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2 Section The Indianapolis Star TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1989 a Obituaries 4 Classified 5-14 Weather 15 QtySmte Hoosier Lottery officials revamp TV show Dan Carpenter Hoping to Increase the number of $1 million winners, Hoosier Lottery officials on Monday changed the format of the weekly Hoosier Millionaire television game show. Under the old format, the odds were 1 in 4 that a finalist would correctly select three winning symbols and win the grand prize of $1 million. Under the new format, which allows a finalist to win the big prize with only one selection, the odds are 1 In 2.7. "We believe this minor revision of our game is consistent with, the way the game Is currently played." said Hoosier Lottery Director Jack F. Crawford.

"It increases the opportunity to have more frequent million-dollar winners, but it does not guarantee any more winners than the previous method of play." Despite the odds, the old for mat produced only one million-dollar winner In seven tries. The change Involves the game show's final round. In which a contestant makes selections from a four-number board. Under the original format, dollar signs were behind three of the numbers; behind the fourth was a dollar sign with a red slash through it. A contestant won Increasingly larger amounts of money every time he or she selected a dollar sign $50,000 for the first one.

$100,000 for the second and $1 million for the third. Starting with Saturday's show, the three dollar signs will be replaced with these dollar amounts: $50,000. $100,000 and $1 million. The losing symbol remains. If a finalist selects the $1 million card at any time, the contestant wins that amount and the game is over.

If the contestant selects the losing symbol at any time, the game is over and he or she Is given a $25,000 consolation prize. If either the $50,000 or $100,000 card Is chosen, the player is given the choice to either keep that amount and end the game, or wager that amount on another pick. Cash won during this final round is not cumulative. The amount wagered Is always lost and the amount shown on the new selection prevails. Model cars make son's, dad's dreams come true As I begin to write this, I am waiting for the front bumper (Part No.

36) and underpan (No. 74) to dry to the chassis (No. 3) of my son's Monogram '56 Chevy BelAir. 124 scale. Like the wheels, which don't roll quite true, and the California license plate decal.

which Goats claims Ft. Wiyne is crack center curled up and tore in two, Nos. 36, 74 and 3 have defied the instruction sheet and mocked my blunt fingers. They may U.S. Sen.

Dan Coats said Monday that -northern Indiana cities have become distribution centers for out-of-state crack dealers, and one of the cities with the biggest problems Is the congressman's hometown of Fort Wayne. Coats said Indianapolis, with a population end up fitting a little askew, and I'll pray the owner doesn't notice. Though he bought this near-weightless box of plastic fragments with his own chore mon I 1 ey, he is too young to glue It together himself. He can only wait, worry and practice the about four times Fort Wayne has only a "relatively small" problem with crack, a potent and particularly addictive derivative of cocaine. Fort Wayne has also become a major dealing center for Chicago and Detroit dealers.

Coats said at the opening of a two-day law enforcement drug symposium. The symposium was de- adult vice of left-handed politeness. "The wheels don't really need to roll that good because it will be on the shelf most of the time, right. Dad?" There's so much I can't do In this brief starring role as parent. Handy, I'm not.

I can't it -rs iv 'safe- r. build him the treehouse for which he presented me an armload of scrap wood. I can't make that lousy hand brake work on his bike. Model cars, at least, are an area of experi ence. i was alone when I did my first.

It was a '59 Cadillac, a white convertible with the Drug Enforcement Administra- Coats tion officials and local Indiana police officials. It ends today. Coats, a Republican who has attempted to define himself as Indiana's top political opponent of drug abuse as he prepares for a special election in 1990. held a series of public hearings last month to discuss drug abuse problems. "The knowledge that came out of our conferences held in October around the state indicated that the crack problem in Indianapolis is relatively small," Coats said.

"What we wanjt to try to do is keep It that way." But it was also found that northern Indiana cities have become major distribution centers for crack dealers, he said. Dealers and organized crime, mostly from Detroit but also from Chlcago.have found Fort Wayne and other cities attractive and convenient, he said. Fort Wayne Police Chief Neil Moore and Allen shark fins and bullet taillights. The real ones were new then. They were ocean liners on wheels, those things, and about as remote from my life.

My 3 new members picked for key judicial panel Deputy Court Clerk Martha family didn't own so much as a Rambler. In bringing my dream car to life. I exhibited those traits I would carry into adulthood: Freedom from planning, avoid Coryea (above) grabs a handful of ballots to be counted In the selec ance of good advice, maximum County Prosecutor Stephen Sims will address the symposium today. tion of three attorneys to the Judicial Nominating Committee Commission. Coryea was among many haste.

The result was a mess a limping, lumpy Caddy car Coats said police pressure in larger cities means major drug distributors are "moving Into medium-sized Indiana cities, where law enforce state employees (right) enlisted to tabulate votes by attorneys, who ment is not perceived as being as intense and they can take the city by surprise." icature that looked as if it had been painted with glue. I got better. More cars and the example of friends compensated for the technical ignorance I had Inherited at home. I selected Peter L. Obremskey of Lebanon.

Robert W. Geddes of In Asked why the conference was held In In dianapolis and Saul I. Ruman of Munster to join the influential sev dianapolis, when the problem is worse in Fort Wayne, Coats said Indianapolis Is more centrally located. en-member commission. "We brought it here to the central part of the STAfl STAFF PHOTOS RON IRA STEEl learned that the lowering blocks had to be put in, whether you customized or stuck with street stock.

