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Anderson Daily Bulletin (Newspaper) - August 2, 1979, Anderson, Indiana Anderson Indiana thursday aug 2, 1979 vol. 95 no. 114 Price Twenty cents Gully Washer pushes up River level water from the latest Gully Washer in wednesday again pushed the White Stiver level up another 11 a inches however City officials watching the rising Waters Are not alarmed. Although water is standing in Low lying unpopulated areas along the White Kiter nearby residences and businesses have experienced no flooding problems at 7 a m. Today the White River had risen to to 29 feet according to Jim Hanna from the water Poilu Tion control department although Hanna had t been advised of the time the River is expected to Crest. He said the level must exceed 13 feet before it begins moving across grand Avenue. At the National weather service in Indianapolis officials there said it was too Early to determine when White River would Crest in Anderson although it appears the River will Crest at about 12 feet no real serious problems should evolve unless the water level reaches 15 feet. Hanna added. Which would require considerably More rain according to Hanna. Anderson received about 12.12 inches of rain during the month of july an amount appreciably Over the average amount of rainfall. Although Hanna had no records of rainfall available at press time. Indianapolis reported its 11.06inches of july rainfall was the wettest during this Century and the third wettest in the record Book the Indianapolis area received 13 12 inches of july rainfall in 1h75 and la 28 inches in 1873. According to a National weather Bureau of finial already in August we have a Good Start on exceeding the average rainfall the first Day of August brought i 07 inches of rain. About 13 of the average 3 29 inches for the month the Only Street closing that was due to water in town was a mein Natl Avenue Between Columbus venue and Prospect Street according to a spokesman from the City engineering department the Street has been closed for the past two Days due to sewer problems however the problem has been rectified and the Street was open this morning elsewhere Iii Indiana a Posey county levee burst to Day. Unleashing the swollen Wabash River Over 25. He acres of Farmland and forcing workers to abandon efforts to contain it wednesday four persons were swept to their deaths by flooding streams and a Tornado toppled two Mobile Homes slightly injuring two persons As Indiana s agonizing summer of rain stretched into an other month authorities said volunteers were just beginning inches the weather service said to resume sandbagging operations the five counties included in the this morning when the Skiles levee flood warning in effect until Friday gave Way along a fib foot break were Delaware. Madison Hamil sending Rushing water onto already ton. Marion and Morgan saturated Farmland. Posey county wednesday s storms were the officials said latest in a two week series of i some 2 h Posey volunteers and civil defense workers were ordered away from the levee wednesday night w Hen it appeared to be weakening Posey county civil defense director Austin said the water could destroy millions of dollars in crops and endanger four Homes and several businesses the River has a i really flooded 35. He acres of Farmland in the area the Wabash at nearby new liar Mony was forecast to Crest at 19 5 feet Friday 4 5 feet above stage by this morning it had stopped raining in Indiana except for the extreme Northern part of the state with Little or no additional precipitation expected today the National weather service at Indian a Polis said a Flash flood warning remained in effect lint 11 Friday for the Cen Lent weather and torrential rain that just a week ago produced record flooding along Ohio River tributaries in Southern Indiana ten flood ravaged counties were declared disaster areas by Prest Dent Carter on tuesday and four of them Crawford. Orange Martin Anil Dubois were alerted to sex Ped More flooding from wednes Day s Rains two Young girls were swept away and drowned in the Waters of a flooded drainage ditch in Indian flood Apolis wednesday police said the bodies of Leanne Haines la and Angela Martini. 13, both of Indianapolis were recovered a half mile downstream on the City s Eastside in More than four feet of water the girls reportedly were Tring to Rescue a Small dog when they entered the Stream which feeds the drainage ditch and were carried off trill part of the state following a Savalle a Taro thai dumped Hgt a fas rain on Alt adv saturate d lands in Mitchell about la Milos South wednesday and prompted Tornado Indianapolis one Poison warnings along the Way in seven drowned another died later at a counties with Flash flood warnings Hospital and a third was slightly in All or parts of 15 counties to Indianapolis in the Center of the state. 2 21 inches of rainfall was recorded wednesday Normal rainfall in the capital City for the entire month of August is Only 208 injured when they were swept into a storm sewer while playing on a rubber raft authorities said the drowning victim was Ridenti see Page 2. Obion i w in his w attics Hickin his ii Ami tills month. Los Lins Iii fillies. I i. Cornin Ken Iliili. 7. Ami Brian Finley Ili Over on i lib Siree. Jobless rate May hit 8.2 percent by r. Gregory Nokes associated press writer Washington a an internal Carter administration document predicts americans will face a deeper recession with higher unemployment next year than the White House has forecast publicly according to a source. The internal assessment says the jobless rate will hit 8.2 percent in the fall of 1980. Meaning a total of 8.2 million americans could be out of work. In june the unemployment rate stood at 5.6 percent a source who asked not to be identified said wednesday night the projections Are contained in a an internal document a that probably was never intended to be made Public. The predictions were prepared by a joint task Force that included senior staffers from the Treasury department and Council of economic advisers the source said. The internal forecast differs sharply from the Economy Outlook the Carter administration released july 12. At that time the administration was projecting an unemployment rate next year of Only 6.9 percent. The latest labor department figures for june show 5.6 million americans were out of work. The internal projection Means an additional 2.6 million americans could be out of work next year. The figures in the More pessimistic forecast closely parallel predictions being made by the Federal Reserve Board. The Board chairman g. William Miller will soon move into the administration As Secretary of the Treasury. It was expected that the internal document would increase pressure on president Carter to propose a tax Cut for 1980 to give the Economy a boost. The gloomy assessment was discussed this morning by Carter and some too House democrats who Call themselves United democrats of Congress. But one participant rep. Beryl Anthonyjr. Of Arkansas told reporters a there was no discussion of a tax there was no immediate White House reaction to publication of the report. The internal document made the following prediction economic output a decline in the Gross National product of 1.4 percent this year rather than the Milder 0.5 percent dip in real terms the administration predicted july 12. Also recovery will be weaker in 1980 than that forecast predicted. Index pages births. 