Confession of Berlin nurse in brutal killings emerges
Berlin police say nurse Elizabeth Kusian confessed to strangling two women and dismembering bodies, with grisly details of severed limbs. Investigators link Miss Kusian to Miss Seidelmann and Miss Merten, describe a crab symbol from a photo, and note possible ties to five other killings.
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Tolderlin
Wupi
Spreice
Boris
Elizabeth Sien
Seidekaenn
Doris Mei
Biss Kusian
Miss Merten
East Sector
Miss Kusian
Death at Red Rooster Cafe Claims Police Chief
Mendon, January 1. Police Chief Matthew Mantoni and diner Katherine Brady were killed in a gun battle at the Red Rooster Cafe after bandit Harold Ward tied up six patrons and employees for two hours. Several others wounded, Ward under guard at hospital facing murder charges.
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Josephine Pitasl
Mendon
Ward
Red Rooster
Aubrey Hensel
Hensel
Werd
Klan Cross Burn Outside University of Oklahoma Meeting
Oklahoma Communist leader Allen Shaw charged that a Ku Klux Klan cross burning occurred near Seller Foundation Halls during a civil rights committee meeting at the University of Oklahoma. Campus police said no arrests were made as Shaw condemned Judge Harold Medina and the Klan’s actions.
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Okls
Oklahoma
Allan Shaw
Ku Klux Klan
University of Oklahoma
Seller Foundation
Shaw
Civil Rights Committee
A. C. Bernier
Harold Medina
New York
Trie
Uni
Versity
George S. Cross
Glen Wilson
2 Meter
Civil Right Committee
Tasat
Helle
Shew
Rape Trial Evidence Puzzles Jury in Orange Case
The Paul LaFleur trial in Orange heard the state introduce a baffling battered candy carton described as figuratively tied to a key testimony. The 128th district case, including juror selection completed, features witnesses such as Sheriff Bolts as prosecutors press forward after an overnight adjournment.
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Orange
Jan
Paul LaFleur
Eut
128Th District
John O. Young
F. W. Hustmyre
Youngsiter
W. A. Sexton
LaFleur
Houston
Sheriff Bolts
Kiwanis Entertainment Committee To Meet
Kiwanis entertainment and music committee will meet at 7 am with Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick at his Crystal Bay home. They will discuss 1950 entertainment programs for Kiwanis meetings. Officers James Sherwood, Dr. Kirkpatrick, Sam McPhail, R L Herbert, and Bragg Dellowey will attend as guests.
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Kiwanis Club
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Crystal Bay
Kiwanis
Bragg Dellowey
James Sherwood
Kirkpatrick
Sam McPhail
R. L. Herbert
Grandmother of C C Alexander Dies in Beaumont
Mrs L D Alexander aged 90 wife of Bay Town resident C Q Alexander died at 4 am Tuesday at her Beaumont home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday. Mrs Alexander suffered a heart attack shortly before her 90th birthday on December 9 and had been ill since, having lived in Beaumont since arriving from Nebraska in 1902.
Three Patients Die In Hospital Fire at Cobleskill
An oil stove explosion sparked a blaze at a two story nursing home in Cobleskill New York killing three elderly patients and injuring four others. The dead include Mrs Myra Bellinger Mrs Freda Knochemus and Mrs Iola Crippen all aged under 70. Two victims died in their rooms while a third died later in hospital after rescue by volunteer firefighters. Nine residents were to be evacuated as fire spread rapidly.
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Cobleseni
N.Y
Jan
Myra Bellinger
Freda Knochemus
Iola Crippen
Bellinger
Knochemus
Chinese Reds Open Hainan Island Fight
Hong Kong dispatches report the battle for Hainan Island has begun with Communist guerrilla forces achieving early gains while Nationalist forces acknowledge progress. A four hour raid targeted Canton’s Whampoa base and two airfields as air and sea movements shift naval and air priorities.
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Hainan Island
Canton
South Ching
Whampoa
Hoshow
Samah
Red
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