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Bank Robber Flees by Chartered Plane After Teller Robbery
A gunman robbed the Bronson bank posing as a teller then hired a pilot to fly him to Vermillion but landed in a wheatfield near Elk Point after changing plans. He escaped with about $850 in a paper bag while accompanied by a woman and three children. Police set road blocks as officers traced the suspect, but flights and car routes remained unclear.
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Elk Point
S. D
Bronson
Porter Maynard
Ed Ekren
Vermillion
Ekren
O. J. Smith
Morningside Savings Bank
Sioux City
Michigan
Tommy Martin
Martin