Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 201, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 May 1989 — Page 2

THE BANNERGRAPHIC May 1,1989

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Faulty shuttle fuel system being fixed

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Technicians worked Monday to replace two faulty fuel system parts aboard space shuttle Atlantis, and NASA hoped to be able to reschedule the once-aborted launch attempt for as early as Friday. Space agency officials said Sunday they expected to install and begin checking new parts Monday and that they would set a new launch date after assessing progress of the work. They said the earliest possible liftoff time was Friday afternoon. BECAUSE OF THE shifting positions of Earth and Venus, there is only a 32-day launch opportunity for sending the $550 million Magellan spacecraft in Atlantis’ cargo bay toward Venus. If the shuttle can’t get off the ground by May 28, the mission would have to be put off for two years, until the two planets are again aligned properly. The launch was scrubbed last Friday just 31 seconds before the planned liftoff when controllers noted a sudden power surge on a fuel pump that recirculates liquid hydrogen propellant for one of the three main engines. Engineers later discovered a tiny

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leak in a 4-inch-diameter fuel line that carries hydrogen from the external fuel tank to the shuttle. Had the countdown continued, a computer designed to detect such problems would have stopped the engines from firing and the five astronauts would have been safe, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. TWO OF THE astronauts, commander David Walker and pilot Ronald Grabe, practiced shuttle landings in a training aircraft Sunday and then flew to their home base in Houston. Mission specialists Mary Cleave, Mark Lee and Norman Thagard returned to Houston on Saturday. Six hours after launching the astronauts are to release the Magellan from Atlantis’ cargo bay, starting it on a 450-day journey to Venus. The 7,600-pound craft is to orbit the planet and map up to 90 percent of its cloud-veiled surface with a high resolution radar system. The images, relayed to Earth and enhanced by computer, could tell scientists much about the history of Venus and why it evolved so differently than its sister planet Earth.

Three friends found dead in car after Starke County barn suicide

NORTH JUDSON, Ind. (AP) Three suicide notes were found tucked under the windshield of a car left running in a Starke County bam where the bodies of three men were found during the weekend. The three, who were found dead Saturday, were close friends and were all from Winamac, police said. They were Derek W. Gilman, 18; Christian J. Blameuser, 19; and Douglas R. Frinkle, 20. THEY WERE FOUND by Blameuser’s parents, Frank and Carolyn Blameuser of Winamac, who own the bam.

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According to police, a car believed to belong to Christian Blameuser was parked inside the bam with its engine running. The car was still running when die parents found the bodies. The victims were last seen alive about midnight Friday. It was not known immediately how long they had been dead when their bodies were found. Stark County Coroner Douglas O’Donnell said the suicide notes were written on one sheet of paper. “PRETTY MUCH ALL it said was, ‘Don’t be mad at us. We love

Special session focus on state budget

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Budget negotiators returned to work Monday on a compromise spending plan to present to a special session of the Indiana General Assembly. Gov. Evan Bayh planned to issue a proclamation today calling lawmakers back to work on Tuesday for the 27th special session in the history of the state Legislature. Bayh and legislative leaders of both parties said they hope the special session, which by their agreement will be limited in scope, will finish its work within a day or two. “ALL AGREE THERE’S been significant progress made,” Bayh said Sunday. “All agree that the framework for more significant progress has been established.” Leaders of both parties said they have instructed their budget negotiators to go back to the bargaining table today to try to resolve differences on the level of funding for public schools, the issue both sides said has been the major stumbling block in the budget talks. “I hope agreements will be reached Monday and that will allow us to finish Tuesday,” said House Democratic Speaker Michael K. Phillips of Boonville. SENATE PRESIDENT Pro Tern Robert D. Garton, R-Columbus, agreed it might take only

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you. We’re sorry,”’ O’Donnell said. “No motive, except they just couldn’t stand to live anymore.” Funeral services for Gilman, a junior at Winamac Community High School, were scheduled Tuesday at Frain Mortuary in Winamac. Services will be conducted Wednesday at HarrisonMetzger Funeral Home in Kewanna for Blameuser, a junior at the Winamac school. He also attended El-Tip-Wa Area Vocational School in Logansport. Services were pending for Frinkle, a graduate of the Winamac school.

one special session day to wrap up the Legislature’s work. But he suggested that if negotiations bog down, that day might not be Tuesday. “If we don’t have agreement by Tuesday morning, I don’t think we’ll go into session,” Garton said Sunday. The budget negotiations, which started over two weeks ago when Bayh vetoed the first budget passed by the General Assembly, went on through the early morning hours Saturday and continued off and on until almost midnight Saturday. BAYH HAD ENCOURAGED Republican legislative leaders to consider postponing the final day of the regular session to Sunday to allow negotiators more time to work. But Garton and House Republican Speaker Paul S. Mannweiler of Indianapolis, citing the need to finish other routine business, decided by mid-after-noon Saturday to call lawmakers into session for the last of the 61 days the law allows for a regular session. The first-term Democratic governor threatened throughout the day to call lawmakers back into a special session on Sunday, but he changed his mind after meeting with legislative leaders shortly after the regular session ad-

