Mt Vernon Register News (Newspaper) - March 26, 1970, Mt Vernon, Illinois TEMPERATURE Wednesday high 57, last night's low 34. 7:00 a.m. today 35. Rainfall Wednesday of an Downtown at noon today 40. MI VERNON MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SQUARE DEAL FOR FAVORS FOR NONE A NEWSPAPER FORECAST Mt. Vernon Zone - Fair and colder low in mid to upper 20s. Increasing cloudiness and warmer high near 50. VOLUME 150 MOUNT THURSDAY MARCH 26, 1970 50 Cents Per Week - Single Copy 10c WEATHER BELTS THE MIDWEST Going To 9,200 Homes In Mt. V. Areo CENSUS FORMS YOUR MAIL BOX SATURDAY Questionnaires for the 1970 census will be distributed by tetter carriers this Saturday to 9,200 homes in the Mt. Vernon it was announced today by Postmaster The form will be distributed in one day to every household in the area served by the local post the postmaster The preceding the start of gives the family a chance to assemble information about each member and about the house in advance of the census District Census Manager Jim Mitchell of Marion urges all residents to fill out the forms and have - them ready for the census takers when they start their rounds on April 1. Post offices in all towns of the county will handle the distribution in their area this The form contains 7 questions about every person in the household and 13 questions about the The personal information asked for color or month and year of whether married or and relationship to head of the The information required about the dwelling of cooking if rented or Most of the are answered by filling in the proper tiny circle with a common lead making a tiny black dot which can be by Census Bureau Residents should read the sheet which will come with the questionnaire before filling it The census taker check the questionnaire to see that all questions have been answered and will give any On Page 2 Col. 8) Bomb Red Guns Inside Cambodia - American attacked North Vietnamese gun positions inside Cambodia Tuesday after thr fired on South Vietnamese rangers operating along the frontier southwest of the U.S. Command said A U.S. spokesman said it was fifth time this year that American forces had exercised their right of self against enemy fire from across the The U.S. interprets self defense to include defense of its South Vietnamese allies as well as American * It also was reported incident of U.S. or South Vietnamese military action across the frontier since the start two weeks ago of the Cambodian political crisis that resulted in the overthrow of Prince Norodom The U.S. announcement of the air attack gave little saying that the air raids were in retaliation for fire originating from positions inside Air Force tactical air strikes were placed on the enemy firing positions with unknown the communique The strikes were made in the northern part of the Plain of some 65 miles west of where three South Vietnamese ranger battalions and armored units were conducting a major operation close to the The government announced today that the operation lasted Continued On Page 2 Col. 6) FULBRIGHT DEALS CARSWELL BLOW Northern Illinois Highways Blocked CHICAGO HIT HARD BY 12-INCH SNOW Noon To 1:00 P.M. Community Good Friday Service Here Community Good Friday sponsored by the Mt. Vernon Ministerial will be held tomorrow at the Central Church of from noon to 1:00 p.m. - Sen. J. W. Fulbright of broke ranks with most of his Southern Democratic colleagues today and announced he would vote to return Judge G. Harrold Supreme Court to He disclosed his stand in a Senate giving a boost to the strategy of opponents to try to kill President Nixon's nomination by it to the Senate Judiciary The key vote will come April The service will consist of 16 when a move will be made to three 15 minute Each will be a complete service itself but each service will build on the other for extended Mrs. Grace Brown will serve as Herbert Nobles as pianist and Stewart York Theme of the service will be down they watched Him Here is the PERIOD Song Service - Stewart Scripture and Prayer - A. B. Luke 23:34-43. Special Music - Geneva Mes sage - Richard Was He SECOND PERIOD send the nomination back to the Judiciary If that motion Senate will vote April 8 on the confirmation Opponents engineered the as | move to try to send the nomination back to committee Wednesday after supporters failed in their effort for a quick vote on nomination Only a few weeks the opposition felt approval was a virtual But the list of negative votes grew in past weeks as forces chipped away at what they called the lackluster Congregational Scripture and Prayer - E. G. John 19:25-29. Mark 15:33-34. Special Music - Mrs. E. G. Message - Hugh H. THIRD PERIOD Scripture and Prayer - Bryan L. Special Music - Bob Message - E. J. Lift E. St. Louis Building Freeze CHICAGO - Sen. Ralph T. Smith of Illinois said he has been told freeze on federal highway funds for Madison and St. Clair Counties will lifted as soon as labor unions and community groups ratify agreements by Gov. Richard B. office By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A blinding early spring snow storm belted the Midwest with stinging winds and heavy accumulations bogging down Chicago under its heaviest snowfall of the The centered over the Great whitened an area from Missouri to The heaviest snowbelt extended from Illinois to lower where upward of a foot