Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC November 1974 Daily Egyptian 1974 11-26-1974 The aiD ly Egyptian, November 26, 1974 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_November1974 Volume 56, Issue 66 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, November 26, 1974." (Nov 1974). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1974 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in November 1974 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. / . I Gus , Vaily'Egyptian Bode " Tuesdr(. ~ 26, 1974 - VOl . 56. No. 66 Southern minois University Gus says he heard thE! news about Lef. fler made Orescanin buming mad. -.1 To testify against Orescanin Leffler case dismissed By W.. Smilb dicted by a Jackson County grand jury and Leffler rather than the joint trial prevails,'" Hood stated. "There have Dally Egyptian Staff Writer July 25 on charges of tampering \<lith planned. been con.versa tions bet ween Leffler and public records in connection with Judge Kunce balked at allowing the the Slate since then, in which Leffler An indictment against Thomas L. alleged illegal . liquor purchases made Leffler, suspended chief of sru Security severance motion, arguing that has made slatements which would tend with University funds from the CarbGn· originally. the defendants were to be to incriminale O resc anin. ~ ' he added. Polie<:, was dismissed Monday, and it dale Holiday Inn. was revealed that Lerner will testify as tried separately. However, a motion to join the proceedings had been allowed. When questioned on his feelings, a 'Prosecution wilness against his for· In Monday's hearing before Jackson Orescanin's attomey, David WaU , Jr., mer co-defendant t>anilo Orescanin. County Circuit Court Judge Peyton Hood said the situation had changed who had also originally represented (ormer SIU ex~~tive vice-presienl and K unce. Hood made a motion for since that motion. Leffler, said the severance motion put treasurer. .severance. If allOWed, it would have 'There was a community of interest Both Leffler and Orescanin were in· provided separate trials for Orescanin at that t.ime, but that situation no longer (Ca 1linued on page 3)" Fire guts top floor of city hall; municipal offices must move lIy Dave Ibata city has yet to appomt an appraising Model Cities, Finance, Clerk.. Cour­ Dally Egypti&JI Staff Writer firm. he added. troom and Judge's Chambers. City em­ ¥ early-morning fire gUlled the Yow detailed the damage : ployes moved office equipment. records third floor of Carbondale·s City Hall Water irreparably saturated all and material from Ci ty Hall to tem­ Monday and forced relocation of ce~lings and carpeting. In the northeast porary administrative headquarters at mUhicipal offices , according to City section of the third floor, where the fire University City. Manager ~arroll Fry. broke out , t.he building sustained struc­ The fi re station on the first floor of The fire broke out at t:22 a .m . Mon· tural damage to the roof immediately City Hall remained occupied Monday, day, according to Capt. Alan J ackson of above and the space surrounding the though it may be relocated if struc!ural the Carbondale Fire Department. furnace. The furnace feU through to the engineers declare the building unsafe, Triggered by a malfWlctioning gas second floor. Yow said. furnace. the fire destroyed the Model Cooling ducts in the building are filled Fry said that until a new city hall is Cities division on the building's third with water and may collapse at any bui lt, Carbondale will operate out of floor, said John Yow , code eruorcempnt time. Floors on the second and third Fairfield Hall and the Adnftnistrative director. Water and smoke ~ xtensi\'ely floors are beginning to buckle. The Building at Uruversity City, a former damaged the lower floors , Yow told a electrical system on the second floor is off-eampus dormitory complex. The special session of the City Council. The a '1otal loss," he said. city will raze a field shelter and clear a council meet noon Monday to discuss The first floor succ.inid smoke and tennis court for a parking lot , Fry con­ relocating city operations. water damage. tinued. When interviewed , Yow said. " In my Fry noted that although the blaze was The city finance office will open 8 opinion, the third floor is beyond concentrated in the Model Cities offices a.m. Tuesday, Fry said. Other depart­ repair." He commented lhat repairing occupying all the third floo r . many of ments will follow within a week, he the structure might be ··unfeasible .. · the division's documents survived. The said. ·'It 's my opinion that none of the library of the city attorney and Olher F rank JaneUo, owner of Franklin In­ building should be occupied until