Monthly Archives: June 2014

Bonnie and Clyde — The Indiana Connection, Part 2

June 5, 2014 | by Al Hunter

The ambush of Bonnie and Clyde some 80 years ago this month proved to be the beginning of the end of the “Public Enemy” gangster era of the 1930s. By the time of their bloody, bullet riddled deaths on May 23, 1934, new federal statutes made bank robbery and kidnapping … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: June 6-13

June 5, 2014 | by Weekly View

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, June 6, 1914: Miss Ella Groninger, the first woman admitted to the Marion County bar with the intention of practicing regularly in the county courts, won her first case today in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Clarence E. Weir. Miss Groninger appeared as attorney … Read More

In Memoriam

June 5, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I was the assistant creative director of advertising for a department store in St. Louis Missouri when an airplane carrying the governor of Missouri slammed into the earth. I designed an ad that recognized that event, and his death; the text was appropriately subdued, as the store was not interested … Read More