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Indy man, 23, arrested for fatal IU fraternity fire

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An Indianapolis man has been arrested in connection with a fire that swept through an Indiana University fraternity house Sunday, killing one student and injuring 34 others. Sgt. James Inman of the Monroe County Sheriff’s office said university police arrested Jerry Zook, 23, on preliminary charges of arson and murder. Zook, who is not an IU student, was arrested about 2 a.m. today, Inman said. The suspect is being held without bond at the Monroe County Jail. A news conference was scheduled for 8 a.m. today at the Indiana University Police Department headquarters. The pre-dawn blaze Sunday claimed the life of a Richmond man and sent other students leaping from the three-story Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house. Two campus policemen also were injured. Police said Israel D. Edelman, 19, a sophomore at the university’s campus in Richmond and a guest at the fraternity house during homecoming festivities, was found dead in a bedroom at about 5 a.m. He died of smoke inhalation, according to Monroe County Deputy Coroner Dr. Tony Pizzo. At a news conference, Monroe County Prosecutor Ron Waicukauski said Edelman’s death was being investigated as a homicide because the blaze “appears to have been a set fire.” James Skaggs, chief investigator with the state fire marshall’s office, said some type of flammable liquid had been poured in the living room of the house, which is located at the corner of Eighth Street and Fess Avenue, a block away from the main campus. James Kennedy, director of the I.U. Police Department, said the fire started at about 4 a.m. in the living room of the limestone structure. Kennedy said his department was investigating reports of a fight between fraternity members and others Saturday night, but said there was no firm connection between the fight and the fire. When asked whether he was also investigating unconfirmed reports of anti-

Reagan coattails as long the second time?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - As Election Day nears, Indiana Democrats and Republicans alike are wondering if Ronald Reagan’s coattails will be as long the second time around. Four years ago, Reagan beat seven other challengers and outpolled his closest rival, Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter, by over 400,000 votes in Indiana balloting. GOP Gov. Robert D. Orr led the ticket with 1.257 million votes, but his margin of victory was slimmer There’s no dispute between Democrats and Republicans that Reagan will carry Indiana as he did in 1980. But the Democrats are banking on a narrower margin this time, one that could translate

GOP campaign in computer generation

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Republicans are using a sophisticated electronic campaign to get their voters to the polls this year. State Republicans spent almost ten years building a computerized list of voters who regularly vote in Republican primaries. And more than 20 banks of telephones throughout the state are manned every night and weekend by GOP volunteers. They’re busy calling voters identified as “independents” to determine how much support there is for Republican candidates Gov. Robert D. Orr and Lt. Gov. John M. Mutz. If the person who answers the phone says he or she supports Orr, he receives a letter in the mail with a computergenerated “Bob Orr” signature thanking him for his support. If the person

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IU students OK cyanide plan

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A student group at Indiana University has approved a resolution asking the school to stock cyanide pills so they can be ingested to commit suicide during a nuclear attack. The students say the resolution was “a symbolic protest” of nuclear weapons, and they did not expect the university to actually stock the deadly pills. “Once the resolution goes to the administration, it’s going to be dead,” said Bard Lowry, vice president of the Foster Quad dormitory and co-author of the bill. “We don’t see that cyanide is the

semitism or threats against the predominately Jewish fraternity, Kennedy said no threats had been reported. “We’ve talked to every member of the house and we have no evidence to show that at all,” he said. A nurse at Bloomington Hospital said four fraternity members were admitted to the hospital, three with second-degree burns and smoke inhalation, and the other with wrist and back fractures and smoke inhalation. Thirty other people, including the two policemen, were treated for smoke inhalation, abrasions and fractures, she said. Those admitted to the hospital were identified as Kevin Homier, 19, of Schaumburg, 111.; Brian Rothman, 18, of Highland Park, 111., and John Schwartz, 21, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Gary Morris, 20, Northbrook, 111. A hospital spokesman said today Rothman and Schwartz were in serious but stable condition, Homier was in fair condition, and Morris’ condition was good. Nancy Fiscus, a hospital spokeswoman, said four or five of the men were injured when they leaped from the burning building. The fire was reported by freshmen from

into victories in Democratic races on down the ticket. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wayne Townsend has said that if Reagan wins by less than 300,000 votes, he is assured of victory in the governor’s race. Townsend’s running mate, Ann DeLaney, looks at it in terms of percentages. “We feel that if the split on the national ticket is no more than 10 points then we will win regardless of the fact that Reagan may carry Indiana,” she said. “I think the coattails are going to be significantly smaller than previously anticipated,” she said. Republican state chairman Gordon K. Durnil pooh-poohs the effect of Reagan’s

says he doesn’t know, he receives another “Orr" letter telling that voter why he should vote for Orr. “It is a very basic thing in politics to do,” said Indiana GOP Chairman Gordon K.Durnil. “You identify your supporters and you get them to the polls.” One of the best examples of the power of the Republicans’ direct mail contact with voters was Mutz’s 1980 primary campaign. Mutz’s organization purchased computer tapes from the eight largest counties in the state that had stored their voter registration records on computer. The campaign identified Republican primary voters from those records and mailed postcards to them urging them to support Mutz in the crowded primary. “I can look at the vote totals and pick out the counties we rtiailed into,” Michael D. McDaniel, Mutz’s political adviser, says.

