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Carbondafe Herrfn Murphysboro 50UTHERN ILLINOISAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1964 Page Three Herrin Businessman John D. Marlovv Dies Murphysboro Town Budgets Win Approval low Parks which operated the White City Park amusement center in Herrin for 32 years. When the park opened on Memorial Day, 1924, more than people visited it. Srfv fYy-' fir if. oaTV i -J j.

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This figure is a minimum because it is based on the low wage of $24.25 a day, used as the basis for negotiations. Saline County isn't included because its miners are mostly members of the Progressive Miners Union. Up To $28 A Day Wages vary depending on the job, with continuous mining machine operators being paid up to $23 a day, according to Carl Barnes, Johnston City, a member of the International Scale and Policy Committee which negotiated the bituminous association contract in Washington, D.C. The $2 a day increase is for all job classifications. Shannon, who lives in Herria and is in charge of UMW activities in Illinois, says he thinks the Washington negotiators "did a splendid job for the state.

it's a fine contract." He anticipates little difficulty with any provisions of the east coast contract with the Illinois association. The most controversial provision of the contract is the one requiring an 80 cent a ton royalty payment for any coal on which the 40 cent a ton royalty has not already been paid. This is designed to keep UMW mines from buying coal from non-union companies that do not pay the 40 cent a ton royalty into the Miners Welfare Fund The park featured a salt water swimming pool, roller skat ing rink, a outdoor theater as well as a ballroom and rides. The depression brought the end to many of the park attractions, but the ballroom continued until 1957, when the building was sold and became a grocery warehouse market. Nearly every big name band had played at the ballroom during its 33-year history Vaughn Monroe, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Wayne King, Stan Kenton, Guy Lom-bardo, Lawrence Welk, Paul WThiteman, Woodv Herman, Harry James, Count Basie among others.

One of Mr. Marlow's best- known enterprises was the Ly- Mar Hotel in Herrin. An area landmark for nearly 40 years, the hotel was closed last sum mer after a tax recovery seiz ure by tne internal Kevenue Service Mr. Marlow later had said on several occasions that the hotel would re-open. Three other Marlow entertain ment businesses, the Annex, Marlow's and Marlow's Drive-in theaters, had closed.

He was born Sept. 12, 1888 in Pilot Knob, the son of John and Julia Marlow. He married Furina Chiodini in 1911 in Herrin. Mr. Marlow was a member of Our Lady of Mt.

Carmel Catholic Church, the Herrin Elks Lodge and Eagles Lodge. He leaves his wife, Furina: a daughter, Mrs. Helen Turner of Herrin; brothers, George of Herrin and Jim of Murphys-boro; three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Mt.

Carmel Catholic Church. Rev. Bernard P. Mongan will officiate. Burial will be in St.

Carlos Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Thursday at the George Van Natta Funeral Home, Herrin, where the Ros ary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday Planning Aide Hired David Morris, 24, started work today as a planning assistant in the state Board of Economic Development regional office in Herrin. Morris, now living in Carter ville, will assist associate plan ner John Qumn in aiding area cities in comprehensive planning programs.

Morris is currently working on a master of public administration degree at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa. He has a bachelor's degree in political science from Morris Harvey, College, Charleston, W. his home. The job is his first in Illinois. He has two years teaching experience as a grad uate assistant in community planning programs.

Morris is paid $6,600 on the state Civil Service scale. He is married and has no children. FINK WILL SPEAK AT NOTRE DAME Herbert L. Fink, professor and chairman of the art depart ment at Southern Illinois Univer sity has been invited to deliver scries of lectures April 6-8, at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind. Fink will discuss the topic "Origins of Printmaking" and Prints as a Documentation of Renaissance Scientific Records" for two of his lectures, and for the third will give a demonstration of engraving techniques and ideas.

Shed Damaged Steps Made Toward Street Improvements Additional steps toward a $1, 465,000 street improvements pro gram were taken by the Carbondale City Council Tues-' day. The council received approval from the state Division of Highways to declare portions of some of the streets to be improved as arterial. The action clears the way to use motor fuel tax income to help pay off bonds to finance the work. The city hopes to fi nance half of the proposed issue from general corporate tax es and other half from motor fuel tax revenue. The council also agreed to hire Municipal Research Associates of Kenilworth as fiscal agent for the bond issue.

