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ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Serving the Alton Community ior More Than 122 Years Low 45, Iflgh 70. Weiibw Established January 15, 1836 Vol. CXXIV, No. 77 ALTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1959. 18 PAGES 5c Per Copy Member of the Associated Protests on Free Bridges Expected EDWARDSVILLE Protests expected to he raised by the of Madison, and possibly other affected communities at a Hearing at the new Madison County Farm Bureau building here this afternoon on proposal for construction of tw new toll-free Mississippi River bridges, and plans for a circumferential expressway to carry through traffic around St.

Louis and East St. Louis, as part of a federal aid program. Today's hearing was set for 2 p.m. at the Farm Bureau building, 900 Hillsboro Ave. The meeting wns to be open for discussion on the bridge and expressway plans, which have been announced through the Mis- and Illinois Highway De partments.

Many lnvttcrt All interested parties, including representatives of federal, state, county and municipal agencies as well as civic groups ano property owners havej been invited to be present or send representatives to (he meeting. Mayor Stephen Maeras of Madison has indicated that the city of Madison, which owns the Chain of Rocks Bridge (which spans the Mississippi west of Mitchell) will submit a protest at today's hearing. One of the new bridges proposed would be located a half-; mile north of the present Chainj ot Rocks bridge, a toll span. Ef- SCENE IN TIBET This picture was obtained Monday in shows captured rebels handing over their New York from EasUoto agency, which arms to People's Liberation Army in distributes pictures from Red China and Lhasa, Tibet. Tibet's god king, the Dalai some other Communist countries.

Cap- Lama, whose regime was abolished by tion with picture, noting it came from the Red China, now is in India. (AP JVire- China Photo Service in Peiping, said it photo. ike Dedicates Repairs May Close Taf'tMemorial 0 t1 A Bridge 2 Months At Capital Plans-; to close Clark bridge mote than two months this sum- WASHINGTON (API-President; mpr were explained Monday. fect of a new toll-free dedicated a towering; bri(j 1hc Mississ uould take about twjl as practically adjoining he Cham memorial today to the late Sen. fe Qf immcdials In hf)Urs of Rocks bndge 'would be a A.

Tall, lie praised pai accorting to Sver drup afternoon were Hart, our people cannot afford lo take: as a man who gave. Rcnrrouslyj Lf)uis enginecringl Hendrick. Watt, and T. F. Creed, without a fight," Mayor Maeras, aiK unstintingly himself "for U.S.

Fires Second Satellite In Polar Orbit Successfully has asserted. The Missouri Highway 'ana unsiiniinRiy oj niriiMjii hired to examine the bridgelof Sverdrup Parcel; V. C. ithe Rood of all America. j.

ICrawlPV. Illinnis' traffic. iCrawley, Illinois' district traffic'j leJ Herter Will Represent U. S. at Paris WASHINGTON Acting Secretary of States Christian A.

than ailing Secretary John Foster represent the United States at a meeting of Western foreign ministers in Pans beginning April 29. The conference will prepare the West for negotiations with the Soviet Union on the Berlin crisis at Geneva next month. Announcing this, the State Department also disclosed today medical experts have been called to discuss Dulles' condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital this afternoon. Press officer Lincoln White said a statement would be made after the meeting. Physicians who will meet are those.

White said, who have followed the course of the secretary's illness. White said he assumed the medical consultation would be held in Duller' quarters at the hospital. Dulles is suffering from abdominal cancer. He returned to the hospital suddenly last Sunday from Florida, where he had been resting after radiation treatments Eisenhower honored a formerl uij no ant Missouri highway! engineer out of East St. Louis; nos mission has announced approva polit1ca) riva and al a ccre-j deparlmenls are cooperating iniHenry Cochran of Bartholomew SEPTEMBER'S NEAR Jerry Mercurt, 414, isn't quite sure it' he likes the prospects of school next fall.

