Terre Haute Tribune, The (Newspaper) - February 3, 1971, Terre Haute, Indiana Nixon Lid on Operations TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE COMPUTE WIRE SERVICES OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND PRESS INTERNATIONAL TEN FINAL EDITION T T Terre February 3 1971 FOB Alt DEPARTMENTS DIAL 2320511 PLAN TH POLICE MERIT Kesler Will Push Action By JAMES DRESSLER Tribune Staff Writer A will be introduced this week in the Indiana General Assembly establishing a merit system to take politics out of the operation of the Terre Haute Police it was announced Wednesday morning at a press conference called by State John Kesler Haute and State Jerome Kearns D Terre Kesler and Kearns are coauthors and cosponsors of the in the which affects only the Terre Haute Police They expressed optimism the will become creating a merit system for the Terre Haute Police effective July 1971 who sees many benefits from the This should have been done here 20 years Its a landmark in the history of Terre taking the police department away from Kearns explained the i modeled after a police meii system plan that is being usec in The plan has been in use for some time Kearns and ii has been working Kearns pointed out that the as creates a Civil Service all voters of the city and civilian Council Okays Trash Cans A resolution endorsing the ac tion of the Gibson Service to pick up only trash in and not to in 55 gallon was passed by a 61 vote of the Terre Haute City Council Tuesday night during a special The Gibson Service has a contract with the city for the collection of trash and gar Company officials recent ly notified the public they would no longer handle the The resolution specifies the containers shall be 15 or 20 gal lon in plastic or rubber containers with Sturdy plastic bags will be per according to the resolu The resolution also reads in The Common Council of the City of Terre Haute further resolves that it would be unduly burdensome on the Gibson Service Company and its em to be required to be re sponsible for the removal of garbage and debris from broken plastic and the Common Council of Terre Haute does hereby urge the citizens of the City of Terre Haute to cooperate in the use of the des containers in this Reso lution and further urges citizens of the City of Terre Haute to use care in the collection and storage of trash and debris in the and care in the use of plastic Max Gibson announced last week his effective would only pick up trash placed in sturdy con Continued On Page One would be appointed by the one by the city third by iof the police de ineligible to serve as a civilian member of the commission If he or she receives tion for services any pub lic other than the per diem compensation provided for com mission Creation of the merit system includes all members of the po lice except the chief of police and two other key posi Under the proposed the mayor of the city would con to appoint the chief of po the assistant chief and the chief of But all other appointments and promotions be low these three positions would be subject to merit system reg and Backed By FOP The Terre Haute Fraternal Order of Police voted 390 at a scheduled meeting in in support of a merit And last Saturday night Kearns and along with three other local legislators State Frederick Bauer D Terre Her man Fanning and State Leonard Conrad Haute met with some members of the Terre Haute Police Department to discuss the plan prior to in of the in the Gen eral Weve discussed it the fully with the police and sub all of them are in favor of Kesler The present strength of the Continued On Page Carl of ftR 31 iden as an elementary school teacher Hand school bus fleet owner was arrested Wednesday on three counts accord Ing to a report from this Indiana State The report stated that Baker was arrested at his just west of Hulman Field on about 8 by ISP Detec tive Loyd Specifics of the charges were withheld Strausburg Teacher In Is Held Heavy Bombing Continues in Travelers Given Warning In Indiana By United Press International A warning to travelers was issued by weather forecasters as a winter storm headed for the state bearing a variety of forms of precipita Moderating temperatures ac companying the storm left it up n the air as to whether the precipitation would be snow or mix tures of Tho storm invaded the state in the southwest corner this morning and was scheduled to move enveloping Continued On Page pending a court later in the The arrest was made on aj warrant i s s u e d Vigo Circuit Bond was set in the total amount of according to the report from Robert Skill of the Terre Haute ISP Baker is said to be a sixth grade teacher at Lost Creek Ele School and owner of a fleet of school advertising abus charter and rental service from his The case is related to earlier charges brought against sus ended school official Jack according to reports from Williams awaits trials slated for this spring and summer on a total of six charges of The affidavit accusing signed by ISP Harold Jack son who investigated the Wil liams that the f By ESPER SAIGON AP Allied head quarters today reported steppedup fighting in the north ern provinces of South Vietnam for the third day in a while just across the border in south ern hundreds of American planes struck at North Viet convoys and dumps in the day of the most sustained bombing cam of the Seven ground fights were re ported in the northern and the Command reported 75 North Vietnamese and Viet killed by and South Vietnamese foot bomb helicopter gunships and ai President Meets Key Advisers By CARL LEUBSDORF WASHINGTON AP With President Nixon con suiting key ity the Senate For eign Relations Committee has asked for information about a rumored Vietnamese operation near the Laotian Nixon held an unannounced meeting with some of his high est advisers late and administration spokesmen re fused to discuss military plans to repeat assurances no troops have crossed into Laos and none There was no indication any decision was reached in Nixons meeting with Secretary of State William Rogers Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird Thomas chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for adviser Henry Kis and Richard di rector of the gence Central Intelli The Washington Post reported today South Vietnamese ground troops were massed near the Laotian border Tues preparing raid Viet Communist bases and supply lines in Laos with air sources is a screening force about American troops who are under instructions tc halt at the Laotian border wher operations the newspaper Rogers insisted last Friday that unlimited will be available anywhere in Indochina to protect GIs with drawing from He refused at that time to dis cuss the assurance was related to any planned offen chairman of the Foreign Rela tions said he cant Plans 2 Facilities Here in 72 By MARY ANNE PIERCE Tribune Staff Writer Columbia Records CBS will build two new facilities in Terre