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BLASTIiiG A17AY Universal Mine loaded with coal and problems SPECTRUM F1 LIUSTASiG MANIA Car's fan clubs honor an American classic LIFESTYLE H1 SAYIIIG THANKS Broad Ripple student honored for heroic act CITYSTATE C1 Warm Partly sunny. Low, 56. High, 86. Details on Page A13. INDIANAPOLI Section SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1988 "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty" II Cor.

3:17 "fc "fr Home nn Single Delivered Copy Star FT" sHooe iviears mas speedway ii 219.198-mph average a record for qualifications ORDER OF THE DAY 9 a.m. Gates open a.m. Practice Noon-6 p.m. Qualifications Related speedway stories, Pages A6, B1-5 Row-by-row chart, Page B2 Scoring chart, Page B4 Getting to the track, Page C9 -fvJ 'Te If i 1 I. J'" -fg By ROBIN MILLER STAR ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The staid, old oval put up a helluva fight Saturday, bringing most of the big names and fast cars to their knees.

But the unpredictable and unwieldy Indianapolis Motor Speedway just couldn't handle Rick Mears. After watching his competition lose traction, speed and unanimous decisions to the 79-year-old race track, Mears mauled the speedway record book with a four-lap average run of 219.198 mph and drove away with the pole position for the 72nd Indianapolis 500. It was an awesome afternoon for Roger Penske's team as his talented trio of Mears, Danny Sullivan and Al Unser claimed the front row for the May 29 classic. A total of 19 cars qualified in the opening round of time trials, but aside from the pole sitter the excessive speeds of the past week were held in check by a slippery track. Mears, who seems to thrive on challenges, went out in the heat of the day in the Pennzoil PC-17Chevy and came back with a one-lap standard of 220.453 mph, a record average of 219.198 and his fourth Indy pole.

Mears owned the previous IMS one-lap and four-lap marks of 217.581 and 216.828, respectively, set in 1986. The anticipated duel between Mears and Mario Andretti, which attracted an estimated 200,000 spectators, turned out to be a mismatch. Andretti, who had practiced at 221.5 mph Wednesday and 220 on Saturday morning, turned in a disappointing run of 214.692 mph in the Amo-coK mart LolaChevy. Even though he was the first qualifier. Andretti's car couldnt cope with the changing conditions of the track, and he wound up on the pole of Row 2.

Penske, celebrating his 20th year at Indianapolis, got an early indication of things to come STAR PHOTO VERN ATKINS Two-time Indy winner Rick Mears gets a big hug from his wife, Chris, after qualifying at an average speed of 219.198 mph. See SPEEDWAY Page 6 Lack of pay keeps police veterans from training rookies the field-training program is effective and worthwhile. ment 42 field-trainers to teach 37 rookies. Officials would like a ratio of five FTOs to three rookies, or 62 officers for the current class. "I'd give anything if we had more of our veteran officers willing to take on that role," Annee laments.

Maj. Penny L. Davis believes that using younger officers as field-training officers has some benefits. "They haven't picked up bad habits," said Davis, commander of the Northside police quadrant, where the FTO program is based. Davis said there are veterans among the FTOs.

with the overall average being about five years' experience. Despite the program's shortcomings. 1PD officials are unanimous in saying they feel the task is just not worth the $1 1 a week. "It's a thankless job," says Police Chief Paul A. Annee.

"They just feel the compensation isn't worth the work you have to do." When the department sought applications for FTOs to train the newest class of rookies they started a week ago only 1 8 police officers, out of more than 900, applied. Three were ruled out immediately for discipline or attendance problems. Seven five of whom have less than three years' experience were accepted. The rest will become FTOs when they meet the two-year minimum service requirement at the end of July. The seven new FTOs give the depart By GEORGE McLAREN STAR STAFF WRITER A shortage of veteran field-training officers the cops who show rookies the ropes has forced local police officials to plug the gaps with inexperienced personnel.

The result has been rookies teaching rookies, say some critics. That has prompted the Indianapolis Police Department to conduct an unprecedented survey of selected veterans to learn why they won't volunteer for the 8-year-old program. Money or lack of It appears to be an important part of the reason. Field-training officers get $600 a year above a third-year patrolman's pay, which is $26,398, to help the city Police training becoming systematic, Page A11 preserve its Investment in time and training of law enforcement candidates. FTOs spend their work shifts riding with rookies, first showing them how to perform police duties, then switching to a monitoring role as the rookies gain experience and begin applying what they learned in the police academy.

