Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 1

Inside! EDITORIAL PAGE A- 4 COMICS PAGE A-16 FAMILY PAGE A-lS SPORTS PAGE B-12 OBITUARY I PAGE B-14 MARKETS PAGE B-I4 CLASSIFIED PAGE B-18 ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Serving the Alton Community ior More Than 128 Years FAIR FRIDAY Low 20, High 50 (Complete Weather, Page I) Established January 15,1836. Vol. CXXIX, No. 26 ALTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1964 38 PAGES 7c Per Copy Member of The Associated Press. Tax Rate Hiked in Four Communities EDWARDSVILLE Four five communities in Wood Riv er Township show increases in their current total base tax rates, ranging from 10 cents to 36.7 cents for each $100 of as sessed valuation.

The exception is the village Bethalto, with an overall rate reduction of 4.6 cents for tax paying purposes this spring. Figures released by Countj Clerk Eulalia Hotz today list the 25 different total tax rates which apply in Wood River Township on location of prop erty, whether in municipalities or unincorporated areas, in the several school districts, fire protection districts, the Rox ana Park District or Wood Riv er Township Sanitary District. Wood River Township's As sessed valuation for 1963, on which taxes are payable this spring, is listed at $197,990,045 an increase of $4,781,322. The total tax rates of the five municipalities in the township, as computed at the county clerk's office and made public today, are: City of Wood River (for property in Wood River Elementary School Dist. 15 and East Alton- Wood River High School Dist.

14, $3.457 per $100 assessed valuation, a raise of 11 cents over the prior year. Village of East Alton (for property within East Alton Elementary School Dist. 13 and East Alton Wood River High School Dist. 14), $4.336 on each $100 assessed valuation highest figure for any municipality in the area and reflecting an increase of 36.7 cents over the previous year. Village of Hartford (on property in the Wood River Elementary District and also in the East Alton-Wood River High School District), $3.418, a boost of 22.2 cents.

Village of Roxana (for property in Roxana Community Unit School Dist. 1 and Roxana Park District), $3.155, higher by 10 cents. Village of Bethalto (for property in Bethalto Community Unit School Dist. 8), $3.118, a drop of 4.6 cents. The other rates computed, by dividing levies of the taxing districts by their assessed valua tion, apply to portions of the municipalities or unincorporated areas depending on location of the properties.

The current tax rate for the city-township of Alton is $3.628 for each $100 of assessed valuation, an increase of 28.5 cents and higher than any municipality in Wood River Township except the $4.336 figure for the village of East Alton. Following are the total assessed valuation figures for most of the taxing districts located within or extending into Wood River Township, as furnished by Miss Hotz: City of Wood River, $56,453,584, an increase of Village of East Alton, higher by Village of Bethalto, $8,953,048, a raise of Village of Roxana, $50,903,006, a gain of Village of Hartford, $13,519,093, higher by $183,171. Wood River Township Hospital District, $232,576,044, a raise of $4,922,211. The combined assessed valuation of Civic Memorial Airport District, embracing principally Alton and Wood River townships, was listed at $325,536,713, a boost of $522,330. For Alton Community Unit School Dist.

11, which embraces Alton and Godfrey townships, as well as portions of Wood River and other nearby townships, the total assessed valuation for 1963 is shown at $179,380,345, a drop of $656,492. Miss Hotz reported today that Godfrey township's assessed valuation stands at $30,806,861, a net gain of $3,653,204. Madison County's total assessed valuation is listed at $824,260,034, a drop of $2,739,287. Paper Issued to Plug Rockefeller NEW YORK (AP) The presidential campaign headquarters of Gov. Nelson A.

Rockefeller has issued the first edition of a free newspaper-type publication to promote his candidacy. Two Charged in McCoy Slaying By L. ALLEN KLOPE Telegraph Staff Writer Two Alton men have been charged with slaying a restaurant operator, Wednesday morning near Brighton, and are held in the Macoupin County jail at Carlinville awaiting preliminary hearing Friday at 10 a.m. $1,300 Burned To Ashes Robert Schwegel of Alton accidentally tossed $1,300 into a trash fire Wednesday. The mishap occurred as Schwegel, part owner of the Pearl Street Market, 835 Central was cleaning out the store.

He recovered ashes of the money which today were on the way to the U. S. Treas- sury Department with the hope that the government will make good the loss. Schwegel said it happened this way: He had put paper and trash into a carton inside the store and somehow the metal box, used to take money to the bank, got thrown into the trash and into an incinerator behind the building. There were one hundred $10 bills in the can and 300 one dollar bills, according to a report made to police.

"By the time we realized what had happened all that was left was ashes," Schwegel said. Schwegel this morning took the scorched can of ashes to a bank where he had to fill out an affidavit attesting to how the accident occurred. An analysis of the ashes will be made in Washington it works out Schwegel may get all the money back. Atlas Burns In Silo at Roswell, N. M.

