The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 24

TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY THE DECATUR REVIEW Decatur, Illinois, Monday, March 29, 1965. West End Site Pool Favored For Fairview Three of the five members j' of the Decatur Park Board have Firestone Workers Back on Job Union and management officials at the Firestone Tire Rubber Co. plant here met at 9 a.m. today to discuss grievances which led to a wildcat strike by hourly employes last week. More than 500 members of United Rubber Workers Local 713 returned to their jobs last night and today, ending an unauthorized walkout which began Thursday.

SCHOOL PLANNING A of to Start Junior College Action The Association of Commerce tonight will start action for a junior college in the Decatur area. Interested citizens are urged to attend the meeting in Albert Taylor Hall at Millikin University at 7:30 p.m. Reports from two A of committees, along with the appointment of a temporary steering committee to establish a two-year college here, will be made. President of the Winnebago-Boone Company Junior College Board, Dean A. Olson will relate Roekford's successful efforts in development of a junior college which opens there next fall.

indicated that they favor locat ing the Fairview Park swimming pool behind the park's small pavilion, rather than Staley Union To Act on Grievance Local 837 of the Allied Industrial Workers of America, AFL-CIO, has scheduled a series of special meetings Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and act upon a grievance against the A. E. Staley Mfg. According to notices posted around the Staley complex, the meetings will include taking a strike vote against the company. However, Otto S.

McKee, union president, did not mention this in a statement he issued today. Meetings will be at 4 p. m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday and at 10 a.m.

Thursday in the AIW Hall, 1202 E. Eldorado St. The three meetings are being held to accommodate workers on dif near the deer pen. The latter site is preferred by the other two members. All board members agree, however, that cose of develop The strike, which had not! been authorized or sanctioned by the union's leaders, had 2 Men Seek Seat on Board ment will influence their decision.

The matter Is to be decided at the board's meeting Thursday. Architects Graham Bradley and Rodney Spangler indicated last week that they will have cost figures for both sites available Tuesday. William Harner, W. Lindley Huff and Dr. R.

Zink Sanders are the board members who would vote for locating the pool in the west end, if the cost is not prohibitive. Harner says he feels there would be less congestion and ferent Staley shifts. u.ir iL.i AU- 1 lt i There is a contest for assistant supervisor in Hickory Point Township in the April 6 election. Carl D. Deyton, incumbent Republican, is opposed by George iTnml Rrnirn a rPm(Vrat Staff photo by L.

Roger Turner started in protest over the lr regular hours of a seven man tire-tubing crew. The union's officers had been urging their men to return to work since the strike began, but until yesterday met resistance. The decision to end the strike was reached yesterday afternoon at a meeting attended by about 500 of the 550 union members. This ended an impasse created by the work stoppage. Company officials refused to meet with union leaders until the men returned to work.

The union members earlier refused to return to work until the company met with them to hear their grievances. Chap's Rink Razed for Couple Deyton, of 6 Greenridge isles traffic around the west nd site. purchasing agent for Field Street will link with existing U.S. 51 north of Spring Creek. shorb Co, the extension Street across The work is make way for of North Main Pershing Road.

part of the U.S. 51 north-south couple project begun here last week. When completed Mam ivicitee bdiu mat uie lucdi a executive board had authorized the meetings "for discussion and action on the company's answer to a grievance protesting the job specifications of the new dextrose hydrate plant." This facility, also called the crystalline dextrose plant, is still under construction and is i scheduled to come on stream sometime this spring. It is the last phase of a $10 million expansion program which Staley embarked on beginning in 1963. Local 837 represents hourly workers at the Staley company.

It has about 1,800 members. Brown, Route 6, is an estimator for Hunter-Pogue Co. Huff thinks the site would be cheaper to develop than the deer pen area. Cleanliness Considered Sanders oDDoses the deer Den WORKMAN ESTATE Urea because he savs. it would Florence S.

Workman left an cut the Dark in half. He also be- estimated estate of $2,300 ac-llieves that keeping the pool Jimmie D. Taylor, union presi-! cording to a petition to admit! there clean and free of leaves Workmen today began razing the old Chap's Roller Rink building, 2900 N. Main to Extradition Asked for Man Who Fled Camp Tennessee authorities are asking for the return of Floyd Ty-us, 27, of 1336 S. Hilton on a charge of fleeing a Tennessee work camp.

The action came in a governor's warrant asking for extradition of Tyus. A hearing on the warrant will I .1 dent, said that it took help from her will to probate filed in Cir 1 1 1 1 I. i I n.M lawyers and a representative of cuit Court, the international union, Henry According to terms of the will Price, to persuade the men to estate is to go to a daugh-end their work stoppage. ter. many trees.

