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1 WEATHER TODAY Partly sunny High, 85; Low, 60 Yesterday High, 86; Low, 58 The Indianapolis Star TODAY'S CHUCKLE You never could take it with you, but in the old days you could at least bring some of it back after a shopping trip. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty" II Cor. 3 17 VOLUME 79, No. 344 Copyright 1982 The Indianapolis Star SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1982 CARRIER OEUVFRFD Jl 00 Pf WK $vm -MOTOR OiLIVtRtD 1 06 PER WK Copy Mears TTh OF It Olie If More Speedway news and pictures. Pages 23 and 25; qualification scorecard, Page 28; route to the track.

Page 20 Order of the day 6 a.m. Gates open. 8:30 a.m. Practice begins. 10:15 a.m.

Practice ends, cere monies begin. 11 a.m. Qualifications begin. 6 p.m. Track closes.

real good and I think it would have been quicker than what I ran earlier. I was feeling like I had to go out and beat Rick but that is kinda stupid because tomorrow is what counts." Cogan, who said he wasn't satisfied with the way No. 4 was handling during his 1:15 p.m. run, almost got KO'd by a spinning Jim Hickman while warming up at 5:30. "I just happened to look in my mirrors and I saw this car coming at me sideways," he exclaimed, "I mashed the throttle and dove to the inside and he (Hickman) went whistling behind me.

"Boy, that would have been a great way to start the weekend." BASED ON A week's practice, the only outside threats to upset Penske's pilots are another set of teammates. Mario Andretti and Gordon John-cock both crested 203 mph Friday in By ROBIN MILLER In this corner, weighing 1,500 pounds, with a 109 inch wheel base and Rick Mears in the saddle, the Gould Charge, In the other corner (actually right next door), weighing 1,500 pounds, with a 109 inch wheel base and Kevin Co-gan behind the wheel, the Norton Spirit. Today, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, these two turbocharged toughies will fight it out for the pole position of the 66th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. THERE HAVEN'T been very many Mays in the history of the Speedway when there have been only one or two favorites going into qualifications. But that's definitely the case this month and they're teammates.

If there was still someone who didn't think Roger Penske's 12 punch many people at 208.4, but not by the IMS watches. HE STILL HAD a good chance to regain the top time during "Happy Hour" and the estimated 50.000 specta tors couldn't wait too see him try. But it just didn't work out. First off, the sun was behind the clouds when Mears unloaded his 208.7 at around 5:15 p.m. As the Gould Charge was rolled back to the garage, the Norton Spirit was coming out.

But there were about 30 cars on the 2W-mile oval and all that traffic and two yellow lights erased any chance of Kevin improving his speed. "The only fairly clean lap I had got washed out when the yellow light came on as I was going through four," explained Cogan, who drew 55th. "I shut off at the head of the straightaway, coasted by the starting line and still had a lap at 198. "MY STRAIGHTAWAY speed was owned a big advantage going into Friday, they were surely convinced by 6 p.m. The runaway winner of the first two Championship Auto Racing Teams' shows this season in Geoff Ferris' phenominal PC-10, Mears gave the boys in Gasoline Alley one final jab to the midsection late Friday afternoon.

THE 1979 INDY champ flashed through the Speedway's electrie eye at 208.7 miles an hour to unofficially shatter the IMS record and officially shatter spirits up and down the pits. Besides being the first time 43.20 seconds was seen on a stopwatch. Rick's remarkable run also knocked his teammate off the No. 1 seeding for time trials, which begin at 11 this morning. i "I know this might sound crazy, but my engine wasn't running very good," said Mears, who is slated to go Judge wipes out Kelly conviction, assails Abscam Jwf lrvl VI out No.

3 this morning. "We changed engines last night (Thursday), but we're still only running 210 down the straightaway. "IF WE CAN get pretty close to the straightaway speed other guys are running (Cogan was clocked at 215) we should be able to go a little quicker, but it's hard to say, it really depends on the weather conditions. "It was cool out there a minute ago, but windy as hell and I think the conditions can be better." Cogan, a super smooth Indy sophomore, had upped the ante earlier in the day with a clocking of 207.8 mph. His previous circuit was caught by someone to clean a drainage ditch running behind her one-story four-bedroom home at 4120 Arquette Court.

The far-Northeastside drainage ditch flooded whenever it rained, the mosquitoes were so bad you could not sit outside in the summer and the area was infested with rats, Mrs. Bourne and other neighbors said. Instead of help, what they got was a steady stream of broken promises and lazy workers. IN JULY, A crew of about 15 workers was sent to clean weeds from the crooked ditch that is littered with cement blocks and large pieces of concrete. Two men worked while the others watched or stayed in trucks, neighbors charged.

