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'V A 5" Irtevv-v I f' jp i rr J1 "i a f- 1 u'-w-' 1 Crime to the "The daya are geae when people coaid leave the aereea unlocked" aaid BUI EUingnrorth director of public affaira for tho InternatiOBal Aaaociation of Chiefa of Police almost par cent aince 1971 the FBI reported The rate of Menam hr rural New Jersey wm 51 pm cent The Hat of violent Crimea la aubarhiaia growing By VICTORIA r- --J BMaa MUAaa1 AMCNNC ITUi wmtr It was aa autumn Sunday dmkia a woodqraoburi) and three little girls went out to play MUUom of cMMren do it every day ia the towns that ring the nattaa's crime-riddea cities Being able to simply lend the hide oat to play one of the charms of the aaborho aod one of the reaeoai fori reaeoai for leaving the oily had abefcwua criina like this" aaid Capt William liadwy of up pulled people doere together and made them keep their kids doM to i People would expecta triple murder in nearby Baltimore or Washiqgtoa bdt not ia this relaiad commanity of $MSM homes Somehow it had asamadlrmnansL No longer The caaaaa of the mewing erinm la suburbia are varied aad debated: ft naturally migrates from the citiea with the "Nowadays you cant rtt on the porch air go for a watt at dart When you coma back if you're not mugged the porch swingwoat be there aad the TV art is he Hid The auburba enjoy a more easygoing lifestyle he said and people mlgt he more carelem and have a false seme of security left a heovily populated area where violence waa more common aad went to the auburba thinking they wereaafa Bat that charm ta eroding la suburbs everywhere la atoa Md- the three girta did aot retara Ihrt Sunday to their vatouMiL the three girla did not return lad Sunday to population it commutes outward with urban criminals It D06OBM0 Ifld ladigenoua to the suburbs It'S narcotics it'a youth "But they cant run away from crime They forget the ale Suburbanites commute to the city dement iamobik -In the last month two babysitters were raped anda third' waa nlteiil in Rarnaey and Upper Saddle River Patrols wen Increaaed and a babysitter awitchboard was aet a Saau Rosenthal a M-yearold bride waa murdered ia bar home two weeks ago hi New Hope Mina a suburb of Minaaapolla Threats were spray painted around the quiet aeighboriMod Her hurtwnd'i ex-girlfriend wu arrested A 17-yeeHM babysitter kidnapped three children from the Dallas subarbefGartaad two ureeki ago and took them on a Whom trip to New Mexico Five women four of them neighbors were abducted mad and mardewd fat Alexandria Va An 19-yeor-dd high school drop-out waa eeuteuced last week to prison- Last Jaly eight persona were lined up and shot six fatally in the Miami suburb of Carol City Police said robbery was the motive Three Miami men were arrested criminal and criminals from tbe city commute to the suburbs The city ia the criminal's headquarters and the auburba are his offices" be said El their-comfortable homes II mllei oouthof Baltimore 1 Sr 1 The bodlei ef Deborah as Hagan 19 her taater Thews I and Aaa Maria Braeeddewicx I were discovered the 'following day a creek They had hero stabbed to death two of them having more thaa 49 wounds: A 19 year old neighbor StBartKreiaer was arrested and charged with the death! that ended the serenity of suburbia "We've aheaye felt fairly aafe here but yon cea fed the fear in the air" aaid Bruce wane president of the local civil association before the arrest ia a typical bedroom community and we've never it's parmtaaivefainiliM aad lenient courts Although the latest FBI rtattatics ahoe the aatiouh crime retota dropping the suburbs showadper cent incraaM i ia violent crimes-murder rape and amidt'- for the fint 'six moatfaa of 177 compared with the lame period ia 1171 By portrait ctttas over SMM population riww a I per cefitdrooiathoAA crimes Over all the auburba had a I per cert drop ia crime reflecting a 7 per cent drop in property crime But there are wide variation! aad wane auburba auffer much more than Others i i'll 1 EUagawerth aka said crhniaali are enticed by i more affluent homes left vacant by working couples and by police departments that are not yet prepared to handle the crime increase in May a 'I i VOL NO 39 8 SECTIONS EVANSVILLE INDIANA SUNDAY OCTOBER' 16 1977 'I 156 PAGES 50g SINGLE COPY i When the members of the House and Senate gohome at the end of the month not to reconvene until nrtt January' Carter win leave town too taking a respite from Capitol HiU critics From Wire Dtapatehea WASHINGTON As Jimmy Carter approaches the first anniversary of his election victory be is facing what may be hia moat troublesome White Home weeks to data Ia the words of one administration Everyone Is settling ia for a rugged falL" Carter already is enmaried ia controversy over a variety of programs and policies For biatance there are raging disputes over energy welfare the Panama Canal treaty strategic arms limitation talks and Middle East peace efforts