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ushville epublican VOL.74—NO. 187 Established IH40 Rushville. Indiana DAILY Friday. October 21, Fifteen Cents IO Cages Help Lip Ii I Oar Your Tim a Carter Begins Five State Whistle-Stop In Detroit $2,388 Collected (Ray PS (to) The Retail Merchants Association met Thursday morning at the Durbin Hotel before they began their canvassing for donations to the Christmas lights fund. Pictured in the back is Paul Barada as he gives advice on canvassing methods.

Also pictured are Leroy In Martinsville Pruitt, manager of P.N. Hirsch, Ann Walker, secretary-treasurer of the association, and Ben Randazzo, a representative of the Decorating Company in Cincinnati. The group was able to raise yesterday $2,388 with additional funds anticipated. Slaying Of Local Girl Remains Unsolved Nine Years Later BY JUDY FROST Ann Louise Harmeier was not the first young woman from this part of the state to be mysteriously killed in the Martinsville area. In 1968, one Rushville resident, Carol Marie Davis Jenkins, was brutally stabbed to death on the streets of Martinsville and her murderer has never been found in the nine long years since her death.

There are several parallels in the deaths of these two young ladies. Both occurred in the fall of the year Miss Harmeier was killed on September 12, 1977 and Miss Jenkins met her death on September 16, 1968. Both were young and single Ann was 20 and Carol was 21 and both were out alone. While the methods of murder were not the same, both crimes were senselessly brutal and unprovoked. Miss Jenkins was in Martinsville on September 16, 1968, with a crew of sales people working for an encyclopedia company.

She was normally employed at Philco in Con- Glass Expert Will Speak At mposium Mrs. Howard Meek of Carmel, Indiana, will present a program dealing with art glass when she appears before the Rushville Symposium Club Wednesday, October 26 at I p.m. at the Durbin Hotel. Mrs. Meek made a previous appearance before the club in June when she spoke about Tiffany glass.

Her subject Wednesday will be the of Art and will deal with objects many people have in their home. The speaker has had wide experience with the Indianapolis Art Museum and the Indiana State Museum where she served as Docent and Curator of Research. Currently she devotes most of her time to lecturing and to her family. Those who do not have reservations may call Miss Ellendore Lampton at 938-3621 or Miss Grace Banta, at 932-2342 by Monday. Mrs Howard Meek nersville, but because of a strike, she was working temporary as a door to door sales lady.

September 16 was her first day on the job after a three day training session in Indianapolis, Her assignment was in the east part of Martinsville and she started out alone on her rounds of homes. About 7:30 that evening, she stopped in the home of Don Neal on East Columbus Street and asked to ugg their phone to summon the police. When they arrived, Miss Jenkins stated that she had beemfollowed by two men in a black ld65 four door car. Police left to search for the car and after a short time, Miss Jenkins resumed her selling tour walking west on Morgan Street. The fatal attack occurred several blocks from the Neal home at approximately 9 p.m.

Investigating officers stated that they believed the assailant had jumped out at her from behind a big evergreen tree on East Morgan. She was pronounced dead at the Morgan County Hospital at 9:26 p.m. with knife wounds in her heart. Although there were no eye witnesses to the savage attack, one man who was watching TV in an upstairs room across the street, reported hearing a thud which police believed was her heavy notebook falling to the ground. The murder weapon was never found and at first information and leads were scarce.

The P. F. Collier which published the encyclopedias, offered a $1,000 reward for information and the tips began to pour in but without any concrete results. The citizens of Martinsville were reportedly shocked and frightened by the 1968 murder and it was said that many feared that the maniacal killer might have from the Homelawn Sanitarium only a block from the murder site. It was also speculated that the killing might have carried racial overtones as Miss Jenkins was black and Martinsville had been known as a Elan stronghold.

Mayor James D. Gardner sent the following telegram to Rushville Mayor Gibson shortly after the killing: Citizens deplore the terrible murder of Carol Jenkins. Investigation is being pressed by authorities. Please convey my condolences to the Regardless of how hard that investigation was pressed, it was totally unsuccessful and the murder remains unsolved nine years later. Now another young woman has died violently near Martinsville.

