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Page 2 Pharos- Tribune, Logansport, Indiana Tuesday, March 23, 1982 Late News Roundup 100 Tax Forms Undelivered approximately 100 people who owe property taxes. The Cass County Treasurer's office is seeking correct addresses of Treasurer Margaret Ann Bechdol said Tuesday that 100 of the spring tax statements mailed out on March 17 been returned to the office by the postal service because the taxpayers no longer reside at the address given when they were assessed. Some of the statements are for real estate taxes and some are for personal property taxes. The treasurer asked anyone who has not received a statement for the spring installment of taxes to notily her except in those cases in which the statements go directly to a lending institution holding the mortgage the property. Ships Collide NORFOLK (UPI) A nuclear sub-.

marine collided with a merchant ship but received only "minor damage" and both ships were able to travel to Norfolk under their own power, a Navy spokesman said today. John Peters, spokesman of the Atlantic Fleet. said there were no injuries and there was no leakage of radioactive material when the USS Jacksonville and the Turkish-registered General Z. Dogan collided on the surface of the sea about 25 miles east of Cape Charles about 9 p.m. Monday.

Turkish Store Bombed CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI). An Armenian terrorist group suspected of killing a Turkish diplomat two months ago in Los Angeles has claimed responsibility for the of an import store owned by another Turkish official. Police Reports MONDAY 8 a.m. -Vandalism-theft.

Logansport High School. Windshield broken on parked school bus: $900 radio stolen from vehicle. Logansport Police Department. 10:05 a.m.- Theft. Bookwalter Builders.

Twelve Mile. Two sheets of plywood valued at $15 each were stolen. Cass County Police. 2:45 -Theft. Pat Grandstaff residence.

Young America. Black Honda motorcycle. 750 stolen. Cycle valued at $2,000. CCP.

4:04 -Thefl. Bonded gas station. U.S. 24 E. Customer pumped $5 worth gas, then left without paying.

LPD. 5 p.m. -Vandalism. Bill Honick residence. 1618 E.

Broadway. Basketball goal damaged. LPD. Fire Calls MONDAY 5:15 -County roads 200N and 300 E. Smoke reported: no fire.

Hospital Notes Logansport BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Downhour, Rt. 2. Walton, a daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Farrer, Royal Center, a son. ADMITTED Vera Louise Funkhouser. 1316 Liberty St.

Thomas R. Denton, Rt. 2. Cynthia Duncan, 101 Mall Road. Jayne Bell, Rt.

1. Glen Hiatt, Walton. Susan Odom, Royal Center. Kelly Biddle, Denver. DISMISSED Sherry Nichols, 414 W.

Linden Ave. Courtney Hayden, Monon. Earl Damron, Rochester. Lillie A. Williams, Walton.

Irene Roller, Rt, 7, Velma Rager. 1306 Sycamore St. Olive Carey, 2626 George St. Bonna Bonebrake and son. 1306 Lobelia St.

Monticello DISMISSED Cheryl Danford. Robert Rentfrow. Lance Quasebarth. Jeffrey Spencer. Kathie Powlick.

Willa James. Betsy Walker, Monon. Lawrence Herr, Monon. Chad Runk, Monon. Iva Bowen.

Sandra Watts. Pearl Shuey, Idaville. Headdy Banhook, Yeoman. Peru BIRTH Mr. and Mrs.

Douglas Stepler, Rt. 1, Amboy, a son. ADMITTED Mrs. Louis DeLawter, 513 Longview. Mrs.

Lawrence Braden, Rt. 5. Wilford Stitts, Marion. Mrs. Richard Wolf, 229 W.

Sixth St. Mrs. Mitchell Booth, Logansport. Fred Lesley, Rt. 3.

Brenton Holmes, 65 N. Lincoln St. Clifford Bruce, 26 W. 10th St. Louise Hines, 107 E.

Sixth' St. Denny Caldwell, Rt. 3. Ada Culbertson, 57 E. Eighth St.

Mrs. Jeffrey Sampsel. 164 Maugans Road. DISMISSED Mrs. Bernard Wulle and son, Rt.

2. Mrs. Frank Mills. 371 W. Main St.

Mrs. Richard Fitzpatrick, Macy. Mrs. Donald Mitchell, Grissom AFB. Patricia Green, 559 W.

