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Officials wary of power lines near Grissom base

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PERU, Ind. (AP) — Local officials worry that a proposed electric transmission line could block future runway construction at northern Indiana’s Grissom Air Reserve Base and harm economic development in the area.

Miami County commissioners are asking project leaders to drop a route that would place the transmission lines and towers about 2 miles south of Grissom’s runway, the Kokomo Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/TpYCIr ).

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