Muncie Man Arrested After Mall Theft and Subduing Crowd
Police say 27 year old Roger Jordan of 1624 N Brady St Muncie is charged with felonious theft and resisting arrest after stealing about 90 dollars in tools from Penneys at Mounds Mall. A foot chase ended near Breslers Ice Cream with several civilians aiding in subduing him. All stolen items recovered. Police also investigate a string of local burglaries and wallet theft at a westside liquor store. A shooting occurred at Mark Motor Inn with non life threatening injuries.
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Soca
Muncie
Mounds
Roger Jordon
N. Brady St. Muncie
Madison County
Anderson Police Department
Jordon
J.C. Penny
Mounds Mail
Jordan
Penney’s
Mounds Mall
Bresler’s
Wny
Anderson
Mark Motor Inn
Ind
St. John’s Hospital
APD
Cole Radio and Television Service
Indiana Ave
CETA Funds Under Fire in Multiple States and Cities
The report cites alleged improper CETA hiring and nepotism linked to West Los Angeles Service Employment Redevelopment and California Teamsters Local 911, plus investigations in Baltimore New York City and messages about Indiana milk payments. It notes Steve Porter of LACDD commenting on a planned Evel Knievel stunt and other unrelated CETA items.
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Red Caldwell
CETA
Bill Foster
Arkanas
Los Angeles
Steve Porter
LA Community Development Department
Monroe
Wash
Evel Knievel
Nic Knievel
Knievel
West Los Angeles Service Employment Redevelopment
California Teamsters Local 911
Labor Department
Baltimore
Baltimore Evening Sun
Terrell Whitsitt
New York City
New York
Stanley Brezenoff
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Holtzman
Rod Smith
Holtzman
ACS mulls summer school and school bond bids
The board discussed a 15 day summer school eligibility, set May 2 for a proposed 265000 cumulative building fund appropriation for Madison Heights High School science facilities, and May 16 to hear bids on a 20 year roof bond. Alternate bids for copper versus plastic piping were rejected.
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Madison Heights High School
Associated Architects & Artists, Inc
Valley Grove School
Jude A. Welles
Madison Heights
Welles
Cumulative
General Fund
J.A. House
Anderson High School
Enid Easterling
Meadowbrook School
Jean Deaton
Highland High School
Robert Rifle
Vocational
Marilyn Russo
North Side Middle School
State Board of Accounts
25Th Street Lindbergh
Chesterfield
North Side
Gallagher
Two Injured In Crash In Anderson
Two Anderson men were injured and one driver arrested after a 4 40 p m crash. Hillard L Dishman 34 of Pendleton Ave was hospitalized in intensive care with severe facial lacerations and cited for driving under the influence and improper vehicle registration. John J Riley 35 of Fletcher Street suffered a bloody nose and refused treatment. Larry B Newberry 30 the truck driver was uninjured after pulling to the curb on Fletcher Street. Police say Dishman rammed a crossing and his auto bottomed out twice before hitting Newberrys truck.
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Anderson
Hillard L. Dishman
Pendleton Ave
St. John’s Hospital
Dishman
John J. Riley
Fletcher
Larry B. Newberry
Newberry
Fletcher Street
Baby Doe Probe Shifts to Mother Role at Store Abandonment
Authorities pursued a white female with blond hair and pale complexion after a baby was abandoned in a K Mart store. The infant, named Baby Doe, is 24 hours old, healthy, and under Madison County Welfare custody for six months or until claimed.
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K-Mart
Baby Doe
Elwood’s
Mercy Hospital
Beau
Madison County Welfare Department
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Penney's
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W. 29Th St
Westside
Snyder
Raible Ave
Melvin Williams
Madison Ave
Rudolph Ross
Picea Ave
Reynolds
Ceta Jobs
Conti
Chicago
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Herbert L. Forest
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
ACS
Ponders
Brount Bly Funeral Home
Elwood
We of Olympia
Oyunilla