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119 CENTRAL NEWSPAPERS VINCENNES, INDIANA 50 cents 24 pages The Poster's Legislators want disaster declared for area counties Would help get flood relief I al 4 Hostettler and Indiana House Minority Leader John Gregg, D-Sandborn, have both made requests to the governor that Pike and Sullivan counties also be designated as disaster areas because of damage which resulted from the recent heavy rains. Gregg has also requested that Greene, Knox, Daviess and Sullivan counties be considered. A staff member from Hostettler's office in Washington D.C. said that local officials from those counties have not yet requested that the representative ask for assistance on their behalf. So far, Taylor, who's office is a link between local and national government, said the Federal Emergency Disaster Agency (FEMA) has given no word as to whether the declaration will be made by the president.

Hostettler, however, expects word on the president's decision within a week. If a major presidential disaster area declaration is made, several see FLOOD AID, page A8 By Rachel Lapp staff writer When it rains, counties can go poor. Especially if it rains as much as it has in southern Indiana the past three weeks. Though Gov. Evan Bayh has already sent a letter to President Clinton asking that 10 counties in Indiana be declared disaster areas, state legislators who live in southwestern Indiana would like to add their neighbors to the list of those who could be eligible for flood relief.

Should the president declare those 10 counties major disaster areas, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) spokesman Alden Taylor said it will be easier to add other counties to that list, which might include Knox and Gibson counties. A state coordinating officer and a federal counterpart would work together to assess other counties, and then make a decision independent of Washington bureaucracy. U.S. Eighth District Rep. John Staff photo by Matt Murschel Standing among World War II poster on loan from the Fowler and curator Jim Osborne.

The posters are on display at the Smithsonian Institution are Indiana Military Museum guide Ernie local museum until July 8. World War II 'Produce for Victory' posters on display generally reproductions of the original posters, the modules also provide explanations of why the posters were printed, what the posters were responding to, and how, over time, the design of new posters changed as "advertising people" took over from "war artists." The posters promote productivity among workers in war industries, the purchase of War Bonds, the maintenance of secrecy, the elimination of black-market purchases of food, and home gardening and canning. Osborne said the museum has many more posters in its own collection, which are displayed on easels around the Smithsonian's modules. And in some cases, the museum has an original of a poster which is reproduced on a module. But the modules put the posters in historical perspective, while the museum only displays them, he said.

Another facet of this World War II homefront retrospective will come to Vincennes Thursday, Osborne said. The Indiana Humanities Council has funded a performance by Nan Brooks of Bloomington, who portrays Eleanor Roosevelt. Brooks will appear at the noon meeting of the Vincennes Kiwanis Club, and spouses of Kiwanis members are invited to attend as well, Osborne said. see POSTERS, page A8 By Edward L. Sebrinq staff writer The Smithsonian Institution's "Produce for Victory" display is up at the Indiana Military Museum, where it has been augmented by many, many authentic wartime posters and advertisements from the museum's own collection.

The posters are on display until July 8. Jim R. Osborne, curator of the museum and judge of Knox County Superior Court II, said the modular displays of the Smithsonian's traveling exhibition and the museum's collection complement each other well. Although the Smithsonian's modules are Local woman with Hoosiers who met with navy admiral By Edward L. Sebrinq staff writer The apparent suicide Thursday of Adm.

Jeremy M. Boorda, See chief of naval operations, has had a profound emotional effect story on on a group of Hoosiers who met him Tuesday afternoon. page A4 Former Vincennes City Council member Michele Owens was in Washington this week, completing the Sen. Richard Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series. Owens said Lugar had been instrumental in Boorda' appointment as CNO, and the group of Hoosiers was addressed at 2 p.m.

see NAVY ADMIRAL, page A8 Challenges highlight chamber meeting; Booth honored Internet of success and we are proud of our history. He thanked area businesses and organizations that have helped. He specifically mentioned Vincennes University, encouraging people to get an education at VU and hire VU graduates. He said the many VU graduates who are employed at Microelectronics today are responsible, in a large part, for its success. "We've won a lot of awards, but a local award is best of all," he said.

Kenneth, R. Booth received the 1996 Community Service Award for meeting the challenge of providing time, effort and equipment in volunteer efforts. Booth earned an associate's degree magna cum laude in broadcasting technology in 1987 from Vincennes University. He joined VU's broadcasting department in 1992 as a laboratory supervisor, and less than nine see CHAMBER, page A8 By Lloyd Pletsch managing editor Challenges presented and challenges fulfilled highlighted the 80th annual meeting of the Vincennes Area Chamber of Commerce Thursday at the Holiday Inn. The chamber recognized Advanced Microelectronics for displaying the many qualities it takes to meet the challenge of being named the 1996 Industry of the year.

Owned by Steve Burkhart, Carl Koenig and Vance Olson, the computer service and repair firm was founded in 1985. Its staff now includes 100 full-time employees in sales, administration and technical support in 23 service and sales locations in Indiana and Michigan. It has been listed in both national and regional business publications as one of the fastest growing companies in the nation. Retiring chamber president Brent Stuckey complimented the firm on its singleness of purpose and continued growth. Sales are projected at $16 million in 1996.

Burkhart said, "We've had a lost BOOTH Eight sets of twins have teachers seeing double at Franklin coming to Red Hill schools By Nikki Graham staff writer BRIDGEPORT, 111. The Internet will soon be coming to each of the Red Hill Unit 10 district schools. After nine months of discussing the pros and cons of Internet access. Unit 10 school members unanimously agreed to establish Internet access Thursday night. Equipment for Internet access may be set up by mid-July or early August, said Dr.

Barry Edwards, title one and curriculum director for the district. Training, policies and curriculum will follow, making student access available by the fall. "This will be a complicated and involved process," Edwards said. "But in the end it will prove to be a successful one." In Edwards' proposal, a Internet hookup access will be put in the office of every school in the district. Four of the schools will then be hooked into Red Hill High School who will be connected by one of the 56 lines to Olney.

see INTERNET, page A8 4J 5 the daughters of Jill and Robert Bailey. All of these girls are about the same height and have blonde hair. Another fourth-grade set of twins is Julie and Allison Swain, the daughters of Michael and Suzanne Swain. These 10-year-old brunettes look like feisty characters full of vigor. The fifth-grade twins are Casey and Colby Cunningham, the sons of Marlene Cunningham.

In the third grade, Bo and Gollsheed Ouranus are twins and the son and daughter of Hossein and Mahshid Ouranus. Second-grade twins are Steven and Susan Hartigan, the children of Mike and see TWINS, page A8 By Debbie Schmidtknecht staff writer Teachers and staff at Franklin Elementary School thought they were seeing double at the beginning of the school year with eight sets of twins. Now, the year is winding down and some of the dynamic duos will be moving to Clark Middle School. "We thought it was pretty special to have eight sets of twins," said Juanita Fuller, librarian at the school. Fuller said she often gets the twins mixed up but there are two couples of fourth-graders that cause her the most confusion.

They are Jennifer and Jacqueline Dale, the daughters of Brad and Holly Dale; and Ashley and Amy Johnson, Staff photo by Matt Murschel Several sets of twins attend Franklin and Julie Swain, Casey and Colby Elementary School. They are, front row from Cunningham, and Bo and Gollsheed left, Danny and Jordan Bushnell, Susan and Ouranus. Top row from left are, Ashley and Steven Hartigan, and Colton and Garrett Amy Johnson, and Jacqueline and Jennifer Dexmann. Middle row from left are, Allison Dale..