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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1962
Page
8
A Dolton incident Sunday January 14 left a car out of control on Michigan City Road damaging a mailbox and a cemetery fence. Driver Waymon E Rice 26 of Calumet City reported the slick road caused the loss of control. The item ends with a Goethe quote.
Ruchad E Friedman a 32 year old Homewood attorney and special counsel to the Illinois Attorney General was chosen as the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Fourth District. The announcement was made by Richard Fitzgerald Thornton township Dem Committee man. Friedman has held state government posts including investigation of the Hodge trust fund and creation of the Bureau of Consumer Fraud. He attended Grinnell College and Northwestern University Law School and served as an Air Force officer in the Korean War.
New healing substance Bio-Dyne, discovered by a world famous research institute, reportedly shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain. Available as Preparation HP in suppository or ointment form at drug counters.
Riverdale police report a car struck a bridge pillar on 138th street near the Miners Central viaduct and rolled aside. Owner Orville Eugene Miller of 13724 Leyden Ave Chicago notified police about an hour after the crash. Miller faces two charges including leaving the scene and driving without a license. set for Judge Ralph Young on January 22.
Riverdale Chief Charles K Cook reports four officers completed sessions at the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission driving school at Meadowdale Raceway, CarpeterSVille. Officer Peter A Sanders named top man for the session Nov 29 to Dec 1 in a National Police Driving School letter.
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