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T U E S D A Y , A P R I L 22, 1969 T H E L I M A N E W S , L I M A , OHIO PA G E N I N gNorthern Area Breathing Easier -MississippiThreatens ThreeStates

By ASSOCIATED PRESSTh e flo 'od crest of (heMississippi R iv er . p u s h e dsouthward t oday he igh t en ingthe dang er to c i t ies in Iowa ,Illinois an d Missouri whi l ef a r ther north the wa te rs werereceding.Concerted efforts by theentire popu la t ions of somet owns , and by e l ementa ry,h igh school a n d c o l l e g es tudent s at others, ha d fough t

back the w ors t of the flood-ing .In M i n n e so t a a n d - t h eDakotas , the f lood crest ha dpassed, a n d e v a c u a t e dresident s including more than12,000 in Minot, N.D., waitedfor the wa te r to dra in away sothey could r e t u rn h om e .In Neche, N.D., on one ofthe few rivers stil l rising hePembina workers re inforcedcrumbling dikes.

La Crosse , Wis. officialssa id the s i tua t ion was undercon t ro l , and Mayor W a r r e nLove land said "Our dikes areso s t rong and so secure weshould h a v e no more t roubleunless we ge t a rea l badstorm."Downst ream at Prairie duChien, the riverside section ofthe community of 5 ,800 wasunde r severa l f ee t of watera n d r e s i d e n t s we r e

evacua ted. Th e U.S.18h i g h w a y bridge to Marque t t e ,Iowa , w ith an approach underabou t tw o feet of swirl ingwater, was closed to al l buthigh-wheeled traffic.Along Iowa, Il l inois an dMissouri, the Mississippi rosewith a m a jo r crest still tocome.St. Louis, a few milesdownst ream of the junction ofth e Mississippi with t h e

Allen ViewChildren'sM ulti-U nits

' Al len Co unty w i l l a t t emp t toobtain p lans fo r constructionof multiple hous ing uni t s torep l ace t h e . o u t d a t e dchi ldren 's h om e , c o u n .t ycommissioners r e p o r t eMonday.The ' decis ion came at ameet ing w i th th e C h i l dWelfare B o a r d , whichsupervises operation of thechi ldren 's home, to s tudy areport p r e p a r e d by avolun t ee r s tudy commit tee .T h e f ive -member c h i l dwel f a re boa rd- suggested thecoun ty imp lement a proposalto b u il d s ev e ra l - h o m e sdesigned to "accommoda te 12ch i ld ren each, to replace th ecounty-owned facil ity on FortAmanda Road which- is to besold by the c ou n t y .The boa rd, however, did notagree w i th th e study com-mit t ee p roposa l 'that five-homes, w i th one to be usedas a recep t ion cente r , besca t t e red th roughou t u rbana reas of the county.Board members sa id theyfe lt i t was a decision for thecommissioners to make as towhere the multiple hous ingunits will be located. Decisionon these recommenda t ionsw a s m a de by the board at ameet ing last week , w h e n italso voted -that the s tudycommit tee be g iven t h anksfo r efforts during the ' year-long project." Plans for various types ofstructure's, p r e p-a r e d byarchitects at the request ofthe' committee, were rejectedb y th e b oa rd ' a s b e i n gunrealistic. B oa rd m e m b e r sno t ed the s tudy commit teeha d said th e five r e c om m e n dhomes could be - built for a"t o t a l of $250,000, but tha tarchitect 's estimates w e r eapproximately $118,000 for asingle unit .Commissioners agreed w i thboard, au thoriz ing f u r t h e refforts to obta in p l ans for theseparate uni t s at a c o s twhich will$331,000 to " n o t " exceedbe received th efo rsale of the present children'sho m e site.

MOBILE UNIT Officers of the LimaArea Amateur Radio Club are pictured inf ront of the ir recent ly purchased mobi l evan for e m e rg e n c y c om m u n i c a t ion s . Th et ruck w i l l be renova ted and outfi tted withamateur radio equ ipment , ' i nc lud ing agenera tor an d a ir condi t ioning system,using the club station cal l letters W8EQ.

