The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 11

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1969 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 12 WOULD 'HAMSTRING' GOVERNOR SENATE ROUNDUP College Efforts Pushed Despite Merger Plan Ban On Glue-Sniffing Among 5 Bills Passed House OKs Corrections Merit Bill By 3 Votes action has prompted I.U. and Purdue to move "very quickly" to come up with a unification plan. introduced in the House by Insurance Trusts The Senate Committee on Insurance and Corporations voted yesterday to recommend passage of two bills adding life insurance, endowment and annuity contracts to a list of investments custodians may manage for trusts of youths. They are S.B. 172, which would Include such insurance contracts in a list of permissible "gifts to minors," and S.B.

209, which would allow trustees to purchase for the benefit of the trust beneficiaries policies costing not more than 25 per cent of the trust income. The committee voted to hold for more study a bill that would have included the book rebinding business in a state revenue provision now exempting laundries and dry cleaners from paying a portion of the gross income tax, and another that would have required health and hospital insurance group plans to retain among the insured any handicapped child who is unemployable at the time he attains age 19. ministrator to handle the business part of the hospital. Top Road Priority Another bill submitted in the Senate would set up a new primary highway system account for improvement of Federal-aid highways to receive 1 cent of any gallonage tax increase the legislature may adopt. The measure would authorize the State Highway Commission alone to determine county road mileage for purposes of allocations to counties and eliminate reduced distributions to cities and towns if the fund is less than $22,650,000 in any fiscal year.

Fight Johnson Grass Johnson grass, found mostly in southern and central Indiana, is costing the state more than $8 million a year, a research analyst for Eli Lilly Co. told the Senate Agriculture Committee yesterday. Glen C. Klingman, the Lilly spokesman, said unreported spread of Johnson grass, and cost of insecticides and sprays and equipment to fight the pesky infestations in corn, wheat and soybeans could push the cost to nearly $16 million. Others who testified before the Senate committee for state funds to help fight Johnson grass were Hollys Moon, Indiana Farm Bureau, and Dr.

Richard J. Hull, Purdue University Agriculture Experimental Station. Despite their argument, the committee reduced $15,000 from a $55,000 request from the general fund to Purdue University to continue research on killing the weed. The committee approved a bill directing state highway departments, railroads, public utilities and other public and quasi-public corporations to prevent the growth of Johnson grass. It also approved SCR 11, a resolution requesting Congress and the U.S.

Department of Agriculture to take all necessary action to control Johnson grass. By ROBERT P. MOONEY Efforts to create a State University of Indianapolis will continue despite the proposed merger of the Indianapolis operations of Indiana and Purdue universities, a ranking state legislator said yesterday. Senator Lawrence M. Borst (R-Indianapolis), speaking for Mayor Richard G.

Lugar, said the Senate Affairs of Marion County committee, of which he is chairman, will continue seeking the new university although I.U. President Joseph Sutton promised that a committee of Indianapolis residents will serve as an ad visory group for the merger. THE TWO universities an nounced yesterday their trustees have agreed to merge the Indianapolis operations under the name Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Dr. John Hicks, executive assistant to Purdue President Frederick L.

Hovde, said it was hoped Lugar and the county legislators would withdraw their requests for a University of Indianapolis. The promise of the committee was extended to Borst through Claude Rich, I.U. Alumni director emeritus and lobbyist for the Bloomington institution. Borst and other Marion County legislators attended a luncheon at the Columbia Club with the Purdue-Indiana officials yesterday to discuss views between Lugar's pro posal for a state university, and the proposed merger agree ment by the trustees. AT THE SAME time, the announcement was being made public although the Marion County delegation did not know this, Borst said.

The announcement was made by Dr. Maynard K. Hine, chancellor of Indiana University at In dianapolis. "We thought it was sup posed to be secret," Borst said. He said three bills, includ ing the one calling for a State i i ty of Indianapolis, could nullify the planned merger if enacted.

THEY ARE: S.B. 248, to establish a state university of Indianapolis, provide for appointment, powers and duties of trustees, transfers to trustees all property and assets of Indiana and Purdue universities located in Marion County, and appropriate sums for the Marion County campuses. S.B. 254, to set up a nine-member Board of Regents named by the governor to set policy for state-supported universities, and appropriate $374,000 for next two years. S.B.

272, to reorganize the Indiana Vocational Technical College as a community college and set steps for establishment of regions. ALL THREE bills are included in the seven-packet package recommended by the Stoner Commission, chaired by Richard B. Stoner of Columbus. They will be discussed at hearing at 8 p.m. today in the Statehouse.

