Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 3

Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, September 2, 1967 DECATUR HERALD U.S. Community Development Torrence Park and Oklahoma four Persons Injured In Two Auto Collisions Areas Added to Housing Survey the cars; his wife, Leatha, 47; mm yqngp, imwiimiji ii i jejuni lislllliiii Spp til' 'JcZ? I'm fiv pmif mrW a till ft 1 wD fiMfe 1 ZM I V. rjf tvjr 4 K.xz 4" V-i If 7' WtPt 1 1 iiMAtli niiif Iiti i tin ii ii 1 1 i i their daughter, Donna, 16, and their granddaughter, Teena Musson, 2, of Shelbyville. Sheriffs deputies said the first crash occurred when Frank' Bauer, 55, of Des Plaines, tried to pass another car, lost control of his vehicle and collided with the one driven by Sloan. Three oncoming cars, driven by James B.

Carr, 49, of Macon; Jack Waters, 32, of Moweaqua; and Larry L. Schin-J zler, 25, of Bloomington, then stopped for the crash. -v A fourth oncoming car. driven' by George L. Reed, 66, of 36(U W.

Green St, failed to stop in time, however, and struck the: rear of the Carr vehicle. smashed into the Waters which in turn bit Schinzler'sl car. Reed was given a ticket too closely. Deputies said traffic on the highway was blocked for about? 45 minutes by the damaged! cars. Fire Truck, Cars Collide A city fire truck and two cars were damaged about 6:30 p.m.

Friday in a sideswipe collision at Broadway and Pershing Rd. Police said cars driven by Karen Larson, 26, of Champaign, and Dwayne Spencer, 28, of Oreana, were stopped for a red light when the fire truck, driven by Dale C. Roney, 34, of 394 E. Center attempted to go between them. No one was hurt.

The fire truck was en route to a minor alarm at Decatur and Macon County Hospital. Titles Changed Ca.M A JlMKAMA IUI AUYIMM The University of Illinois Ci operative Extension Service has changed the titles of county i uuiiie aiia i irui auvisers 10 ex Oklahoma and Torrence park will not affect the city's urban renewal applications. The main reason for collect ing the information is for the city's data file and for the Com munity Renewal Program (study) being conducted by the Institute of Urban Life, he said. The surveyors will be asking questions of the occupants re garding housing blight and structural deterioration and about the social and economic characteristics of the occupants, Reed said. Updated Information The city staff decided, after a brief review of the first returns of the original survey, that updated information was also needed for the Oklahoma and Torrence Park areas.

The last surveys in those areas were taken in 1963 and 1964. The information will be in cluded in the city-wide data collecting program, Reed said. The firemen, who began tne city-wide survey in June, objected to having to ask questions about a resident's social and economic condition. The fire men conducted a fire inspection at the same time. Some of the questions per tained to the size of the family, its race, whether the resident rented or owned the house and the amount of the rent or mort gage.

Former City Manager John E. Dever refused to relieve firemen of the survey duties, which they claimed hurt their image in the community. Dever claimed that firemen would be called on in the future to provide community services never before considered tneir duty and the survey was one of these new jobs. 5wm Season May Already Have Ended Decatur's public swimming pools are officially open through Labor Day, but unless the temperature goes up during the weekend, the swimming season is, for all practical purposes, over." Neil Ewing, director of the Nelson Park and Fairview pools, said Friday that the pools are not opened unless the temperature is above 70 degrees. The pools were closed Friday.

Business hasn't been good 'even when it has been warm enough to open. Last Monday, night, for instance, both pools made only about $21, said Ewing. "With bad weather all the time," Ewing said, "they get out of the habit of going." Business has been slack all summer because of the temperatures. The Decatur Park Board was told at the beginning of last month that the two pools had made about $12,000 less than during the same period last summer. SUU photo by Larry Brook Pat and Mike Shasteen of Sul livan wait, shoes in hand, to Miter "Barefoot in tha Park" Theater Attraction Barefeet Go to See 'Barefoot' box office.

tension advisers. In Macon County, Miss Mil-' Four persons were hospital ized Friday night after six cars were involved in two separate but related collisions on U.S. 51 two miles south of Macon at about 7:30 p.m. Reported in satisfactory con dition in St. Mary's Hospital were Frank Sloan, 53, of Route Assumption, driver of one of No Fast Local In Road Funds President Johnson's announce ment this week of the apportionment of federal highway funds to the states has little immediate relevance to local highway needs, according to State Deputy Chief Highway Engineer Theodore F.