Pictured ar e (from lef t) Ronald Theising,Gilbert Lautzenhei ser , J a m e s Sun-derl and, B rya n C on n a u g h t on , R u d ySegovia and Woodrow Williams. LimaMayor Christian P. Morris proclaimedth is week ( th rough Sa tu rday) as"Amateur Radio W eek in Lima."(News P h o t o )

water-swollen Missouri , ex-pected a crest of 32 feet two feet over flood stage byWednesday . B u t t h e U . S .A r m y Corps of Engineers sa idth e crest would no t cause ex -tensive damage a ro und S t.Louis or points south.Waters covered a w h a r fsection of St. Louis and farmland nea r Alton, 111., but littleda m a g e w as reported.At East Dub uqu e, 111., in theextreme northweste rn cornerof th e state, a flood w a rn i n ghorn w as installed to alertoutlying communit ies of ris-ing wa te rs .Downst ream a t the QuadMies Mol ine an d RockIsl and, 111., and Davenportan d Bet tendorf , Iowa highschoolers helped strengthendikes in preparation for thecrest expec ted nex t week .In Anda lusia , 111., 15 milessouth of Mol ine , ' the wholetown of 1,100 turned out tohelp build a two-mile-longdike to p rotec t the communityfrom th e Mississippi. Th eresidents e xpected to com-plete the 15-foot-tall dike bytonight .People f rom ne ighboringt owns b rou g h t in food an dequ ipment whi l e the womenof the vil lage m a n n e dAnda lusia ' s f ire station.E l sewhere a round t h ecount ry, E a s t e r n andSouthern states were keep inga watchfu l eye on risingrivers an d streams.In New England, a coldsnap s lowed the snow melt,rel ieving flood pressures inVermont . N e w Hampshireand Maine .

fit For* ShawneeRezoning Request

The possibil ity of a shop-ping cente r on a 44-acre tractin Fort Shawnee was revealedduring Monday night 's vil lagecounci l m e e t i n g .Th e announcemen t came inth e form of a rezoning requestfrom A m a n d a WoodsInc..which is seeking the rezoningfrom agricultural to class IIcommerc ia l . - -The land , l oca ted on t h enortheast corner of Zurmeh lya n d Y o a k u m roads, is ownedby Lil l ian Martin. She is thedeve loper of F a i rw ood es ta tessubdivision, located nor th ofFort A m a n d a R o a d .Details surrounding t h earoposed cente r were no trevea l ed dur ing the mee t ing.However, the complete pro-posal wil l be outlined at apublic hearing on the matter,councilmen said. Th e datelas not yet been set.

A IT A m a n d a WoodsInc.

Sewer Foes Post'$50 Appeal Bonds

Bonds were posted with th ecounty audi tor Monday oneach of the four appeals ofcounty plans for constructionan d sanitaryPerry No. 2of action bycounty commissioners in ap -prov ing plans fo r t h e$1,082.100 dual projects werefiled in Probate Court April loby Mr. and Mrs. El i H.Mechling. Mr. and Mrs. IraMorelock Jr.. Mr. and Mrs.Stokley M c D a r i e s an d

of w a t e r linessewers in theproject area.Th e appeals

William McDaries.They mainta in tha t cost ofth e improvements wil l exceedth e benefits; that tentativeassessment against propertyin th e area "is unreasonablean d exorbi t ant : 'that th eimprovement is not necessaryfo r th e public health, con-venience an d welfare of thearea: and tha t to t a l va lue ofproperty in the area does notwarrant cost of construction.The bonds on the appea ls(See S E W E R . Page 11)

spokesman said the 44 acralso, involves 28 0 lots for sub-division development, whichalso would inc lude s o m eapartment bu i ldings.A second rezoning request

