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-nfHove Cop, Will PinchICitizens Rebel AqainstCity Speed Trap PolicynieMIDDLETOWN (UPI)—An in-1 limits set by a Middletown direct attack against the alleged ordinance passed in 1916,speed trap policies of past and present town officials has been launched by five residents of thisThe ordinance was repealed last year. It had provided that the mayor, town treasurer andsoutheastern Iowa community of town marshal serve without pay.l::t229 persons.Five residents filed a 19-count equity suit in Des Moines Countyand councilmen and the town clerk should receive 50 cents per meeting with an annual limit ofDistrict Court at Burlinsrton Wed- 550nesdav seeking to regain $12,894.-57 from 17 present and former town officials. A spokesman forMarshals would be renumerated in the form of costs and assessed in mavor’s court against per-the group said the salaries were sons tour.d guilty of violating townpaid from the general fund which ordinances, depended largely on fines for[ To combat the “town fathers,” ' | speeding.The plaintiffs contended in their petition that the defendants obtained the money as salaries and fees improperly and unlawfully” from July 1, 1953, through 1959.merchants joined in erecting three jlarge warning signs to motorists.)Those at the east and west entrances to the town warn: radar speed trap ahead. Have cop. willpinchAnother sign, in the form of anarrow, is located on propertyThe petition cited a special state jlt;^rec^v across the highway fromaudit of town books last year following which L.G. Copeland, anthe town hall where speeders have been escorted into mayor’sexaminer for the state auditor’s ;COttrt’office, said town councils had ap-1 arrow pointing toM proved salaries in excess of the;:Have You QuitSeating Your Dogthe court, the sign reads: Middletown, home of what’s my fine. Visitors welcome.*’Mrs. Edythe A. Deakin, one of the five residents filing the equity suit, said the signs were posted bymerchants and sympathetic towns*. GLENDALE. Calif. (UPI)-Ac-1 ^ause ''we knw . the,! tor Tab Hunter has been ordered I sp*f? .JJ°l!Cy was bus,nwsto appear in Municipal Court with-.ar!^ our townin the next two weeks to face a! , warninfs have workedcharge of mistreating his pet dog sbe S3:£*' because motorists on;vacations or business trips, who!This is ridiculous,” said thepassusually were the ones trapped”; young actor, I’ve been around janci fjned, now watch their speedo-dogs and horses all my life and meters carefullv as they have always treated them withjthrough the townkindness and affection. These i pew however, realize that thecharges against me are totally si wefe ^ a ..courtesv„.without foundation. by merchants and townspeopIeDeputy City Attorney Don Hag-ler said he issued the charge afterand tend to get the wrong impression of our town,” Mrs. Deak-four of Hunter’s neighbors signed'in said, As a result they slowa complaint against the actor. down, but don't stop to trade.”V - /I*.*
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Ames Daily Tribune
Ames, Iowa, US
Fri, Jul 22, 1960
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