The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 1

TODAY'S CHUCKLE Modem art is what happens when painters stop looking; at girls and persuade themselves thev have a better idea. WEATHER TODAY Partly Sunny High, 80; Low, 65 Yesterday High, 80; Low 52 The Indianapolis star Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty" II Cor. 3:17 CAJtRKK Dt LIVE ft ED itc PER WK. Smgl Oft- MOTOR Oti-IVtRtD 9Ck Copy VOLUME 75, No. 110 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1977 CARTER FORCES DEALT NEW SETBACK Ga Decontrol Gains enate 31 A ft.

15 -f. "vVff) I tta ally with senators on the proposal. One key senator on energy legislation. Jennings Randolph had urged the President to "find some middle ground" compromise on natural gas pricing that could pass the Senate. RANDOLPH MET with the President at the White House before the vote and told reporters after that meeting that "I think he's worried" not only on the outcome of the gas vote but on the fate of his overall energy program.

The Carter plan had suffered many setbacks in Senate floor and committee action. It passed the House nearly intact in early August. The President wants Congress to raise the ceiling price for interstate natural gas from the current SI 45 per thousand cubic feel to about $1 75 while also extending these limits to the now unregulated intrastate markets in Texas, Louisiana and other gas-producing states. But a coalition of Republicans and oil-state senators is backing the rival proposal by Pearson and Bentsen. A similar deregulation bill was passed by the Senate in 1975 but failed by four votes in the House.

ACCORDING TO a Congressional Budget Office study, the administration's See DECONTROL Page for gradually removing price controls from gas over a four-year period. Senate sources said both the President and Vice-President Walter Mondale had been calling senators urging them to support such a compromise if the administration position is rejected. And presidential spokesman Jody Powell told reporters, "we're sympathetic to a compromise as opposed to nothing." GAS PRODUCERS contend the price controls have kept gas prices artificially lower, discouraging exploration for new gas supplies and prompting shortages such as those of last winter. But Mr. Carter argued that while the price limits should be raised to encourage more production, the controls should be kept to protect consumers against unwarranted price increases.

Mondale presided over the Senate as the vote was taken, apparently ready to cast his vote in case of a tie. As president of the Senate, the vice-president has the constitutional right to vote to break ties. Mondale has not yet had the opportunity to exercise this power. Energy Secretary James R. Schlesing-er also vas involved in the lobbying effort.

He canceled a scheduled appearance before a House panel to talk person the proposal to scrap deregulation while Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) voted against it.) The Pearson-Bentson proposal calls for the immediate deregulation of newly produced onshore gas, and a gradual removal of price limits from offshore gas over a five-year period. A direct vote either for or against the Pearson-Bentsen plan will come later in Senate consideration of the natural gas legislation possibly in a weekend session. Under Mr. Carter's plan, federal price controls would be retained but the lid would be increased to $1.75.

The administration bill, approved by the House in August, would also extend price controls to the now unregulated markets within gas-producing states. The effect of Thursday's vote is to keep alive the industry deregulation proposal, which is similar to legislation passed by the Senate in 1975 but rejected by the House. ALTHOUGH THE Senate remains free to accept the President's plan, that was viewed by Senate leaders as unlikely. Even before the vote, Mr. Carter was reported ready to accept as a last-resort compromise a measure like one proposed by Sen.

Bennett Johnston (D-La calling Washington (AP) In a major new setback to President Carter's energy program, the Senate declined 52 to 46 Thursday night to scrap an industry-supported plan to deregulate new natural gas. Against a backdrop of increasingly harsh debate, the Senate voted against an attempt to table and thus kill a proposal by Sens. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.) and James Pearson R-Kan. to phase out controls. The crucial test vote was a clear defeat for the President's proposal to continue federal price controls on gas and marked the latest in a series of blows his energy plan has been dealt by the Senate.

