The Murat Shrine horse patrol held its annual show in Carmel, where more than $3,500 was awarded in prizes.
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Customers who bought 8 gallons of gas at the new Deep Rock service station at 4915 Madison Ave. got a free carton of Coca-Cola.
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Helen Sparks played the piano every night at the Colonial Inn, 4343 Madison Ave.
50 Years Ago This Week — 1973
Kenny Cowden’s diet was paying off as he had shed 70 pounds in five months.
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Work continued on the three-story addition to University Heights Hospital, 3300 Carson Ave. The new wing would house a surgical unit, laboratories, a pharmacy, an X-ray department and a 40-bed patient unit.
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St. Francis Hospital’s new emergency department opened on Albany Street in Beech Grove.
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Manual sophomore Emile Abel, daughter of Robert and Shirley Abel, was crowned Miss Teen Indiana.
40 Years Ago This Week — 1983
A scant shell of the office portion of Indianapolis Statuary’s West Arizona Street warehouse was all that remained after a fire tore through the building.
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Karl Westenfelder, an honor roll student at Perry Meridian High School, achieved Eagle Scout status after coordinating a project that allowed handicapped children to participate in a swimming program at Baxter YMCA.
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Rosedale Hills United Methodist Church hosted an old-fashioned picnic at Craig Park in Greenwood.
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The Indianapolis Police Department’s horse patrol expanded it’s scope to cover four major shopping centers, including Southern Plaza, 4200 S. U.S. 31.
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Bethany Village Apartments, a seven-story facility for senior citizens, opened at 3554 Shelby St.
30 Years Ago This Week — 1993
More than 2,000 people attended the Indianapolis Police Department’s South District Community Day at Garfield Park, where guests enjoyed music, games, food and demonstrations from IPD’s mounted patrol.
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Southport Little League’s 11- and 12-year-old girls softball team was competing for the world title in Michigan.
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Established in 1879, Barringer’s Tavern, 2535 S. Meridian St., was finally air-conditioned by owners Tom and Iola Logan.
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The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performed at Garfield Park.
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The Indianapolis Department of Transportation awarded a $1.1 million contract for the resurfacing of 11 Southside streets.
20 Years Ago This Week — 2003
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The 11th annual South Central Corvette Club Show at Reeves Buick Pontiac in Greenwood raised $10,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Indianapolis, which accommodated families that had young ones being cared for at Riley Hospital for Children.
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The 16 brightly colored young osprey’s brought to Indiana in June took flight. Staff from the Department of Natural Resources raised the endangered raptors in wildlife areas near Warsaw and Patoka Reservoir in Crawford County.
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Thomas Finchum, an eighth-grader at Emmaus Lutheran School, won the U.S. Diving Association’s platform diving championships for divers ages 13 and under.
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Robert and Hermine Ewick won a $349,900 home in the raffle hosted by Community Hospital East Foundation. The couple planned to sell it and continue living in Forrest Commons off Meridian Street and Banta Road.
10 Years Ago This Week — 2013
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Charles Pennington won $7,000 in Realty World-Harbert’s Co.’s $10,000 raffle.
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