Church Organist Burned To Death In Auto
Leavenworth report says Mildred Hitzman 48, organist at Wesley Methodist Church, burned when her car exploded after she started it following a conversation with Rev. Paul Burres and Loren Land. Gasoline and matches found. motive unknown. She also worked for an auto parts firm in Kansas City and planned a project to aid about 2,000 Kansas children with cerebral palsy.
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Charles Larkin
Mildred Hitzman
Paul W. Burres
Mr. Burres
Wesley Methodist Church of
Kansas City
Kas
Loren Land
Here
U. S. Highway 43
Larkin
Hitzman
Woman Cop Rough On An Assailant
New York transit officer Dorothy Uhnak, 25, lured a mugger at a subway station in the financial district. After six days of careful staging she broke a strangling hold and knocked the gun from the assailant, with two colleagues assisting. The suspect, John Thomas Bishop, 21, of Brooklyn, was booked on felonious assault attempted robbery and weapons charges.
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New York
Financial District
Dorothy Uhnak
To Build Hospital For Cerebral Palsy
Trustees in Kansas City have started a drive to construct a $375,000 cerebral palsy hospital at the University of Kansas Medical Center without state tax funds. The Kansas 40 & 8 Society, the American Legion, and the Kansas Society for Crippled Children have raised $130,000 and aim to add $95,000 to qualify for $150,000 in federal matching funds. The trustees have hired an ar.
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Kansas City, Kas
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas
Harvard Libraries Hold Nearly 6 Million Volumes
Harvard University libraries contain almost six million volumes, the largest university stock in the United States, underscoring the institution's extensive research resources and historical collections.
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Harvard University
United States
Fort Scott Seeks Civil War Cannon
Fort Scott seeks a Civil War cannon to display at the renovated fort linked to Gen Winfield Scott. The city aims to turn the site into a state park and would like the cannon donated or sold to the town for a tourism attractor.
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Fort Scott
Eas
Winfield Scott
Old Fort
Restoration to Begin at Old Block House Site
In front of an old block house slated for restoration, plans indicate work will commence to stabilize and revive the historic structure. The site remains a focal point for local heritage efforts and community pride.
Eastern Star Official Dies in Amarillo Hospital
Mrs. H. J. Lepley 52 immediate past worthy grand matron of the Eastern Star in Kansas died Sunday in an Amarillo Texas hospital under kidney specialist care. Her daughter Sally Ann a student at Stephens College Columbia Missouri is grand worthy associate ad-
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Jewell) Lepley
Eastern Star
Kansas
Amarillo
Tex
Obituary Notice for Liberal Woman Mrs Lepley
Mrs Lepley born at Guymon Oklahoma 40 miles southwest of Liberal. She is survived by her husband a daughter a brother and a sister. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church in Liberal.
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Rainbow
Lepley
Warren
Guy“mon
Okla
Liberal
Methodist Church
Israel's population growth since 1948
Israel's population has approximately tripled since 1948 to more than 1,700,000, reflecting rapid postwar migration and demographic expansion across the state.
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Red Cross
India
Israel
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