Paper India de of Rib the on Inest Year Tribune VOL. 43, NO. 363 MARION, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1973 2 SECTIONS 20 PAGES: 2 20 PAGES: NEWSSTAND P.RICE. 15 4 Surprise appeal seeks rehearing i Freedom By JERRY MILLER. C-T Staff Writer Edith Louise Schmidt's dreams of freedom were delayed Thursday.
A court ruling clearing the road for release of the imprisoned Marion woman was blocked, at least temporarily, by a surprise appeal. Her hopes for parole and the beginning of what she had described Wednesday as new life" were stalled. Attorney General Theodore Sendak filed a petition with the Indiana Supreme Court Thursday, seeking a rehearing of the court's Aug. 22 decision that would reduce Mrs. Schmidt's prison sentence.
Mrs. Schmidt, given a life sentence by a Portland jury in 1967, would have, been granted a two-to-21-year term under the state court's ruling. dream delayed came The on news the of same the appeal by. Sendak year-old Marion woman said Wednes- painting morning the Marion and written poems during woman was scheduled to be day during an interview with the stay at the penal institution. officially.
Chronicle-Tribune in the Jay County She said she planned to live in Do, 311 resentenced in the same Jay County Jail. "I didn't feel like I would be punCircuit Courtroom where she had been ished for something I didn't do. apolis after her expected release convicted of first-degree murder in the And, she added: to work at a prison and hoped death of her Larry Lee "I think prison has taught me how to home or Schmidt, whose dismembered "I'd just like to take the been found in the basem*nt of the body Mar- had reach out to people, because there I've had and talk to young people, ion couple's home in 1966. you're surrounded by people with prob- ple with problems let them "This came as a surprise to a us," said lems. You learn to help each other.
This where they're headed," Mrs. her attorney, Patrick Ryan -of experience has also taught me a lesson; said. "Maybe I can prevent ion, after Thursday's developments. -Mar---it's taught me how to appreciate free like what happened to me from dom. When you have freedom, you just ing to someone else." "They I don't usually know don't why ask the for a attorney rehearing don't know how much it means until She also indicated she hoped eral did gen- you're locked reunited with her 15-year-old Less this." than 24 hours before the state Mrs.
Schmidt said she had worked as Jimmy Goodwin, presently in action sidetracked her dreams of free- a 'librarian at the prison for the past dren's home in dom, Mrs. Schmidt had talked of how three years, had completed her high "He's a very mixed-up child she never gave hope she. would be school education, taken some business kept writing me letters, saying he I up and home nursing courses, participated me and wanted to be with me. "No, I never did give the 31- in the prison choir and some charity want to give him a home, something projects, cultivated an interest in oil (Continued back page this State police head dis discloses es retirement ent JASPER, Ind. (AP) State Police Supt.
Robert K. Konkle, whose policies have come under attack recently, said Thursday he will retire Oct. 1. Konkle's departure has been rumored repeatedly this year. The superintendent, a 30-year veteran of the department, told The Asso-.
ciated Press by telephone he had not intended to disclose his retirement plans at this time, but decided to do so Stockpile depleted C-T still facing newsprint shortage Although some of the factors causing a shortage of newsprint from Canada have eased, the Chronicle-Tribune just as all other newspapers across the nation is faced with a serious shortage of Some paper mills have returned to work, but Richard B. Thomas, of the Chronicle-Tribune, pointed out Thursday that the mill. which supplies the C-T is still on strike. "Even if all mills began working around the clock," Thomas said, "it would be impossible for them to catch, up 'with the newsprint demand." He said that newspapers customarily stockpile paper during the year to provide for the larger number of pages printed during the last three months of the year. "But now," Thomas said, "all those reserves have been used merely to keep Although the Chronicle-Tribune at present is not faced with a critical newsprint problem, Thomas said the shortage will remain through the rest of the year.
"We certainly have been pleased at the excellent response and understanding from our readers to some of the hard decisions we have had to make. We will continue to try and improve the content of our newspaper, but we still face many hard "Each decision," he said, "will be at giving our readers the best possible no Mrs. Edith Louise Schmidt of Marion managed a smile Thursday as she walked back to the Jay County Jail at Portland, despite a last-minute setback in plans to secure her release from, prison. A reduction in her prison sentence, ordered last month by the Indiana Supreme Court, was delayed Thursday when an appeal was filed by Indiana Attorney General Theodore Sendak. Mrs.
