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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC April 1967 Daily Egyptian 1967 4-20-1967 The aiD ly Egyptian, April 20, 1967 The aiD ly Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_April1967 Volume 48, Issue 127 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, April 20, 1967." (Apr 1967). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1967 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in April 1967 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SIU's Budget Request Sliced by $4.5 Million By Margaret Perez When the Higher Board an dations With a request for nounced recommended budget $267.8 million. SIU's operating budget for figures in January, Rendle Recommendations for tl.~ the next two years will be man said, the increased other state - supported uni $105,464,227 if the General amount over the current bi versities were as follows: Assembly accepts the recom ennium operating budget would Eastern Illinois University, mendation of Gov. Otto N. allow SIU to expand and ac $23.5 million; lllinois State Kerner as presented Wed comodate an additional 3,000 University. $38.4 million; nesday. students during the next two Northern Illinois University, SIU had originally requested years. $54.3 million; Western llli $110 million, and this figure ..At that time:' Rendleman nois University, $28.3 million; was reduced $4.5 million by said, "This will meanenlarg Chicago Teachers College. the State Board of Higher Edu ing our faculty to handle the North, $13.6 million; andChi cation whe:1 it reviewed the added number of students that cago Teachers College, South. SIU request. projected enrollment figures $15.2 million. indicate will attend the Uni The public junior college Gov. Kerner then received versity." recommended budget the request, and his recom The vice president indicated amounted to $44.5 million, an mendation was the that the only area that may increase of $21.6 over the last $105,464,227 figure, or ap feel the slight cut in the opera biennium. proximately the same as the ting budget ask"~d by the Uni Kerner recommended $29.8 Higher Board's recommenda versity would be new research million for state scholarships, tion. and experimental programs. an increase of $19.8 million. Despite the CUt from the He did not mention specific Altogether. Kerner's budget original request, the gover pr'Jgrams. proposed $1.81 billion for Illi nor's recommendation repre The University of Illinois nois education during the sents an increase of $24.4 topped the list in Kerner's 1967-79 biennium, an increase million over the last bien operation budget recommen- of more than $551 million. nium operating budget. SIU did not fare as well Keene Wina by 470 in its request for capital out lay funds. These are for con struction and other fixed City Voter Turnout asset purposes. The gover nor's recommendation to the MORNING AFTER?--No, just a picture of Neely Hall taken with General Assembly for the it fish-eye lens by SIU student Geoffrey Moulton. Moulton attached capital Dudget was Reshuffles Power the super-wid" angle lens in front of his regular camera lens to $17,405,089, a decrease of By Mike Nauer These tWO will have to run produce this unusual effect. $2,334,827 over the last bi for reelection in 1969. ennium allocation. Carbondale's spirited city Incumbent William Eaton A statement from Illinois election campaigns cul surged from third in the pri Information Service pxplained mary to No. 1 in the general minated Tuesday in a re~rd l>~ the decrease that affected all turnout of voters and a re election. In fact, Eaton led state universities: "The most shuffling of the power srruc all other candidates, including significant decrease is in the ture in city government. mayoral, in total number of capital budgers payable from Incumbent Mayor D. Blaney votes. the Universities and the Public Miller, who fought an uphill Eaton finished with 3,031 and Welfare Building Bond Funds. battle for reelection, suc Joseph Ragsd,,~~ ran second These monies are nearly ex cumbed to the heavy voter With 2,895. Both men will pended and the funds remain turnout. serve four-year terms. ing are a decrease from two Miller gained 1.065 votes Late Tuesday night. Rags years ago." over his total in the primary. dale was running fourth witi] EGYPTIAN 10 of the II precincts reported but newcomer David Keene According to John S. Ren in. The first preCinct, the dleman, vice president for picked up 810 and enough to win the election by a 470 vote largest return4;d 596 votes for business affairs, the decrease Ra!