The Daily Standard from Sikeston, Missouri • Page 1

Tele-News 471-6666 6 a OUR YEAR 15c PER COPY SIKESTON, SCOTT COUNTY, MISSOURI TUESDAY, JULY NUMBER 127 Reaction to VP selection is mixed Train wheel jumps track The rear wheels of one car of a Frisco freight train jumped the tracks at the North Street crossing at 5: 35 a.m. today. A drawbar, lying on the north side of the Wheeler campaigns against union leaders Kansas City Mayor Charles B. Wheeler, a candidate for nomination as U. S.

Senator, was in Sikeston Monday as part of campaign swing through the Missouri Bootheel. In an interview with The Daily Standard, Wheeler said he entered the senatorial race to run against the union leadership that gave him trouble. Wheeler was involved with a dispute between city management and the Kansas City union in April when the firemen used a work slowdown in an attempt to strengthen their position in bargaining. Wheeler contends that public employes do not have the right to strike. Saying that he felt the unions had to big for their Wheeler sad think they need to be taken down a peg or two.

The other candidates say anything about Wheeler is most concerned about the passage of the Common Situs Picketing Bill, which was vetoed by the President. He said if the bill comes up again, he hopes Missouri has a conservative senator in office, Charles B. Wheeler who will vote against it. He says the bill allows secondary boycotts and could effectively close down a town. Wheeler says arbitration is the worst thing you can have, because it puts money in the hands of nonelected officials, who usually only have dealth with big management and understand taxpayers reluctance to pay higher Wheeler road, was pulled from the car when it jumped the tracks.

Traffic on North Street was blocked until the wheels could be put back on the track later this morning. (Daily Standard photo) Fire guts bedroom of home Fire gutted the second floor of the Joe Bruenderman home, 735 Goodhope St. Monday night. Firemen said the fire, which broke out about 10:35 p.m., gutted a bedroom on the second floor of the home. There was smoke and water damage to the rest of the house.

The cause of the fire had not been determined by this morning, firemen said. At 10:20 a.m. Monday, firemen were called to extinguish a car fire in the parking lot at the Ferguson Medical Group clinic, 1012 N. Main St. Firemen said Edgar Herman of Charleston had run out of gas and was priming his engine with gasoline when the carburetor backfired and set fire to the air filter.

Damage was listed as minor. At 9:20 p.m. Monday, firemen were called to the Charles Hamby home, 121 Marian when smoke was discovered in the home. Firemen said they could not find any signs of fire. SACRAMENTO, Calif.

(AP) Ronald strategists say the selection of Sen. Richard S. Schweiker as vice-presidential running mate has strengthened presidential campaign and broadened his political base. But backers of President Ford called the Reagan announcement a desperate play for delegates by a losing candidate. Reagan named the Pennsylvania lawmaker one of the most liberal members of the Senate in a surprise move Monday.

Just three weeks before opening of the Republican National Convention, Ford is 36 delegates away from the nomination with 1,093, in The Associated Press survey. Reagan trails with 1,025 and 141 delegates were uncommitted, including 28 in Schweiker's home state. Nearly all Northeast gates contacted in the first hours after announcement Monday adopted either a wait-and-see attitude toward the move or said it would have no effect on their vote for a presidential nominee. One Pennsylvanian switched from Ford to uncommitted, and the President lost vote. The senator resigned as a convention delegate.

He had said previously he would vote for Ford. Another Pennsyvania delegate, who previousy favored Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. Tennessee, said she now is uncommitted.

The AP count in Pennsylvania following Reagan's announcement gives Ford 69, Reagan 6, with eight currently claiming uncommitted status. Among the Pennsylvania uncommitted delegates surveyed, James A. Stein, 21, said he thought Schweiker playing the position of a political moving from his support of Ford. But Thomas J. Twine also uncommitted, said: "I think it will sway some members of the David Christopher, who had earlier expressed a preference for Ford, said light of wat has would probably be in the uncommitted category.

My interest is in who would be the best to beat Carter in the fall, and this seems to improve There was some negative reaction elsewehere to Reagan's selection of Schweiker. Ray Hutchison, Republican state chairman in Texas, said choice could cost him the election if nominated. Reagan backers were generally mum about the announcement. Spokesmen for the Reagan campaign emphasized points where Schweiker agrees with the former California conservative philoso- phy The consensus was that Reagan stands to gain in the Northeast, where he is weakest. But he may suffer in the South and West, where his support rests in large part with legally uncommitted delegates.