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) An Atlas missile caught fire and ixploded today at a missile silo 32 miles east of Roswell near U.S. 380. The Air Force said there were no reports of injuries and the missile, housed in an underground silo, wasn't equipped a nuclear warhead. The highway was blocked vhile the fire, fed by the missile's hydrogen fuel, roared out of control.

Firefighting crews rom Walker Air Force Base at loswell were called. The Air Force spokesman aid the crews apparently evacuated from the launch control center. Mother, 4 Children Perish in Blaze SOUTHARD, NJ. (AP) A J5-year-old mother and her four 'hildren perished early today as a fire tore through their two- tory frame home in this central New Jersey community. Earl McCoy, an owner of the Hill Top Restaurant on on Rte.

67, five miles north of Brighton, was apparently shot by one of the men, about 3:15 a.m., after he had refused to give them assistance with their stalled auto, according to the charges. Charles E. Morgan, 32, 3100 Oakwood and Everett E. Hatcher, 20, 3205 Oakwood were taken before magistrate Everett Perrings at 3 p.m. Wednesday where State's Attorney Paul Verticchio charged them with the murder of McCoy.

The suspects announced they would get in touch with an Alton attorney before appearing at the hearing. The men are held without bond. According to State's Attorney Verticchio, "Hatcher apparently held the .22 caliber rifle and fired the shot that struck McCoy." The .22 automatic rifle, allegedly used in the shooting, has serial numbers matching those of a similar'rifle stolen at Klump Boat and Motors on Milton Road in Alton some weeks ago, Macoupin County Sheriff Russell Sexton said today. According to the sheriff's office, the two men were "under the influence of alcohol" at the time of the shooting. Morgan, a married man with two children, originally is from Plainview, which is in Macoupin County about 8 miles from Brighton.

He has a record of arrests in Macoupin County for drunken driving, disorderly conduct and traffic violations. For the past 10 years Morgan has been known to the Alton Police Department. Alton police records show that he has been arrested for being AWOL from the Army, traffic violation, intoxication, attempted rape, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Hatcher, with a 4-year record with the Alton police, has been arrested here for delinquency, curfew violation, carrying a weapon, speeding, and intoxication. The Alton records show both men were arrested in Alton within the past four months.

Sheriff Sexton said his men and investigators from the Illinois State Crime Laboratory in Springfield are investigating two other circumstances a stolen panel truck from Alton found about a half-mile from the restaurant and a bullet hole in Hatcher's automobile. Sheriff Sexton said Hatcher told him the bullet hole was made in the glass of his auto about a month ago, but didn't say how it got there. Men from the state crime lab dusted the panel truck to see if there are any fingerprints on it matching those of Morgan and Hatcher. Morgan and Hatcher were arrested outside the restaurant by Brighton Police Chief Adrian Smith, who was the first policeman to arrive at the scene. UrgeIkeda Recognize Red China By JOHN RODERICK TOKYO (AP) Japan's left wing and some businessmen are applying the pressure on the government to follow the example of France and recognize Red China.

Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, an Asian friend of the United States, refuses to be stampeded into abandoning his policy of nonrecognition. But he shows signs of wavering on some points. In debate with the Socialists and Communists in Parliament Wednesday, Ikeda conceded that a new situation would arise should Red China be seated in the United Nations this fall as the sole representative of the Chinese people. If that happens, Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira told Socialist Chichiro Huiumi, Japan will "normalize" its diplomatic relations with the mainland. He did not use the word recognition however.

This position leaves the government room to maneuver once the issue reaches the decision-making stage. Ohira said Japan has yet to determine what policy to follow toward the question of seating the Red Chinese in the United Nations. This appeared to be a retreat from declarations that Japan and the United States would consult closely with the view of staving off Red Chinese entry. Americans here and in Washington are reported to be reconciled to the likelihood that Japan cannot long resist if the dam breaks and a torrent of recognition by other states results from France's move. Fighting Outbreak Ends In Cyprus After 5 Hours Plot to Bomb Florida Train Foiled CAPE KENNEDY, Fla.

(AP) An attempt to dynamite a freight train of the strike- plagued Florida East Coast Railway was foiled Wednesday night by four boys authorities said. The youths were walking along the tracks when they discovered 45 sticks of dynamite hooked to a rail. They dismantled the charge minutes before the south-bound train passed. The train whizzed by, unaware of its close call with disaster. The identities of the boys were withheld.

Deputy Leif Larson of the Brevard County sheriff's office said the dynamite was electrically wired to the track and would have exploded under the locomotive's wheels. "If the boys had not taken their quick action, somebody might have been killed," Lar son said. Last Sunday, an FEC freight train was derailed by dynamite north of Miami. The line is operating with nonunion labor and supervisory personnel. DATA AT THE DAM 8a.m.

temperature Yesterday's today high low River stage below Precipitation dam at 8 a.m. 1.7. Pool 23.4. 24 hrs. to 8 a.m.

