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Carbondale HenIr Murphysboro SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1972 Page Three Losses cited Carbondale High School in project set Teachers vote I uesday fo end this year on collective baraainin rUiirillllllllUJ ll JUL). I HI Jirwirr rr "I I 1 I' "'I' "I i ww IIBIHIJI Wllf ipiiwiiwi Mil Ml nes, head of public relations for Olin's Winchester division in New Haven, Conn. Production at the plant will cease by the end of this year and the plant will be shut down early next year. George Beckrr, international representative of the United Steelworkers of America office in Granite City, who services the employes affected by the shutdown, has been unavailable for comments since Olin announced Nov. 30 that it was closing the plant.

The contrack worked on at the Metal Products Plant was awarded nearly two years ago. It called for production of parts By Ann Silverberg Of The Southern Illinoisan An election to determine how many Carbondale High School teachers favor collective bargaining will be held Tuesday. The Carbondale High School board Thursday approved elerv tion procedures and a sample ballot recommended by representatives of the teachers, the school administration and the school board. Teachers will be asked to vote for one of the following: 1) Carbondale Community High School Education Association, affiliated with the Illinois Education Association and the National Education Association 2) Illinois Federation of Teachers, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers; or 3) no representation. A plurality of the votes cast will determine the representative organization, or whether there shall be no representation.

The League of Women Voters, acting as an impartial third party, will supervise the polls, count, verify and announce the results at the Dec. 14 school board meeting. Polling places will be in the Learning Center Conference Room in CCHS-Central and the east phone room, adjacent to the principal's office, in CCHS-East. All certified staff members except the superintendent, the comptroller, both principals, the director of vocational training, the coordinator of special education and the director of special education will be eligible to vote in the election. Those excluded from the election would not be eligible for union membership because they represent management.

The polls will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. The teachers, the school board and the administration have the option to have a maximum of two observers at each polling place. Robert Wargel, a teacher; William Holder, superintendent; and John Feirich, president of the school board, recommended the approved election procedures and ballot. Wargel said affiliation with a union would "guarantee teachers a voice in decision making policies." He said that 94 per cent of the teachers had signed authorization cards indicating that they favor collective bargaining.

"We're interested in a union not only for money," Wargel emphasized. He said union affiliation would lead to more teacher involvement with the educational decisions as well as salary and working conditions. By Henry de Fiebre Of The Southern Illinoisan Work on a government contract by about 40 per cent of Olin Corporation's work force at the Ordill-Marion plant sites will cease at the end of this year because the company was 'incurring substantial losses" on the project, according to a statement released by Olin Thursday. About 200 employes at the Marion Metal Products Plant will lose their jobs by the end of the year because of termination of the contract. A company official in Marion said an initial estimate of 240 employes being laid off was too high.

The contract between Olin and the Dept. of the Army to produce metal parts for a 105 mm projectile was cancelled after negotiations between the company and the government. Olin was experiencing a technical problem in producing the part, according to Duncan Bar- I I I 1 ,1 i il" jjH I A Bh- A 1 'ii 1 1 -vi n' c-c; V- a i. i $: -i'r ri1 Vi; 5 l--- i (' i .) Frr -rj, 1 3 Accused leader in Menard warden Ex-Attica inmate gives his view of prison riot, results Brantley expects to leave prison post Breathalyzer By Sandra Holter Of The Southern Illinoisan "The only difference between the prison I'm in now and the prison I got out of is that my cell is a little bit larger," form er Attica prison inmate Richard X. Clark told a Southern Illinois University convocation audience Thursday.

Clark, a Muslim minister, has been accused of being one of the leaders of the September 1971 revolt at the prison. Now out on parole, he is one of the survivors of a massacre of 43 men, including 32 inmates and 11 hostages. The state police opened fire in the yard of the prison after officials incorrectly stated that inmates had slit the throats of hostages. It was later found that all the men who were killed died of gunshot wounds and that the inmates had no guns, Clark said. Clark said that the officials who lied about the throat-slitting are still in authority at the prison and blamed public apathy.

