The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 22

rRROR: Should be TWENTY-WO PAGES TODAY THE DECATUR REVIEW Decatur, Illinois, Monday, March" 6, 1961; MU Budget Hike Carries Pay Boosts Chicago Ruling Clears Way for Start on Bridge Roving Dogs Bite Pupils At School City police this morning received calls that packs of dogs attacked children on school grounds. Three Roach School students were bitten at 9 a.m. near the Millikin University's faculty sal aries will be increased next year. The salary increase is the ma By Tom Mahoney Of the Review Staff jp y-' jor item in a $1,396,825 operating budget approved for 1961-62 by the Committee on Management The budget is almost $120,000 higher school by two of a pack of dogs. The way was apparently cleared today for the Lost Bridge project to be turned over to a bonding Carl Ray, 6, of 1659 E.

Eldorado than this year's. St. and Jeff Cooley, 6, and Jerry company for completion. University officials did not an Cook County Circuit Judge Cor- nounce the amount of the salary Robert L. Henderson Cooley, 7, of 195 S.

24th St The two dogs were captured and taken to the city dog pound. The children did not require hos- 1. i. .1 nelius J. Harrington today dis- increase but noted salaries total! missed a motion by the bridge $593,000 of the new budget com- DECATUR TEACHER NAMED 'ts Ll jf "A s- contractor that a temporary in pared to $382,500 in 1958.

pilaiizauon out were sem uie OFFICER OF ASSOCIATION junction be kept in force while the company appeals its dismissal Also, they said Millikin faculty Robert Lee Henderson of was elected secretary of the members will receive an average of $8,561 for nine months of teach to the Supreme Court. Four Prices On Phone Call Between Decatur and Boody A resident of Boody reported there are four separate costs for telephone calls between Decatur and Boody, depending on -the way you do it. If he is in Decatur and wants to call his wife, he goes to a pay telephone and deposits a dime and talks to his wife. If a Decatur friend calls him at his Boody home, the Decatur friend is billed a dime, plus 1 cent tax. If the Boody man can't find a pay telephone in Decatur and calls his wife collect the cost is 30 cents.

But if the Boody man is home and wants to call his office, he just dials the Decatur number and that's all there is to it Illinois Association of Classroom Teachers at a meeting in Spring Judge Harrington had dismissed the injunction last Monday but agreed to hear a motion todayj on keeping the injunction in force ing next year. This compares with an average of $6,050 for the same amount of teaching this year in field Saturday. He is a business education in liberal arts colleges in the North structor at MacArthur High during the appeal of last week's Central Region School. action. Dr.

Paul L. McKay, university Henderson also represents the The temporary injunction was granted Sept 30, stopping the president, said the increases have South Central Division, which in been made possible through sup school nurse for treatment Calls were also received from St Thomas Grade School and Tor-rence Park where packs of 10 to 15 dogs were running loose. Police Sgt. Dale J. Schawitsch said the police are powerless to break up the packs.

A police officer cannot shoot a dog unless he is attacked and it is almost impossible to break them up unless force is used, he said. He said the dogs are forming in groups largely because children bring their pets to school with them. Once at the school grounds, the dogs form into packs, Schawitsch said. Police Officer Elwood W. Brown was attacked by two dogs this morning in the 1600 Block N.

eludes this area, on the associa state Department of Public Works and Buildings from turning port of Decatur industry. He com tion's board of directors. mended the work of Donald Nord- the job over to Globe Indemnity lund and his firms and corpora- State's Improvement bond tions committee of the Millikin holders. Development Council. The state wants to turn the City Orders Zone Study "Faculty salaries have improv much-stalled bridge over to bonding company because appar ed steadily since the university's development program was launch ently State's Improvement will ed in 1958," Dr.

