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Pantagraph A3 McLean County way over dystrophy goa iS m. r-xhL- a- Skaters at K-mart parking lot put in-a $20,000 for Jerry Lewis Labor Day li grueling 12 hours Monday in skate-a- Telethon Against Muscular Dystrophy. flOrO WOrC thon that left youngsters bone-weary. Goal was $33,000, but McLean County Volunteers estimated that skate-a-thons efforts had reaped $59,248 late Monday. over the last month netted more than (Pantagraph photos) Burglar hits law office with pharmacy in mind Bloomington DiVlCjGnCiS All in fun Helping Bloomington firemen had a hand in the success Monday of the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon Against Muscular Dystrophy.

Sunday afternoon firemen filled the "dunk tank" at the K-mart parking lot, one of the centers for Monday's telethon activities. Members of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority sponsored the dunk event. $t27, about $250 of that from an auction of merchandise donated by Twin City merchants. Mission control for the 20 hour long campaign, which started atxmt 10 pm Sunday on Telecable's Channel 10 and lasted through 6 p.m. Monday, was the Moose Idge at IAA Drive.

There, a lot of sleepless but seemingly tireless workers counted up the proceeds from the skate-a-thons and neighborhood carnivals held over the last month and from pledges coming over 10 jangling teleptmncs. Almost "I just can't believe what the people have done this war," said Mrs Margo Argadine, 2313 Slaysel Drive, one of the volunteers. "It almost restores your faith in the human race. You see how good people can be." At one point about 4 tin1 scoreboard read about $41,000 Ten minutes later it read almost $-18. 000.

At a table at one Mrs. Francis Staudenmaier. 1710 E. Empire, was counting through the pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters brought in by canvassers who had been swarming like so many bees through neighborhoods. "I know when -she goes home," one volunteer said of Mrs Staudenmaier, "she's going to have nothing but dreams Chief Thomas Conaty said Tuesday morning.

The burglar apparently entered the law office by breaking a back d(xr, then attempted to chisel through an upstairs wall into the adjacent pharmacy, Conaty said. Conaty said there had been attempts to chisel through the wall in several places, but the burglar apparently final- I i Normal, III. Sept. 7, 1976 V-. Mrs.

Joann Schuler, Chenoa, emptied bag containing 4SA9 07 collected Monday by Cnenoa youngsters for muscular dystrophy telethon. They were among an estimated 700 volunteers. Brenda Gibson, 11, of 1415 E. Normal, with water pistol, squirted Lisa Heyungs, 12, of 103 N. Towanda, Normal, at carnival at Lancaster Heights Monday.

Carnival netted $427.04. of nn le.s For the Staudenmaiers, muscular dystrophy has become a family affair of long tradition Mrs Staudenmaier daughter, Janet, was in charge of tallying up Janet's 17-year-old cousin, was out canvassing and tending llni "fishhowl" for drive-up The Staudenmaiers have been in the campaign for seven years now "Anne's grown up with dystrophy." Janet Staudenmaier said "I don't think slie'd know what to do on Uibor without it About that time, a group from Chenoa walked in. Mrs. Bill Schuler dumped. $5fi'J 07 on the table for the counters It.

was the work of 18 Chenoa "We're happy with the work we've done this year with the work we've done for the last seven years." Mrs Schuler said But like many muscular dystrophy workers you talk to, Mrs Schuler considered Monday's work just a start. "We've got big ideas for next year." she said. "We hope to gel started by the 4th of July. "We hope to clear $1.000 Reunion LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)-Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin were reunited on stage for the first time in more than 20 years during the annual Labor Day Jerry Lewis Telethon Against Muscular Dystrophy.

A record $21,723,813 was pledged to the campaign during the telethon which ended Monday. The sum exceeded by $2.9 million the $111 million pledged a year ago. Martin and Lewis, who starred in many movies together in the 1950s, were brought together on stage at the! Sahara Hilton on Sunday night by; entertainer Frank Sinatra. ft Bruce LaFarge. 1, Towanda.

who was riding with Bieschcr. told police he and Buescher were racing their hoies when either Buescher fell from his horse or his horse fell. LaFarge said Buescher was un-. conscious for 5 to 10 minutes. Police said it appeared Buescher had broken his arm.

a By Jim tannery The Channel 23 "honey bear" was there, 10-4ing with all her CB buddies. Smokcy was safe with this CBer. She was Mrs. Wayne Hicks. Her husband is a state trooper, and her alias "honey bear" was singing across the air waves Monday asking all those CB jockies out there to hightail it out to the K-mart parking lot to donate a dollar to muscular dystrophy.

