Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 176, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 March 1984 — Page 3

Victor Mature, who „ became one of the world's famous film stars after he played the biblical Samson (right) in the 1949 Cecil B. DeMille epic "Samson and Delilah," will appear in the ABC-TV remake Sunday. Mature portrays Samson's father in this version with Australian Antony • Hamilton in the lead role. The film airs at 9 p.m.

People in the news Bugs (and Daffy) at White House WASHINGTON (AP) Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, meet the president. Mr. President, here’s Mel Blanc. Th-th-th-th-that’s how it was, folks, at the White House on Friday when the man of many voices came to call on a former neighbor in Pacific Palisades. Someone in the White House nobody seemed to know who noticed that Blanc was in town to donate some memorabilia to the Smithsonian Institution and arranged for him to see President Reagan, an old friend. At the regular noontime news briefing, deputy press secretary Larry Speakes introduced an unscheduled briefer, “Mr. Pierre Lapin, visiting from France ... a renowned scholar in the field of cybernetic cellulose performance a subject the president himself has increasingly had great interest in.” Lapin began, in a heavy accent, to apologize for his English. “In this country, I talk like a rabbit.” And he did, sounding just like Bugs Bunny. Blanc, 76, recalled how he worked on a benefit show with Reagan at the Brentwood Boys and Girls Club in California and had a tryout for a radio show with Nancy Reagan. By the way, “lapin,” in French, means rabbit. And the field of cybernetic cellulose performance is the art of speaking on film. SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) Former President Richard Nixon, touring the site of his future presidential library, said Friday he doubts the facility will improve the image of his administration. “I wouldn’t hold my breath,” said Nixon with a broad smile as he made his first visit to the site nearly 10 years after he resigned during the Watergate scandal. He said the library would contain, among other material, the set of Oval Office tapes that helped lead to his downfall. Nixon is now challenging in court the federal government’s contention that the tapes are public documents. “All the records will be there,” he said. “The Watergate episode, of course, is part of the history of the times.” In other remarks, Nixon called for talks with Soviet officials and said Attorney General-designate Edwin Meese should have “a chance to present his side” of allegations about his finances. • NEW YORK (AP) British musician Annie Lennox of . the Eurythmics has confirmed that she was married two . weeks ago, but her announcement still leaves fans of the pop duo with a mystery: Who’s the groom? „ The orange-haired singer-songwriter-flutist will say only this much: it was not her guitarist-singer partner, Dave Stewart. “We were married very quietly two weeks ago in London,” Ms. Lennox, a 29-year-old native of Aberdeen, Scotland, said in a statement Friday. “He is a very special person who has provided me with a great deal of support and stability. The whole thing was kept unannounced as we wanted our privacy to be unspoiled.” The Eurythmics are on a 32-city U.S. tour that ends May 5 in San Francisco. • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rock music promoter Frank J. Russo says Michael Jackson and his family chose him to handle their upcoming 14-city tour partly because of his plans for elaborate security. ' The Jackson brothers known years ago as the Jackson Five had originally chosen fight promoter Don King for the job, but they were unhappy with his efforts, according to some reports. Russo said the security plans call for metal detectors at all concert entrances and special barricades to keep fans from rushing the stage. “It was like a masters’ thesis” to put the plan together, Russo said this week. All the stops on the tour, which starts June 15, have been selected, but Russo refused to name them. WHITE PLAINS, NY. (AP) Rock guitarist Paul “Ace” Frehley, whose hits included “Back in a New York Groove,” seems to have found himself in a bad groove in New York. For the second time within a year, the former lead guitarist of the rock band Kiss has pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Westchester County, just north of New York City. Frehley, 33, entered the plea Friday in Westchester County Court before Judge Carmine Marasco. The court’s presiding judge, S. Barrett Hickman, had earlier indicated that he would fine Frehley SSOO, give him five months’ probation and revoke his license in New York state for at least six months. Sentencing is set for May 11. Because it was Frehley’s second arrest, he was charged with a felony and could face up to four years in jail if he violates probation.

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Cold air to yield to tornadoes?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The severe cold and heavy snows of winter 1983-64 may provide something worthwhile. A Purdue University scientist says it may spare the Midwest devastating tornadoes this spring. Purdue geosciences professor David Smith says the combination of late-season cold air masses over the Midwest and the season’s lengthy snow cover here may mean “a reprieve from the tornado season.” “The cool temperatures generated by the cold winter and persistant snow cover may delay and even shorten the tornado season” in the Midwest, Smith said. The news is not so cheery for the south-central U.S. States like the Carolinas, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas have been receiving the brunt of violent storms and tornadoes because conditions here have pushed the “frontal zone” much farther south than usual for this time of year, Smith said. Storms in that region have been more frequent than normal and more severe. Wednesday’s storms were the most violent tornado incidents in the country since the “Super Outbreak” of 174 tornadoes in Indiana and other Midwestern states April 3-4, 1974, experts said. Smith said his theory results from observations of previous late springs here, which generally were marked by fewer than average tornadoes.

Cites political aspects Townsend raps license system

MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) - Disputing Republican officials claims that people like Indiana’s license branch system the way it is, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Sen. Wayne Townsend said Friday that voters are outraged over scandals such as the quarcer-million-dollar shortage found in an audit of the Mishawaka license branch office. At a news conference outside the branch office, Townsend called for taking Indiana’s license branch system out of control by a political party. Among the 50 states, Townsend said, “We are the only one where you have to contribute to a political party to drive a car. ” Townsend said branches are operated as “private enterprise” businesses by county chairmen of the governor’s party, which since 1968 has been the Republican Party. The

Logo motion Indy company brands Colts' emblem on shirts, jackets

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A local company was well prepared for the Baltimore Colts move, hitting retail outlets with thousands of sportswear items bearing the Indianapolis Colts logo. LOGO-7 Inc. owns exclusive rights to imprint sportswear with NFL logos and has already branded the Colts’ emblem on some 25,000 to 30,000 T-shirts, jerseys, sweaters and jackets, company president Thomas K. Shine said Friday.