Lugar announced his plans for legislation for a state University of Indianapolis on Dec. 15, and Borst said the mayor's Dr. Hine said the merger would be effected in four stages, including the submis sion of any enabling legislation to the 1971 legislature. Some aspects of the merger might extend beyond 1971. Indiana University, with a resident chancellor, will have primary responsibility for management of the joint campus.

IN TEACHING, Indiana wiil be responsible for arts, sciences and such professional schools as law, medicine, dentistry and business. Purdue will be responsible for engineering, agriculture, pre-veter-inary and pre-pharmacy training and related subjects. The two universities will recommend to the 1969 General Assembly that all appropriations and bonding authority for capital construction in Indianapolis be made to Indiana University at Indianapolis. Dr. Hovde and Dr.

Sutton said both boards of trustees approved the move with no dissenting votes. ABC Chief, Governor Aide Named Smock Governor Edgar D. Whit-comb yesterday announced the appointments of John R. Smock of Lafayette as state Alcoholic Beverage Commission chairman and James P. Quinn of Indianapolis as an administrative assistant to the Governor.

Both appointments had been mentioned in speculation earlier but were not announced officially until yesterday. Smock, 60-year-old attorney born in Delphi, practiced law several years before he joined the FBI in 1942. He has served in that agency 27 years, the last 18 as senior resident agent at Lafayette. HE SUCCEEDS Joe A. Harris, who has been chairman eight years and is a Democrat.

Smock is a Republican. The appointment is effective Friday, when Smock will retire from Federal service. Quinn, also an attorney, is former executive secretary of the Indianapolis Bar Association. A former Bedford resident, he received his law degree from the Indianapolis Law School of Indiana University and during the last two years headed the commercial code and collection agency licensing offices when Whitcomb was secretary of state. Quinn Legislative treatment, director of health services, director of the di vision of parole, director of the division of probation, director of the division of industries and farms and the heads of the various institutions.

Lewis argued "In this bill, we are saying to the Governor, 'You are not competent and we cannot trust you to select department heads'." He asked, "Are we going to turn over our government of Indiana to agencies, bureaus, advisory councils and all the things that come up?" Jones said under the bill the Governor still would have the power to change the director of correction without letting his term run out. JONES SAID crime is becoming a highly sophisticated business and so is correction. He said the question boiled down to "Do we still believe in locking 'em up or do we believe in rehabilitation through professional care?" V.D. In Confidence A bill which would allow minors to obtain treatment for venereal disease without telling their parents was passed by the House, 89-3, and sent to the Senate. Representative E.

Henry Lamkin Jr. (R-Indianapolis), physician and author of the bill, said it is badly needed to aid in a battle against an alarming V.D. rate in Indianapolis. He said the incidence of venereal disease in Indianapolis last year was 25 per cent greater than in New York City, He said that when a doctor diagnoses V.D. now and wants to treat it, the first question a youth asks is "will you tell my parents?" If the answer is "Yes," he said, the youth will decline treatment.

He said doctors, despite the bill, undoubtedly still would advise the youngsters to tell their parents. Mud Creek Package A package of 23 bills which would block or make it more difficult for the Indianapolis Water Company to acquire land for the controversial Mud Creek Reservoir project was WHEN YOU BUY 6 EDGE CARTRIDGE MM A bill to establish required qualifications and a merit system for top officials in the Department of Correction was one of a dozen measures passed yesterday by the Indiana House of Representatives and sent to the Senate. The corrections bill was approved by a 54-36 margin, receiving only three more votes than the required constitutional majority of 51. REPRESENTATIVE John M. Lewis (R-Seymour), repre sentative from Governor Edgar D.

Whitcomb's home county, led the opposition, although he made it clear he had not talked to the Governor about the bill. He argued it would hamstring the governor in his choice of a Correction Department commissioner and other top department personnel. Representative Robert L. Jones Jr. (R-Indianapolis), coauthor of the bill, said that in fact the bill was included in Governor Whitcomb's "crime package." The bill provides the Governor would choose the commissioner from among a list of three or more persons selected by the advisory council to the Department of Correc tion.

THE commissioner would have to be a graduate of an accredited college or university, preferably the recipient of a graduate degree. He would be required to have had eight years fulltime paid experience in correctional institutional work. Three years of this work must have been in a responsible supervisory or administrative capacity. The commission would appoint, with recommendation of the advisory council, an executive director of adult institutions. This official would have direct supervision over all correctional institutions designed for incarcerating adults.

