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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1970 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 8 Motorist, 62, Killed When His Car Runs Off 500-Mile Expressway Sheriff Eads Tries 3 Days To Serve Subpena On Durnil mission to look at voters' reg lu.iuvapui ii ppmnii.i -t'frltni-ii- i (Star Prioto Bv George A. Newtwusc) ENTIRE FRONT SHEARED OFF DEATH CAR BY BRIDGE Henry Novak's Body Trapped In Driver's Seat By Impact A 62-year-old motorist was motorist was killed instantly last night when his car, reported by a witness to be traveling at high speed, ran off the road in the 6100 block of Coffman Road (500-Mile Expressway) and struck a bridge. The victim was identified by Sheriff's Deputy Ron Beas-ley as Henry Novak, 5311 Broadmoor Plaza. The witness, Raymond E. Bronshears, 3441 Ellyn Drive, told Beaslev he was driving climbed up the bridge and over the guardrail on top of it, tore off first one wheel and then the entire front of the car and finally came to rest down an embankment.

Novak was pinned in the car by the steering wheel and a firewall which was shoved back against him. He died of multiple injuries, according to Deputy Coroner James W. Bittle. NOVAK WAS a color stylist for Eli Lilly where he had been employed for 25 years. He was a native of Steger, 111.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary C. Novak; a son, H. Linton Novak of Chicago; two daughters, Miss Penelope No No Insurance Forces Loan Of 55 Paintings By ROBERT P. MOOXEY Marion County Sheriff Lee R.

Eads last night confirmed reports his office had tried unsuccessfully for three days to serve Gordon K. Durnil a subpena to appear at yesterday's Lake County Election Board Hearing on alleged vote fraud. Durnil, campaign manager for Richard L. Roudobush, Republican nominee for the United States Senate, replied. 'I wasn't in hiding." Durnil said, 'i even spoke al a Warren Township Republican Club meeting Wednesday night." Meanwhile, John G.

Krupa, chairman of the Lake County Election Board and county Democratic chairman said Lake Circuit Judge Felix A Haul will issue another sub pena for Durnil's appearance when the hearings are resumed at 10 a.m. next Friday at Crown Point. Durnil has charged that as many as 10,000 votes could have been cast fraudulently in Lake County in the Nov. 3 election, and that Roudebush would have won the county by a 10.000-vote margin, if a true and accurate ciunt was made. Krupa has snid that he would like for Durnil to provide the election board with the infor mation that led him to make the charges.

DURNIL SAID he would turn over all his information on alleged vote fraud to "proper authorities." There well could be an in-vesication at the Federal level, he said, adding that the Department of Justice prob ably would be involved. In other post-election developments: 1. Roudebush said there is "a good possibility" that he will ask a recount of his "hairline margin" loss to Senator R. Vance Hartke, Democratic incumbent. t.

Democrat Thomas J. Faul-coner said he is "pretty certain" his people will file for recounts in 13 to 20 counties which went to Republican Paul H. Buchanan Jr. in the race for an Indiana Appellate Court judgeship. Buchanan won by an unofficial 476 votes.

Democrats won the three other Appellate Court races. In totals released yesterday by Secretary of State William N. Salin, Hartke was shown as the winner by 4,482 votes out of 1,737,696 cast for the office. That is 50.13 per cent of the total. Salin still has not certified the results officially to Governor Edgar D.

Whitcomb because county clerks have until next Wednesday to correct any For the PIANO ORGAN of your choice See HENDRICKS NORTH-SOUTH-EAST-WEST OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK WILIS OPEN TODAY Former Deputy Convicted, Fined In Theft Case A former Marion County sheriff's special deputy, accused of soliciting money to "take care of" a speeding fine, was convicted of theft yesterday and fined $485 and All but 20 days of an 180-day sentence meted the man, Henry D. Davis, 37, of the 3700 block of Crescent Drive, were suspended, and he was put on a 180-day probation by Judge D. William Cramer in Municipal Court, Room 10. Davis was charged with violation of the Offenses Against Property Act (theft by deception or obtaining money by false pretense) after promising Oct. 7 to "fix" for $25 a motorist's ticket.

Davis, also employed as a messenger and ranger for the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation, lost both that job and his special deputy powers when the case came to light. Don't miss today's fine selection of homes listed in Quick- Action Want Ads. W1 Tin; SliliU.HV WAY I TRULY A 1 lU'MIiMBERKD SERVICE I' SHIRLEY 1 BROTHERS 'BnnnwrJ 1 Day Bell ringer Reg. 29.95 6W Cyprus Christmas Tree Save ill) en this life like two. lone green tree Can be trimmed with lights and decorations while lhe last! Shop early! price good Saturday.

