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INDIANA EDITION 35 Louisville, Tuesday morning, April 1, 1986 38 Pages Vol. 262, No. 91 Copyright 1986, The Courier-Journal i CM It 9 k. Fv Dallas arena sees red as thousands of fans cheer Louisville to NCAA championship I 5 Freshman center Pervis Ellison scored 25 points, including four in the last 41 seconds last night, as No. 7 Louisville beat top-ranked Duke 72-69 to win its second NCAA basketball championship in six years.

Stories on Pages 4 and 1. 1 i If' if room for the second pep rally of this long weekend. The Ladybirds danced, the cheerleaders did their flying stunts and the band played hot jazz. You know the cheers, and they nearly brought down the roof. One pair of fans rewrote the words to "Deep in the Heart of "Eddie is coach of the year," they sang, "but Denny's the one who's here!" The rally was a powerful display of emotion that said: We're here, we're red and we're ready.

Give our boys the ball. About 7 p.m. the chartered buses arrived on the pavement outside Reunion Arena, which has 3,200 fewer seats than Freedom Hall. The place was a money-changing madhouse, with scalpers and scalpees dickering over ticket prices, trying to wait each other out An hour before the game, prices were holding steady at $150 per seat Cardinal fans sailed past this frantic scene, clutching their passports to glory in white-knuckled fists. As the arena filled up, the hundreds of sportswriters claimed their places in the work stations around the floor and inside the floor-level pressroom.

The night before, many of them had spent a frivolous evening in a different world. South Fork Ranch 35 miles from Dallas. It's J. R. Ew-ing's place on TV, but in real life it's a big-time commercial enterprise with a huge gravel parking lot gift shops, a concert hall, a rodeo arena, beautiful, flat grounds and a little corral where the writers posed for Polaroids, either sitting atop a usually sedate longhorn steer, or surrounded by a pack of distinctly Dallas cowgirls with bare midriffs and hotpants.

(Tour guides say the ranch has surpassed the site of President Kennedy's assassination as Dallas' most popular tourist site.) But now it was crunch time. The See DALLAS Back page, col. 6, this section JB-- --1 Staff Photo by Bill LuOor University of Louisville pep band members lot to cheer about when the Cardinals beat Marland Crowe, left, and Leslie Ellison had a Duke for the national championship. killing all 166 aboard By HUNT HELM Staff Writer DALLAS When the final buzzer of the season sounded, more than 2,000 Red People leaped out of their seats as one, and the walls came down. In your face, America.

Jerry Abramson, mayor of the city whose basketball team is the best in the nation, put on a Louisville Cardinals hat with blinking red lights, and said hoarsely: "Despite the terrible officiating, the right team won this game. The refs almost ruined what was a tremendous game, but the best team won. This is tremendous! This is the icing on the cake." County Judge-Executive Harvey Sloane called the victory "heaven," and said the players "came up to it and showed what they were made of." Gov. Martha Layne Collins said, "It's a great feeling. Basketball is very important in Kentucky and we're bringing the championship home." It was not the prettiest game Cardinals fans have seen this season, but it was the sweetest.

Everything that preceded the game yesterday pointed the fans in this direction. Of course, these people love these players, win or lose. Of course they appreciated the great ride the players had given them so far this year. And of course the Cardinal faithful understood what an outstanding accomplishment it was just to reach the finals. But a pep rally before the national championship game is not the place to entertain thoughts of being No.

2, and willing to live with it Such reflections are bad karma, and they were simply not allowed at this time. And so it was "We're No. 1" and "Who dey?" all day, right up to the tip-off. Checkout time at the Fairmont Hotel, Cardinal headquarters for the largest single piece was the tall, and everywhere there were bodies." Sanchez said the jet's tail section was in a clearing on a ridge, and other wreckage was scattered as far as 600 yards away. Sanchez said witnesses in the crash area told him that "the airplane already was burning when it came in.

They said there were two explosions on impact" A flight over the crash area in a chartered aircraft revealed a plume of white smoke slightly more than See 166 KILLED Back page, col. 3, this section Corruption by deposed By WILLIAM BRANIGIN Tin Washington Peat MANILA, Philippines Ousted President Ferdinand E. Marcos, in messages addressed to his countrymen, has denied that he is corrupt and hinted that he would one day return to the Philippines, appealing to his followers to "remain united." The 68-year-old former leader rejected charges that he had cheated in a Feb. 7 election and had plundered the Philippine economy. Instead, he called his successor, Cora-zon Aquino, a "dictator" and a "looter," and said that "rich and powerful" supporters of the new president were wearing dresses looted from the Malacanang Palace boudoirs of his wife, Imelda.

