Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

rJOUENA: rnr ThsWtilher: Te9ersr 1 ba. Clear end Zero to 5 Below lCSth Year No. 3CI Member Associated Press MATTOON, ILLINOIS. MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 13, 1964 All Phones 235-5656 Price lO'Cents Serving TH- Greater Mcttoca Area Since 1855 nr-P JU ULtlZJlllJ II 'i rin Cn A a.

ZJ Blizzard One of Worst In History of Mattoon I from parJviu( mom drtlU Th rLher forecast (or iht Mimii art. lor JLir Uuxmyh Tuesday, bu( tnpr-wr ruduif ot ten to -5 ur- XaWW -VV" v-tA i in iitiil on ol the wutm wot. ih catj i hisiory. The heaT blanket of snow that for tonight, inundated the city unofficially Nelson SutUxi. M.

Rural Route adored su HKihe was 1 Neoga. aas beuig held In city whipped by hth wuids into drifts jail today to await arraignment car-lop ruh. blocking all hliti- iti olvarges uf driving while uhox-ay traflic in and out of Mattoon icted. llieal tran.purutlon of Taucab unl operating, air liquor and driving wtthout op-traffic was halted mouvtsu were era tor lkeito lodged toikwing stranded auto aocKlents mounted, a two-car mishap Salurd.ty niunt sefwois were ckwed and nenr 21st aixl RH-hnuuKi were shut down hi the wake o( Qtrtoers wild Sutton suto the blustery snowstorm crashed into parked car owned Police today adlaed motorists fcy e. MUigus.

213 21 at. run to drive until street depart-1 No injuries ere reported ment and highway workmen, who vldwiU iuave on Uie since aiiow aid started failing late Saturday, clear "A' 1 l3 -A v. Familiar Sisht fo Marto Auto Owner Fere J. Sibn, 2600 Champaign, D191 Out Snow Maroons Springfield Boy Scouts on Campout treeu and highway Injurte Reported Polloe said they have reveied I no reports of Inurim In Mattoon Rural Roads Blocked by Deep Drifts is Host 'Guests Efforts to keep aome rural rotdt in the KUttoon area open acre tjnnled early today by five-foot drifta of blowing snow. MattooQ Township Road Commissioner Robert Cain reported 7 45 a m.

that all township 1 Recommended Reading nqiultfled- appointee lands job. Washington Report by Fulton Lewis Editorial Pag. Rival group gird for farm legislation battle, page 7. Weather GREATER MATTOON ARBA Clear and cold toiUtfht. krws raro to below.

Mostly sunny andoon- although counties person. P111- Utn Chax- cally motorist. Ivan suffered some degree of hardship. Vehicles driven by Jolm W. An estimated II persons travel- Brackney.

21, Rural Rout 4, Mating S. Route 45 were atranded toon, and Qlorla P. Boyd. Char-here Sunday THeJunior CJvamber leston. colKded at the east edge of of Connneue pnA tiled coffee for Mattoon on Route 318 travelers atthe I 8.

Army! Autoa drhtn by Craig A Castle. Resepe Ceiuery4uth RouU. Charleston, and Larry A. Black. 45.

wtare theUlorm victims werei It. Charleston, collided at 14th and housedNL--he night Charleston, which was a partlcul- Al least eight traffic mialiaps' arly hazardous Intersection during 111 or near the city were blamed, the weekend -n part, on sixrw packed roads and Can driven by David H. Nott-sueets xillce They said Ingham. 34. of 1300 Richmond, and 8PRINOFIELD, 111 'if -An overnight camptiut turned this morning into a vigil against snow and freeting temperatures for 25 boy scouts and three adult leaders at nearby Lake Spring field The group was stranded Sunday at their campsite by a nine-inch snowfall that struck the Springfield area State police and Sangamon County-rescue quads failed to rrach the scouts when heavy snowdrifts made travel impossible on the only access to the camp, a three-mile dirt road Fear for the group etised when rescuers deserted their cmP Ttpnrti tne Neoga To 500 jthmt hasn't got somebody auyuig Tt.

