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Tie LIGHTER SIDE Then there's the Texan claims we finally got a President in the White House who doesn't have any accent. ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Serving the Alton Community for More Than 130 Years Established January 15, 1836 Vol. CXXXI, No. 86 ALTON, MONDAY France Wants U.S. Ties PARIS (AP) Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville says France.

is quitting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's military command because it is out of date, but it doesn't want its friendship with the United States to diminish. "In the nuclear era, this organization does ot deal with the 'essential element of defense which is nuclear defense," Couve de Murville said. "France does not seek a special advantage. She is adopting herself to a new situation and this can only have advantages for the equilibrium and peace in Europe." President Charles de Gaulle's government contends that NATO's nuclear arsenal is almost entirely owned and controlled by the United States and that NATO has no effective hand in it. Replying in writing to questions submitted by The Associated Press, the foreign minister said France values American friendship highly.

He denied that his government plans a non- aggression pact with the Soviet Union and reiterated that the French would like to "contribute to a peaceful settlement" in Viet Nam. Couve de Murville said that in withdrawing from the military structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, "we are acting normally, as any government, in the interests of country, and we believe besides that what we are doing is in no manner contrary to the well understood interests of our allies." He stressed that France intends to remain part of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in 1949. He pointed out that the military organization was developed after the treaty was signed and "is in no way a condition of it." The United States feels, however, that the military organization is an essential part of the alliance. Couve de Murville declared that France had no intention oi offending the United States by ts stand on NATO or conversion of its excess balance of payments into gold. "American friendship is an ancient precious value to which we are all attached in France and which we do not wish to see disappear or even diminish," he said.

He noted that the conversion of dollar holdings into gold was provided for by the Bretton Woods agreements and said the United States had always done this in the same circumstances France notified its NATO al lies last month that U.S. and Canadian forces on its soil musi leave within a year and that NATO headquarters in France must withdraw by the same time. The United States wants to extend the time limit for a least another year. Asked what France proposes to do about paying the costs for relocating NATO, Couve de Murville said: "Settlement financial problems is a matter for negotiations, according to the provisions of the NATO ac cords or the Franco-American accords." INSIDE Today EDITORIAL A-4 Loss of the Alton SIU campus would leave a cultural void here. TESTS A-3 Madison County draft board sends out draft deferment tests.

INSIDE A-2 Police arrest trio in closed service station but one of them had pretty good excuse. SPORTS B-4 Say-Hey! Willie's at it again. FAMILY A-10 Swedish. Ambassador's waffles with Cninuski sauce: Celebrity Recipes. BARRETT B-9 If you're investing in oil, know with whom.

(Complete Weathering. 2) APRIL 25, 1966 26 PAGES 7c Per Copy Member of The Associated Communist War Planes i AVoid U.S. Jet Fighters DEATH CARS These two cars were smashed and one young occupant in each car was killed when the vehicles crashed head- on on a rural Fosterburg road. Three Persons Die In Weekend Crashes A 20-year-old Alton youth and 25-year-old Cottage Hills nan were killed in a head-on crash near Fosterburg, and a 54-year old Wood River man died in a highway crash near Red Bud, 111., in weekend accidents. David Eugene Wyman, 20, of 26 E.

Elm Alton and Homer E. Milhime, 25, of 1122 Jeanne Cottage Hills, were killed at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on rural Frost Lane, burg. near Foster- R. A.

Hughes, 54, of 111 (a) E. Lorcna Wood River, died of multiple injuries at 3:15 p.m. Sunday and his wife was seriously injured when his car collided head-on with another auto on Rte. 3, seven miles south of Red Bud, state police reported. In the Fosterburg crash, Wyman lost his life when his eastbound car and a westbound auto driven by Richard Webb, 20, also of 1122 Deanne Cottage Bats in Belfry? It's More Like Frogs in A Pond MIAMI, Fla.

(AP) Sometimes the noises inside Dorian Figueroa's head sound like frogs down on the pond, sometimes like a siren, sometimes like the wind being forced through a crack in a car window. "To me," says the man on whom surgeons have operated Congress in Row Over Bomber Cut WASHINGTON (AP) Th3 row over a Defense Department decision to cut the number of long-range bombers has trig gered a congressional move to cut Congress in on such decisions. A House Armed Services subcommittee repoi recommends amending the National Security Act to require the executive branch to have the "advice" of Congress before eliminating any major weapons system. The report, released Sunday night, was highly critical of the decision announced last December by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.

