The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 44

Decatur, Illinois, Thursday, May 25, 1961. THE DECATUR REVIEW FORTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY School Budget Talks Continue Custodian Overtime, Water Cost Discussed The city Recreation Scouts, Recreation Depart-mnt chnuU hp Pharos rentaliment and for school programs. MillikinAsksCity Agency Aid in Area Planning cilities according to a Board of Education member. jhuii aiso saia uie cay souuiu be requested to reduce its water rate after he noted an anticipat- pH pynpnHifjirp nf S25.nOO for citv 000 over last year. i n4i h.

-Hitrirt uill an i have to issue $2,500,000 in tax an- Joseph E. Katauski said was because the department has Xeachers salaries are figured its own tax levy and receives tax Lt 553,588 in the tentative mcome- i budget, an increase of about Millikin University has asked! tn hpln in olannine! MAJ. KYLE HURT future use of the Millikin area. Salvation Army Officer in Colli- The area concerned is roughly! sion Near Raymond bound by Eldorado Street on the Maj William W. Kyle, 53, corn-north, the St.

Louis line of the manding officer of the Decatur wmiam Madden present ticipat.on warrants during theL tQ about phea I i hi 1 I -Av rp 1 A 'i 1 -A J'- ay it, ffjyx Is. 'V i in Allan L. Doyle year and pay an interest cost on them of $45,000. The district issued $2,750,000 in those warrants this school year. Discussions of the budget will continue at 7 p.m.

today. Adoption of the tentative budget is set for a 7 p.m. meeting Friday. Parking Area Negotiation At 'Impasse' The city staff has been instruct ed to cease negotiations for prop erty which would be used in the first step of development of an interior-block downtown parking structure. Mayor Robert A.

Grohne said the negotiations had reached an impasse. The City Council will consider condemnation proceedings, he said. The property involved is the office apartment building just east of the Decatur Club and the build ing housing the Barding Pontiac Co. to the north on William Street. Both are owned by a group of some 12 persons.

The city has offered $180,000 for the two properties and the owners have asked $193,000. The city's offer, the mayor said, is based on the value put on the land by the owner's appraiser, plus what the owners think air conditioning and other equipment is worth. The owners appraiser came up with a figure of $160,500 for the property while the city's appraiser was $3,470 higher. The equipment is worth $19,000, the owners say, while the city appraises it at $15,000. The city has hiked its offer since the start of negotiations and the owners have come down $4,000.

"This lot is of key importance to serve the central west side business area," the mayor said, "and for future expansion of the parking system. "The city is ready and able to proceed with providing this needed additional parking. "It is unfortunate that this im portant development has to be de-i laved, by Jengthy and expensive litigation. At first the property would be 3 nn 1. ne and Kichard w.

Hutt agreed department should start "oay-l ine its after noticing it. ing was partly responsible for overtime salaries of custodians. Huff said the $25,000 listed in the tentative school budget for next year was perhaps excessive. It was explained custodians re ceive overtime pay for working during activities sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Associations, the ANNUAL SC0UT-0-RAMA District Lincoln Trail Council Event Friday, Saturday The Macon district of the Lin coln Trails Boy Scout Council will have its annual Scout-o-Rama Fri day and Saturday in the Decatur Armory. About 1,500 Cubs, Scouts and Explorers are expected to partici pate in the program which will include shows on camping and pioneering, Indian dancing and a Cub circus.

Hours will be from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. with shows at 45-minute intervals. The two day program is spon sored by the Decatur Rotary Club. Tickets will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.

All proceeds will go to the Boy Scouts. Tickets are available from Scouts or at the door. Recount Bid Under Study A decision on a petition lor a recount of votes cast in the April 4 Decatur Township assist ant supervisor election will be given Friday in County Court. Judge William C. Calvin took under advisement the case yes terday afternoon following argu ments in County Court.

The petition, asking for the re count was filed by Decatur Town ship Democrats. The Republicans opposed the move and filed a motion with the court asking that the petition be dismissed Republicans claim the petition should be dismissed on grounds that Webber Borchers, who received four write-in votes, was not made a party to the case. In the opening session of the matter yesterday afternoon, Paul H. Ferguson, attorney representing the Democrats, claimed the GOP motion was frivolous. Judge Calvin said he wanted to hear arguments on both sides because of the importance of the case.

