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EBJ Mies WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson asked Congress today to raise Social Security benefits by IS per cent and 59 per cent the lowest bracket and said sudden Increase will be "a major step toward our goal that every elderly citizen has an adequate income and a meaningful retirement." Johnson's proposal, which he said would guarantee minimum benefits of $70 a month for individuals and $105 a month for married also include! a recommendation for Increased Social Security taxes, both by raising the taxable, base and by Increasing ratei. The President asked Congress to increase the amount of annual Income on which taxes are collected to $7,800 next year, in 1971, and $10,800 in 1974. He also asked Congress to revise rate increased already scheduled, going from 4.4 to 4.5 per cent In 1978 to 8 per cent. Johnson recommended that the amount Social Security re ciplents can earn without losing trip benefits be increased to a year and that the amount above that for which a beneficiary can retain $1 in payments for each $2 in earnings be increased to $2,880. The increased benefits had been sketched in broad outline in Johnson's State of the Union He called In the earlier com-1 munlcatlon for the rise from $44 to $70 in minimum benefits, and a guarantee of $100 a month for persons with 25 years or more of coverage.

The State of the Union message did not go into the tax Increase to pay for the increased benefits. The proposed increase in Social Security taxes would increase the maximum amount paid by an individual to $343.20 In 1968 and to $390 in 1969. Johnson had announced earlier that his proposals would cost $4.1 billion during the first year. The tax rise is expected to come under fire in Congress, especially from Republicans who have urged an 8 per cent increase plus a cost-of-living escalator clause without raising taxes. The maximum increases under the President's proposals would go to 2.5 million persons now receiving minimum benefits of $44 a month for an individual.

But Johnson said increases of at least 15 per cent would go to the other 20.5 million beneficiaries. The monthly minimum benefit for a retired couple with 25 years coverage would be raised to $1M), while individuals in this category would get at least $100 a month. In addition to the Social Security Increases, Johnson proposed legislation to upgrade state welfare laws, to simplify and reduce taxes for older Americans, to bring 1.5 million disabled Americans under 65 Into medicare, and to enact federal legislation banning discrimination in employment because of age. He urged that state welfare agencies be requried to raise cash payments to welfare recipients to the level the state Itself sets as the subsistence minimum, that this subsistence standard be no less than two- thirds the level' set for medical assistance, and that state welfare programs be required: to establish a work-incentive prevision for old age recipients Rep. Wilbur DMKV-JMi chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, bat ak ready said he win hold hearing! on the President's proposal to raise Social Security benefit! before consideration of Johnson's recommendation for I per cent surcharge on Income taxes.

per cent In 1969 and from 4.85 message. Social Securitu MATTOON ILLINOIS 24 PAGES 112th YIAR-4 MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1967 10 CENTS PHONE 235-56S6 fpAfoHo) Today in History On this date: In 1845, the first uniform election day was established as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In 1737, John Hancock, a signer of the Declaration of Independence was born. In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt put his hat in the ring for the Democratic party's presidential nomination.

Rites Held For War Casualty rui Lou Poffinbarger, Mrs. Je Heller and Mrs. Marlene Lawhorn. Other dance praps mclode. the "SpSBtiinFn DanCerSr featuring "Princess Peggy;" the Russian Ballet with (heir version of the "Dance of the Dying Chicken" and the African Head Hunters.

Special guest wOI be "The Mamas and Papas a teenage dance band group. Jet Night is tionary students and teachers. Quoting wall posters, the cor respondents said 40 Maoists were injured, 10 captured and manvere missing after a claiiith students and workers supporting President Liu Shao-chi in the Manchurian industrial city of Chang Chun Jan. 21. The posters said the "reactionaries" were assembling a force of persons from the Manchuri Featured Act at JJHS 'Jet Night Picketing Continues As IBEW Rejects Contract Members of Local 399 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers continue to picket Illinois Consolidated Telephone Co.

today after rejecting new proposals by the company Saturday. The union voted 250 to 53 against a new contract offer from the company and 256 to 46 against a proposal for returning to work. The vote was conducted at Mattoon, Taylorville and Litchfield. 0. M.