wa s re f e rred to the villageplann ing commission. SamuelK. Price asked tha t 11 acres,located on East Breese Roa dwest of McClain, be rezonedfrom a g r i c u l t u r a l t orestricted industrial for thedevelopmen t of a mobilehome park .In other ma t te rs , coun-cilmen said they received aninvitat ion to a t t e n d T h u r sda yn i g h t ' s Regiona l Pl anningCommission m e e t i n g con-ce rn ing the three plans toroute traffic a rou n d th e -cityof L i m a . I t was noted t h eth ree t raffic - belt proposalswould greatly affect t h evil lage. Council plans to at-tend th e meet ing .C o u n c i l a g r e e d t opart ic ipa te i n t h e s e c o n ds u m m e r r e c r e a t ion p rog r a mlield at Shawnee School. Anexpenditure of $500 was ap-proved as the village's partin the p rogram.Last T h u r s d a y , t h e

E L K S BACK CENTER H o w a r dBrinkman , exa lt ed ru l e r of L ima ElksLodge 54, presents a $1.000 check toSalvation Army Maj. David Deitrick.The dona t ion is to the current drive toraise funds fo r const ruc t ion of the SA'sne w Center . (News Photo)

Third Week Of Trouble

Four More At Kent StateCharged In Campus F ightKENT. Ohio (AP)Inc i t ing cha rgeso riot charges have been fil-d aga inst th ree more young countyResnick,

and lodged in the bond . William Whittaker, 18,jail were C u r t of Louisvil le, was f reed on21, of Universi ty I $1,000 b o n d - o n a charge of

Motorist FinedRonald L . Chandle r , 29, ofShade land, Ind., charged withdriv ing whi l e under the in-fluence of alcohol, pleadedgui l t y Monday in MunicipalCourt .He wa s sentenced to 90 daysin the city jail , with 87 dayssuspended, fined $100 andcourt costs and h is dr iv ingrigh t s in Ohio were suspendedfor on e year.

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*"kOO~l l^k~tf I~*~I~"TossiDiiiiyShawnee school board ha dagreed to spend 81,000 for thep rogram to begin in July an dopera te for six weeks. Th efive - day - a - week recrea-tion will include arts an dcrafts, games, t ennis , littlel eague baseball an d eveningevents for all school - agechi ldren.

1'ossioie neavy s n o w e r spredicted for today p resentedsome f l ooding danger , andminor l ow land flooding wa sexpected to cont inue a long theConnect icut River f or severaldays.Minor overflows w e r ereported in G e o r g i a ,Alabama. South Carol ina andF lorida , w i th fa rmers movinglivestock to h igher groundalong th e Savannah River inGeorgia and the Apalachicolain Florida.Flood threats were alsoposed by the Sentee, Tom-bigbee, Pearl and Big Blackrivers in th e South and theSulphur. Sabine an d lowerTrinity rivers in Texas.

demonst ra t ion at K e n t StateUniversi ty last W e dn e sda y .Four others arrested onsimilar charges last Fridaywere conv ic ted Monday in3ortage County C o m m o nDleas Cour t of contempt ofcourt s t emming f rom a)revious demonst ra t ion . Eachwa s fined $200 and sentencedo 10 days in the county jail atRavenna by Judge AlbertCaris.These developments, alongwith a peaceful student rallyMonday a f t e rnoon, markedihe beginning of the thirdweek of d i s r u p t i v e con-troversy at K e n t State.Arrested Monday on the riot

18 , Bedford Heights, and Jef-frey Powell , 18, Tallmadge.Resnick an d Flanagan ar es tuden t s .They were among 5 8demonst ra tors arrested lastWednesday a f t e r allegedlybreaking into a l o c k e dbuilding on the campus wherea hearing w as being held onthe suspension of a s tudentinvolved in a demonst ra t ionat the university April 8.Tw o others accused of tak-ing part in the demonst ra t ionlast week were a r r e s t e cMonday. Richard Skirwin, 23 ,of Kent, was charged withmalicious destruction of pro-perty and released on S 5 , OWMayor Defends Record, Glides Critics

