Tipton County Tribune from Tipton, Indiana • 1

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I IT'S 1 PTO I 1 A A 46072 suffered a setback when it was discovered that his running mate. Sen. Thomas A. Eagleton of Missouri, had undergone electric shock treatment for depression. Eagleton as dropped from the ticket after that Ckrter revealed 'jSunday that he is unprecedented steps to keep that sort of thingj from happening to him He said he has requested financial and medical information from everyone on his list of possible running mates.

The accounting firm of Arthur Andersen Co. was engaged to go over the, financial data, including tax Carter said, and they have i found nothing to cause me concern. Ckrter said Sen. falter F. 'Mondale of Minnesota! one of the finalists, reported he suffers from a mild case of high blood pressure and takes medication for it.

Carter said this is a factor but not an over-riding factor in his decision! Later after meeting with Rep. Peter Rodino ofj New Jersey, Carter said Rodinos age, 67, also would be a factor but not an qver-riding one. Carter also has) interviewed Sen. Henry M. Jacksorfof Washington, Sen Edmund Muskie of Maine and Sen.

John Glenn of Ohio in his search for a ticket-mate. Church and Stevenson round out the seven finalists. Tipton County OI.L HO NO. 163 Democrat convention Flames destroy barn A barn and its contents worth a combined value of 000 were totally destroyed Sunday night after the barn was struck by lightning during the severe weather that roared through Tipton County. The barn was on the Ernest Bergman farm located on U.S.

about two miles south of Ind. 28. Tipton City Firemen with the mutual aid of the Sheridan Fire Department; first on the scene were unable to bring NEW YORK AP) Jimmy Carter, his hand freed by political strength that an incumbent president might envy, is wrapping up his vice presidential interviews as he waits triumphantly in the wings for tonights opening of the Democratic National Convention. The 37tn Democratic National Convention, staged at Madison Square Garden, is expected to nominate Carter for the presidency Wednesday night by an overwhelming vote amid a harmony that contrasts to divisive party fights in 1968 over the Vietnam war and 1972 over party reform. Sens.

Frank Church of Idaho and Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois, meeting Carter today, are the last of seven finalists for the vice presidential nomination, all from Capitol Hill, to be interviewed. Carter said Sunday he has three names at the top of his list but said he is keeping an open mind until the interviews are over. The peanut farmer and former Georgia governor who dazzled the political establishment with his long-shot run to the nomination said he would wait until after his own nomination before revealing his choice of a running mate. With 19 primary victories to his credit was reportedly filled ith freshly baled hay. Tipton City firemen werealso called to 1031 N.

Main Street Sunday to inv estigate the Flvii oe residence. The stove in the kitchen was struck by lightning but there was no reported fire. A resident from Atlanta reported that there was some damage to a house trailer in the city as well as numerous reports of fallen limbs and debris blown around the city. It was estimated that approximately two inches of rain fell in the area during the three-hour period. A Pool salaries hiked -V, 5 HiSZU t-v if frtvVj '4- i -1 the fire under control.

The barn cerned Mrs Harmeyer that they would consider appropriate pay hikes for the remaining two classes of lifeguards at their next meeting. At this point we can give these two increases with definite anticipation of increasing the salaries of the other departments sometime during the present season, Steve Colson, Park" Board President said. Mrs Harmeyer also reported that so far the adult night at the pool on Saturdays has not been very well received. The board members agreed to let the adults only policy on Saturday nights continue for the rest of, the season. It was also announced that the final touches are being put on the restrooms near the Pee Wee baseball diamond.

The building is completed and the plumbing is expected to be installed sometime this week. (Continued on Page 10) According to the report, Darryl Hobbs, 18, Rt. 1, Tipton, was proceeding east on Park Road when he passed another vehicle on the road. The report indicated that Hobbs was traveling at a high rate of speed which caused him to lose control of the vehicle. After Hobbs went through several lawns he struck two parked cars owned by Edwin Barnes, 428 Park Tipton, causing $2,300 fn damages to the two cars Hobbs was arrested and charged by County officers with reckless driving.

Tipton City Police reported a hit-and-4 skip accident that occurred in the 400 block of Armstrong Street Sunday evening. A car owned by Rev. Lawrence Hufhand, 425 Armstrong Tipton was parked on Armstrong Street heading east when it was struck by an unidentified car proceeding west. There was no estimate of the damage caused to the front end of the Hufhand car. A Friday evening accident was also reported by the city officers that occurred at the intersection of Mill and Jefferson Streets.

According to the report, the accident occurred after James Ray, 23, 331 W. Madison Tipton, who was proceeding south on Mill Street had stopped at the intersection. He was in the process of turning onto Jefferson Street when he was hit by a 1967 Chevy driven by Itandall McCord, 17, Rt. 3, Tipton. Damages to the vehicles were described as slight.

There were no reported injuries in the accident. Indiana delegates seek Carter visit 1 MOM) Y. JULY and The Associated Press delegate poll showing him with 1,653 votes, well over the 1,505 needed for nomination. Carter is wrapping up a campaign that is a sharp contrast to the close and bitter Republican nomination battle. A month ahead of the GOP convention.

