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26 The South Bend Tribune, Sunday, June 8, 1980 IN-3 Mermaid Festival to get under way on June 20 NORTH WEBSTER One of northern Indiana's and one of the Midwest's biggest weeks gets under way here June 20 with the opening of the 35th annual Mermaid Festival. Michele Ann Miller, a bright-eyed brunette from Syracuse, will reign over this year's Lions Club-sponsored festival after being crowned Queen of Lakes at the close of the 1979 festival, She will spend a busy week handing out several hundred trophies, riding on a special float in the Mermaid Parade and crowning her successor at the close of the festival June 28. Reigning over the younger set will be Brandon Shirey, 6, of Warsaw and Sherri Brokers, 4, of Syracuse who were crowned Cutie King and Queen on Kiddies Day of the festival. They will be featured in Wednesday's Kiddie Parade which is followed by judging to choose their successors. here's a little bit of something from sports to parades to beauty pageants to carnival rides.

The festival officially opens Friday, June 20, with the annual Mermaid Ball at Camelot Hall. Featured By BERNARD MEYER Tribune Goshen Bureau band will be the "Mock Twins Orchestra." Saturday June 24 is the first full day of activities including a men's softball tourney, 8 a.m.; the 000-meter run beginning in front of the Palace of Sports, with registration at 8:30 a.m. and the race at 10 a.m.; a chicken barbecue by the North Webster and Midlake Lions at 11 a.m., and weigh-in for the garden track pull at 11 a.m., followed by the pull itself at noon. Afternoon events include, motorcycle races three miles south of North Webster at 7 p.m. and a disco dance at Camelot Hall for ages 16 to 20, sponsored by the International Palace of Sports, at 9 p.m.

Sunday's schedule shows the heavy influence of sports on the festival emanating from the International Palace of Sports opened in 1974. Softball gets under way at 8 a.m.; the firemen's and "fireladies" waterall contest at 2 p.m.; and the basketball tourney, opening at 7 p.m., all sponsored by the Palace of Sports. Monday night is "Family Night" when Key City Shows opens their Midway at 6 p.m. for six days and The sports schedule continues on Monday with a girls' softball tourney at 4:30 p.m.; the youth league baseball tourney at 6 p.m.; the basketball tourney, continuing at 7 p.m. If you want to pick up a few cents, there's a Treasure Hunt in the Sand at the fairgrounds at 7 p.m.

the same time the talent contest opens at Camelot Hall. Tuesday's program is a continuation of the girls' softball, youth league and basketball tourneys and the talent contest with the added attraction of a greased pole contest at 7 p.m. at the Merchants Building. Wednesday is for the kiddies. At 4 p.m., a strawberry festival will be given by the North Webster United Methodist Church featuring sundaes, shortcake and homemade pie.

The Cutie Parade begins lining up at 6 p.m. and steps off at 7 p.m. from Camelot Square parking lot to the North Webster School gym where the 1980 Cutie King and Queen will be chosen from among the contestants who are between the ages of four and six. Thursday's added events include a pony pull with weigh-in from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and the pull itself at 6 p.m.; and a coin hunt in the sand at 7 p.m.

Friday begins two days for girl watchers as the bathing suit competition in the Queen of Lakes judging will be held at the school gym at 8 State party faithful to elect delegates es By JAN CARROLL Associated Press Writer INDIANAPOLIS Democratic and Republican Party faithful will gather in Indianapolis this week to elect delegates to their national conventions and pick their nominees for bottom-of-the-ticket state races. But the state conventions will have none of the fireworks of past. years, largely because the races for the big offices U.S. senator, governor and lieutenant governor are decided in the direct primary. There has been some talk based on lackluster voter turnout in the 1976 and 1980 primaries to return these top offices to the convention system.

In its last test, the primary attracted only 40 percent of an estimated 3 million eligible voters. But for now, the delegates only will get to pick their party's standardbearers for attorney general, superintendent of public instruction and state courts reporter. The Democrats will have their convention first, with 1,597 delegates at 6 p.m. Monday for district caucuses at the Convention Center. At that time, be given a copy of the Democratic Party's platform, which was drawn up after a hearing earlier in the month.