"I think it broadens our base Lyn Nofziger, a close political confidant of Reagan, said of the Schweiker announcement. is a guy who has won elections statewide in a tough state for Republicans. He undoubtedly is going to go up there and work hard to win those delegates. Schweiker will work throughout the Northeast into the Ohio Valley. think much too early to tell wheher going to hurt us in the South or the West.

I think by the time many of those delegates in the South have looked the situation over and looked at Schweiker, not sure there will be any hurt Aid program constitutional $600 riding mower stolen ORAN-A 26-inch riding lawn mower valued at $600 was reported stolen sometime Sunday from the Spencer Taylor home on Route One, the Scott County Department announced today. Taylor reported the theft at 4:20 p.m. Monday. man found dead PORTAGE VILLE The body John Mayes Mitchell, jelieved in his fifties, was iiscovered at his home about a.m. today by Police Chief Joe Moore, who had gone to the muse when neighbors reported had failed to get a response knocks on the door Monday and had not seen Mitchell out today.

New Madrid County Coroner Gene Clayton, who investigated, said death was from natural causes. Clayton said it appeared Mitchell had died sometime early Sunday morning. The body was found lying on the kitchen floor. Clayton said there was no evidence of foul play. The body is Funeral Home.

at DeLisle 2 more CB radios stolen The thefts of two more citizens band radios were reported today by police. Both thefts occurred Saturday in shopping center parking lots. A CB valued at $150 was taken from a car belonging to Robert Stearnes, 707 Hickory Drive, between 2 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday while the car was parked near the J.C.

Penney Auto Center in the Kingsway Plaza Mall parking lot. A CB valued at $161 was taken from Kenneth Allen Bowman of Charleston Route Five, between 8:15 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. Saturday while the car was parked in front of the Malco Twin Cenema in the Midtowner Village. said he does, however, favor collective bargaining.

In discussing farm issues, Wheeler said that he feels the main enemy of the farmer is George Meany. In stating his broad position on agriculture, Wheeler said he believes the agricultural policy should be based on the increasing importance of crop production over livestock production. He said the flow of American agricultural products to other parts of the world should be impeded as little as possible by the federal As the world wide food shortage increases, the importance of American grain will increase and become an essential factor in our dealings with other he said. Wheeler said he looked at the senatorial race as being divided between two liberal candidates, James Symington and Jerry Litton, and two conservatives, himself and Warren E. Hearnes of Charleston.

Wheeler said that not many people in this area know of the spending records of Symington and Litton, while he and Hearnes represent fiscal economy. Wheeler made the point that Litton was recently cited as being one of the top 11 spenders in Congress, by a conservative publication. In the battle of the conservatives in the race, Wheeler said he is more conservative than Hearnes, Warren has to live with labor leader friends of Wheeler said. However, in a recent news release, Wheeler said Hearnes was the candidate closest to his own moderate views on curbing government expenditures by holding down payroll costs. Wheeler said that while he hoped to win the election, he realizes he has an uphill battle.

He said he does not think he will play a decisive role in the outcome of the election. His term as mayor of Kansas City will run through 1979. Trash pick-up announced MATTHEWS Mrs. A. W.

Wagley, mayor, has announced that Best Sanitation Service will conduct a solid waste pickup in Matthews each Friday. Only trash cans or trash bags will be picked up, the mayor said. No trash barrels will be picked up. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a state program which provides public funds to students attending private as well as public colleges is constitutional.

In a 4-3 ruling Monday, the court said that the program, enacted in 1972, does not violate either state or federal limitations on church-state relations. The ruling reversed a decision made earlier this year, when St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge G. J. Hoester ruled that the program was unconstitutional.

Americans United filed the suit challenging the program, which provided about 10,000 lege students with financial assistance to attend 57 colleges and universities during the 1974-1975 school year. About half of the students used the money to attend private schools, while the other half went to public institutions. In challenging the state law, the group said that it would open the gates to further efforts to breach the constitutional between the state and the church. But the court, in an opinion written by Judge J. P.