President Ford leads conservative challenger Ronald Reagan by only a handful of votes. The vice presidential selection has emerged as the major unresolved issue at the convention in the absence of a race for the top of the ticket and the calm of a party platform so secure that its already printed and bound and in the hands of each delegate. Carters personal public opinion pollster, Patrick Caddell, has concluded that no particular vice presidential prospect would appreciably help or hurt Carters own chances of winning the fall election, campaign aides said The Carter staff said CaddelFs polls show' that the strength and diversity of Carters own appeal make the No 2 spot virtually irrelevant. The only possible trouble spot, they say, is that he not make an especially bad choice which might develop into a major scandal or embarrassment. 1 Sen.

George McGovern of South Dakota, the partys 1972 nominee. seven minus Bayh Sunday afternoon and said later he had narrowed it to three. i Bayh was the vice presidential choice of 4 of Indiana's 75 delegates. No one else had more than four votes, most of the remaining delegates leaving the decision to Carter. Carter won 51 first-ballot delegates in the primary and, according to an Associated Press survey, picked up 20 more from the uncommitted ranks and those delegates released by Wallace.

Democratic State Chairman Billy K. Trisler hoped to present all 75 delegates for Carter, but there were four mavpricks all from the Wallage group. Two were undecided, one still for Wallace and one for California Gov. Edmund G. Brown.

The figures foi Carter are really blown up, Paul Hibner of Indianapolis, one of the two uncommitteds, said Sunday night. Im told there aie unhappy people in Michigan, Missouri and Illinois I cant believe there are hit state Thunderstorms moved 'south from northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania overnight, and by early today the activity had extended but weakened as well from central Indiana and northern Kentucky into western Virginia. During Sunday evening, several central Indiana counties reported heavy rain and strong winds. Most of the activity Sunday afternoon, including strong winds, hail and heavy rain with the lines of thunderstorms was in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Six tornadoes dipped down, five in western Pennsylvania and one in southeast Heavy rains in northeast Ohio brought rapid rises on the streams andl flood warnings.

Elsewhere, scattered thunderstorms reached from Texas into the lower Mississippi valley. Isolated thunderstorms dotted the Rockies, Arizona and parts of the Pacific northwest.1 Southern Texas continued to suffer the brunt of the heavy rain with flooding Continued on Page 10) Tipton I City Park Board members Saturday handed out raises to two departments at the citys swimming pool and promised to take action on pay raises for the rest of the pool staff at their next meeting. Upon the recpmmendation of Pool Manage Mrs. Lana Harmeyer, lifeguards who hold Water Safety Instructor status were awarded a 20 cent raise bringing their hourly wage to $1,85 per hour. Mrs.

Harmeyer also recommended that the assistant manager of the pool be given a ty) cent raise. That position will now pay $2 45 per hour, Mrs. Harmeyer had approached the board in June requesting that something be done to make the pay scales mpre equitable at the pool. She complained that it was hard for the pool to keep lifeguards when they only offered $lj40 per hour for senior life guards and $1 20 for junior life guards. The board members assured a con- 15 CENTS PER COPY opens "So far as I know, the vice president will come from one of those seven people." Carter said.

Only two or three other names are expected to be placed in nomination for the presidency. Rep. Morris K. Udallof Arizona and Gov. Edmund Brown of California, and possibly Ellen McCormack of New York, the antiabortion candidate.

Tonights opening session of the convention was to be largely ceremonial, with keynote speeches by Glenn and Barbara Jordan of Texas Tuesday night, the platform will be presented by a procession of Democratic political stars including Muskie, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace. Barring some unexpected development, Carter will be nominated on Wednesday and his running mate on Thursday, followed by Carters acceptance speech Here is the schedule tor tonight's opening session of the Democratic National Convention: Hp.m.EDT Chairman Robert S. Strauss opens convention.

Invocation. Continued on Page 10 committee before getting the alternate seat as a compromise. Kajtherine Lebamoff of Fort Wayne also withdrew as a delegate because of' the death of her mother. Her replacement was to be c'nosen today. That left 26 women in the delegation, which already was composed largely of white, middle-aged, middle class males.

A computer analysis of the full delegation, before the Wood? and tebamoff withdrawals, showed fewer omen and blacks than four years ago, when party rules imposed quotas for minority representations. Women constituted 37 per cent of the group, down from 38 per cent in 1972, while blacks accounted for 10 per cent, down from 14 per cent four years ago. More than 45 per cent of the delegates are union members, up sharply from 1972 and more than double the national average of 21 per cent. The Indiana union representation, growing from commitment by Carters managers to a coalition of labor groups, was second highest among the delegations assembled here. Michigan was first with 52 percent.