It came despite a major, last-minute lobbying campaign by Mr. Carter and other top administration officials. Some administration allies prepared to mount a filibuster to keep the deeply divided Senate from approving the rival industry-backed measure, while others talked about the possibility of seeking a compromise with deregulation forces. REPUBLICANS joined with oil-state Democrats in defeating the administration-backed effort to kill the deregulation measure. (Sen.

Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) voted for If ivSr-f i-'tv Nationwide Hunt Begins As Fear Grows Coed Met With Foul Play IVasty Predicament Jeff Halbertt of Gary, finds himself the center of attention after falling into a hole left in the sidewalk after an old lamp post was removed. His wife, Catherine, stands by helplessly with other spectators. Ambulance attendants finally removed him after about a half hour and took him to the hospital where he is confined to bed with severe bruises. His wife said he parked the car on a Gary street, walked around the vehicle and then disappeared. (AP) CANT EXPECT LOAN I Bowen Suggests Tax Advance For Poor The Rev.

Miss Taul, a close friend, said Miss Harmeier was a sensible person and not the type to get into a car with a stranger. Miss Harmeier was not dating because she was deeply involved in her school work and maintaining a 3.7 grade average out of a possible 4.0 at I.U., the minister added. It was the Rev. Miss Taul's concern that started a search for Miss Harmeier. She said Miss Harmeier was scheduled to telephone her about 11 p.m.

on Sept. 12 to inquire about the results of medical tests. i AT THE TIME, the minister was in a hospital, undergoing some tests, but did not complete them because she became upset when the coed failed to telephone her. the minister added. The Rev.

Miss Taul and the student's mother. Marjorie Harmeier, drove toward Bloomington Sept. 13, retracing Miss Harmeier's probable route. It was then they found her locked car beside Ind 37 and notified police. State Police questioned a Greyhound bus driver who said he saw the young woman beside her car and saw a vehicle stop.

However, they were unable to get enough information on the color and make of the vehicle or a good description of the driver. POLICE have stopped hundreds of motorists along that stretch of Ind. 37 since then, asking if any saw Miss Harmeier and anyone with her. This system has provided clues that have led to arrests in several crimes, but to date has not helped in the investigation of Miss Harmeier's disappearance, Kenney said. Numerous motorists have been broadcasting information up and down the highways on their CB radios, hoping See COED Page lations, economics, social problems, racial discrimination and a host of other matters besides law, he said.

THE SCHOOL ALSO will get worldwide statistics and information from the International Court of Justice as part of the program. Harvey said the designation is the first for a Midwestern law school and added that the local law school may be the only one in the nation receiving the free materials. The main university library at Bloomington receives the same publica A nationwide search was started Thursday for a missing Indiana University coed who police believe met with foul play after she abandoned her stalled car near Martinsville. The student, Ann Louise Harmeier, 20, has been missing since Sept. 12.

Friends and fellow residents of Cambridge City have started raising money to pay for advertisements containing information about her in newspapers and on television stations across the country. They have raised more than $400 for that purpose and another $5,000 as a reward for information solving Miss Har-meier's disappearance. MEANWHILE, Indiana State Police continue checking meager information supplied by the traveling public, but no one yet has provided clues as to what may have happened to Miss Harmeier, Maj. Stanley N. Kenney, head of the State Police Investigation Division, said Thursday.

He also said information about the coed has been supplied to the FBI and three of his detectives are devoting full time to the case and several other troopers part time. O. Franklin Lowie, agent in charge of the Indianapolis FBI office, said his department is not investigating the disappearance because police have no evidence Miss Harmeier has been kidnaped. HOWEVER, many persons, including police, fear she was abducted when she left her stalled car about 9 a.m. Sept.

12 on Ind. 37, 2 miles north of Martinsville. That was where her car was found the following day. The Rev. Rose C.

Taul of the Presbyterian Church of Cambridge City said Thursday night she hopes the FBI becomes involved in a search for Miss Harmeier. By PAUL M. DOHERTY A $1.5 million advance distribution of state property tax replacement funds might be made to ease the situation of depleted poor relief funds for Center Township in Marion County, Gov. Otis R. Bowen suggested Thursday.

