The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 3

Bloomington-Normal, III. March 22, 1976 Crews continue work in wake of twister By The Associated Press Volunteer crews were cleaning up debris Sunday and three persons remained hospitalized in the wake of a tornado that ripped through Champaign County, causing more than $2.5 million in damages. The injured, including a University of Illinois coed, were in satisfactory condition, said a spokesman at Burnham City Hospital in Champaign. Sadorus and Ogden were the communities hardest hit by the twister, which first touched down Saturday at Vorhees about 25 miles southwest of the University of Illinois. A Champaign County sheriff's department spokesman estimated damages at more than $500,000 in Odgen and about $2 million in Sadorus.

He said in Sadorus, a community of about 500 persons, 13 homes and seven mobile dwellings were destroyed by the tornado and about 15 other houses and mobile homes were severely damaged. Later, the twister tore through the center of Odgen, a town of about 700, damaging a grain elevator, the fire station, a bank and some homes. Officials said a few scattered farm houses also were severely damaged or destroyed. Volunteers from Chanute Air Force Base, located near Rantoul, and local residents were working in both communities to remove debris left in the path of the twister. Police said Robin Kautz, 22, who attends school at the University of Illinois, was driving a van on Illinois 130 near Philo and "drove right into the tornado." The van was picked up and hurled into a field.

Both Miss Kautz and two men from Sadorus are in satisfactory condition. Pantagraph A-3 id!" 1 H4t Www ft TrisS i 'Omnibus' budgeting plan needs changes to work That approach also would make it easier for the legislature to live up to its constitutional obligation to estimate available resources each year and to limit appropriations to no more than what is available. That mandate has been ignored for the past two years. On the other side of the coin, an omnibus budget could be extremely dangerous unless some other legislative "dirty tricks" are outlawed. The situation feared by some ob-servers including reporters who SPRINGFIELD (UPI) The introduction of an "omnibus" budget package last week by House Democrats could turn out to be the most important event this year in Illinois government.

The package lumps all parts of the state's $10 billion fiscal 1977 budget into nine bills. Most of the money is concentrated in two measures. In the past, a separate budget bill has been introduced for each state agency. There is no guarantee, of course, that Speaker William Redmond and Democratic Leader Gerald Shea will persist in the omnibus approach. And, even if they Beirut.

Advancing behind armored cars, Moslem soldiers captured the hotel that Christian Phalangists had used as a fortress since October. Beirut, Lebanon (AP) Gunmen of the left-wing Mourabitoun helped one of their wounded men, who later died in an assault Sunday on the Holiday Inn in Attackers sometimes have dimculty getting enough up-to-date information to follow the present process is submission of a last-minute conference committee report on an omnibus budget. The conference committee is one of the favorite tricks of powerful legislav tive leaders, since it allows them to Deadline arrives for action over election commission 4 News analysis do, Senate President Cecil Partee has said the Senate may consider individual bills anyway. But if omnibus budgeting does come to Illinois, it would mark i revolution in the way the legislature deals with the appropriations process. There are possibilities for both good and evil in combining the budget into a few bills.

The best aspect of the plan, according to budget experts in both the executive and legislative branches, is that an omnibus budget would allow the legislature for the first time to weigh one part of the budget against another in a meaningful way. As the process works now, each state activity is funded in a vaccuum without real consideration whether some other activity needs or deserves money more than the one then under discussion. For instance, the legislature may decide early in the session to fund worthwhile program increases in the departments of Corrections and Mental Health, not knowing that far more important spending increases remain to be considered in other bills which have not yet been heard. That means either that the late-coming bills have to be cut or that all worthwhile programs are approved without regard to the state's ability to pay for them. The main omnibus bill filed Friday by Redmond and Shea lumps together almost all the state's non-educational agencies.

It would, therefore, provide legislators a "bottom line" dollar total for program appropriations and let them at least try to offset additions to some agencies by subtractions from others. write completely new legislation in the last day of a session, then pass it with little or no discussion on a single roll call in each house. A conference committee is formed when the House and Senate are unable to agree on the final form of a bill. It is composed of 10 members, three from the majority party and two from the minority in each house. In fact, though, important conference committees are formed and run by the legislative pow-erbrokers.

Since a 500-to budget including billions of dollars is likely to provoke last-minute debate, it would be easy for leadership to steer it to a suspension, saying it is unwarranted. Under current law, day-care centers can not qualify for federal funds if they fail to meet the personnel standards. A previous suspension of that requirement expired in February. The FEC becomes an endangered species as it officially loses its authority today to disburse funds to the parties and the presidential candidates. The Democratic and Republican parties say their nominating conventions may face financial trouble unless Congress can quickly settle the FEC's future.