The Carbondale Park District and the two school boards already have agreed to hire the firm. Prospectus Municipal Research will pre pare a prospectus for potential bond bidders and do other work for each of the government bodies in preparation for their issues. All plan to seek voter approval of bonds on the same election date in mid-May. The fiscal agents are to receive a maximum of $2,785. The cost will be pro-rated among the various governing bodies according to the amount of bonds approved for each.

State approval of a contract with the city's consulting engineers, Paul O. Hall Associates, to do engineering work on the street projects also was received. The firm will receive the stand fee of 5H per cent of the construction cost, or $80, 575. Streets to be improved are: Oakland avenue, from Main street north to Willow street; W'illow, from Oakland to Illinois avenue; Oak street, from Marion avenue to Wall street; Wall from Main to Fisher street; Walnut street, from Oakland to Wall; Poplar street, from Mill to Main; and Mill from Illinois to Oakland. Some portions of Poplar, Wall, Oak, Willow, Mill and Walnut in the areas to be developed had not previously been declared part of the arterial system.

Pump Purchased In other action, the council approved a bid of $3,945 from Triangle Construction Co. to build a pump station at Eliza beth street and Grand avenue. The pump is designed to relieve a problem of low pressure in the southwest during times of heavy water use. The bid was the only one re ceived. Mayor D.

Blaney Miller urged its acceptance since it was $400 under estimated costs of the project and since "we want to be sure and get the work done before summer." Permission for a bucket bri gade Saturday to aid the South ern Illinois Association for the Crippled was granted. Solicitors were told that the city assumes no liability and that the bucket bearers should work at the corner of Main street and Illinois avenue only from 9 a.m. until 1 p. m. "This is getting a little out of hand.

We know that a lot of worthy causes are involved. but ta-e're getting more and more requests to stand out there in the street. Someone is going to get hurt," Miller said. A petition from builders of a nursing home west of Tower road was referred to the Plan Commission. The nursing home operators seek annexation to the city.

A petition from 17 residents of Murrie Drive and the surrounding neighborhood also was referred to the commission. The signers protest a proposal by B. J. Murrie to construct a duplex on Murrie Place. Kenneth J.

Miller, chairman of the Carbondale Park Board and assistant to the president at Southern Illinois University; Tom Langdon, a member of the Grade School board of education; and John Gardner, managing editor of The Southern Illi-noisan, were named to the citizen's Advisory Committee. The committee will assist in planning for an urban renewal program in southeast Carbon dale. Jesse Fly, retiring operator of the city's water plant, re ceived a watch from confirii members and city employes; He completed 29 years with the department. MINE REPORT AH Mines Working Thursday John D. Marlow, 75, Herrin businessman for many years, died of an apparent heart attack this morning.

Mr. Marlow became ill at his home, 521 S. 14th and was taken by ambulance to Herrin Hospital. He was dead on arrival at the hospital at 7 a.m. His daughter said Marlow had complained of chest pains for about a week.

He became it around 6:30 a.m. today. Mr. Marlow had been in the amusement and hotel business all his life. He operated the Ly-Mar Hotel, several theaters and the former White City Park amusement center.

Mr. Marlow had had ex tensive real estate holdings He promoted various entertain ment facilities in Southern Illi nois. He was president of the Mar Goodpaster Asks Charge Be Dropped Dr. Walter Goodpaster, convicted murderer, today filed a petition in Williamson County Circuit Court for dismissal of an indictment for assault with intent to murder. Goodpaster, former Herrin optometrist, was sentenced to 199 years in prison on conviction of the murder of Mrs.

Margaret Strunk, lit. 1, Carterville, on Dec. 25, 1959. Goodpaster is in Stateville Prison, Joliet. He was also indicted on the assault charge for shooting Mrs.

Strunk's companion, Bernard Dobraski Jr. Dobraski recover ed after two bullet slugs were removed from his head. Goodpaster said in his peti tion he "vehemently proclaims he is innocent" of the murder for which he was convicted. He asked dismissal of the assault charge on Dobraski on grounds he has not been granted a speedy trial as provided by law. State's Atty.

