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VOLUME 9

KCH Drive Tops $ 2 Million Mark

The Kosciusko Community Hospital, Inc., drive for voluntary contributions to build a new hospital facility has passed the $2 million mark, according to a final report last night to the KCH board of directors by John Capurso, drive co-ordinator. The total amount collected and in pledges as of July 24: $2,004,242.88. The group, headed by Robert Maish, president of the Little Crow Milling Company, and J. Alan Morgan, president of the Zimmer Manufacturing Company, set out a month ago with a minimum objective of sl% million. At the time of the kick-off of the drive Maish spoke hopefully of the easy possibility of raising the sl*6 by voluntary contributions, and Morgan said “there is no

Lakeland Board Accepts *2,626,018 Proposed Budget

The 1973 budget for the Lakeland Community School Corporation as proposed by the Board of School Trustees is $2,626,018 for the General Fund, and $524,476 for the Debt Service Fund. Although the 1973 budget shows an increase of $184,597 in the General Fund, additional receipts in miscellaneous income consisting of various fees, interest received on investments and additional money to be received from State sources, will require the raising of only $67,857 additional by tax levy over 1972. This is expected to be raised from an increase in assessed valuation and therefore the advertised levy for the 1973 General Fund will remain the same as 1972, or $4.28. Because assessed valuation figures were unavailable from

1972 1973 Increase Administration $ 67,700 $ 71,000 $ 3,300 Instruction 1,812,591 1,927,223 114,632" Attendance 1,000 1,000 -0Health Service 9,700 9,800 • 100 Transportation 136,075 148,200 12,125 Operation of Plant 238;600 267,070 28,470 Maintenance ’ L. 48,100 48,600 500 Fixed Charges 60,305 84,075 23,770 Community Services 21,050 23,050 2,000 'Capital Outlay 35,800 35,000 -800 Debt Service 5,000 5,000 -0Transfer Account 5,500 6,000 500 Total General Fund $2,441,421 $2,626,018 $184,597 Debt Service Fund $ 422,221 $ 524,476 $102,255

. A big increase is seen in the instruction account shows SB,OOO for the adult education program. This will be reimbursed by fees

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reason why the drive cannot exceed the sl*6 million figure by 25 or 30 per cent.” As it turned out, the goal went over 33 per cent over its minimum objective, and more small contributions are still coming in, Mr. Capurso told the KCH board last night. 2,819 Subscribers . Mr. Capurso told the group there were 2,819 subscribers to the fund drive — 23 were board members, 114 from business and industry, 2,617 from individuals, two from clubs and two from estates. “One real bright side of the campaign,” Mr. Capurso said, “was the success of the in-plant drives. There was a total of 2,404 employees who made contributions to the fund-raising drive.”

the county auditor at the time the budget was being prepared a base figure of $42,300,000 was used for property valuation, a slight increase and the excise figure was held at the same as last year. The debt service fund, although showing an increased budget of $102,255, will not cause a tax increase as the projected payments were incorporated into the 1972 budget as a working balance. X projected increase in assessed valuation will reduce the debt service levy by five cents. The cumulative rate of 40 cents will remain the same for a total rate of $5.52 to be advertised, or an over all reduction of five cents below the 1972 rate. A comparison follows:

charged those who participate but has to be included in the budget. Another $50,000 is for five additional staff members with

Mr. Capurso, who represented the Pittsburg-based professional fund-raising firm of Ketchum, Inc., turned over a well documented report to the KCH board of directors, which included instructions on how to further the drive for more voluntary contributions. Another “scrap book” he kept and turned over to the KCH directors included all that has been written concerning the fundraising drive, including all correspondence. His report said the final drive for voluntary funds could easily reach s2*6 million, a thought that was quickly confirmed by Lawrence Castaldi, president of KCH, and Robert Maish, funddrive chairman. Pleased With Results Mr. Capurso said his company was well pleased with the results

the rest of the increase being salary increases and other miscellaneous expenses. The increase in transportation is for four new buses. Plant operations increases will be due to the new additions at North Webster and Wawasee high school. The Fixed charges increase is due to social security, group insurance and public employees retirement fund increases, while the $2,000 for community service is another recovered amount that must be budgeted. It is for the school corporation’s summer programs. A hearing on the budget will be held in the administrative offices at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31. No Injuries In Two-Car Mishap Samuel G. Aschliman, 83, r 1 New Paris, backed from a parking place Monday and hit a car being operated by Lucy A. Poe, 19, Leesburg. The mishap occurred at 2:35 p.m. at Main and Market street in New Paris. Total damage was listed at $750 to both cars. Aschliman was driving a 1968 Ford and Poe was driving a 1972 Rambler. No injuries were reported to either party. Long And Short Os It Life is long to the miserable, but short to the happy.

