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SPORTS BUSINESS BIG TBI MAKE RCA D0f1E riEVV HOME Hoops tourney dumps Hinkle Fieldhouse for higher profile. Page CI PEP BOYS PLANS AUTO SHOP PL-AIRFIELD National distribution center could create 120 jobs. Page Fl NDIMAPOLIS CITY FINAL "Where the Spirit of the Lord is. there is Liberty" II Cor. 3:17 NEWSSTAND PRICE 500 WEATHER PARTLY SUHHY Cold.

Low 0, high 25. Page B4 Star aw Don't drink the water without first boiling it Thousands on city's Northeastside affected by Sunday's pipe break; safety still a concern. Governor dedicates his term as he has dedicated his life to serving the people of Indiana Vi-V 17 7 By Mary Beth Schneider STAFF POLITICS WRITER I rank O'Bannon became In- I diana's 47th governor Monday in a ceremony that will certainly stand out as memorable. Historic, even. It's not Just that it was a rare outdoor ceremony, though O'Bannon was the first governor in 64 years to hold his inauguration outside the Indiana Statehouse.

It was a move meant to allow record crowds to attend, and records certainly were broken. Not for attendance. For cold. Monday morning. Indianapolis set a record low for Jan.

13 of 10 degrees below zero. By the time O'Bannon took the oath, it had reached 8 degrees above zero. Still, more than 3,500 hardy souls Joined O'Bannon on the west side of the Statehouse to celebrate his first day as governor and listen to him describe his pride at being in public service. Among those attending were about 1,500 fourth-grade students, the survivors of some 13,000 who had accepted the invitation to attend a real-life lesson in Indiana history. The frigid cold was a disappointment, O'Bannon said Monday afternoon as he spoke with reporters for the first time as governor.

Even a school from his home county of Harrison, among the See GOVERNOR Page 4 By Gerry Lanosga and Marcella Fleming STAFF WRITERS Thousands of Indianapolis residents were urged Monday to continue boiling water because of possible contamination, but the affected area was trimmed back. Freezing temperatures snapped a 60-year-old water main Sunday, cutting off service or dropping water pressure to much of the Northside. When the pressure dropped, contaminants could have infiltrated the system, officials said. Initial testing did not find a trace of contamination, but Indianapolis Water Co. officials urged people to continue boiling water for drinking and cooking until the safety of the water system is assured.

"This is one of those 'ounce of prevention' things," said Barbara Sinclair, water company spokeswoman. The size of the affected area has been reduced, but it still Includes thousands of residents and a number of businesses, schools and other establishments on the city's Northeastside. The area now includes 82nd Street on the north to Allisonville Road on the east, south to 65th Street and east to Harbridge Road, south to Fall Creek, west to Kessler Boulevard and farther west to Keystone Avenue. Dave McClure of the Marion County Health Department said the agency had called restaurants, other businesses and schools in See WATER Page 2 a Staff Photo Frank Espich SWEARING IN: Gov. Frank O'Bannon (right) takes the oath of office from U.S.

Rep. Lee Hamilton, as the governor's wife, Judy, holds the family Bible. The ceremony took place on the Statehouse steps Monday. Stories inside Indiana youngsters get chilling history lesson I' ByJohnKrull STAFF WRITER en-year-old Robert Plass-chaert came to Gov. Frank O'Bannon's inauguration prepared to face the little trouble moving," he said.

He came down, he explained, because Lt. Gov. Joseph Kernan "was our mayor in South Bend." The four-hour bus trip from home to the Indiana Capitol was worth it, Robert's mother, Linda Plasschaert, explained, "because this is not something you see every day. "I told Robert, when Governor O'Bannon invited all the fourth-graders, that he had to come. I told him that I'm 40 years old, and I've never had a chance to See HISTORY Page 4 Black holes may lurk in every galaxy Scientists think a star-eating 'cosmic vacuum cleaner' exists in Earth's Milky Way.

weather. When he got up at 3 a.m. Monday to make the trip from South Bend to Indianapolis with his classmates from Nuner Elementary. Robert put on long underwear, thick pants, a shirt, a sweater, a heavy ski suit, boots, a hat and a face mask. "I'm not too cold, but I have a I i Four more years: Suellen Reed (above) plans to fight illiteracy in second term.

