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IN-3 IN-5 INDIANA 1 8 South Bend Tribune. Thursday. July 21 1 982 v.i 4 South Shore boosts event V'l v- ti' -JJ' Railroad eyes turnabout ,5, jU- A. ri -it 'sfc' -Klfesr By JAMES WENSITS Tnbune Staff Writer New Carlisles annual Historical Days is the first summer event being promoted by the South Shore railroad with the intent of bringing Chicagoans to St. Joseph County in stead of the other way around.

The event, slated for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, will offer a full-scale circus, a softball tourna ment, food concessions, a beer garden, musical entertainment, a flea market and an arts and crafts sale. The circus, with performances at 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday will be complete with elephants, clowns and those daring trapeze persons, performing under a traditional big top tent. John Laue, marketing director for the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD), the public agency which is in charge of the railroad, said that the Historical Days promotional effort is aimed at getting Chicagoans and northwestern Indiana residents to visit New Carlisle for Saturdays events.

Those coming from the west should board the 7 58 a.m. Saturday train out of Chicagos Randolph St. station. South Benders who want a Holmes Dance Theater, stage performances at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday by singer Oscar Brown a gospel hour, a fashion show and a theater workshop.

A concert by singer Roy Ayers is slated for 7 p.m. Saturday. The Ayers concert has a separate $15 admission charge. Rooms are available at McCormick Inn for those who want to stay the night in Chicago. Trains will leave South Bend for Chicago at 6:40 a.ml, 10:35 a.m.

and 3:40 p.m. Saturday, and at 9:40 a.m. and 1 :40 p.m. on Sunday. Return trains leave Chicago at 7:58 a.m.

11:59 a.m., 4:05 p.m. and 5:58 p.m. Saturday, and at 9:58 a.m., 11:59 a.m., 4:05 p.m. and 5:58 p.m. Sunday.

Chicagos Chinatown Summer Fair will be launched with a run at 9 a.m. Sunday, followed by a parade at 10:30 There will be demonstrations of Chinese folk dancing, cooking and martial arts, an arts and fashion fair, and food and beverages served outdoors at Chinatown restaurants. Fairgoers can take the CTA 21 Cermak bus from McCormick Place, or walk. Chinatown is eight blocks west of McCormick Place. taste of riding the train can board the 10:35 a m.

train at the W. Washington St. station and arrive in New Carlisle in time for the 11 a m. parade. Although the promotional effort is the first of the summer to direct passengers to St.

Joseph County, it isnt the first time that South Shore riders have been alerted to the benefits of New Carlisle. Last February Laue promoted a visit yia the tram to Millers Home Cafe, a popular New Carlisle family restaurant. For those inclined toward a longer excursion, two Chicago events are available via the South Shore this weekend. A Black Business Trade Exhibit will be held Saturday and Sunday at McCormick Place, which is a regular weekend stop on the South Shore. The business affair will feature seminars and workshops on how to start your own business, how to become a millionaire and how to make money on real estate.

There is a $2 admission fee. The trade exhibit will also offer a variety of entertainment, including a childrens puppet show, modern dance performances by the Joseph MARIJUANA BURNING LaPorte County police est ever discovered in the county, police said. The officers burn a large pile of marijuana they pulled weed was taken to the the LaPorte County Fair-this week from a half-acre field in Lincoln Twp. near grounds, where the burning took place on Wednes-Fish Lake. The wild weed patch was one of the larg- day.

Tribune Photo by Bob wemnski Mental health staff boost Bodine labels Hiler INDIANAPOLIS (AP) An extra 122 people will be hired at a cost of $1.57 million to guarantee Indianas mental hospitals have enough staff to meet federal standards, Gov. Robert D. Orr says. More than half of the positions 64 will be added at Muscatatuck State Hospital in Butlerville. Next in line for staff increase is Fort Wayne State Hospital with 31 positions, followed by Central State Hospital in Indianapolis with 21; Evansville Psychiatric Childrens Center, Madison State Hospital, and New Castle State Hospital, 1.

extreme said massive defense spending is largely responsible for the record deficits chalked up by the Reagan administration. These guys are making us (Democrats) look like pikers, said Bodine. Negligence found in parking lot death LEBANON, Ind. AP) A Boone Circuit Court jury has decided that F.C. Tucker, manager of a shopping center, was negligent in the death of a woman robbed and killed in the parking lot of an Indianapolis shopping plaza by failing to provide adequate security.

The jury deliberated eight holds Wednesday before awarding $30,000 to the womans widower. IfllliS $Vv t- v' I i i' v. ,1: -vSs 5 Xvxv lfv jsr'fc, yA Vi -sf M'i: -4 Wednesday. We have a responsibility to do our best to maintain certification for beds which are used for patients eligible for Medicaid and Medicare benefits. Orr said he authorized release of funds from the mental health contingency fund to pay for the added personnel.

The hiring is an exception to the job freeze Orr ordered last month because of the states plunging revenues. The state is studying additional personnel requests for the mental hospitals. More positions could be authorized, Orr said. illnesses sentatives or over-excitement in a warm room caused the -illness and denied the food caused any problems. He added, The staff here is absolutely mad.

