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A large safe believed to contain gambling money was ordered removed from the Central Cigar Store, 208 E. Jefferson, Wednesday evening following an Indiana State Police raid of an illegal poker game. Three local men were arrested and charged with professional gambling. The raid ended an Indiana State Police investigation that lasted six months.Letter carriers reject;1 D ‘ A’l A STATE I* a . • s '-I ATE, A VS*Td S 4bGrand Jury to be calledThree arrested in poker game raidThree area men were arrested and charged with professional gambling Wednesday evening following a surprise raid of an illegal poker game at the Central Cigar Store. 208 E. Jefferson St.. Tipton.Arrested in the raid were: Louis Walker. 47. 212 E. Jefferson St.. Tipton: Robert Roderick. 35. Rl. 2. Atlanta, and James Jackson. 38. Rt 4. Tipton. The men were released from sheriff's custody after they each posted $5,000 personal bond Walker and Roderick were arrested at the cigar store, and Jackson was picked up later at the Stardust Lounge.Each man was charged with Class D felony counts of professional gambling and Walker as owner of the cigar store was additionally charged with two felony counts of promoting professional gambling.Tipton County Prosecutor Ron Byal said that the activities in the cigar store were the object of many citizen complaints and that the three men who w ere arrested were so blatant about their gaming activities that charges were warrented. He said it was common knowledge that illegal card games were conducted every Wednesday. Friday and Sunday evenings.The prosecutor also linked the gambling activity in Tipton to several other serious unsolved crimes, that have occurred within the last year He said further investigation into city gambling would continue and indicated that he would ask the county grand jury next w eek to carry on that investigationNine other persons were caught in the raid that was led by Indiana State Police Det Sgt Richard Joines. but they were not arrested Those men lost more thanS500 ;n cash that was taken from thelooker table where they were sitting.In addition to the three arrests, theoperation netted authorities a total ofSl.ooo in cash as well as playing cards.gambling devices and an unopened safeThe safe which had to be removedfrom the cigar store with the aid of a forklift truck, was confiscated becauseauthorities believe it mav contain some%additional gambling money Walker told officers that the safe had never worked and he indicated that he did not know the combination The safe was transferred to the Tipton City Police Station for safe keeping until a locksmith can open the giant safe Wednesday's raid.came at the end of more than six months of investigation by the prosecutor's office and state police. Warrants were obtained after an undercover trooper sat in on twoprevious card games at the cigar store. He was in the game Wednesday w-hen uniformed officers entered the premises simultaneously irom the front and backdoors.State Police conducting the raid were Sgt. John Hill. Sgt Bob Kowalski, and Troopers James Schroeder and Rickwere assisted by Tipton Police Chief Wayne Luttreli ana Ass t. Chief Gary StoutFollowing the initial inventory of cash on the playing table, officers conducted a two-hour search which turned up more than 165 decks of used playing cards. 27 new decks, tip boards and hundreds of chance cards Gambling table covers, miscellaneous records, signs stating game rules afid hundreds of dollars in loose change, ranging from nickels to silver dollars w ere also confiscated''mini:I iftlnn ( tnin t \. In (Iin tinVOLUME 82 NO. 199 USPS631-540T11U R S D A Y. A L G U S T 2 4. 19 78. TIP TO \ . IN DIA N A 4 607 235 CENTS PER COPYGuerrillas hold 200 hostagesl« A M /N M A a J- mm I M 4- mm mm mm. 4»MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Leftist guerrillas still held an estimated 200 hostages in Nicaragua's National Palace early today, but President Anastasio Somoza’s regime apparently bowed to their demand for the release of political prisoners and safe conduct out of the country for those freed and the guerrillas.Although no Nicaraguan official would confirm an agreement had been reached, the armed raiders of the Sandinista National Liberation Front freed about 300 hostages in groups Wednesday, and Venezuela announced that the Nicaraguan government had agreed to let an estimated 150 political prisoners and the estimated 100pnerrillas in the nalace leave thethem to Panama and CaracasThe guerrillas also demanded planes from Mexico and Panama and said three Catholic bishops and the Panamanian and Costa Rican ambassadors who had been negotiating with them must go along as guarantees of safety. But there was no word from the Mexican and Panamanian governments.The Sandinistas shot their way into the National Palace while the Chamber of Deputies was in session Tuesday afternoon, killing eight persons, most of them National Guard officers, and wounding 15 others.In addition to freedom for political prisoners, they demanded $10 million inradio-television station read their statement Wednesday eveningThe guerrillas then postponed a deadline they had set to begin killing the hostages, who included many of Nicaragua's 70 congressmen and a number of government officials, and released a large group of their captives. Shortly after midnight, everybody settled down to rest, apparently observing a tacit truce until the arrival of the Venezuelan plane, which was expected about 5 a.m. lt;7a.m EDT).Among the hostages still held were Somoza's cousin Luis Pallais Debayle, who is deputy speaker of the lower house, and the president 's nephew Jose Somoza Abrego, who is the son ofPOCh onH (Ha hrnoHpoct nf o ct'itomnnt nft Kn •» i nrl paibuilding On Wednesday morning, they freed 110 women and children, a condition the government set for opening negotations, and turned over the dead and wounded. More were let out during the day. and late in the evening 150 were released Some of those freed said there was little food inside the white-columned, four-story building, but there was plenty of water The palace was ringed by-members of the National Guard. Nicaragua's army, and the city's streets were heavily patrolled The government also ordered all airports in the country closed to civilian traffic and international telephone calls to government offices w ere blocked.
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Tipton, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 24, 1978
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