aartPrt RunrMv tffKM-nrtnn Sunddy aftemOon' road clearing equipment as tuck, halting a S6-hour battle byj NTDOGA, il Thw UtUe Cen- food ow to tii chiirchea to feed weary work crews. traj mmou community of 1.200 everybody. Then they'd invite as Cain reported a motor patrol resident was buteuv today with many they could back horrle lth a snow plow blade and a some 500 unecpected guests wiUi thn. 8nie people had to dump truck with a snow plow 'motorists stranded by a snowstorm, stay ui the oh rches thoug-h b-attached out of action, at least, "We time them bedded down cauae there jun waaait enough temporarily. ail over the aid Dean the home.

All rural roads ere blocked by Swenel. fire chief Some "An Illino Central traui came drifu piled up by the wlnj as are staying at the Masonic lodge trtrousftt and took a lot 'of them scouts were 111 good condition Sheriff James Chrlslensen ot Sangamon County said his men would attempt to clear the road this morning, when the winds that often reached in weir expected to abate Temperatures during the nuht dropped near, the sero mark "They had plenty of food and plrnty ot fuel for a said Chrlstensen In fact some o( them walked to a nearb lann to spend the night There was no peril ha'sorer he said State police earlier had said they would use planej to reach 1 tS be mipalbl'- "Vj "wt. -jar Schools limed soon as they were knocked downiand some are in the basement of bf s.now cieapnNuipment (Methodt i-hurx-h But mostly Clews had" Been at 1 Saturday night, Cain said. Bulldoters Ised State ehwav offirials in this district pressed aervlcs tndav In "off'iriaU In this buScL. lar.

The aUii police said Route TL rn 8 1 mam north- still blocked by snow drtfu 1U lke mld-2 rsOUtJl hlghay four and five fert Wgh. It en It will turr, colder ov-er no, wn. wtoan the road wouM P11 ot the W6fk "OT Jt.n 1 lie susie puuoe ssntNO. tvuuw 1 not tawsm w4n the road wouM I normal. A Slow A Hrif nrf 01 Neo- Vhe.

"I'wrth of Neoga. Winter's Worst Storm Snarls Traffic in East By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ay off highways In storm areas A massive snowstorm, described or run the risk of becoming snow-by the Weather Bureau as the bound in near-zero weather. brought five no estimate of when hiffh-1 "Folli5 Ml keH cieflrfd ways would be reopened Dexter Oreesim, a fanner; "Cxune bi-eakfaM and Its going INeoa mayor. "We opened up the to be quite a feeding time." said The wind is causing our big- ,3 Ani ican LeRum Swetujel. "but 1 guess we'll man-test problem now.

a Spokesmanjhall Masol)lc ige mere were no serious Injuria the accidents. Postmaster Leonard A Flnne-ran said there would be no mall dettertes- until "we 'reaasem the shortly niuwv Offices Closed Several physicians reported their offtceaand be closed today because of the storm, but said persons In need of Medical attention ouuld contact doctors at their home or at Memorial Houpdtel. All public and private schools In the olty have beeti closed until streets and highway are cleared A spokesman for the Checker Top Cab Co. said early today that the company's fleet of nine cab; would not be sent out mil II streets Me said llml severe snowstorms during 1055 and 1W0 did not hall operations In the city. Several lactones wpre reported clwed until Tuettday, and a Orey-I hound Bus Depot six'kesman ald 110 buses Iwd arrived since 1 Sunday in 1 Many Motorists Stranded Schools were closed In the sub-1 have been cleared.

urb.s of Washington. D. C. while He said several of the cubs b- 111 the nation capital, stringent t4tme stuck In snow drlfU during snow plans which forbid motorists tne night and had to be pushed to block traffic or park on maln'nr tow-fd in Snowstorm in uiBirici nignway oinccj at Pans said until the wind stops we couldnt say when the highways will be opened" Roads were blocked throughout Cole County All county schools were closed and the January term of the county grand jury, scheduled to convene today in Charles ton, was continued Advised To Stay Home The sheriff office advised residents to stay at home, but re iru.peraiures aveia.fe j-u mal highs, the mid 30 In the north to the mid 40s in the south. Normal lows, the low 30s In the north to the upper 20s In the, southeast.

