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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1977
Page
3
Tel Med, a free health and medical information program, has shut down due to money problems. The service provided taped reports on general health, venereal disease, nutrition, pregnancy, first aid, and many specific topics to over half a million callers.
Public Service Indiana will pay a 12500 federal fine under a NRC consent agreement after building a 4.5 mile road from Indiana 62 to the Marble Hill nuclear site before a permit. PSI did not admit violations. The NRC says hearings have occurred but no work permit issued for the $1.6 billion plant.
An Indiana engineering firm warns that continuing to rely on gasoline taxes threatens road maintenance as inflation, rising construction costs, and a federal mileage rule shrink revenue. By 1995 Indiana would see 4.1 million drivers and substantial increases in cars and trucks, demanding more funds than the current system can provide.
Indiana Izaak Walton League ends its annual convention with a resolution opposing the Hoosier Energy Merom Station plant. The group backs land purchases for the Hoosier National Forest and a constitutional amendment for public initiatives on referendums and recalls. They also praise the U.S. Forest Service for a natural areas inventory and urge appointments of conservationists to environmental boards. The league will press hearings on Merom Station due to inadequate environmental impact studies and water use from the Wabash River, and urges more water quality research. Den nis R Winters reelected president. Charles W Wiseman named secretary. Gale S Atwood as treasurer.
Indiana University educator and author Richard N. Farmer laments widespread decline in society. He argues unemployment leads to hunger, car safety worsens, and divorce rates rise while bureaucrats stall progress. He discusses his new book Why Nothing Seems to Work Anymore.
A regional report quotes an international business adviser arguing that optimism is waning and government action feeds the mood. He urges reading history to gauge progress and notes how foreign observers see American ingenuity despite domestic bungling and public agency inefficiencies.
United Press International reports four people died in Indiana traffic crashes over the weekend. James Engle Jr., 36, of Kewanna, died when his motorcycle left a Pulaski County road near Monterey. Alexander Nastoff, 26, of Michigan City, was killed in a fiery crash on U.S. 12 west of Ogden Dunes, his car burning with him trapped inside. Two others, Richard Oler, 24, of Richmond, and Malcolm Fadely, 32, of Pendleton, died in crashes Saturday.
Chicago voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose Michael Bilandic the acting mayor since Daley’s death. Bilandic a 54 year old Democrat has moved beyond stand in status with reforms like late night meat sales and plans for a Crosstown Expressway. His GOP challenger Dennis Block has little funding and names him as vulnerable.
United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young says King’s assassination was a blessing because King had done all he could and deserved to rest. He recalls standing near King when the shooting occurred in Memphis Tennessee and describes a lifelong view that death can be a reward.
An AMA editorial in JAMA says acupuncture yields acceptable pain relief in only about one in ten patients. It calls for refinement via lab tests and clinical trials, citing NAS study group observations of 48 acupuncture surgeries in China in May 1974 A note says acupuncture does not abolish pain nor alter consciousness like general anesthesia.
In Alton Illinois a housewife Donna Flaugher aged 29 and her children Jeff eight and Kim ten drowned during a riverside outing at Lewis and Clark State Park Madison County deputies said Kim was recovered Sunday afternoon while two other bodies remained missing until Coast Guard efforts resumed. A third child was rescued by two passing girls.
In Springfield last week the Illinois General Assembly moved the death penalty closer to law as the Senate approved a measure to allow capital punishment for specific murders and the House awaited amendments. The ERA fell short by six votes in the House, while a workmen's compensation bill advanced to the full House after a narrowly cleared Senate. House Elections Committee backed party affiliation registration 28 days before primaries, sparking concerns over independents. Also revived were bills to aid parochial school parents and to loan private school textbooks.
Indiana farmers are resetting some tomato fields due to hot dry conditions reported in the Indiana Farm Labor Bulletin. The Rural Manpower Service notes sufficient field labor is on hand and migrant labor demand remains changed as scattered showers fail to relieve the drought. Transplanting in most areas has been completed.
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