Despondent Logandren man fires at building manager then surrenders on ledge
Thomas Brooks Simmons 25 fired at the manager of his downtown high rise Tuesday then climbed to a 32nd floor ledge and surrendered after police and helicopter presence. Officers on the roof talked him into surrendering following a note left in his 15th-floor apartment. Greg Catt, the building’s manager, described the tense scene as onlookers watched from streets below.
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Logandrens
Thomas Brooks Simmons
Weaper
Bunker Hill
Towers
Simmons
Greg Catt
Downtown siege ends with suspect's surrender above city building
A man holed up on a city building near City Hall during a dramatic stand off, with Harbor Freeway closed nearby. He challenged officers, fired no shots at them, and surrendered after verbal talks and arrival of the weapons squad. Police cited job loss as a motive, without confirming a suicide note.
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Hong
City Hall
Wiliam Booth
Elwood panel reviews surplus from school build
Elwood School Board heard a status report from Superintendent Arthur Kupish on the Elwood School Building Corporation. He said surplus funds from the construction cannot be spent on new items until the debt is fully retired, with about $400,000 annual payments and an 18 year horizon. Kupish noted energy curtailments across the district and noted cooperation by all involved.
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Joeanna
Wi Herald
Elwood
Elwood School Board
Arthur Kupish
Elwood School Building Corporation
Elwood High School
Kupish
First
United Methodist ‘Church
Margaret Holtsclaw
Edgewood
Brenda Holt
Ms. Holt
Standifer convicted of murder and kidnapping in Tennessee case
A federal jury found Leslie D. Standifer, 44, of Nashville Indiana, guilty Tuesday of kidnapping Phyllis E. Moore and murdering her in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Moore’s body was discovered August 14 1976 in a park creek bed. Standifer awaits sentencing after probation officer investigation. She was jailed without bond.
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Knorville
Tennary
Scottsburg
Ind
Indiana
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leslie D. Standifer
Taylor
Standifer
Phyllis E. Moore
Nashville
Knox County
Area death notices show local area families affected
CW Townsend 53 supply man for Indiana Bell died suddenly at work in Anderson. Survivors include wife Janie two sons Wayne and Ricky and three brothers Will Robert Miles Townsend. Betty S Honeycutt 37 of Fairmount died at Marion General Hospital after residing in Fairmount four years. Survivors include mother Devonia Julian sisters Vernice Obenchain Joyce Marley Kay Miller and grandmothers Nell Cooley Arle Wilkerson. Delanaor Jackson 39 of 2223 Dewey St. funeral Thursday at 1 p.m.
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Indiana Bell Telephone Company
CW Townsend
Alabama
Anderson Schools
Bethesda Baptist Church
Henry Johnson Jr
East Maplewood
Brooks Memorial Chapel
Janie
Wayne
Ricky Townsend
Will
Robert
Miles Townsend
Anderson
Betty Honeycutt
Fairmount
Betty S Honeycutt
Factory St
Marion General Hospital
Devonia Julian
Kenneth
Vernice) Obenchain
Jonesboro
Paul
Joyce) Marley
Kay Miller
Nell Cooley
Arle Wilkerson
Hunt Funeral Home
Billie Shortland
Park Cemetery
J. T. Menifee
East Maplewood Cemetery
Jackson
Greenwood
Miss
Emma
Ricky
Delia Ann
Kalamazoo
Mich
Arlene
Roy O'Bannon
Horace Jackson Sr
John Bernice) Brooks
Willie Nora Boyd
J.C
Jerline) Parker
Ella Danson
Dorothy Bush
Lardie Alexander
Harrison
John
Sylvester
Willie
Horace Jackson Jr
John Begley
John W. Begley
Houston
Texas
Pat Foley
Markleville High School
Purdue University
University of Michigan
Nell
Della Chevaux
Tucson, Ariz
Clarence Gunn
Carl Wiles
Hugh Begley
Pendleton
Funeral notices and obituaries from a Hamilton area page
Multiple funeral services listed with times and locations across Brooks Memorial Chapel Karl M Kyle Funeral Home Alexandria Bright Funeral Home Pendleton Rowe and Weston Funeral Home Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home Estell Funeral Home Denbo Funeral Home English Main and Frame Funeral Home New Castle Pat Foley Funeral Home Houston Memorials for Jackson Adams Begley Porch Fukunman Summers Sawyer Robinson Carter Patterson births listed for local families. Survivors listed include spouses children and relatives with a mix of Indianapolis Noblesville Pendleton and Anderson connections.
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William Broadnax
Brooks Memorial Chapel
Joseph Street
Karl M. Kyle
Alexandria
Park View
James Douglas
Ollie George
Rowe and Weston Funeral Home
Cecil Winkle
Bright Funeral Home
Pendleton
James
Brad’ Bickel
Harold E. Rozelle
Donna Ledbette
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Shirley
Guide Division
United Pentecostal Assembly
New Castle
Robert
Vada) Morin
Noblesville
Junya Blake
Anderson
Allen
Sabrina) Morin
James R. Adams
Indianapolis
Estell Funeral Home
Israel Christine
Harlan Cemetery
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Anders
Stow Age Wemapeett Bae
Fig
Booth
Special
C. W. Townsend
Delangor Jacknson
Delanaor Jackson
Dewey St
Arboreadams
Roy Laswell
Veama Branson
Vera Sanders
Middletown
Honey Creek
van Wie Renty County Welfare Department
Denbo
English
Main and Frame
St. John’s Hospital
Michael Porch
W. 38Th
Richard Funkhouser
Orestes
Michael Summers
Chesterfield
Eric Sawyer
Thomas Robinson
Harter Blvd
Airl
Marvin Rockman
Frankton
Donald Miller
N. Rangeline Road
At Community Hospital
Gerald Carter
W. 18Th St
Leslie Patterson
Nichol Ave
Madison County
Ed Ore
Iran
Indiana Public Service Commission
Dical
Cies
YWCA
Deral Governmental Agen
Ted
YMCA
Nation
Coal
Polier
Anderson Light & Power
Public Service Commission
Anderson Light and Power
Maris D. Hall
Superin
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