It complained, too, of difficulty in getting information from the Defense Department an-1 implied that McNamara's attitude toward Congress could be better. three limes to try to still the noses, "it is the sound of a dying puppy dog." Figueroa, 38, fell 20 feet from a ladder May 28,1964, and fractured his skuli and four vete- brae, broke his right collar bone and lost hearing in his right ear. Then the noises started. His wife, Margie, didn't believe him when he told her. "We hail cross words one day," she said, "and I put my arms around to make up and I heard for myself.

I said, 'My God, forgive His wife said the noises vary in volume, pace, and intensity. "But the loudest is always at night," she said "It sounds like a siren." A brain surgeon said the noises may originate from an abnormal blood vessel connec tinn The surgeon said this could possibly be within the skull, pos sibly from the shoulder injury. "There is an answer to the surgeon said. "We intend to find it. The condition is quite unusual," he said, "but not un heard of." Figueroa, who is going back to the hospital for more tests said he has headaches and not much sense of balance.

lills, collided on an oil surface off Fosterburg road. Milhime, who died in the wreck, was a passenger in the Webb car. Wyman, who was dead on arrival at Alton Memorial Hospital, was scheduled to enter the Navy May 18. He was engaged to Carla Bidwell. The couple planned a July wedding.

Webb was reported in satis factory condition today at Al ton Memorial Hospital where he was admitted for treatment extensive facial lacerations anc a fracture of the right leg. In the Red Bud highway crash Hughes was killed instantly when he attempted to pass another car in a no-passing-zone and struck a car head-on, state police reported. Hughes' northbound car collided with a southbound car driven by Mrs. Ella May Prichard, 65, of Vienna, 111. Hughes- wife, Pauline, 43 was rushed to St.

Clements Hos pital. Red Bud. She was in fail condition. (Continued On Page 2, Col. 1) SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) Communist war planes stayed well jmt of the way of American jet aircraft Sunday after their fii-st challenge in 10 months to thb U.S.

raiders had tailed. The defensje of North Vietnamese targets was left to Communist groiind gunners who knocked down two U.S. Air Force planed with intense sur- lace-to-air njissile and antiaircraft fire, a U.S. spokesman said. Two other U.S.

planes were lost Saturday, apparently to antiaircraft fini. American toilets saw no Communist MIG jets Sunday, a spokesman said, even though U.S. Air Force and Navy planes hammered targets in the same eneral area where the Americans shot down two MIGs in dogfights Saturday. On the grUnd in South Viet Nam, five major American operations met little enemy resistance. But the South Vietnamese said they had better luck.

Vietnamese forces reported killing 245 Viet Cong and capturing 20 weapons along a cana" in the Mekong Delta 100 miles southwest oij Saigon. A Vietnamese spokesman re ported that the Viet Cong lef another 50 dead in an attack on a Vietnamese battalion preparing to open a road nort of Nha Trailg. Vietnamese casu alties were reported light. The two U.S. Air Force plane shot were F10 A "good chute was sighted from one plane, in dicating pilot was safe bu probably captured.

No para chute was sjighted from the sec ond plane. Both Apiaries were shot down about 30 miles northeast of Ha noi, the area where two other Air Force FlOSs were blasted from the sky Saturday This brought the total number of U.S. planes lost over North Viet Nam 221. The U.S. planes Saturday and Sunday we're on similar mis sions disrupting of th main road and rail link from Hanoi to Communist China.

Th key target was the Back Gian; Railroad bijidge, 25 miles north east of Hanoi. Some of Ijhe 33 missions flown Sunday by the U.S. Air Force ver North Viet Nam were gainst targets along the Red Liver Valley. Phantom F4Cs, hunderchiefs and B57 Canber- i hammered highways, erry complexes, highway ridges and staging areas. Navy planes from the carriers Enterprise and Kitty Hawk hit targets in North Viet Nam, oncentrating around the coast- al city of Vinh and letting loose with bombs up to 2,000 pounds.