0.62 in. Lent May Clip Peak of Valentine Candy Sales By ED POUND Telegraph Staff Writer Many a woman's heart has fluttered on Valentine's Day after her hubby or beau gave her a box of candy, but the flame may be dimmed Friday because of the Lenten season, a Telegraph survey of area druggists revealed. Candy is the traditional delicacy "given up" for Lent. Most druggists predicted a drop in candy sales on Valentine's Day which falls in Lent 'for the first time in a long time," according to Jack Mavrakos, president of Mavrakos Candy Co. in St.

Louis. Mavrakos said he couldn't recall a Valentine's Day occurring in Lent for several years, and he predicted a drop in the sale of Valentine candy Friday, particularly "in an area with a lot of Catholics and German Lutherans." "We have more Valentine candy this year than in the past," said one Wood River druggist, "and we will probably sell more than last year, but if it wasn't for Valentine's falling in Lent, we would probably sell 40 per cent more than we will." An East Alton druggist said he believed he would witness a 15 to 20 per cent drop in candy sales on Valentine's Day compared to past years, but he offered this suggestion to persons fasting or giving up candy for Lent: "Why not go ahead and buy it and put it in the refrigerator?" One Alton drugstore manager said he was sure candy sales would suffer Friday because of the percentage of Catholics in the Alton-Wood River area." However, another Alton druggist disagreed with the majority. He said, "I don't expect candy sales to drop. I just don't think enough people are interested in giving up candy on Valentine's Day or In Lent." Two other druggists contacted, one in Bethalto and the other in Rosewood said they could not predict whether candy sales would take a tumble Friday. One offered, "You wait till Valentine's Day and I'll let you know." An Alton drug store manager said, too, that he wasn't a fortune-teller, but he felt candy sales would suffer on Valentine's Day.

Possibly the best idea for residents who are abstaining from candy during Lent and likewise Valentine's Day came from a Rosewood Heights Drugstore. A clerk in the store said that the "sales pitch" used there, not only for Valentine's Day, but for the Lenten season, too, is "Buy candy now, and eat it on Sunday." The sales pitch is aimed, the clerk added, primarily at Catholic and other denominations observing Lent, churches which do not require their parishioners to fast or abstain on Sundays during Lent. ATTEND BEATLE CONCERT Mrs. Nelson (Happy) Rockefeller, wife of the New York Governor, and two children by her first marriage join thousands who filled New York's Carnegie Hall for the performance of the Beatles, British quartet. Children are Wendy and Jamie Murphy.

Mrs. Rockefeller said of the Beatles: "I think they're wonderful." (AP Wirephoto) of Prexy Raps Article By Bircher URBANA, HI. (AP) Dr. David D. Henry, president of the University of Illinois, criticized as a citizen today an article written by Prof.

Revilo P. Oliver attacking the late President Kennedy. Henry said he regarded Oliver's views as "unsupported accusations, unworthy of public attention." Henry's statement was prompted by an article, written oy Oliver, which charged the late president arranged to subvert and sabotage the U.S. defense. The article, appearing in the February issue of the John Birch Society's publication, American Opinion, stated Kennedy was slain because he was falling behind schedule for the "effective capture of the United States" in 1963.

"As president, I have no comment on Mr, Revilo Oliver's statement," Henry said. "Mr. Oliver has written on a matter beyond his university responsibilities as a private citizen for a non-university journal." As a citizen, however, Henry said he felt Oliver's article was an "unreasoned and vitriolic attack on the character and patriotism of President Kennedy (and) is beyond the bounds of jood taste in public comment and the normal proprieties of public debate." TODAY'S CHUCKLE An efficiency expert is the girl who finds what she wdnts on the first dive into her handbag. 1964, General Features Corp.) Johnson, Home To Pursue Peace WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Britain's Prime Minister, pledge'd today to seek ways of reducing tension, and said they were determined "the pursuit of peace should be unfalteringly maintained." A joint communique issued after a two-day Anglo-American summit meeting emphasized that Britain is supporting U.S. policy in South Viet Nam, while the United States pledges support for "the peaceful national independence" of Malaysia.

