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2 THE EVANSVILLE PRESS Friday December 5 1984 3 USI to provide space for P-47 during restoration work By Dan Armstrong Staff Benedict said the commission will need a building at least IS feet by 40 feet to home the plane Brian Hasler Evansville office manager for Ith District Rep Frank McCloskey said he plans to seek federal funds to help USI with the restoration project Hasler said he will ask the Advisory Council on Historical Preservation part of the Department of the Interior for assistance Commission president Frank Wood said the commission has applied for a 650000 loan purchased from Jay Wisler of Tampa Fla Benedict said Len Cook head of USI's mechanical engineering technology department plans to have some students work on the P-47D Razorback as part of their senior projects Eventually the restored P-47 will be displayed at Dress Regional Airport Just south of the airport where Whirlpool Corp stands 6242 of the fighter-bombers were built by Republic Aviation Corp during World War II earn interest at the prune rate Wood said Wisler who salvaged the plane from where it crashed 43 years ago getting a little about having the sale financed but has not set a deadline Evansville attorney Kathryn Peters the commission's secretary-treasurer said the group agreed to buy the plane from Wisler for 645000 on condition that it can arrange financing The commission hopes to cap from Citizens National Bank to purchase the plane and expects the loan to be approved early next week Wood said a group of eight doctors has agreed to underwrite 68000 of the 650000 loan Although the commission hopes the loan will be approved Wood said there is an alternative He said an individual whom he declined to identify has offered to buy the plane outright and turn it over to the commission in return for a promissory note that would The University of Southern Indiana has agreed to provide space for restoration of Evansville's P-47 aircraft At last night's meeting of the P-47 Heritage Commission member Keith Benedict who is lab supervisor for USI's division of engineering technology said the university has granted space behind the technology building for the restoration of the plane hieing ture the fancy wjth a fund-raising party today at Dress Regional Airporl- A P-47 owned by Ray Stuls- man an Elkhart Ind pilot wilf be on display at the Tri-State hangar from 7:30 to 930 pm I'm not sure the public i- aware this is a free event and they- can just come out and look at the Hasler said McCloskey 's staff located the Florida plane being acquired by the commis- -sion 'Miss Raider' Continued from Pago 1 Briefly From mi dispatches Ration homosexual discrimination lawsuit in the nation The court must approve the settlement which provides for PacBell to pay up to S3 million in damages to an estimated 250 people affected hy the class action case $56628 wine NEW YORK -A bottle of wine bought by Thomas Jefferson when he was ambassador to France was auctioned for 156628 the equivalent of 6719 a sip The bottle was purchased for an unidentified New York resident by an unidentified Jordanian national at Christie's auction in London The bottle of vintage 1784 Chateau white wine was inscribed with the Initials of Jefferson Counterfeit arrest FRAMINGHAM Mass A camera operator was arrested early today on charges he counterfeited US currency With plates he made on equipment at the newspaper he worked for police said Charles Pickett 24 of Brockton a camera man and plate operator at the Framingham-based Middlesex News was arrested at the newspaper Police were led to Pickett by newspaper employees who tipped authorities to a press at the newspaper that was found to have an impression of a 20 bilL Tri-State Work to resume INDIANAPOLIS -The state Historic Review board has cleared the way for restoration work to resume on the downtown Soldiers and Sailors Monument Some work had been stopped by a dispute on how to clean brass statuary The board approved the use of crushed walnut shells to blast away corrosion A dis- pute erupted over the selection of the agent shells or glass beads The board also said the statues would not be cleaned to bare metal Instead leaving some corrosive material Chemical is fatal WEST DES MOINES Iowa A high school student collapsed and died from swallowing a toxic chemical in a photo lab canister students routinely sniffed to get high a witness in the classroom said Franklin Sanchez 16 was killed by ingesting a chemical in the aerosol canister at Valley High School's darkroom He was transferred from the school to Iowa Methodist Medical Center by helicopter at about 10:45 am but died