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Air crash kills six prominent Olivia citizens
Olivia Minnesota faced a numb shock as six top ABA Company executives were killed when their Beechcraft crashed after takeoff en route to a sales kickoff. The victims included RBA chairman Robert Rauenhorst, his nephew Tony, and company president Howard Bellows, among others. The six were central figures in Olivia’s Sunflower capital identity and a planned 100th birthday celebration. The crash halted plans, with interim management to be led by vice presidents Swede Erickson, Robert Pulman, Robert Thurston, and Gordon Swanson as a board meeting would decide further steps.
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Olivia, Minn
UPI
Olivia
Minnesota
Mary Page
ABA
West Lafayette
Ind
Minneapolis
Harold Wagner
Kenyon
Minn
Robert Rauenhorst
RBA
Tony Rauenhorst
Howard Bellows
Jill Kranz
Joe Baumgartner
Dalton Gandy
Gandy
International Sunflower Association
Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Rauenhorst and Bellows
Rauenhorst, Bellows and Associates
Pfizer Genetics
Bellows
Southwest State College
University
Marshall, Minn
Page
Don Prodoehl
Francis
Erickson
Robert Pulman
Robert Thurston
Gordon Swanson