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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1990 C-20 -THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- People Things 5 top rookies have gone on to win race Donald davidson's IndySOO 9i How many rookies of the year went on to win at Indianapolis and who were they? A.J. Geiss, Sinking Spring, Pa. A Jim Clark. Mario Andretti and Mark Donohue have been clear-cut winners of both titles, while Parnelli Jones and Rick Mears were both co-winners of the Rookie of the Year award. Leading officials and members of the media cast votes the day after the race, and Jones split the 1961 balloting with; Bobby Marshman.

Mears had the same thing happen with Larry Rice In 1978, and there is sort of an inside anecdote on this one. Two Journalists couldn't decide on one over the other for their "one-two-three" choice, so they listed both drivers on the. first line and none on the second. Balloting officials sought to break the tie, dispatching the Journalists to either side of a room, armed with a fresh ballot and Instructions to specify a first, second and third. One returned favoring Mears; the other, Rice.

lng the farthest back? I think It might be Parnelli Jones. John Skomp, Crawfordsyille A Jones led the first lap of "'the 1967 race from the sixth starting position, but there was one better than that. After a sluggish and cumbersome start to the 1946 event, Mauri Rose, who never did allow much grass to grow beneath his feet, managed to Jump from ninth to a huge lead by the end of the opening round. "Talk of Gasoline Alley, featuring 500-Mile Race expert Donald Davidson, will be heard Saturday at p.n)and Sunday after the race on W1BC-AM (1070). fc, t.

-IWIIII(II, Mll mum, ii Mtfi Him i on kmr mm rit irr it nun r- Prince says smaller families may ease demands on Earth Britain's Prince Charles says he's pleased that ecological concerns are no longer considered "dotty" and "Just for people with sandals and long hair." In his second television documentary, The Earth in Balance, broadcast on BBC television Wednesday night. Charles warned of the Increasing fragility of the Earth. "We've suddenly become aware of Just what a devastating Impact we have made In the world," Prince Charles said In the program, on which he served as both author and host. "Unless we alter our approach I believe that we shall, sooner rather than later, face a reckoning." he said. With visual backdrops of Hong Kong's skyline, the canals of Venice and the Scottish highland wilderness, the prince said smaller families were one answer to the growing demands people are making on the globe.

Do not pass go; go to jail With a toothbrush In his pocket, actor Kel-sey Grammer, who plays a psychiatrist on the NBC sitcom Cheers, surrendered Thursday to begin serving a 30-day Jail sentence In Van Nuys. for violating probation. Best known for his continuing role as Dr. Fraser Crane, the erudite though absent-minded psychiatrist who hangs out at the Cheers bar. Grammer was ordered to Jail after violating his probation stemming from a 1988 drunken-driving arrest.

At that time he was sentenced to attend alcohol awareness classes but never did. He was later ordered to serve 10 days working on state transportation department roadside crew, but again never carried out his sentence. Aunt Bee items up for sale Fans of The Andy Griffith Show will want to head to Raleigh, N.C., next week for Aunt Bee's yard sale. Actress Frances Bavier left her possessions to the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television Endowment Fund when she died last year, and they will be sold off June 1-2. The items include contracts from Bavier's stage and television work, antique lace, her -sewing machine, a ceramic cat, drinking glasses, gloves, scarves, a walking stick, lamps, paintings and her 1966 Studebaker Daytona.

"It's just like every house In America," said antique appraiser Chris Allen. "There are some wonderful antiques. Then there are some real clunkers." Two items that the center will be keeping instead of selling are the Emmy Bavier won for her Aunt Bee role and the dress she made to wear to the Emmy presentation. STAR STAFF PHOTO BUD BERRY Fits nicely, thank you SAVE 25 9 Which "500" driver has led the first lap after start- WU, US TOM FULL DETAILS 5" and 6" OUTTEBINQ' AVAILABLE IN 12 COLOHS BIDFORD PAVING ILACKTOP OFF DRIVIWAYS 3 8 YEAR FREE SERVICE ON YOUR DRIVEWAY ONLY AT BIDFORD PA VINO ALUMINUM SEAMLESS GUTTERS lins tries on the jacket given to him as an honorary winner of the award that is given to a driver best exemplifying the late Clark's spirit. clothes," she said Wednesday.

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who gets called Homer Simpson by his friends. "If I had it to do over again, I probably wouldn't have called this character Homer," Groening told a Playboy interviewer. "It was Just an Inside Joke for my family that has backfired in a very big way. That's why I had to name my son Homer, to make up for It." Like Bart Simpson, Groening's mother Is named Marge and he has sisters named Lisa and Maggie. "But the Simpsons aren't really my family," he says.

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812-372-5533 "That's right. I said wake him. I don't care how!" MJiliiiilli 111- mi it! if-Vi A stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer are the instruments used to measure blood pressure. Vital knowledge about vital signs Ma Marion LaGrotto (above) practices the process of testing blood pressure with his wife, Margaret LaGrotto. Cheryl Yacone (right), a registered nurse, instructs participants at the Red Cross it I rf next doctor's appointment for the brief but vital test, the group that attended the class at the Red Cross headquarters at 441 East 10th Street learned how to check their own blood pressure and the importance of doing so.

The class was held to recognize May as High Blood Pressure Month. Blood pressure the pressure exerted by the blood against the inner walls of blood vessels and the test to find out if a patient's pressure Is too high were demystified at a class Wednesday sponsored by the Indianapolis Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. While most people wait until their I STAR STAFF PHOTOS ROB G0EBEL lisisiiiiii.