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Kli7 i-65 Is 90 Fremont Power THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Use Or Main Office 633.1240 july 2, 1969 Page 49 Want Ads 633-1212 Home Delivery 633-9211 Contracted i in? i Faulty Hide In A Rolls? Heavens, No By BARRY HENDERSON Interstate 65 now is 90 per cent under construction contract or open to traffic in Indiana, state highway officials said today. About 5 miles of the 28 CREWE, Cheshire, England NY FOOL COW that gets itself bitten by a flea or Kick can forget about ever making it inside a Rolls- miles left to be placed under contract are within the Indianapolis "inner belt" system, where only 50 land parcels remain to be bought, according to purchasing agents. More than 5,000 parcels have been purchased in the inner belt. R. E.

Harrell, executive director of the Highway Commission, said he does not believe a 33 per cent cutback in Federal highway fund apportionments for the quarter beginning yesterday will become a "serious problem" for 1-65 and the rest of the Hoo- north to Ind. 44 may be contracted yet this year, Harrell said, and the 9.7 miles from Ind. 44 north to Greenwood is under construction and should be completed in 1971. The link connecting Greenwood with the existing 1-65 portion ending at Thompson Road is expected to get right of way clearance in the late summer of 1970, and construction should start almost immediately, dependent on Federal apportionment procedures at that time. North of Indianapolis, the next open section will be from U.S.

24 south to U.S. 231 south of Wolcott in White County, and will come sometime next sier interstate program. Tn Hp thic war a i year, Harrell said. Almost 40 miles of the in from 38th and Guion Road to 30th and Northwestern in Indianapolis, and 8 miles from the temporary access point at Ind. 16 southwest of Rensselaer to the U.S.

24 interchange east of Remington in Jasper County. Herman Hoglebogle Says: terstate, from U.S. 231 to Ind. 28 in Clinton County, probably will be ready by early 1971 but not usable because of a delay encountered in right of way purchase in a 3.5-mile segment between Ind. 25 and Ind.

26 in the Tippecanoe River Valley east of Lafayette. Harrell said although bridge steel is up at the river crossing, much heavy grading will be needed in the area to the south where the contract has not yet been awarded. Another 6 miles from Ind. 28 to about a mile north of the Boone County line has been placed under construction, Harrell said, and two sections, totaling 9.5 miles, from there south to the present end of 1-65 at Lebanon will be contracted before the end of 1969. is in the path of Interstate 65.

The weeds should be cut in the interest of public safety. They afford a place for muggers and others to hide. The NEWS Photo. William Palmer. Look at this jungle.

The view is looking across a vacant lot overgrown with weeds toward North Delaware near 11th. The lot, owned by the state, CONSTRUCTION ON SCHEDULE Those construction projects are operating on schedule, Harrell said. The inner belt extension south from 30th and Northwestern to 16th Street (1.8 miles) now is ahead of schedule and should meet or better its projected completion date of November, 1970. Another section of the 262-mile expressway slated for opening late in 1970 is 4.4 miles from Taylorsville just north of Columbus to Ind. 252 just inside Shelby County.

The 5 miles from Ind. 25? 'Sorry Boss, Red Tape News Offers 'Fnnfnrmfc Royce. Just wouldn't do, don't you know. That teensy-weensy bite, you see, would leave a little pip or something in the hide and how would that look, there on a seat inside what many believe to be the finest motor car in the world? Such a hide would be rejected out of hand, said Melvyn J. Reynolds, young Rolls-Royce aid.

There is still one car that says something about both the man at the wheel, and in the back seat, and here in this city of 20,000 in west central England is where they're made. It's a large, rambling, roomy place, impressively clean by factory standards, and the workmen go about their jobs as if they're quite sure there'll be a tomorrow. The thing is to get everything just right, which brings us back to the fascinating subject of hides again. 30 Hides Taken Out Of 10,000 The man who chooses the leather has been doing it for 45 years and people in the business of selling hides must hate him. He only takes about 30 from every 10,000 offered and he prefers these from animals pastured in fields surrounded by electric fences.

These hides have no scars or scratches. Imagine a cow that had tried to jump a barbed wire fence being chosen for Rolls-Royce. Gads! Each car requires 10 hides, which is 10 cows, and only the outer layer of each is used it's more supple and has a natural grain. This means only 40 per cent of a hide this man selects is used. The binding is recessed so that if milady scoots across a seat, she won't be pinched and think milord has slipped a cog.

