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THE IOLA REGISTER Monday, April 14, 2014
White supremacist guns down 3 in KC OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City is a well-known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt. Frazier Glenn Cross, of Aurora, Mo., was booked into Johnson County jail on a preliminary charge of first-degree murder after the attacks Sunday in Overland Park. At a news conference Sunday afternoon, Overland Park police Chief John Douglass declined to publicly identify the man suspected in the attacks. But an official at the suburban Kansas City jail, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the case, identified the suspect as 73-year-old Frazier Glenn Cross, of Aurora, Mo. Douglass said the suspect made several statements to police, “but it’s too early to tell you what he may or may not have said.” He also said it was too early in the investigation to determine whether there was an anti-Semitic motive for the attacks or whether they will be investigated as hate crimes. The Jewish festival of Passover begins Monday. “We are investigating it as
Iola High School students sparkle and shine Saturday night at their 2014 Prom, “Under the sea.” Tyler McIntosh, above, drives his date Paige Miller to prom in style. Jeremy Spears, right, escorts Michaela Ingle into the building. Students stayed up through the night for the after prom party at the Recreation Community Building in Riverside Park. Go to the photos link at www.iolaregister. com to see additional photos from prom night. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN
a hate crime. We’re investigating it as a criminal act. We haven’t ruled out anything. ... Again, we’re three hours into it,” he said. SITE, a U.S.-based terror monitoring group, described the suspect as a known and vocal anti-Semite who frequently calls for genocide against Jews. According to police, the attacks happened within minutes of one another. At around 1 p.m. a gunman shot two people in the parking lot behind the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. He then drove a few blocks away to a Jewish retirement community, Village Shalom, and gunned down a woman or girl there, Douglass said. Officers arrested him in an elementary school parking lot a short time later. Police said the attacks at both sites happened outside, and that the gunman never entered any buildings. Douglass said the gunman also shot at two other people during the attacks, but missed. Authorities declined to release the victims’ names pending notification of their relatives, and the identity of the person shot at the retirement community was still not public early today However, See SHOOTING | Page A4
Woman recounts historic flight CINCINNATI (AP) — Recounting her history-making adventure 50 years later, Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock plays it down as an enjoyable way to see the world. The native of Newark, Ohio, became the first female pilot to fly solo around the globe when her single-engine Cessna 180 dubbed Spirit of Columbus landed in the state’s capital on April 17, 1964. She had covered more than 23,000 miles in 29-plus days while making stops in such exotic locales as the Azores, Casablanca, Cairo and Calcutta. “You call it an accomplishment. I just call it having fun,” Mock, now 88, said by telephone from her home in the small north Florida city of Quincy. “Scared? Let’s not use the word scared,” she said, laughing. “Airplanes are meant to fly. I was completely confident in my plane; I trusted it completely. I had plenty of gas, a good engine. You just kind of used your head.” But 27 years after female aviation pioneer and Mock’s childhood hero Amelia Earhart’s disappearance in the Pacific, her flight had plenty of harrowing moments. “Amelia Earhart was an inspiration to me. ... She wasn’t really on my mind during the flight,” said Mock, who
recalled that she was most alarmed when she noticed a burning wire while flying over a desert in the Middle East. She switched it off and the wire cooled down, as she considered what might have happened had the fire spread in a plane loaded with extra fuel for her trip.
You call it an accomplishment. I just call it having fun. A crowd listens to the Humboldt High School concert band perform at the Humboldt Bandstand dedication on Saturday afternoon. REGISTER/KAYLA BANZET
— Geraldine Mock, pilot
She also had radio and brake problems, was grounded in Bermuda by rough weather and landed by mistake at an Egyptian military base. Armed soldiers quickly sent her on the right way to the international airport, she said. While called “the flying housewife” at the time, the suburban mother of three studied aeronautical engineering at Ohio State University, had flown for years and had been planning her flight for months, working with an Air Force friend and other aviation experts and offiSee PILOT | Page A4
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Humboldt dedicates bandstand By KAYLA BANZET The Iola Register
HUMBOLDT — Humboldt residents gathered around the historic bandstand on the town square Saturday afternoon to celebrate the fact it is listed on the National Historic Register of Historic Places. The recognition came after the Downtown Action Team applied for the list. The bandstand was surveyed two summers ago by the Kansas Historical Society. They were notified the week of January 8 that they made the cut.
Representatives from the city, county and state spoke during the opening presentation to guests. The late State Rep. Ed Bideau and Sen. Caryn Tyson helped amend Kansas statutes on historic preservation. Bideau’s wife Margaret and brother David spoke before the crowd, saying how Ed loved the Humboldt community and would have been pleased to see the bandstand on the historic list. Tyson commended the community on its efforts on making the project a reality. The bandstand was built
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in the early 1900s. Before it made the list the Downtown Action Team made improvements to the bandstand. It raised $10,000 in materials to make cosmetic changes to the flooring, ceilings and new lighting. Local businesses and community members helped with the project. During the afternoon different area bands played on the band stand to entertain the crowd. The Downtown Action Team presented the historic plaque to the City of Humboldt. The sign will be placed on the stand.
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