The district caucuses will select the state's 80 delegates and 50 alternates to the- Democratic National Convention in New York i in August. Of the 80. delegates, 53 will be for President Carter and 27 will be for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

State Sen. Katie Hall of Gary will gavel the session to order at 10 a.m. Tuesday, when the delegates will make their selections for the three statewide offices. Candidates have until noon Monday to file. A lively contest is shaping up in both parties for the nomination for attorney general.

Democrats will choose from three men Robert Webster and Gregory Hahn of Indianapolis and Jerry Lux of Shelbyville. Political observers say race will be between Webstar and Hahn. In the race for the nomination for state schools superintendent, former Superintendent John Loughlin of Indianapolis faces Glenden Campbell, director of transportation for Vigo County schools. Katie Wolf, the senior Democratic national committeewoman, is unopposed for the nomination for courts reporter. The Republican Party, meanwhile, will hold district caucuses for its 1,841 state delegates at 6 p.m.

Thursday, when the state's 54 delegates to the GOP National Convention in Detroit in July will be selected. All 54 Purdue given IBM grant to study computer use WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) Effective use of computers will be studied by Purdue University with funding from International Business Machines Armonk, N.Y. The Krannert Graduate School of Management received $250,000 to establish and support a Management Information Research Center. Another $250,000 went to the School of Industrial Engineering to develope and support an integrated humancomputer system research laboratory. Hitchhiker, PHOENIX, Ariz.

(UPI) An Indiana teen-ager was convicted Friday of first-degree murder in the slaying of a man who gave him a ride while he was hitchhiking. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury returned the guilty verdict against Dennis W. Rumsey, 19, of Dyer, Ind. Judge Rufus Coulter scheduled a hearing July 3 to determine whether Rumsey should receive the death penalty and set sentencing for July 7. Rumsey was accused in the shoot- p.m.

school field and the To get your eyes in shape, there to determine this will be a frisbee tournament at 7 p.m. du Lac, the top on Camelot Lawn. the festival. The Saturday is the biggest day of the year by Cris town's biggest week, featuring the Manchester who Mermaid Parade which draws near- events as football ly 50,000 persons annually to this one-on-one basketball, town of less than a 1,000 persons. baseball pitching But before the parade steps off at At 1 p.m.

bands 4 p.m. there 'is a full schedule' of upcoming, parade events to fill leisure time. their paces under At 8:30 a.m. Saturday, registration judges at 1 p.m. opens and at 9 a.m.

competition grounds. begins in the free throw contest with A Ski Show by all age divisions and no entry fee. Lake Ski Club can At 11 a.m. the Ninth Annual Tour- from the west shore nament of Knights will be held on and at 2:30 p.m. the Guard Band will present a concert on Camelot Lawn.

The parade will feature nearly $8,000 in prizes in such categories as best bands, floats, cars, walking units and novelty units. Fort Wayne radio station WOWO's Jack Underwood will again be master of ceremonies. for the parade, The final event of the festival will be North Webster School gym at 8:30 p.m. when the 1980 Queen of Lakes. will be crowned by the reigning queen.

General chairman for this year's pageant is Gary Eastlund with Barbara Eastlud secretary, Don Mort, treasurer, and Tim Moser, publicity, MERMAID FESTIVAL JUNE 20 28 MERMAID BALL 20 5.000 000. METER RUN 21ST COME TO THE FESTIVAL Pretty girls are a Milford; Jill Grindle, Syracuse; Kelli Mort, North main attraction at the annual Mermaid Festival, held Webster; Kandi Mort, North Webster, and Jan in North Webster each year since 1946. Left to right Grindle, Syracuse. are Sandy Mullett, North Webster; Linda Perry, Tribune Staff Photo 50 Cubans due soon in Indy INDIANAPOLIS. (UPI) The the refugees.