Westrup, vice president of ICT, termed rejection of the offer a "great disappointment," and added, "I'm sure the public shares this disappointment with the company and its more than 50 employes who voted to return to work. "Our offer was made In sincere hope of getting all employes back on the job by Monday morning. It appears now that many of our people will not return to work for some time," he said. Don Mahoney, IBEW representative, of Chicago, said, thfr; the so we rejected the entire contract. "They gave improvement in vacations and guaranteed holiday traffic.

They offered jury duty pay. They gave us Good Friday another holiday but not until the. second year the contract is in effect. Continuing; Mahoney said, "In vacations, they offered four weeks after 25 years and three weeks after 13 years this year. Next year it would be four after 20 and three after 10." Mahoney attacked a provision of the proposed contract by which the company would have 90 days to dismiss employes if evidence was found that they participated In vandalism against company property during the strike.

"They (union members) aren't about to go back to work under these circumstances. If the company knows anything about the vandalism it should already have prosecuted the persons responsible," Mahoney declared. "Some progress has been made during the series of negotiations, but we are still apart on several major issues," Mahoney told the Journal-Gazette today. He listed the following as major issues which he feels were unsatisfactory in the proposal on which a vote was taken Saturday: 1. No provision was made for having the same wage scale in all company areas.

2. The wage increase offered was insufficient. 3. Sick pay benefits were not satisfactory. 4.

There was no union shop clause. 5. Hospital benefits were left at $18 per day instead of the $26 the union seeks. 81 6. No pay or other benefits were provided for persons who work split shifts.

7. Seniority provisions in the traffic department were unsatisfactory. 8. The time required to reach the top of the wage scale was longer than the union wants. The new proposal, which the company referred to as its "final offer," was presented to the IBEW after a series of meetings in Chicago Thursday, conducted by Arthur This chorus of school personnel and parents will appear as ace of four featured dance acta at ect at Jefferson Junior High School, Tuesday, Jan.

31. Members of the Hawaiian Hula are: Mrs. Betty Bridges, Mrs. Norma Harkins, Mrs. Maxine Cox, Mrs.

Barbara Green, Mrs. Chou Commits Army To Crush Mao fs Opponents Funeral services for 1st Lt. Gary D. Shields were held at 2 p.m. today in the First Methodist Church with Dr.

Clifford C. Brown officiating and reading a eulogy prepared by Ken. Wood- dell. V. Glenn Stilgebauer sang 'How Great Thou Art" and "Oh Getty.

Asks New Speck Trial Site CHICAGO (AP)-Public de fender Gerald Getty asked today for another change of place of trial for Richard Speck, 25, and indicated he was asking the court to suppress certain unspecified evidence against the man charged with murdering eight student nurses. The motion for removal of the trial from Peoria, was one of three presented in open Bourt. The trial already had been transferred from Chicago and was tentatively set to begin Feb. 6. Getty, court-appointed defense counsel for Speck, contended that news coverage at Peoria of the crime and ensuing investigation was such that Speck could not get a fair trial there.

The case had been transferred to Peoria because of Getty's contention a fair trial would be impossible in Chicago where the nurses were slain July 14, 1966. Judge Herbert C. Paschen of the Circuit CourJ, set Jan. 27 for arguments on a total of 14 pretrial motions presented today by Getty. Paschen said arguments will be heard in open court on 'hree for a change of venue, for a bill of particulars from the pros ecution setting forth all phases of the state's case, and for a court order directing the prosecution to give Getty access to all police recojds and reports concerning the case.

Love That Will Not Let Me James Leming was organist. Pallbearers were Gerald Coffey, Ronald Lass, Frank Sullivan, David Knauss, Brad Whitley and Kenneth Jones The body will be sent to llngton National Cemetery, Arlington, for burial. The Mitchell-Jerdan funeral home was In charge of local arrange- Lt. Shields, a Marine Corns helicopter pilot, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, when the helicopter of which he was a co-pilot crashed into the water in the vicinity of Chu Lai.

Republic of Vietnam. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Shields, Rural Route 4. He was a 1960 graduate of Mattoon High School, where he won all-state honors for outstanding play as an end for the varsity football squad.

He attended the University of Illinois three years and was a member of the university football squad his sophomore year. Lt. Shields was a three-year Marine Corps veteran and had been on helicopter missions in Vietnam since July 1966. Surviving besides his parents are his widow, the former Susan Engles of San Diego, two children, Todd, 1, and Kim-berley Sue, 3 months; a brother, Richard, a senior at Eastern IllinoisUniversity; two sisters, Mrs. Donna Shields, on the staff at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, and Mrs.

