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While mother Mary Porter plays softball for the Communications Corp. of Indiana team, children Stacy and Casey Porter have their own chance to

Criminal charges in Beckley fatality

ELOOMINGTON--A Spencer man has been charged in Monroe Superior Court with reckless homicide with a vehicle in connection with the death of a Greencastle native in a collision on Ind. 46 on April 10. CHARLES C. MORRIES, 20, previously had faced only misdemeanor charges in connection with the collision, which occurred on a curve near Chafin Chapel Road northwest of Ellettsville when Morries allegedly passed several cars on a curve and struck an oncoming car driven by John W. Beckley, formerly of Putnam County, but residing at Route 1, Gosport, at the time of the fatal accident. But after further investigation, Monroe Deputy Prosecutor Larry Brodeur filed the Class C felony and

Flying low

That boom you hear might not be thunder overhead

Thunder c ut oi a clear blue sky? It’s entirely possible in the next few weeks that Putnam County residents will hear what sounds like thunder, but it won’t bring rain and won’t be accompanied by the usual lightning. INSTEAD, THE OCCASIONAL booms emanating from our skies will be the end result of United States Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft of the 434th Tactical Fighter Wing’s 45 Tactical Fighter Squadron. The planes are beginning low dtitude Metical navigation

Beat,heat goon Continued warm, continued wet. Sixty per cent chance of lateafternoon or early-evening thunderstorms through Sunday. Low overnight near 70. High Sunday near 90. Indiana Extended Forecast Mostly cloudy and mild Monday with lows in the 60s and highs in the mid 70s to low 80s Fair Tuesday and Wednesday, with lows in the mid 50s to low 60s and highs by Wednesday in the 80s. Abby A 8 Classifieds A6.A7 Comics A 1 Crossword Ati Horoscope A 7 Obituaries AX People At Sports A5.A6 Worry Clinic Ati

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pass the time at the sand pile. It was dad Robert Porter's duty to check to make sure the sandy scene didn't get out of hand. But he had little to

transferred the four misdemeanor charges against Morries -- reckless driving, speeding, improper passing and driving left of center -- into Superior Court as well. The case has been assigned to Superior Court Judge John G. Baker. Conviction for a Class C felony could result in a prison sentence of two to eight years, with a standard sentence of five years. Morries, meanwhile, also faces a civil lawsuit filed by the late Beckley’s father alleging that Morries recklessly caused Beckley’s wrongful death. BECKLEY, SON OF John and Florence Beckley, was a teacher at Edgewood High School in Ellettsville. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Greencastle.

(LATN) training missions over areas in Indiana and Kentucky. Portions of Putnam County are included in those areas. One route will be flown on a line between Terre Haute and Kokomo, including the area over Raccoon Lake. Another flight pattern will be from Terre Haute to Fort Wayne. A spokesman at Grissom Air Force Base said the missions will be flown in the Federal Aviation Administration approved areas on a daily basis at altitudes between 1,500 and 300 feet above ground

Democrats call for full financial disclosure of license branches

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Saying Hoosiers have a right to know how their tax money is being spent, Indiana Democratic candidates are calling for full disclosure of all financial matters involving license branches. “Hoosiers should be outraged because one month ago Gov. (Robert I).) Orr held our tax refund checks to help solve his fiscal mess. Yet, now the Orr team is spending our tax dollars on expensive litigation to help give away public funds to the Republican Party,” Rich Bell, candidate for state treasurer, said at a news conference Friday. Bell referred to the state’s appeal of a Gibson County court decision that said license branches should be open to the public. Reps. Darrell E. Felling, D Terre Haute, and Dennis Avery, D-Evansville, filed suits to have the Bureau of Motor Vehicles investigated. The Gibson County suit was

