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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC August 1973 Daily Egyptian 1973 8-3-1973 The aiD ly Egyptian, August 03, 1973 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_August1973 Volume 54, Issue 218 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, August 03, 1973." (Aug 1973). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1973 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in August 1973 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ", 'EgyptianDaily- , Southern Dlinois University Frid/It, August 3, '973 - VoL $f, No. 218 Ambulance U!ill answer emergen.cy calls oU,tside city l iinits, Mc Vay says By Geae-Charlelon Hospital. where she was pronounced And Dan Harr ,dead on arrival. ' . ~aily Egyptian St~ rr Writers Carbondale F ire Depart me nt Health Service Administrator Samuel declined to answer the call because un - McVav sa id Thursdav Health Service der a.contract between the Carbondale ambuiances would a nswer emergency Ci ty Council and the ,SlU Board of c:- call s outside the Carbondale ci .' Ifmits. Trustees. Health Service took over 'McVay said their a.rnbul ance failed to emergency ambul a nce se r'vice wilhin respond to a rural call early I,ast Salur- . the city limits on July l. da\' because ambulance personnel un - Before Mav 1. Carbondale Fire derstood from communications ...t.h ey Department e rn ergency equipment a n- received · that the victims of the ac- swered a ll emergency call s "within cident were dead ' at the scene. The reason:' whether thev were inside or head-on collision occurred on Route 51 out side city lif'{l.it s. Carbondale Fire six miles north of <;-arbondale. Chief Charles McCaughan said. ... '- Carbondale Fire Department ~. ~ e m e r gencv equipment had ear- lier After ~ay 1.. the fire depa~trn. cn t onl y Di rpcl or oj I ij(>snl'i ng declined to answer the same call. -ag.swered . em~r~e n cy call s inSide Car- "Our men received Ihe call. bUI ihey bondale cll y hnllls. and Ihe Health Ser- Lifeguard Nlary Beth Foumie. senior majoring in psychology. relaxes as she underslood the peopl e were already v.ce look o~er July I. oversees a placid swimming area of Lake-on-the-car:npus. The raft. watlr'afid dead," McVay ~ id . EmergeltcY se'rvice got to be too beach are virtually abandoned as the temperature dipped down into the 80s for Radio conversations between Carbon- much fur the fire department to handle. the first time in days. (Photo.by Tom Porter ) dale police ~a t the accident scene and McCaughan said. the Carbonda le dis patcher were Under the contract between the citv monitored b ~ Ihree SIU Securily Police a nd the Uni versit y, the ci ty reimburses officers. Thefr incident report indicates SJ U for every emergency call made Beef supply tighl ens, a call was made for a' CQ5O'ner. a m bula nce ...and emergency equipment to within the city. In return the Health . ' . release one of the victims trapped in Service is obligated to provide 24-hour the wreckage. emergency ambulan('e service inside The SIU offi cers answered Ihe call Carbondale in place of Ih e !Jre deparl· si nce they had emergency equipment in ment. cattlemen hold back their car. McVav said Health Service ambula n slaughlered in ' fede ra ll y inspecled Thei r reporl indicates Ih e Irapped ces are -a uthorized to answer calls out Craig Ammerman victim was alive when they arrived and Associated Press Wri ter plant s - across the country. That is side the c it y, in addition to Carbonda1e 109.000 fewer than the number for Lhe freed her from lhe wrecked car. An am- '"" call s. From steaks to hamburger . beef bulance from Roberts Ambulance Ser- same period lasl week and 146,000 vice, Murphysboro. arrived soon after "They are now and they were th en g re~' shorter in supply throughuout the fewer' than the same period last year. she was freed frbm the wreckage and (before Saturday)." he sa id . nation Thursday. An increasing number of layoffs and As of Wednesday there were reports rushed her to Doctors Me moria l tContmued on page 3) shutdowns were reported at of 83 slaughterhouses and packing slaugh terhouses and wholesale houses pl ants either shutting down or cutting dealing in beef as cattlemen in back. and reports of a dozen more such ~reasi n g ly kept their animals in the occurences were received on Thursday. -Se'nate okays proposed past ure rather than th e market place. There were cont inuing reports of oon .. Some hamburger chain outlets were sumers buying beef in large