Within an hour Mrs. Hicks had $20, some of it from buddies traveling from as far away as Pontiac and East on. Monday was Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon Against Muscular Dystrophy, and by most accounts Monday evening money and pledges from McLean County were stacking up beyond even the most optimistic predictions. The final tally Tuesday was $59,248 This year's goal was just $33,000. Last year the telethon netted $30,000.

"Everybody. I've talked to just can't believe it," said Janet Staudenmaier, who Tuesday morning was back at her job as supervisor of the Central Catholic High School cafeteria. "1 don't know what happened," she said, "but everybody in Mclxan County opened up their hearts and their pocket-books." With Mrs. Hicks at the K-mart parking lot, more than 60 youngsters were skating through the last hours of a 12-hour skate-a-thon toward a $12,000 goal. "Are we going to make it?" skate-a-thon emcee Dtin Stevens chanted for probably the 150th time.

"Yeah," the weary reply. "Ixiuder!" "Yeah!" Spirits revived. "OK kids. Hang in there." Some literally were. Two-year-old Darsey Stevens, her skates about the size of a pair of Twinkies, puttered along in starts and stops at the hand of a young friend, dodging the teen-aged Tom Sawyers still darting and dishing and showing the girls their figure-skating best.

Dunking Meanwhile, along the fringes of the skaters, a bikini-clad Delta Delta Delta from Illinois State University straightened her glasses for her third straight dunking. "Come on, guys, (live me a break," 20-year-old Kris Miller pleaded. But she hardly had her breath back before the seat dropped, her hands flew and Kris Miller had a mouthful again. In Normal at Lancaster Heights, the circle out front of the community center was literally crawling with kids at a penny arcade made and operated by neighborhood youngsters. The fun was simple, but who could ask for more than a squirt gun and a wide-open face for a target? Lisa Heyungs, 12.

of 103 N. Towanda Normal, took her drubbings with not so much as a word of complaint, except that her mouth hurt from having it wide open for three hours. Though the object of the game was to direct the cool stream into her mouth, most gamesmen seemed to enjoy splattering her just about everyplace else. Entranced Tiny Holly Urdiales, 4. of 1450 E.

College, Normal, stood transfixed by a put on by puppeteers Carolyn Tabor, 12, of 105 N. Towanda and Patty Ebey, 11, of 1430 E. College, both in Normal. The homemade puppets, named Jennie and Rinnie, were clearly chickens in real life, but would have set a pretty pallid platter. Made from styrofoam balls, with jar lids for feet, they danced a cock-eyed waltz across the stage that delighted even Frankenstein and his creepy cohort.

the mummy, who skulked through the swimming pool area stirring up squeeling, bikini-clad bathers. At day's end the carnival had netted the ISU physical plant, cleaning trash from the grassy area along College Avenue. On the "play" side of the lbor Day picture was Dave White, an ISU senior, majoring in art. Iabor Day, he said, was "a day to play tennis." Play for two little boys Monday meant climbing a sculpture in front of the ISU Bowling and Billiard Center. Youngsters "Nothing," said Dominick Franklin, a fourth grader, when asked what Labor Day meant to him.

Kenny Perry, a fifth grader, half-heartedly proposed that Day had something to do with work. "We haven't been working," said Dominick, and both boys laughed. A note of sadness crept into the scene when an unidentified student recalled Labor Day memories. "When I'm at home it means barbecues and the family comes over. Since I've been here it's been loneliness." If one student sensed loneliness on Labor Day, the campus must have as well.

Many dormitory rooms were vacated for the three-day weekend. Familiar spots, which would ordinarily be full of students on a Monday, were empty without the rushing, the lingering or the general bustle that usually brings them alive. The scene was all that might have been expected from a campus on the last holiday weekend of summer. IF LEROY iA'Roy and Mclean County sheriff's police Tuesday were investigating a burglary of a law office here Monday night and an attempted burglary of a neighboring pharmacy. The break-in at the Thomson, Thomson, Zanoni Flynn law office at 119 K.

Center appeared to be a setup to get the burglar into the adjacent Harbison Pharmacy, 121 E. Center, LeRoy Police To be improved ly settled for the basement wall. Me said two or three layers of bricks had been chiseled in about a two-foot circle. A neighbor, who heard some of the banging inside the law office, alerted police about 9:30 p.m., but Conaty said the burglar was gone when police arrived. Two women injured in falls Two women were reported hurt Sunday in separate falls in Bloomington.

