Monthly Archives: June 2022

100 Years Ago: June 10-16

June 9, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, June 14, 1922: The Indianapolis Federation of Clubs presented a resolution to the Marion County commissioners recommending extending the facilities at Sunnyside Tuberculosis Hospital for caring and treating colored tubercular persons both to safeguard the city and as a humanitarian policy. An investigation showed the … Read More

Watergate A Half Century On, Part 1

June 9, 2022 | by Al Hunter

Next Thursday we’ll pass a historical milestone that I suspect will largely go unnoticed: the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. On June 16, 1972, four men from Miami Beach Florida checked into the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. Bernard Barker and Eugenio Martinez booked Room 214, and Virgilio Gonzalez … Read More

The Steel Ballet

June 9, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

One day, while driving North on Arlington Avenue, I noticed cars bouncing as they passed the intersection of Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive. Some cars drove into the left-turn lane to avoid the bounce and others drove close to the right curb. The ways that the cars moved suggested my … Read More

The Beauty of Italian Porcelain: Capodimonte

June 9, 2022 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared March 2, 2012 Capodimonte, literally translated, “the top of the hill,” is the name given to the most delicate of all Italian porcelains. Easily recognized by its trade mark high relief flowers and leaves, it is highly sought by collectors of fine porcelains. The history of … Read More

This Week’s Issue: June 3-9

June 2, 2022 | by Weekly View

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