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.1 A2 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1995 ot as many local workers sent home this time Today's Star Contents WORLD France is returning to normal, but union bosses warn of more trouble ahead. A3 Digging's under way in search of more Dead Sea Scrolls. A6 Rights finally are able to land in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and troop deployment begins in earnest. A7 Croatia threatens to boycott disarmament talks. A7 Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by an earthquake, not by sin, geologists say.

A9 Famine grips much of North Korea. A10 Former President Roh Tae-woo's trial has mesmerized South Koreans. A10 said about 110 were sent home. About 10 were considered emergency workers and stayed on the job. Only about one-third of local federal employees sent home last month might be furloughed, said Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman Carolyn Stumpf.

IRS employees will not be furloughed because a spending bill for the agency already has been signed by President Clinton, Stumpf said. Customs Service and Secret Service employees also remained on the Job, she said. Though funding for the Social Security Administration has not been approved, those offices were open as usual, said Martha Lee, the agency's district manager in the stalemate continues through Thursday. Ricardo Randle, a spokesman for the department, said that if the agency does not get money by then, January compensation, pension and education checks will be delayed. Those checks are to be dated Dec.

29. Randle said only 28 employees considered essential remained on staff. He said they were handling veteran Inquiries, issuing certificates of loan guarantees and certificates of eligibility for home purchases, conducting walk-in Interviews and visiting veterans who are patients in service hospitals. But they were not able to adjudicate claims or process new buri NATION Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes the focus of the Whitewater hearings. A11 Pat Buchanan is trying to rekindle the fire he lit in New Hamp- shire in 1992.

A13 City in Arkansas defends its "hanging judge" of the late 1800s. A20 Defense bin would force the discharge of service members who test positive for the AIDS virus. A20 i v. -l COP SPEAKS: House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with several other Republican Associated Press Bob Livingston, held a sign Monday outside the National members of the House of Representatives behind him.

Indianapolis. Workers were told Friday they would remain on the job on orders from the president, Lee said. December is a critical time for Social Security offices to remain open, she said. Many low-Income people applying for heating assistance cannot be approved without verification of their Social Security income. Agencies where local workers were likely to be sent home, she said, include the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Labor and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

In central Indiana, the federal! government employs about 20,000. Nearly three-fourths were furloughed in the November shutdown. I other benefits, although some support staff were furloughed The Social Security information hotline was staffed, and benefit checks were being mailed as usual. VETERANS: People still could apply for benefits at offices of the Department of Veterans -Affairs. LAW AND ORDER: Law enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents remained at work, but some support staff were sent home.

Prison guards also stayed on the job, and federal courts remained open and continued handling cases. NOT AFFECTED: Mail deliv-; ery; Medicaid, cash welfare bene-1 fits and food stamps; air controllers and railroad workers; the military and its civilian work- ers; weather forecasting; ture offices; and the U.S. Trea- sury. Call InfoLine for updates For free updates on this story, call (317) 624- 4636, enter category code 6202. ond-degree assault and using a weapon in the commission pf a crime.

Nebraska law allows the use of deadly force only to defend against death or serious bodily injury. Ealy was treated at a hospital, then taken to Jail on suspicion of misdemeanor shoplifting. He had not been charged by full-tilt right now. When the parts get here, we'll have all the Slinkys we need." Slinky sales are up 30 percent since the release of Toy Story and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, which features a cameo by the. springy toy.

When the dog is those sales should go up even 7 more, despite the delay. "Of course we've lost some be- cause it's late, but they'll be putting the tapes out and that won't do anything but help," James said. "All Is not lost," Trout said. "They have lost a lot because of bad timing, but they'll get a second crack at it with the videotape release." home delivery call 633-9211. al, pension and compensation claims.

Judith Stewart, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, said she furloughed 15 employees Monday. Stewart said the furloughed employees Include support staff and assistant U.S. attorneys in the civil division, the office's victimwitness coordinator and the office's law enforcement coordinator. Also receiving furlough notices were employees of the Office of Surface Mining.

It was unclear Monday how many employees were affected. A telephoned recording said the office was temporarily closed "due to a government shutdown." Most of the HUD employees were furloughed Monday. Officials Agency. Clinton said the bills included unacceptable reductions in national park and environmental programs and would have eliminated his National Service Program that provides college money to students in return for community service. "When I agreed a few weeks ago to work with the Congress to balance the budget in seven years, Congress committed to a budget that protects the environment," Clinton said.