Saying that last year's limited nuclear test ban treaty "marked an advance on the road to the peaceful resolution of the problems which divide East and West," the President arid the prime minister stressed the need "to go forward from there and search for other ways of reducing tension." The two leaders expressed the hope that the Soviet Union "will examine with the greatest seriousness" the proposals the United States and Britain put forward at the Geneva disarmament conference of 17 nations. The communique did not mention the crisis in Cyprus but said the two leaders "reviewed the events of recent months during which sudden tensions in many parts of the world have made unforeseen cal's on the resources of the United States and the United Kingdom." The two nations, the commu- nique continued, "are respond- ing to these calls," seeking si multaneously through politica action to diminish the causes of tension. The communique failed to mention U.S.-British differences on trade with Cuba. It only said that Johnson "stressed his concern" at the present situation in the Carribean area and the "subversive and disruptive influence of the present Cuban regime." Sir Alec, the communique said, "fully recognized the importance of the development of Latin America in conditions of freedom and political and economic stability." The two leaders spent 1 hour and 20 minutes together at their third meeting since the Anglo- American summit conference started Wednesday morning. This morning, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and British Foreign Secretary Richard A.

Butler began a separate series of talks at the White House. The prime minister and Foreign Secretary Richard A. Butler told Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk that the British government wholeheartedly supports the U.S. position on South Viet Nam, British spokesmen reported. Report Many Injured By HAL MCCLURE NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) rleavy fighting broke a cease- fire in the southern port of Li- massol at dawn today and reek Cypriots swung makeshift armor into a five-hour battle against the Turkish quarter.

Then the British arranged another truce. The shooting came as Amer- can and British diplomats pursued talks in Nicosia with the aim of landing an international peace force on this troubled sland. An Associated Press correspondent said he saw five Turkish dead in a Turkish Cypriot area of Limassol overrun in the battle. He said the total could be determined only after officials gained access to the surrounded quarter. Casualties Greek Cypriots said they lost one dead and several wounded.

A British military source said the Greek Cypriots used ar mored bulldozers, an old tank and homemade armored cars. The original cease-fire was established Wednesday night. British troops moved in as a last resort to try to separate the combatants and were them selves fired on. Such hazard' are one reason Britain wants to surrender its police role to an international truce force. The British said it appeared the fighting had stopped at 11:30 a.m.

For a time the Greek Cypriots seemed to be on the verge of wiping out the Turks there. The eruption of fighting broke a cease-fire arranged in Limas- sol by the British Wednesday night. Maj. Gen. Peter Young British commander of the Cyprus truce force, had flown to Limas- sol with the Greek Cypriot interior minister, Polycarpos Yeo- gadjis, to talk to the combatants.

Fighting The savage fighting came as Undersecretary of State George Ball again met with President Makarios in an attempt to get his approval of an international force to keep the peace on Cyprus. Greek Cypriot sources said Makarios had rejected the proposal, but the continued nego tiations lent some hope that the Greek Cypriot leader would modify his stand. Ball postponed his departure Wednes day night to continue the talks. The shooting finally stopped to allow Ian William, a British official, to enter the besieged Turkish sector and bring out the local Turkish Cypriot leader, Ramadan Djemil, for peace talks. Heroic Work Unravels Crisis Water Co.

Caught With Pump Down By GEORGE LEIGHTY Telegraph Staff Writer Alton Water Co. got caught with its pump down Wednesday afternoon and workers performed a heroic job to hold off a water shortage emergency. While the main pump was scattered all over the premises in an annual parts inspection, an auxiliary gasoline-powered pump was being used and a joint broke in the line extending from the substitute pump. The result was a world's record in putting together a steam turbine, said J. E.

Lawrence, water company manager, who added that the company kept up a normal water supply by using some smaller electric pumps and by doing a lot of valve opening-and-shutting. But it wasn't easy. The valve opening and shutting, to bypass certain water pipes, was done out-of-doors during a wet snow. Company employes, called back to work after the break occurred at 4 p.m., had a difficult probe in reaching a valve to avert a back-flow. While doing this, they broke a 2-inch line and this augmented the flood, Lawrence said.

Inside the plant, on McAdams Highway at the eastern city lim- its, other employes who had planned a leisurely parts inspection lasting until Monday, had to fall upon the dismantled turbine "tooth and nail," Lawrence said. The re-assembling job was completed shortly before midnight. By use of the small electric pumps, pumping operations were resumed by 6:30 p.m. and "the people didn't even know about the break." However, Lawrence said, In approximately 24 hours the slowdown caused by falling back on the small electric pumps, would have been felt. During this time of year, users consume about 7 million gallons a day.

He said the small pumps can handle 3 million gallons a day and there are million gallons in storage. While the situation cannot be called normal in water plant operation, Lawrence said, exactly the same thing happened 50 years ago. In the Telegraph's 50-year- ago column on Feb. 11, Lawrence said, there was a story saying that a joint broke while a steam turbine was down for inspection. "But they had three steam turbines then and the shift-over was easier," he said.

WATER LINE BREAK When a joint in a 24-inch line at struggle shunting water arpund to Alton Water Co. plant broke late Wed- lines to maintain the auppiy, nosday, employes had this wintery I .15.