However, it was over a month before Ann Harmeier was discovered in a cornfield northeast of the city, strangled by a tourniquet fashioned from a shoestring and a hairbrush. It also appears that she was sexually assaulted before her death. Miss Harmeier disappeared September 12 while on her way from her home in Cambridge City to the I. U. campus at Bloomington.

Her locked and abandoned car, which had overheated, and stalled, was found along Indiana 37, September 13. Her disappearance created great concern and action in nearby Cambridge City citizens banned together and exhausted every avenue to find a trace of her. Large sums of money were raised by the community and used to print and distribute billboards, bumper stickers and posters around the state and across the nation with the plea Is David Weston, Dublin Elementary Principal, who has been one of the leaders and organizer of the community effort, commented of the discovery of Miss body, community is saddened by the affair, but relieved that they at last know what has happened to Ann. It would have been a walking death for her mother not to ever know what happened to her Unlike the nine year old murder of Miss Jenkins, there appears to be some leads in the death of Miss Harmeier which the police are investigating. The question is: these leads turn up the killer and bring him to justice or will the case of Ann Harmeier remain as much a mystery as the death of a Rushville girl nine years ago? By CLAY F.

RICHARDS WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter is launching a sentimental and serious journey across the country, taking his problems to the people and doing a litle politicking along the way. The serious part of the trip was starting in Detroit today, with a roundtable discussion of urban problems and unemployment. Sentiment and politics were to take over later in the day at Des Moines, Iowa scene of the first victory of his presidential quest. trip coincides with a new national Harris poll showing his popularity has slipped below 50 per cent for the first time although the competing Gallop Poll showed the President with a 58 per cent Harris poll showing his popularity has slipped below 50 per cent for the first time although the competing Gallop Poll forums to discuss such problems as energy, urban affairs, unemployment and the Panama Canal. Carter will not return to the White House until Sunday.

On the way home from California Air Force One will stop in Minneapolis to pick up Sen. Hubert Humphrey, marking the former vice return to the capital after surgery which found inoperable cancer. Much of the cost of the journey will be paid by the Democratic National Committee, which has agreed to pick up the tab when the President goes campaigning for the party and its candidates. The schedule for the next three days includes. A lunchtime urban policy roundtable in Detroit.

The stop also keeps a promise that Carter would appear there this year for Mayor Coleman Young, who is seeking reelection. But Young is leading heavily and need much campaign help. A speech at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines. Carter will spend the night at the Woodrow Diehl farm in Indianola, Iowa, Youth Faces Burglary Charge The Rush County Dept, reports the arrest of Michael Anthony Dora, 18, Shelbyville, on a charge of first degree burglary. Dora was apprehended following the investigation of some burglaries which occured early in September in Orange Township.

Dora is currently free on $5000 bond and will be arraigned in Rush Circuit Court at a time in the near future. a stop that will undoubtedlv invoke memories of the victories that launched his drive for the presidency in the Iowa precinct caucuses in January, 1976. Diehl has been through all this before he hosted President Lyndon B. Johnson a decade ago. Saturday morning Carter will fly to Offutt Air Force Base, a SAC facility in Nebraska.

When he took a trip on a nuclear submarine earlier this year, the President promised ne would give the Air Force equal time at a SAC base on his next trip west. In Bribrey Probe In Denver later Saturday, Carter will participate in a western water policy roundtable and lead a Panama Canal briefing for western before heading for Los Angeles. The main purpose for. trip is a fundraising dinner staged by, the DKC in Los Angeles Saturday night. The appearance is in the backyard of Gov.

Jerry Brown, a potential Democratic rival of in 1980 Brown will attend the dinner Carter returns to Washington Sunday. Ex-KCIA Agent Testifies WASHINGTON (UPI) Hearsay testimony by a former Korean CIA agent raises the possibility that his alleged bids to buy influence in Washington may have reached high into the Ford White House as well as Congress. That remained a mystery today because Counsel Leon Jaworski kept the witness, Kim Sang Keun, from naming U.S. officials at a House ethics committee hearing Thursday, and investigators later said privately they did not know how much truth there is to story he spun. He first mentioned involve-; ment of a Ford aide and a high-' ranking congressman under questioning by a committee lawyer, who did not ask him to identify them.