Mrs. Bourne complained about the lazy workers, she said, and a supervi Pat Patrick's STP Wildcats and have traveled faster. Andretti recorded a 206.6 on Thursday and is the third fastest driver, while Johncock's best effort was turned in Friday. "We might be able to run a couple at 204 or so, but I don't know if we can do any better," offered Johncock. THE WHITTINGTON brothers.

Don and Bill, also are longshots to win the best seat in the house come May See POLE Page 8 Ex-Rep. Richard Kelly 'Need to believe in the FBI' Shot fired in holdup 2nd time in 2 days By DAVID REMONDINI Two bold bandits, one armed with a machine gun, burst into a crowded discount store Friday afternoon and escaped after emptying cash registers. One shot was fired into the ceiling in the Woolco Department Store, 2020 Shadeland Avenue, but no one was hurt. The amount of cash taken was undisclosed. Police believe the same men also committed the daylight robbery Thursday of the K-Mart store, 3860 North High School Road.

The two men entered the busy Woolco store about 5 p.m. The man carrying the machine gun fired a shot into the ceiling to get the attention of customers and employees. The other man was armed with a small handgun. WHILE HOLDING some employ ees at gunpoint, the bandit with the machine gun forced the assistant manager and employees to unlock the cash drawers, according to Marion County Sheriff's Sgt. Stephen R.

Sims. The man placed the money into a satchel. The weapon was believed to See HOLDUP Page 8 1 'VI Rick Mears (left) shares joyful moment with Mears just bested Cogan's unofficial Speedway record Britain attacks airport in new raids By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL British jets launched new bombing attacks Friday on the airstrip at Port Stanley in the Argentine-held Falkland Islands, and Argentina said it lost contact with one of its supply ships in the South Atlantic war zone. In Buenos Aires, an Argentine government communique said "radio contact has been lost" with the "Isla de los Estados," a ship transporting supplies in the Falklands. "AN INTENSE search has been launched to find it," the communique said.

There were no further details on the lost ship. Britain said its ships fired early Tuesday on an Argentine ship in the San Carlos Strait between the two main Falkland islands and that the shelling was followed by a big explosion. Britain said there was no "absolute evidence" the vessel was hit or sunk because the attack occurred in the dark, but a Defense Ministry spokesman said this evening that the ship hit could have been the "Isla de los Estados." THE NEW AIR raids came as Britain called home its top representative at U.N. peace talks on the Falklands for consultations, ruling out further negotiations this weekend to avert full-scale war in the South Atlantic" Argentina said it repelled the attack by British Sea Harriers on the Port Stanley airfield. A British defense ministry spokesman said the raids were carried out by the Sea Harriers while on routine combat patrols and were not regarded as a "major exercise." He gave no further details on the outcome of the raids.

MEANWHILE, THE Soviet Union stepped into the crisis Friday with a stern warning to Britain that its blockade of sea lanes in the South Atlantic See BRITAIN Page 18 Checkers win championship The Indianapolis Checkers hockey team won the Central Hockey League's Adams Cup Friday night, beating Dallas 5-1 in the sixth game of the best-of-seven series in the Coliseum. Details on Page 23 The Weather Joe Crow says: Maybe they ought to equip those race cars at the Speedway with drag chutes to slow them down when they -rSjjk land. Indianapolis Partly sunny and warm today with a 30 percent chance of showers. Low this morning, 60; high today, Continued warm with a 40 percent chance of showers tonight and Sunday. Low Sunday morning, 60; high Sunday, 85.

Indiana Warm today and Sun- day with a chance of afternoon and evening showers. Lows this morning, 57-63; highs today, 83 87. Sunday morning lows, 60-65; highs Sunday, 83 87. Today's Prayer Thank You, dear Lord, for our beautiful moments of prayer and for Your patience to listen to and to receive our supplications. We can rise from prayer strengthened, refreshed and renewed.

Amen. Battle with city over repairs to ditch finally may be ending Washington (AP) A federal judge threw out Friday the conviction of former Rep. Richard Kelly (RFIa.) and, in a condemnation of FBI tactics, cast a new legal cloud over the entire Abscam investigation of congressional corruption. U.S. District Judge William B.

Bryant dismissed all criminal charges against Kelly, wiping out his Jan. 26, 1981, conviction by a federal jury for bribery, conspiracy and other federal crimes. Saying that "our public servants are not recruited from the seminaries and monasteries," the judge ruled that Kelly was the victim of impermissible government entrapment. DURING THE Abscam operation, government undercover agents posing as Arab sheiks attempted to lure members of Congress, videotaped by hidden cameras, into accepting bribes in return for legislative favors. Kelly was among six members of the House who were convicted.

Sen. Harrison A. Williams Jr. also was convicted, and his resignation under threat of expulsion March 11 made him the last to leave his office in the wake of the scandal. At St.

Petersburg, Kelly said he couldn't rejoice in Bryant's decision because the Abscam episode was sad for the nation. "I'm really kind of a bomb around here," he said as he met reporters in the office of his attorney, Anthony Battaglia. "Because I'm not feeling very I'm not feeling very happy. "I THINK the whole episode is a very serious situation as far as the country is concerned," Kelly said. "We need the FBI.

