Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1951 — Page 2

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Board Slashes

$2 Million Off | County Levies

By JOHN V. WILSON Indianapolis property owners will pay tax rates of $4.62 to $4.71 next year. : The final rates were recom‘mended by State Tax Board ex-|. aminers yesterday after slashing proposed city levies by 24.6 cents. County-wide reductions .yecommended in all levies will save Marion County taxpayers more than $2 million, examiners esti-

mated at the close of their ‘twoday review session.

Breakdown of Rate

. The 1952 rates recommended for the five taxing districts in Indianapolis are: Center Township “4. Washington Township . $4.631 Pérry Township ....... $4.71 Warren Township ..... $4.6213 Wayne Township...... $4.68 Examiners concluded their review by trimming the Indianapolis “civil city rate 10 cents and the _School city rate 9.5 cents. Previously, they had cut the county rate 3 cents and the poor relief rate 2.1 cents. Reductions were based on, the whopping. $38.6 million increase in property wvaluations—from $845,698,410 to $884,322,500.

$32 Million Boost

Most of the increase—about $32 million—was picked up in Center Township, which includés mogt of Indianapolis.

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It Was Youngsters’ Night To Paint The Town

mes photos by William A. Oates Jr

WINDOW PAINTING —Jannie Stratton, 213 5. 7th Ave. and Lynne Wittry, 423 N. 18th Ave., decorate the Bon Ton Pastry p window in Beech Grove with: Halloween art.

oor 3, Center Townatip nome] alloweeners Sn owed,

the recommended 1952 rate would mean a tax of $231.35.

Emer’ ne uy weet BUT Hunters Get Break

$634,000 and the county- -budget by $265,000.

The recommended Indianapolisiers last night. civil city rate is

above this year’s $1.951 figure. y Up to State Board {day of deer hunting.

Last Also radically reduced were the! The hags threw rain, snow and

The witches brewed ‘yp a nasty mometer will plunge to ‘25 ‘to|batch of weather for Halloween- night, lowest of the fall.

But their black! just 3.9 cents magic wasn't strong enough to hundredth of an inch,”was the " {continue today and spoil the first earliest since 1937, when snow

Yesterday's snow, only one-

{was reported on Oct. 23 and 24. year the

first snowfall was Nov. 3. * *

‘yates of small towns in Marion |SUsts of wind up to 25 miles per| "Up "Ly Leather will put a

(3723 conts were: based 17 {emperatire down to 34. ereased property valuation and on. higher next year. All recommendations will

be! continue. Temperatures today submitted to the State Tax Board! . . r for final review and setting ot| "lll be in the 40s and the ther- or not,

1952 rates. . . Following are the recommended rates for small towns: Speed City A

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.40.| However, police and the sher---34.985 IT's office received reports of six

$3.88 | broken windows. One of the reports came

Billie Burke Edwards Denied New Hearing

~The Indiana Supreme Court to- playhouse behind his home at 2640 One of them heaved for a rock through the window. Don Billie Burke Edwards, 28-year-old was in the playhouse put was not

day denied petitions for a sanity E. 34th St. rehearing and a new trial

Indianapolis war veteran charged hurt. with murdering Ris daughter. Edwards filed the petitions Aug. 4. Today the Supreme Court denied them for “want of jurisdiction.”

Use Hatchet J. Paul

{hour into the pot and hexed the

tingle into the air for an esti-

: . - mated 10,000 hunters who will be The dawn and the new.month

gas tax distributions brought an end fo the witches’ of 17 southern Indiana counties. ¢| spell, but the cold weather wijl The season will continue three

trying to bag a deer in the hills

days. - ; Whether you are hunting deer i vou'd better ferret out some anti-freeze for the family buggy. oe The weather man means busi{ness with his prediction of 25 for i tonight. ”n

October Traffic my wae ws wees: | AKES 121 LIVES

Halloween destruction last (October .was the deadliest

{month of the year on Hoosier jhighways. = = .. . | Traffic accidents killed at least

from|121 persons, two more than durDon Weig, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. | ing September. Edwin H. Weig, who said about! {25 boys surrounded the log cabin

State police records showed {1000 dead so far this year —wel] ahead of the same period last year. With two critical driving months still ahead, the vear's total may be near the all-time record of 1478 killed in 1941,

Dunn told deputy State Police Superintendent Ar-

{sheriffs his home at 2900 W. thur M. Thurston warned today. {Morris St. was entered while, he!

He called “high driving speeds

i v d a cabinet door the greatest. single contributing In August, 1949, Judge Saul I. was away 315 : ; ” Rabb, Marion County Criminal chopped with. a hatchet. Nothing factor to the carnage.

