The Independent-News, Volume 100, Number 49, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 July 1974 — Page 5

NIPSCO PROPOSAL DETAILED IN JOINT STATEMENT HAMMOND — Ballots and information covering details of Northern Indiana Public Se/vice Company's proposal to the utility's 3,300 production, maintenance, construction, operating and labor, atory employees, who have been on strike since June 11, 1974, were mailed out over the week end. Features of the pivpvsai were spelled out in a statement issued jointly by Dean H. Mitchell, NIPSCO chairman and chief exec, utive officer, and W. Ken Mas. sengill, staff representative of the United Steelworkers of America, Local No. 12775. Included are a “cost of living’’ adjustment, plus a 22’i per cent cumulative wage increase over three years, and improvements in pensions, insurance plans, holidays and other fringe benefits. As explained by Mitchell and Massengill, the major items are: WAGES: El^ect|ve June 1, 1974. a 7 cents per hour across-the-board cost of living adjustment for each classification, plus an 8 per cent wage increase. Beginning June 1, 1975, a wage increase of 7’_. per cent would be applied, and June 1. 1976. a 7 per cent wage increase would be implemented. Also, upon ratification of the agreement on July 6, 1974. ail employees of Local No. 12775 will receive holiday pay for July 4, 1974. PENSIONS: The minimum monthly pension would increase from $l2O to $l5O per month.

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Before you start off on your Vacation drive, consider this: more than 20 percent of your expenses will probably l>e spent on your car You can reduce this figure, however, by attending to some easy economy measures. Concerning gas consumption, plan to drive moderately, keeping to the nation’s new lower speed limits. Avoid jackrabbit starts and quick stops. And make sure your tires are pnperlv inflated. These me -ur< - may decrease your gas cciximplion up to live miles p< r g.dhn. Make sure your car has had a good tune up before you .•tart off. Get new spark plugs if they're needed, have your car lubricated, your brakes checked, your windshield wipers, ignition switch, steering gear, lights and battery thoroughly looked into. Make sure your wheels are aligned to increase tire life. One important fact tn notice is whether your tires have enough tread (three out of every ten cars has at least one Lud Ure). Treads of wss than

Other changes include the month, ly formula for benefits from $3.80 to $3.85 for the first 30 years of credited service. The formula will apply to the new wage rates. For those with more than 30 years of service, the increase would be from $2.50 to $4.00 per month for each year. An increase of 3 per cent in the pensions for all present annuitants would become effective June 1, 1974. and full retirement benefits would become available at the age of 62 for employees with service which totals 25 years. Any participant who has completed 20 years or more of cred, ited service and who has reached the age of 45 years, may retire from active service in the event of disability or inability to perform regular service. MEDICAL INSURANCE: Beginning June 1„ 1974, the company will increase its share of payment of the medical insurance premium from 67 per cent to 75 per cent: and to 85 per cent, effective January 1. 1976. The employee’s share of the premium would drop from the present 33 per cent to 15 per cent by January 1, 1976. The maximum coverage of the company's major comprehensive med.cal plan will be increased from SIO,OOO to $25,000 per year, and maternitv benefits will go up from $250 to S4OO for a normal childbirth. LIFE INSURANCE: The schedule of gift insurance benefits will increase from SSOO to SI,OOO at the lowest sepiority step, and from $2,500 to SIO,OOO at the highest step.

2.32 of an inch thick can bo dangerous because they don’t give enough traction for wet ur oily road surfaces. An economical way of insuring good tires is to buy quality r< treads. They cost half the price of equivalent new tires and are now required by law t<> med Federal standards. In fact, fs percent of the world s ait lines and millions of trucks now u-e quality retreads. Mi t r< re.i lets fully guarantee then product, so ask your dealt r about his warrantee. Safety is also important when you're driving great distances. And safety begins with you! Eat lightly; stop for a breather after the lust three hours of travel — and once ivory hundred miles thereafter. Try not to travel more than 450 miles |HT day, so that you om.M : ve your energy and stay alert. But. n.i -t important, have fun. Attend to tla-e sat ty and economy hint-, ami your trip wdl be a carehec and enjoyable expciancc. ■