He said that prison authorities unlike police or judges, "don't have to answer to anybody." The prisoner take-over of At Carbondale gets Carbondafe police Chief Joa Dakin, left, watches as PH. Tom Busch prepares chemical sample for use in the department's new Breathalyzer machine. The machine was acquired through a federal grant and Busch was trained to use the machine with funds the machine. Under Illinois new implied consent law, a person suspected of being intoxicated must submit to the breath test or have his driver's license revoked. The machine sells for about according to Dakiru Menard Warden Elza Brantley apparently will be leaving his position early in ma, in anticipation of new patronage appointments from Democratic state leadership.

Brantley said today he is con sidering retirement from the warden's position around Feb. 1. Brantley said he had "heard a rumor" he was supposed to resign as of Jan. 1, but said that was not accurate. He said Hit-and-run victim satisfactory A hit-and-run victim was in satisfactory condition at Doctors Memorial Hospital Friday morning after being struck by a car while walking in a crosswalk across Lincoln drive in Carbon-dale Thursday night.

The victim, John S. Kuhl-mann, 22, of 516 S. Rawlings described the car as a 1966 Chevrolet. The accident occurred at 7 p.m. just east of the Baptist Foundation, according to Southern Illinois University police.

Kuhlmann, an SIU student, told police the car was traveling south on Lincoln drive. Postmasters get the word Strict deadlines, overtime to expedite Christmas mail Retired Army lieutenant colonel Herrin names chamber chief Strict deadlines and overtime will help move the mail this Christmas season when the annual deluge of holiday greetings begins in about a week. Charles Oxley, Evansville, U.S. Postal Service district for 297,400 projectiles. Work will continue at Olin's Ordnance Products Plant at Or- dill.

That plant produces such products as mortar illuminating flares, hot gas generators and pyrotechnic devices. Olin employs about 600 persons at the Marion-Ordill sites. he has not talked to newly elected Gov. Dan Walker, or the state retirement board, about leaving Menard. "I know its coming, that's part of the game, but I have not made any definite plans at this time," Brantley said.

"I wanted to leave the position earlier this year, and asked for retirement, but Gov. Ogilvie asked me to stay, Brantley said. Brantley, 59, is on active leave from the Illinois State Police. If his retirement is completed by Feb. 1, his immediate plans are not certain.

"I expect to move back to my home in Murphysboro, and I may go back to the State Police. I just don't know at this time," Brantley said. Brantley was named warden at Menard in January, 1969, in what was termed a "patronage shift described as sudden and unexpected," shortly after the state administration shifted from Democratic to Republican. He has served 28 years with the State Police, starting as a trooper in 1941. He was named a sergeant in 1950, named lieutenant and commander of District 13 at Du Quoin in January of 1953, and named a captain in 1956.

At one time in 1957, he headed both District 13 and District II in the East St. Louis area, helping fill a vacancy caused by the illness of another commander. (Related story on page 20) Their assessment would be based on the amount of benefit derived from the parking lots. Four parking lots, providing free parking without meters for downtown shoppers, would add 412 parking spaces. The lots would be located on the northeast corner of Cherry and University streets; the southeast corner of Walnut and University; the southeast corner of University and Monroe; and the southeast corner of Jackson and University.

Cost of the parking lots will depend on the cost of land acquisition. Based on present assessed valuation, a rough estimate of $707,290 was presented Thursday by Frank Ruder of Urban Programming consultants making a study of the downtown area. medal awarded By Karen Rothe Of The Southern Illinoisan Roy Patton, president of the Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees, Thursday received a special award medal for civilian service presented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The award, the Dept.

of the Army Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service, cited Patton as a "catalyst in the rebirth and continued growth of the economy in Southern Illinois." Patton received the award from Col. Guy E. Jester, district engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The presentation came at a luncheon meeting during a daylong planning and coordination session between the conservancy district, the Corps of Engi Carbondale Downtown Task Force group 7977 revolt tica State Prison happened, he said, because inmates wanted a change in conditions.

"All of a sudden because of Attica, people started taking an interest. We had been telling what should be done long before, but it took riot conditions," he said, to get the attention of the public. The only usual means of getting the word out of a prison such as Attica, he said, is through censored letters and visits. In describing conditions at At tica, Clark said "most prisoners coming out of prison have done one to two years in the box, a cell with three walls and bars in the front. When you first go in, everything is taken from you.