A Hispanic Concerns task force first wave of about 50 Cuban refu- Fox said the Cubans have money formed by the Indiana Interreligious gees to be resettled in Indiana will problems, because they still are Commission on Human Equality will arrive in Indianapolis in around 12 classified technically as aliens in- help deal with the Cubans. days, a spokesman for Church World stead of refugees and don't get as The United Catholic Social ChariServices said. much federal relief as the Southeast ties also is seeking parish requested about 50 individ- Asian refugees who came a few ship to resettle Cubans, said Sue Ley, uals," said John Fox, of CWS. "There years ago. of that agency.

may be families among them." They He said five Cuban families and a is far will come from the Indiantown Gap, single individual have come already, "That type of sponsorship more successful than individual camp by air, Fox said. He was joining relatives in the area. to estimate how many Cu- Fox said CWS will seek sponsors sponsorship," she said. unable bans Indiana ultimately will receive. among church congregations.

The Christian Church (Disciples of Most of the he indicated, The main priorities, he said, are Christ), headquartered in Indianapowill be single men between 16 and 45 temporary housing, jobs, enrollment lis, has had a resettlement program years old, many with families still in of the children and adults in English for 25 years or so. The director is Ella Cuba. language classes, registration with Grimes, who said she expects the Some Hispanic families living in the U.S. Immigration and Naturali- Cubans to blend in better than Marion County have also volun- zation Service and registration for Indochinese refugees because they teered to house temporarily some of food stamps. are closer culturally to Americans.

Cheese company wins rezoning By RUTH WADDELL Tribune Correspondent LaGRANGE The Area Plan Commission approved a petition to rezone the area across the road from the industrial district to an industrial zone for County Line Cheese Acreage in a public hearing. J. D. Hostetler, Shipshewana, represented the cheese company, which is located near Shipshewana. Another petition, however, didn't fare SO well.

A public hearing on Lewis Brown's petition to rezone a lot from urban residential to suburban residential for the purpose of a doublewide mobile home on the lot was rejected. Brown was granted a variance in 1976 for a 10- by 60-foot or larger, mobile home, for a three-year period which ended in 1979, but he never placed the trailer on the lot, he said. Carl Lundberg, attorney for Brown, had consent papers signed by surrounding neighbors to allow for the doublewide mobile homes. The members agreed they wanted to help Brown but cannot legally do so. The matter was tabled until Brown can talk to a salesman about a modular home.

A special exception was asked by Norman Johnson, who wants to give one acre land to his son, in Springfield which is zoned for AFL-CIO plans to lobby legislature for repeal of state OSHA law basketball courts year's Sir Lancelot versatile athlete in title was won last: Brandenburg of North excelled in such punting, putting, 660-yard dash, and tennis. participating in the will go through the eyes of the north of the fair- the North Webster be seen at 2 p.m. of Webster Lake Indiana National delegates are bound to former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. The GOP will give the public a prevew of its state platform, unveiling it at a news conference on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Edwin J. Simcox will serve as chairman of the GOP state convention, with Gov. Otis R. Bowen acting as honorary chairman. On Friday, Republicans will adopt a platform and make their nominations.

As in 1 the Democratic Party, Republicans are waging a pitched battle in the attorney general's race. With Theodore Sendak stepping aside after 12. years in office, his former assistant, Don Bogard of Indianapolis, is challenging three. other lawyers for the post. The others seeking the GOP nomination are Jasper County Prosecutor Tom Fisher of Rensselaer, State Rep.

Jerome J. Reppa of Munster, Clinton County Prosecutor Linley Pearson of Frankfort, and Marion County Deputy Prosecutor Drew Young of Indianapolis. Reppa, a 55-year-old lawyer who practices in Hammond, announced his candidacy Friday. He said his inclusion would give geographic balance to the state GOP ticket. "In the race for the nomination for state schools superintendent, incumbent Harold Negley is opposed by his former assistant, Jean Merritt.