Four Mufflers Are Used Now, of course, every Rolls-Royce has an engine (V-8, 6230 cc.) but it's the interior where the high living is lived: The instrument panel and window moldings, for instance. These are veneered in Circassian walnut, which is wood from the Caucasus Mountain region of Southern Asia. All the veneer in a single car is from a single tree never less than 100 years old (better grain) and each piece is "book matched" so that a panel on one side of the car is the mirror image of the panel on the other side. Moving now outside the car and underneath, we find the exhaust system, a thing of splendor, too, in its own way. The pipe has four "silencers" (mufflers), each absorbing a different frequency of sound.

A Rolls-Royce is made to purr, never roar. As for horsepower, Reynolds said, rather quietly, "The answer to horsepower is that it has always been sufficient." Ordinary Water Contaminates Them Any more questions? Well, 4,000 in the factory and 1,000 in engineering and the office produce 40 Rolls-Royces a week. Actually, motor cars represent only about 5 per cent of total Rolls-Royce production. The big item is airplane engines 80 per cent. Just the other day the London Times reported big trouble in the motor car factory.

A workman squirted a fellow workman with a hose. The offender was suspended. Said management: "This is not a simple matter of horseplay. We have to take great care of Rolls-Royce bodies and wash them with demineralized water. The water that this man was using was not demineralized.

Only last week we had to do 12 bodies again because they had been contaminated by ordinary water." Tied Up Pay Hike Story On Moon' in the disclosure that about 1,400 employes there are Copies of a hard-cover book memorializing Americans landing on the moon may be reserved at The News. Called "Footprints on the Moon," the book will include more than 100 of the most spectacular color photographs ever taken. The dramatic text, to be completed after the astronauts land and return, is by John Barbour, a space specialist for the Associated Press. The book will be bound in. dark blue cloth stamped with aluminum and will have a colorful dust jacket.

Nine by 12 inches in size, the book will have 224 pages. To order and reserve a book send $5 plus 10 cents sales tax to: "Footprints On the Moon," in care of The News, 307 N. Pennsylvania, Indianapolis 46206. Copies of the book will be available later this month. 9,846 employes of the General Schedule variety, 4,713 Postal Field Service employes and 494 miscellaneous.

The central office guesses that most of the miscellaneous workers were probably employed by the Veterans Administration, but suggests that you'd better double-check that. It also points out that the 9 per cent pay increase does not affect the 2,792 wage system (blue, collar) employes who worked here at the close of 1967. But what about Fort Harrison and Naval Avionics? After 24 hours of internal turmoil and "going through channels," the fort's public information office will report that the weekly payroll for the fort's 5,000 or so civilian employes will increase from $701,000 to about $765,000. There are another 5,000 or so military personnel at the fort, but that's an even more complex problem. By JOHN FLORA An assignment from the city desk: Find out what impact a pay raise for Federal employes will have on the city's economy.

It sounded simple enough. But it wasn't easy. Ever try to find out just how many Federal employes there are in the city and county? The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will tell you it doesn't have figures and will refer you to the office of the U.S. Civil Service Commission representative, who will likewise say he doesn't have the figures. He'll refer you to the central office of the Civil Service Commission in Washington.

He'll also ask you to let him know what the central office says, because he'd like to know the figures too. If you're still game, the central office will give you their most up-to-date figures as of Dec. 31, 1967. In those days, according to the central office, there were involved in the pay raise, meaning another $1.5 million a year. Exact monetary figures for the 9,846 General Schedule employes who worked here in 1967 are virtually impossible to get.

