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The Indianapolis Star TODAY'S CHUCKLE Want to live longer? Then stop doing the things that make you want to live longer. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Cor. 3 17 Finn I Edition VOLUME 77, No. 35 Copyright 1979 The Indianapolis Star TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1979 ir ilr -fr ctnmr ocuvfofo Knom HOTOH KUViatO tdc PCX WK 2r JVew Forecast For Skylab: Wednesday, 11:10 A.M. EST On Island In Atlantic WEATHER TODAY Partly Sunny High, 85; Low, 68 Yesterday High, 82; Low, 66 f.v VJ 3 I N.Y.

TIMES NEWS SERVICE Washington The time is now set at 11:10 a.m. EST Wednesday. The place Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, with debris from Skylab falling along a path starting in the southern Indian Ocean and ending in the northern Pacific just south of Alaska. In announcing this forecast Monday, Skylab program officials said they hoped it proved to be accurate, as the track would allow most of the 500 or so large pieces to fall harmlessly in the water. Only two large bodies of land Australia and New Guinea lie in the path as currently predicted, and since both are sparsely populated it is probable that Skylab's ground controllers would settle for this track or one on either side of it in favor of others that might endanger more people.

"THE SET of orbits with the least population under it," is the way the Skylab project director, Richard G. Smith, described the latest prediction. Smith told a news conference here that at a "confidence level of 95 percent," the re-entry time could be as early as 2: 10 a m. EST Wednesday, and as late as 8:10 p.m. that day.

The huge satellite, which has already traveled more than 87 million miles through space since it was launched 6 years ago, has accelerated its descent to 10 miles a day from 1 mile a day 2 weeks ago and now is at an altitude of 118 miles. Smith said that, iUi hours before reentry, ground controllers in Houston would command Skylab to tumble end over end to improve the accuracy of the predicted impact point. Ground controllers are best able to predict the ballistics of an end over end re-entry and thus are better able to determine how long it will take and can better calculate the fall of debris. IF THE vicinity of Ascension Island is the point of re-entry in the atmosphere at an altitude of about 60 miles, it will take about 20 minutes for the first piece to land on the Earth's surface, with pieces continuing to fall for the next 40 minutes. Ground controllers could also order maneuvers to prolong Skylab's lifetime several orbits so that its debris would fall along a different track.

Unless the cur rent prediction is grossly wrong this is unlikely to happen Skylab's orbital path Wednesday would carry the abandoned space station over the United States eight times if the spaceship remained in space the entire day The space station makes 16 orbits a day. covering the globe between 50 degrees north and 50 degrees south. ALTHOUGH THE chances of Skylab falling during its orbits over North America are slim, the maps indicate that specific orbit crosses the United States near Seattle, swings over southern Canada, heads southeastward over central See SKYLAB Page 6 v. (e rumi VIEW OF SPACE STATION THAT IS RETURNING TO EARTH WO COMMENT SAYS MRS. MARY HULMAN eptember Race At Speedway Cable Firm 'Rented" Civic Leaders To Win Franchise: Schneider By ROBIN MILLER The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which came to the aid of the United States Auto Club last May in its war with Championship Auto Racing Teams for control of Indy-car racing, is giving serious consideration to running a pair of races over the Labor Day weekend.

The Speedway, one of four tracks left on USAC's side in this nine-month struggle, hasn't run more than one race on its hallowed grounds since 1916, but there's a good chance that will change come September. Although nothing is confirmed, there is a possibility that USAC will run a pair of 250-mile races one for its Indy cars and one for its stackers on the Labor Day weekend. The tentative format would call for a day of practice on Friday, Aug. 31, Indy-car qualifying and the stock car feature on Sept. 1, and the Indy race on Sept.

2, with Labor Day held as a rain date. TICKETS, wrapped in a two-race package, would be priced at $10 for any of the 250,000 seats in the house Tony Hulman built, and it is understood they Carter Sees Consensus Growing For Standby Fuel-Rationing Plan "st it i i vl I 1 ti I Is 1 li 1 I 1 -f itf; I Hi! v. 4 1 ii4 mil "by one recommending another." He said the investors in the lacal firm "chose who they wanted to be their colleagues." The public hearing on the two ordinances was continued until after the council adopts the city's 1980 budget in September. One of the proposals calls for the city to open franchise bidding for all areas of Marion County, excluding Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway. The other proposal limits the bidding to the area inside the pre-Uni-Gov (old city) limits.

