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PAGE 37 THE MUNCIE STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1977 DATELINE DATA Muncie Police Dogs Help i Wayne Manhunt Nabs Robbery Suspects New Pumpers Ready for Fire Department RICHMOND More than 50 policemen sealed off a country block northwest of here and flushed three suspected armed robbers out of cornfields and a thick woods Wednesday. The suspects, all of Phoenixville, were believed to have committed three armed robberies early Wednesday In suburban Dayton, Ohio, and along Interstate 70 near the Indiana border. Wayne County deputy Lyman Helms spotted the suspects car near here' after the three allegedly robbed a stranded motorist along 1-70 of $2, police said. Helms said he pursued the men's vehicle behind a farm house Vk miles north of the Interstate, where the men fled on foot. Authorities said James Detweiler, 23, fired a sawed-off shotgun at Helms, kicking up dust at his feet but not Injuring the policeman.

Helms reportedly returned fire twice. Detweiler, Thomas Cook, 17, and Michael Donovan, 18, allegedly armed with a revolver, then ran into cornfields and a woods, police said. Police sealed off the area before noon and a helicopter was summoned and two Muncie patrolmen, Jack Orrick and Ester Burks, were called in with police dogs. Police said the juvenile surrendered about 1:45 p.m. Detweiler and Donovan rWe on lmiitutiom Get Grants (Jas Prices MONTPELIER The Montpelier ambulance, stationed in the city the past year and a half, has been abandoned due to mechanical failures beyond repair.

The vehicle was of 1970 vintage. During the time the ambulance was here, 288 ambulance runs were made, including 241 patient runs, 37 fire calls, plus appearances in parades and at classes for EMT's. A replacement will be brought here early this week. Over the weekend Bill Walker of the Walker Funeral Home made an ambulance available in case of accidents or emergency needs. PORTLAND A federal grant In the amount of $373,000 has been approved for site development of the new Jay County Hospital to be constructed on the John Finch property across from Judge Haynes Park in Portland.

Official work of the approval of the federal funds for Jay County was made Wednesday through the commerce department as one of 22 grants approved for Indiana communities. REDKEY Two meetings for public input for the town of Redkey's proposed community block grant will be Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Redkey town hall.

WINCHESTER Dr. Max Indianapolis, recently presented the board of trustees of the Winchester Foundation a gift of $10,000 In memory of his late wife, Ruth Bales Fisch. Mrs. Fisch was the daughter of the late Judge Alonzo Bales. Income from the award will be used to provide scholarships for female students graduating from Winchester Community High School.

Recipients will be selected by the high schoool scholarship committee and the award will be made In May during honors day activities. WASHINGTON (UPI) Three Indiana Institutions were awarded federal grants Wednesday under a program designed to fund innovative programs aimed at Improving teaching and learning beyond. high school. The Indiana grants; to the Consortium for Urban Education in Indianapolis for centrally located comprehensige education, information and referral service for working adults. $81,749 to Indiana University at Bloomington for a program using shared structures among languages to improve basic English verbal skills and equip students for foreign langaage study.

$90,523 to Indiana University at Indianapolis for establishment of information, referral and counseling services through Continuing Studies offices on five campueesof IU. VoUnI Down WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate Wednesday resoundingly rejected an attempt to hold natural gas prices at the current federal ceiling. The vote was the first in a series of tests of Senate sentiment on whether controls should be continued, phased out or eliminated outright the main choices in debate over President Carter's natural gas price control legislation. gave up 10 minutes later after being spotted along railroad tracks by a policeman who had climbed a signal tower along the tracks. Police said one of the intended victims in Ohio talked his way out of being robbed by the men by telling them he had a heart condition.

Police said they recovered a shotguri. loaded and cocked, from Detweiler, but did not locate the revolver. Police said the men will be extradited to Ohio on aggravated robbery charges. Detweiler was charged locally with assault and battery on a police officer with intent to kill, and all three were charged with fleeing police. Ovennyer, Union Settle Contract WINCHESTER Negotiators for members of Local 112 of the American Federation of Glassworkers and for Overmyer Corporation here reached a contract settlement late Tuesday night.

According to Robert Culin, group vice president, the settlement is the first to be reached by moldmakers nationwide. Culin said the contract is for three years and affects 130 moldmakers at the plant here and 100 at the Greensburg, plant. According to Culin, the contract provides for significant Increases in wages, insurance, pension and other major benefits. Negotiators have been working on the agreement since July 30 when the previous contract expired. Culin said he is sure the settlement will have an effect on other negotiating teams.

