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Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 1976 1-15-1976 Daily Eastern News: January 15, 1976 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1976_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 15, 1976" (1976). January. 1. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1976_jan/1 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1976 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. - By Sandy Pietrzak meals. A grant of $428,333 - the largest Eastern has taken over this project ever for Eastern was recently from the Family Services Agency of awarded to the School of Home · Champaign County which conducted Economics to conduct a nutrition the service for two years. Home Ee gets project for elderly persons in a Swope also said that home 12-county area. economics and other students will The Illinois Department of Aging volunteer their services to the project selected Eastern as the grant recipient participants. grant Students tD hold will give indiv l after reviewing project proposals from idua several schools Mary Ruth Swope, counseling to the elderly, such as dean of the School of Home health needs, assistance to handicapped Economics, said Tuesday. homemakers and shopping assistance. nutritionstudy The major, purpose of the grant,. In addition Swope hoped that art Swope said, is to provide nutritious students would· conduct art lessons for meals to persons aged 60 and over the participants. and to their spouses ·regardless of age. The Nutrition. For Elder!)' Project is Project services will be available in the largest of its kind in Illinois in Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, McLean, terms of geographical area. Dewitt, Piatt, Champaign, Douglas, It is funded largely by the Federal Coles, Edgar, Cumberland and Clark Gowrnment and can be traced to counties; 1968 when Congress. designated funds Currently, . there are 28 sites where for programs to improve nutritional 630. persons are being served noon services· for the elderly. Mary Ruth Swope Charleston, Illinois 61920 Thursday, January 15, 1976 Vol. 61, No. 75 eastern news 12 Pages BH E recommends tuition increase By Marilyn Vise for faculty and other staff members at the Clark said. The Board of Higher Education (BHE) voted universities. Clark pointed out that the governor · has Jan. 7 to recommend a tuition increase at state ' This increase would proVide an additional $ l l .3 opposed a tuition hike fpr the past three years. universities. million. President Gilbert C. Fite also reaffirmed Tuesday The increase would raise tuition $60 a year for The BHE action came as it approved a $860.6. his opposition to any tuition increase. undergraduate students and $90 a year for million higher education operating budget for the Fite said he thought a tuition hike would make graduate students for the school year beginning in 1976-77 school year. access to the university more difficult for some September 1?76. The budger recommendation will be reviewed by students, but wasn't · sure if an increase would Tuition now ranges from $404 to $496 a year Gov. Dan Walker. He will draw up a propOsal for cause a decline in Eastern's enrollment. at Illinois' 13 ·public university campuses and has a State budget that he will release in his budget not been raised since September, 1972. Public college and university students have address march, Mark Clark, spokesperson for the Should the hike go into effect, it would engaged in a statewide petition drive to prevent a Gowrnor, said Tuesday. increase tuition from $420 a year to $480 for tuition increase according to Robin Roberts, chairperson of the Association of Illinois Students undergraduates and $5 10 a year for · graduate "After the governor's· address, the General · Governments (AISG). students at Eastern. Assembly will look over his proposal and then James M. Furman, BHE executive director. said vote on accepting it," Clark said. Students started the protest Monday at the first higher tuition is needed to help pay for two per "Due to this procedure, it is too early to say in a series of BHE hearings in Chicago concerning cent of a proposed seven per cent salary it}crease whether or not the governor will veto the hike," the tuition increase and other areas of the boards. Student out on-bond forBy Mark Wis attemptedser Fisher murderwas taken to Charlestoh An Eastern student was released on Community Memorial. Hospital where $20,000 bond Tuesday after being he stayed for three days, receiving jailed since Dec. 18 on charges of treatment for severe bruises on his robbery, aggravated battery and thigh and several lacerations on his attempted