The Daily Journal from Franklin, Indiana • Page 3

State shortfall may require tax hike cent. The new forecasts indicate Indiana will have less money to put into both its general fund and property tax replacement fund than anticipated. However, the report projects growth in revenue for the funds for the next two fiscal years. A 3.8 percent or $160.9 million rate of growth is anticipated for 1987-88 and a S.9 percent or $259.5 million increase is projected for 1988-89. Mark Lubbers, Orr's executive assistant, said the governor will take the forecast into consideration when slowdown in real economic activity during the first quarter of next year, mainly because of the new tax law.

However, he said, activity will pick up during the remainder of the year. He also said Indiana's economic growth will lag behind that of the nation for the next 2 years an ongoing trend. Baxter said although a recession is not projected for Indiana or the nation, one could occur under unexpected circumstances, such as double digit inflation or an out-of-control federal deficit. INDIANAPO- dress the Council of State Govern- LIS (UPI) ments, a team of budget analysts Gov. Robert Orr submitted a report to state legislators next week will showing Indiana's revenues for 1986 recommend are about $80 million short than pre- whether or not In- dictions of a year ago.

diana should The report indicated 1986 revenue tighten its belt on collections were within 2.4 percent of spending or raise the forecast. The major forecast er- taxes based on rors were in the areas of corporate the state's latest income and sales tax collections, revenue forecast. The corporate figure was off, by While Orr was about 9 percent, and the sales by in Orlando, nearly 3 percent. The individual in- Monday to ad- come tax forecast was within .5 per working on his proposals beginning the week of Dec. 15.

The first item on Orr's agenda is education. Lubbers also said any tax increase for education would have "strings attached." He said increased spending would only be suggested for quality education programs. A team of economic experts reporting to the Senate Finance Committee Monday also predicted the state's economy will get off to a sluggish start next year. One of the experts, Gary Baxter of Indianapolis, said the state will see a Hot line targets gang violence A 12-hour hot line that police and city officials hope will help curb teen gang violence will begin fielding calls today. The Community Youth Crisis Hot Line is a pilot program designed for the Martindale and Brightwood neighborhoods on the east side of Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut and the Rev. Arthur E. Kelley, director of St. Nicholas Youth Organization, 1644 Roosevelt announced the hot line Monday afternoon. The hot line will take phone calls of tips about possible gang activity between noon and midnight.

Eastablishment of the hot line comes one week after an innocent bystander waxing his car was shot to death during a fight between members of two teen gangs. Orr metro briefs Page Three Daily Journal, Johnson County, Tuesday, December 1986 Burglar surrenders Suspects called 'dirt' hj An outpatient at an Indianapolis mental health center who used a shotgun to break into the center was arrested Monday night on a charge of burglary with a weapon. Joe Scott, 24, Indianapolis, was ar-. rested about 9:30 p.m. at the Galla-' hue Mental Health Center in the 6900 block of East 10th Street.

Indianapolis police were notified about the break-in by a therapist whom Scott phoned shortly after breaking two glass doors with his shotgun. Indianapolis and Marion County police as well as members of the Indianapolis Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team were called to the scene, but Scott surrendered without firing a shot. Workers take pay cut Bridgeport Brass Corp. workers Monday approved wage and benefits concessions' rather than lose their jobs because of a threatened plant shutdown. Bridgeport Brass's new owner, Beurt R.

SerVass of Indianapolis, told workers that if they didn't approve the concessions he would be forced to close the plant he purchased last month. Hourly workers agreed to a $2 an hour pay cut, forfeit company-paid dental care, lose two paid holidays and a reduction of maximum vacation benefits from four to three weeks. SerVass said salaried workers also will have to accept a 15 percent reduction in their wage and benefits package for the southwest side Indianapolis plant to continue operating. Lots of clothes found A southeast side Indianapolis woman arrested Monday night for credit card fraud had $10,000 worth of clothing in her mobile home that police believe were charged to other people. Patricia A.

Barr, 43, was arrested by an undercover policeman who was delivering a package of clothing that Barr had charged to another person's account. Officials of Brylane (formerly Lane Bryant), 2300 Southeastern reported to police that they had received at least 33 unauthorized merchandise orders since September. Police searching Barr's home 12 i Jordan and his wife were arrested last week. Mansfield and Robbins were arrested Sunday night after suspect in two shootings at a south-side bar coincidentally stopped his car at a home where Mansfield and Robbins were staying. Jordan is charged with deviate sexual conduct, robbery, confinement and theft.

