Energy curtailment ahead as I&M faces coal shortage in Indiana
Madison County area officials cite an Indiana Public Service Commission report showing I&M as the only Indiana electric supplier with no clear voluntary cutbacks. The PSC warns of mandatory 90 percent school cuts, 25 percent commercial limits, and 15 percent residential reductions between Feb 18 and 25 as coal reserves dip toward 40 days. Local firms report 6 to 10 percent cuts. GM warns of Ohio plant curtailment affecting U.S. production. Municipalities and retailers prepare with shortened hours and shift changes while police aid curtailment enforcement.
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Herald
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Weather forecast summary for today and Thursday
Variable cloudiness today and Thursday with no large temperature changes. Highs in the upper 20s to low 30s, lows around 15. Tuesday's high 27 with a low near 14 or 36 and 100 tendency noted in parentheses.
Carter Presses White House Talks as Coal Strike Widens
President Carter urged both sides in the nationwide coal strike to bargain at the White House and warned of stronger measures if talks fail. He floated invoking the Taft Hartley Act and a possible 80 day cooling off period, while United Mine Workers president Arnold Miller called for prompt negotiations. Labor Secretary Kay Marshall voiced optimism bargaining would resume soon.
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Council district lines redrawn in Madison County
Madison County Commissioners ordered redraw of councilmanic district boundaries as county offices filing gets underway. County Attorney Patrick Cunningham presented the map to the commissioners on Tuesday.
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Redistricting Change May Equalize Madison County Seats
County commissioners studied population figures from the 1970 census and directed Cunningham to draft an ordinance redrawing councilman districts. The prior plan used voter registration counts, creating up to a 16 percent disparity. the revised map aims for four districts with population totals around 34 thousand each. The ordinance is to be ready for signatures by Tuesday, with special sessions possible before year end. Precinct boundaries in Richland Township were also redrawn, moving 792 voters to Precinct 1 and 553 to Precinct 2.
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Madison County Council
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Senate passes school board legislation in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS SEN Thomas J Teague s SB 471 would allow Anderson to elect a school board, sent to public policy committee. The measure delays for city courts in Alexandria Anderson and Elwood struggle in the Senate as leadership delays assignment. Teague says the bill is retroactive to Jan 1 1978, removing the six year limit, and would apply only to Anderson if enacted.
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