Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 96, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 December 1982 — Page 3

Mr. McCloskey goes to Washington...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) For 11 years, Frank McCloskey has been mayor of Bloomington, home of Indiana University and Bob Knight. But Friday, the day he expects to board a plane to fly to Washington, DC., he’ll be | leaving Bloomington for a new ' career as the Democratic j congressman from Indiana’s ' Bth District. 1 McCloskey, 43, a Philadelphia native who stepped into politics over a decade ago after stints with the Indianapolis Star and Bloomington Herald-Telephon-e, is finding the transition a busy one. He!s met on two occasions in Washington and in Evansville with Rep. Joel Deckard, the Republican Me-

State cash flow snag a problem for special funds

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Local governments will be hurt if Indiana’s tight finances cause reduced distributions of gasoline tax revenues, a spokesman for the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns says. “That could be a serious problem for us,” said Mike Pitts, legislative director for the municipal league. “We’re not happy.” Reductions in cigarette tax revenues won’t be as serious, although Pitts said local governments use those taxes for their cumulative funds to finance capital improvements. “That probably won’t affect their cash-flow terribly, but many units of local government have been drawing down those cumulative funds,” he said. Deputy state Auditor Robert Dail warned that the state’s cash-flow problems may cause reductions in payments to 100 special funds, including those used for road repairs. The amount of the reductions and the impact on the governmental units that rely on those funds is uncertain. At least slsl million is being shifted from “dedicated” funds to keep the state’s main

Hoofs to pound pavement for Indianapolis police

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - It’s been 60 years since Indianapolis streets were protected by Indianapolis Police Department members mounted on horseback, but Mayor William H. Hudnut says the horse patrols could be back helping with crowd control as soon as March. * Hudnut announced Tuesday he had approved the patrols. Deputy Police Chief Paul A. Annee said the department

Company's offer to end strike rejected

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A Roman Catholic bishop’s attempt to mediate an end to a nine-month strike at Jasper’s Indiana Desk Co. apparently has failed. But there are indications Bishop Francis R. Shea of Evansville is not giving up. Indiana Desk officials turned down a proposal by Shea to have an outside arbitrator settle differences between the firm and Local 334, United Furniture Workers. In a Dec. 15 letter to Indiana Desk President Stan Krempp and local union officials. Shea suggested an independent mediator because “so many things have been said and done, objectivity is hard to come by” in the dispute. The proposal brought an enthusiastic response from Carl Scarbrough, UFW international president, but company officials have refused. Amos Braun, plant manager at Indiana Desk, said the offer

Ohio agents nab border boozers CINCINNATI (AP) Ohioans who try to sneak liquor they buy in Kentucky or Indiana back into Ohio and get caught are boosting profits of the Ohio Department of Liquor Control, an official says. Robert Nichols, supervisor of enforcement for the state Liquor Department in southwestern Ohio, said out-of-state liquor confiscated from Ohio residents is put on the shelves for sale in Ohio state liquor stores. Nichols said state liquor store sales of booze confiscated by state agents brought in $62,500 in 1981. Nichols said confiscated liquor is turned over to state stores for sale but that beer and wine is destroyed. He said Ohio agents go to liquor stores in Indiana and Kentucky and try to spot Ohioans buying liquor at lower prices than they would pay in Ohio. “We drive around, observe the license plates, follow a suspect back over into Ohio and pull them over,” Nichols said.

Closkey defeated Nov. 2. “Both meetings were pleasant, and Deckard has been very cooperative,” McCloskey said. He will be sw'orn in Monday. His wife, Roberta, and two children, a son, 14, and a daughter who attends lU, will be there. The next day Democratic precinct committeemen here will select his successor from four candidates. McCloskey has rented an apartment within walking distance of his office in Room 116 of the Cannon House Office Building, just down the hall from Deckard’s old office in Room 125. His family “for the time being” will continue to live in

bank account solvent, according to Robert Dail, chief deputy state auditor. Additional transfers to the general fund might be necessary, he added, when an estimated SB9 million to S9O million in school support payments are made Jan. 7. The first reduction in distributions of gasoline and other highway user taxes earmarked for cities, towns, counties and the State Department of Highways likely will be in January, he said. The size of reduction will depend on available revenues at the time of the distributions.

studied the effectiveness of horse patrols in 20 cities before deciding to renew patrols here. He said each of the 20 cities showed a “significant" decrease in crime in mounted patrol areas. Six horses and related equipment will be bought with an anonymous $50,000 gift made to the police department. Public Safety Director Richard Blankenbaker told the joint

was rejected but he had no details. Several telephone calls to Krempp were not returned. The refusal by company officials to go along with the bishop’s proposal may not end his efforts to settle the strike, which has caused a rift in Jasper, a heavily Catholic community. Larry Fendel, shop steward for the furniture workers, said he understood a second letter from Shea was in the mail, but he had not received a copy. The attempt at mediation comes just when the National Labor Relations Board has filed a third unfair labor practices complaint. According to George Dick, an attorney with the Indianapolis regional office of the NLRB, the most recent complaint, filed Monday, alleges Command Investigations Bureau Inc., of Indianapolis, interfered with the union’s right to strike and picket by threats and coercion.