He also accused the United States and foreign news media of helping to overthrow him. Marcos made the statements in a letter and a tape recording obtained by The Associated Press. The AP said they were given to its Manila bureau yesterday by sources close to Marcos, who is living in exile in Clouding National Weather Service IOUISVILLE area Partly sunny today with a 20 percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Partly sunny and cooler tomorrow. High today, low 80s; tomorrow, low 70s.

low tonight, mid-40s. INDIANA Partly cloudy and cooler today with a chance of thundershow- Final Four, was 1 p.m., so the lobby was choked with supporters when the team returned from its midday workout The fans got an early chance to express away some pre-game energy with standing ovations as the players strode to the elevators and headed up to their rooms. Coach Denny Crum followed, strolling along through the lobby just as calmly as if this were a fishing trip. Camden (NJ.) Hljh School's Clarence Turner, who coached Milt Wagner, Billy Thompson and Kevin Walls, the vaunted "Camden Connection," had a Coke in the lobby and talked about the game. "They're billing this as the rich boys against the poor boys," Turner said.

"The last time that happened, we were playing DeMatha High School. And Milt scored 52 points." Other good omens emerged as the fans conversed excitedly in the lobby. The Duke mascot it was learned, is a Louisville fan. "That's right" said the boy's father. General Electric Vice President Steve O'Brien of Louisville.

"And he's planning to go up to Denny Crum before the game and tell him he's from Louisville." About 5 p.m., after drinking all day in the lobby lounge, about 1,200 fans convened in an upstairs ball INSIDE Congress is urged to act soon to prevent bankruptcy of the Medicare fund by 1996 A 2 Accent 7-9 Classified ads Inside Sect Comics 8 Deaths 10 Lottery numbers 7 Marketplace 11-14 Opinion page A 6 People A 2 Racing entries 7 Show clock 8 Sports 1-7 TV, radio 2 is denied Marcos Honolulu. The statement and tape are the most extensive public comments from Marcos since he fled the Philippines on Feb. 25. In the rambling tape recording, made from a telephone call by Marcos to supporters in the Philippines, the deposed strongman said: "Now we must war again against the monster who Imposes slavery once more. There is trouble abroad in the land, trouble that reaches into every corner." As he spoke in a raspy, sometimes unintelligible voice, a dog could be heard barking in the background.

A presidential spokesman said Mrs. Aquino reacted to the Marcos messages with her usual "calm and equanimity." He indicated that the implied threats were not being taken seriously. Earlier in the day, Mrs. Aquino met the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm.

William Crowe, who expressed firm U.S. support for See MARCOS Back page, coL 1, this section the issue in Mexico, near Maravatio, while en route to Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. The airline said in a statement that the pilot had reported by radio that he was losing altitude, and In his final message had mentioned problems with cabin pressure. A source at the Mexico City airport said contact with the jet was lost 14 minutes after takeoff. "Unfortunately, there are no survivors," Fernando Martinez Cortes, an airline spokesman, said, adding that 158 passengers and eight crew members were aboard Flight 940.

He said federal highway police, who i 'iii I-" IP MP' 5 mm 1 win wuuimiiuwiw ml iiu Indiana doctor arrested on drug charges By JUDITH EGERTON Staff Writer ENGLISH, Ind. A Milltown, doctor, Stephen Paris Snyder, was in the Crawford County Jail last night charged with 8 counts of dealing in controlled substances and 10 counts of issuing invalid prescriptions. His bond was set at $50,000. Snyder, 35, wrote prescriptions for tranquilizers, painkillers and amphetamines to undercover Indiana State Police between June and last month, according to the affidavit for probable cause filed yesterday in Crawford Circuit Court Four troopers participated In the 11-month investigation of Snyder's practice at the Milltown Medical Clinic. Most of the drugs allegedly were bought at the clinic by Trooper Bonnie Bernard, who.

posed as Bonnie Burns. During most of Ms. Bernard's visits to the doctor, she wore a microphone taped to her leg and carried a miniature cassette recorder in her purse. Their conversations were monitored by officers outside the clinic, the affidavit said. During a clinic visit July 9, a nurse weighed Ms.

Bernard and checked her blood pressure. Ms. Bernard told Snyder she wanted diet pills so she could lose weight and some drugs for her headaches, according to the affidavit. Snyder asked her "What do you want to weigh," the affidavit said. The two discussed types of drugs.

