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No hospitality for Hoosiers in Chicago CHICAGO (AP) Two lost travelers from Indiana who asked a South Side man to direct them back onto an expressway were instead led into a housing project area, where police said they were beaten, robbed and the woman was raped. Police arrested and charged three men in the incident. The 50-year-old woman and her nephew, both from rural Indianapolis, had stopped at a gas station off the Calumet Expressway early Tuesday morning when a man offered to direct them, police said. “They had no idea they were entering a housing project and they didn’t suspect a thing,” said Police Sgt. John Byrne. “The two people seemed to be down-to-earth country people from outside Indianapolis,” Byrne said. “I would describe them as naive.” The nephew, 35, was treated and released from Roseland Community Hospital, but was “bruised and busted up all over,” said Byrne. He had cuts and bruises on his head and four teeth knocked out. The woman originally was listed in fair condition at the hospital, with a broken cheek bone, broken nose and severe bruises around the eyes, according to hospital officials. But by Tuesday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said they “are no longer here.” She refused to elaborate. Charged with armed robbery were Theodus Spence, 19, Edward Garret, 24, and Walter Munson, 23, said Police Det. Tom Shine. Garret was also charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, Shine said. Police said the couple were traveling to Aurora, and exited at South 130th Street about 2 a.m. to find a gas station and also to call relatives in Aurora to seek directions. “One of the offenders came up and offered to befriend them and said he’d show them how to get onto the main highway,” said Police Sgt. Alvin Palmer. The man got into the car, but instead of directing them to the freeway, he directed them to the sprawling Altgeld Gardens housing project, Palmer said. Saying he had to ask his father’s permission before directing the couple, the man went into a house and then emerged with two others, Palmer said. The nephew got out of the car to greet the men and was attacked, police said. The woman was taken behind the building to a nearby woods, where she was raped and beaten, Palmer said. “She’s really messed up,” Byrne said. “They were beaten half to death.”

No crisis, ISP official says

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana State Police official says a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that requires overtime payments to safety officers who work more than 54 hours per week won’t pose a financial crisis for the agency. Deputy Superintendent Jerry Spence said Tuesday the agency’s financial planning section had determined the high court ruling requiring overtime payments would cost the department about $1.5 million per year. Because the Indiana General Assembly failed to provide appropriations to comply with the federal guidelines, Spence said the payments would be taken from the department’s SBB million biennial salarybudget. “Obviously, if we saw toward the end of

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Indiana National announces purchase of three Hoosier banks

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana National Corp., the holding company of the state’s second-largest bank, says it has reached agreements to purchase banks in Lafayette, Carmel and Delphi. In a news release issued Tuesday night, Indiana National Chairman Thomas M. Miller said the holding company will purchase Lafayette National Bank, Fidelity Bank in Carmel and Union Bank and Trust Company in Delphi. “By joining Indiana National, these three banks become part of a larger bank system and will be able to offer their customers more financial services with greater efficiency,” said Miller. The purchases are subject to the approval of shareholders of the banks and regulatory agencies, Miller said. Lafayette National is the largest of the three banks INB is buying. The Lafayette institution has assets of $312 million and deposits of $264 million. The Fidelity Bank reported total deposits of $84.8 million at the end of 1984, and the Delphi bank had deposits totaling SSB million. David H. Howarth, president and chief operating officer of Lafayette National, said his institution will benefit from its association with Indiana National. “As an affiliate of Indiana National Corp., we will have access to the research and development expertise of a major regional banking institution,” Howarth said. “To us, that means opportunities to im-

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Reagan, Orr score high marks in statewide survey