(sdale a,ld shot him from Carbondal., Illinois in SIU's capital budget was margin in the unofficial re turns. The official canvass the No. 4 position to No.2. Thrusday, April 20, 1967 not a substantial decreaSE Eaton also pulled more than from the $24 million recom will begin at 10:30 a.m. Fri day. 550 votes from the first pre Number 127 mended by the Higher Board cinct. A.E. Ramsey, an in Volume 48 of Education. Miller's greatest strength was in precincts two, four and cumbent who ran far back "This decrease will def in the pack in all other pre Survey Results six where he led Keene by initely not affect the construc more than a two-w-onemargin. cir,cts, received heavy support tion that we have planned for However, whE'n the west-side in the first with 439 votes. the next two years," Rendle precincts reported in, Mil In terms of slates, theCar Admissions at SIU man said. "The Illinois Build ler's lead dWindled fast. bondale Citizens for Progress ing Aurhority will be em The three precincts in the group suffered a harsh defeat powered to is<:ue bonds and northeast section of town were in capturing only one office- Lag Behind Average build beyond the funds pro the only area Miller carried. Ragsdale's. vided in the capital budget." There were 1,033 more votes The Citizen's for Progress When the Higher Board an- organization appeared to fait· than three thousand in the cast in the general election l3y Jim Furner mayoral race than in the pri apart after the defeat in the freshman ehss that will begin Language Classes primary. At that point the work at SIU in September. mary. Applications for freshman Late in the campaign, emphasis was placed on in admissions to state and land diVidual candidates rather This total would be al; in Slated for Children Thomas North, who ran un grant institutions are running Foreign language classes sucessfuUy for mayor in the than [he slate. an average of 9.4 per cent ere, se of about six per cent 1S ind·~rendem. for children aged 9 to 11 will pTlmary [hrvw his support Faton ran an ahead of last year. However, ov~r last year, which is aver along With Lynn Haider and age for colleges throughout be held from June 20 to July to Miller. No .... th polled a lit applications for admissions EO 14 in the Home Economics tle more than ROO votes in SIl: are running about 18 per the United States, according (Continued on Page 11) to the NASULGC repon. Building. French, German and the primary. cent behind last year's rate. Spanish will be offered. There was some speculation According to a survey taken Still another reason fur the Vera L. Peacock, Depart as to whether North's tol Gus Bode by the National Association of drop in applications at this ment of Foreign Languages, lowers would follow his lead State Universities and Land time is the fact that SIU has is handling the registrations. and suppOrt Miller. However, Grant Colleges (NASULGC) mad e admission policies There is no fee. the increased turnout negated one of the reasons for the de tougher for both in-state as any effect North"s shift might crease in general in the last well as out-of-state residents. Emplofment Interviews have made. two years is that the post The new mayor and mem World War II baby boom peak Out-of-state residents must To Be Held Monday bers of the City Council will has been passed. This peak be in the upper 40 per cent Reprpsentatives from Jewel take office April 24. was hit in 1964 and 196·) when of the graduating class to be Tea Co. will be on campus Keene polled 54 per cent increases of 33 per cent in eligible for admiSSion to SIU Monday, and the SOlahwestern of the votes cast for mayor. applications were average for the f;;': quane:i, while Co. Wednesday, to interview In the council race, the throughout the country. in-state residents must be in students for summer employ four leaders in the primary The freshman class that en the upper 50 per cent to be ment. were the top vote ge~ters in tered SIli in the fall of 1966 eligible. Jewel Tea has 5Ummi!r the generial election. but their numbered 2,986, which was sales positions. Bob Stover, relative positions shifted nearly two thousand less than SIU is nO[ the only univer a representative of the Sourh som~what. the number of freshmen that sity to be behind in admiSsion western Co., will interview Frank Kirk and Randall entered the preceding fall. applications. The Uni'lersity students for work a:: salesmen. Nelson. who ran one-two in Qf Arizona expects 5,000 F<lrther details are avail the primary, dropped to No.