The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 2

A2 THE PANTAGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCT. 30, 1982 Pray for Ates tells followers Support for Ford fuels Michel drive ii f'j -n 1 I jj Mmm WW-' Jj' I 5 thing is not our need. We are for something. Aren't you glad you know the spirit of Jesus Christ?" he asked. The congregation answered in "amens" and "hallelujah's" and "praise the Lords." Ates said it was "churches without fire that failed" Kantner, who he debated earlier in the day.

"I was talking to a confused person, just like every other sinner I've ever seen. At this point I think we should pray for Grace Slick and Paul Kantner and their little child God, so that they may someday know the real God." Throughout the meeting church members "testified" how they had found happiness through Jesus Christ. Several said they had turned away from illicit sex, drugs, booze and rock 'n' roll. "I was once a child of rock 'n' roll, now I'm a child of the king," said one. "I loved rock 'n' roll.

I would have done anything for it. There were no limits to what I would do." He said being "born again" helped him to shed more that music and a $300-a-month cocaine habit. He said he is now faithful to his wife, and is no longer a liar, cheater or robber. Michel, smiling broadly, ran through a litany of his friendship with Ford when introducing the former president. Ford gave testimonials to Michel's service in the House and criticized "his good friend (former Vice President Walter) 'Fritz Mondale" and former President Jimmy Carter and for "screwing up" the economy, He also tried to tie "the labor lawyer (Stephens)" to Carter and Mondale.

About 20 minutes after it started, it was over. The former president was on his way to a fund-raiser at the Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center. At the fund-raiser, which was conducted to raise money to renovate the center's exhibit hall, Ford talked about his friendship with the late U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen of Pekin.

Ford was first elected Republican leader of the House when Dirksen was Republican leader in the Senate. "He gave me the warmest, the nicest reception," Ford said, "He welcomed me into the Republican leadership and said 'let's figure out how we can build the Republican after Lyndon Johnson's landslide victory in the 1964 presidential election. Ford said he and Dirksen used to have what they called the "Ev and Jerry Show a press conference where we kind of gave Lyndon Johnson the needle. At a news conference later, Ford said he has no future political By JON PERKINS Pantograph staff PEKIN It was as if the scene had been rehearsed. The crepe paper, balloons, a huge flag and local dignitaries were all in place.

A master of ceremonies kept things moving, introducing the local officials. But the crowd was there to see former President Gerald R. Ford. It was quiet, although a former president was to speak in a few minutes. The Pekin Township High School Band moved through renditions of "On Wisconsin" and "The Illinois Loyalty Song" while the audience of 1,500 murmured in anticipation.

Older citizens held up "Michel for Congress" bumper stickers. When Ford, U.S. Rep. Robert Michel, R-Peoria, and Michel's wife Corinne strode briskly into the Pekin High School gymnasium, the partisan crowd broke into a rousing cheer. The crowd was definitely pro-Ford and pro-Michel.

Only one person there was a vocal supporter of Douglas Stephens, Michel's Democratic opponent in the 18th Congressional District. The master of ceremonies introduced Michel, who in turn was to introduce Ford. But before Michel began talking, Gina Pogioli, 8, the reigning Pekin marigold princess, presented Mrs. Michel with a bouquet of flowers. United Auto Workers members, he does not work for the union.

Ford also said Stephens is "clearly identified with the Carter policies that were a flop and he ought to be held responsible." At another point, he said he assumed Stephens would have approved of Carter's grain embargo. Stephens has spoken strongly against embargoes of any goods, and has criticized Carter as he has University have agreed that the Sheriff's Department will act as a central gathering point of reports of suspicious medicines and candy this Halloween weekend. If someone in the Twin Cities or McLean County has reason to be suspect that candy or medicine may have been tampered with, they should report the incident to sheriff's police and bring the item to Sheriff's Department headquarters, 104 W. Front Bloomington. Bloomington Police Chief Donald Story, who accompanied Brienen at an afternoon news conference yesterday, said police suspect the inci John Maitland Pantograph photoMARC FEATHERLY By DAVJD PITTMAN Pantograph staff No one needed a hymnal last night at First Pentecostal Church.

The 40 or so people there knew the song. They sang it loud and in harmony. As their bodies swayed, they clapped their hands and stomped their feet. When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be. When we all see Jesus, what a victory that will be.

Across town different tunes were playing. Thousands more heard the rock 'n' roll rhythms of Jefferson Starship rebound through Horton Field House than the gospel alternative provided at the "prayer meeting." "We think it's time for Grace Slick and her lead guitarist Paul Kantner to get down on their knees," the Rev. Wesley Ates said Thursday in urging Central Illinois residents to boycott Jefferson Starship and attend the Bloomington church instead. "I say up with Jesus and down with rock 'n' roll." Ates' mood seemed more conciliatory last night. "Demonstrating against some DEBATE From Al minds of our young people." Kantner and Ates continued on a similar exchange for about two hours yesterday during a debate at Founders Suite in Bone Student Center at Illinois State University.

