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Burglaries in RussiavilleSafe Cracked In Waddell's GroceryMotorists Have Only Two More Days To Buy ’54 License Tabspane:of safe-cracking burlars, behoved to be the same which struck Kempton last month, swept; through Russiaville c-arly Thurs-j day. broke into five places and' fled with more than S600. •Sheriff Tex Scott said the pang!Indiana motorists have only two more days to buy their 1054 license plates.Kavmond Zirfcle. manager of the Howard County Auto License Bureau, reminded car owners that the local office will close at noontook S600 from a safe in Waddell’s! Saturday the fmr.l day.grocery, approximately $10 fromPlate sales this year are on aSto’ut Sons furniture store, about! par ^adS5 from Chew s grocery and an un- i He repo Th . morning, determined amount of cfcai:ets- een . 3;xooo J)latcsand cash from Marun Brothe r j ?0‘]d lhrougfc0ut the yeargarage. The gang broke into Bru-. f lhem by thebaker’s Insurance agency but took ana aoouinothing They tried unsuccessfully, end ^ tQ bcat tbcto break into Lev.is Hardvare., dcadUne had not materialized by bending a lock on the front door., Thursdav morning, Zirklc report-Scott said the burglaries occur-, red between 2 and 4:30 a.m. He, revealed the gang smashed thej combination and peeled the front-off to gain entrance to the safe in.Waddell's where they found the,S600. The sheriff said unsuccessful; attempts were made to open three j sales found in Chew’s grocery. The I combinations had been knocked off each strong box in a futile at-:ctf. but be expected Saturday morning to be a busy session.The bureau is averaging 400-500 sales a day and the manager believes this year's sales will equal those of last year at this time.Indiana motorists have been warned that starting March 1, drivers of Indiana-registered motor vehicles without 1954 plates are subject to prosecution.Motorists were also reminded that 1053 Indiana chauffeurs' and public passenger chauffeurs’ licenses also expire Sunday, Operators' permits are valid for two-year periods and expire on the last day of the birth month of the driver.Democrats HavePrimary Contesttempt to open them, Scott said tho unopened safes had not contained any money.The sheriff said the brcakms were almost certainly ''committed hy the same gang that raided Kempton Jan. 15 and cracked four i safes after breaking into seven places there. “The way the safes were taken apart both in Kemptonand Rnussiaville indicates the burg-i lyrics to be the work of the samel hunch and it is indication too thati this gang knows what it is doing,! Scott stated. jHe said entrance to the Russia-; Mile places was made through the' front door in each instance and. that all of the places entered were ransacked by the intruders in their; search for money. The same pro-j rcdure was followed in the Kemp* broakins.TV ListingsAs an added service to its readers, The* Tribune Thursday began carrying program listings for WTTV—Channel 4, Bloomington. For the remainder of the week, programs from 6 p.m. until closing will be carried—since Channel 4 is operating onJy during those hour*. Beginning Monday, the complete listings will be carried along with, the regular coverage of WFBM-T1.Oliver Also Enters Superior Court RaceJI A3V-IiintonAiling Pope IsPonnt’lQrl Tn RpThe first contest for any office the primary voting to be held • in Howard County on May 4 developed Thursday. It came on the Democratic ticket and involves the office of county recorder.Jack E. Weaver, 509 Holly Lane, filed his candidacy for recorder at the county clerk’s office. One other Democrat. Joseph Groves, 726 S. Washington St., had filed for the nomination several daysago.Democratic candidates for judge of the Howard Superior Court andr ■ 4
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Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 25, 1954
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