murder. legs. Former Eastern basketball player As the car came toward him, Fisher Ron Johnson, a senior from St. Louis, threw his night stick at the Mo., has pleaded not guilty to charges windshield, breaking the glass. of robbing the Cosmic Moon Boutique Charleston police later found the of $4,200 worth of jewelry and $198 car at the Polk Street Jl)artments with in cash Dec. l 8 . the jewelry inside. Also inside was a He also pleaded not guilty to red stocking cap , fitting the intentionally hitting Charleston police description of the one worn by the dispatcher Rick Fisher with his car robber. while fleeing the scene. Johnson, with $189 in his pocket, Fisher was at the site of the was found inside the ap!lrtment robbery along with police officers building and arrested. called by the daughter of Cosmic Later, during a bond hearing, Moon owner Bessie Fredericks, when Johnson said the car was his, valuing . the daughter suspected a robbecy was it at $600. in progress. Bond was originally set by Judge Fisher was in the car because he William Sunderman at $100,000, but was getting a ride home after getting (See STUDENT, page 8) off work at the police station. Witnesses have said the robber came out of the store and jumped into a Rain or snow Emetgency tan car and started driving south on It will be mostly cloudy Eastern is the proud owner of a brand new customized van-complete with Fourth Street. Thursday and warmer with snow fleshing red lights. The van is a light brown Ford spaciously designed to hold The police officers and the owner yelled to Fisher to stop the car and or rain likely in the afternoon. eight passengers, and fully equipped for "regular campus use," by campus he ran out into the street waving his Temperatures will reach the 11CUrity, campus police sgt. George Bosler said Tuesday. The van will be used arms, only to have the car swerve lower or middle 30s with rain for ganeral patrolling and to aid dinical services in transporting students to towards him and hit him. or snow likely Thursday night. Ind from the Charleston Community Memorial Hospital, Bosler said. 2 •••t•r••••• ews Voter sign-up Census nets· city an extra $54,000 By Mmk Wisler . asking people who .weren't eounfed residence hall dwellers at a 'cost of $15. The City of Charleston's special during the special census to call and ot;tly begins Monday census proved to _be a success and give the necessary information • "If we would have had to count A voter registration drive will be $54,000 · 200 should net the city an extra Stoever said about people have- them the way we counted everyone held at Eastern beginning Monday. 11 or more per year in state income tax, called and once ' the U.S.. Census else, it would have,. cost us cents Student Bo_dy President Mick Chizmar $2.30 motor fuel tax and federal revenue Bureau verifies they haven't already per i>erson plus per hour for. said Wednesday .. sharing monies. been counted, they will be included the people who compile the totals," Chizmar said the drive is open to City Planner Larry Stoever, who in the final total. Stoever said. "The computer print-outs all students. faculty and civil service 30 $450." recommended the city conduct the Approximately per cent of the saved the city over workers who wish tb register to vote. study, said the preliminary figures population increase can be attributed is 4 ,S00 Stoever.. said the a�tional money "Our goal to get. at the h po cr 1,689 to in ed e ollment E . s ow a pulation in ease of m at astern will be a great help to the y minimum registered," Chizmar said. 1970 1970.creas ,,,. I cit and since the regular census. since Eastern's student govemmen.t is should prevent the need for a The increase entitles the city to Eastern students are counted as property sponsoring the drive in connection . · tax increase to pay for the $32 26 Charleston resident by the census in state and federal funds for s · cost of city government. with the Association of Illinois ry rs 1970 bureau because they spend a m o ty eve pe on over the figUre. aj ri Some of the money has Student Goverpments (AISG) and the 1970 16,42 1, to be used The population was of\the year here. for specific ptirposes Coles County . Clerk's Office. Chizmar 1975 - mostly capital while the tally at was totaled Stoever said a great deal of money development - but the rest will said. 18,110. · least was saved through cooperation with probably used to supplement the Places for voter registration will sent be The pre figure may go even Eastern because the unhrersity regular city budget where needed, inchi<\e all dorms and the University higher because the city has been provided computer print-out §beets for Stoever said.