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Severe storms that cause tornadoes usually spawn in the “interaction zone” between cold fronts and warm air masses, Smith said. Cold, dry air hanging over the north late in the season apparently prevents warm, moist, unstable air from the Gulf of Mexico from penetrating into the Midwest, thus reducing the threat of tornadoes and thunderstorms, he said. Last spring, Indiana had an April snow cover which kept cold air hovering here later than usual, he said. During that same period, Indiana experienced a “very low frequency of severe weather,” Smith said. Although he is optimistic there may be fewer tornado storms here this year, Smith cautioned that his theory is based on “a very limited observation period” and should be studied further. Smith said he and other Purdue meteorological scientists are developing mathematical models to accurately describe the conditions leading to tornadoes. “Our hope is, if we know the structure better, it might give us clues to what might be responsible for causing tornadoes,” Smith said. Eventually, such research might allow weather forecasters to accurately predict when and where tornadoes will develop, which Smith called “one of the great unsolved mysteries.”

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chairmen or their designated managers may allocate profits as they see fit, including contributing profits to the state party organization. The system doesn’t really of-

“They’ll be out there tonight,” Shine said of plans to distribute the sportswear to city retailers. The Capital Improvement Board, which operates the Hoosier Dome stadium where the team will play, was meeting today to approve the 188-page deal with franchise owner Robert Irsay. That will affirm the move of the Baltimore Colts to Indianapolis. Asked to describe his expectations of early sales of the

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Consumer group, PSC settle suit

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Public Service Commission has agreed to abide by Indiana’s open door law, settling a suit filed in 1979 by a consumer group. Fulton Circuit Judge Douglas B. Morton approved the settlement Friday that was reached between the Citizens Action Coalition and the state’s utility regulators. The coalition argued the PSC violated the law requiring 48hour notice of agency meetings, which must be conducted in public. The suit sought to overturn the commission’s action approving a rate increase for Indiana Bell Telephone Co. on ground it had been discussed in private by two commissioners a majority of the threemember panel. The Indiana Court of Appeals

fer the advantages of private enterprise for customers, because the branches have a monopoly and the managers have no incentive to provide adequate sites or to hold down long lines, Townsend said. “If the patronage system is indeed private enterprise, why did Gov. (Robert D.) Orr request and receive a $5 million appropriation from the taxpayers to install new computers?” a Townsend statement said. “If the patronage system is indeed efficient, why have all the 49 other states rejected it?” Townsend said, asking “Why is the typical experience of most Hoosiers long lines and much waiting?” Townsend peered through the window at the line inside the Mishawaka branch but did not actually enter. He suggested that the reason

Colts sportswear, Shine answeredsimply: “Significant.” “They’ll be very quick, a lot of turns, a lot of re-orders,” he added. The new Colts sportswear won’t look much different from the old, with a significant exception. “They’ll keep their blue and white and the name, without the word Baltimore,” Shine said. The NFL logo mogul said the fresh start for the Colts could drive sales for the team’s spor-

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ruled in 1981 the open door law applied to commission deliberations on pending rate cases. Under the settlement, the PSC agreed to follow the open door law and to provide 48-hour notice of all meetings falling within the law. PSC Chairman William W. Montgomery said that as a practical matter the settlement

Orr and many other Indiana Republicans defend the present system and resist any change is the “millions of dollars that go in the pocket of a few people.” The Hartford City Democrat said if elected governor, he would seek to take the branches out of control by any political party, Republican or Democratic, and provide for handling of licensing by a state agency, with possibly the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles and State Police involved. The license branch issue has attracted some attention in Mishawaka. Former branch manager Don W. Sprague, and his former office manager, Jane Byrd, were indicted March 5 by a St. Joseph County grand jury on theft and conspiracy charges. The charges stem from a state audit that uncovered a $244,900 shortage of funds at the Mishawaka branch.

tswear out of the retail cellar, with anticipated sales of $1 million by the end of their first season here. Sales of Baltimore Colts’ items ranked near the bottom among the 28 NFL teams in a business that grosses more than $l5O million annually, Shine said. With the move to Indianapolis, “I think it’s going to move them up to third or fourth position in teams, maybe fifth.”

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won’t cause any changes at the commission because the law has been followed. With the expansion of the PSC from three members to five last Jan. 1, it is now possible for two commissioners to discuss a case without violating the open door law because two commissioners no longer constitute a majority.

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Cub Scout Pack 42, Roachdale, recently held its annual Blue and Gold Banquet, followed by the annual Pinewood Derby. Race participants included (front, from left) Brian Spear, first place; J.R. Powers, second; Jeff Whitaker, third; Eric Hendrich, best paint job; Mike Johnson, best design; and (rear, from left) Mike Whitaker, Andy Fisher, Jeremy Windmiller, Craig Robertson, Greg Main, Jeremy Stockwell, Jerry Robertson and Randy Williams. Officials for the race were Bob Keck, Dennis Gentry and Steve Jones.

“It just makes it known to the world that this commission does intend to comply with the open door law,” he said of the settlement. “We wanted to get the albatross of the suit from around our neck. I think that as long as that lawsuit was hanging out there, it created the impression we were doing things in a clandestine manner.”