New Orleans Sniper Identified as Mark Essex and Conflict Reported
Police say ballistics prove the .44 Magnum found with a dead sniper atop a hotel matches the weapon used to kill cadet Alfred Harrell and wound Patrolman Edwin Hosh. Mark Essex, 24, of Emporia Kansas, is named as the deceased shooter. evidence suggests possible extra snipers and a broader conspiracy.
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New Orleans
Clarence Giarrusso
Giarrusso
Mark Essex
Emporia
Kan
Essex
Alfred Harrell
Edwin C. Hosh Sr
Howard Johnson
Robert Staegal
Louis Slrgo
Treasury Department
Hayes
Jefferson Parish
Bowen lays it on the line with Indiana state department heads
Gov Otis Bowen opens his administration by banning backbiting ghost employees and petty courtesies and demanding full days of work and high performance from department heads. He warns against lobbying at the legislature but orders proper attendance at committee hearings and weekly staff meetings. James Abraham, a young Anderson teacher active in Republican circles, joins Bowen staff.
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Herald Statehouse
Indianapolis
Otis R. Bowen
Bowen
James Abraham
Anderson
Highlind High School
College Corner School
Madison County
Lincoln Club
County Young Republican
Abraham
Plan Commission Issues 500 Permits In 1972
Madison County Planning Commission issued 500 building permits in 1972 with a total value over 12 million. The year included 350 single family homes, 22 garages, 15 businesses, 16 duplexes, six barns, seven utility buildings, and 25 mobile home sites. May saw peak activity with 61 single family permits and a $3 million May peak from the Madison County Government Center project. remodeling added 180 thousand for a school addition and five thousand for a church chapel.
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Madison County Planning Commission
Commission
Madison County
Madison Heights weighs single or twin pool plan
Madison Heights school district moves toward a possible open air 50 meter pool and four tennis courts on land north of the junior high, with a parallel need for an enclosed school pool. The plan hinges on federal funds and local financing as officials weigh domed or permanent construction amid maintenance and vandalism concerns.
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Madisone Heights
Anderson School Board
Madison Heights Junior High School
McCarty
Veterinarian Dr. Edgar S. Johnson Dies at 63
Elwood born veterinarian Dr. Edgar S. Johnson, 63, died at 3 10 p.m. Tuesday in Mercy Hospital after closing his Elwood clinic due to ill health. A 1927 Elwood High School alum and 1930 Ohio State veterinary graduate, he owned the Elwood practice since 1950. Survived by wife Frances, son Maj. William Johnson, two brothers, two sisters, and several relatives. Funeral services pending at Jackley Landrum Funeral Home.
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Elowood
Edgar S. Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Johnson
Meadow Wood Addition
Elwood
McDaniel
Veterinary
Elwood High School
Ohio State University
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Men’s Club
Elks and
Frances
Maj
William Johnson
Guam
John Robert Johnson
Anderson
Tipton
Adeline Erber
Indianapolis
Walter Edmonds
Lebanon
Jackley-Landrum Funeral Home
Frankton Firemen Name New Officers
Frankton Volunteer Firemen elected new officers for the coming year. Chief Marian Crawford, assistant Chuck Clark, captain Ron Smith, first lieutenant Charles Duckworth, second lieutenant Carl Fry, and chairman Chuck Clark are listed as the officer slate.
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Frankton
Frankton Volunteer Firemen
Marian Crawford
Chuck Clark
Ron Smith
Charles Duckworth
Carl Fry
Chuck Clarkee Shivey
New Judge Outlines Juvenile Court Reforms
Judge Clifford argues for separation of charges and trial duties in Madison County juvenile cases. He backs a probation driven approach emphasizing post conviction programs and a volunteers in probation initiative modeled after Kokomo Indiana. He warns against overreliance on confinement and calls for public input at a forthcoming meeting.
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Clifford
Probation Department
Madison County
Kokomo
Indiana
Officials Discuss Procedure for Acquiring New Patrol Cars
County officials debated how to proceed as the force plans eight patrol cars with four used as trade ins. The deputy floated partnering with the Criminal Justice Planning Agency to cut equipment costs. Transfers totaling 6700 were approved for the county juvenile home after Judge Clifford explained title and role changes for staff. County commissioners urged raising the county planning director’s salary, while others opposed citing doubts about finding more qualified candidates and focus on enacting proposed ordinances.
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Criminal Justice Planning Agency
Superior Court
William R. Clifford
County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Baker
Powell
Attorney Faces Possible Contempt Charge in RCA Theft Case
Marion attorney Gerald Finney may face contempt of court if he does not appear before Grant Circuit Judge Morris Hall at 9 a.m. Friday. Finney, representing three men charged in a $45,000 television picture tube theft from the RCA plant, has twice failed to appear for his clients.
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Marion—Anderson
Gerald
Finney
Grant Circuit
Morris Hall
Judge Hall
Madison County Police
RCA
Elwood
Madison
Tipton Counties
Tipton County
Madison County
Madison County Planning Commission
Elwood Planners Elect Officers and Discuss Zoning
Elwood Planning Commission elected Richard Hoffman as president with George Acres as vice president and Mrs. Rosanne Stokes as secretary. They approved keeping the second Tuesday monthly meeting and rejected a Bruce Johnsons rezoning from R-1 to B-1 6-1, suggesting a Board of Zoning Appeals variance instead.