Morgan, found that the state program was within the boundaries of the Constitutum, through the application of a set of guidelines set down by the U.S. preme Court. It found that the program had a "secular legislative a primary effect other than the advancement of religion and "no tendency to entangle the state in church Morgan was joined in his decision by Judges Lawrence Holman, James A. Finch Jr. and John E.

Bardgett. The other three judges, Robert T. Donnelly, Fred L. Henley and Chief Justice Robert E. Seiler dissented in separate opinions.

Seiler wrote there is nothing in the law which prevents the use of public funds directly or indirectly in aid of a purpose if that happens to be the type of college which the student "All the requirements of the present statute can be met and yet the public funds made available can be used for the forbidden he added. the case before us, the student is merely the conduit of the grant through whom the state aid is transmitted to the school," he said. But Morgan's majority opinion noted that "the language of the act is clear and explicit in providing that the program is designed and implemented for the benefit of the students, not of the institutions, and that the awards are made to the students, not to the 6 arrests may clear up thefts NEW MADRID-The arrest of a Lilboum man and five juvenile boys-three from Lilboum and two from New Madrid-have apparently cleared up three recent burglaries, according to the New Madirid County Department. Harold Tidwell, 22, of Lilboum is in custody under $500 bond, pending a charge of selling stolen property. The juveniles range in age from 10 to 16 years, were turned over to the county juvenije officer.

Charges against the juveniles involve a Friday night break-in at the Clyde Canoy house in Lilbourn and a prior break-in. Two shotguns and a quantity of pennies which were reported stolen have been recovered. The department also reported the recovery of an electric saw, drill and sander which were reported stolen earlier this month from a vacant house on the LaValle farm near Kewanee. Tidwell had alledgedly sold these items. The arrest and recovery of the property followed an investigation by the sheriff's department and Lilboum police.

Lilboum youth in custody Boy drowns near Hayti NEW MADRID Henry Maxwell, 17, of Lilboum is in custody of New Madrid County Department suspect of entering the home of Andrew Thomas in Lilbourn early Sunday morning with intent to commit a felony. daughter was awakened about 1:30 a.m. when Maxwell and a juvenile boy allegedly entered the house through a window. The intruders fled, and Maxwell was apprehended by the department and Lilbourn police. inside The congregation of Fellowship Baptist Church hosts a reception in honor of the 25th wedding anniversary of their pastor and his wife, The Rev.

and Mrs. Ralph Buckley. For news, turn page5. 13-year-old All- Stars defeat Carthage 7-6 in the opening round of the state tournament at Dexter. For sports news, turn pages 6, 7 and 8.

Partial funds for a regional port study are received early. Turn page 10. outside Partly cloudy, hot and humid with a chance for thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Winds tonight will be southwest at 5-10 m.p.h. Low tonight in mid 70s, high Wednesday in the upper 90s.

Probability for rain is 40 per cent tonight and 30 per cent Wednesday. EXTENDED FORECAST A chance for thundershowers Friday and Saturday; lows in the 60s and the highs in the mid 80s to low 90s. HIGH AND LOW High and low temperatures for the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. today were 100 and 72 degrees. Sunset today ............8:10 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow 6:00 a.m. Moonset today First Quarter 2 Prominent Stars Altairhigh Antares in Visible Planets Venus p.m. Mars sets Jupiter in a.m. HAYTI A 12-year old rural Hayti boy. William Earl White, son of R.

C. and Lavonia White of Route Two, drowned Monday about 2:20 p.m. while swimming in a barrow pit just south of Kentucky Fried Chicken. The body was recovered at 3:43 p.m. by two members of the Pemiscot County Department Rescue Patrol, 10 minutes after the search had started.

The department said the boy had been swimming with two other youths, who told officers the boy had stated that he could swim as good as anybody. Apparently the boy had gotten into difficulty, however, when he got into 25-feet deep water. An attempt was made by the other boys to rescue him, but they were unsuccessful. The body is at Jimmy Osburn Funeral Home at Hayti. Owens announces for sheriff EAST PRAIRIE Jim Owens, 37, manager of Saveway Service in East Prairie for 10 years and a resident of Mississippi County for 31 years, announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in the Aug.