The latter franchise favors Indianapolis Cablevision Co. a totally locally owned firm which holds a franchise for areas outside of the old city. This franchise was issued in 1967 by the old Marion County Board of Commissioners. SCHNEIDER. A supporter of Indianapolis Cablevision, said he made the "rent a civic leader" comment because "there has been some discussion and accusation of political pressure" regarding Indianapolis Cablevision "I want the allegations of political pressures put aside," he said.

Schneider referred to an article in the July 2 issue of Fortune Magazine, which said: "Cable companies approach each franchise very much the way a politician approaches an election, mapping a strategy, outlining the key issues and recruiting influential supporters. "One of the most widely used tactics is what is known in the industry as the 'rent a civic leader' approach a large cable company will invite a group of local citizens to help form a local cable company," the article stated. "LOCAL INTERESTS usually control 20 percent of the new enterprise. The large cable company keeps the rest and agrees to build the system if the fran- See CABLE Page 9 schedule, has relied on Indy for survival since this struggle started, and it appears the governing body of Indy cars since 1956 is back asking for more ammunition from the folks at 16th Georgetown Road. Mrs.

Mary Hulman. Tony's widow, spent most of Monday in Indianapolis and spent the night in her suite at the Speedway Motel. Reached by telephone Monday evening, she was asked if there would be any racing at the Speedway this Labor Day weekend. "No comment." was her reply. "Any more questions?" She was asked if she was considering having another race or races? "No comment," she said, chuckling.

"How am I doing so far?" Would there be any announcements concerning a race later in the week? "I don't know yet." was her final answer. USAC President Dick King admitted he'd been talking seriously with Speedway President Joseph Cloutier about the possibility for more than a week. "1 spoke with Joe this morning, but I've not been told anything definite as of now," said King from his home Monday night. "I know A.J. Foyt has been making efforts to lease the Speedway so we could race there, but I know of nothing that's been finalized." Tom Binford, who has served as chief steward at Indianapolis since 1974, said he was aware USAC was very interested in running a second 1979 show on the famed 2ij-mile oval but had no idea if it would become a reality "I've had discussion with Joe Cloutier about it.

but he didn't seem particularly interested at the time, so I dismissed it." said Binford "But just because I don't know doesn't mean it hasn't happened There hasn't been anything but an Indianapolis 500 since 1916. when the Harvest Day Classic was held on Sept 9. That afternoon, there were three features (20, 50 and 100 miles I staged for Indy cars, and a man named Johnny Aitken won all three driving a Pugeot owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. There have been various match races and exhibitions run throughout the past three decades, but the event other than the "500" at which tickets were sold came in 1976 when the Speedway charged $1 to watch the old-car exhibition celebrating the nation's Bicentennial Nicaragua's Fate Sealed By Today? Managua, Nicaragua (AP) The U.S. ambassador reportedly told his staff Monday that the fate of this bloodstained land might be decided within a day, as fighting between Sandinista guerrillas and government troops wound down nearly to a stop.

Guerrilla radio claimed that high-ranking national guard officers, with U.S. approval, were plotting to overthrow President Anastasio Somoza, assassinate his heir-apparent son and establish a new American-backed government. The Sandinista report could not be confirmed. One of Somoza's own top See FATE Page 6 The dogs later were identified as Lady and Isaac, and their 17-year-old owner was cited for violating a city leash law. would be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

The idea was born last week after it was announced that CART had shot USAC out of its annual California 500 date at the Ontario Motor Speedway on Sept. 2. Besides eliminating USAC's Triple Crown (Indy and Pocono comprised the other two-thirds), CART's latest acquirement gave it another victory. With Ontario, CART then claimed five former USAC tracks (Phoenix, Michigan, Trenton and Atlanta) on its side. USAC, PARED down to Texas.

