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TheDaily · Friday, April 12, 1985 . will be partly sunny and warm, with highs around 70: Partly cloudy and mild Friday night, with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Eastern News · continuing through Saturday. •••••Eastern Illinois Univer�ity I Charleston, Ill. 61920 I Vol. 70, No. 134/Three sections, 28 pages •••••••••••••••••• Salmonella poisoning Dumps add to woes; state official canned by Jim Allen _ and the Associated Press See related story, page 1 O Sanitary workers cleaned up suspect Cathie Reynolds Thursday. milk improperly dumped in suburban ·The_ Health Department us ually storm sewers Thursday as health in­ averages three such reports a year. vestigators sought the source of "It's kind of hard to te ll {the affect of salmonella bacteria causing a five-state publicity)," Reynolds said, "since we wave of food·poisoning. do have 20 suspected cases, an d they Meanwhile, Governor Thompson do have the symptoms of salmonella.·' said late Thursday he has fired Illinois She added one the reports came of · Public Health Department Director from an Eastern student . Thomas Kirkpatrick for vacationing in In other developments, milk was Mexko during th e state's outbreak -of mi stakenly dumped iri several subur­ salmonella food poisoning. · ban storm sewer systems by employees "Mr. Kirkpatrick saw fit to leave his of Jewel Food stores, which processed responsibilities as director of the and sold mi lk suspected in the out­ Department of Public Health at a time break and removed it ·this week from when he should have been at his desk," store shelves, officials said. · Thompson said in a statement handed "As far as Chicago is concerned, out by aides. there is no problem, " said Myles Mc­ The salmonella food· poisoning out­ Darrah, superintendent for repairs of break is the na ti on's worst in recent the city's sewer department. "But a lot memory an d is suspected. in three of p� ople in the suburbs didn't realize Illinois deaths. It aff ects more than the difference between a sani tary sewer 2,200 pe ople, mostly in Illinois but also and a storm sewer.'' in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and City storm sewers al l feed into Wisconsin. Chicago's sanitary system, where Diane Goeke, a spokesman for sewage is chemically treated. B ut some Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, suburban storm sewers feed in to creeks said Thursday the hospital has at least and rivers, he said . 11 conf irmed cases of salmonella from Cecil Lue-Hi ng, di rect or of research "well over 100 repo rts." and development for the Metropolitan "With increased publicity and con­ Sanitary District, said milk dumped in cer n, the nu mber is continuing to six suburban storm sewers should pose grow," she added. no serious health hazards . The Coles County Health Depart­ "We get billions of salmonella Junior Mike ·Kauchak catches one of mar:iy rainbow trout frcfm the campus ment has .19 confirmed cases · with organisms every day, " he sa id. "A few during Thursday afternoon's nice weather._ Thursday's high tem­ nd another 20 suspected cases of mi llion more we won't notice." atures reached the low 70s. Kauchak used corn to catch his.large fish. salmonella poisoning linked to the in­ For the bacteria in the st orm sewers ews photo by Paul Klatt) take of bad milk, said SP.Okesman {See STATE , page 10) wo.senate executives will not run in spring election Julie Zook · and Recreation Board, Student Publications Board, to run for president of (Panhellenic Council). It's a nio r Tammy· Walker and junior Angelynn Players and University Board. lo t different-everybody.gets al ong," sh e said. hardso n are still · below retirement age for · Walker's successor does not take office until the "I hope a sensible person gets in this office," she em's student government. first week of summer sc hool and she said sh e plans to added. "I don't think· the university can handle ut bot h said they have considered several fac­ help the new person during the transition. another Joe Butler." -ranging from ti me conf licts to fatigue to the in­ "I plan on working the rest of the semester with And she has some adv ic e for th e person who po litics of 'Club Senate' -and have chosen to sit the person who is elected," she said. Walker also replaces her. of the April 17 student government elections. pl ans to keep busy next fall by working on the "Don't depend on anybody," she warns. "If you alker is financial vice presi de nt and Richardson University Planning and Budgeting Council and the win, you work hard and you stand o� your own two appointed student body president af ter the Campus Advisory Board. feet. You can' t really trust anyone. Your friends one uary impe achment of Joe Butler. Thei r decisions "I have a real interest in both those areas," she day are your enemies the next.'' to run for second terms have set .up hotly­ said. Bui Richardson is pleased wi th what she has ac­ ted rac es for th eir respective off ices, wi th no Richardson's reasons for not seeking a position on complished si nc e she has been in office . · bents on the ballot. st udent government are a little different than those of "I don't think I'd change an ything. I will never, I'm going to mi ss it a lot," Walker said, "but the Walker. ever, ever regret this," Richardson said. "This is t thing is really the time commitment." "I've been in it since day one my freshman year. something I'm go ing tote ll my grandchildren." alker, an acc ounting/ speech-communications I've attended over 108 meetings in that ti me," ble major, said she is finishing her acc ounti ng. Richardson said. "That's a lot of senate . Inside r next year and studying for her Certified "I really enjoy it, but it's chan ged so much with gement _Examination, so she would not ha ve the manipulation on senate. They do play 'Club Senate.' I don't consider my self part of 'Club . to both study an d stay in office. · 0-Tay I didn't think I could do both classes and this job Senate.' An audience of some 7,000 pe-ople Wed­ do it well ," sh e said. " it )ust come s down to "This year took its toll-classes, meetings-it's nesday night found comedian Eddie Murphy's U rities and it's time for me to buckle down on my taken a lot out of me,'' she added. of I concert hilarious and our reviewer agrees s." "I've learned more in three years than I ever woul d with the majorityof folks.who say Eddie is indeed ow ever, she is still reluctant to st ray too far from have in a book. I wish the (new) people th e be st of "o-tay." · ent Senate . Walker said s he plans to work with luck," she said , adding, "I hope tbe re isn't dissen­ Seepages I puters in the bu siness office and program all of sion between the ex ec utive officers like th ere was last ,' . transac ti ons for the new financial vice president year." Celebration Appor tionment Richardson said she considered runnin Board. g in the elec� Eastem's Celebration '85 is billed as a ere are a few th ings Walker said sh e woul d have tion until about tw o mo nths ago. weekend with something for everyone. The to ac complish in ·her offic· e, which sh e took ov er "I wi sh this year had been a little different. I'd be · weekend of April 26-28 will include food, crafts, ovember. running, " sh e said . "I'd put money on it.'' music and fun for Eastern students. wanted to tr y to go to board meetings, but it got But Richard son still wants to be in the running I for Seepage7 ible," she said, referring to the boards which leadership positions. is responsible for, including AB , senate, Sports· "I'm going to pursue other ave nues. I would lik1 Friday, April 12, 1985 · The Dally_ Eastern News J\ssociated Press State/Nation/World Judge says rapist still guilty MARKHAM (AP)-Aju dge Thursday upheld Webb to come forward and say her original story - the conviction of a 28-year-old man who served was a lie. Shultz: Economic growth is key six years in prison for a rape his accuser now says Mrs. Webb, 23, formerly of suburban WASHING TON (AP)-Secretary of State George P. never happened. Homewood, testified last week that she was not Schultz, continuing the administration's low-key response Cook County Circuit Judge Richard Samuels raped on July 9, 1977, as she had said duri ng to trade tensions with Japan, warned on Thursday against decided to return to prison Gary Dotson, who Dotson's trial.