Second St. Artie Hicks, 70 E. Ewing St. Bruce Dague, 356 Matilda. Raymond Helton.

689 Monroe Ave, Mrs. Gerald Litynski, Grissom AFB. Catherine Cochran. Grissom AFB. Kathleen Wilken, 32 W.

Warren St. Kathleen Platter, 357 N. Walnut St. Mrs. Lee Howard Wabash.

Charlene Greer, 136 S. Maple St. Mrs. Douglas Stepler and son, Amboy. Mrs.

Jim Townsend, 549 Monroe Ave. Mrs. Rodger Drudge, Rochester. Valoris Nesbit, E. Sixth St.

Eva Bright. Miller's Merry Manor. Rochester ADMITTED Lester Alderfer, Rt. 3. James Lewis, Akron.

Mrs. Joe Hott. Kewanna. Kim Richards, Rt. 2.

Beverly Suter, Macy. Michael Sullivan, 1018 Monroe St. Helen Neatbery, Ri. 7. John Harrison, 710'2 Main St.

Mrs. Charles Harding and daughter. Rt. 3. Sandra Pugh, 1416 Madison St.

Ruth Wipperman, 129 W. Fifth St. DeVona White. 1317 Franklin Ave. (USPS 317-780) THE PHAROS TRIBUNE Daily and Sunday (except Saturdays and holidays) $1.30 per week by carrier in all cities and towns; $5.65 per month by motor route.

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Adjustments shall on the effective date of any announced price increase. Pharos established Reporter established Journal established Tribune 1844 A 1889 1849 N-5 1907 Logansport Press established 1921 Published by Logansport Newspapers, 517 East Broadway, Logansport, Indiana 46947. Second class postage pald at Logansport, Indiana, under the act of March 3, 1897. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION VOA Head Resigns WASHINGTON (UPI) Citing discontent and frustration with "the way government activities work." James Conkling has resigned as director of the Voice of America spend more time with his family in California, Conkling, 67, announced his decision Monday to the VOA staff, ending a tenure marked by attacks from the political left and right. Knesset Debate Opens JERUSALEM Minister coalition fought challenges in Israeli government the occupied Heights.

Analysts said squeak by or tie the same as Groups Flood Own WAYNE. Ind. Trying to help the near record Fort Wayne. Army finds it flood on its Army Maj. who is in the organizaefforts in Insecond largest organization more room for has asked individuals to help to find method of all we can Herndon in clothing "People been WONtheir help.

But have to say, we can't use said that the the Salvation can handle is money. But larger items and even welcomed. Wayne relief received shipgroups as far Pennsylvania and said. The the clothing from places in has done a job of helping effort. Now we in slowing the he said.

"What of is that churches or out there who items and we turn it over to some other who can use it we can right Wayne." victim's center was to today to take for grants, loans and housing. spokesman take up to six flood victims to cash. take longer than it will come." Moses Jr. Aid Have Of Their FORT (UPI) victims of flooding at the Salvation also has -a hands. Salvation Gary Herndon, charge of tion's relief diana's city, said had no no clothing 'and groups and who want of some other assistance.

"We have' handle." describing contributions. really have derful in now we but any Herndon only thing Army efficiently he also said like furniture food is always The Fort effort has ments from away as Texas, majority of has come Indiana. media tremendous in this relief need help response," we're afraid there are other groups haven't sent want them someone or organization more than now in Fort A flood assistance open at noon applications low interest temporary One federal said it could months for receive hard "It may we like, but Mayor said. State Aid To County Home Hiked Cass County will receive $900 per month more in state aid. Cass has been receiving $200 per month from the state for each of 12 restdents of the county home, Woodland Acres.

Sally Bechdol, Cass welfare director, said Tuesday she has has just received notice from the Indiana Department of Public Welfare that the request of Irene Miller, administrator of the home, for an Increase in that assistance to $275. per month has been approved. There are 20 residents in the county. home but only 12 of them come under the ARCH (Assistance to Residents of County Homes) program. Mrs.

