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Title: How Charles Binaggio Got That Way: The True-Life Story behind One of Kansas City's Most Famous Murders
Description: Story about the life and death of Kansas City organized crime figure Charles Binaggio, reprinted from the July 1971 issue of the same magazine, with photos.
Date: 1983-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Our Town. ..The Infamous: Binaggio--Death at the Hand of a Friend
Description: Story about the murders of Italian-American organized crime figures Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta in April 1950 in Kansas City, with photos.
Date: 1979-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Union Station Massacre Revisited
Description: Part one in a two-part series of articles about the Union Station Massacre in 1933, with photos and "Thumbnail Sketches of Union Station Massacre Cast," including Adam Richetti, Frank Nash, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, or Pretty Boy Floyd, et al.
Date: 1970-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Here Lies Col. Swope
Description: Article details the life and mysterious death of Colonel Thomas Swope. The author includes details of Swope's character and the "naive" philanthropies of his life, as well as an examination of his death and the subsequent trials of Dr. Clark Hyde for his alleged murder.
Date: 2004-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: K. C.'s Public School System. ..Why Isn't It Working?
Description: In-depth examination of the failures of the Kansas City School District to deliver high quality education.
Date: 1983-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Union Station Massacre. ..Still a Bloody Puzzle
Description: Part two in a two-part series of articles about the Union Station Massacre in 1933, with photos.
Date: 1971-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: How Charles Binaggio Got That Way
Description: Article on the "true life story behind one of Kansas City's most famous murders," offering "some intriguing facts about" the murder and life of organized crime figure Charles Binaggio at the Jackson County Democratic Club at 720 Truman Road in April 1950, with photos.
Date: 1971-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Tale of Mary McElroy - The Strangest Kidnapping of Them All
Description: Photos and biographical article about Mary McElroy (1907-1940), the "daughter of Judge Henry F. McElroy, Tom Pendergast's city manager," kidnaped in 1933 and later killing herself at her home at 21 West 57th Street.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article