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Star The Indianapolis SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1985 'Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty' II Cor. 3:17 ft ft ft ft 25 Cents Cod Mario 600) favored for pole Johnson injured in crash; Johncock gives up racing More Speedway stories and pictures in the sports section "I ran in the high 213s on Thurs day and they missed those, so what can you do?" said Andretti with a shrug. "At least we know what we did." What the defending CART champion did was travel 2'i miles in just a fraction under 41 seconds. "We had the car trimmed out," explained the 45 year old veteran. "It's fast, getting up to those speeds, and you don't feel the downforce.

"It was a white knuckle job all the way." As for what it's going to take to earn the pole, he replied. "A strong 214 average might have a shot at it. Of course a lot depends on what number you draw to qualify." Andretti got a good draw 11th and. that's about the first good thing that's happened to him all week. Earlier, he was plagued with engine problems and his practice See MARIO Page 9 pole position here since 1967.

went soaring over the 215 mile per hour barrier late Friday afternoon. Of course the Speedway's keen electric eyes, which somehow fail to get everyone's fast lap with regularity, missed Mario's "Happy Hour" best of 215.600 in the Beatrice Lola T900. For the unofficial record, he was clocked at 214.285 earlier in the day by the IMS folks which is still the best time ever recorded at Tony Hulman's place. But, later, just about every team's timing crew up and down pit road had the 1969 Indianapolis winner over 215. "I can't believe they missed the fastest lap of all time." exclaimed Carl Haas, who co-owns Andretti's car with Paul Newman.

By ROBIN MILLER STAR ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Two race drivers were taken out of the picture Friday at the Indiana polis Motor Speedway, while another came right into focus. After 20 years. Gordon Johncock walked away from his lethal but invigorating profession. After smashing into the first turn wall. Herm Johnson was carried away to Methodist Hospital, where he was reported in critical condition with a broken right arm and multiple chest injuries.

His condition was later upgraded to "serious but stable." And after breaking the unofficial IMS mark, Mario Andretti stepped right into the favorite's role for today's qualifications. Andretti, who hasn't won the Gordon Johncock (right) reminisces with Roger Penske (left) and fellow out Mears in the closest finish in "500" history three years ago. Where is it? S5N Calling all cars! Seventh Street part of the city 9 not Beech Grove HBH IS? I Vice President George Bush greets Nancy and President Reagan upon their arrival in Washington. Reagan hints at U.S. retaliation over Russian SALT II violations STAFF PHOTO KERRY KEATING driver Rick Mears.

Johncock edged located between Alabama and New Jersey streets, seven blocks north of Washington Street. Records show that the 120 -unit Renaissance Place project was registered with city officials in November 1981. The first residents began moving in the following year. Seventh Street was accepted as an official city street in June 1983, city records show. But apparently, no one told the police and fire department dispatchers.

Dwight Johnson, an official with the Department of Metropolitan Development, said builders add and subtract streets from city maps all the time. "We publish a computer list of all streets every six months, or sooner if there are a lot of changes," he said. "But sometimes some of the 300 or so affected agencies do not pick them up." On Friday morning, police and fire dispatchers admitted that their computer-aided dispatch system did not list Seventh Street as being in Indianapolis. The street was listed as part of Beech Grove. Bv Friday afternoon, after Fogarty began asking questions, his.

chief computer whiz, Lt. Shery! L. Turk, discovered the error and quickly made arrangements to include Seventh Street in the dispatch computer. A computer problem prevented See SEVENTH Page 8 Indianapolis attorney Claude R. Magnuson, who was treasurer of the Indiana Democratic Party at the time of the alleged scheme.

Before the jury heard the new evidence, Steckler held a hearing on its admissibility. Irons, who was an attorney with Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer and Boyd, now Barnes and Thornburg, died last year. The man to whom he wrote the letter, C. Perry Griffith, owner of the parking garage, died in 1981. The defense raised strenuous objections because, although the letter mentions Mohr three times, Irons before his death gave two statements saying he did not recall Mohr's involvement.

One of those statements had been given to the defense before trial, but the other was submitted Friday morning. Prosecutors apologized, saying it had been misfiled. Assistant U.S. Attorney William Winingham argued the letter was admissible as a business record and because Charles M. Rawlings, former chief deputy assessor for Center Township, had testified Mohr See EVIDENCE Page 8 Sign proves does exist.

Seventh Street- By OWEN ULLMANN KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS Washington President Reagan arrived home Friday after claiming "mission accomplished" on his European trip and charging anew that the Soviet Union is violating the SALT II nuclear arms control treaty. He indicated the United States might start doing the same. Just before returning after 10 days abroad, Mr. Reagan said "there's considerable evidence now" that compliance with the unratified Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty "has been rather one-sided" by ihe United States. "And if it has been, then there's no need for us to continue," he said.

Although Mr. Reagan later emphasized he would not decide formally whether to abandon the limits Evidence links tax board head to property assessment case By R. JOSEPH GELARDEN STAR STAFF WRITER Residents of the Renaissance Place condominiums downtown can breathe a sigh of relief. City officials admit the housing complex, indeed, is located in Indianapolis. That's significant because until Friday, police and fire department dispatchers insisted that the residents, who live only a few blocks from the shadows of the City-County Building, actually lived in Beech Grove.

Honest. "You can tell your readers that we have sent a memo to dispatchers letting them know that residents of ihe 300 to 500 block of East Seventh Street live in Indianapolis." said Deputy Chief Michael D. Fogarty of the Indianapolis Police Department. Some Seventh Streeters called The Star complaining that police dispatchers have been reluctant to send police cars to their neighborhood. They said dispatchers told callers they did not live in Indianapolis.