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‘Otis Bowen —He Hears You 9 —

GOP Candidate For Governor Hopes To Restore Confidence

Dr. Otis R. Bowen, Republican candidate for governor of Indiana, held an informal briefing with northern Indiana newsmen Monday noon at Nappanee, and quickly pointed to what he considered the overriding issue of the upcoming election. “You folks have heard me say many times that the number one issue in Indiana is the restructuring of our tax system that we are not utterly dependent on the property tax system for collecting revenues,” he said. Other Issues Other issues, in order, he said were: — Education. We need more vocational education training for the non-college oriented students at the high school level. — Roads and highway safety. Health and welfare. We need more physicians in Indiana.

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of the campaign for funds in Kosciusko county. In light of the law suit filed by Hazel Murphy of the Murphy Medical Center at the time of the fund drive kick-off, asking million real and punatiye damages from the doctors involved in a land site purchase and a number of KCH directors, Mr. Capurso said he had his concerns as to what turn in the road the fund drive would take. In fact, he commented, the law suit appeared to steel the community, to insure the drive’s success. Mr. Capurso advised the KCH directors to issue a quarterly report to everyone who has contributed to the drive, stating, “this alone could bring in considerable more money voluntarily.” v ' Mr. Capurso, in His report to

Council For The Retarded Os Kosciusko County To Meet

The 18th annual meeting of the Council for the Retarded of Kosciusko County, Inc., will be held Thursday, July 27, at the Shrine Building at 7 p.m. The call of the meeting is for the election of board members for fiscal year 1973. Guest speaker for the evening will be Carl D. Erskine of Anderson, Mr. Erskine is the general agent for a Fort Wayne, life insurance company, and is vice president of the First National Bank of Anderson. He and his wife are the parents of a retarded child and have been active in the retarded children movement in Madison county. Mr. Erskine is president of the Madison County Association for Retarded Children. . Mr. Erskine is known and remembered nationally for his athletic skills as a professional baseball pitcher. His professional career spanned 12 years with the Dodgers organization. He played ten years with the club in Brooklyn and two years in Los Angeles. For a time after his retirement in 1960, he coached the Anderson college baseball team. During the 12 years of active participation in professional baseball, Mr. Erskine won 124 games. He had two no hit-no run games. (Cubs in 1952, Giants in 1956.) He was the winner of two World Series games against the New York Yankees. For ten years he owned the one game strike out record of 14.

— Constitutional revision. Our state constitution is outdated in many areas. — Social problems, e. g., crime and juvenile delinquency, drugs, lack of respect for law enforcement officers and agencies. A number of other problems will come under discussion, he said, as the campaign gets underway. Confidence In Government The Bremen physician who has been speaker of the Indiana house of representatives for the past two sessions of the general assembly, also alluded to a crisis in confidence with our government. Citizens no longer believe what politicians are saying, that politicians are promising the impossible, he said. "I want to restore confidence in government in Indiana,” Dr. Bowen said. He referred to a lack of

the KCH board of directors last night, told of a number of asides to the thrust of the campaign which were amusing and telling. Small Fry Helped, Too One such case he cited involved Renee Barney, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barney, r 2 Warsaw. He said this little lady gathered up some odds and ends and sold them in her neighborhood, thus raising $19.89, which was sent to his office as part of the contributions made. The voluntary fund drive to raise sl*6 million is for the onsiruction of a proposed 113ted community hospital. Plans called for selling of revenue bonds in the amount of $5 million, while the land site was purchased and donated toward the effort by eight Warsaw physicians. There is a hoped-for ground breaking later this year.

Fithian In Warsaw For Pioneer Days Floyd Fithian, Democratic candidate for Congress, handed out free ice water at Warsaw Pioneer Days Saturday, July 22. His daughter, Judy, assisted him Saturday. She and her sister, Cindy, served the water Friday. Robert Grindle gave Fithian the use of his pick-up truck and milk tank in which the water was kept at an even 35 degrees. Fithian was also in the Pioneer Days parade. Fithian met with Democratic chairman Jack Summe to discuss further campaign plans. They decided on Saturday, July 29, as the next campaign date in Kosciusko county. Between Floyd, Judy, and Cindy, 5,26/ cups of water plus refills were served. Judy, who was there both days, said, "The people I talked to seemed quite friendly and really liked the idea of free ice water.” Fithian, whose parade style is to get out and run beside his car to shake hands with the people, said, "This was the hotest parade day yet. The kind of spirit and cooperation which made the pioneer days successful is the same kind of spirit which keeps America great.” Definition ‘ Hula-Hula: Wild-waist show. —Tradewinds, Honolulu.

credibility of our political figures in the state and nation who speak in glowing terms they cannot possibly fulfill. Politicians must listen and hear the people. ‘He Hears You’ “In fact, the slogan of our campaign is ‘Otis Bowen — He Hears You’.” He spoke of the “honest differences” between incumbent Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb and himself, but said Gov. Whitcomb had endorsed his candidacy. Dr. Bowen said he wants to improve Indiana highways, with emphasis on roads 31, 41, and 37 having top priority. When asked about his effort to seek more matching federal funds, Dr. Bowen said it is “ridiculous” that Indiana should rank 50th down the list in receiving federal monies. In-

■l, ajw wi ... .... ; i _ —i df! fey * FREY VEHICLE — Above is Brucy M. Frey’s 1968 Cadillac which hit the Flowing Well structure at the state rest area early Saturday morning, demolishing it and seriously injuring Delbert Dean Wallace, 38, Burket. Frey, a Syracuse attorney, was not injured.