Morf. Morf said Friday that the best way to look at federal funds is as a continuous stream of money that permits the state to maintain a certain level of road activity. It is difficult to judge the ef fect the total amohnt of money will have on any particular local project, Morf said. The announcement of the ap portionment is like seeing an other card the game, he said. The State Highway Division's job is to review all possible projects and select those which should be done in 1968.

Decatur city officials will meet with state representatives the highway office at Pans on Wednesday to press for nine areas projects. Morf said that meetings be tween local officials and state highway engineers is the proper way for local officials to express their interest. Illinois' share of the $4.8 bil lion is set at $215,318,450 for the Interstate system and 035 for the federal aid for primary, secondary and urban highways. Morf said that the real help to the state in the early announcement of the funds is that it gives the state more assurance of what it can expect The state road program for 1968 will be announced between Christmas and New Years when the program for the whole state is released. Route 10 Section Open to Traffic A one-mile section of four-lane pavement on Illinois 10 west of Champaign was opened to traf fic this week.

Deputy Chief Highway Engineer Theodore F. Morf. said Friday that the section includes the interchange connecting, Illinois 10 and Interstate 57. The connection will eventually be part of the Decatur-Champaign freeway, Morf said. The interchange of Illinois 10 and Interstate 57 is about one-half mile north of the present Illinois 10, which become a local road when the freeway is completed, Morf said.

Tne completion of the one- mile section is the first addition to the Decatur-Champaign road since the completion of the 4.93 miles east of Monticello 1962. City officials and businessmen have joined in a concerted ef fort to press for the early com pletion of the four-lane highway, Area state representatives wfll meet with Director Francis S. Lorenz of the Department of i i ruiiiic' wnrxs ann nmininirB nn Friday to discuss the highway. Grain Elevator Group Strikes A strike in Chicago Friday brought about a seeming paradox. Grain handlers struck seven Chicago grain elevator companies, including the Archier-Daniels-Midland Co.

elevator. ADM also has a branch office in Decatur. Jasper E. Rainey of Decatur, regional mercnandismg mana ger, was contacted to see what if any, effects the strike would have on the local plant Rainey said the effects would be nil because the ADM elevator in Chicago closed permanently at the end of August. The strike against the closed elevator is not as worthless as it seems, however, Rainey explained.

"The handlers have a common contract with the seven companies," Rainey said. "Thus when they struck, ADM's ele vator was included in the strike. Impact The Torrence Park and Oklahoma areas have been added to the housing survey of the Department of Community according to director Charles Reed. Reed said Friday that a survey team of six temporary employes, trained by the Institute of Urban Life to conduct the housing survey, will begin work in the two areas on Wednesday or Thursday. Man Robbed Of $25,000 Near Office A Decatur businessman was robbed of more than $23,000 most of it in checks as he left his office to make a bank deposit early Friday afternoon.

He is R. O. Metzler, 69, of 152 Southmoreland Place, who told police the robbery took place about 12:45 p.m. outside the office of the Metzler Produce 390 E. Cerro Gordo St Police Chief James H.

May said the lone robber took Metz- ler's bank deposit bag contain ing about $25,600, almost $23,000 of which was in checks. Metzler said he looked both ways after stepping from his office, as is his custom, to de termine whether there were any suspicious appearing persons nearby. He said he saw only one per son, a well-dressed white male. Metzler said that, because of the man's appearance, he was not suspicious of him, but as Metzler reached his car the man stuck something in his back and said: "Don't move or I'll shoot." The man then took the bank deposit bag, ran west to an alley, then fled to the north. The thief was described as white, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and in his late 20s.

He was wearing a brown suit and a light brown or light gray felt hat. Grain Meeting Wednesday Corn and soybean prices and grain storage will be discussed during the grain outlook meeting to be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Macon County Agriculture Center. Les Stice, University of Illin ois extension economist gram marketing, will discuss "High lights of 1967-68 Outlook for Corn Soybeans and Wheat." "How We Arrive at Crop Es timates" will be the topic of Robert Moats of the Illinois Crop Reporting Service Springfield. A panel of elevator operators, merchandisers and farmers will discuss the local situation for storage and conditioning facili ties and charges.

