Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1949 — Page 30

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Toledo Man Killed in Lake County

Two more persons were dead today because of Indiana’ highway accidents. One was Rolland Nichter, 19, of Seymour, a sailor on leave; who died last night in a Seymour hos-

I pital of back and internal injuries

‘4 he received in a car-truck collision Wednesday night. He was the third person to die from the accident, The other was a naturalization {officer, Joseph P. Jordan, 43, of 4 Toledo, who was en route to Hammond when his car left U. 8. High{way 41 north of State Road 8 in Lake County, turned over three times and landed upside down in

~4la ditch full of water,

Girl in Hospital Another victim of the car-truck

{| collision on U. 8. Highway 45 four

{miles west of Seymour which led

ito Mr, Nichter’'s death, lay in se-

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rious condition in the hospital. i She was Patricia Jean Porter, 19, | of Bedford. {| The driver of the car, John K.

ii killed in the crash and another | passenger, Carol Duncan, 16, of .i| Bedford, died later in the hospital 4lof concussion and a pelvic frac‘I ture. il The truck driver, Doyle Hunjisucker, 34, of Medora, was {| bruised.

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Jerry Mitchell, Lolita Washmuth Jerry Mitchell and Lolita Washmuth were two of five Broad Ripple seniors who recently received . scholarships, Miss Washmuth received a But-

ler University scholarship, Jerry Mitchell was awarded a scholarship by Tau chapter of Delta Sigma Kappa sorority. Other seniors awarded scholarships

Ross and Susan Bassett.

Gary Closes Road In Safety Drive

GARY, May 20 (UP)-A state of emergency over a half-mile stretch of highway was declared

“i Johnson, 21, of Seymour, was today in a campaign to reduce

traffic deaths which have made Gary the most dangerous city of its size in the nation. Mayor Eugene Swartz and traffic safety chief Charles Walker ordered the stretch of highway closed and barricaded two major intersections after the fourth fatal accident of the year had occurred on the thoroughfares involved. Mayor Swartz and Mr. Walker

.|said they plan to go to Indian-

apolis to appeal to Gov. Henry

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

include Janice McComas, Paul |

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Petition Charges Race Prejudice

The city legal department today was studying a petition demanding the suspension of three policemen accused of race prejudice. The petition, presented to the Board of Safety by four prominent Indianapolis Negroes, was turned over to the legal unit for analysis. The policeemn are accused of ithe arrest without charge of the four persons early May 1 as they were parked in their automobile in Northwestern Ave. The petition charges the arrests were made because the policemen were under the impression two women in the car were white. The four arrested were Dr. Lu|clen B. Merriweather, local dentist and former city councilman; Miss Emily Stuart, public school teacher; Mercer M, Mance, attorney and Juvenile Court referee, and Miss Kathalyn Stuart, social worker and former employee of the State Welfare Department. The policemen were Sgt. Albert Beck and Patrolmen Gale R. Darland and Raymond Hutchins. Leroy Keach, board president,

exercise of police authority that

would not justify any summary

action at this time.” He said the legal department would determine under what pro-

should proceed.

said reports “indicate an ordinary

vision of the state law the board

Charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest against Miss Emily Stuart and of drunkenness

F, 8chricker for aid in correcting traffic hazards.

against Mr. Mance were later dis-

Howard as unwarranted.

missed by Municipal Court Judge

Butler Instructor Sued for $20,000

A Butler University ROTC instructor today faced a $20,000 damage suit brought by a Chicago housewife in Federal District Court, kuk, Iowa, in connection with a highway accident

her son who was riding a bike. The instructor is

versity. He resides in 2307 Magnolia Place. The suit was brought’ by Mrs. {Patricia La Marr, who contended

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permanently in the accident, which occurred Aug. 7 on the outskirts of Keokuk. Sgt. Mondor was en route from Omaha, Nebr., to: Indianapolis when the accident occurred, he

Blow Fatal to Soldier

YOKOHAMA, May 20 (UP)— The Army today investigated the death of Recruit Virgil West, of Haworth, Okla. who died Monday night from a blow on the head he received while on guard duty in the Tsurumi area between Yokohama and Tokyo. .

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in which the instructor's car hit|actor when he

Staff Sgt./terday formal rejected a claim Ronald Mondor, 27, of St. Paul, |for $104,135 tiled in the name of Minn., an instructor with S8quad-|{15-month-old Johan ron M, 130th ABU, at Butler .Uni- whom she

ther son, Weldon, 11, was injured]

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{~~I1f Oscar the turtle has a

Farmer Gale Harris and his 4 helpers felt a tightening of the net with which they have been trying to snare the turtle, reputed to weigh 500 pounds and to have a shell big as a dining 1 table, Four men struggled to pull.the net to the surface of the lake, They expected to see Oscar inside.

» » . 41 ' INSTEAD, there was nothing iibut a big walnut log and a mess of game fish, They threw the fish back in. “We don’t want anything but said, Then he took a look across the lake to 60 acres of corn land and ;/ sald he was taking a vacation from turtle hunting. “I must get that corn planted,” sald Mr. Harris.

Sgt. Leslie Joins 1Staff at Butler

Leslie, .2927 E. New York St, to

~.|and tactics for air of Butler Uni. “H versity was announced today by M. O. Ross, university president. {| Sergeant Leslie has beef in the il Afr Force séven years. He served

tralia and the 99th Bomb Group, 347th Bomb Squadron in Italy during the war.” He holds the _iirank of lieutenant in the Reserves.

Elect New Officers Ropert W. Bidlack of Indianapolis hds been named president of the Indiana Coal Merchants | Association, succeeding John P. 1 Vendel.

#4 Wyndham, Brazil, southern vice {president; Frank G. Bollman, Ft.

Wayne, northern vice president; William M. Coady, Kokomo, cen-|

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