Lois Rutan, Mt, Vernon, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lela Potts, Louisville. Bulletin WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court threw out today a New York law, which makes Communist party membership grounds for dismissal of state university and colleges teachers. The court split along liberal-conservative lines as it issued its ruling by a 8-4 vote. EFFINGHAM.

111. (AP) Six persons were killed and 31 oth ers were injured Sunday night in the collision of a car and a chartered bus In which a Bella. villa family and their friends were returning from a wedding in Dayton, Ohio. "It was an awful sight. There were bodies everywhere," said Mrs.

Zona Davis who, with her husband, Plaford, happened on the crash scene moments after lt occurred at the intersection of U.S. 45 and Interstate 70 out- side Effingham. The crash occurred as the bus was attempting to make a left turn from U.S. 45 onto an access ramp to Interstate 70 after stopping at a service station, state police said. The northbound car struck the bus's right side.

All five persons in the car and a passenger in the bus died, bus was almost cut in half and the car looked like a convertible It'a ton was sheared off," said Mrs. Davis, wno la news director of radio station WCRA hi Effingham. A passenger on the bus, Charles A. Vernier, 69, of Belleville, was lying on the road, she' said. "His 12-year-old son was kneeling next to him crying and asking, 'Why doesn't somebody do something for my said Mrs.

Davis. "My husband felt his nulse and it seemed strona." she said, "buV he died." Killed the car were Dannv L. Wade, 17, of Effingham, the driver; Carl Miller. 20. of Mont rose; John Yocum, 23, and Ron ald hi lias.

22. both of Effina- ham; and Rita Headlee, 17, of Wheeler. The auto burst Into flame as the Injured were being removed from th nmwmont "Firemen arrived Just then and put it out quickly," said Mrs. Davis. "There was gasoline everywhere." The 30 passengers and the driver of the bus, Wilmer Agles, 41, of Belleville, were taken to St.

Anthony's Hospital in Effingham. A spokesman said 17 were admitted. ine cnartered oua was returning family and friends from the wedding Saturday In Dayton of the dead passenger's nephew, Roger Vernier, 23, and Mary Gougarty, 21. The groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Cyril Vernier, were on the bus, along with three other brothers and a sister of the elder Vernier, all of Belleville. Flannel Pajamas All remaining flannel pajamas 97 cents, values to $2.59. Open to 9 p.m. BEN FRANKLIN WESTERN 1-23 Humboldt Township Caucus, Thursday, Feb. 2, 1967, Town Hall 7 p.m., a caucus for Republican voters will be held for the purpose of nominating a candidate for road commissioner.

1-23 Mechanic We have an opening la our service department for a qualified man. Ford products preferred but not necessary. Guaranteed weekly income and a commission plan that win let you make much more, also hospitalization insurance program available Lincoln Mercury products, Thompson Auto Eato, 2000 Prairie AD f-lttt LBJ Reprimanded For Moonlighting': Baker a Joint school and 4-- Parent Teacher Association protect at the school. FnjidsArej4ts4 defray the cost of publishing the yearbook and other student activities. The activities wfll fin with a chill supper, sponsored by the PTA, from 5 to 1:38 pjn.

Entertainment begins at 7 pan. More than 1,909 youth and adults attended the 1961 event an provinces of Kirin, Liaoning, and HeDunklang to give battle to "revolutionary rebels" con verging on Chang Chun. Chinese arriving in Hong Kong from Kwangtung said Mao's opponents there had been encouraged by reports that an anti-Mao army of peasants, workers and former soldiers had seized control of much of neighboring Kiangsl Province. own use. The eight checks Baker testi fied about today came from the First Western Financial a savings and loan concern of Las Vegas, Nev.

He said the firm engaged him to look out for concerns it might acquire in Maryland and the Washington area in general. He said Clifford Jones, former governor of Ne vada and an official of First western, helped make the ar rangement to enlist Baker's services. Freezer Sale Full beef loins 79 cents pound It's all steak, sirloins, clubs and bones. Cut wrapped and froz en. 50 to 60 pound average On order only.

Phone AD 5-0511 MY STORE 1-26 ospel Meeting Jan. 23 through 29, 7 Public Invited. South Church of Christ, 1100 S. p.m. Side 17th.