Niantic Sets Graduation Niantic-Harristown's 40-member senior class will receive diplomas during commencement exercises at 8 p. m. Wednesday in the high school gymnasium. William E. Skadden, former executive secretary of the Illinois Welfare Association, will be the speaker.

Baccalaureate will be at 8 p. m. Sunday in the Harristown Elementary School auditorium. The address will be by the Rev. L.

Roy Cronkhite of the Niantic Christian Church. Maroa Senior Program Maroa-Forsyth seniors will re view their school activities during class night at 8 p.m. Friday in the high school. Salvation Army, is in Decatur and Macon County Hospital for treatment of injuries received yesterday in a truck-car accident near Raymond. Hospital officials said Maj.

Kyle received chest and shoulder in juries' and is in fair condition today. He was transferred to Decatur from St. Francis Hospital at Litchfield. According to state highway troopers Maj. Kyle car was struck by a semi-trailer truck on Illinois 48 on a narrow stretch ofj the highway near Raymond at 8:30 a.m.

Maj. Kyle was returning to De catur from St. Louis at the time of the accident. He was alone in the car. Await Reply On Depot Mayor Robert A.

Grohne has asked President Kennedy to cut some of the red tape in regard to the Decatur Signal Depot Under, normal government op eration, other agencies would not be asked to see if they could use the depot until after the signal corps has moved out. There is no reason, the mayor said, why inspections of the premises by other government agen cies couldn't be going on now. Then if no U. S. agencies want the depot, it could be offered to private industry sooner.

No reply has been received from the President. Decatur would have been in a more competitive position in negotiations with the Fairchild Aviation Co. recently if the depot had been available, the mayor said. The company chose Joplin, mainly because it bought out a competitor there, the mayor said. But if definite information on the depot had been available, Decatur might have been selected, he indi cated.

The city now has another industry in mind for the depot MU Student Hit by Auto A Millikin co-ed who ran to avoid a dousing in a water fight ended up in the hospital. Karen Vork, 19, of Tucson, Ariz, is in fair condition today in Decatur and Macon County Hos pital where she is being treated for cuts and bruises. She was ad mitted at 4:15 p.m. yesterday. Police said the girl, an Aston Hall resident, was in a water fight with some "frat boys" and when one of them tossed a pail of water at her she ran into the street and into the path of a car driven by Robert W.

Cline, .25, ofj 515 S. Wyckles Road. The incident occurred in 1100 Block West Main Street the Moody Is Winner John Moody, Dalton City, tied for third place in the annual Huston Memorial Public Speaking Contest at the University of Illinois. There were 131 entered in the contest Moody is a freshman in the college of agriculture. School-End Activities Open Sunday Commencements for the four Decatur public high schools will be at 7:30 p.m.

June 2 at each school's gymnasium. The baccalaureates will be this Sunday, at the same time and place. place' Board of- tducauon manner Decatur seniors at graduation. Speakers will include Carole Endsley, valedictorian, Denny Newell, salutatorian, and Lois Richie, orator. The Rev.

R. Wayne Bonser of the Free Methodist Church will be the baccalaureate speaker, as sisted by the Rev. Robert S. Bees-ley of the First Methodist Church and the Rev. W.

Vern Longen-baugh of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. About 262 seniors will receive diplomas at the Eisenhower graduation from board member Mrs. Ida Coppenbarger. Dr. Jay M.

Logan, of the First Presbyterian Church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon, assisted by the Rev. Levi McClendon of the Antioch Missionary Baptist church. Judith Bullington will deliver the valedictory. Marjorie Ander son will give the salutatory. Lakeview Graduation The about 109-member Lake- view senior class will receive its diplomas from board member Joseph E.

Katauski. Jackie. Gee will give the valedictory and Claudia Salmons, the salutatory. Linda McMillan is the orator. The Rev.

