Opinion-Tribune (Newspaper) - February 18, 1982, Glenwood, Iowa VI Two 20 pages February Iowa Tribune Our 117th year 14th Issue Cars crash in fog two seriously injured Judge tells OT not to report all Teachout case to jury Two persons were seriously injured in a mishap which occurred in dense fog Monday According to a report at the Mills County Sheriffs James rural was eastbound on Highway 34 one mile east of Hastings when he attempted to pass another eastbound The 1965 Ford he was driving then collided with a westbound 1976 Subaru driven by Joel Red Thompson and a Deborah Thomp also of Red suffered broken bones and abrasions they were taken by ambulance to the Montgomery County Hospital in Red Bishop was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and making an improper Damage was estimated at to the Bishop car and to the Thompson Home broken into Glenwood police are investigating a breakin and attempted breakin at Glenwood Authorities said the front door of the Judy Redden 101 Glenbrook was kicked in and damaged Monday but entry was not Monday the John home at 105 Myrtle was Police said entry was gained by kicking in the rear but nothing was taken from the Benefit total rises The total of unemployment insurance benefits paid to Mills Countys jobless workers in January soared to setting a new according to the Job Service of represents an in crease of more than from Decembers payout of The figure also exceeds the previous high of set in January a year The state benefit payout reached also a new record and cutting further into the Job Insurance trust reported Robert Job Service labor market Ui The actual out was greater than our projections had Schutt and it necessarily revises our projections on the trust fund We expect that the higher combined with the triggering on of extended effective will result in a March 31 trust fund balance of to million The extended benefits program is starting because Iowas rate of insured unemployment has equaled or exceeded four percent for 13 con Under this a jobless worker who has exhausted his or her benefits under the states Job Insurance program may be eligible for as many as 13 weeks of extended Job Service estimates that about lowans may be eligible for extended Banquet deadline near The deadline to make reservations for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet is 5 Tickets are available at the Chamber office or from board Jeannie Rohrberg The Chamber banquet is at 7 at the Sundown Supper preceded by cocktail hour at The Glenwood Citizen of the Year award will be and 1981 President Bob May berry Legislators coming State Cal of Red Oak and Harbor of Henderson and LaVerne Schroeder of McClelland plan to attend the Chamber of legislative coffee on at the i Chamber of A court order barring the Opinion Tribune from full news coverage of the Dick Teachout trial in Mills County District Court will be The Iowa Freedom of Information acting on behalf of the is taking steps to persuade District Judge Keith Burgett of Council Bluffs to rescind his Well do whatever we legally can to protect our rights and get this unjust order John O T It may seem like a moot point since the trial is but were fighting for a principle Its such a clearcut violation of First Amendment its Judge Burgett delivered the verbal ruling Wednesday after Cary Veehoff appeared in court to cover the trial of who is charged with com lascivious acts with a Burgett said he made the ruling to protect the child and the childs mother from detrimental Glenwood is a small he It was my feeling hat publicity of any direct testimony by this boy and the other youngsters would be emotionally Herb executive secretary of the Iowa Freedom of Information called the ruling plainly unwise and contrary to the spirit of an open trial and to Supreme Court said his council will contact the judge and the Iowa Supreme Court in an effort to have the ruling reversed or There are no grounds for this type of told DCS Moines The Iowa news media have always been responsible in reporting this type of I appreciate in some respects what the judge is trying to but Jhe court is not to go Such an order causes problems thart it It causes legal problems and it causes reporting he Paul Sulhoff of Council chief judge of the Fourth Judicial said he didnt know enough about the order to comment on Wolski said the incident began when she introduced herself to the judge before testimony was to begin Wednesday af She had earlier filed a request with the court to camera into the and no objections had been Normally such objections are handled in hearings days before start of the Wolski said the judge then called defense attorney James Webering of Malvern into his chambers and asked if he had any Webering The judge told Webering that he had a right to object to both cameras in the courtroom and media coverage of the trial Wolski Webering then made those and the judge granted It was my un that I was barred from writing a story about the Because she was busy checking into her rights as a Wolski missed the testimony of the alleged she was in the courtroom and did take notes during the testimony of two boys previously worked for the The judge told a Des Moines Register See page 2 By Cary Veehoff Wolski Editor A jury will hear closing arguments this afternoon in the trial of Richard rural Glenwood who is charged with com lascivious acts with a After being selected Wednesday the jury heard testimony from the a 13yearold boy who was 11 when the crime allegedly It also heard from two other boys like the alleged previously worked One of those a said he and the alleged victim spent Iwo nights with He said all three of them slept in a bed in house one and in a tent the other The boy testified that before going to sleep on the night they stayed in the all three viewed dirty books and magazines while lying in He said the books and magazines contained pictures of nude women and nude The 13yearold said he saw Teachout place his hand on the alleged but not the The other boy who formerly worked for a told the jury there was a trunk in bedroom which contained pornographic When asked if he enjoyed working for the boy A It was something to County Attorney Walter Green rested his case and defense attorney Jim of Malvern did the same Thursday Judge Keith Burgett dismissed the jury until 3 today so attorneys can prepare their closing A gilf for the courthouse County Supervisors Curtis and Creighton MHler accept a certificate are