we set city records suffered little damage. Fry surance Agency and broker for the city. the structural engineer's report," Yow said. explatned Ibat coverage for Ci ty Hall said. ·'It ·s going to take a lot of money The blaze forced evacuation of these totaled $207,900 for the building and if they decide to fix it .. ' city departments: Indust rial Develop­ SZS,650 for contents. The city may use Engineers will appraise the buildinlt ment. Planning, Personnel, Offices of the funds to defray relocation costs. he within the next'''lew days, Yow said. ThP the City Manager. Attorney and Mayor. saId. -Topless dancers debut at Whitt's, draw more than student' crowd By Robert Mau cers. "They (policemen ) have come In cers are employed and two of them Student Writer out of curiosity," she added. dance every night from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. " It 's worked very well for business," "They dance for ~ minules and then she said. ··Our phone rang all day receive a 2O-...minute break." After go·go-girls. go-go-g uys and Saturday : people just couldn·t believe masseurs have become commonplace A varity of music, most of whicb is we had topless dancers." ··jumpy··. is played for the dancers. in Carbondale, topless dancers have "Surprisingly, we 've had a bi cross­ made their debut. who a re paid $20 an hour. Whittington section of customers including local said. '·We wanted something different and business people, construction workers it has drawn quite a response," accor­ and st udents .. · Whittington said. About Whitlington s;\id the topless dancing ding to. Mary Whittington. manager of 50 per cent of the customers, who must will be a nightly affair for a while. Whitt"s Restaurant. which features the each pay a one dollar cover charge, are '·We' ll just l}ave to wait and see how it .topless dancers. " This is a first in Car­ students. she added . works out," she said. bondale for topless dancers.·· she ad­ ·.,.hl\re hasn't been as many audience There ha ve been no complaints [rom ded_ ~sruptions as expected. One girl jum­ either individuals or organIzations COIl­ Two dancers made their debut at ped up on the stage voluntarily. We had cerning the topless dancers bUl, Whit­ tington said, " I wouldn't be surprised if Whitt"s, 501 E. Walnut , on Saturday to get her off in a hurry'" Whittington we h4}M from some very soon ... rught wearing the bottom half of a lallghed. - bikini and a little glitter, Whittington • One of the dancers, refusing to "So far, this (topless dancing) has F I,..... did not have fa r to lravel in disclose her name, rated her job as "all said. been going more smoothly and ~ flghti ~ Ihe fi re on Ihe third floor 01 city . right." The fonner secretary for SIU 1b3ll expected," WhilliogtoD . , hallllllariMy·moming. The fi re station We've had no trouble wi the law," food servioes said she has had 00 " Many people have been inIeresIed, . Is Jocelild on tho! first f\oor 01 the Whiltirunon said because there is no problems wilb the customers. cluding some from other bars in bulldi~ . (Staff photo by Steve Sumner) city ordinance outlawing topless dan- WIlill.iJtgton said three topless dan- . bondaIe." • / . By DiaD. Solberg thoroughly in this particular way," he Republican P'!rty." some newspapers did not publish any Daily Egyptian Staff Wriler said. He said nght now he is having dif· information on the Simon-Oshel race, The researchers made telephone ficulty Ci~ring out a way to key the while other newspapers only used press The recent Paul Simon· Val Oshel interviews. conducted surveys, in­ information, so that computers can releases that the tWQ.political parties political race Cor the House oC terviewed area newspaper journalists analyze the answers. He saId Otere are issued. ' - Representatives was the most ex­ and monitored the. electronic media to several options. • Mike Altman, a graduate student in tensively researched campaign in the find out voter attitudes toward political Sander said he and his research journalism. surveyed students to find history oC the House. ' parties and candl'dates. The study also assistant, Alan Hantz. a graql:ate oiIt bow politically aware students are. Keith Sanders, associate proCessor in was conducted to analyze voting s tudent in political communication. So rar his studies indicate that students ~,was.J!iven an sru research grant behavior Sanders said. monitored radio and television stations are " naive" politically, he said. So!TIe T1 for a month heCore the election. They !?i which h. used part oC to study the What made the study unique is that per cent oC 4>e students he surveyed. "'jel-Simon campaign. kept !rack of the na ture and extent oC questions in lhe survey were constructed broadcast information.