Under current law, the two political parties are to receive $2.18 million each in federal funds. Majority Leader Thomas P. O'Neill criticized President Ford's opposition to some campaign financing reform amendments that will come before the House. "Candidate Ford's opposition is understandable," said O'Neill "because without these amendments big business has a virtual blank check to contribute as much funds to his campaign as the law allows him to spend." Fauntroy's proposed constitutional amendment would grant the Capitol City's 756,510 citizens the right to elect two voting senators and two voting members of the House of Representatives. The District's population is larger than that of 10 of the states and Fauntroy feels anything less than full congressional representation for his constituents would be short-changing them.

Also today, the Senate resumes debate on proposed legislation to meet Supreme Court objections on the structure of the FEC. The court has, ruled that all FEC members should be appointed by the President, rather than Congress. The House begins consideration of the issue Wednesday. On another matter, the House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to give citizens of the District of Columbia full voting representation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The district's non-voting delegate, Walter E.

Fauntroy, has resurrected the 1776 battle cry of "no taxation without representation" to try to muster the two-thirds vote needed in each congressional chamber for the proposed constitutional amendment. The district's elected delegate can now participate in committee meetings and House debate, but he cannot vote in Congress. House passage is expected today of a bill that would suspend until July 1 a requirement that child day-care centers must meet certain federal standards on the number of staff personnel for children age six weeks to six years old. The Ford administration opposes the WASHINGTON (AP)-As Congress again tackles the dilemma of how to reconstitute the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), the clock is ticking off the last hours that the agency has authority to distribute matching funds to political parties and presidential candidates. Today, the last day of full operation of the commission, the commission is scheduled to distribute a final $1 million to presidential candidates.

Granite City man injured in accident A 44-year-old Granite City man was injured about 4 a.m. Sunday in an accident on U.S. 66, two miles south of its intersection with Illinois 47. The man, Claude Basan, was in "satisfactory" condition Sunday night at St. James Hospital, Pontiac.

State police said Basan was southbound on U.S. 66 when his car went off right side of the roadway and struck an abandoned car that was parked on the shoulder. He was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Olympia candidates to speak MINIER (PNS)-The Olympia Education Association will have a special Spirit of .76 What price patriotism? El Paso pair hurt in Kentucky accident meeting at 0 p.m. 1 uesday, Marcn JO to introduce candidates who have filed for the April 10 board of education election.

Each candidate will be introduced and given a few minutes to talk about their background, interests in education and reasons for wanting to be on or continuing on the board of education. A question-answer period will follow. Three board members will be elected for three-year terms and one board members for a one-year term. Incumbents Virgil Johnson, Myrna Harms and Joanna Pitts have filed as candidates for re-election. Terry Bolton, Everett Keown and J.

Gordon Bidner have filed as candidates for three-year terms. James Morris appointed to the board in October, 1975, has filed as candidate for the one-year term. Morris was appointed to replace Robert Deems, who resigned. The meeting, open to the public, will be in the Olympia High School cafeteria. By The Associated Press Patriotism is carrying a '76 price tag this year as businesses from banks to hardware stores sell items whose cost has a Bicentennial theme.

Most of the items really have nothing to do with the Bicentennial. The only connection is the price: $17.76, $76, $19.76, etc. A store in Yankton, S.D., for example, featured men's clothing on sale at a variety store in the same town staged a 76-cent special. Among the items available for three quarters and a penny were a can of Spanish peanuts, five pounds of birdseed, 10 pounds of cat litter or two pairs of women's bikini panties. County Federal Savings and Loan Association, based in Nassau County, N.Y., offered a "$1776 8V2-year a Lexington, store in a Liberty Bell-shaped bottle for $19.76.

The price of liquor is set in part by state law requiring a 15 per cent wholesale markup and a 33.3 per cent retail markup, but by calculating backwards, the distiller Continental Distilling Co. of Linfield, Pa. simply set the original price so the added markups would make the retail price come out to $19.76 A series of 46 cents-off coupons offered by Giant Eagle stores recently in newspapers in Pittsburgh. The grocery store coupons added up to $19.76. A red, white and blue ring with rubies, diamonds and sapphires, available for $1,776 at a jewelry store in Westwood, Calif.

A "Bicentennial spoon" for $76 offered by a New York store. The sterling silver spoon is a replica of a wooden spoon used by colonial settlers. certificate." Just deposit $1,000, leave the money alone for 8V2 years and you'll receive $1,776. Michael Lemyre, assistant vice president in charge of marketing and advertising, said the promotion was the idea of the bank's advertising agency. The interest rate is 6.65 per cent, compounded daily.

