaha was added to the presentpirectorshlp of the Sou-thern Division making our totaT "Directors four. It was quite apparent that conslderabledls.

cussion would be forthcoming at the Paris meeting. Those' in attendance other than Executive Director Dwight IH't Wallace were: SouthernDiv. lsion Vice President Charles Campbell of Mt. Carmel, Dir. ectors Bruce Burnett of Norris City, H.

C. Williams of Omaha and alternate Director Roger Myer of Carmi; Myer repre. Rented Director Sam Hart ofy Carmi at the meeting. Harriman said one subject he and Diem discussed was forma tlon of the new South. Vietnamese overnment headed by Premier Tran Van Huong.

Regular Talks Diem said their meeting was "pa? of our regular consultations." He said he and Harriman agreed on all points discussed. Earlier, American officials said the United States is more determined ever to continue bombings jjjorth Vietnam until Hanoi proves its willingness to scale down the war. Three factors have convinced the United States It would be suicidal to stop bombing North Vietnam before Hanoi shows some "restraint" on its part. -They Hanoi's refusal to admit North Vietnamese troops are in South Vietnam. To U.S.

eyes this makes the AmericanNorth Vietnamese talks here appear unrealistic. North Vietnam's dispatch of more men and arms to South Vietnam at a record or near-record The Communist intensifica tion of military action against the United States and its allies, "wier TfieIerTrohg being ordered on hopeless missions just to aid the communist cause in the talks. The preliminary peace talks here led by U.S. Ambassador-at-large W. Averell Harriman and Hanoi's are in recesS until Wednesday.

They met three times last week. The two sides: are as far apart as ever on how to scale down the fighting and prepare the ground for a real peace conference. There was a stiffening during the weekend in the U.S. delegation's, attitude on the talks. The change came after consultations with Washington.

Some Western diplomats not Americans were known to be quietly urging various French officials to tell the- North (Vietnamese that the United States is dead serious on refusing to stop all bombing unless North Vietnam does something in return. REGISTRATION The annual spring registra-' tion and physical examinations next year's kindergarten class will be held Wednesday, May 22, 1968 at 9:00 A.M. Parents are requested to be present and bring the child's birth certificate and immunization record. All children five years of 'age on or before December ,1 1968, may enroll. 1 PARIS.

(UPI) Ambas- sador Averell Harriman today called on Hanoi to quit 'making propaganda and get down to serious Vietnam talks. "We want immediate, substan. tive talks. We want them right away," Harriman told news-men. The U.S.

envoy made the" statement as he left the South Vietnamese Consulate after a onehour meeting with Saigon's ambassador to Washington, Bui Diem. He was accompanied by his deputy, Cyrus Vance. "Full Accord Harriman said Washington and Saigon are in full agree- ment that it is up to Hanoi to Curry Elected State 1 On Sunday, May 19 the Annual Meeting of the Illinois State An-esthetist was held at the Ram-ada Inn in Effingham, IlUWal. ter Curry from Mt. Carmel, Illinois was officially installed as President of the State Organization.

In assuming the Pre. sidents position, Curry became a FIRST in, two cases for the Organization; it Is the first time that a President has been elect- a3mt the majority of the voting power is there, and the youngest per. son to take this position. The Illinois State Anesthetist Association was organized in 1939 and is affiliated with the District The Mt. Carmel Jaycees spo- nsored the annual Junior Sports Jamboree, Saturday, May 18, at the Carmel High School tr.ack.

Contestants were from unit district 348 and Allendale. First place winners will com. pete in the Sectional Jr. Sports Jamboree in Centralia, Illinois on July 20. First place win.

ners from there will compete in the State Junior Sports Ja--mboree Sterling-Rock Falls," Illinois the 22.24 of August. The Jaycees would like 1 to express their thanks and appreciation to the school district for facilities, coaches and P. teachers for their Insurance Agents for the award ribbons, and all those who helped make the Spo." rts Jamboree a success. There will-be-av-practice; Asession Saturday June 1 at 9 a.m. at the High School track for the following list of first place winners.

MIDGET BOYS (10-11) LONGJUMP: -You. ng, South; 2nd, Phillip Smith, North; 3rd, Terry Rafferty, St. Mary's. HIGH JUMPj Bas-sett; 2nd, Jim HlgginsJ 3rd, Tony Compton, North. BASEBALL THROW: Kyle Ernest, North; 2nd, Kent Klrkman, North; 3rd Bryan Roudermund, St.

