Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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20 News New towing policy for students A 'hiya v?f5':: '- Efzkfifi F511-M F21 7,14 4, , Dr Drummond catches up on some umportant reading as he goes between the Science bunldnng and Parsons Hall, QD Averittj

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Police department makes unusual investigations The main office and two warehouses of the Dixx Lumber Com- pany received an estimated S500,000 of damage during a fire in February. Lightening was believed to have been the cause of the fire. Terre Haute Fire Chief, LeRoy Shipley was indicted by a special Vigo Grand Jury after charges of irregularities in the local government had been investigated. It was learned that the high school portion of the Laboratory school will be phased out under a new contractual proposal made by the Vigo County School Corporation. The sophomore, junior, and senior levels will be closed by the 1978-79 school year. Declining stu- dent population and financial problems led to the Vigo County School Corporation's final decision. Seven Terre Haute men, in- cluding a senior vice president ofthe Indiana State Bank of Terre Haute, were served arrest warrants by the Terre Haute Police Department after a new phase of investigation to target on white collar and organized crime. The charges of crime involved were arson or connection with arson. The warrants and arrest were the results of four to five months of in- vestigation by the Terre Haute Police Department. William Brighton won the Mayor position for a second term with over 2,000 votes more than his opponent Lee Larrison, a former Republican Mayor. Later the Brighton administra- tion was checked out by the Board of Accounts for two business transac- tions that accured in 1973 and on transaction in 1974 where equipment was bought that cost over 34,000 without advertising or receiving bids. In Indiana a purchase by a city of over 84,000 must have had advertised and competitive bids. Brighton stated the allegation of wrong doings were pure politics, The Grand Jury investigated the alleged corruption in the local government. Vietnamese refugees made Terre Haute their new home with professors, Churchs and other com- munity organizations sponsoring them. Some of the refugees that were housed in Terre Haute had been former students at ISU. Schulte high school students won a battle with the Terre Haute Deanery Board of Catholic Education to keep the private Catholic school open. The decision to close the school was made on Thursday, students took action immediately after the decision to close the school had been made. It was agreed that if students could come up with enough money the Board would consider reversing their decision. Local restaurants, clubs, Churchs, faculty, alumni, and friends pledged money to help keep the school open. As well as a walk-a-thon was held on Sunday. By Monday it was estimated that more than 356,000 had been pledged. The decision to keep the school open was met with wild applause from everyone that attended the meeting and those that waited in the gym for the final deci- sion. Principal Jerre Cline noted Local businesses and industries showed their support for the school. and the activity resulted in a Bandwagon effect .' '

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RCTC demonstration gets attention Chief Quabachi finally got his ln- dian maiden. Cheryl Vetter, Anderson freshman, did her victory dance with Chief Bill Kennedy for the first time in lSU's history. A crowd gathered on the quad at lunchtime to watch ROTC members rappelling down the west side of Tirey Memorial Union Building. ROTC members reppelled 85 feet down the wall at a recruiting demonstration. The ROTC group consisted of five ISU students, five Rose-Hulman students. and two students from St. Mary of the Woods, who demonstrated two different techniques of rappelling. Patti PaImore's 1972 Vega GT was the center of a dispute when it was towed away in January and Safety and Security refused to tell her where it was until she paid S30 in parking fines. The Frankfort freshman said a Safety and Security investigater called her eight days after the auto was towed away from Lincoln Quad loading dock. The car was at the Mid- town Auto Body garage she was told. Vice president for Business Af- fairs J. Kenneth Moulton said Safety and Security director George Kern had assured him that Palmore had been told where her car was. The dispute over the Palmore auto has changed an ongoing policy according to Moulton. Under the new policy, students are to be told im- mediately when the car is towed away and where it has been towed. The new policy allows a student to reclaim impounded vehicles by paying just the towing charge to the towing firm. A student need not pay parking fines before reclaiming his car, he said. Aaren A. Nicoson, 19, Brazil, a freshman, was killed when her car lost control and struck a tree on U.S. 40 one-quarter mile west of the Staunton Road junction. Nicoson graduated from Brazil High School in 1975 and was major- ing in home economics and interior design. She worked part time in the business department as a secretary. Football player Fred Rensing received a serious neck injury in a Saturday morning workout at Memorial Stadium. The Belleville. Illinois native was injured on the third play of a punt return drills prior to the full intrasquad scrimmage as he and his teammates moved downfield to recover a punt. Rensing arrived at the receiver at the same time as the ball. with his head receiving a whiplash- type blow, resulting in two dislocated vertebrae. A trip to Turkey Run State Park led to the death of David Bennett, 20. Petersburg junior, when he slipped from a thin ledge and fell 50 feet into Sugar Creek. Bennett, a resident of Sandison Hall, was pronounced dead on arrival. The death occured in a restricted area, west of the suspension bridge. Bennett left campus with friends for a day's outing after classes were cancelled for D-day, the Campus wide clean-up day.