The Dearborn County Register from Lawrenceburg, Indiana (2024)

January 20, 1977

Publication:

The Dearborn County Registeri

Location:

Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Issue Date:

Thursday, January 20, 1977

Page:

2

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2-A THE REGISTER January 20 1977 Sate of stolen hamburger patties gives police key to several local burglaries would have found it without some he said -Assisting in' the attic search where the merchandise was found was Lawrenceburg patrolman Charles Ashley and Detective Lt Steve Heffelmire of Dearborn Coun- -ty Police Dept Sgt Chuck Evans along -with Chief Cunningham and other Lawrenceburg officers arrested three of the Juveniles Saturday Sgt Evans made the first arrest at one suspect's resid- ence A second suspect came -to Lawrenceburg Police Sutton after being contacted by telephone and the third was arrested later Chief Cunningham was contacted by Sgt Greves and trapper Theobald Sunday night with information on the fourth Juvenile All the youths are Lawrenceburg residents and Greendale according to po lice The two latest burglaries occurred either late Saturday Jan or early Sunday Jan 9 at Burger Chef and and Auto Supply' almost seems they were Uking orders for some of Cunningham said while looking over the collection of merchandise recovered -by police were selective in what they took so they must have known what they Police got their first break in the case when Sgt Hatmaker of Cfeves contacted Chief Cunningham with information a subject had sold boxes of hamburger patties to individual! in a Cfeves restaurant He was of the Burger Chef break-in and suspected the hamburger might have been token In that burglary Ashley and I went to Cfeves to Ulk to Sgt Hatmaker and he gave us the name of the person who had been selling the hamburger" the chief reported He said the Juveniles involved admitted selling some of the stolen merchan- disc Jmt police have hopes of tracing it through information obtoined during questioning of the youths In each of the fireak-ins entry by breaking glass windows At the Burger Chef a glass door also was broken and damage was estimated at $lsto to $2000 Besides the hamburger a tool box and tools valued at about $90 was token The four Juveniles are scheduled to be arraigned in Dearborn Juvenile Cfiurt Friday morning Chief Cunningham said the youths also are suspects in several car breaker which have occurred in remit weeks in nearby Ohio Frozen Ohio Rivar keeps ceal barges away from -plant lalh back an atackpila to kaap operating Staff Hedger photo Frozen river cuts off barges' as plant turns to its coal stockpile The sale -of hamburger patties stolen from Burger Chef Restaurant Lawrence-' burg provided police with the key to solving a series of burglaries occurring in Lawrenceburg and neighboring Hamilton County (Rife during the past two months all started with those Lawrenceburg Police Chief Russell Cunningham said Wednesday JSn 19 while taking inventory on a large quantity of stolen merchandise which police recovered Chief Cunningham's department assisted by Indiana State Police arrested three Juveniles in the city Saturday fourth youth was arrested trooper Jim Theobald of Indiana State Police Tuesday night Sgt Donald Hatmaker of Oeves '(Ohio) Police Dept and Detective Henry Schafer of Hamilton County (Ohio) Dept' assisted in the investigation Trooper Theobald and Sgt Ken Greves -are the Indiana State Police officers Involved in the case Besides the break-in at Burger Chef the Juveniles are accused of being responsible for burglaries at Dearborn Tire Mart Eads Parkway (US SO) between Aurora and Lawrenceburg and and Auto Supply Dry Fork Rdnear Harrison Ohio -A recent burglary at a construction trailer owned by Clarence Geyer Ludfow Hill Lawrenceburg has been traced to the Juveniles too' police said In addition Chief Cunningham said the youths apparently are-involved with the theft and stripping of autos taken from Dearborn Car Wash Eads Parkway near the Aurora city limits and Lawrenceburg Gulf 45 Eads Parkway Police said a 1971 Pinto wag stolen (Torn the Jot at Lawrenceburg Gulf A 1974 Oldamobile Cutlass was stolen from the used car lot located at Dearborn Car Wash Chief Cunningham noted both autos had been complete-' ly stripped before they were recovered He added six new tires and four chrome wheels valued at about $500 were taken from Dearborn Tire Mart According to