At the same time he indicated that local officials could not expect loans they had sought from two state agencies to meet the cash demand. The Republican Governor wrote lengthy letters, not promising that any action would be taken, to Indianapolis Mayor William A. Hudnut and to the county commissioners. Hudnut is a Republican and the township trustee who runs the poor relief program is Dr. Benjamin Osborne, a Democrat.

THE LOAN requests were made in response to a Sept. 16 order of Marion Circuit Judge J. Patrick Endsley. If the added state funding is not provided, the county will be required to issue bonds to meet costs. Indianapolis Law School To Get Wealth Of U.N.

Publications Free Bavh Was In Paris. France; Not Senate Office As Reported Bank Score: Teller Holdup Man The Governor said in his letter that the Local Property Tax Control Board will consider the loan requests Friday. But he added it will do so "knowing that the Indiana General Assembly did not appropriate any funds for the purpose of providing such loans" to the city, the county or the township. BOWEN SAID that he had asked the Property Tax Replacement Fund Board to meet immediately on the situation. He asked that the local officials discuss possible terms of an advance with Donald H.

Clark, revenue commissioner and chairman of the board. The Governor wrote that he asked for the special meeting because he recognizes the seriousness of the situation "as it affects poor and indigent individuals of Center Township" and considers it imperative to meet the needs of the poor. He also stated that he wants city, county and township officials to work in co-operation to resolve the situation. Endsley ordered the issuance of $2.5 million of bonds as part of his proposed solution to the dispute. each day Congress is in session to let the readers know what their represen- tatives and senators are doing.

i Wise said he was asked Monday and Tuesday if Bayh's committees were working and replied "no." This left the impression he was on the floor with the other senators. The errors were pointed out by persons familiar with Bayh's junket. SJ The Star regrets the incorrect report. P.S. Bayh attended sessions of i the North Atlantic Assembly, an inter- parliamentary organization of North Atlantic Treaty Organization coun- tries.

He was chairman of the U.S. delegation. 1 The Weather Joe Crow Says: Technically speaking, Summr placed the summer solstice on the Calendar of the Sea- ttsS? sons at 10:22 p.m. (EST) last night. That means fall is officially here and the summer has gone.

Indianapolis Partly sunny and mild Friday with showers and thunderstorms likely Friday night and Saturday. High, 80; low, 65; winds southerly at 10 mph. High Saturday. 80. Indiana Partly sunny and mild Friday with showers and thunderstorms likely Friday night and Saturday.

Highs, 75-80; lows, 62-65. Highs Saturday, 70-85. Pollen Count 11 Prayer Thank You. Lord, for the opportunity of coming to You again today, to help us find and use our own special talents which You have given to us all. Amen.

AN LOUISE HARMEIER Nationwide Search Begun tions for use there. NAPALIA Tyulina. director of the Dag Hammarskjold Library at New York, informed the local law school by letter that it will start receiving the publications soon. The designation was effective last Wednesday. Bailey said he expected the law libary to become a center of study for other schools at the university as well.

The law library already is a depository for the federal government and receives a large number of publications from it, Bailey added. "7 A (Slr PhoMI LYNETTE KOTTARIDIS Said 'No' To Bandit or recently initiated on the East and West coasts, often are completely outside hospital settings. According to Elliott, the term "hospice" refers to medieval way-stations whose doors were open to travelers on their way to the Crusades. It currently is used to refer to comfort provided travelers on their way from one world to the next SO FAR, Methodist has had 20 patients who chose to complete their live See HOSPICE Page When asked what she would have done if the man had pulled a gun, Mrs. Kottaridis said, "I would have ducked." THE TELLER, who has been in the branch for five years, said she believed the man had been in the bank earlier and had tried to cash a check.

