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Thursday, April 2,1981 The Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind Indiana May Lose Last Passenger Train Service From Heloige passenger rain-Bend, Knapton said, may be dealt yet The Hoosier State line has successful, fArea service another crippling blow. Reagan administration's proposed $613 million government payment to Amtrak for fiscal year 1982 essentially means only railroad passenger service in the Northeast corridor between Boston and Washington D.C. would be continued, Amtrak officials contend. A total of 36 states, including Indiana, would lose all remaining passenger service because they need more government subsidy than ttlat. Logansport lost its last passenger line, the Floridian, in the mid-70s, said Chris Knapton.

Amtrak spokesman from Chicaga. The Floridian rah from Chicago to Miami for a number of years before financial difficulties forced Amtrak to several different routes. When the Floridian was finally terminated in 1975. it was running through Lafayette and Bloomington. Indiana presently has four lines offering passenger service, but one of the four, the Cardinal, which runs through Peru.

Richmond, Muncie and Marion, will be terminated regardless of the amount of the subsidy The others are The Hoosier Sfate, which runs from Chicago to Indianapolis with stops in Dyer, Lafayette and Craw fords ville; The Broadway limited, which runs from Chicago to New York apd stops in Fort Wayne: and the Lakeshore Limited, also running from Chicago to New York, which stops in South been highly Knapton said, adding that since its inception in October, 1980, it has carried 33,218 passengers for an average of about 6,000 per month. In contrast, a line of comparable length running between Chicago and Peoria, 111., carried only 10,680 passengers during the same time period. Knapton said the Hoosier State has been identified as the most successful Amtrak line put into operation and has exceeded all expectations in ridership. But the Cardinal is nailing and is scheduled for termination on Amtrak's request regardless of the Reagan budget. Knapton said that train has not met minimum passenger per mile requirements set by Congress.

Between October, 1980, and February, 1981. the train carried only 52.259 passengers, or about per month. Although that number seems high when compared with the Hoosier State, the much greater length of the Cardinal, coupled with its larger number of stops, creates a low passenger per mile figure. Knapton said ridership figures are good on the Broadway and Lakeshore Limited lines and that on April 26. four trains out of Chicago are scheduled to begin making stops at Michigan City en route to various destinations in Michigan.

If proposed Amtrak budget cuts become reality, all of this rail service would be lost. Knapton added that there DEARHELOISE: Do you drop the bar of soap often when taking a shower? I did and got tired of it so out came a piece of good old nylon net. Sewed up a bag large enough to cover the bar of soap and turned under a hem at the top. Ran a drawstring through the hem. put in the bar of soap, are now 58 trains per day running out of Chicago on 12 separate routes which would be terminated and a $50 million rail station in Chicago would have to be mothballed, He said it is impossible to second guess Congress, but added that the Senate may have a tendency to go along with the proposal He said that Senator Richard Lugar, spoke against the proposed budget last week.

The original purpose of the slashed budget was to get old equipment off the tracks, but Lugar contended that the equipment being used in Indiana is not old or worn out. A preservice school bus Knapton echoed Lugar's driver training program will remarks. "Eighty-two per- be conducted in Logansport on cent of the passengers rode April 14,15 and 16. and looped the string over the showerhead, letting the soap hang free. It's always there for my shower, completely dry and I get to use every last bit of each bar without having to share it with a goopy soap dish.

A.N.C. soap smidgens School Bus Driver Training This Month trains in Indiana that were three years old or newer." he said. The program will be conducted at the high school from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first two days and from 8 a.m.

to 3 p.m. on the last day. All new school bus drivers Amtrak officials estimate a loss of 14,500 jobs for either Amtrak employees or those working for other railroads in employed by or under con- jobs tied to Amtrak service if tract to any public or private the budget is passed Amtrak officials said if passenger service is limited to the Northewast corridor. 284 new bi-level Superliner coaches, diners, sleepers and lounge cars built by the Pullman Standard Company are too high to fit clearances of bridges and tunnels on those routes. The federal investment in the 284 Superliners of $300 million would never realize the ridership and revenue gains for which they were designed and a $1.8 billion capital investment in the passenger rail system would, for the most part, be lost.

Amtrak officials said. school which is commissioned by the Department of Public Instruction and who have not accumulated 30 or more days of experience in driving a school bus during the three period period immediately preceding their assignment as school bus drivers, are required to satisfactorily complete the school bus driver safety education training course. can rob you of pennies each and every day! Thanks for sharing a super, nilty hint! Heloise SHE'S HOOKED! Dear Heloise: I hang my cups on cup hooks above my dinner plates. When I take out a plate, many times I ac- cidentiy pull off a cup at the same time. Near breaks, continually.