The Civil Service ission representative will point out that there are more than 40 separate Federal agencies operating in the Indianapolis area, without any central co-ordinating office on the local level and probably no co-ordination in Washington. To do it right, you'll have to locate the budgets of each of the agencies. If the enormity and complexity of the government's doings have you baffled, take comfort in Civil Service Commission representative George Smith's testimony that, "I have difficulty even comprehending the magnitude of the thing." So do the poor taxpayers who have to foot the bill. Jkfa' 5 Ivr itim TTl i It u.s.o wt'l 12 ys. I Hi LAFAYETTE A Wj LEBANON I i I I lisr-'n i INDIANAPOLIS IVF nr-- HPttw- "ytmr 5o Tear fesa! i 1 1 -fff OECITUW rin iwwIh I BfaF- roJ COLUMBUS SEYMOL'R I lfrjOTf'lsTKL7fe Jowmii I I i I ii 0-lKl ouoia 1 NEW ALBANY jt 2 fLCI.C L5o 1 1 I rJ i U0E Man Nabbed In Good fortune or efficiency at Naval Avionics will result DON'T QUOTE ME WEATHER FORECAST By the U.S.

Weather Bureau Legion Building Police last night arrested a 22-year-old man they found in a closed American Legion building at 4555 S. Meridian. Held on second-degree burglary charges was Harry J. McQuinn, 4353 Declaration Drive. Dolt From U.S.

WMTHf tUMAU -fSS Tht NEWS Mi, Glidys Jones Progress on 1-65 with inner belt inset. Park Funds' OK Develops Into Nay PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Shriver Replacement Rumors Unconfirmed Figwii Show low TtmpcroturM xpud Until Thundoy Morning ltaid rocipiiatio Nt t4itt4- Caniwli Local tuttm (Eastern Daylight Time) Temperature (24 Hours to 6 A.M. Today) Actual Predicted Record This Date Year Ago Low 67fmidniehrt 62 50fl90n 58 By VERN ORTON Insistent reports that R. SARGENT SHRIVER, Ameri- was born on the Fourth of July A visitor in Indianapolis today was ARTHUR W. ALLEN deputy assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs.

He gave the commencement address to a graduating class at the Adjutant General School at Fort Harrison. Allen is a brother-in-law of former Gov. MATTHEW E. WELSH CHARLES J. LESLIE, former publicity manager of the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-operative Association, has joined the Purdue University News Service as a staff writer Maine Sen.

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Democratic nominee for vice-president in 1968, will visit Southern Indiana July 25 on behalf of Sen. BIRCH BAYH and Rep. LEE HAMILTON. Muskie will attend a reception in New Albany and later speak at a rally in Jeffer-sonville.

His appearances have been arranged to help Bayh pay campaign debts and to help Hamilton create a campaign fund for next year's election. High 84 (5:00 p.m.) 88 98 (1925) 80 can ambassador to France, is Barometer (Sea Level) Ptcidr 70 shortly to be replaced by Inches Millibars iT.T"' sx II WILLIAM A. BURDEN, New 1020 1019 30.13 29.24 7 a.m. Noon JJJJ' Jf 11 York aviation banker and for- DMr cie i 59 mer ambassador to Belgium. ing Co.

that is reported to make him the highest-paid entertainer in TV history. Industry sources guessed that Carson, host of the "Tonight" show, might be earning up to $85,000 a week over a two- or three-year period. He is reported receiving $1 mil-ion a year under his old contract. POTPOURRI JOHN LEN-NON of the Beatles, his wife YOKO and their two children by previous marriages were injured in a car accident in Humidity yesterday: High, find n0 confirmation in or 90; low, 42. Fort Warm ptcidy 5 Precipitation for 24 hours JMfflS pSU' around the Embassv ending 7:30 a.m., 0.

Total JJ Pa, the Chicago Daily News R. Sargent Shriver 19.15 inches. Deficiency, 2.22. caf reports Some Safety Firsts Total degree days below 65 The embassy refuses to take A New York Appellate July 1, 0. Normal, 0.

.5 officia, cognizance of tne re. a.aJ' By BILL WILDHACK Just this week city councilmen learned an appropriation ordinance they thought had been passed June 16 actually had been defeated. The ordinance was listed in the official City Council journal as approved by a 5 to 4 vote and preparations were made for a hearing before the State Tax Board. Before the state board hearing, someone (it's not clear who) noticed the 5 to 4 vote and realized it takes 6 votes to approve an appropriation ordinance. The ordinance provided for the transfer of $28,590 from unexpended money in the Park Department general fund to increase the park ranger force from six to 12 men.

It also would permit the buying of new vehicles for the rangers. City Council President Thomas C. Has-brook admitted "we apparently were not thinking very well that night." The meeting was a long session and the vote didn't come until about 11:30 p.m. Hasbrook said the council will not try to get the required six votes. He added he believes the Park Department can find some money to hire the additional rangers.