And Marilou Wertzler is unnopposed in her bid for a fourth term as state courts reporter. Purdue research to date indicates that integrated systems of people and "intelligent" machines can be designed greater effectiveness if the systems take advantage of the special attributes of the worker and such machines. Study of machine-people interaction in businesses and factories suggest methods can be developed to distribute tasks between people and machines, said Professor Wilbur L. Meier, head of the School of Industrial Engineering. 19, convicted ing death of George Koslosky, 22, Madison Heights, Mich.

Koslosky's body was found last Oct. 16 in brush along Interstate 10 near Avondale, just west of Phoenix. Rumsey was arrested Dec. 7 in Las Vegas on information provided by Kimberly Holmes, 15, Cedar Lake, Ind. Miss Ilolmes told authorities she had been hitchhiking with Rumsey in Texas and that Koslosky gave the pair a ride.

She said when the group reached Avondale, Rumsey robbed Koslosky of his watch and wallet and opposing any move to allow cities and counties to levy sales or payroll taxes. Indiana municipal officials, the majority of whom are Democrats, will be seeking other local revenue sources from the next legislature to supplement and partially replace their main standby of property taxation. The labor delegates also will seek to expand collective bargaining to all governmental employees. A separate resolution backed collective bargaining for university employees. The AFL-CIO, harking back to one of the major battles of the 1980 Indiana legislature, also voted to oppose any change in existing bank regulations.

An effort to legalize multi-bank holding companies reached the floor of the House before it was defeated. The labor organization also opposed any mandatory vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program but wants "strict pollution Childhood seminar to open at Ball State MUNCIE (UPI) The eighth annual Early Childhood Education Conference opens June 16 at Ball State University. Dr. Helen Sornson will be the keynote speaker, with an address titled "Focus on Families." She is professor emeritus of elementary education, having retired from the Ball State faculty in 1972. of murder then shot Koslosky three times when he refused to get into the trunk of the car.

Miss Holmes was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony. Rumsey claimed in testimony at his trial that the girl had shot Koslosky and that he was asleep when it happened. Indiana authorities said Rumsey was a suspect in the Oct. 5 rape slaying of a teen-aged girl near Rumsey's home. standards for new car manufacturers." Some of the other AFL-CIO legislative positions: Enact a state labor relations act giving all workers collective bargaining authorization.

Increase unemployment and workers' compensation benefits with unemployment pay to workers who have been on strike for longer than six weeks. Increase the state minimum wage to $3 an hour. It now is $2. Eliminate garnishment of wages. Guarantee against "arbitrary and unreasonable" cancellation of auto or property insurance.

Outlaw professional strikebreakers. Prohibit lie detector tests as a condition for getting or keeping a job. Authorize voter registration by mail or on election day. Limit odd-year sessions of the agriculture. This would be the first split.

Dale Redding suggested a "smell condition" be written into the deed. The board voted to give a favorable recommendation to the Board of Zoning Appeals. The final plat of Clarence Naylor, in Johnson zoned lake residential and consisting of 3.72 acres, called Naylors' Addition to Longview, was presented. The plat was approved. The final plat presented by J.

D. Hostetler, Fifth Addition to Valley Hills Estates, containing three lots plus one previously sold, was approved. The addition is zoned subur-ban residential district. The pre-application and final plat presented by Ora Fields, consisting of two parcels of land, was approved. One plat, consisting of one acre with existing buildings, is zoned agriculture and is located in the southeast quarter of Section 23, 36 North, Range 10 E.

in Johnson Twp. The second plat consists of 3.02 acres, zoned agriculture. Th pre-application and final plat of Lenix Wells, consisting of two lots in agriculture zoned district, called Wells Addition, part of the northwest quarter of Section 28, Twp. 36 North, Range 10 E. in Johnson was approved.