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Burket Mun Hospitalized After Accident At The Flowing Well

A Burket man, well known in the Milford area, is a patient in the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne as the result of an unusual accident at the Flowing Well park south of North Webster at 1:12 Saturday morning. Delbert Dean Wallace, 38, was taken to the Murphy Medical Center at Warsaw for emergency treatment and transferred to the Fort Wayne hospital with fractures, including several broken ribs, unknown internal injuries and multiple abrasions and laceration about the body.- He is still undergoing tests but has been removed from the critical list. Syracuse Driver Wallace’s injuries came about when a car driven by Bruce M. Frey, 29, Syracuse, smashed into the flowing well located at the park. Wallace had stopped to get a drink and was standing at the well when it was hit. Frey was uninjured. Three passengers in his car, however, were treated at the Murphy Medical Center. They were county prosecuting attorney R. Steven Hearn, 35, Syracuse, who sustained minor injuries and was examined for a scalp laceration; his wife, Delores, 28, who was treated for broken glass in a finger; and Frey’s wife, Jackie, 26, who sustained a chin

diana can get SSO million federal money for water and sewage treatment plants if it only comes up with matching funds. “We pay the taxes to the federal government,” he said, “and if we don’t claim it on a matching basis, our taxpayers pay twice for building its local service facilities.” He said federal money is available for mental retardation, mentally handicapped, law enforcement and many other important programs where Indiana is standing short. To Big For Trudy He spoke in favor of a strong laison office with the federal government. “The job is simply too big for Trudy (Etherton),” he said. Mrs. Etherton was defeated in her bid for re-election as state auditor and Governor Whitcomb put her in charge of the license bureau, later naming her lai c on

laceration and bruises about the face and knee. The auto driven by Frey, who the county’s deputy prosecutor and Syracuse town attorney, was northbound on state road 13 and apparently became confused in the fog with the headlights of the Wallace vehicle parked at the well sight and attempted to pass the vehicle on the right side, slamming into the well where Wallace was standing. Wallace’s car was parked on the east side of the road with the lights left burning. Mrs. Wallace

Open Modular Home Plant At Milford Keith Tobias, r 1 Leesburg, has opened a modular home manufacturing plant in Milford, and expects to have the first home come off the new assembly line Friday. With approximately 15 years’ experience in mobile home and modular home construction, he was plant manager for Hodges Housing in North Carolina for the past two years, and co-ordinator' for the five plants of Pacemaker Corp, in Elkhart for seven years

officer with the federal government. In an aside Dr. Bowen said Spiro Agnew will help the national ticket and predicted President Nixon will run strong against Senator McGovern in November in Indiana, “perhaps better than against any candidate the Democrats could have nominated.” He warned fellow Republicans against complacency, stating “the Democratic candidate for president has shown a hidden talent or he wouldn’t be the Democratic nominee today.” Registration When reminded that the Democrats plan a massive registration program, Dr. Bowen said the majority of college students are Democrats while the majority of non-college youth (of which there are more) are Republicans. “We welcome a

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had remained in the car and was not injured. Fr6y told investigation officer Richard Fehnel of the sheriff’s department he was traveling at approximately 35 miles per hour at the time of the impact. Fehnel listed damage to the 1968 Cadillac owned by Frey at $3,000. The Flowing Well structure was demolished with the roof toppling over cm the top of Frey’s vehicle. Wallace, whose condition is reported to be fair, is a former Mail-Journal employee.

prior to that. His new company is known as Future Modular Homes and occupies the south buildings of what was the Cecil Foods, Inc., north of Milford, and seven acres of ground. Mr. Tobias plans to operate on a modest scale until he can get several houses up in the Milford area which he can show at an open house. O. A. Lambert will be working with him as sales manager. < ‘ Returned To Florida Miss Debbie Stahley \ has returned to her Miami, Fla., home following a week’s visit with her mother, Mrs. Isabelle Stahley at Syracuse Lake.

massive registration,” he said. ' He said he felt he has shown compassion for the “little people” of Indiana, and said the warehouse business in Indiana is virtually non-existent due to the heavy property tax. Capital Punishment The GOP candidate said he has had a change of heart about capital punishment. “In 1965 I voted against capital punishment,” he said, “but I have changed my mind in light of the Speck case in Chicago and the Manson case in California.” He added that capital punishment should never be administered in passion, however. Dr. Bowen is being opposed by Mathew E. Welsh, Indiana governor from 1961 to 1965 who is seeking re-election. If Welsh is successful, he would be the second man in Hoosier history to be governor two terms.