W. W. Cutlip, First Methodist Church pastor, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. assisted by the Rev. Archie Albright of the Lakeview Church of God.

MacArthur's class of about 332 seniors will receive their diplomas from Paul Smallwood, board president. Speaking wil! be Harold R. Smith, valedictorian, H. Kenneth Neudahl, salutatorian, and Karen Elizabeth Schroeder, orator. Dr.

Paul L. McKay. Millikin University president, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon, assisted by the Rabbi Leo E. Turitz of Temple B'nai Abraham. Long Holiday For 2 Plants Employes of the Mueller Co.

and Marvel-Schebler Products Division of the Borg-Warner Corp. will have a four-day holiday over Memorial Day. These two firms will be closed as as Tuesdaj morial Day. Other plants, such as York Divi- lldLlUI VAJ. will be closed Tuesday only.

The corn plant and related operations of the A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. will be in continuous operation, but most of the Staley plant will be closed Tuesday for Memorial Day.

iSACKRlTER DOCKET TO BE ASSIGNED The docket of a former justice of peace will be assigned to one of the active county justices of peace. Authority to make the assignment was given yesterday in an opinion from Attorney General' uiars. state's Attorney Basil G. Greanias said he asked for the Pinion to clear UP a situation that icame up following the April 4 elec- tion of county justices of The four active justices of peace have refused to accept the dockets of the late Justice of Peace Harry Sackriter. Mr.

Sackriter died July 4, 1960 and his dockets were given to Justice Fred 0. Hale. Hale was defeated in the April 4 election and his books surrendered to County Clerk Darrell Foster. The active justices of peace di vided the dockets of Hale and Camp WiH Filed An estimated estate of $40,000 was left by Chester B. Camp according to a petition to probate the will filed in County Court to- day.

The estate is left to a sister, jfour nieces, three nephews and a friend. Mr. Camp died in January in Indianapolis, Ind. Traffic Fine Share Asked ByCity Macon County has been requested to pay the city of Decatur all fines collected from traffic offenses where prosecution is instituted by the city. Pavment would be retroactive to May 2 and payment is expected by the city each month.

The request for payment was made in a letter from City Mana ger John E. Dever to State's At torney Basil G. Greanias. George R. Truebe, chairman of the Macon County Board of Supervisors, today said he didn't anticipate any county action until the matter has been firmed up the courts.

The city request is based on a 3rd District Appellate Court ruling in a case originating in Cham paign County. It has been traditional that in all cases prosecuted by the state's attorney the fines go to the county. The Appellate Court ruled that in cases where arrests are made, evidence gathered, and testimony offered by city policemen, the fines should be paid to the city. Dever wrote: City Arrest "The City of Decatur expects to be paid in full for each fine levied where a city police officer makes the arrest from and after May 2, 1961, that is prosecuted by the state's attorney's office." The city has also indicated a stand that it might go to court if the request for the payment fails. In the letter it was also written "Please write us your agree ment and acknowledgment so we do not have to initiate legal ac tion." Greanias replied in a letter that he would be happy to comply wiih the law.

He requested a meeting with the city's corporation coun sel. Greanias also indicated that cer tain county services furnished the city may be withdrawn. He said the county-owned breathalyzer, instrument used in testing suspected drunks, is used by the city without charge. Greanias also said the services of the physician who examines drunken driver suspects is also county-paid. Library Plan To Be Asked Another alternative for establishing a branch library for the north part of the city will be proposed to the Library Board at its Friday meeting.

Decatur builder, Carl E. Swartz, said he will formally propose to the board Friday, that the library lease a building from him in Windsor Village, north of Mound School, to provide a branch in that area. He said the lease agreement could contain a provision that the library come into ownership of the building after a certain period of time. Swartz presented the proposal informally to the properties com mittee of the, library yesterday. That group asked him to present it to the board Friday.

Francis H. Hart, chairman of the properties committee, said yesterday's talks were explora tory. Hart said that he felt the board would want to have a report on the suggested possibility of establishing branches in public schools, before going further on Swartz's proposal. In February, the Library Board rejected a proposed $15,000 expenditure for a new branch. The only branch library now in operation in the city is the Evans Branch on North Jasper Street COMMISSION LAUDS POLK FOR RENEWAL WORK Charles E.

