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"The world it a comedy (o (hose that a tragedy to Horace WalpoU WEATHER Clear and frosty tonight. Low in the mid-or Tipper 30s. Sunny ahd warmer Thursday. High in the mid to upper 60s, UN -all 'JiMO 98TH YEAR NO. 246 SEYMOUR, INDIANA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1977 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Set? Jice mm is ioinni on Free' CO.

ewer rorist suspects said they feared the prisoners were killed to avenge the five-day seige of the Lufthansa 737 jet by hijackers apparently working in league with kidnapers of West German industralist Hanns Martin Schley er. There has been no word on Schleyer's fate since last week, when the terrorists who abducted him in Cologne Sept. 5 threatened to kill him last Sunday unless the West German government met the hijackers demands for release of 11 German anarchists including the three who were killed. West German officials expect increased terrorist attacks in retaliation for the three deaths. As radical lawyers voiced suspicions that the three members of the Baader-Meinhof gang were murdered, the Baden -Wuert tern berg state government invited three foreign Col.

back page, this sect. BONN, West Germany (AP) Extremists bombed West German targets in Italy' and marched in cities across Europe today to protest the deaths of three imprisoned German anarchists whose freedom -was demanded by kidnapers and airline hijackers. Meanwhile, West Germany's interior minister said the German commandos who stormed' the hijacked Lufthansa airliner in Somalia early Tuesday were met with a hail of gunfire and exploding grenades in a "brutal" battle in the midst of 86 The board of trustees of the Jackson County Regional Sewage District, at a recent meeting, adopted an ordinance determining io construct sewage works improvements for the Freetown area and set a date for a public hearing on the matter of rates and public hearing has been set for 7:30 p. m. on Nov.

1 at the Community Center. At the hearing, consideration will be given for adoption of an ordinance which was introduced at a sewage district meeting Oct. 12 which covers various phases of the proposed sewage works and proposed rates. The sewage works improvements proposed' consists of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and sewer collection system and Treatment facilities, approximately 24,000 feet of eight-inch diameter sewer, 4,000 feet of six-inch diameter sewer, manholes, two raw sewage pump- -ing stations, force main and appurtenances. Also included is a waslewa- ter treatment facility, including two field-erected treatment units with aeration tanks, clarif iers and aerated sludge holding tanks, two earthen holding lagoons, chlorine con- tact tanks, sludge drying beds', chemical feed equipment, control building and other equip-' ment, accessories, and appurtenances according to plans and specifications prepared by Commonwealth Engineers, of Greenwood.

Over Million Cost -Cost of the improvements as estimated by the engineers is $1,040,067. The ordinance provides the project be financed in part by the issuance of revenue bonds the amount of $211,000, payable solely from the net revenues of the sewage Body Could Be Missinq Coed ry r( v'7 rT i i Aft m'V vA 'A pf- MARTINSVILLE, (AP) Investigators looked to a fingerprint, check and dental records today in the effort to SHS Sets Uai i eft works. The bonds are to be VII llVUSb old at an interest rate not to Op Thursday exceed five per cent per annum and mature annually over a period ending Nov. 1, 2017. Col.

(, back page, this sect, positively identify a body found in a cornfield as that of a young woman who disappeared Sept. 12 en route to Indiana University, The body discovered Tuesday was tentatively identified as missing coed Ann Louise Har-meier, 20, Cambridge City. An autopy also was being performed to determine the cause of death. Morgan County Coroner James Summers said he couldn't determine whether the Parents of students and others interested are invited to visit Seymour High School Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p. m.

The open house is part of the annual observance of American Education Week, which has as its theme "Working Together for Education." Members of the Future WEATHER RECORDS Bombs exploded today at German car showrooms in Bologna, Milan, Leghorn and Turin and a building housing the West German consulate in Genoa. Leftists marched in Rome, Milan, Genoa, Athens and London. In Vienna they spray-painted the monument of wat king Johann Strauss witJMhe slogan: "The bourgeoisie has had its last dance." European" leftists expressed fear that the West 1 German commando raid in Somalia that killed three hijackers and freed the 86 hostages, and the prison deaths announced hours later marked a revival of neo-Nazi ism in West Germany. "These events prove in a tragic way how such climaxing violence is developing in Germany, opening the way for neo-fascism in that country," said a statement by Socialist March, a small political party in Greece. Most newspapers in Europe and elsewhere hailed the commando raid as an effective measure against terrorism.

West German officials said Andreas Baader, Gudrun Enss-lTn and Jan-Carl Raspe committed suicide and a fourth imprisoned terrorist, Irmgard Moeller, tried to kill herself at Stuttgart's maximum security Stannheim Prison. Heinz Funke, a lawyer for Baader who was present at his autopsy, said Baader died of a bullet wound in the back of the neck and, expressed doubt it was self-inflicted. West German officials did not explain how Baader or Raspe, who also died of a bullet wound, got guns. Seventeen West Berlin lawyers who have represented ter- leacners Association, under the direction of Arthur R. Man Given 10-Year Sentence xV AP Wirephoto Mitsion Succeeds Wearing civilian clothing, members of a special anti-terrorist commando force disembarks at Bonn-Cologne airport Tuesday at a brass band welcomes them back to West Germany.

