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No. 337 Copyright 1381 The Indianapolis Star SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1981 2 6 509 Drivers Set For Hot Lap THE i Hope for sun over 16th St. By ROBIN MILLER Speed was the name of the game Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and there were a whole bunch of players. And if the weatherman cooperates. today could be one of the greatest battles royal for the pole position in the 65-year history of the Indianapolis 500.

No less than nine drivers stamped themselves candidates for that prized 4 i (SUr Phot tl mx una) Robby I'nser sails around the SHedway at 199.310 miles er hour Slower oil price hikes keep wholesale level below 10 possession on Friday as many of the record 52 competitors on the track found some missing miles an hour. At the top of the horsepower heap, as they've been all week, are Roger Pens-ke's 1-2 punch of Bobby Unser and Rick Mears. Bobby showing no signs of slowing down at the age of 47, flirted with the 200 mph mark in the early afternoon with a lap of 199 510 on the Speedway's electric eye. MEARS. WHO WON this race in his second try in 1979, was officially caught at 199.500 by the IMS folks, but many stopwatches had the Gould "Charger" at just over the magic 200 shortly before the track closed The conditions during "happy hour" were perfect for going fast.

It was cool. Order of the day 6 a.m. Gates open a.m. Practice. a.m.

Opening ceremonies. 11 a.m. -6 p.m. Qualifications. cloudy and there wasn't much of the wind that's been prevalent this past week.

Mears was asked if he could hold his breath for the four laps of qualifying at that speed. "If it feels as good as it just did, I could hold it for four laps," he replied. Kristin Stanley and parents, Ronnie and Dana Infant girl back home after believed dead from heart ailment price index for finished goods translates into a 9 9 percent annual rate. That is higher than most Americans might wish but far below the 16 2 percent annual rate recorded in February. Changes in the Producer Price Index often precede similar trends in consumer price changes.

Wholesale prices pushed by the huge oil-price increase in March have risen at an annual rate of 11 5 percent in the first four months of 1981 compared with 118 percent for all of last year. But a number of economists are saying the worst is over for the time being. "I believe we're out of double-digit See PRICE Page 6 annual rate in March, the smallest increase since last summer. In a separate report Friday. -the department said the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 7.3 percent in April, the same level as in February and March.

Unemployment has declined only 0 3 of a percentage point in the past 11 months after rising to 7.6 percent during last spring's recession. Analysts inside and outside government expect the rate to climb again later this year because of a slowing of growth in the national economy. APRIL'S 0.8 PERCENT increase in prices at the wholesale level according to the Labor Department's producer On April 21. her condition became critical. Doctors worked feverishly for By AP and I PI Washington Oil price increases slowed dramatically at the wholesale level last month, bursting a three-month "energy bubble" of inflation and holding April's overall price increases below a 10 percent annual rate, the government reported Friday.

Analysts said they were encouraged by the oil figures and other indications that the nation's inflation may be moderating. Wholesale energy prices rose 16 percent in April after jumping 6.1 percent in March, and wholesale prices for finished food products didn't rise at all in April after increasing 0.8 percent the previous month. ECONOMISTS SAID that they foresaw no new oil shocks in the near future and said that they were increasingly doubtful food prices will rise the 10 to 15 percent or more that the Agriculture Department has forecast for this year. Friday's Labor Department report was the second bit of good inflation news in two weeks, following a report that consumer prices rose at a 7.5 percent more than an hour to save the child, but her heart stopped beating, and they couldn't revive her. The family was Noticeably absent from the final 60 minutes of running was Bobby Unser and his Norton Spirit.

He was asked why he Federal grand jury indicts Flick in plot to steal load of furniture Lexington, Ky. I AP) Just 2'j weeks after her heart stopped heating and she was pronounced dead, tiny Kristin Marie Stanley is back home with her parents, a healthy indication "that modern-day miracles do exist." "This is a great day for us. We feel like we're a family again." said Ronnie Stanley after his wife, Dana, brought their only child home from the hospital Thursday. "We've got her at home and we have God to thank for that. Our prayers have definitely been answered." THE INFANT, who was 5 weeks old Friday, has "picked up some weight and she looks really good." Stanley said "She looks just like she did before she got sick.

