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H2 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1990 People Things 1912 a heartbreaker for driver DePalma Donald davidson's INDY500 9. I'd like to know who led the most laps of the Indianapolis 500 and still lost the race. Luanne Blackburn, Indianapolis A That was poor Ralph De- Palma, who led all but four laps of the 1912 race. He took over the lead on the third lap and was never headed until he broke down while rounding the north end to his 199th lap, stopping with less than one and a quarter laps to go. He and his riding mechanic, an Australian named Rupert Jeffkins, then started to push their car, a huge Mercedes which weighed probably close to two tons, around the turn and down the straight.

Joe Dawson, whose National had been five and a half laps behind DePalma, kept unlapping himself and went on to win as DePalma and Jenkins were still struggling down the straight. Not only did they not finish the race, they were not given credit for the push and so are Jimmy Carter wins medal for commitment to liberty Former President Carter was named the 1990 recipient of the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on Monday for his involvement in "issues of liberty around the globe." Carter will receive the medal and a $100,000 cash award on the Fourth of July at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The medal, established in 1988, honors an individual or organization that has "demonstrated leadership or vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppression, ignorance or deprivation." The first medal was given last year to Polish leader Lech Walesa. "President Carter was cited for his active involvement during the past few years in issues of liberty around the globe and his exemplary use of the post-presidential period," said Martin Meyerson, president emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania and chairman of the 1 2-member selection commission. The commission is made up of leaders from government, world affairs, education and business.

The award was established by We the People 2000, a non-profit group that tries to heighten recognition of the principles that founded the nation. The cash grant has been underwritten by the Bell Atlantic Corp. shown as out of the race with 198 laps completed, 196 of which DePalma had led. DePalma eventually won in 1915, but morally should have won several times. From 1911 to 1921, DePalma led 613 laps in the "500," a record that stood for 67 years, until Al Unser came around to lead for a 614th lap early in the 1 988 race.

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Cartoonist Davis cited Jim Davis, creator of Garfield the cat, was named Cartoonist of the Year at the 1990 National Cartoonists Society awards dinner, a spokeswoman said Monday. After six years as a nominee, Davis, 'a native of Fairmount, won the "Reuben" the cartoon world's equivalent of the Oscar. The award, a 16-inch bronze statue designed by the late cartoonist Rube Goldberg, founder of the 44-year-old society, shows eight people tangled together around an inkstand, she said. Mell Lazarus, creator of Miss Peach and Momma, Is president of the 450-member By George Crenshaw Global team scales peak Six climbers from the United States, China and the Soviet Union gave each other hugs and Joyful slaps on the back after scaling Mount Everest in an "international peace climb" Monday, expedition leaders said. The climb was billed as an attempt to foster international good will and to remove litter from the world's highest peak.

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