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NixonWalker-Percy Big Winners Observe Armistice Day as, ill commander* of local posts, are shown watching Mayor Donald f. Doherty sign proclamation declaring Nov. 11 as Armistice Day In McHenry. Standing, from left, are C.B. Black- well, commander of World War 1 Veterans, McHenry chapter; mMw HJWnltfp wwmsnflTtr sf lidnhmg Legion Pott 1313; Ray Kuemmel, commander of McHenry V.F.W. Post 4606 and Lou Rossberg, commander of McHenry Legion Post 491. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The public is invited to join McHenry area veterans in celebrating the fifty-fourth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice Saturday, Nov. 11. Harry Lock, a member of the World War I Veterans, McHenry Chapter 1315, will act as master of ceremonies for the program. He has called all veterans to convene in the city park at 10:15, and the program is scheduled to start at 10:30. Following the introduction of (Continued on page 15) Everyone has probably been feerturbed at one time or Another over what he considers a waste of his and other tax­ payers' money for relief payments. We'll admit to having experienced the feeling ourself on occasion when we noted food stamp holders at­ tempting to include luxuries among their grocery items. But long ago we learned it's unwise to judge the whole barrel by one apple. And those (Continued on page 15) Precinct Voting Precinct Registered Voters Vote Cast Percentage l 560 392 70.00 2 712 581 81.60 3 527 393 74.57 4 669 530 79.22 5 406 308 75.86 6 549 377 68.67 7 658 469 71.28 8 615 504 81.95 9 403 301 74.69 10 537 403 75.06 .11 406 309 76.11 12 523 438 83.75 13 418 341 81.58 14 607 473 77.92 15 824 661 80.22 16 777 592 76.19 17 625 529 84.64 18 734 627 85.42 19 361 231 63.99 20 583 462 79.25 21 356 295 82.87 22 353 265 75.07 23 1,008 843 83.63 24 397 288 72.54 25 235 151 64.25 13,843 10,763 77.75 Mrs. Cost igan Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter Rare Albino Deer Roaming McHenry Area A rare Eurasian (albino) deer has been spotted roaming through the city by officers of the McHenry Police depart­ ment during the past few days. The deer was first sighted Sunday morning about 2 o'clock near Green and Waukegan streets. The animal fled toward the McHenry Country club grounds. Monday morning at 5:45 it was seen on Main street, just east of Crystal Lake road. Officers tried to overtake the deer but it fled to Mill street (Continued on page 15) Mrs. Mary Ann Costigan of 1508 Millstream, McHenry, appeared in Circuit court Wednesday morning before Judge William M. Carroll and pleaded guilty to an in­ formation charge of voluntary manslaughter, pursuant to a plea discussion. Mrs. C06tigan was charged with the shooting death of her husband, Donald Costigan, May 14 in the Costigan home. Judge Carroll ordered At­ torney Richard J. Kelly of the State's Attorney's office to advise the defendant of the evidence that would be presented in court should the case be brought to trial. Kelly stated that witnesses would be called to testify to the following facts: Death was caused by a bullet wound to the head of Donald Costigan; the Miranda rights were read to the defendant; Mrs. Costigan admitted to having killed her husband; in the course of the evening prior to the shooting, the defendant had been beaten by her husband and forced to walk home in the late hours; that the defendant showed signs of numerous cuts and bruises on her face; that she had been severely beaten and suffered much physical harm on previous occasions and that her husband had also beaten their daughter. Finally, he stated that the front seat of the A full page of election results in McHenrv's 25 precincts and In five Nun- da precincts appear on Pace 14. I Costigan auto had been examined and revealed pieces of Mrs. Costigan's flesh and her blood on the front seat of the automobile. A conference was held bet­ ween Mrs. Co8tigan's attorney, Victor Ciardilli, and the State's Attorney's office regarding discussion on a possible plea. The meeting resulted in a decision to approach the court and request leave to file for probation. Judge Carroll concurred with their decision and referred the matter to the probation department. The case was continued to Dec. 6 when a probation hearing will be held on the application for probation. McHenry Man Accidentally Shot In Home Charles Schlottman of 219 N. River road, McHenry, was taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad Tuesday night about 8:30 after he reported that he had been shot in the stomach while cleaning his gun. Detectives from the McHenry County Sheriffs department arrived on the scene and found Schlottman (Continued on page 15) Ballot splitting described in some circles as a "new, sophisticated system", brought history making victories and disastrous defeats to can­ didates of both parties in Tuesday's vote. President Nixon, in winning the electoral votes of all but one of the fifty states, was swept into the White House for his second term with a win over Democratic Senator George McGovern. But the enthusiasm which made him an unprecedented winner, failed to carry over into all other offices. Although Republican Senator Charles Percy, billed in campaign efforts as "his own man", emerged one of the most popular candidates in the state, some other GOP office seekers failed to catch the winning fever. Daniel Walker, the Democrat who stumped the state of Illinois in a hand-shaking campaign, won over Governor Richard B. Ogilvie. With most of the state's precincts counted, the lead was 75,000 votes on Wednesday. Mo6t popular vote getter in the state was William J. Scott, who was returned to the office of Attorney General. E.J. kucharski, Republican, was defeated by Michael J. Howlett for what is regarded as one of the big patronage offices, Secretary of State. In another state race, for Comptroller, Republican George W. Lindberg of Crystal • Lake narrowly edged out Dean Barringer, a Democrat. Four years ago Richard Nixon was also supported heavily in McHenry county, but hardly with the strength shown this year. In 1968 he received 27,245 votes to 10,896 for Hubert Humphrey. The same year, Richard