That compares with a 7.75 per cent on six-year certificates that the bank used to issue. (Regular savings accounts, where you can withdraw your money at any time, pay 5.25 per cent.) Among the other items turned up in an Associated Press spot check: A "1976 Bicentennial Drill," priced at $19.76 in a New Jersey hardware store and complete with a Bicentennial emblem on the side. Philadelphia Blend Whiskey, sold in The couple's children, Arthur and Marcia, were not injured. Mr. Drake, who suffered a fractured leg, was listed in "satisfactory" condition Sunday night at Glasgow, Hospital.

Eleanor Drake, who suffered lacerations of the face and arms, also was in "satisfactory" condition. Friends said the family was en route to El Paso after vacationing in Florida. EL PASO (PNS) George Drake, 49, president of the Woodford County Bank at El Paso, and his wife, Eleanor, 45, were injured Saturday when high winds caused their car and camper to overturn at Park City, Ky. Kentucky state police said the car and camper were parked at the KOA campgrounds when the accident occurred. The site is about 30 miles northeast of Eiowling Green, police said.

Nine states hold key to Reagan's hopes here and elsewhere that he was not discouraged by the fact he had yet to win his first test with Ford because he knew his "best" states were ahead. This is how he and John P. Sears III, his national campaign director, figure it: Texas There are 100 delegates to be chosen May 1 and, for the first time in that state, the choice will be by popular vote at a direct primary, rather than at a party convention, where the party machinery works best. "We are convinced that Ford's signing of the energy bill is going to hurt him with Texas oilmen," Sears said, noting that Texas oilmen tend to be conservative and a potent force in the GOP. "So the President is going to have a problem in Texas." Reagan has visited the state many times and has strong ties in some parts of the party, although the party leadership now is aligned with Ford.

Indiana Three days after the Texas Kentucky This primary on May 25, with 37 delegates, is something like Tennessee's hard for Reagan to win unless he has a trend going for him, start'ng with Texas. But Reaganites think it is winnable. Idaho This May 25 primary, with 21 delegates, is a natural for Reagan because his conservatism is reflected in the party there. Montana Something of the same thing applies to this June 1 primary, where 20 delegates are at stake. This survey represents the most optimistic thinking of the Reagan campaign.

And it obviously ignore the fact that New York and Pennsylvania, with 257 delegates between them, will hold primaries in April and Reagan will not be on either state's ballot. Reagan's strength in Alabama, Georgia and Texas to some extent relies on his staunch stand against forced busing and the appeal he has among white Republicans in the South. Additional stories on A-6 primary comes Indiana's with 54 delegates, and "if we do well in Texas, as we expect, we will do well here," Sears said. The assessment, again, is based on Reagan's visits to the state and the strong conservative wing of the party there. Georgia Although the party chairman and much of the machinery are in the Ford camp, the Reagan wing is rated strong, and if Reagan's winning streak begins in Texas, it could well continue in the May 4 direct primary here, Reagan and Sears believe.

There will be 48 delegates at stake. Alabama Reagan has courted the conservative Republicans in this state many times and could be expected to hammer away at Ford where he is weak for his ties with Vice President Rockefeller, for his continued support of Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and for his belief in detente with the Soviet Union. Thirty-seven delegates will be apportioned by the May 4 primary. Tennessee Two days after the Alabama, Georgia and Indiana primaries comes this battle for 43 delegates, and the Reagan camp surprisingly lists it as a "turnaround state," where Ford can be stopped.

The state's two powerful U.S. senators, Howard H. Baker Jr. and William E. Brock III, are hard at work for Ford.

Nebraska On May 11, the battle is for 25 delegates, and Reagan's forces think they can beat Ford here, particularly on the farm issue (Ford, they believe, can be blamed for wheat sale losses because of the embargo on sales to the Soviet Union last year) and partly because they believe that Nebraska Republicans, in their hearts, belong to Reagan if he can convince thern he can win. By Richard Bergholz The Los Angeles Times LENOIR, N.C. Nine states with a total of 385 Republican delegates form the basis for Ronald Reagan's claim that he can stay in the Republican race for President even though he has yet to win a primary. The nine states all hold direct primaries between May 1 and June 1, and Reagan's projections indicate to him that he has enough strength in those states to stop the winning drive of President Ford. Reagan is not suggesting he is going to win all 385 delegates.

But he is contending he will emerge as a clear winner over Ford in some or most of the states. That is why the former California governor, who Saturday wound up his campaigning for North Carolina's 54 GOP delegates in Tuesday's primary election, was telling every questioner jjjmrrffff rrr rrrrrrf rfff rrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr a niiMMMMMiMijiMiMi.