You have two pails one to defecate in and one they use to feed you. The correctional officers mix them up sometimes, so you don't eat. "If you are humble enough to the correctional officers, they will give you a sheet the first week a blanket the second week a pair of socks, etc. A lot of us took the position that we weren't going to submit ourselves. "We said we wanted reporters Thomas E.

Dinnis office in 1966 when he went to Vietnam. In 1967 he was transferred to Michigan, where he was in Jack Hanley Thursday as new president of the chamber, replacing retiring president Don Meyer. Hanley is co-owner and manager of Nutrition Headquarters Vv ew parking lots get fop priority in there to get the truth out, because we knew you weren't going to believe the story. We wanted you to see both sides." Clark said, "right now the prisones are the ones telling the truth, but we need your support." Asked later what kind of support could be given, Clark suggested "extending an arm" to inmates in nearby prisons, by writing letters or by helping a prisoner when he comes out. "You can't have any real prison reform unless you have reform of society.

But men and women now in prison need something to change now, regardless of prison reform." His answer for immediate change is to make the prisons a democratic society within the walls, with guards there only to protect the walls. The prisoners would be a self-governing group. "From there, work on down," he said, "because the prisoner knows better than anybody else what needs to be rectified." (On Jan. 15 Russel G. Oswald, correction commissioner at Attica, will be in Carbondale for a television interview.) charge of the Army recruiting program in that state until he retired in October, 1969.

Hs and his wife, Joyce, also a native of California, have two children, Matthew, 18, a senior at Carbondale Community High School, and Mary 13, an eighth grade student at Giant City School. Hie family lives at Rt. 1, Carbondale, near Little Grassy Lake." "We returned to Southern Illinois for retirement because we liked the people and the area so much when we were here before. I'm an outdoorsman and the hunting and fishing here is great," Dinnis said. He has been attending classes at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and lacks one quarter having a bachelor's degree in history.

104 E. Jackson St. Hs is former owner of Hanley Nursery south of Carbondale. William J. Neuman is the new senior vice president.

Other officers include Hans J. Fischer, vice president in charge of community development; David J. Emerson, vice president in charge of economic development; W. Stephen Hoffman, vice president in charge of government and public affairs; and Richard Hunter, vice president in charge of internal development. New Board Members Six new board members also were seated Thursday.

The new members are Ed Bernhardt, Howard Goin, Stan Hoye, James Greer, David Sanders and Dan Sherrick. Ed Keyes has been appointed treasurer and chairman of the finance committee. Don Meyer is chairman of the executive committee. Thomas E. Dinnis, a native Californian recently retired after a 24-year Army career, is the new manager of the Herrin Chamber of Commerce.

Dinnis, 45, succeeds Lee Roy Brandon, 40, who is now executive director of the Illinois Industrial Development Authority, Marion. Brandon resigned Sept. 1 after five years as chamber manager. W. Douglas Bryant, chamber president, Thursday announced Dinnis appointment.

Dinnis began working Nov. 27. Dinnis joined the Army in 1945. He retired in 1969 as a lieutenant colonel. He had served in Korea and Vietnam.

He first came to Southern Illinois in 1963 as sub-sector commander for the Army Reserve in Southern Illinois and part of Missouri. Hs left the Marion from the grant. If the machine registers an alcohol content of .10 or more, a person is considered intoxicated. Busch said he weighs 165 pounds and he would have to drink IVi or 6 cans of beer in an hour to get a .10 reading on manager, is in charge of 10 sectional operations in the four- state area. He told approximately 110 postmasters and postal super visors Thursday that hold orders on mail trucks would be discon- Avenue between Main and Wal nut streets; landscaping of streets and walks; alley resur facing; underground utilities and pedestrian walkways.

The steering committee dis cussed the possibility of acquir ing a Small Business Adminis tration (SBA) loan for some immediate improvements in the downtown area. John Stewart, assistant plan ner for the city, said SBA loans are avilable to a group of mer chants who form a redevelopment corporation. There would have to be a minimum of 25 businessmen or property own ers who would be stockholders in the corporation, Stewart said. Each of these property owners, if the corporation is formed, could borrow $350,000 with 25 years to repay, he said. 'I think the people will demand it," he said.

