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Pantagraph A-2 Bloomington-Normal, III. Nov. 29, ft J. Auto-pedestrian accident kills Bloomington man, 55 By Greg Conroy Charles Sarnies. a 55-year-old resi- Charles Sanness "He ate there quite often," Forbes! said.

According to police, the accident; occurred Just across from the motel-restaurant. Forbes said Sanness has lived at the Hamilton "off and on for 10 or 12 years." He said Sanness was a kind and quiet man who washed dishes at Bloomington. restaurants, and the Elks Lodge, 110 N. Madison St. Leary said the low number of pedestri-'.

an fatalities is due to more dependence on motorized transportation. "There" aren't too many people walking these" days," he said. "They're all in vehicles." Leary said Washington Street carries an average of 14.500 vehicles daily. "It's a busy street." Leary said. Peoria County Coroner Herbert Buzbee said an autopsy was performed 3 fa A 1 Sgt.

Michael Leary, head of the Bloomington police traffic division, (aid Sanness landed on the hood of the car. Bloomington rescue squad attendants, who took Sanness to St. Joseph Hospital Medical Center, said he suffered hip and leg injuries and had a cut on his forehead. From St. Joseph's, Sanness was taken to St.

Francis Hospital Medical Center in Peoria Officials there said Sanness "had a direct injury to the heart" that required open-heart surgery, the reason for his transfer to Methodist. The last pedestrian-vehicle' fatality in Bloomington occurred Feb. 9. 1976, at Center and Front streets, according to police records In that incident, a rural Bloomington man was killed when he was hit by a city dump truck, police said. Since 1970.

Leary said, seven persons crossing streets have been killed by vehicles. In 1973. 1974 and 1977. no such fatalities were reported, Leary said. He said police Wednesday were attempting to retrace Sanness' steps to learn more of the incident.

According to Leo Forbes, former owner of The Hamilton Hotel and acting manager of the hotel, Sanness apparently was walking to the Coachman Motel restaurant. 408 E. Washington when the accident occurred. Wednesday and an inquest is scheduled. Mr.

Sanness was taken to Carmody Funeral Home. Polio immunizations up Old King Cole Hill be among storybook characters appearing in "Santa's Stonland Parade," part of the Bloomington-Normal Jaycees' Christmas parade Sunday in the Twin Cities. (Streckfussi photo) Pari of parade dent of the Hamilton Hotel, was fatally injured when struck by a car in the 400 block of East Washington Street about 5 30 m. Tuesday. Sanness died at 2 55 a m.

Wednesday at Methodist Medical Center, Peoria. He was the first pedestrian-vehicle fatality in Bloomington in nearly three years. Police said the driver of the car was Lynda Trembly. 32. of 1701 E.

King Drive. Normal. Police said the east-bound car hit Sanness as he was walking north across the street. Gas costs to go up The Illinois Commerce Commission Wednesday approved a rate increase for Northern Illinois Gas Co. averaging almost 37 percent, according to the Associated Press.

That figure is less than one-third of the 12 percent increase the utility asked for last January. Gas company officials said they are disappointed at the ruling. The increase means natural gas bills for Northern Illinois gas customers will increase an average of 20 dollars each year. The company serves more than 1 million customers in 35 northern Illinois counties. Champaign man pleads guilty to robbery SPRINGFIELD One of two Champaign men accused of robbing Dewey State Bank Oct.

4 pleaded guilty to the robbery Tuesday in federal court in Danville, the FBI said Wednesday. Entering a guilty plea was David Lee Palmer. Also charged with the robbery is Eddie Lee Pelmore, who is scheduled to go to trial on the charge Dec. 11. Stnlpn Jtpm founrl.

publicity cited in county; Christmas parade to take new route school this year because their parents failed to comply with immunization requirements. Holcomb said similar action has been taken in McLean County schools. "I can't say how many school districts (have not allowed children to attend school)." he said, "but I've had numer-, ous superintendents call and ask if I'll back them along these lines. "And I've told them I would." In several instances, he said, parents ation as a result of state publicity," he said. "Parents are becoming more aware of it.

It's become a concerted effort. "Physicians have been important. If parents don't bring up the subject (of immunizations) now, then physicians will." Last year, statistics showed 36 percent of students received inoculations against diphtheria, typhoid and whooping cough (known as a DTP shot), compared with 88 2 percent this year, according to the health department statistics. Inoculations for measles remained about the same, at 86 8 percent this fall and 86 percent last year; rubella inoculations declined from 84 percent last year to 80.5 percent this year. Holcomb attributed some of the improved compliance with state law to stride enforcement.