Sanders also said there are no residents within a half mile of the west end site. He said noise from the pool would disturb residents who live closer to the deer pen site. Those board members who favor building the pool near the deer pen are H. Ray Myers, board president, and Mrs. Jean Daily.

Among the reasons that Myers gives for building the pool Student Speaks Savs Viet Nam Needs U.S. Aid W. A. HILDEBRAND, 70, CLERK, DIES William A. Hildebrand, 70, of 748 W.

North died at 7:12 p.m. yesterday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital after an illness of several weeks. He was born March 9. 1895, in Griggsville, 111., a son of Charles and Margaret Cook Hildebrand, and came to Decatur in 1932. Mr.

Hildebrand chief clerk of the Norfolk Western be set for a later date. I men out of the country if they haven't served their military By Robert C. Schaub Of the Review Staff Tyus drew attention here when he turned himself in at the sheriff's office. He said he fled the camp where he had been sentenced on a charge of theft. tour of duty.

Despite ominous news head-i Huynh has been in this coun- lines and depressing opinions of r-honh-i try since last July and will be, there are that it is close to the Tyus claimed his arrest and Railwav here at the time of his next July. During i center of park activi steadtast today in nis as-17. death. He began his career 47 following sentence was improp-j years ago with the former Wa-1 er. bash Railroad.

The Decatur Chapter of the He was a member of the Wa-j National Association for the Ad-j bash Fellowship Club, Eagles vancement of Colored People! Lodge FOE No. 507, Stephen De-1 (NAACP) said they would seej catur Lodge 979 and! that Tyus had legal representa-j Guidine Lieht ChaDter 1016 ofition. This action was taken; was sertion that his homeland will ha.s Qued fellow parking already available near achieve peace and freedom 0 deer pen; less than a dozen and always with this if. thP10' Nara situa-, trees would have to be cut down United States remains her ally. itlon- He sotme Americans and more than half of these lapprove U.S.

action there, but are diseased; a custodian's Huynh has left his wife, chil- others think the U. S. should house nearby; there are good dren and government 30b injpulIout drainage, water and sewerage Saigon, South Viet Nam, for a. Huynn said he approved of facilities, year and is studying ec.cs -action tnere including the: deer at Wayne State Un.ver bombing of North Viet Nam. pen because it is more centrally Detroit He was in the Decalur said his greatest fear for focated than the west end site.

Staff photo by L. Roger Turner Arrow Motel moved in couple work. the Eastern Star. He was a membe of the First Methodist Church. He leaves his wife.

Mary. shortly after Tyus surrendered; here. s- James H. Gude, president of: the local NAACP, said today he; had no comment on this latest1 B-W, Union Mum on Talks Candidates Talk Tuesday Services and burial will be in aiaiiAKij MiMuviuici- jnj country is that the United to-People states will decjde to desert it Huynh is among 23 foreign in Saigon. Huynh has been em-students at Wayne State who ployed in the General Director-are participating in a tour of ate of Taxation.

At Wavne ON ELDERCARE GROUP 12 From Decatur Named Doctors' Plan Backers Griggsville. J. J. Moran Sons action. Funeral Home is in charge of Tyus has been released from; arrangements here.

custody here under bond ofi There were apparently no ne-' rural America sponsored by the state, he has been studying eco- Twelve Decatur residents are Contributions may be made gotiations Detween oiticiais or university, lhe group is staying nomics and taxation. He has a jjsted as members of a newly Local 979 of the Allied Industrial in homes in Decatur and the degree in public administration ritiypns for Eldercare the Heart Association, the family said. Workers and representatives of area before it heads west Tues- from the National Institute of Committee to the or-Administration in Saigon. ganization's headquarters in He is spending last night and chjcag0 tonight with the Richard Hen-: rnmmittp. is a statewide two Borg-Warner Corp.

divisions day morning, here today. xhe war jn yiet Nam has B. T. Andrix. Marvel-Schebler hppn throneh the coun- rys of near Cerro Gordo.

This division vice president, said this jde with mcreasing ferocity rtrnin rr fit thaiA noon 1 that there has been body created to support the Famed 'Burma Surgeon' Once Spoke in City Dr. Gordon Seagrave, the American famed as the "Burma Surgeon" and who died in Burma Sunday, once visited Decatur as a speaker in the Community Lecture series. That was in March 1948. He said then that Burma was the back door to China and warned of the Communist threat sweeping down from China. He was on a speaking tour to raise funds for his hospital at Namkham.