When committee member Bruce Caputo, pressed for names, Chairman John Flynt, and Jaworski stopped Kim from answering. They said that kind of information went beyond the scope of a resolution for the House investigation. Auto Tire Blow-Out Causes Minor Injuries A tire blow out caused a motorist to collide with another vehicle, causing $2,900 in total damages and minor injuries; but the driver of one of the vehicles never stopped, claiming he remember hitting anything, Rush County Department said. Thursday at 6:35 a.m., Dennis W. Ingram, 25, Glenwood, was driving east on Indiana 44 and Max D.

Stevens, 24, R.R. 5, Rushville, was going west. Ingrxm told law officials he saw headlights coming toward him and was struck in the side, causing him to go into a sideward skid. Stevens also told officers that he knew his right front tire blew but that he remember striking anything. Stevens was arrested by offgrers and charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of the accident.

vehicle received $1,200 in damages and vehicle sustained $1,700 in damages. Ingram received abrasions on his head. He was treated at Rush Memorial Hospital. City police stated that Thursday at ll p.m. Mark A.

Wilber, 19, 424 Cottage Avenue, was driving in the 1500 block N. Main Street without a license plate. Stopping him, they stated that they also found he had no license and no car registration. Police say the exhaust system was unhooked and hanging down, making it unsafe. Wilber was arrested and charged with unsafe vehicle and no license.

He will appear in city court at a later date. Chemical Can Retrieved On Rural Farm Rushville fire department reported making one run Thursday at 10:19 a m. to the farm of Joe Fordice on Indiana 44 to retrieve a can of chemicals from a grain storage bin According to firemen, Fordice was treating his corn with chemicals when he dropped the can into the bin. Since the firemen were unable to get through the opening with the air tank strapped on, they let Fordice use the air tank and retrieve the can himself. Popular Hobby CB Handles Reflect Background By KAY HINEMAN In this day of CB radios, CB lingo, and CB handles, how people choose their particular names or handles can be as fascinating as their radio itself, especially when you know something about the person and can understand why he chose such a name.

may relate to a job, personal characteristics, or spare time hobbies. Well-known phrases and current slang terms are significant in choosing too. Some of those choosing a related to a job include the following. Dick Martin, a mechanic in Greensburg, calls himself Monkey Wrench. Jay Kent, owner of Kent Shoe Store, is Shoe Man, Sports Editor, Joe Wolf, take the name of The Reporter, Dr.

Jim Kent, a podiatrist (foot doctor) in Shelbyville, calls himself Paul Bunion, Jim Payne sells insurance and Insurance Man, A waitress and bartender at the Elks Club, Liz Gilliam, chose Barmaid for her handle and Striker is the name Jim Ephlin chose because of his part ownership of a bowling alley. Then there are those who choose related to their spare time hobbies or interests. Jerry Kent raises horses and wears cowboys hats and appropriately his name is Cowboy. The Fiddler, Jack Payne, plays the violin. Walter Swain collects arrowheads and calls himself, Arrowhead.

David Halterman plays the drums and chose Drummer Boy for his handle. Wes Sloan is always chewing on a cigar and appropriately chose Big Cigar. Particular characteristics or slang terms are especially popular, too. Tom Mattox has a CB and chose Tom Cat for his handle. John Hartzler has been known for years as Jake and quite naturally he chose Big Jake for his name.

John R. Green was wearing a neck collar when he got his CB and took the name, Whiplash. Rushville Republican publisher George Williams was born in North Carolina, thus choosing the nickname for his handle. Tar Heel. Bruce Levi wanted something connected with blue jeans and chose Wrangler for his handle.

Everyone says Wanda Jones is really old-fashioned and Blue Bonnet became her adopted name. There are, of course, thousands of other handles and thousands of reasons for choosing those names. Probably many of those handles are duplicated over and over. ('at ii The Mike.