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I 'r rc The I X) Nome Newspaper of the Calumet Region 3 sections 24 pages 25 cents Copyright, 188.1, The Timw L. THE DUMPING OF WASTES IN THE CALUMET REGION ii i i i in ii mi ii liiiir i- i i ii rt rn nr 'wrap, T(dl(of 'il if Tuesday Juno 7, 1983 What's right in the Region Two Bloom Trail High School students were honored at the Chicago State University industrial arts project fair. John Eagan, a senior, won a second place ribbon in general wood working for his jewelry box built in advanced woods class. Glenn Pazanin, senior, won a third place ribbon in general wood working for his pendulum wall clock built in eneral woods class. Floyd Farkas, junior, received an honorable mention in general wood working for his mail caddy built in general woods class.

Greg Zipprich is their teacher at Bloom Trail. mMme yMmmmmme, Tlme Photos by John Smierc A human chain of protest on Monday blocked CD trucks from entering the controversial landfill in Calumet City. 4 '4 -A ft 7- uman chain halts i 't waste firm dumping Another picture, A-3 Much of the United States east of a line from Louisiana to Maine is blanketed by layered clouds. Intense thunderstorms are visible in the western Gulf of Mexico. Patchy clouds dot California.

About' 40 members of Irondalers Against the Chemical Threat and several children cordoned off the entrance and exit to the CID landfill at 138th Street and the Calumet Expressway. They were protesting the company's refusal to meet with them on their terms. IACT has repeatedly invited Waste Management officials to its public meetings to discuss the company's Chicago policeman tells protest group to let trucks in. proposed 289-acre landfill in Chicago's Monday he couldn't "speak for past South Deering neighborhood. None has actions," but said the firm "has sug- accepted.

gested that a meeting be held with our Waste Management Spokesman Donald Reddicliffe told The Times (Continued Back Page This Section) By MARILYN THOMAS Times Staff Writer CALUMET CITY Waste Management Inc. didn't lose any money Monday while the entrance to its LTD landfill was blocked by protesters, company officials said. heeler landfill operator gets state fine Weather- Sunny The National Weather Service predicts it will be fair and cool tonight in the Calumet Region, with a low of 45 to 50. Wednesday is expected to be mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 75 to 80. The outlook through Saturday includes a chance of rain Thursday, with highs near 70 and lows in the 40s.

More temperatures and a national weather map on Page A 8. By DIANE DONOVAN Times Staff Writer "The last time Indiana Waste Systems was fined in Indiana, it was $3,000 for violating a court order," Davis told The Times on Monday. "This is definitely a step in the right direction." The board of health ordered tests on water near the landfill after leachate the contaminated byproduct of disposed wastes was discovered seeping from the landill May 12. State Inspector Ted Warner said the problem occurred after the west side slope failed and dropped 10 feet. Warner re-inspected the landfill on May 13.

He found the problem had been temporarily corrected by sealing the leak with clay. Donald J. Ehmen, manager of the landfill, said the sidewall erosion was a minor problem encountered by all landfills during the spring when thawing and increased rainfall saturate the clay used to seal off disposal areas. The state has ordered Indiana Waste Systems to provide an engineering plan showing how the problem will be permanently repaired. WHEELER Indiana Waste Systems Inc.

has been fined $40,000 for health violations discovered at the Wheeler Landfill in May. The fine was levied by the Indiana Board of Health. Indiana Waste Systems is a subsidiary of Chemical Waste Management Inc. of Oak Brook, 111. Larry Davis, of People Against Hazardous Landfill Sites (PAULS), supported the fine.

For 24-hour weather information, call Weatherline, 895-2600. be back Index Business Classified Comics Editorial on air Channel 50 may 3 C2 8 6 A 6 Obituaries Sports Theater TV C-l Bl 2 5 7 By MICHAEL WATERS Times Staff Writer tions Commission. But Moore said the school system still has four years left on the current license, which means the commission can follow the school board's recommendation without taking applications from the public. "I think it's going to go pretty smoothly," Lake Central Superintendent Thomas Roman said. The transfer of much of the station's equipment must be approved by the (Continued Back Page This Section) Both groups said they were interested in assuming operation of the Public Broadcasting System affiliate, which went off the air May 2.