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‘No grades, no party’ seen bolstering image at Washington State

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Scott Leffel straddled a motor scooter behind the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house and reflected on a future prerequisite for fraternity parties at Washington State University: Good grades. “I’m not too happy with it, actually,” said Leffel, a sophomore. “It seems like the university is continually working against us rather than with us.” But the “no grades, no parties” rule that will take effect next year wasn’t the brainstorm of a scheming college dean trying to rid the campus of an “Animal House.” THE GREEKS, often considered synonymous with parties, imposed this rule on themselves to bolster their image and academic standing. Beginning next spring semester, a fraternity will have to forgo parties for two weeks for every 0.05 point that its gradepoint average for the preceding fall semester falls below the average GPA for all male undergraduates. The rule, believed to be the first of its kind for an entire campus fraternity system, was adopted by the Intrafratemity Council on a 22-1 vote of chapter presidents. The 16,000-stu-dent school has 25 fraternities with a total of 1,400 members. COUNCIL VICE president Tom Gallagher said his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, would have been pinched if partying penalties had been imposed based on last fall’s grades. But that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for the rule he helped develop. Gallagher and council president Gary Downing said the policy attracted much interest at a Western regional conference of fraternities they attended

Hoosier minister, wife, two children found slain in home

LAKEVILLE, Ind. (AP) A minister, his wife and two of their daughters were discovered shot to death in the church parsonage Sunday morning as the congregation sang hymns next door. Police identified the victims as Robert Pelley, 38, his wife, Dawn, 32, and daughters Janel, 8, and Jolene, 6. “WE BELIEVE THE first one killed was Robert,” said St. Joseph County sheriff’s Cpl. Charles Feirrell. “We’ll know more after we get the pathology report.” Investigators believe the four were slain sometime Saturday afternoon. The one-story frame house was locked and without signs of forced entry, Feirrell said. Pelley’s body was found in the hallway, and the bodies of Ms. Pelley and the children were discovered in a family room, he said. The Pelley s’ three other children were not home when the attack occurred police said. Jessica, 10, had stayed overnight with friends; Jackie, 14, was attending church camp; and Jeff, 17, had traveled

recently in Oakland, Calif. “The IFC leadership wanted to send a message that kind of flew in the face of the stereotypical perception of Greeks, that all they’re here for is to party,” said Jack Bums, fraternities coordinator for the Residence Life and Housing office. He said he wasn’t aware of a similar campus-wide rule anywhere else. SOME FRATERNITY brothers question the correlation between grade-point average and keggers, though. “Maybe the problem isn’t just with the partying; maybe it’s with the teachers and stuff, you know?” said Leffel of Sig Ep. “I mean, a lot of my TA’s (teaching assistants) are from foreign countries, and when I go in there to try and talk econ’ I can’t even understand this guy.” “You can party as much as you want and still make good grades,” said a member of Alpha Gamma Rho who was among a group soaking up sunshine on the fraternity’s lawn recently. “It’s just a matter of budgeting your time.” Some fraternity members claim the university pressured the fraternity council to adopt the rule, with some suggesting that President Sam Smith is bent on making the campus dry. Smith dismisses those suggestions, although he praised the council for its move. “IF WE TRIED to pui in a rule like this, it would be fought,” Smith said. Under the new system, even a fraternity whose members get straight F’s won’t have to abandon all merriment. The rules set a maximum penalty of 10 partyfree weeks. Penalized houses will get to pick which weeks they’ll spend on the social sidelines.

joumed at midnight Sunday. “There was pretty much universal opinion to do it on Tuesday or Wednesday,” said Lt. Gov. Frank O’Bannon. Garton said he believed a Sunday session wouldn’t have been productive because lawmakers and their staffs were exhausted. Rep. Patrick J. Kiely, an Anderson Republican and budget negotiator, said a cooling-off period was needed. “I THINK TEMPERS HAVE been flaring the last few days,” said Kiely. “After a while, you lose sight of the issues and start fighting along political grounds.” By agreement of the governor and legislative leaders, the special session will address only a short list of issues, all related in some way to the budget. That agreement will prevent lawmakers from introducing bills on unrelated topics during the special session. In addition to the budget, other issues scheduled to be considered during the special session are a state lottery and pari-mutuel wagering on horse races, property tax relief for homeowners whose bills are due for reassessment, Bayh’s “Excel Program for Education” and a formula for distributing state money for public schools.

with friends to an amusement park north of Chicago following an allnight prom party, Feirrell said. POLICE RELEASED few details about evidence found at the scene. Autopsies were being conducted late Sunday, Feirrell said. All appeared to have been shot at close range by the same weapon, he said. The bodies were discovered by church trustee David Hathaway around 10 a.m. as the increasing anxious members of the Olive Branch Church of the United Brethren in Christ were celebrating the Sunday service in his absence, said Roger Schafer, 48, a member of the church. “The whole county’s shook,” said Dan Richard, 27, also of the congregation. “People don’t know whether to stay at home alone or in groups.” Feirrell said today that no suspects have been arrested. “We have information and we have evidence that we hope will lead to a suspect. At this time, we are not releasing any information.”