Bechdol said $275 is the maximum allowed for this assistance by the state. Mrs. Miller told the county commissioners at their meeting on March 15 that the request had been made to increase the assistance to the maximum. Commissioner Joe Long said regulations regarding 'admission to Woodland Acres will be drawn up for the protection of taxpayers who support the home. Theater Razed NEW YORK (UPI) Two hundred people.

including some of Broadway's top performers, were arrested for trying to block a developer's method of revitalizing the theater district tearing down theaters to make room for a luxury hotel. Demolition crews razed the Morosco Theater today and planned to start on. the Helen Hayes Theater after stripping off some its architectural features. NATO Leaders Meet COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.

(UPI) officials set out today to assess the perceived Soviet nuclear threat to Europe in the shadow of a Moscow proposal to freeze deployment of mobile SS-20 medium-range missiles. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger hosted his 12 European partners at the opening session of the two-day conference. Wayne Residents File For Rule On Forged Checks WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court did federal prosecutors a favor today, ruling 8-1 that they do not need to prove when and where a check was forged to win a conviction for carrying a forged check across state lines. The justices, in an opinion written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, closed a loophole that accused criminals tried to use to escape convictions on charges of interstate trafficking in forged checks. The decision upholds Charles Ronald McElroy's convictions on two counts of transporting forged checks from Ohio to Pennsylvania.

Residents Dig Out TOKYO (UPI) Residents of northern Japan ignored rumbling aftershocks to dig out from under the debris from one of the nation's worst earthquakes since Word War II. 1UPI) Prime Begin's troubled three no-confidence Parliament today over handling of unrest in West Bank and Golan Begin would either the vote, in either case victory. Fort Livestock INDIANAPOLIS Livestock: barrows and gilts steady to 25 lower: No 1-2 215-255 lb 51.73-52.25: 210-260 lb 51.50• 51.75; sows steady to 1.50 higher; No 1-3 440-600 1b 44.00-54.00. Cattle 800; steer and heifers 50- 1.00 lower; cows and bulls untested; choice steers 64.75-67.25: good and choice 64.00-65.25: choice heifers 61.00-65.25; mixed good and choice 60.00-60.50; utility and commercial COW'S 40.50-45.25: bulls 51.25-63.00. Sheep 25; untested.

Grain CHICAGO (UPI) Wheal and oats were narrowly mixed, corn fractionally higher and soybeans higher at the opening on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat was off 1 to up is: corn up to unchanged; oats up to off and soybeans up 2 a 104. Wheat May 3.70-3.69 unch to off 1: Jly 3.80-3.79 la up to unch: Sep 3.93 up 3a. Corn May 2.72 lg up Jly 2.82 12 up 1 Sep 2 2.86-2.86 Oats 14 May up 2.00 unch. up Jly 1.85 up 1: Sep 1.75 Soybeans May 6.41-6.40 up 3 11-2 12; Jly 6.49-6.50 up 2 4: Aug 6.52 up 4.

Outside markets were mixed. Gold NEW YORK 1UPD Foreign and Domestic gold prices quoted in dollars per troy' ounce Tuesday: London Morning fixing 327.00 up 6.20. Afternoon Sixing 329.25 up 8.45. Paris -(free markets, 333 32 off 0.05. Frankfurt 327.48 up 6.48.

Zurich 329.50 up 8.00. New York Handy and Harman 329.25 up 8.45. Engelhard, base price for refining sottling and unfapricated gold 329.25 up 8.45 per ounce. Selling price, fabricated gold 345.71 up 8.87 per troy ounce. Stocks NEW YORK Following are mid prices for the 20 most widely held slocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Am El Power 17 1-4 Am Tel Tel 57 1-4 up 1-4 Comwith Ed 207-8 off Det Edison L1 5-8 up 1-M Exxon Corp 237-8 Ford Motor 21 3-8 up 1-8 Gen Elect 61 3-8 up 1-2 Gen Motors 41 1-8 up 3-8 GTE 293-4 up 1- Gulf Oil 31 7-8 IBM Corp 59 1-4 up 1-8 Mobil Corp 23 3-4 off 1-8 Pac Gas El 22 up 1-8 Phila Elect 13 7-8 A Corp 21 1-2 Sears Roeb 183-4 Southn Co 121-2 Std OIl Cal 33 1-2 up 1-4 Texaco 305-8 up 1-4 US Steel 23 1-8 off 3-8 NEW YORK Prices opened higher Tuesday in active trading of New York Stock Exchange issues.