Rookies are given daily written evaluations on everything from officer safety and Interaction with the public to the shine of their shoes and the inflection of their voices. Preliminary results from the survey of five- to 10-year veterans who have never been field-training officers show It is quite a contrast to training in years past, best described as informal and undisciplined, sometimes described as bar-hopping. That's how Annee described his on-the-job training after he graduated from the police academy 23 years ago. Annee had been randomly teamed with a veteran officer, as was the prevailing practice. "The first officer they put me with in 1965 took me from tavern to tavern, drinking all day.

If you asked me what I learned. I learned where the taverns See VETERANS Page 10 ijuwiiwiiwiii(wwi'iffi'w'iiwiiy I it Iraq steps up drive against Iran Up to 54 crewmen missing on blazing tankers K'l" ASSOCIATED PRESS Manama, Bahrain Iraqi warplanes bombarded an offshore terminal in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday and set fire to five tankers, Including two of Rioting inmates hold 3 hostage in Oklahoma UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Stringtown, Okla. Knife-wielding inmates holding three guards hostage at a medium-security prison threatened to cut off the captives' fingers until they were given ice cream and soft drinks Saturday. They later set fire to a cafeteria after an impasse in negotiations. At least 10 and as many as 32 inmates seized part of the Mac Alford Correctional Center in southeast Oklahoma.

the largest vessel afloat, were blazing out of control hours after the midafternoon raid on Larak Island, according to shipping sources. Gulf-based sources said Iranian salvage tugs were battling flames aboard the ships, some of which were moored together to transfer cargo. Reports of casualties varied widely. Gulf-based shipping executives said at least 16 crew members were missing, 14 from the Seawlse Giant and two from the 457.841 -ton. British-flagged Burmah Endeavour.

In London, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Unit said all of the approximately 50 people aboard the Seawlse Giant and four from the Barcelona were unaccounted for. There were no reports regarding crews of the other two tankers, the 152.004-ton, Cypriot-flagged Argosy and the Iranian tanker Khark. The attacks were part of an intensified effort by Baghdad to cut off the export revenues that Tehran uses to finance the war with Iraq, now In Its eighth year. the world largest. In a stepped; up drive to destroy Iran's oil lifeline.

Up to 54 crewmen were reported missing. One of the ships, the Spanish tanker Barcelona, was said to be sinking. Two others, including the Seawlse Giant, at 564.739 tons Prayer Amnesty ends immigrants' lives of secrecy and fear ilu 1 Uprising has town in state of siege, Page A11 set fires and took eight guards hostage at knife point when a conflict between a guard and a group of inmates led to a rampage late Friday. On Saturday, the rebellious inmates released five hostages unharmed, but continued to hold three as talks went on into the night, officials said. "These guys are feeling more hostile, more irritable," said Anita Trammell.

spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Prisons. "There appear to be one or two hotheads In there." Prison officials reported they were close to an agreement with the inmates that would involve transferring them to a federal prison. But the deal fell through, and the inmates set fire to a cafeteria In a section of the prison's east dormitory that escaped damage from a series of blazes Saturday morning. The cafeteria fire was quickly doused. U.S.

Marshal Larry Beard said the inmates complained about prison conditions, particularly overcrowding. When, during a difficult day, if we will but take time to pray and enjoy a part of nature's beauty, we can feel the closeness of You, Lord, and give thanks. Amen. Chuckle If politicians think TV coverage is so Important, why do they keep giving us reruns? Phone numbers Circulation 633-9211 Main office 633-1240 Classified Ads 633-1212 Scores after 4:30 p.m. VOLUME 85, No.

345 Copyright 1988 The Indianapolis Star ''Mr- By MARK NICHOLS STAR STAFF WRITER For 10 years, Celia Parra lived the life of a fugitive to maintain the lifestyle of a working-class American. She kept a low profile, living near Spanish-speaking friends and relatives because she couldn't speak English. She used a fictitious Social Security number to get minimum-wage jobs. At one point, she assumed an alias. Those efforts, she hoped, would keep her from being deported to her native Mexico.

But today, after securing legal status In the United States under amnesty provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. the 49-year-old Indianapolis woman Is looking forward to a new beginning as her old self. "I know I will be better treated I will have more rights," Parra said recently, speaking with the help of an interpreter at the Hispano-American Multi-Cultural Center in Downtown Indianapolis. "I'm very happy. I don't want to go back to Mexico except on vacation." Parra, along with her three daughters and son, were among the estimated 1,150 immigrants See AMNESTY Page 9 Ac'' Jj' f4ti itt) Mil -l-llll Tl I i ifi'iHliUft ASSOCIATED PRESS A guard watches over inmates at the Mac Alford Correctional Center after uprising..