Ogilvie gained the Governor's seat with the help of 28,114 county voters. Samuel Shapiro received 12,355. The percentage of votes cast was somewhat higher in 1968. Two McHenry precincts, 13 and 17, topped the 88 per cent mark to set a record. Fifteen of the eighteen precincts that year had an 80 per cent voter turnout or better. This year, with a population increase and some precincts growing too large, voting took place in twenty-five precincts within the township,. Residents of five Nunda precincts - 4, 6, 7, 8 and 12 - were affected by the outcome of the race for Representative in Congress, 13th district. Robert McClory (R), who served the McHenry community prior to redistricting, won easily over Stanley W. Beetham (D). McClory's vote in the three- county district, with only thirty-two precincts out in Lake county Wednesday, was 90,978 to 57,544 for Beetham. By counties, McClory polled 19,270 in McHenry, 28,629 in Kane and 43,079 in Lake. Beetham received the support of 9,902 in McHenry, 17,331 in Kane and 30,311 in Lake. In the 16th Congressional district, John B. Anderson (R) was a winner over John E. City Changes Zoning For Commercial Retail Zoning, which is fast becoming a foremost problem for governing bodies, again topped all other discussion at the McHenry City Council meeting Monday night. A petition for reclassifying eleven lots (Hi the south side of 111. Rt. 120 West was approved after several weeks of study. The concern on changing the residential area to Commercial Retail was the height limitation <ni buildings. A written report from City Attorney John E. Looze explained that area limitations and parking area requirements would serve as a controlling factor. Attorney Joseph A. Conerty, who represented the petitioners mi the eleven lots, also sought reconsideration of the decision on the Mark's Marine property. The action would have had to be reconsidered at the next regular meeting of the Council after the decision was made. Attorney Conerty pointed out some problems of using Lot No. 29 nearest to the marine building since the city has a 20 feet easement and a sewer lift on the lot. A new petition will now be brought before the Zoning Board of Appeals in hopes of bringing out a solution satisfactory to all concerned. On the building height restriction, the Council decided to hold a special meeting Thursday, Nov. 16. Carl R. Johnson was represented by Attorney Richard Cro6S concerning the Council's iplan to make Grove Ave., westerly from Fret St. (111. Rt. 31) a collector street. It was determined that Mr. Johnson would meet (Continued on page 17) PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON Devine (D) but district figures were not available Thursday morning. For State Representative, 33rd district, Calvin Skinner, Jr., and R. Bruce Waddell, both Republicans, were elected to office along with McHenry's Thomas J. Hanahan, Democrat. These district figures also were not available at press time. For State Senator, 33rd district, it was Jack Schaffer of Cary (R) a winner over Wilbert Hecht (D) McHenry. No voting totals were obtained in time for this issue. In the race for State Senator, 32nd district, it was Karl Berning (R) over Stephen M. Slavin (D). Berning, who is returning to office, serves McHenry Precinct 25 and Nunda Precincts 4, 6 and 12. Affecting the same voters was the race for State Representative in the 32nd district. W.J. Murphy and Donald E. Deuster, both Republicans, emerged vic­ torious, as well as Daniel M. Pierce, Democrat. By a close county vote, the proposal to levy an annual tax not to exceed .1 per cent to provide community health facilities and services was defeated. There were 19,113 who supported the proposition and 19,341 were opposed. The existing McHenry County Health department was established by a county board resolution in 1966. The total annual co6t of the department is about $1.30 per person. In the (Continued on page 17) GOV. DANIEL WALKER SEN. CHARLES PERCY THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-0-L.AKE S REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 96 NUMBER 133 ™~ FRIDAY, NC^feMBER 10, 1972 • , 18 PAGES TEN CENTS 30,817 Split County Ballots Of First Armistice (STAFF PHOTOS/WAYNE GAYLORD) Veterans Recall Memories Howard (Pat) Cairns Julius Gruenfeld Saturday, Nov. 11, just fifty-four years after the end of World War I, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice will be observed. Many McHenry men were among those on the battle front on this day in 1918. Following are the memories of eight members of the World War I Veterans, McHenry Barracks, when the good news reached them. HOWARD (PAT) CAIRNS "On Armistice day, I was in Belgium with four horses pulling a Caisson loaded with 3-inch 75-mm shells. This was near the Stephen Kocan town of Mater. I was riding the left hand lead horse and a Cadillac with two stars on it stopped and asked where we were going. I told him to the front. He said, 'There is an Armistice, so take the ammunition back to the dump'. We turned around and went back to the ammunition dump. ° We had to carry our gas masks at all times and we had gas masks on our horses ready to slip them over their heads. This was difficult sometimes because the horses would shake them Harold (Pat) Owen off. We lost twenty-four horses that way. I was in the 28th Field Artillery brigade." JULIUS GRUENFELD "I was in Paris on die first Armistice Day. I was on my way from Tours to Haussemont and had to change trains in Paris. I arrived in Paris at 7:30 a.m. and took a walk about the town, seeing the sights. At 10:30 we were in front of the Chamber of Deputies and two French officers were rushing down the steps. When they got to the sidewalk they hugged and kissed me and Join Phol said the Germans had signed the Armistice and that it would be announced at 11 o'clock. "At 11 the church bells and whistles went off and the people went mad with joy. They would hug and kiss every American in sight. "A young Frenchman took me to his home where we had drinks and food. Then we went back on the street with the mobs. I stayed at his home over night and he took me to the train (Continued on page 15) Garfield C. Benson Michael Druml e