The Dow Jones industrial average, which soared 13.89 points Monday to its best gain since it rose 21.59 points on Jan. 29, was ahead points to 821.53 shortly after the market opened. Advances led declines, 570-188, among the 1.083 issues crossing the New York Stock Exchange tape. Early Big Board volume amounted to about 7,200,000 shares, thanks to block of shares in Diamond Shamrock at 20. Brokers said the market is trying to break out of a slump that began last fall when economic news was horrendous but they were uncertain how long the rally would last.

"Investors were encouraged February consumer prices 0.2 percent because of the extraordinary deflation in gasoline and auto prices. Wall Strect got'a big boost from news General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative 'contract agreement that could pave the way for some recovery in the faltering Utility Board Meets Tonight The Logansport Utility Service Board will once again consider a joint venture power contract. The board will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the city" building. The city utility has been asked to sign a 50-year contract with the Indiana Municipal Power Association, a group which has proposed a wholesale power purchase venture with several member utilities.

The Logansport board in recent meetings has listened to several presentations regarding the agency's proposal. Return Assistance To Homes; the federal aid which became available when President Reagan delared Fort Wayne and Allen County a disaster area. Reagan visited Fort Wayne a week ago when some of the worst flooding occurred. The start-up of the application period for the assistance program is one day after Mayor Winfield Moses canceled his flood emergency declaration. allowing the 9.000 people Assistance available will include low interest loans and flat grants up to $5.000 for people who could never repay loans.

The Internal Revenue Service also will have staff members available to help compute what part of flood losses can be written off against individual income taxes. Officials said that anyone who would be eligible to take advantage of the assistance. especially elderly people FORT WAYNE. Ind. made homeless during the and others on fixed income underneath.

The wood (UPI) Many of the Fort flooding to, return who would be too proud to floor is all buckled. It will Wayne residents who a officially. accept handouts. have to be replaced." week ago stood in lines But thousands didn't "I stress the program is To Jessie and Mark throwing sandbags on wait for the official word not a welfare Thompson the loss pourous river dikes to save and began to shovel the said Buddecke. memories was as hard to their homes from flood mud from their homes as Residents did not find take as the property loss: waters have kind of returned line.

to a soon as water drained pected than when what they they returned ex- "Our personal things, less different from them. mementos from our Those residents were go- City officials late Mon- to their homes Monday. children, are I ing to a federal disaster day also officially upped "Everybody I know has had so many things from destroyed. assistance center to learn the damage estimate for got mud on their floor." their school days. I had to how much money they public and private said George Brinkman, 73, throw them out," said Mrs.

could receive to help re- property to $21 million. who lives in the Nebraska Thom 50. pair the damage caused by one is going to get area on the north side. The pson, the week-long flooding of whole Ron Bud- section was one of the first City officials also reo the Maumee, St. Mary's decke, who is the federal and hardest hit by the jected inquiries from conand St.

Joseph rivers. coordinator for the di- floods. tractors outside the Fort Gov. Robert D. Orr was saster assistance.

"I had to rip up all my Wayne area who offered to to go to Fort Wayne to open "There's going to be a very carpet and look what's come in to help. the center at noon today. wide gap between where Officials estimated they were before the flood Monday families that would up apply to 3,000 for the and floods." where they'll be after Obituaries Shelburne Is Best Rochester Speller Mindy Shelburne. ROCHESTER Mindy Shelburne. 13, an eighth grader, is the winner of the Rochester Middle School Spelling Bee.

Mindy, daughter of Mr. a Mrs. Howard Shelburne, RI. 6. Rochester, won the title by correctly spelling after it had been missed by another eighth grader, Allen Sayger, son of Mrs.

Brenda Sayger. Mindy received a merchandise coupon from the 3-D Discount Store and a free whopper from Burger King for winning the Spelling Bee. She will Allen Sayger now enter the five-county regional contest sponsored by the Pharos-Tribune. That contest will be held at 7 p.m. April 17 in Logansport High School's McHale auditorium.The winner of that contest will receive a 30- volume set of Encyclopedia Britannica 3, a plaque, $50 in cash, and an paid trip the to Washington, D.C..

for National Spelling Bee the last of May. Chariotte Mosley and Dan McCarthy, language' arts teachers, coordinated the Rochester contest. North White Plans 1982 Spelling Bee MONON Twenty North White students will compete for the North White spelling championship at 7 p.m. Monday, March 29. The Spelling Bee will be held in the multipurpose room of the Monon Elementary School, Rt.

