From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society

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Information for this retrospective series is courtesy of the Kosciusko County Historical Society. For more history of Kosciusko County in the news visit yesteryear.clunette.com

August 1993 — Efforts by the new anti-pornography group, Enough is Enough, to eliminate pornographic material from video and book stores caught plenty of people’s attention and could play a role in the upcoming election of Kosciusko County’s prosecutor.

Interest in the pornography debate was rekindled this summer after a Kosciusko Leadership Academy white paper suggested the rise in local sex crimes is linked to an increased number of explicit films available at video stores.

Aug. 29, 1975 — A Warsaw man and two employees were arrested Thursday by Fort Wayne police in the first test of Fort Wayne’s 1975 anti-obscenity statute.

Charged with exhibiting obscene material were Roger Vore, 33, of Warsaw, identified by police as owner of the Theatre A, 3441 Broadway, Fort Wayne, and two employees Robert Durkin, 23, and Edward Kelwaski, 22, both of Fort Wayne.

Vore is owner of Vore Cinema Corp., based in Warsaw, and operates three theaters in Kosciusko County and several others around the state.

The charges stemmed from the Aug. 18 showing of the film “Fly Me” at Theatre A and were aimed at determing whether the movie is obscene.

Aug. 31, 1954 — Two men reported seeing a “flying saucer” this morning while en route from their Oswego homes to Leesburg.

Herman Buckingham and Jack Rader, who were driving in separate cars toward the Leesburg Lumber Co., where they are employed, said the “flying saucer” cast a reflection on their windshields. They looked skyward and saw what they described as a “shiny ball of fire” traveling westward.

The two men said the saucer disappeared from their view in a split second.

– Compiled by InkFreeNews reporter Lasca Randels