The nation's Interior Minister Werner Maihofer told the 80-member force that stormed thehijacked Lufthansa airliner at Mogadishu, that "the nation is proud of you." The commandos killed three and wounded a fourth, freeing 86 hfistages the terrorists had been holding. Highway Researchers To Air Finances Here young woman was slain, because the body "was so badly decomposed." State police said they found a shoe string and a hairbrush around the young woman's neck, leading them to believe she might have been strangled. The remains were found by a farmer harvesting corn five miles from where Miss Har-meier disappeared along Indiana 37 Sept. 12. She was driv- ing to school from her home when her car conked out.

The auto, its parking ligts blinking, was found abandoned along the highway two miles north of, here. Summers said the body was that of a female about 20 years old and appeared to have been in the field five weeks. At the scene police found a red shirt, jeans and tennis shoes which they said matched the description of what Miss Harmeier was wearing when last seen. State troopers also said a purse found next to the body contained a paper with Miss. Harmeier's name on it and jewelry and other items known to' belong to the coed.

A police chaplain and minister went to Cambridge City to advise the coed's mother, Mar-jorie Harmeier. The farmer, Lawrence. Stafford, said, "I was just going along picking corn and ran on the body there laying between two rows." He said his children often ride motorbikes through the area ami as' recently as" Mon-'-small son; -dim; rode within 10 feet of where the body was found and notked nothing Miss Harmeier's disappearance triggered a nationwide search and an outpouring of time, concern and' money from her hometown. Miss Harmeier, a drama major and an student at the university, returned home often to visit her Her father, Robert, died of a brain tumor when Miss Harmeier was 4 years old. The people of Cambridge City mounted a community effort in the search for the coed, spread-Col.

4, back page, this sect. UWICS, IKIU 9AMI9U1, Will I ter guests and serve as guides. Teachers' names and room assignments and a miniature copy of the student handbook will be presented visitors. Members of the- guidance department will be available to interpret student achievement, aptitude and ability test scores and to provide other pertinent information to interested parents. Refreshments-will be served in the.

cafeteria- with Mrs. Raymond Auffenberg, supervisor of school cafeterias, and her high School staff in charge. Her art tht weather record for Seymour. Th downtown Seymour noon temperature 1 unofficial. Other readings are from the records of Mn.

Ruth Everhart, government weather observer ft Rockford, and are official. Downtown Seymour Noon Today t. 57 Maximum Tuesday 63 Minimum Tuesday 31 Precipitation .08 River at 7 a. m. 2.4 falling Sunset today 6:01 EST Sunrise Thursday 7:01 EST Gary Isenhower, 31.

of Crothersville, pleaded guilty to a charge of first degree burglary when arraigned in Jackson Circuit Court at Browns-town this morning. Isenhower was sentenced to 10 years by Judge Robert R. Brown. He will be sent to the department of corrections which will determine where his sentence will be served. Isenhower was charged with breaking and entering the James Sawyer residence in-Crothersville last July 19.

and cussion will include a review of Col. 3. back page, this sect A series of six area- meetings are being conducted during Education Night etoaiingDme guns from the. MaII Ail the month of October by the Highway Extension and Research Project for Indiana Counties (HERPIC) to examine the. spectrum of highway finance available la the state's counties, cities and towns.

One of the meetings will be held in Seymour on Thursday beginning at 10 a. m. at. the Holidaylnri. i finance is a critical issue with most county highway and city street departments.

Highway revenues have had, little or no growth and the prospect of a gas-tax increase continues rather bleak," says Purdue University Prof. Jean Hittle of HERPIC, at West Lafayette. In the meantime, he adds, highway traffic continues to increase and highway opera- tion costs continue to soar with the pace of inflation. The HERPIC area meetings will present a complete review of all funds available to Indiana local agencies for road and street use. Workshop dis residence.

He had been held in the Jackson County jail at Brownstown since Aug. is. Ernest Morris, 31, of Flint, who was returned to Jackson County Tuesday afternoon by a bonding company for having failed to appear and skipping bond, appeared in court this morning before Judge who advised him of his right to counsel and told him he could be released on bond if he could provide one. Morris was charged in July with possession of marijuana and trying to obtain drugs by forgery. The meeting consisted of two parts.

First, there was a Shopper's Fair in the school cafeteria, where displays exposed students and their parents to all the different types of education available. Then there were two sessions in which participants attended meetings on facilities for which they wanted more in-depth information. Among the most popular schools were Indiana University, Purdue University and Vincennes University. A guidance counselor and four students from Medora High School also attended the Approximately 140 students and their parents attended an Advanced Education Night program Tuesday at Browns-town Central High School: Representatives from a number of colleges, universities, technical schools and other institutions of advanced training were present to discuss their respective institutions. Mrs.

