The Daily Journal from Franklin, Indiana • Page 1

THURSDAY xy FRANKLIN GREENWOOD, INDIANA OCTOBER 20, 1977 13 Police nab 16 in drug busts man, who police said was 17 years old at the time of the alleged offense. Second "raid" Essex said the series of drug arrests in April marked the first time that undercover state police narcotics officers had been assigned to Johnson county. Seven persons, including an 18-year-old man who was 17 at the time of the alleged offense, were arrested in that roundup. Five of those eventually received suspended sentences. One was ordered to serve an executed sentence of six months at the Indiana State Farm, fined $250 and given an additional suspended sentence of 18 months.

Disposition of the case filed in juvenile court was not released. Johnson County Sheriff Thomas A. Pritchard, deputies and state police were at the jail until after midnight Wednesday processing the prisoners, taking fingerprints and completing the paperwork needed for court and police records. One of those arrested was a 19-year-old woman who relatives said was two-months pregnant. Her husband was also arrested.

Hibbert said one person named in the warrants had since moved to Evansville. He was arrested Wednesday night by Indiana State Police in Evansville and transported to the Johnson County Jail. Also arrested on a charge of dealing in marijuana was an 18-year-old Franklin hvl I c- x7 a i A Me 1 v'v-vjuJ 1 -1 Tift iV Arrest list LSD and two counts of dealing in marijuana; held on $35,000 bond. Richard L. Raney, 20, 236 South Main Street, Franklin, one count of dealing in marijuana; held on $10,000 bond.

Farler Tilmon Hasty, 29, 125 Circle Drive, Franklin, two counts of dealing in marijuana; held on $20,000 bond. David E. Hayes, 18, 697 Samuel Street, Franklin, charged with dealing in marijuana; held on $10,000 bond. David D. Asher, 23, 1584 Lochry Road, Franklin, two counts of dealing in marijuana; held on $20,000 bond.

Randy W. Walden, 18, 1765 Leerkamp Drive, Franklin, delinquent child; released on $1,000 bond. Two 16-year-old Franklin youths, arrested on delinquent child charges; released on $1,000 bond. Two 17-year-old Franklin youths, arrested on delinquent child charges; held on $1,000 bond. The following is a list of individuals arrested Wednesday on drug-related charges.

Names of four juveniles arrested were not released: Darrell W. VanMeter, 20, 133 Pratt Street, Franklin, one count of dealing in marijuana; held on $10,000 bond. Patricia S. VanMeter, 19, 133 Pratt Street, Franklin, two counts of dealing in marijuana; held on $20,000 bond. Richard E.

Williams, 20, Franklin route five, one count of dealing in marijuana; held on $10,000 bond. Greg P. Williamson, 18, Evansville, one count of dealing in a controlled substance; held on $10,000 bond. Tracy R. Tearman, 18, 701 Hurricane Street, Franklin, one count of dealing in marijuana; held on $10,000 bond.

Charles W. Schneider, 28, 191 West King Street, Franklin, one count of dealing in marijuana; held on $10,000 bond. William H. Stainbrook, 19, 672 Johnson Avenue, Franklin, one count of dealing in By BOB WHITE Journal Staff Writer Sixteen Franklin area residents suspected of dealing in marijuana and LSD were arrested Wednesday night by teams of Indiana State Police and Johnson county sheriff's deputies. The arrests began about 7 p.m.

Wednesday, as 22 state police and nearly a dozen sheriff's deputies left the Johnson County Jail armed with shotguns and 18 arrest warrants. There were no reports of resistance by any of those arrested. Indiana State Police public information officer Chuck Hibbert said a small quantity of suspected marijuana was recovered during one of the arrests. The arrests Wednesday marked the second series of apprehensions on drug charges in Johnson county in the last six months. In April, police arrested seven persons on charges of possession and dealing in drugs.

Sgt. William Essex, a state police narcotics investigator, said the roundup last night followed a three-month undercover operation in the Franklin area. Among those arrested were five juveniles, ranging in age from 16 to 18. The majority of the 11 adults arrested, including a woman who is two months pregnant, were held in the Johnson County Jail in Franklin on bonds ranging from 110,000 to 135,000. All were scheduled to appear in Johnson Superior Court today for preliminary hearings.

Essex said each of the 18 persons named in the warrants was charged with the sale or delivery of marijuana. One defendant was also charged with the sale of LSD. Police said that during the three-month period, undercover narcotics officers made drug buys totaling $3,500. Essex said the bulk of those arrested were alleged to be relatively "small time" dealers who typically purchased about one pound of marijuana from their sources at a time. A review of the arrest warrants indicates that many of those arrested Wednesday are accused of selling one or two ounces of marijuana to undercover officers.

The transactions allegedly took place at a variety of Franklin locations, police said. Preparation Preparation Wednesday for the "raids" began about 5 p.m. at the state police District 44 Post in Indianapolis, when uniformed and plainclothes troopers gathered in a maintenance garage for a briefing. Johnson county prosecutor D. Charles Gantz and deputy prosecutor L.

Michael DeCoursey were also on hand. The state troopers were divided into teams, with most teams being assigned to pick up a sheriff's deputy who was waiting at the Johnson County Jail. Each "team leader" was given a packet containing the arrest warrants, a description of the location of the residence and in some cases a photograph of the suspect. The troopers were advised that members of the prosecutor's office and a judge in Johnson county were on call in the event that a search warrant was necessary. After the briefing, which lasted for over an hour, the state police contingent moved out to the Johnson County Jail.