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solution, but that education is the answer,” Lowry said. The resolution, approved by a 12-7 vote at Foster Quad Sunday night, is similar to ones previously drafted at Brown University in Rhode Island and at the University of Colorado. “I’m very glad it passed. We will continue to educate the students of Indiana University (about nuclear weapons),” said Doug Olberding, the Foster president who drafted the bill. “I’d like to send (the resolution) to the administration to see if they can support the spirit of our bill,” said Olberding, a sophomore.

the nearby Sigma Chi house who were driving in the area. Firefighters arrived on the scene at about 4:45 a.m. Steve Ross, one of the fraternity members, said when the fire alarm sounded at the house, “I just started trying to find out how to get out. I was holding my breath because the black smoke was really billowing.” Ross, 19, of Okemos, Mich., said he crawled out of the building with a towel over his face. Ross said many of the fraternity members panicked, “especially when we were out in the street and didn’t know where everyone was.” It was unclear how many people were in the house at the time. Kennedy said no damage estimate had been determined, but most of the interior was gutted. “It was fast-spreading and high temperature,” Kennedy said, adding the fire was brought under control within an hour after its start. Members of the fraternity were moved temporarily into Poplars Research and Conference Center. Reporters were not allowed into the dormitory area, and the students refused to discuss the ordeal.

coattails in 1980 and points out that Orr got more votes than president that year. Yet the votes in the president’s race were spread among eight candidates, versus three in the gubernatorial contest. But Durnil, who is also Orr’s campaign manager, is still hustling to get Reagan to make an appearance in two hotly contested congressional races where Republicans are trying to unseat Democratic incumbents. Ken MacKenzie in the 2nd District and Richard D. Mclntyre in the Bth District have been working overtime to identify themselves as loyal supporters of the president who would vote for his programs, unlike thier Democratic rivals.

Durnil has hired a computer expert who worked on Sen. Richard G. Lugar’s successful re-election effort in 1982. Durnil gave Jewell Deßonis of Seymour the funds to expand the Republicans’ computer list. Other lists of names, including drivers’ license records, telephone books, city directories, and magazine subscription lists, were purchased and compared to the voter registration list. If someone was not registered to vote, a volunteer worker would call that household and ask if that person supports President Reagan or Walter F. Mondale and if that person supported Orr or his Democratic challenger, Wayne Townsend. If a person said he favored the Republican candidates, Republican voter registrars were dispatched to his house.

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State losing pollution officials

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Enforcing Indiana’s hazardous waste management laws is becoming more difficult, as the state loses top pollution control officials to jobs in private business. David D. Lamm, director of the Land Pollution Control Division of the State Board of Health, said a high rate of turnover in his division can be attributed to low salaries. Lamm said regular turnover definitely hampers the enforcement of hazardous waste laws. It creates a budget proplem, also, he added. “You have to have the budget to send people to training seminars,” he said. “We spend a lot of money training people to have them leave.” The low pay deters most people with experience in hazardous or solid waste from working for the state, he said. Less ex-

Democrats don’t look on Walter Mondale as providing any coattails to hang onto but they argue that the better a showing Mondale makes, the better off the rest of the ticket will be. “We don’t have to win the state for president for it to help with the governor’s race,” said Democratic state chairman John B. Livengood. “But every point Mondale picks up here helps us.” Senate Minority Leader Louis J. Mahem, D-Indianapolis, concurs. “I believe that Wayne Townsend’s fortunes are directly correlated to those of Walter Mondale, although I believe Wayne will run ahead of Walter Mondale,” he said. “Anything that helps Walter Mondale will help Wayne.”

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perienced employees are hired, but then gain the experience that makes them attractive to better paying private industry. Recognized as a problem for several years, the talent drain from the Land Pollution Control Division persists even as officials expand the division to meet federal guidelines. Two qualified, experienced employees

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with important positions in the division recently followed the lead of other workers and left for jobs in private industry. “They had four or five years experience each, both knew the program and knew the regulations,” said David D. Lamm, director of the division. “They were the very type of people you cannot afford to lose.”

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Vincennes University business management major Steve Deer (right), Greencastle, has been elected vice president of the senior class at VU for the 1984-85 school year. Joining Deer in leading the 2,267-member class are (from left) Shawn Niblack, South Bend, treasurer; Kelley Bowman, Vincennes, secretary, and Deena Thompson, Vincennes, president. The column behind the officers is one of four that form a gateway to the junior college.

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