The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

miiiiiii ii '-'--'ji 1 HTHVEM-a. anniouit, Indiana tuesoay. September itra wriwidr (GrnOnnn nr? 1 I (AP) Niflrf I MICHIGAN city, ind hostages for "their action under y. i 1 Prison and state officials allowed a nine-man poof of newsmen- into the compound before the hostages were set free. Robert vDeBard, Bowen's executive' assistant, relayed the governor's promise of amnesty as the news media group stopped at each occupied cellblock, one of which was barricaded with a dump truck.

One of the inmates' demands, for an ombudsman, was to be implemented today, Lash said. DeBard said improvements in food, medical services and isolation cells were being planned. Asked what changes the disturbance might provoke, Lash told newsmen, "Well, it's hard to say. Traditionally, there have to be incidents like this before you get prison reform." Bowen issued a statement from his northern Indiana home 45 minutes away, praising the tigation entered the case and have been assisting state, and local police in the investigation of the girl's apparent murder. Incident Being Checked State police and county authorities are continuing investigation of an apparent attempt Friday night by-a man to enter an automobile driven by a Seymour woman whetr she stopped at a traff icsignal for the one-lane Blue Hole bridge on Ind.

258 a short distance east of Cortland. The badly frightened woman drove into the state police post here and related her story of what had occurred to Det. SgV Robert Allen. She said between 9 and 9:30 p. m.

Friday, she was, eastbound and stopped her automobile for the automatic traffic signal which showed She said just after she stopped her car a man tried to open the door of her car on the driver's side but that'she had it locked because of previous occurrences reported in this area. The glass in the left door of tt w. 4 State police and other authorities throughout the long holiday weekend continued their search for clues and also the of. various persons thejMee! might have some knowledge that would reveal information )n connection with the death of Miss Teresa Osborne, 18, ef CrdthersviUe R2. Remains found Thursday in the trunk of Miss Osborne's burned-out car were identified by pathologists at the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, as ffiose of the missing Crothersville area girl, who disappeared Aug.

20 after last being seen in Seymour. The missing auto was located Thursday shortly before noon in an isolated, densely wooded, area off a county road on the Mus-catatuck National Wildlife Refuge about 4.5 miles south east of Seymour. Because her body was found OH Federal property, six agents of the Federal Bureau of Invest Today Is Circus Day! Much- activity was under way at Freeman Field this morning as the Carson and Barnes Circus arrived and began to pitch its big tent in preparation for performances at 4 p. m. and 8 p.

m. today. The show's appearance here is sponsored by Donald M. Winn 4xdgeNa. 108, Fraternal Order of Police.

Board Sigms Work Order Tribune Photo House Fire Firemen from both Seymour fire stations Saturday afternoon battled a fire in a large vacant residence at 417 Indianapolis avenue which caused extensive damage to the interior of the building. One fireman, Capt. Curtis Patrjek, sustained a hand injury while battling the flames and was given emergency treatment at Schneck Memorial Hospital, then released. Firemen said the fire apparently was caused by vandals. The building is owned by Dave Farris, Seymour.

The Indiana State Prison was back to normal today after rebellious inmates ended a 35-hour siege by releasing three hostages unharmed. They were promised amnesty for the disturbance by Goy. Otis R.Bowen. "It seems we finally got somebody to listen to us," said Orles-ter Beverly, a leader of the uprising that erupted Sunday morning. Beverly termed the disturbance a protest of officials ignoring inmate complaints about conditions at the 113-year-old Three guards taken hostage when inmates seized three of five cellblocks were freed one by one Monday night after talking with State Sen.

Rudolph Clay, D-Gary. Authorities made the first concession to break a stalemate that developed into what Warden Russell E. Lash called a wait and see game. Lash and Bowen refused to discuss 25 inmates demands until the guards were released. The prisoners said they would do so only after meeting with newsmen and Clay and getting assurances there would be no reprisals.

County Council In Session A proposed budget and tax levy to operate county government through 1974 is under consideration by the Jackson County Councfl which is meeting today and at the courthouse in Browns town. In addition to adopting a budget and tax levy, the seven coun-cilmen also will study additional appropriations of county funds. Lynn Roberts, auditor of Jackson County and secretary to the county council, said the proposed budget calls for a tax levy of $1.81 which will affect taxpayers in all 12 townships and five incorporated taxing units. However, Roberts said he expects the council will cut the tax levy to stay in line with the new Indiana law which places a Ton to Paget, Col. 6 moned to the board meeting and he advised the board of directors the meeting had not been adjourned according to Robert's Rules of Order.

Accepting this information the board continued the meeting with Richard Kiewitt, vice chairman of the board, presiding, observers trailer areas, the beaches and boat ramps all reported full to capadty. About half the visitors were apparently from neighboring states with many cars showing license plates from Ohio, Illinois and even Michigan. The Jackson County State Forest reported about the usual weekend attendance tfhich was slightly lower than what is usually experienced on holidays. Col. back page, this sect very He also tnanked inmates "for maintaining an atmosphere of calm throughout the incident" The hostage guards were Arthur W.