His wife is charged with robbery and theft. Mansfield and Evans are charged with two counts each of robbery and confinement. Police said all five suspects along with Mrs. Jordan's two children ages 6 years old and 17 months lived together in a home in the 200 block of North Temple Street. None of the suspects worked, police said.

They got money by robbing people or depending on the generosity of Indianapolis area churches. The suspects carried a two-page list of churches with them, churches they would visit to receive from $60 to $100 they told churches they needed to support their children, police said. Mrs. Jordan said she and the others would drive up and down city streets to find victims. She told police she knew where a senior citizen lived by the way a home was decorated.

At times the suspects would pose as utility workers. Victims let them in although the suspects never carried official identification with them nor dressed in uniform, police said. Other times Mrs. Jordan would use her two children to gain entry, saying they needed a drink of water. The most money the suspects got in their robberies was $1,800, police said, but most of the time it was pocket change in the hundreds of dollars.

Police said they had no rational explanation why the suspects beat their victims even when the victims offered no resistance. "Timothy Jordan laughed the whole time he was doing it. I believe By ROSEMARIE SYLVESTER Daily Journal Metro Editor Four people described by Indianapolis police as among the most callous criminals they have seen have been arrested for six robberies, beatings and a rape of senior citizens. Police believe the two men and two women could be responible for other crimes that senior citizens have been too embarrassed or too frightened to report. They also are suspected of victimizing elderly people in Tennessee and Florida.

Timothy Jordan, 28, Indianapolis, is described as the ringleader of the group. Also arrested are his wife Regina Barger Jordan, 25; Lonnie C. Mansfield, 24, and his girlfriend Jennifer G. Evans, 24, all of Indianapolis. Police believe a fifth suspect, Phillip Sayers, 20, fled to California.

Their list of crimes include leaving elderly people tied up for up to 20 hours, raping an 87-year-old woman and beating her with a shovel, and strangling a woman's dog so she would tell them where she kept her money. Doctors may have to amputate the leg of one woman who was tied up for 17 hours before someone found her, police said. The only male victim that police know of has lost 65 pounds since his severe beating, police said. Indianapolis Police Department Chief Paul Annee called the crimes committed on the east and south side since September as most heinous. IPD Detective Jack Geilker put it more bluntly.

"It's everything short of murder. These people are dirt as far as I'm concerned," Geilker said. A man who heard Jordan brag about his crimes gave police the information they needed to begin an intense investigation last week. IPD Sgt. John Gillespie said the man told them thoughts that the victims were of the same age group as his elderly mother forced him to give police they tip they needed to break the case.

si mm WW:) irt! wr1'W tt I i ill I a I I 4 Iff he just had a feeling of power when he did the crimes. He enjoyed it," Gillespie said. Ballot recount begins STAFF PHOTO BV ROSEMARIE SYLVESTER CASTLEWOOD CHAMBER SINGERS entertain The group sang at dedication ceremonies last at Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Indianapolis, week for the poinsettia tree behind them. Sing Group performs 16th century music found more than 150 articles of clothing and accessories valued at $10,000. Professor collects aid A Butler professor heads a regional effort to provide humanitarian relief to Nicaragua that has raised $120,00 to $150,000 in goods and supplies.

Butler speech professor Bill Ney and his wife Judy direct the regional campaign of Quest for Peace while their son Willie, 24, is in Managua, Nicaragua coordinating distribution of the aid. A national Quest for Peace campaign that has called on contributions from churches, endowments and private citizens has raised $35 million in "aid since 1984. Friday afternoon a semi-load of goods collected by Quest for Peace for Nicaragua will leave Indianpolis. SOUTH BEND (UPI) Roadblocks to begining the recounting of ballots in Indiana's 3rd District congressional race and four state House Districts were brought down Tuesday and the process started. State Board of Accounts employees were given access to election materials early Tuesday morning by the Indiana State Police, which had refused to release the materials Monday, said Hubert Hoffman, the field supervisor in St.

Joseph County. Phil Schermerhorn, a spokesman for Indiana Secretary of State Evan Bayh, said state police Col. Larry Furnas refused to release the materials Monday because he did not understand recount rules approved by the Indiana Recount Commission last week. The most important race to be decided in the recount is Indiana's Congressional District. Democratic candidate Thomas Ward asked for the recount after incumbent Republican John Hiler was declared the winner by 66 votes out of the more than 150,000 votes cast Nov.

4. Julie nixes comparison Greenwell of Greenwood. One of the most appealing aspects of the group is the colorful costumes each one wears. Gee, who does costume work for IUPUI and Buck Creek Players, said she researched books and art prints to determine what people wore 400 years ago. Each costume depicts a certain period in the 16th century and each member tells something about his outfit.

