Father's Slaying A Family Secret
Pontiac Michigan reports bones found in a cow shed sparked a tale of a father's murder and a family cover up. Stanley James 54 vanished over two years ago after a Thanksgiving 1947 quarrel. Carson James 28 named as the suspected killer. Oakland County Prosecutor Clyde Underwood planned to seek arrest for Carson as authorities piece together the family history and the shed grave near Clawson.
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Pontiac
Mich
Stanley James
Oakland County
Stll
Clyde D. Uunderwood
Carson James
Washington, D. C
California
James
Michigan
Clawson
Clarence Witt
Here
Washington
Muriel Hackersmith
Witt
Hackersmith
Sone
Ralph
Michigan State College
Justice
Wayne University
Detroit
Underwood
Carten
Felet
Lawrence School News Highlights From February Activities
Kindergarten visited Grant's Pet Shop and bought goldfish and aquarium cups. Several students celebrate birthdays. attendance records praised in Mrs. Poland's class. Valentine Day parties with varied mailbox setups noted. Second grade letters to ill teacher Mrs. Luthi. substitute Mrs. Virginia Smith mentioned. Third to sixth grades engaged with biographies, films, and regional reports. Visitors included multiple staff and a hamster show.
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Grant
Dorothy Risaman
Marshall Smith
Kansas City
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Gibler
Medlock
Pobjoy
Reyes
Schaffermeyer
Myles
Kipp
Cecile Myles
Gary Pringle
California
Salt Lake City
Jonn
Salt
Brenda Zon
Sammy Zieske
West
Russia
Valentine party notes and school updates in Bonner Springs
Funny Business operated for appendicitis on February 11. Both kindergartens held Valentine parties. Mothers assisting included Mrs Byron King, Mrs Bernard Hermes, Mrs Ray Kentrick, Mrs RR Revenew, Mrs Boyd Stowell, Mrs E M Bowman, Mrs Reno Bruns, Mrs Wm Lohman, Mrs Glenn Smiley and Mr J B Waggoner. Carole Ann Cornish and Larry Crawford joined the sixth grade. Science classes watch baby snails. Sixth grade officers named: president Germaine Hunsinger, secretary Juanita Allen, treasurer Florence Samples. Some sixth graders correspond with foreign students. Keith Jocheim and Ava Jane Vandeventer shared a birthday with a second-grade treat. Mrs Jones of Bonner Springs schools visited Miss Watkinson's room. Plague remains a serious problem in India.
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Byron King
Bernard Hermes
Ray Kirktrick
RR. Revenew
Boyd Stowell
E. M. Bowman
Reno Bruns
Wm. H. Lohman
Glenn Smiley
Sirs
Mrs. Jones
Bonner Springs
Miss Watkinson
Sixth Grade Science and Valentine Party Notes in School
An item lists sixth graders building a transmission map for social studies and notes committee members for a Valentine party including Anna Zimm erman Mickey Berdudez Lawren Pringle and others. It also mentions grade visits to Mrs Gwin s science class, a tea for the fifth grade, and a visit by a St Bernard dog with student artwork.
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Ralph Stultz
Anna Zimmerman
Mickey Berdudez
Lawren Pringle
Charlotte Bayles
Walter Olson
Barbara Winters
Donna Hamill
Billy Ray
Larry Ker
Ralph Hess
Jay Markwith
New York
Norma Ellinsworth
Mary Pohl
Nancy Burchett
Betty Criss
Donald Groninger
Jo Ann Fleshman
S. Valentine
Carol Collins
Gwen Mohler
Reading
Eugene Taylor
Brenda Kramer
Marilyn Scott
Doris Tingle
Rachel Bermudez
Sharon Redford
Duke and Duchess of Wind Sor Enter Mardi Gras Fun
New Orleans reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor visiting Mardi Gras as Lent begins at midnight with revelry ending in debris and a society pondering if royal faux royals will curtsy. The piece notes barefoot revelers and the end of carnival’s pageantry as Lent starts.
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor
New Orleans
Rex
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Royal British couple at Lawrence Dally Journal-World event
New Orleans tally reports three dead and two injured after Mardi Gras activities. Victims include Joseph Becker Sr., 60, struck by heart attack while leading a carnival parade. James Mealey, 38, killed after a truck collision. Willie Sterling, 29, fatally shot in carnival street crash. Charity Hospital treated about 200 victims from shootings, accidents, and related merriment.
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Lawrence Dally Journal-World
New Orleans
Joseph Becker, Sr
T James Mealey
Willie Sterling
Charity Hospital
Gopherwood Native Reported in Liberty County Florida
A native in America identified as gopherwood, nicknamed va, resides in Liberty County Florida near the southwestern corner of Decatur County, G.
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America
Liberty County
Fla
Decatur County
Educator Appointed Council Ambassador to Finland Visit
Evan E. Evans, superintendent of schools, named council ambassador to Finland. He plans a March European tour with a group, visiting Helsinki and Jyväskylä, and will engage with the Institute Scrap Iron and Steel Council amid postwar rail and metal industry discussions.
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Finnind
Helsinki
Hyvaskyla
Arkansasuty Kna
Codex County
Isteitkyla
Institute Scrap Iron and Steel Council
Oll
Jy Finland
Evan E. Evans
Europe
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Pat, Perkins
Don Muir
Vance Wigington
Nettie Vicker
Marjorie Reard
Virlee Reardon
Stermaard
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Bartlesville
Okla
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Caral Beguelin
Helen Louise Kirkpatrick
Mary Lane Hartzell
Bobby Simpson
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Wiston
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Trede
Peren Pensions
Hunsinger Motor Co
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Houston
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