The school system has held the license to the station since it first went on the air in 1967. But the board voted earlier this year to dump the station because it was draining $142,000 a year from the education fund. The license transfer must be approved by the Federal Communica- the transfer to Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc. (NIPB), but spokesmen for the group and the school system said that approval is likely. "If everything went right, we could be back on the air by the first of the year," said Carol Moore, secretary-treasurer for the group.

In recommending NIPB get the license, the school board rejected offers by a Chicago Heights-based church group and a Park Forest theater troupe. ST. JOHN The Calumet Region's only public television station may be back on the air within seven months. The Lake Central School Board voted Monday to recommend the transfer of the license for WCAE-TV (Channel 50) to a non-profit public broadcasting group. Two federal agencies must approve Our guarantee Home repairs and renewal aren't a fad, they are a smart way to protect your investment.

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NewsSports: 219-932 3106 Other calls: 219-932-3100 Toll Free Numbers Calumet City, Lansing, Dolton, South Holland, etc. 312-375 2679 Crown Point, Hobart, Merrillville 219-738-2762 Preservation OKd Air aided jail escape Jail fire, A-7 seeking demolition. Owners also will qualify for two tax breaks, according to Timothy Sendak, city attorney. "If the owner restores his building, he'll receive 25 percent of the amount he spent as a credit on his individual tax credit," Sendak said. "Taxes increased due to added value of the property would be spread over a 10-year period." In other business, the council: Approved a fund transfer from (Continued Back Page This Section) They dropped to the ground using a rope fashioned from 10 blankets and bedsheets.

The three escapees, one of whom was in a leg cast, were recaptured the same day. According to Capt. Donald Midkiff of the Lake County Sheriff's department, the window from which the three men escaped had been covered with a steel plate until recently. Steel plates had been installed over (Continued Back Page This Section) By SUZANNE WRIGHT Times Correspondent "CROWN POINT The city council gave preliminary approval Monday to an historic preservation ordinance. The ordinance establishes a historic board of review that will consist of seven members.

One member will be appointed by the chairman of the plan commission; one member by the mayor. Owners of historically designated buildings will need approval of the board before making changes or By MERRILL GOOZNER Times Staff Writer CROWN POINT An effort to let a little air into the Lake County Jail led to last week's escape attempt, sheriff department investigators say. Three inmates escaped from the jail's fifth-floor sick ward in the early morning of May 31 after prying open the room's window. Lowell, Cedar Lake, Shelby, 219 696 0030 ST. ANTHONY MEDICAL CENTER CONTROVERSY of FiloiSci oc warn Loser's corner a free-lance writer from Alsea, Ore.

Don Paul, 46, admits he gets some hefty long distance telephone bills, but still he was surprised when the Pioneer Telephone Company billed him for $2,120.56. It turned out to be the entire bill for all 50 customers in the company's Lobster Valley exchange. Pioneer credit manager Randy Morgan blamed human error. Paul said when he got the bill Friday he had "visions of filing for bankruptcy." "I almost went into cardiac arrest," he said. By TIMOTHY BANNON and LORI OLSZEWSKI Times Staff Writers administrator, for trying to control doctors the same way the AMA forecast in March 1974.

Filosa was asked last week to resign by the nuns who operate St. Anthony in Crown Point. An AMA letter, dated March 20, 1974, was written by Neil Sutherland, an assistant director of the AMA, to an official of the South Dakota State Medical Association. It said: "I have learned that Mr. Filosa is now the Chief Executive Officer and President of the hospital in Crown Point.

There has been an election of the executive committee (of doctors) without a meeting of the medical staff, but the medical staff is not excited. "The county and the state (medical) society are aware of the problems, but the medical staff refuses to take the (Continued Back Page This Section) i CROWN POINT The American Medical Association warned Lake County doctors nine years ago about Lawrence T. Filosa's methods. The doctors didn't listen. Today, a faction of the St.

Anthony Medical Center doctors staff is criticizing Filosa, the hospital's former GUTIERREZ r'l.