Jaques, 54; Donald-W. Schultz, 56, both of Michigan City; and Sgt. Joseph S. Kujaw-ski of South Bend. All said they were treated well by inmates.

"They.kept promising me they wouldn't hurt me," said Jaques, a guard 14ft years. "I can't say I wasn't scared, but they kept their promises." He said inmates told him the rebellion was not planned but rather a "spur of the moment thing." Schultz said at least 40 inmates in his cellblock told him not to worry. DeBard prqmised "no harm will become of the prisoners. They'll be treated fairly." of Seymour, in regard to cable" problems along several county roads. The commissioners noted the telephone company apparently has been laying telephone cable 'close to blacktop roads and the blacktop has been crumbling.

Auditor Roberts said some type of agreement between the county and ITC will need to be worked out so county roads will not sustain further damage from telephone cables. Next meeting of the commissioners will be held at 9 a. m. Tuesday, Sept. it, at the courthouse at which, time a new contract for ambulance service in Jackson County will be discussed.

The board also will further discuss the bid of Loesh Heating and Plumbing of Columbus, for air conditioning the courtroom of the courthouse. Han th M.lk 'noon Umptraturt It MofnciaL OUM rng an from the ncmritii Ruth Ertrhart, forwtUMal official. Down to wi Seymour Noon today ..88 Maximum Monday 95 Minimum Monday .60 River at 7 m. 1.90 feet Sunset today 7: 12 EST. Sunrise Wednesday 6: 16 EST I WEATHER 1 RECORDS I Labor Day Xlolockay Peaceflul IXIere Man Faces Charge Incident Began Here her auto was down slightly and sne said man attempted to either push it down or to reach inside the car.

She said she jammed down on the accelerator and speeded her car toward Seymour. She told Det. Sgt. Allen she probably "ran" me rea ugnt She said she had been returning to her home in Seymour from visiting in the western part of the county. Miss Osborne, a secretary at Rose Acre Farms near Acme.

had come to Seymour Aug. 20 to Col. 8, back page, this sect with him in his 1967 model sedan. They drove to a county road west of North Vernon, described as 800W near 200S, in Jennines County where she said her companion assaulted her with his fist, beating her around the head. She told the officer that after the roan began choking her, she submitted to his advances and that she was forcibly raped.

The man later returned her to Seymour and released her in this city following the incident, she told the police. Hcqvy Fino Meted Man Arrested Hero Steven J. Durham, 19, Oklahoma City, was arrested at 8:50 p. m. Sunday by dty police in the Jackson Park shopping center on a charge of public indecency (verbal), on the complaint of a woman resident Re was arraigned in dty court Monday, pleaded guilty, and was fined $200 plus court costs.

An Indianapolis man was arraigned in city court Monday, pleaded not guilty to a charge of public Intoxication, and was release on bond. Robert L. Logan, 28, Indianapolis, had been arrested by Trooper Charles Waggoner on Interstate 65. Also arrested was. Jerry Wayne Logan, 20, Indianapolis, charged with SDeedins and Dili.

He also pleaded not guilty and was released on bond. was 580. The highest toll since World War II for the traditional end-of-summer holiday was 688 in 1968. At the same time1, the safety council reported that 26,500 persons were killed in traffic accidents in the first six months of 1973. The figure was' the highest ever for a first half-year.

The council said on Saturday that about 950,000 persons suffered disabling injuries in auto accidents and that auto collisions cost the" economy ar estimated $7.4 billion. A very popular spot foi holiday visitors from near anc far was the Monroe Reservoii area which forest service offt cials reported as "sure crowded." Special patrols were set up to supervise the reservoir campers, fishermen, boaters and swimmers with the horse-, man's camp, the tent and Vermont Forks Board To Study Petition A 27-year-old Madison man is being held in the Jennings County jail at Vernon facing charges in Jennings Circuit Court for the alleged rape of a 34-year-old Jeffersonville woman he met in Seymour Saturday night Accused in the incident is Glen Hosey, of Madison, who was apprehended in his home city some time later by Trooper Richard Shipley, of the Versailles state police The Jeffersonville woman told Sgt. John Kixmiller, of the Seymour state police post, who investigated the case, that she met the man in a Seymour tavern Saturday night and he escorted her to a nearby dance in Seymour. After a short time, she told the investigating officer, the man talked her into taking a ride It i 5 AKiiWGP 5TV Jackson County board of commissioners, meeting in ispecial session Saturday instead of Monday, labor Day, signed a contract with Winslow Construction Co. of Salem, for construction of a new county bridge south of Surprise.

Lynn Roberts, auditor of Jackson County and secretary to the commissioners, said the brief meeting was held in the courthouse at BroWhstown Saturday morning to review a change order in the specifications for the new bridge which will replace an old structure over Oathout Ditch along County Road 100 West. The change order approved by the commissioners replaced the blacktop bridge approach with a stone approach according to the engineer's specifications. The commissioners signed the contract with the Salem firm which is expected to begin construction on the new bridge immediately. Cost of the new bridge has been placed at $93,281.28. In other board action the com missioners authorized the county auditor to contact Indiana Telephone Corporation, said.

