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PAGE 1Z THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1986 Indianapolis man is indicted in Ohio for cattle tax shelter A It not that i re- I GUESS IT'S BACK OH, RI6HT. grbt TT, butitsurb is weirp plowing 417 million in ONE 2r TO CLIPPING COUPONS AND IRONING MYOUN T-SHIRTS. AND YOUR HEY.WWPO MONET, OF YOU THINK IT COUP-SB. LOOKS 0VEK I THE MINI-BAR? ALL I'VE GOT LEFT NOV IS MY MEMORIES. .1.

1 i iUJ I A A Parents of slain woman sue complex An Indianapolis man allegedly involved in a tax shelter scheme involving cattle investments is scheduled to surrender Monday to federal authorities at Columbus. Ohio, where he has been indicted on a charge of conspiracy in an income-tax-evasion plot. He is William K. Hatfield of the 7200 block of Briarwood Court. He was charged with two other people in a 10-count indictment returned Thursday by a federal grand jury at Columbus.

Hatfield will surrender on Monday, said Robyn R. Jones, assistant U.S. attorney at Columbus. If convicted, he faces five years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count. Hatfield will have no comment about the indictment because he has not yet conferred with his lawyer, a woman at his home said by telephone Friday.

When asked about Hatfield's current occupation and place of employment, the woman replied that he was a salesman and then ended the conversation. Other people indicted, according to the Internal Revenue Ser- vice, are Berry L. Kessler of Columbus. Ohio, and Albert W. Maxwell of Gahanna.

Ohio. They are charged with aiding the late Arthur Shapiro, a former Columbus attorney, in evading payment of federal income taxes for the years 1971 through 1979. It is alleged that Hatfield and his co-defendants aided Shapiro by helping create documents which made it appear as if Shapiro invested in a tax shelter involving cattle and book publishing, thereby eliminating any tax liabilities for Shapiro. The indictment states that no such tax shelter investments were made by Shaprio In those years, Ms. Jones said.

Hatfield was a broker who arranged the sale of cattle to Investors seeking tax shelters, an IRS spokesman said. Five years ago Hatfield was identified as a broker in a $3 million livestock investment tax shelter involving Merchants National Bank and numerous investors. That tax shelter resulted in the bank filing numerous lawsuits against people to whom loans were made. By WILLIAM E. ANDERSON STAR STAFF WRITER Parents of a slain 19-year-old woman filed a $1 million lawsuit Friday charging inadequate security at the apartment complex where the slaying occurred.

Terry and Jackie Meredith are suing the owners of Spring Hill Apartments, 46th Street and High School Road, where their daughter Trisha lived for two weeks before her death. The woman's body was found by her boyfriend in the closet of the laundry room of the apartment complex on April 7. The victim had been knifed repeatedly. Earl C. Townsend, attorney for the Merediths, said the slaying occurred in daylight and in plain view of anyone passing by.

"They failed to provide adequate security for Trisha and other residents. It Is definitely a wrongful death because of lack of security. And It occurred during a short period of time, yet she was stabbed at least 18 times," said Townsend. Stacy L. Haberman.

resident manager of Spring Hill Apartments, said officials of the parent company In St. Louis Love Investment Co. Inc. could not comment until they see the lawsuit. Love Investment purchased the apartments on March 26, less than two weeks before the slaying.

Police said the young woman was killed during a 10-minute period in which her boyfriend, David Fain. 21. had left to return to the couple's apartment to do some housework. Fain is not a suspect, police said. Since the slaying, the closet in the laundry room where the attack took place has been sealed.

Townsend. an attorney for the Merediths for 20 years, said he is filing the suit on behalf of the estate of Miss Meredith. He said. "Shortly before her death. Trisha Meredith placed coins in the washer and dryer and in plain view from the street through large windows in the laundry.

"The defendants failed to provide adequate security to protect her and adequate security on the premises to see and hear the desperate struggle which occurred in the laundry facility, despite the screams for help uttered by Miss Meredith during her battle for life." Lt. William M. Reardon, who is heading the investigation, said they are checking one suspect who lives in the complex. Investigators believe Miss Meredith was killed when she refused the sexual advances of her attacker. The suit has been assigned to Superior Court Judge Richard L.

Milan of Civil Division. Room 4. No hearing date has been Set. 20 seek spot on utilities board Warren Township at a glance: Commission Nominating Committee. The deadline for filing applications was midnight Wednesday.