800 miles north of Rangoon and five miles from the China border. Dr. Seagrave also told of life in Burma, diseases that plagued the nation, and his work in training doctors and nurses. (See story and picture on page 4.) All City Council and Park Board candidates have accepted invitations to participate in the League of Women Voters "Meet the Candidates Night" Tuesday. Decatur Township candidates will be introduced at the meeting which begins at 7:30 p.m.

in the YMCA. Council and Park Board candidates will talk briefly on their views and qualifications, with a question and answer period to follow. The traditional candidate's meeting is open to the public as a service to the voters of the morning there have been reports 0f; morning, Henry took him on ajAmrican Med-ca, 00,, anH to. demonstrations and; tour of area farm operations. MA rted biI1 meeting and that no meeting, terrorism in the including a dairy, a swine pro-' before Congress.

TV STATION SOLD Metomedia Disposes of WTVH in Peoria Metromedia. owner of television station WTVP in Decatur, today announced the sale of its video outlet, WTVH, in Peoria. New owner of the station, which was bought from Metromedia for $2 million, is the Twelve-Ninety Radio Corp. The sale must first be approved by Federal Communications Commission (FCC). now has been scheduled.

LLOYD C. BINGHAM ON OREGON U. STAFF Lloyd C. Bingham, 246 South-moreland Place, has been appointed to the 1965 summer session faculty of the University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. Bingham will serve as a visiting assistant professor in li-brarianship.

He will teach three courses; school library administration, books and related materials for young people, and the public library in the modern community. Bingham is director of materials in School District 113, around Highland Park and capital. jject. an egg laying operation But Huynh said today that the! and a grain elevator. war with the Viet Cong has; Cows, pigs, chickens and grain made little impression on Sai-are all raised in Viet Nam.

jon. Huynh said, but not as they are He also said that the South here. The onlv mechanization Decatur members listed by the organization are: Chief Circuit Judge Martin E. Morthland. 2278 Grandview Dr.

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Ba- Marion Dannells. manager of York division's Decatur Works, said he had no comment.

Union officials could not be reached for comment today. At noon today, neither side had used anv of several rooms Vietnamese are willing to make in Viet Nam, he said, is some vor, 845 W. Pershing Rd. cQ.rifi.oc niwvccarv tn nut trartnrc frnm thp TTniteH StatftS Roanmnnf 105 Hair jin the Hotel Orlando where ne-j fhe vjet Cong tnreat He Most farmers use cattle and'crestDr. gotiation sessions on new.

separ-1 may wel be expected t0 know -water buffalo to pull plows, Dr. C. F. Downing, 446 W. late Twelve-Ninety Radio Corp.

is community. owned by the Kankakee Daily; Two of six Park Board candi-j Journal Company, publisher of; dates will be elected April 6. the Kankakee Daily Journal. Three of six candidates will win; three-vear contracts are ex-! Something about this, having Nevertheless, tie said, a Oak Crest Dr. pected to be held.

served two years in the Vietna-iet Nam farms are large and, J. C. Filson, 250 N. water St. nun irmii cnitahlp for iTlwhanizat inn i rvr (Z Picnic 9Kn Wa.

Members of Local 979 havei John W. Kluge, president and seats on the Council in the April i t- c' tt- i Me-: 20 city election. ueeiueiu. ne HKmuows uis of thg Board idencehere. jtromedia.

said that been on strike at both Borg-War-j Because he did serve those But the only place from which ter St. ner plants since Saturday when, tw) ne was able to Nam is likely to get farm! Dr. H. O. Hoffmann, 1314 N.

frame Bowman. WSOY nro-i Bingham was librarian atj company is selling station their gram director will serve as' inree-vear contracts ex-i. Hnvnh said the pnv- marhinerv is. aeain. the United Main St pi red.

Woodrow Wilson Junior HighjWTVH to enhance the firm's moderator for the meeting School until 1954 and librarian position under FCC rules for ac- lernment doesn't allow young; States. Mrs. Eleanor B. McMillen, Bookkeeping Change Urged MRS. GLENN KIRK, 56, OF BLUE MOUND DIES Mrs.

Eloise Kirk 56. died un- at Eisenhower High School until quiring another ultra-high fre-1959. He also served as librarian quency (UHF) television station at Eastern Illinois University in a larger metropolitan mar-before taking his present post. ket. Adjustment in county book- FCC rules allow a single at ner mue wouna P'b ucU uy 10 Ewing Place Roy Rollins, 1 Millikin Place Dr.

Rufus A. Snyder, 325 S. Dennis Ave. Dr. V.