Sunday Only Nov. 14-15! Dial 634-2561 443 Virginia Avenue i GORDON K. DURNIL errors in the results they sent to Salin. CORRECTIONS started ar riving soon after Salin an nounced the returns at 9:30 a.m. yesterday.

Local counting discrepancies which could cost Hartke a total of 199 votes were reported. Forest H. Montgomery, Cass County clerk, said at Log- ansport a voting machine read ing error had been discovered that gave Roudebush 100 votes and Hartke ooe vote. At Marion, Grant County Clerk Roy Hickman said he discovered a machine reading error that gave Hartke 100 too many votes. Montgomery said he planned to report the vote change, but Hickman said as he understood that by law somebody would have to bring action to require him to change canvassing board sheets.

The Secretary of State's to tals did not include revisions SALIN ALSO mentioned Ripley as another county in which errors might be uncovered, but a Democratic spokesman said this could be tied in with the GOP losing the Otter Creek township trustee's race by 11 votes. At Jeffersonville, Clark County Republicans cpened talks with a vote fraud specialist called in from Chicago. Frank Lunding 32, who obtained evidence for vote fraud indictments in Illinois, flew to Jeffersonville and met with Clark County GOP chairman James Robinson. Republicans said they had information supporting their charges of ir regularities. Jacques H.

LeRoy, Hartke's campaign manager, said he had no opposition to clearing up "honest errors" in the tabu lations, bub said he hoped the GOP -dominated vote inquiry would be fair. AT THE LAKE County elec tion board hearing, varied opinions were expressed by GOP witnesses. Joseph N. Thomas, who headed the Republican "Eagle Eye" project to check voting at Gary and East Chicago, told the board his 10 attorney- aides failed to find any en dence to warrant criminal prosecution. Thomas, a Gary lawyer, said most irregularities noticed were "settled on the spot." Lake County GOP chairman Charles E.

Collyer testified that there may have been fraudulent votes in the county. He asked, and received, per 9:00 TO 9:00 P.M. vak, at home, and Mrs. Delbert Hall, Speedway, and two grandchildren. Funeral services are pending.

The fatality increased the combined city-county toll for 1970 to 97, compared to 124 at this time last year. 5V Legislature Shift Drew Most 'Noes' Noncertified election results released yesterday by Secretary of State William N. Salin showed the constitutional amendment allowing annual legislative sessions had more opposition than two others But all three amendments won easily. Vote totals on the three ref erendum, as reported by Sa lin: 1. 10 permit ine uenerai As sembly to meet annually rather than biennially and to establish the length and frequency of its sessions and recesses bv for and 408,158 against.

2. To reorganize the Indiana Supreme and Appellate courts, 598,813 for and 335,740 against. 3. To increase the terms of office of secretary of state, state auditor and state treas urer from two to four vears, 98,813 for and 335,740 against SPEEDWAY CUSMONT 3KOWNSBU0.3 PIAINHEID BEECH G30VE MOORESVIUE SOUIHPORT GREENWOOD Jaycees' Junior Miss To Get Scholarship A $500 scholarship will be the top prize in the Lawrence Jaycees' Junior Miss Contest tonight at Lawrence Central High School. Thirteen girls from Warren Central and Lawrence Central high schools are competing for the title, with the winner to go to the state contest in Decem ber.

Entrants are Melinda Mel- lor, Debbie Nixon, Kim Wade, Gayle Vits, Joyce Apple, Carol Fretz, Deborah Halcomb, Deana Robbins, Debbie San ders, Linda Pearce, Gail Bade, Dawn Fights and Margaret Fletcher. Dedication Of Organ Slated At Plainfield STAR STATE REPORT Plainfield, Ind. Dedication of an organ paid for over the last 15 years by the Plainfield High School Honor Society will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the school auditorium; Guest organist Larry Roou of Chicago will perform. The honor society completed this year collection of $11,000 to buy the organ.

Attendance at the dedication ceremony is free. iandit Takes Cash, Film, Camera, IJulbs STAR STATS "SPORT Ind. A man prmoft wi'h a pistol took about $100 in cash nmeras. some film and flashbulbs from the Fofomat Drive-Thru on enstside about 8:10 yesterday. The gunman was described as a white man wearing a stocking mask and driving a cranberry-colored, late model Chevrolet.