If you didn't know, you wouldn't think she'd ever had any trouble." Kristin became ill three weeks ago. She began spitting up her mother's milk, then her heart began beating wildly. The Stanleys took her to a local hospital, and she was then transferred to the University of Kentucky Medical Center, which has a neo-natal unit. didn't run. "Why should said the two-time winner.

"It doesn't pay to go fast on Friday afternoon. But I've never seen the conditions any better." As Mentioned. Unser's quick run was turned in when the sun was out and there was still a breeze. Was a 200 lap feasible if he'd run later on? "MAYBE IT WAS feasible earlier." was the reply. But unlike earlier in the week, when Penske's men had a healthy advantage See '500 Page notified, and Stanley signed papers authorizing an autopsy.

THIRTY MINUTES later, Kristin resumed breathing. Dr. Jacqueline Noonan, the pediatric cardiologist who treated her, said there was no scientific explanation for her recovery. She said it was "the closest thing to a miracle we are likely to see arouid here The doctor said Kristin's heart condition supraventricular tachycardia is being controlled with medication. There are no signs of brain damage, and chances are good, she said, that Kristin can lead a normal life.

Kristin will need medication for some time, Stanley said. The family has been told how to check the child's pulse and what to do if her heartbeat again slips out of control Sunday Star lists the new state laus The 1981 session of the Indiana General Assembly concluded with 340 new laws covering everything from agriculture to crime. You'll find summaries of each of these new statutes in a special report Sunday in The Indianapolis Star. More Speedway news, pictures on Pages 25, 27; qualification scorecard. Page 26; route fo the track on Page 22 The Weather Inside Today's Star News Summary On Page 2 '500' tickets taken in raid to be sold Joe Crow Says: The eyes of the racing world are on West 16th Street where the "hot dogs" hope to keep up their sizzlin' speeds.

lifeStyle 8-11 Obituaries 34 Religion 13-15 Sports 25-30 TV-Rodio 21 Want Ads Weather 45 Art, leisure. 18-19 Bridge 34 Comics 16 Crossword 15 Editorials 12 Finance 31-33 Gossip 15 the farm of Jerry Grose, R. 1, Richland On Jan. 24. the indictment said.

Flick rented another tractor at Evansville and the next day he, Henning and Maynard tried unsuccessfully to extricate the trailer from the muddy field. FINALLY, AFTER renting a third tractor from a nearby farmer and failing again in efforts to move the load of furniture, they gave in and left the trailer mired in the field, the indictment said. The furniture was part of an interstate shipment from Arlington, Texas, to Indianapolis. It had been manufactured by the Sydex Co. Federal bonds on Henning and Maynard, who also were being sought, were set at $50,000 each.

Flick, a former bail bondsman, is named in state charges for having participated in an alleged attempt to defraud an insurance company. Those made him the first person to be indicted under a new Indiana law called the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization statute. It was thought Flick might surrender to state authorities, but he had not done so by late Friday. Flick's record includes a conviction and six-year prison sentence following his arrest in 1974 He was found to have participated in a conspiracy that involved $76,000 in forged checks in three states. Flick once was considered by the FBI to be the No.

1 crime figure in the city. Norman Z. Flick, already facing state racketeering charges, was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday for conspiracy to steal a load of furniture from interstate commerce. The indictment brings federal agents into the hunt for Flick, who is well known here for his criminal background. He disappeared following his indictment last week by a special Marion County grand jury.

IN ADDITION TO racketeering, that grand jury charged him with conspiracy, arson, forgery, theft and attempted theft. Bond on the state charges was set at $750,000. Judge William E. Steckler set federal bond for the fugitive at $150,000. Friday's federal indictment names Flick, 50, 7800 block of Brookfield Court, and two other men.