On May 13. committee members are scheduled to submit the names of three final candidates for the job to the governor. Orr will then appoint one of the finalists to the commission. Although the new commission member will be replacing Chairman Montgomery, Orr may choose to name one of the four veteran commissioners to chair the regulatory group. Those who applied for the commission Job are: State Ethics Commission Chairman Alan K.

Wilson, 43, of Muncie. Wilson, an attorney, also served as mayor of Muncie from 1980 to 1983. former PSI financial officer James H. Pennington, 52, of Plalnfield. Pennington retired from PSI, the state's largest electric utility, last year.

He Is now working as a state Department of Highways supervisor. Ray W. Arensman, 64, Evansvllle, professor of economics at the University ol Evansville. fj 1 STAR STAFF MAP diana does not fund education adequately. "It may be true that money will not guarantee a good education." she said.

"But the lack of it does make it difficult." Mrs. Rathbun, a teacher at Indianapolis Public School 114. also sees a need for reducing the isolation felt by the extended or bused-in community. HANCOCK CO. RUSH CO.

5.1 Is STAR STAFF MAP Senate has repeatedly approved similar measures in recent years. "It's pretty clear that It's going to pass." Richardson says. 1 S. MM! IMP Vicky A. Bailey, 33, of Indianapolis, vice president of J.

Bailey a beauty salon and barber supply company. Ralph E. Church. 61, Vorktown, a retire General Motors Corp. engineer.

Oavid A. Oiener, 36. Montlcello, a member of the state Utility Consumer Counselor's Advisory Council and owner of Diener Supply, Inc. Claudia J. Earls.

29, Plainfield, director of transportation and administrative law judge for the PSC. Robert M. Glennon, 31, Indianapolis, lawyer for the state Utility Consumer Counselor's office. The office represents consumers in utility rate cases. Glennon also has served as an administrative law ludge for the PSC.

B. Clay Hall, 29, Indianapolis, chief administrative law ludge for the PSC. Hall presided over the recent PSI rescue plan case. Larry G. Holderly, 45, Lafayette, professor of agricultural engineering at Purdue University.

David L. Lanti, 29, research director for Hoosiers for Economic Development Committee, a lobbying group financed largely by utilities. Russell G. Lloyd 79, Evansville, trust operations supervisor of Citizens National Bank, Evansville. Lloyd is the son of the late Evansville Mayor Russell G.

Lloyd. Susan M. Patterson, 33, clerk-treasurer af the town of Hanover. Dale L. Peilfer, 59, Valparaiso, a loader, delivery coordinator and customer service representative for Wolohan Lumber Co.

Frederick P. Ray, 62, Indianapolis, a manager for Insulation Engineers. Gerald E. Rogers, 57, Indianapolis, a salesman for IBM Corp. Lewis Rutherford 62, Spiceland, a rltired farmer.

Irvin J. Schenk, 61, Vincennes, a retired farmer. Thomas P. Van Arsdel, 67, Indianapolis, director of the PSC's pipeline safety division. Jerry L.

Webb, 36, chief engineer for the PSC Pirl(ss On Simmons Starting At $119 EA PC? Warren Continued from Page 1 1 Warren Township election. But she does take issue with the state, which she says mandates programs without worrying about funding them. "If the state continues along those lines without adequate funding, then we have problems." she said. Updating vocational needs and establishing more representation for bused-ln pupils are two areas of concern for Mrs. Porter.

She also is interested in Warren residents without children. "Most of our population about 67 percent does not have children in school." she said. "How do we go about selling how important education is to that community?" Mrs. Porter calls her first four years on the school board her elementary education: "Now I feel that I can attack things with a more sound basis." Mrs. Rathbun agrees that In GOP Continued from Page 11 ings of people in their district are on issues and to vote on these feelings and sentiments.

Some (legislators) believe they're there to vote their own opinion." Richardson. 48. who voted with the minority on the lottery legislation this year, notes that the lottery, as an issue, was rendered moot this year. Speaker J. Roberts Dailey.

R-Muncie. allowed the House of Representatives to vote on the measure after years of using his position as speaker to prevent such a vote. Once it got Its hands on the bill, the House passed it overwhelmingly. The Time change to occur for some Sunday ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday brings the annual shift to daylight-saving time, but most Hoosiers will leave their clocks alone. Through the end of this week.

