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WEATHER TODAY Showers, Thundershowers High, 70; Low, 55 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR TODAY'S CHUCKLE In New York City, the best way to kill an hour is to drive around the block once. Yesterday High, 70; Low, 44 'Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Libertu 'll Cor. 3-17 VOL. 66, NO. 351 10c is ig 'k A 633-1240 THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1969 MARIO'S RACER DEMOLISHED Nixon Names Burger Chief Justice Lotus Ford Takes (No.

4) Turn For Worse Andretti Suffers Slight Burns; Set To Try iew Car By DAVE OVERPECK The race car in which Mario Andretti had hoped to capture the pole position for this year's 500-Mile Race was demolished yesterday in one of the most devastating cne-car accidents the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ever has seen. Andretti walked away from the crash with only minor facial burns. Jurist Due For Sharp Scrutiny Washington A President Nixon reached into the Federal judiciary last night and chose Warren Earl Burger, a relatively obscure Federal appeals court judge, to be the 15th Chief Justice of the United States. The white-haired, 61-year-old Minnesotan, who has sat for 13 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, told the President: "You pay tribute to all of the sitting judges of the Federal system with this nomination." IF THE SENATE confirms the nomination after what may prove to be the closest scrutiny ever given a Supreme Court appointee. Burger will succeed Earl Warren in the hiahest judicial seat in the Apartment Air Surveys To Be Made Just minutes before the accident, A.

Foyt turned the fastest piston-engine lap ever recorded at the Speedway 172.315. Until then Andretti, in his STP Lotus, had been the fastest man in practice and was the favorite to shatter the qualifying record of 171.955 set by Joe Leonard last year. Andretti will return to the track this mornine in the two-wheel-drive turbo Ford with Hawk chassis he had been driving earlier this season on the mile tracks. (Star Photos by John Starke) FRAME. ENGINE OF RACER STRIPPED IN GRINDING CRASH Accident In Turn Four At Track Blamed On Broken Hub BODY OF MARIO'S CAR HURLED FROM CHASSIS Racer Driven By Art Pollard Pushed In Background 10 INDICTED IN MEAT THEFTS Indianapolis fire prevention officials yesterday began aerial surveys of apartment complexes to determine the adequacy of fire protection in addition, Donald E.

Bollinger, fire prevention chief, said he plans to ask the Indianapolis Water Company to provide maps pinpointing hydrant locations in apartment complexes, if available THE. AERIAL survey in eludes taking photographs of the complexes, using the Greater Indianapolis helicopter, to determine whether the general layout would provide room for firemen and their apparatus to adequately fight a blaze. Bollinger said the survey will provide information that will aid building officials and firemen in determining if courtyards located within some developments are constructed so that firemen can move their equipment close to any fire. He said the water company presently provides the fire department with maps showing hydrant locations on city streets, but not the locations of hydrants on private property. THESE MAPS arc kept at the various fire stations, he added.

Bollinger said the study will He won with it at Han-ford, in April. If he can get it up to speed, that will be his qualifying machine Saturday. The Lotus was demolished when Andretti smashed the outside retaining wall coming out of the fourth turn late yesterday afternoon. Mario escaped with burns across his checks, his upper lip and the tip of his nose. THE CAUSE of the accident was a defective right rear hub Tests following the crash indicated the hub had been improperly heat treated.

It checked out at 18 on the Rockwell, scale when it shoulJ have been 38. Chief Steward Harlan Fen-gler said the other Lotuses entered will be grounded until their hubs can be checked. He indicated that he and the United States Auto Club technical committee should know more today about the Lotuses' status. Probe Dope, Booze Sales At Reformatory land. The 78-year-old Warren is retiring next month after IK turbulent years as Chief Justice and at a time when the court itself has become a center of controversy.

But the timing of the appointment of a new Chief Justice when President Nixon could have waited until summer to choose Warren's successor promised to overshadow to some degree the tempest created when Justice Abe Fortas resigned last week under criticism for his off-the-court financial dealings. FORTAS WAS nominated to the top judicial post by President Johnson last summer Senate Republicans led a fight to defeat the nomination, however, citing his continuing close ties to Mr. Johnson and his acceptance of outside fees while sitting on the court The Democratic majority in the Senate will have this in mind and all senators will have the more recent Fortas case in mind when Burger's nomination comes before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Within I half-hour of the Turn to Page 23, Column 1 McCart and the others were arrested yesterday morning at the Putnam County jail at Greencastle. Felony charges of theft of Or conspiracy to steal meat or of trafficking with inmates were filed against the 10 on evidence collected by Putnam County Sheriff Bobby G.

Albright and two indictments concerning the penal farm led to the reformatory probe. James E. McCart, Indiana correction commissioner from the first of the year and until he was fired yesterday, is among those indicted in tfir meat case. The meat disappearance occurred before Whit-comb became Governor the charges yesterday. Each was required to post a $2,500 bond.

All but one was free on bail within minutes of his arraignment. Left in jail in lieu of bail was Charles S. Heiliger, 54 years old, Brazil, a brick-mason at the State Farm who claimed to be a brother-in-law of former Indiana Governor George N. Craig of Brazil. Heiliger said members of the Turn to Page 21, Column 1 By GEORGE LINDBERG Star Staff Writer An investigation into trat-ticking in liquor and narcotics at the Indiana State Rcforma-tory was announced yesterday as indictments were returned against 10 former officials and employes in the disappearance of 125.000 pounds of meat from the Indiana Penal Farm Governor Edgar D.

Whit-comb did not elaborate on (he reformatory investigation he ordered at Pendleton. It was not learned if the investigation which led to the I he no-practice res.riction affects the Lotuses assigned to 1966 500-Mile Race winner Graham Hill and driver Bar Ethics Unit Eves Indiana State Police detectives. The evidence was reviewed by the grand iurv for four months. Indictment of McCart explained the mysterious leave of absence "granted" to McCart a week ago. Within an hour of McCart's indictment.

Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb announced that he had asked for the resignation of McCart, to be effective at the end of McCart's present terminal leave. "HIS LEAVE of absence status was requested Monday, May 12. when my office was informed of the liklihood of the indictment." Whitcomb said. The arrests were included in II indictments handed down luesdav by the Putnam Circuit Court's grand jury at the end of a four-month investigation All 10 defendants entered pleas of not guilty to Rindt Vegas Ties Douglas' be made in accordance with regulations set by the building code of the National Fire Protection Association.

The Turn to Page 23, Column 4 The Weather As Andretti went out to try to regain the speed lead from Foyt everyone readied his stopwatch to see whether Mario could top his chief competitor's run. And naturally, after Mario had turned two slow laps, everybody was looking toward the northwest to catch sight of him as he t.ame down for what was expected to be the start of his first high-speed effort. What thev saw was the SIP Lotus careening wildly against the concrete barrier. When it hit, flames shot forth and debris flew in every direction. One observer said it looked Turn to Page 23.

Column Other Speedway Stories Page 59 Body Found Alter Fire Is Quenched Washington Township volunteer firemen found the body of a woman resident yesterday after extinguishing a fire in her home. Firemen identified the victim as Mrs. Joanne C. Lay-field, 41 years old, 733 East 73d Street. Fireman Doc G.

Keys, 44, 703 North Fenton Avenue, discovered her body on a bed and rushed her outside, but she was pronounced dead. Richard P. Parker, a Marion County deputy coroner, said he Tmn to Page 22, Column 4 violated the canons of judicial ethics while he was a member of the Supreme Court by taking, then returning, a $20,000 fee from financier Louis E. Wolfson, subsequently imprisoned for stock manipulation. Fortas resigned under fire last week.

An ABA spokesman said William R. Gossctt, ABA president, referred Williams' demand to the aba Committee on Professional Ethics, headed by chairman Walter Armstrong Jr of Memphis. Douglas, Williams said, has been on the foundation's pay Joe Crow Says: April showers bring May flowers and May showers bring May grass but fast. Washington fUPI) The American Bar Association said yesterday it was referring to its ethics committee a Senator's request for an opinion on whether United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas violated judicial canons by accepting pay from a foundation with gambling interests.

The ABA acted a day aftc Senator John Williams (R Del.) asked the association to investigate Douglas' relationship with the Albert Parvin Foundation, which drew some of its income from gambling houses in Las Vegas. THE ABA ETHICS commit tee said luesdav Abe Fortas Iff 9 km fctM4Nlfl Totl tin's Pvnuvr Dag Hammarskjold's prayer is mine today: Give us a pure heart that we may see Thee, A humble heart that we may hear Thee; A heart of love, that we may serve Thee; and A heart of faith that we mav love Thee. Amen. roll at a salarv nf a Turn to Page 22, Column fi Indianapolis Cloudy with occasional showers and thundershowers today and tonight, showers ending and turning cooler tomorrow. Precipitation probabilities 70 per cent today and 60 per cent tonight.

Indiana Mostly cloudy and windy with showers and thundershowers likely today and tonight; showers ending and turning cooler tomorrow. Low temperature range 4850 north and 54-60 south mm GETS FIRST r.oum PICTURES AP Wirepho'rO BURGER PICKED AS CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN 1 little." "At A Time I ike This Say Very Apollo Starts Moon Snoop Today Inside Today Star Summary On Page 2 DIRT-DUST COUNT micrograms of dust per cubic meter of air. (Average daily count in 1968 was 90.) brownish gray with several little spirals of white FLYING UPSIDE down at 3,500 miles an hour, the crew gave a travelogue view of the moon's austere front face. The views included the site where an American space crew hopes to walk 01 days from now. At one point they turneJ the camera at an angle to televise the craggy rim of th Turn to Page 22, Column 1 Amusements 66 Obituaries 75 Bridge 18 Sports 59-62 Collins 88 Statistics 75 Comics 70 TV-Radio 40 Crossword 52 Want Ads 77-87 Editorials 42 Weather 40 Finance 71-73 Werner 42 Food 54 Women's Graham 23 Pages 10-14 the command ship, which will have the radio name Charlie Brown when the two space craft are separated CERNAN'S module checkout began 20 minutes after the Apollo-10 crew telecast the first live color view of the moon from lunar orbit.

"We're passing over a big crater right now," Stafford radioed down as he pointed the television camera at the lunar surface. "The top is white The rest nf the rratrr is in orbit 69 miles above the moon's surface. Cernan, a Navy commander who is the lunar lander pilot, transferred to it to check out its complex systems. The lander will fly two astronaut; to within miles nf the surface today WHEN CERNAN opened the hatch to the tunnel leading to the lander module, he reported finding insulation jarred loose from inside the moon machine's hatch. the damage was not serious, they said, but it created "a heck of a cleaning job," Stafford said.

He said the insulation got over valves and other equipment. Stafford crawled into the tunnel to help Cernan with the clean-up job. Cernan also found a radio switch which had not been thrown inside the module. While Cernan visited Snoopy, Air Force Col. Thomas P.

Stafford and Navy Cmdr. John Young stayed aboard Space enter, Houston (AP) Apollo 10 astronauts, circling the moon in hazardous rehearsal for a landing in July, checked out the complex systems of a machine called Snoopy yesterday to prepare it for man's closest approach to the lunar surface. Ground controllers said astronaut Eugene A. Cernan wriggled through a tunnel from the command ship into the lunar lander module, riding its nose. The joined spacecraft were Indian CRIME ALBRT Call any unlawful or suspicious activity to the.

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