City Almost Fatherless As Leaders Away From Anderson Week
An Exclusive Herald report details Anderson where leaders are scattered: Mayor Rock on vacation, council members at a National League of Cities convention in San Juan, and city officials traveling on city funds. The absence leaves a question of who would run a municipal emergency. The piece notes trips funded from various city budgets and the unknowns of succession amid illness and vacations.
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Anderson
Tanner
Demorat
Ralph Ferguson
National League of Cities
San Juan
Fuerto Rico
Miami
Caribbean
von Cochran
Robert Morris
Jick Alexander
Andrew Orbik
Merle Jones
Jack Campbell
Craig Campbell
San Juan Con
Campbell
Chester “Doc” Lawrence
Board of Public Works
Lawrence
Works
Republican Works
Lloyd Mellenthin
Ramond Nuce
Morris Johns
Johns
Works Board
Paul Newbern
Newbern
Accidents Claim Two Lives In Madison County
Two fatal accidents reported. An Anderson woman named Ramona Morris was struck by a northbound car on Columbus Avenue near 37th Street and died from multiple injuries after being taken to St. John's Hospital. Kerry Price, 29, of 4511 Columbus Ave., was the driver in the Morris case. no arrests reported. In a separate incident, Islip A Murphy, 52, of 114 Rowe Ave., Alexandria, died when his car left the Alexandria Pike, hit a yard planter, and struck a utility pole near 2711 Alexandria Pike at 3:28 a.m. Murphy, a Delco Remy employee and World War II veteran, may not have been wearing a seat belt. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Anderson
Columbus Avenue
37Th Street
Ramona. Morris
Columbus Ave
Morris
St. John's Hospital
Madison County
Lonnie Weston
Kerry Price
Price Auto
Fusiue
Alexandria
Alexandria Pike
Islip A. Murphy
Rowe Ave
Weston
Murphy
Whelsel
Delco Remy
Region Six Planning Commission Tabled by Madison County COG
Madison County Council of Governments tabled a proposal to join the Region Six Planning Commission. If joined, seven counties would form an east central Indiana regional body including Madison, Henry, Delaware, Randolph, Jay, Blackford and Grant. The move awaits Gov Otis Smith’s decision expected by January 4 and was noted as lacking Anderson city representatives.
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Madson County
Indiana
Region Six Planning Commission
Madison
Henry
Delaware
Randolph
Jay
Blackford
Grant
Clifton B. Paddock
Board of County Commissioners
COG
Otis
Anderson
Region Six Planing Commission
Robert 1 Rock
Robert
Morris City
Don McCarty
Theodore
Ted) Pantazis
Alexandria Plans for Long Range Park and Recreation
Alexandria officials detailing a long range park program to secure federal funding outlined a 1974 76 phase with a Beulah Park pool costing about 170 010 and three new tennis courts at 7 000 each. The plan includes block parks, a pedestrian overpass over Ind 9 and the railroad, four new block parks, and a future Pipe Creek neighborhood park plus a historic pre Civil War home as a community center. Mayor Max Branch noted overcrowding and drew residents from nearby cities for large family picnics while stressing park access improvements.
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Alexandria
Madison County Council of Governments
Max Branch
COG Board
Alexandria Park Board
COG
Beulah Park
Alexandria Park
Ind. 9
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Alexandria Community Center
Entually
Pipe Creek
Winding Drive
Norfolk Drive
Belmont and
Jefferson Streets
Third and Canal
Church and Edge Way
Grant and Harrison Streets
Energy Bill Approved by House Commerce Panel
The House Commerce Committee approved an emergency energy bill touted by chairman Harley O. Staggers as affecting every person in the land. The measure speeds clean air rollbacks and authorizes gasoline rationing to address the energy crisis sparked by the Arab oil embargo.
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House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Damage suit continues in Madison Superior Court
A jury trial over a 730000 damage claim continues in Madison Superior Court 2 with Special Judge Ray Ade seeking a swift conclusion. The case stems from a June 18, 1971 crash on Ind 9 near U.S. 35 and Ind 22 involving a McLain Trucking semi carrying 42000 pounds of steel and a Tobin automobile. Witnesses including Arthur Tobin and Wayne Tobin testified on driver behavior, vehicle condition, and possible alcohol influence, while Burks’s deposition described brake condition and the truck's attempt to avoid collision as the light changed.
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Madison Superior Court
Ray Ade
Huntington County
von Lamerre
U.S. 35
Ind. 22
Clyde Burks
McLain
Tobin
the Star
Wayne Tobin
LaPierre
Burks
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Ronir
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Grace DeArmond
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Arthur Tobin
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