3 primary election. Owens said, do not belong to any clubs or organizations nor do I have any classroom experience in law enforcement, but I did have the opportunity to help the people of this county during the fuel crisis by managing my service station in a way that supplied fuel to all the people without discrimination against believe that I could fill the office as sheriff, because I stand for the poor people and know the problems that the people face in Mississippi County. I think that the younger people of Jim Owens Mississippi County should be given more consideration than in the past, and I have a good relationship with the young people, which in turn should create good working relations with parents and elderly people of this Owens said. job has kept me from campaigning as much as I would have like, as I am a working man and have to make a living just as the other people of this county. I will made no big promises to you and if elected sheriff, I will do the job to the best of my ability and Owens said, believe that everyone has the right to vote and support the candidate of his or her choice without influence from anyone and I am asking for your vote on Tuesday, Aug.

Owens also commended retiring sheriffs W. J. Simmons for the work he has done over the past 16 years. Mississippi County judges precincts CHARLESTON Judges and precincts for the Aug. 3 primary election in Mississippi Coynty have been announced by County Clerk Arthur Lee Goodin.

Voters in Charleston precinct 1-A will ballot in the scout cabin. Judges will be Betty Rister, Judy Smith, Annette Robertson, Louise Brown, Jackie Wilks and Ellen Vaughan. Charleston precinct 1-B voters will cast their votes in St. gym. Serving as judges will be Frances Hill, Pauline Patton, Mary Moss, Berniece Stewart, Carol Sue Palmer and Fern Smith.

Charleston precinct two balloting will be in the circuit office at the courthouse, with Montell Stone, Joan Rolwing, Myoma Smith, Thelma Quertermous, Mabel Robbins and Margaret Moore serving as judges. Charleston precinct three residents will vote in the National Guard Armory. Serving as judges will be Lela Boardman, Flossie Williams, Hazel Laster, Ethel B. Dixon, Marilyn Williams and Diane Stinnett. The scout cabin will also serve as the polling place for voters in Charleston rural precinct five.

Judges will be Anita DeLine, Susie Leigh, Geneva Finley, Clara Marie Ohmes, Joyce Ohmes and Mrs. Vance Davidson. The Knights of Columbus Hall will be the balloting place for residents in Charleston precinct four. Helen Fowlkes, Virginia Knupp, Catherine McCormick, Mildred Holley, Patricia Mclnturff and Shirley Hall will serve as judges. Bertrand residents will vote at the school building.

Margaret Bethune, Nina Reinbott, Dutch Voelker, Ora Mae Heath, Veatrice Shepard and Delphia Elliott will be the judges. Residents in East Prairie precinct (me will vote at the fire station. Judges will be Mabel Fussell, Nell Bard, Lena Mainord, Joyce Skaggs, Gladys Brown and Anthony Holtz. East Prairie precinct two residents will ballot at the high school. Serving as judges will be Nina Hunter, Willie Adkison, Sybil Hise, Martha Pope, Marie Abner and Evelyn Denton.

Rural East Prairie precinct three residents will vote in the A.L. Webb Junior High School gymnasium. Judges will include Carrie Roberts, Norma J. Barnes, Nina Hale, Margie Hopgood, Betty Jackson and Linda Davis. Anniston residents will vote in the school building, where Karen McClendon, Delmar Adams, Lena Sims and Phil Tatum will be judges.

Gin office will serve as polling place for Wyatt residents. Judges will be Hazel Williams, Mrs. W.R. Nally, Mrs. CO.

Miller, Marilyn Nally, Virginia Bowles and Margaret Krauss. Wilson City residents will vote in the community building. Judges will be Mrs. David Neal, Otelia Scaife, Mrs. Lommie Lane and Marilyn McCleary.

Voters in the Dorena area will cast their ballots in Mount Hope Church. Ruth Reeves, Earlene Riley, Geraldine Bard and Glenda Medlock will serve as judges. Wolf Island residents will vote at Gin. Judges will include Wallace Peebles, Mrs. Jim Robinson Rebecca Presson and Maggie Moore.

Dorena residents will cast their ballots in the Spillway Gin office. Serving as judges will be Patsy Ray, Barbara White, Clora Barker and Margaret Parks..