Madison County Police Blotter Highlights Burglaries and Crashes
Police report a burglary at a Morningside Drive home with TV sets and a stereo valued over 500 dollars, a fatal traffic crash on Ind 32 injuring Chesterfield resident Dennis Nickerson, and other wrecks at Ind 18 bypass. Juvenile suspects tied to purse thefts and shoplifting incidents. two men arrested for first degree burglary in Decatur area.
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Lowell Aldridge
Morningside Drive
Madison County
Ind
County Road
Chesterfield
St. John's
Dennis B. Nickerson
Pearl St
Nickerson
Clyde R. Jones
Jones
ARIA
Community Hospital
Ind. 18
Afl Cross Street
Esmond Neese
Elwood
Larry Nelson
Rt. 3
Alexandria
Neese
York
Muncie
Neene
Elwoom
Richmond
Phice
Florida
Anderson Bank
Nora Lloyd
Chicago
Loyd
Lloyd
Julia Morgan
Frosty Lane
Eleanor Roland
W. 16Th SL
City Hill
Cundien Allen
Cross St
Ayr Way
Scatterfield Rd
Unree
Lanny Weatherford
Columbus Ave
Barance BH. White
Markleville
Jeffrey Lee Bates
Lora Sh
Mearning
Bandits Kill Man For Toys
EULEVELAND AP Bandits kill 55 year old Carlisle over Christmas gifts. He was found shot in the stomach in his bedroom Tuesday. Stolen gifts included dolls, a racing set, aftershave, a punch bowl and cookware. Relatives said he kept gifts for children to prevent them from getting hurt.
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Euleveland
Carlisle
John Eggleton
Hearlisty
Indianapolis
Thugs Rip Off Jobless Roofer
An unemployed roofer recalls a Christmas tragedy as burglars broke into Kenneth and Mona Rice’s home on Tuesday night stealing all of Tanya’s presents and a blanket, leaving the year’s first Christmas without gifts and leaving the family in tears.
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Kenneth
Mona Rice
Tanya
Hice
Wilma Rice
Tree Rustler Dims Yule Spirit at Pleasant Lawn
Mount Pleasant AP report: thieves raided Pleasant Lawn Elementary School stealing Christmas gifts meant for fifth and sixth graders. Deputies, police, and merchants replaced gifts as teachers urged the community to restore holiday cheer.
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Mount Pleasant
Jaws
Sevin
Pleasant Lawn
Henry Grunty
Dan Wesely
GM Energy Saving Program Nets Large US Canada Gains
General Motors divisions Delco Remy and Guide report energy savings since 1972. Detroit area plants saved trillions of BTUs with plastic horn bodies and scrap plastic used in a coal boiler, while Guide cut waste by reclaiming plastic scrap for energy.
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Delea-Remy
Guide
General Motors Corporation
United States
Canada
Willam A. Vaughn
Detroit
Delco Remy
Pendleton Park Receives $8700 Reimbursement Funds
A federal grant of $8,700 from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation will be paid to the Pendleton Fall Creek Park and Recreation Board. It covers partial costs reimbursement for initial Alvin D. Brown Memorial Park development. Indiana DNR Director Joseph D. Cloud notes Land and Water Conservation Fund support, funding 50 percent of land and water acquisition and public outdoor recreation site development, administered by the state agency.
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Deave
Ingan
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Pendleton-Fall Creek Park
Fire at Pike Place Market Draws Porno Patrons Curiosity
A three alarm blaze at Seattle's Pike Place Market caused about 200000 in damage to shops offices and a theater. Fire officials noted the market would be gutted under a 22 million preservation plan while some patrons ignored the danger to watch the fire from outside. Several people were seriously hurt as flames threatened historic structures and a Green Parrot Theater nearby was ordered closed.
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Akatileary
Pike Place
Seattle
Green Parrot Theater
Dan Calivar
Coliver
Champ
Oil Tanker Argo Merchant Sinks Off Nantucket
The Argo Merchant oil tanker broke up in heavy seas off Nantucket Island spilling 7.6 million gallons of heavy fuel oil and forming a 104 mile slick toward Georges Bank. Coast Guard officials warned the bow may sink within 24 hours while Liberian authorities consider an inquiry into possible deliberate grounding. A Pakistani crew member named M Sabir claimed the vessel was old and leaking and may have been beached. Separately in Japan a teacher hanged 14 students by feet to discipline them for not doing homework.
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Nantucket
Mass
Argo Merchant
Nantucket Island
Coast Guard
Georges Bank
Cindr
Barry Chambers
Peres
Washington
Argo
New York
William M. Benkert
Coast Guard Office of Merchant Marine Safely
Benkert
U.S
M. Sabir
Arpo
Acusc
Arbo Merchants
M Sabir
Nantucket Shoals
Venezuela
Salem
Boston
Matsumoto
Japan
Christmas Behind Bars at McNeil Island Prison
The oldest inmate at McNeil Island, a 79 year old bank robber known as Gramps, speaks about Christmas in prison. He refuses family reunions to avoid spoiling the holiday and reflects on multiple federal sentences, changed crimes, and ambitions to disappear after parole. He recalls bank jobs from the 1920s and 30s and notes the latest decade’s tighter security.
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Mcneil Island
Wash
Gramps
Tatest
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Kun
Lewisburg
Springfield
May
Albatraz Island
Harks
Seattle
Fitt
Hartke Plans Washington Law Practice After Senate
Indiana Senator Vance Hartke will remain in the national capital to practice law after leaving office next month, the Louisville Times reports. Hartke indicated in a conversation with Robert Schnatter and Jonglime Hartke that he is not seeking any federal appointment.
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Hartke
U.S
Louisville
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Washington
Louisville Times
Times
Grae Williams
Robert Schnatter
Jeffersonville
Ind
Clark County
Jonglime Hartke
Schnatter
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N.H
Concord
J. Robert Madsen
Grant
Shadyside
Voseon Dr. Cloud
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
the Land and Conservation Fund
Anderson Park
Shadyside Lake
Pendleton
Anderson Tirefighters
Peart St. Wodnas
Bargainland Grobaway & Grard
First United Methodist Church
Chuah
Annals
Berne
Athans
Brookwood
Action
George 8, Sons
Monat House
Mington
Betty Tee
Hooker
Berl
Chremcraft
Fuggit
Broyhill
Lane
Buller
Javzbay
CalcArt
Merman
Donper
Pulaski
Pontac
Pullman
Rembrandt
Aichnedson
Stanley
Phil-Myr
Thamatville
Stifel
Varguard
Riverside
Williams
Dixie
Young Hinkle
Glabrron
Paramount
Weiman
Sligh
Dresher
Syraco
Panfield
Thunsday
Am’ Donalds Furniture Showrooms, Inc
Pendleton Ave
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