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iudiana ALL AicrAos (Alt MiSrai III rrn warn obiter otcMmf' "1" Picking No. 1 isn't easy Page B-5 World War II buffs plan round table Rage C-1 11 Decatur; Wayne and Center townships Page C-2 LAST CALL Mostly clear tonight, low In the mid-508. Sunny Sunday, High in the low to mid-80s. Page C-2S. THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS INDIANA Edition "Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There Is Liberty." II Cor.

3-7 SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26,1987 118th YEAR 1987, The Indianapolis News 25c Dtttrarad by Cantor, $1.20 Pw Wm Motor Rout Drtvwy, 11.25 Ptf WMk dwms mtira miss eopp ill tras would increase military operations in central areas of the country. "The Sandinista army has suffered 50 casual ties, 19 captured and 12 soldiers who fled to the lines of the Nicaraguan resistance" in the last 30 days of military action, the radio said. President Daniel Ortega this week announced the government will suspend offensives in war zones but would fight back if attacked. The government also said Duran Davalos issued a call for other Contras to take advantage of the amnesty. It said he was the first Contra to present himself to one of the regional commissions, ap- See CONTRAS A-8 quest amnesty before a peace commission, the government said in a statement.

It said he appeared Thursday with bullet wounds in an arm and the head before the commission, formed as part of a Aug. 7 peace agreement that calls for a cease-fire and amnesty for rebels who lay down their arms. Duran Davalos said he was a member of the Democratic Forces of Nicaragua, one of the main groups belonging to the Contras, the rebel forces fighting to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government. "My companions shot me when I deserted to take advantage of the amnesty," he was quoted as saying. Radio September 15 also announced the Con- Sandinista television, quoting a defense ministry report, said the pilot and copilot were killed.

The helicopter was used to support Sandinista ground troops, the government said. Troops from the regional "September 15" command brought down the chopper with a U.S.-made "Red Eye" missile, making it the 21st helicopter destroyed by the Contras, the radio said. A Nicaraguan air force commission said It would investigate the crash. The government also said Friday a wounded rebel, the first member of the Contras to ask for amnesty under a regional peace plan, claimed he was shot by fellow rebels angry over his decision to leave their ranks. Catalino Duran Davalos, 24, became the first rebel fighting thg.

Sandinista government to re Rebels fire American-made xRed Eye' at Soviet-built craft By OSWALDO BONILLA United Pratt International MANAGUA. Nicaragua Nicaraguan rebels firing an American-made "Red Eye" missile downed a Soviet-built Sandinista helicopter in northeastern Nicaragua, killing the two pilots, a government report said. The Nicaraguan Defense Ministry confirmed a report by rebel Radio September 15 that U.S.-backed Contras shot down the MI-25 helicopter Friday Just north of the Rio Blanco in Matagalpa province about 110 miles northeast of Managua. i $749 million m. i is asked, for city budgets 6.4 cent cut dueln property tax rate township governments are approved by their own boards.

Council committees have proposed only a few minor changes in the city and county spending proposal submitted two months ago by Mayor William Hudnut and County Auditor Curt Coon-rod. However, some council members have indicated they may propose additional amendments after Monday's public hearing on next year's spending plans. "There Just doesn't seem to be any major budget issues this year, and the few minor problems apparently have been worked out in committee hearings," said Council President Beurt SerVaas. "With this being an election year, the administration was cautious in its budget proposals so there's not much to quar- See BUDGETS A-8 By HUGH RUTLEDGI The Indionapelit Newt Budgets totaling $749 million to operate local government next year are up for final adoption. Monday by the City-County Council.

Officials estimate the spending proposals will allow a 6.4-cent cut in the existing combined property tax rate for these agencies. The present rate is $8.05 per $100 of assessed valuation. The lower rate, officials say, would result in about a $3 reduction in the yearly tax bill for the owner of a $60,000 home within the city fire service district. Included for council action are the 1988 budgets for all city and county departments and the five semi-independent municipal corporations. Budgets and tax rates for school districts and 'frK' 4 rj; nS 2 city teachers receive honor 1 Th Attociated Press Word to the wise PITTSBURGH Fireman Dennis Lyman gives a safety lesson to a group of youngsters wearing their own fire hats and slickers in a Pittsburgh neighborhood.

