Rooftops Lifted as Severe Storm Rips Eastwood Area
Strong winds and heavy rain gusts hit southeast Anderson and Chesterfield Thursday, lifting rooftops and toppling utility poles in Eastwood Addition. Do-Len-Ski’s Supper Club lost its back porch roof while the Sheraton Inn reported roof damage and cars were damaged nearby. No injuries reported as power outages affected Eastwood for a time.
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Areea
Anderson
Chesterfield
Eastwood
Terry Campfield
Wickes Lumber
E. 60Th St
the Herald
Sheraton Inn
Campfield
Margaret Cook
The
Sheraton
Wickes
Ms. Cook
Maris Hall
Anderson Utility
Herald
Hall
Old Ind
Marsha Summers
Millcreek Drive
Storm winds damage homes and flood Anderson area
Severe weather tore through Millcreek Drive and Anderson, damaging a travel trailer, tearing a storm door, shingles, and gutters. Seven or eight homes were hit, with trees downed and roofing lost. Flooding occurred at 2nd and Jefferson streets. sewer failures disrupted Conrail routes as engineers work on broken sewers.
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Chesterfield
Millcreek Drive
Anderson
Tomas Dillard
Fairview
Morton
2Nd
Jefferson
Dillard
Fairview Street
14Th
15Th
Conrail
Trial not in session today in Cox Heaton forged check case
Witnesses detail ties between Michael J Cox and Ruth T Heaton as the Henry Circuit Court jury hears how a $11,000 forged check deposited in Cox’s account preceded Heaton’s death. Cox’s defense calls witnesses while prosecutors rest, with trial likely to conclude by Monday.
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Cox-Heaton
New Castle
Michael J Cox
Ruth T. Heaton
Cox
Henry
Madison County
William F. Lawler Jr
Robert Shearer Jr
Heaton
Rock City Mayor cites economics in landfill debate
Anderson Mayor Robert L. Rock argues the core issue is economics as officials weigh costs of land acquisition and development against transportation and distant landfill fees. He maintains a city owned sanitary landfill remains the least expensive disposal method despite stricter health rules.
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Py Pup Fraue Adman Herald
Anderson
Robert L. Rock
the Herald
Rock
The
State Board of Health
City weighs landfill options amid Adams Township farm study
A city seeks appraisals on the 162 acre Adams Township farm once targeted for condemnation in 1975. Debate grows over landfill viability as experts note clay soil suitable for state regulated sites and residents push for recycling. Officials consider county landfill near Orestes if Ridge Road closes.
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Adams ‘Township
Lester Swinford
Swinford
Board of Works
Rock
Orestes
Ridge Road
Mae
Woman accused of enslaving residents in boarding home
A New Jersey woman, Jean Douglas, 40, was indicted on nine counts for involuntary servitude and forced labor at her Douglas Boarding Home in Trenton. The grand jury says seven boarders were held prisoner and two were sent to her Willingboro home to work as private slaves, with one resident enslaved from October 1972 until her death in November 1975.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Trenton
Jean Douglas
Douglas
Willingboro
Transcript stirs debate in John Hall stabbing trial
A taped transcript and signed statement from Indiana Reformatory officers and a witness were entered in the John DeWayne Hall murder trial. Irvin Hall testified unable to recall much of the signed document while correctional officer Tony Smitherman detailed an open-door policy. Witnesses described the weapon as a screwdriver with earlier mentions of an ice pick, and reformatory photos were shown. Testimony was ongoing, with proceedings set to resume at 9 a.m.
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Indiana Reformatory Correctional
John Shaw
John DeWayne Hall
Hall
Madison County Grand Jury
Marion
Shaw
Wishard Memorial Hospital
Indianapolis
Madison Superior Court
Irvin Hall
John Hall
Reformatory
Hammond
Ed Alley
Ature
Alley
Tony Smitherman
Smitherman
Irvin Hail
Indiana
Jack Appleby
St. Louis
John Schoen
Schoen
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Wickes Lumber Co
Loday
Len-Ski
Harold Clindence
Clandence
Pam Mulkey
Ank
Hubcsale
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