Carl Sneed said he will oppose the petition. He said all records in the case are held by the state Supreme Court pending disposition of an appeal by Goodpaster to the court in the murder case. Sneed said trial on the as sault charge could not be held until the Supreme Court releas cs the records. Goodpaster said in his peti Hon the indictment was obtained by perjured testimony of wit nesses Fred Dunning Jr. and Bobby Hagler, Cambria, and Dobraski.

Goodpaster said Dobraski, whom he referred to as Ber nard Debrasky Jr. alias Bob Brazel in the petition, confessed to persons known to Goodpaster that he, Dobraski, killed Mrs. Strunk "in a drunken quarrel after an all. night round of "What about the two slugs in Dobraski's head? Goodpaster does not refer to that in his petition' Sneed said. Man Held In Stabbing A 74-year-old McLeansboro man is held in Franklin County Jail following the stabbing of Edward C.

Ryan, 45, of McLeansboro, in a Benton tavern. Franklin County Sheriff Ray Carrell said Joe Frank Morris was charged with aggravated battery. Bond was set at Tuesday. Carrell said Morris and Ryan apparently were quarreling in the Lone Star Tavern when the stabbing took place. Carrell said witnesses in tho tavern said Morris stabbed Ryan twice in the neck with a pocket knife.

Morris then left the tavern and was apprehended later in the Sunset Tavern. A pocket knife was found near the Sunset Tavern, Carrell said. Ryan was taken to Franklin Hospital, Benton, where he is in fair condition today. SIU MEN HONORED Three Southern Illinois Uni-versitv staff members have awarded the Certificate in Data Processing on the basis of; professional proficiency examinations given by the Data Processing Management Association. They are Thomas PurceU, Bruce Davis and Lawrence Hen-gehold of the SIU Data Processing and Computing Center, who were among those honored for their certification by an editorial in the March issue of Journal of Data Management.

a at Budgets listing anticipated to tal expenditures of about 000 for operation of Murphys boro Township received approv al in public hearings Tuesday afternoon. The budgets will be presented for final action and adop tion at the township meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the township office. Budgets covered the town fund, general assistance, municipal retirement, road and bridge, and new bridge accounts. Only one major change was reported, with a fund of $5,000 for machinery taken out of the road and bridge fund and placed in a separate category.

A proposal to add a rate of 3.5 cents per $100 valuation, above the 9 cent rate set by a recent Supreme Court ruling, will be presented to voters in the township at the annual town meeting. The tax rate would pro duce about $7,500. The township previously had levied 16.2 cents for road and bridge purposes. A ruling by the state supreme court has set the maximum figure at 9 cents, which will cut the tax receipts for road and bridge purposes almost in half. The budget for the town fund account lists anticipated expenditures of above the last year's budget of $19,150.

Supervisor George Borgsmiller said addition of expenses for the 1965 township election ac counted for the increase. General assistance expendi tures are budgeted at $49,875. The township has budgeted 000 for municipal retirement. Budgets for road and bridge expenditures total $34,500, and $13,000 for new bridge construction. The public hearing drew no protests.

Attending the meeting were Ted Kortkamp, acting moderator, Supervisor Borgsmiller, Town Clerk Jack Davis, Auditors Jim McCann and Henry Bellm, and Highway Commissioner John Hoffman. Auditors Approve Carbondale Town Budget The Carbondale Township budget and appropriation ordinance proposing expenditures of $331,486 for the next fiscal year has been given approval by the Township Board of Auditors. The budget was approved intact at a public hearing Tuesday. No changes were recommended by the board. The proposed budget will be up for final approval at the annual town meeting April 7.

It is on display at the township office in Carbondale City Hall. The budget calls for $103,160 less than the amount budgeted last year. The reduction is in the road and bridge fund. Ihe 1963-64 budget for this category contained $338,900. Proposed expenditures this year are The budget calls for $46,536 for the town fund, $114,450 for the general assistance fund, $145,500 for the road fund and $75,000 for construction of bridges at joint county expense.

