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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1976
Page
11
West Boggs Park and Recreation and the Daviess Martin County Joint Park and Recreation Board host the Eighth Annual World Junior Frisbee Championships and National Hula Hoop Contest at the athletic field June 27 starting 1 p.m. Junior divisions 11 and under and 12 15 compete for state entry with national finalists earning 1000 bonds and regional champions 100 bonds.
Illinois and eight other states probe thefts of 1 000 trailers and fake license plates. Secretary of State Howlett calls it a nationwide racket needing months to unravel. Investigators tie out of state plates to buyers paying up to 40 dollars each. State trooper Henry Sikorski and three others indicted for grand theft after attempting to sell 40 000 pounds of stolen meat.
Newton Indiana special judge Daniel H Dailey granted a defense motion to move the murder trial of Michael Lee Lett 21 of Washington Indiana to Taylorville citing prejudicial pretrial publicity Lett is charged with abducting Catherine Jo Harris 13 of Newton on April 19 and four counts of murder along with counts of aggravated kidnapping concealment of a homicide taking indecent liberties with a minor armed robbery and theft Harris body found near Greenup April 28 A competency hearing for Lett is set for July 12 with Dr Phillip Bornstein to examine him Miss Harris was daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Maroon
Clay County Homemakers Clubs gathered with Mrs Virginia Ringo welcoming members. Joy Jarvis announced scholarship winner Suzan ne Gibbons who received a $150 check. Gloria Huey introduced as new vice president and Agnes Schawecker received a Jane award plaque.
Donald Bradshaw and David Banta of St Paul Minnesota visit grandmother Orlean Bradshaw and Gladys Patrick. Mr and Mrs Arthur Ray Philabaum and Mr and Mrs Jim White with children join Mr and Mrs Hershel White of Brazil for a dinner.
After 29 ballots in Indianapolis 34 year old Frank Ziebell of Plano Texas defeated rivals James Leonhart and David Bell to break a 1967 deadlock. The vote ended a long balloting session interrupted by a contract expiration at the Convention Center and a parade cancellation as delegates awaited the result.
Interior Secretary Thomas S. Kleppe sharply criticizes the NRC for approving the Bailly Nuclear Power Plant near Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. He urges reconsideration, citing environmental and visual impact and says Interior may seek a formal reconsideration or join a lawsuit if the decision stands. He notes concerns over alternative sites and inadequate consideration of recommendations.
Sullivan Indiana special report: Rebekah Lodge District 38 meets at Sullivan lodge with a 11 a.m. regular session and a noon work session under district deputy president Susie Holbert. Dinner at 5 p.m. then the 6 p.m. evening meeting. Wanda Westfall conducts school instruction.
Carroll DeKalb and Steuben counties will levy a 1 percent county option tax beginning July 1, raising the rate from one half of one percent according to the State Department of Revenue on Thursday.
Hearings planned this summer on a bill to require most government agencies to meet and vote in public while allowing private bodies to meet in private except for public funded projects. The measure restricts secret sessions to defined legal exceptions and requires public posting and final votes in public.
The Perry County site near Centralia Illinois won ERDA approval for a 200 to 400 million dollar coal gasification demonstration plant. The plan includes 15 to 25 million in initial federal funds for design and site work, with construction and operation following. The project could expand to a full scale plant and would consume about 2200 tons daily of Herrin No 6 and Harrisburg No 5 coal.
Indiana Chief Justice Richard Givan told a legislative committee that under the state Supreme Court ruling judges can compel local governments to cover essential court expenses. Officials argue mandates fund nonessential items, while judges and the Indiana Judges Association defend it as a necessary check on underfunding, noting the state allocates less than 0.5 percent of funds to finance courts. Vigo County and Indianapolis officials cite fiscal strain from mandates, and a 1975 law allowing challenges to mandates has been limited by a recent emergency ruling in a case over phone installations.
Cub scouts and Scouts from the Wabash Valley area are invited to participate in Clay County Bicentennial Youth Days as part of Independence Day celebrations. The event called Jim Warren's Outing honors Scout Commissioner Jim Warren with camping and demonstrations on June 28 and June 29, coordinated by Vince Frost, running through July 5.
AP reports the Illinois Lottery Thursday drawing for the Bicentennial Bonanza Game. Winning numbers include 10 and Delaware with Red as the color and the colony drawn.
James R. Farrington 19 of Clinton petitions to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in a nine count federal indictment over the bombing of Plumb-Rite Supply Co in Anderson. Other defendants include Dr John D Lind attorney Ralph Max Howard and Gary Teeters. Farrington is in federal custody. Lind is jailed on bond as a murder suspect in Gary Lake case. Trial venue has moved to Evansville per defense petitions.
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