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Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 2

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ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1966 CLOUDY Bain Is expected Monday night from the middle Mississippi valley east to the Atlantic coast and south to the Gulf coast missing only Florida. Rain and MILD Budget Battle Provides Week's Congressional Program Three Die (Continued From Page 1) Mrs. Prichard was reported in fair condition today at St. Clements Hospital. Her husband, Ira Prichard, 62, and two other passengers in the car, Mable Braden, 70 and Raymnod Braden, 77, both of Mounds, 111.

were injured. Randolph County Coroner Vernon Dashner said Hughes suffered a fractured skull, broken neck and other multiple injuries. His body was moved to Dashner Funeral Home at Red Bud. The bo3y will be moved to Paducah, Ky. for funeral services.

NIPPON EXPEDITION BY MARCO POLO WAY TOKYO A Japanese expedition left Beirut, Lebanon recently by road for Syria on its way to Turkey to follow the trail to the Orient blazed by Marco Polo 700 years ago. RICKSHAW BOYS TO BE DISCONTINUED NEW DELHI India's rickshaw boys will soon be out of a job by order of the Government, for it feels pulling rickshaws through India's teeming cities is undignified and could be unhealthy. Tolls Up (Continued From Page 1) approaching and Missouri wants an immediate answer about the firm's intentions. The spokesman for Ruckman Hanson said protecting concrete work from the cold weather is always a problem in the spring Ruckman Hanson were awarded the general contract for the new bridge on a total bid of $1,269,575.45 Work has been plagued by troubles. In July of 1965, 12 carpenters walked off the job in a dispute with the company over firing of a foreman.

According to reports at time, two young hoodlums threatened to kill the construction company superintendent il he did not leave town after he fired the foreman for alleged "insubordination." The superintendent was transferred to another city by Ruckman Hansen. JAPAN GIVES RICE, FERTILIZER TO INDIA will give 10, 000 tons of rice and 8,000 tons of chemical fertilizers to help India meet her food shortage. snow are expected in the northern Rockies. It will be cooler in the Northeast and continued warm in the South. (AP Wirephoto Map) Wealhnr Forecast ALTON and sunny and mild this afternoon with the high in the mid to upper 70s.

Partly cloudy and continued mild tonight and tomor row. Low tonight in the mid lo upper 50s with the high tomorrow 74-80. Outlook for Wednesday, partly cloudy and mild. Extended Forecast Southern Illinois: Temperatures through Saturday will average 2-8 degrees below normal highs in upper 60s to mid 70s and normal lows mid 40s lo low 50s. A little cooler Wednesday, no significant change thereafter.

Precipitation expected to average one-half to three-fourths of an inch in showers Wednesday and again toward end of week. Data At The Dam 8 a.m. at Alton Dam Temperature 61; tailwater 8.59 ft: yesterday's high 74, low 56; rain to 7 a.m., none. By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON (AP) Missiles, rural poverty, job rights for minorities, protection for cats and dogs and another round in the battle of the budget give Congress a diversified program this week.

The House floor action starts Tuesday with consideration of a 6.9-billion appropriation bill for the Department of Agriculture for the 1967 fiscal year. What little controversy Is expected will center on the addition of about 128 million in funds Pres ident Johnson didn't request. Most of the extra money would be used to keep the school lunch program and the special milk program for children operating at 1966 levels despite the President's proposal to trim them down The Appropriations balked over- following the Committee whelmingly at President's recommendations. On Wednesday and Thursday, the House will consider the job rights and animal protection measures. The former would strengthen) enforcement powers of the Equal Employment oppor- tunities Commission created by the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The animal bill is designed to protect cats and dogs from being stolen for sale to purchasers who In turn sell them for research purposes. It would make it a federal offense to transport or handle the animals in interstate commerce. The Senate concentrates today on a bill aimed at fighting rural poverty. The measure would make federal funds available for development planning in farm and rural areas. Thursday, the Senate begins debate on a 17-blllion military procurement bill.

Included in the total is 167 million to push development of an antimissile missile designed to knock enemy missiles out of the sky before they could reach their target. Major bills will hold the attention of committees in both branches. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will continue hearings on foreign aid programs, with Secretary of State Dean Rusk scheduled to make another of his almost weekly visits to the Capitol Tuesday. The Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee contin- ues consideration of a House- passed bill to raise the pay of federal civilian employes. House committee action will focus on legislation to create a department of transportation, broaden unemployment compensation programs, require safety standards for automobiles, set up a world Food for Peace program, and continue the foreign aid program.

INDIA JUBILEE TO MARK JEWISH COMING committee has been formed in Cochin, India to celebrate the 19th centenary of the arrival of Jewis in India and the fourth centenary of a syna gogue in the city. Police Charge Three With Disorderly Conduct, Sunday Three young men were 'charged with disorderly conduct Rafter police said they found jhem inside a service station jfearly this morning. However, one of the men told police he has been managing the station. But police said they arrested the men because they sailed to respond when an officer knocked on the door oui- 6ide the station. Police identified the men as E.

LaCroix 23, of 2700 block of Brown Barnes Lee Bridges, 18, of 1108 Main and Ronald W. Elaine, 18, of 1304 Clawson Ave. LaCroix, police said, reported he operated the station. His father is the manager of the station, but is in the hospital. Police said they found the men in the James Standard Service Station, 2700 Brown, after an informant reported seeing a man inside the station after it closed Sunday night.

Cpl. Harold M. Cox said the men refused to answer the door or show themselves when he knocked on the door. Cox ordered them outside after he saw LaCroix behind a rack of oil cans. LaCroix, police said, explained ic failed to answer Cox's knock because he did not want police find Bridges and Blaine, who had been at a party in Jerseyville and had had a "few drinks." Bridges and Blaine were held the city jail overnight.

La- roix was released after he $25 cash bail. Lawyers Rebuff Aid Plan The Tri-Cities Bar Assn. has, in effect, voted disapproval of a legal services program for the poor drafted by committees from the Madison County Bar Assn. and the county Economic Opportunity Commission, the Telegraph has learned. Hovtever, the vote was virt- lually meaningless since the question of whether the proposal will be supported by county lawyers will be decided Tuesday in a meeting in Edwards- vllle of the county bar association.

"The vote wasn't on approval or disapproval of the program," Lance Callis of Granite City, vice president of the Tri-Cities Bar told a reporter this morning. "But I guess you wouldn't be wrong to interpret vote as a disapproval of the xprogram." The 27 members of the Tri- "ities organization voted last Alton Evening Telegraph 'UblUbcd Dally by Alton Telegraph Printing Company PAUL S. COUSLEY Thursday in Granite City after Harry Marshall, an attorney torn Alton and chairman of he legal aid committee of the county Bar association, presented the proposal. A motion was made to support Marshall's report, but the awyers, in a reportedly close vote, did not approve it. The refusal, in effect, constituted a disapproval of the proposal as presented.

The proposal drafted by committees from the county jar association and the county anti-poverty commission with the assistance of officials of the Office of Economic Opportuni ty was approved last week by the county commission. At the meeting, Marshall de bated the merits of the proposa with Richard Shaikewitz, an Al ton attorney, who asserted thai the proposal was too broad and would reflect a waste of mon ey. Shaikewitz also appeared ai the Granite City meeting lasi Thursday. General Manager. 40c weekly bj mail $12 a year in Illinois I Missouri.

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