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02 -THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1989 Briefly OrJn.BCfSAtDGKS. PJLSrjfGS1. mm. OKAY, isrs JU5TAWCK. I THATB6A DEAL I 1 1 N.

I II 4 ISf Sip A A sJs si Dennis Kmse joins Indiana House UABIOH COUMTY TRUST FOR VtCTOTS SONS Shorty's Inc. has set up a trust fund for the two vn of a Shoney's restaurant supervisor slain last week. Charles W. Ervin. 30.

killed Nov. 16 In a robbery at the Sbrwys at 545 East 82nd Street. son. Christopher. 9.

and Joseph, 11. now live with their mother. Ervin ex-wie. according to a honey's spokesman. Those wishing to contribute to the trust may make checks payable to The Joseph Franklin Ervin and Christopher Andrew Ervin Trust.

The address is First American Bank. 2409 Lebanon Road. Donelson. Tenn. 37214.

It took awhile to set up the trust because of a delay in contacting the children's mother, according to the company, which is based In Nashville. Tenn. honey's has established a trust fund for the son of Theresa Oksl. the other employee slain last week. Those wishing to contribute to that fund may make checks payable to the Aaron David Crowley Trust and send them to the bank at the same address.

A third restaurant employee. Amy Foshee, was wounded in the attack and ts recovering. Three of the restaurant's employees have been charged In the crime. TOYS FOR TOTS BEING SOUGHT Indianapolis Colts fans are urged to bring new, unwrapped toys to the game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday in a Toys for Tots drive sponsored by Southwest Airlines and the Marine Corps Reserves. Barrels for the toys will be on street level outside each Hoosier Dome gate entrances.

The toys will be distributed to needy children by the Marion County Welfare Department and multiservice centers. MUSIC VIDEO TOUTS INDIANAPOLIS City officials Tuesday released a promotional music video touting Indianapolis and featuring Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Sandl Pattl singing In By DAVP I BEMONOW STAft STAFF airVTtS Dennis K. Kruse. who describes himself as a political Kruse was unsuccessful In his bids In 1974 and 1978 for an Indiana Senate seat, but Jils brother. Dean V.

Kruse. was elected to the Senate in 1967. Kruse Is a Realtor and has been Involved In his family's auctioneering business In Auburn for 15 years. Currently, he is assistant to the president of Ambassador Steel. of being a lawmaker and the impact you can make on a state or a nation." Kruse said shortly after being sworn In by House Republican Speaker Paul S.

Mann welter of Indianapolis. In August. Kruse was selected by Republican precinct committee members in his legislative district to replace Rep. OrviJle H. Moody, who died July 29.

He has announced he will be a candidate In 1990 to keep the District 1 seat, which Is made up of all of Steuben County and most of DeKalb County in far-northeastern Indiana. publican, who majored in U.S. and International history at Indiana University, said he would spend most of his time learning the legislative ropes when the legislature reconvenes Jan. 3. "I feel It Is more Important for me to learn than to push anything through the legislative process when I don't really understand the process as well as I should." But he wants to put his education and Interest In government Into practice.

"I felt the destiny. If that Is the right word, the significance and importance conservative who Is "pro-life" on the abortion Issue, was sworn In Tuesday as the newest member of the Indiana House r.f Rfnrcwn. To place your Classified Ad Phone 633- 1212 THE STAR THE NEWS tatives. Kruse The 43-year-old Auburn Re- Fire when all of her children weren't accounted for. "She went back upstairs but she couldn't get back down because of the fire, so she threw a mattress out of an upstairs window and Jumped." he said.

Although firefighters arrived shortly after the 2:33 a.m. alarm, they couldn't find the children Immediately because the staircase to the second floor was near the rear of the house and was obscured by thick, black smoke, said Timothy L. Whitaker. IFD's chief of fire prevention. "The firemen did a heck of a Job under, the circumstances," Whitaker 6aid.

"Unfortunately, everyone was upstairs and asleep when the fire broke out. Had there been a smoke detector In the house, everyone would have probably gotten out OK." Damage to the home was estimated at $10,000. Continued from Page 1 he went back upstairs twice to get the other children. "The first time. I didn't make It upstairs.