1-24 William Read speaker. Allen's small Appiianct Service, 1810 Broadway. AD M64L 1 TOKYO (AP) Premier Choif En-lai reportedly commit-ed Red China's 2.5-miIlion-man army to crush Mao Tse-tung's opponents as news of revolt and resistance crackled out of the embattled mainland today from frozen Manchuria to Kwangtung ki the south. Japanese newsmen, quoting Peking wall posters, said Chou's announcement at a rally in Peking Sunday was the first statement by a top government official that troops would be used against Mao's foes. The posters said Chou declared: "The People's Liberation Army is the most important tool of the dictatorship of the proletariat.

It will resolutely suppress the handful. of counterrevolutionary elements who are trying to destroy the proletarian great cultural revolution." Japanese correspondents in Peking also reported purge chairman Chen Po-ta and Mao's Wife, Chiang Ching, had ordered the people of the capital to establish a revolutionary city government composed of workers, peasants, soldiers, revolu- in Crash Indianapolis, lnd. today that talks will resume Holiday Inn here. GETTING COLDER Turning cooler tonight with low around 40. Increasing cloudiness and mild Tuesday, with Ugh In 50s.

Outlook for Wednesday, partly cloudy and cooler. WASHINGTON (AP) Bobby Baker testified today that the then Democratic leader of the Senate, Lyndon B. Johnson, "reprimanded and cautioned me" in 1960 about "moonlighting" or outside activities. That was the reason, Baker said, that he arranged to have eight 31,000 checks, which came to him in 1963, made out in the name of another man, Wayne L. Bromley.

"In essence I was moonlighting," Baker testified. "I was doing it Angary to He said that in rebuking him in 1960, Johnson remarked that Baker's job as secretary to the Senate Democratic majority was a fulWlme onev Baker is standing, trial in U.S. District Ingles, federal mediator, of The union was notified at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ribicof Aslcs $50 Billion In Slum Aid WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Abraham A.

Rlbicoff proposed today a $50-billion drive against slums through the 1970s to "rid ourselves of the ghetto cancer that destroys so many of our cities and our people." The Connecticut Democrat said Congress should insure niornAH lob ODDOrtUnltieS for all Americans with the gov ernment itself the nation's "employer of last resort" for the Jobless. Vaulting past President Johnson's state oi uie union proposals, Rlbicoff said Con-aress should appropriate more than .85 billion in 1967 for new programs designed to cope with the ills of American ciues. Jot's Pizza Also spaghetti and ravioli. ODen4 D.m. ADW100.

M8tf Former City Residents Die Court on charges of income tax" Gepford. He was a 1951 graduate of Mattoon High School and a graduate of the University of Illinois. He served regu- lation time with the U.S. Army, most of which was service In Japan. He married Shirley Erickson of Danville in August, 1954.

Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Aird and Ma Dean Mars-land, 1101 South Lawn. Mrs, Gepford, 31,. is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Erickson of Danville, and a brother. James Genford was born In Mattoon. Julie was Mrn, Belvldere. Tbeyore survived blhetr maternal and paternal grandparCls. Funeral services for Mr.

and Mrs. John Gepford of Belvldere, former residents of Mattoon, and their two children, James, 8, and Julie, 2, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the St. James Methodist Church, Danville. Friends may call at the Edmund-Jones-Sullivan funeral home, Danville, from 2 to 4 p.m.

and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The family was kill6d Saturday night in a head-on collision six miles west of Aurora on U.S. SO, enroute from Belvldere to Oswego to visit Gepford's sister, Mrs, James Afrd. One of the other drivers in the three car collision, Jose Benavides, 33, of Aur ora, was also killed.

A passenger in a third car, Helen Ramrez, 16, of Rock Falls, was slightly Injured. She was treated at Copley Hospital, Aurora, and released. According to Kane County authorities, the collision occurred when Benavides was attempting to pass the third car on a hill and collided head-on with the Gepford auto. Gepford, 32, was advertising manager of the Belvldere Dally Republican. He joined the staff there in 1963 after wafting as an announcer and sales represent ativo for radio station WLBH here, He was born May 14, 1934, near Windsor, a son of Mr.

and Mm Paul evasion and diverting 380,000 campaign contribuons to fa Memorial Fund Loved ones o( John and Shirley Gepford request in lieu ml flowers gifts can be given to the Memorial Fund of the Central Community Church. 1-23 1.