Schmidt, convicted in the 1966 dismemberment slaying of her husband in their northeast Marion home, has been in the Indiana Women's Prison for six years. (Chronicle-Tribune Colorphoto by L. Richard Young) Friday in the PRESIDENT NIXON vetoed a bill to raise the federal minimum' wage to $2 an hour. Page 16. SEVEN GUARDS at the Indiana State Prison were suspended for refusing to.
enter cells occupied by dissident inmates. Page 20. A $5.2 MILLION budget for 1974 was approved for Grant County. Page 11. Area 11 Classified 16-19 Deaths 10 Editorials.
8 9 Society 2-4 Sports 12-15 Theater 15 The weather Mostly sunny and mild today and Saturday with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Fair and cool tonight with lows in the low 50s. High Thursday, 78; low, 60. 4, after they were reported Thursday. "There was no pressure," Konkle said.
"I have reached the maximum pension this year." Konkle, 'first appointed superintendent -in 1969 by former Gov. Edgar D. Whitcomb, said she had wanted to stay on to see completion of the new state police buildings and some other projects he had started. Actually, construc-, tion of a new state headquarters, four area headquarters and some district posts has been delayed because Gov. Otis R.
Bowen wants the overall plan re-examined. Bowen, who reappointed Konkle and repeatedly 'denied reports the superintendent: would be replaced, said, "I know this is going to be misunderstood. I did not know of the superintendent's retirement plans and I have, no one in mind to take his place." Konkle said he had intended to talk to Bowen before announcing his retire- Outdoor education Lilly Development "of an 'outdoor education program for Marion Community Schools in Wabash County has been delayed with the announcement that Lilly Endowment, Indianapolis, has decided not to support the project. Marion Community Schools sought a $77,000 grant from the foundation to develop a wooded area in' Wabash County along Ind. 124, north of.
Mississinewa Lake. The proposal prepared by the school system included $29,000 for purchase. of the land from the Northern Indiana Charged with instigating Yablonski killings Boyle arrested for murders PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) Former nearby Clarksville, on New Year's D.C., shortly after the conspiracy United Mine Workers President W.A. Eve, 1969.
indictment was returned. Yablonski's son, witnessed the arrest. 1969, six months before the killings, the "Tony" Boyle was charged with mur- The charges were handed up here "I and told newsmen 'afterward: "We've affidavit said. der and arrested Thursday in the and basis of don't know what it's all about" waited a long time." in Washington, on the Boyle told newsmen as he was escorted The state murder Boyle told Turnblazer and Albert Yablonski family slayings. disclosures from William J.
Turnblazer, by FBI agents to a waiting car. He two warrants filed in charges were in Pass, the other UMW official, "that Almost simultaneously, the deposed a middle-level UMW official who was made other statement, pre- Washington. Yablonski ought to be killed or done union chieftain and hand-picked heir of quoted by investigators as saying Boyle viously has denied any knowledge of the County Yablonskis Court, resided. the county in which' the away with," the document said. the late John L.
Lewis also was indicted instigated the murder plot. killings. The affidavit went on to quote Turnon federal conspiracy charges stem- Like Boyle, Turnblazer was charged If convicted on either the state or The warrants were accompanied by blazer as saying that he, Boyle and Pass ming from the case. with murder on the state level and with federal charges, Boyle could be sen- trooper affidavit who from said a Turnblazer. Pennsylvania told state him.
joined together to embezzle $20,000 in an The developments' climaxed conspiracy by a federal grand jury tenced to life in prison. union money to finance the murders. years of arrests and trials which fol- He pleaded guilty to the federal conspir- Boyle was taken into custody after Yablonski murder plot in mid-1969. initiated" In Philadelphia, Richard Sprague, Boyle "instigated and the lowed the murders of UMW insurgent acy charge at once, and publicly' he gave a deposition in a union-related special state prosecutor in the killings, Joseph "Jock" Yablonski and acknowledged his role in the case. -suit in Washington.
Boyle called Turnblazer and a third. said he hoped Boyle would be transYablonski's wife and daughter in Boyle was arrested in Washington, Joseph Yablonski, the slain office UMW official to a 'meeting in ferred to Pennsylvania within the next in Washington, D.C., June 23, week. Fluidly speaking, that is Marion may 1 be in for hard times He said he probably would confer with him today. Konkle said he made his decision to retire after receiving a job offer that he described as "better in a sense." However, he said the person who extended the offer since has died and confirmation of his new post awaits reorganization of the firm. He did not name the company or.
reveal its location. Konkle; a native of Versailles, will retire at $430 a month plus a percentage for each year over 20. Konkle: will retire October 1 program rejects Council of the United Methodist Church, and additional money to develop the site, provide staff and curriculum, and fund transportation for Marion students to the area. The Marion School Board an $8,000 down payment on the land purchase June 27. The agreement provided that the board would have until Dec.
