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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1995 B5' Briefly Indiana Error rate for AFDC increases over 100 FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS UA3 1 GREATEST 1 Mpras 1 jhk 5 ISfeRAs CARMEL Mayor cuts $10,000 from Mayor Ted Johnson has slashed $120,000 from his office's budget for 1996, including nearly $10,000 from the mayor's salary. The cuts won't take effect until after Johnson leaves office. The budget for the mayor's office, and all other 1996 city department budgets, were up for review Thursday night by Carmel City Council. Johnson, who leaves office in December, reduced or deleted nearly every line item In the mayor's budget. He cut the full-time salaries line item by about FISHERS Special census may net The town of Fishers hopes to get a more than threefold return on the $68,000 it invested in a special census.

Preliminary figures from the special census released Friday show Fishers' population has reached 20,665. Fishers has grown 52 percent HIGHLAND Police investigate killing A physician was shot and killed Friday in a parking lot outside his office. Dr. Virgil Angel, 67, of Munster died about 3:30 p.m., Highland police said. Witnesses said Angel's suspected assailant waited for offi- a By Betsy Bethel STAR STAFF WRITER Adding another log to the fire in the state's blaze of mistakes in the welfare system, an unconfirmed state report shows Its AFDC error rate has more than doubled since 1991.

Indiana's Aid to Families with Dependent Children error rate was 12.95 percent as of March, said Rich Allen, spokesman for the Family and Social Services Administration. That's an increase from the 5.8 percent In 1991 the latest year for which confirmed figures are available. That year, Florida had the highest AFDC error rate in the nation at 9.66 percent. Indiana's FSSA oversees both the food stamp and AFDC programs. The federal government hasn't confirmed AFDC error rates since 1991 because some states have appealed the government's findings in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Error rates can't be officially determined until all states have confirmed rates. So state officials can't determine whether Indiana's error rate Is higher than that of other states, and whether the state will be fined by the federal government. Officials admitted, however, that the rate is unacceptable. "June sweep" updated files But the flames were given a good dousing in June, as the state took Initiatives to reduce the worst food stamp error rate in the nation, said James Hmurovich, director of the FSSA's division of family and children. During a June audit, the state examined and updated every food stamp recipient's file.

Because 94 percent of AFDC recipients receive food stamps, the so-called "June sweep" also should have cleaned up most of the AFDC files. While the audit report will not be finished until late August, Hmurovich called it a success. Along with an increase in payment accuracy, the audit determined that AFDC recipients were responsible for 77 percent of all the money misappropriated, he said. IN OUR THRU JULY 23rd HISTORY I I Americas finest HAOIWIYI I i I NAME IN FURNITURE 1 OTfflfilW I -Bernhardt Universal tl AN I I Stiffel rTTF? I DDI I lArr I Hooker Lane I I Iff Mil 1 I Drexel Heritage 1 1 i Bill dS JJ Jl 1 Clayton Marcus 1J- ALREADY REDUCED PRICE -h PRIOR SALES NOT INCLUDED. IN STOCK ITEMS ONLY.

his successor's salary $72,000, including a $10,000 reduction in the mayor's salary. Johnson now earns $58,000. While campaigning before the May Republican primary, Johnson's successful opponent, Jim Brainard, said he would not accept pay raise. Johnson said Brainard had promised to roll back the mayor's salary to its 1992 level, $48,000. Brainard said little after the meeting.

"I'm sure the mayor will do the right thing," he said. The council will vote on the final budget in August. more than $200,000 since its last special census in 1993. It now has approximately 8,156 households with 2.53 residents per household. Town officials estimate the state will pay $30 for each new resident beginning In 1996, for a total of $213,000 in annual additional revenue.

of doctor outside office cers to arrive and arrest him. Police refused to release the alleged killer's name until formal charges are filed this morning. An investigation was continuing, police said. No other details were immediately available. All 300 patients and about 200 of the hospital's employees were being given shots of Immune globulin Thursday and Friday to protect them from the highly contagious disease.

Health officials said the disease usually does not cause serious illness. 11 p.m., the boys backed the car into a ditch and fled on foot, Garner said. Neither of the parents was injured in the holdup, Garner said. Their names were not immediately released. The teen-agers face felony charges of attempted robbery, criminal recklessness and theft.

Star News Gassifieds. mm EVANSVILLE Patients and staff get shots after hepatitis case More than 500 people were being given immunizations at Ev-ansville State Hospital to ward off a potential outbreak of infectious hepatitis A. Officials say an employee in the hospital's dietary department was diagnosed with the disease on Monday. NOBLESVILLE with The Star. For home delivery call 633-9211.

Teens pull gun on parents, steal car and cash Start your day UN 'v. i Police were searching Friday for two Noblesville teen-agers who robbed their parents at gunpoint, taking $33 and the family car. The boys, ages 13 and 15, pulled a revolver on their parents Thursday night, demanding money, credit cards and the car keys, Police Chief Tim Garner said. Shortly after driving off about Sell it quicker in the I 3An is i Now is Home Improvement 73rd St. I 1 a I UHJU1 -n I 1 I I Vy 2 i ifitfiiijH, TARGET ORIGINAL RETAI i-.

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