There they teamed up with waiting deputies, including three female employes of the sheriff's department, and began driving to the residences of the suspects. Hibbert said none of the suspects resisted arrest. In most cases, a team of two to four officers, some armed with shotguns, entered the residence, produced the warrant and took the individual into custody after checking for any suspected drugs in "plain view." Good evening Sports Weather Warmer sunny weather is predicted for Johnson county as high temperatures on Friday should be near 70. Lows tonight should be in the mid to upper 40s. Wednesday's high was 57 with a low of 30.

At 8 a.m. this morning, the reading was 32. The extended outlook calls for a chance of rain on Sunday with highs in the 60s and 70s and lows in the low 40s. Rounding up the suspects Daily Journal assistant sports editor Tom Deer previews this week's Johnson county high school football games. The slate is listed for the weekly Journal "Pick 'em" feature.

Page 6. Business Daily Journal staff writer Paul Fedorchak devotes a feature to a store that sells used paperback books. Also on this week's business page is news of businesses in the Johnson county area Page 4. Features Indiana State Police and Johnson county sheriff's deputies, some armed with shotguns, question a youth during the process of serving a warrant at a Franklin residence (top photo). The youth was not named in the warrants, and was not arrested.

In the bottom photo, suspect David D. Asher, 23, 1584 Lochry Road, Franklin, is fingerprinted in the crowded first-floor area of the Johnson County Jail. Standing by are Indiana State Police troopers and members of the sheriff's department. (Daily Journal photos) Tonight Franklin Johnson County Soil and Water Conservation District Board will meet at 8 p.m. in the Soil Conservation office.

Greenwood School board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the school administration building. Center Grove School board will meet at 7 p.m. in the school administrative offices. Resident advisors go back to work at Atte Comics, Dear Abby, Astrograph and crossword puzzle.

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Union spokesmen said the resident advisors are seeking a 7 per cent "cost of living" increase, while the company's latest offer was reportedly about half that amount. Maintenance workers at the Atterbury Job Corps Center are scheduled to vote Friday on a proposed wage agreement. Stanley said that pact has been recommended for approval by union negotiators. In his column, Daily Journal editor Robert Reed reports on a study released by the National Taxpayers Union which states that compact cars for police would be the best choice and that each officer should have a car. Page 2.

the basis for that statement. Stanley said that attempts were underway Thursday morning to set up a meeting with company and union negotiators. He said a meeting would probably be held late this week or early next week. He also commented that there are provisions in the current contract to negotiate the possibility of making any wage hike retroactive to Monday. Resident advisors at the Atterbury Job Corps Center are assigned to the dormitories and other facilities.

Responsibilities include the supervision and counseling of Corpsmen and women, preparing leave papers and other documents and maintaining order and appearance in the buildings. Beginning wages for resident advisors are reportedly $3.65 an hour, with the majority of veteran employes earning from $5 to $6 an hour. Striking resident advisors at the Atter-bury Job Corps Center returned to work Tuesday afternoon and are expected to resume negotiations in the near future, Jobs Corps Director James Stanley said today. Approximately 45 members of AFL-CIO Local 512 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union walked off the job shortly after midnight Monday in a dispute over wages. The resident advisors are currently at the end of the first year of a two-year contract with the AVCO Corporation, which operates the Job Corps near Edinburgh under a contract with the federal government.

Although the present contract contains a "wage reopener" clause at the end of the first year, it also reportedly contains a no-strike agreement. Stanley on Wednesday termed the walkout by resident advisors illegal, citing the no-strike provision as t. 7 I The search begins 1 I for coed's slayer r- i identity through dental records. I "TL MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) State police began questioning known sex offenders today in their search for the slayer of Indiana University coed Ann Harmeier.

Major Stanley Kenny, who heads Investigation, refused to confirm reports state police bad a "prime suspect." There were reports a man held "somewhere in Texas" on another charge was being questioned about the flaying of Mist can't comment on that Although the autopsy showed Miss Harmeier had been "strangled or asphyxiated," there was only circumstantial evidence of a sexual assault, based on the position the clothing on her half-nude body. Kenny said police have compiled a list of known sex offenders in the Morgan County area and are questioning them about their whereabouts Sept. 12 when Miss Harmeler's car stalled as she drove from her Cambridge City home to Bloomington. Miss Harmeier was the object of a much publicized search, spurred in part by efforts of Cambridge City residents, who raised 18,000 to finance searches and publicity campaigns. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at the United Presbyterian Church in Cambridge City.

Off and running to Hanover repon, nenny nowever, wo are checking leads in Indiana and other states." No one has been charged, he said. Miss Harmeier, 20, Cambridge City, apparently was kidnaped from her stalled car north of her Sept. 12, raped and strangled in a cornfield four miles away. Her decomposed body was found Tuesday and an autopsy Wednesday confirmed the Franklin College faculty and administrators braved the brisk morning temperature and swarmed through the soupy atmosphere as they ranhe first mile in the "Run for those who can't" relay race to Hanover. In their atypical working garb of sweat pants, shorts and tennis shoes, they proceeded through Franklin at 8 a.m.

today in the first stretch of the benefit race for Gateway Learning Center. A relay team of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity members, spon sor of the race, will complete the 180-mile trek to Hanover and back, with an expected return sometime Saturday. Van loads of fraternity members are following the relay runners throughout the entire route. In an effort to raise funds for Gateway, the fraternity men have been soliciting for donations and guesses as to how long the trek will take. (Dally Journal photo by Paul Fedorchak).