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Platteville Beauty Queen Slain by College Dropout
John A. Treglown, 19, of Benton Wisconsin, admitted shooting Kathleen Teasttee Moan, 20, Platteville State University’s 1963 homecoming queen, in a crowded student union. Police chased him to Lancaster, where he surrendered after officers corned his blue car.
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Platteville
Wis
UPI
John A. Tregiown
Benton
Kathleen
Moan
Platteville State University
Treglown
Miss Moan
Lancaster
Longfellow Manor
Kathy
University Ofllinois
Margaret Reeves
Belvidere
Chicago
John Deere Tractors
Dubuque
Iowa
Mississippi River
Dallas Wepking
Melvin Gillen
Frank Kuchar
Wepking