POWER INTERRUPTED IN MARION AREA Power was interrupted in a large area around Marion from 9:26 to 9:32 a. m. today when a truck boom struck a high voltage transmission line south of Carbondale. It was a sub-station crew truck. No one was injured.

The interruption affected the Ordill and Crab Orchard substations of the Central Illinois Public Service Co. The 123,000 kilowatt line runs from the CIPS Grand Tower station to Muddy. The east half of Marion and Creal Springs, Crab Orchard, Pittsburg and an area south of Herrin were without power for the brief period. grass fire near the shed about 7:30 p.m. The blaze popped holes in the shed walls, burned through portions of the roof, and damaged lumber stored inside.

Manager Fred Brown said no estimate has been made of! the damage. Firemen reported no damage caused by grass fires at 7 p.m. at Swafford Lumber Co. warehouse No. 2, 311 N.

13th and at 8 p.m. at the Eagles Hall, 103 S. 13th St. At least $1,431,612 in addition al coal miner's wages will be plowed into the area's yearly economy 11 Illinois coai companies ratify a labor contract with the United Mine Workers of America, as expected. Joe Shannon, acting UMW District 12 president, Spring field, says he expects the Illi nois Coal Operators Association to approve the contract signed last Monday by the union and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association.

An Illinois association repre sentative is on vacation and the contract can not be considered until he returns. The Illinois association con tains all companies mining coal in Southern Illinois not covered by the east-coast based bituminous association. Onlv Consolidation Coal Co. was covered in the earlier contract. It covers 330 of the 3,933 UMW miners working in eight Southern Illinois counties in February.

'Usually Go Along' Shannon said regional operators' associations usually go along with equal wage provisions. He said there might be some differences in minor provisions. The Illinois Association con tains Illinois and some WTestern Kentucky and Tennessee op erators. The additional income for the region will come from a $2 a day wage increase. This increase will give a boost to buying power in Southern Illinois, Shannon said.

All of the additional salary for the area won't be realized right away. Half the increase goes into effect Wednesday. The other $1 will be paid starting Jan.1,1965. The average working year for miners in 1963 was 182' days, according to Leon Ruff, director of the state Dept. of Mines and Minerals.

Based on the $2 a day increase, the number of UMW miners ana tne average number of days worked, miners will receive $1,432,612 a year in additional wages. UMW miners in Williamson, Jackson, Perry, Franklin, Jefferson, Randolph, St. Clair 74,823 Jobs Murphysboro Will Zone Perimeter The Murphysboro Plan Com mission Tuesday night voted to include a band of rural area around the city limits in a zoning proposal under study. A zoning report prepared by the Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission has been under study by the Murphysboro Commission for two months. The report recommends inclusion of a zone one and a half miles wide around the city limits.

State zoning laws provide for inclusion of the mile and a half strip. The Murphysboro Commission is working with the City Council for action later this year. Commission members are making extensive checks of each division of the proposed ordinance, Chairman Vern Gris-som said. Cowper Inquest Set An inquest into the death of Myrtle Cowper will be held at 7:30 p. m.

Thursday in the court room of the Carbondale City Hall. Miss Cowper, 65, of 509 N. Wall Carbondale, was found Feb. 1 in Crab Orchard Creek, about three miles from her home in Carbondale. She had been missing for about a week.

The inquest was delayed until Dr. L. J. Rossiter, who performed the autopsy, returned to work after undergoing surgery. Jackson Countv Coroner Floyd Crawshaw said the autop sy revealed that the woman died of a heart attack.

He said the attack probably was brought on by exposure to the cold weather and the shock of stumblinc or falling into the creek. Police had found no evidence of foul play. The only marks on the body were scratches on her lower legs, apparently caused when she walked through brush. POLICE BRIEF Carbondale: Frederick A. Starke, fined $10; failure to yield right of way.

Earthquake Declared 'Harrowing1 Juanita Tygett, a former Herrin resident, has telephoned her mother in St. Louis, Mo. that she is all right following the Alaskan earthquake. Miss Tygett said the experience was "very harrowing." She is an employe in the finance and accounting office of the Alaska General Depot of Fort Richardson, near Anchorage. Miss Tygett lives on the Army base during the winter.

