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I.LHoiprodovFrit ov»Ifori'X iKotiowitthiaITS EMPTY NOW —• Earl Perry. Fairfield service station operator, is shown by the cash register from which $100 was taken when Pern was robbed Friday evening at gun point b a lone bandit. Road blocks set up by police failed to apprehend the fugitive.100 TakenOil Station AttendantHeld Up At (iun PointDespite the fact road blocks were set up in and near Fairfield last night no trace has been found of the lone bandit who held upand roJitxi the Perry Sinclair Service station 'ocated at the corner ot Burlington anti SecondiLisl LocationsFor Industrialintlow KxhibitsThe Fairfield industrial Fair ill kick-off next wink with pro Ifts manufactured in local plantsisplayed in store windows in the own town district from W nday trough Saturday Plants will he pen for public tours on Wedn s ay and ThursdayThe lineup of exhibits will bes follows, naming the manui.e jrer, the items to be displays! nd Fie locationAmerican lt;hain and (able ontrol cables for autoni tr.e,ircraft, m a r i n e applications, federal Discount office, outh ide of square.Fairfield Alimiiimm Castings -arious applications of . I’uninum asting products, Spurgeons, north dde.street.The robbery took place about 7 p.m. Friday just a half-block from the police station.Russell Simmons, chief of police, said it is possible tie gunman was at the oil station andsaw the police car speed west on 1», rlington street to answer a call to the West End where police had been told a brawl was takingplace.The police had returned to the city jail and were admitting a prisoner when they received thecallconcerningthe holdupworkFairfield Engineering and Manufacturing — automoti , -water and h using equipment. Uu hes and Grant, south d» an 1 Brown Lynch Soott, west side.Fairiieid Glove — mand dress gloves, Gobble for Men, west side llaijrtr Brush — indutna! indcommercial brushes. Dr. .1 11office, north si/de.Iowa Malleable and EverstickAnchor —* malleabl inn c.tapplications and uy ea ■ nchors for p wer In e in .t ' oDr Jensen office, north I and Western Auto stony ea t -IJ and B Plasties — on a H applications for extruded j products, Banes Read.v lo VVe ir,north side.Louden Machinery t*ornpan —industrial, agricultural and om-mercial Monorail c nvi ■ o. s\ * tems, bam equipment and farm specialties, Cooley Insurance, eastside,Phileo-Dcxter — home 1» tryappliances, .commernal d .ers and grey iron foundry products,iFerry told policemen the mancanu* in the station, asked touse the rest room, then came out and drew the gun. Perry described the weapon as a small,short-barreled gun.The bandit ordered Perry totake the money from the cash register, then forced him to walk two blocks seuth to Adams street There he took the $1U0from Perry, and orderixl him towalk straight back to his station with ut looking around.Perry did so, and thlt; ii reported the robbery to the police stationPerry told officers tin* man instructed ^im to w'alk faster while*going away from the station lie also said if Perry did as he was told, he would n t be hurt.After receiving the alarm, police immediately set up roadblinks on all four sides of town, checking cars as they left the citv. In the meantime other ofti-■WF'eers searched the neig' borhoodwhere Perrv last saw the banditMembers of cne family residing on W. Adams told officers they noticed a strange Green Lincoln car, 1M9 model, parkisl in front of their house about 7p m They left their home and was gone until 7 45 pm When they returned t.’ e ear was gone.Officers said it is possible the car was linked with the r: bbery. Another person said, they saw apern or blue car driving away from the area shortly after 7 p in It had an Iowa 77 license plate.In addition to road blocks setin Fairfield, officers inup hI*r#*surrounding counties also patrolled r ads in their respective areas searching for t ie bandit. They included officers in Henry, Washington, Keokuk, Wapello and VanBuren count 11Ii
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Fairfield Daily Ledger
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 25, 1962
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