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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

11 May 1986

Page 7

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1986

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7

Medals Returned to Twentynine Palms Mother for War Hero

Mary McGee receives back her son Private Robert McGee Jr.’s Purple Heart and World War II medals forty years after they were stolen. A NYC hobo found the box and the Marines traced the mother, who was nearly blind, to reunite her with the keepsakes and a photo of her late son.

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Purple Heart Hobo Los Angeles Times Twentynine Palms Calif Mary McGee Bobby Okinawa Long Island 23Rd Street New York City Robert McGee Jr Frank Marines Corps New Mary J.P. Monahan
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Cane toads devastate Australia’s cane fields and pets

Poisonous cane toads from South America have multiplied across Australia’s eastern coast after being released in 1935 to fight beetles. They lack predators, threaten crops and wildlife, and have even caused human fatalities from their toxic secretions. Scientific research is limited while farmers seek control.

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Brisbane Australia South America Robert Floyd Department of Entomology Commonwealth, Science and Industrial Research Organization
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