It was something Ates wanted to happen and it was something Kantner agreed to do. About 75 people, including various news media representatives, filled the room to listen. The majority of the people were pro-rock and rollers. The other portion were members of Ates' congregation. The audience wasn't limited to those in the room, however.

The debate was aired on radio stations WJBC and WBNQ and will be re-broadcast in its entirety at 7 a.m. Sunday on WBNQ and 9:05 p.m. Sunday on WJBC. Ates was the first to speak, saying he was "representing Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible." Citing various quotes from magazines interviews in which Kantner and Ms. Slick openly admitted using drugs and having a daughter, God, out of marriage, Ates charged the two were anti-Christ, anti-God and anti-American.

"I urge you in the audience to attend the prayer meeting tonight instead of the concert," Ates said amid hecklers in the audience. Katner, in turn, agreed that "most of the things you say about us, we're guilty of. But, we're proud of our beliefs. They're rationally held beliefs." He said his group wasn't forcing anything on the youth of today, rather it was suggesting to people to "feed your head with what's going on around you." Through its music, Jefferson Starship, formerly Jefferson Airplane, relates what's going on in the world hoping that it will open people's eyes and motivate them to do something about it, Kantner said. "In rock'n'roll shows, we go out past the edges," Kantner said.

"We go out where we're not allowed. We're trying to do the same things you're trying to do make the world a better place." Ates on the other hand, through his burning of books and records, is denying people of what's available to them in life "assuming they are too stupid to figure out what's good for themselves," Kantner said. "We stand in opposition to you people who burn books and records. REVIEW Michel said, "I'm not going to raise anybody's false expectations," but "we're certainly on the right track." He said the "really heavy industries" such as Caterpillar are "probably the last to respond" to a recovery. During his remarks, Ford at least twice called Stephens a "union lawyer," a title Stephens disputes because, while most of his practice is workers' compensation cases for the Anacin tests will take, he said.

Fairbury Police Chief William Spray asked those with the suspect tablets not to destroy them. He said they should either hold onto them, without taking them, until after the test results are back, or they should turn the capsules over to Fairbury or Livingston County sheriff's police. Because of the discovery of irregularities in the Anacin bottles and of a pin in a candy bar purchased at Zayre Department Storen Bloomington this week, police from Normal, Bloomington, McLean County and Illinois State I'll stand against you the rest of my life this way. If you want to keep warm, there are other ways," Kantner said. However, Ates argued that the group might be sincere in its desire to help the world, but "you're going in the wrong direction.

You're looking in the wrong place." He said the group would recall all of their records and take all of the four-letter words out of their songs if they were really sincere. "Your position is in opposition of God," Ates said. "Jesus Christ was the last true Christian," Kantner said. "Since then everybody else has been making money on his name." Kantner, who seemed to have a fairly good grasp of the Bible and said he had been an altar boy in the Catholic church, said he didn't believe in God. "Don't get me wrong," he said, "I just don't believe in believing.

If I can't see something, I can't believe in it." He said he had tried talking to God, but he didn't talk back. "What kind of father is it that won't talk to you when you talk to him?" he asked. "I'd like a life like the apostles," Kantner said referring to a statement Ates made earlier about irony of an anti-Christ group with a lead guitarist named Paul (like the apostle Paul) and a vocalist named Grace (like in amazing grace). But, Kantner said, until it happens, he can't believe. Ates maintained that it wouldn't happen if Kantner's lifestyle didn't change.

"I denote a cry in Paul Kantner," Ates said. "He's looking for the light, but in the wrong place. "I love Paul Kantner and Grace Slick," Ates said. To prove his point, and at the request of a person in the audience, he walked over to Kantner and the two men hugged. After the on-air broadcast ended, the two men continued talking and answering questions.

"I am anti his way of life," Kantner said. But, he said, he thinks he at least started "chipping away" at the thoughts Ates has about rock stars. "I think he saw I wasn't the leering devil he thought I was." And, Kantner said, when it comes right down to things, "We have similar aims to make the life around us better. And, one day, hopefully, we can face the fact that we can work together for the benefit of someone else." into the piece with a solo impressive for its delicacy, intricacy and technique. He simply pressed his fingers against the strings on the neck, never bothering to pick or strum.