More than 100 youngsters in the Peoria school district were not allowed to enter By Jim Flannery Compared with last year at this time, almost 20 percent more McLean County students have been immunized against polio, according to preliminary statistics reported to the McLean County Health Department. The figures, reported Tuesday night at a Health Board meeting, show 84 3 percent of McLean County students were immunized against polio by Oct. 20. compared with 65 percent at the same time last year. In McLean County, the annual report covers 21.736 students in Bloomington.

Normal and Olympia school districts and in rural, parochial and university schools. R. Bruce Holcomb, superintendent of the McLean County Regional Office of Education, sees the improvement as a result of publicity encouraging immunizations and parental awareness. "We've been getting far more cooper have been warned failure to act on immunizations could result in truancy hearings brought against them in court. The raw figures reported Tuesday to the Health Board must be sent to the Illinois Office of Education for its in "Santa's Storyland Parade." which includes 85 fiberglass heads representing storybook characters.

The Kiwanis and Salvation Army will have their annual food float to collect canned and other non-perishable foods along the parade route to make food baskets for 250 to 300 families this Christmas. The Jayshees will have three toyland trucks in the parade that will carry new. used, wrapped and unwrapped toys collected from onlookers along the parade route. The toys will be turned over to the Salvation Army, which will repair the tovs. if necessary, and distribute them to terpretation ana analysis Last year, Health Department and IOE percentages differed significantly, an apparent result of different standards for "full immunization" and different counts of school population.

children of needy families. Wrapped presents should have the man Cfiaraed approximate age and sex, if applicable Victor M. Yeitz. 27, of 506 W. Front St.

The Bloomington-Normal Jaycees will inaugurate Normal's new southbound leg of U.S. 51 with a Christmas parade that will break with the eight-year tradition of using Main Street in both cities The parade will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at Normal Community High School and will proceed south on Kingsley Street, the future U.S. 51 southbound in Normal, to Bloomington's Center Street, continuing south on Center to Emerson Street, where it will turn east to pick up the traditional parade route and go south on Main Street, which is a one-way street for northbound traffic south of Emerson Street. The parade will continue south on Main to Chestnut Street, where it will turn east again to wind up in Franklin Park.

The Christmas parade will have more than 80 units, making it the largest Christmas parade in "several years." said John Giovanini. spokesman for the Jaycees. Among participants will be the Bloomington High School band, the Blooming-ton Shrine Club Tin Lizzies' miniature autos, the Morton High School band and Sunnyside center sets annual meeting Sunnyside Neighborhood Center will have its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the center, 1612 W. Olive St.

A report will be made on activities of the past year, and there will be a discussion of plans for the coming year. Speaker will be William O'Neal, dean of students at Bloomington Junior High School. CETA program of the child the toy is intended for. The Jayshees also will have drop points for toys at 211 Vale St. and 302 W.

Bissell both in Bloomington, and at 1532 Hunt Unit Normal. Drop points will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Salvation Army will be a central collection point for food and toys for needy families and the referral center for signing up needy families. The Christmas parade will be taped for Cable Channel 10 by television cameras in front of Skate America, 1206 N.

Main St. The parade will be aired in a delayed broadcast at 4 p.m. Sunday. Kingsley Street has not been opened as the southbound leg of U.S. 51.

but will be opened for the parade, Normal city officials said. The road will be closed again following the parade and could be officially open by mid-December, they said. was charged by Normal police Tuesday with possession of a $330 camper top stolen Oct. 28. The top, police said, belongs to Donald Eckstam, 310 N.

Parkside Road, Normal. Normal police reports said the top was seen on Yeitz's pickup truck at his residence. Yeitz was in McLean County Jail Wednesday noon awaiting an afternoon arraignment. Coats, cash taken A $230 coat, an $80 coat, a $125 ring and $300 cash were stolen between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Monday from a locked car belonging to Terry J. Masching, 305 Prospect Road, while the car was parked in the Illinois State University Union parking lot, ISU police said. Staff expansion urged employment guidelines. Cicciu and Stein said 22 of 77 public-service jobs administered by CETA will be continued through Sept. 30, 10 will be terminated by Dec.

31 and 39 will end March 31. The other six will continue into 1979. Approximately 12 of the 16 CETA positions under the McLean County Board will be terminated by Sept. 30, Bambridge Peterson, county adminis The assistant director's job will be eliminated. Staff salaries will take $221,628 of CETA's $2,088,033 federal budget this year, which began Oct.

1. The new training jobs were announced earlier this month. Congressional guidelines are designed to use CETA money for poverty-level and hard-core unemployed. They include a $7,200 annual ceiling for CETA jobs (compared with $10,000 last year) and more stringent family income and un- 444 44444444444444444444444444444 'i 8 Pleads By Dave Haake Expansion of the McLean County Comprehensive Employment Training Act staff from 14 to 20 was recommended Tuesday to ease CETA's training of 148 new public-service employees this year. That recommendation, from the Cunty Board's Environment Committee, will be acted on Dec.