By .GEORGE DUNSTERNews Staff AVriterMayor Christian Morris to -day t ook on critics of his ad-ministration as he answeredth e charges in a speechprepared fo r delivery at theSertoma Club's noon meetingat the Milano Club.P a r t i c u l a r l y not ingcriticism by Council PresidentHarry Moyer. one of his op-jonent s in the May p rimarye lect ion , the m ayo r dispu tedcharges h is adminis t ra t ionwa s "a fa i lure . . . p lanspoorly .. . (is a) do n o t h i n g . "Hit ing his record of ac-compl ishment at a t ime when"this c i t v ' s adminis t ra t ionla s f aced p roblems an d crises:hat have been unparal leledin Lima's history." Morrissa id comments of his op-ponents leads him to believe"maybe they are no t f amil ia rw i th wha t the job entails."Morris , who i s seeking asecond term, is opposed byMoyer an d Melvin W ooda rd .the latter a Baptist ministeran d ca r sa l esman.Refusing t o t ake anv bl amea lone . Morris noted."Theadminis t ra t ion is accused of

m a n y failures which, if th ey 31,214 square foot building at af ter spe ndin g $9.000 on plansexist at all, m u s t be sharedby all in city government , notjust on e segment."He also pointed out the ad-ministration "cannot spend apenny without council 's ad -vanced approval . . . pro-grams cannot be institutedwithout its review."Stating that th e m a yor isth e "man who is ultimatelyresponsible" for everything inthe city, he observed that"success wil l have manyshareholders . bu t failures wil lbe the sole p roperty of theman responsible."Turn ing to Moyer 's chargethat the city's plan for a newS653.867 cent ra l ma intenancebuilding was too costly an dtha t it should lease andr e m ode l an existing structure.Morris sa id Moyer made"misleading statements."Not ing a r ep o rt f r o marchitect L y m a n J. St rongand Associates three weeksag o presented "a design fo rthe most economical struc-tu re tha t c an be bu i l t t o fulfill( the city's) needs." t h emayor explained it calls for a!iMiZ^31^ iEbi?]3BSSHHBESE

a cost of S441.600. land specifications for the f irstMoris f u r t h e r explained [project, the program w asthere, is "no cost of land ac- "derailed by a 4-4 split vote onquisi tion '' because th e pro-posed site is on the old cityowned dump.The mayor also noted in-vestigation failed t o un-cover "anyold localfacility fo r sale tha t w asanywhere reasonable ( i ncost) most were in the areaof "$300.000 to S600.000." withremode l ing cost s es t ima ted at$300,000 to $400.000."Common sense will dic ta tetha t th e adminis t ra t ion p ro-posal, backed by findings ofone of the mo st competentarchitectural f irms in thiss t a t e i s t h e m o s te c o n o m i c a l , 1 ' Morrisdeclared.Problems w ith th e city'sstreet conditions were, inpart, blamed on M oye r by themayor. Noting t h e "ad-minis t ra t ion has i n f o r c e d120.9 miles of streets," Morrissaid. "I a dm i t we are fal l ingbeh ind on streets . . . but Iw on ' t accept th e blame.'"He noted shortly af ter he

jnnlr fiffiop th o 9 H T n i n i c t T * s i f i f mlUvfil UftilCC Lilt? oliiHllllcl lutlUlSproposed a 10 - year streetreconst ruc t ion p rogram whichw as approved bv council , bu t

council with Moyer "leadingthe attack against it."Answering c h a r g e s o f"nothing done" by his ad:ministration, Morris pointedto programs that furnishedupdating of the police an d firedepartments with equipment,t ra in ing an d inc reased man-power and expanded wa te rservice that led to develop-m e n t of facilities by OSU -L ima Campus, Procter an dGamble , West inghouse . PepsiCola and Standard Oil .Mizpah PlansRummage Sale

