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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1992 -THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- B-2 Behind Closed Doors Bayh says states 'shafted' by federal budget cutting dinner costs so darn much (70 big ones this year for non-members). Some of the Jokes told at that riotous gathering ring in the ears for months. An annual fund-raiser for the press club, the Gridiron usually features a bogus TV newscast with stories on tape and Jokes poking fun at prominent politicos or media figures. Among the offerings wilt's time for the federal government to deal with the budget without bankrupting the states." I 1 mis year was a bogus newscast about Tramp, the Indianapolis dog dragged to within an inch of Its life last year when its leash ended up attached to a pickup truck. One Daniel C.

Roose was convicted of the offense and ended up being sentenced to 60 days Gov. Evan Bayh Tramp By FRED D. CAVINDER STAR STAFF WHITER Objecting that Hoosiers are getting "the shaft" from Washington, Gov. Evan Bayh warned Saturday that U.S. budget proposals may reduce funds in Indiana for health care, highways, community services and education.

The problem is a continuation of a policy by which federal aid to the states is trimmed but federally mandated services are not, Bayh said. Bayh learned budget details earlier in the week at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington. D.C. During a session there Monday, President Bush's economic proposals were criticized publicly as "gimmicks" by Colorado Gov. Roy Romer.

Echoing that sentiment, Bayh held an unusual press conference in the governor's residence to explain that federal proposals, if approved, mean states must reduce services or raise taxes. "It's time for the federal government to deal with the budget without bankrupting the said Bayh. He said effects on the Indiana economy likely would be felt in six to nine months. "The federal government Is trimming back, not the state government, not the city government, not the county government. The people of Indiana are about to get the shaft again from the federal government," the governor said.

He repeatedly cited the example of federal government putting a cap on Medicaid payments to states, increasing state costs for health care. Since the additional money must come from elsewhere in the state budget, it Is likely that education funds will suffer, Bayh said. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY HERE IN THE HEARTLAND For those who earn their living promoting Indianapolis, the Mike Tyson trial is mostly a bust. And that's Just the way they planned it. Debbie Blackwell, spokeswoman for The dianapolis Project, said city officials decided it was not appropriate to actively pitch stories about Indianapolis to reporters covering the trial.

7 "We didn't want to exploit a very sad situation to get publicity for Indianapolis." she said. So far, Blackwell knows of only two reporters broadcasters from London and Mexico who've interviewed city officials for profiles on Indianapolis. There are more than 150 Journalists covering the trial. Mostly, she said, writers who mention Indianapolis in their reports mention things such as the city's size, population and political makeup. "We have read how this is a very, very conservative city," she said.

But this past week, at least two columnists discoursed on Indianapolis one favorably, one not so favorably. i Nationally syndicated writer R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. pointed out the differences between Indiana polis and West Palm Beach, site of the Wil- Ham Kennedy Smith rape trial. "Indiana is different from Palm Beach.

Indiana is simply not a wicked place. Rather It Is a very nice place." The erstwhile Hoosier even put in a plug for Indiana, ending his column by asking, "Why not make Indianapolis the nation's capital? It is much closer to the center of the United States than is Washington, and much less hospitable to wicked delights." But Gall Collins of New York Newsday wondered what delights of any sort our Cornbelt capital could offer such literati as her. In a column published Tuesday, Collins was incredulous that Tyson's accuser said she was with the boxer at 2 a.m. because she wanted to see the sights of Indianapolis. Wrote Collins: "Even at high noon, a tour of the major attractions would take about six minutes if you drove around the Hoosier Dome twice." She came to the shocking conclusion that Hoosiers are conservative and like cars.

"This is Indi- ana. You want to misbehave around here, you I tend to do it with an automobile, not a member of the opposite sex." CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE And when those hard-bitten, out-of-state Journalists J1 weren't tapping out deadline stories on the Tyson i trial or bashing our fair city, they were getting lost i fn the tall buildings. Or at least one of them did. Z'l A Fox Network crew member showed up last Sunday night in the press area of the police wing Of the City-County Building, looking puzzled. Where am the woman asked a local report- She was told she wasn't in Kansas anymore.