12 by the 27-member County Board. The committee also recommended training programs for those employees and CETA applications for $1.4 million to finance those programs. The new staff would consist of three teachers to serve as trainers, a bookkeeper, job coach and unit supervisor. Salaries for those positions will total $59,812. The committee approved a revised job classification system for CETA staff members and recommended that the board's Personnel Subcommittee approve higher classifications for seven staff positions.

Three administrative assistants will serve under CETA Director Gary Cicciu, former assistant director, when he takes over the staff Jan. 1. The assistants will receive $14,164 instead of the $13,176 they received as coordinators under Keith Stein, who resigned as director effective Dec. 31. Bloomington fire Lt.

Paul Fowler was by fire Tuesday in the 900 block of West. rreCariOUS amon(5 firemen who climbed to the. Olive Street. No one was injured. (Pan-, second floor of a home that was gutted tagraph photo) Residents offered shelter after fire hits apartments PONTIAC A Pontiac man accused of beating a Daily Pantagraph photographer July 25 pleaded not guilty to a battery charge Tuesday and was released on personal recognizance bond.

A March jury trial has been scheduled for Jack Conkle, charged with battery in connection with the beating of Pantagraph photographer Chris Covatta. Conkle is the brother of Robert Conkle, one of three guards slain in the July 22 prison riot at Pontiac. Covatta was photographing the funeral when he was attacked. trator, said. The board has not decided whether to use county money to retain those 12 employees.

Money for the other four have been requested or were budgeted for 1978-79, Peterson said. In other action, the Environment Committee: Tabled consideration of an 11-lot Country Side Estates Subdivision, north of Woodrig Road between Bunn Street and the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, until developer Charles Simmons, R.R. 2, can revise preliminary plans. Drainage problems, easements for high-power Illinois Power Co. lines over lots backing onto the ICG right of way and provision for a cul-de-sac street entrance off Woodrig Road "concerned the committee.

Neighbors in the area, represented by Steve Capodice, R.R. 2, objected to the subdivision unless drainage problems are resolved. Told developer Larry Bielfeldt to revise road plans in a proposed Mall-inghan Subdivision along U.S. 150, northwest of Downs, before submitting a preliminary subdivision plan for committee consideration. Bielfeldt sought the committee's views on a major street through the proposed 140-lot subdivision with an exit onto U.S.

150. That road would curve around an 18-acre pond on the 170-acre site. 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444t A Bloomington motel manager offered his neighbors a place to stay in his motel after they were left homeless by a fire in their two-story apartment house on Bloomington's west side about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday. No one was injured in the blaze that gutted a bedroom and burned walls of the house at 927 W.

Olive St. Occupants of the first-floor apartment were Debra Garrett and her two children, 2 and 9 months old. Occupants of the second-floor apartment were Dennis Longwill and Jan Johnson, according to Longwill and firemen. According to firemen, Mrs. Garrett said she had been baby-sitting for a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl when the fire broke out.

She told firemen that she was resting when the boy ran crying Births into her bedroom. Mrs. Garrett told firemen she discovered curtains ablaze in a front bedroom of the home. She attempted to extinguish the fire, and eventually summoned help, firemen said. Billy Vandevender, city fire marshal, said Mrs.

Garrett escaped with the children through a door of the apartment house. Firemen said the boy apparently had been playing with a cigarette lighter. Patrick Bohr, manager of the Ramada Inn, Interstates 55-74 and Illinois 9, lives at 910 W. Olive St. He was at the fire and offered assistance.

Later, Bohr told a reporter he would give the occupants a place to stay for two nights if necessary. "I'm more than happy to have them as my guest until they get their feet back on the ground," Bohr said. "I know it must be a shock to get over a fire like that." Firemen used axes and a power saw to cut through the outside walls of the house's second floor to get to flames that reached the attic. Longwill said no one was in the second-floor apartment when the fire occurred. "A friend of mine was driving by and saw the firemen and he called me at work," Longwill said.

Longwill owns New Age Music, 1401 W. Market a music promotion company. Longwill said he was concerned about his electric guitar and a television set in the apartment. He later smiled as firemen safely brought him the guitar. Firemen said most of the contents of the upper-floor sustained only smoke damage.

Jim Tobin, Hudson, owner of the house, could not give a loss estimate. 444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 Edward and DeDorah Levandowski, 223 Mobil-Land Mobile Home Court, a girl born Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center. CLINTON Allen and Lori White, a girl born Monday at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center, Bloomington.

Stephen and Kathy Bailey, 1404 Hanson Drive, Normal, a boy born Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center. Julian and Debra Campbell, 300 Shelbourne Drive, Normal, a boy born Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center..