Only nine per cent of the Indiana delegates were under 30 years old, while the average age was 44 with most of the delegates clustered in the 42-50 age group. Nationally, 14 per cent of the delegates were under 30 and the average age was 42. using the landfill, Schulenburg said. While tree trunks must be cut in smaller iff sections, he said branches would compact properly without being cut into if: three-foot sections. The new rule was an issue at the recent county council meeting where the board of commissioners met with councilmen.

One councilman, Kenneth if: Achenbach, who is also Tiptons street commissioner, complained that the city officials should have been formally notified of the landfill ruling. if: Schulenburg today said that city drivers making deliveries to the landfill iff: had been notified by landfill operators of if: the new size limitation. Schulenburg said he and the other commissioners thought that was sufficient notification. Five crashes occur only four holdouts in Indiana. We-(the Wallacq delegates) had a i meeting last month, 'an informal thing, i and concensus was that allbut two of us ere uncommitted.

Im going to wait and see." i Patricia Anne Cassner of Martinsville said she would vote for Brown or anybody who runs against Carter. I feel like Ive been deserted, she said of Wallaces dropout. But I cant go for Carter. Theres no way ever, ever. He just acts false.

No one could be as nasty nice as he (Carter) pretends to be going around to all those churches, Mrs. Cassner added. Hibner said some Wallace delegates werp withholding their votes, at least i temporarily, in hopes of getting a strong anti-busing plank in the party platform to beadopted tonight There were two changes in the delegation chosen at last months state convention. Beatrice Woods of Indianapolis, an at--large delegate for Carter, withdrew and was replaced by Davenport of Davenports alternate seat was taken by Hurley Goodall of Muncie, a fireman' who was elected at the state convention but lost his seat because he wasnt approved by Carters managers. Goodall carried his appeal all the way to the national convention credentials NEW YORK (AP) Indiana delegates sought a visit from Jimmy Carter today as they tried to rally all of the states 75 Democratic National Convention votes behind the likely presidential nominee.

Four delegates, all originally committed to Alabama Gov. Wallce, still were refusing to join the Carter bandwagon before todays scheduled caucus. Carter, who carried Indianas May 4 primary with 67 per cent of the vote, was invited to that meeting. Sunday'was a social day for the Indiana delegates, the last of whom arrive just in time to learn that homestate Sen. Birch Bayh had been marked off Carters list of potential running mates.

Bayh, an early presidential dropout, is chairman of the Indiana delegation and a convention floor manager for Carter. He was among 14 persons the former Georgia governor included in poll of potential vice- presidential nominees. But Carter cut the list to Storms Severe thunderstorms raked northern Indiana last evening, bringing scattered reports of flooding, power outages and wind damage. However, authorities say no injuries were reported. National Weather- Service, meanwhile, said unconfirmed funnel sightings were reported at five different locations around the state.

And hail was reported at Peru and northwest of Marion. Authorities in Cass, Grant and Howard counties reported wind damage. But they say no damage estimate is yet available. The weather service said 1.2 inches of rain fell in Kokomo during a two-hour period and one observer said 2.6 inches fell in Anderson during a similar period. Public Service of Indiana reported trees and power lines down west of Anderson and city police said two or three walls in homes were knocked down during the storm The rains did bring the state relief from the heat wave.

Highs today are not expected to go above the mid-80s, well below readings over the weekend Landfill rule clarified Local i reported over the aw enforcement agencies ive accidents that occurred tekend in Tipton County. Tipton County Sheriffs Department two-car accident that occurred Sunday afternoon on Ind. 28 near theTiptonBypass. Accordng to the report, a truck driven byWendell Griffith, 26, El wood, heading east on Ind 28 was attempting to turn left into a local business. A 1970 Chevy driven by Paul Hollowell, 18, ETwood, also proceeding east on Ind 28, did not see the truck turning in time to avoid impact.

Four passengers iq the truck were reported treated and released from Tipton County Memorial Hospital A second accident occurred early Sunday morning on Ind. 28 about one-half mile west of County Road 600 West. According to the report James Sanders, 29, Atlanta, left the roadway after he lost control of his vehicle on the pavement. Estimate of damages to the car was Another accident involving one car "occurred at the intersection of Ind. 28 and U.S.

31 Sunday. The accident occurred when Terry Walters, 1 18, Rt. 3, Tipton, was proceeding west on Ind. 28 near the intersection. He attempted to turn southbound onto U.S.

31 and lost control of the the car hitting a light pole. Two passengers in the car were treated and released from Tipton County Memorial Hospital. The car received $2,000 in damages. A Sunday accident was also reported on Park Road about 400 feet eAst of South Main Street. A new regulation at the Tipton County Landfill is in effect regarding disposal of tree trunks.

Beginning July 1 the county commissioners initiated a rule that no trunk sections in excess of three feet long would be accepted at the landfill. Walter Schulenburg, president of the hoard of commissioners, said the rule was needed to insure better compacting of the debris buried at the landfill. He said the smaller sections would permit better use of the limited landfill facility than trunks five feet in length as previously permitted. Prpblems also occurred with air pockets. 'developing under the landfill cover where the larger trunks were buried.

The rule now applies to everyone 4 A A I A A A A. I.