Ind. 236 closed as project nears end

By BECKY IGO Banner-Graphic Area News Editor RACCOON-By the end of September, persons traveling on U.S. 231 just south of Raccoon will find the going much easier. For that’s when the Indiana State Highway Dept, plans to complete its $2.6 million bridge project at that northern Putnam County location. The new replacement span, developed just west of U.S. 231, will replace two smaller bridges which have given motorists troubles in the past. ONE OF THE SMALLER bridges replaced is a concrete structure located over the B & 0 Railroad. The second bridge is a steel structure, south of the railroad bridge, which lies over Big Walnut Creek. To aid in completing the project, a section of State Road 236 will be closed Monday, according to Pat Gregory of the Indiana State Highway Department. The

level, with occasional operation at 100 feet. THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE flying at less than 250 knots, the spokesman said, to avoid excessive noise. Flying operation will remain clear of towns, airports and high congested or restricted areas. The Thunderbolt A-lOs are normally flown in formations of two or three aircraft. Five sectors over the IndianaKentucky area will be used as the Air Force pilots and navigators practice flying and random navigational training at low levels in a combat-like environment.

followed by one challenging. constitutionality of the license branch system. It charges the system violates the 14th Amendment and part of the state Constitution because Hoosiers are forced to make involuntary contributions to a political party when they purchase license tags. “To take the position Hoosiers do not have the right to know how their money is being spent is both arrogant and selfserving,” Bell said. “Without a doubt, Hoosiers deserve to know where their tax money is being spent.” The Democrats also charged the administration is trying to hide the license branch scandals. “We demand the Orr team, including the Indiana Republican State Central Committee, stop accepting campaign money from Indiana’s license branch system and quit trying to cover up the scandals of the Republican-controlled license branches,”

worry about as the brother-sister act stayed occupied with a miniature demolition derby in the sand. (Banner-Graphic photo by Bob Frazier).

road is termed the north junction of State Road 236 which leads into Roachdale. “We will close that northern junction of (SR) 236 for 20 working days,” Ms. Gregory reported. “But U.S. 231 will still be open to traffic.” WHILE THAT SECTION is closed, State Highway workers will be building up a portion of State Road 236 which will lead into the new roadway connected with the Raccoon Bridge project. According to Janet Kerins, public information officer from the State Highway Dept., bids for the Raccoon Bridge replacement were held by the state in September 1980. Estimated to take 250 working days to complete, or two full construction seasons, the project was funded by state and federal assistance. “Eighty-five per cent of the money came from the federal goverCol. 4, back page, this section

The Air Force says different sectors will be used on any particular day to avoid exposure in one area and to insure that Air Force Reserve pilots maintain their cor bat-ready flying skills. THE LATN ROUTE encloses an area south of Fort Wayne, west to Rensselaer, continuing south (across Putnam County and vicinity) to Boonville, west to an area beyond Evansville. The route continues directly south into Kentucky to the state line, then east to Albany, Ky., and directly north again to Fort Wayne.

Bell said. “Recent audit reports show the Republican license branches have shortchanged Indiana’s treasury more than $540,000,” during the 1977-80 period, he added. “Where did this money go?” Amid later comments that the money had been returned to the state, however. Bell said he was “not exactly sure” if the money had been paid back. The Democrats also said if they were in power they’d be willing to give up a share of the license branch profits in some instances. Seventh District Vice Chairwoman Patty Evans, candidate for clerk of the Supreme and Appellate courts, said she saw no problem with keeping the money from personalized license plates. “No one is coerced into buying one, so the split is not coercion,” she said, adding that Hoosiers have no choice about where their money is going with regular license plates.

