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QtyS The Indianapolis Star SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1991 TATE I Obituaries 4 I Classified 5-16 0 My Generation 11 By ANDREA NEAL Computer knows who's in first place Speedway system captures speeds in a blink I Back Straight 'y timeline Order means money buys information on abortion time line s. 1 i jJt Turn 3 I line i-Vi Start finish line as viewed from the tower PHP i jW. I F1 Tru i i Turn 4 r- timeline X. I 1 rrn sop I I Pregnant women who need the most medical Information now will receive the least. That's the result of a Supreme Court ruling Thursday upholding the government's ban on abortion counseling and referrals at federally subsidized family planning clinics.

The ban means doctors and nurses cannot do their Jobs. And poor women cannot make Informed decisions. "As a nurse, I can't Imagine not being able to answer the questions about alternatives that a patient would pose," says Cathy Krug, R.N.. director of clinic services for Planned Parenthood of Central Indiana. "I would feel like 1 was withholding Important medical Information." Forbidding the word Withholding information Is what this case Is all about.

Promulgated under President Reagan and endorsed by President Bush, federal rules say Title clinics must refer pregnant women to prenatal care providers who will "promote the welfare of the mother and the unborn child." Title Is a $140 million family planning program serving some 5 million low-Income women each year. If a woman asks whether abortion Is an option for an unintended pregnancy, she must be told the clinic "does not consider abortion an appropriate method of family planning." Writing for the 5-4 majority, Chief Justice William Rehnqulst said the regulations "do not significantly impinge upon the doctor-patient relationship" because the doctor can simply tell patients the program does not pro Pit Lane tim8line fj rfmeLinn6e yy I Start Finish i Front Straight 1 time line 1 time line ft SUI I I I TOOAVSTOPTEN 1 Ml (f I IPOS SPEED SER PRO OWVEfl DATA-1 on IBM PStl I CARS 14 S4 I LAPS 199 9750 I FASTEST LAP OF MONTH I DTfTIME SER PROSPEED I 10 005 5 220.705 I 10:23 Fil1ip4 CARS ON TRACK I SERPFK3 TIME SPEED I ft 'I I I I 21325 OM IWwl 21 325 OU TOO TRAP 11:33 127 11:37 225 11:10 224 11:55 22 11:32 224 11:33 220 221.SS0 001 210.394 032 mwiw i I ilimr 1 I I I A ft.aooc nil mr kmim 210.925 035 I 216.2S4 W2 22T Brtylon 210.2M W2 i a i i i Here's how the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's timing system works: Car with transmitter passes over antennas buried beneath track surface f). The transmitter emits an encoded radio signal that identifies each car. The antennas, called lime lines," are positioned on the track as shown above. They send signals to the trackside computer f), which translates information nd relays it to scoring towerQ.

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Antennas burled under the track's surface pick up each car's unique signal. The signals are relayed to computers that determine the cars' speed and position. The Information goes to computer screens in more than 40 locations, Including the pits, media rooms and suites. simultaneously track 40 cars as they sped around a raceway. Traditionally, this Job was performed by human timers who watched the cars as they circled around the track.

With the completion of each lap, they wrote down the car's elapsed time and Its position. At the end of the race, these time cards were collected, tabulated, checked for accuracy, and official results announced. But this could take hours. The man knew Chatwln was Involved In electronics. Allen said, and asked if there might be a more high-tech solution.

"Ian said, 'Yeah, I've had an idea about how to do that for 15 A short while later DATA-1 was born. The network was Introduced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year, but it was expanded this year. In fact, the Les Klmbrell, director of scoring operations for the U.S. Auto Club, said the DATA-1 system Is faster, more accurate and more reliable than any other timing method he's used In his 35 years with USAC. In the early days of the "500," the race was timed by 33 men one for each car who sat irt a row with the number of their car pinned to their backs.

When the cars changed position, so did the men, creating a not very well choreographed version of musical chairs. As recently as two years ago, the drivers' times at the speedway still were clocked by hand. On Race Day, 33 timers one for each car in the race would See STOPWATCH Page 2 By JOSEPH T. HALLINAN STAR STAFF WRITER After decades of faithful service, the stopwatch finally has been replaced as the official timekeeper of the Indy 500. Its replacement Is a high-tech network of radio transmitters, antennas and computers so accurate It can clock speeds down to 11 of a second faster than the blink of an eye.

The system, known as the Dorian Automatic Timing Apparatus, or DATA-1. Is the brainchild of Ian Chatwln. a physicist and managing director of Dorian Industries of Melbourne, Australia. Larry Allen, vice president of Dorian, said the inspiration came during a discussion five years ago. A friend of Chatwln's Involved in auto racing mentioned that he needed a way to vide advice about abortion.

