Mt Vernon Register News (Newspaper) - January 10, 1964, Mt Vernon, Illinois TEMPERATURE Thursday high 40, low 9 ove 7:00 a.m. 9 above Downtown noon today 27. MT. VERNON MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SQUARE DEAL TO ALL - SPECIAL FAVORS TO NONE A NEWSPAPER WEATHER Illinois - Fair with a gradual warming trend Saturday increasing cloudiness with scattered showers likely by late Saturday or Low tonight 15-25. High Saturday 30s. VOLUME XLIV - NO. 85 MOUNT JANUARY 10, 1964 30c PER WEEK BAHLE PANAMA CANAL ZONE WELCOME AND FAREWELL A county-wide search - by automobile and on be held this Sunday for Dorothy a 33-year-old Mt. Vernon woman who has been missing for two The search will be organized at 9:00 a.m. Sunday at the Mt. Vernon Anyone wishing to join in the hunt should report to Ray Kniffen at the Fairgrounds Sunday The area to search will be assigned at that Mrs. of Route 3, Mt. disappeared Friday December 27 after she got off work as a waitress These executives of Locke Stove new owners of were given a hearty welcome to Mt. Vernon last night at a at First From the left are Jack vice E. M. vice president and sales E. M. and general manager of Mt. Vernon gave a fond farewell last night to Carl who has retired after founding and operating tlie local stove manufacturing company for the past 43 At left is his Carl and at right is J. L. who was master of ceremonies at last night's Photo ON FOOT AND HORSEBACK ORGANIZE SEARCH FOR MT. V. WOMAN PANAMA CANAL at Dolly's on south Tenth Her Andrew D. fears foul He has reported her disappearance to authorities and her description has been broadcast over the state police radio The missing woman lias brown hair and grey She is five feet three inches tall and weighs 125 When last seen she was wearing a white waitress white ballerina shoes and a light green short with black The Kinkades have a five PAUL POWELL FAVORED FOR SECRETARY Tells Democratic Committee Heart Made Lost Year On Race Track SMOKE STUDY MAY ACCUSE HONOR SCHWEINFURTH AND LOCKE STOVE CO. By W. JOYNES MACFARLAN WASHINGTON - The government report on smoking and health to be public Saturday is expected to Point an accusing finger at cigarettes as a health Unlike a 1959 report which dealt only with smoking and lung the new report prepared by a special committee of 10 nongovernment scientists will deal with all the effects of smoking on human the and TliR conclusions will be based on scientific findings which in the main have been Surgeon General Luther L. Terry will hold a news conference to state the Public Health position on the in the works 14 who appointed the committee also is expected to outline plans for a second phase of the study - to be concerned with recommendations for When the 1959 report was issued Leroy E. then the said in a the use of tobacco can be made the individual person's risk of lung cancer can best be reduced by the elimination of Burney said the weight of evidence implicated smoking - cigarette the principal causative factor in the increased incidence of lung The tobacco industry that a causative connection between smoking and has not been In a report released Thursday at the nation's tobacco companies claimed the vast majority of smokers suffer no serious impairments of health or shortening of A Health Service spokesman said the new government report will be mailed to very physician and in the It also will be sent to all state health and to officials of other interested The committee was asked to study not only the impact of smoking on health but also all other that may be such as air pollution i Mt. Vernon last night gave a hearty welcome to the new owners of the local stove manufacturing company and a fond farewell to Carl the man who opened the Vemois plant 43 years ago and has operated it ever The occasion was a dinner meeting at the First church attended by 250 Mr. recently sold which he built into one of Mt. Vernon's best and steadiest to the Locke Stove Co. of Kansas Officials of the company present for the event last night were E. M. E. M. vice president and sales Jack vice and Rex general manager of Illinois plants for the took the lead in welcoming the Locke group to Mt. He introduced and praised the new told of their progress and revealed that they sold 1,000,000 stoves in six He described the Locke executives as personal friends and said they had been close and valuable business associates of Vemois over the The veteran Mt. Vemon industrialist gave the Locke group the highest praise possible when he know more than we do and will do a dam good Get Keys To City Mayor John in welcoming the new presented gold keys to the city to President Douthat and In his response Mr. Douthat