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Elmer Heath
Hugh McDermitt
Ned A. Craig
John Little
Elwood
Richard Hoffman
Elwood Planning Commission
George Acres
Rosanne Stokes
Commission
Bruce Johnsons
S. K St
Johnsons
Board of Zoning Appeals
Health Board Approves Arrowhead Park Sewage Plan
The State Board of Health approved Arrowhead Estates Mobile Home Park sewage plans near Pendleton. Conditions require start by May 1 by owners Donald Bancroft and William Norton, installation of a 101 unit lift station and 9,560 feet of waterlines linking to Pendleton mains, annexation potential, licensing compliance, and permits for zoning and local authorities.
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State Board of Health
Arrowhead Estates
Pendleton
Donald H. Bancroft
William J. Norton
Pendle
Adams and
High Streets
Mill Road
High Street
Charles Breece
Bancroft
Douglass Owens
Robert Beeman
Quality New Homes plan by HAL REDDICK and HIGHSMITH
An advertisement outlines plan ahead options for new homes from HAL REDDICK and W H HIGHSMITH. Contact numbers 643 and 644-1217 accompany the project details.
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Hal Reddick
W. H. Highsmith
Anderson and Madison County Area Deaths
Obituary notices for Mary Depalo Moyer of Atlanta formerly of Elwood along with John Lester Pless of Bedford and Germaine M Simon of Fortville are reported. Readings cover ages, survivors, and funeral arrangements across Anderson and surrounding areas.
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Anderson and
Madison County
Allen Markle
Anderson
H. L. Edwards
Madison
Kermit Bartlett
Bedford
Doyle
Chicago
Carl Pless
Funeral arrangements and obituaries in Ohio and Indiana
Funeral arrangements are pending at Baker Brothers Funeral Home for Joseph Fletcher who died at birth in St. Johns. Surviving are his parents Scott and Janet Ellis Sparks, one sister Jada Lyn, and extended family including grandparents Ellis and Sparks and great grandparents Ellis and Sparks. Also noted is the death of Lucille Sommer at age 73 in Lodi Ohio with survivors including husband C W Sommer, children and stepchildren, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services for Sommer are set at Parker Funeral Home in Lodi with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. viewing today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Baker Brothers Funeral
Joseph Fletcher
St. John’s Hospital
Scott
Central Junior High School
Janet Ellis Sparks
S. Layton Rd
Jada Lyn
T. Fletcher Ellis
Evansville
Joseph C. Sparks
Anderson
Everett T. Ellis
Roy Sparks
Bloomington
Lucille Sommer
Grove St
Lodi
Ohio
Akron City Hospital
Canaan
Jay E. Fitzpatrick
Ward-Stilson Company
C. W. Sommer
Jack Sommer
Wadsworth
John Fitzpatrick
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jean Marvin
Berea
Doris Roach
Redondo Beach
Calif
Robert Sommer
Royal Oak
Mich
Parker Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Nancy S Zapf 83 Muncie dies in Gaston nursing home
Nancy S Zapf 83 of 1400 W Sixth St Muncie died in a Gaston nursing home. She was born in Kansas and lived in Muncie most of her life. Survived by four sons Rol lin Daleville Alvin Ronald of Muncie Arnold Cincinnati. three daughters Garnet Parkison Norman Richman and Dixie Hartley. 16 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services 10 30 a m Thursday at Stephens Rohrdan Funeral Home Muncie Horace Shuman officiating burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p m today and until services Thursday.
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Muncie
Nancy S. Zapf
Sixth St
Gaston
Kansas
Daleville
Dixie Hartley
Stephens-Rohrdan
Horace Shuman
Beech Grove
Free Will Baptists To Hear Carl Young Family Singers
The Carl Young family singers of Muncie will perform at the Free Will Baptist Church in Chesterfield at 7 p.m. Sunday. The event is open to the public, announced Rev. William H. Patterson.
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Chesterfield
Carl Young Family Singers
Muncie
Free Will Baptist Church
William H. Patterson
Two Newborns Reported At Local Hospitals
At St. John's Hospital a son was born to Mr and Mrs Jesse Wilker of 1700 E First St. At Community Hospital a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs Russell Henry of Lapel.
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St. John's Hospital
Jesse Wilkerson
E. First St
Community Hospital
Russell Henry
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Edward LaPorte
Field
Honky
Federal
Plan Commission
By Pam Mulkey
Herald Sataff
Mary E. Stephens
Robert D. Gilland
Lafayette Township
Madison Heights
By C. Randall Shuman
Herald
Bill McCarty
MHHS
Paul Bradford
David Nicholson
Arthur Henning
The
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
DeVar Litten
Time Magazine
Council
George Baker
Harold Berry
Bruce Yoder
Beckman, Yoder and Seay Inc
Fortee
Natal
Yoder
City Farm
J Street
Callaway Park
Jegg
Margaret Osburn
Madison County Health Department
J.C. Hoover
Citizens Bank
Mary Depalo Moyer
Atlanta
Elwood Gospel Tabernacle
London
James W. Moyer
Carroll E. Moyer
William L. Moyer
Janice Craft
John Pless
John Lester Pless
Germaine Simon
Fortville
Germaine M. Simon
Don
Patricia) Rose
Rt. 12
St. Clemmen’s Catholic Church
Lucien Vancalbergh
Riverview
William
Duluth
Minn
Madaline Johnson
Margaret Jakubek
Mary Lauer
Amarillo
Texas
Filatrault-Foley Funeral Home
Ronald Seals
Mary Moyer
Joseph Sparks
Lucile Sommer
Hollon’s Drug Store
Nancy Zapf
Free Will Baptists
Men’‘s Black
Alexandria
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