Air Force pilots reported spotting four surface-to-air missiles Sunday 30 miles northeast of Hanoi. In accordance with new security rules, a spokesman refused to disclose whether the two planes shot down were hit by missiles. In political developments, the government announced it would appoint a Committee of 100 to conduct the national elections it has promised in three to five months. But even as it did, a student orator told a rally in Saigon: "Before we talk about elections, the government must the situation in the country." He was heavily applauded. Ten thousand Roman Catholics demonstrated in Saigon Sunday while others march in nearby Thu Due and in the northern city of Da Nang.

The demonstrations, a show of strength against the Buddhists, all demanded a more vigorous war effort against the Communists. Tolls Increase as Bridge Project Lags The state of Missouri has asked for an immediate answer rom the contractor on when work will resume on the lagging toll-free bridge project icar Chain of Rocks. Meanwhile, toll revenue nounts daily on the old Chain of Rocks bridge nearby. John W. Laytham, Missouri Highway District Engineer, said a telegram has been sent to the Ruckman Hansen Construction Co.

of Ft. Wayne, urging the firm to give some idea of their intentions. Work on the bridge, which carries Interstate 270 over the Mississippi River just above the Chain of Rocks toll bridge, has been halted since early last winter and has not resumed even after the Nov. 15 completion deadline passed. Daily traffic on the City of Madison-owned Chain of Rocks Bridge has Increased 20 per cent since the construction of new Interstate highways into the bridge, Madison Mayor Stephen Mncras said today.

In February, $61,335.66 was 80 Homeless in Texas Tornadoes Wire Across Road Kills Alton Father Frank A. Wallace, 25, of Rte. 1, Godfrey, was electrocuted Sunday near Louisiana, when he touched a power line FRANK WALLACE lying across a road in the belief it was a telephone line. Wallace was killed about 6:15 p.m. on a country road en route lo Alton with his family aftpr a visit to his parents at Cypene, near Louisiana, a relative said.

The relative said Wallace, his wife ai(id young daughters were en route home over a little country road when they saw a wire hanging acrossj the road. The wire was sagging because the pole had been struck by lightning earlier week, the relative said. Wallace got out of his car to lift up the wire as his wife took the Driver's seat to drive the car ujider it, the relative said. He electrocuted. Wallace was employed at the machine shop in CJodfity.

KENEDY, Tex. (AP) Tornadoes smashed into two small south Texas towns early today, leaving 80 homeless and caus ing heavy property damage, as new torrential downpours hit the water-soaked state. Three persons were injured when one twister demolished virtually all homes on the east side of Kenedy, pop. 4,235, at about 12:45 a.m. Another tornado hit Runge, pop.

1,055, 11 miles northeast of Kenedy, about the same time. Seven inches of rain were dumped on the Corpus Christ! area when violent thunderstorms raked the southern part of the state early today. The new outbreak of turbulent weather followed in the wake of two-day rains of more than 18 inches that caused heavy flooding in northeast Texas. At least 10 deaths were blamed on the rains and floods in and around Longview. Major flooding continued in the northeast Texas area where rains were still falling today.

Rail and highway traffic was disrupted by the torrential rains in northeast Texas. Numerous highway bridges were swept away or weakened. Rail traffic on at least one main line was halted when a bridge collapsed, sending a diesel engine into the swirling water. Lowland areas near Longview, Gladewater, Kilgore and Marshall have been evacuated and a major flood warning has been issued for the Sabine and Cypress rivers in northeast Texas. Forecasts called for more heavy rainfall and thundershowers today.

The Sabine River was expect ed to rise 10 feet above flood stage today at Gladewater, where 18.19 inches of rainfall fell in a 48-hour period. A railroad bridge on the main Texas Pacific line west ol Longview was knocked out Sat- urday and a diesel engine plunged into the creek. A dam at Devernia Lake, be tween Gladewater and Longview, washed away Sunday and rails from tracks atop the dam knocked off the control valves of an oil well. Highwater forced the closing of four major highways and numerous farm-to-market roads in Gregg, Upshur, Harrison, Wood, Rusk and Marion counties. Electrical Workers Picketing All Gates At Cape Kennedy CAPE KENNEDY, Fla.

