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FRIDAY, March 22,1991 Logan man played in prep finals TODAY B1 FOUNDED 1844 Busted: Hoosiers are thumped by Kansas in NCAA. Page B1 Outside A Wet One: Tonight cloudy with a chance of rain and a low in the 50s. Saturday, cloudy with rain again. Digest 50 miles CALIF. Pacific Ocean MEXICO Planes Collide: A pair of Navy submarine-hunting planes conducting warfare training in rough weather collided in a fireball over the Pacific, and all 27 people aboard were feared dead today.

Lucky When Ray Plotner appears on "Hoosier Millionaire" March 30, don't be surprised if he picks the No. 7 in the preliminary round. Plotner, 2505 Hasty Hill, is a seventh son and he was engaged and married on the seventh of a month. Names drawn on "Hoosier Millionaire" every Saturday night are those of contestants who will be appearing on the show in two weeks. Tomorrow Maple Syrup: The Maple Syrup Festival sponsored by Tribal Trails Girl Scout Council will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.

at Wildwood Girl Scout Program Center, 303 E. Clay St. Egg Hunt: The annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Miller's Merry Manor will be held at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served after the hunt. Rockf ield: The Rockfield Community Club will have its annual chili supper from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

at the fire station. Ham sandwiches, pie, cake, coffee and soft drinks will also be available. Proceeds will be used for town improvement. Third House: Miami County's four state legislators will appear jointly at a Third House Session at Maconaquah Middle School at 9 a.m. Index Advice B7 Area A3 Classified.

B8 Faces A8 Lifestyle Nation B10 A4 A2 State A3 TV A8 A8 World B10 AmoldEmestPhams-Tribune City utility crews hang American flags from the street poles in the downtown area Thursday. The eight flags were donated by the VFW Post 3790. Yellow ribbons, donated by Dixie Baker, were also hung with the flags in honor of the victory in the Middle East and the return of the soldiers that participated in Operation Desert Storm. They Will Still Celebrate, Even If Church Is Dark Storm won't stop couple's anniversary By AMY BELL Pharos-Tribune Regional Reporter DEER CREEK Bob and Ruth Miller are not going to let anything get in the way of their plans for Sunday. After all, you only celebrate your 50th wedding anniversary once in your lifetime.

Even if you have to do it in the dark. The Millers' children, Sandra Grain and Robert, have been planning the festivities for their parents' wedding anniversary since December. The power has been out in Faith Lutheran Church, which is on Ind. 218, since last week's storm, and the church does not have a generator. "I've been talking with my sister, and we've decided to go ahead," said Robert Dale, who lives in Walton.

"It's supposed to be warm." The Millers moved to Deer Creek in 1950. Ruth's father owned the grocery store in town, and when he took ill, she and Robert purchased it from him. The couple grew up as next door neighbors on farms in Niles, Michigan. "I never got any work done because she was always there," Bob said. Sandra and Robert Dale have arranged caterers for the reception on Sunday, and are expecting about 200 people throughout the course of the afternoon.

"I think we can get by without the power all right," Robert said. "It's something for them to remember, anyway." The Millers are undaunted by the lack of power. "We're going to have to try to use candlelight and heaters. We can put signs on the bathroom doors that say, 'Out of Ruth joked. But Ruth won't need to worry about the heat or the light.

"The weather looks like it's supposed to be warm, and we have south windows, so Amy Bob and Ruth Miller of Deer Creek if there isn't any power, there will be enough light," said the Rev. Jerry Schultz. No special arrangements are being made at the church for the reception. Because the church doesn't have water, the only wrinkle in the plans will be that guests will be unable to use the bathrooms. Guests will be told when they arrive that there are no facilities.

Schultz said nothing like this has happened in the seven years he has been with the church. "Fifty years only comes around once," Ruth said. "It's be quite a conversation piece, that's for sure." "It's nerve-wracking," Ruth said. "We don't know what we're doing." Throughout their marriage, Ruth and Bob have had some hardships, Robert said. The obstacles set up by the storm will be something else for them to overcome.

"Mom and Dad have always been pretty flexible people," Robert said. small- town community draws people together." "It's just part of life," Bob said. Bayh Seeking Federal Disaster Status For Cass White, Carroll also in governor's plea INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The ice storm that swept across north central Indiana last week resulted in the deaths of six people, injured 43 others and caused $80 million in damage, Gov. Evan Bayh says. The Democratic governor included those statistics in a letter to President Bush Thursday night, asking him to declare 19 hard hit counties as federal disaster areas.

Bayh asked that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, whose agents are still assessing the damage in the state, pay all the public costs of the storm. "Significant damage to public property has been documented in 19 north central Indiana counties as a result of this storm," Bayh said. Bayh spokesman Fred Nation said the following counties are included in the disaster request: Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Jasper, Madison, Miami, Newton. Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, Wells and White. Those same counties were designated as state disaster areas earlier by Bayh.

The governor told Bush that the ice storm was the fifth major disaster to belt Indiana in the past 10 months. The storm caused more than $80 million in damage, including $25 million in losses to rural electric membership cooperatives, he said. A major cleanup effort has been under way since the storm struck March 12 and 13, knocking out hundreds of electric lines and cutting energy to 200,000 homes and businesses. Authorities said Thursday that 17,800 north-central Indiana residents remained without power. The 40 people remaining in emergency shelters mid-week had gone by Thursday, and all shelters were closed, Taylor said.

Federal survey crews inspected Hamilton, Clinton, Tippecanoe and Carroll counties on Thursday to determine the amount of damage caused by the ice storm. Officials of PSI Energy Inc. said they added 12 crews to help restore power to the nearly 3,500 customers in a seven-county area around Kokomo. Seventy crews already were working in the area and had restored power to 90 percent of the Kokomo district, said District Manager Daryl Teed. Most of the crews were working to repair lines along Ind.

29, which suffered the greatest damage during the two-day storm. Teed said it could be another 10 days before the estimated 2,000 customers who live along the highway regain power. Beer Baron Veto Vote Wasn't Legal: Pearson INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A decision by the Indiana House to override Gov. Evan Bayh's veto of the controversial beer baron legislation was more than a year late and therefore unconstitutional, state Attorney General Linley E. Pearson says.

The Indiana Constitution prohibits ac- Sen. Carton Disagrees tion on vetoes that are more than a year old, Pearson said in an official opinion scheduled for release today. Bayh vetoed the measure on May 3, 1989 during a special three-day session. The House voted to override the veto by a 56-42 vote on Wednesday. "The system provides a check and balance between the legislative and executive branches which operates on a constitutional time clock," Pearson wrote.

"The clock does not stand still while the general assembly decides when it will take up a gubernatorial veto. "The constitutional requirements obviously would have required an override in the 1989 special session," he said. Opponents say the bill would mean higher beer prices, while proponents maintain it would prevent large wholesalers from running smaller competitors out of business. Chief counsels to House Speaker Michael K. Phillips, D-Boonville, and Senate President Pro Tempore Robert D.

Carton, R-CoIumbus, said they disagree with Pearson's non-binding opinion. The Senate now will get a chance to vote on the measure. If a majority of senators voted to override the veto, the bill would become law over Bayh's objections. It Must Be Spring Arnold Joe Scheidler, (C) of Spring Creek Landscaping, explains the root system of small pine trees to Matthew Morgan, 9, (L) and Joshua Erickson, 9. The elementary school GATE classes from Logansport were planting the trees at Dunwoody Park this week..