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EAST LAKE FINAL WEATHER SATURDAY October 3, 1998 An edition of The Times serving eastern Lake County SENATE RACE Hoosier candidates Paul Helmke, Evan Bayh square off Republican Paul Helmke used a televised debate to introduce himself while Democrat Evan Bayh immediately worked his themes of conservatism. A-4 SP0.7TS Valpo dumps M'ville to take control of DAC The Vikings dominated a rain-soaked game, hammering the previously undefeated No. 1 Pirates 28-7. D-l fiainy weather can be -expected this morning with afternoon showers. Fid report, A-8 5646 AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RESULTS Valparaiso 28 Merrillville 7 Andrean Hammond .22 .15 LaPorte ..21 Crown Point 7 Hobart 14 Chesterton 7 Lowell .....13 Kankakee Valley Gavit 40 Lake Station 0 6 SECTIONS, 48 PAGES www.thetlmetonllne.coni Newsstand: 50 cents i il i TTTSIiri CUBS FANS NOT OUT YET SPORTS: Cubs' fate in Wood's hands BASEBALL TONIGHT: Back at Wrigley Game 3 of the I Rookie Kerry Wood is taking the ball tonight in Game 3 after a month off with a tender elbow.

D-l ATLANTA (Maddux 18-9) AT CHICAGO (Wood 13-6) National League Division Series 6:38 tonight on NBC (Ch.5) HI oop for wrote Board's proposal most successful so far, but not all of the downtown businesses agree with regulations Retraction Hie Times now believes that Maggie Taylor did not tell Richard Dunne to bring $2,100 in cash to a 1996 meeting in her Olympia Fields office as alleged by Richard Dunne and reported in The Times on July 12. As reported by The Times on Aug. 4, Dunne recanted his allegations that he paid cash to Lake County Commissioner Rudolph Clay in exchange for a pay phone contract to place pay phones in East Chicago and Gary courthouses. The Times has confirmed that Dunne wrote a check for $2,100 to Taylor's Tri-State Communications as payment for locator fees for the pay phone contract. Taylor deposited the check in a Tri-State account.

The pay phone contract signed by Clay was later declared void since it had not been approved by the full board of commissioners and was not on file with the county. Srfetei I ft An aging and obsolete chimney will soon need to be removed. "My concern is that when we have to get permission to modify the building, that's an issue," Clark said. A map of the proposed historic district has been submitted for City Council approval on Monday, with full backing of the Historic District Board of Review. The review board's approval came after a Sept.

2 public hearing, in which officials heard from both sides on an issue that has failed to get as far as the City Council for consideration. See HISTORIC, A-6 BY SUSAN ERLER Times Staff Writer CROWN POINT Margo Clark doesn't think there is much historic about the Meals on Wheels building. Before Meals on Wheels converted the building on South East Street a few years ago, the structure was a boiler room for the old Lake County Criminal Courts building next door. It doesn't have the historic value of others built at the turn of the century, said Clark, executive director of Meals on Wheels. And she doesn't want it included in a proposed historic district.

TODAY IN THE TIMES A quick look at the news H0MEFR0NT Clinton inquiry will likely confuse, amuse Impeachment inquiry could be like Punch-and-Judy. I if PHOTOS BY GREGG GEARHART THE TIMES Jeff Smith, a teacher at Portage's Wlllowcreek Middle School, has a commute of more than an hour from his Wrlgleyvllle home, which is half a block from Wrigley Field's right field gate. The Cubs fan attended more than half of Chicago's home games this year. UL1DS Knight Ridder News Service Despite mixed reviews and a skeptical national audience, the curtain will rise Monday for the next act in the Clinton-Lewinsky melodrama. By week's end, President Clinton will probably join Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon as the only presidents ever to be targeted for impeachment Gearing up for the week, the House released 4,600 pages of evidence AJAVCC Friday that meticulously details Clinton's efforts to contain the mmmmmmmmmm Monica Lewinsky scandal as it erupted.