Precipitation is likely I about midweek. 1 Yesterday's Temperatures I High Lo Mattoon 15 Albuquerq-ie 29 Chicago 25 Cleveland 21 Denver 20 Detroit if) Fairbanks 2 IS 8 24 13 -3 13 -14 2 47 17 18 fi2 28 17 31 17 48 Helena Ifi Los Atutries tv'i Louisville 3fi Memphis 33 jMiami 82 New Orleatus 52 New York 20 Phoenix 55 Louis 31 San Frar.cusco 52 Yesterday's Precipitation To Date To Date Avg. ThisYr ThlsYr La.st Yr. 15-Yr .25 .71 07 1 Tomorrow's Skies Sunrise 7 15 a Sunset 4:42 p.m. Moonnse 7:11 ajn.

Moonset 4:35 pjn South, Central Illinois winters worst, snarled across the eastern United 8tate today Numerous highways were blocked, hundreds of motorists stranded and communities tsoUted as gale-fore winds piled the snow into drifts as much as 10 feet deep From two to liive 1111 lies ol snow has fallen on greater Ncu York and up to six Inches were expect- ed before the storm blows out to sea this afternoon The Weather Bureau In Washington issued a heavy snow warn ing for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and all but the northern nart of New Fiiirlanri Western Penasylvania received from 5 to 10 Inches of snow which In the mishaps which oorurred on Murw-pat-ked streets and roads. Cart drtven by Llndon Raw-Itngs. of 404 N. 17th. and Row-m A.

Sexsnn. 47. of lSUfham- 'Howard D. Harlman, Rural Route 1. Windsor, were Involved In a collision at 15th and Broadway.

Minor Injuries In an accident Sunday, a 14- j)rcM newsjMipT BUI LW.WlwprUt JOJLBlanle bumpYlna-'Wwfwn IW-fyfc'' ed la front of an auto. pglice ald. They said the driver of the car was Howard J. Glelow, 21, of 1016 Bell. The) mishap was not specifically blamed on th weather, although the street was packed with snow.

A soldier, Thomas L. Smith. Ft. Meade. Md and Curtis S.

Estep. Robinson, escaped injury when their autos collided Sunday three mile south of Mattoon on 8 Route 45. Ry Brownlre. 28. Chicago, and Elmer Parker.

31. of 717 12tti. escaped Injury when their autoa collided Sunday night at and Dewltt. Six lllinoisans Die in Crash Northern Michigan fomtt to day and retrieved the bodies of six member of a Chicago aiea family killed when their plane crashed on a skiing trip. Ground crews, using a bulldozer, pushed to the wreckage site more than six miles in Uie forest some 30 miles from the top of kan's'-iower Penlitsula.

A civilian obiserver in a state police plane had spotted the wreckage In a dense stand of trees shortly before dusk Sunday. Authorities identified Uie victims as H. J. Cumin Ln, 36, River Forest, insurance broker, his wife, Patricia, 32, and four of their six children. KaDhy, 11, Michael.

10, Susan, 9 and Mary. 6. Cummlngs, who piloted and own ed the Cessna 206, was last heard from Friday evening when he radioed he couldn't find a landing strip. The family was bound for a weekend of skiing at Boyna Mountain a winter resort. Special Showing Mr.

Bernle Myers, representative of Herbert Levy half size dresses and costumes, will be at Helen Montgomery's Shop Tues day from 11 a.m. on, to take special orders' for your spring and summer needs. You are Invited to see this special showing. HELEN MONTGOMERY 1-13 Attention Elks Don't forget Tuesday night, Jan. 14, stag at 5:30 p.m.

A gala ttffair, be sure to be there. Prime of beef $2. Free beer I 1-14 ported no emergencies other than An "uncountable" number of porting stranded motorists on most traffic today. "motorists were stranded today byjheavily traveled roads. A deputy was dispatched to aid one of the worst snowstorms to1 The Champaign County sheriff si a woman motorist who lost herlstrlke the area in recent yearsjoffice reported bringing in 64 per paralysing most of central At mid-morning authorities said It was expected that some hlfh- CREBOYOAN.