expressed to Mt. for their generosity and hope to become a partner of Mt. Vemon and to be good citizens of Mt. Schweinfurth Tribute In a Is Your Cart program friends paid high tribute to the man who has been a business and civic leader here since 1920. At its conclusion Mr. Schweinfurth from tlie bottom of my May God bless you J. L. master of opened the moving tribute by the community when he said that Mr. Schweinfurth has played a vital role in the progress of the and in state and national He read messages of admiration and best wishes from many friends and business acquaintances throughout the including telegrams from U. S. Senators Paul Douglas and Everett and instructor at Southern Illinois described how his father gave advice more by deed than He told how over the years his father has received lettera from all over the world from people he has His advice to his Carl Lincoln what you feel is right and what you want to Speaker after speaker briefly traced the 43-yoars of community by Mr. was hailed in letters and spoken words as a groat citizen and a modest and gracious man of homespun philosophy who always worked for the betterment of his Guy A. Jr. told of in helping King City Federal Savings & Loan Association from an institution with 5356,122 assets in 1920 to assets of 516,000,000 Over the years Schweinfurth has served the institution as vice president and of the a position in which he serves Edward E. president of First National hailed Schweinfurth for his courage in helping to found the bank in 1933 during one of the most difficult times in the of the United The under the of men like has grown original assets of to 519,790,000 Curtis Curtis noted that Schweinfurth is the only one of the original directors actively serving Harold a member of the Mt. Vernon Rotary Club like past president of the organization lauded the guest of honor for his many years of service to the club Howard noted that furth joined the Rotary Qub in 1920, the same year it was chart and that he is a member of the Presbyterian the Masonic Lodge and the He also recalled that furth was honored by tlic community Of The hobbies are work and and he is quite gifted in both Howard Howard presente tod Schweinfurth an inscribed silver gift of local organizations for his many years of C. J. president of Dowzer brought greetings from the Illinois hailing Schweinfurth as an outstanding industrialist and praising him for his leadership in the 15.000 Years Earl president of the 111. - Paul Powell of 61-year-old legislative veteran and a party appeared to have the inside track today for endorsement by Democratic leaders as a candidate for of Powell asked the Democratic State Central Committee Thursday to slate him for the office only spot open on the party's state The other places are filled by The committee is expected to announce its decision Monday or Tuesday in Other potential candidates for secretary of state appeared before the committee were Sen. Alan State Insurance Director Richard and Associate Circuit Judge Richard lias undergone treatment for a condition in the past said lie brought up before the committee questions about his and his holding of stock in Chicago Downs Race which operates at Sportsman's Two doctors have pronounced hun recovered from the heart he I'm I'll make a campaign that will a good he Powell said his of the race track stock in his wife's name one of the few good investments I ever he said the 518,000 income received last year paid most of the medical bills for his ailing Powell said the opportunity to buy the which sold for 10 cents a came about in 19^19 with passage of a during the of former Adlai E. The legislation removed restrictions on harness racing during a period when Chicago Downs could take advantage of it. Another effect of the law was to increase the state's s h are of parimutuel betting from 2 to 5 per cent. Powell said he had no assurance of support from Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago but would not to run for state office without it. Endorsement by the Democratic Committee is tantamount to winning the Powell has served terms as House speaker and has been in the 30 As Dispute Rages U.S. Has 550 Missiles Set For Firing tm - Sen. Barry called today for a Senate investigation of thp of U.S. WASHINGTON - Most Air Force officers have more confidence in the piloted bomber than they do in But probably fpw would go as far as Barry Goldwater and the dependability of growing and improving force of Intercontinental Ballistic campaigning for the Republican nomination in New Hampshire called tho iCBMs and drew a blast from Secretary of Defense Robert S. The senator returned here night and to to