The Daily Journal from Franklin, Indiana • Page 3

TIIEWBVE531 Plane reaches Africa, passes halfway mark The twin-engined Voyager, employing a unique high-lift 'H' configuration, is constructed entirely of lightweight plastic composite materials. The plane can lift up to five times its own weight, allowing almost the entire structure to carry fuel jjCa Engine of Africa would be rough, but initial fears of damaging weather were dissipating. "When I came in this morning and saw our weather guru grinning from ear to ear I knew I didn't have to ask for a forecast It was written on his face," Herron said. Spokesmen for the Voyager project, which they have described as "aviation's last great adventure," discounted reports the two pilots may suffer a permanent 30 percent loss of hearing because an electronic device to shield them from engine noise has failed. He said the two were wearing headphones connected to an electronic device that allows the crew to squelch all noise except intercom messages sent them by ground crews.

An unwanted high-frequency pitch, however, has been coming over the headphones when the squelching device is activated so they switched the electronic device off. The headphones themselves are made of a sound-absorbing material that protects the pilots from most of the cockpit noise, he said. Late Thursday, Rutan and Yeager surpassed the distance flown in 1962 by an Air Fore B-32H jet bomber that stands as the world record for non-stop flight without refueling 12,532.2 miles. "They have done enough mileage to claim the record once they land," project spokeswoman Sally Smith said. The record was set on a flight from Okinawa to Madrid, Spain, by Air Force Maj.

Clyde Eviely, who called Voyager headquarters Thursday from Cary, N.C., with his congratulations. Voyager spokesman Larry Cansler sajd the fliers must go through a complicated application process before ie record becomes official. Voyager is to land at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California on Christmas Eve 10 days and more than 24,000 miles after taking off. Voyager, traveling at about 115 mph, passed the halfway point of the trip which is now expected to cover 24,000 miles instead of the original flight plan of 27,000 miles at 10:30 a.m. Thursday over the Indian Ocean, the ground crew said.

Voyager, on "aviation's last great adventure," today soared to its greatest heights yet to escape the thunderous storms clinging to the Rift mountains of Africa that guard the ancient source of the Nile, Lake Victoria. "The east shore was a severe obstacle a big deal," groundcrew spokesman Lee Herron said from Mission Control in California's Mo-jave Desert. "They had to climb to 18,000 feet -the highest Voyager will likely have to climb to get over the thunderstorms and (Kenya's) Rift Valley mountains on the east shore of the lake," Herron said. Pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, despite concerns over dwindling fuel, fired up the plane's fuel-inefficient forward engine to get above the storms clinging to the mountain peaks, but "that was something that we took into account when figuring fuel needs years ago," Herron said. The Voyager broke into clear sunny skies over Zaire about 10 a.m.

Herron said the flight over and out Designer Burt Rutan Wingspan: 1103 ft. Pilots: Richard Rutan, Cabin lengthf 75 ft. Jeana Yeager Fuel capacity: 1,489 gal. Take-off weight: 11326 lbs. Speed: 80-100 mph Landing weight: 2,276 lbs.

w. I I i Officials under attack GARY (UPI) Two shotgun blasts were fired at the home of Lake County Councilman Andrew Smith early Friday in the second attack on a public official in a week. No one was injured in the attack which shattered the front window of Smith's east side Gary residence. Smith was not home, but two other family members were inside. Smith said he believes the shooting is linked to last week's attack on Lake County Recorder Rudolph Clay, who takes office Jan.

1 as a county commissioner. r-t Daily Journal, Johnson County, Friday, December 19, 1984 Page Three amilton commands respect metro briefs By RANDY LUDLOW Scripps Howard News Service Rep. Lee Hamilton, is admired in Congress for his diplomatic approach to issues and enjoys respect on both sides of the political aisle. Rape suspect held A 15-year-old North Central High School student accused of raping a classmate Monday in the school's ROTC supply room is being held at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center on a delinquent child charge. Marion County Sheriff's Department said a 15-year-old girl told them she was raped by the boy after she refused his sexual advances.

The girl reportedly went to class after the alleged attack and did not Iran-Contra arm sales fiasco. As outgoing chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, the crew-cut Hoosier lawyer has a detailed knowledge of what agreements Congress made with the CIA on programs involving Central America and the Ni-caraguan rebels. He is expected to bring a steadying hand to the House investigation of the biggest scandal of the Reagan presidency. "Lee has a cautious approach that should give us confidence that he won't shoot from the hip," said Rep. Willis Gradison, R-Ohio.