31 to raise the balance of $21,000. At that time, the church group could decide whether to grant an additional. six months for fund-raising efforts. Ifthe additional funds are not found, the Konkle has been under fire by minorjity groups for the few black troopers in his department. Only three Negroes are on the force and all were hired before Konkle became superintendent.
State Rep. Robert Freeland, D-Gary, charged Konkle last month with making racial discrimination. a department policy and demanded the superintendent's resignation. Freeland, calling state police minority recruiting programs a farce, said several Negroes qualified for the force been eliminated on technicalities. The next day Mrs.
T. Beatrice Holland, another Bowen appointee as director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission, announced she had ordered a thorough investigation the department's hiring policies. Konkle insisted his department was actively trying to recruit minorities; but he said few had applied and most of those who did were unqualified. project $8,000 would be -returned to the school corporation. When the proposal was presented to the school board, it was stated that every effort would be made to finance the project without tax money.
Ray Lockwood, administrative assistant and developer of the proposal to Lilly Endowment, said the proposal was turned down because it "does not fall within the scope of recently established goals and priorities" of Lilly The foundation generally have been made to regional; rather than local projects. 9 Lockwood said proposals on the environmental education project have been sent to other foundations, but he added a local fund-raising drive would be more meaningful. "A few years ago, the community raised $72,000 to send the Marion High School Band to Europe," Lockwood said. "That shows what the community's potential is when they get behind a project. I hope we could get the same kind of support for environmental The proposal already has been endorsed by several including- the Environmental 1 ness Council and Izaak Walton League.
Spokesmen for the United Methodist Church said the land, formerly used as a church camp, has been sought by developers, but the organization would prefer to see the land used for educational purposes if possible. The property includes representative examples of most' trees, plants and wildlife native to Indiana. waite mentioned RCA Corp. and Foster- Both firms submitted price bids of $27 a installation of a water main along S. Forbes Glass Co.
as two plants in the ton for the chemical. Harrison Street, from 41st Street to 38th city who require softened water in their Jones Chemical Beech Grove, Strect, a water tap at 1008 E. 38th St. manufacturing processes. and Warsaw Chemical Warsaw, and the advertisem*nt for bids on the Any switch to another chemical in were awarded the contract for supply- purchase of two new raw sewage pumps the water treating process at the city's ing chlorine to the city in 1974.
The for the city sewage treatment plant. two water plants would require Indiana firms quoted a price of $160 a ton for the Board of Health approval, according to water -treatment chemical. The board tabled requests for water the waterworks superintendent. Also submitting chlorine bids were service at a new industrial park at 16th The utilities board did receive bids Midwest Chemical Chicago, $165 Street and Miller Avenue and sewer Thursday on two other chemicals used a ton, and Ulrich Chemical Indi- service at 39th and Houck streets. for water treatment.
anapolis, $164 a ton. Board members present were James The bids of Marblehead Lime In other action, the utilities board Leech, Henry Briedenbaugh, Mrs. Fay Chicago, and Mississippi Lime approved water and sewer taps in the Newbauer and Ross Absent, Alton, were accepted by the board proposed Deer Creek Village develop- were Jack Kightlinger, Gordon Buehler 1 for providing lime to the city next year. ment at the south edge of Marion, and Clay Moody. Foo CENTS: Hard times may be coming for Marion water users.
seemed to be the message: Thursday as the Marion Utilities Serv- ice Board failed to receive any bids from suppliers of one chemical used to remove hardness from city water. Waterworks officials indicated they had anticipated a shortage of the chemical, soda ash, and were investigating possible alternative methods for processing: city water Any shortage of the water softening chemical would not become acute until next year, however, ing to utilities her Indianfrom nursing experience peosee' Schmidt something happen- to be son, a chil- and he loved I just he section) Waterworks Supt. Phil Satterthwaite said supplies of soda ash used with lime to remove hardness from water had dwindled because of pollution problems associated with the manufacture of the chemical. Only one firm, BASF Wyandotte of Wyandotte, had submitted a bid for supplying the city's soda ash needs this Wyandotte and another firm, Allied Chemical Corp. of Palatine, submitted letters Thursday; reporting they would be unable to, submit for supplying the chemical to" the city, in.
1974. Satterthwaite said the city. would be supplied with the chemical for the remainder of this year and might be able to stock some soda ash for the early part of 1974. The waterworks official said he was studying the possibility of using a caustic soda as a substitute for the scarce chemical. Satterthwaite noted that the caustic soda was more expensive than the chemical presently in use and was "harder to handle," requiring special storage tanks and temperature control.
The waterworks official said the soda ash shortage could cause serious problems for several industries if no substitute can be found. SatterthDE.