of snow fell during the Wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour reduced visibility to virtually nothing in many The storm dumped 12 inches of snow on Chicago in less than 24 hours and surpassed the previous current season record of 11.3 inches that fell in Winds piled the snow into drifts of more than 4 feet in the blocking highways and isolating thousands of commuters who were unable to drive to Scores of suburban schools were Workers at O'Hare the world's managed to keep one runway open during the night but reported no commercial departures or arrivals since early Midway Airport was closed and officials said they had when it would One man was killed and another injured in the crash of their light plane shortly after take off frmo a suburban airport northwest of Chicago during the The wind-driven snow made roads impassable in many sections of the snowbelt and highway officials reported that abandoned automobiles hampered snow removal The weather bureau said the worst of the storm was over in the Chicago where snow began to taper but warned that heavy accumulations remained a threat in lower The storm churning out of the midwest also struck parts of the South and spawned a rash of Twisters touched down in Southern Illinois and Arkansas Wednesday and heavy to moderate damage was reported in some Thunderstorms extended southward from the Great Lakes to the central Gulf states MT. V. STORM winds last night caused thousands of dollars damage to the Holiday under construction at the west edge of This photo shows the northeast part of the roof of the four-story where wind destroyed roof forms and ripped oat and bent Photo On Page 2 5) Found In Field Ax May Have Been Used By First Pioneer A pioneer's ax which might have belonged to the first settler in Jefferson county was found yesterday near the spot where Andrew Moore built his hickory pole cabin in 1809. Tom using a mine turned up the ancient forged ax under 10 inches of muddy soil in a bean He had located the Moore cabin site earlier by and glass fragments and remains of soft ' Although the ax could have been owned by Andrew it could also have been the property of Daniel who moved into the vacant Moore cabin in 1816, or Carter WuV who boarded with the The site of the first settlement is in Section 22 of Moore's a township named for the It is in the extreme southeast part the The apparently forged in layers by a still has a definite cutting The hole is large and was shaped for pole The metal was pounded on in sections and TOM amateur archeologist and points to hammered layer of pioneer's ax he found in field yesterday at site of the first settlement in Jefferson It could have belonged to Andrew who was killed by made on desk shows large opening for pole Pay Talks Troops Leave New York P.O. WASHINGTON - Post office and negotiated toward settlement of disputed issues today as the postal strike was declared officially Most of the troops which had been called in to help handle the mail were started and the Post Office Department declared the situation There were some workers as there always officials but they are not on Senate and House conferees working on a new postal pay to take no action until negotiations between Postmaster General M. Blount and representatives of the postal unions either produce a settlement or break action we might take could only warp or louse up the bargaining said Chairman Gale W. of the Senate Post Office Committee and head of the Senate is the only reason for the The negotiators started their sessions Wednesday with Blount would expect we will deal with this matter very About 10,000 of the men are being retained on active duty for postal use if they are but officials did not request any such help Mt. V. Mailmen To Strike If Ordered Out Mt. Vernon's letter voted unanimously last night to abide by the wishes of their national The decision was made at a special meeting of local Branch 850. It in that local postmen will hold to their previous decision to take no part in a wildcat Joe W. chairman of the organization committee of the Illinois Association of Letter issued the following statement after last night's James has stated he will call a withholding of services by the letter carriers if negotiations have not been completed in five days on a pay raise on the pay started March 25, and are progressing substantially at this SNOW SNARL AIR TRAVEL WASHINGTON - A foot of snow on the runways of Chicago's two airports accomplished today what an air traffic controllers strike halted all flights at the busiest Despite a court order forbidding the rate of the controllers remained high at a handful of key centers that regulate movement of aircraft once they are out of airport As on the first effect was cancellations and consolidations of for those flights having New York or Chicago as one Only two light aircraft managed to leave Chicago's O'Hare field after 2 a.m. as a foot of wet snow closed the The Air Transport Association estimated that by the time operations were resumed late this that 700 Airline the daily be The Chicago like the New York air traffic center had a rippling that had been expected to arrive at Chicago were held at the originating sat on the j At the New York which controls flights in and out i of and Newark of 131 controllers failed to show for the 8 a.m. the Federal Aviation Administration