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A single engine plane attempted to land at Lawndale Shopping Center (S. Green River Rd. and Washington Ave.) when it clipped a light pole and skidded across Washington Ave., flipped on its top and came to rest about 100 feet from the Sears store in Washington Square Mall. Neither the pilot, James E. Bratt (3816 Koring Rd.) nor his passenger, John Smart (not local) were injured. Here the pilot(" passenger? sits on the bumper of a firetruck, head in hands. Next to him is Evansville Fire Department Pumper Sgt. no. 16.