Like other future members of the kindergarten class, he had to register Monday at Rochester, N. Y. And while his mother, Mrs. Ralph Mercuri, signed him in, he peeked shyly around of plans for a al he of JOO.footir expressway or "loop to carry towpr ftm cd at nc foot oi PeR ineers lo inakc the SUJ ning cn gineei-s: Robert L. Gould-j en much speculation smce that through traffic around St.

Capito in momorv of the ing representing downtown bus- he ma shortly reslgn as Dulles appeared haggard andj a doonvay. (AP Wirephoto) and East St. Louis, the proposed toll-free bridge north of Chain of Rocks bridge, and (Ohio senator. Results of the inspection and.iness interests; Francis Kaar, Taft, Eisenhower said, was a plans for repairs were explained! executive secretary of the Great- existing Jefferson Bar a of the racks Bridge across sippi. The proposed liberal in championing individual similar bridge in the vicinity £.

Jefferson Bar-! ri hts symbol of conser- the Missis-! vatism in everv thing affecting the i national economy. improve-! Former President Herbert Hoo- ment" with federal aid and high government officials would consist of a dual lane ex-1also participated with Eisenhow- pressway from the Missouri statejer in the dedication, line west of Mitchell, easterly to Hoover depicted Taft as a man to Alton political and business ex-ier Alton Association of Com- ecutives Monday afternoon in City Manager Graham Watt's office. merce; Mayor P. W. Day, Police Chief John Heafner and Police Robert Brown.

an intersection with Federal Aid interstate Route 70 northwest of Troy, III. The deck of the bridge is fall-! In the face of the hazards of ing apart. The rocker shoes, on-making bridge repairs while at- the weight of the to pass one-way traf- rests atop the piers, are setting! fie, the assembled men agreed awry and have to be adjusted. who chose to die with his bootTon Some metal arts are worn rather than to desert his post. sUn or gone.

Structural Steel na rtlimnnn anri Tinintfifi called Taft "an official with a so- Each of the proposed two riewj a i conscience" and said: "He must be cleaned and painted. A new guard rail is needed to elim- nai causcd traf- toll-free spans, to be financed! not only would not desert his post, inate the boxed in" narrowness largely with federal funds, would he never deserted his people." tie into the plan for a "beltline! vice President Richard M. Nix- expressway for through traffic l0n a Speaker of the House Sam fie crackups. Concrete Chunks expressway lui iiiiuuiji. HCHI.I^QIJ a apeaKLT 01 me MUUM: oftiu diversion around the two metro-JRayburn (D-Texi arranged to ac-1 Hunks of concrete have it would be better to close the bridge and do the job as quickly as possible.

"We propose to do the work as quickly as possible and to complete it this summer," said Hart. 'The plan is to work two shifts, starting early in the morning to noon and then to pclitan areas. On the Illinois side, the four lane highway would run from Eisenhower, in a brief prepared No suggestions were made for copt the marble tower on behalf from the underside of the bridge were maoe ior -'of Congress. (deck, said the bridge Saturdays or Sundays Hlic point just north of Chain of Rocks bridge to the Illinois Central overhead on Rt. 159.

From Rt. 159 south of Edwardsville, thfi roadway would extend toward the Jefferson Barracks skirting around Dupo. bridge, At some points, inches of con-l Hart stated, since this would crete, chunks as big as a man's hand, have fallen off and left thej reinforcing steel exposed. A piece of concrete fell while boost the cost in overtime. jded him inspecting party was busy Taft was the bridge last fall.

It work da Total Cost The bridge can be repaired for about $655,000. engineers es. i limated. in 45 work days. A is one where the Former Alton Man Found Slain in Texas "To the people of the United LAKK JACKSON.

Tex. Stalcg hp was a libcral njg address, voiced his personal gratitude to Taft for "the priceless gift of friendship" and the wisdom and experience offered by the senator "whenever I needed To Eisenhower. Tan was iiie.i«..«-. i i i tiim-iweather does not stall the job. rival over whom the former gen-j most struck the mspcctois, tneyi Kaar suggested the best lime for the work might be late in summer and into fall.

