Killer Cook faces death penalty in Mosser family slayings
Federal agent recites Cook's crime spree from California to New Mexico and Oklahoma City. William E. Cook Jr., 23, a former dishwasher from Joplin, confesses to abducting and killing five Mosser family members and Seattle salesman Robert H. Dewey within five days. He is en route to a federal court under Lindbergh law, shackled and guarded, as prosecutors pursue the death penalty. The massacre began in Blythe California on Christmas and ended with the Carlsbad Caverns escape attempt and a Joplin murder in January.
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San Diego
Calif
William E. Cook Jr
FBI
Badman Bill
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Robert H. Dewey
Seattle
Wash
Cook
E. C. Richardson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma
Mosser
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Oklahoma City
U. S
Mexico
Richardson
Badman Cook
Joplin
Blythe
el Fase
Tex
Juarez
Mex
Lee Archer
Tahoka
Albuquerque
N. M
Wichita Falls
Carlsbad Caverns
Mossers
Fl Paso
Houston
DeQuren
Ark
Fort Smith
Moster
Thelma
Ronald Dean
Gary Carl
Pamela Sue
Frontline Foxhole Life on the Central Korean Front
Jan 20 dispatch details a rifle company on a frostbitten ridge, with Corporal Raymond J. Joanis and soldiers from Hartford Conn to Richmond Calif living in bare foxholes. The unit endures 24 degree-below-zero weather, limited fires, and two-pla toon duty under Captain Edward C. Haynes. Meals vary. steaks are grilled as a rare morale boost amid the front line struggle.
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Mountain Ridge
Miami
Great Falls
Mont
Cpl
Raymond J. H. Joanis
Zion Street
Hartford
Conn
Jeanis
Korlean
Thomas ©. Harris
Dawson Springs
Spvt
James L., Hurt
State Street
Richmond
Calif
Edward C. Haynes
Churchville
North Lawrence Social Roundup From Topeka To Eudora
North Lawrence notes show visits to wrestling contests in Kansas City and guests at local homes. Evangelist Hensley from Indiana attends Stull Church meetings at Stull house while families from Topeka Gardner and Eudora dine, visit, and care for a sick child as a WFCW quilt sale proceeds and a property purchase at 122 Louisiana Street are reported.
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Hazel Smith
O. W. Wischropp
Topeka
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
William Hensley
Loren McCord
Lloyd Spencer
Hensley
Indiana
Evangelist Sker
Stull Church of Vist
Stull Meeting House
T. L. Smith
C.W. Wisch Yopp
Larry
F. W. Deweese
Carol
Parson Bowlin
Becky Ho
Willard Holiday
Prente
Harold Lutz
W. L. Fields
Marion Walker
Linwood
Gilbert
Little Christine
G. K. Norris
C. Vi No
Carol Ann
Lynda
Marjorie
Mary
Eudora
al Hunter
Kennedy
Louisiana Street
Red Cross denounces Reds for ignoring POW accord
Dallas report says Chinese Reds and North Koreans refuse to recognize the Red Cross and its international prisoner of war agreement. James T. Nicholson, executive vice president, notes stockpiles of food, clothing, and medicines in Tokyo and Yokohama for prisoners if the Reds honor the pact. He adds the $85,000,000 fund goal to be set in March is a minimum due to expanded Red Cross activities. Shorthorn group selects McPherson leader in Kansas.
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Dallas
Tex
Red Croce
Red Cross
James T. Nicholson
American
Red Cro
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nicholson
Winter on Scene shows cold fronts across central states
Wintry blasts chilled western and north central states and moved eastward to threaten mild January goals. Temperatures fell below zero in the Dakotas and parts of Minnesota and Montana with Grand Forks at minus 17 and Bismarck minus 15.
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Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Rockies
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
Grand Forks
Bismarck
N. D
Korean airlift radio operator dies after fall
Radio operator Douglas Smith tumbled from a Korean airlift plane 7 000 feet above the Pacific, the escape hatch reportedly opened. The Seaboard and Western Airlines plane carried no rescue, leaving Smith presumed dead. He leaves a wife Eileen and three children in San Jose. Also noted: Waldo T. Tupper, 68, circus general agent, dies on a train en route to Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Douglas Smith
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
Smith
Pacific Coast
Seaboard and Western Airlines
Lts
Brooklyn
Eileen
San Jose
Calif
Los Angeles
Waldo T. Tupper
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Akani
Chinese Attack Tibet Won With Firecrackers
A Tibetan official said Chinese forces won their Tibet campaign early last October without firing a shot, using fireworks and psychological warfare to panic Tibetan officers. Chamdo capitulated. the Dalai Lama and officials fled toward India as Chinese troops pressed their advance.
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Tibet
India
Lhasa
Chamdo
Nga Ben
Dalai Lama
Ytung
United Nations
Fragmentary notes from local club meeting obscure details
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a Nietas club gathering at a Penny residence, a roll call with poems, and a Jose history discussion. Mentions Mrs Sumley, Mr and Mrs William Gainta of Willits, and Mrs Charles Beanegard with unspecified domestic details.
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Erty
Nietas Club
Penny
Jose Istory
Sumley
Willian Gainta
Willits
Charles Beanegard
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