The monthly premium per thousand dollars of service additional and salary additional insurance for active employees will be lowered from 58 cents per month to 50 cents per month, and from 60 cents per month to 52 cents per month for pensioners. HOLIDAY’S: An additional holiday — the day following Thanksgiving — will be added to the 9’ 4 holidays observed each year prior so the new proposal. Mitchell and Massengill said that if the proposal is ratified 40-hour employees will resume their normal working schedule on Monday, July 8, 1974 . PM School Board The PLJ School Board met on Tuesday evening, June 25, and awarded plaques to two retiring board members. Earl D. Smith, a veteran of 11 years service on the board starting w.th the original consolidation of the district, and board president, Denslow Doll, who has been a member seven and a half years. In other business authorization was given superintendent Harold Muncie, to accept quotation bids for k.tchen equipment for the Urey Middle School. The corporation s satellite lunch program will continue, but deliveries will be in bulk rather than in packages.

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OUE HCDSIER STATE ■IAKUUIaSI beheath us INDIANA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES I 36,000 CUBIC MILES OF , INDIANA'S MINERAL ( S/L uR ) A *• PRODUCING ROCKS 'AND DEVONIAN”/ KOCKS y/' 1 ! AAA ’ .... • The bedrock of our state is composed of 3,000 to 14,000 ' :t of sedimentary rocks which rest on the ancient igneous and metamorphic rocki c. the Precambrian basement complex (more than 600 million years old). This block-diagram resembles a huge lopsided layer cake; each layer represents the rock formations of a different period of geologic time. If this huge cake could be sliced, one would encounter younger rocks at the top and older rocks at the bottom. The sedimentary rocks, limestones, sandstones, shales, and dolomites, arc composed of sediments that formed on ancient >ea floors, deltas, lake beds, etc. The oldest rocks exposed in Hoosierland are those of the Ordovician Period (more than 400 million years old) which crop out in the southeastern part of the state. I r im this region the rock formations dip to the southwest and to the north and neitheast Traveling in any direction from the Ordovician area of outcrop, therefore, one encounters younger rock formations that overlie these ancient sediments. Each geologic period is characterized by one or more mineral resources, fore» ample, the Pennsylvanian rocks contain coal, petroleum, and clay and shale; buildup stone, crushed ston*. gypsum, shale, and petroleum are found in Mississippian rwkv crushed stone is the chief mineral resource cf Devonian. S Im lan, and Ord>\i.;.n r> kx Research done on Indiana's bedrock formations by the Indiana Gcologl.al 8 ir.r> enables this organization to assist Hoosier industries or interested ir.JAiduals in t .ATe and developing new deposits of mineral resourccs-raw nuluLh \ :..l to the economy ot any stale or nation.

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it was noted. The boaid decided to have signs posted around John Gier.n High School to keep unauthorized veh.cles off the school grounds. Authorization was also given the superintendent to hire a reading teacher at Tyner Elementary School for next year for one class a day. Mrs. Phyllis King was hired as a morning bu- driver and James Sperry was hired as custodian at Tyner Elementary es. fective July 1. ' BIRTHS A daughter was born on June 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Williams. route 4. Walkerton, in the LaPorte Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers, North Liberty, are the par.

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ents of a son born on June 2* in the LaPorte Hospital. A daughter was bom on June 29 in the Parkview Hospital Fly. mouth, to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Buchtel, Walkerton. A son was born on Saturday, June 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Not man Bierly, of Walkerton, in the La. Porte Hospital. A daughter was born tc Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Spence, route 2, Walkerton, in the LaPorte Hospital. ABF a minister returned a used car to the dealer and was asked “What's the matter, pac>n? Can't you run it ?” The pastor replied snarplv: “Not and stay in the ministry.' Send a gift a week, .sene Ts > Independen t- News.

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