Once I got to the top of the stairs. I couldn't see anything. The smoke was too much." said Williams, who Is unemployed. Mellne slept In a room with her parents, while the other children slept In another room. Williams said he was alerted to the fire by Charlene Burns.

"When she woke me up. she said. 'I smell something I went downstairs and saw the fire, but by the time I got back upstairs, smoke was everywhere." Williams said Burns left the house, then went back upstairs dianapolis Indeed! The 17-minute production focuses on the quality of life with Indianapolis as a backdrop. The video Is designed to complement existing displays and productions at the Indianapolis City Center, which promotes the city and attempts to lure businesses and conventions. The new video Is targeted at residents, tourists and potential residents, officials said.

It features comments from Bill and Gloria Gaither. who wrote the Broadway-style song, and from Pattl about the creation of the song Indianapolis Indeed! METROPOLITAN COUNTIES PLAJNFIELD ROBBERY SUSPECT IDENTIFIED Plainfield police may not need to ask for extradition and prosecution of a Florida man suspected In the Nov. 1 1 armed robbery of a Plainfield liquor store. Police said Tuesday they learned that the man, Jeffrey J. Miller of Tampa, has been arrested In Kentucky, charged in his hometown with murder, and may face the death penalty If convicted.

It Is believed the liquor store holdup was part of a six-state crime wave of more than 15 armed robberies by Miller. 29. Miller and a 25-year-old companion. Karen S. Klncald of River-view.

were detained Nov, 16 In Kentucky on a traffic violation. Miller was held on a warrant In the slaying of a restaurant owner in Florida In early November. SHELBYVILLE GOLFERS LEARN OF FEES Shelbyville golf course won't be ready until 1991, but residents know their first game will cost about 810 and golf cart rental about $6.50. Initial figures were discussed Tuesday as the Shelbyvllle Board of Works approved the hiring of an architect for the 18-hole southslde course one day after the City Council voted unanimously to build the course on 160 acres along County Road 250 South. Just east of Columbus Road.

Architect Ken Killlan, who designed Kemper Lakes near Chicago, which played host to the 1989 PGA championships. Is expected to design Shelbyvllle's first golf course, Killlan's preliminary design Is due by followed by a public hearing In February. Completion Is set for April 1991. The S3.3 million project will be funded through a lease-purchase agreement and will not use tax money, officials said. INDIANA MAN RESCUED FROM RECLINING CHAIR Evansville police had to extricate a man from his reclining chair, where he had fallen and become trapped for at least 24 hours.

Neighbors called police Monday after they heard yells coming from Raymond O'Neal's duplex and were unable to get him to answer. Patrolman Tom Pfendcr, who found O'Neal, said he cut a screen and broke the glass to get to the man, who was lying face-down In the living room against the recllner. "His head was right about where the headrest Is. His forearm and wrist were In between the cushion and armrest," Pfender said. Apparently O'Neal, 58, had passed out and fallen Into the chair.

His arm became stuck and trapped him there. O'Neal had no recollection of what happened, Pfender said. When you think about it, newspapers are full of all sorts of interesting and useful things! I'Je Have Dates We give you mortgage rates. Consumer loan rates. Unemployment rates.

CD rates. Foreign exchange rates. And the prime rate. Just look in the daily Business section. And on Tuesdays you get even more in Business Extra.

Wo Havo Dales Planning an outing? Don't fail to consult "Let's Go" each Sunday. You'll find a full page of places to go and things to do all over Indiana. Something for Everyone If ever anything was all things to all people, it's the newspaper. And we're your newspaper. Every morning of the year.

Dreamers Continued from Page 1 Chicago or other Industrial cities." Many of those names will be engraved In copper on a 1 sea wall on the east side of Ellis Island. Fittingly, the 3-foot-hlgh wall overlooks the Statue of Liberty and the New York Harbor through which the Immigrants sailed. -The American Immigrant Wall of Honor is part of the restoration of Ellis Island, a restoration that will Include an Immigration museum In the building where Immigrants were processed until 1954. The restoration Is scheduled to be finished next summer. "More people Immigrated through Ellis Island than ever immigrated anytime, anywhere In history," Brlgantl says.