"These bills that I have to veto today I do because they do not meet that test." Dole and Gingrich have been calling on Clinton for days to become personally involved in the negotiations. In a floor statement. Dole described the president's call as a "step in the right direction." "I think it is time for the principals to become Involved. It's time for adult leadership," he said. Dole has predicted that unless an understanding between the two sides can be reached by Friday, "it's probably not going to happen this year." But Gingrich and other House Republicans said Friday was not a "magic date." "For us to walk off now, take a Store clerk Associated Press OMAHA.

Neb. A convenience-store clerk was charged with murder Monday for allegedly chasing down and shooting to death a 15-year-old who stole some beer. The Kwik Shop had been robbed In the past, and the owner kept a revolver under the cash register, telling his workers It was for their protection. As many as six shots were fired Saturday night as Joseph Knud-sen fled the store with Hosie Ealy, 23, said Douglas County Attorney Paul's wife, said she expects Vaught will take his council seat Jan. 2, as planned.

Among family members who accompanied the Vaughts to Pan Am Plaza to pick up their prize were their daughter, Julie Johnson, and their 5-month-old granddaughter, Cassidy, who was decked out in a Santa suit. Oh, and one more thing: Vaught's 49th birthday was Sunday. "What a way to celebrate a birthday," he said. To add to the revelry, he added, he may have to buy himself a little birthday present: "A Corvette. Just because I always wanted one." Staff Report For the second time in about a month, some Indianapolis federal employees reported to work Monday but were sent home a few hours later because of the budget impasse in Washington.

But the number of workers affected locally was much smaller than when workers were fur-loughed Nov. 14, the last time spending authorization from Congress ran out. While Internal Revenue Service and Social Security workers remained on duty, 142 of the 170 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs were told to go home about 11 a.m. That could mean bad news for veterans and their dependents if MEETING Continued from Page 1 down of budget talks may force the Federal Reserve to delay a widely expected cut in interest rates. At the same time, the leaders of more than 80 major American corporations took out full-page newspaper ads calling on the White House and Congress to negotiate a seven-year balanced budget based on economic assumptions from the Congressional Budget Office.

The meeting among Clinton, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich would be their first since their fruitless effort to avert the first federal government shutdown in November that lasted six days. Neither side goes into the session with optimistic predictions and even establishing the session set off bickering Monday night. Clinton Monday called with a dual offer. If Republicans would accept his proposals for Medicare and Medicaid, he would put on the table a seven-year balanced budget plan that uses economic assumptions from the CBO. The White House has been insisting on using the more optimistic economic assumptions from the Office of Management and Budget, which mean that Clinton could spend billions more and still reach balance by 2002.

i Reducing the GOP Medicare savings has been a prime goal of Clinton's and one that has brought the president strong support. Republicans, in the latest proposal, are seeking Medicare savings of $202 billion and Medicaid savings of $117 billion over seven years. Clinton, using his economic estimates, Is seeking $124 billion In Medicare savings and $54 billion in Medicaid. But the CBO estimates that Clinton's savings amount to only $97 billion of Medicare savings and $37 billion in Medicaid. Alternatively.

Clinton told the leaders, he was willing to meet with them on the budget if both sides dropped all preconditions. Following a Republican leadership meeting Monday night. House Budget Chairman John Kasich, R-Ohlo, said that Clinton had agreed to present a seven-year, CBO-scored budget. White House officials flatly denied that, and Dole and Gingrich, in their statement, acknowledged that no conditions had been agreed to by either side. White House Press Secretary Michael McCurry said Clinton intended to talk to the two leaders by phone today to be sure they all have an understanding that no preconditions are involved.

For most of the day, Clinton CART Continued from Page 1 No car owners were available for comment, but they have made it known they would bypass the Indianapolis Motor Speedway unless the qualifying restrictions at Indy were lifted. IMS President Tony George guaranteed 25 conditional starting spots at Indy for qualified members of his Indy Racing League. The IRL debut Is scheduled for Jan. 27 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. "I'm disappointed we're not running at Indianapolis, but I them out, they get them.

We Just wish them luck." Robertson, who also drives a school bus for the Nineveh-Hens-ley-Jackson School was working with Speedway manager Brenda Girdler on Saturday between 6 a.m. and noon when the winning ticket was sold. Girdler will be on hand today when lottery officials stop by to present the gas station a check for $100,000 its bonus for selling the winning ticket. Vaught himself may be there as well, although he was understandably reluctant to talk much about his windfall Monday. The retired Army sergeant now works at the Essex Group In Fragklin, making What's closed The current partial government shutdown has caused fewer federal offices to be closed and fewer workers to be sent home on furlough than during the first shutdown in November.