"When people find the things that have been important to them are lost through lack of zoning, they will want it." He said he has "many other interests" to occupy him after the change of state administration. "I expect to be back in Southern Illinois often," he said. The Corps officially accepted a proposal by Don Howard ano R. Sidney Burberry, owners of Pharoah's Gardens in a 1 Springs, to lease an area at Rend Lake for development of a commercial boat dock. The conservancy district has also applied to the Corps for lease of land for development.

Development of land at Rend Lake must be for public use. By Bonita Troutt Of The Southern Illinoisan Four new parking lots in downtown Carbondale, financed by special assessments on property owners they would benefit, is the top priority on the steering committee of the Downtown Task Force. Recognizing the need for additional parking space downtown, the committee agreed Thursday night to recommend to the task force the formation of a parking district. The steering committee will present its proposal to the task force Jan. 4.

11 the special assessment district is formed, bonds will be sold to pay for the parking lots. Property owners would retire the bonds over a period of years according to the amount they are assessed. U.S. Army Corps Hanley new president tinued durinc the Christmas sea son. Previously trucks loaded with mail could be held if additional mail was nearly ready for shipment.

Durin the Christmas rush a strict time schedule will be maintained and shipping deadlines will be observed, he said. Additional trips by mall trucks may be authorized if needed. Postal employes will be working against a constant backlog of mail and parcels until after the holiday season has ended. Letter carriers on each route will make only one delivery a day. Those deliveries should be header than normal, and will probably cause deliveries to run slightly behind schedule, Oxley said.

Some deliveries of parcel post may follow letter carriers along the same routes. Normally, both letters and parcels are deliver ed together. None of the post offices will hire additional personnel to han die the mail rush. Instead, regu lar employes will work longer shifts during peak periods. Ox ley said cost figures have shown it is cheaper to pay overtime than it is to train a new person for a job On Dec.

9 and Dec. 16 Car bondale downtown station in the old post office building will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Weekday hours at the downtown station will remain the same, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

At the new sectional postal center in east Carbondale, the windows will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16.

Starting Monday and running through Dec. 22, weekday hours at the new building will be 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. The sectional postal center in east Carbondale handles both incoming and outgoing mail for 90 post offices. Carbondale Postmaster Hubert Goforth said he expects the volume of Christmas mail to increase over last year's figure when 5.4 million pieces of mail were handled in Carbondale between Dec.

11 and Christmas Eve. He suggested that parcel post packages bound for out-of-state destinations be mailed no later than Dec. 15. Cards and letters headed for those same destinations also should be mailed by that time. Local parcels and letters should be mailed no later than Dec.

20, he said. brbondale chamber backs Alternate The downtown task force has been working for more than a year on a redevelopment plan for the downtown area. Ruder presented the steering committee with six other projects which the consultants feel should be priority items for the first year of redevelopment. These priorities include relocation of the Illinois Central depot; relocation of Illinois avenue; a Mill street underpass; storm drainage, sanitary sewers and water distribution in the downtown area. Estimated cost for the firs! year for all projects including the parking lots is $3.4 million.

Listed as immediate improvement projects by the consultants and approved by the steering committee are building rehabilitation on South Illinois neers, and the state Department of Conservation. The group discussed ideas for short-range coordination of efforts and long-range planning for land use at Rend Lake. State director of the Dept. of Conservation Henry N. Bark-hausen attended the meeting.

Barkhausen, who was appointed by Gov. Richard Ogilvie, said in an interne that "what's been accomplished at Rend Lake is typical of what's happening all over the state." "Wise use of our natural resources is of immense value in Southern Illinois," he said. "The important thing is that we don't ruin what we have through lack of zoning." Statewide zoning will be part of the future for Illinois, he said. end Lake president honore By Bonita Troutt Of The Southern Illinoisan The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce board favors the Alternate Rt. 51 plan through western Carbondale and will tell county and city officials so.

The board voted Thursday to support the alternate route plan. The plan was defeated 3 to 1 in a Carbondale Area Transportation Study committee vote last week. A substitute plan, a grid system of road improvements in western Carbondale, must now be voted on by the county board, the city council, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. Some support for the Rt. 51 bvnass plan also surfaced at last Mondays town meeting, when members of the audience and telephone callers question ed Mayor Neal Eckert's plan for the grid system.

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