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Thei 1MJES Indiana iome Newspaper of the Calumet Region Section 6 -tr it it 64 Seelions-20 Cents 74th Year-No. 311 Tuesday, June 17, 1980 'A -1 Downtown Jmmfcyarf Given Ax 04 1 A jr-- I 4: 'Jf 1 1 3r HAMMOND A proposed junkyard in downtown Hammond was rejected by the Hammond Plan Commission Monday night. The junkyard was billed as a car parts depot that would add to the city's tax base by its Blue Island-based operator. City Planner Christopher Huff recommended the limited use permit for the junkyard be denied because "it won't be advantageous to Hammond at this site." At last month's plan commission meeting, Huff recommended approval. Before the commissioners took action, it was discovered Huff had inspected the wrong piece of property.

Huff has since checked the correct property and Joel Krass' Blue Island operation. Dwight Faure Is an owner of Great Lakes Warehouse, located west of the proposed site on Industrial Road. faure said there are already 38 junkyards in Hammond. He said he doubted the taxes generated by another yard would be enough to offset the harm it would cause to other business operations. Traffic Stopper Hammond firemen poured water on a stubborn chemicaJ fire at Ken Industries, 3100 Sheffield for more than six hours Monday night before the fire was smothered by 25 semi-trailer truckloads of sand.

Hammond Fire Department and Air Pollution officials ordered the Indiana Toll Road closed for more than four hours. Story on Page A-2 Temporary Nurses Ease the and as a hospital consultant throughout the Midwest. "We're giving nurses another op- tion. appealing to the nurses who may want a different way to practice, who want to be freelancers. JV 'ursing ft pl Crisis Illinois Road Plan Would Aid S.

Cook William O'Connor, lawyer for the proposed junkyard owner, said Faure's warehouse operation is located in an area zoned for heavy industrial use and a junkyard is one of the uses of the land. O'Connor said the only way to expand the tax base is with new businesses. He said Great Lakes would still continue to pay the same amount of taxes. He said there a cement products plant, an existing junkyard, the warehouse and railroad tracks surround the proposed junkyard site. Krass was going to lease the land from Marvin Mickow of VLM Partnership.

Plan Commission President Edward Woznlak said Mickow also owns and operates the abandoned Junior Toy property on Marble Street. Wozniak said the site contains junk trucks and is constantly the scene of burning tires and other debris. "1 can't buy what you're proposing," Wozniak said. O'Connor said Mickow won't have (Continued Buck Page This Section) Holland, $175,000. Widening at Price Street and the Conrail tracks in Calumet City, $1.95 million.

Lane channelization at 187th and Main streets in Glenwood, and along Glenwood and Chicago Heights Road, $1.7 million. Street lighting along Ridge Road in Lansing from Torrence Avenue to the Indiana state line, $35,000. A traffic signal at Indianwood Drive and Chicago Road In Thornton, $64,000. Land acquisition along 154th Street from South Park Avenue to the Calumet Expressway in South Holland and Dolton, $30,000. New traffic signals at 25 intersections in Thornton, $955,000.

Land acquisition for the widening of State Street from 162nd Street to Sibley Boulevard in South Holland, $500,000. (Continued Back Page This Section) October. Aldo E. Botti, attorney for Miss Kurle, said he plans to file suits including breach of contract and possibly slander or libel against the hospital in connection with the firing. "She is absolutely innocent," Botti said, adding that the controversy has ruined her career and will prevent her from finding another job.

"They are scapegoating my client." Hospital attorney Oliver Gregory Jr. said although Miss Kurle is not being accused of "anything unlawful," she was fired because she did not properly carry out her It 0' 'JAM -1 mm Shortage We're professional nurses ourselves, and we stress we only want professionals," she said. "There are people out there who like nursing, but who may not like the traditional nursing job. We give them another option," Miss Buerger said. Nurses in a temporary staffing agency may only want to work part-time or they may be nurses employed in another field or type of job who want additional income.

Hospitals which choose the tempo- Continued Back Page This Section THE TIMES TODAY The Times at a Glance. A-2 Truck terminal near school triggers protest B-l Illinois at a Glance A-4 Major synthetic fuel plan moves ahead A-8 Business Classified Comics Editorial Family Obituaries B-3 Puzzles C2-8 Region D-4 Sports A-6 Tell Times B-4 Theater C-l TV C-4 A-3 Dl-3 C-2 B-5 D-5 NO HEAT WAVE- The late spring chill will remain in the Calumet Region for a while. Tonight will be partly cloudy and a little warmer with an overnight low in the upper 50s. Wednesday will be partly sunny and warmer with temperatures inching into the low 70s. Thunderstorms are expected to cool the Calumet Region in the afternoon.

