Lucas supporters back sheriff's request for budget increase
Clay County Sheriff Wayne Lucas seeks a 100000 budget hike to fund two more deputies a full time detective and paper processing as well as a new squad car. supporters parked at the courthouse and 40 residents backed the proposal while the county council reviews the request.
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Clay
Clay County
Wayne Lucas
Lucas
House of Photography
Brazil
Ind
Indiana
Robert Neal
the Tribune
James Bowman
Sheriff's Department
County Council
Marble House Sneak Preview Sparks Local Interest
Today Local commentary outlines page four notes on school openings and community watch. Page five highlights Clay County pool drive ongoing while page eight previews The Marble House. Page thirteen questions European wine grapes in Indiana, and page seventeen features Touchton and Rose poised with butterfly season not yet started.
Weather and crime notes from Terre Haute district
Weather: morning 64 to 63 degrees, noon 70 with no precipitation. River stage 2.3 feet and falling. DIRT-DUST 92. Terre Haute region forecasts partly cloudy tonight with mid 60s lows and mid to upper 80s highs. Extended: weekend showers and thunderstorms, cooling briefly, then warmer Monday. Drollinger murder trial and related coverage noted.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Carter Signs Panama Canal Treaties Amid Protests
President Carter and General Torrijos signed two treaties turning control of the 51 mile canal to Panama, prompting protests with the chant We built it we bought it we own it. Senators and representatives warned ratification would be difficult and seriously contested.
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UPI
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Panama Canal
Gen
Omar Torrijos
Teddy Roosevelt
Panama
Senate
House
Mickey Edwards
R-Okla
Capitol
Sol Linowitz
Bert Lance
International Negotiation
Robert Byrd
Foreign Relations Committee
Larry McDonald
D-Ga
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Ronald Reagan
Senate Judiciary
United States
Latin America
Torrijos
U.S. Senate
Vigo County approves varied raises for county workers
Vigo County Council tentatively approved 1978 salary increases from 250 to 500 dollars for many offices and departments. Elected officials including the commissioners and surveyor gained sizeable hikes, while judges and some staff were left unchanged.
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Carolyn Toops
Vigo
Glenn Home
Health and
Park Department
Harrison Township
J. Arthur Mann
John W. Brentlinger
W. Paul Newton
Gordon Geckler
Richard Moore
Thomas Branam
Mann
Lawrence King
Witness list begins as Drollinger murder trial opens
In Hartford City Indiana jurors hear instructions on first and second degree murder and manslaughter as Roger Drollinger faces four counts. Prosecutor Hanner plans opening remarks with neighbor Harold Escoe as first witness.
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Hartford City
Ind
Roger C. Drollinger
Blackford
Drollinger
Parke County
Clelland Hanner
Harold Escoe
John Capper IV
David W. Smith
Wingate
Jasper
Rensselaer
Michael Kanne
Lafayette
Smith
Waynetown
Daniel R. Stonebraker
Darlington
Michael W. Wright
Crawfordsville
Ralph Spencer
Reeve Spencer
Raymond Spencer
Gregory Brooks
Hollandsburg
Pres
Michael Conway
Hanner
Escue
Betty Spencer
Brooks
Spencer Boys
Spencer
Indiana
Stonebraker
Wright
Blackford Circuit
Bruce Bade
Bade
Conway
Groceries in Terre Haute Drop in Marketbasket Prices
Colleen Sims reports the Tribune Marketbasket 15 items fell 3.8 percent from 19.47 to 18.74 between Aug 1 and Sept 1, the largest decline since Nov 1976. Ground chuck and coffee led drops while most items held steady or fell slightly. milk and margarine edged down or up modestly.
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Colleen Sims
Tribune
Terre Haute
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Rose
Jack Anderson
Newton
Moore
Geckler
King
Glenn Home Boiler and Laundry
West Central Indiana
Paul M. Welch
Health Department
Paul McKee
Roger Drollinger
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