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PAC pass Contributions 'addictive/ Jacobs says in swearing off

Last of a Series By JAN CARROLL Associated Press Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Rep Andrew Jacobs Jr., D-Ind., remembers the day he decided never to accept another contribution from a political action committee. “There was an incident in 1976 when a lobbyist whose PAC organization had contributed to my campaign in 1974 began twisting my arm as I emerged from the Ways and Means Committee where I had cast a vote which displeased him,” he said. “He reminded me his organization contributed to my campaign and I had just voted against their interests. I told him, ‘Take your hands off the suit, creep.’ That was the moment I resolved there would be no more PAC contributions in my campaigns.” Since that day, the congressman from Indianapolis has refused offers of financial help from the myriad special interests that donate to political campaigns at all levels. “The decision was not one that was immediately and happily accepted by my friends,” Jacobs said. “They thought it was a foolish sacrifice. They said, ‘After all, it’s legal. You could continue to take them and work to change the law.’ But I think the law sometimes follows examples.” Jacobs said only about 11 of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives don’t accept funds from political action committees, also known as PACs. But he doesn’t look down on those who do. “I condemn no one who accepts PACs. I would be condemning myself because I used to accept PACs,” he said. According to Jacobs, PAC contributions set up a subtle conflict of interest. The money, he said, influences the recipients subconsciously to vote the donor’s interests. I “I think PAC contributions are addictive. I don’t think people react to lobbying organizations that make these contributions Out of gratitude. It’s simply that another fix is going to be necessary two years from now.” The congressman, running for re-election to a ninth term, said he doesn’t regret his decision. “But almost every campaign I go through it

Doctors amazed at twin's

survival outside the uterus

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Doctors say a twin’s survival of an abdominal pregnancy is extraordinary. The rare birth of twins who developed on opposite sides of their mother’s uterine wall has amazed doctors from throughout the country, Dr. Dennis L. Pippenger said Thursday. Tye Andrew Watts, who weighed four pounds, 12 ounces, was born in a normal procedure at 9:42 a.m. Tuesday in Riverview Hospital. But when doctors reached into the uterus to find his twin sister, they came up empty. “The second one was laying on top of the uterus,” Pippenger 3aid. “It had to be delivered by laparotomy, which is an abdominal operation.” About half an hour later, Kylee Nicole Watts was born. She weighed five pounds three

Robbery suspect killed after chase by police

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A suspect in a jewelry store robbery was shot dead by police after a fast chase, authorities said. They said Richard B. Cook, 20, of Indianapolis, was killed Thursday after he rammed squad cars and tried to run down police who had blocked his escape. Another suspect was was taken into custody. He was identified as Stephen Thomas, 21, of Ihdianapolis. Two men, one on crutches, robbed Franklin Jewelers at about 11:15 a.m., and the pair fled in a grey car, witnesses told

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ounces. And whle she measured 16M> inches, her brother was 18 inches. Hospital officials say both infants and their 31-year-old mother, Vickie Watts of Tipton, are in excellent condition. National health statisticians in Washington said only one in 10,000 fetuses implanted outside the womb survive fullterm delivery. Most miscarry early in pregnancy or are stillborn, they said. “I think it’s safe to say you’ve got a Ripley item,” said Dr. Richard H. Schwarz, professor and chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at State University New York, Downstate Medical Center. “That’s an extraordinary rarity you’re talking about,” he added. “I’ve been in pratice 25 years, and I know that abdominal pregnancies carried

police. Sgt. Robert Williams said he saw a car matching the police description, pursued it west along the Interstate 70 and a city street, and a passenger, Thomas, surrendered. “One suspect jumped, the other one threw the car into reverse and took off again,” said IPD spokesman Lt. Jerry L. Barker. Police said the chase halted when the driver tried to make a U-turn on a dead-end street. Detectives Donald Taylor, William Foreman and John Steigelmeyer ordered the driver to stop the car.

scares me to death to be vastly outspent by the other side. In 1980, not a very good year for my party, I was outspent on the order of 10 to one. My dad always said the difference between a $50,000 congressional campaign and a $400,000 congressional campaign was in the latter case they’ll find some way to waste $350,000. ” Jacobs also rails against the “shirt-tail cousin” of political action committee contributions honoraria paid members of Congress for making speeches to special interest groups. “The only reason it isn’t a bribe is because Congress gets to say what bribery is," he said. “When a lobbyist gets to hand a check for several thousand dollars to a senator or congressman, who sits on a committee that can enrich that organization at public expense, just to stand before them and drone out some boredom, reprehensible becomes somewhat a pale word.” Jacobs paused and asked, “Would that same group pay 10 cents to an ex-senator or an excongressman who was not on that committee any more? The answer is probably no. They’d use the tens of thousands of dollars on the fellow who’s in that saddle now, who could do them some good.” Getting the word out in a campaign is difficult without using the mass media newspapers, radio and television. Jacobs admits that. Recognizing the expense of advertising, he advocates government financed purchases of air time for all candidates who have a spot on the ballot. “There would be no money to buy funny hats or whiskey or chicken buckets,” he said. Jacobs compares such an arrangement to the New England town meeting, where taxpayers paid for the means of communication: the town hall. “It’s the town meeting of the air. It facilitates the politicians, for sure. But it also facilitates the voters. It gives them an opportunity to hear more than a slogan on a TV ad that so-and-so is marvelous,” he explained. “That means the person who’s paying the fiddler is the public. Maybe then it would be the public who would be calling the tune.”

far enough to survive are rare. But I’ve never heard of an abdominal pregnancy and intrauterine pregnancy in which both developed at the same degree of progress.” Pippenger said Mrs. Watts was a fertility patient, and the twins are the first children for her and her husband, Tom. The doctor explained the surgical procedure was similar but not the same as a caesarean section. “In a caesarean, you open the uterus,” Pippenger said. “We did not open the uterus. We opened the abdomen and took out the girl and the placenta.” Fetuses implanted outside the womb usually do not survive because they do not receive the same benefits from the placenta as children who develop in the uterus.

