Alton Evening Telegraph (Newspaper) - September 9, 1965, Alton, Illinois The LIGHTER SIDE A husband is man who lost Ws liberty in the pursuit of hap ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Serving the Alton Community for More Than 129 Years CLOUDY FRIDAY Low nigh 88 Complete Weather 2 Established January 1836 201 Court Asks Wood River Levee Audit By BOB RYFFEL Telegraph Staff Writer Wood River Drainage and Levee District does not have claim records for expenses and salaries of some levee officials on H was revealed at a circuit court hearing on district finances Chief Circuit Judge Harold Clark has requested an audit of the districts finances for the past fiscal 30 1984 to The hearing will be resumed after a report and audit are made for this Levee President Gordon Ma lory said he drew compensate from the district for work aft expenses from t July he had personal records to bat up his Judge Clark adjourned th hearing before 3 to Mallory time to obtain his per sonal records for compensa tion claims which the judge re quested the levee presiden bring to the Levee Commissioner Fre Grenzebach told Judge Clark a the hearing that he could no sign the districts report unti he had time to make furthe investigation of the district Grenzebach told the court a the hearings Sept that he did not see a in the eight months he served on the levee The 2 hearing had been reset for Wednesday at after Grenzebach earlier had requested a further study of the district Judge Clark called for a hear Ing on an interim financial re port after Telegraph stories re informal procedures in the districts financial and ad ministrative Grenzebach re fused to sign the partial finan cial report for the third time since the beginning of the hear ing He said that twothirds of the bills brought to the court were for a period previous to his term on the levee board anc bills also went back before the Interim report under discus Grenzebach stated that were no bills for a few items listed on the He also said that there were bills for large amounts listed on the re but he could not find con tracts or bids made on the larger Commissioner Grenzebach checked bills of the district af ter the 2 hearing on the request of Judge The districts bills and financial rec ords had been placed in the custody of the Madison Coun ty clerk after the earlier ses Judge Clark asked Grenze bach Wednesday if he could sign Garbage c Tax Wins Final OK Alton aldermen day suspended the rules and gave final approval of an ordinance that amends the annual tax levy ordi nance and includes an in creased garbage collection The increased garbage tax was followed with a sec ond suspension of after which a municipal leasing occupation tax was The garbage tax rate was proposed to be 4 per cent increasing the pres ent 8 cents per assessed valuation tax 8 to 12 but the state reve nue act automatically cuts off of the new tax leaving an actual tax rate hike of only with the new rate This hike will become ef 1966 and is expected to bring in an ad to the city in The leasing occupation tax will give the city one half of one per cent of a per cent tax collectible by the This tax will affect busi which lease equip ment of any kind and will start corporation counselor John Hoefert the interim Grenzebach replied I cant with what Ive seen so When questioned by Judge Clark on compensation from the Grenzebach said he received checks for salary and expenses but did not submit claims for He said the levee president told him he didnt have to submit com The judge also asked Grenze bach if he talked with Mallory Continued on Page 5 SEPTEMBER 1965 40 PAGES Per Copy Member of The Associated PAKISTANI CONVOY UNIT at y British television cameramen who took this picture travel ed with the Pakistani unit into Kash AP Wirephoto Mayor Eloquently Defends Powwows By JIM KULP Telegraph Staff Writer Alton Mayor Clyde Wise man Wednesday night de fended his policy of holding informal meetings with al and declared that he was not withholding in formation from the Two Maitland and Roy replied following the mayors remarks at the city Alternate Terms Outlawed AP The Illinois Supreme Court to day ordered that senators elected all 58 state in 1966 and 970 shall be elected for four rear Under the state he normal procedure is for half if the senators to be elected every two years for fouryear The court suspended this pro until 1970 when new cen us figures will be available and the legislature can act on ts own The unusual order developed s an aftermath of the state enate failure to redistrict itself n the legislative session ended n The District Court in Chicago and the state Supreme lourt devised a plan for Senate which was announced The order today affirmed the of the districts in the The order also answered the about whether half of iie senators would run as usual or In a normal general election lere are only 29 Senate seats In 1966 there will be 59 at The in an opinion writ en by Justice Robert Under wood of indicated did not wish to enter further nto the legislative domain by that half of the dis would elect a senator for wo years and the other half for our The order means an extra for those incumbent who were elected two ears ago to fouryear terms nd who intend to run for re Soviets Decline Bid to Observe WASHINGTON AP The Union has declined an to have an observer t the launching of spacecraft 6 from Cape Kennedy ext month council Timmer miere charging that the mayor was editorializing the citys news and Geltz maintaining that policy amounted to a news Both Geltz and Timmer miere have criticized Wise man for tunneling city de news through the mayors Wiseman took the council floor Wednesday to as he put not in defense of himself but in defense of the council as a which he described as the best ever to occupy the address was greeted by applause from several led by James