Tragic Tug of War Ends In Fingers Severed At School
At Harrisburg Middle School a tug of war with a nylon rope snapped after 12 minutes injuring at least four teens and leaving many with severed fingers or fingertips. The rope, five-eighths inch thick, caused deep tissue damage as students in grades seven through nine pulled for a world record. Dozens were hospitalized or treated for burns and rope injuries. some fingers could not be reattached due to timing and tissue loss.
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Betty Bogar
Polyclinic Medical Center
Shannon Meloy
Harrisburg Middle School
Marshal Layton
Ional
Marie Lewis
Bogar
Lucille Cadden
Harrisburg
Stalled Calendar Talks Blur School Year Dates in Anderson
Anderson school calendar talks yield minimal progress as Board of Trustees and AFT Local 519 meet in a 7 p.m. closed session to align opening closing and holiday dates. Negotiations on salaries, contract language, and fringe benefits proceed slowly, with no decisive agreement yet. Indiana teachers wage a nationwide salary comparison showing Indiana near the bottom in growth while earning about 13 327 in 1976 77.
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AFT
Steve Anderson
the Herald
Anderson
David Gotshal
Hall
Seuss
Senor Board
Sene
APT
Cone
Gotshall
Ronata Jensen
Indiana
Hoosier
UIST
Mississippi
Jensen
Foreigners invest more money in the United States
Foreign investment in the United States grows across banking, hotels, office buildings and shopping centers. The Commerce Department says foreigners own about 34 billion dollars in direct investments, roughly 2 percent, up from 18 billion five years ago. Netherlands United Kingdom Canada lead as top investors. Florida sees Latin American purchases of banks and land.
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Atlanta Hilton
Kuwait Investment Co
Magnavox
Philips
Netherlands
America
United Kingdom
Canada
Nouveau Rich
Florida
First National Bank of Hialeah
Central National Bank of Miami
Amera
Nestle Co
Switzerland
Libby McNeil & Libby
British American Tobacco Co
Hardee's
Ike
James Goldsmith
Grand Union
South Korea
Rev
Sun Myung Moon
Commerce Department
Lund
Swinford Farm Identified as City Landfill Target
Adams Township property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Swinford, a 164 acre tract, was labeled the city’s main target for landfill at a Madison County Planning Commission session. City attorney Marvin Clanin said Swinford’s two acre rezoning petition was approved despite his plea to delay for 30 days to draft legislation for city acquisition by purchase or condemnation.
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Anderson Board of Public Works
Swinford
Planning Commission
the Herald
Plantas Seus
Janin
Clanin
Canin
Board of Works
Walter Dietzen
Inside Page Index For Today's Edition
The notice lists the newspaper's page by page contents from Editorials on page 4 to Classified ads on pages 30 through 35, noting sections such as Obituaries People and Sports highlights across pages 5 to 21. It also references stock markets on page 17 and comics on pages 28 to 29.
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Iter
Weather snapshot shows warm stretches ahead
Sunny and pleasant today with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday with highs in the low to mid-80s. East to southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Anderson’s high Tuesday was 88 with a low of 51. Sunset at 8 30 p.m. and sunrise at 5 30 a.m.
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Towors
Anderson
Prison update efforts persist in Indiana reform case
The Justice Department will join as friend of the court in Frewen v Phend, a four year battle over living conditions at Indiana penal facilities. Investigations found overcrowding and unsanitary conditions at Pendleton, Putnamville, a City prison, and Indianapolis facility. State officials denounced the documents as outdated and retaliatory.
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Indiana
Vic. Washington
Justice
Justice Department
Indiana Reformtory
The
Reformatory
Pendleton
Frewen
Phend
Matory
City
State Farm
Putnamville
Indianapolis
Otis Bowen
Theodore Sendak
Indiana News Service
Freedom of Information Act
Oppost Indak
Fed
Drew S. Days
Bloody clash in Lebanon deepens sectarian strife
In northern Lebanon fighting between 800 rightist Phalange militiamen and Franjieh loyalists killed the son of former President Franji eh and at least 57 others. Syrian peacekeepers were urged by President Sarkis to separate Christian factions as clashes rooted in leadership disputes escalated amid regional tensions.
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Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Phalange Party
Franjieh
inter-Christrife
Elias Sarkis
Beirut
Israel
Ehden
Tony Franjieh
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Milton Berger
Swinford Farm
Clanen
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