Evansville Courier and Press from Evansville, Indiana • 1

'-ft? 1 1 11" ''fr r- EVANSVILLE TUESDAY JANUARY 13 1981 No warm respite In sight yet 38-L25 8m Pag 2 FOUNDED JAN 7 1845 VOL 137 NO 6 22 PAGES 25 CENTS FINAL EDITION Mwnwy -v Evansville's y- Orr assumes i govemorslhip amid pomp By MARIA POJETA HOBS INDIANAPOLIS Seven-year-old Joshua Dunn underitand what all the cotnmoUoa was about Standinf in the formal office of the governor Monday amid the din created by scores of relatives and Meads heappmechada group of reporter "Excuse me but what1 going on here?" he asked think lna few mlnutei your grandfather is going to become governor" replied Jan Powell press secretary to Joahnal grand-' father Robert Orr Minutes later at Ills pjiL Ott officially became the first Evansville resident to assume the governor's office since Conrad Baker in 1887 Flanked by his wife Josie and former Gov Otis Bowen Orr repeated his oath of office administered in a private ceremony by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard 11 Givan Following congratulatory handshakes and kisses Orr and four other state officeholders who were officially sworn la earlier Monday morning prepared for the I pm "public" ceremony la the Statehouse rotunda At least SAM onlookers crowded hallways and stairways to catch a glimpse of the swearing-in ceremony The assemblage rose to its feet when Bowen took the podium to congratulate the officials elected in November belongs to tboae newly elected and recently reelected officials win are being sworn in" he said After of taring his best wishes he Issued a word of caution: is easy to become complacent You must continue to ha problem-solvers" Bowen then provided Orr who served as lieutenant governor for eight years with three keys One he Mid is for the front door to the governors office fits the back door too You may need to me it sometime" be joked The second fits the governor's residence and the third Bowen said he received eight years ago "and I still know what it belongsto" The former Jovial mood quickly subdued as he spoke of the governor residence It has pf trademarks She was a good common first lady with uncommon good sense" he said figMhg the tears Mrs Bowen died oo New Day During his inaugural address On paid tribute to Bowen and his family The courage of his beloved Beth and Ms courage in dealing £9 tCsathaedeePacldelil Packed gallery in Statehouse rotunda welcomes Bob Orr Indiana State Police hold slck-ln over Orr decision I By BOB MATYI kind In Indiana wlllbe sufficient to get the message across to the new governor "The main thing is" explained a local protest supporter "to convince Governor Orr that the people in the field are unhappy with the superintendent and to get a new superintendent who has some concern over what happens to his people out in the field" But there were no indications from Indianapolis the new administration plans any major state police shake-ups In an interview with The Aseodated Press Monday Shettle said troopers who ited in job action might partictpati open-door policy to deal with troopers or officers who have complaints "This is sort of a new thing to deal with this problem HI be able to devote a half a day a week to this So for had trouble getting a handle on exactly what their grievances are They come directly to me leaned about the problems mostly through the What the unhappy troopers and officers want they say is more pay And they believe Shettle has bad ample opportunity to he briefed on their requests According to one Shettle critic trooper's starting salary in Indiana is $514 Nweekly or I13J64 a year at least percent less than troopers starting out in surrounding states Caatiaaed eu Page 9 cell be reprim reprimanded hut he said he would not take part la any disciplining got rules that cover sick leave abuse" he said "The individual officers in the field urill be following up on that" Shettle said he plans to begin more of an Flu prompts St Joseph officials to cancel school On the day Evansville's Robert Orr was inaugurated as 46th governor state police posts from Ligonier to Jasper were plagued by a "blue" flu demic Some posts were reduced to token forces as more than 1M troopers and officers sacrificed a sick day to protest reappointment of Superintendent John Shettle a man criticized for an alleged lack of leadership ability and willingness to go to the mat with his superiors to win hefty pay raises for Ms men Shettle's critics were complaining that Orr already had scuttled a campaign i purportedly made by members of 1 campaign entourage that Shettle would not be reappointed in an Orr administration was not kept" declared anembei the Indiana State Police Alliance which has vigorously opposed reappointment The comments of a Southwestern Indiana state police official seemed to sum up the