Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 23, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 October 1987 — Page 2

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC October 3,1987

Trucker's sentence 70 years INDIANAPOLIS (AP) At least one victim injured when a truck driver rammed his tractor-trailer cab into a crowded Indianapolis tavern says the 70-year prison sentence handed down by a judge is too lenient. Kenneth W. Metzler, 34, of Indianapolis was convicted in August of 33 charges, including one count of murder and 18 counts of attempted murder, in connection with the crime. Waiving his right to a jury trial, he was sentenced Friday by Marion Superior Court Judge Webster L. Brewer. Brewer called Metzler’s Feb. 21 crime “a terrorist act of the type seldom seen in this country” before announcing the sentence. Maxine Vittorio, 55, who was celebrating her wedding anniversary at the tavern, was killed. Nine people were severely injured. Trial testimony showed Metzler drove his truck cab 80 feet into the Benchwarmer Pub & Eatery on the city’s southside after an argument with his girlfriend, Patricia A. Leake, 28, who tended bar at the tavern. She too was injured. “He will be out by the time he is in his 60s and have some life to live. That’s more than you can say for others,” said Kim Steinmetz, 21, of Indianapolis, who suffered leg and head injuries in the incident. Under state law, Metzler will earn a day’s credit for each day he serves in prison on good behavior. With maximum “good time” credits, he would be incarcerated 35 years, making him eligible for release at age 69. Deputy Prosecutor Joy R. Tolbert termed the crime “atrocious” because Metzler “had a total disregard for the innocent people he knew were in that tavern.”

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Praying for Bork

President appeals to nation on court nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan, warned that only his vaunted persuasive powers can save the day, planned a nationwide appeal in the hope of halting a Senate stampede to defeat Robert H. Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Leaving the White House for a weekend at his Camp David retreat in Maryland, where he was broadcasting his pro-Bork radio speech today, Reagan told reporters late Friday that he hadn’t abandoned hope. But he jokingly told Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., who is publicly undecided about the nomination, that he was invoking divine intervention in Bork’s behalf. According to an aide to the senator, this exchange took place as Reagan welcomed DeConcini to the Oval Office for an arm-twisting session Friday : Reagan: “I hope you pray.” DeConcini: “Yeah, I pray.” Reagan: “If you call and the line is

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busy, it’s because I’m praying too.” DeConcini said he told the president that Bork was “in deep trouble notwithstanding what my decision might be.” DeConcini plans to announce his position on the nomination Monday. Another Democratic visitor to the White House, Sen. J. James Exon of Nebraska, said the nomination is “in big, big trouble.” Bork himself visited Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee, a contender for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, to plead his case. Gore said afterward that Bork had denied as his critics claim that he stands outside the judicial mainstream. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., a Bork supporter, told reporters after attending a German-American festival at the White House that he thought it was doubtful that Reagan could gain the Senate majority required to put Bork on the Supreme Court. The Senate Judiciary Committee,

Fire rips Colorado nuclear reactor

PLATTEVILLE, Colo. <AP) A fire was extinguished in the turbine building of Colorado’s sole nuclear power plant early today, but operators shut down the reactor and there was no escape of radiation, authorities said. The fire at the Fort St. Vrain nuclear power plant was contained at 1:24 a m., said Kim DeVigil, a spokeswoman for Public Service Co. of Colorado, which operates the nuclear plant 40 miles north of metropolitan Denver. There were no reports of injury, she said. “It’s now stable and the fire is out,” said Joe Fouchard, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory commission in Washington, D.C. He said there was no escape of radiation. He said the turbine building is adjacent to the reactor building, but the two are separated by a steel wall and fire did not enter the reactor structure. Fouchard said the fire began when