Actually, the errant member of the Fourth was sent safely on her merry way. which -7-was back to the media room in the basement. mated $4 to $8 million. The governor said budget proposals threaten such federally authorized highway plans as the In-dianapolis-Evansville highway, widening Ind. 67 at Muncie, the Hoosier Heartland highway, Columbus entranceway and Mer-rillvllle overpass.

Juvenile Justice: Proposal would eliminate the $1 million Indiana got this year for the federal Juvenile Justice and delinquency prevention program. Communities: Budget proposals would eliminate money that aided 730,000 Hoosiers in 1990 through prenatal and child abuse prevention programs, and programs for respite care, flood and tornado assistance, day care, homeless shelters and youths. Would reduce by 15 percent the community development grant that brought about $27.3 million to Indiana this year for housing, infrastructure and other programs. Economic development: Indiana stands to lose more than $2 million in public works grants, technical assistance and planning funds. Student grants: Budget proposals would deprive Indiana of about $1.2 million used for scholarship programs.

He said if the proposed U.S. caps had been in place last year, it would have cost Indiana an extra $92 million. Bayh also said proposed cuts in energy assistance may mean 42,000 fewer Hoosiers will get assistance in Indiana next winter, based on the same costs as for this winter. There was grumbling In private among governors at the conference, Bayh said, but publicly the response to the president's budget proposals "broke along partisan lines." "He's putting pressure on the states to raise their taxes," said Bayh. The governor said he will complain to the Indiana congressional delegation, focusing on the following federal budget Items: Medicaid: Plan could cap payments to states, allow only 2 to 4 percent growth annually, plus some for population expan- sion.

Energy assistance: Budget proposes 29 percent reduction next winter, an estimated cut of $10.7 million for Indiana. Also, federal plan proposes withholding some money until 1993. Highway funding: Reductions would lessen the state's minimum allocation by an esti- Rules for disqualifying jurors in jail. He insisted he didn't harm Tramp. And, according to the Gridiron newscast, Roose may be right.

The revisionist version has it that movie director Oliver Stone, of JFK fame, will be In town soon to do a film on the Tramp controversy. Stone, according to the story, is a believer in the "two pickup truck theory," which asserts that a second truck, not Roose's, was used to abuse Tramp. Just proves that everything's open for roasting when the Gridiron rolls around. AROUND THE STATE RUNNING ON EMPTY Talk about embarrassing. How would you feel if you ran out of gas while driving a gasoline tanker? A luckless delivery truck driver for Kiel Brothers Oil Co.

did Just that recently while cruising in Columbus. What to do? Of course! Siphon gas from the tank, the frustrated driver figured. But while attempting to do that, his foot slipped and the truck rolled backwards onto the hose he was using to siphon. Still determined to gas it up, the driver decided to knock at a nearby house. There, a resident offered four gallons of gasoline in the can he uses for his mower.

After priming the truck's carburetor, the driver soon was on his way. UNRESPONSIVE SYSTEM Almost four years after Vigo County's area planning department began work on an enhanced 911 telephone system for the county, the Job remains undone. The agency's current acting director. Its sixth head since 1988, blames the problem on local politicians who keep changing street names whenever a resident complains. Said Bernard Frye, current acting director: "Just last week the president of our commission made us change a street name.

There was a Deer Run on two different rural routes, and we had changed one. "However, the president made us make one Deer Run Court and one Deer Run Drive, because her friend didn't want her street name changed. An ambulance driver may make a mistake as a result of this, and we may never get the street-naming over." Frye also heaped criticism on the U.S. Postal Service. Last week.

Frye said; address notification letters for the E-911 system began landing In mailboxes around the county. That's all well and good, except that his office mailed the letters last November. Frye estimates the job has consumed 90 percent of his department's time and cost about $300,000. The project is called "enhanced" because when someone calls for emergency help, a display shows the caller's telephone number, address and other Information on a screen, to speed response time. Last summer, area residents began paying 55 cents a month on their GTE telephone bills for the service, which apparently won't be working until the summer of 1993.

"This is crazy. A year and a half ago, we announced the job was done. And it was, if the city and county politicians would have left it alone," Frye said, referring to the constant street name-changing. But there's hope. "This is an election year, so I'm sure there will be more changes," Frye said.

ON THE POTOMAC I TAKE THAT BACK The floor of the U.S. House of Representatives is no place to deliver a fiery message out of turn, as Rep. Francis X. McCloskey, learned last week. i In polite parliamentary tones, he was told to clam up and park it.

