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4 National Enquirer Plans To Feature Stafford Story A slaughter. "Sounds wild. Sounds wild," Howard said. The attorney said whoever is interviewed by the Enquirer should be able to know first-hand what they say to any Enquirer reporter, Howard knew the Enquirer's sensational style. "Anybody that stands in line in the grocery store knows what the National Enquirer is." The five million circulation of the Enquirer reaches well into the Midwest, the editor said.

Ironically enough, a change of venue already is pending in the criminal case because of wide publicity it has received. Hamilton County Prosecutor Steve Nation was the first to hear from the Enquirer. Nation talked about the case with the "Florida reporter" but did not connect the name National Enquirer With the tabloid sold in grocery stores and drugstore newsstands. The reporter also called Det. 1st Sgt.

CP. Stanley who investigated the case. The officer said he did not release much information. The editor from the tabloid defended his paper's accuracy. "All our stories are true.

All the people we quote are real." He could not offer a publication date for the Sheridan tale, but did say other stories are first inline. By MEG DeBARD The National Enquirer, the tabloid with a taste for sensationalizing the news; is sending a reporter to Sheridan to "work the slavery angle" on the Stafford case, an Enquirer editor who refused to be identified said Tuesday. "We will be sending a reporter out there.i. Basically we're going on the angle of slavery," the editor said. He said the tabloid became interested in the story from reports sent out, nationwide over the wire services.

The story was picked up by both Associated Press and United Press International and given play in papers nationally. "Usually we don't touch stuff off wire services," he said. But Sheridan is the exception. The editor said the story of three retarded wards held in virtual slavery by a retired Sheridan banker Willard Stafford and his wife Olive is "pretty depressing." He said his paper gives readers what they don't find in other publications. The Enquirer has changed in recent years from "blood and guts" to a "family-oriented publication," he said.

"The tendency is to down wrap the Enquirer. Most people don't understand the National Enquirer," he said. The editor was contacted by phone this morning at the paper's office in Lantana, Florida. He said he would not give his name because the tabloid did not want publicity before a story was written. He explained the Enquirer's motives in writing about the Sheridan case: "We're interested in finding out how that could happen in modern-day America.

We're concerned about slavery in the U.S." The reporter assigned the story has two big city stops before coming to the farming community of nearly 2,500. It's Philadelphia, and New York City before Sheridan, the editor said. The tabloid has 200, reporters on staff with starting salaries of $38,000. "At any given moment, there is a reporter on every continent," the editor said. The tabloid has circulation of five million, he said.

The Enquirer outsells Time and Newsweek magazines combined. Reaction to news that the Enquirer is coming barely ruffled defense attorney Michael Howard who is defending Olive and Willard Stafford on criminal charges pending against them. The Staffords are charged in the starving death of one of the wards, Virgil Stuart, 55, who died March 7. They have pleaded not guilty to counts of reckless homicide and involuntary man DR. STEVE Olvey, Noblesville (right), director of critical care at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, medical director for Championship' Auto Racing Team and assistant medical director of the Indy "500" Motor Speedway, spoke yesterday at the Elks Club for a Noblesville Area ft irvM Ik LJ Jedger XOHLFMILLE IMIIY Free The Hostages 1 If l) f.

S. Takes Militants ireateh To Kill -Hostages Cha rnber of Commerce luncheon. Discussing the special medical problems encountered at the "500" are John Partlow (left), president of the Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Thomas Mabel, and Dr. Olvey.

(Ledger Photo) NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA 46060 773-1210 20 CENTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1980 93RD YEAR NO. 86 (USPS31-120) Democratic Party said Chancellor Helmut government should suDDort Carter "even if it means, as it could mean, that we adopt the same measures." West Germany is a major buyer of Iranian oil. Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshl Ohira said, "It is regrettable that such a situation has-come." Garmel Has Four New Officers At Work Four new patrolmen have been added to the Carmel police force bringing the department to 26 sworn officers. Police chief Jerry W. Lowe said the four, now at work, are: Chris Thompson, Westfield; Steve Compton, Indianapolis; Micnaei crunion, irom iwaaison, ana norman Polak, originally from Florida.

