The starting salary for an Indiana State Police officer was $4,600.
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All five children in the Floyd Fortner family underwent tonsillectomies. Floyd, 10, Mary, 7, and Steven, 4, came through in grand style, but Clayton and Donna, both 5, experienced a few minor complications.
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A 12-piece faux china set cost 97 cents at Sayv-O, 121 E. Prospect St., where four pairs of panties cost 88 cents; four pairs of socks were $1; and ladies shoes cost $1.27.
50 Years Ago This Week - 1972
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“Love Story” and “The Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight” were playing at the Jerry Lewis Twin Cinema, Keystone and Hanna avenues. Admission was 75 cents per child; $1.50 per adult.
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A used black and white remote control TV was advertised for $85; a foot vibrator was listed for $5; and a 10-year-old station wagon with new tires was priced at $275.
40 Years Ago This Week - 1982
The archives from 1982 are lost.
30 Years Ago This Week - 1992
Sheila Stewart submitted the following pet peeve: “People who buy four-wheel drive vehicles so they can get around in the snow, but they go slower on slick roads than a motorist in a 1972 Pinto with bald tires.”
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Charles Matsumoto, Barbara Potter, Earleen Ashbrook, Tim Wonnel, Larry Henry and Warren Dressler were installed as council members of Bethany Lutheran Church, which was served by Pastor Robert C. Rohrman Jr.
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Rodney Deckard, a football and wrestling coach at Roncalli, was named to replace Spike Russel as the school’s softball coach.
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Birthday greetings for Tina Carroll, who turned 25, and Kevin Ryan Nathan, 21, were published.
20 Years Ago This Week - 2002
Former Perry Meridian High School gymnast Nicole Richards, paralyzed from the neck down in a 2000 car wreck, participated in the Olympic torch relay as it passed through Indianapolis. Also toting the torch were Gerard Striby and Mike A. Taylor, who had become an inspirational speaker after his 11-year-old son, Evan, drowned in Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee in 2000.
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Greenwood resident George Allen published his fourth book, “Chapbook of Business and Management,” which detailed formulas for success in a person’s personal and business lives.
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Rain or shine, hot or cold, volunteers united every Saturday in Stringtown on the Near Westside to feed the area’s needy.
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Beech Grove basketball player Katie Gearlds scored 30 points in the team’s 46-39 victory over Roncalli. In boys action, Sam Hurrle led the Hornets with 22 points in a 69-65 win over the Rebels.
10 Years Ago This Week - 2012
Led by Ryan Weber, David Heckman, Colin Hawk and Michael Clements, Roncalli’s boys basketball team boasted a 9-0 record.
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