Following is the status of various government functions: TOURISTS: The Smithsonian museums in Washington and New York were closed, and White House tours were canceled. Historic homes, monuments and national parks operated by the National Park Service were closed. However, some large parks remained accessible without the usual visitors' services. PASSPORTS: Passport offices were closed, with passports and visas being issued only for emergencies. SOCIAL SECURITY: Field offices of the Social Security Administration were open to receive applications for retirement and vacation, giving up on balancing the budget, I think would be a tragedy that would haunt us for the rest of our lives," Gingrich said.

CITYSTATE Kim Hooper writes about a special program that helps troubled young men at the Indiana Boys School. D1 Indiana reservists depart to train for their upcoming mission in support of U.S. troops destined for Bosnia. D1 New president of a countywide alliance of neighborhood associations seeks to increase membership and participation. D3 Nurse testifies before Indiana Board of Nursing at hearing focusing on Orville Lynn Majors.

D5 Missing nurse, whose body was discovered Sunday on Terre Haute's southside, was strangled, Vigo County coroner says. D6 EXTRA! Marc Allan: It unlikely that another group will ever inspire the kind of devotion the Grateful Dead attracted. E1 BUSINESS Coca-Cola executive is inter- ested in bidding to purchase or lease Union Station. B1 Missing greenbacks from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are leaving bureau officials with red faces. B1 SPORTS Derrick McKey signs a five-year contract extension with the Indiana Pacers.

C1 The Cotts' future is still in their hands. C1 OPINION End of Mediscare? reveals how the truth about Medicare is being trampled by Democrats out to score political points, and Open it up criticizes the process set up to review Marion County's health and environmental code. A18 CORRECTIONS A story in Business Monday this week incorrectly stated the cost of tuition at ITT Technical Institute campuses. The cost ranges from $6,800 to $7,200 per academic year. Obituary corrections are on Page B6.

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46206-0145. LOTTERY Continued from Page 1 Speedway gas station on Ind. 135 where Vaught bought his ticket. To top it off, Vaught is the fourth resident from a county of about 90,000 people to win more than $1 million in the lottery. "How come you sold him my ticket?" asked one area resident good-naturedly while buying gas at the Trafalgar Speedway.

It was a question cashier Debbie Robertson, who believes she sold Vaught the winning ticket, seemed to be getting used to Monday afternoon. "I didn't really thini about it," shfyald. "We pop charged in thief's death "For us to walk off now, take a vacation, giving up on balancing the budget, I think would be a tragedy that would haunt us for the rest of our lives." Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. and Republicans engaged in a welter of photo opportunities aimed at making political points and blaming the other side for the shutdown.

"We have to balance this budget in a way that reflects our values and our obligations to our children," Clinton said as part of a new White House campaign to emphasize the harm to children in GOP budget proposals. The Democratic National Committee began over the weekend to run more than $1 million in television ads attacking the Republicans on what they define as budget cuts that hurt children. The bills Clinton vetoed provided money for the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Interior and the Environmental Protection stand with IndyCar's decision not to run there under these circumstances." said two-time Indy winner Al Unser Jr. "I honestly feel the best decision has been made for racing as a whole. This is what is best for our sport." Speedway spokesman Bob Walters has said it may be difficult for IndyCar owners to carry out a boycott because of the tremendous clout of IMS.

"The sponsors are going to weigh in with an enormous stick, because they're paying the bills," he said. "You don't go to the fans to say, 'I need $3 You go to the sponsors." wire for magnets. His wife of 26 years, Linda, works at the flower shop they own in Morgantown. Wayne Vaught, reeling from the shock of the win, said Monday he hasn't decided whether to keep working. But Linda Vaught has.

"That's part of life," she said, matter-of-factly. "You work." Her husband was elected to Trafalgar's five-member Town Council in November. At Trafalgar Town Hall, and throughout town, word of his good luck spread fast. "It's the biggest news we've had in town today," said street superintendent Paul Shawver. "With 500 people In town, what do you expect?" Clerk-treasurer Pat Shawver, Jim Jansen.

Knudsen was shot once in the back, and Ealy was wounded In the arm and leg. "It wasn't a situation of self-defense," Jansen said. David Johnson, who told coworkers he had been robbed and stabbed five years ago while working at a gas station, was charged with second-degree murder, sec TOY Continued from Page 1 said. "With us on one coast and the Disney people on the other, we had some delays." The plastic heads and rumps are being made in Japan and will be shipped to Hollldaysburg, where the dogs will be assembled. The Slinky makes up the torso of the short dog with the long body.

The suggested retail price of the dog Is $14.95, and the company has already sold out Its first month of production "Usually most orders are filled already by this time of year," James said. "But we are going Start your day with The Star. For.