81 of Indiana's 92 counties are on Eastern Standard Time. The 1 1 others are on Central Standard Time. At 2 a.m. Sunday, five counties will move to Eastern Daylight Time and 11 others will switch to Central Daylight Time. Central Daylight is the same as Eastern Standard Time.

Most Hoosiers. those In the remaining 76 counties, will remain on Eastern Standard Time, which will be the same time as in Chicago. The state is split into two time zones, with 81 counties In the Eastern time zone and 1 1 In the Central zone. The 1 1 Central time zone counties are Lake. Porter.

LaPorte. Newton. Jasper and Starke In the northwest corner and Gibson. Posey. Vanderburgh.

Warrick and Spencer in the southwest corner. With the 81 other counties, it's not so simple. Five Dearborn and Ohio counties near Cincinnati, and Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties across from Louisville. Ky. move their clocks ahead one hour to Eastern Daylight Time.

By WILLIAM J. SEDIVY STAR STAFF WRITER The chairman of the state ethics commission and a former financial officer for Public Service Indiana are among 20 applicants for a seat on the Indiana Public Service Commission. The new member of the five-person commission, which regulates Indiana utilities, will replace current PSC Chairman William W. Montgomery. Montgomery.

36. a Republican, announced his resignation March 20. He was appointed to the commission by Gov. Robert D. Orr In 1982 and was named chairman a year later.

Montgomery will leave office May 31 to pursue another career. The 20 applicants for Montgomery's job. all Republicans, will be interviewed and screened by the Indiana Public Service SIMMONS Mastercard Visa a American Express toil Stocks vvv W. -i Enrollment: 9.532 Growth rate: Declining Number of teachers: 550 Average teacher salary: $29,046 General fund budget: $32,674,717 Per pupil general fund expenditure: $3,524 Building projects: Lowell and Moorhead Elementary schools being renovated Issues: Lack of state funding; more communication with bused-in pupils; involving township residents who have no children "It Is difficult for their parents to participate, the way our board is set up. They could run, but the likelihood of them being elected under the present structure is very small, and there is nothing we can do about that at this point.

"Because they are isolated, they do not feel like part of the community." If the bill makes it through both houses again in 1987. the matter automatically goes to the voters in 1988 In the form of a constitutional referendum. Richardson emphasizes his experience in the Statehouse and says it makes no sense for the electorate to send someone to the House who lacks his expertise and knowledge of the lawmaking process. For credentials, he points to his record of passing legislation. He says he introduced the maximum allowable bills in this year's short session five and succeeded In passing four, with the fifth being absorbed by another piece of legislation.

funded program that provides employment for disadvantaged youths. Indianapolis Alliance for Jobs coordinates that program here. The remainder will be just above the cut-off for participation in the federal program, Priller said. "We are looking for highly motivated students that have an extra something," he said. Students with good grades or those whom teachers or counselors believe can be successful if given an extra boost will be selected.

To get the $100,000 grant. Butler had to raise matching funds. Besides Butler and the Alliance, others involved in the Indianapolis program are: Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis: Association for Loan Free Education: the Society of Retired Executives and Indianapolis Public Schools. Despite exhaustive searches and the use of psychics, police have been unable to turn up any leads on her disappearance. Nancy Wilson Head.

Denise aunt, said the reward fund was started at the Fayette Savings and Loan here with contributions from concerned citizens. "We're going to try anything we can. We're not going to give up on Denise." she said. Plan for high schoolers includes 2 Indiana cities SI FUM EA Indianapolis and Gary are among 25 U. S.

cities to share in a S5 million grant to help high school juniors who are in danger of dropping out of school. Butler University here and the Indiana University campus at Gary will coordinate the program, targeted at low-income teens. This year, the program here will help about 100 Marion County students, said Michael J. Priller. an associate director of the Youth Leadership Program at Butler.

The program will provide summer employment, educational and career counseling and will hook up the students with mentors professionals in business and industry, he said. Half of the group will qualify for help under the Job Training Partnership Act, a federally Queen $299 Set S2 iilSE i $399 Set Reg- $169 To $899 85,000 reward being offered for details about missing teen STAR STATE REPORT Connersvllle. Ind. A S5.000 reward is being offered to anyone who can lead authorities or family members to the whereabouts of a missing Connersville woman. Eighteen-year-old Denise Pfium was last seen March 28 when she left her parents' home to search for a purse she lost the night before.

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