He added that when one group settles, there is generally a move to "get things going." Workers at Overmyer Corporation have been working on a day-to-day basis for nearly two weeks. After the contract expired in July the negotiating extension was granted until Sept. 15. Union workers never went out on strike during the negotiating period. Union workers at Armstrong Moid and Anchor Hocking, other glass plants in the city, are continuing strikes begun earlier in the week.

Reportedly, there are now new developments in the negotiations of either local plant. Falls OIT Scaffold INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Charles Smith 20, Indianapolis, died Tuesday night of injuries sustained when he fell 40 feet from a scaffold. By RICK VENCER 8f SUH Reporter Two new lime-green pumper trucks, each capable of throwing l.ooo gallons a minute, will be in full service this week with the Muncle Fire Department, Chief Bing Crosby said Wednesday. The pumpers were ordered a year ago and delivered earlier this summer. One has been in service for several weeks and the second one is ready Crosby said.

The trucks, which have been in pos-. session of the department for nearly a month, will be utilized at headquarters, Madison and Jackson streets. At the same time, the department will have at least three other fire vehicles under repair, including the department's 100 feet ladder truck, originally purchased in 1943 and reequlpped with a new tractor several years ago. The new trucks wUl give the depart-' ment three vehicles that are lime-green in color, a change from the traditional "fire engine red" color of older trucks. The chief said the lime green Color was developed by the Air Force for bet-; ter visibility at night and recent studies of actual usage of the lime green trucks indicate visibility is "much higher" than traditional red trucks.

Other options on the trucks include a six-man cab. The chief added new light-; ing systems with high intensity beams, and a larger pumping capacity were also additional features of the new equipment. The trucks were purchased from Hawk Fire Apparatus Carmel, a-; subsidiary of FMC Chicago. The Board of Public Works and Safety quired the vehicles at approximately $58,000 each under a lease-purchase agreement. Crosby Indicated delays in building the vehicles and then fitting optional parts were reasons for hold-ups in getting the vehicles.

The chief added the trucks would be used as No. 1 Squad and No. 1 Township, operating from headquarters, since those companies make the largest number of runs. The pump trucks presently used by those fire companies, 1970 and a 1975 Howe pumpers, will be utilized at No. 2 Station and No.

4 Station to allow for two other pumper trucks to be repaired. Crosby indicated pump trucks at the other two stations needed engine overhauls and other various mechanical work. "Following the repair of the older trucks, they will be utilized as back-up units for the department. We don't plan to run additional trucks, but there is a need for more back-up units," said the chief. The department presently is attempting to repair a 1959 Seagraves "pumper which has been out of service for more than a year and the chief recently shut down the department's 100 feet ladder unit at No.

3 Station due to problems with the mechanical and hydraulic unit on the ladder system. Crosby said firefighters manning that vehicle had complained of problems with the operation of the ladder and the chief said repairs could take up to 8-10 weeks. "1 don't think we will have any problems with that unit being out of service since the 75 feet ladder unit and the snorkel truck can still be used for aerial firefighting." The chief added difficulty on getttng parts for the older Seagraves pumper would mean that truck would be out of action for another six weeks. Most of the front-line vehicles used by the department are from 5-20 years in age and Crosby said some type of repairs will be needed to most of the vehicles in the next several months. The chief added the department hopes to acquire a large-sized tanker unit before the end of the year, using community development funds, to cover areas recently annexed by the city 'which are without fire hydrants.

Another purchase anticipated by the department will be a second four-wheel pick-up with a high pressure pump unit similar to one which is now being used by the department as an initial assault vehicle. The chief added such small vehicles could be used in many fire situations and more effective than the larger trucks. 8400 Pledged to Search for Missing Coed STAR STATE REPORT CAMBRIDGE CITY Townspeople here Wednesday night raised $400 which will be used in an effort to find Ann L. Harmeier, 20, missing since Sept. 12.

About 150 residents met in the Lincoln High School cafeteria and were "brought up to date on the case, which really hasn't changed any" since the IU co-ed was discovered missing north of Martinsville when her broken-down car was found, according to Sgt. Ernie Alder. The Cambridge City Citizens Search for Ann Harmeier has received $7,000 in pledges. Alder said. "We decided our next step was to get -on with the printing (of posters) and to keep everyone enthused," he said.

The next step also includes bumper stickers reading "Where is Ann?" and renting of billboards near Martinsville and Bloomington, Alder said. "We are also considering buying television spots in several states and maybe nationally," Alder said. "Where is Ann?" was adopted at the meeting as a campaign theme, he said. The girl was last seen en route to the IU campus. Her car apparently overheated on Ind.

37 about 10 a.m. on Sept. 12. Alder is a state policeman and a friend of the Harmeier family. Murder Victim's Friends Testify During Hearing Research Energy Hill Vote Delayed Moses residence on the morning of Aug.