He said Illinois Highway Division, would leave the bridge open "All knew him as a command-jSt. Louis district. He was ui ing the ing figure on Capitol Hill," Eisen-jported by L. Hendrick, llli-. namc hower said.

jnois Highway Department engi- retaiy. The announcement that Herter will attend the Paris session was not unexpected. Officials had said that Dulles was counting on sufficient recovery to be able to represent the United States at the East-West foreign ministers conference beginning in Geneva Mayj U. Reassessment for Godfrey Rejected SPPJNGFIELD. of the Illinois Department of Revenue turned down a request of Godfrey Township officials Sverdrup report also was the Republican leader in iwafc presented by C.

K. a the Senate in the Eisenhower ad- assistant district engineer of thei ministration's infancy. today probed the slaying of Ber- championship of individual rights neer out of Springfield. games tion spots. l.JI'1 JlifjllV-lU, Hendrick described himself as le engineers suggested the a man whose job with the s.ate| shollkl be losed before nard Thomas Wooley.

48. found shot and opportunity, but he was for years has been "to go around to death Sunday night just inside ie synl 10 i informed and up old bridges." the door of his apartment. i responsible conservatism in every- He said the purpose of nd SlcTal. In Wooley, a bachelor, was shot two lning a ff oi; tj the nation's econ- or more times in the chest. Officers 0myi j.

Ie by his defini- said they found no blood, no oni a politician. An admiring na- no bullets and no clues. He on now acknowledges been a nurse at the Dow Chemical was infinitely more." sion Monday was to secure an opinion from the Alton group to back up the opinion of the Sver- Co. hospital since 1948. Rogers Weiskopff, who lives in a nearby apartment, found the body after hearing shots and a cry for help.

Wooley formerly lived in Alton, 111. that he was infinitely more. At the base of the tower is a 10-foot high statue of Tafl, whose death from cancer on July 111, 1953 ended a career that included four unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination. Civil Service Body Posts Rules for Corporal Exam The Civil Service Commission, through a bulletin posted in the police department, has announced the "weights" to be applied in an examination to be held Wednesday night at City Hall to rate eligibles for promotion to the rank of police department corporal. The examination, set for 7 p.m., will be the first in many years to be conducted by a Board of Examiners appointed by the commission.

Patrolmen with one full year of service will be permitted to take the examination for promotion. Tho examination, the bulletin reveals, will be in tsvo sections, one on "general police information and duties," weight 9U; the other on what is termed "physical," weight 10. In addition, points are to be allowed in recognition of past service in the department. On dutieu, the bulletined notice states, the examination will consist of a written test, weight 70, and an oral test, weight '60. Test questions will be from information contained in the "Police and Sheriffs' Association Handbook of The physical examination, to be oral, will cover such mutters as appearance, self expression, and allied subjects.

Seniority in service will not be a part of the overall examination, says the notice, but markings for seniority will be added to an overall grade of 70 or more in the examination. Two points consulting firm and of the over the Chain of Rocks bridge. No New Approach Plans do not include a dridge approach, such as Illinois and Missouri partments. Conveying Information Herter conferred with Dulles for 45 minutes this morning. White said the two men had a review of current internalional questions, especially negotiations in Geneva on prohibiting nuclear weapons which resumed Monday, and the current status ol Berlin and German questions.

Senators earlier had expressed; reluctantly a growing belief that Dulles may have to hand in his resignation soon. Soviets Buzz U. S. Plane in Air Corridor BONN, Germany planes have buzzed an Arner- can Air Force transport in another incident in an air corridor to Berlin, the U.S. Embassy disclosed today.

An embassy spokesman said two Soviet jet fighters harassed an Air Force double decker propeller transport on its way back from a routine cargo delivery flight to Berlin April 3. The embassy spokesman gave Ithis account of the April 3 inciJdent: for a directive ordering a reassessment ot' real estate in the township. The action followed a conference here Monday, They recommended that Eldon Williams, township assessor, concentrate his efforts on putting new property and omitted property on the books as soon as possible and submit his recommendations to the Madison County Board of Review. department; and WiHard Ice, su pervisor of the rules and regula tion division at Springfield. "Not-Satisfactory" Williams, who was just appointee to the post in January, said at the end of the conference the decision was "not satisfactory" since he Revenue department an order for reassessmen been discussed in connection with d0 other traffic adjustments on this he bi militar vel slon ot tlic side of the river.

