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Illinois Indiana 2B 4B Section 15 Friday, September 4, 1970 Parade i Iranster Mark Region 's Labor Tribute itation Possible T4 IMES So Picnics ir I Parades and a picnic will highlight the Calumet Region's traditional Labor Day celebration this weekend. Major events are scheduled in Calumet City, Lowell and East Chicago. The 12th annual Kiwanis Labor Day Festival is in full swing at Calumet City's Memorial Park, Wentworth Avenue and Memorial Drive. The festival began Thursday night. The midway will open at 6 p.m.

today Scouts of the Peace Pipe District showed their skills at a roundup rally in Munster Thursday night. Displaying first aid techniques are (from left) Bill Cochran, Jim Stark, Bob Mutka and Bruce' Brainard. "Victim" is David Brainard. Victim? Revived Ti IT iome LiUwacK followed by a 7 p.m. performance by the Hoover-Schrum Champion Grade School Band and 8:30 p.m.

preliminary competition for the Miss Calumet City title. Saturday's highlight is a 12:30 p.m. "Giant Kids Parade," which will form at 12 p.m. at Wentworth and 155th Place. Parade route will be north on Wentworth to the park." Calumet City Woman's Club judges will award prizes for best parade entrants at 1:30 p.m.

Other activities include a 1 p.m. midway opening, entertainment by the More Holiday, Pages 2B, 4B Glamour School of Dance at 7 p.m. and the Queen talent competition at 8:30 p.m. Some 60 units in Monday's adult parade will step off at 9:30 a.m. from Michigan City Road and Wentworth and proceed to Memorial Park.

LOWELL'S 51ST ANNUAL Labor Day celebration, sponsored by American Legion Post 101, begins Saturday with a 7 p.m. concerts by two drum and bugle corps at the Legion grounds. Sunday's events will begin rith the Legion Auxiliary's Kiddie Parade at 1 p.m. from the town square west on Commercial Avenue to the Legion grounds. Other Sunday events include a 2 p.m.

horse-pulling contest at the grounds, the Fourth Annual Midwest Drum and Bugle Corps Show at 7 p.m. at the high school athletic field and a Teen Dance in the Legion Hall. The Labor Day parade will step off at 10 a.m. Monday from the Lowell cemetery, marching west on Commercial to Washington Street, south on Liberty and east on Commercial to the Legion grounds. John and Carol Streeter of Lansing will highlight various performing acts Monday afternoon and evening with their magic shows at 1 and 7 p.m.

on the grounds. The Lowell extravaganza is billed as the largest American Legion celebration in the state. THE LAKE AND PORTER Counties Central Labor Union expects between 8,000 and 10,000 celebrants at its annual Labor Day picnic from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday.

The picnic will be at Block Stadium, 144th Street and Parrish Avenue, East Chicago. Activities include children's rides, a Little League baseball tourney at 12 p.m., all star baseball game at 1 p.m., musical entertainment from 12 to 3 p.m. Address at 3 p.m. by Sen. Vance Hartke and Ray J.

Madden Ind.) will be preceded by Mayor John B. Nicosia's welcoming speech. A professional wrestling program will be from 4 to 5 p.m. GroiiB work and a move to an open shop are anticipated because builders would be unable to "sell the product" under the union's terms. Jenkins, however, says "it's their move as far as we've concerned." AN ESTIMATED 300 union carpenters are affected by the But all are working on other jobs backlogged by the two-month strike against the commercial-industrial contractors, Jenkins says.

As many as 90 per cent of residential builders, meanwhile, continue to work By THOMAS IXKLEY Times Staff Writer Recommendations in the Southward Transportation Area Coordinating Study calls for a transfer station in the Calumet Region and two transportation centers in South Cook County. Where the Penn-Central's Valparaiso Line and the South Shore Line cross in Gary, installation of a passenger interchange facility "might be justified." The STAC study calls for an experi- Last in a Series ment of combining one ticket purchase for the two transit systems at this location. About 150 passengers daily would be involved at the start. Several stations on the Penn-Central commuter line should be closed, according to STAC. These include: Wheeler, Buffington, Standard and State Line.

Mahoning is also recommended for possible closure. In Chicago the Englewood Station (63rd Street) is recommended for shutdown. SAVINGS TO THE Perm Central would be about $250,000 a year. STAC calls for station improvements at Valparaiso, Gary (5th and Chase) and Indiana Harbor. Additional parking should be provided in Gary, the study says.