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Wallace sentenced to chair

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) Donald Ray Wallace Jr. is scheduled to die at the Indiana State Prison Jan. 14, exactly three years after an Evansville family of four died by his hand. Vigo Circuit Judge Hugh D. McQuillan, in sentencing Wallace Thursday, said he deliberately picked the anniversary of the murders of Patrick Gilligan, his wife and two children as they returned home and surprised a burglar. The jury that convicted Wallace, 25, of Evansville, recommended the death penalty.

Statehouse model OK'd

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Legislative Council plans to spend up to $5,000 in public funds to build a miniature Statehouse to use as a model for a proposed renovation project. Rep. E. Henry Lamkin, RIndianapolis, cast the lone nay vote Thursday against the spending authorization “It’s not like a building that doesn’t exist,” he said of the Statehouse. “It does exist. It’s the best model I know.” Senate President Pro Tern Robert D. Garton, R-Columbus, defended the expenditure for the model, saying, “It seems to me those are not expensive dollars to spend to determine whether to launch what could be a very expensive project.” Sen. Louis J. Mahem, D-

Bedford's $70,000 pyramid question BEDFORD, Ind. (AP) Completion of a monument to southern Indiana’s limestone industry is a question mark now that the guiding force of the project, Merle Edington, has resigned as president of the Bedford Chamber of Commerce. Three years and about $700,000 in federal funds have gone into fashioning replicas of a pyramid and the Great Wall of China. Edington announced his resignation Wednesday effective 0ct.31, saying there wasn’t enough money to pay his $25,000 salary. Most of the $700,000 has been spent and the pyramid and Great Wall are still far from completion, he said. Edington, whose dream it was to build a lasting tribute to the limestone industry, also complained about lack of support for the chamber from the business community. The 20-acre Limestone Tourist and Demonstration Center opened in September with a shelter house, museum, picnic area and limestone demonstration area. It is now closed for the winter, and work on the project has been suspended. Edington was uncertain about the project’s future. “I really couldn’t say. There are some problems that must be worked out, but the project can be completed, it should be completed and, hopefully, it will be completed.” The project has drawn attention nationwide since Edington announced the plan three years ago. The U.S. Economic Development Administration granted $700,000.

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Wallace, who sat calmly as the judge pronounced sentence, said he wasn’t surprised. He contends he did not kill Patrick and Theresa Gilligan, both 30, and their children, Lisa, 5, and Gregory, 4. Wallace will become the 13th person confined on Death Row at the Michigan City prison. But Cloid Shuler, deputy commissioner of operations for the Indiana Department Of Correction, said Thursday, “We don’t see a scheduled execution in the near future” because of legal appeals now underway for death row inmates.

Indianapolis, compared this proposal with the model that was developed for the White River Park. “It wasn’t until I saw the model that I understood what I was talking about,” he said “I had these intuitive ideas, but I didn’t realize the grandeur of my own ideas until I saw the model.” In addition to the Statehouse. the three-dimensional display also would depict plans for a multi-million dollar judicial building that would house the Indiana Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and all court-related agencies. The models, to be prepared by Professor A.E. Palmer and his Ball State University architecture students, are

“In my opinion, he (Wallace) got what he deserved,” said Robert Pigman, deputy Vanderburgh County prosecutor. Pigman also told reporters he thought the scheduled execution date was “appropriate.” Wallace’s attorney, William G. Srnock, said an appeal is planned. Asked the prospect of the appeal succeeding, Wallace said, “It’s wise not to be too hopeful.” Judge McQuillan said he would have ordered the death penalty even if the jury hadn't recommended it. McQuillan found Wallace’s

scheduled to be set up in the Statehouse in January in time for the next legislative session. The project is the result of a study on how to make better use of space in the 94-year-old Statehouse. The architecture students prepared two plans. One calls for construction of a $22 million courts building plus $5.5 million in changes to the Statehouse and its grounds. The other carries a $9.7 million pricetag and would be used if the courts and other judicial agencies remain in the Statehouse. The renovation and construction plans are detailed in a brochure released earlier this month to be distributed to legislators later.

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“conduct and behavior following commission of the offenses indicated his intent to conceal his act. that his conduct surrounding the circumstances of this case showed a total disregard for human life and imposition of anything less than the death penalty would depreciate the seriousness of the offense.” He said there were no mitigating circumstances. “He should die four times,” said Dorothy Sahm, Mrs. Gilligan’s mother. She added she was not surprised with the sentence. “I don’t think Judge

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Quick reactions and brute force made a lifesaver out of former weightlifter George Winkleman (right) to Morristown, Ind., last weekend as he yanked open the door of a burning truck in Indianapolis. His super strength also enabled Winkleman to tear out the steering column, freeing driver John Perry, Dayton, moments before flames enveloped the truck. (AP Wirephoto).

McQuillan could have done anything else.” She said she feels sorry for the Wallace family, but “I don’t feel sorry for him, not after what he did to Pat and shot Lisa in the back of the head when she was crying for her mother. ” Mrs. Sahm said Thursday night she knows an appeal is necessary, but “I don’t know why he’s going to appeal. The man is guilty.” Meanwhile, Wallace said he plans to write a book, that he can turn out 2,000 to 5,000 words a day and has ordered a typewriter.

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