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Balky bear Martha foiled by Sheriff’s rope capture
Pauline Nebraska. Sheriff Bob Anderson chased a 400 pound black bear named Martha who escaped from Grover Stapleman’s donkey baseball show. After a grueling pursuit along a county road she balked and finally was roped at the head then walked toward Stapleman’s corral with a farmer giving a lift.
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