Mich, if A re-wayis and streets would be open "'vwy through snow began falling Sunday afternoon rite snow and Ice dipped Into and was still coming down this! the South. Light snow and ing rain were reported In Tennes- Huge snow drifts were piled up North Carolina. Alabama and by 50-mile-an-hour winds in cen- Georgia. out Chat wayrTHat helped. Other- wi.se we would have had people -i pie tiMd that highway "on da-" Paralyzes Another 50 motorists were re- turned to Champaign by a special! Illinois Central Railroad train of a switch engine and four cabooses which went out along branch line tracks which parallel Route 10 Several Greyhound buses were stopped in the central part of the state, the company said.

At Pana. lp travelers including passengers on a Trallways bus were put up for the night at fraternal halls. No cases of extreme hardship I were reported as several motorists lounD "iiener nomes aiong snow clogged roads. Schools Closed All schools in Charleston, Ar- cola, Sullivan, Bethany, Loving ton and Cumberland County were closed today. Eastern Illinois University at Charleston remained open for students who could make it to class.

Authorities said eight autos were stranded Sunday night at the junctions of Route 121 and U. S. Route 45 eight miles south of Mattoon. A bus was reported stuck in the area. Authorities said shelter was found for the stranded persons.

Illinois Central and New York Central Railroad trains were reported running today, although many were behind schedule. Most area industries advised employes not to attempt to go to work until highways have been cleared of drifts. IC officials reported the railroad's City of New Orleans stopped in Neoga Sunday night and picked up several of the motorists stranded there. All area highways remained closed at mid-day. Overshoes Get Red Ball boot for women and children- at Young'i Dept.

Store. 1-13 1 1 1 Today in History On this date: In 1898, French novelist Emile Zola published a letter In which he made serious charges against the French government in regard to the Dreyfus case. Zola was fined and sentenced to prison but fled to England. In 1915, an earthquake In central Italy killed 30.000 persons and destroyed several towns. way in Seven Hickory Township Sunday night.

The officer found the woman and took her to Her destination. Traffic in Charleston was at a virtual standstill. Several autos became stuck on the courthouse square this morning as residents attempted to report for work. Charleston firemen were called to rescue a family overcome by leaking gas in their home. Oxygen was administered to revive the four stricken persons.

Telephone circuits between Mattoon and Charleston were clogged and by 11 a.m. the Mattoon exchange reported a one-hour delay in completing calls between the two cities. St. Louis Digs Out of Snow ST. LOUIS iffl Street and highway crews worked through the night Sunday In an attempt to dig the St.

Louis area out of its heaviest snowfall in six years. The weather bureau at Lambert-8t. Louis Airport had recorded about 7.5 inches early Sunday evening and expected the total to reach eight inches by midnight, 36 hours after the fall began. Wind gusto reaching 23 miles per hour whipped the snow into streets oeing plowed were put into Hundieds of schools in the Mld-i west. Kentucky.

West Virginia and Pennsylvania were closed The gigantic storm system which began as two separate Montis, one from the Midwest moving East and the other moving I nortneast aiong tne Atlantic states 1 generated hiRh tides and gale forte winds along coastal regions. the Atlantic West of the Mississippi, clear skies and cold temperatures were the rule Below zero temperatures prevailed over much of the northern and crntral plains states and the western interior. Placed on Diet BOSTON if Richard Cardinal Cushlng. 68. Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, says he has been placed on a "severe diet" because of stomach ulcers.

Awaited ing as the major cause of lung cancer, a significant cause of cancer of Uie larynx, and associated it with a number of other cancers from those of the oral cavity to the bladder. And there was an association but not yet a proof of cause between cigarettes and heart and blood vessel disease, and peptic ulcers. Strong Evidence So strong is the evidence of health hazard, the committee said, that it called for corrective action. The surgeon general's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health surpruyed most observers with the strength of its denunciation of cigarette smoking. Even an official of the American Cancer Society, long an enemy of cigarettes, said he was pleasantly surprised by the larthritfhtness of the report.

southern Illinois In Its wake. Authorities said they had no way of knowing how many persons have been stranded by the four- to five-foot drifts of snow that have brought traffic to a standstill in Central Illinois and caused the closing of schools. Snow plows were attempting to-dy to clear highways but were having little success as wtndwhlp-ped snow again covered roads. State highway officials said they had no idea when highways would be cleared and warned mo torists not to drive unless of emer gency, and then only in cities. Blustery winter weather added1 to the usual hazard of weekend auto trsvel, and at least 10 persons died on Illinois highways.