P. Zarcone, 1600 E. Lincoln Ave. The AMA's eldercare plan is offered as a substitute for the proposed administration medicare plan. iiume di ii u.m.

vesiernav oumc tuumy uinvi wo uv-m er to operate only two UHF fa- 1 TV STORE, DAIRY BREAK-INS REPORTED recommended bv Herbert D. icilieies. WTVP in Decatur is al-. She and her husband, Glenn, Appliance Jhnson- independent account- Kirk operated the Burglars netted little in break- 50 a unr ouuel- Store at Blue Mound Mrc R'irlr nac hnrn in 5Min-1 ulT ins discovered by police early today at two businesses in the MACON YOUTH WINS GOD, COUNTRY AWARD These recommendations were uuig. jjec.

iu, lauo, a aauenter' i th iinaae. David S. Cribbet, 13, a son -r nule Petty cash funds rather than 1000 Block N. Jasper St. Entrance to William's TV Service, 1032 N.

Jasper was gained by smashing a window. c. checks written to cash mZS' Support of each written check A door which joins the TV re with an invoice or other instru In 1926 she was married to Glenn Kirk in South Bend, WOMAN SEEKS $150,000 JUDGMENT AFTER CRASH Judgment of $150,000 is sought by a Decatur woman for damages claimed suffered in a two-car accident in 1963. Judgment is asked by Mrs Gladys Irene Etherton. Defendants in the suit are Ross B.

Of-fenstine and the Soy Ford Co. Mrs. Etherton claims she was a passenger in a car driven bv pair service with the adjacent Dairy Barn was broken open. Desk drawers in the dairy Mr. and Mrs.

Richard S. Crib-bet of Macon, received a God and Country Award at Macon Methodist Church yesterday. Cribbet received the award from the Rev. Donald R. Mann, who instructed him in the 15 months of study.

Cribbet, an eighth grader at Ind store were ransacked but noth ment Supporting documents for miscellaneous expenses and travel expenses. The independent audit is required by law and becomes a matter of public record. She leaves her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Jackie) Felix, Taylorville; mother, Mrs. ing was reported taken, police said.

Both break-ins were discovered about 4:30 a.m. today. jKatherine Wilkinson, Edinburg; iher husband. Elmer C. and Macon Junior High School, is a member of Macon Troop 27.

His scoutmaster is Boyd L. Joshes of Macon. SUPERVISOR GROUP brothers. William Wilkinson, Taylorville: Don Wilkinson, Taylorville: Ruben Wilkinson, Edinburg; sister, Mrs. Dorothy Smick, Sharpsburg.

and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son. NAMES BRINKOETTER T. W. Brinkoetter, supervisor their car was struck from the rear by a car driven by Offen-stine.

It is claimed Offenstine was an employe of the Soy Ford Co. The accident occurred on from Decatur Township, has MENTAL HEALTH CODE DISCUSSION TONIGHT A discussion of the state's been elected secretary-treasur er of the Illinois Association of Funeral services will be at 3 3 DECATUR WOMEN TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Three Decatur women will be in Washington D. C. this week to attend the National Republican Womens Conference. They are Mrs.

H. G. Taylor, Mrs. Paul A. Raber and Mrs.

Carl Stahl, Niantic. The three will fly from Chicago Wednesday in a charter plane. near new Mental Health Code will p.m. Wednesday in Ater Funer- Supervisors and County Com North Oakland Avenue West Division Street. be at 8 p.m.

today in the Hotel al Home, Blue Mound. Burial missioners, zone three. will be in the Grove City The election was Thursday at Orlando. The session is sponsored by a meeting of the organization at PETITION FILED August Jordan left an estim- the Mental Health Association Friends mav call at the fun- the Clinton Country Club. Staff photo by Bob Strongman of Macon County and the home after 5 p.m.

Tues- Brinkoetter takes the Dlace of jated estate of $28,000 according Sample of U.S. Farm Life Richard M. Nixon, former jtal Health Clinic. Jerome FJdav. Georee R.

Tniehe. assistant su- I to a petition to admit the will to left for lunch with the Rotary probate filed in Circuit Court. Club at the Hotel Orlando. I According to terms of the will GOP vice president, will be the principal speaker at the Goldberg, special assistant torney general, will lead code discussion. Huynh Cong-Chanh, right, of Saigon, South Viet Nam, and Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Henry played with the Henry dogs on the Henrys' farm near Cerro Gordo today shortly before they at-i contributions may be made from Decatur Town-thejthe Heart Association, the fam-iship. Truebe is retiring from I ily said. the Board of Supervisors. the estate is to go to his wife.

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