McNamara's strong charge that Goldwater's statement was completely politically irresponsible and damaging to national The United States now has a total of more than 550 ICBMs in firing These include 234 Atlas and Titan rockets and 320 advanced weapons which will make up the great bulk of Ibis country's eventual arsenal of about 1,200 long land-based The earliest model Atlases werp of doubtful They took hours to load with They had lots of complex that was susceptible to and the fuel could not be left in the missile tanks because it was highly As the U.S. missile builders the weapons were The engineers developed at liquid fuel that could be stored indefinitely in the tanks of advanced These missiles can be launched a the Air Force Tlie Minutemen are considered even more with their simplified solid and are said to be able to fire in about half a The missile engineers have been working constantly to improve the accuracy and reliability of the big 15 KILLED 300 WOUNDED BY GUNFIRE Three Yanks 34 Wounded Among Panamanians Flags In U.S. INCOME TAX CUT WITHHOLDING TO 14 PER Chamber One Of 6 Chosen 111. - The Chamber of Commerce says Gov. Otto Komor offered the state's cooperation Thursday to a delegation which is one of six chosen by the National Chamber to review congressional legislation affecting a Midwest The National Chamber selected its Olney division and divisions in five other cities to attend a regional meeting in Indianapolis Feb. 13. Olney is the only chapter chosen from 111-nois. Five other delegations were selected from Michigan and The groups will review legislation affecting Oswald's Mother And Wife Spat FORT Tex. question of whether Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald believes husband F. Kennedy revived raw feelings that the Oswald family four days afler the After Oswald was family wounded by Jack Ruby Nov. 21, Secret Service agents took the accused assassin's w i d o motlier and bother lo a motel in suburban There a drama was played involving the Secret agents and a few of Oswald's The mother and ] law parted in separate This differences were bared the said she was convinced of her husband's Oswald's mother Marina must be November at the the conflict concerned who would take care of Marina and her two Juno who will be 2 in and then one month mother contended Marina and the babies should move lo her three-room duplex in Fort She said they could live off the collected from her insurance policy on her son and on Oswald's thought Marina and the babies should find a place of their The said one or two of the Secret Service agents guarding them the She also said a man who at the Worth library sided with didn't even know what had been decided for Marina and the They planned it all without even asking me. I them what the big idea Oswald's mother Mrs. Oswald said was barely knew English and was unduly influenced by those who her to live The mother announced she was leaving the regardless of what the agents She didn't see her daughter-in-law or grandchildren WASHINGTON - Johnson's plea for of a one-step reduction in the income tax withholding rate appears likely to win Sen. George A. a senior of the Finance Committee now considering the billion tax cut told a reporter he thought the request would easily command the needed Chairman Wilbur D. of Ways and Means who will head his branch's conferees on the indicated in a separate he was willing to it. As the passed the House and now stands in it for a cut in the present IS per cent withholding lo 15 per cenl this with a new permanent level of 14 per lo start in 19G5. Johnson wants a one-step drop to 14 per cent. If Johnson's argument a married man with wages of a week who claims exemptions for his wife and two children would get pay increase of a Whilo is now withhold for income the would he reduced to under a 14 per cent withholding Johnson And Chiari Talk On Telephone 1'A.\A>1A - 1-ivo wore and JHi wounded in new today with U.S. on border of the U.S. Canal This dentil loll in Hie violence lo 15, U.S. PANAMA - New broke out today between U.S. troops and Panamanians on the border of the U.S. Canal more casualties to a toll of 10 dead and more than 200 Among dead were three U.S. U.S. soldiers were wounded in the first fighting Thursday There were 190 Panamanian casualties including seven Panama suspended relations with the United States and accused it of The fighting broke out Thursday night when students tried to plant their nation's flag ui the Canal They acted after IN ELECTION on Page 2, Column 3) Map Electronic Vote Count On Legislators CHICAGO - A has been advanced to save two weeks and better than a half million dollars in tallying votes cast at November's