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Princess Grace Dies of Crash Injuries MONTE CARLO, Monaco (UPI) princess is dead," said a spokes- The car, a 1972 British-made The Monte Carlo casino, the Cafe President Reagan, in an official Princess Grace of Monaco, who woman. "May God have mercy." Rover 3500, veered off the road at de Paris and all businesses related statement of condolence, called the abandoned an adoring Hollywood to The beautiful former actress Cap D'Ail and plunged down a 45- to the resort business announced princess a "compassionate and lead a fairytale life as the wife of a Grace Kelly died at 10:30 p.m. foot embankment into a flower they would close. gentle lady. a ds me (3:30 p.m.

Muncie time) in a hospi- garden, where it burst into flames. At the Beach Plaza Hotel, on "The principality of Monaco and prince, died tal named in her honor, the palace Earlier Tuesday, the princess Princess Grace Street, the nightly the world community have suffered Tuesday of inju- said. was reported "suffering greatly" entertainment stopped within min- a great loss, he said. "To the ries suffered in Her husband, Prince Rainier III, from her injuries. The hemorrhag- utes of the death announcement.

people of Monaco and to the royal a car crash. She and their three children, Princess ing that claimed her life arose "Everyone had held out hope," family, we extend our deepest symwas 52. Caroline, 25; Prince Albert, 24, and unexpectedly. said a hotel employee. "Now of "Her serene Princess Stephanie, 17, were at her Her youngest daughter, Steph- course, there is no more hope.

It's A spokesman at Buckingham highness, Prin- bedside. anie, was still recovering from the a terrible Palace said, "I am sure all memcess Grace, died A palace spokeswoman said shock and bruises she suffered in In Philadelphia, Princess Grace's bers of the royal family will be at the end of the funeral plans had not yet been the accident. brother, John B. Kelly said shocked and saddened at this terriday due to vas- made. Monaco, a 467-acre Mediterra- shortly after his sister, Liz, phoned ble PRINCESS GRACE cular and cere- Princess Grace broke her right nean principality, with just cver with the news from her home in Mary Kelly, 84, the princess' bral hemorrhage," read a state- thighbone, collarbone and ribs 25,000 year-round residents, was New Jersey: "I had no idea (that ailing mother, was not told of her ment from the royal palace.

Monday when the brakes on the car plunged immediately into mourn- she was in danger), as far as I was daughter's death because of her "Unfortunately, it is true, the she was driving went out. ing. informed, anyway." delicate condition. A YOUNGER PRINCESS THE MI MUNCIE STAR "Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There Is Liberty" -II Cor. 3:17 VOL.

106-NO. 168 President-Elect Killed in Blast By WALTER United Press BEIRUT, Lebanon President -elect Beshir assassinated Tuesday that demolished his WISNIEWSKI International Lebanese Gemayel was in a bomb blast Phalange Party headquarters and plunged Lebanon into a constitutional crisis. The government said 20 people were killed, including senior Phalange officials, and 60 injured in the explosion. GEMAYEL Lebanese sources GEMAYEL said they expected the death toll to mount as rescuers dug through the rubble that was the right-wing Phalangist headquarters in East Beirut. The blast carried a force equivalent to nearly a quarter ton of TNT.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Prime Minister Chefik Wazzan called the assassination "a link in a chain of criminal conspiracies against Lebanon at a time when it started to restore its "With great pain I face this shocking news with the strongest denunciation for this criminal act," Wazzan said in an official statement. He said Gemayel will be buried today. Explosions and gunfire could be heard in West Beirut just after the first news of Gemayel's death. But there were no reports of any fighting in the red western section of the capital, where the Lebanese army and gendarmes were taking over security duties following the recent exodus of Palestine Libera- -Index- tion Organization guerrillas and Syrian soldiers.

It appeared that the 34-year-old Christian leader, scheduled to be sworn in as president Sept. 23, died almost immediately after the 4 p.m. blast outside the East Beirut building where he was meeting senior officials of his party. Government sources said Gemayel's maimed body was identified by a ring he was wearing. It was the first time in the history of Lebanon, which gained independence from a French mandate in 1943, that a president or a president-elect had been assassinated.

In Tel Aviv, Israeli officials expressed sorrow and condemned the assassination. The officials refrained from speculation on who might be responsible for the attack, but said they hoped the Lebanese people would overcome "this continued reliance on violence." President Reagan, in a statement released late Tuesday, called the assassination "a shock to the American people and to civilized men and women everywhere. "This promising young leader had brought the light of hope to Lebanon," he said. "We condemn the perpetrators of this heinous crime against Lebanon and against the cause of peace in the Middle East. "The tragedy will be all the greater if men of goodwill in Lebanon and in countries friendly to Lebanon permit disorder to continue in this war-torn country.