And while the technique may have smacked a little of gimmickry, it did nothing to lessen the impact. Lead singer Mickey Thomas was a rather jarring bit of youth in an otherwise aging band until he opened his mouth. Then he and Grace Slick were ageless, and even those who might still mourn the loss of Marty Balin should have been appeased. Paul Kantner, who appeared not the least tired after a brush with the Rev. Wesley Ates earlier in the day, brought the finishing touch to a very fine performance, both on keyboards Former President Gerald Ford.

FORD From Al County and western portions of Woodford and Logan counties, has been hit especially hard, said Michel, because of heavy industry Caterpillar Tractor Co. in the Peoria area. Asked if the jobless figure could reach 8 percent in a year in Peoria, which recently posted 15.1 percent unemployment, ANACIN From Al There was no visible sign the capsules had been tampered with, but police sent the suspect capsules to the Department of Public Health in Chicago for analysis. Six Fairbury stores, including Dave's Supermarket, have pulled Anacin Maximum Strength Analgesic Capsules off their shelves. Police and health officials warned residents not to take capsules from lot numbers 2C03 and 2C05 until the results are known, and advised extreme caution in taking any other medicine which is not in a tamper-proof package.

Initial indications were that it is not uncommon for extra capsules to be added to a bottle during filling at the manufacturing plant, and that cotton stoppers are no longer used in the 36-count bottles. Sheriff's police said the overcount could be just a packaging error. The makers of Anacin, Whitehall Laboratories New York, told police they no longer use cotton in 36-count Anacin bottles, and recently stopped making the 36-count bottles, instead switching to a 30-count bottle. The company's counting machines are set so that the customer never gets less than the amount of pills specified on the bottle, but often receives more than the number specified. The Illinois Health Department labs are busy analyzing Tylenol capsules as part of the investigation into the deaths of seven Chicago-area people who took cyanide-laced Tylenol and it is unknown how long and rhythm guitar.

His only reference to the minister's protest was in his greeting, after the band's performance of "Stranger," "Welcome to an evening of demonic rock 'n' roll." Starship was even good enough to rise above the horrendous echo chamber that is Horton Field House. Unfortunately, .38 Special, the warm-up band, was not that good. The music was uniform, one song blending into another in an almost traumatic cacophony of guitar and bass. Their sound was made worse by the lack of keyboards a lack that became inexcusable when Starship's seasoned performers showed the proper use of piano and organ. Coupled with the rather ridiculous onstage antics of lead singer Donnie Van Zant and the pretentious performance of two drummers, each with his own trap set but often playing exactly the same thing, the music became an unrecognizable series of riffs and chords bonded by a bass that tended to thump.

Perhaps the Rev. Ates selected the wrong band for his attacks. criticized Reagan for the pipeline machinery embargo. Asked about expected results Tuesday, Michel said "I'm going 'to win," and referring to the margin'of victory, he said "I'm be thankful for anything I get. Sure I'd like to keep from being what welki both parties call marginal," with 55 percent or less, but "when you consider the product of these times, that again opens that up to some question." dent at Zayre's was an isolated one.

Store personnel at Zayre checked other candy bars with a metal detector and did not find any others that had been tampered with, he said. The candy bar with the pin was discovered Wednesday. Story said store personnel asked police to check the candy for them and make a determination whether they should continue selling it. However police declined because a metal detector can only determine if a a piece of candy had been spiked with a metal object, not whether it had been poisoned, Story said. Action Senator.

Maitland Darretl I Hartareg Chairman. Bloomington Illinois 6 ir01 ISU crowd rewarded with Starship mastery tions on careful and thoughtful deliberation. But when the deliberation is over and the proper course has been determined, John Maitland believes that the quality of leadership is measured in accomplishment. John Maitland is the kind of capable and highly regarded Senator the citizens of the 44th District deserve. John Maitland 's roots are in the 44th District right in the heart of some of the most productive food producing land on the face of the earth.

A successful farmer, John Maitland has compiled an outstanding record of service to his nation, his community and the people of the 44th District. He is a Marine Corps veteran, a former county Farm Bureau president, and a dedicated participant in local government, local business and local affairs. He is now completing an award winning term as an active, articulate and effective State Senator. John Maitland is an action Senator. He listens and he bases his convic By MARTHA SULLIVAN Pantograph staff People at Illinois State University's Horton Field House last night were ready to party and it seemed nothing could destroy their spirit not even a 30-minute delay in the start and IVi hours of the lead-in band.

They were rewarded. Jefferson Starship, a band with nearly 20 years under its belt, was all any crowd could want. Even a small group who demanded "White Rabbit," which was a hit in 1967, could not have been disappointed in the band's performance of "Find Your Way Back." Lead guitarist Craig Chaquico led Republican Senator 44th District Illinois Committee lo Elect John 306 Nortn Center.