The department is still planning to hire one more officer in the near future to bring the roster to authorized strength, Lowe said. The force rtiriHA $kstinn in trio onirtlu ctr-rwirirt rt itir iivium pi uivvvivu in, i npiuij gi 1115 ui 20,000 which covers about eight square miles. the Summer Recreation Program in the Noblesville school system. Explaining the program were Terry Busby, director of the Hamilton County Board of Parks and Recreation, and Harold Mercer, director of the Summer Recreation Program. Mercer explained that the program is "supervised recreation" and has been very successful in the Carmel Clay school system.

He explained that the program served elementary school age children except for those in kindergarten. The board agreed to let the park board use the gymnasium and outdoor recreation facilities at Stony Creek Elementary School this year. The program will be expanded to another Noblesville elementary school next year if enough children are interested in the program. denied reports that food and fuel were being rationed but admitted "it's possible there will be some changes" in life as a result of the U.S. sanctions.

He said people were "physically celebrating" the severing of relations in the streets of Tehran. In Washington, the State Department early today reported all but two of the 35 accredited Iranian diplomats in the United States had left the country by midnight Tuesday as part of Carter's decision to severe diplomatic ties with Islamic nation and expel its diplomats because of the stalemate in the U.S. Embassy crisis. One remained behind as caretaker of the Washington embassy and the other was admitted to a suburban Washington hospital for treatment of a heart ailment. Carter a lso warned of tougher steps unless the crisis, now entering its sixth month, was ended quickly.

America's major allies said they would consider backing U.S. reprisals against Iran, but as with the Olympic boycott, they appeared to be taking a "wait and see" approach. The support of the major allies Japan, Britain, and West Germany would be crucial if Four Basketball Players Jfi The spokesman said the hostages were "enemies" of Iran. The threat came two days after the United States severed diplomatic relations with Iran and imposed a trade embargo. There were growing indications Washington was considering a naval blockade or some other military action should the reprisals not work and the hostages remain held.

The militants said the safety of the hostates, now in their 158th day of captivity, was in the hands of the "criminal" Carter administration. Ghotbzadeh said the solution to the problem of the hostages "cannot be done by any threat or by imposition of any sanctions, only by negotiations." Iran hinted Tuesday that it took new steps because of the sanctions imposed by President Carter, and warned American allies their flow of Iranian oil would stop if they backed Washington. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr said their country could survive the latest U.S. moves and urged the nation to regard it as a rallying call. Reached by telephone from London, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman today W.

Payne, Ind. 38 east, fill out ap- plications for absentee ballots to vote in their party's primary election. (Ledger photo) Kills Life Canada, there's no question acid rain is a front page concern." Robinson was a key speaker at the two-day acid rain meeting, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The meeting attracted 20Q representatives from a score of Eastern slates, government, industry and environmental and civic groups.

Douglas Costle, EPA administrator, said in an opening address the object of the meeting was to reach mutual understanding on the cause and effects of acid rain and to open debate on possible solutions. "I look at this conference as a first step for peak Out For Nicholson TEHRAN (LTD The Islamic miliUnts holding the 50 American hostages in Tehran threatened today to kill the captives if the United Slates takes military action against Iran. Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh indicated today the government would consider allowing relatives to visit American captives but a spokesman of the militants holding the captives immediately vetoed the idea. "We warn the American government with all frankness that if it launched a military aggression against Iran, we shall immediately kill all the hostages," the militants said. "I am personally in favor of it," Ghotbzadeh said when questioned by reporters about the possibility of close relatives being let inside the occupied U.S.

Embassy to see the hostages in their sixth month of captivity. Then he indicated the matter might come up at a Revolutionary Council or chief executive body meeting Thursday. But a spokesman for the militants holding the Americans told UPI over the telephone the hostages had been seen by three American priests at Easter. "There is no need for other people to visit," a spokesman said. ABSENTEE VOTING Jn Tucker (right) of the Hamilton County bipartisan board of absentee voting helps Mr.

and Mrs. Lawrence Acid Rain SPRINGFIELD, Acid rain, which has already wiped out the fish in 107 of New York's Adirondack Mountain laket, is rapidly killing other lakes in nearby eastern Canada, gays a Canadian official, Raymond Robinson, deputy minister in Canada's environmental agency, told the first interstate summit conference on acid rain Tuesday his country is determined to fight the spreading problem. "We're simply not prepared to contemplate leaving the generations of the next century with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of sterile lakes," he said. "As a practical matter, in 'sfJr President Carter's sanctions against Iran, especially the trade embargo, were to succeed. But the major obstacle to their support is Iran's oil.

