Lightfingered Season Strikes Hard at Holiday Shoppers
UPI reports December is the peak month for shoplifting, with an estimated $600 million in goods stolen nationwide. The piece explores shoplifter types, myths about kleptomania, and common techniques including snitches who exploit crowds and even "crotch carriers" to conceal items. It notes two men once lifted a canoe in a Midwest store before attempting to steal paddles and were caught.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Bedford boy dies after tractor incident on family farm
Mark Swango aged 11 of Bedford Indiana was fatally injured Saturday when he was thrown from a tractor on his family farm. The accident occurred on Rt 3 in Bedford and was reported by AP.
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Bedford
Ind
Mark Swango
Rt. 3
Indiana marks 150th statehood with birthday cake
Indiana officially lit the candles on its 150th statehood birthday cake Sunday. The celebration concludes a year long sesquicentennial marking the congressional resolution signed by President James Madison on December 11, 1816, making Indiana the 19th state.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
James Madison
Union
Body found near Paw Paw linked to self inflicted wound
Michigan State Police report the body of 42 year old Robert A Beaty of Kendallville Indiana was found Saturday in woods near Paw Paw Michigan. Police say he died of an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound after his wife reported him missing on Friday.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Michigan
Robert A. Beaty
Kendallville
Ind
Here
Cincinnati Strangler Terror Grips City Into 1965 Fear
Cincinnati residents live with fear as a killer dubbed the strangler murders women across the city. Detectives name 29 year old Pesteal Laskey Jr. a primary suspect after a string of stranglings from December 1965 through Friday. Police report multiple victims including Emogene Harrington and Lulu Kerrick. the suspect is being questioned as a parole violator with no charges filed yet.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Emogene Harrington
Pesteal Laskey Jr
Lulu Kerrick
Laskey
Barbara Bowman
Lark Cafe
Price Hill
Bowman
Abraham Lincoln
Donald Roney
George Heitzler
Andra Chapas
Miss. Kerrick
Kerrick
Rose Winster
University of Cincinnati
Youth shot to death in apparent break in at furniture store
In South Bend Indiana Silas Boyd Jr. 19 was killed during an apparent break in at a furniture store. The owner Al Fujawa 56 fired a warning shot with a .22 caliber rifle after seeing two men crawl on the store floor. Boyd was struck in the back and a companion Larry Aldridge 19 was held for questioning.
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South Bend
Ind
Silas Boyd Jr
al Fujawa
Boyd
Larry Aldridge
Trinity Church plans Christmas programs and services
The Rev. Joseph F. Newton announces a Christmas program after Sunday church school at 9:30 a.m. on Dec 18 with a church wide presentation at 9:45 a.m. and regular worship at 10:45 a.m. The Christmas Communion Service with offerings for needy children is at 7:30 p.m. Then a caroling party for the church youth is set for Dec 22.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Joseph F. Newton
Pickets Possible as Gary Hospital Staff Warned
Gary Methodist Hospital staff faced possible picketing or union activity after the Allied Workers International Union was denied a collective bargaining agreement last month. The union reportedly sought to represent maintenance staff.
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Gary, Ind
Gary Methodist Hospital
Everett A. Johnson
Allied Workers International Union
Water meeting set in Indianapolis
Canadian and American water experts will confer in Indianapolis for the annual meeting of the Great Lakes Commission on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Indianapolis
Great Lakes Commission
Mid-Year Graduates Earn Tri-State University Degrees
Angola Indiana 125 students received bachelor of science degrees at Tri-State University mid year ceremonies. An honorary degree was awarded to Dr John R Emens president of Ball State University for distinguished service to higher education.
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Angola, Ind
Tri-State University
John R. Emens
Ball State University
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