quantities. reported stocki ng up on fi sh and hot and several a rea reported skyrocketing dogs and two wholesalers predicted business in the sale of home freezers. minimum wage boost that steak houses Imay have to ~ rv e stew next week. WASHINGTON IAP)-A bill hiking " We are very concerned. It looks like -Raises the 51.60 houri\' minimum There were reports of purchases of it may be ..a meatless August." said the minimum wage to $2.20 a n hour and buffaloes and horses by consumers and Jack Kennedy. an official of Regional extending its protection to another wage for most nonfarm workers to $2 meat sell ers. on Oct. I, and to S2 . ~ nexl July I. Associated Grocers. seven mlNion workers won Senatetap An associated Press Survev fo und an proval Thursday. despite talk of a -Raises the $1.60 miminum for overwhelming belief an the part of per • _ presidential veto. workers fi rst covered in 1966. mainlv Most major grocery store chains did sons at all levels of the meat inpustry nol a ppear liIat desperate. but t1,>ey The 62-28 vote senl measure 10 the employes of large retail slores. to $1.80 liIal Ihe beef Shortage wi ll gel worse. House where action is expected Fri~ on Oct. I. S2 next July 1. and $2 . ~ on reserved the right to limit sales to in and quickly. Many wholesalers who are dividual customers. the day before Congress begins a one J uly I. 1975. sti ll in business predict they won't be month recess. - Raises the $1.30 minimum for by next week if the government 's price covered farm workers 10 51.60 Oct. I. freeze is not lifted. ~:::~~~~:~~s ~e':~el~~I~t~ 51.80 July I, S2 July I. 1975. and S2 . ~ In Washington. Treasury Secretary innationary . July I, 1976. George P. Shultz a ppeared before -Extends minimum wage and O\:fr The Senate vote was two votes more Congress' Joint Economic Committee time ·to full-hme domestic servants. in and said it was still administration I than needed to override a vet.o. cluding baby-si tters. Live-i n domestics Opponents. led by SeDli. Robert Tafl policy to leave the freeze on beef prices would receive the minimum but not inlacl unlil Sep1.l2. Jr. • R'()hio. and ' Peter Dominick. R overtime, The occasional baby-sitter is Colo., argued tMI the step-ups in the exempted. The action came a few hours after the minimum were so abrupt they would Labor Department a nnounced that lhe -Allows employers to hire students wholsale price index had declined by 1.3 resuit in serious damage to the fighl at 85 per cent of the mihimum under inflation and result in increased. certain conditions. This applies if liIe per cenl in July... the sleepest monlilly ployment. establishmenl hires fewer liIan four drop in :IJ6 years. The decline was led by But Javits and Sen. Harrison A. farm products and processes<! food . students to work up to ~ hours a week. illiams Jr., D-N.J .• chairmap of liIe Any number of fulltime students may which decreased 4.1 per cent, and .t Committee, said the economic be hired by colleges at the /I&-per<ent come quring the period covered by the ~stabiliiation program should not administralion's most recent price rate. reqWre ' 'IIeeping the income o(millions freeze. -Gradually reduces liIe number of The Agriculture Department said Gus says he hopes his favorite' quIck of American workers below officially hoUrs that policemen, firemen. and fooci place can cook buffalo the meet JUt established poverty. levels," pri'Son guards must work before . liIat during first four days of this enough for him to make his · 1 jun. week there were 323,000 cattle . Here ..;';' majcW ",,>,VisiOns : qualifying for overtime pay. class. " t , Getty ' ki~<napers deman.d $17 milli()n as ransom ROME (API-Kidnapers have and if I pay one' penny now, then I 'll peared on a number of occasions demanded" 117 million (or the have 14 kidnaped grandchildren,-' prior. to his most recent disap rel ...... the 16-year-old grandson the ...year~d magnate said last pearana!, and had a lways turned up .. American oil billionaire J. Palll week at his well-guarded hom e in unharmed after several days. Getty, a lawyer Cor the Camily said Ths boy's mOlhe.-. ~ former at'· Thunday. He said the boy's Parents ~~ . parents have offered to Lress Gail Harris. is d i \' on~ from could no( afford the sum and their negotiate ransom terms, but their J . Paw Getty Jr. ~ . has said she ' . counter«C... was reCused . • lawyer "has said their fmancial is certain that the boy was abduc- resources are limited. - ted. - salr u!:~~'1::Wu.!~= Iacovoni declined to say how con More the latest contact.