Opponents to the conservancy tax levy contend there have not been suffideht benefits to property owners from the conservancy district to justify its cost The conservancy district was created in 1967 to plan water Tan to PageZ, Col. I 1 Students returned to local classrooms today after the summer's final fling, the Labor Day weekend, and their parents began the task settling down to the fall, routine. Sunny skies, accompanied by soaring temperatures, may have discouraged some plans for holiday trips as the traffic fatality count around the nation was lower than forecast. Traffic accidents claimed 524 lives during the three-day Labor Day weekend while the National Safety Council earlier had estimated, that between 550 and 650 persons might be killed from 6 p. m.

Friday to midnight Monday. No local traffic deaths were reported although there were several minor accidents in the The traffic death toll during last year's Labor Day weekend InloBiday Mishaps Although" several accidents were reported during heavy traffic on roads and highways of this vicinity during the' long. Labor Day holiday weekend, no serious injuries were reported in those investigated in this area. This morning at 4:20 a. Mary Lou Taulman, 19, Columbus R7.

complained of nain in her left elbow and rightthumb following a one-car mishap at i 4-. 1 I 5 j( j-. Board of directors of the Ver non Forks Conservancy District wui meet at 8 p. m. tonight at tne conservancy district office at North Vernon to further dis cuss the results of a meeting neld Friday night at which time the board adopted a resolution calling for the dissolution of the conservancy district.

An estimated 250 persons from Decatur, Ripley, Jennings and Jackson Counties attended the meeting Friday night and saw the board chairman, L. E. Malcolm, of North Vernon, walk out of the session within five minutes after calling the meeting to order, observers at the meeting said. At conclusion of the lengthy session which ran until almost midnight without the presence of the board chairman, the remaining members of the board passed a resolution calling tor the dissolution of the conservancy district. The resolution was filed Saturday morning in Jennings Circuit Court at Vernon.

According to the Indiana Conservation Act the law provides the district can be dissolved by petition in the same manner in which it was created, provided the board of directors fails to produce within two years satisfactory evidence of progress in the preparation of plans for prot ects in the district. Chairman Malcolm, upon opening the meeting Friday night, called on the board's attorney who explained two paragraphs of the conservancy district act pertaining to this spedal meeting. Malcolm then adjourned the meeting and leftjhe room. Board members asked -the chairman to continue the meeting which landowners from the four-county area had come to hear opinions of the conservancy district. Another1 attorney representing the Citizens' Action Committee of Ripley County was.

sum-' Traffic Minor the junction of Interstate 65 and 'V-S. Alternate 31 north of Seymour. Trooper Charles W. Leffler, of the Seymour stale police post, who 'investigated, said the young woman's 1965 modd two-door auto was en route north on U. S.

31-A and was entering the northbound 1-85 entrance ramp when it jumped the curbing, knocked down reflector post, and went down an embankment on the southeast corner of the intersection into a ditch. The report said the driver apparently went to sleep. Wheels Come Off A truck driver suffered contusions of the left leg about 5:55 p. m. Saturday on U.

S. 31 about one mile south of Seymour when nis truck was wrecked after dual left wheels came off the vehicle. According to the report of Trooper C. E. Conrad, of the Seymour state police post, Benny R.

Hopkins, 35, 828 South Pine street, was driving a 1965 model dumpster north on U. S. 31 when both the ldt rear dual wheels came off the truck. The vehicle traveled 160 feet, ran off the road on the right aide and then turned over on its left side. The truck was damaged about $300.

At 1:30 a. m. Saturday, a two- vehicle accident with total dam age of more than $3,000 was caused after a tire blew out one of the vehicles. Tire Blows Out According to the renort of Troopers Conrad E. Calmer and 4: Vi.f5 js nil m.tJ Have You Seen These Men? State police today released photos of two escapees originally from this area for whom authorities have been searching for torn time as fugitives.

The two photos at left are views of Roger Dean Waggoner. w. ww oi targe since he escaped from the Jennings County fail at Vernon and since has been wanted In connection with a I Market fft Comer Aug. 23. At right Is Jack T.

Coclcrum, 41, formerly of iWownstown, who Hipped tiway from group prisoners on field trip to Indianapolis July 28. Cockru'm was sentenced in 1966 on a Tribune'Photo" Holiday Picnic An old custom of years past was renewed on labor Day i when the residents of Sherwood Terrace Addition held the annval neighbor oicnlc In a vacant lot on Stadium' Drive. A large pig was roasted over a charcoal pit, starling aid, m. Sunday, which required 18 hours and constant attention. Shown here are some of the residents who were helping with the cooking as lliey'xhecked the progrdisr ftill ftarkman, Oelmaf Kloeker Ondlan Russell, lelt ta flgrt "V- qw8r" "ivrotri sura rage wi.

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