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$ Soldiers Held,Released AfterI raffic Dispute4ntVf ' * P*TmaU.A lll#MI«A ^4.?Ui^ MANITOWOC - Fivf soldier* m m from the Two Creek* Radar Boar *' wrre held mrr night at police head ff quarter* and released without r, charge over an invent if at ion of a *,1 traffic dispute thev had with two men m a truck abortly after mid 1rr *****The truck driver. Gerald Kipping ^^ of IS7 N 12th St , and hi* pa** fa mj enger, Richard Simmer of Rt, 4. qj k Mmtmi. reported to police that ^ rv^! they were driving home from Twoj *r Rivert uhen a car pwaed them rr several time* arEvery time tV car got ahead of at the truck driver Kipping **‘d M ,, it* Mould slow down, once almoat co ]t causing an accident Kipping said Hi 0f they drove down Cleveland Ave 0I nue to North Fifth Street; MHith Ul* to York Street and weM of Northiy) Suth Street a here the car. *ud rr denly Mopped *mj Kipping Mud five hoy* got out Two walked tn the drierr * vide and r„i rrter * door TV car drtvff jerked m ***** «llt; dm Mp«rifl vi hr Kicked out the door and ^fr knocked him down TV driver ‘ he prani up and unasked the truck 'nwindow with hi* vftwt. .Mapped CarMeanwhile. the other three vmithaapproached Simmer * door He op d! -ned ft and kicked one of them in vj ►t . the stomach One of the soldier* \Vrr later *aid V recogmied Simmer a jh ir* an older man and didn’t hit him. \\ he Kippmg i«4 the ho* got in tV n hr car and drove off. while he and h. Simmer went to police Vadquart ^ s* er* In file a complaint A dr*cnpn (ion of the car and the license num nt tier wa« broadcast to all city and lt;* *0 county squad car* firOfficer* Wilfred Chrt*ttan*aa and at P. Paul Schroeder of the count) traf- at on fie police reported a short time n at later that tVv Mopped tv car on \r to the way to Two t reek*. Thev b#r». brought Uw 4ruer Deanu Jwo Hoegh. 22. to the tlahvn. along wmihi* passenger* '** TVy were George Smith. 23 * 1 of Robert KerMein, If John k Mar ,,f rr. ko». 22 and James Maniang. it. ,n nd Ml are member* of the Tfiroh Air ** *P »raft Control and Warning Squad ’ * nd ron Hlr« Premises !• Parto TV voung soldier* *aid the irou* iu* hie darted on Memorial Drive w an when they passed a truck w hose ^ n. driver refuaed to dim hr bright y to- hght* Regarding IV fight, Hoegh (f «aid hr lout hr* temper, He vohm-ral leered to pay for gia** damage* av to the truck which helon** to Kiped ping* employer, tV Frank J Kersc her Co inI Police told IV soldier* thev *lt; would V held overnight because Kipping and Simmer hao filed a vrl coropUmi and intended in prra*(harge* riIn the rrtornmg Kipping and Stm slt;mer reported to headquarter* and re *a»d they had relt; onaidered and did m fvot «»rh to prefer charge* Hoegh aid he wgs *nrry and told Kipping:,0 he would pay for the broken win *■« do«. TV *lt;»ldicf* were then re ^1m iea*ed klt;^ In thesr tigned «tatemen‘«. the iri Ijn wkfier* gave *kghtly di/feient \er. hhf M*n* of the rue au* c laiming that Fin% the tru k occupanta had shouted fai ^ unpleasant remark* to them while at ^ tw»lh vehicle* were stopped at W al Mlt;do Boulevard and (leveland kvenue. Thev «aid. tlt;a» that the trucklMy wa* :h« fust to leave the fight ', _ m e ne. .in f»*i
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Manitowoc Herald Times
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Oct 19, 1955
Page 25
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WI, USA 14 Jun 2019
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