Auto Driver Loses License In City Court Plea
City Court Judge Herbert R. Criss suspended Richard L. Rinehardt license and fined him 20 dollars and costs after he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. Several co defendants received continuances or fines for related traffic offenses. Lena May Bitts had an identical charge dismissed for jury trial. James Varda paid four dollars and seventy five cents for speeding. Multiple motorists were fined for traffic signal and stop sign violations.
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Herbert R. Criss
Richard L. Rinehardt
Brazil
Rinehardt
John Willie Jenkins
Harding Avenue
Third
Cherry Streets
Raymond Burke
Liberty Avenue
Helen Fuller
Washington Avenue
Frank J. Varese
North Twenty-first Street
Lena May Bitts
North Twenty-fifth Street
Vigo
James Varda
North Thirteenth Street
North Third Street
Vernon A. Watson, Jr
South Fourth Street
William W. McCaslin
Sixth Avenue
John O. Win
Terre Haute
Robert Harkness
Coal Bluff
Carl E. Baker
Sycamore Street
John C. Purdum
Paris
Train Collision Kills 65 in Indianapolis Crossing
Frank Wenders 65 was killed when his car stalled at a five track crossing on the New York Central line and was struck by a passenger train. Witnesses report he stopped and then drove into the train’s path at a south side crossing.
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Indianapolis
Frank Wenders
New York Central Railroad
Coal Miner Hurt En Route to Work in Indiana Crash
Arthur Harold Bedwell a 24 year old coal miner from Terre Haute was injured in a crash with a car on U S Highway 150 near Ferguson Hill while traveling to the Green Valley Coal Mine. He was treated at St Anthony’s Hospital and released. The car driven by Edward Stark 24 of West Terre Haute collided with the motorcycle. Stark and two passengers Carroll Stark and Roy Neal escaped injury. Bedwell suffered cuts and bruises.
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Arthur Harold Bedwell
Terre Haute
Ferguson Hill
U.S. Highway 150
Green Valley
St. Anthony's Hospital
Bedwell
Carpenter and Taylor
Edward Stark
R.R. 3
West Terre Haute
Stark
Carrol Stark
Roy Neal
Ex con man Collins laid to rest unclaimed at Attica
The body of 70 year old Robert T. Tourbillon known as Dapper Don Collins lies unclaimed in Attica prison grave pending relatives’ claim. He died of a heart attack after 11 years of a 12 year extortion sentence. Once a famed prohibition era racketeer, he boasted riches and once owned a submarine chaser repurposed for rum running.
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Attica
N. Y
U.P
Don” Collins
Collins
Robert T. Tourbillon
Atlanta, Ga
Notre Dame Professor Dies After Motorcycle Accident
The Rev. George I. Smith, 56, Notre Dame engineering professor, died at San Antonio Hospital from injuries after his motorcycle struck a utility pole in Kenton Ohio. The accident occurred yesterday when his bike went out of control.
Omer T Shawler Graduates Law College at Illinois
Omer T Shawler son of Mr and Mrs L A Shawler West Union Illinois graduated from University of Illinois College of Law Urbana on June 18. He earlier attended Marshall Township High School and Indiana State. He is a Phi Delta Phi Langdell Inn member and was sworn to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court May 26 1950 after passing the bar in March.
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Marshall, Ill
Omer T. Shawler
L. A. Shawler
West Union
Ill
University of Illinois College of Law
Urbana
Shawler
Marshall Township High School
Indiana State
College of Law
Langdell Inn
Phi Delta Phi
International
Illinois Supreme Court
Walter T. Gunn
Danville
Illinois Court
Two Japanese Fishermen Turn Fly Catchers in Okayama
In Okayama Japan sanitation paid bounties for dead house flies at city hall. A fish peddler collected 1800 yen for 18 000 dead flies and a fishmonger earned about 5 dollars for 35 000 flies after bounty was halved. Investigators found both fed rotting unsold fish backyard hatchings, earning more from flies than fish.