McKay said. not work on it anymore. City Budget 'In Balance' The city's general fund approp The area south and east of the The Board of Trustees is aware The firm contends it cannot follow the specifications of the Greenwood urban renewal project, that a competent faculty is the Broadway. He did not require known since the early 1900s as Herald and Review Photo heart of an educational institu state's contract with it in driving Oklahoma, is due for a zoning re- That Time Again Kathy Fitzpatrick Examines Crocuses the 20 pilings for the $528,000 treatment Schawitsch said city officials are considering a new ordinance that tion," he said. "We are pleased with the progress we have made riation for the year beginning study, at the request of the City bridge.

Plan Commission. May 1 will be slightly under two in improving faculty salaries at Only four of the pilings have will allow better control of the million dollars, according to City The restudy was proposed by Library IBM Millikin. This is an accomplishment for which we are grateful." been driven into the ground to any length and none has been Manager John E. Dever. dogs.

He said the dogs can be danger commission chairman, Charles B. Hughes Jr. This compares with a general The committee on management ous to adults as well as children. fund appropriation of $2,042,000 is made up of members of the The area, bounded on the east Use Backed City ordinance states that it is this year. Board of Trustees who live in this by Mueller Park, the south by the unlawful for an owner of a dog to The anticipated expenditures area.

let the dog run free from March are in balance with anticipated Dean E. Madden, Decatur Li 15 to October 15. revenue, Dever added. driven to its proper depth. If Judge Harrington had allowed the injunction to stay in force during the appeal to the high court, there probably would have been no bridge work done this year.

The Supreme Court does not meet during the summer and a decision probably would not be 300 LEARN FIRST lake, the west by the waterworks and the north by the Greenwood area, is due for tremendousj changes in the future, Hughes1 said. The fine, if a person is found This fiscal year will end April brary Board president, said the purchase of International Business Machines equipment has been jus guilty of allowing a dog to run 30 with a general fund surplus, AID IN RED CROSS WORK Nearly 2,300 persons learned loose in any public place, is not tified. The surplus will be lower, how This area was once included ever, than the $47,000 left over first aid, swimming, life saving and small craft safety from the He referred to a survey conduct ed by three local accountants announced until September, too last year after an $82,000 deficit from the previous year had been Macon County Red Cross chapter less than $5 or more than $200 for each occurrence. The ordinance states that if a dog is found running loose it shall be impounded. which discloses 433 hours of! with Greenwood in a proposed urban renewal area but the two were later separated to meet federal requirements.

late for work this year. last year. wiped out. Now the state can go ahead, in The Illinois Red Cross chapters monthly clerical time have been eliminated. This was done by The budget is due to go to the the opinion of an assistant attor taught 186,073 persons, 2,294 of Sixty properties in the area will; City Council April 17.

transferring book ordering, pay ney-general. them here. ment and accounting functions to be taken in interchange work at the north side of the lake in con Whether the state will go ahead The local chapter said first aid Grant Knox Speaker the data processing. and turn the job over to the bond training for industrial workers. City Could Gain Fund Lester J.

Grant, Decatur Public The survey was made by L. D. nection with construction of the north-south couple. police and firemen, youth groups ing firm or how soon the action would be taken, could not be Schools superintendent, will dis Ater, Donald E. Lydy and Joe and community groups was em This will influence the character learned, today.

cuss secondary school teaching at the Knox College Career Confer phasized in the past year. Shockey to determine if the equipment was economically justified of the area which is now mainly Locally 812 persons received residential but with a mixture of ence Thursday. The bill that would allow the on the basis of rental and operat most other types of zoning, too. swimming class certificates and 224 completed the life saving course. ing costs compared to labor cost reductions.

city to use $54,000 now accumulated in the City Public Hospital fund will be un for rnmmitfpp The zoning restudy, to be donej GO-KART STUDY City Believes Operators Should Be Given New Chance City Council members feel that a local go-kart track operator ought to be given a chance to by Plan Director Charles B. Ford In the survey, it was found the Small boat and safety certificates (hearing Wednesday. went to about 200 persons here, and his staff, is being asked so the commission can prepare fori combined data processing and clerical office groups now require the local chapter said. the rezomng requests it expects as City Manager John E. Dever said he would check with State Rep.