The addition has two sets of existing buildings and meets all Louis Mahern, Julia Carson, Elden Tipton, Thomas Wheeler and James Spurgeon, Brownstown. Democratic, challengers to Republican senators endorsed were Clifford Adams, District Gene Cogan, 13; Michael Balsbaugh, 20; Patricia Hessel, 35; John Irvine, 40, and Louise Hennessy, 50. House endorsements went to these incumbents: Reps. Mary Pettersen, Paul Hric, Peter Katic, Tony Zaleski William Drozda, Chester Dobis, Carolyn Mosby, Esther Wilson, Richard Bell, Anita Bowser, Patrick Bauer, Richard Bodine, Elbert Roe, Delmar Auer, Edward Cook, James Jontz, Loren Winger, Mac Love, Joseph Harris, Stanley Jones, Lee Clingan, Craig Campbell, Hurley Goodall, John Day, Joseph Summers, William Crawford, Darrell Felling, Marilyn Schultz, Edward Goble, Robert Hayes, Maurice Doll Jr. Donald requirements.

The pre-application and final plat presented by Mabel called Oakley's Addition, was approved. The addition is in Greenfield consisting of one lot and an existing house. The final plat presented by Simon B. Miller, in Newbury consisting of 1.64 acres, three lots zoned suburban residential, was tabled until Miller appears before the board and answers questions concerning future plans for the remainder of his land. The board members voted to raise building permit fees, since LaGrange County's fees are much lower than the rests of the state, after the matter was disussed with the county commissioners.

It' was also agreed that the subdivison fees should I be raised. Bill Adams, building and zoning administrator, reported that 57 building permits and 68 other permits had been issued by his office in May. There were 11 petitions, eight house permits, three apartments, two mobile home, two churches, six garages, one store, nine farm buildings, 19 house additions and seven farm additions. The total fees collected was 036.50 The estimated building cost is $1,382,250. By HORTENSE MYERS United Press International INDIANAPOLIS The 1981 Indiana legislature apparently will be lobbied by the AFL-CIO to repeal the state occupational safety and health inspection law.

The Indiana AFL-CIO constitutional convention spelled out a detailed state legislative program and also designated its president to serve as legislative director. Ernest Jones, Indianapolis, will become the new president Jan. 1, succeeding Willis Zagrovich, also of Indianapolis, whose tenure as president was cut to 12 years by the delegates. Backing for repeal of the Indiana Occupational Safety Act and a return of work-place safety and health inspections to the U.S. Department of Labor were among legislative positions taken by the AFL-CIO.

An interesting position was one legislature to 61 days, composed of 30 days for bill introduction followed by a 30-day recess for hearings, then a return for bill action. The even-year short session would pick up where the longer session left off. A resolution proposing support for a third-party or independent party as a national coalition of labor was ruled out of order by Zagrovich. The AFL-CIO also went on record concerning the legislators themselves as well as legislation. The proposal of its Committee on Political Education was adopted to support 15 state Senate nominees and 71 candidates for the House.

An effort from the floor to substitute Republican challenger Ralph Potesta for Sen. Mathias Kerger, D- Hammond, was ruled out of order and the Kerger endorsement remained. Other state Senate endorsements, all Democrats, included Sens. Katie Hall, Dennis Neary, Douglas Hunt, Hume, Merwyn Fisher, William Bevers, William Cochran, Paul Robertson, Dennis Heeke, Jeff Hays, Michael Phillips, Dennis Avery and Lindel Hume, all Democrats. Reps.

Jerome Reppa, Robert J. DuComb Robert Alderman, Mitchell Harper, John J. Thomas, Stephen Moberly, Richard Wathen and Greg Server, all Republicans. Non-incumbent Democratic challengers Jules Taylor, District Jack Clem, Thomas Kromkowski, Gaylen Allsop, 10; James Ron, Samuel Leto 15; Don McClain, 15; George Womack, 15; Robert White, 21; Kenneth Edwards, 22; Walter Harrison, 28; James Brewer, 34; Lawrence Carcare 37; Donald Smithson, 39; Louis Rosenberg, 43; Bettye Dobkins, 44; Forest Handion, 46; Maryann Seyfried, 46; Thomas Weliever, 46; Robert Bischoff, 57; Robert Mead, 60; James Lewis 66..