"The This United must States not happen. government," lst Reagan said, "stands by Lebanon with its full support in this hour of need." Baltimore closed in on Milwaukee with a doubleheader sweep of New York in the AL East, while St. Louis regained first in the NL East with a victory over Philadelphia. Stories on Page 11. Haldon L.

Ashton, who owns a professional surveying business in Muncie, was elected Henry County surveyor Tuesday night in a vote of Republican committeemen. Page 2. The two grain elevators of the bankrupt Wells County Farm Bureau Co-operative were sold at auction last week, and bids are being accepted for the Farm Bureau elevator at Portland as part of that bankruptcy liquidation. Page 3. Bridge .....................19 Landers ...8 Sirens Classified Lemasters Sports Comics ..........19 Markets ..................15 Talk of Town 8 Deaths Metro Television 14 Editorials On Record ...15 Theaters Focus Puzzle ....19 Week Ahead ..............9 Chance for Thunderstorms Partly sunny today with a 30 percent chance for thunderstorms.

Highs will be in the low to mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 miles per hour, shifting to northwest late. Partly cloudy tonight with a 20 percent chance for showers. Lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Details on Page 5.

Sanitary District's Budget Misadvertised By SETH SLABAUGH publish. That's all we can approve. Star Staff Reporter We can't raise what's been adverThe Muncie Sanitary District tised." obviously can't operate next year on After the mistake was discovered, property tax levy. the board recessed to call the office a $2,715 The district actually is proposing a of the State Board of Tax tax levy for 1983, but the sioners. legal ads that ran in newspapers last The state advised the board to go month said $2,715.

ahead and approve the intended levy, The error was discovered Tuesday since the legal ads contained the during a meeting of the county Tax correct proposed tax rate. Adjustment Board. The board approved the advertised "Whoopee!" board member Leon $1 tax rate for the sanitary $2,715,000. district, Towne said of the $2,715 figure. which would raise the It remains to be seen what impact, Still, Towne said: "All we're doing if any, the error will have on the is pointing out that error." district's 1983 budget.

He said the tax adjustment board The $2,712,285 error appeared in the has authority only to fix levies, not on two separate occa- tax rates. newspapers sions, but went unnoticed. A final decision on the levy and tax "That's why you advertise twice rate will be made by the tax commisto correct any errors (that appear in sioners. the first advertisment)," Towne said. "I think they're hung," Towne said.

A sanitary district official said the County Auditor Jack Donati said correct figure was given to the news- the worst that could happen is that the state will keep the sanitary dispapers. But Towne said: "It's not what you trict's 1983 levy at the same level as give the newspapers, it's what they (See SANITARY on Page 10) MUNCIE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982 The Muncie Star 25 CENTS Haying Time Making hay while the sun shines is a normal activity in found them baling hay on their farm on Delaware County Hoosierland at this time of year and Anna and Ralph Road 500-N. Anna maneuvers the tractor while Ralph Ritchie are no exception. Star photographer Gary Burney wrestles the bales. lst District Congress Suit Challenges Benjamin Replacement By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL A suit filed Tuesday challenged the selection of state Sen.

Katie Hall to replace the late Rep. Adam Benjamin as the Democratic candidate for 1st District Congress. Benjamin's widow said Tuesday she gave up her chance to serve out her husband's unexpired term rather than blindly endorse whomever Gary Mayor Richard G. Hatcher chose to replace Benjamin as the nominee on the November ballot. Benjamin, died last Tuesday of heart disease in his Washington apartment.

Indiana Secretary of State Edwin Simcox, in Michigan City Tuesday to explain his handling of the nomination succession process, was subpoenaed to appear in LaPorte Superior Court Sept. 22 in a challenge to his action that resulted in the nomination by Hatcher of state Sen. Katie Hall, D- Gary. He and Hatcher were named as codefendants. If elected, Mrs.

Hall would be Indiana's first black in Congress. Rep. Hurley Goodall, D-Muncie, chairman of the Indiana Black Democrat Coalition, Tuesday called on political leaders in the 1st District to support the selection of Mrs. Hall. "The party now has a chance to redeem itself," A state Goodall said, "to prove to the black voters who have loyally supported the party over the years that it cares and is willing to include black supporters in more than just the votes they produce on election day, he said.