And Donald McPherson, the Republican who joined the three Democrats in voting against the ordinance.was clearly opposed to the measure, asserting it would create "a third police force." Names In The News City purchasing agent ROBERT BIDLACK, in Seattle attending the annual Shrine Imperial Council meeting, presented a key to the city of Incfianapolis to Seattle's mayor on behalf of Mayor RICHARD G. LUGAR ROY T. COMBS, former state auditor, has suggested to ROBERT YOUNG, general manager of Starlight Musicals, that the season be opened next year with a presentation on July 4 of the Broadway hit musical "George The show is based on the life of GEORGE M. COHAN who, as anyone familiar with "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" knows, since ice Indianapolis Partly cloudy, Phi 1" SI port on the ground that it is jackie GLEASON slight chance of showers or Ii an unsubstantiated rumor. attpmnt nht ain fl thundershowers tonight.

Partly 3K .1 However, it is understood that cloudy and warmer tomorrow. Aniwio ji shriver got no indication from Chances of precipitation are IS 11 the State Department that his OLE A SON. Mrs. Gleason 20 per cent tonight and to- 12 replacement had been decided Jom the comedian married morrow. Low tonight 65; high Qr even was bej con.

32 years ago, won a separa- tomorrow 89. eJSKJ! ZSfu I'ltX sidered when he spent a week t'on decree and custody of rrvp nlv rnprrAT in Washington June 21 to 28. their tw daughters 1954 FIVE-DAY FORECAST foreign temperatures on grounds of abandonment. Lonilon PtCldy at midnight Npw YnrV'c rfivnrrp rpfnrm Temperatures through Mor, gr, was four days la but ,5 imSttewS dav will average 3 to 5 de- Montreal cir 71 4 the Massachusetts legislators 'aw or ido permits me guiuy grees below normal highs of SIX. V.V.V.V 2 2 in Boston released the score Party in a separation case to 86 to 90 and normal lows of of their softball game with in- sue for divorce.

A lower court With the vacation season here, the Indiana State Police newsletter reprinted the following comments on safety by children: "When they picked the tricycle off me I was found to have many critical cuts and bruises but the sprung ankle was probably my best injury." "Velocity is how fast people are going when they can no longer be measured in miles per hour." "Leave early so you do not have to baffle the traffic." "Drivers should remember not to drive too close apart." "Safety is- a revolution to keep around the year." "Safety is what saves iodine." "Safety is to help the driver by politely keeping shut up." "Safety is everybody on the road acting like good Samericans." "Hygiene is to keep healthy on the inside, while safety is to keep healthy on the outside." Golspie, Scotland. Lennon suffered a cut on the chin, his son JULIAN was treated for shock, Mrs. Lennon was given an X-ray examination and her daughter had a cut lip Representative ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, said he'll be a part-time congressman so long as Congress continues to dock him $1,150 a month toward a $25,000 fine. "I have less take-home pay than my stenographers," said the Harlem congressman. "They pay me only part time, so I'll be part time" RICH-ARD F.

HEIDEN, president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Liquor Retailers Association, summed up what must be public sentiment in the na-; tion's beer capital. "It's a shame to see it happen." nr aMh. n.i.-,. neia inai uieason auaunea 62 to 64. TemDeratures will be a little warmer near the 6:00 nf the week and pooler over the weekend.

Precipita- am 61 97 tory: prisoners 11, legisla- under the new law, but the 60 97 tors 4, Appellate Court ruled that the 66 87 state Rep JOHN McGLEN- legislation does not retroac- 67 83 NON joked that he would at- tively cover separation cases 70 76 tempt to arrange the transfer decided before it went into 72 76 of some of the better-playing effect. 9:00 a.m. tion is expected to total about 10:00 a.m. an inch in showers tomorrow, early Firday and again about 12:00 Noon 77 62 inmates to other institutions Sunday. I -nn 7R SB knf We.th.r 7:30 a.m.

High Lew p'" 0V. Atlanta ciaar t3 7 p.m oa aepiemDer. "ine next game signea a muitipie-year coniraci Bismarck clear 3:00 p.m 81 5 will be ours for sure," he said, with the National Broadcast- Boston.

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