11 and Susan Lee answered the phone. She asked Susan if she could speak to her mother. When Susan returned to the phone, Mrs. Hicks said Susan told her that her mother was sitting on the couch with blood on her face. Mrs.

Hicks added that she then rushed to the house and called police. She also testified she was at the Moses residence Aug. 10 until 10 p.m. and that Moses had called there by telephone while she was present. Mrs.

Hicks said Ruth Ann told her after the conversation with Moses that he was "mad at her" because she had filed a restraining order against him. PORTLAND Testifying Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning in the habeas corpus and dismissal hearing for accused murdered Joe E. Moses, 42, Portland, were two friends of the murder victim, Ruth Ann Moses, 29, Portland. The two witnesses were Kathy Weesner, who worked with Mrs. Moses at Sutton's Department Store here, and Debbie Hicks, who was also employed with the victim at Sutton's.

Mrs. Weesner was matron of honor at the marriage of Moses and the former Ruth Ann Lee. She said Mrs. Moses had told her Moses was the father of the child she was carrying and that she also told her Joe Moses was circulating rumors that the baby was not his prior to Mrs. Moses' death.

Mrs. Weesner also testified that Mrs. Moses, who was pregnant at the time of her death on Aug. 11, was afraid of Joe Moses after they had separated and Moses filed for a divorce Aug. 5.

Mrs. Hicks was the person who first called Portland police Aug. 11 when Mrs. Moses' body was discovered by Susan Lee, 11, daughter of the victim. Mrs.

Hicks testified she called the WASHINGTON (UPI) The House virtually completed floor action Wednesday on a $6.7 billion authorization bill for the Energy Research and Development Administration. It includes money for solar, fossil, geothermal and nuclear programs and energy conservation. A vote on final passage, anticipated by the leadership just before the House quit for the day, was thwarted through a parliamentary move by Rep. John Ash-brook, R-Ohio. Since the leadership plans no votes on Thursday, the earliest the bill could go through would be Friday.

During day-long consideration of the rbill the House approved. 227 to 179, an amendment by Rep. Paul Tsongas, to accelerate federal procurement of electricity-generating solar cells by adding an extra $28 million for that purpose. Hi 1 1 M. 1 onaerofatCMd Thick Thirsty towels are made to drip less.

Their patented construction has thousands of spongy pockets to soak up spills and not let go. Think of it! A 5-course Chinese dinner with chow mein, egg rolls, sweet sour pork, fried rice and apple dessert rolls as easy as turning on the oven. Telephone Service Restored at Portland PORTLAND Work on two severed telephone cables in the Salamonia and Portland areas was completed Wednesday by management personnel because about 750 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) have been on strike against United Telephone Co. since Sept. 11.

Similar acts of vandalism have been reported in other United Telephone service areas since the strike began, but union officials in Portland denied there was any connection between Wednesday's damage and the strike. An estimated 900 Jay County customers had service Interrupted Wednesday when two major telephone cables were cut by vandals. Six hundred customers on the Salamonia exchange could call Within the exchange, but not outside the area. An estimated 300 customers along the west edge of Portland and in the rural area west of the city were without service. Both cables were apparently severed with an axe.

The damage was discovered Wednesday morning and repair crews were dispatched. The telephone firm has offered four separate rewards of $10,000 each in connection with other acts of destruction to equipment, and Joe Lumm, public relations director of United's general offices in Warsaw, said a similar reward could very well be offered at Portland. Lumm said a 50-pair terminal cable at Indiana 26 "and County Road 117 west of Portland had been hit by a gunshot causing more service problems. This damage was discovered about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Another incident of telephone vandalism was reported to area police when a cable was pulled from the ground at a telephone booth at Ludwig's Supermarket, This incident was discovered Tuesday evening and the telephone was still in operation. (iirl Sentenced in Bank Hohbery at Spartanburg WINCHESTER Kimberly Kay Swank, 16, Arcan-urn, Ohio, was turned over to the superintendent of the Indiana Girls School earlier this week by Randolph County Circuit Judge Zane Stohler. Miss Swank was arrested in July by Randolph sheriff's officials In connection with the robbery of the Greensfork Township State Bank in Spartanburg on JUAccording to Judge Stohler's order, Miss Swank is to remain in the school until she is 21 or until she is released by the superintendent. Mark David Heltzman, 29, Spartanburg, was arrested by FBI agents in July and was Indicted in federal court In Indianapolis July 20 for his involvement in the Richmond Postal Clerk Transfer May Be Pared RICHMOND Instead of transferring 17 Richmond postal clerks, the American Postal Workers Union is requesting transfer of 13 because an earlier study may have proposed too many. The U.S.

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