Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 237, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 June 1984 — Page 3

Bankers backing banking proposal

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Bankers Association has endorsed a proposal to allow statewide banking and to permit banks to cross county lines to open branches. The association’s directors on Monday backed the proposal, thereby giving it a good chance of passage in the 1985 session of the Legislature, association officials said. The idea of statewide banking is not new to Indiana. Legislators have defeated similar measures in 17 consecutive legislative sessions. But this marks the first time the bankers’ association has taken a stand on the issue, because its members included both supporters, led by the League for Economic Development, and opponents, led by the Independent Bankers Association of Indiana. Association officials said the group decided to tackle the banking structure issue in light of moves toward interstate banking on several fronts and such developments as American Fletcher Corp.’s takeover of the insolvent Shelby National Bank of Shelbyville in April. In January, Gov. Robert D. Orr became the state’s first governor to endorse statewide banking while in office. The proposal endorsed Monday by a unanimous vote incorporates much of the legislation that Orr supported and adds some changes not in that bill. At present, Indiana banks may not cross county lines to establish branches and bank holding companies may not own more than one bank. In addition, banks cannot be acquired by or merge with

Stories not invented: Police

MARION, Ind. (AP) - A Marion police detective says two women who claimed they had invented a story that Larry D. Rinehart Sr. was killed oy his two sons did not have enough time to collaborate on their detailed statements. Police Det. Thomas J. Wise testified in Grant Superior Court Monday in the murder case against two Marion men charged with killing their father. Emmett K. Rinehart, 21, and Larry D. Rinehart Jr., 20, are charged with murder and criminal confinement in connection with the death. The Ex-Angel guilty in guns case HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - The founder and former head of the Gary, Ind., chapter of the Guardian Angels has pleaded guilty to a federal gun-running charge in a plea-bargain agreement. In exchange, the government dropped five counts charging that Joseph DeMarti, 32, sold $3,800 worth of shotguns, pistols and silencers to agents of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Dvision of the U S. Treasury Department. DeMarti, who entered the guilty plea last Thursday in U.S. District Court, faces a 10year prison sentence and a SIO,OOO fine when he is sentenced July 20 by Judge Michael S. Kanne, who approved the plea agreement. - DeMarti was one of six people, including a former Gary police officer, indicted in April for the illegal sale of firearms and silencers. -iHe admitted in court last Thursday he broke a federal Jaw in February 1983 by selling 3 kit to convert a rifle into a fnachine gun to two undercover federal agents. After DeMarti’s arrest earlier this spring, Curtis Sliwa, the founder and national president of the Guardian Angels, a citizen’s crime fighting patrol, dismissed DeMarti and four other members of the Gary and Hammond chapters.

Indy considered as debate site INDIANAPOLIS (AP) nationally televised presidential debates this fall, according to the National League of Women Voters. Nancy C. Smith, president of the Indiana league, said Monday that members of the national league visited Indianapolis last August in their search for debate sites before the presidential primary elections. Indianapolis was “looked upon favorably,” Mrs. Smith said, but the city was not chosen because the league wanted to hold a debate right before the Texas caucuses May 5. “It was strictly a matter timing,” said the national league debates manager, Vicky M. Harian. Ms. Harian declined to speculate on Indianapolis’ chances of being selected for one of three or four debates between the Democratic and Republican nominees for U.S. president before the general election. One debate will be between vice presidential candidates, she said. League chapters have suggested about 20 cities as possible sites, Ms. Harian said. Final selections will be made after the national party conventions are held this summer, she added. Cities that are selected must meet certain criteria, Mrs. Smith said. They must have a league chapter with at least 60 members so there will be enough volunteers to help with planning and helping in media arrangements. They cannot be locate in the home state of a presidential nominee. They must be able to provide the necessary hotel rooms and facilities, and local television stations must have adequate facilities for the broadcast.

banks in other states. All of that would change, subject to certain limits, if the proposal becomes law. William H. King, president of the Indiana Bankers Association and chairman of the Second National Bank of Richmond, called the measure “a bare-bones type of proposal” that will need fine-tuing before a law is drafted. Joseph W. Bibler, chairman

elder Rinehart’s decomposed body was found Jan. 29 nearly four months after he disappeared on the banks of the Mississinewa River in Wabash County north of b aThe fefendants’ motheg, Geraldine Rinehart, and stepsister, Thena K. Langley, 29, testified last week that they had lied when they told police the brothers admitted beating and strangling their father and forcing him into a refrigerator which they dumped into the reservoir. Indiana State Police Sgt. James A. Hoover testified in the brothers’ trial Monday that the two gold and white floral print

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of the association committee that negotiated the proposal, said it “has widespread acceptability” in the banking community. Bibler, chairman of Northern Indiana Bank and Trust Co. of Valparaiso, said that obtaining the approval of both the League for Economic Development and the independent bankers “marks a point of departure.”

bath towels found on the body matched towels he took from the defendants’ home in Houston, Texas. One towel was knotted around the victim’s neck and the other on his left forearm. Hoover said. Defense attorneys Manuel P. and J. Richard Guerrero continued raising doubts that the brothers killed the man, who was known for drinking, gambling and abusing his family. They called several witnesses from taverns which the victim frequented to show he was not popular and could have been killed by many others.

