Arraignments in Federal Court Target Inmate Cases
Fourteen inmates appeared in the Terre Haute Division for arraignment before Judge Dale J. Holder. Several cases involved escapes, assaults on a federal officer, and a weapon possession charge. Sentences were adjusted as inmates pleaded guilty or not guilty and time off for good behavior was revoked for some.
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Terre Haute
U.S. District Court
Dale J. Holder
John Madison Hughes
Arthur C. Banks
Larry Wayne Smith
Local Government Offices Close for Christmas Holiday
Most offices in Terre Haute City Hall and the Vigo County Courthouse will close at noon Friday for the Christmas holiday. Offices resume normal hours Tuesday. Montana produces about 3 million Christmas trees a year.
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Terre Haute City Hall
Vigo County Courthouse
Montana
Multiple Traffic Fines and DMV Actions Listed
Roy O Burger and Judie Standley face speeding and traffic fines with license suspensions and jail terms noted. William L Abbott of Indianapolis pays a traffic signal violation fine. Martin C McCoskey 19 of RR 24 fined for a loud muffler. Cases include DUI charges with penalties and dismissed counts.
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William L. Abbott
Indianapolis
Martin C. McCoskey
Three Convicted Bandits Sentenced in Indianapolis
Federal Judge William E Steckler sentenced three bank bandits including a father and his son. Delmas L Fletcher 22 of London Kentucky and Walter Thomas Jr 23 of Detroit each received six years. Fletcher's father Charles 47 received a fifteen year term. They were linked to a $4 783 Nineveh branch robbery and Thomas faced a $1 107 Nov 17 robbery at an American Fletcher bank here.
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Indianapolis
UPI
William E. Steckler
Delmas L. Fletcher
London
Walter Thomas Jr
Detroit
Fletcher
Charles
Fletchers
Nineveh
Franklin Bank & Trust Co
Thomas
American Fletcher National Bank & Trust Co
Bemis Plant Expansions Highlight Ulster Ireland Facility
Bemis manufactures a full line of polyethylene packaging. The 195000 square foot facility employs 325 people, with 45 starting at Bemis 15 years ago. The plant was expanded in 1958 and again in 1968.
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Ibemis
Bemis
Ireland
County reopens bids for landfill after 1875 ruling
Attorney Bauer calls for readvertisement of bids after two were not opened on the advertised day. Indiana Supreme Court precedent requires opening on the bid date. Commissioners Brentlinger, Sand, and Kaperak approve readvertising to avoid lawsuits. Project spans Linton or Pierson Townships with a one year re bid for Gibson Service Co. Four year contract previously expired October 1. American hunter numbers rise 3.8 percent to about 16 million in 1971.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Gibson Co
Hale Jeffers
Brentlinger Sand Kaperak
the Tribune
Linton
Pierson Townships
Gibson Service Co
Southeastern County
Gunmen Kill Eight in Northern Ireland Violence Peak
Eight people die in Northern Ireland including five in a Londonderry pub as gunmen strike across the province. A Catholic-owned Top-of-the Hill pub is targeted, amid renewed sectarian violence that leaves churches and communities in shock.
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Belfast
UPT
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Sin Cars
Top
George Hamilton
Hamilton
Ulster Defense Regiment
UDR
Clonmore
Irish Republic
David McAleese
Panther chief Hilliard conviction upheld by appeals court
The California Court of Appeals upheld David Hilliard’s two assault with deadly weapon convictions from the 1968 shootout with Oakland police. Hilliard, serving six months to 10 years, claimed insufficient evidence and prosecutorial errors. The case followed the fatal Bobby Hutton incident and injuries to Eldridge Cleaver.
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San Francisco
UPI
State Court of Appeals
Black Panther
David Hilliard
Panthers
Oakland
Hilliard
Panther
Bobby Hutton
Eldridge Cleaver
Algeria
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William Benefield
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