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Employes Held Hostage In Robbery at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954

Employes Held Hostage In Robbery at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1954
Caption:
They Could Smile Afterward: Although badly frightened, some of the employes of the Kroger Store at Stadium Blvd. and Jackson Ave. were able to muster smiles last night after five gunmen held up the store and got away with $4,500. In left foreground are William Carr and John Vunck, Behind them is Toshio Kimura. Lined up left to right are Arthur Frank, Dennis Moffat, Floyd Morris, George Gilligan, Charles Wright, Hershel Spencer and Max Hepburn. All but Gilligan were imprisoned in a small cold storage room by the bandits, as was Walter Moore (not pictured). Gilligan hid atop a meat cooler. The store manager, Kenneth Taylor (not pictured), was locked up in an empty truck trailer outside the store.

Safe Looted of $4,500 at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954

Safe Looted of $4,500 at Stadium Blvd. Kroger Supermarket, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1954
Caption:
Police Examine Safe: Patrolman Hans Jens, Detective Sgt. Claude Damron, Detective John Walters and Patrolman Robert Cook (left to right) examine the Kroger store safe which was blown open with a rifle bullet and looted of about $4,500.

Kroger Storeroom Where Employees Were Held Captive By Burglars, February 1954

Kroger Storeroom Where Employees Were Held Captive By Burglars, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 27, 1954
Caption:
Room Used As 'Prison': This is the tiny cold room, used for storing cheese, in which 10 Kroger employes were "jammed like sardines" by the holdup gang. The cases of soft drink bottles at left were piled against the door by the gunmen, but the captives managed to force their way out.

Ann Arbor Police Department Unveils New Patrol Car Emblem, December 1953

Ann Arbor Police Department Unveils New Patrol Car Emblem, December 1953 image
Year:
1953
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 12, 1953
Caption:
New Police Car Design - The latest thing in Ann Arbor police patrol car emblems is this shield design, embossed in gold on the sides of the car. Only one car, the Police Department's newest, is so decorated. The others have the more familiar gold lettering without the shield. Patrolman Clare M. LeFerier is in the car.

Reviewing New Quarters of Ann Arbor Police Department Detective Bureau, February 1954

Reviewing New Quarters of Ann Arbor Police Department Detective Bureau, February 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 20, 1954
Caption:
New Quarters For Detective Bureau - Acoustic tile, being examined by Lt. Walter E. Krasny and Ald. A. D. Moore, will soundproof five of the seven Detective Bureau rooms now under construction in the basement of City hall. The new quarters, three interrogation rooms, a fingerprinting and photographic studio, one main bureau room, a reception office and a property lock-up, are due to be finished about April 1, the City Council appropriated $2,800 for the project.

Police Teams Compete At Ann Arbor Police Department Pistol Range, September 1953

Police Teams Compete At Ann Arbor Police Department Pistol Range, September 1953 image
Year:
1953
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 3, 1953
Caption:
Police Teams Shoot For Points: Bullets rattled off the backstop like hailstones yesterday as nine police teams competed in a seven-hour invitational shoot. When the smoke cleared, Detroit was first and Ann Arbor fourth.

New Ann Arbor Police Department Officers Webber and Schulze , August 1952

New Ann Arbor Police Department Officers Webber and Schulze , August 1952 image
Year:
1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 12, 1952
Caption:
New Ann Arbor Police - Two new police officers have been added to the ranks of the Ann Arbor Police Department bringing total strength of the force to within five of its allotted 69-member quota. They are Robert O. Webber, 23, of Gobles, Mich. (left), and Wayne R. Schulze, 24, of Tecumseh. Both are ex-servicemen and have had former police duty; Webber as a member of the Army's military police force and Schulze with the Tecumseh Police Department.

Ann Arbor Police Department Alerts Drivers to New Electric Speed Meter, March 1952

Ann Arbor Police Department Alerts Drivers to New Electric Speed Meter, March 1952 image
Year:
1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 19, 1952
Caption:
Being Used To Nab Speeders - This is one of the city's new signs telling drivers approaching Ann Arbor that the Police Department is using an electrical device to time car speeds. This one is posted on W. Liberty Rd. Others have been erected at all entrances to the city.

Ann Arbor Police Department Hires Two New Patrolmen, August 1952

Ann Arbor Police Department Hires Two New Patrolmen, August 1952 image
Year:
1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1952
Caption:
New Patrolmen: The ranks of the Ann Arbor Police Department have been swelled to 67 members with the addition of two new patrolmen to the uniformed division. They are Chester E. Straka, 23, of Benton Harbor (left) and Raymond E. Jones, 27, of Kalamazoo. Both are ex-servicemen having served with the U.S. Marine Corps and Army respectively. Jones has had three years experience with the Kalamazoo Police Department. They will be placed on full-time duty at the completion of a two-week training course.

Ann Arbor Park Meter Collector George H. Kaercher, February 1952

Ann Arbor Park Meter Collector George H. Kaercher, February 1952 image
Year:
1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 22, 1952
Caption:
City's 675 Silent Employes Bring In Nearly $400,000 In Five years' Service - George Kaercher, Ann Arbor's parking meter collector, puts a day's take in pennies into 50-cent envelopes with the help of a sorting machine which singles out good pennies from mutilated ones, slugs, washers, etc. In the past five years of operation, the meters have taken in $391,419 in pennies and nickels.