One admiaistratisu official Bating the ei-Mcim attending each administration program and the potential that things win get hotter said "We anticipated all along that this fan would be a long one" Pointing out that Carter was never known for setting an easy-going pace the official said of the flood of grama and their attendant critics: "Most of those in the administration knew enough about Carter to know there would be a lot of things going Carter's efforts over the next few weeks win be on his energy program much of it slashed apart by the 8enate Senate ifajority Leader Robert CL Byrd of Wert Virginia expects the Senate to flatah work on energy by the end of the He's beading out on a trip to Latin America Africa India and Europe well away from the autumn's unpleasan-tries la Washington I President Carter says he is almost overwhelmed by everything he ia trying to do at once and concedes that it might be confusing and "bad politically" -I I But he says bewail! drop say of Ms inltiatiyes because "I don't think it is in the best interesta of the American people" Hia remarks in an interview with newspaper editors and broadcast news directors from around the country made public Saturday by the White House reflect Carter's concern over his various programs and with polls mowing a sag in his popularity Lesanllfflcult problema have been tackled successfully by the administration: With little opposition Carter woo authority to reorganise the federal bureaucracy aad establish the Department of Energy Congram pamed administration dean-air legislation and approved moat of its housing and community development proposals All of three taaues remain the sent unsolved Each has brought criticism steadily to Cartart door and hi some rases that criticiam will iucreore as the fall months wear on And there win be new subjects for Carter critics to start on ia the coming weeks Carter's plana to revise the aatlou'i Us system are likely to be thrown into tbe hopper soon and there ia no reason to think they too wont provoke their owamaebtrom Carter acknowledged Friday at a news conference tiif Imm kiy ht yw ia office "are difficult they are controversial they are And although moat remain tawolved be said "We are making fairly good program" Insulation lack Of the pregraaM at the eerter of caatbudag debate the Panama Canal treaty welfare proposals and the yet-to-be-annouaced tax revision plan win art be acted upon until next year That means aome of the moat difficult and emotional tarns la the administration's program will be hanging not only through this foil but into 1971 a con gram tonal election year After listing mere thaa a deiea areas In which be has taken action or plans action in the future Carter told his i interviewers multiplicity of these questions is almost over- whelming and I know that politically speaking it is not'' very good" it -7 i jJi i- r' i i i lilltlllV Hijackers slowing down -r I construction hold 87 on jet Evansville Weather The excitement of winning 'door prize' at the Brescia College Celebrity Auction waa too much for Joe Weitlauf to believe But question to be answered now is Proud winner is a college freshman going UNSMONABLVOOIO BsMbtesgal-A VANSVUf T9MHMIUMI Moon as Sam 4 3 pm IS 10 pm 4pm SO 13 mid 4 pm SI- 1 am 4 and children oa humanitarian grounds" A hijacker called back: are also soldiers aad we have orders not to release anyone until our demands are Earlier the hijackers fired a warning shot to an airport employe driving a truck near the plane The worker was towing a generator to the sweltering jetliner whose whose power system had failed on Friday i J- to do with a little pink Some people have all the luck: Items Including a wallet once owned by 1 Ring Crosby were auctioned (See jStoryonpageB-A) jd By CHUCK WANAGEB 8aaday staff Writer The aatkak insulatloa shortage could a chilling effort oa the Evansville booming coast ruction business according to area builders and Insulation dealers As probably any homeowner who has tried to insulate hia home lately knows insulation is about as easy to come by as sunshine during a snowstorm Though the situation la Evansville now ta acute it may become critcal slowing down new home and porefoiy commercial construction builders say -i "It'S beginiag to hurt" says Damien Scheesaele president of the Metropolitan Evansville Home Builders Asaociatlon "It's going to undercut new home construction starts ualem we see some kind of ByALEXEFTY DUBAI United Arab Emtratea (AP) Two Dubai army doctors pleaded ansuc-eeaafully with hijacken of a West German jetliner Saturday to release the women and cMldrea among their 17 hostages as the terrorists' deadline neared to blow the plane up i The Uth-hour appeal came as Wert German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt scheduled another In a aeries of crista Cabi- art meetings to decide whether to release -11 jailed terrorists and pay $15 million hi ransom The hijackers also demanded