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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1959
Page
4
Riverdale Chief of Police Charles K. Cook reports October 1959 totals: 54 arrests, 951 radio transmissions, 819 telephone calls, 346 complaints investigated, and 136 special details performed.
Dolton volunteer fire department battled five prairie fires last Tuesday November 10 caused by strong winds at locations including 148th and University Avenue 147th and Sheppard Drive behind Dal ton Fuel and Material Co 147th and Dorchester and Adams and the C E I railroad A second wave of prairie fires were extinguished November 11 at 14631 Irving Avenue 142nd and Greenwood Avenue the east side of the Kaiser Aluminum Company and a burning tree at 148th and Minerva An overheated oil stove started a small fire in the home of Joe Eliott 14436 Lincoln Avenue November 12.
A cat owned by Mr. Lobsinger in Dalton scratched 2 year old David Shuton of 344 Clyde Ave Calumet City on November 8. A dog owned by Kenneth Brown at 624 Stewart Avenue bit 6 year old Tony Lake on November 10.
Stella and John Van Kley of 425 EB 164th Place South Holland were treated for injuries after a collision at Route 6 and Cottage Grove Avenue on November 13. The other driver was James H Schumacher of 76 E 163rd Street South Holland.
Betty Andras a seven year old of 13900 Wentworth Avenue was treated at Thomson Clinic after running into a car on School Street at 140th Riverdale police said. The driver Mr Clifford of 14220 Union Avenue Riverdale was involved in the incident on November 14.
Arthur J. Herman reports his spare tire and wheel stolen from his car in the Tri City bowling alley lot on November 13. Ronald Rickert loses six white wall tires six rims and three radios from cars in his lot behind Lincoln Avenue auto agency on November 15. Robert Sanders reports two hub caps stolen from his 1957 Olds in the Acme Steel lot on November 9. Whit son Organ of Chicago reports a transmission taken from his car in the Acme Steel parking lot on November 9.
Riverdale police report two separate accidents on November 11 at the 144th and Eggleston intersection and the 142nd and Wabash intersection. In the first crash John Dykstra of Evergreen Park Illinois and George Dinkel of Dalton were involved. The second collision at 142nd and Wabash involved Roger Brown of 21 E 141st Street and Charlies Olsen of 14204 Union Avenue.
Riverdale volunteer firefighters extinguished a coal bunker fire in the No 1 mill at Acme Steel Company on 44 W 140th Court and remained at the plant for nearly two hours. A Chicago man’s car at 133rd and Halsted street caught fire from a shorted heater wire under the front seat.
The Dalton inhalator squad treated Joseph Radosevich 33 at the Container Corporation after he grew ill on November 13. Riverdale police inhalator unit aided Carol Bona 2 at 13846 Wabash Avenue when she suffered a choking seizure due to lung congestion on November 13 and she was taken to St Francis hospital for further care.
Civil suit filed in Cook County Superior Court on October 19 names Riverdale and Dalton villages and two officers from each village as defendants. Plaintiff is Carrol Wright, represented by his father Jesse Wright, alleging injuries during arrest at 174 B 154th Street Harvey.
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