Bloomington because the congressman-elect expects to spend several days a week back in the district. They’ll decide this summer if they should move to Washington. McCloskey is still appointing his staff and awaiting committee assignments, which he won’t find out about before Monday. He wants a seat on the House Appropriations Committee, but admits “with 57 new members in the 98th Congress it will be difficult to get. ” He’s more optimistic about his second choice, the House Armed Services Committee, as well as the House Science and Technology Committee. McCloskey told the Evansville Courier Tuesday his interest in both is tied to his goal

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news conference “This will not only mean increased law enforcement but will also be a real stimulus to downtown commercial activity,” Blankenbakersaid. Hudnut agreed. “The downtown area is rapidly becoming a hub of community activity, presenting a different kind of challenge to law enforcement officers,” Hudnut said. “Horse patrols are

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of encouraging economic development and research in the Bth District and could bring military contracts to such facilities as Crane Naval Depot. Then, too, there are implied philosophical differences with the Reagan administration on military spending. “Our entire budget is affected by the military budget. I’m concerned about strong national defense with a realistic military budget.” McCloskey says the No. 1 priority for both him and Congress has to be jobs, one reason he soon will appoint an economic development coordinator who will be based in the Bth District. “I think jobs are on everyone’s mind. With a S2OO

Temporary reductions in other distributions will include cigarette tax revenues for cities and towns, the federal portion of welfare reimbursement funds to counties and alcoholic beverage taxes going into the state's “postwar” construction fund. Details and exact amounts of the transfers will be presented Monday to the State Board of Finance for approval, he said. The board, by a 2-1 vote earlier this month, ratified past and future “temporary transfers" of nontrust funds needed to cover overdrafts in the general fund. An attorney general’s opinion

always very popular with people and with officers and I think will add to the festive atmosphere that pervades large gatherings.” The patrols are expected to be used at the Indianapolis 500, during events at Market Square Arena, the combination domed stadium and convention center expansion now under construction, and the proposed White River State Park.

billion deficit under President Reagan’s leadership, there’s going to be difficult budgetary choices. I’m sure Social Security will get intensive debate.” McCloskey says “there definitely is a different mood” in the new Congress “The president obviously will be in a position where he has to negotiate rather than mandate. I expect when push comes to shove, Reagan will be realistic enough to go for what he can get rather than face political confrontation.” McCloskey said he will open his Evansville office Monday in the same building used by Deckard. His Evansville office, headed by Rose Young, will be his largest.

since has identified specific trust funds not subject to transfer. Increased sales and income taxes for the general fund were approved earlier this month by the Legislature, effective Saturday, but the state won’t start receiving the extra revenues until late February. Gene Hallock, director of the Highway Department, said he doesn’t know how his department will be affected by the reductions. “It’s a potential problem, and I presume they (the auditor’s staff) have figures on what the impact will be,” he said. “At certain times of the year, we have a very tight cash flow problem of our own. In January, it’s not that bad, but we do need it by the fall,” he said. “I don’t know what our cashflow situation is right now, but this isn’t that far away from last fall.” A practical effect of the reduced payments, Hallock said, is that the department may have to hold up on construction, maintenance and repair projects. “If they don’t give us the money, we don’t let the contracts,” he said.

Officers will be responsible for the care and maintenance of the horses. The city will contract with stabling facilities, blacksmiths and veterinarians. The horse patrol will supplement regularly assigned traffic and beat units, Hudnut said. The Marion County Sheriff’s Department has privatelyowned horses used primarily on ceremonial occasions.

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Indiana gets more time to comply with prison order

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) A federal judge has agreed to give state officials more time to reduce the number of inmates in the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Allen Sharp granted a general stay of his October 1981 order that no more than 1,750 inmates could be held at the prison after Dec. 31. The stay will be effective until 60 days after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on Indiana’s appeal. The state is seeking a similar extension from U.S. District Judge S. Hugh Dillin in Indianapolis, who ordered sweeping changes at the Indiana Reformatory in Pendleton. Instead of the 1,750-inmate ceiling. Sharp said the maximum-security facility can’t exceed the number of prisoners housed there as of Dec. 31. Currently, there are 1,860 inmates at the Michigan City institution. Attorney General Linley E. Pearson had sought an extension of the Dec. 31 deadline until July 1,1983. The state is appealing Sharp’s order, arguing he was wrong when he ruled that the prison was unconstitutionally overcrowded. The case is pending before the federal appeals court in Chicago. The Department of Correction said it could not meet the year-end deadline originally set by Sharp, although substantial progress had been made to reduce the number of inmates

at the prison. When Sharp issued his order in October 1981,» 1,937 inmates made up the prison population. Meanwhile, in Indianapolis, the attorney general asked Dillin to give the state until July 1 to comply with his reformatory order. Dillin has given correctional officials until Dec. 31 to trim the number of inmates at the Pendleton facility to 1,750 and to end the practice of putting two inmates in one cell. When Dillin issued his order last May, there were 1,983 inmates in the reformatory. As of Dec. 22, the motion said, there were 1,820 inmates there. Deputy Attorney Genera L David A. Arthur said that after Jan. 1, only a few inmates wilL be housed two to a cell, and those who are will be doublecelled voluntarily. Legal Services Organization lawyers who represent the inmate plaintiffs won’t consent to an extension of the deadline, Arthur noted. The state offered to submit progress reports to the court so that the population level can be monitored. To show good faith in meeting Dillin’s order to provide additional staff at the reformatory, Arthur noted there are currently two psychologists at the facility, while the court only required one; there are 11 medical technicians, instead of nine as the court demanded; and that there is an oral surgeon and an optometrist on duty one day a week and two full-time dentists.

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