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Okayama
Japan
Sanitation
Bell Bread Salesmen Earn Safe Driving Honors
The Bell company presented safe driving awards to drivers with over one million accident-free miles. Recipients include Chester Reynolds 12 years Wilbur Steele 11 years Charles Hennig seven years Enoch Troth seven years LaVerne Clem four years Vernon Lark four years Floyd McCoskey three years Glen Rogers two years Ed win Roberts two years James Hauser two years Elliott Adams two years Victor doslyn two years George Irish one year Er nest Dixon one year. The event occurred at a regular safety meeting with the slogan courteous careful safety conscious drivers equal no accidents.
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Bell Bread
Chester Reynolds
Wilbur Steele
Charles Hennig
Enoch Troth
LaVerne Clem
Vernon Lark
Floyd McCoskey
Glen Rogers
Edwin Roberts
James Hauser
Elliott Adams
Victor Doslyn
George Irish
Ernest Dixon
Bell
Denman Qualifies as Seaman in Japan Army Release
Pfc. John W. Denman, son of Mrs. Jessie M. Denman of Linton, has qualified as a seaman in the Army. He is with the 8032nd Transportation Army Marine Ship Repair Company. Denman has served since October 1945 and has been in Japan since August 1949.
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8Th Army
John W. Denman
Jessie M. Denman
Linton
Denman
8032Nd Transportation Army Marine Ship Repair Company
Japan
Grant Superior Court Judge Oren W Dickey Dies
Marion Indiana June 21 Judge Oren W Dickey 70 of Grant Superior Court died yesterday in the Veterans Administration Hospital He was appointed to the court in 1929 when it split from the Delaware County court and had been re elected every four years since He was the Republican nominee for re election in November He is survived by his widow Mrs Charlotte Dickey two brothers and two sisters
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Marion
Ind
Oren W. Dickey
Grant Superior Court
Veterans’ Administration
Dickey
Delaware County Superior Court
Charlotte Dickey
Auto Stolen From 209 Eagle Street Reported
D. W. Drake of 202 Chestnut street reported to Officers Irving and Tryon that his 1949 model automobile was stolen from in front of 209 Eagle street.
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D. W. Drake
Chestnut Street
Irving and Tryon
Eagle Street
Mother Granted Divorce and Custody in Newport Vermillion
Norma Moore of Clinton received a divorce from William Arthur Moore on cruel and inhuman treatment and was awarded custody of their child Tamara aged 2. The defendant must pay 12.00 weekly and has visitation rights. Also Wanda I. Reed seeks divorce from Robert L. Reed with custody of Carol and Judith and child support. Judge Frank Fisher reappoints Wilma Lewis to the Newport Vermillion County Public Library Board for 1950 54 and names Tax Adjustment Board members from Newport Hillsdale.
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Newport
Ind
Norma Moore
Clinton
William Arthur Moore
Tamara
Wanda I. Reed
Universal
Vermillion Circuit Court
Robert L. Reed
Carol
Judith
Frank Fisher
Wilma Lewis
Newport Vermillion County Public Library Board
Fisher
Vermillion County Tax Adjustment Board
Douglas Reid
Kent Nixon
Charles Fultz
James Ingram
Hillsdale
Tides Reach Hudson Up To Troy New York
The Hudson River experiences tidal effects as far as Troy New York, about 150 miles upstream from its head of navigation.
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Hudson River
Troy
N. Y
Head of
Bray Seaside Resort Records Heavyweight Baby
In Bray Ireland on June 21 a newborn boy named Michael Kinch weighed 17 pounds 3 ounces. He is the fifth child for 34 year old Mary Kinch wife of a bus conductor born to expectant family in the seaside town.
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Bray
Ireland
Michael Kinch
Mary Kinch
Michael
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Leda
Tela
Noffee Bros. Marble & Tile CO
Wabash Ave
Crawford
Terre Haute, Indiana
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Lebanon
Fort Wayne
Frankfort
Lafayette
Notre Dame
LAW School
Safe Driving Awards
Iiterh
King. Miller, Hook, Gillis and Baur
Bill Stern
Central Federal
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Ings Plans
Clay Ladd
N. E. Corner
7Th and
Ohio
Illiamson
W. Erwin Kline
Williamson Gas
Williamson Coal
Williamson Oil
L. Ackerman
North
Terre Haute, Ind
Kroger
Cancer Insurance
Family Policy
Rhodes-Bantin Agency
South 7Th Street
Institute
Household Institute
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