"And yet. when It was closed In 1 954. no one knew what to do with lt. no one cared about it, no one wanted It. When I was hired by Lee lacocca (the foundation's founding chairman), we went out to the island together.

And It was a wreck, "So until we really started working there In 1984, nothing had been done. But ever since, the support for it has been enormous. It shows we're proud of our heritage In this country. We know we came from someplace, else and we're proud to remember the people who made it possible for us to be here and live the lives we're living." Brlgantl knows that feeling personally. "My family's name will be on the wall.

My mother came through Ellis Island. She came when she was 1. Her family was from Italy. She grew up hearing the stories of her family's arrival and I grew up hearing those same stories. "When I went out to Ellis Island with lacocca.

It was the first time I had been there. I swear I heard the voices of all those people that passed through there." THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR Call 633-9211 for home delivery O'Neal was not sure how long he had been there, although relatives and friends had been trying to reach him for more than 24 hours. O'Neal was admitted to Deaconess Hospital at Evansville In stable condition with dehydration and multiple bruises. Our staff is the difference between dieting and losing weight -ex Consensus Continued from Page 1 "We believe this is a privacy-rights Issue." said former state Sen. Michael C.

Kendall, a lawyer who was representing the Indiana Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. "The government doesn't have a paramount stake in the outcome." Although Tuesday's Senate session lacked the partisanship displayed in the House. President Pro Tempore Robert D. Gar-ton continued to predict a relatively long and political session highlighted by environmental legislation. Calling the environment a major Issue, the Columbus Republican said about 12 of the 36 bills he assigned to committee Tuesday were environment-related.

And despite the requests of legislative leaders to limit the. number of bills Introduced In the 30-day short session, the Legislative Services Agency reported that 300 bills have been prepared for filing. That Is 200 more than were ready at this time for the last short session In 1988. I LARGE TRUCKS BANNED FROM TOLL ROAD Oversize semi- trailer trucks will be banned from the Indiana Toll Road today and Thursday, expected to be the busiest traffic days of the year. The ban on extra-large rigs Includes those more than 98 feet long.

14.5 feet tali and 12 feet wide. "Motorists are encouraged to remain alert to changing weather conditions and take time for a refreshment break," said a statement Issued by the Toll Road. STUDENT PILOT RECEIVES POSTHUMOUS DEGREE Ronald A. Overlecse, a student from Rushvllle. has been awarded a posthu- mous bachelor of science degree from Purdue University's School of Technology.

Purdue's Board of Trustees approved the action last week. Overlcese's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Dallas A. Overleese of vllle.

Overlecse, who was enrolled In the professional pilot bachelor's degree program, died In December 1983 while attempting a night flight as a member of Purdue's Aviation Technology Flight Club. William P. Duncan, head of Purdue's Department of Aviation Technology, said Overleese "was a delightful Individual and a gentleman. He was soft-spoken and always pleasant to deal with." I AMAX AGREES TO SUBMIT BLASTING PLANS in a move to appease Evansvlllc-arca residents and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. AMAX Coal Co.

has verbally agreed to submit In i advance plans for blasting at Its Ayshlre Mine. "This will be a description of how every blast will be conducted so as not to damage structures," explained Herschell McDlvItt. I deputy director of reclamation for the state agency. Other aspects of the agreement, signed by Patrick R. Ralston, I natural resources director, provide for AMAX to monitor air blasts at i the surface mine continuously rather than periodically.

The company also will conduct additional monitoring of ground vibration In the area and make all blast monitoring results available for review, as regulations require. Ralston said Monday, DEMOLITION WORKERS KILLED AT COKE PLANT Two demoli-- tlon workers were killed Tuesday while dismantling part of an abandoned coke plant at LTV Steel's Indiana Harbour Works In East Chicago, authorities said. I The two men. one from Chicago and one from Gary, were burning off steel pieces at the plant when the old conveyer belt they were standing on collapsed, sending them 150 to 200 feet to the I ground, said Lt. Alvin Riddle of the East Chicago Police Department.

Officials with the Lake County coroner's office pronounced the -two men dead at the scene. Riddle said. Other workers were I standing on the ground below the conveyer belt but were not injured. Riddle said. The coroner said the names of the victims would be withheld until this morning, officials said.

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