Mayor Day expressed the idea ma.w* trnnc "It would help a great deal In nc shou be conveying the information to the public as to why the bridge lias to be closed," he pointed out. immediately as quickly as' possible. "I'm worried about the people who go over there (to Missouri) Actually, the I wo states can ljvjng (hose proceed with any repair plan comc which their officials choose without consulting Altoniaas. However, Hendrick and other state officials implied, they rea-, jme lize the bad situation for affic mus i that will arise with the closing! this way," he staled. "You're going to have them, no i matter what: IJie season." Boeing Stratocruiser was flying at about 1:2,000 feel when two.

Soviet jets came up from behind and began cruising, each about 100 feet from a wingtip of the American plane. 'The Soviet fliers then swapped said they were reluctant to step into a local situation. They point- would have been simpler to carry out and provide for a complete nev ed out the county board could I assessment. But he assured the off i direct a reassessment and also cials he would do his best to fol explained they thought the local governmental units should be given full opportunity to act before the state steps in. low their suggestions.

In seeking the reassessment or der, Williams said he believed a re assessment of town lots would adc Present at the conference at eas $2,000,000 to the assessec Williams; James P. Gorman, AH va llc township. Lands in the ton assessor and president of the Madison County Assessors Association; Madison County Treasurer W. McGee, and the following officials of the revenue department. A.

N. Nelson, Springfield supervisor of the property tax division; and E. L. Maynard, supervisor of the Chicago property tax office; C. E.

Halpin, executive assistant to the director of the NewVanguard Missile Flops After Firing CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) off balance, a Vanguard 'satellite rocket broke apart three going over 1 1 after blastoff Monday night and plopped into the Atlantic other going under the transport. The American pilot reduced alti- as tu(le a mile. This seemed lo sat- brM nto he a One eslima(e of the bridge and, in the intere. ot public relations, said it is best, to explain through local spokes-i men.

Hour Another plan for repair is pos-, sible but this would be im- clar dliys, or three months. Piers Okay A major purl of the bridge that does not need repairs, ac- biuie um M. (0 engineers, are the practical, the engineers pointed; ntrtnvt rnil out. One way traffic could be permit ted during the repair of the bridge. The cost In thai case would be about a quarter of a million dollars more.

The to human life would be increas- years of sides of tho bridge. The! muc) llow thc 0 each of thciJob couldn't be done as well and will be accorded for each of led. TraJio would be jammed on a i t- the first live and one point next five years of service, Provision for the use of an examining board to conduct civil service tests is included in the present rules of the commission. Section 7 provides that the board designated by the co'mmis- Lsun shall consist of not less Hum three persons. The board would conduct the examination, preparing and marking examination papers.

piers. They reported they found no evidence of scouring at base of the piers. Though the surface of the piers feels' dy" to the touch, they snid, the piers are in good condition. If the replacement of the bridge deck is not done Im- TODAY'S CHUCKI-E Then there was the hold-up man who shoved a note at the bank teller which read: "I've got you over all the dough in the cage." The teller scribbled back, "Kindly go lo the next window. I'm on my lunch hour." (45 The Hull Syndicate, inc.) heavy trucks could soon jar loose more concrete and holes would appear in the bridge floor, leaving the reinforcing as the only support for traffic until patch repairs could be made.

DATA AT THE DAM 8 u.m. temperature today 44 High low 34" River btuvu below Precipitation dum tit 8 u.m. Pool 20.0. his. to u.m.

None. CW away. The whole encounter lasted only a few minutes. Ocean. The trouble was in the temperamental second sttige, which houses he complete guidance and con- The" spokesman" charged "the So-M system of the Vanguard.

viol jets with "very dangerous Authorities said the first stage maneuvers." He said American I performed well, boosting the rock- and Soviet officers at the four- power air safely center In Berlin et to height of 38 miles in a little over two minutes. But short- had exchanged verbal protests. after ignition of the second each accusing the other's fliers ofislage, a jolt shook the 72-foot dangerous air tactics. 'rocket and knocked it off course. Rep.

