Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 95, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 December 1981 — Page 1

Mock disaster: So close to reality, staged drill brought calls of assistance

By BECKY IGO Banner-Graphic Area News Editor Fire and explosion rocked Greencastle’s First Baptist Church Tuesday night, sending 13 people to the Putnam County Hospital to receive treatment for injuries. One person was pronounced “dead on arrival.” Now, before such horror begins to make an impression, understand that the scene was constructed for pretend purposes only. IT WAS A MOCK DISASTER, designed to prepare the Putnam County Hospital emergency room staff and Operation Life

Daylight Brazil shootout ends with Tennessee suspect shot in neck

BRAZIL, Ind. (AP) - A Tennessee man suspected of bank robbery and wanted for questioning in a Mississippi killing was wounded in a gun fight with police in Clay County, authorities said. Gary King of Chattanooga, Tenn., was hospitalized Tuesday in satisfactory condition after the shootout with officers from Brazil and Clay County sheriff’s deputies, authorities said. CLAY COUNTY authorities confronted King at a mobile home northwest of Brazil, but he managed to get away ip a stolen car registered to a Mississippi man. Leading police on a 13-block chase over U.S. 40 through Brazil, King was finally stopped when his car was forced into a snowbank at2:4sp.m. Eleven shots were reportedly fired in an ensuing gun battle, with King

Rural Ladoga residence, Cloverdale business hit by burglars Tuesday

Two burglaries, one with the total value taken estimated to be nearly SII,OOO, were reported by Indiana State Police at Putnamville. BURGLARS KICKED in a back door Tuesday evening at the home of Hershel Page, Route 2, Ladoga, and left with household goods valued at almost SII,OOO, police said. The theft occurred between 11:30 a.m. and 6:10 p.m. Tuesday. Trooper Noble New said a gold ring, checks, a portable color television, silver and other household goods were stolen by the

Wind-blown look in vogue Becoming windy with increasing clouds toward morning. Low in the low to mid 20s. Windy with an 80 per cent chance of snow or freezing rain developing Thursday. High in the mid to upper 30s. Indiana Extended Forecast Friday through Sunday: Chance of snow in northern Indiana and snow or rain in southern Indiana each day. Cold with highs each day ranging from the low and mid 30s in northern Indiana to the low and mid 40s down south. Lows are expected to range in the mid and upper teens up north to the mid and upper 20s down south. Abby A 6 Bridge Al 2 Calendar A 7 Classifieds Al 3 Comics AlO Crossword AI2 Heloise A 6 Horoscope Al 3 Obituaries Al 4 People A11.A12 Sports AB,A9 Supermarket Shopper Al 2 TV AlO Theaters Al 4 Worry Clinic Al 3

ambulance crew members for an identical or similar emergency. According to Putnam County Hospital’s Bemie Moon, the staged "disaster” took approximately six weeks to plan. In on the plans were Moon, a member of the hospital’s disaster drill committee; Larry Roberts, chief maintenance engineer at PCH; Mary Teipen, director of quality assurance at PCH; and Gary Boswell, OL’s director. All were striving to make the disaster scene as realistic as possible, Moon noted, even down to the injuries. “All of the ‘victims’ were volunteers and we made their

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being wounded in the neck by a Brazil officer. He was listed in stable condition Wednesday morning at Indiana University Medical Center at Indianapolis, according to the latest reports. ACCORDING TO BRAZIL Police Chief Joseph Britton, King had a M-l carbine and a shotgun in his possession at the time of arrest. The suspect had reportedly been cruising area bars earlier Tuesday, bragging about robbing 27 banks and being one of the FBl’s 10 mostwanted men. Britton said King was sought for a bank robbery in Knoxville, Tenn., and the death of Thomas Scott Phillips in Jackson, Miss., Dec. 23. In Brazil, King was charged with battery and numerous traffic violations, but Britton said the out-of-state charges probably will take precedence.

thief. The investigation is continuing. A Cloverdale business was also the scene of a break-in which occurred between closing time Monday and 8 p.m. Tuesday. BARNETT’S FLEA Market, Main Street, Cloverdale, was burglarized after the thief gained access by breaking a rear window. Owner Taulbee Barnett told police an estimated S2OO worth of goods were stolen. Police Det. Jim Smith is in charge of the investigation.

Putnam Patter

Paul Lehe ends long state service Dec. 31

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Affairs Editor On the first working day of the new year, Paul Donald Lehe, who lives a couple of miles south of Greencastle on U.S. 231, will probably wake up early, just like he has for more than 40 years during his career in state service. BUT ON THIS DAY, things will be different. At the stroke of midnight, Dec. 31, 1981, his retirement will become official, so while others are rushing to work, he can lie in bed as long as he cares to and listen to snowplows and commuter traffic buzz by. Paul has all sympathy for those who have to travel considerable distances to work in all kinds of weather. During his 41

