Boston-Area FBI hunts for two Kansas bank robbers
Boston FBI Chief D S Hostetter identified Gerhard Puff and George Heroux as two of the ten most wanted criminals. A burned car found in Hopkinton, NH linked to Puff, who bought it last November under an alias. The pair are charged with the November 23 robbery of Prairie Village bank, stealing over $62,000 plus travelers checks and bonds.
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New Hampshire
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Kansas
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Gerhard Arthur Puff
Milwaukee
George Arthur Heroux
Worcester
Mass
Roth
New England
Hopkinton
N. H. Meadow
Kansas City
Hostetter
Johnsonunty National Bank and Trust Co
Prairie Village
Kas
American Express
Heroux
Iferoux
Southside Bank
Dawn assault on Old Baldy front lines in Korea clash
U N infantry pressed a dawn attack near Old Baldy on the western front in Korea, forcing back Chinese forces under artillery and tank support to within about 110 yards of Reds on the northwestern slope. Weather slowed air strikes as Sabres and fighter bombers engaged in dogfights with losses reported on both sides.
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Korea
U. N
Old Baldy
U. S. Eighth Army
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Gillespie Mother Kills Infant Twin Daughters
Gillespie, Wis. The Macoupin County state’s attorney said he will seek commitment to a state mental hospital for a 1-year-old Gillespie mother who admitted killing one twin and fatally beating the other with a board as they cried. An Alton psychiatrist upheld a finding of mental illness for Mrs. Willa Mae Marietta. The twins were named Rhea Kay and Leah, three months old.
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Macoupin County
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Eiieard Ry Phelps
Alton
Willa Mae Marietta
Helps
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Leah
Kansas Attorney General Faces Threats Over Gambling Crackdown
Kansas Attorney General Harold Fatzer reports receiving threats by letters and telephone calls aimed at his anti gambling device campaign. He cites Wyandotte and Scogwick Counties after agents seized coin operated machines. One letter implied harming him. KBI is checking the threats.
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Harold Fatzer
Fatzer
Wyandotte
Scogwick
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Eisenhower Ends Army Career with Resignation Acceptance
Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from the military as Secretary Pace accepts his resignation. The former four star general pauses a long career after Friday’s formal closure, marking the end of an era in U.S. military leadership.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Secretary of the Army
Pace
McPherson County Celebrates All-Schools Day Parade
The article notes McPherson County’s media outlets KNEX Daily Republican and McPherson County News flag a biennial All-Schools Day celebration in mid May. A two mile parade honors eighth grade graduates, part of McPherson’s 38 year tradition. The region features Kanopolis Reservoir, Lake Inman and Smoky Hill River with strong fishing, plus Maxwell State Game Preserve north of Canton introducing buffalo, deer and elk herds.
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Lake Inman
Smoky Hill
Maxwell State Game Preserve
Canton
KNEX
Daily
Republican
McPherson County
McPherson
McPherson's Prosperity Driven by Wheat and Oil Industries
McPherson Kansas shows prosperity from bumper wheat yields and thriving oil refining. Key industries include oil production and flour milling, with large new construction and payrolls boosting the local economy. The county ranks among top wheat producers. several mills and refiners feed regional growth, supported by a growing civic and educational framework.
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L. E. Lindell
McPherson
Kansas
U.S. HI
McPherson County
Polio Victim to K C. Joseph Nelson Honorably Admitted
Dr Joseph H Nelson a University of Kansas Medical School graduate who contracted polio 18 months ago arrived from Houston to Kansas City Missouri He will stay at St Luke's Hospital then live with his parents at 40t W 60th St Terrace Kansas City He hopes to continue medical work despite paralysis Unmarried He studied at Borger Texas and with Dr Jim Doores at a clinic there His older brother John M Nelson KU alumnus and PhD candidate lives at 1020 Me St in Kansas City
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Joseph H. Nelson
University of Kansas Medical School
Kansas City
Houston
Tex
St. Luke's Hospital
H. S. Nelson
60Th St. Terrace
Nelson
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Borger
Texas
Jim Doores
Doores
Bronaueh
Overland Park
John M. Nelson
K. U
Me. St
Future Farmers Dropped State Sweetheart Controversy
In Dallas B Youdeaped a group of Future Farmers of America amid a teaser about selecting a state sweetheart. Cooper said FRA would not activate the state sweetheart selection. Twain Smith of Hale Center identified as vice president claimed the move affected girls and boys morale. debates over convention roles followed.
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Dallas -B
Delegates Pick Sarah Reynolds Sweetheart Candidate
The debate grew heated as delegates voted down a motion about changing the late sweetheart selection. Sarah Reynolds, 15, of Pittsburg, is chosen as sweetheart for 1952.
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Sarah Reynolds
Pitsburg
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