Mary's. 50 YARD DASH 1st David Bassett, Bellmont; 2nd Jeff South; ry, North. 3rd Steve Hen. Kerner Resigns As SPRINGFIELD (UPU Illinois had no governor today. Otto Kerner resigned Sunday at midnight and was being sworn in as a justice of the 7th U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago today. Kerner returns to Springfield Tuesday to swear in his suc cessor j-Lw- uo samue i sna--piro, also the Democratic candidate for governor in Novem-ber. Kerner served as chairman of President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, which studied last summer's Negro riots and reo ommendedjprograms for the future. He became the fourth Illinois governor to resign. The last was Shelby B.

Cullom on Feb. 6, 1883. A Ker ner 's father, Otto also Gillespie Attends; Title I Conference James Gillespie, Assistant to the President at Wabash Valley College, attended a Title I Con. ference in Chicago, Friday. Title 1 of the Higher Edu-cation act of 1965 provides grants to colleges and universities for carrying out community, oriented programs In (1) Com.

munlty Planning and Develop, ment, (2) Metropolitan. Inter-governmental Affairs, (3) Youth Opportunity Planning and Dev. elppment, and (4) Human Rela. tions Planning and Develop-ment. Wabash Valley College will' conduct a Community Planning Seminar this summer for White, 'Edwards, and Wabash Counties Regional PlanningCommlsslon.

LONG JUMP: 1st Terry Beal MCHS; 2nd BlU Casburn, HIGH JUMP: 1st Steve Wink. 'let, North; 2nd Greg Xanders, tyorth; tie, flip 2nd, Mike Doan, BAtstBALL, THROW: 1st Richard Keneipp, MCHS; 2nd Al-lan Stover, MCHS; 3rd BlU Shelton, MCHS. 220 YARD DASH: 1st Mike 2nd Tom Dos sett, MCHS; 3rd Ron Robison, North. 880 YARD RUN: 1st Allan-Stover, MCHS; 2nd Chris th, MCHS; 3rd Andrew Roche, v. 440 YARD RELAY: 1st Bill.

Shelton, J. B. Young, Terry Beal, Mike Rafferty; "2nd Clyde Williams, Chris Smith, Robert Dossettr3tdSte. ve Winkler, Greg Xanders, Mike Doan, Bill Casburn, 50 YARD DASH: 1st J. Young, MCHS; 2nd Terry Beal MCHS, 3rd Richard Keneipp, MCHS.

100 YARD DASH; 1st Bill Shelton, MCHS; 2nd, Mike Done. MIDGET GIRES (10-11) LONG JUMP: 1st Lee Compton, North; 2nd Jana Jackson, North; 3rd Darlene Kieffer, St Mary's. HIGH 1st Trena Cox, North; 2nd, Judy Simpson, North; three tied for third, Becky Mascher, North, Seybold, North, Paula-Van-. Gilder, South. BASEBALLr THROW: 1st Ma- Mt.

Carmel Doctor Vietnam Volunteer Dr. Donald R. Risley of 319 Market Street Mt. Carmel, is among six American Doctors that will arrive in South Viet, nam May 20 to give their ser-vices to government runhospit. als.

Dr. Risley wilPbe given only Ws transoortation and a min- Robb.of the Albion Office will continue to serve as Secretary for both offices at the present time. Adams is well qualified for this position, having had several years experience in Farm Man. agement and the Credit Field. Before coming to work for Pro-duction Credit, Adams worked in the Consumer Grain Elevator business, and for Universal CIT Credit Cor.

poratloh, which altogether gives him a good background forPro. duction Credit, aside from being born and raised on a farm. -He is quite aware of the farm-ing industry and, the farmers needs. The Mt. Carmel office is lo-cated In the Farm Bureau Bui.

lding where Adams willbeanxl. ously waiting June 1st to contln. ue serving the Wabash County farmers In this area. and three children will reside at 125 Fro. man Driver here in.

Mt. HIGH JUMP: 1st Rita John-son, MCHS; 2nd Patty Nelkirk, MCHS; 3rd, Mary Mascher, BASE BA LL THROWV-Ist -Marsha Seitz, MCHS; 2nd Deb- raDardeen MCHS; 3rd Marilyn Kight, JCHS. a 50 YARD DASH: 1st Mary Swanson, North; 2nd, Jlmmie Schofield, South; 3rd Lorraine McFarland, MCHS. 100 YARD DASH: 1st Lana Davis, North; 2nd Linda Kief- -fer, MCHS, 3rd Diane Hank. ins, MCHS.