In the coming days, the Republicans who dominate the House of Representatives will establish the rules and scope of the formal inquiry. The Judiciary Committee inquiry must be approved on the House floor, and when the vote occurs, it will be the first time that members See CLINTON, A-6 Home tours by day or by candlelight New 15-home showcase features tours in a whole new light candlelight. C-l Now's the time to prepare your lawn, garden for winter Up close and personal INSIDE In a final salvo before a vote on impeachment hearings, the House released evidence detailing the president's efforts to contain the scandal. A-3 icvcr ipiiiii With some work now, you can ensure a 5 2 head start on spring for the yard. House A Garden, C-l BUSINESS Global financial crisis could lead Lowell cop-hiring policy gives leverage to town to nasty recession Portage teacher only has to walk a block from his home to tonight's game.

BY JIM PETERS Times Sports Writer PORTAGE When Jeff and Dawn Smith moved into their Wrigleyville condominium in February, the couple joked that if the Cubs were to make the playoffs this season, they'd put it up for sale in October and make a killing. Hey, what were the chances of that happening anyway? "Now we wouldn't move for a million dollars," said Jeff Smith, a Willowcreek Middle School teacher and coach with a full-blown case of Cubs Fever. "We're enjoying the moment. Who knows if something like this is ever going to happen again. It's been a great six months." The Smiths moved from Portage so Dawn could be closer to her downtown Chicago job.

They had looked at about 20 places when Jeff Only North America and Western Europe i have been able to avoid the turmoil that" started in the currency markets The contractreimbursement agreement, approved Thursday, says the department will pay the $4,000 bill for training recruits at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. But any new officer leaving before five years must reimburse the department $5,000. The contract is intended to induce new hires to remain with the department, and gives the town some leverage not to lose Jeff Smith is prepared with playoff tickets, including these for the World Series. found out one of the homes was located at the corner of Sheffield and Addison, less than 50 yards from the right field gate to Wrigley Field, and came with two prime parking spaces. "I didn't care what it looked like," said Smith, a lifelong Chicago sports fan who knows well of Cubs hardships.

Oddly enough, broadcaster Harry Caray died See CUBS, A-6 Newly trained officers must commit 5 years or reimburse town $5,000. BY MELANIE CSEPIGA Times Correspondent LOWELL The Police Commission adopted a contract that requires new officers to remain with the department for at least five years if the town pays for their training. of Southeast Asia. E-l See POLICY, A-6 INDEX Comics C-7 Bridge F-l Classified Crossword (Classified) E-8 Crossword (Newsday) C-7 I Cowboy crooner Gene Autry dies at 91 Horoscope Movies Obituaries Religion Notes Stocks C-7 B-3 A-7 Gene Autry, who parlayed a $5 mail order guitar into a career as Hollywood's first singing cowboy, died The Times Is printed with soy color Inks, exclusively on recycled paper. and later became his director of licensing.

"And these weren't just bang-bang, shoot 'em-up Westerns. He always wanted to put a moral in the story." Autry popularized the musical Western in 91 movies from the 1930s to the early '50s. Autry's ventures into movies, music, radio, TV and broadcasting were major successes. Autry hung up his performing spurs in 1956, but continued to See AUTRY, A-6 Hollywood's original singing cowboy died at his home Friday after a long illness. He was 91.

Autry's death came three months after the industry bid happy trails to Roy Rogers, who replaced Autry as Hollywood's top cowboy when Autry left to serve in World War II. "He often considered himself the baby sitter of three generations of children" while they watched his movies on Saturday afternoons, said Alex Gordon, who met Autry 52 years ago during a singing tour of England His death comes three months after death of his great rival Roy Rogers. LOS ANGELES (AP) In his movies and TV series, Gene Autry played the same unchangeable character: a true-blue son of the West who always fought fair and square and loved his horse, Champion. Off the screen, Autry was a shrewd businessman who owned baseball's Anaheim Angels for more than 30 years. Friday fc-r Mi, at 91.

Gene Autry's pictures adorn his three-CD boxed set. 7 0.