Elma Simpson, 83, of 305 E. Jefferson was in fair condition Tuesday noon at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center after a fall about 4 p.m. at the corner of Jefferson and Gridley streets. Blcxmi-ington firemen, who took her to the hospital, said she had hurt her left hip.

Evelyn Meyer, 52, Colfax, was treated at St. Joseph's and released after she fell on the stairs Sunday evening at the American Hungarian Family Society, 1520 N. Calhoun. Billfold, cash taken VA pickpocket took a billfold containing $150 from Ellen Patrick's purse Friday night while she and her husband were seated at the bar of the Eagles Club, 313 S. Main.

Mrs. Patrick, 1306 S. Center, told police that the billfold also contained her driver's license, Social Security card and several credit cards. Labor Day views ot ISU By Susan Lindberg Stores, banks, restaurants, classrooms and offices in and around the Illinois State University community were closed. A few people roamed across the campus, while some eagerly attacked a game of tennis or leisurely pedaled their bicycles through quiet streets.

It was Labor Day, a day of rest and celebration in honor of the American worker. How did ISU students view Labor Day? Mike Patyk, a junior in business The unimproved portion of Linden Street from Pine Street, pictured, to College Avenue will be resurfaced as part of $122,773 project bid submitted Tuesday by West Construction Co. Between Mulberry Street and College, Linden will be widened. Bid also includes resurfacing Payne Place. (Pantagraph photo) administration, saw the holiday as many students interviewed did: "It's a day off from work and school." For those students who are employed it was a double holiday.

Sue Larson, a senior majoring in business administration, said, "It's a vacation a time of rest for a lot of people. I'm off both my jobs today." Indeed, Labor Day gave some workers a pleasant day off from daily routines. But not everyone was lucky enough to spend Monday in relaxation and fun. Julie Goffman, a cashier at Hardee's, 205 S. Main, Normal, was one of the less This year's 2.334 graduates bring to more than 36.000 the total who nave received the designation since the American College was founded in 1927.

Those from Bloomington to receive the designation are W.C. Butler, Larry L. Tibby, David A. Polzin, Henry E. Zang, David E.

Axtell. Stephen R. Kem, John R. Stuckey, Philip R. Grites, Wesley C.

Shangraw, Willie G. Brown, Donald F. Hager, Robert L. Kendrick John J. Killian and Grqg Spalding.

Also receiving the designation are Marvin L. Leonard, Clinton, and Russell T. Jones, Pekin. Sixteen to become life underwriters fortunate ones. To her Labor Day meant "not only celebrating a holiday but people taking time to relax and enjoy." Smiling, she added, "And here I am working!" Catering Besides fast-service restaurants, service stations were catering to holiday traffic, too.

Another student hard at work was John Paluilis, a graduate student in English and an attendant at a gasoline station near campus. Between cars, Paluilis said, "Labor Day really doesn't mean anything to me. It's a day off. I really don't have to work. I can use the extra money, though." Two others for whom Labor Day was a day to labor were Bob Mutton and Robert Sanders, both of Ix-Roy.

They are carpenters and spent Monday working on apartments on West Locust Street in Normal. Both agreed that Labor Day meant a lot to them, but so did working to support their families. Hutton pounded some nails as he explained that his family was probably enjoying the holiday. Another worker who at least had the advantage of being outside on Labor Day was Jerome Shogbon, a graduate student from Nigeria. To Shogbon Ibor Day had no real significance other than being "a nice, beautiful day the best time to make money, and maybe I'll visit some families." Before making his visits, however, Shogbon was busy for Hudson man hurt while riding horse Sixteen persons from Bloomington, Clinton and Pekin are among approximately 2,300 who will be granted the Certified Life Underwriter (CLU) designation at the National Conferment Exercises of the American College in Washington, DC, Sept.

14. The American College grants the CLU diploma to men and women engaged in activities related to the insuring of human life values. In order to qualify, the candidates must pass a 10-part examination and meet the experience requirements of the college. TOWANDA-A 29 year-old rural Hudson man was hurt about 7.15 m. Monday in a horse-riding accident about Vi ruiles north of Towanda.

Mclean County sheriff's police said. Injured was Ed Buescher. R.R. 1, Hudson, who was in fair condition Tuesday morning at Mennonite Hospital..

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