.1 mi fufsr ,1 1 north on Coffman Road, short ly after 7 p.m., and was ready to make a left turn into 62d Street when he saw the death car coming toward him at high speed. BRONSHEARS said he let the vehicle pass, turned behind it and as he was doing so, heard a crash and saw a ball of fire coming from the engine of the other car. Beasley said that Novak's 1968 Oldsmobile struck a guardrail then hit the bridge, sible through gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Herman C.

Krannert of Indianapolis. Krannert is board chairman of the Inland Container Corporation. James R. Gallivan, insurance manager for the University of Illinois, said, "It is unfortunate that we can no longer display them at Krannert. "OUR STUDENTS, faculty and the general public lose the opportunity to view these fine pieces of art at Krannert.

We decided to loan them to other museums, rather than store them in craves in a warehouse." Gallivan said the 55 paintings, plus one sculpture of Beethoven's head had been insured for $1,653,000, but the insurance was canceled a few months ago in the wake of radical violence and student unrest on the nation's campuses. GALLIVAN said he got in touch with 135 insurance agents, firms and special-risk underwriters in an attempt to find new insurance coverage. He said Lloyd's of London offered to insure the collection for a $19,100 annual premium with a $25,000 deductible feature. Previously, he said, the university had been paying $2,000 a year with no deductible feature, "A week or two after Lloyd's quoted us their figure, Lloyd's pulled out entirely and didn't want to insure Krannert at all," Gallivan said. THE UNIVERSITY canceled Krannert's 1971 biennial exhibition of contemporary American paintings and sculpture, an annual campus event since 1948, because it coudn't get insurance.

Gallivan said less valua ble art works will remain on display at Krannert. The 55 paintings include Murillo's "Christ After the Flagellation," Peter Paul Rubens "The Banquet of and Winslow Homer's "A French Farm." Gallivan said the works of art will remain on loan to other institutions until the university can get insurance. He said he will try again next spring. rnHirn mm. 19.95 istration records.

ROBERT CANTRELL, East Chicago GOP chairman, said there is evidence of fraud in the election, but s.iid he did not want to present it "at this time." The hearing resulted in test imony that some persons vote in precincts in which they did not live. Anthony E. Dobis Demo cratic member of the Lake County Board of Voter Regis' tration. said a "number" of East Chicago voters voted in precincts in which they no longer live, attributing this to their being forced to move bv urban renewal programs. Jerome Reppa, GOP mem ber of the election board, said he was puzzled by the fact that Republicans lost by 8,000 more votes than in a previous elec tion although 41,000 names had been "purged" from vot ers' recistration lists within the last two years.

Eads, who was re-elected sheriff in the Nov. 3 election said deputy sheriff Don Pol lard had tried consistently to track down Durnil to serve the subpena, but without success "I would have served it my self," Eads said, "if I would have found him." POLLARD SAID he tried to leave the subpena with Dur nil's secretary at the still-func- tioning Roudebush campaign headquarters, but that the sec retary would not accept it. The deputy said he also tried to find Durnil at Marion Coun ty and State GOP headquar ters, and also at the Washing' ton Township Justice of the Peace office. Durnil is Wash ington Township J.P. 'I LEFT word for him to get in touch with us," Pollard said, "but we never heard from him." Eads said Lt.

Gwin Lyons also was put on the detail to locate Durnil, but could not find him either. Durnil said he spent much of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Roudebush cam' paign headquarters and also in his law office. He said he took his daugnfer to a school pro gram Thursday nigra. State Races Totals Following are the totals of the state races in the Nov. election: SECRETARY OB IT1TC William N.

Salin uj.m tarry ignrao AUDITOR OK 5T4TC TrMy Etherlon ury Aimns 146,171 TREASURER OB STATE John M. Muti ijo.iot New SUPERINTENDENT OF Ricrnr D. Weill John J. lM9hli PUBLIC IN5TB tjrZTInM CLERK OF SUPREME AND APPELLATE COURTS Ktnui E. Mathewt I33.1JO Billit R.

JUDGE SUPREME COURT 2ND DISTRICT Jesepn o. Carson 137, LiAun it. rrvmici 444, JUDGE SUPREME COURT STH DISTRICT prann v. Dice MU05 Roger 0. DeBruler JUDGE APPELLATE COURT 'It DISTRICT Paul H.