shortly after his arrival at the hospital The canister referred to as Air" is used to blow dust off negatives photographers said It contains a substance similar to freon which turns into ice when the can is turned upside down World holiday NEW YORK -Coretta Scott King saying her slain civil rights leader husband was a of the is calling other nations to observe Martin Luther King birthday as an international holiday King made the plea at dedication ceremonies yesterday for a plaque in the main lobby of UN headquarters in honor of her husband whose birthday Jan 19 is a national holi-day in the United States King said after the ceremony that some groups in the United States consider the Martin Luther King holiday an observance for blacks only and urged the United Nations to make it "embrace the whole world" Homosexuals win SAN FRANCISCO -Some 250 homosexual men and women who claim they were denied jobs or promotions by Pacific Bell because of an anti-gay policy will receive $3 million in an out-of-court settlement their lawyers said National Gay Rights Advo- cates which brought the suit in San Francisco Superior Court in 1975 said the agreement represents the largest single financial settlement of a UHWsphoto 8 am to 10 seven days a she said Mauck said she has fond memories of her four years at the as it was called in those days was like being she said think you have-always been pregnant and then after it's over you forget that you ever were seemed like there always was a war but you adjusted your she recalled Mauck an Owensville Ind -native who today runs the Little Red Caboose Antique Shop in Po- -seyville said she was lured to Republic Aviation from her job in the pharmacy at Deaconess Hospital by promises of riches was making 61850 a week and they were telling everybody -they would make so much money" she said I worked over- time I could make 640 which was quite a lot at that But Mauck left the plant in-1945 with more than just money She left with friends Her best friends today Doris Bowman of Evansville and Delores Tretter of Fort Branch Ind were people she met at Republic In fact Mauck lived at Bowman's home while Bowman's husband was overseas As one of the first employees hired and the last to leave the engineering department Mauck' said she appreciates efforts to bring a P-47 to Evansville just know in my heart that! there is one out there that is 4 waiting to come she said all of the old-timers are gone their kids will remember- used to work she' said Mauck later returned to the as an employee of' Whirlpool which took over the- plant Mauck's flight today in the restored P-47 owned by Elkhart Ind pilot Roy Stutsman will be sponsored by The Evansville Press She will write about her flight in tomorrow's Press Stutsman brings his plane to Evansville this weekend to help -the P-47 Heritage Commission- -raise money to purchase a plane to display at the new passenger terminal of Dress Regional Air--' port The commission needs to raise 650000 to buy a P-47 that a -Florida man pulled from a lake there Stutsman will offer plane rides for 6300 today and tomorrow weather permitting Proceeds will be donated to the heritage commission The plane will be displayed at a free party that begins at 7:30 pm today at Tri-State Aero offices near the airport Donations for the commission will be accepted One winning ticket United Press International Lake Michigan waters continue to batter the shoreline Lake Michigan battle begins By Andrew Malcolm New York Timas News Service I coastline and the world's largest collection of fresh water The lakes Superior Michigan Huron Erie and Ontario are at their highest level since the Civil War Last spring and summer waves and erosion ate away sandy cliffs in Michigan and threatened hundreds of homes and summer cottages there and elsewhere along the five lakes But not until the Windy City's fabled winter storms began this week did anyone realize how serious the threat was to Chicago The problems include flooded basements that threaten heating and power supplies cracked foundations damaged boats buried streets disappearing beaches and cascading waves that fling chunks of ice and smash windows CHICAGO Chicago has begun an ambitious battle against the rampaging record-high waters of Lake Michigan Elegant apartment buildings on shoreline areas of the largest city on the Great Lakes are being battered almost daily by wind-driven waves that shake the foundations before splashing as high as 40 feet onto porches that once overlooked sandy beaches this is just the beginning of said A1 Ostrow a worried building engineer The problem of record-high water levels is common on all the Great Lakes the