Ice Crust Halts Madison County Traffic After Blizzard
Five days after a massive blizzard Madison County struggles with an ice crust on main roads. City crews spray de-icer while salt supplies thaw. traffic jams stretch along Jackson and Brown Delaware streets. Police log increases in property damage reports. two minor personal injury crashes Monday. Only select roads are snow and ice free, and residents urged to stay home except for essential errands. County sheriffs enforce curfew to curb late night travel as road crews press toward rural areas.
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Jackson
Brown-Delaware
Lloyd Line
Line
Eisenhower Bridge
East Eighth Street
Ind. 109
38Th Street
Indiana
Pendleton
Elwood
Muncie
MCPD
Gunter
Outside Weather Summary Card
A 30 percent chance of occasional snow this morning with accumulations under one inch. Partly cloudy this afternoon and Wednesday. Highs range 10 to 20 and lows 0 to 10. Anderson reports a high of 13 and low of -1 for Monday.
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Anderson
Inside Index of Today's Newspapers Sections
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Anderson budget fails to gain state approval due to legal ads error
The 1978 Anderson civil city budget, above 12 million, failed to win approval from the State Board of Tax Commissioners over a technical error in legal advertisements dated August 13 and 20. The board reaffirmed a 3.93 property tax rate while noting the ads should have named August 29 as the approval date.
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Rob Prillaman
Herald
Anderson
Civil City
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Tax Board
Bud Ooley
Indianapolis
Paul Newbern
Newbern
Robert L. Rock
Anderson-Anderson
Stony Creek Township
Library Board
Library Services and Construction Act
Retired ISP veteran to enter sheriff's race
Robert Baldwin of Union Township a retired Indiana State Police veteran announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Madison County sheriff as primary filing opens. Baldwin spent 21 years with the ISP all at Pendleton post and has lived in Madison County 23 years. He graduated Manual High School 1951 and joined ISP in 1955 after industry work. He holds law enforcement credits from Indiana University and FBI schools and has taught at the Indiana State Law Enforcement Academy. He is currently a special investigator for Allied Fidelity Insurance in Indianapolis.
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Robert Baldwin
Union Township
Indiana State Police
Madison County
Baldwin
ISP
Pendleton Post
Manual High School
Indianapolis
Indiana University
FBI
Indiana State Law Enforcement Academy
Allied Fidelity Insurance of
School board measure heads to Senate hearing today
Anderson area patrons will weigh in on a bill to mandate an elected school board replacing the current appointment system. Senate Education Committee scheduled SB-471 for a late afternoon hearing after adjournment as Sen. Thomas J. Teague pursues a two step plan to address controversy. He conferred with Harold Negley and Harold Gallagher on three alternatives and discussed the proposal with Craig B. Campbell’s supporters.
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Nancye Hawes
Indianapolis
Anderson
Senate
Thomas J. Teague
Senate Education Committee
Teague
Statehouse
Harold Negley
Harold Gallagher
David Gotshall
Craig B Campbell
The
Herald
Campbell
Teague pushes study group on elected Anderson school board
Indiana House leader Teague proposes an enabling statute to create districting for electing the Anderson Community Schools Board. A Blue Ribbon Study Committee would set balloting procedures, district boundaries and timing, with local input from the superintendent’s office PTA teachers legislators and media.
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Anderson
John M. Blevins
Teague
Indianapolis Public School Corporation
Indiana Commission of General Education
Anderson Community Schools Board
Blue Ribbon School Board
Commission On General Education
PTA
PTO
Robert L. Rock
Indiana
OKs county welfare appeal and budget action
Madison County commissioners approved the welfare department 1978 budget of 4,456,642 with a tax rate of 33.5 cents after granting a welfare appeal to exceed the frozen limit. Welfare Director Clifford Bennett said the approval could allow payment of debts totaling about 285,000. a prior suit over 50,000 plus hospital bills prompted talks of transferring funds to cover immediate needs.
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Pam Mulkey
Herald
Madison County Welfare Department
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Madison County
Welfare Department
Clifford Bennett
the Herald
Bennett
Otis Cox
Indianapolis
Local Government Tax Control Board
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Bud’ Hillis
John Cleary
Meridian Plaza
Anderson Herald School Board
P.O
Ind
State
Oks County Welfare Appeal
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