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Liver transplants due

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Within a year, the Indiana University School of Medicine expects to be performing liver transplants. “It’s the hardest of all the transplants by far,” Dr. Ronald S. Filo, the medical school’s director of organ transplantation, said Wednesday. “The patients are sicker, and they don’t tolerate complications as well.” Dr. Walter J. Daly, dean of the medical school, called the tentative plans a natural extension of the school’s longstanding transplant program. It includes replacement of hearts, kidneys, bone marrow and eye corneas. Although organ transplans are increasing in Indiana, no facility in the state now offers liver replacement. So delicate is the operation it can take up to 24 hours. Currently, Indiana residents who require liver transplants must go to out-of-state medical facilities. “We send lots of kids and adults

Two anti-smoking bills introduced

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Stricter limits would be placed on who can use tobacco products and where people can smoke in public if two bills introduced in the Indiana Senate become law. The measures were among 69 bills and seven resolutions introduced in the Senate on Wednesday, the third working day of the 105th Indiana General Assembly. Senators must have all their bills filed by the 10th working day of the 61-day session. Senate Bill 144, introduced by Sen. Patricia L. Miller, would require people in charge of public places to designate non-smoking area? if someone requested them and to post conspicuous signs indicating the areas. Failing to designate the nonsmoking area would be punishable by a fine of up to SIO,OOO. Smoking in the designated area would carry a

Future grim for Indy Chrysler plant

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Mayor William H. Hudnut says Chrysler Corp. officials indicated to him there’s little to be optimistic about keeping the automaker’s Indianapolis Electrical Plant open. “I asked them point blank if we had reason to be optimistic. They said they weren’t too optimistic,” Hudnut said Wednesday after Hoosier leaders met with Chrysler officials in Washington. Leroy H. Runk, Chrysler vice president for business operations, told the Hoosiers a preliminary study on whether to keep the facility open was not favorable. A comprehensive study of the plant’s future is due by March 31.

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away for liver transplants,” said Dr. Jay L. Grosfeld, chairman of lU’s department of surgery. “We feel our patients would benefit from not having to leave home.” It was estimated transplants could extend the lives of 40 Hoosiers each year. Patients would include adults with a form of cirrhosis not related to alcoholism and children born with biliary atresia. Meanwhile, Methodist Hospital acknowledged it too is considering expanding its organ transplant program. Although no timetable was revealed, the state’s largest hospital was said to be recruiting a liver transplant surgeon. The liver is the largest glandular organ in the body, performing thousands of chemical functions. Among the most important are blood clotting and removal of toxins in the body. Because the liver destroys parasites and poisons, it is prone to infection.

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fine of up to SSOO. S.B. 116, sponsored by Sen. Virginia M. Blankenbaker, RIndianapolis, would restrict smoking in indoor public areas to designated smoking areas.

“It’s obvious to me they’re waiting for the study to validate their decision to phase out the plant,” Hudnut said when he returned to Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon. Hudnut said the state offered to buy the site from Chrysler and then lease it back. Chrysler refused the offer and declined a second, rentfree lease deal, the mayor said. The plant at 2900 North Shadeland Avenue employs 1,200 workers and produces engine starters, alternators, wiper motors and other auto parts. Chrysler has been considering a S6O million to SBO million modernization of the plant. Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., said he

House bill would change governor, senate selections

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The method Indiana political parties use to select candidates for governor and United States senator would change under a proposal filed in the Indiana House. The bill was one of 56 introduced in the House Wednesday, the third session day of the 1987 meeting of the General Assembly. The House met 15 minutes. A total of 128 bills have been filed in the House, where members must file all bills by the 15th working day of the session. House Bill 1113, sponsored by Rep. Richard W. Mangus, R-Lakeville, would move the state’s primary election to the first Tuesday after the second Monday in June. Currently, the primary is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. The bill also would require state political conventions to be held at least 90 days before the primary. The conventions now must be no later than 60 days after the primary. Under H.B. 1113, the conventions would vote on which candidates for governor and U.S. senator should be included on primary ballots. Any candidate who received at least 25 percent of the vote at a con-

Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail and a SSOO fine. The measure would not place restrictions on rooms used for private social functions. Mrs. Blankenbaker also offered S.B. 115, which would prohibit people from giving away tobacco in public places as part of a promotional effort. Such a giveaway would be a carry a fine of up to SSOO. The sale and delivery of tobacco to people under 18 years old would be a misdemeanor under another bill introduced by Ms. Miller. S.B. 145 also would specify that a minor who possesses or uses tobacco in any form is committing a delinquent act. Students would be required to maintain at least a C average in certain classes before they could participate in extracurricular school activities if S.B. 96 is approved by the Legislature.

was “not terribly optimistic” after the meeting. The meeting was arranged by Rep. Andrew Jacobs Jr., D-Ind., with Hudnut, Lt. Gov. John M. Mutz and eight of Indiana’s 12 congressional members attending. Representing Chrysler were Runk; Mike Gluuac, director of government relations; and Richard J. Muller, public relations director in Washington. Mutz, Hudnut and Jacobs told the Chrysler group Indiana’s state, local and federal officials were committed to keeping the plant open. Runk said the study of the plant would give Chrysler a definitive answer on the facility’s future.

vention would automatically go on the party’s primary ballot. Currently, any candidate who files petitions with the required number of signatures can get on the primary ballot. Under the proposed system, a candidate could still peetition to get on the ballot. The political contribution that goes with the purchase of personalized license plates would be abolished under H.B. 1108, sponsored by Mangus and Rep. James L. Davis, RFrankfort. Currently, the two major political parties split a S3O fee charged for each vanity plate. The fee generates a total of about $400,000 annually. The bill would dedicate SIOO,OOO of the personalized plate money to a Vietnam veterans memorial and the rest to the Department of Naturaal Resources for control of lake sediment. Taking politics out of license branches was an issue in last year’s Legislature, which approved a bill to have a state commission operate the branches after July 1988. The branches are now controlled by the political party of the governor. Another bill introduced Wednesday would would repeal the

The bill, introduced by Sen. Louis J. Mahern Jr., D-Indianapolis, would require at least an aggregate C average in mathematics, English or language arts, social studies and science. Students who did not meet the grade requirement would be ineligible to participate in afterschool activities, including sports, for at least one grading period. Other bills introduced Wednesday would: Lower the mandatory age for school attendance from 7 to 6 years of age if the child’s sixth birthday is on or before July 15 of the school year. Make driving a truck more than 15 miles an hour with a passenger in the open bed an infraction for both the driver and passenger. Specify that Public Service Commission records be open to public inspection.

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state’s seat-belt law before it takes effect July 1. The law, approved in 1985 with a two-year delay in implementation, would require the front-seat occupants of most motor vehicles to wear safety belts. Failure to comply with the law would bring a $25 fine. The repealer bill, H.B. 1083, is sponsored by Reps. Baron P. Hill, DSeymour, and Brad Fox, R-Rome City. A similar bill failed to get a hearing in last year’s legislative session. Other bills introduced Wednesday would: —Require the headlights of a moving motor vehicle to be turned on at any time when weather conditions dictate the continued use of the vehicle’s windshield wipers. —Allow bingo games to be conducted by non-profit religious, charitable, fraternal, educational, civic or political organizations. —Require that a crime victim be notified when the person who committed the crime is involved in parole board proceedings, released from prison or sacs trial and sentencing. The bill would allow the victim to make a statement to be considered as part of a parole report.

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