fourth ISU board Continued from Pag 1 Corrections The EvansvMe Press tries to correct promptly sny errors of tact or demy any misleading Information appearing In would contract with UE for 14 to 16 courses over the first two years of the program with the remaining eight to 10 taught by USI professors Indiana State would be using commuting professors up and down (US) 41" in Rice's words Reid said the joint UE-USI plan would better serve students because all of the professors would be based locally He said students would be better able to meet with their professors outside of formal class periods and more professors would be available for counseling students Rice said the plan USI has developed would offer dames mi both campuses as wdl as additional off-campus sites Some weekend courses also might be offered he said if enough students wanted them no overtures to involve USI faculty in the work USI officials have said that their plan an MBA offered in conjunction with UE would be more favorable for both UE and students who enroll in the program Rice added that if USI is to participate in the Indiana State proposal it would lessen role even more Rice and Robert Reid USI vice president for academic affairs each said that over the next four years UE would receive 6220000 more by going with the USI proposal than opting for the proposal by Indiana State because a joint USI-UE proposal would have two-thirds of the courses taught by UE professors compared to only one-fourth under the Indiana State concept Under the USI proposals USI Indiana classes would all be taught on the UE campus UE officials said they received the USI plan only Wednesday and have not yet completed an analysis of the two plans The state wants master's programs available in all sections of the state at state-tuition prices normally one-fourth as much as private schools The programs will be offered through the state school which will contract with a private school for resources such as faculty members or clerical help Rice said in every case he knows of in Indiana the local public institution is in charge of state programs No other public institution brings competing programs in news articles That is the puipoM of this column To report an error or need tor clarification please cal 464-7600 tions permanently shut down said A1 Posti spokesman for Alcoa in Pittsburgh Both plants continue in operation The Evansville Press Wednesday incorrectly listed the interest rate on a 6-month CD at Old National Bank The correct rate is 551 percent A United Press International story appearing in Tuesday editions incorrectly reported that the Aluminum Company of America closed down two plants located in Massena NY and Alcoa Tenn The two plants were not closed but had part of their aluminum smelting opera- CHICAGO A prize of 62 million awaits the winner of the midweek Lotto drawing Illinois State Lottery officials say Only one ticket was purchased with the numbers 5 891225 and 29 which were drawn Weather Information provided by National Weather Service and United Preae International Lakes: Forecast: Kentucky Lake: 3549 feet above the dam up 0 1 of a foot 3189 feet below the dam down 16 of a foot Water temp: 52 Bartley feet above the dam up 0 1 of a foot 3243 feet below the dam down 03 of a foot Temperatures: Yesterday's high: 45 at 1:30 pm Overnight low: 21 at 6:30 am High one year ago today 4 1 Low one year ago today 29 Record high this date: 69 in 1908 Record low this date: 11 in 1937 Normal average this date: 40 High in the 48 states yesterday: 78 degrees at Fort Lauderdale Miami and Vero Beach Fla Today's low in the 48 states: 4 degrees below zero at International Falls 8W Indiana Ctear tonight Low in the mid 20s Ckxidy tomorrow with a 40 percent chance of light raia High In the mid 40s cWKentucky Clear and cold tonight Low 25 to 30 Partly sunny and warmer tomorrow High around 50 Slllinois Clear tonight Low in the upper 20s Mostly cloudy tomorrow with a 30 percent chance of rain High the low to mid 40s Extended forecast A chance of rain or snow on Sunday Dry Monday and Tuesday Lows wi be in the 20s Highs wil be In the 30s Rivers: Around the nation: Ctiyata lament The Ohio River at Evansville will crest at 34 feet Sunday The Wabash River below Mount Carmel wi fal slowly over the next few days The Green Mver at Calhoun wl fal slowly over the next few days The Little Wabash River at Carmi wH fall stowfy over the next few days Karan CHye luVmupc LMtHackte lm tanka cy Laamraaae to 1 to fi: oo so tatantape II Precipitation: MramSaackMl i Last 24 hours: zero This month: 114 inches This year 3664 inches Average to 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