1, Monon. All contestants will receive awards, according to Lloyd Cabiness, principal of the Monon Elementary School. The winners. of classroom competition who' will participate are: Buffalo sixth graders Jen- Lois K. Sherman SCHAWANO, Wis.

Services for Lois K. Sherman, 63, 445 Humphrey Circle. Schawano, a former Akron resident, will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sheetz Funeral Home. Akron.

She died Saturday in Appleton. Wis. Born in Chili, April 17, 1918. she was the daughter of Merl and Edna Fetrow. On Feb.

23, 1941, in Hillsboro, she was married to Foy Sherman, who preceded her in death Dec. 18. 1980. She was a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church.

Schawano. She is survived by the mother. Edna Fetrow. Rochester: a daughter, Aletea (Lisa) Zimmerman, Schawano; a son, Steve, Schawano: six sisters, Maxine Beecher. Indianapolis; Jean Swartz, Akron; Patricia Cook.

Moore, Sue McCorkel. Fort Wayne; Bonnie Leutzenhauser, North Manchester; and Barbara Fetrow. Terre Haute; and a brother. James, Shreveport, La. One sister preceded her in death.

Burial will be in Akron Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Arrangements in Schawano were handled by the Born Funeral Home. Inez M.

Willey Inez M. Willey. 80, Wiggins, formerly of Metea, died Sunday in a Colorado hospital. She was born in October, 1901, in Bethlehem Township, to Alva and Mary Garry Crooks. Surviving are a son, Patrick, Wiggins, a daughter, Mary, Denver.

a brother, Richard Crooks, Logansport; and two sisters, 'Fannie Coffman, Rochester, and Audrey Wall, Pueblo, Colo.A daughter and her husband preceded her in death. Arrangements are, pending at a funeral home in Greeley, Colo. John M. Martin ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. John M.

Martin, 77; Albuquerque, N.M., a former resident of the Walton and Kokomo areas, died Monday at the Presbyterain Hospital in Albuquerque. Born in Kokomo, July 17, 1905. he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Martin.

In 1922 he was married to Frances Kitchel, who preceded! him in death Nov. 5, 1981. A retired supervisor at the Creamland Dairy if Albuquerque, he left the Walton area in 1935 and moved to New Mexico. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Masonic lodge, both in Albuquerque. He is survived by two daughters, Rose Calkins Frances Elam, both of Albuquerque; a son, JackAlbuquerque; four brothers and a sister.

Services will be Thursday at the French Funeral: Home, Albuquerque. with the Rev. R. N. officiating.

Burial will be in Sunset Albuquerque. Funeral Notices nifer Woodcock and Steven Howard, Monon sixth graders. Kelly George, Kelby Weybright, Pete Garling, and Sandy Beauchamp, Reynolds sixth graders Stephanie Allen and Kristi Williams. Seventh graders from North White Junior High include Tammy Calhoun, -Robin Cook. Andy Cindy Sigman, Kelly Westerhouse, and Nova Williams.

Eighth graders 'are David Elchhorn, Steve Harvey, Gary Kelley, Wes Marion, Michelle Reagan, and Wendy Sigman. CART WALTON -Services for Edgar M. Chicago, a former resident of Cass County. will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Wolf-Hartzler Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends may call one hour prior to the services 1 Thursday at the funeral home. FINNEY FLORA Services for William D. Finney, 100, Vista, a former Logansport resident, will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Reinke Funeral Home, with the Rev.

Ralph Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Maple Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. MARTIN Services for Clifford A.

Martin, 87, Rt. 1, Royal Center, will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Kroger Funeral I Home. Burial will be .7. Winamac Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. MILO WINAMAC Services fOE. Roxanna Lou Milo, 45, Rt. 1: Winamac, will be Wednesday.

at 1 p.m. at the Monterey: United Methodist Church: Burial will be in Winamac Cemetery. Friends may at the Frain Mortuary alter.2 p.m. Tuesday and at the church one hour prior to the service. Wednesday.

WOLF Services for Mildred A. Wolf, 67, 915-18th will be a2 10 a.m. Wednesday at St Bridget's Church. Buriai will. be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kroger: Funeral Home, where the" rosary will be recited at 1:30 p.m. 4.