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A $985-million Illinois road construction program was announced today, but federal budget cuts could pare it. Projects scheduled to start in fiscal year beginning July 1 in the Calumet Region include: Road and bridge reconstruction, intersection improvement and land acquisition along 159th Street from the Calumet Expressway in South Holland to Torrence Avenue in Calumet City, $7.8 million. Road and bridge reconstruction and land acquisition along Western Avenue from Steger Road to Exchange Road in Park Forest South, $6.4 million. Safety barrels along the Calumet Expressway from 1-80 to Sauk Trail, $903,000. Widening East End Avenue from Halsted Street to 23rd Street in Chicago Heights, $1.24 million.

Land acquisition at 162nd Street and South Park Avenue in South i iiwiwmhiiiiihiiwimmi I I I urn nn iiili 'DEA TH NURSE' FIRED through a local-based agency. That agency, PRO TEMJnc, based in La Porte, just organized in January. "We're just getting off the ground. We're still recruiting nurses and Related Story, A-3 letting people know we exist," Maragaret Buerger, of La Porte, and president of the company, said. Miss Buerger is a registered nurse with a master's degree in business administration.

She has 25 years of experience in nursing, in hospitals Mom, Baby In Prison sent to each board member, but that had no bearing on any decision the staff is not running the station." No decision had been made to fire anyone at the station, Lawrence said. "We knew there were some problems, but we really hadn't decided how to act," Lawrence, who is also a Lake Central School Board trustee, said. WCAE is licensed to the Lake Central School Corporation. The managing board hasn't decided whether to fill the station jiij i- By LORI OLSZEWSKI Times Staff Writer, The nationwide nursing shortage is encouraging a new trend in health care called the temporary staffing agency. These agencies, which provide registered nurses to a hospital on a temporary basis, have increased in recent years especially in the Chicago area as a direct result of nurse recruitment problems in hospitals and nursing homes.

The concept is just beginning to find its way into Lake County Teacher Accused By KAREN HALSEMA Times Staff Writer CALUMET CITY Officials are investigating charges a Sandridge Elementary School teacher assaulted a student. The incident resulted in arrests last week of the teacher and the child's father. Michael Popovich, 9, a fourth grader, told Principal Glenn Schuermann Thursday his teacher, James Mann, 54, of 243 Dante Glenwood, had shaken and thrown him against the blackboard Wednesday, causing him to hit his head. It is not known what Michael did to upset the teacher. "That's a mystery," his father, Steve Popovich, said.

"Regardless of what he (Michael) did, it's not right." Mann and Popovich, 32, of 566 Paxton filed complaints against each other after an argument ensued when Popovich was at the District 149 school to discuss the matter. Both were charged with assault. Matin also was charged with battery against the boy. Continued Back Page This Section in the memo and said they didn't influence his decision to resign. In fact, Jage said he understood the memo from the staff was written the day after he resigned and then backdated in an attempt to discredit his charges.

Gerald Spohn, president of the Lake Central School Board and a member of the station's managing board, said school trustees were sent copies of the memo before Jage resigned. Harold Lawrence, also a managing board member, said, "The letter was Marc Miller, three weeks old, joined mother Elizabeth Miller Monday in a Florida prison. A judge ruled that a baby's place is with his mother no matter what. Miss Miller is serving a 5-year grand larceny term. Story, Page A-8.

DOWNERS GROVE, 111. (AP) A nurse suspended in connection with the unexplained deaths of two patients in a Downers Grove Hospital has been fired. Linda Kurle, 24, disclosed Monday she received a registered letter from Good Samaritan Hospital on Friday notifying her of its "decision to terminate (her employment) effective immediately." The letter gave no reason for her release, but Miss Kurle had been suspended last month for what the hospital termed "unexplained deaths" of two older women patients, one in February and one in ST. JOHN The staff of Channel 50, WCAE-TV, reportedly asked that station manager John Jage be fired 12 days before he resigned. Jage resigned June 9 from northwest Indiana's public television station, claiming Channel 50 had critical staff and equipment shortcomings.

Jage's charges weren't true, Louis Iaconetti, general manager of WCAE said. "He's trying to transfer blame from himself for problems at the station, Iaconetti said. Channel 50 Staff Wanted Manager Out manager position vacated by Jage, Lawrence said. Iaconetti, who served as both station and general manager before Jage was hired in January, has assumed both positions now that Jage has resigned. A Channel 50 spokesman said the station resumed broadcasting Wednesday after being knocked off the air fpr more than a week by breakdowns in equipment.

Jage said he gave his view of the station situation at the school corporation's June meeting. "He had not been formally asked to resign, but it was inevitable," Iaconetti said. "We received too many complaints, not only from the staff but also from the public," Iaconetti said. In an unsigned memo to Iaconetti, dated May 29, all but one member of the station's full-time staff and most of the part-time staff urged that Jage be fired. The memo cited several complaints staff members had about Jage.

Jage denied accusations mentioned.