Janet Starr and Orville tubker, guidance counselors, arranged the program. Mrs. Starr said the intention was to provide a wide range of facilities to answer student interests. "'SW Hi' III' HI' 9 i' mm Illl 11 IS" N'X Yv i SJHS Names Honor Students II Don't Drink The Water SHS To Present Play Ewing, Jamie Goen. Carol Habenicht.

James Heath, Leslie Hill, Laurie Jablonowski, Luanne Lauf, Darin Lawson, Joe Niemeyer, Susan Qtte, Brian Reedy, Paula Snider, Sally Schwein, Mary Toerne, Greg Waggoner, Crystal White, Paul Wieneke, Traci Young and Diana Valverde. If) -I l977MciWusSvndwsM tne Six students achieved the high honor roll and 50 were on the regular honor list for the first six weeks at Shields Junior High School. Those on the high honor roll (all A's) were: Grade eight Clark Newby, Brad Prather and Shelly Sun-bury. Grade seven Susan Bar-nett, Brett Eble and Miriam Reynolds. Those on the regular honor roll (3.S average) were: Grade eight Stacey Acton, Melissa Besser, Debbie Bowman, Pam Brown, Kyle Cordes, Hope Hamblin.

Sue. Hinton, Lindy Holt, Doug Leffler, Lou Ann Johnson, Teresa Kasting, Linda Mc In Shelly Morey, Steve Pottschmidt, Sharon Osborne, Rachael Reynolds, Mary Rob-bins, Lois Schnitker, Pam Scott and John Tangeman. Grade seven Mona Adams, Devln Baker; Susan Karen Bowman, Jenny Callahan, Keith Collier, David Combs', Dwayne Dixon, Robin East, Stephanie Eddy, Steve Eddington, Dwayne "What could possibly go wrong?" ponders the bungling son of the American ambassador of a Communist country when the son is left in charge for a few days. What indeed! For starters, there are spies, shots, secret police, tricky nuns, bombs, riots, an enraged sultan, stolen kisses, and i confused America caterer with a hernia. All this action and plenty more take place in Woody Allen's Broadway hit, "Don't Drink the Water," a Seymour High School Dramatics Club production set for Saturday, at 7:30 p.

m. In the school auditorium. Allen's comedy tells the improbable tale of a family from Alabama who go to Europe for rest and relaxation only to be trapped In the American Embassy when they are mistaken for spies. Their unlikely escape depends on a wild plan by the son of the female ambassador. He hopes to sneak them out of the embassy during swinging party.

Unfortunately, the plan and their enforced stay are complicated by the secret police, led by the vicious Krojack and her henchman, Mad Dog Petrovfch. In between bullets and bombs, the daughter, Susan, of the cursed caterer, Walter Hollander, manages to fall in love with Axel, the jinxed son who got them into the mess. Dan Thomas plays Walter, the Alabama caterer who takes on the secret police even though he knows more about pork chops than karate chops. Linda Bridgewater is his wife Marion, who has visions of fitting into the swinging jet-set, her varicose veins and all. The frustrated lovers ire played by Morris Windhorst, and the seductive, free-spirited Susan, portrayed by Shirley Shippee.

Others in the cast are Geor-giann Pfaffenberger as Krojack and Mike Schulte as her snarling sidekick Mad Dog. Jan Copple plays Miss Kilroy, and Phil Vehlsage is Burns, both members of the embassy staff. Liz Smith plays the temperamental French chef. Also in the cast are Judy Snyder as Sister Gertrude, a nun who practices magic; Tammy Elmore as the female ambassador; Blake Hackman as the worldly-wise Sultan of Bashir; Sharon Mears as his first wife; and Sherry Brown and Jackie Lewis as two sophisticated guests at the embassy party Other party guests are Tracy Brown, Joan Glasson, Karen Rucker, and Chelley Dittard. The backstage crew includes Karen Rucker and Cheryl Huffman, stage managers; Sharon Baxter, Tim Tracey and Kevin Stewart, props; Steve Cel.

back page, this sect. i laVAY At Tribune Photo By Dave Schulte It Goes In Here City Police Chief Ronald I. Thomas shows where the new 23-channel citizeni band radios will be installed in the eight city police cars. The radios were purchased by members of two local CB radio clubs and REACT organki lotion. Looking on arei Kenny Amos, (left) president of the Spirit of '76 club, Steve Muster, president of the Jackson County REACT, and Neal (right) president of the Hobsier Jawbreakers club.

The groups collected $1,960 to purchase the eight CB radios and antennas, which will be put In the police cars this week by members of the clubs. Chief Thomas said the radios will save time In reporting accidents, possible law violations and help cut down on crime in the afea. ithJ I.

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