Although they costumes look as regal as any designer creation, Gee said most were made with material picked up at Salvation Army and goodwill outlets. Group member Trish Every, a former Indianapolis area music teacher, researches the chamber music and chooses which songs the group will perform. Gayle Byers of Greenwood handles the" directing chores. Hobbs said although the singers want to bring the beauty of chamber music to audiences, the group may diversify and try other types of music as well. After all, to sing for your supper you need a lot of concert dates.

December is the group's" busiest season, performing at yuletide Madrigal dinners where the emphasis is on the singing, music, and foods of the period. Friday the group sang at the dedication of the 30-foot-tall poinsettia tree at Hyatt Regency in downtown Indianapolis. Monday the singers will perform a benefit at Regency Place Nursing Home in Greenwood and Tuesday they will stage a Madrigal dinner complete with jesters and a harpsichordist at Hillview Country Club in Franklin. They also have entertained at the Canterbury Hotel in downtown Indianapolis and at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis. Each concert is designed to give the audience an appreciation for the time period and the people who lived during the 16th century, Hobbs said.

Each member describes something about the time period as well as their elaborate costumes made by fellow member Clare Gee. "We'd like everyone to come away with an understanding of the people of the time and have a little more appreciation for the music," said Linda By ROSEMARIE SYLVESTER Daily Journal Metro Editor The Castlewood Chambers Singers of Greenwood don't have to sing for their supper, but they want to just the same. They'll bring their 16th century chamber music to suppers, parties, dedications, nursing homes, churches or anywhere else people gather for relaxation and entertainment. "We just have fun singing and that's what it boils down to," said Jim Stockman of Greenwood. The 12 chamber singers, 11 of whom hail from from Greenwood and one from the Southport area, have performed together for three years.

Before that they sang at Madrigal dinners at Mt. Auburn United Methodist Church in White River Township. The new name was taken when people from other churches became interested in joining the original singers. The non-profit organization's president Jerry Hobbs said group members coined the name by combining Greenwood with the word castle because most Madrigal dinners were given in the queen's hall of a castle. people talk was among the audience.

A few nights later they spent the evening at Gradsky's home singing old Beatles songs. They renewed the friendship in October when Denver performed the new composition at a benefit song with Soviet singer Alexandre for the victims of the Chernobyl Gradsky. Gradsky's vocal contribution on "What Are We Making Weapons For?" was a phonetic one because he doesn't speak English. "In a career By United Press International President Reagan's troubles over the Iran-ContraNwnnection have been likened to Watergate but Julie Nixon ElsenhoVer refused to make any comparisons in her address to the Republican Governors Association in Parsip-pany, N.J. "The country needs a successful presidency," Richard Nixon's daughter said.

"I would hate to see the end of his (Reagan's) term overshadowed by this." Eisenhower, at the conference to promote her new book about her mother, Pat Nixon, touched briefly on the Iran-Contra scandal, saying, "As a concerned American and not only as a Republican, it's going to be a difficult time for the country." Reporters obviously wanted her to compare Irangate to Watergate but Nixon headed it off by saying, "I feel I'm wasting your time." SING FOR PEACE: John Denver's latest push for peace is a 1 nuclear plant accident and cut the song at a Moscow studio. LENNONISTS IN STRAWBERRY FIELDS: The John Len-non faithful gathered in Central Park's Strawberry Fields Monday on the sixth anniversary of -his murder while Yoko Ono spent the day in seclusion across the street in her apartment in the Dakota. "My heart is with all those who will be thinking of and praying for John," she said. Fans huddled in the tiny park-within-a-park, strumming guitars and singing Iennon songs. "I hate this day, tut I had to come," said Kathy McCartney, 28, who took a 26-hour train ride from Florida for the special day.

Gunfire wounds Lake County off icial that's been full of dreams come true, this is the best thing I've ever Denver done," Denver said. He and Gradsky met in De first shot. -Authorities were looking for two men in a 1983 Chrysler seen fleeing from the scene. Clay, currently the recorder of deeds in Lake County, will assume his post on the County commission Jan. 1.

treated for pellet wounds in the shoulder and lower back. Police said three shots" were fired by an unknown assailant about p.m. Monday night. Clay said he acted instinctively because of earlier military training and fell to the ground after he heard the GARY (UPI) Rudolph Clay suffered minor wounds Monday night when attack by a sniper waiting outside his residence. Clay, elected in November as a Lake County commissioner, was released early Tuesday from Gary's Methodist Hospital after being cember 1984 when Denver performed at the U.S.

ambassador's residence in Moscow and Gradsky.