Smith to Address CAAC Forum on Thursday State Rep. Ralph T. Smith (R- Alton) will address the Greater Alton Association of Commerce luncheon forum Thursday at Hotel Stratford, Rep. Smith will tell the forum listeners of pending legislation in Springfield including proposed amendments to the state revenue act und several school finance bills. Other topics he plans to cover are pending judicial reform bills und finances of various govern- mental agencies.

Tlu 1 Thursday forums are intended to acquaint GAAC members and anyone liilwosled in the workings of government and proposed legislation on the national and tale Jen els. The luncheons begin ut noon, with adjournment at 1:15. Speakers remain to discuss individual problems after the adjournment I i o. Reservations for the luncheon may be made by calling the GAAC office. Hoping to Recover Space Capsule Floating to Ground By RALPH DIOHTOX VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

Discoverer II, a satellite, was in polar orbit today, carrying in its nose cone a space capsule the Air hopes to catch in the air near Hawaii. The recovery experiment may be attempted later today. The capsule was described as a miniature of the type that someday may be used to return men irom space stations. Discoverer II was launched this missile base Monday, Hearings on Zone Changes Set Tonight With four public hearings scheduled on zoning matters, the City Plan Commission faces a crowded routine at City Hall tonight. In addition to a hearing on an amendment to the present zoning ordinance, set for 7 p.m., the coinmission also will hear three applications for zoning reclassification of properties from residential to business use.

Two of the rezoning petitions apply to Upper Alton properties, and one of these covers to 13 separate tracts or lots, 12 fronting Washington avenue in the 1800- the other fronting vhile across the nation fellow sci- mtists were experiencing a disappointment. At Cape Canaveral, the Air Force tried unsuccessfully to put hree satellites into orbit from a single' launching vehicle, Vanguard III. The Vanguard's second stage failed to ignite on schedule. Officials at the Cape said cause of the trouble was not known. To Float to Earth If Discoverer II achieves proper stability, its instrumented nose cone is scheduled to be kicked oose on command from ground racking stations and float earthward beneath a parachute.

Eight Hawaii-based C119 Flying- Boxcars' are awaiting orders to swoop on the descending parachute and try to drape it across a 30-foot-long trapeze bar suspended beneath each plane. The parachute and capsule would then be reeled into the plane. The parachute would come into range of the- Air For'de CU9s at about 20,000 feet. The planes would have 10 minutes to snatch the parachute from the air. If they failed, the buoyant capsule would be fished from the ocean by Navy vessels patrolling the recovery area.

county are now on the books at $5, and lots and improvements are carried at total $14,377,60,5. Most of the new value would be placed on subdivisions that have sprung up recently, Williams explained. In some instances these properties are assessed at 21 per cent of the sales pi-ice, he pointed out. block, and Main street. Hearing on the multiple application for the Upper Alton re- zonings is set for 8:45 p.m.

The project would, in effect, extend tlie Upper Alton business area north on Washington avenue from Crawford to Judson avenue, and would include a lot at 1812 Main St. The second "Upper Alton rezon ing proposal set for hearing at 8:30 p.m. would also extent the present business district, The petition is that of Charles and Mary Smith for lots at 2603 and 2607 College these being on the south side of College immediately east of Main street The third application, set foi 8 p.m., is that of Mr. and Mrs. Louis C.

Horn for rezoning, from a residence classification to business, their property at 619 and 623 Henry St. (southeast corner of E. Seventh and Henry) Horn for many years conrluctec a food market there. City records reveal that almost 12 years ago, in November of 1947, the Horns sought a reclassification to' business use for the same premises, and that City Council granted a report of the Board of Zoning Appeals recommending that the petition be granted. Recently it was discovered that no ordinance to implement the approved report was enacted by the Council, In this situation, the Horns have initiated a new application.