Under Indiana law, a tive Juror is disqualified to serve If any of the following conditions exist: The person is not a citizen of the United States, at least 18. and a resident of the county. The person is unable to read, speak, and understand the English language. The person is incapable of serving due to physical or mental disability. The person is under a sentence imposed for an offense.

A guardian has been appointed for the person due to mental incapacity. A person who is 65 or older can be excused because of age upon request. POLITICAL MATTERS HE'S SAFE FOR NOW The rumor mill's always in high gear at the Statehouse, and when 'the Indiana General Assembly's in session it's Jury revving. i The biggest whopper 'golng around had Marion County Prosecutor Jef-; I frey Modisett trekking to i the House of Representatives when the session ends to personally arrest L. Keith Bulen.

R- "Indianapolis. Bulen. you may recall, bumped his car into that of an off- police officer last from the sole use of voter registration lists for jury pools. "More and more people understand it is not a cross-section of the community," said Diane M. Wiley, president of The National Jury Project in the Midwest.

"The people who actually put together the pools are reticent to change and believe they have a good system." In 1989. Indiana law was changed to allow court officials to rely on a variety of supplemental sources, including: utility records, Income tax returns, motor vehicle registration, city directories, telephone directories, and drivers licenses. The state's clerks association testified against the bill during the legislative session, while the Marion County Bar Association, Source lists used for juror selection voters drivers Alabama or Alaska other Arizona vd Arkansas California vd Colorado vd Connecticut vd Dlst. of Columbia vd Delaware vd Florida Georgia vothers Hawaii vd Idaho vd Illinois vd Indiana Iowa vd, others Kansas vord Kentucky vd Louisiana Maine vd Maryland vothers Mass. 1 Michigan vd Minnesota vord Mississippi Missouri others Montana Nebraska vd Nevada or New Hampshire v.

New Jersey vd New Mexico vd New York vothers North Carolina vd North Dakota vdothers Ohio Oklahoma Oregon vd Pennsylvania vord Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota "vd Tennessee Texas vd Utah optional Vermont Virginia optional Washington vd West Virginia vd Wisconsin or Wyoming Source: National Center for State Courts Continued from Page 1 The defense team hired statistical analyst Gordon G. Henderson of Richmond, to look at the composition of the Jury pool. Since no statistics on race are collected locally, he began his research relying on known census data: Of 891 voting precincts in Marlon County, 52 percent are 98 to 100 percent white. 100 of 891 precincts are all white. There is no all-black precinct in the county.

Henderson asked for the Modisett month. Police at the scene said Bulen's breath melled of alcohol. Bulen admitted he'd had some Iwine. But he wasn't arrested because the state's con-X -Stltution prevents legislators from being arrested 'on misdemeanor charges while the assembly is in session. A reporter mentioned Bulen's name to Modisett I recently and was about to ask him about the 1 "It's not true," Modisett snapped, before the "reporter could get the words out of his mouth.

Shows how fast rumors spread. Modisett said Bulen's case will be treated like else's. He added he's awaiting an official opinion from Indiana Attorney General Linley E. Pearson on the immunity question. street addresses of 990 people called one week for Jury duty.

Us-ing census data, he pinpointed the addresses in precincts and then "calculated the odds that the person is black or white." The 1990 census shows that blacks make up 22 percent of Marlon County's popula (21 During floor debate over a Republican resolution to investigate the Democrats' handling of charges of theft and drug use in the House post office, McCloskey rose and accused Rep. Newt Gingrich, of besmirching Democrat House Speaker Thomas Foley. Gincrlch. the second- Robert Ham-merle's scenario imagines someone from Carmel on trial in Indianapolis. made up predominantly black lawyers, lobbied for it.

To date, no one knows of any clerks who have started using supplemental lists in Indiana. Many complain of practical difficulties. If a county relied on a list of residents with licenses to drive, then 16- and 17-year-olds would have to be deleted due to their age. Jurors must be 18. If income tax returns from any county were used, there would have to be sorting done because of joint and single returns.