freedom for two Palestinians jailed In Turkey The condition! were set both by the hijackers and la Wert Germany by kid-' of industrialist Hanoi Martin v-W leacners Little problems The Evamville-Vanderburgh School Corp is offering a course ou "little people" prob- -lems that will hopefully help build better parents Page 1-B Sandblast it? Sandblasting is an excellent -renovation tool in some cases' but some old homes can be literally ruined- by it experts warn Page 9-A The fear tag men and two women have demanded the 1 1 prisoners be flown to either Vietnam Somalia or South Yemen and each be given $4MS0 ia German marks: But Bona government sources said all three countries have reftaed to accept the II prisoners They atao said none of the terrorists jailed in Wert Germany have' been moved from their ceils with the dead-' line frswing near In Ankara Turkey's acting foreign minister Seyfi Orturk told reporter Are awaiting Germany's derision We are trying to avoid a decision which we may later regret" Some of tbe hostages were reported ill An braell reporter who intercepted a con-venation between the hijacked plane and tower said an 90-year-old apparently In over the- By MABY ANN HUGHES Sunday staff writer When you see people making a courageous being held up because of the shortage says After a 11-hour bargaining session the expression of their concerns you have to be Robert Baker president of Baker Inc aa Evanaville-Vanderburgh School Corpora- impressed that they truly are serious" uJ tka INiwwilll rtunhaaa -1- A MBLaaa mieafini aad the Teachers the There to lomeconunereUlcooitnictioa tag of the tatution in the next month to li sv a -UYBUMiiBeaeimnwmivmoyianl 1 inontB AM BUI ayrteidav a 'MeMtofePev a Bern MekesBMA mM West "German "Red Army Faction" throo0 a Swtaa go4etween Saturday following a threebour special meeting in Bona The bontentawere not dtadoeed The two Dubai doctors drove in manufacturers will be able to catch up with demand in three he says If the manufactures don't he claims -hia firth will have to "take a look at each new commerlcal order to aee if It can be filled" implying that some of them will probably artbe' 1 v-5 Not too young? Twelve percent of Evansville's -teenagers have a -drinking problem Page 1-Laak Painless? Well i Wonder who has the heat den- tal deal ia town? Check out the Indiana State University-' "Evansville Dental Clinic Pages 14-17-8 Aaa leaders 4-B BID Greer ll-A Classified -j IMl-C at amfadlance to withid 200 yards of the darkened Lafthanaa 717 jetliner parked at the for end of the desert airport runway and hmifnl Mkwnsiflh i KmIUmitw "We apil to you assoMlers to release French Riviera oa Thursday i i 1 -1 tbe Dubai airport control male hostage was danger of his lUe The plane waa commandeered (Csrtlaaed ea Page i-A) 1vmm -r tioa Evansville Aseoda-tion (ETA) reached tentative agreement on a teachers contract Saturday morning iv-l Negotiators are now Ja the process of polishing tho language of the contract which will then be presented to ETA and school board members according to Nor- ma Kacea execatlve director of the ETA Under orders from the state mediator who presided over the talks no details of -the agrewnert may be released until the mediatioa ta officially complete and until ETA aad board members are informed of a tenative settlement Negot i a tors receseed at 9:19 am Saturday after a bargaining sessloa which began at 4:91 pm Friday During the all-night session ETA members atood vigil arouad the school corporation building marching twice aa hour for II hours Teachers carried buraiag candles and flashlights during night vigil 1 ll-A David Bredrr She added "There is no question very visible expression of support the teachers gave the teacher team conveyed the message that thqy truly stare concerned -and the message was heard You couldn't help but fort The march of support which began at 4 Friday was termed "a non-violent profsetaonal show: of support" by Jim Goodridge vice-presidsnt of tbe ETA The amodation had promised the vigil would util a contract agreement wu reached While there will be no mere forma! meetings on the settlement a' small group of negotiators will be working oe the tenative agreement Sunday ia Ron Alien's off ice AUen Is thp negotiator for the school corporation Once tho contract bu bean poltahed ud typed it will be presented to the ETA mem-bershlp for review Mrs Kacen said A vote by secret ballot will then be held She estimates the process will take two ureeka If ratified by the ETA the contract will then be presented to the school board for its approval seize Deaths funerals II-C Dm White J- I-C EdMariah 14-17-A Finaaeial I9-Z1-B House Daetor Margaret McKiaaey I-B Movies 41-leak Trievtataa 11-99- Police said they attacked after a mul- KaWeeaki II had previously been arrested fled was heard on tbe bus and' oa theft and kidnaping charges His alleged white wnoke began to fill it They la ter said accomplice Koicfai