a rge election of state Sen. John and Rep. George said Thusday they would bills to provide use of electronic counters which operate at the rate of 600 ballots a They estimated a manual counting job could be reduced to five to seven days with the The chase cost for two electronic counters would be about they compared with some million it would take to hire tally clerks to count the county and city officials Thursday watched a picture demonstration of an electronic system offered by the Coleman Electronic Santa Calif. Dolezal and Graham said they hoped electronic counters could be by the stale on a lease with an option to The committee continues its work on the with administration supporters hoping the fast pace of the last two days can be Clinton P. said think we're really moving now - covered more than 60 of the 310-pagp told a committee plugging for the tax that he wants the measure passed by thp Senate before that body gets tangled up in a filibuster over civil Every hour of delay on the tax measure keep many jobs away from many people for many the President Bolin Starts Vandalia Plant WASHINGTON - President conferred by telephone today with President Roberto Chiari of in an effort to settle peaceably tlie in Johnson the 1,5-min-uln telephone Pierre White House press declined to give details of the except to two presidents there had to be a stop to the violence in the Canal Almost John son sent a group of U.S. officials to the Canal Zone by jet The leader of the delegation is Thomas C. the new assistant secretary of state for inter-American Mann is expected to confer personally with Chiari about the Tlie While House issued statement saying has given earnest to Gen. Andrew the U.S. Army commander in the Canal do all that is within his power to re s t o r e and to maintain peace and safety in the Canal Salinger was asked there had been any discussion of the possibility that the public of Panama might seek assistance from U.S. forces in restoring Salinger said tills had not been The Mann delegation is due at the Canal Zone at 7 p.m. EST. Mann were Secretary of the Army the top American official responsible for operation of tlie Canal Edwin Mann's predecessor as an secretary of state; and Ralph a presidential assistant who has specialized in Latin-American - Electric Corp. of a recently organized of transformers for power said Thursday its plant should be erected in 30 A.E. Bolin of Mount VanTran said there are no estimates of the initial work but that it would not be 1)II':S AT AGE m 111. Clara of who observed her 101th birthday last Nov. 20th, died The aged widow had been failing in health for several She died in an O'Fallon nursing home that had been her I residence the past seven RUSSIAN BOMBER OVER GREENLAND A KIND OF side wants to see what the other is up but they apparently get along all right as the cold war reaches the frigid areas around In this made 2, a U. S. jet flies alongside a Soviet long-range Bear U.S. students raised the flag in defiance of American In Washington Organization of American States called an emergency meeting of its council to consider the Panama Panama was also carrying its case to the United Stopping off in Miami en route to New Aquilino Panama's to the United accused the U.S. Army of opening fire on defenseless The to crackle again at 9 a.m. on the Pacific side of the Armed Panamanians gathered at tlie Presidential Palace in Panama loss than yards from the border with the Canal Zone city of This was where most of the occurred Thursday The violence grew out of a quarrel between U.S. residents of the Canal Zone and Panamanians over the display of U.S. and Panama Under agreement details had been worked out for joint display of the banners at selected U.S. troops were called in Army rule proclaimed out the and sent its case to iiv forums after broke out when Panamanian demonstrators tried to plant their national flag in the Canal U.S. Students Kly Flag The Panamanian students moved in after U.S. students in the zone raised the American flag in defiance of orders from U.S. zone Panama's ambassador to the United Aquilino was en route to U.N. headquarters to file tlie charges of aggression with aie U.N. Security In bitter words he told newsmen at has been the victim of unjustified oppression lor 50 He accused U.S. soldiers of causing unnecessary President Roberto Chiari of Panama demanded that the Organization of American States launch an immediate He vowed obtain justice Panama once and for whatever international bodies are At the Pentagon in a Defense Department spokesman said there are no plans to send troop reinforcements into the Canal 10,000 Troops In Zone About 10,000 Army on Page 5),