I learned to measure out $1.25 worth of patience per car. The '60 Dodge Dart turned state because what we want to say is and we brought people down from Fort Wayne is that If it can happen in Fort Wayne, it can happen In Evansvllle, Indianapolis. Terre Haute or any where else. We want to share the story." 'out OK. The '40 Ford.

I dared to paint. The maroon '61 Ponti-ac Bonneville even drew a com-, pliment from one of the arti Death penalty sought against mom in slaying of her infant daughter sans, the guys who could do two-tone interiors and angel hair. In a world uncomplicated by dating. Nintendo and the United Arab Emirates, tabletop cars with their slivers and nuggets Good sport Female football player may be state's first to earn a letter of blown chrome supercharged eight-barrel engine parts seemed a firm step between fantasy and reality. We would one day have full-size wheels like these, we thought.

The Ventures on the radio, 400 horses under the louvered hood. The father told police that when he found Ransdell on the floor of the bathroom she said. "I shot my baby and myself." She had borrowed the gun from her father, saying she was afraid of harassment from someone In Indianapolis and wanted protection. Coleman said. I'd love, absolutely love, to have a "56 Chevy with a 283 V-8 in my driveway right now.

What I do have are two very By SCOTT MILEY STAR STAFF WRITER Corydon senior Kathleen Trumbo didn't need a winning season to set a state record in I varsity football. "She is now officially the first girl to finish out the season alive, very much alive." says her mother, Debbie, laughing. "She's got her letter." A small gold football from Corydon Central High School will be pinned to the on her letter Jacket along with three emblems from girls track and two from girls basketball. A few other girls have started the season on high school boys varsity football teams in Indiana, but it is believed Kathleen Is the only one to finish. She ended the season as a starter at defensive noseguard.

"We can't be 100 percent' sure, but based on the information we have, she would be the first to finish a season and the first to receive a varsity letter." See GIRL Page 2 used Hondas in my driveway and a '56 Chevy drying on a newspaper In my dining room. STAR METRO REPORT Danville. Ind. Hendricks County Prosecutor David H. Coleman is seeking the death penalty against a woman who allegedly shot her Infant daughter to death in a murder-suicide attempt.

Coleman filed a murder charge In Hendricks Circuit Court on Monday against Theresa L. Ransdell. 34. of the 7600 block of Wedgefield Drive. In filing a petition for the death penalty, the prosecutor said the fact the victim was younger than 12 is an aggravating circumstance allowing for such a penalty.

Ransdell is alleged to have shot her 5-month-old daughter, Lauren Nicholle Ransdell, In the head and then turned the borrowed .22 caliber pistol on ASSOCIATED PRESS Kathleen Trumbo started in last two season games. Like so many of us in this new world of limits, I am a purse-lipped puritan about personal transportation. My son wants a Lamborghini, and I extol the Amish, clopping along the New law sought for neglect Nursing home deaths investigated berm of the road, dumping their exhaust. For a little over three bucks, our fantasies and my reality can Join and take form In precision plastic and good old Tes After she was shown how to use the gun. Ransdell took her daughter into a bathroom of the home and shot the child once In the back of the head.

She then shot herself In the forehead, police said. The baby, who was born July 10. died In Methodist Hospital about six hours after the shooting. In a probable cause hearing Monday afternoon, Hendricks Circuit Judge Jeffrey V. Boles granted the arrest warrant for the mother and appointed Brownsburg attorney Harold Blake to represent her.

No bond was set for Ransdell. so she will be taken to Hendricks County Jail at Danville when she is released from the hospital. She was listed in stable condition Monday in Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Coleman said Brownsburg detectives told him there was some mental instability in Ransdell's background but he did not re ter's cement. That sharp-scented, treacherous goo.

Controlled substance of an innocent age. Scourge of my only Cadillac. Medium I've yet to master. I'm on my way. though, if I can just get 36 and 74 to stop wriggling.

Then we'll check out this '54 Ford pickup, or maybe the Deuce Coupe. Paint it candy-apple red with a Pearson's proposal was triggered by publicized allegations of deaths due to neglect In nursing homes In Franklin. Evansvllle and Danville. The problem with existing laws, he said, is judges will not uphold criminal charges of neglect of a dependent filed against nurses, aides and nursing home administrators and owners. Such a charge is usually only applied in family neglect situations.

He proposes to add a specific Class felony to existing healthcare-facility statutes to make ne By BRUCE SMITH STAR STAFF WRITER Nursing home owners and employees could face prison terms for neglecting their patients under a change In state law proposed Monday by Indiana Attorney General Llnley E. Pearson. It was an idea hailed by advocates of better treatment for the elderly and other patients In long-term health care facilities. But it drew cautious support from nursing home owners and workers who say It is a major change In state policy. glect of a patient apply to own- ere.

operators and workers In nursing homes. Prosecutors could file such charges in cases of "unjustifi-; able suffering and death caused -by Intentionally Ignoring prob-lems." he said. Pearson said State Rep. Rob- ert K. Alderman.

R-Fort Wayne, has agreed to sponsor the proposal In the 1990 General Assembly. "Nursing home residents should not be the victims of prof- it and loss statements," Pearson See NEGLECT Page 2 The shooting occurred about 1 p.m. Sunday In the Browns-burg home of Ransdell's parents. Sherman and Mary Staggs. Police later found two notes from Ransdell.

One was a promise to her father to get a permit for the gun on Monday. The second said she was killing herself "to save them from being crucified," but the note does not clearly explain the reference to "them." And she wrote It was not anyone else's fault. black engine block. Flame de-cals. Lake pipes.

Angel hair. Blow their doors off. Dan Carpenter's-column appears Sundays. Tuesdays and Thursdays. quest a psychiatric examination.

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