Women will not be misled by a doctor's silence "Into thinking that the doctor does not consider abortion an appropriate option for her." he said. His conclusion defies logic. For most of the women who use Title services, the care and advice they receive at the clinic Is the only medical Information they ever get. else Is she going to get this Information about the options?" wonders Dr. Joseph F.

Thompson, an obstretlcian-gyne-cologlst and medical director of Planned Parenthood of Central Indiana. see 300,000 patients a year in Marion County, and we basically are their only source for routine health care services." Thompson says the rules are sexist and discriminatory. "They affect only the poor," he says. "It's not going to affect the middle class; it's not going to affect anybody who has a private physician." Two-tier health care The regulations upheld Thursday have been largely unenforced while tested In the courts. Now clinics face the choice of accepting federal funds and avoiding abortion counseling or rejecting the money and facing a fiscal squeeze that might put them out of business.

Either way. the choice could Senator writes a letter: Give Grissom a ticket for some mail planes Festival grows quiet to honor memory of fallen warriors for vf h1 from Indianapolis International Airport to a larger facility. The contract with the Indianapolis airport recently was extended to August 1992. "In the event that Grissom Is closed or even severely realigned, there is a perfectly good facility which could be upgraded as necessary to accommodate your needs." the Coats letter stated. A review of the proposed base closings is under way, and Grls-som's fate will not be known until mid-summer.

The shutdown of Grissom means Peru will lose Jobs and tax revenues generated by the air base. Coats said that locating the Express Mall hub at Grissom would help revive Peru's economy. Coats spokesman Tim Goeg-lcln said the senator was not trying to hurt Indianapolis' chances by pushing Grissom, but rather was trying to Increase the cnances of keeping the hub In Indiana. By DOUQ McDANIEL STAR WASHINGTON BUREAU Washington Jf the military won't be calling Grissom Air Force Base Its home, then the U.S. Postal Service should, says U.S.

Sen. Dan Coats, R-lnd. Grissom Is on a proposed list of bases to be closed by the Pentagon as a budget-cutting measure. If the base can't be spared from that fate. Coats said, the Postal Service should consider Grissom for Its new Express Mail hub.

The senator sent a letter Thursday to Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank asking that the Peru, community be allowed to submit a proposal for the new, permanent Express Mall 'hub. The U.S. Postal Service has been soliciting bids for the new hub from airports in the four-state region of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio. The Postal Service1 has said It needs to relocate Its existing mall-sorting hub After a three-year absence, the ceremony returned to the north steps of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Circle.

Refurbishing of the monument had forced the program to move to the World War Memorial In recent years, and last May the program was forced Inside Christ Church Cathedral because of rain. The restored monument provided a perfect backdrop Friday for the service, poignant In Its pride and patriotism. Flags flew above the participants, who were smart and polished in their mill-', tary dress. The 74th U.S. Army Band from Fort Benjamin Harrison primed the setting with a pre-: service concert, and the famous Ceremonial Unit Its caisson with the flag-draped coffin and riderless horse passed In review.

See HONOR Page 3 lead to a two-tier system of health care one for those who use private doctors and another for the poor. Ironically, the high court ruling hinged more on free speech arguments than It did on abortion. As Rehnqulst explained It, funding speech about family planning but not abortion was like Funding a center for promoting democracy. The government doesn't also have to promote "competing lines of political philosophy such as Communism and Fascism." The analogy falls short when applied to the real-life questions of poor women seeking medical care from people like Krug and Dr. Thompson.

"In my opinion these rules mean a nurse cannot do the Job we ethically would want to do," says Krug. "A lot of nursing is education. That's what our Job is all about educating people and 'empowering theln to make Informed decisions." By REX REDIFER STAR STAFF WRITER "We are young. We have died. Remember us.

The Rev. Bruce Naylor, executive director of the Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis, Included that appeal In his prayer at the "500" Festival Memorial Service on Monument Circle. Hundreds of spectators lingered during the lunch hour Friday to watch the service and to remember especially to remember those 263 young men and women who did not return from Operation Desert Storm. While the annual service Is dedicated to the fallen from all the nation's wars, this most recent conflict has left a fresh and raw scar. Among those who did not return were eight Hooslcrs.

It was an impressive and solemn ceremony, framed by overcast skies that gave way to sunshine as the service progressed. 1 star staff photo jerry clark Spec Kirk Fulton plays taps at memorial service..