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HOME EDITION Dick Versace of Pistons may be new coach of the Indiana Pacers JANUARY 3, 1989 JOINT U.S., SOVIET BUSINESS VENTURES OFF TO SLOW START BUSINESS TUESDAY CLOUDY Cloudy, occasional flurries tonight, low 17. Partly sunny Wednesday, high 28. Page D-15. Health care expected to take big slice of state's two-year budget PACE D-8 np YTT7 is new: IND 25c "Where the Spirit of the Lord Is, There Is Liberty." II Cor. 3-17 i4ifteirshclc begun the second phase of the relief effort, the rehabilitation of the devastated areas.

Shakhnazarov said an aftershock measuring 6. on the 12-point Soviet scale struck Leninakan. once a town of about 280.000 people north of Yerevan, on New Year's Eve. He said six deaths had been confirmed and he believed some buildings, already severely damaged by the Dec 7.. quake, had.

collapsed. "We understand the six killed were all in one family in one house." he said. The region has been hit almost daily by minor aftershocks from the original 30-second quake, which measured 6.9 on the Richter scale. Shakhnazarov said rescuers did find a woman in her 40s buried but still alive in the rubble of a bakery in Spitak last Friday. Dec.

30. 23 days after the earthquake. The unidentified woman survived by eating bread flour, but died within minutes of being pulled from the rubble, he said. "The doctor ordered a glucose drip for her and she was given water to drink and she died within a few minutes of being found." he said. He said he had no further details about the incident but said it may have served as the origin for the French radio report.

Soviet officials already have officially suspended the search for possible survivors and have been found still alive in the town of Spitak on New Year's Eve. more than three weeks after, the Dec. 7 earthquake. And Tass, the official news today denied the French and British reports. "The Western press reports have no foundation." Tass quoted Norik Muradyan.

chief of rescue operations in the" town, as saying today in a telephone interview. "The last living person was removed by rescuers from the ruins of buildings and structures in Spitak 10 days ago," he was quoted as saying. Since Thursday, the bodies of 28 more earthquake victims have been pulled from the rubble, bringing the total of recovered bodies to 24,888. Tass said. Soviets deny 17 people found alive in town rubble From the Wire Services MOSCOW A powerful aftershock rattled the quake-devastated Armenian city of Lenina-kan on New Year's Eve, killing at least six people and briefly disrupting relief efforts, a spokesman for the official Armenian Press Agency said today, A.K.

Shakhnazarov, deputy director of the-agency based in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, also said there appeared to be no substance to French and British reports that 1 7 people had Smilin' eyes hp Coats takes oath as 43rd Indiana senator Says he didn't think he'd be chosen about 45 minutes before Coats took his oath. The swearing in was part of a light schedule for the first day of the 101st Congress a legislative session congressional leaders say will focus on budget cutting. Sen. Richard G. Lugar, the state's senior senator, took the Senate oath today along with a third of the Senate members and all of the House members.

See COATS A-6 By DAVID L. HAASE The Indianapolis News WASHINGTON An eager and excited Dan Coats recited the Senate oath today, officially becoming the 43rd Hoosier to represent Indiana in the U.S. Senate. For the next two years, he will fill the seat vacated by Vice President-elect Dan guayle, his old boss and political mentor, who formally resigned in a quiet ceremony in his Senate office A nwlionol champion A -rnifj: fit -fi V- Arir rfj. Slick streets blamed for rash of wrecks New health policy for the poor Washington state pioneers medical insurance program By TIMOTHY EGAN The New York Times SEATTLE In a pioneering program that is being closely watched in Congress, the state of Washington this week began providing medical insurance to working people who cannot afford it.

The state will pay up to 90 percent of the cost of health insurance for selected families whose incomes are less than double the poverty level. About 30,000 Washingtonians. 4 percent of those who have no medical insurance, will be covered in the first five years, and state officials say they hope to expand the plan if it proves successful. As Congress prepares to debate proposals to help the 37 million Americans who do not qualify for government assistance but have too little money to buy health insurance on the private market, officials here and in several other states say they can no longer wait for federal help and are going ahead on their own. "We've decided that some of the states like ourselves are going to pioneer these projects and then share the information with other states," said Gov.