Sound advice: If you drink, don't drive, local authorities stress

Putnam County residents are duly warned that drinking and driving is no way to ring in the New Year. Law enforcement officials and the county court are here to make sure the culprits are caught and prosecuted for driving while under the influence. STATE POLICE Sgt. Ron Miller said districit officials are well aware of the possibility that celebrants will take to the road and said four special patrols will be on duty during the New Year holiday.

injuries as real as possible. “WE HAD BURN VICTIMS, those with open wounds and fractures. There were also cards made to tell the patient how to act mentally. Some were moaning and groaning like real vicitms would do.” Realness at the disaster was apparently achieved as persons witnessing the scene nearby came up to emergency personnel offering their vehicles io transport the patients and other assist- .nee. OL’s Boswell said the mock disaster presented this time was the most authentic he has ever participated in locally. “In the past when one was conducted, the patients

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ROBERT L. MILLER New First-Citizens chairman

Salvaging pride on skis just another uphill battle

By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor Never one to ignore a challenge, I’ve always said I’d try anything once. I rode a motorcycle...once. I went horseback riding...once. Even tried ice fishing and water skiing. You guessed it, once. BUT I SWORE THERE were three things I’d never do: Get married, jump out of an airplane and ski on snow. Okay, so two out of three aren’t bad, I’ve thought since June 1973. But what can you do when your baby sister and her fiance Steve threaten your hold on the family sports throne? Not being too fond of being embarrassed, and being equally thrilled about freezing my brass off, skiing had never attracted me before. Besides, I’ve always hated wearing a toboggan cap and scarf, not to mention having my boots attached to fiberglass. THERE’S GOT TO BE something wrong with a sport where they tell you to “clasp your hands together over your head” to measure your ski size. Maybe they should make you walk a straight line and blow up a balloon, too, before they issue boots and poles. So while others dream of the snows of Aspen, Vail or other downhill run, my first taste of winter sport comes in a suburban Chicago park. Sure, this is only cross-country skiing, a distant cousin to the main event, but enough to turn a budding Jean-Claude into John Clod.

continuous working years he has braved the worst the weatherman could dish out. A graduate of Indiana Business College, the 62-yea;r-old state employee began his career at Purdue University in 1940. This assignment might not have been too far from home, since he was born in Jasper County northwest of Lafayette. WHILE AT PURDUE HE became acquainted with Harry Hawkins, a university staff member, who later became psychologist at the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville. When there was an opening in the Farm’s Administrative Office, Hawkins recruited Paul for the job. This was in 1942. Fourteen years later, he left the Farm where he was assistant business ad-

Troopers are especially aware that 9 p.m.4 a.m.is a high-risk time when people do most of their party hopping. Local law enforcement officials will also be on the prowl. With the advent of the selective enforcement program, both the sheriff’s department and the city police department have received federal funds to gear up their traffic patrols. The bottom line is to take the dangerous driver, especially those who drink off the road. If a driver is convicted of drunk driving,

were more or less loaded up in the ambulances and taken to the hospital with crew members knowing it was to happen. “THIS TIME, THE LID was kept on tight and it came as a complete surprise to our crew.” The ambulance service director said crews, consisting of two four-man teams, were dispatched to the scene at 6:24 p.m. “The call came in like we normally receive radio traffic on the emergency frequency.” WHAT HAPPENED IS that the information was then picked up by others in the county who have access to scanners in

New chairman, president

First-Citizens tabs Miller

The board of directors of First-Citizens Bank and Trust have announced the selection of Robert L. Miller as chairman and president. Miller will be moving to Greencastle from Huntingburg, Ind., where he has been president and chief executive officer of the Holland National Bank. He will assume his new responsibilities at FirstCitizens around the middle of January. MILLER BRINGS TO First-Citizens more than 20 years of banking and finance experience. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University, Oakland City College and is a graduate of The Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin. He has attended the ABA Commercial Lending School and has been active in AIB chapters, most recently serving as president of the Patoka Valley Study

Daze Work

Bike trails are to be our slopes. We bundle up, strap on skis, prepare poles and press forward. “Push and glide. Push and glide,” Dr. Steve said as he strode out of sight. I WANTED TO SAY, “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night,” but the challenge had been made. After all, we all learn about quitters in junior high locker rooms. We haven’t gone 100 yards and my ankles are pleading for mercy. The agony of de feet is equally only by de pain in the neck. Not to mention arms and shoulders. Dr. Steve skis back into sight to diagnose the problem: “You’ve got left and right skis,” he says, stifling a snicker. Elementary problem. And like any kindergartener worth his Underoos, my skis are on the wrong feet. BUT EVEN SORTING them out, leaves me feeling like Bambi trying to stand or; ice. The ankles bend, the

ministrator to accept an appointment as an examiner for the Indiana State Board of Accounts. Incidentally, Paul’s wife, the former Helen Hanlon who has been an employee of the State Farm for 26 years, is now the assistant business administrator. IN 1970, PAUL TOOK a leave of absence from the State Board of Accounts tc become controller, Indiana Department of Natural Resources from which he will retire at the close of 1981. Stricken by crippling polio in 1937 after high school and wholly dependent on crut ches for walking, Paul hasn’t let this handicap deter him from a full round of activities in his church, the community and around his home.