Dee Lovejoy her daughter 2 Phyllis Hazel for an oak tree from local PTA officers The given In honor Kennicott and of be planted on the courthouse From lett Complaint filed Kenneth Read charges county with job discrimination Older lowans vote The 1982 Older lowans Legislature election day will be April according to Southwest Eight Area Agency on Area XIII is allotted seven delegates by the Iowa Commission on the based onthe percentage of the states population aged 60 and Y Eligible candidates must be at least 60 age on election date and file a nomination petition with Southwest Eight They may not have been a delegate for consecutive in charge Orville Tackett has been named Mills County chairman of 1982 Easter Seal Society of Iowa Artie Evans was named campaign cochairman Orville mail chairman Harvey finance chairman and Julia Gray publicity Assisting with the annual mail campaign VHI be the Harvey i Rimel American The 19iS2 Easter Seal campaign for Iowa s handicapped children and adults will begin I and run through April 1 who receives one the appeal letters we prepared realizes the tirne and effort getting that letter to By John Quinlan Editor The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is investigating a complaint filed by former assistant county engineer Kenneth Read of Glenwood against the Mills County Board of Supervisors and the County Engineers The charge of discrimination filed by Read alleges that he was subjected to continual harassment by County Engineer Billy Conner from August of 1979 through 4 when he was forced to take an early due to my physical disability perceived physical The complaint charges the county with violation of Chapter 601A of the Iowa It alleges that Conner was very rude to older county that Read was never assigned work to and that he was forced to retire when he stressful working conditions imposed by Conners sic became nearly un bearable Conner declined to comment on the He said he was working with County Attorney Walter Green to prepare a formal statement for the civil rights Of the Conner said I dont feel that it is began working for the county in He was named assistant to the county engineer in the early a position he held until December when he felt forced into In his Read said Conner treated all employees courteously for about nine months after he was appointed county engineer on Said Read By approximately August of Conner had become very knowledgable and his at towards some began to There are approximately 40 person under Conner It soom became apparent that Conners was treating the younger employees with more His general manner was to be very rude to the older Reads complaint further alleges that a great portion of his job responsibilities were taken away from and that he was simply given busy work or jobs of lesser He said Conner would only speak to him when it was The complaint states that on at least one occasion Conner referred to Read as and that he also did this with another person close to Reads Last Read underwent surgery for He then returned to work in at which time Conner barely even said the complaint 1 was not an update on office operations or assigned any significant work to the complaint Meetings with con tractors were scheduled and held without my being advised of their the presence of the assistant to the engineer would have been crucial to such a Prior to Conners Read said in his his performance was rated very highly by previous 1 was extremely anxious and nervous due o the the complaint and 1 sought medical advice for My doctor finally stated on that I could not return to work due to my physical situation and the existing Although I complained to he simply stated that the con page 2 Pay hikes okayed for local teachers By Gary Veehoff Wolski Assistant Editor Thanks to increasing teachers in the Glenwood Community School District will their salaries increase an average of 1315 percent in the 198283 school The pay hikes were unanimously approved by the Glenwood school board at a special meeting Monday Because Glenwood teachers are on a salary their pay automatically increases about percent each The new schedule approved by the board will further increase I heir pay by than 10 Superintendent Eugene and high school principal Robert Bias the new salary schedule with in presenting the proposed salary hikes to he school said Glenwood schools will be getting on additional in aid next year because enrollment increased percent this he enrollment increased more than any school districts in the I really had no option other than to allow that much money for teacher salary said in a memo to the The is known to be there by the state teachers union and our local We cant hide At the low end of the scale are teachers who hold bachelors degrees and will begin their second year of leaching next Their pay will go from this year to next The salary hikes will be realized by teachers who hold masiers For a teacher with a masters degree but will make next Margo president of the Glenwood Education Association which represents said she was very satisfied with thp salary The thats was given to and I think we made the steps more equitable for people who have their masiers Molstad Last year the percentage of increase was slight because the money wasnt and a lot of teachers left because of At Monday nights expressed concern about the teachers who I am very concerned that we specialty teachers last he Our pay for beginning teachers is very but after you have five or six years of you start losing said hat in a comparison of this years average teacher salaries in Hawkeye 8 Glenwood is the lowest ul He said Lewis Central is the highest at The superintendent told board members that teachers would probably start collective bargaining next year if the new salary schedule wasnt If we were in the board would not have the final said in his That would be left tothe arbitrator who only judges in terms of ability to and We would lose on both At the board voted to give straight 11percent raises to the four and a raise to Gene Schatz is the athletic director and assistant high school prin When we nudge the we get to the 1 make this recommendation to maintain the spread between teachers and The 1 hikes will take high school principal Robert Blasi to junior high principal Jon Maroon and West Elementary principal Daniel Tumu to Northeast Elementary McGinnis to and Schatz to The unanimously voted threeyear contract and give him nn 11percent His salary will be