Richard Wei-nle owner' of and Auto Supply the robbery at his business netted thieves to $3000 worth of assorted auto supplies Some stolen items were- parts specially built for use on race ears Chief Cunningham said tools equipment and electrical supplies taken in the break-in at the Gever construction trailer are valued at about $2000 Sgt Greves said the juve-are acquaintances of each other but he added police have determined all four youths were not involved in all the burglaries as a team Police recovered moat of the stolen merchandise from the attic of a Lawrenceburg residence where it had been hidden Chief Cunningham said one Juvenile gave police a hint aa to location of the stolen goods probably by STEWART HEDGER Managing Editor Ice-bound Ohio River barge traffic ia at a virtual atandatiU ahd that meana probiema for Indiana Michigan Electric Co's Tannera Creek Pivision renceburg which dependa on the river for ita coal aupply The problem ia not critical at thia point aa Herbert A Biaainger plant-manager aaid Wednesday morning has a SOtiay stockpile of coal which will tide the plant through the current emergency -unless the weather has more surprises So far in January the weather has pulled Just about every stunt in its bag of tricks with the possible exception of a windstorm and even wind has been a major factor at limiting work on an important maintenance project Bissinger said that during the put weeks' sub-zero weather when a Cincinnati area official low temperature record of 24 degrees below aero wu set plant workers suffered bum a 40- to SOdegree chill factor And that 40 to SO factor wu Just on the ground Workmen on the maintenance project on Unit 4 were in the midst of flue and duct work sbme 60 to 100 feet above the ground wu almost impossible on some said Bissinger of the Unit 4 work getting clou to having that work completed and the unit back in -operation lost a week or a week and a half due to the cold but the repair work is essentially completed and the unit should be back in service this week" While this work hu been partially shutdown Tanners Creek's yard depar- tment hu been forced by necessity suffer through the cold ping to two 12 -hour daily work shifts to feed and keep the plant's huge boilers in opera- uon not getting any coal in off the river so operating off our explained Bissinger means a lot of extra work The stockpiles are frozen and have to be broken up with tractors blades and other equipment think we've got a recoverable coal supply of 20 days using local contractors to use their trucks to haul coaj from one stockpile to another due to the' split coal-handling method we have here certainly lie doing that if we were getting deliveries off the river We're having difficulties and requiring a lot of extra handling hauling and breaking up the frozen coal" While the US Corps of Engineers says the Ohio River is not completely closed to barge traffic Bissinger uid workers uw only one towboat with covered-barges making its way downriver Tuesday None were seen going upriver got a tow with about 16 barges of coal below Louisville" he uid they make any headway and have tied up down there With the ice thick it is I don't know if one or two warm days will help us get it He did note that on one recent day of wanner temperatures the ice broke up to some degree and a fester flow wu seen on the river Meanwhile he uid harbor boat hu been running around the plant's river cells 'and unloading facilities along the Indiana bank to keep the ice broken up much possible "We're keeping a clou watch on the Biuinger uid "A auick thaw could be even more disastrous to us than a freeze That's what really worried about a quick thaw'' He uid hu some empty barges' tied to the cells and is making contingency plan should a thaw hit There many empty barges at the plant at this time and most can be moored inside the cells The upriver-most ceil is a large icebreaking cell protecting and inhibiting potential damage to the smaller cells downriver One contingency would -be -pushing some empty barges into Tanners Creek's mouth Just below the plant 'Biuinger uid the 3(kday coal stockpile should see the plant through the current crisis with no plant shutdown foreseen baring another freeze or if the weather should stay sub-zero another 10 days and a quick thaw follow we have a quick thaw there could be a quick runoff If the Ohio's tributaries break loose we could get flood-like conditions and well