The topics to be discussed will include: The cost of storage and drying, warehouse receipts -'and grain discounts by Dick Ham mer, manager of the Latham Farmers Grain Co. Looking ahead for the coun try grain elevator by Jim Meece, manager of the Maroa Farmers Cooperative Grain Co. Railroad traffic during harvest time by John Ormand, traffic division of Norfolk Wes tern Railway Co. Rent a train for grain move ment by Sheldon Lamby, mar keting manager of the Illinois Central Raflraod, Chicago. How processors secure grain on an annual basis by Gene Cot tie, gram buyer for A.

E. Sta- ley Mfg. Co. Decatur Man On Employment Assn. Board Guy C.

Irvin of 2116 Home Park Ave. has been appointed to the board of directors of the Illinois Employment Associa tion. He is manager of the Snelling Snelling division Pam-Lin, Inc. This is the first time in the history of the 39-year-old trade organization that a downstate person has been elected to its board. Board president is uerD- ert Imhoff, formerly of Decatur.

NEW COMMANDER Arthur L. Patrick has been installed commander of Cerro Gordo American Legion Post 117. Neither area was included in the fire and housing survey be gun in June by the city fire men. The firemen were taken off that job in early August by Acting City Manager Jack W. Loftus, who agreed with the firemen that the survey work was not their proper function.

The firemen continued the fire inspection, but the city hired additional help to, finish the collection of the social and economic data. Oklahoma and Torrence Park are proposed urban renewal areas, and two applications are pending before the federal government for funds for surveying and planning in the areas. The federal government's de cision on the applications has been delayed by the failure of the city to complete the requirements for recertification of its Workable Porgram for Community Improvement, the report of the city's ability to eliminate slums and blight Reed said that the survey of Alcoholism Council Is Incorporated The Alcoholism Advisory Council of the Decatur Area has been officially incorporated. The council uses facilities in the Macon County Mental Health Clinic at 2300 N. Edward St.

George L. Jacobsen, coordinator of the council, said Friday that the council, through the summer, has been working on an almost full-time basis. He said the council is involved in developing policies and working procedures and in mak ing contact with many Decatur agencies, such as Alcoholics An onymous, tne Adolf Meyer zone Center, the Division of Vocation al Rehabilitation, the Illinois State Employment Service, Catholic Charities and the county sheriff's office and city police. The group is also working with individual physicians, employers and the hospital personnel at the Decatur general hos pitals. We work very closely with Alcoholics Anonymous," Jacob- sen said.

"We are also working out with the staffs of the hospitals terms of procedure, such as how long alcoholic patients are to remain hospitalized and how to transfer them to other institutions." Calls from persons needing help are received by the Mental Health Clinic and then transfer red to the council or directly to Jacobsen. He said he has been' doing quite a bit of individual coun seling with alcoholics. "I am of ten the first person to talk with an alcoholic seeking help," he said. "We first sit down togeth er and evaluate what the best plan is for him, whether he needs hospitalization, whther he can be helped by outpatient psy chiatric counseling, several things. There are various choices to be made." The Council has made appli cation to the state for support on their budget for the next 10 months, beginning Sept.

1 and ending the last of June, 1968, "Depending on tne response we get from the state," Jacob- sen said, "we will continue the sort of program we have now through the winter months with a possibility of having a full-time coordinator of the Council in the future." 1 Niantic Man Sentenced A Niantic man was sentenced to a prison term in Circuit Court Friday for taking indecent li berties with two teen-age girls while he was a resident of Blue Mound earlier this year. He is Arthur A. Menees, 53, who was given a one to 10-year term after Judge Rodney A. Scott denied hi application for probation. Menees was scheduled to appear in court for a probation hearing Thursday, but failed to do so and was arrested at his home Thursday night on a bench warrant issued by Judge Scott.

Sentenced to a prison term of two to five years by Judge Scott Friday was Loren Richard Cook, 26, of 943 E. Eldorado who had pleaded guilty earlier to a charge of aggravated battery. By Charlotte Huser Of the Herald Several couples went barefoot in Decatur Friday in order to see the opening, free of charge, of "Barefoot in the Park," at the Lincoln Theater. Although the temperatures were not really conducive to going without shoes, 36 Decatur and area couples heartily walked down 'the cool cement sidewalks to the Lincoln's ticket window. John Wendell, theater manager, had offered free tickets to the first 50 young married couples who came' barefoot to the movie.