At the FAA listed 46 of 84 At Kansas where busy traffic is it listed 21 of 65 At Chicago it was 28 of 107. Wind Rips Holiday Inn Fourth Floor Prisoner Exchange Kidnapers To Release American SANTO Dominican Republic - An ab- Donald J. will be re leased by his kidnapers at 3 p.m. today at the Mexican Embassy the chancellor of the University of Santo Domingo Workmen building Mt. Vernon new Holiday Inn feel certain that a tornado dipped down there for an instant during last night's wind and rain The wind ripped out steel rods and roof forms on the northwest corner of the four-story motel at the 157 on west side of T L It also down the west ducted Lt. fl der construction which will house Holiday Inn's restaurant and cocktail The one-story building is just north of the motel must have been a freak Dr. Rafael Kasse Acta told j gaid Ewan of newsmen that in exchange for Eldorado construction Crowley some 20 win run rato will leave for Mexico j thg thousands of aboard an amine at i r. the same said that it would lake wind of great force to bend the Acta is a member ol a man committee nominated even pulled tne Crowley s guerrilla kidnapers to conduit wnich had been oversee the exchange of -n tne Ewan it was a tornado It was a freak he there was no sign of any damage on either side of the Holiday Inn Earlier the release of the U.S. air attache was delayed by the apparent fear that the government would not follow through with its side of the construction exchange They insisted then that they would hold Crowley for 10 hours after the prisoners had left for Isolated Damage St. L. Banks Carrier Sails For Apollo 13 Date PEARL Hawaii - The USS Iwo recovery ship for the Apollo 13 moon arrives today on the first leg of its scheduled April 21 Pacific rendezvous with | Astronauts James E. J Thomas K. Mattingly and Fredj The helicopter commanded by Capt. Leland E. of San will depart April 4 for the splashdown 1,374 miles south of The Apollo 13 launch from Cape is set for April 11. I No other reports of wind age were received in the Mt. | Vernon area but the rainfall I caused flooding of low-lying i areas of the I The rain measured less than Interest j an inch but the ground was ready saturated from previous rain and snow The wet weather again set back various construction projects including expansion of Good Samaritan Despite the damage to the Holiday Inn Supt. Ewan said that construction is on schedule and that completion of the buildings is expected in June ST. LOUIS - The three largest Louis banks announced today that effective immediately their prime interest rate is being reduced from 82 per cent to 8 per cent to coincide with rate reductions by banks in New York and some other major The banks are Mercantile r Trust the city's largest First National and The new is being built by Midland Development Co. contractors from Novel Aerial Hunt At Airport forged together at the top of the * Mr. a former president of the Jefferson County Historical and Tom Swofford used the mine detector around the Moore cabin site without finding anything but the Later they visited two early Casey family finding wrought iron Perrin's history records that Andrew Moore came from the Goshen settlement and erected a cabin at the edge of a hickory grove on the old Goshen It was a double with chimney and fireplace in the A Here he and his family lived alone for seeing only an occasional traveler on the way to the Saline for Then one day Moore and his a boy of 8 or 10 went on horseback to Jordan's miles to the They were never seen Years hunters found a human skull on an elm tree snag near the creek a mile or so from the Moore Mrs. who had left the county and later returned with identified the skull and kept it with her as long as she She finally re- to the old town of where she Carter the county's first permanent came as a huntsman providing wild game meat for a surveying party in 1815 and in 1816 came back to stay with the Near Strip Mine Site The area where the ax was found is prairie the favorite homestead goal of the It is near ah area where strip mining for coal is planned and preparations are being made to move in to remove the top Local Pilots To Hunt Giant Easter Eggs Local pilots will participate in a novel Easter Egg Hunt starting from the Mt. Vernon Airport on Easter Ten giant Easter readily identifiable from the will be hidden in Jefferson county - in an area bounded on the west by Interstate 57, on the east by the Illinois Central Railroad through on the north by State Route 161, and on the south by Route 183 at Pilots and observers will be briefed and given maps of the hunt The pilot who finds the most will be awarded a Both student pilots and licensed pilots will be allowed to participate in the Anyone interested in joining the activities is encouraged to contact Terry Bolerjack at Mt. Vernon Aviation Co. before noon A tornado in Carbondale in Drive-in theaters may have southern Illinois damaged more their advantages but at least than a dozen mobile homes and you don't have to about Persons J Twisters also were sighted in getting the gum under Eldorado Herrin Harrisburg your and all in southern I THE CAST DIDN'T STOP State senior Shari 20, didn't let a cast on her broken ankle stop her from making the annual trek to the beaches of Fort Fla. She soaks up sunshine far away from ihe balancing bar she fell from in gymnastics