Snyder twisted Ms. Bernard's head and pressed on her neck to relieve her headache and told her to take 12 brewer yeast tablets every morning to help her lose her appetite. Snyder then told her to wait in the hall and he would tell the nurse what she needed. Ms. Bernard paid $23.00 and left the clinic with 30 yellow amphetamine capsules called Ionamine, 30 Duradyne, which is a painkiller, and a prescription for placldyl for another person, the affidavit said.

On Aug. 5, Ms. Bernard returned to the clinic for more medication. She asked for diet pills but the doctor said she had not lost enough weight to receive another prescrip-See INDIANA Back pige, coL 6, this section Jet crashes Ateclatd frtt MORELIA, Mexico A Mexicana Airlines Jet carrying 166 people crashed Into a mountain yesterday, shortly after leaving Mexico City for Los Angeles and two Pacific resorts. The airline said all aboard were killed.

Robert R. Crigler, the manager of Mexicana Airlines' office in Los Angeles, said seven U.S. citizens and two Canadians were among the victims, but did not give their names. The Boeing 727 hit a peak about 90 miles northwest of Mexico City, Indiana National makes bid for bank By JIM THOMPSON BtnliKst Writer Indiana National the largest bank-holding company in Indiana, yesterday announced a merger agreement with CommerceAmerica Corp. of Jeffersonville.

Indiana National, based In Indianapolis, said It will exchange stock worth $73.5 million for the 1.3 million shares of CommerceAmerica. The agreement must be approved by shareholders of both companies as well as by regulatory authorities. CommerceAmerica is the fifth-largest bank-holding company in the Louisville area and 15th-largest in Indiana. It owns CommerceAmerica Banking Co. of Jeffersonville and The Old Capital Bank Trust Co.

of Corydon, which have combined assets of $446.1 million. The two banks have 17 offices in Clark and Harrison counties. The agreement calls for the two banks to become subsidiaries of Indiana National while retaining their present identities. No changes in personnel are planned, said CommerceAmerica Chairman George N. Lane.

CommerceAmerica Corp. has nearly 350 employees. Thomas M. Miller, chairman of Indiana National, said, "I'm delighted that our acquisition strategy now See INDIANA NATIONAL Back page, col. 1, this section were the first to arrive at the crash site on the mountain known as El Carbon, had said that all apparently were killed on impact Helicopters began taking the bodies down to a base camp for transport to Morelia by ambulance.

The recovery operation was suspended when darkness fell; officials said it would resume today. Officials said crews at the site were looking for the jet's flight recorders. Jorge Sanchez, a helicopter pilot who brought down six bodies, said the jetliner was "in pieces. The a' UH Phot by MtehaM Naymui As signs go, it was top-notch. Unfortunately it was, and still is, about two blocks inside Indiana, on the northern approach to the Clark Memorial Bridge linking Jeffersonville and Louisville.

It appears to lay claim not only to a hefty chunk of Indiana highway, but to some of Orem's beloved Jeffersonville riverfront as well. That still had the mayor angry yesterday, according to his administrative assistant Mary Moore. She said Orem had given Kentucky a deadline of 4 p.m. yesterday to take the sign down or have Jeffersonville remove it. However, See MAYOR Back page, col.

1, this section 371 Jeffersonville Mayor Dale Orem wants a "Welcome to Kentucky" sign removed because it is located in Indiana. Jeffersonville Mayor Orem hot about unwelcome Kentucky sign By DAVID GOETZ Staff Writer JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. Street commissioner Clifton James was riding In his car late last week when he overheard the voice of Jeffersonville Mayor Dale Orem crackling from his two-way radio. "He said 'Call Kentucky right and he was hot," James said yesterday. "He said 'It's got Martha Layne Collins' name on it The Republican mayor had reason to be upset.

He had not only seen a sign, but It had a Democratic governor's name on it. It also had a big, bright "Welcome to Kentucky, The Bluegrass State" and the commonwealth's familiar shoe-shaped silhouette. Jl ers north and central. Mostly cloudy tomorrow. Highs today, mid-60s to high 70s; tomorrow, 60s.

Lows tonight, 30s and 40s. High yesterday, 84; low, S3. Year ago yesterday: High, 68; low, 47. Sun: Rises, 6:29 EST; sets, 7:06. Moon: Rises, 2.06 a.m.; sets, 1 1 :08 a.m.

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