3 comics. .12 deaths. I editorials. 4 entertainment. .13 Leisure. 6 sports. 15-19 if hat s where. 2 it was another upsetting Day in Madison county Tennis tournament. See Page 15. Weather fair and Cool tonight with lows around 60. Partly Cloudy Friday with highs in the mid 80s. Yesterday s High 73, overnight Low 65, and 1.07 inches of rain before Midnight. Showers and thundershowers possible saturday through monday with lows in the mid 60s to the Low 70s and highs in the 80s. Details on Page 2. Into to h ill \ Salute to firefighter fellow Anderson firefighters Salute As the funeral procession of Darrell Grile passes by. Grile a sergeant with the department and a five year Veteran drowned while on a Canoe trip in Franklin county sunday afternoon. Fellow firefighters gathered today to pay their final respects to their fallen Comrade. Ibex City reach tentative agreement negotiators for the City of Anderson and the International brotherhood of electrical workers local 281 reached a tentative wage agreement this morning after a Marathon bargaining session. Ronald Webber United Auto workers member who has served As a mediator said this morning the negotiators agreed to release this statement Quot after a bargaining session that started at 7 . Wednesday and lasted until 5 10 am. Thursday the City of Anderson and local 281 announced a tentative agreement. Details Are being w withheld pending ratification by the Webber added that the Union would meet Quot As soon As possible Quot to vote on the new agreement. Indications Are the meeting May be monday. Negotiators have been trying to Settle an agreement for 1979 for about one year local 281 members picketed the City building several times in july to protest the Lack of Progress in negotiations. The local Union placed paid advertisements in Anderson s newspapers asking citizens to Contact City Council members to urge settlement. Although bargaining sessions have been closed Union and City officials have said the main problem in reaching a settlement has been agreement on a wind chill Factor clause. This clause determines under what inclement weather conditions the employees have to perform their Normal duties. Local 281 business agent Bruce Boerner recently said the Union accepted the 7 percent salary increase offer but the wind chill Factor and other fringe benefits were contended Points harassment ruling deferred by Ken de la Bastide bulletin staff writer it w ill be at least three weeks before special judge Wesley Ratliff or. Of Henry circuit court rules on a motion to dismiss harass me it charges against Madison minty prosecutor la Erskine Cherry and members of his special investigative task Force the suit was filed May 22 in Madison Superior court 2 by local attorney Garry Miracle on be bait of his Mother. Thelma m Hayes 2219 Pearl St before listening to arguments concerning the motion to dismiss Ratliff decided to take under advisement a motion filed by Miracle and co counsel Sharon Clark to have the state attorney general s office disallowed from representing Cherry and the other defendants in the matter because of a possible conflict of interest Deputy attorney general Joe Stevenson told the judge that members of the task Force were not questioning a suspect about possible criminal matters. He further argued that in the complaint against the task Force there Are no specific details of harassment or abuse of police Powers and for this reason it should be dismissed a what you re doing is asking the prosecutor to ask the court s permission based on one complaint to continue the investigation. Stevenson said. A it allows an expedition into the rationale of a prosecutor to begin a criminal investigation or question a witness Miracle responded that there has been no complaint filed w Ith the county election Board concerning alleged Absentee voting regulations a the prosecutor is not allowed to engage in a fishing expedition Quot Miracle said a we have a prosecutor elected last november who is the first Republican prosecutor in 16 years who begins investigating democratic Absentee voters in several precincts a anytime you use police Power to investigate a constitutional right it has a chill ing effect on the future use of that right. Miracle added. In her arguments concerning the state attorney general a office representing Cherry and members of the task Force. Clark indicated there were certain violations of individual s constitutional rights and violation of election Laws. Clarks main argument was that if criminal charges Are filed against task Force members As a result of the civil complaint filed the state attorney general a office will be required to prosecute and defend task Force members in the same action resulting in a Quot conflict of interest Quot following the court session. Miracle called a priss conference that took Tusk Force actions one step closer to the political rhetoric level. Miracle commented All indications Are that investigation into voting irregularities was not completed until the civil suit was filed and at that time Cherry realized this was an improper activity and halted the investigation a the two precincts that have been entered upon Are the two with the highest percentage of Absentee voting in Madison Miracle said a there appears to be some vindictiveness by the prosecutor and the Republican party to prevent democrats to vote by Absentee he added that the two democratic precinct committee persons in the two precincts being investigated Are Thomas Ashley and Sheila vetters Ashley s daughter. A there have been allegations against Tom Ashley in the past Tom Ashley did not Register or solicit any Absentee voting during the november 1978 election because he was a candidate a Miracle said a the Lack of experience by Cherry and his staff has affected the Quality of the i Vestiga see Page 2, column 5 internal document predicts deeper recession

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