Educational and experience qualifications also are spelled out for the executive director and other officials. OTHER TOP officials covered by the bill would include youth authority director, director of classification and a FOODS 76 'ARTIFICIALLY ,1 I I I BD COOKIES Your Food Stort aeelbBBeaeeess KjSSI Bills Introduced Other bills introduced in the Senate included: S.B. 305, which would permit police to remove from public or private property any abandoned or junked vehicles under specified conditions, provide for the disposition of the removed remains and for disciplinary action by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. S.B. 308, which would permit state aid to county court probation services on matching basis if the county department meets state standards for probation officers.

S.B. 316, which would create a state tax court of three judges which would have exclusive jurisdiction to determine questions arising out of tax laws of the state, and provide for a small claims division. 2 Hospital Chiefs Senator Eidon F. Lundquist (R-Elkhart) is expected to introduce legislation today calling for both a medical and an administrative superintendent at the state's mental institutions. Lundquist said too many of the state's institutions are being administered by psychiatrists "who should be treating patients." He said his bill would seek to establish in the state hospitals what all general hospitals now practice, having a doctor or physician to handle the medical matters and an ad PROMPT (ADVERTISEMENT) I BACKACHE i Joint Pains You long to eete those peine, even temporarily, until the cause li cleered up.

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The bill, one of several recommendations of an interim committee that studied the threats of addictive drugs and corrective measures needed, passed 44-0; Also approved were: S.B. 50, which would create a commission for the handicapped to study a plan for providing diagnostic and evaluative services to the handicapped and appropriating $20,000 for the study. (45-0.) S.B. 51, which would create a commission for the handicapped to develop a plan of services for the multiple handicapped and appropriating for the study. (41-0).

S.B. 56, which would in crease the monthly payment to disabled persons from $80 to $100. (35-3.) S.B. 123, which would amend the 1965 Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act to increase the number of members of the board from six to seven and to create a Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District. (46-0.) i THE "GLUE SNIFFING" bills would outlaw the deliberate inhalation of any glue or cement containing toluene, acetone or other solvents or chemicals having the property of releasing toxic vapors.

It would provide a fine of up to $100 and imprisonment for up to six months for any one who inhales the vapors for the purpose of causing an exhilirated condition. It would provide a fine of up to $300 and imprisonment for up to a year for anyone who aids or encourages someone else to violate the provisions, including the selling of unusually large quantities without in quiring as to its intended use. School Architects The Senate received a bill that would require the Division of Schoolhouse Planning in the Department of Public Instruction to employ an architect to prepare standardized plans for schoolhouses and supervise construction under those plans. The bill. S.B.

318, intro-duced by Senators William C. Christy (D-Hammond) and Robert L. Shaeffer is aimed at reducing the costs of planning schools. Frequency Change Urged For WWCM THB STAR'S WASHINGTON BUREAU Washington Chester F. Maumowicz Jr.

hearing examiner, yesterday recom mended that the Federal Com munications Commission' per mit a Brazil (Ind.) radio sta tion to change frequency. If allowed to stand, the decision would permit Albert S. Tedesco to operate station WWCM on 1130 kilocycles during the daytime hours in stead of on 1380. party delegates at a state con vention, are United States Senator, Governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, judges of the Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts, the clerk and reporter of the courts, and the superintendent of public instruction. FRICK also said he would have an electoral reform bill that would change the May primary to an early date in September.

"The present May date un duly burdens candidates for office who must begin cam paigmng in February for the November general election it's too long, expensive and too much burden on candi dates and voters as well." Frick said. Rogers said the Democrats were willing to work with Republicans on lowering of the voting age, from 21 years to either 18 or 19 years of age. The measure would be In the form of a constitutional amendment and take six years to become law, he pointed out. (ADViKTIHMINI) Mert Security With FALSE TEETH At Any Time Don't II In fmr nf falu bath lomwnlng, wobbling or dropping Jtwt at the wrong time. For more eecurlte and mora comfort, Juet sprinkle a little FABTEETH on nur nittaa FASTaXTH holds fain tth firm Makes eating eaaler.

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Alli son (R-Indianapolis). The package includes mea sures which would make the water company's wholly owned subsidiary, the Shorewood Corporation, subject to Indiana Public Service Commission regulation and make condenv nation powers of the water company or Its subsidiaries subject to Public Service Commission approval. Car Excise Proposed A bill which would impose an annual excise tax on pas' seneer cars to replace the personal property tax was in troduced by Representatives John M. Mutz and Ray Crowe (both R-Indianapolis). The excise tax would be levied on a sliding scale depending on original cost and age of a car.

