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16 Seymour Pally Tribute, Seymour; Indiana Wdn oay, ebruary 26, 1992 Lugar's advice to Bayh: Do Piciorial Bade i help huildJfakeCnlum I by DOUG RICHARDSON JiequMtibn now isjwhat etc Associated Press Writer feet Senator Lugar's opposition -INDIANAEOLISfAPSen- Moreausaid after-i Richard G. Lugar has some ad- reading Lugar's letter. Whether Vice for Gov. Evan Bayh: Don't do Senator Lugar can kill the pro-. jew ib ui intuit determine ai- 000 '1 Weigh away1 wing no neip ouiia a inira mar jor Chicago-area -airport at the proposed Lake Calumet site.

In a letter Tuesday to one of jBayh's advisers, Lugar called the 'Lake Calumet site chosen Monday by a bi-state commission "a non-starter burdened with en- "an extravagant multi-billion dollar" price tag. "All over America, citizens ask how grandiose schemes such as. Lake Calumet ever get started and how proposals for billions of dollars of new spending commence without -any responsible official blowing the whistle," Lugar wrote. "On this occasion, let me state my advice clearly: Do not build Lake Calumet." He said Indiana shouldn't spend a cent of its own or federal money on studies of the project and instead should refocus its efforts on developing the Gary air-port, the loser to Lake Calumet in the final vote by the site selec-I tion commission. Chicago Mayor Richard M.

and Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar supported Lake Calumet site on the south side of Chicago. "Governor Bayh should sign no papers, no agreements and should give no verbal pledges to cooperate in any way with the building of the Lake Calumet site," Lugar wrote. Lugar's advice on the airport was solicited by D. William Mo-Ireau, the Democratic governor's 'former chief of staff who now serves as Bayh's representative to the bi-state airport site selection commission.

building near Bobtown your load for 5 cents at place of William Bode, far were nine children in the is not known which are in loaned by Diane Isaacs. picture is the Shields High in the 1927 Patriot. of the building, see the Back in this issue. A Look Back into Seymour's History by John M. Lewis, Local Historian this point in time, but he is a senior senator of the same party as t-he president.

In a letter to Lugar on Sunday, Moreau said state officials 'still were waiting to be convinced that the Lake Calumet site was feasibleTTJayh also wants to know if development of a third major Chicago-area airport is a national transportation priority, said Moreau. All of Indiana's four representatives, on the 11-member site selection commission voted for the Gary site. However, Indiana officials believe the Lake Calumet Bite, which extends into northwestern Indiana, could pro-vide jobs and other economic benefits for Hoosiers. Technical experts from Indiana are meeting with their Chicago counterparts to analyze the Lake Calumet proposal. In-' diana should know in seven to 10 days if the Lake Calumet option is worth pursuing, said Moreau.

"We have committed substantial technical experts to this project and our technical experts have not concluded it's a non-starter, to use the senator's term," said Moreau. Federal backing, including the support of Indiana and Illinois congressional delegations, will be critical if the project is to receive the necessary federal funding and regulatory approval, Moreau told the senator. Lugar told Moreau in Tuesday's letter not to expect the se-nator's support. "With the federal deficit press- complaining that the "case was rigged." The juror, a 24-year-old black man, is quoted in the March 2 issue of Jet as saying justice was served" and that the former heavyweight boxing champion got what he deserved, The Indianapolis Star reported today. "This time and in this situation, the justice system worked," he Baid in the Jet article.

The Star said the unidentified juror did not respond Tuesday to efforts to seek his comment on why the magazine story differs from statements he reportedly made last week during a pickup basketball game. Jet feature editor Trudy S. Moore declined to answer questions about her interview with, the juror, the Star said. "We stand by our published story," she said. Indianapolis attorney Robert mm Ml mm jng $400 billion (annually), J-will-not vote for an appropriation benefitinglake-tTaTumelnoF will I vote to abandon all environmental laws which pertain to that site," Lugar Lugar said that the Lake Calumet site's difficulty in complying" with environmental and wetlands laws make the site "almost impossible to build." But Moreau said the original Gary expansion proposal was burdened with manyortheHsame environmental problems.

Beyond the environmental questions, the cost now estimated at $10.8 billion "will know no bounds as lawsuits, cost overruns and inflation over the next two decades take a further, toll," Lugar Moreau responded that while the' total cost of the Lake Calumet project is it will cost Hoosiers less than the Gary, airport expansion would have. In return, the Lake Calumet site could produce 30,000 to .50,000 jobs, he said. Lugar said Gary and north--west Indiana "are not going to 1 8 any hypothetical Lake Calumet will not be "built." If additional airport facilities are needed in the region, "the Gary airport will be expanded or private market forces will finance and locate the required facilities through market demand," the senator said. Moreau said that without a new airport market forces would more likely move air traffic out; of the congested Chicago area skies. He said that already is happening as more connecting flights are taken out of the Chicago area and routed through St.