"He'll await the facts and avoid judgment. Other members of Congress have confidence in him from the careful manner in which he conducts himself." Hamilton and two other incumbent Democrats into the same district. The son of a minister, Hamilton was an all-state high school basketball player. He is a graduate of De-Pauw University, where he lettered in basketball and tennis, and the Indiana University School of Law. He and his wife Nancy have three children.

Hamilton continually pops up on lists of underrated members pf Congress: Alan Ehrenhalt, editor of Congressional Quarterly's "Politics in America," said of Hamilton last year: "He chooses his issues carefully and times his few speeches for maximum impact. He has a reservoir of respect few members can match." Hamilton said, "The big task we have here is to try to build consensus. Congress is one of those institutions in which that skill is much needed, and I try to contribute to that." Hamilton plans to direct a comprehensive investigation that will dwell on the role of the National Security Council, foreign policy initiatives and changes in law that may be needed to avert future abuses. The House committee will rely on the independent counsel to determine any potential violations in civil or criminal law and will be reluctant to grant immunity to witnesses to avoid fettering the counsel, Hamilton said. Hamilton, 55, is also a top member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and he has used that post to help the House assert more influence over foreign policy.

He was instrumental in pressuring the White House to withdrawal U.S. troops from Lebanon. Hamilton, who serves the sprawling 9th District that includes all of southeastern Indiana, has been critical of covert CIA operations. He has consistently opposed U.S. aid to the Contras.

Hamilton enjoys tremendous popularity among his constituents in rural farming communities and small cities that he has described as anti-big government and solidly patriotic. He consistently wins re-election by 2-to-l margins, even after the GOP-controlled Indiana legislature redrew congressional district lines and threw He is quiet, effective and influential. Now, Hamilton has received the most visible position of his 22-year tenure in the House of "Representatives: He will serve as chairman of the House committee investigating the Hamilton AAutz announces economic plan report the crime until Tuesday. A sheriff's department spokesman said the boy has been expelled from the high school on the city's north side. Goldsmith loses case Marion County Prosecutor Stephen Goldsmith will review how to proceed with a series of furnace sting cases following a second consecutive failure to get a conviction.

Thursday a Marion County jury was unable to reach a verdict in a theft case against Metropolitan Furnace Heating and Air Conditioning and its owner Harold H. Hall. Two weeks ago Bob McQueen and Son Heating and Air Conditioning was acquited by a jury in a similar case. Last year the prosecutor's office contacted heating experts to disable furnaces. Furnace companies were called to repair the heating elements.

The sting led to several furnace repairmen being accused of overcharging customers for items that were not 4 I. Scifc All J- have finished their contact with the formal education system in the state of However, he said, 38 percent of the workers in the manufacturing sector did not finish high school, and 13 percent of them never attended high school. "That gives you some idea about the deficits that exist in the current workforce," Mutz said. The "Workforce 2000" program could address those problems by restructuring Indiana's vocational education system and providing, additional in-plant training and education, Mutz said. The "Workforce 2000" also calls for a merger of the Indiana Office of Occupational Development (IOOD) and INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) State officials will ask the 1987 Legislature to approve a $46.9 million economic development program that will help fund the Fuji-Isuzu auto plant in Lafayette and revamp current programs.

Lt. Gov. John Mutz and Gov. Robert Orr announced the proposal at a news conference in the Statehouse Thursday. Mutz said the economic proposal had been streamlined and revised in early stages to make room for the Fuji-Isuzu incentive package.

Several programs were eliminated, including an investment incentive program for large cities, Mutz said. The final package includes $40 million worth of incentives for the Fuji-Isuzu joint venture for the next two years, and $6,875,000 for improvements in three other areas, Mutz said. Those proposals will help upgrade the skills of Indiana broaden the application of economic development programs, and maintain local streets, sewage and water systems. Mutz said one of the newest ideas, "Workforce 2000," would address some serious "deficits" in Indiana's workforce. "The stark realities are that 80 percent of all of the people who will be in the workforce in the year 2000 are already in it now," Mutz said.