Booth Gardner of Washington. "We're not waiting in this state." James McDermott. a Seattle Democrat who was a leading advocate of the plan when he was a state senator, said that it can help bridge the gap between no insurance and the federal programs that are now being debated in Congress. "State legislatures are the laboratory of democracy," said McDermott, who is also a child psychiatrist. "If the states can get it rolling, they can point the way for the federal government." The Washington pilot project is fundamentally different from a Massachusetts plan that has attracted more attention.

Where the Washington program puts most of the financial burden on the state government, the Massachusetts law, signed in April by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, requires all employers of more than five people to provide at least half the cost of health insurance for their workers. Under the Massachusetts law, employers who do not corn-See COST A-2 He said 50 men began spreading salt in anticipation of the snow and temperature drop. Stan Boyer of the highway department said his men are faced with the same problem.

"If it snows and then turns to water, our salt will run off, too," Boyer said. Police said most of the serious accidents this morning occurred in Pike, Washington and Lawrence townships. Some of the major accident locations included 7000 block of North College Avenue. 96th Street near Ditch Road, West I-465 at 86th Street and the 7200 block of Sunnyside Road. No serious injuries were Immediately reported by police The Indianapolis News Freezing drizzle that left county highways and streets ice coated today was blamed for a rash of traffic accidents across the Northside.

Road crews braced for adverse road conditions during the evening rush hour after National Weather Service forecasters said snow would fall this afternoon. The temperature was expected to drop below freezing. 1 Department of Transportation and State Department of Highways trucks spreading tons of salt this morning in an attempt to melt the ice. "We're worried that if we put the salt down too early it will be washed away this afternoon." said Joe Loughmiller, DOT spokesman. LWS HERE THrT MIKE DUKAKIS WILL THfc COKTOBATfc.

jSFDKESrWJ FOR A United Press International TEMPE, Ariz. A University of Notre in the Fiesta Bowl. Notre Dame finished the Dame fan proudly displays a copy of an season 12-0 and was expected to rank first in extra edition of the Phoenix Gazette Monday the final Associated Press poll released today, after the Irish defeated West Virginia 34-21 Complete bowl coverage, Pages B-l to B-3. Some predictions for surprising developments in 1989: George Bush will pardon Willie Horton for helping him become president and Horton will take a job as director of the Massachusetts prison system's work release system. Barbara Bush will serve Burger King bacon cheeseburgers at a state dinner.

George Bush will retire after five months as president to open a bait shop and to work parttime as a guide for quail hunters. Dan Quayle will become president and immediately call Indiana National Guardsmen to active duty as typists in the Pentagon. Ronald Reagan will sleep through 1989. Nancy Reagan will return to acting, starring as a bag lady in "Hard Times on Rodeo Drive." Wendell Trogdon Family was prepared for intruder III HE HEWS Pages Pages Amusement D-6 Living B-6 Bridge D-15 Mini Page D-5 Business C-l News Today A-2 Classified D-9 Obituaries D-7 Comics D-4 Sports B-l Crossword D-16 TV A-6 Editorial A-4 Weather D-15 The News Phone Numbers Main Office 633-1240 Circulation 633-9211 Classified Ads 633-1212 DeliTered by Carrier. $1.20 Per Week Motor Route Delivery, $1.25 Per Week 120th YEAR 1989.

The Indianapolis News The other man escaped and is being hunted by police. "1 would like to see it come to an end. all this violence out here," Dennis Gary said after the shootout at his house in the 3000 block of West Byrkit Street. Barbara Gary is recuperating in St. Francis Hospital with a bullet wound in her leg.

Dennis Gary Jr. also was injured in the See SHOOTING A-2 By GREG HASSELL The Indianapolis News After Dennis Gary Sr. was robbed outside his Southwestside home Nov. 19, he took his wife and son into their back yard and taught them how to shoot a rifle. The neighborhood had been the scene of several violent crimes and Gary wanted his family to be prepared.

When two men kicked clown Gary's door Sunday evening, the family was armed and Related story Page P-1 ready. When one of the intruders opened fire with an automatic handgun. Barbara Gary responded in kind. One intruder, identified as 28-ycar-oId Thomas Francis, died as a result of the gun battle. Marion County Sheriff's Department deputies said Francis had been released from an Indiana prison only 19 days before the shooting.

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