There were three customers and three tellers in the bank at the time of the attempted robbery and the man kept shifting from teller to teller, she recalled. The teller described the man as a Negro, 5 feet 6 inches tall, wearing a black nylon shirt, dark pants and a green hat which had gold braid around the brim and a feather in the band. He also- wore tinted sun glasses. A teller foiled a holdup attempt Thursday in the Merchants National Bank and Trust Company branch at 320 North Meridian Street despite the would-be robber's threats and even a polite "please." The bandit entered the branch, located in the Chamber of Commerce Building, at 12:40 p.m. and handed head teller Lynette Kottaridis a note which read, "This is a holdup.

Give me all your money and you won be snot. "AFTER READING the note, I looked up and said 'No'," Mrs. Kottaridis said. "I guess he was just stunned. He stood there for a minute and then asked, 'Please'." Mrs.

Kottaridis again refused. The bandit reminded the teller he had a gun, but was taken aback again when The library of Indiana University, Indianapolis, Law School has been designated an official depository by the United Nations Publications Board, a move which will give the school a major international law collection. Dean William F. Harvey said Thursday. The school will be receiving copies of a tremendous number of current and future United Nations publications, James Bailey, the school librarian, said.

They may be used for research by anyone interested. Subjects will include international re she asked to see it, the teller said. "He reached down to his front right pocket and begain fumbling around like he had forgotten where he put the gun," she said. When he reached inside his shirt, Mrs. Kottaridis started to press an alarm button.

"HE SAID, 'Don't do but I went ahead and hit the button," she said. The man, his hand still inside his shirt pocket, fled from the bank and ran north on Meridian Street and west on Vermont Street. "I was so stunned that I don't think I really comprehended what was happening," the teller said. "I never considered giving him the money. I didn't realize until afterward just how dangerous the situation was." To improve the quality of their remaining life.

To eliminate or reduce medical procedures which unnecessarily rob the patient of dignity. Dr. William Elliott, a local heart specialist who has co-ordinated the development of the pilot program, said the new U-bed unit opened July 5. Elliott has been working under the direction of Dr. Frank Lloyd, who is in charge of Methodist's research activity.

THE HOSPICE approach represents a break with traditional medical practices THE STAR'S WASHINGTON BUREAU Washington When United States Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) jetted to Paris, France, for a weekend sojourn which included Monday and Tuesday, it was kept secret. The cover-up occurred when Bill Wise, Bayh's press secretary, decided not to reveal the information because he was not asked specifically where the senator was. As a result, The Star's "What They Did" column was incorrect on Tuesday and Wednesday when it listed Bayh as "Office, floor," meaning he was in his office when not on the floor of the Senate. The column is published Inside Today's Star ISewg Summary On Page 2 Amusement 22-24 Billy Graham 32 Bridge 10 Comics 30 Crossword 32 Deaths 41,42 Editorials 20 Finance 38-40 Food 16 Sporti 33-37 TV-Radio 27 Want 42-55 Weather 55 Werner I 20 Women'i Pages 16-18 Court News And Statistics 55 Star Telephone Numbers Circulation 633-9211 Main Office 633-1240 Want Ads 633-1212 Scores After 4:30 p.

633-1200 CRIME ALEtlT If You See A Crime Committed Or Spot Suspicious Activity Call This Number IIOMEYNESS. DIGNITY GOALS 'Hospice' For Incurable Tested Here By HARLEY R. BIERCE A new unit for treatment of terminally ill patients, called a "hospice," is being tested by Methodist Hospital. "This is a pilot study to see if we can create a more home-like setting for the dying patient," said Jack A.L. Hahn, Methodist's president and chief administrator.

"We are trying to prove to ourselves it is the right thing to do." The hospice approach has three aims: To make the incurably ill as comfortable as possible. of using all available means to prolong life regardless of the quality of that living. In recent years, medical advances have made it possible in some cases for "heroic medical procedures" to prolong physical life almost indefinitely. Visiting hours are unlimited in the hospice and children and pets are allowed to visit the patients. In fact, family members are encouraged and trained to participate in care of the patient.

Methodist is one of the first major hospitals in the United States to develop a hospice program. Other units, planned 1 Oil 9.