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Who's news

Compiled by ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Managing Editor Greencastle native RICHARD E. COFFEY has been elected vice president and appointed regional manager of the Miami region for the Business Loans Division of Associates Commercial Corp., the commercial finance subsidiary of Associates Corporation of North America (The Associates). Coffey will be responsible for all business loan activities in the state of Florida. Coffey joined The Associates in 1962 in South Bend, and served in various senior management capacities prior to leaving the company in 1974 to pursue personal interests. He rejoined the company in 1981, serving most recently as business development manager in the Chicago region of the Business Loans Division. He has more than 25 years of commercial finance experience. A graduate of DePauw University, where he received his AB degree in economics in 1948, Coffey also has completed various sales and credit courses at the University of Tennessee and Lake Forest College. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1946 where he attained the rank of first lieutenant. He resides with his family in Miami. For the second consecutive year, TIM PARRISH has been recognized with the distinction of being selected for “Who’s Who Among American High School Students” for his outstanding achievements Parrish, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Parrish, Route 2, Greencastle, is enrolled at Indiana State University this fall. The 1982 Greencastle High School graduate will major in computer technology at the Terre Haute institution. ANNETTE HOBSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hobson, Route 3, Greencastle, has been selected as one of 17 outstanding high school students who participated in a threeday speech pathology and audiology workshop at Ball State University this summer. The workshop was jointly sponsored by the university’s Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic and the Psi lota Xi soroity. Students observed speech and hearing clinicians working with children and adults and actually perrmed some speech therapy. Miss viobson will be a senior at Greencastle High School this fall. She has participated in band, Thespians, 4H, Future Homemakers, Girl Scouts, Pep Club, French Club, Latin Club, National Honor Society, basketball, track, cheerleading, and was homecoming representative during her high school career. She is interested in a career in speech pathology and audiology. LISA MCFARLAND of Roachdale is one of 14 Anderson College students spending three weeks in Grand Cayman, British West Indies, through the college’s innovative Student Summer Service program this month. McFarland will visit the tropical island, located south of Cuba, to teach Bible school and work on a church-sponsored school building. McFarland is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen McFarland, Route 1, Roachdale. She will be a sophomore in the upcoming academic year. GEORGE CHRISTOPHER lIEUSTIS, son of Mary C. Huestis, 1115 S. College Ave., Greencastle, received a master of fine arts degree in painting during commencement exercises recently at the University of Houston. JEFFREY JOHNSON, Route 4, Greencastle, is one of more than 30 Indiana University students who are spending their summer earning college credits while getting ex-

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perience in their chosen fields as part of the Cooperative Education Program at lU. A junior at lU, Johnson is employed in the chemical division at Inland Steel in East Chicago. lU’s five-year program gives students an opportunity to spend 12-18 months working in business, industry, government or social service. JULIE SUBLETT, Cloverdale, and AMELIA WOOLUMS, Route 5, Greencastle, attended the Aug. 2-5 National Institute on Cooperative Education at Purdue University. The local young women were cosponsored by the Federal Land Bank, Greencastle Production Credit Association, Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op and the Clay County Rural Telephone Co-op. In all, 600 students ages 14-19 attended the institute. The Youth Scholar Program teaches the role of cooperatives in the American business system. Participants studied how the business community is organized, basic cooperative principles, how agricultural cooperatives are organized and ways to use cooperatives. JACK WALDRON, Putnam County councilman, joined local government officials from central Indiana in a one-day seminar on local economic planning and management Aug. 4 in Cloverdale. The seminar was one of a series of local government continuing education programs offered regionally throughout Indiana by the Indiana Academy in the Public Service. The program examined various ways local government can exercise leadership in community economic affairs and to help elected officials understand how a local economy works, how it affects and may be affected by government, and how to form a consensus on community economic needs and to design and implement responsive programs. FRED O. MANN, Cloverdale, has accepted a seed corn dealership for Crow’s Hybrid Corn Co. of Milford, 111., effective immediately. Mann’s dealership will cover all of Cloverdale Township in Putnam County. Crow’s Hybrid Corn Co. markets a complete line of both Normal and HiLysine Hybrids in an eight-state Midwest area through a network of 1,600 Q°alers. MARIAN STAMPER, Greencastle, owner of the Posey Patch, has just returned from the International Gift Show in Chicago, the Wisconsin Gift Show of outstanding gifts from around the world and the Teleflora Wire Service Conference in Chicago. Buying gifts and floral services were emphasized for today’s buyers at affordable prices. BRUCE E. JOHNSTON, son of Cecil D. Johnston, Route 5, Greencastle, has been promoted in the U.S. Air Force to the rank of airman first class. Johnston, a vehicle mechanic at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., with the 4th Transportation Squadron, is a 1981 graduate of South Putnam High School. Navy Mess Management Seaman Apprentice JOSEPH R. SAUCERMAN, son of Jerry R. and Violet A. Saucerman, Route 1, Box 233, Quincy. recently returned from a deployment to the West Pacific. He is a crewmember aboard the guided missile frigate USS Brooke, homeported in San Diego. During the seven-month deployment, his ship participated in training exercises in the Arabian Sea, Red Sea. Gulf ol Aden. East and South China Seas, and the Sea ot Japan. Port visits were made to the Philippines. Japan. Korea. Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand. Malaysia and Bahrain.

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