Others sat A good the mayor is an individ ual willing to accept the blame as well as the There has been criticism of the meetings Ive called and I assume full respon he he feels that in calling the meetings he has been acting in the best interests of the Speaking as a news re porter of 17 years exper for WOKZ radio sta Wiseman said he knows information is vitally He added that he was never too busy to inform the public about city affairs and that his in among his most important The monthly meetings he has set with the as explained in a May 10 bulletin he sent to the al are intended to ex change the mayor Wiseman said he has had excellent cooperation from members of the city but pointed out that as was charged by the rules to preserve or der and not to en gage in debate with the al Quoting from a Southern Illinois University research report that the public in one area municipality Granite City was not getting enough information in ad vance about council mat Wiseman said that keeping aldermen informed is his The informal meetings he has arranged are not Closed door Wiseman nor is public business hashed over in Wiseman indicated that he does not have a program as mayor that is cut and He added that he has respect and regard for all of the all are and he will not give information to one that is not given to Pointing to the fact that the informal sessions are scheduled for the first Tues day of each Wise on Page 2 WISEMAN informing the pub lic is my most important GELTZ blacking out the community as to what happens is not Box Workers Stage New Election on Order Dwight Miller was reelect ed president of the paper work ers union at the Alton Box Board in an election Wed ordered by the De of which had found discrepencies in the Feb ruary In the race for vice Donald Funk defeated Edward Matteson who had been elected in the February election by a vote of 54 to Funk had not been a candidate in the previous The second election was order ed by the department of labor after it conducted its It was brought about by the protest from a member of the The labor department cited five irregularities in the ary The department ruled that all members of the 550 member union were not declar ed eligible to be nominated for the two that all members were afforded an opportunity to that all members did not receive notification of the elec that the election was not conducted by secret and that the results of the election never were publicly Cletus business repre of the said the election was held Wednesday the union hall at 58 Ferguson Wood He said 104 members cast was a los since he also ran for Sheff said the labor de approved of the dou ble The results for president were Cur tis Brewster and One ballot was spoiled Funk and Matteson were the only candidates for vice Pakistani Troops Engaged on Two New Fronts By CONRAD FINK NEW India AP Indian and Pakistani troops fought heavy engagements on two new fronts in northern and southern Pakistan India claimed 75 Pakistani American made were de in a In a Pakistani spokesman claimed both drives were stopped But India said its forces were advancing on both in the Sialkot sector in the north and in the Gadra area 600 miles to the in southeast Pakistan where it launched invasions Toughest Fighting It was understood the tough est fighting was in the border regions of the north near the West Pakistan city of Kasur and Indias city of in As the fighting Pre mier Chou Enlai of Red China loosed another blast at India and said its massive armed attack on Pakistan could not have been carried out without consent and In a speech at a reception in Peking at the North Korean Chou stopped short of saying Red China would pro vide concrete assistance to Pak But he reiterated firm support of the Officials Concerned Officials in Washington and London were concerned lest Red China take a hand in be half of Pakistan by starting new trouble on Indias There were these other diplo matic developments Secretary General U Thant arrived in the Pakistan on his mis sion to seek a He said the situation was Amir Abass Ho veida of Iran flew into Turkey to consult with Turkish officials on Pakistans appeal to them or military All three na ions are members of the Cen ral Treaty an anti Communist alliance with which the United States is asso Indian Claim An Indian re orting the claim that 114 Pak stani tanks had been destroyed since spoke in general erms of the the tenor of the In dian Defense Ministry state ment indicated India had gone on the defensive in the Lahore 60 miles south of Sial A Pakistani army spokesman said Pakistani forces had pushed a lot of miles into In Brought to Halt A Pakistani government claimed that Indian navy and air operations had been brought to a stand still and Pakistani forces had nade tactical gains on fronts including all He said Pakistans armed forces had stabilized their positions on all fronts The Indian Defense Ministry reported fierce fighting was n progress in the Lahore sec An announcement said 17 Pakistani tanks had been de in the past 24 hours and hat the Pakistanis ave been positions lost to the to regain hey had Heavy Losses These attempts of have been repulsed with heavy losses to the the an The wording of the announce ment made it appear that the Indians had indeed gone on the defensive after driving toward India claimed its forces were advancing along two other fronts opened Wednesday north and south of the flatlands battle It that these attacks in the Sind area east of Karachi and in the sector of Kashmir were designed to spread out Pakistans army while India concentrated on the Lahore U Thant Arrives As t he fighting U Thant ar rived in the Pakis tani to meet President Mohammed Ayub Khan and begin his peace mission to the two warring Before I submit my report to the Security I cannot say Thant told news men during a stopover at Kara It will not help to