The first public hearing tonight, will be on a proposed amendment of the present zoning code to require off-street parking space be provided in connection with almost all future Alton building projects, both residential and commercial. Zoning hearings, under the present code, are now conducted by the City Plan Commission. The city also lias a Zoning Commission, but its functions are in connection with the current city planning program which includes a new zoning'enactment. Check on The capsule contains instrti- All three Madison County officials said they were disturbed about the feelings of other township assessors in the county who have "tried to do the job and put proper assessments on property," if something were not done about Godfrey. The Madison county officials said the assessment of lands in the county was considered about right.

They explained to the Revenue Department officials the difficulty in Godfrey Township came about in this way. II. C. Smith, who took over as assessor in January, 1938, had completed only the personal assessment and was unable to make the quadrennial real estate appraisal because of illness. Finished Kuril) l.iimls The farm lands, assessment was finished by Henry Koellcr, a Godfrey farm owner and deputy assessor who sol assessments on 60 per cent valuation.

McGee completed Hit; assessment of lots but he did not got the tax books until December and did not have time to make a full revision of properties in the subdivisions. Smith resigned us assessor in January and Williams, a former justice of the peace, was appointed by the town board. Jn answer to questions, Williams) suid IIP thought it would take himj ut least a year to make a Billboards, bumper stickers, and revision under a reassessment or-; newspa )ei an ra dio advertising Jn Inside Musts lODIIOKIAL Sl'OKTS HAIMO TV UlIITLAItY CLASSIFIKU COMICS 4 1'AGK 8 PAOK 13 PACE 14 TAGE 14 I'AGE 18 ments to supply oxygen and control heat and atmospheric pressure. Other instruments will check how effective these environmental systems are. They are designed to keep small animals alive in future satellites.

Tliere is no animal in Discoverer II. Regardless ojT the. outcome' ol the' recovery atTempt, spokesmen said they were elated by the; second successful orbit in the Discoverer series. Discoverer tired Feb. 28, circled the earth 17.

days before falling back into the atmtf- sphere and burning up. Seven hours after Mondayls launch spokesmen announced the satellite was whirling around the earth north-to-south every 90.84 minutes. Its path from pole to pole took it as far out as 243 and brought it as close as 156 miles. It was traveling 17.433.S miles an hour. With this orbital pattern established by tracking stations in Alaska, Hawaii and Vandenberg, the satellite is expected to remain aloft at least 30 days.

It will continue sending radio beacon signals during its lifetime. To Carry Mice William H. Godel, director -of planning for the Advanced Research Project Agency, said the launching, regardless of success of the capsule recovery plans, is "a significant step in the nation's missile and space research program." Future Discoverers will carry mice and monkeys into orbit to test the hazards man will meet in space travel. The Discoverer capsule, although only 27 by 33 inches, is remarkably similar in function to the capsule planned for Project Mercury which is expected to bring a man back from orbit some two years hence. The Vanguard failure in Florida was the seventh in nine tries for that type rocket.

If it had behaved as planned, the second stage would have boosted the satellite payload up to 9,000 miles an hour before separation of the units. Signals were received by three tracking stations for about seven minutes before the trouble developed. At least one official was pessimistic that the capsule would be recovered. William H. Godel, director of planning for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, estimated the chance of success at 1 in 1,000.

He said a number of tilings could go wrong before the capsule even is ejected. School Tax Rate Publicity Costs Paid for by AEA der because he intended to comply with the legal provisions calling for properly record cards required by law. He suid utter the conference he would make up cards on the new und omitted property he puts on the tux lists us he goes along and would seek to get all property in the township on the record cards as soon as possible. of un increase in the ettuea. lional tux rate maximum in the Alton school district are paid for by the Alton Education Association und not the school district, Al Hill AEA president, pointed out today.

"The teachers ure concerned with the continued progress ol our educational program and hope that the citizens of the community can continue lo take pride in their excellent schools," Hill said. The AEA, Hill continued, seeks to promote the welfare and educational interests of all children to ustablisb cooperation between the schools and the community, To further these purposes tho grouu, made up of 466 protesslwwl employes ol the Alton school djs. trict. lias become recommending body the betterment oj in Alton,.