grumblings about Shettle "He (Shettle) projects a good image as far as his programs to the governor that being accomplished However he's failed to support the troopers Just failed to be a leader and the biggest objection most people have toward him" Hardest hit by the "flu" In the southwestern section of the state was the Jasper post which includes the counties of Dubois Spencer Perry Daviess Orange Crawford and Martin By midday IS troopers specialists Investigators and other officers had called in and another half-dosen or so were expected to stay home on the night shift Nevertheless SgL Tom Hill said the reduced force posed no major problems got enough people working There are no problems in patrolling the area We haven't had to can anybody (not scheduled to work) out And neither will state police posts on Tuesday by which time the one-day "flu" should be abated Backers of the protest hope Monday1 job action believed to be the first of its Cwriir 9MI1 by Rwli IvmIi Outgoing Gov Otis Bowen greets Robert Orr (left) Mayor's number? Ma Bell won't tell burgb Scfaod Corp said reports of heavy numbers of flu cases have been sporadic In the public schools Evans and Washington schools have had higher than normal absences because of flu the past couple of days she said but other schools like Scott have had low absentee rates The local Health Department has been keeping a close watch on reported flu cases Greg Pierson immunisation representative for the department said Monday the flu rate has not been extremely high In Vanderburgh County so far but it has reached epidemic proportions In Perry County In recent days Pierson said he had no flu statistics available Monday from Perry County and health officials there could not be reached for comment No other counties In the 1 1-county area of Southwestern Indiana that he serves have as high an illness rate as Perry Pierson said but the flu is prevalent in other parts of the state and in Kentucky In Evansville Harrisoo High School had a 10 percent absentee rate he said a fairly high rate but one which might be attributed to the recent odd weather as well as the flu By NANCY HUTCHINSON An outbreak of flu which has affected 95 percent of the approximately 1M pupils and 79 percent of the teachers at St Joseph School has forced school officials to caned Tuesday classes at the Catholic elementary schooL St Joseph at 118 Virginia St apparently is the only local school to be so severely affected by the illness but several other schools are reporting flu or flulike cases above the norm St Joseph Principal Terry Anthony said Monday that be experts classes to resume Wednesday Four teachers were absent Monday and three were reporting flu symptoms by Monday afternoon he said and locating substitute teachers would be difficult A number of pupils who came to school Monday morning were sent home early complaining of flulike symptoms he said A spokesman at Delaware School which is about two blocks from SL Joseph reported its Monday absences were normal for this time of year Byrdell Martin acting supervisor of health services for the Evans ville-Vander- By ROD SP AW renocL Weaver said Vandeveer requested Ms home phone number be unpublished one that had been listed regularly through Us four years on the City Council and his first year ai When the 1911 city telephone directory was distributed recently the reaction of Evansville Mayor Michael Vandeveer was not Uncommon Like most people the first thing be did was to check his home listing to make sure everything was correct Unlike most people he find it It there Period Vandeveer put his office staff to work on the problem and Monday mayoral assistant Chris Weaver had this to report The mayor was right It there Vandeveer moved He still lives at 1501 Greenfield Road His telephone number still is 475-6645 What has changed is that the listing was omitted in the 1911 directory and Vandeveer said Indiana Bell Telephone Co been able taenlain why Another part of this story is that the mayor did ask that Indiana Bell five out his residential listing through directory (Caatiaaed ea Page eel 1) am update Finance Banks want Chrysler to pay off its debt early Page 17 Oil Issues dominate an active session on Wall Street Page 17 Sports Eagles win a shootout with Ashland 99-96 Page 14 Ted Kitchei is honored for super shooting Page 14 Jeff Em announcement follows a recent trend Pages 14-15 Also Aaron 11 As We Were 2 Business 1 17 Classified 18-21 Comics 22 Dear Abby 9 Deaths 18 Editorial 12 Entertainment 7 Living 8-9 People 2 Sports 14-16 Television i 13 Weather 2 Nation Low-tar cigarettes provide the "edge" for safety Page 3 Alexander Haig says America must defend the Persian Gulf Page 3 Television Can anyone figure out what NBC is trlng to accomplish? 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