have huge chunks of ice floating down the river at a high he uid the river cornu up and we have a flood it would get mean Huge chunks traveling fut would really have a destructive force that would try tor rip everything out why got that icebreaker cell upriver from our smaller cells but marinu and anything smaller along the river stand a chains The been also brought to a standstill the 6100 million envfro-nmental construction project adding hydro-static precipitators to the fly ash emission controls However Bissinger wu expecting work to resume and he spoke by telephone with REGISTER PUBLICAr TIONS he noted hear some beating on steel out there on the project hu been sporadic the lut couple of he uid with absenteeism and the harsh temperatures We were entirely shutdown but only a minimum amount of work is being Schafer inspect loot recovered from attic of Lawrenceburg residence Staff Ubbert photo Police Chief Russell Cunningham right Richard WeMe and Detective i CAROL ANNOUNCES HER co*ckTAIL HOURS AT THE MMMMNNnMNNMMaNNNNSNaNWMNSMMMM Schools resurmtoday BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH Ludfav and fobsaco SL TNs Ia a church that rarity boHcvos in the tranitonu human Sis This ia a church that gr al Christ to his This is a church that bai lores hi building people up not Wo how planty at paridng i Cams aa you are in yaur taodfr csr John McBride Pastor 537-0361 537-2251 the schools buildings as well as hazardous roads have delayed school openings' Farms have difficulties (rent toned front poge 1-A) cows are grained qt milking time and abo get a daily ration of hay Sfekman has hay in the born but has fought snow drifts to haul large bales outside There has only been one calf born in the Sfekman hard since the record cold spell hit and he saved it by getting it inside and away from the cold calf have made it if I taken it inside and placed it under a heat Sfekman said noting he will have to watch the had closely to save other calves if the cold wester continues one was prepared as Ubmr) 1 Road crews -draw praise from officials (Caatfamed Am page 1-A) Motorola to complete the survey and make a recommendation as to the needs' Connolly seconded the motion and then made his own motion to investigate prospects of acquiring a CB transceiver for -the county garage -base autlon if funds are available Meyer seconded the motion Lawrenceburg and South Dearborn schoola are resum- ing operation today (Thursday) after being closed for several weeks due to hazard- ous weather Sun man Dearborn Schools are remaining cloned due to hazardous roads Lawrenceburg schools opened at their regular times today But Dearborn Schools operated On Plan a two-hourdelay If weather conditions become hazardous South Dearborn as well as Lawrenceburg and Sunman-Dearborn will operate on regular sched-- ules Friday Heating probiema within Tobacco mart resumes sale (Continued freni puge 1-A) little on the outside but should be alright when its bnwght under Sfeknuursaid Sfekman like Dibble and moat other focal tobacco growers waits for his tobacco to come in case naturally It has been a long wait this jyear and no one knows for sure when the growers will be able to finish up there 1976 crop It's already getting ckee to the time when tobacco grower! hive to start prepar- ing beds for the 1977 i ATTENTION PASTORS SUNDAY SCHOOL -SUPERINTENDENTS Wo are now taking orders tor the SPRING Sunday School Quarter i Yen appreciate our esurtsaus perianal sanies and your all ento Gracious ohu'na- Happening Evenr -TUESDAY-FRIDAY 5-7PM Wo offer STANDARD CONCORDIA SCRIPTURE PRESS SWEET and ethers Wo stoch two domination tit* tor your for the extreme cold weelherj Sitting in on the meeting and we have to watch our was Sheriff Jim Wismana who Cat i ysurardwlnrttfda Your Favorite Beverage Carol's Smile GOLDEN RULE DIBIT CTNTEB 219 Exporting 926-3552 Aurora -Ysur store hr ad your church and Christian hom*o animals pretty Sfek-man said Many focal beef and dairy cattle farmers be readied this week Repeated calls found farmers at their barns apparently doing normal chores or trying to cope with problems brought about by the cold weather-: suggested erecting repealer at the county's north and south ends might be the most economical method of establishing better communications Meyer abo moved with Connollx seconding the motion the county highway make application for a CB license a i.

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