Some of the couples, apparently deciding they would take advantage of the offer early in the afternoon, when the sun was high and the temperatures were a little more balmy (the high Friday was 72 Ldegrees), arrived for the first show at 1 p.m. By 3 p.m., Wendell said, about 15 couples had shown up, sans shoes. By 9 p.m., the other 21 couples had padded down to the dred Crawford's title will now be Macon County extension ad viser, nome economics, and warren Myers' nue win ne Macon County extension ad viser, agriculture. Mrs. Carol Bowen and Leo' TlkfllAH I.

-Z-l- spectively, will be associate ex- Mrs. Bowen said Friday this is a state-wide change instituted by a study committee of the Cooperative Extension Service One of the purposes of the change, she said, was to permit extension advisers' titles to indicate the wide range of their instance, that farm and home JV- 0 TT Jl A VU1J TV AM Ul U-ft. people, but they work with many city people, too, said. New Equipment Brings Nosedive In Ozark Profits of new equipment Ozark Air eiL Liuua piuiu lur iuiy uruppeu to S16.127 from tne Juiv. figure of $111,549.

The theater personnel took the couples' word for it that they were married, and not just dating. However, at least one couple was as convincing actors as those on the screen. Pat and Mike Shasteen from Sullivan came barefoot to pass through the gate free. Pat and Mike are brother and sister. Several years ago, when "The Barefoot Contessa," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner, came to Decatur, Wendell offered free tickets to all the barefoot women who appeared the first day of the show at the theater.

Either the women were hardi er or the weather was wanner, because Wendell said, "I don't remember just how many women came to the show barefoot that day but I know we had several hundred." Wendell emphasized that barefoot couples were admitted free Friday only. So unless a couple wants to emulate the Hippies, revert Staff photo by Dong Gaumoa back to childhood or just likes to feel the dust between their toes, they may as well wear shoes to in the Park" and plan on bringing some money to pay their way. The free, shoeless day is over. Dog Show Set Sunday The Sandemac Kennel will have its annual dog Club show from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday at the Macon County Fairgrounds. A total of 848 dogs, representing 87 breeds, are entered in the show. There are 30 Great Danes, 39 Afghans, 53 shepherds 19 Doberman pinschers and 81 poodles of all types. Judging for Best in Show will be between 5 and 6 p.m. Junior showmanship competition will be at 3:15 p.m.

Judges include: A. J. Brueneman of Cincinnati, Ohio; William L. Kendrick of Devon, Dr. J.

R. Na- kada of Frontenac, Gordon Parham of Salem, and William H. Ackland of Washington, D. Mental Health Study Enters Third Year The University of Illinois has entered the third year of a six- year mental nealtn study cen tered in Macon and Moultrie counties. The study concerns the impact of a mental health zone center on a community.

The of I has received a $71,462 grant from the National Insti tute of Mental Health for the study. Prof. Merlin Taber, director of the study, said the project will gauge community response to the zone center program which has been established in Illinois. Taber and his research associates, Harold Mark and Mrs. Vicki Nealey, hope to describe in objective terms the commu nity's system for dealing with mentally or emotionally disordered persons and to test a number of hypotheses about changes in their treatment fol lowing establishment of the zone center program.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE W. H. Harvey, a Decatur realtor, has been appointed as a state representative to the National Institute of Real Es tate Brokers, an organization of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Operating expenses for the month were $2,982,150, compar-" is Wh Visa i j. a mm mm pn rn rnr rna camp 1 month last year.

Closed Plant even though it had closed a week or more ago. "However, ADM could at any time sell the facility to another company. The contract would be sold with the faculties. He said ADM would probably not negotiate a new contract to any great extent "We will pro- ably let the other companies settle on the terms of a new contract" he said, "and if our elevator is sold to another company, it will automatically be bound by the terms of the new contract." Rainey said, even if the Chicago elevator were still operating, the' Decatur plant would not feel the effects of the strike. "Very little of our grain was shipped in from Chicago," he said.

"Most of it comes from local elevators in downstate Illinois and from Missouri and Iowa." Unseasonably cool temperatures kept the Nelson Park swimming pool dosed Friday..