Court 2, committed Edwards BO] cai]

the Hospital for the Criminally! Insane at Michigan City. Psy-/p, chiatrists appointed by the court had found Edwards insane after he was charged with first degree murder in the “slapping” death 8 of his 7-month-old daughter Beryl gtr June on July 20, 1949. Sx ne English war bride Brenda was freed on the same charge in six fals September, 1949, because rs in- ® arms sufficient. evidence.

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Everett L. Cooksey, 41, Chicago,

that died in Vermillion County Hospi: meone tipped over the outhouse tal in Clinton early today, an hour behind his home at 19 N. Alton after he was injured four miles

south of Rockville on U. S. 41.

Vandals pulled up and hauled His car went off a curve and way the railing around Harry stguck a : Medlock’s vacant lot across the baugh, Chicago, who was riding eet from his home at 948 N. with him, suffered head cuts and

tree. Charles - S8tum-

3 broken right leg. At Knox, police said Fulton

and the Law-| Schultz, 50, St. Charles, Mich. {rence Township Fire Department ignored flasher signals at the

U. 8. 35 crossing and was fatally hurt yesterday when a Nickel

d | Plate freight train hit his car.

Near Albion, Cora M. Feightner, 52, was killed yesterday when her car ran off Ind. 8 near her home and struck a fence. In New Albany,. William Short, 54, died yesterday of injuries suffered Tuesday when hit

Traffic Mishaps Injure Three

A 17-year-old motorcyclist was critically hug early today when his vehicle collided with a truck eight miles south of the city on Ind. 31 Thomas Robbins, 17, .of Dearborn St. eral Hospital, Earlier, a man and his wife |were hurt when their car hit an

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Indiana Railroad bus at Morris {8t. and Madison Ave, . Elzi¢ Williams, 53, of 2233 Miller St., suffered bruises and in{ternal injuries. His wife, Bessie, {52, suffered injuries to her right (leg and back. They were reported in fair condition at 8t. Vincent's Hospital. Driver of the bus was Walter Courtney,. 25, of ,1020 N. New Jersey f

Workers End Wildcat

Walkout at ‘A’ Plant |. RICHLAND, . Wash., Nov. 1 | (UP)—A six-day wildcat walkout of AFL carpenters at the Hanford atomic plant here ended yesterday ‘When union and management of-

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Sleet, Rain Fail to Halt. UN Advance

By United Press : EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Friday, Nov. 2— | The first snow of the winter and bitter sleet and rain storms failed to halt United Nations’ hit-and-“run drives deep into Red territory in Korea Thursday. "But Allied spokesmen admitted that the Panmunjom cease-fire talks are slowing war activity all along thé front and “it seems sensible for the war to tame down a bit in the face of truce talk possibilities.” : One Allied tank-infantry:team plunged into enemy lines north-

central front but was turned back by Red artillery and mortar fire, ° Reds Reluctant Units all along the front pushed up to three-quarters of a mile into Red territory without meeting serious resistance. The Reds seemed reluctant -to start a major en '| gagement. : Extra winter gear was rushed to front line positions and distri. bution of- it was speeded as the winter storms hit the battlefront, One United Nations division on the Kumsong front announced it had inflicted 21,784 casualties on the Communists in October—2510 v counted dead, 10,083 estimated TRICK OR TREAT—Scottie, Sammy and Steve Stamper pre- | killed, 8643 wdunded and 547 prispare to make a night of # as they leave their home, 1405 E. 77th toners. But enemy losses have Grove as Earlene -Ruerschnick admires the work. St., to ask neighbors to "guess who?" (tapered off in the past week, ee ——————e ee————eiag Er el Helicopters in Combat City Youth Is Awarded An IU Scholarship ‘Woman to Face Court 2cross his stomach. He said hei ne U. S. Marines have thrown

Times State Services The awards range from $100. Mrs. Egna Sims, 30, of 2049 N. had argued with his wife, accord- helicopters into action as Rghtig BLOOMINGTON, Nov. 1 — to $500. = : |Delawaré St., will appear in Mu- ing to police. He was sent to units for the. first time, de ayed Scholarships for nine students Aaron Rabb; son of Judge and nicipal Court 3 today in connec- | Veterans Hospital. He is re- reports Jeveqied; On Saluda Swe were approved yesterday by the MIS: Saul Rabb, 3666 Watsom Rd.. tion with the knife slashing of her ported “in fair condition. * Mrs. helicopters carr ernec : ay a ._ Indianapolis; won a $125 Gold husband, Noble, 41, last night. Sims denied the cutting to police.| volunteers far behind enemy lines, Indiana University Board of gia Scholarship from the Uni- Police called to their apart-' Mrs. Sims was. charged with They wiped out a North Korean Trustees. versity Foundation. ment found Mr. Sims with a cut city vagrancy. hilltop post. ee a : — — i,

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