Page A4. Cyber ceremony: About 250 people "watched" inauguration on the Web. Page A4. More images: A pictorial glance of the day's event. Page A4.

COLD CIVICS LESSON: Darlene Mavis and her 10-year-old daughter, Veronica, huddle to ward off the frigid weather during Gov. Frank O'Bannon's outdoor inauguration. I Staff Photo Mike Fender ustices weigh suit against Clinton I High court to determine whether president must face sexual harassment litigation before term ends in 2001. "We see presidents riding on horseback, chopping firewood playing and so forth. The notion that he doesn't have a minute to spare is not credible." Justice Antonin Scalia II.IILNI.LII....J11NJIIHUPMII.

II By Robert S. Boyd KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS TORONTO New evidence has convinced astronomers that a massive "black hole" lurks at the center of almost every galaxy. Including our own Milky Way, gobbling up stars that will never be seen again. Two teams of astronomers reported their findings about the surprising frequency of these objects first predicted by Einstein's Theory of Relativity at a conference of the American Astronomical Society on Monday in Toronto. In theory, black holes consist of matter so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape their tremendous gravity.

They are not much bigger than the sun but many millions of times heavier. Although they cannot be seen, the presence of black holes can be detected by the violent movement of nearby stars that are about to be swallowed by one of these "cosmic vacuum cleaners," according to Ramesh Narayan of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. Narayan called the process "the ultimate victory of gravity See BLACK HOLES Page 2 By Aaron Epstein KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON The Supreme Court Justices, peppering both sides with skeptical comments, appeared Monday to be struggling for a middle-ground solution to a perplexing question whether President Clinton can block a sexual harassment suit against him until after he leaves office. At issue during a brisk hour of arguments was whether sitting presidents should be shielded from civil lawsuits involving their private conduct. In Clinton's case, such protection would delay, partly or completely, Paula Corbin Jones' embarrassing lawsuit against him until his term ends in 2001.

The justices appeared generally sympathetic to the president's case for temporary protection from suits arising from his unofficial conduct. But they questioned whether presidents are always too busy and whether some aspects of a suit such as pretrial questioning of witnesses other than the president could move ahead. Clinton's lawyer, Robert S. Bennett, pleaded for a temporary suspension of virtually all aspects of Jones' suit, which claims Clinton exposed himself to her and proposed oral sex in a Little Rock, hotel suite in 1991. At the heart of Bennett's plea was his contention that a president's constitutional duties are so important that he should not be distracted by lawsuits, and that Judges should not be allowed to second guess a president's schedule or priorities.

"Unless there are exceptional circumstances in a case, the president of the United States should not be subject to litigation He should not be taken See SUIT Page 2 Survival at sea Rescue down under. Tony Bulllmore of England (left) and Thierry Dubois of France, sailors on a global solo yacht race, describe their ordeals after being swamped south of Australia; a Canadian sailor remains missing. Page A8 1 inn Z2E 3 1 Thank You, Lord, for the Most people Local B1-6 Lotteries B4 Movies D5 Obituaries B5-6 Puzzles D6 Scoreboard C4 Sports C1-6 Statistics AS Television D6-7 Weather B4 Crossword D6 Editorials A6 Extra! D1-8 Graham B6 Legals B6, C5 City desk InfoLine More numbers www.stamews.com 1997, The Star Main office 633-1240 Circulation 633-9211 Classified Ann Landers D8 Business F1-6 Comics D4 Buy ads: 633-1212 Fax: (317) 633-1154 Ads E1-6 can't have a good time unless they're doing something they can't afford. churches in our land where we come to You to find strength and comfort. Amen.

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