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which held 12 days of nationally televised hearings on the nomination, votes Tuesday on whether to recommend Bork’s confirmation by the full Senate. Senate Majority Whip Alan Cranston, D-Calif., estimated that 50 senators opposed Bork, 40 favored him and 10 were undecided. White House legislative strategist William L. Ball 111 said his count showed the Senate evenly split, with 18 members still undecided. Exon said he told Reagan that Bork’s maximum support was 48 to 49 votes, two or three short of the 51vote majority necessary for confirmation. Reminded of reports that the Judiciary Committee might send the Bork nomination to the Senate floor without a recommendation, Reagan said, “That’s all right with me. It’s the Senate that’s going to decide.” There were no indications that Reagan swayed any of his four Senate visitors Friday-

oil from a hydraulic system leak in the turbine building sprayed onto a hot pipe and burst into flame. The reactor was manually shut down as the fire occurred, and its atomic reaction is inactive. “Obviously we’re going to investigate what happened,” he said. There are two NRC resident inspectors at the plant and more will be sent to the scene from other NRC offices, he said. There were no immediate reports on the extent of damage to the plant. “We’re assessing damage at this point, which isn’t major, but it is significant to Public Service Co. of Colorado,” said utility spokesman Mark Severts. DeVigil said PSC activated the Colorado Radiological Emergency Response Plan at 12:05 a.m. Under the plan, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Colorado governor’s office, among others, are notified. The alert remained in effect early today.

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Quake yields disaster areas

c. 1987 N.Y. Times News Service LOS ANGELES Californians began cleaning up the wreckage from Thursday’s earthquake Friday amid expressions of relief that this had not been the long-feared “big one.” Early estimates put the total damage in the tens of millions of dollars. Gov. George Deukmejian toured Whittier, the town closest to the quake’s epicenter and the one hardest hit by the violent shocks that rocked the region early Thursday morning. After examining shattered storefronts, toppled chimneys and houses knocked off their foundations, Deukmejian declared Whittier and nearby Monterey Park disaster areas, the first step in enabling those individuals and businesses there towns to qualify for federal aid. In Los Angeles, most of the 3,000 people who spent Thursday night camped out in parks, fearful of being indoors if another quake should strike, began returning to their homes. “They didn’t want to take any chances,” said Officer Fabian Lizarraga, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. He said many of those in the parks were immigrants from South America, where they had seen flimsy homes leveled by earthquakes. Throughout most of the region, businesses reopened, shattered windows were replaced or boarded up, phone service and electricity were restored, repairs on damaged freeways were completed and life generally began returning to normal after Southern California’s worst earthquake since 1971. Authorities said at least six people died, including three who apparently suffered heart attacks during or after the tremors. The quake measured 6.1 on the Richter scale. An earthquake of 6 on the scale is considered severe. While nerves calmed and residents of most areas stopped joking about moving to the East Coast, the scene in Whittier remained one of destruction.

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The main portion of the business district remained closed off while engineers worked to determine which buildings were safe to enter and which might need to be demolished. Mayor Gene Chandler, walking through the area with Sen. Pete Wilson, estimated that damage to the commercial area alone was probably $lO million. About 800 homes were damaged and 100 residents suffered minor injuries, but there were no deaths in Whittier. “My reaction is one of shock,” Wilson said. “I’m grateful there wasn’t a greater loss of life. ” In Pasadena and the neighboring towns of Rosemead and Temple City total damage was estimated at $25 million. In Los Angeles, which was largely spared the structural damage suffered in the suburbs to the east, officials gave a preliminary figure of $5 million in damage. Los Angeles officials warned that when the “big one” finally comes to Southern California the region will need to be even more prepared that it was on Thursday. “What we had yesterday was just a gentle reminder of the shadow we live in,” said Hal Bernson, a member of the City Council. “We didn’t have a real earthquake here yesterday. We had a little shaking.” Because of the movement of the Bernson called for the city to spend $l.B million to expand a community volunteer response team that could train civilians in medical care, basic firefighting and other skills that would be needed in a catastrophe. A group called the PreEarthquake Planning for PostEarthquake Rebuilding said that the city should have an ordinance specifying the roles of the various municipal agencies in post-quake repairs. The group said the city should expect two earthquakes in coming years, one a temblor of “moderate magnitude” centered in the city and another, stronger quake centered on the San Andreas fault, which runs about 50 miles to the north and west of the city.