Polk was lauded by two officials yesterday for work done on the urban renewal commission. Mayor Robert A. Grohne and commission chairman Leland H. Henderson praised Polk as he announced his resignation from the commission to take a job at Ft. Monmouth, N.

J. Polk a Decatur Signal Depot employe being transferred, lives in the Greenwood urban renewal project area at 645 S. New St He is also a member of the Decatur Housing Authority. Warrensburg Exercises Dr. V.

F. Dawald of Millikin University will speak at Warrens- burg-Latham eighth grade gradu ation exercises at 8 p.m. Monday in the high schooL There are 92 graduates. Wabash Railroad on the east, Park Place on the west and Wood street on the south. Involved in the future planning is the location of the' athletic field, some classroom buildings, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, and faculty housing.

The request for help went to the city planning and development department and. at Millikin's request, will later be studied by the urban renewal commission and the City Plan Commission. The matter was discussed yesterday by the urban renewal commission. Detailed work on possible re-use of the area will not begin until Part 1 of the current Greenwood urban renewal project is finished, according to John Schaefgen, acting plan director. Millikin officials recently met with the City Council and informally discussed the future east-west couple arrangement for U.

S. 36. As presently envisioned, the couple would begin just west of Oakland Avenue, with eastbound traffic cutting south through Milli-kin-owned land to North Street for the trip across the city. The university had hoped it could turn its athletic field to run north-south instead of the present east-west arrangement. This most recent bid to the city includes the future of the athletic field as well as other planned buildings.

The university has submitted a rough sketch of what it thinks might be done in the area and wants experts in the field of land ose to help. GREENWOOD TALKS Discussion on Non-profit Apartments Suggested The urban renewal commission yesterday voted to invite representatives of an international union to Decatur to discuss building non-profit apartments in the Greenwood urban renewal area. The invitation was issued to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes Union after City Manager John E. Dever told of preliminary talks. Recently the state convention of the union was held in Decatur and the international president.

Arnold S. Zander attended. The proposal was discussed at that time, Dever said. The union has invested funds in urban renewal projects in several large cities. Mayor Robert A.

Grohne said the opportunity to talk with the union is one the city can't afford to pass up. Dever said the proposed Went, for medium income groups, would hehr in the reloca tion of persons displaced in the renewal project In other decisions, the commis sion voted to: Give the planning staff a free hand to talk, but not make binding agreements, with developers who might want to buy some of the vacant land in Greenwood Re-affirm its decision to develop Greenwood in parcels instead of delaying all construction until the entire area is cleared. Finance the second appraisal of the Greenwood area with city funds, which would be reimbursed by the federal government Use any means of selling the land bids, negotiations or other procedures. RIFLE COMPANY NEEDS 32 TO FILL VACANCIES Springfield's 81st Rifle Company, Marine Corps Reserve, needs 32 new men to fill vacancies in the weapons platoon. The expansion was announced by Capt.

Arthur J. Bretscher, commanding officer. Interested seniors and high school graduates and their parents will be guests at a Military Service Seminar at the Lake Springfield Training Center at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday.

Staff Sgt William Lohan of the Marine Corps Recruiting Office, Decatur, said that young men wishing to join the Springfield unit may obtain information from him. A Decatur platoon is part of the 81st Rifle Company. Herald and Review Photo Here's What He Sees at 400 Feet More FM Power WSOY's New Antenna to Improve Reception rlT, r. Tsion of Borg-Wamer. Caterpillar lot.

In the future it would be ae-iT and General Electric veioped into a luo-pius car Herald and Review Photo Watches Closely being placed on the tower by the H. Construction Co. of Chicago, under contract to the Radio Corporation of America. The construction activity has reduced the AM signal, but that will be remedied when the installation is finished, probably tomorrow. The station's FM had operated at reduced power since temporary repairs were made to a damaged antenna at the first of the year, Doyle said.