They prepared, the food. They ate the food, and there was absolutely nothing wrong. Officials of Tri-Chem were equally certain their paints did not cause the problem. Jere Cox, governmental affairs manager of Tri-Chem, said in New Jersey the paints had nothing to do with the illness. Im sure the tests will show it was something in the food, Cox said.

of rape claims Confiscated along with the weapon and vehicle were quantities pf suspected marijuana and a liquid believed to be a narcotic drug. Investigators said the girls were taken to LaPorte Hospital, where they were examined and released. Police believe the girls had accepted a ride from the suspects, who said they would take them to a store then allegedly abducted and assaulted them. County Police Sgt. Robert Blair along with the officers who arrested the suspects, said the investigation is continuing and the suspects are being checked through the National Crirtie Information Center to determine if they are wanted for anything in other jurisdictions.

have done well financially with Reagan tax cuts and economic policy, Bodine said, citing reports that sales of luxury homes and luxury autos are good, despite the recession. There is something wrong when a young couple cant buy a house, but sales of luxury condominiums are up, Bodine said. The Mishawaka Democrat also contended that it is programs put in place by Democratic administrations that now are saving the nation from a full-scale depression. Social Security, unemployment compensation and loan programs, all pushed by Democratic administrations and initially opposed by Republicans, now are working so Republicans are not hit with a true depression, Bodine said. Bodine also sought to turn around the big-spender issue often used against Democrats.

He s' i Although most of a prepared statement he issued Wednesday contained criticism of budget cuts pushed by President Reagan, Democratic congressional nominee Richard C. Bodine said he regards his opponent. Congressman John P. Hiler, as more extreme on economic policy than Reagan. He (Hiler) says it doesnt go far enough, Bodine said, referring to Hiler views on Reaganomics.

In BodhWs, view, Reaganomics has gone too far, bringing hard economic times for persons with moderate and low incomes. While President Reagan at times has at least shown willingness to compromise, Bodine said, Hiler has not. Bodine said the LaPorte Republican has truly represented his constituency, which Bodine described as the very wealthy. Those in the top income brackets Tests awaited in Indy a'-vyV. The positions include psychiatric attendants, nurses, pharmacy personnel and food service workers.

As a condition of getting Medicaid and Medicare funds, the federal government requires hospitals to be certified. Part of the certification deals with staffing levels. If a hospital loses its Medicaid and Medicare certification, federal reimbursements would be lost and the states ability to care for mentally and developmentally disabled patients would be reduced. 4 I cannot allow that to happen, the Republican governor said sentatives of Tri-Chem Corp. of Harrison, N.J., and their families.

They became ill Monday afternoon shortly after eating a banquet lunch at the hotel. Im reasonably sure its a food-related problem, said Ted Alexander, director of the Marion County-Indianapolis Health Departments division of food protection. Alexander said samples from the banquet were packed in dry ice and sent to a Food and Drug Administration laboratory in Minnesota. Locally performed test results were due today. Peringer suggested the oil-based paints used by the Tri-Chem repre in investigation Sheriff Lee Rose said police Patrolmen Leon Shupert and Michael Disbrow were sent to the Plaza 30 Restaurant on U.S.

30 early today in response to a phone caU about the incident from one of the victims. The alleged rapes occured, according to the victims, in the vicinity of LaPorte County roads 1400 S. and 500 west of Hanna. One suspect, taken into custody inside the restaurant, was found sitting on a .357 magnum handgun. He offered no resistence when police attempted to take him idto custody.

The second suspect was apprehended outside the restaurant in the vehicle the suspects allegedly drove from the Chicago area. South Bend, Wednesday. Others in the cast are Lee Madisoiiand Andrew Woods. The Theatre Lady is1 Lynn Lodyga who leads the company which brings dive theatre to audiences in Michiana. Tribune Staff Photo by Sue Wilden AESOPS FABLE FACTORY Meg MacKenzie Rooney and Kathrene Wales, members of Theatre Ladys Acting Group, pantomime Aesops Fable, The Lion and the Mouse, for about 100 Michigan City second and fourth graders at Century Center in INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Health officials said they expected prelimJ inary test results today to give some indication of what made more than 100 convention-goers ill.

Meanwhile, hotel officials and those of Tri-Chem which sponsored the convention, said they were not to blame for the outbreak of what some officials termed apparent bacteriological food poisoning. Were being crucified on the basis of no test reports, Anton J. Per-inger, general manager of Sheraton West Hotel, said Wednesday. Those stricken were sales repre Two being held LAPORTE LaPorte County police here said today they have two suspects in custody for questioning in the alleged rapes of two teenaged Chicago girls early today. The suspects were apprehended at a restaurant east of Wanatah about 3:30 a.m.

today. The men are being questioned but have not been formally charged in connection with what may have been -an abduction from Chicago and rape of the two girls, ages 15 and 17. Calvary School taking applications ELKHART Registrations for the 1982-83 school year are being accepted at Calvary Christian School, 25425 County Road 20 Elkhart. Classes will be conducted for students in kindergarten through grade three. The first day of school will be on Monday, Aug.

30. Driver thrown from car, dies VALPARAISO A Valparaiso woman was killed in a car accident Wednesday afternoon when she apparently lost control and was tossed from the vehicle and then pinned under it. Georgean Crandall, 30, of 458 Locust was driving west on Ind. 130 about 12:20 p.m., police said. The vehicle left the roadway about two miles west of Valparaiso, dropped off the right side of the road and rolled over in a ditch.

Ms. Crandall was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Porter County Coroner George Moeller. Her body was taken to Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso, and then to the Rees Funeral Home, Hobart, where funeral arrangements are being made. The accident scene was tween Tower Road and the Grand Trunk Railroad tracks, police added. i jl-t 1 i I--.