Milwaukee, Pocono and the Speedway on its i www Plwtol While most of those ideas presented Monday at Camp David would require sacrifices from Americans, the President also gave the congressmen good news more oil is coming from Saudi Arabia MR. CARTER told the congressmen Saudi Arabia has agreed to increase its production temporarily a move White House spokesman Rex Granum said was taken because the Saudis are "a reliable friend" to the United States. A Saudi spokesman in Washington said the increase would be one million barrels a day for three months. Such an increase would ease the U.S. shortages of gasoline and heating oil almost immediately.

But Granum said the President emphasized that "this action by no means relieves this country of the need for action." (Sharp told The Star he doesn't expect more big government as the answer to current energy problems but doesn't truly know what plans the President will unveil when he descends from his moun-See CARTER Page 6 said, he heard his tires going flat. "When I arrived, they'd eaten all four tires." Manley said. CARTER MEETS WITH CONGRESSMEN AT CAMP DAVID Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd At Left 4 Voyager Passes Jupiter, Begins Half-Billion-Mile Trip To Saturn By ROBERT N. BELL A national cable television firm used a method known as "rent a civic leader" by recruiting local persons with "wide political moxie" to invest in a firm seeking a cable franchise here, City-County Councillor William G. Schneider said Monday.

Schneider, speaking at a public hearing on two proposals which would regulate the franchising of cable TV, said American Television and Communications Co. of Denver, Colo, set up the local firm known as American Cablevi-sion of Indianapolis. Joseph Areddy, one of the local investors, conformed that the national firm owns 80 percent of the local firm. The remainder is owned by a group of 25 persons, including bankers, politicians, attorneys and business leaders. WILLIAM K.

BVRUM, an attorney representing both the local and national firm, said the local investors got together Suit Filed Against FBI Is Dismissed By DONALD K. THRASHER A lawsuit against the FBI that was filed by a former agent was dismissed Monday, but a federal judge refused to dismiss a separate suit against the recently transferred head of the local office. Judge Cale J. Holder dismissed the suit against the FBI and William H. Webster, director of the bureau, in a one paragraph statement which said a memorandum of explanation will follow.

He offered no explanation in his denial of the government's request to dismiss the suit against Harlan C. Phillips, former Special Agent-In-Charge of the Indianapolis office who was transferred last week to Omaha, Neb. BOTH SUITS WERE filed last summer by Charles E. Egger, a seven-year FBI veteran who says that he was fired for raising questions about corruption in the local office. Phillips contended that Egger was fired from the FBI last June when he refused to accept a transfer to Chicago.

Government attorneys had sought to have both suits dismissed on the grounds that Egger was not entitled to legal relief from the federal government. Egger's attorney, Forrest B. Bowman said he was pleased with the favorable ruling. Regarding the dismissal, he said. I think it is important for people to understand what has been decided when a court dismisses a case such as Mr.

Egger's. It does not mean the court has made any judgment about the truth of the facts alleged. "IT SIMPLY MEANS the court has See FBI Page 6 The Weather Joe Crow Says: President Carter may be on the right track but he'll get run over if he Just stands there. Indianapolis Partly sunny, warm and humid today and tonight. High today, 85 Low tonight, 68.

Partly cloudy Wednesday; high, 88. Indiana Partly cloudy and warm today, tonight and Wednesday. Highs today, 82-87. Lows tonight, 65-70. Highs Wednesday, 85-90.

It I ME ALERT If Yoo See A Crime Committed Or Spot Suspicious Activity Coll Thi Number Oil of a powerful energy mobilization board designed to get new energy projects under way in a hurry. but there are theoretical models indicating its age may be more than 100.000 years, Smith said. He said it is a convec-tive system with heat rising through it from some source deep in the planet. "THERE MUST be a source below which is creating it," he said, "and that source hasbeen stable for a long, long time. He said there are other features nearby that may be storms of the same type, but they show up as white ovals.

The Red Spot may be red because its roots are deeper into the layers of the planet and is "sampling a different chemistry." Thurmont, MJ. (LTD President Carter met with congressmen Monday for the first time since he began the Camp David summit, and a spokesman said he was pleased to see a consensus developing on how to deal with-the energy crisis. House Speaker Thomas O'Neill said the 22 members of Congress who discussed energy with the President agreed it is time to give him standby power to ration gasoline and generally on the need for conservation and synthetic-fuel development. Rep. Philip R.