Haute in according to a speech given by John plant during a business outlook forum Lemry was one of several industrial representatives discussing business expansion during the program spon sored by the Indiana State University Bureau of Busi ness He said his company will construct a tape component plant to make its own plastic cartridges for the tapes it currently The second construction project will be a warehouse connecting the present tape plant with the record He although a good man ager tries to get the job done with the least amount of in crease in expenses as he new facilities create more business and more busi ness means more He told the business leaders they should consider Terre Hautes location as an important one to the recording He said the city is bounded on the east and west by record pro duction According to a company that buys from each of the plants is looking for a new Terre Haute is in the middle and this company may or may not come he Paul plant man ager of Pfizer told the group it would be impossible to Continued On Page Difficult Task By MARGARET GENTRY INDIANAPOLIS AP Indi ana House members will soon get a do it yourself kit to help them draw new legislative says House Apportion ment Committee Chairman Jack His Senate Mar and Ten South Vietnamese ready under soldiers Fulbright said t aulU ue Can I understand why Rogers failed to K tell the panel last week out Republican guide plans for the operation which some foreign newsmen say al teacher obtained or ex erted unauthorized control property of the Vigo County School towit three 3 Rand Air and a polishing and buffing machine polishing lathe Value of the equipment was set at in the The j soldiers were reported The enemy fired 15 rockets into the headquarters compound of the Americal Division Chu 50 miles south of Da and mortared a defensive position of Marines nine miles northwest of Da Field reports said four Ameri On Page NEWS DIGEST On Page 28 YOU KNOW By United Press International According to Greek ogy the ancient Greek god Apollo was the twin brother of the secrecy covered operation reminds him of last April when Rogers testi fied before the committee two days before the start of the incursion into He didnt mention that ei Fulbright said after the committee voted to summon Rogers and Laird as soon as possible for testimony about the open session if Rumors of some massive al lied assault into the Laotian designed to destroy Communist supply lines leading into South Laos and Cambodia from the have been building since last Friday 1 here and in lines for the 50 state Senate districts But the task mandated by federal courts Auto Salvage Owners Given Years Grace Owners of auto salvage at ions in Vigo County have been Riven a one years extension by the Air Pollution Control to comply with the ban on open Study Lunar Landing Craft Battery Problem v atiu kai the moon have refused to discuss the Laird ed publicly Tuesday that an em has been imposed on By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer SPACE Houston AP A battery problem de in the Apollo 14 lunar landing vehicle today just hours before the astronauts were to orbit the Apollo 14 had swept into the grasp of lunar gravity and sped toward a Thursday morning or There was DO immediate indi cation of the severity of the problem or whether it could block an attempt al a moon landing No official announcement was but sources reported the was with one of two batteries in the ascent staie of the lunar module the astronauts caH The word came as astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa started a sleep resting for the grueling days ahead in the vicinity of the Shepard and Mitchell earler today had the lunar through a and after u tuo and Oi Page news stories relating to such an i j George Aiken of Ver senior Republican on the Foreign Relations said the State Department told him last Friday and South Continued On Page The Weather By National Weather Service Weather Map Ou Page At the regular monthly meet in of the the salvage operators were given to continue open burning according to certain regulations set out by the Air Pollution Control Division of the Vigo County Health Fred a member of the made the motion to allow them to continue for one At that time the situ ation will be reevaluated by the His motion was seconded by Ray Harris and received the unanimous approval of the I Board member Paul Newton 6 it a H 3 LOCAL CONDITIONS Highest temperature temperature last presented information on a 000 incinerator in operation in Lake that is a to burn auto He asked if a similar installation would be feasible in Vigo i was still hamstrung by lack of complete 1970 census figures for a gap both McDan iel and Smitherman said they expect to be filled within two The House Tuesday passed a proposed constitutional amend ment designed to remove the state school superintendent from the political It could make the office truly said Joseph Approved the proposal would permit the legislature to determine how the school su is The proposal also was ap proved by the 1969 legislature and will go on the ballot in the 1972 general If ap it would be up to the 1973 legislature to say whether the superintendent should or Paul opposed the saying it would mean almost certain ap pointment of the superintend ent by the who failed in a bid for he Democratic nomination for the job last said he thinks voters should retain direct con trol The Indiana Constitution now the superintendent be chosen in a statewide election every two Candidates are identified on the ballot by their political The proposal was the first of passed by the 1969 legis ature to clear both houses this year and head for a referen If it would not af ect the terms of John Loughlin or the person elected in Neither the House or Senate apportionment committee has begun drawing the new On Page The Country Parson Max owner and operator of Sussman Iron Metal told the board Bureau of Mines is contin IIA LIE AND elert for early Cloudy with light freezing rain or mixed at timet with sleet u little to Work with Salt I akp changing into rain tonight with gradual warming Occasional rain likely to improve the incinerator ailu to High to I He said operators with light freezing j will install a similar one when rahi or drizzle mixed with jl jc hut and a little snow beginning by early alter DUt HOI Until the noon changing to rain tonight with grad ual wanning trend in Thurs day occasional rain likely and Southeast to toutb Hi to 20 hour today and today and Bureau of Mines gives its final He said he was not in favor of a county owned low tonight 30 to High Thursday 42 to warmer with and some rain and sumc that the Salt 1 likely In the js the ol the three Apollo 14 talk in the Space iuler al alui arose early U watch a telecast from ship it continued its flight moon ul daily He tile iu Hi ou Page These days were in danger of judging men to be educated because they can sign their names to credit