The suit, filed by East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick of Lake County and the county chairmen and vice chairmen of LaPorte and Porter counties, seeks a preliminary and permanent injunction against Mrs. Hall's nomination. Mrs. Benjamin told a news conference she refused to serve out her husband's term because the new 1st District, extends eastward beyond Lake County LaPorte and Porter counties, which deserve involvement in the naming of a nominee to serve them in Congress. Simcox had ruled the 1st District committee was empowered to name the candidate for the general election.

Hatcher, as 1st District Democratic chairman, broke a tie between Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Benjamin by voting for the former. Simcox certified Mrs. Hall to the county clerks involved.

Plaintiffs are Pastrick, who is Lake County chairman; Robert Bannwart and Marjorie Grindle of LaPorte County, and Warren Munro and Lou Ella Wallace of Porter County. Simcox issued a statement saying he acted as reasonably as he could under a vague and inconsistent law needing revision by the next Legislature. He said the law does not say who names a new candidate if the candidate dies between the Sept. 1 filing date and the printing of ballots. Gov.

Robert Orr decreed, that to fill the unexpired term, there will be a special election coinciding with the November general election. Various sources indicated Mrs. Benjamin and her supporters expect to publicly support any lawsuit challenging Mrs. Hall's selection as the Democratic nominee for Benjamin's seat. Mrs.

Benjamin said Lake County Prosecutor Jack Crawford, and later Hatcher, insisted she support and endorse their undisclosed nominee for Benjamin's coming term. She said she could not conscientiously make such a commitment, since the old district was solely Lake County and the new one includes LaPorte and Porter counties. Mrs. Hall is the Democratic nominee both for the special election Nov. 2 to fill Benjamin's unexpired term and for the new two-year term.

"I could not in good conscience make the commitment they were demanding of Mrs. Benjamin said. Burris Parents to Fight Expected Closing By LUANN W. MASON students in Indiana's public schools. "But the one I attended included talk about the The Star's Education Writer The school consisting of grades K-12 is entire educational picture in the community.

"Rumblings" about the threatened closing administered as part of the Ball State Univer- Everything is in a discussion stage right now." of Burris Laboratory School surfaced on the sity Teachers' College. Burris teachers and To emphasize that no decision has been second day of school, and concerned parents staff also are recognized as Ball State faculty made to close Burris, Koch said the university went into action. and staff members. faculty handbook lists various stages university About a week ago, parents banded together "Faculty and parents started asking ques- officials must go through to phase out an to form a group called Parents for Quality tions in mid-July," said Mrs. Long.

"Informa- academic unit. Education. Sharon Long, Burris Parent- tion was coming from Muncie school teachers Those provisions include the followings stateTeacher-Student Association president, has and others that decisions had been made to ment: coordinated the group's efforts so far. close Burris at the end of this school year." "Faculty members whose educational proThe steering committee of that group has BSU Provost James V. Koch, however, said grams may be adversely affected are to be scheduled a one-hour meeting for all Burris no such decision has been made.

informed early in the decision-making parents at 7:30 tonight in the school audito- He confirmed that Ball State officials process." rium. including himself and university President Koch said Bell would first have to notify the "This is probably the first of many meet- Robert 1 P. Bell have met several times with administrative officers of the academic unit ings," said Mrs. Long, adding the meeting is Muncie school officials during the past year to involved of the possible phase out. designed to inform parents about what is going review the status of primary and secondary Then, he said, those officers would have the on.

"To give them facts about communications education in the city. opportunity to be heard by the group of that have been going on between Ball State "There have been meetings with the Muncie officials proposing the phase out. officials and Muncie Community Schools." school system periodically throughout the University Senate would have to consider Mrs. Long said committee members hope years to evaluate the status of education here," the action next, said Koch, and would have to also to dispel rumors. that flared up about he said.

"Right now, we're mainly interested in advise Bell and the university board of trustees Burris's fate this summer. She'll address those being certain we could carry on our teachers' on actions it deems necessary. tonight. education programs as we want to." "None of those steps have been taken with The situation is not a new one. The school's Dr.

Kenneth Miller, Burris principal, had respect to Burris," said Koch. existence also was threatened in the early not been involved in the educational discussions The Star, however, was unsuccessful in its 1970s. until this month. attempts to contact Dr. Thelbert L.

Drake, Burris is an experimental school where new "I don't know why, and I don't even know teachers college dean, to verify Koch's stateprograms are tested for the education of who called the earlier meetings," said Miller. (See BURRIS on Page 3).