Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1955 — Page 2

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Rioting Reported , During Mardi Gras Mob Os 3,000 In New Orleans Scrap NEW ORLEANS (INS) —The New Orleans Mardi Gras winds up today with the possibility that it will go down as* one of the wildTEEPLE MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Long Dlstanso PHONE 3-2607

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eat and hloedieat It the eity * hi*, torjr. Revelry turf»*d to devlitty Id th* French quarter of the city Monday when a mob of 3,000 tournists and natives jammed a steret from building to building, screaming, fighting and milling in a wild-out-burst of excitement. Tear gas and night sticks war* 1 used by police to curb the bottle, 1 glass and stone throwing reveler*. Four hours of such disorder took ' a toll of seven policemen injured. h 3 persons sent to hospitals and 22 others locked up in jail. At one time, members of the nnft> hurled burning, balled - up newspaper* into passing cars and buses. The dangerous practice only came to a stop When the pranksters were warned that the game

Cotto set rife to th* farnftd hi*. W*e quarter*. Th* Blain trouble beghfi when a crowd ot celefcrators protested the arrest of a student accused of being a car thief. Five youths had grabbed Lawrence Morrison. 18, ot Arlington, Va„ and accused him at trying to I I break into their car. Patrolman Roger Leoncavallo took Morrison into custody and called a patrol wagon. Then Mor- , risen began to scream his inno- [ eehce. A crowd quickly jammed the scene of SL Peter Street, between Royal and Bourbon streets. Leoncevello put out a riot call but, by the time reinforcement* arrived, fights Were springing up s everywhere.

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Policemen, trying to quell the rioter*, were bombhrded with assorted missile*, one was bitten, and another kicked in the groin. Police said they would have more men on duty today and that they would seek jail sentences for arrested rioters as deterrents against further wild disturbances. Driver Fined For Traffic Violation Edward D. Nussbaum, 18, of Motv roe route one. who was arrested after an accident Saturday night on U. S. highway 27, was fined >5 and costs in justice of the peace court Monday night on a charge of following too close.

Home Rule Is Facing Uphill Fight In House Bill Survives Two Preliminary Steps Before Lower House INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The “home-rule" amendment faced an uphill battle in the house today after passage by the senate and surviving two preliminary steps in the house. Speaker George Diener said he probably would hand down the measure for final defeat or passage by the house today. Pretty female lobbyists from the, Indiana league of women voters and males from the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce scurried about the house chamber of corridors talking for the bill which has aroused a storm of opposition. (Representatives of the Indiana municipal league and of the organised police and firemen battled against the measure which Would allow cities and towns to choose their own forms of government. The dopesters predicted defeat for the measure by a few votes becausb of recent fast action by the political professionals, aided by the police and firemen who fear that the status of their pensions would beta endangered. If the measure should be adopted, Governor George N. Craig is nearly certain to sign it. Then It would go to the voters in 1956 in the form of a proposed amendment to the Indiana constitution. It passed both houses and was signed by the governor two years ago. The Lake Michigan port bill, passed by the senate Monday afternoon, may have trouble passing through the bill jam in the house with only two weeks of the session remaining. The measure appropriated $1.5 million for a harbor site and creates a nine member Indiana port commission, two members each from Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties, and three members at large, al Itp be named by the governor. The bill stipulates that U. S. army engineers must choose an Indiana site, congress fust appropriate funds for construction of an outer harbor and an independent survey must show economic feasibility before any of the.sLs mil-

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lion of state money Shall be spent, the compromise Korean veterans’ bonus bill was ejected to advance in the house today. Total cost was estimated at $7,750,000. The bill provides sls a month to each veteran for every month served in the Korean theater, with a maximum of S6OO. Other benefits include SIOO extra for dsiabillty of 10 percent or more, not to exceed $600; a flat S6OO payment to totally disabled, and S6OO to next of kin of those who died in Korea. / First payments wouiu oegtn at once out of the s2l million World War II bonus surplus and the deadline* for final payment would be June 10, 1656. • Navy Recruiter In Decatur On Monday Chief quartermaster A. Q. Longmire of the United States navy announced today that he would ' establish a weekly recruiting service in Decatur and would be at the selective service office in the Holthouse Drug Co. building every Monday from 12 o'clock noon until 2:30 in the afternoon. All young men between the ages of 17 years and 31 years are eligible for enlistment applications, Chief Longmire pointed out. There also are special inducements for high school - graduates. Enlistees who are graduates of any high school can receive training as seaman, airman, hospital or electronic specialist after completing the special training. There are 27 ratings open in various phases of these classifications for high school graduates, it was stated. Henry C. Weidler Honored At Detroit Henry C. Weidler, former Deeatur resident, business manager of the Detroit, Mich., Free-Press, was honored last week with a surprise breakfast in Detroit on the occasion of his fortieth year with that newspaper. Weidler. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dan Weidler of Decatur, is a brother of Mrs. Dallas Goldner of this city. Besides his numerous duties with the leading Michigan newspaper. Weidler finds time to fish, bowl, attend church and take an active part in many Detroit civic enterprises. The former local resident started working on the Detroit newspaper February 15, 1915 as a telephone solicitor in the want ad department. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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