220 yard dash: -A 1st Linda Walls, MCHS; 2nd Rita John-son, MCHS; 3rd Patty Nelkirk, MCHS. 440 YARD 4: 1st, Linda Brewer, Tana Leeds, La. na Davis, Mary Swanson; 2nd Loriane McFarland, Patty Nei- kirk, Terrl Lockhart, Linda Lu. thej 3rd Treasa Dee, Linda Wa-llSf Diane Hanklns, Rita John- son. igns tlonal Convention In the interview.

He stated that he supports vigorously Con- Con in every speechJie makes, Dwyer pointjed out that his pre primary campaign objective is to visit all the dally news-papers in the state. He promts--ed that he would returjjJto Wab. ash County before tfieNovemb. er election. After, visiting Mt.

Carmel, Dwyer was to travel to Mt. Vernon, Cairo and Carbondale before ending his campaign day. Bob Dwyer's civic interests and icharitable activities are broad. He is Co-founder, Vice President and Director of the Brain Research Foundation, 1 Chicago; Past Vice President and Director of the North Side 'Boys Club; Past Chairman and Director of the Madonna Cent-er; and a member of the 111. inols State Chamber of Com.

merce as well as ither civic and charitable organizations. DEATHS MrsConnie McStoots Herbert H. Xewklrk A Prayer Today Our heavenly our prayers go to Thee for faith to 11 9 I 11s thrnnph all the In City Jana Jackson. JUNIOR GIRLS 02-13) LONG JUMP; lst Becky Newell; 2nd' Jill Barker, North; 3rd, Glgi Goodman, North. HIGH JUMPr lst-Vlcki Hin-derliter, 2nd- Kathy Walston, Lane.

3rd Melody He. nager, South. BASEBALL -THROW: 1st Pat-ti. Bray, South; 2nd Janette Doer- nerr North; 3rd, Mary Hill, South. 50 YARD DASH: 1st Tanea Tombaugh, South; 2nd, Lana Gray, South; 3rd Janette Doer.

ner, North. DASH: 1st Becky 2nd, Mor-1 ga'n, South; 3rd Melody Henager, South. 100 YARD DASH: 1st Carol-yn Capin South; 2nd Glgi Good-man, North; 3rd, Vlckl Hinder-liter, Lancaster. 1 'Robert DwyerRepublican candidate for Lieutenant Gover-nor was In Mt. Carmel early Friday afternoon.

He 'visited the Republican Register and an interview followed. a Dwyer, who Is unopposed at this time, brdught his campaign into Wabash County both vigor, ously and hard hitting. Born in Chicago on March 23, 1926, he attended Lake Forest Academy, Mt. CaMnel High School and Loyola University in In World War he served in the.U. S.Army Air Corps for over two years as a radar gunner tm a B-29.

In 1948, he married Patricia McGuire of Chicago and they now have two children, There have been 37 Lieut. enante Governors in seven of them were from Cook County and the remainder were from downstate. If Dwyer is elected, he will be eighth such Lieutenant Governor from Cook County. Dwyer expressed his strong feelings toward the Coiitcltu- Robert Dwye Campa the people of Illinois," filed imai allowance for his services Sunday with the Illinois sec- iif Vietnam. The duty will retary of state, Kerner said he lnciU(je two months of service, was retiring at midnight.

Yabash Production Credit Assn. Announces New Branch Manager 1 ')-1 a 'V- 1 Wm. H. Miller, manager of Wabash Productlcm Credit Association, Lawrenceville, Illinois announced the employment of Robert Adams, as Branch Manager for the office here in Mt. Carmel.

Adams will assume hikduties here June Adams has been serving the farmers In Marlon County for the past six months working in the Salem Office under the leadership of Vernle Nattier, Branch Manager. The Mt. Carmel and Albion Office have been handled as the Edwards.Wabash Unit withDar-rell Roosevelt of Albion, Illin. ois serving as Branch Manager for both offices, for the past sev. eral years.

Due to the rapid growth of Production Credit, the Boarfl of Directors felt they could better serve these counties with a Branch Manager full time in each county. There, fore, Darrell Roosevelt will continue1' as Branch' Manager for the Albion Office only, and Robert Adams, will-serve as Branch Manager for the Mt. Carmel office. Mary Alice IHlnoischanKjnK eonjitions of life. We beseech Thee to acquaint us with calmness that we may have constant love for our fel-lowmen, and love of doing Thy will In ail ffiihgs.

In the -name of our Lord, who taught us to prajy "Our Father, who art in anesthetM shown receiving the Ravel of Josephine Zadruzny. Ciirry was "State Anesthetist Association at at Wabash General Hospital, is office from installing president elected president of the Illinois Iheir meeting Sunday Effing-.