The names on returns are also confidential and it probably would take a court order to release a usable list. Evidence mosUy anecdotal Another reason court officials seem reluctant to change methods is that the evidence pointing to racial Inequity in juries is mostly anecdotal, and not statistical. "There is no scientific proof of it, but given the experiences of many attorneys, the opinion Is there are a lot less minority Jurors than there could be," said Larry G. Whitney, former president of the Marion County Bar Association. Also, there seems to be no one willing to make the first move toward changing the jury pool system here.

Employees of the Jury pool office say the matter would have to be decided by a three-member oversight committee, which includes two Judges and the county clerk. BACK HOME AGAIN A veteran Hoosier campaign expert will return home to manage the Republican gubernatorial campaign of Superintendent of Public Instruction H. Dean Evans. Christine Dudley is leaving as special assistant for congressional and public affairs for U.S. Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin.

Dudley Is a native of Muncie, grew up in South "Bend and graduated from Indiana University. "I have each section of the state covered," she jokes. After working for Republicans in the Indiana House of Representatives, Dudley Joined the National Republican Congressional Committee staff. he remained active in Indiana through the 1984 8th Congressional District campaign of Richard D. Mclntyre and the 1986 3rd District campaign of former Rep.

John J. Hiler. She was deeply involved in the long recounts that followed each of those elections. Dudley moved on to the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee and focused much of her attention on Martin's 1990 campaign to unseat Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill.

Martin lost, but was named labor secretary by President George Bush. A grateful Martin brought Dudley on to her personal staff. McCtoskey highest ranking Republican in the House, criticized Foley for being aware of the conduct in the post office but doing nothing to stop it. McCloskey rose to come to the aid of Foley. "Historically, Mr.

Gingrich is quite gifted at going up to the point of slander on speakers and others said McCloskey. Gingrich countered by demanding that McClos-key's words "be taken down," a procedure challenging another member's right to speak. McCloskey stopped speaking and paced near the rostrum. Returning to the microphone, he confessed, "I have been advised that I should withdraw my words, so in all good faith, I withdraw my words." Censor, thy name Is protocol. By The STAR STAFF, COMPILED BY JOHN R.

O'NEILL STAR STAFF GRAPHIC According to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the cost to Marion County for a list of residents who are licensed to drive would range anywhere from $500 to $2,000. Clerk Faye I. Mowery and Judge John R. Barney Jr. said when they asked the motor vehicle bureau about costs a few years ago.

it was in the six-figure range and considered too costly. Statistics on race and Juries could be kept here, but aren't. No court official seems to know exactly why. One court employee claimed that federal law prohibited asking the question on the Jury summons. But that's not the case.

Just three blocks away from where the state courts convene in the City-County Building, potential jurors In federal trials are asked to identify their race. "Every time there's a big criminal trial where they wish for more blacks', attorneys raise It." Mowery said. tion; the fig- ure in Henderson's Jury pool sampling was 13.2 percent. "You talk about stacking the odds," said Henderson of his conclusion that blacks are under-represented In Marlon County's jury pool. "The selection process must be such that chances of getting on a jury are equal for blacks and whites, not Just for Mike Tyson, but for any poor SOB." Henderson said.

The argument didn't convince Judge Patricia Gifford to dismiss Tyson's indictment. Ultimately, Tyson's 12-person jury, of which 3 members were black, represented a higher minority makeup than this county's population. The percentage dropped, however, when one black Juror was excused after the fatal fire at the Athletic Club, where the panel had been sequestered. Voter lists fall out of, favor Most states, with the exception of Indiana, are moving away TRAMP, THE MOTION PICTURE Tis a pity the Indianapolis Press Club's annual Gridiron Tennessee man extradited in Indiana attack STAFF REPORT v- A Tennessee man arrested In -'the robbery and stabbing of an couple and the rape of ithe woman was extradited Saturday to Indianapolis, where he will face felony charges. Fred M.

Sheppard, 25, was arrested by Henry County (Tenn.) sheriffs deputies Friday on a warrant from Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division, Room 2. Sheppard waived extradition and was brought Saturday to the Marlon Courfy Lockup, where he Is being held on $100,000 bond. Sheppard was charged with attempted murder, rape with a deadly weapon, battery and two counts of confinement with a deadly weapon. Indianapolis Police investigators had received Information that Sheppard was Involved In the crimes last Wednesday. The county clerk says she takes direction from those judges.

One of the committee judges said it would have to bf.a decision made by all of Marion County's Judges..