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AJA STATE L BRARY_ ff_____111__1A large safe believed to contain gambling money was orderedremoved f ------ -----nesday ev illegal pok with profe Police invlt;;l D14J :lATf. AVS•,c A:n? T 3 4fa2° 0 4Grand 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.. TiptonArrested in the raid were: Louis Walker. 47. 212 E. Jefferson St.. Tipton: Robert Roderick. 35. Rt. 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 Bya! said that the activities in the cigar store were the object of many citizen complaints and that the three men who were 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 investigation.Nine other persons were caught in the raid that was led by Indiana State Police Det. Sgt. Richard Jcines. but they were not arrested Those men lost more than$500 :n cash that was taken from the poker table where they were sitting In addition to the three arrests, the operation netted authorities a total of Sl.ooo in cash as well as playing cards, gambling devices and an unopened safe The safe which had to be removed from the cigar store with the aid of a fork lift truck, was confiscated because authorities believe it may 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 w ere obtained after an undercover trooper sat in on twoprevious card games at the cigar store. He was in the game Wednesday when 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 Rick Kyle They were assisted by Tipton Police Chief Wayne Luttrel. 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 aftd hundreds of dollars in loose change, ranging from nickels to si lver dollars were also confiscated/ i/itun ( turn t \ In 11tu naVO LC M E 82 N 0. 199 U SP S 631 540T11L R S D A Y . A L GI S T 2 4. 1» 78. TIP TO N. IN DIA N A 4 60 7 235 CENTS PER COPYGuerrillas hold 200 hostagesMANAGUA. 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 ofthem to Panama and Caracas The guerrillas also demanded planes from Mexico and Panama and said three Catholic bishops and the Panamanian and Costa Rican ambassadors who had been negotiatingradio-television station read their statement Wednesday evening The guerrillas then postponed a deadline they had set to begin killing the hostages, who included many of Nicaragua's 70 congressmen and abuilding 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 theLett*
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Tipton, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 24, 1978
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