Father Confesses Slaying Of Girl
Chicago reports the 36-year-old George Lettrich Jr. confessed to kidnapping and killing 10-year-old Roberta Rinearson near La Grange on December 17 1948 after being questioned on a tie detector and linked to other sex offenses. He described meeting her at a La Grange theater and forcing sexual acts before suffocating her.
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Chicago
Roberta Rinearson
John S. Boyle
Lagrange
Boyle
George Lettrich, Jr
Lettrich
Elmhurst
Roberta
Lyons
Forest Preserve
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Births
A series of family visits and a birth are recorded. Mr and Mrs Nelson Drury host relatives from Williamsport and Dearfoss. Earl Robinson and Clarence Davis families visit Big Springs and others. Patrolman Robert Frush announces the birth of a daughter at Washington County Hospital.
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Walnut Point
Nelson Drury
Big Springs
Earl Robinson
Dearfoss
Clarence Davis
Williamsport
Fred Drury
Charles Hykes
Emanuel Burger
Leitersburg
Robert Frush
Washington County Hospital
Carolyn Hykes
Broadfording
John Mowen
Maugansville
Viola Cook
Marlowe
Jacob Wharton
Imogene Sprecher
Howard Sprecher
Layton Coy
Shippensburg
Beverly Mowen
Carolyn
Darlene Hykes
Ross Kreps
Downsville
Preston Sprecher
Ronald Stirley
Baltimore
Williamsport notes and local picnic plans in Baltimore trip report
Williamsport and Baltimore area items include a Zion Lutheran Sunday School picnic set for Wednesday afternoon at 4 36 in Byron Memorial Park with a full committee list. Other notices mention radio figure Pete Stenger, WKAI Macomb, and Robert A. Myers enlisting in the U S Army Air Corps at Lackland Texas. U S tornado death toll averages over 200 a year.
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Zion Lutheran
Byron Memorial Park
Charles A. M. Reichter
H. L. Fowler
Richard Miller
Willian Gower
Maria Curfman
Frances Jmes
Richard Gruber
Francis Coakiey
Glenn Anderson
Helen Bloyer
Grace Britner
William Gower
Verlin Smalts
Guy Coakley
Pauline Davis
Paul RB. Harsh
Florence Snyder
Richard Doub
William Doub
Dale Anderson
Charles Myers
Fenton Avenue
James Fazenbaker
Jackie Fazenbaker
Barbara Fazenbaker
Macomb
IHS
Pete Stenger
Stengers
Here
Mr. Stenger
WKAI
Robert A. Myers
U. S. Army Air Corps
Lackland Base
San Antonio
Texas
Bob
Federal Silk Mills
Hagerstown Band Delights City Park Crowd
A chilly evening failed to deter a large audience at last night’s City Park concert by the Hagerstown Municipal Band. Dr. Peter Buys conducted a ballet oriented program featuring Tschaikovsky Sleeping Beauty and Giulini Egyptian ballets.
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City Park
Hagerstown
Peter Buys
Tschaikovsky
Luizini
Three People Suffer Arm Fractures in Falls
Richard Lee Hott aged 20 months from Sharpsburg Route One fell from a chair and fractured his right arm. Helen Gray Summers of Boonsboro Route One fell and fractured her left arm. Ralph L. Sharrett of 400 block Hamilton Boulevard fell and fractured his left arm. All were treated at Washington County Hospital emergency department and discharged.
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Richard Lee Hott
Sharpsburg
Helen Gray Summers
Boonsboro
Hamilton Boulevard
Washington County Hospital
Eastern Panhandle Angus Sale Listed For Rawson WV Venue
The first Eastern Panhandle Angus Sale is set for Friday September 1 at 1 p m at the Victor Farms Sale Barn Rawson near Charles Town W Va. The catalog includes 88 head of wattle cattle and related stock.
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Victor Farms
Rawson
W. Va
Charles Town
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W. Franklin &T., Opp
P.O
Iil
Pie
Ayer
John L. Mentzer
U.S
Oison
Sumac
Ralph L. Sharrett
W. Washington
Wordsworth K
Wordsworth
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
America
Life Insurance
Institute of Life Insurance
Madigan Avenue
New York
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