Mizpah Community Cente r .Cent ra l Avenue an d 9t hStreet, will hold a ru m m a g esale Sa turday, May 3 . from8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Householdi t ems and sp ring and summerclothing are n e e d e d , ac-cording to a c e n t e rspokesman, an d will be ,ac-cep ted th roughou t the dayFridav. Mav 3.

trespassing.Convictedcourt wereIrickson, 24Emmer , 22 ,of contempt ofE dw a rd "Rick"of Akron; HowieC l e v e l a n d ;George Gibeau t , 20 , NorthR a n d a l l , a n d C o l l i ntfeiburger, 19, of Bal t imore ,Md. All but Neiburger areKent State students.Th e fou r also pleaded in-nocent at their arraignmenton inciting to riot charges an dbond for each was set -at$10,000.Erickson, . Emmer, Gibeau tand Neiburger were chargedwith violating a court orderbanning them from th e KentState campus obtained by theuniversity fol lowing the April8 demonst ra t ion .The contemp t h e a r i n ggrew out of the appearance ofth e four at the hearing tha tw a s disrup ted l a s t W e d-nesday. The order banningthem from th e c a m p u s laterla d been modified to al lowihem to appear as witnesses,3ut the prosecution arguedtha t their actions during th edemonstration violated th eorder, even though they ha dbeen invited to the hearing.Some 2.000 students at-t ended th e M on da y rally an ddecided to put the issue of aboycot t qf classes to a vote ofth e entire student body.Students will decide in thevote W e dn e sda y w h e t h er afour-day class boycott wil l beheld in . support of de m a n dsfo r re insta tement of s tudent suspended i n p r e v i o u sdemonst ra t ions.Th e rally sponsored by theConcerned Citizens of theKSU Community (CCC) onthe campus commons fol low-ed by a few hours Kent StatePresident Robert I. White'srejection of the g r o u p ' sdemands.

Enrollment DatesListed By SchoolRegistrationgraders in the

Senior High BoysAttend Y ProgramoFour Lima Senior High]a mode! state government InSchool boys will represent the Ohio House of Represen-Lima Senior Hi-Y C l u b U a l i v e s an d will stay at theThursday t h rough Sunday at]Sheraton-Columbus

f o r f i r s tBath schooldistrict wil l be 9 a.m. to noonMa y 2 at Bath elementaryschool a n d M a y 5 a t Cairoelementary school, accordingto T h om a s C r e m e a n ,elementary principal.He noted enrollecs must besix years of age on or beforeSept. 30 o f this year an d thatbirth certificates and aphysician's record of im-munization must be presentediat t ime of registration.M ainly About PeopleDouglas Ferguson. 522 S.H o t e l JWoodlawn. was one of 14alternates selected na t ionwidehe 13th ann ual Ohio Y M C A J T h e 25 0 delegates come inYou th in Go ve rn m e n t 'pa i r s r epresen t i ng Hi-Y a n d for four - year c o l l e g e!Tri Hi-Y Clubs from YMC A I scholarships awarded by therogram in Columbus.Featured speaker at the Branches th roughou t Ohio.governor's banqu et scheduled The assembly wall dec! of- 'Machinists an d Aerospaceto open Ih e weekend assembly facers, governor, l ieu tenant Workers . The u n i o n an-wili be f o rm e r as t ronaut John |governor, chief j i: s t i c e

DELEGATES L i m a M ayor ChristianP. M orris signs official comm ission formsenabling L i m a Y M C A H i -Y delegates toattend the annual Youth in Governmentprogram in the Capitol Building atColumbus Thursday th rough Sunday .Delegates are (from left) Royce Rwmsey,Dennis Wood, Ken Walker and TomEoyer,

BRIEFING Rep. Walter White (left) , checks a bill tobe submitted by Lima Hi-Y delegates to the annua l OhioYMCA Hi-Y Youth in Government program. PicturedwMh White are