We need to believe in the FBI. "The FBI just did a super job in snookering everybody," he said. "The media swallowed the bait, the line, the fishing pole and they almost got the fisherman." Bryant had strong words of contempt for Abscam, calling it "a loose cannon rolling around on the deck of the criminal justice system." He said Kelly's case "has an odor to it that is absolutely repulsive." "I DO NOT believe that testing virtue is a function of law enforcement. But this personal belief aside the method of testing must be fair," Bryant said. Noting that Kelly initially rejected an offered bribe from an undercover agent, Bryant said that all government efforts to snare the congressman "should have ended" then.

"If after an illegal offer is made, the subject rejects it in any fashion, the government cannot press on," Bryant ruled, while saying he was "disappointed and chagrined" at the sight of See KELLY Page 8 ers for windshields, cooking utensils and other gifts. But nothing alcoholic. "IT'S GIVING something away as an inducement," said Jerry Daniels, a state excise official. "You can't have giveaways. It is against the law." Alcoholic Beverage Commission members backed up the police warning.

But Woolsey's attorney, Michael Drayton of LaPorte, said the bureaucrats are misinterpreting the law and overstepping their bounds. Since no money would have changed hands, Drayton said, the giveaway plan was not commercial. "What it comes down to," Woolsey said, "is I am guilty until I'm proven innocent. And our tax-supported bu- (Star photo by Vorn Atkins) teammate Kevin Cogan with a run of 208.7 mph sor was sent to check the crews. The workers "cursed me and threatened my family" after the supervisor left, she said.

A neighbor, Jerry E. Goodyear, said he overheard the profane language. The workers also left the weeds in unsightly piles, but the work helped get rid of the mosquitoes, she said. SUMMER TURNED into fall with little additional action taking place, but in December of last year Mrs. Bourne and her husband, David W.

Bourne, received a letter from Steven Stahley, chief inspector of the Department of Public Works. In the letter he promised the department would "clean and redefine" the ditch. "This portion of the work should be completed by Jan. 15, 1982." In January the Bournes allowed the department to bring a heavy piece See DITCH Page 8 was commercial and he doesn't have a liquor permit. "HE IS DOING it for a commercial reason," Sgt.

Joseph Rice of the Michigan City excise division said Friday. "You just don't send out letters to people and have them come over and pick up a bottle of wine." But Woolsey said that is exactly what he was doing. Last week, he sent brown paper bags to about 1,200 persons on the northwest Indiana firm's mailing list. All customers would have had to do for the free wine was bring the empty bag to Woolsey's store. In previous gestures, Sun appliance customers received sturdy ice scrap- By EDWARD WILLS JR.

Determination to be rid of floods, rats and mosquitoes carried Linda C. Bourne through her 14-month battle with the Indianapolis Department of Public She said she met rudeness, human error and foot-dragging. The fight may be over next week, if the department keeps its promise to send out repair crews. The Bournes and their neighbors are skeptical; they said they have heard the promise before. MRS.

BOURNE, a 29 year-old mother of three, thought her request was simple when she asked for help in March 1981, soon after they moved into the house. AH she wanted was for Inside Today's Star News Summary On Page 2 Arts, Leisure 16-17 Bridge 35 Comics 3 Crossword 1 7 Editorials. 12 Finance 32-34 LifeStyle Court News and Obituaries 35 Pharmacy 22 Religion. 13-15 Sports 23-30 Suburbs 15 19 Want Ads 35-45 Weather 45 Statistics 45 Star Telephone Numbers Circulation 633-9211 Main Want 633-1212 Scores After 4:30 p.m. 7633-1200 CMME ALERT If You See A Crime Committed Or Spot Suspicious Activity Call This Number 911 Doesn't have liquor permit Merchant's wine giveaway ruled illegal STAR STATE REPORT LaPorte, Ind.

Another fight appears to be brewing about the spirit of Indiana's liquor laws. A LaPorte appliance store planned to give away 1,200 bottles of wine to its customers this weekend, but State Excise Police nixed the idea. Threatened with jail, confiscation of 100 cases of Wente Brothers California Chablis and a possible shutdown of his store, Sun Appliances Inc. President Ronald Woolsey decided to let the 1,200 bottles continue aging and forget the giveaway. The excise police warned Woolsey that his plan was illegal because it reaucracy is taking a stand which is forcing us to do something which is not good for our business." ALL LEGAL arguments aside, Woolsey is stuck with 1,200 bottles of Chablis.

"The law has had what is called a chilling effect on him," Drayton said. Drayton said his client's predica ment represents an in-depth constitutional question about the state's powers to control alcoholic beverages. "They go by the stance that unless it is expressly authorized that you can do it, you can't, and we say if it doesn't expressly say you can't, then you i.