Kawartita 19 was uk-tfaaexploaioa wasapparentlyafirecracker -ea into police custody setoftbythehljackers The gunmen armed with a shotgun The two gunmen armed with a shot-a firebomb claimed they gun dynamite and a gasoline bomb NAGASAKI Japan (AP) Police ffr-Ing pistols stormed a hijacked commater boa early Sunday killing one masked gunman arresting the other aad freeing 19 passengers held hostage for more than II ham V' The hostages burst Into loud screams of fear when the shooting began But no casu- altlea were reported among the passengers or police la the predawn raid at a Nagasaki gas station where the baa waa parked aetaed the express bus with 14 paseengen aboard Saturday afternoon on a busy street ia this city on the island of Kyushu 549 miles southwest of Tokya Red Army They wore white masks oa which was written Raid aad Police said the slain gunman Hisayukl Mrs' Kaeea said the negotiators were aware of the march-ere outside and the teacher team members i I '-4 i i rLBA LEVITT ByL CAMBRIDGE CITY Ind (AP) Where Is Ann? bridge City aad Bloomington displaying Ann's picture and ni-g for information that md provide a break in a month-long tavestigatiaa that so for Ma led nowhere Stories for two national magutaea a public broadcasting documentary and local television and radio spots are in the worka scheduled for release this month All are being paid for through Ma from residents and concerned cittaena That question has plagued the people lathis small eastern Indiana commuaity since Ann Louise Harmeier disappeared ia midBeptember Mtas Harmeier llfdong rertdent of Cambrklga Oty -could be conaidsredaotliing more thaa a statistic -one of ths handreds of persona reported mtatang ia Indlaoa so far this year in ttma destined to be erased from police computers and amaamamoriea 1 far away as California and Florida PoUcei observers and even the vr in comas man than our Mare of things like that fiat never anything like this" Onthe morning of Sept II the Indiana University janior loaded dothss and books iotoacar and headed back to campus In Bkxxningtoa about 111 mllea away She devrtoped car troubla stemming from what mechanics later daacrloed as a faulty thermoatat and stopped at service statioM several times route to reflU her rathator She wm last spotted M-g outside her disabled car along IndlaM 97 about two miles north of Martinaville leas thaa 99 miles from the IU campus The Rev Rom Taul of ths Cambridge City Praabyteriaa Church a doM family friend became alarmed when Ana failed to phoM her that night as planned The next day aha and Mrs Harmeier retraced Ann's route aad discovered Abb's locked car emergency lights flartdng abandoned by the roadside ciliaens themselves are mnaied at the Intensity of their conviction to continue the aeareh for Aaa Bat an agree the key to the community seal lies with Ana Iwreeif i a masrtvesdverttalng campaign that began the weekend after Abb dtoAppAAnds "Two days after Aim was reported mtasing I called Mrs Harmeier aad arted if there was anything I could said David Weston Dahlia Elementary School principal "That's whm Ernie Alder a retired state police sergeant and another neighbor of the Harmeien and I decided to put out the porters" Thouunds of thorn porters bMringapicture sad description of the Mm eyed blonde coed gave hem distributed throughout the nation with truckers Westoa said -Weston Alder aad the Rev Mtas Taul wore ths mown behind the Aaa Harmeier Search aad Reward Committee aa hoe group responsible for collecting more than $19009 In pledges aad abort $3999 iacarii donatiOMio farfor informa-tioa leading to ths young woman's return The group mobillasd wnall awrch parties of area reri-dsnts andBloomiBgtM cttixeM to help police scour parts of ths Morgaa-Monroo State Forest and conducted private aearehMof reniotearoM la southern Indiana aad Ksrtacky The committM acquired six billboards betwoM Cam Bat to the more than 4909 persons who Hveia Cambridge City aad the foar adjacent towaa Aaa is a symbol of theta ability to counteract fnwtration aad despair with optimism i and determination Where Is Am? Ann Harmeier Hvm in tbe hearts and minds of these people for hre church work her devotion to her mother her talentT Ana's father Robert died of a brain tumor when she wm 4 years old leaving Mn Harmeier a high school and These people aw ssarchiag for Am Harmeier aad they will aot give ap "Evm if nothing etae good comes of this It hm shown them they can work togsthsrlt will hsip them in ths Marjorie Harmeier Ana's mother sak "They've worked together before -yM know had boys in had wrocksand etamentarymuiic teacher to raise the couple's only cMId -I- -a iuh "probably mt Am returned homo oftM while at When Is Aaa? said loved her home That question la held Mach type ia spread throughout thartataMbumperrtlckerapoetarsandMllDoantaallpartof i POHTIOIS WST1TPW or ms rial rPBISTID ZV COLOB A' 1 tk ij.

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