Louis. A. Prather, who was not con-: fleeted with the Tyson case, told the prosecutor's office he recognized the juror at a gym and heard him say the case was rigged, outside the control of the jury, and that there was nothing they could do about it." Marion County Prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said an inquiry into the juror's alleged comment about the case being rigged is under way. In the Jet story, the juror was quoted as saying members of the jury argued for about eight hours before agreeing on a verdict. "It was a difficult thing to do.

But in the we were all in agreement that we made the best decision based on the evidence The juror also said in'the tory that Tyson was tried by a jury of his peers and that racism played no part in the decision. Kirby Eureka Electrolux Hoover Rainbow You Tyson juror gives different story INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A na-tional magazine will report a different story from a jurorm Mike Hyson's rape trial -than reported an attorney who said he overheard the juror at a gym. Just after the trial ended, the juror allegedly was overheard WE BUILD OHOUR LOT NO DOWN PAYMENT New three bedroom, Ranch-Style Brick Home with 2 full baths, fireplace, central heat air, vaulted ceiling, thermal pane tilt-in windows, dishwasher, range, wall to wall carpeting, walk-in closets and skylight. Over 1,500 sq. ft.

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It's a list er Seymour mayors, their terms, etc. Before you read further, you should recall that while Seymour was founded in 1852 it did not become a city until April 5 or 6, 1864; the month is sure, the day is not! And during the period that Seymour was a town, a town board "ran the show and there Daffodil Dayis first flower of spring the flower of hope HIVAIDS HELPLINE 1 -800-659-7580 ICAAN Indiana Community Aids Action Network, Inc. 7i i A farm scale offers to weigh the home left. There family but it the picture, The bottom School Building For a history regular Look SJBPBPBJtJIJPBJMPBJISJPBJ I We Will Make (Editorial Note: Often when researching a specific topic for a Look Back column, I run into other items of interest or even what some would term "trivia," which fascinates me in itself. But the other items are not usually long enough; to fill a regular weekly column, so I save them up, and when I get enough I combine several of them in a column like the following:) In this week's pictorial Look Back, the 1927 Patriot includes with a picture of the Shields High School of 1927 a history of the structure itself, as follows: "Shields High School 1871-1927 Fifty-six years of steadfast growth and influence! Such is the record of Shields High School.

Now 'tis 1927, and Shields High School stands an imposing structure. To six hundred and fifty pupils it daily offers treasures to increase their knowledge. Then, in 1871, at the beginning of its career, it was a six room, brick building. In 1876 an addition of six rooms was made; As the years passed by, the old building became small and inadequate. In 1911 a new school, rising on the foundation of the old, was built.

Yet, to this a south wing was added in 1922. Rising step by step, growing as a tiny acorn into a mighty oak, Shields High School has offered knowledge to many. Its long line IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY! was not any mayor. Some general comments: there have been twenty-nine different males who have served as mayor (including two who served three separate periods as "interim" mayor for a short period of time). There have not been any female yet The official terms, have been first, for two years, and then la-' ter, four years.

There were two five-year terms when the legislature was moving the mayoral elections from first, on separate, years, back to the same time as' other elections, and then bade again to "off-year" elections. To do this, since they could not "cut" an elected official's term, they, had to extend it briefly! One mayor died in office 4. Charles E. MileB in 1929; were MDs and one was a DDS Two of those mayors, Daniel W. Johnson and Charles Wi Burkart, served four (4) terms.

Only one man has served three (3) terms, Albert P. Charles. In terms of longevity in office, Char- -les W. Burkart was more popular, with voters than any other man: 19 years in office at various times between 1918 and 19471 No other mayor has served longer than eight (8) years. Those mayors with eight years of service include Daniel W.

John- son, Donald Heiwig, John Isaacs, and James L. Laupus. And now here is the list: George Green, 1865-1868, 1 terms Thomas Whitson, 1868-1870 Albert P. Charles, 1870-1872; 1874-1878 Samuel W. Holmes, 1872-1874' Daniel W.

Johnson, 1888-1890, 4 terms Reuben Everhart, A J. Frazer, 1886-1888 Frank Bennett, 1890-1892 Philip Laugel, 1892-1894 Joseph Balsley, 1894-1898 Alfred W. Mills, 1898-1902 i Dr. J.M. Shields, 1902-1904 -i Dr.

George G.j Graesslev 1904-1906 "it Dr. Henry R. Kyte, 1906-1910 Allen Swope, 1910-1914 -j John Hobs, 1914-1918 Charles W. Burkart, 1918-1922; 1929-1930 to fill vac ancy; 1930-34; 1935-39; 1943-47 Charles L. Kessler, 1922-1926 Charles E.

Miles, 1926-29; died in office F.W. Abele, interim, 12 days, 1929 Stanley Switzer, 1939-1942 Donald Heiwig, 1948-1955, .2 terms John James Laupus, 1964-1971, 2 terms Christopher D. Moritz, 1972-1975; 1980-1983 'Donald H. Ernest, 1976-1979 Donald F. Scott, interim, 42 days, 1983; also interim, Dec, 1990 William W.

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