Cost of the excise tax could range from $192 for a new car costing $5,500 or more to $6 for a seven-year-old car which originally cost less than $1,500. Cost of the excise tax to car owners would be less than present property tax costs in many cases, Mutz said. Proceeds of the excise tax, which would become effective on Jan. 1, 1971, would be distributed to local governmental units in the same way as property tax revenues. The House taxation subcommittee, of which Mutz is chairman, will hold a public hearing on the anto excise bill at 7:30 p.m.

tomorrow. In a related development, a bill was introduced which would establish staggered motor vehicle registration in January through April. This bill, introduced by Representatives Kenneth B. Bays (R-Anderson) and Raymond E. Sanders (R-Indianapolis) also provides for issuance of front and rear license plates which could be used for five years with the addition of annual re newal tags after the first year.

Other Measures Up Other measures introduced yesterday would: 1. Change the 1965 door-to-door registration amendment to require that door-to-door registrations be recorded in the main voter registration lists before a registration certificate is issued to the voter. 2. Require school attendance until 17 years old. 3.

Permit a policeman to confiscate the driver's license of a motorist he arrests and to give the motorist a temporary license which is good until the motorist appears in court. 4. Eliminate five-day grace periods during which a motorist who did not have his driver's license in his possession when stopped by a policeman can produce his license without penalty. 5. Give county tax adjust ment boards power to approve or disapprove special appro priations or employment con tracts entered into by local units of government.

Indiana Air Guard Shift Announced The Indiana Air National Guard will switch to a special tactical air control system in the West, rather than take the regular field training tours this summer, Adjutant General John N. Owens said yesterday, Brig. Gen. William R. Sef- ton, commander of the Indiana 122d Tactical Fighter Wing at Baer Field at Fort Wayne, will command the air guard units in the exercise throughout August THE FORCE will include the wing's headquarters staff, the 700-man 122d Tactical Fighter Group, an F-84F jet-fighter unit based at Baer Field, the 163d Weather Flight, 235th Flight Facilities Flight and the 122d Communications Flight, also of Baer Field.

The 122d Wing's 18th Fighter Group of Toledo, will replace the 122d Tactical Flight Group at its Boise, Idaho, base Aug. 16. SEFTON will command the force, to be known as Western Tactical Air Control System, or WESTACS, from Wendover Auxiliary Air Force Base near the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The 181st Tactical Fighter Group, based at Hulman Field at Terre Haute, will train Aug. 16-31 at Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts.

The 181st Is commanded by Col. Rich ard F. Petercheff of Indianap oils, Direct Primary Election Law Demo Minority Chiefs I 4t PAYMENT encourages perfect service Backed By Leaders of the Democratic minority in the Indiana Gereral Assembly yesterday announced support for a direct primary election law and met immedi ate opposition from John Krupa, Lake County Democratic chairman, who called the proposal "a sham." "If it has anything to do with attracting the 'New Left back into the party, then I don't want anything to do with It," Krupa said shortly after the legislation was Indorsed by House and Senate Democratic leaders at a State house news conference. Krupa was in Indianapolis to attend a dinner and caucas meeting of the Lake County delegation last night in the Columbia Club. Proposed legislation on voting was announced by Senators David Rogers (D-Bloom- ington), John J.

Frick (D-South Bend) and Representative Fred erick T. Bauer (D-Terre Haute). ROGERS said the Indorse ment of a direct primary could be interpreted as a "party stand" althouch he admitted it would not he unanimous. "Nothing is ever unanimous in the Democratic Party," Rogers said, but he added he thought Democrats in general, would take a firm stand to support a direct primary law. Krupa disagreed.

"Nobody really wants It," he said, "it's SCHICK man said he had been notified by State Democratic Chair man Gordon St. Angclo that a direct primary bill would be Included in legislation on vot ing and elections that would receive the party's approval, "I told Gordon he was wrong again, that the major ity Democrats and organization people don't want a di rect primary," Krupa added. St Angclo previously indi cated he was leaning toward favoring a direct primary, but had not definitely made up his mind. THE STATE chairman has said that in order to rebuild the party's strength for 1970, such groups as the New Democratic Coalition would be invited to participate in plan ning programs and objectives for the next campaign. It has been speculated that St Angelo also will make a peace bid to the New Politics Party, made up to a large degree of ultra-liberal and dissident Democrats.

Marion County Democratic Chairman James W. Beatty said he would support Rogers and the party leadership for a direct primary. "I'M DEFINITELY for a direct primary, and have been for some time," Beatty said. The direct primary bill is being drawn up by Frick. Public office candidates to be Included for selection by voters directly, rather than How would you feel if your boss told you to "come back later" three or four times before he paid you? You'd probably get discouraged.

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