Authorities said an untold number of auto accidents could be blamed on the snow storm. Including a seven-vehicle plleup near Sullivan Sunday. They said there was at least one injury in the mishap. Local Man Hurt Murray Williams, superintendent of Mattoon's water and sewer departments, was reported in good condition today at a Taylorvllle hospital where he was admitted for treatment of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident near there Sunday. Authorities said his wife and child, who were passengers in his lision.

More than 500 motorists were stranded Sunday in Neoga, as U. S. 45 was closed north of that Cumberland County town of UOQ. Townspeople housed most of the motorists. State polite ana county authorities were trying today to reach 25 to 30 motorists stuck In Piatt County east of Decatur.

State police In all central and southern Illinois districts were re- to traffic today, although there Flames Raze Peoria Store PEORIA, 111 A fire in a blizzard Sunday destroyed a furniture store In downtown Peoria. The Fredman Brothers 81 Brown store "was a complete loss and Fire Chief Lester Menace estimated total damage at "pretty close" to $1 million. Neighboring buildings were damaged by smoke and water and suffered broken windows. The blaze, fanned by winds of up to 35-miles-an-hour, raged out of Control for more than three hours. It threatened nearby buildings for a time and firemen extinguished three fires that started in nearby stores.

Cause of die fir was not immediately learned. Firemen fighting the blaze In swirling snow were hampered also by heavy smoke and Ice which formed on streets and equipment. Council to Meet On Realignment The City Council was scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. today to vote on ousting Public Property Com-nvisloner Joe Eooppi as head of the water and sewer departments. The reorganization plan, which follows months of City Hall quarreling about water department policies, asks the council to place Finance Commissioner James W.

O'Neal In charge of the water and sewer departments and place Ecop-pl In charge of garbage collections and the otty dump. tral Illinois, 'Indiana and Ohio. The Weather Bureau urged mo-j torlsts in the Midwest and East to: Decision television. The American Cancer Society's board of directors meets this month to assess educational cam-paigns against cigarette smoking, called by the federal report the major cause of rung cancer, the leading fatal malignancy in men. Regulatory Bill Several bills will be introduced designed to better arm federal agencies to regulate the sale and advertising of cigarettes and to force the cautionary labeling of cigarettes as potentially hazardous.

Federal courts may be the scene of another test of the scientific report. Will it encourage further damage suits against tobacco companies by lung cancer victims? will it Improve their chance of coileot-ing? The new report 14 months In the making cited cigarette smok Smokers' (By JOHN BARBOUR WASHINGTON 1P1 The Am erican smoker-still lingering over the grim facts of a federal report branding cigarettes a health haz ardis center stage to a big audience thi week. Legislators, investors, tobacco growers, cigarette mamuaoturers, legal and health authorities want to know first and foremost: Will he quit or not? Will he out down? What will happen to cigarette sales? Just how loud will the public reaction to the federal report be? On those questions hinge a number of Important decisions in coming days: The tobacco companies have been invited to meet with the Television Code Review Board In Miami Beach Jan. 22-23. Subject: The federal report and what It means to cigarette advertising on large drifts.

The temperature were not injured in the col- expected to drop to near zero degrees. The area had 7.8 inches of snow on Feb. 2, 1961, and 11.2 on Jan. 31. 1958.

Most area roads were reported passable, but residents stayed home as workmen tried to clear the streets In anticipation of to-dayi traffic rush. Higgins Coin Laundry lbs. hy cleaning, 11.00. 9-9U Vi Price Off! Women's and children's snow boot, broken sizes. MONTGOMERY WARD 1-10.