Buchanan Jr. 140, SOJ 1 nomas j. Faulconer 640,021 JUDGE APPELLATE COURT 1st DISTRICT Robert B. Lvbrook Jonathan j. Robertson JUDGE APPELLATE COURT 7n4 niCTBirT Gilbert Gruenberf 123,47 KDHii n.

raim m.JJ7 JUDGE APPELLATE DISTRICT J. Pilternik 131,907 inariti J. wnin 054,471 Senate Race Totals Following is a county-by- county vote total in the United States Senate race: COUNTIES ROUDEBUSH 4.341 Adam HARTKE 4S.I44 944 2,733 4 03 1,187 7,500 13,744 5.0R5 5,431 4,47 5.43 4.077 5,431 20,187 7.231 14,361 4,745 11,434 3.4t2 3,074 3,001 7,630 10,144 4.51 4 4,684 4,175 5, 0H 4.J53 8,342 11,481 7,309 4,933 3.546 4.82 5,741 3,900 7,043 9,091 4,431 1,144 16,773 15,533 4.184 Allen Barntolomew 11,331 ,731 Blackford 2,450 Boone Brown 1.11) Carroll 4,204 Jass Clark 2 4,044 Clinton 4, too Crawford 1,484 Dearborn Decatur 4,541 DeKelb j.443 Delaware M.454 Dubois 4.13V Elkhart 4,455 Plord Benron jai ruunr.i 4,135 Frjnkli .30 Gibson 4,443 Grant 13,060 5,701 Mmilton 13,783 Hancock a.tno Harrison Hendrickl 11,160 Hfni Howard 14, J4, Huntinflto Jackson 4 am Folton iih 4,431 4,204 Jeflerson 4,494 Jeniinit 3.4M Johnson 10.114 KrI 7,443 Kosciuske 1A.J7-) LOrtMM 1,53, rJ UM 15,444 7, f.TBJ Medisoe J5.245 24,281 119.191 4,134 3.714 5,411 11,499 4,313 Marshall a tti tilt Miami Monrot ,74 Monroomere Mu Morn 5.424 Noma im 1,601 1,693 1,174 3,721 J.S72 3,29 4,891 3,434 11,573 4,174 3,554 4,361 4,211 4,373 3,740 53,113 3, '01 4,040 4,181 3,971 3.590 5,09 1,749 14,911 3,041 957 4,153 13,109 4,951 1,550 5.240 3,44 10,173 4,771 i.ote 171,019 Ohio I7ft Ortnte 4,105 yi'H J.725 f'l" 3,413 MJe PiV ,40 Porter 15.530 Po 4,343 miasm Potiam anOoliin 4.751 rile Kush 4,270 It. Joteph rott Stwibr 5pffiter 5'ark 2.334 4 OH I 4,127 3.M4 j.2ns IM34 4,171 M33 3, ,25 l.t',,4 4, t1t i.V 14,027 iiuben uihvan fpecanue Inion 'andvrberili 'trmillion abatn arreft arrlck Wmh, niton avn lis 1,0:6 4,779 tme Tolalt 4 Sr 1 1 i'i STAR SPECIAL REPORT Urbana, 111. The Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois plans to loan 55 valuable paintings to other mu seums because it no longer can get insurance.

The museum was made pos- Parks Arc Fro v. lliirfffi Winirr No admission fees will be charged at Indiana state parks during the winter season, John R. Lloyd, direc tor of the Department of Natural Resources, announced yesterday. Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park will be closed from Dec. 1 to April 1, he said.

Spring Mill State Park Inn win oe open tor overnigni odging but will serve only continental breakfasts, he said. Lloyd also announced plans to refurnish and redecorate the Spring Mill inn during the winter. Johnson Jur Finds City Man Not Guilty STAR STATE REPORT Franklin, Ind. Harry Hood 41, Indianapolis, yesterday was found not guilty by a Johnson Circuit Court jury in the Feb. 21 shooting of Lee G.

Lewis, 43, 2530 East 40th Street, Indianapolis. Hood, a former amateur boxer, was arrested two days after the shooting in a parking lot next to an apartment building at 3075 Baltimore Avenue. The case was venued here from Marion 'Pajama Game' Set STAR STATE REPORT Plainfield, Ind. The Plain- field High School choral de partment will present the mu sical comedy, "Pajama Game," at 8 p.m. next Thurs day, Friday and Saturday in the school auditorium.

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Pantzer, president of the academy, and (rear, left to right) Dr. John Z. Martin, executive director of Associated Colleges of Indiana, and A. Blair Helman, president of Associated Colleges. The academy will honor Indiana's outstanding leaden in many fields of endeaveV.

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