Pursuit Ends With Gunfire Involving Fort Wayne Man
Police pursued three suspects including 28-year-old Charles Inman who disarmed Trooper Bob Cooley in New Castle. Inman held the trooper at gunpoint, fired the officer’s weapon, then fled with two others, later captured. Munger wounded, Scott jailed. All face assault, fleeing, resisting charges with additional counts pending.
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Seer Evans
Fort Wayne
Bob Cooley
Connersville
New Castle
Holid Inn
Cooley
Wero
Venicie Ware
Charles Inman
Inman
Holann
Castle
Asa
Clayton J. Munger
Munger
Henry County Hospital
Nman
John E. Scott
Tennessee
Scott
Henry County
City awards refuse contract to Reed's firm
The city awarded a five year multimillion dollar refuse collection contract to Ralph Reed's Reed Equipment Inc. The council approved the deal by 80 votes with absent member Jack Alexander. The contract allows twice weekly collections with possible reductions to once weekly to save money. City officials expect annual costs to rise and fall with multiple factors including distance, parks, fuel, and disposal fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersons
Ralph Reed
Reed Equipment, Inc
Board of Public Works
Reed
Jack Alexander
VNAL
Marvin Clanin
Works Board
Clanin
Council
Adams Township
Carroll Grile
INSIE Daily Index Highlights By Section
Police blotter on Page 2 and obituaries page 3 lead the INSIE daily index. Editorials on Page 4, features on Pages 6 7, young people Page 8, comics and daily features 10 11, sports scores 13 16, newmakers Page 17, markets Page 18, and classifieds 19 23 complete the publication.
Valley Grove bids win ACS approval for school addition
Anderson Community Schools board awarded Valley Grove School addition contracts to Shepherd Construction Horton Construction and Robys Plumbing after they submitted the low bids. General construction went to the three firms totaling 145 895 with Gale Tschuor Company close at 205 000 for general plus HVAC plumbing and electrical. Robys Plumbing received 17 990 for heating and ventilation and 8 918 for plumbing.
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Valley Grove
ACS
Shepherd Construction Company
Horton Construction Company
Roby’s Plumbing
Valley Grove School
Anderson Community Schools’ Board of Trustees
Gale Tschuor Company
Muncie
Bannister's Plumbing
I&M seeks 31.6 percent rate hike in Indiana
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co opened its case on a proposed 31.6 percent rate increase, its sixth in six years, amid hundreds of complaints. State records show about 550 complaints since July, with roughly 350 from I&M customers, mainly about the higher bills. If approved, the average residential bill for 1000 kilowatts would rise from 38.26 to about 50 dollars monthly, after an earlier 43.7 percent request was trimmed due to an error in growth projections. Continued on Page 2.
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Indianapolis
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
I&m
Commission
Electric Company
J&m
Mary Spillman
Indiana Public Service Commission
Comany
Gregory S. Vassell
American Electric Power
Com
City architecture famed as case of schizophrenia in Anderson
Herald staff writer Anderson reports Meridian Street architecture from the late 19th and early 20th centuries appears divided by aging facades. Bruce Lynch of the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana led a walking tour with Andersonians to discuss preservation amid modern remodeling. The two day workshop was sponsored by the Madison County Historic Home Commission and the Anderson Chamber of Commerce with participants from Ball State, HLF, Historic West Eighth Street Society and the Anderson Planning Department.
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Ray Lanso
Herald
Anderson
Historic Landmarks Foundation of
Indiana
Bruce Lynch
Foundation
Meridian Street
Lynch
Madison County Historic Home Commission
Anderson Chamber
Ball State College of Architecture
The
Historic Landmarks Foundation
Historic West Eighth Street Society
Anderson Planning Department
Roll McLaughlin
HLF Board
Preservation focus shifts to safeguard historic European, US buildings
A slide presentation by McLaughlin highlights preservation work in Philadelphia Boston and Indiana towns Madison and New Harmony. He warns that systematic destruction of significant buildings has risen since World War II and calls for preservation planning to restrain further losses while noting questions about already destroyed structures like the old courthouse Central Junior High and the former city building.
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McLaughlin
Philadelphia
Boston
Indiana
Madison
New Harmony
Central Junior High
Up with People tickets on sale for May 16 event
Tickets priced 3.50 for adults and 2.50 for students are available for the May 16 8 p m performance at Anderson High School gym. Purchases can be made at local banks Anderson Citizen's First National Anderson Federal Lapel Rate Bank Anderson Music Center Hudson Printing Anderson Newspapers business office schools and churches. For more information call Dorothy Harrison at 643-6863 or Margaret Hudson at 643-7349.
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Anderson High School
Anderson, Citizen's
First National
Anderson Federal Banks
Rate Bank of Lapel
Anderson Music Center
Hudson Printing
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
United Faith
Dorothy Harrison
Margaret Hudson
Indiana Juvenile Code Outlined By Task Force Leader
Viola B Phillips reports on highlights of Indiana’s 1978 Juvenile Justice Code presented by Rev Jim Miller at a League of Women Voters dinner in Anderson The code aligns youth and adult crime definitions allows waivers to adult court for serious offenses and outlines separate handling for status offenders including possible county jail time group homes or mental health facilities Emphasis shifts from blaming the child to addressing family issues with broad support from civil liberties and law enforcement groups (Continued on Page 2)
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Viola B. Phillips
Mierald
Indiana
Indiana General Assembly
Jim Miller
Washington
Miller
Oeach
Miller Miller
League of Woman Voters
Civil Liberties Union
Sheriff's Association
District Attorneys Association
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City
Grile
State Board of Health
Board of Works
Buck's
City Service
Teamsters
Buck
Teamsters Union
Skmrup
Hilln'Dale
Riding Academy
Assail I&m Move
Citizens Bank
Meridian Plaza
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