He was telling them about the dangers ot coming in contact with downed electrical or telephone wires after a violent storm had knocked down power lines in the area. I Both, along with 106 other award winners nationally, will be honored in Washington Nov. 16-20. In addition to the recognition and a presidential citation, each will receive a $5,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, which sponsors the program. State officials said each also will receive gifts from the private sector, including personal computers, software, books.

Journal subscriptions and laboratory equipment. The Indianapolis News Two Indianapolis teachers have been named by the White House as state recipients of National Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching. They are Allan Welnheimer, a mathematics teacher at North Central High School, and Diane Burnettv a chemistry teacher at Warren Central High School. The State Department of Education, which announced the two winners Friday, said Presidential Awards are based on classroom performance, student progress and othe'professlonal activities. Motive sought in double murder By GREG HASSELL The Indianapolis Newt Investigators are trying to de The two Indiana winners were chosen from six candidates.

termine a motive in the brutal beating death of an Eastside woman and her 21 -year-old daughter. while she was asleep." said Marion County Sheriffs Sgt. Carold Baker. "The daughter probably confronted him in the hallway." Investigators found a bloody hammer lying on the floor of the house. The hammer is believed to be the murder weapon.

The McCarty's car was stolen from their driveway. Baker said. No items were known to be taken from the house. Detectives have no suspects. The murder was discovered when relatives stopped by the house at about 7 p.nv.

said Sheriff Joseph McAtee. "The relatives had come to the address because they hadn't heard from the victims all day." McAtee said. The mother and daughter the only residents of the house, Baker said. -Mrs. McCarty had been divorced for several years.

The relatives a niece of Mrs. McCarty and the niece's husband were unable to get an answer at the door. The man Mary McCarty, 56, and her STOP THROWING 0 i daughter, Vlckl, were found dead UPS Friday night Inside their home in the 3200 block of Radford Drive. Mary McCarty's body was found lying In her bed; her daughter's body was found in a hallway. "She was probably attacked Iraq claims hits on ships off Iran went inside and found the two bodies.

Baker said. Upon their arrival inside the house. Investigators were blocked from their work by a pet dog that refused to let anyone touch the bodies. "The dog wasn't vicious. Baker said.

"He was Just growling and snarling to keep people away from the bodies." The dog, a white poodle, was taken away by Marion County Animal Control officers. A neighbor reported that his dogs also were upset and barking all night Thursday, but he did know why until he learned of the double-murder Friday night. "They barked all night." said Steve Hummel. 3200 block of Elmhurst Street. "They barked that way," he said, pointing across his back yard at the McCarty's house.

Hummel said their nelgflbor-hood had been plagued lately by break-ins. "We have a lot of problems In our neighborhood," he said. "We don't get any protection out here." Hummel, 38, said the McCar-tys were close friends. In fact. Hummel says he owes his life to Mary McCarty.

See MURDERS A-8 It appears Indiana won't lose a seat in Congress after the 1990 census meaning Hoo-slers will continue to be misrepresented by 10 congressmen. The average professional football player makes $200,000 a year. We don't even pay congressmen that much to be mediocre. Lt. Gov.

John M. Mutz is considering creation of a State Department of Local Government. Bureaucracy is limited only by a politician's imagination. Most problems don't exist un til a government agency is created to solve them. i If you fant to know, what's going on in sports these days, you don't know whether to turn to the news, sports, business, financial or labor news.

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Marvin Braman. The sinking took place at See GULf A-8 It did not identify the vessels or give a geographical location for the raids. In such reports "naval target" normally refers to oil tankers. The Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Unit In London confirmed one raid. It said a vessel in ballast was attacked about midnight 110 miles south of Kharg Island.

Iran's main oil loading terminal at the northern tlpW the gulf. LLoyd's could not Immediately identify the vessel but said Its No. 1 port tank was set ablaze In the raid. By ALY MAHMOUD The Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain Iraq claimed its warplanes attacked two ships off the coast of Iran today, and the U.S. Navy exploded and sank an Iranian ship caught sowing mines in the Persian Gulf.

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