Supervisors of the police and fire department's $5.5 million computerized communication system said their files showed that Seventh Street is in Beech Grove. Beech Grove has a Seventh Avenue, but no Seventh Street. Seventh Street in Indianapolis is The document is a 1978 letter written by attorney Lester Irons mentioning Mohr as one of the persons working on the assessment for the Maryland Street Parking Garage at West Maryland Street and Capitol Avenue. Mohr, who became a banker and legislative lobbyist after serving on the state tax board, is on trial with two other men on charges of mail fraud, conspiracy and racketeering in connection with fees they received in 1978-79 for lowered property assessments on the parking garage and Merchants Plaza, which are connected by a pedestrian bridge. The other defendants are Fred W.

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Reagan said: He accepted an inflation-adjusted freeze in defense spending to win Senate passage of a 1986 budget with the understanding that he will seek more money if the lower figure threatens "to reduce our national security or harm it." He added that "not one penny more should be taken out" of defense when the House considers the budget. The United States' European allies opposed the trade embargo he declared against Nicaragua on "philosophical" grounds. "There are a number of people and certainly a number of governments who just See SALT Page 8 security is jeopardized, I will not hesitate to request supplemental funding for fiscal year 1986," the president said. It was only last week that Mr. Reagan denounced a vote to limit a defense spending, increase to the inflation level as "irresponsible." A Democratic Senate defense specialist predicted that Mr.

Reagan "will come back with a whopping request for a supplemental appropriation this fall." Nevertheless, the Senate vote to limit defense spending was a significant defeat for Mr. Reagan a blow to his philosophy on how to deal with the Russians and to his See ARMS Page 8 weren't eoing to run a search until tomorrow." Allen said Friday. An FBI agent and a state police detective joined local police in the investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for today in Indianapolis. Friday night, teen agers whispered on street corners of this town of 1.200 residents.

They somberly talked of the girl's death. "Our kids draw together very well. They grew up together and they hang together very well. We have good kids and we have very See FLORA Page 9 set by the agreement until later this year, his comments at a news conference were the broadest hint yet that his administration will exceed the ceiling for longrange nuclear missiles this fall when a new missle-carrying Trident submarine, the USS Alaska, is launched. Speaking in Lisbon outside the 18th century Quelez Palace, where he stayed during a two-day visit to Portugal, Mr.

Reagan also said he had achieved one of the major objectives of his trip: to convey "to the Soviet Union once again America's heartfelt desire for peace." That conciliatory message, however, had been at least partially obscured throughout the trip by Mr. Reagan's repeated attacks on the Soviet system and its policies. His comments about the SALT The president's expensive military buildup, in other words, will be slowed but not destroyed, the experts said. And they also pointed out that the battle over the defense budget is far from over in Congress. Mr.

Reagan himself warned in a news conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Friday, after the Senate vote, that he is reserving the right to go back to Congress later this year with a request for a supplemental appropriation for defense. "If we conclude that our national tossed off the bridge into shallow water, said Indiana State Police Cpl. Kevin D. Hamilton.

There was no indication she had been kidnapped for ransom. A suspect in the killing was being questioned late Friday night, Carroll County sheriff's investigators said. Several of Miss Milburn's six uncles identified her body, found 8' miles from her home. "They didn't know what hap pcned: they didn't know for sure what they were going to find. They By JAMES McCARTNEV KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS Washington The Senate's landmark decision to hold military spending to the rate of inflation will almost inevitably mean cutbacks in two of President Reagan's high priority programs, the MX missile and the "Star Wars" strategic defense system, congressional experts said Friday.

But neither those two programs, nor any other major weapons system, is likely to be abandoned as a result of the action by the Republican-controlled Senate, even when the Democratic-controlled House takes up the defense budget in the weeks ahead. By RICHARD E. CADY STAR STAFF WRITER Evidence- linking the former chairman of the State Board of Tax Commissioners to an alleged property assessment scheme involving a downtown parking garage was presented to a federal court jury Friday. Judge William E. Steckler allowed the evidence over the objections of Don A.

Tabbert, the lawyer for former tax official Larry R. Mohr. Tabbert contended Mohr had no memory of involvement, in the garage assessment. "The document puts the government in a stronger position than they were before," Tabbert admitted in arguments to Steckler while the jury was out of the courtroom. Weather Weather right on track Warm, dry weather qualifies today as a good one for the Speedway.

Chance of rain tonight. Today's high in Indianapolis, 80; low, 57. Friday's high, 78; low, 55. Details on Page 55. Chuckle It is said that you should love your enemies.

So why not buy their kids drums next Christmas? Prayer Let us look to You. Lord, for our peace, strength and hope. We give thanks for granting us courage and confidence, and caring for our every need. In Your name we pray. Amen.

Body of missing Flora girl found in creek If Camden in this north-central Indiana county. She was wearing only a sweatshirt. Books and personal items were scattered around the area. "You wouldn't think anything would ever happen in a small town like this but you never know," said one of her uncles. Jimmie D.

Allen, who manages the local Farm Bureau Co-op. The ninth-grader's body was found beneath a bridge by an area couple fishing about 3 p.m. Her body appeared to have been By VINCE STRICHERZ STAR STAFF WRITER Flora, Ind. The body of a 15-year-old Flora girl missing for three days was found Friday afternoon in a Carroll County creek and a suspect was being questioned by police. Rhonda Marie Milburn.

a ninth-grader at Carroll Junior-Senior High School, was last seen by friends at Flora City Park about 7 p.m. Tuesday. Her body was found in Rock Creek about four miles north of.