County Court Judge Sally H. Gray warns that the first offender faces a 120-day suspended sentence, $250 fine and a ticket to an alcohol treatment program. The second offender faces a jail term and a SSOO fine. THE JUDGE ADDS, “I will not accept any plea agreement in these cases.” If you imbibe a little too much of the holiday spirit, officials advise that you call a cab to take you home. Or get a friend to take you home. If all else fails', some of

their homes. The signal going out into the county resulted in members of one local volunteer fire department phoning OL offering to send help. That alertness and thoughtfulness was a real boon, according to Boswell. “It might seem to some people that this is not really a good thing,” OL’s director said, referring to alarming those who were unaware of the plan. “But this gives everybody a better idea of the forces that are available. It shows that people are trained to listen to those scanners and to respond.” A TRIAGE AREA WAS established at

Group. He has been a faculty member of Vincennes University, Jasper Center in the associate degree program of banking and finance. Miller served as deputy controller for the City of Evansville, handling the day-to-day financial operations of the city while on special assignment from National City Bank of Evansville. In addition, he served as vice chairman of both the Evansville Transit System and the Board of Public Works. MILLER HAS BEEN ACTIVE in civic and fraternal organizations. He is past president of the Mt. Carmel, 111., and East Evansville Kiwanis clubs. He has also served Kiwanis as It. governor. He presently is on the board of directors of the Cancer Society of Dubois County and a member of

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He was a charter member of the Warren Township Lions Club and was its president. Transferring to Greencastle, he also served as president and is an active member of the local service organization. HE IS SERVING AS board member and treasurer for the South 23 Water Association and he will continue in these capacities as he moves into retirement. For many years, he has been an active member of the Gideon Bible Society and has conducted services in many churches on behalf of the organization. As a long-time member of the Greencastle First Baptist Church on Judson Drive, he holds the record for early arrival and unlocking of the door, a routine which Col. 3, back page, this section

them will even take you home. “If they’re too drunk to drive, we’d certainly rather take them home than have them kill somebody," said Capt. Charles Mahank of the South Bend Police Department. Mike Jacoby, information otticer with the Fort Wayne Police Department, said officers don’t usually patrol New Year’s Eve with the idea of throwing every erran, driver in jail. *

the First Baptist Church. Patients were sorted to identify the most seriously injured. “The serious patients were transported first,” Boswell pointed out “All were treated at the scene and they were then transported by priorities.” Mock disasters are held as a requirement for hospital emergency rooms to achieve and maintain accreditation, demonstrating high standards of hospital and emergency room personnel. “We like to treat mock situations as real as we can,” Boswell concluded. “The people this time made it very real.”

the Industrial Development Committee of Huntingburg. He is also a member of Hadi Shrine, Evansville Consistory, Mt. Carmel Lodge No. 239, Order of Eastern Star and the Dubois County Shrine Club. In the past he has served on the board of directors of the Red Cross, Junior Achievement, Heart Association, Boys Club and the Diabetic Association. He has been honored by being selected as an outstanding businessman in the Tri-State and has been listed in “Who’s W’ho in Indiana. ” MILLER IS MARRIED TO the former Georgia Marx of Mt. Carmel, 111. They have three children, Kent 31, a captain in the USAF at Ft. Campbell, Ky.; Kathleen Miller Shipley, 27, a language arts teacher in Evansville, and Robin, 19, a sophomore at Purdue University.

poles stick and the ski tips cross... Didn’t I see this plot on “Laveme and Shirley”? Timing, timing. That’s the key. You’ve got to learn to shuffle along (I know, you’re supposed to push and glide), and then just when they look back to check on you, pause a moment. Two sweet young things in nice ski sweaters slide past. My timing is down pat as I pause and expertly check my boots and skis like I know what I’m doing. AN OLD CODGER, DECKED in folly from knickers to Alpine hat, is a challenge as he approaches. We pause, lean on the poles and say something nice about the weather, whether or not any feeling remains in our big toes. We slide over the river (via an icy bridge) and through the woods. Down a tiny hill that makes us pick up speed, lose our balance and swear never to watch the “Wide World of Sports” intro again. We inch our way back up the incline to the parking lot. Thankfully, the pavement has been plowed. Can't scratch the skis, you know, so they have to come off as soon as the car is in sight. “DID YOU LIKE IT? Do you think you’ll go again?” sister Jennifer wants to know. I mumble something about being glad about it. ..glad it’s over. Ski enthusiasts. I’m sure, will tell me to go jump in a lake. But that’s okay. I’m safe...just as long as it’s not an airplane.

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But the fact is, he said, drunk drivers are just accidents waiting to happen, and officers would much rather haul in a drunk than go to the scene of an accident. “Our officers try to stress the safety aspect,” Jacoby said. "They’ll have you pull over to a safe place and lock your car and then call a cab for you. "We’re not trying to be hard guys. We’re aware it's New Year’s Eve,” he said. “But we’re not going to allow abuses on the road, either.”