So, I turned the cup hook opening to the back of the cabinet. I sometimes still hit the cup when I remove the plate but the cups aren't pulled off the hook. Norma Rankin LETTER OF LOVE Dear Heloise: I'm keeping one of my resolutions for the year by writing to tell you how much I enjoy your column. Confession is good for the soul, so I'll admit to feeling quite smug when some of the things I do appear in the hints. But the daily joy that one particular hint from your column has brought me is im- measurable.

Namely, after many long years of my husband tearing the bed apart in his sleep, your hint to tuck the upper sheet into the foot of the fitted bottom sheet has him stymied! Bless you and the unknown "hinter." Ida Emerizy LOST LENS Dear Heloise: To find a lost contact lens on the floor, especially in shag-type carpet, put a handkerchief over the end of the vacurnm cleaner hose and hold it tightly to make a screen. Go over the area lightly with this and if the lens is there, you'll find it every time, usually very quickly. Jeanne Patterson BRACELET HOOKING Dear Heloise: When putting on a bracelet or a watch with a clasp-type hook and having it continually slip off my wrist because I couldn't hold both" sides, I finally tried the following: I taped one end of the bracelet to my wrist, slowly brought up the other end and snapped it into the clasp. Worked every time without the aggravation of the bracelet falling down just as I was ready to slip it into the Violet Vogt FIX A HANGER Dear Heloise: Don't throw away those clamp-type wooden hangers for pants or skirts that will no longer hold the garments. Use a small.

piece of moleskin on the inside of the hanger at each end. It will hold your garments nice and firm again. Mrs. E.A.King Share a nifty kitchen cue by sending it to Heloise care of this newspaper. She can't answer your letter personally but sure as pots and pans need walloping, she will use the most efficient tips received in her column.

State Farm Groups Divided On Soybean Checkoff Plan INDIANAPOLIS Iftdiana farm groups have divided into two camps those for and against the proposed soybean checkoff program intended to increase foreign Indiana Farmers L'nion officials arc- asking Indiana farmers to vote "no" in the April 6-7 referendum on the proposed one-half cent bushel levy on soybeans. They say ttt? proposed checkoff a gimmick" for organization? Indiana Soybean Growers Association spokesmen the checkoff, saying it would give soybean farmers a chance to "build their profits without begging for government handouts." They proceeds from the checkoff program, about year, wouid go for research to develop increased foreign markets for the crop. Farmers will have to make up their own minds on the checkoff when voting in April at Indiana county extension offices. If a majority of the more than 21,000 soybean growers who registered for the referendum approve the checkoff, a 15-member beard will be created to oversee the system. think the proposed checkoff program is just a fund-raising gimmick that will not benefit the farmer," said Lawrence Dorreil of the Indiana Farmers Union.

"It will finance independent politically-oriented commodity organ iza- as the American Soybean Association." "Let them get their money the hard way like everyone else," he said. "They're just greedy. Greed knows no bounds." Farmers Union officials, who recently sent letters to most of Indiana's 53,800 soybean producers urging them to vote against the referendum, said the organizations behind the proposal "have historically supported farm legislation to keep soybean prices low." "The proponents Would receive their money whether the price of soybeans is S3 a bushel or SIC a bushel." officials said. Dr. Bernard Liska, dean of the Purdue Agricultural College, estimated the average Indiana grower would pay $10.80 a year, and can obtain a refund up to six months after paying the fee.

Dorreil said Purdue also would benefit from the checkoff. Purdue's Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station is conducting the April referendum at the direction of the Indiana General Assembly, but the station's director said the university had not taken a "formal position" on the program. -We're just trying to promote voting in the referendum and we're informingpeo- ple about the checkoff," said B.K. Baumgardt. Baumgardt said if the referendum is approved, Purdue would provide staffers help the 15-member council, and probably would get some of the research dollars.

"The council probably will allocate a certain amount of dollars to research," Baumgardt said. "Those dollars may go to Purdue, but it wouldn't have to be just Purdue." He said Purdue probably also wouid be responsible for "educating people about soybeans and promoting" the use of soybeans in Indiana, and "keeping farmers abreast of advances in the market Joseph Pearson, president of the Soybean Association, said the checkoff system would "give soybean farmers a chance to build their profits without begging for government handouts and then swallowing the red tape and intervention that comes with the handout." "The checkoff benefits every farmer proportionately in relation to his soybean crop," he said. "Not so with government handouts which benefit the big farmers." Pearson and Indiana Farm Bureau officials say the checkoff is needed to fund soybean research, but Farmers Union officials said enough money is spent on research and promotion through tax dollars and the federal government. They said more than $350 million was spent on agriculture research and more than $50 million on promotion in 1979. With an annual crop valued at more than $1 billion, Indiana ranks fifth in the nation in soybean production behind Iowa, Illinois.

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