Sharp (D-Ind.) was one of the congressmen at Camp David. WHEN THE ENERGY talks were completed and a separate discussion on inflation had started, White House Press Secretary Jody Powell issued a brief statement expressing the President's satisfaction with the talks. "There was unanimous agreement on the serious nature of the problem we face we do have a long-term energy crisis," Powell said. "The President is pleased with the significant amount of developing consensus on the steps we need to take to deal with the crisis." Powell didn't elaborate on what those steps were, but others who have been attending the Camp David sessions said they center on conservation, rationing, synthetic-fuel development and creation PUZZLES continued to stack up at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as volumes of information were sent from the spacecraft. Voyager 2 was scheduled to pass within 404,100 miles of Jupiter at 6:21 before hurtling toward Saturn, a half billion miles deeper into space.

Soderblom's reference to the flattest was to the moon, Europa, which has wide cracks, some of them 1,000 miles long, but apparently no visible topographic features. Soderblom said Europa may have a slushy, soft, icy mantle which could not support mountains or hills and a thin shell of hard ice overlaying the mantle. THE FISSURES, which form a lacework across much of the white satellite's face, may result from some internal process, geologist Hal Mazursky said. Mazursky said each of Jupiter's four large Galilean moons, named after their discoverer, 17th-century astronomer Galileo Galilei, may have a different internal process. Io, the volcanically active moon nearest Jupiter, was throwing matter into space around its orbit and may have several different volcanic processes, Mazursky said.

He said the bright orange moon "is a very difficult problem." The third large moon from Jupiter, Ganymede, was believed to be mostly ice but with a large flat basin surrounded by what appeared to be remnants of craters. CALLISTO, the outermost of the satellites under study, was described as "wall-to-wall craters" by imaging team member Garry Hunt. Imaging team leader Bradford Smith said new photographs of the surface of Jupiter showed some details not seen in the March fly-by by Voyager 1. He said that one of the giant planet's most puzzling features remained the Great Red Spot, a high-pressure storm about three times the size of Earth. It was discovered about 300 years DOGS VENT DISTASTE ON TIRES Police Garb Uniformly Disliked Pasadena, Calif.

(UPI) Voyager II streaked by Jupiter at 45,255 mph Monday, reaching its closest approach at 5:29 p.m. EST, and then aimed toward Saturn. It took nearly an hour for photos and data to reach Earth at the speed of light. The data were received on Earth at 6:21 p.m. Photography and science data returned across the 579 billion miles of space show that the four large Galilean moons of the planet may be the superlatives of the solar system.

"Included in the Galilean collection of satellites are the oldest and the youngest, the darkest, the brightest, the reddest, the whitest, the most active, the least active, and today we found the flattest," said Laurence Soderblom of the spacecraft's imaging team. Inside Today's Star News Summary On Page 2 Amusement Poge 12, 13 Area Newi 7 Billy Graham. 16 Bridge 7 Collins 36 Comict 22 Crossword 14 Editorials 10 Finance 23-25 Gossip 17 Obituaries 26 Sports 18-21 TV-Radio 15 Uncle Ray 14 Want Ads 27-35 Weather 35 Werner 10 Women's Pages 8, 9 Court News and Statistics 35 Slur Telephone Number Circulation Mam Office Want Ads Scores After 4 30 633-9211 633-1240 633-1212 633-1200 Today's Prayer Lord, grant us the wisdom to live today fully without concern of yesterday or tomorrow. Thank Vou for the strength You give to meet whatever this day may bring. Amen.

Sunnyvale, Calif. (UPI) Two "friendly" pit bulldogs attacked a policeman and forced him back into his patrol cruiser, which the dogs managed to stall by chewing through all four tires, police disclosed Monday. Santa Clara County animal control officers Bill Manley and Jim Geist rounded up the dogs and impounded them at a Humane Society facility. "They were real friendly. They just don't like uniforms," Manley said.

Patrolman Ruben Grijalva said he answered a report of vicious dogs Sunday night at Lakewood Park. "I spotted two pit bulls and a Labrador," Grijalva said. "They attacked me and forced me back into my car." He said he attempted to drive away but "I heard a thump and thought I'd run one over so I stopped." Instead, he.