Hilmer C. Landholt, R-Deca-tur. before deciding whether to 20 hours per week less than the clerical office alone prior to con prove he can operate without the interchange work progresses. DRIVER HELD AFTER Herald and Review Photo Drive, as part of the listing phase of the Senior Citizen's survey. creating a nuisance.

George N. Boelens, left, of 926 W. William is interviewed by Dale Wacaser of 53 Valley version to machine processing. But the operator has not indi send a spokesman to the hearing Gun Blows Up FAILURE TO PAY FINE Arlen Ray Skinner, 18, of 1731 The accountants did not study cated he cares to. or not.

Anthony Hill, 23, of Rural Route Sandy Place, pleaded guilty yes The subject came up at last Landholt is a member of the 7 was treated for an injured finger future applications or present procedures not fully in force. However, they pointed out the statisti week's informal Council session. terday to a charge of illegal transportation of liquor. yesterday at Decatur and Macon Senior Citizens Counted Completion of Survey Expected This Week municipalities committee which will hear the bill. He also co-sponsored the bill, along with Councilman W.

Ross Lloyd, who lives in the area where residents He was held in county jail to cal facts which must be presented yearly to local, state and federal governments. County Hospital after a shotgun blew up when he fired it. Sheriff's deputies said Hill was day after failing to pay a fine of complained about the track noise, State Reps. John W. AIsud.

D- 70. Decatur, and Herman L. Dam- Completion of the listing phase termed go-karting a good, harm-less sport if operated for Installation of the equipment isl He was arrested at 1:15 a.m. attempting to shoot at a dog which merman, D-Lincoln. Dr.

Bernard S. Phillips, an associate professor of sociology at on the senior citizen's survey is justifiable on current applications, yesterday in the 1400 Block E. was bothering pigs on his farm Last Wednesday another Deca- expected this week. the accountants said. Eldorado Street.

I when the gun blew up. It gets to be a nuisance when it gets into racing, the Council The survey was made after the i That phase is the first part of the survey being conducted in De library was adversely criticized agreed. C. V. Collins catur.

for adding the equipment. tur-area bill, on sewers, was set for hearing at 3:30 p.m., the same time this week's hearing is set. But after several local spokesmen arrived in Springfield they found the bill had been heard earlier and voted on unanimously the University of Illinois, is director of the study being financed by the city, the University of Illinois and the Decatur Housing Authority. The aim of the study is to provide a scientific basis for long-, range and comprehensive planning to help meet the needs of Teacher Saves Woman Duane H. Garver Enters Burning House In another go-kart matter, E.

J. Leach of Maroa has asked the county Zoning Boad of Appeals for a special permit to allow op JAMES E. SLAUGHTER Mrs. Elvira Hausmeier, field supervisor of the study, said the listing phase should be completed RITES IN SPRINGFIELD sometime this week. 4-Way Park Race Seen The four-way Park Board race favorable.

Funeral services for James E. sne saia 28 interviewers were Slaughter, 52, of 2712 Lakeshore The bill to be considered this Duane H. Garver, physical education instructor at Johns Hill Junior High School, was credited yesterday with saving the life of Mrs. Ruby Johnson, 46, of 1019 eration of a track at 3585 E. Division St.

Leach says he would lease the land for a track. This area is zoned heavy industrial. Drive, Springfield, former Deca week is House Bill 66. If passed it used in the study that began about two weeks ago. senior citizens of Dr.