Hoosier delegation laboring in obscurity in nation's capital

WASHINGTON (AP) - Coordinating relations between the federal government and Indiana Gov. Robert D. Orr are the chief duties of three of the least-known staffers of the Hoosier delegation in Washington. “As selected officials instead of elected officials, we provide a supporting role,” said Don M. Newman, director of the state of Indiana’s Washington office. The three member work in the Hall of the States, a short walk from the Senate office buildings four blocks north of the Capitol. The office operates on an annual budget of about $150,000, paid by state taxpayers. About 33 states and territories have offices similar to Indiana’s. Some have only one person; others have 20-member staffs. Newman said the office staff stays in touch with state gover-

Sentencing delayed in child-killing

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nment offices, the Indiana congressional delegation and federal government offices, including the executive agencies and the White House. The office organizes meetings of legislators or staff members, coordinates Orr’s trips to the capital, monitors the progress of federal legislation and analyzes the effect it may have on the state, Newman said. Newman says that there rarely is an official agenda of issues of interest to the state. “Usually the telephone or the ‘in box’ dictates the ‘lndiana agenda,”’ said Newman. “It is very volatile from week to week.” Each week, Newman prepares a newsletter for distribution to the state’s congressional offices, briefing the representatives on items the delegation should know about or might be interested in. In recent issues, Newman

rescheduled the sentencing, which was set for Monday, to 12:45 p.m. next Monday. A Delaware Superior Court jury found Mrs. Patterson, 47, guilty of second-degree murder May 18 in the Aug. 30, 1963 beating death of Rita Patterson in her Daleville home in southwestern Delaware County. The defense contended her death

reported on Orr’s testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission, analyzed bills on child-restraint seats, hazardous materials transportation and food stamps, and announced the results of the Indiana primary election. Although the members of the Indiana delegation don’t gather often to discuss mutual interests, the office is appreciated by Indiana legislators and their staffs. “Don is an effective communicator as to how federal legislation will affect the state,” said Rep. Dan Coats, a 4th District Republican. Although five of the delegation’s 12 members are Democrats, and Orr is a Republican, Newman tries to ensure that the Democrats are as comfortable in calling or asking for information as the Republican members of the delegation.

was caused by a fall down steep stairs. The May trial was the second in the case. An earlier trial ended abruptly in late March when a state’s witness mentioned a lie-detector test the defendant had taken during the original investigation 21 years ago.

June 12,1984, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic

Tell City pretzel popular snack food, but still a'hard'sell TELL CITY, Ind. (AP) Pretzel; they are so hard that some people take nutcrackers to them. But that crunchiness is just what makes them so appealing to devotees like the late former President Lyndon Johnson, who used to crunch Tell City Pretzels like Ronald Reagan munches Jelly Belly jelly beans. Phil Jamison, an Evansville man who bought the 73-year-old pretzel bakery eight months ago, believes there is a big national market waiting for his tough snack. “It’s too good a product to just be local,” Jamison said. “I think it’s the best-tasting pretzel on the market. We’re the only company in the United States that makes handmade pretzels, that is until somebody tells me otherwise. ” The little bakery has two employees, Sharon Carter and Lana Snyder, who spend their days mixing flour, salt, yeast and water into dough, twisting into shape and baking it. They turn out between 5,000 and 8,000 a day, using the recipe Casper Gloor brought with him from Switzerland when he moved here 100 years ago The basic ingredients are listed on the package, but the exact amounts of each are a secret locked in Jamison’s safe deposit box. Jamison said he ships much of his production to Europe, where hard pretzels are more popular than the softer sort. There is no trick to eating them, he said. “The first thing you do is smash the bag with your fist. You’ve got to bust them first.” And many people like to soften them up in a mug of beer, he said. Jamison keeps a display at the bakery explaining the symbolism of the the pretzel. The twist is supposed to represent the arms of a child folded in prayer, and the three holes the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The symbolism is appropriate for the enduring nature of the Tell City Pretzel. “The shelf life is about six to eight weeks,” Jamison said, “and then they get even harder .”