They are accused of stealing a Chessie System trailer loaded with new furniture valued at $35,000. Th alleged theft occurred at 1524 Southeastern Avenue. The indictment says they hauled the rail system's trailer to a farm at Richland, where it had to be abandoned after getting stuck in the mud. Named with Flick in the indictment were David D. Henning and Lowell G.

i Ed Jarvisl Maynard, whose ages and addresses were not listed. According to the indictment, Maynard rented a tractor at Louisville sometime between Jan. 16 and Jan. 21 and used it to haul the 40-foot aluminum trailer to Revenue already have claimed the $250,000 cash as payment for taxes. Branson said the ticket auction will be held at 10 a.m.

Monday in Room 486 of the Federal Building. 575 North Pennsylvania Street. He said the original price of the tickets was $25 each. The seats are located in stand on the outside of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's fourth turn. A spokesman for the Speedway's ticket office said the tickets were purchased legitimately by the Jacksons last year, and added they are considered "choice" seats.

Larry D. Combs, the couple's attor-See TICKETS Page By VIC CALECA Fifty tickets to the 500-Mile Race confiscated from the home of a young. Greenwood couple arrested in a drug raid will be sold at auction Monday, Internal Revenue Service officials said. The tickets, seized by police from the home of David and Christina Jackson on April 22, are being sold by the IRS to help pay off the couple's tax debt, said Robert B. Branson, an IRS spokesman.

Also seized during the raid were 374 pounds of marijuana, varying amounts of other drugs, $250,000 in cash, several pieces of antique jewelry, and several other items, according to Greenwood police. THE IRS AND Indiana Department of Indianapolis Thunderstorms likely today especially during the afternoon; high, 68. Intermittent showers and thunderstorms tonight; low, 52. Cooler Sunday with occasional rain; high, 59. Indiana Thunderstorms likely today; highs, 62-73.

Occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight; lows, 47-55. Cooler Sunday with rain continuing; highs, 54-63. Today's Prayer Thank You, Lord, for giving inner abilities to find contentment, to be enthusiastic about life, to have enough inspiration and faith to sustain us, and hopes to lead us on. Amen. Court News and Statistics 45 Star Telephone Numbers Circulation 633-9211 Main Office 633-1240 Want Ads 633-1212 Scores After 4 30 633-1200 cnniE ALERT If You See A Crime Committed Or Spot Suspicious Activity Call This Number 911 ffhr Come omt and fi Young street warriors grew up with violence and tension Iftf VI IV A I'll 2 By ED BLANCHE Belfast, Northern Ireland (AP) "Come out and fight." yelled a young man in a Belfast street at a dozen rifle-armed policemen sitting in their gray, armored Land-Rovers 100 yards away.

He was one of about 150 youngsters from 6 to 16 years old massing around Divis Flats, a sprawling complex of rundown apartments that dominates the rural end of Belfast's Falls district, heartland of Roman Catholic militancy. They are a new generation of young street warriors who have known little but violence and tension for the last ll't years. When the sectarian bloodshed erupted in August 1969, most of them were barely out of kindergarten. Some weren't even born yet. OUTSIDE THE graffiti-smeared walls of the Divis block, the kids taunted the cops with obscenities.

Finally, the policemen raced the Land-Rovers toward the mob, scattering the youngsters in what has become a daily ritual of violence. The youngsters lobbed bricks, bottles, pieces of Sfreef fighting breaks out in Belfast and Londonderry; more IRA prisoners threaten hunger strikes Page 7 metal pipe, a few milk bottle fire bombs, the wheels of baby carriages anything they could pick up. Three policemen in flak jackets leaped from one Land-Rover and fired a half dozen "baton rounds" from riot guns, 4-inch plastic bullets that can blind or maim. None of the young street fighters was hit. A few broke away from the clash to retrieve the cream-colored bullets as battle trophies.

As violence in Northern Ireland goes, the 10-minute riot was a minor skirmish amid an eruption tf anti-British hostility over Tuesday's death of Irish Republican Army hunger striker Bobby Sands in the Maze prison. JIMMY COOGAN, A street-wise 16-year-old wear-ing patched hand-me-downs from his four elder See WARRIORS Page nnmr a Belfast youths toss beer kegs in front of A rim vehicle as tensions mount.