THURSDAY August 29, 2013
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Worldwide sale returns to museum BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com
With a business plan that calls for only 80 vehicles in its sale Saturday night, Worldwide Auctioneers has to decide which cars make the cut. “We turn a lot of cars away — more than we take,� said John Kruse of Auburn, who operates Worldwide with partner Rod Egan. Worldwide’s sixth annual The Auburn Auction returns for its second year inside the National Auto & Truck Museum. Bidding begins Saturday at 6 p.m.
The sale starts with a run of 11 antique farm tractors, “just for fun� and because it’s rural Indiana, Kruse said. Twenty-five cars in the lineup come from the American classic era, fitting in with this weekend’s Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. Topping the list is a 1933 Auburn Twelve Custom Phaeton Sedan that appears on the cover of the sale’s catalog. Despite the growing popularity of 1960s and ’70s muscle cars, the appeal of classic cars endures, SEE WORLDWIDE, PAGE A11
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This 1933 Auburn Twelve Custom Phaeton Sedan is a featured car in Worldwide Auctioneers sale, The Auburn Auction, scheduled for Saturday night in the National Auto & Truck Museum.
Our guide to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival appears inside today’s edition. It features the stories of northeast Indiana residents who own classic Auburn automobiles.
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Suspect in killing wants venue change BY AMY OBERLIN aoberlin@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — A man who appeared on “America’s Most Wanted� for the 1989 killing of a Hamilton man has filed a motion for a change of venue for his Steuben County jury trial. Mafuz Huq, 47, was returned to Steuben County in late July after being extradited from New Delhi to face charges of murder, burglary, theft and intimidation surrounding the Aug. 9, 1989, death of Todd Kelley, 19, of Hamilton. Huq has been the suspect in the slaying since it occurred but escaped capture until he was taken into custody overseas in February 2011. The story of the case was kept alive through its airing on “America’s Most Wanted� and local lore. After his arrest, news media throughout the area followed the proceedings. Huq is being held in Steuben County Jail without bail. He is represented by Indianapolis attorney James Voyles, who is being assisted locally by Linda Wagoner. Wagoner filed a motion in mid-August for a change of venue, citing “extensive and prejudicial news media.� Wagoner indicates she would like the trial moved a significant distance from Steuben County, as “the news sources are the same for the northeast Indiana counties.�
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Fire breaks out at Waterloo scrap metal business Firefighters battle a blaze in a pile of scrap metal at MetalX, 295 S. Commerce Drive (C.R. 31), at the west edge of Waterloo just before 3 p.m. Wednesday. Why the fire started is not known, said Waterloo Fire Chief Kirby Hobbs. It ignited high in
the pile and grew out of control. Firefighters worked 3 1/2 hours to extinguish it. Fire departments from Waterloo, Auburn, Corunna and Butler fought the flames. Angola firefighters stood by at Waterloo’s fire station.
Injured deputy improving BY MATT GETTS mgetts@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — A reserve police officer injured late Saturday night while responding to an emergency call remained in intensive care Wednesday afternoon, said Steuben County Sheriff Tim Troyer. Reserve Deputy Adam Meeks, 34, of Fremont, suffered head, ankle and wrist injuries in the crash, which occurred on S.R. 327, just north of Steuben C.R. 400S while he was traveling south to assist with an incident being handled by DeKalb County police at about 11:40 p.m.
Meeks is married and has three children, Troyer said. The reserve officer has a full-time job in a factory in the Angola area. “It appears he’s on a path to recovery,� Troyer said Wednesday afternoon. “He knows who you are when you come into the room.� When Troyer first arrived at Meeks’ hospital room in Fort Wayne on Sunday morning, Meeks said, “Hi, sheriff,� when Troyer entered the room. The next words out of the injured man’s mouth? “‘I’m sorry I wrecked the car,’� Troyer recalled. Troyer said Meeks was sitting
up in his hospital bed when he visited him Tuesday. Damage to the vehicle was extensive, and Troyer said a combination of factors likely saved the deputy’s life, including the fact he was driving a heavily built, large squad car, that he was wearing his seat belt and that his body armor may have protected him somewhat. “I think the good Lord was watching over him,� Troyer said. Deputies and the Indiana State Police were responding Saturday evening to the Story Lake area southwest of Hudson to assist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing at ground zero on the civil rights movement’s battlefield of justice, President Barack Obama challenged new generations Wednesday to seize the cause of racial equality and honor the “glorious patriots� who marched a half century ago to the very steps from which Rev. Martin Luther King spoke during the March on Washington. In a moment rich with history and symbolism, tens of thousands of Americans of all backgrounds and colors thronged to the National Mall to join the nation’s first black president and civil rights pioneers in marking the 50th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream� speech. Obama urged each of them to become a modern-day marcher for economic justice and racial harmony. “The arc of the moral universe may bend toward justice but it doesn’t bend on its own,� Obama said, in an allusion to King’s own message. His speech was the culmination of daylong celebration of King’s legacy that began with marchers walking the streets of Washington behind a replica of the transit bus that Rosa Parks once rode when she refused to give up her seat to a white man. At precisely 3 p.m., members of the King family tolled a bell to echo King’s call 50 years earlier to “let freedom ring.� It was the same bell that once hung in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., before the SEE DREAM, PAGE A11
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Sale of collectibles opens Auctions America event BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — On a large overhead screen at the Auburn Auction Park, bidders viewed close-up details of a 1930 Mercedes dashboard Wednesday. Bids climbed quickly, topping out at $11,000. But Wednesday’s successful bidder would not expect to drive the Mercedes. The automobile was a model car and part of the Kirk F. White collection that was offered for sale at no reserve. More than 400 lots came under the gavel at the Auburn Fall auction Wednesday, representing more than 40 years of acquisition.
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Detailers polish and prepare a 1936 Auburn Supercharged Phaeton at the Auctions America Auburn Auction Park Wednesday. The automobile is scheduled to cross the auction block Saturday.
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The collection included automotive fine art, racing memorabilia, vintage toys, model trains, automotive literature, model cars, period advertisements, antiques and collectibles. The 1930 Mercedes SSK Model was made by German company Modeltechnik. It is one of only 25 ever built and deemed an exact replica by Mercedes-Benz Classic. Other highlights from the collection included original paintings by Nicholas Watts, Chuck Queener and Dexter Brown and a model of a speedboat by Jack Kipfer. An original commission by
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1934 La Salle Convertible Coupe - A Stylistic and Engineering Benchmark, Handsome Art Deco Accents, Formerly Owned by Noted Collector Lee Herrington, Beautiful, Concours-Quality Restoration