"They the Indiana Employment Security Division (IFSD). The new office would be the Indiana Employment and Training Service. Preliminary studies show the state could save more than $4 million a year by combining the two offices, Mutz said. Another program outlined in the proposal would allow private companies to finance, build, maintain, and operate capital structures, such as sewage works, parking facilities, solid waste facilities and bridges. The local government could then lease the facility from the private company.

UPI WIREPHOTO RAGGEDY ANN and her brother Andy are the couple's holiday visit to children at New York greeted by 4-year-old Arginios Koranaios during University Hospital Thursday in New York City. broken. Free tows offered An Indianapolis towing service owned by a Johnson County resident and his brother will offer a free towing service for drivers who have had too much to drink this holiday season. From Dec. 24 through Jan.

1 Kin- man Wrecker Service on the south side of Indianapolis will offer a free 24-hour towing service to Marion County residents. Kinman is co-owned by Johnson County resident Ross Kinman and his Indianapolis brother Roger Kinman. Roger Kinman said the service also could be extended to the northern parts of Johnson County as well as Greenwood. "We're really excited 6y it. If we can save one life, than the effort will be worth it," Roger Kinman said.

Error becomes bonanza A shipping error has turned into a candy cane bonanza for the Boys' Club Association of Indianapolis. A New York candy company do- nated 700 candy canes to the Boys' Club when the candy arrived at a Bloomington chocolate shop too late to be sold to Indiana University students. Chez Chocolate Shop' had ordered the canes with the intention of selling them to the students, but the candy arrived after the student had gone home for Christmas break. The chocolate shop refused shipment. Michael P.

Briglia, owner of the candy company that shipped the canes, decided to donate the candy to an Indiana organization rather than pay the expense of shipping the candy back to his firm. The canes will be given away at three Boys' Club parties. Pope doesn't mind Becker's racket By United Press International Ted Nugent claims to be swamped by requests from radio stations to people talk A DIVINE MATCH: Tennis ace Boris Becker, a practicing Catholic, met Pope John Paul II Wednesday during the pope's weekly general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI auditorium. flanked bv his I Illiteracy targeted INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) A pilot program to train nonliterate adults will be undertaken at two locations in Indiana, the state and IBM Corp. said Thursday.

The program. Principles of Alphabet Literacy, or PALS, will be operated by the Indianapolis Private Industry Council and Ball State University. Functional illiteracy, the inability to read, write and compute at a level to get by in today's society, is a problem for the citizens and the economy, said Thomas Krudy, executive director of the Indiana Office of Occupational Development. The Indianapolis project is designed to strengthen basic academic and employment skills. PALS is modeled after IBM's successful Writing to Read program, which teaches children in kindergarten and the first grade to read and write.

fafhap cictprl 8 7 ana nancee.r an in frvA fiwit host his own program in the wake of his broadcasting debut on WLLZ-FM in his hometown of Detroit. The Nuge ran the morning slot for a week and won top ratings with his gonzo ideas. He woke up listeners by plugging his guitar into a stack of Marshall amplifiers and jamming on air along with his own records and songs by Led Zeppelin and Jeff Beck. He also placed surprise wake-up calls to friends in California, including Gene Simmons, Cathy Lee Crosby and Sammy Hagar. "Nothing was planned," said Nugent.

"I came in cold and everything sort of unfolded. Riots are my specialty." row at the au-lW C3 iw zr riipnre ar- V- Instead, Davis has opted for an oversized white dress with padded shoulders on this season's Christmas cards. The hoopla got started when Davis sent Dossier a shot of her lithe figure in a slinky leotard as a playful reminder that some congressional wives are hardly boring sit-at-homes. Her letter accompanying the picture said, "Some of us even have brains. We arent stuck in a 1950s Donna Reed time WAKING UP TO HEAVY METAL: Heavy metal guitarist tennis racket as a gift.

The pope embraced Becker and shook hands with his family members. A photographer from the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano was the only media person permitted to record the two-minute meeting. Afterward, Becker and gang drove their Volvo 760 out a side gate. CHRISTMAS COVER UP: Marty Davis, wife of Rep. Robert Davis, has shunned the look she became famous for when her scantily-clad photo ran in Dossier magazine's February 1985 issue.

ranged Vatican offi III- cials. The young German athlete kissed John Paul's papal ring and handed him a Becker.