Six bi-level air conditioned cars are recommended for the Penn-Central, plus two switcher type engines at a cost of about $2 million. Side-by-side station facilities in Blue Island for the Rock Island, Illinois Central are recommended for the west side of the Rock Island's commuter line. High-level platorms, ramp overpasses to trackage and the elevation of Vermont street are also recommended. Expansion of the Illinois Central commuter line to the new Park Forest South at an estimated cost of $1.6 million is recommended. The town's population is projected at 100,000 people by 1985.

Another transportation center is suggested for the 211th Street station. THIS WOULD BE a large, centrally located drive-in type terminal at a site that would be the consolidation of the Matteson and 211th Street stations. Major parking facilities on village owned land is also recommended. Zoning of train stops along the commuter aimed at the possibility of 35-minute service from Park Forest to the Loop is another recommendation. New buses with the local cities playing key roles in obtaining the needed federal funds, and new commuter cars for the railroads with a mass transit district leading the way add up to a $95.8 million total based on 1969 costs.

Under the system proposed by STAC two-thirds will come in the form of a federal grant with the remaining funds provided by some local means. Here is a break down of what the local transit systems would need: Shore Line $2,210,000. Gary Transit $2,600,000. South Suburban Safeway $3,560,000. Suburban Transit (Oak Lawn) $1,040,000.

South Shore 113,350,000. Illinois Central $11,850,000. Penn-Central $2,100,000. Rock Island South Shore commuters might be using new rail car equipment next year under a proposed lease-transfer program with the IC. The money alloted for the IC doesn't include the $25.2 million already approved for new commuter cars.

APPROVAL OF THE STAC study by committee members is expected within a few days. The confidential report will then be drafted into a printed form for release to the public. Formal release of the STAC report makes it the official master plan for mass transportation in the study area. The mass transportation system covered in the study wUl then be required to follow the recommendations in order to qualify for the proposed federal grants. Bill Collection Revieiv Approved by NIPSCO JKniicleF By CHARLES STERLING Times Staff Writer Lake Residential Builders Association members rebuffed by carpenters in their latest contract offer appear to be on the verge of abandoning union labor and cutting back on home construction.

Herbert G. Rueth, LRBA president and negotiating chairman, said Thursday, contractors will have those alternatives if the union doesn't back off from its demand for a settlement equivalent to a commercial-industrial agreement. Rueth said he anticipates a "100 per cent rejection" of the demand in a meeting of contractors today. The LRBA has been struck by the Lake County District Council of Carpenters since June 1 when 2,500 tradesmen boycotted jobs throughout Northwest Indiana. Three other contractor groups reached agreement early last month, returning those craftsmen to their jobs.

The District Council announced ratification of this settlement Tuesday by a two to one margin in a rank-and-file vote. DELEGATES ALSO unanimously rejected the LRBA's late August offer calling for a separate residential local and contract but specifying no changes in wage and work scope hangups. Douglas Jenkins, LCDCC president, demanded a settlement equivalent to the agreement by the other three groups. The LRBA offer provides 10 per cent less wages for home carpenters and defines residential construction to include condominiums, apartment buildings and town houses the same position as when talks broke off in late July. Carpenters have been opposed to a differential on buildings of more than four units.

With the rejection, It's going to be the union's move, because the contractors are going to operate any way they can," Rueth said. He said both a phaseout of residential JLooins 9 ays with non-union carpenters, which union sources say is a traditional average and not the result of the strike. Rueth predicted last month that home-building here could become totally non-union, depending on the LCDCC's attitude toward settlement. The agreement with the other three groups provides $2.45 in hourly wage and fringe increases over two years, bringing journeymen carpenters to $9.49. It also excludes contractural contributions by contractors to the Construction Advancement Foundation of Northwest Indiana.

A list of authorized NIPSCO agencies will be provided to the caseworkers. And a replica of a NIPSCO seal that designates authorized agencies will be included with bills. The utility firm plans to have the list of authorized agencies available in about 30 or 40 days. WACKER HAD CHARGED that paying bills to unauthorized collectors resulted sometimes in a late payment charge being added. NIPSCO currently has 13 authorized agencies in the Hammond district seven in the Gary area and seven in the Crown Point district.

Those paying bills at an authorized agency don't pay a service fee. A fee of between five cents and 15 cents is apparently being charged at the unauthorized agencies. Only 13 per cent, or about 60,000 customers of the utility pay their bills at agencies. The remainder of the 500,000 residents use a return envelope enclosed with the bill. Meet Postponed MUNSTER The regular meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals, scheduled for Monday, has been postponed until Tuesday at 8 p.m.

because of the Labor Day holiday. Station 50 Gets 1st Glass Status ST. JOHN A change in status will allow station WCAE to provide more timely programming to its television viewers. The educational station was notified Thursday of a "promotion" for Class III to a Class I station. Under a Class III status, WCAE had a 28-day delay on all National Educational Network programs.