make a public Water Theft Costs 60 Days row Goforth of has been sen to 60 days at Illi State Farm at Van dalia for stealing a gallon of Goforth thought he was taking Wiley a Ruyle Township farm had laid a trap for gas thieves by filling a gas storage tank with Johnsons trap clamped shut Tuesday night when Goforth drained what he thought was gasoline from the farm tank and poured it into his waiting Johnson was sleeping in his loaded shot gun at his when his barking dog awakened The farmer played it waiting until he heard bile He got cov ered the youth with the shotgun and called the Goforth pleaded guilty to a theft charge before Circuit Court Magistrate Claude Gustine and was given a years probation and 60 Hurricane Facing Braced Gulf Coast NEW ORLEANS sands of refugees streamed in land today from ex posed coastal areas as Hurri cane fresh from an at tack on churned re The vanguard of resi dents of southern Louisiana and eastern Texas packed cars and trailers and headed north away from possible killer tide and 140 mile an hour The New Orleans Weathe Bureau urged them to evacuate quickly before rising tides cu off escape by At 10 Betsy was 181 Council in Brief Following is a summary of action taken in the Alton City Council Wednesday Full of the major actions are carried elsewhere in the Tele graph Lauded members of Boy Scout Troop who were for their public service in planting over tree seedlings at Rock Spring Greeted with applause a talk by Mayor Clyde Wiseman on his policy of not publicizing events of informal monthly meetings of the Page Adopted a municipal leasing tax ordinance and a garbage tax hike ordinance to supplement the annual House OKs Billion Foreign Aid WASHINGTON AP A billion foreign aid appropriation has cleared the House after ad ministration forces beat back Republican moves to withhold help from India and Such a cutback would invite Communist China to enter the war on Pakistans Demo crats argued before passing the lill on a 239143 roll call vote late Wednesday and sending it to the tax levy Page Approved an ordinance lating that the actual operator of each tavern be listed on the license in the case of corpora tion Gave second reading and adopted an ordinance to re zone 3409 and 3411 Franor Street from residential district to C2 general commercial dis Authorized mayor to official ly offer cash payments to the four landholders so as to get 100 per cent participation of easements for the proposed Milton Road Page A3 Referred to the police and fire committee and finance committee a resolution to purchase two motorcycles for police Page Agreed to ask the Illinois De of Highways to install left turn signals at Washington and Alby Street on the Belt Page Approved resolutions au the annual Hallo ween parade and erection of a United Fund display in the Page Endorsed a resolution to sup pert the Union Label and Serv ice Trades Council program of promoting the purchase of local union label as presented by Anthony Awarded to the Cope In surance the citys com prehensive automobile in miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving west northwest through the Gulf of Mexico at 18 miles an Betsy is expected to contin ue moving about 18 miles per hour and turn to a northwester ly course a Weather Bureau advisory Not much change in size or inten sity is The bureau pinpointed the eye of the giant storm at 10 near An emergency Civil Defense center began operating at Baton its purpose to nate evacuation and emergency Evacuation of Cameron Par 500 persons died in a 1957 at Officials there said all residents would be gone by late Cattle from the marsh areas were being hauled out by Black and red hurricane warning flags were Hying from he mouth of the Mississippi River west to Betsys exact tar get remained The as fast mov big and dangerous has proved itself The Weather Bureau said the mostly likely landfall for the hurricanes center was western and the extreme up per Texas Foiled Burglar Believed Wounded An attempted burglary in East Alton was broken up by a probationary patrolman early today who exchanged gunshots with the wouldbe burglar and may have wounded Patrolman Gene Emmerling said he heard the man scream as he ran across a field at the rear of the Eastgate shopping center in making his Spots of blood were later found in the Emmerling was at the shop ping center checking doors to make certain they were He discovered the man trying to get in the rear door of the Kinney shoe He said he hid behind a large pile of rock identified him self as a and or dered the man to come out in the light with his hands The wouldbe burglar opened fire with some type of pistol with the bullets hitting the salt near Emmerlings Flying salt caused by the bullets made cuts on Emmerlings face around the The policemans return fire struck the door near the bur glars head and the man then fled across the Emmer ling fired more shots at t h e running figure and it was then he heard him scream as if who makes the nightly rounds of business es on ran to a nearby roused the resi and telephoned for addi tional East Alton police as did two cars from the Wood River Police Depart ment and one from The lawmen conducted a thorough search of the entire area without finding anything other than the spots of Police said there was no evi dence that any of the buildings in the shopping center had been who joined the force only a few months did not require hospital treat ment of his salt INSIDE Today EDITORIAL A4 Natives of Florida make party out of DEVELOPMENT A2 States attorney says coun ty airport authority would be JUNK HEAP A3 Seventeen pinball machines found discarded off Big Arch BARRETT Advertisers use checkers to keep watch on radio and TV CONSIDINE AH Compassion comes in little FAMILY PAGE AW Introducing home econom ists appearing with Tele graph cooking Everybody gets in on Na tional League