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - President Reagan is most popular among Hoosiers in the upper-income brackets, according to an Indiana University survey. “The president is doing less well in the minds of Indiana residents with less than a high school education or an annual income of SIO,OOO or less,” said Jon Masland, codirector of the school’s Center for Survey Research. “Only about 42 percent of these persons felt Reagan is doing an excellent or good job,” he added. Of those Hoosiers polled with incomes of more than $40,000, 72 percent gave the president high marks, as did 67 percent of those with college degrees. i The statewide survey, conducted by the Indiana University Center for Survey Research between March 25 and April 10, polled 1,163 households by telephone. The survey, which contained a 4 percent margin of error, showed 15 percent of the Hoosiers polled believe Reagan is doing an excellent job. Participants were asked how they would rate Reagan’s job performance. Forty percent said the president was doing a good job, 29 percent said “fair” and 16 rated Reagan’s job performance as poor. Only 37 percent of state residents polled in January 1983 gave the president a

the budget year that the unbudgeted overtime expenditure was depleting our salary budget, we would have to ask for an emergency appropriation,” Spence said. Also, Spence said, the department would have to keep tighter controls on the amount of overtime troopers put in. “Historically, state police troopers have worked a lot of voluntary overtime,” said Spence. “Under the overtime guidelines, we’d have to make sure overtime is assigned.” Spence said the threat of a possible $1.5 million shortfall was not critical to the department. “I think it’s something very unusual and different from what we’ve had to consider, but certainly I wouldn’t consider it a crisis at all,” he added.

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prove technical facilities within the bank, to offer more sophisticated financial services to our customers, and to enhance growth opportunities for greater Lafayette people and business,” he said. Michael G. Browning, president of Fidelity Corp., said, “This is a very important day for banking in this state, and we’re very happy to be a small part of it. ” Miller said that each of the three banks will retain its present identity and boards of directors. He said no changes in personnel or operations are planned.. Under the purchase agreement, Lafayette National shareholders would receive $149 for each share of their stock. Union Bank shareholders would receive sllO for each share. Indiana National would purchase Fidelity Bank for $11.47 million in cash. Indiana National Corp., the corporate parent of Indianapolis-based Indiana

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“good” or “excellent” rating, Masland said. “The current poll, taken three months into Reagan’s second term, found 55 percent of Indiana residents giving him good or excellent marks,” Masland said. “This is consistent with the trends we have seen for presidents elected to a second term there is an upswing in popularity at the start of the second term.” In the 1983 poll, 8 percent said Reagan was doing an excellent, while 29 percent gave him good marks, 34 percent said his job performance was fair and 29 percent said poor.

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National Bank, has total assets of almost $3.4 billion and deposits of $2.4 billion. INB is second in size to American Fletcher National Bank of Indianapolis. The purchases were made possible by passage this year of a law that permits multi-bank holding companies to purchase Indiana banks and allows banks to expand across county lines. The General Assembly passed the measure, and Gov. Robert D. Orr signed it into law in April. The law, which takes effect July 1, initially would limit a holding company to 10 percent of the total deposits statewide. That limit will increase to 11 percent in July 1986 and to 12 percent a year later. The deals announced Tuesday won’t be the last for Indiana National, Miller said. “We would like to be a lot more aggressive,” he said of possible future purchases.

In the recent poll, 88 percent of the Republicans, 25 percent of Democrats and 51 percent of independents surveyed rated the president’s job performance as excellent or good. Hoosiers also gave Republican Gov. Orr high marks, but the majority said the Indiana General Assembly showed room for improvement. Six percent said the governor was doing an excellent job, while 40 percent gave him good marks, 39 percent said his performance was fair and 15 percent gave Orr a poor rating. Of the Republicans polled, 62 percent gave Orr good marks, while 36 percent of the Democrats and 42 percent of independents agreed. In the 1983 poll, 4 percent gave Orr excellent marks, 33 percent good, 44 percent fair and 19 percent poor. When asked to rate the performance of the Indiana Legislature, 2 percent gave lawmakers an excellent rating, 33 percent good, 50 percent fair and 15 percent poor. The figures had not changed significantly from the 1983 figures, Masland said. Lawmakers received high marks from 44 percent of the Republicans, 36 percent of Democrats and 27 percent of independents.

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