Mrs. R. J. Laccy, Cutler, reported today that her brother. Benjamin R.

Johns, and his wife. June, were safe at Fort Richardson. Johns of a civilian employe. He wrot the only damage at their home was broken dishes. Mr.

and Mrs. Clifford Draper and their five children reported they escaped injury at their home in Anchorage. Draper is a former Murphysboro resident. Area Official Says No Area Effect Seen In Eastern Walkouts If a firm buys non-union coal and sells it to another, the sell er has to pay an 80 cent a ton royalty. Shannon said the situation of union mines buying from non union companies and reselling is not a major problem in Illinois.

He said the problem had come up when area miners nere on vacation and a union mine buy from a non-union one to keep coal sales going. He said most companies have split vacations so one of their mines would be operating while the other was closed down. Then the company has a continuous supply, "ha.r 1 said. Other provisions of the con tract are for a $25 increase in vacation pay, raising the pay to $225. The contract says one helper must be provided with each op erator of continuorj mining ma chines, but Shannon said this is usually done in the area.

Barnes said another provision negotiated in Washington was a change in the safety arbitration procedure. Previously an ar biter heard disputes Detween the union and company. Now two men from the union and two from the company will decide on disputes. If they can't reach a decision, then an arbiter will hear the dispute. Barnes said the change "gives the union safety committee more power." In the three states about 3,400 coal miners in 17 UMW locals struck in protest of some provisions of a contract signed last week with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, rep resenting eastern-based firms.

Shannon, at home in Herrin today because April 1 is a mi ner's holiday, said "this con tract is the best one ever negotiated by the international." Illinois coal operators are ex pected to go along with the provisions of the eastern contract, he said. His district covers the entire state. Area miners reached today 'said they see no reason for dis satisfaction with the contract. It calls for a $2 a day across-the-board wage increase, a $25 increase in vacation pay to $225 and new seniority rules. The first dollar of the raise goes into effect today.

Shannon said the senority provisions of the contract "are the most important item." Striking locals in the three states reportedly are striking over parts of the seniority provisions. Shannon said "there is more to it than what is reported." He declined to comment on the underlying causes of the walkouts. The new provisions provide for mine-wide seniority. This means that if a company has to lay off workers, those with the least number of years seniority in the mine will be laid off, regardless of job classifica tion, provided that a man with more seniority can qualify for the job held by a newer man. Coal Means S202 Million To Economy Of Illinois United Mine Workers district president Joe Shannon discounts any possibility of area walkouts in the wake of Tuesday's wildcat strikes at mines in West Virginia, Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

Local union presidents have been informed that the mines would open as usual at midnight today. alone account for $103,912,535. Another $83,185,918 is paid out by companies for services and supplies. Taxes other than federal corporate taxes account for another $10,049,199. The survey shows this is divided into expenditures touching every phase of the economy.

Food expenditures of $30,604,422 and housing of $29, 624,209 are the top two expenditures. Use of coal results in 000,000 in wages, purchases and taxes in 25 states every year, the survey says. Seven states representing 90 per cent of U. S. coal produc-l tion account for $1,883,682,163.

Illinois is fifth in expenditures behind West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, The stale tops Indiana and Ohio, Fire Hits Lumber Yard Coal means $202,147,652 a year for Illinois when service purchases, taxes and wages for coal miners, railroad workers who transport coal and manufacturers of mining equipment all are added together. The National Coal Association, United Mine Workers of America and National Coal Policy Conference have researched th-j effect of the coal industry on the nation's economy. Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data, there are 14.823 mine, railroad and manufacturing employes working in the industry. Nine counties of Southern Illinois consistently produce more than half of Illinois' coal. Then? is no way to divide accurately th state's income to get the area's share.

The booklet estimates wages A fire at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday Stotlar-Herrin Lumber 315 N. 12th Murphysboro, caused extensive damage to lumber and a shed. Firemen are investigating that fire and a series of grass fires that occurred in the same general area. Asst Fire Chief Bob Gillooly said flames were raging through about half of the 60-foot storage shed when firemen arrived.

Firemen had extinguished a.