Phillips urges all persons questioned to cooperate in the tur man, will be Tuesday at 1:30 would allow the city to use the p.m. The listing work is to find a ran-j study so that a perfect report can may get two more candidates before the filing deadline at 4:30 S54.000 left over in the hospital fund for capital improvements and E. Clay St. Friends may call today. Other be made.

p.m. today. not general expenses. arrangements are incomplete. He emphasized that all informa dom sampling of 400 persons to be interviewed in the interviewing phase of the study which is to be conducted later this month.

Mrs. R. F. Daily, 366 S. The money was left over or has CAP Locks Hangar The Decatur Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol said yesterday a combination lock will be placed Mr.

Slaughter died Saturday in tion obtained in the survey will be Glencoe is seeking to be the accumulated since the city hospi kept completely confidential. first woman to hold this office. 1 1 tal was leased to Decatur and Macon County Hospital in 1959. Her husband is secretary of the Garver of 1015 W. View St.

rescued Mrs. Johnson yesterday by pulling her from her burning home. She was in serious condition in St. Mary's Hospital today suffering from burns to the arm andj chest and smoke inhalation. The fire at 11 a.m.

yesterday on the door of its hangar at Mu HOME BURGLARIZED ipringfield. He was born in Wharton, on Oct. 12, 1908, a son of B. L. and Emma Groves Slaughter.

Mr. Slaughter lived in Decatur for many years, moving to Spring nicipal Airport to prevent any AT BLUE MOUND A. E. Staley Mfg. Co.

Petitions on her behalf were taken out Saturday. Jasper Site Up for Sale An undetermined amount of tampering with the squadron's L16. Recently gas was drained from the plane's tank. Only pilots ROY C. LUCAS, 61, ILL FOUR MONTHS, DIES Roy Chester Lucas, 61, of Rural This morning P.

D. Bradley, merchandise and $20 in cash was taken sometime last night at the field 14 years ago. He worked will be given the combination. 2952 Wasson Way, took out peti caused $7,000 damage to her home Route 1, died at 9:30 a.m. today here at the Leader Iron Works, i home of Howard Hill in Blue tions.

and apparently started in the in St. Mary's Hospital The 22.45 acrel North Jasper! Mound. Mr. Slaughter was a member The latest candidate to file was davenport in the living room of Held In Jail Howard Galen Binns, of 409 S. Sheriff's deputies said the home C.

V. Collins, president of the De the house. Exact cause of the Homes Project site was to go on the block at 2 p.m. today in Chi of St. Paul's Lodge No.

500, Springfield Consistory, Ansar He had been ill four month. Mr. Lucas was born Oct. 10, 1899 in Maroa, a son of Isom and Sarah Six Lucas and was married Main was held in county jail catur Trades Building Assem blaze was not known. was entered by breaking the glass in the back door.

Shrine, El wood Commandery and Duane H. Garver bly. The events leading to the rescue Royal Order of Jesters, all in cago. The Federal National Mortgage which recently foreclosed today on a charge of driving with out a driver's license. He was arrested at 5:40 p.m He returned his signed petitions A camera, radio, record player of the woman by Garver are as follows: Garver was turned back by! DeC-6.

1924 to Esther Walters. Springfield. to the Park District office Friday anH varinnc itomc nf tJnthinrt the raging fire and returned to1 He leaves his wife, a son Ron- tho ninrlnoa. lit 1J ttI "tie He was a member of the First afternoon. yesterday in the 200 Block South u6 6, UU dr ii taken from the house.

Garver was driving past the check on Mrs. Johnson. ja'd Springfield, a brother Christian Church in Springfield. Main Street nousmg development was con Two incumbents, Ralph B. Lor- Regaining partial consciousnessi Raymond L.

of Decatur and one Johnson home at 11:21 a.m. and noticed smoke pouring from the Mr. Slaughter leaves his wife, enz and Dr. R. Zink Sanders, have ducting the sale on a sealed bid basis.

grandchild. she told Garver that her husband, Betty two sons, James R. and filed for a third six-year term. rear of the house. George, was in Chicago and Thomas both of Springfield; a SEWER HEARING The final hearing on the Forest Knolls Special Assessment Sewer District will be held in County Scholarship Tests More than 200 junior students are expected to take the National Lorenz is president and Dr.