SchoolYear Nearing End Macon County schools will con clude their school year this week and next week. None of the schools will have classes Memorial Day, Tuesday. Schools closing Friday will in elude Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Teresa kindergarten. Closing Monday will be St.

Pat rick and St. Thomas schools. Unit districts will have their last day of classes May 31 as will the Lutheran School Association and St. James School. St Teresa High School and the Decatur Public Schools will con- elude June 1 and return to school for report car.ds June 5.

WOMAN CHARGED AFTER TRAFFIC ACCIDENT A Decatur 'woman has been charged with driving a car with defective brakes following an acci dent in which her two-year-old son was injured. Jo Ann Petty, 32, of 1969 E. Prairie was given the traffic summons after her car hit a parked vehicle in the 1900 block East Prairie Avenue yesterday at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Petty's son.

Brent received head cuts. She told police she would take the boy to the family physician for treatment parKing structure. Financing would be by junior bonds, purchased by local businessmen. The development of the lot was recommended by the George W. Barton Associates report, the t7'' the Downtown Development Corp.

Tire Bids Higher City tire bids 'are higher this year than last, Purchasing Agent Frank C. Lambrick reported today. The most-used type tire a standard new-car tire-drew a bid of $13.74 this year, compared to $13.44 last year. Smith Tire Co. was low bidder both years.

On a nylon tire, Firestone bid 813.67. but Lambrick said he not sure the tire fits the specifications. "The highway will bypassj' Champaign and go straight toi' Danville. "Nobody will be able to get off for Chamnaien unless thev take A new FM antenna on the WSOY radio tower, together with an increase in power, will improve FM reception in areas 20 to 30 miles from the station when work is completed this weekend. Allan L.

Doyle, chief engineer, said the FM broadcast power will be increased from 30.000 to 54,000 watts, as soon as the installation is complete. The 65-foot antenna section is Kindergarten Rites Thirty children will graduate from the Teresa kindergarten in ceremonies at 8 p. m. Friday The graduation program, which is open to the public, will be held in the St. Teresa High School gym-masium.

Back From Tour Corporation Counsel Byron M. Merris returned to work today after a six-week tour of Europe. and Mrs. Merris left Decatur April 1L. The first program to be aired' by way of tape recording, will be the annual Food-a-Rama Exhibition at the Hotel Orlando, May 28.

The show will be recorded in the morning, and played back on the air that afternoon. As a demonstration of the device, a recording was made of the entry'of the guests into the studio. Almost as soon as the last person was seated, the tape was rewound and shown on audition sets in the studio. The station is the first in the central Illinois area with commercial video tape facilities. An extension to the present studio space has been added, to provide space for the new equipment Video Tape Recorder Shown 60 Attend Premier of New WTVP Device Much Ado About Expressway Champaign Warned in Road Controversy the interchange at Mahomet defeated justice of peace come in the old Route l50-butjcandidates but refused those of apparently Champaign isn't toOjSackriter- By Ralph W.

Sanders Of the Review Staff Television station WTVP, Deca tur, was host to about 60 business and professional people this morning at the premier showing of the station's new RCA video tape re corder. Beginning with an 8 a. m. break fast in the Hotel Orlando, the group was taken to the station where the equipment was demon strated. Bob King, vice president of WTVP, and WTVH, Peoria, said that the station will present week- ly taped programs originated by Metropolitan Broadcasting, New York, the parent organization of the local station.

The Champaign-Decatur Ex pressway won't go to Champaign if all the fuss about a connection to the city continues, the district highway engineer has warned. The expressway is planned to connect Decatur with two Interstate routes near the west side of Champaign. A one-way couple system plan to bring local, traffic into Champaign has stirred up a controversy which has gone to the Champaign City Council J. J. Cychol, district engineer.

said that if the objectors win, We'll just connect the Decatur Freeway to the west with Inter state 57 north-south and call it quits. eager to have anyone go there anyway, Cycnoi said. Cychol said the objectors missed the point of the couple plan. "The people who claim the superhighway will be aimed right; through town don't know what; they're talking about." Cychol added that the highway Division would call it quits rather than revise extensive plans for a "non-existing danger.".