(AP)-Striking electrical workers, charging bad faith on the part of United States Technology Center negotiators, posted pickets today at all five gates leading into the Kennedy Space Center. However, only 116 of 1,150 construction workers honored the lines. When the strikers picketed all five gales early last week, more than 400 construction men stayed away. Late last week the electricians agreed to limit picketing to one gate and the construction men returned to work. More than 12,000 members of other unions have ignored the pickets.

Negotiations were to resume in San Francisco at 4 p.m. EST today. Involved in the strike are about 275 members of the California-based Local 1201 of the International Union of Electri- cal Workers, with 52 of them at Cape Kennedy. The rest work at United Technology facilitie; at Sunnyvale, Coyote and Redwood City, Calif. A main issue in the strike, which began last week against United Technology, a division of United Aircraft is wages.

Electricians in California claim they are paid less than the an hour paid elsewhere in the space industry. Union representatives have said they are asking for an hourly increase of 16 cents plus a 30-cent differential for working at Cape Kennedy. The company reportedly offered 19 cents and no differential. collected in tolls' on the bridge, Maeras said. Bridge collections in the past averaged about $50,000 $60,000 per month which allowed the city to accumulate a reserve of monies estimated above million dollars in the city treasury, Maeras said.

The reserve bridge-monies Is invested in US. treasury notes which draws approximately $75,000 to $30,000 per year in interest to the city, Maeras said. An increase In collect- Ions from dally bridge traffic started over a year ago when the new highway jobs were completed near the bridge span, the mayor said. Laytham said the Ruckman Hansen firm had been granted an extension of time past the project, but that since Nov. 27 the Missouri highway department has beeij assessing a $250 per day penalty against the company.

A spokesman for the company told the Telegraph today that he "thought" work would resume soon on the bridge, but he did not know just when. He asked a reporter what the weather was like in this area, Inquiring if the temperature had dropped to below 40 degrees. He said the remaining work, which comprises concrete poured for curbs jind parapet walls, can't be done if the weather is too cold without installing expensive devices to heat the concrete. Laytham estimated there Is about two or three months of work left on the bridge. But he felt the company could get along now that the freezing weather has passed from the area, he said.

Laytham said he believes that the construction company has been waiting for the weather to moderate before resuming work. He added that if Missouri had pushed for completion of the bridge during the freezing weather, some question may have arisen about the specifications. However, Laytham said, good construction conditions are now (Continued On Page 2, Col. ii) McAdams Highway Clean-Up Shows More Than Just A 'Litter Bit' By GEORGE LEIGHTY Telegraph Staff Writer A fine-tooth-comb cleaning of a one-mile stretch of McAdams Highway Sunday by the Piasa Ramblers, a camper and hiker club, dredged up 3,600 pounds of junk and garbage. A pick-up of the same stretch had been done by the highway maintenance department several days previously.

However, Clarence Wilson of Edwardsville, field director of the National Campers and Hikers Association, said the highway maintenance department must confine its pick-ups to the larger items. Most of the weight in the Sunday two-hour pick-up was accounted for by beer cans and beverage bottles, although there was an automobile tire, baby carriage, toy wagon, automobile generator, several checks that were no longer readible and $1.02 in cash. Wilson said 26 members took part, one of them being Mrs. E. S.

Oulson of Wood Rivei, 76 years old. Mrs. Oulson and the others picked up a one-mile stretch from Alton toward Clifton Terrace, covering one side on the way up, the other on the return trip. Wilson said the highway maintenance department furnished a truck to haul the junl: and "we had to stomp it down to get it all on." Sta.e police helped slow traffic lest one of the members be injured. The Piasa Ramblers, Wilson sail, is a branch of the National Campers and Hikers Association and advocates a more beautiful America.

think, 3,600 pounds of junk from one mile of road the junk from all the miles of road in Madison County would probably cover Alton with a one-foot layer," Wilson said. The organization, Wilson said, engages in such activities and once erected a latrine in a park at Hillsboro "because they let us camp there." CLUB PICK-UP Members of Piasa Ramblers, a camp- Beverage cans and bottles predomi- er and hiker group, picked up aated. Member in foreground with dog pounds of junk on a one-mile stretch of is Mrs. Virginia linus ol Carrolltou. McAdams Highway Suuday afternoon..