San there was no one in the house. Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery, other arrangements are incomplete. Razing of the 45 structures on the site has been in progress since; He said he stopped the car and asked two passengers to call' the daughter, Jerilee Slaughter, at ders is vice president of the pres-l Firemen arrived on the scene home: his mother. Mrs. B.

L. ent board. Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test Dec. 2o, and the property is sold and Mrs. Johnson was then taken Court March 22.

fire department. Alone In House Robert A. Sablotny has also filed of and a sifi- tomorrow in the five Decatur high as unimproved, cleared zoned for multi-family residences. to St. Mary's Hospital.

schools. for one of the two posts. ter' lurs- ranK J0- atur. The assessment roll for the $35,325 project was filed last At the rear of the house, Garver Battalion Chief A. V.

Hamm, of This is the first step in national Mrs. Daily and Bradley will be opened a window but smoke pour the Decatur Fire Department, CHIEF DAVIS TO CHECK Shot in Knee competition for college on the ballot if legal petitions Friday. ed from the window making it praised Garver for the rescue. FIRE TRUCK PROGRESS bearing the signatures of 281 dis DRIVER HELD William Robert Davis, 28, of 1823 E. Johns was held in county jail today charged with driving while intoxicated.

He was arrested by city police in the 900 Block East Eldorado Street at 1:40 a.m. Raymond Alexander, 26, of 315 impossible to see. Fire and police officials said trict residents are returned bv 4:30 Fire Chief Byrd Davis Jr. said Charge Denied He entered the kitchen of the Mrs. Johnson undoubtedly would E.

Sheridan St, was wounded at 10 p.m. yesterday when a gun dis today he hopes to go to Anderson, uui opcdivci luaay. Vernon Otis Knisley, 80, of 200 home and called: "Is there any either have burned to death or Norman J. Gore, Decatur Pub-i Mrs. Daily is vice president of this week to inspect progress charged and a bullet hit him in one in here?" W.

Macon pleaded innocent suffocated had not Garver drag on Decatur's new fire truck. the right knee, i Saturday to a charge of petit After hetring groans in the lie bcnools assistant superintend- the Dennis School Parent-Teacher ent, will discuss the use of teach- Association. She is active in Cub ged her out The truck is now on the assem He was in fair condition today in mm uarver were nis son. smoked filled living room, he found Mrs. Johnson lying on the bly line at the Howe Fire Ap Decatur and Macon County Hos Driver Charged Robert W.

Whitten, 41. of BIu. larceny and posted $200 bond pending a hearing March 15 before Police Magistrate Maurice Leon ing machines and aids, to Argenta Scout work and the Decatur and teachers Wednesday. Macon County Hospital Auxiliary. Jerry, 16; Joe Grimm, 15, of 1565 paratus Co.

pital. floor unconscious. W. Forest and Ray L. Robi- He will devote most of his talk Mound, was held in county jail Ti; i i i The $20,990 truck, ordered last x-ouce saia Alexander was Garver pulled her, from the ard.

He is accused of taking a pair of shoes and two pairs of son, vice president of the Hubbard Electric Co. October, will be the first piece of cleaning a .22 caliber rifle and it looay cnarged with driving while intoxicated. to the use of overhead projectors in a meeting in the Argenta Grade1 oraaiey operates a concession stand at the Decatur Post Office. Neither Bradley nor Mrs. Daily had filed by 12 30 p.m.

discharged whpn hp arridontlw Howe equipment used by the local overalls from a car owned by house into the back yard and started back inside thinking there was another person trapped. i The four were returning home SchooL He was arrested at 1:25 a.m. department dropped it on the floor. G. H.

Lendig, Niantic. from playing tennis. today on Lincoln Square..