As expected, the Soviet Union was critical of the U.S. steps, with the official Tass news agency calling them "direct threats" promoted by "imperial interests." U.S. Ambassador to Britain Kingman Brewster met Tuesday with Deputy Foreign Minister Sir Ian Gilmore to outline "options" America's allies have, a British spokesman said. Sources said Gilmore told the ambassador Britain would consult with Common Market nations on the list to see wyat could be done. The United States reportedly did not consult with its allies, some of whom have already imposed informal trade sanctions against Iran, before announcing the steps, and this might result in a delay to any announcements of full support.

A Common Market meeting is scheduled for Thursday and it is expected that the question will be raised then. There was no official reaction from Bonn to the U.S. measures but a foreign policy spokesman for West Germany's opposition Christian Eads and Rick Russell, 1979 graduates, and David Jones and Dewayne Turk, current Noblesville High School students. All four presented basically the same ideas. According to one player, "Nicholson has given me pride in myself.

He treats you as a person first, and then as a player. He has turned the basketball program around." The player also explained that Nicholson really cares about his team members' school work and believes "grades are first before basketball." Another player said that team members who are not getting to play should look at how hard they are trying first before blaming the coach. The next player defended Nicholson's record as a coach. He admitted that Noblesville has not won a sectional (under Nicholson), but, "I don't see many people beating Carmel, anyway. We ha ve a tough sectional to win.

We've had winning seasons every year but one." Another player said when he was failing scholastically, Nicholson motivated him as a student and also as a basketball player. About 65 members of the community attended a special session of the board on March 25 to defend or criticize Nicholson's coaching ability. In other business last night, the board adopted the 1980-81 school calendar, which is also the tentative calendar for the 1981-82 school year. The calendar designates school to begin on August 21 for secondary students and August 22 for elementary students. The final day of school will be May 28, 1981.

Christmas vacation will last from December 20 to January 4, 1981. The second grading period will begin on January 19. Spring break wilt last from April 4 to 12. Also at the meeting the board approved a request by two members of the Hamilton County Department of Parks and Recreation to begin w-i. -3 In response to rumors that the Noblesville School Board plans to relieve high school basketball coach Dave Nicholson of his varsity coaching duties, two former members and two current members of his team presented an emotional appeal in support of the coach at Tuesday evening school board meeting.

So far the board has not announced any decision on Nicholson's employment However, the coach met with the board In executive session last Wednesday at their invitation. The board's final decision on Nicholson's employment status will be announced in a special session on April 14, Jerry Swinford, board member, announced last night. Swinford was serving as board president in the absence of DaleSnelling. To support Nicholson, each of the young men gave a five-minute speech on their own experiences with the coach. The players were Jeff In Lakes building substantial agreement between the states on the seriousness of the problem and the kinds of near-term and long term remedial actions Although the acid rain phenomenon respects no political boundaries, Costle believes the main culprits in the United States are old coal-burning electric power plants that lack newly legislated anti pollution safeguards.

In Canada, where half the acid rain pollutions wafts in from the United States, the pollution source seems to be heavy Industry and non-ferlc metal smelters, said Robinson. Hamilton IVJOWS County Cicero town officials said today that street cleaning will be underway early Friday morning on streets in the business district. No parking will be allowed along Peru Street and Jackson Street between the hours of 4 a m. and 6 a.m. The cleaning should be completed by the start 0 regular business hours.

Tht Watershed, 100 Clarendon Dr. in North Harbour, will be the site of an informal brunch featuring Kermit Burrous, speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives. The brunch will be Sunday, April 20 from 11:30 to 1:30 The program is being sponsored by the Hamilton County Republican Central Committee. Tickets are $15 per person..