The new status will allow immediate telecast of any NET program. Such NET programs as "World Press' and "Washington Week in Review" will be telecast within 48 hours of release, station director Lou Iaconetti said. The deciding factor in the status change, according to Iaconetti, was that viewers in parts of Gary, East Chicago and Whiting have been unable to receive Channel 11 in Chicago and could only view NET programs 28 days later on Channel 50. TWO OF THE MOST popular NET children's programs have been "Sesame Street" and "Misterogers' WCAE began operations three years ago this month with predominantly instructional TV programs. Each year, the station has expanded its offerings, adding more local talent in programs of interest to Calumet Region viewers.

boost the signal in that area. The viewing schedule will be expanded again this year with more NET programs and additional local coverage. Sportscasts will add "Big Red Football" (Indiana University games) on Tuesday nights followed by coverage of the South Suburban Football League with Harold (Red) Mack, Griffith athletic director and former basketball coach. The instructional TV schedule also has been recast. "Patterns in Arithmetic" for grades one, two "and three has been added.

The experimental program, prepared by the University of Wisconsin, has received nationwide acclaim from educators. "WE WILL. HAVE MORE student participation this year, not just from Lake Central, but from other area high srhools. too." Iaconetti said. "We will continue with "High School News" and will add a student-prepared newscast The students will take a portable camera and film news clips of interest to people in the Calumet Region," he added.

The news program will be Tuesdays through Fridays beginning at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Because of interest shown by viewers in "Coin Collector's Forum" last year, the program has been expanded to "Hobby Highway" which will include a variety of hobbies with local talent. Indiana legislative action also will be covered in January. Jail Escapee Comes Back CALUMET CITY Calumet City Police, took Mark Wilson back into the fold Thursday night after he told them he wanted to give himself up.

He'd escaped from Indiana State Prison in Michigan City about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Wilson, 26, was a trusty there, prison authorities said. He'd" walked off three days before. Originally from Warsaw, Wilson is serving a life sentence for second degree murder.

He went to prison in 1963 when he was 18. Five officers went to 533 Freeland Ave. about 5:52 p.m. Thursday to pick him up. He was unarmed and "very cooperative," police said.

Prison authorities said they'll bring Wilson back to Michigan City today or Saturday after the necessary paperwork between Indiana and Illinois is HAMMOND Agreement between public welfare caseworkers and officials of Northern Indiana Public Service Company concerning "unauthorized bill collectors" was reached Thursday. Signed petitions from the caseworkers for Community Action calling for a clarification of NIPSCO's policy regarding bill collection agencies were presented to Dean H. Mitchell, chairman of the utility. Ronald C. Wacker, spokesman for the caseworkers, said several businesses in Lake County are collecting the consumer's utility bill without authorization from NIPSCO.

Following the meeting a four point program was agreed to NIPSCO will review its list of authorized collection agencies. Data outlining the advantages of paying bills at an authorized agency will be inserted in a future billing. Fire Guts Hub Home CROWN POINT Fire caused extensive damage Thursday to the home of Dr. Jerry E. Lambert, 4211 W.

121st Ave. Crown Point firemen battled the blaze from 9:40 until 12:35 p.m. Firemen said heavy damage to an addition to the home and smoke damage to the rest of the house was caused by the fire. A dollar estimate of damage to the house has not been made. Cause is 9 ,4 4 Lake Needs Med Center cooperation of its branch universities and the hospitals, there simply is not space for a medical training school.

Universities will lend their laboratories and hospitals will lend their facilities. But no where is there space for training. The universities are already overcrowded, Twyman says. Twyman favors going to the state legislature for cash to construct the building. State money built the other universities which the six other cities will be using, he says.

Twyman, one of five men appointed as a subcommittee to oversee and evaluate the efforts of the 30 Indiana man state committee, says the subcommittee will report to the full committee in several weeks. Northwest Indiana must find or build a half-million structure to train first and fourth year medical students. John Twyman, executive director of the Lake County Medical Society, said today, the Calumet Region is the only one of the seven in the state without adequate facilities. Seven cities in Indiana are participating in Gov. Edgar Whitcomb's program to train doctors in the state, a program in lieu of building a medical school.

All the others South Bend, Ft. Wayne, Evansville, Terre Haute, Lafayette and Muncie have niversities where the classes and administration duties can be taken care of, Twyman says. Although Northwest Indiana has the i Good Mudders There's something about a mud puddle that'll keep a good kid down. Between showers Thursday, afternoon, six boys splashed and sloshed in the goo in a field near Lakeview Street in Whiting. Mostly fair weather is forecast for the Labor Day weekend.

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