Bond issue alterations loom in downtown land deal talks
The Anderson Redevelopment Commission may redo its 2 million general obligation bond to fund a parking garage at 11th and Meridian as talks falter over a land trade with the local library. Debates focus on financing, library relocation, and possible Superblock shifts with county officials eyeing the site for future facilities.
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Anderson Redevelopment Commission
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Meridian Streets
Sears. Roebuck
Redevelopment Commission
Superblock
Library At Ath
Meridian
Library Board
Sears
Dan Davisson
C. Alan Hornley
11Th and Meridian
11Th and
12Th and
Jackson Streets
Hornley
Davisson
the Herald
Madison County
Lith
City weighs labor changes and I M rate hike impact
The Herald reports Reed faces criticism over labor sourcing and equipment shortfalls as he runs the city refuse contract. I M Electric seeks a 9.5 percent rate increase for wholesale customers, risking higher municipal utility bills. the works board plans to intervene before FERC and file PSC petitions to pass along future rate hikes. Transit privatization is tabled amid potential legal issues. The board also approves sludge dumping near Orestes with monitoring wells and depth limits, after stockpiling since last year due to heavy metal concerns at Ridge Road.
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Reed
the Herald
Anderson
Buck
Teamsters Union
Indiana & Michigan Electric Company
Works Board
I&m
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Indiana Public Service Commission
Hall
FERC
City Transit System
Chuck Martindale
Merle Jones
Martindale
Marvin Clanin
Clanin
Madison County Commissioners
Orestes
State Board of Health
Ridge Road
Gunfire Keeps Mob At Bay At Anderson Speedway
An off duty city officer, amid a 20 strong intoxicated mob at Anderson Speedway, fired two warning shots to deter an attack after two men threatened him with knives. Two suspects, Tommie Fields and Paul Sheets, both of Muncie, were arrested for disorderly conduct with Fields charged also with resisting law enforcement with a deadly weapon. A second report notes a spectator was beaten and hospitalized during the same disturbance.
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Serenal Herald
Anderson Speedway
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Herald
the Herald
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Anderson Police Department
Tommie Wayne Fields
Paul L. Sheets
Muncie
Fields
Sheets
Burglar shot up to no avail in rural Elwood, Ind
Police blotter details a break in at Carl Jones residence on Rt. 2 Box 267 Anderson around 9 15 p m Saturday. Suspect backed car into drive then fled after Jones and his sons returned. Vehicle traced to Mock near Tipton and arrest sought. items possibly stolen found in the car include clothing toolboxes a tape player car speakers bank books and .32 caliber shells. Plane crash near Elwood airport injures four with no hospital care required. Eddie Hammons injured by flying glass after posing as a doctor attempting in home inspection. Odell Hammons fires a shot. Eddie transported to St John’s Hospital later released.
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Elwood
Carl Jones
Rt. 2
Box
Anderson
Jones
Ind. 9N
ITIS
Mock
Tipton
Kokomo
MCPD
Eddie Hammons
Arrow Ave
Odell Hammons
Berkowitz faces sentencing in high-profile New York murder case
In a Brooklyn courtroom Berkowitz shouted threats as guards dragged him out. Prosecutors noted potential life terms for murders and attempted killings while a psychiatrist evaluated his sanity. Judge Corso postponed sentencing amid defense requests and spectator pleas from victims' families.
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Berkowitz
Robert Violante
Violante
Miss. Moskowitz
Brooklyn
Corso
Bronx
Queeens
Devil
Yonkers
Sam
New York
D.F. Ruocco
Ruling on race bias in long distance dispute widens AT T case
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court order requiring AT T to aid competitor MCI in expanding long distance service, a decision critics say could raise rates by about 100 million dollars annually. The session also agreed to review Montana state tax authority over government project contracts and declined to intervene in a KNBC producer libel case against Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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Rochester
N.Y
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
MCI Telecommunications Corp
At&t
Montana
Donald Widener
Knbc TV
Los Angeles
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Survivors recount killings and looting by fighting in Katanga
Survivors from Portsmouth Virginia and French national Jean Marie Lallemand describe brutal killings and looting by groups in Katanga. They accuse rebels of murder and assert that Zairean government troops did not protect refugees and may have participated. Survivors report rapes and beatings witnessed by families.
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Harold Amstutz
Portsmouth
Glen
Jean-Marie Lallemand
Long Voting Machines Transported For May Primary
Voting machines weigh about two tons each and are moved by two trucks. About eight highway workers cover 119 precincts, taking two to three weeks to install and similar time to recover devices after the election. Four machines were dropped during delivery due to a broken securing strap, prompting replacement and a plan to add two spare units for future problems.
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Highway Department
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St. John’s Hospital
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Hldlech
Neysa Moskowitz
Erin Adses
Firat
Eter Fergie
J.C. Comet
Sun
Robert Morphew
Inbert
Landmark Missionary Baptist Church
Indiana Ave
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