Oklahoma Floods Surge Across Southwest
Severe flooding in Oklahoma drove thousands from homes as Cimarron and Arkansas rivers swelled to record highs. Tulsa evacuated more than 1000 residents. Bixby saw hundreds displaced. Tornado fatalities rose to 38 across Texas Kansas and Oklahoma with multiple states under threat as bridges and highways failed. Volunteers deployed sandbags and helicopters ferried supplies to stranded families amid rising waters.
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Cimarron
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Bixby
United Press
Silverton
Tex
Texas
Didehezia
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Abilene
Kan
Mineral Wells
Wave
Woman Killed As Building Collapses In New York
A three story brick tenement on New York's lower East Side collapsed with a roar, killing an unidentified woman and injuring Allan Thompson who was taken to Gouverneur Hospital. Fire and police searched the 20 foot debris pile for additional victims as others remained unaccounted. Initial reports said five tenants lived there, but officers later admitted they did not know how many people resided in the building.
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New York
INS
Lower East Side
Allan Thompson
Gouveneur Hospital
Pitt St
East Mouston
Anna de Sesco
Merit Tops Sex Appeal at National Federation Convention
Grace Fields vice president of the National Federation declares at the 27th California convention in Los Angeles that women should be hired on merit not sex appeal. She advocates equal pay for equal work, overtime for women, and a military academy for women, urging progress toward near parity with men.
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Los Angeles
National Federation of Business and Professional
Grace Fields
National Federation
California Federation
National Federationfficer
Radar in Merced Cuts Speeding and Accidents
Merced police report the radar speed detector reduced speeding and accidents after installation slightly over a month ago. Police Chief Ralph Bond noted about 450 speeding citations per month before use, now down to 225, with the accident rate halved versus a year ago.
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Merced, Wt
Ralph Bond
Het
Pittsburg Woman Killed in Los Gatos Crash
Mrs. Maria Cerameiline 60 of Pittsburg died in a head on collision on the Los Gatos Santa Cruz road near Los Gatos. Two others were injured in the crash reported last night.
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Los Gatos
Maria Cerameiline
Pittsburg
Santa Cruz Road
Here
Drivers License Change Clears Senate for Knight Desk
A bill clearing the Senate and headed to Governor Knight would revise Univers licenses. It sets first time licenses at two years and renewals at five years based on the driver’s traffic record, expiring on the holder’s birthday.
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Sacramento
Senate
Goodwin J. Knight
Walter Dahl
Ry Piedmont
Chief Denounces Missile Rumors
Washington claims the research chief rejects reports the intercontinental ballistic missile is unstoppable as technically wrong. Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin testifies to a House subcommittee that the ICBM is not an ultimate weapon and that defense measures are feasible.
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Washington
Irmay
James M. Gavin
Gavin
House Appropriations
Postponed Alameda Stampede Rodeo Due To Rain
Heavy rains made the parking area unusable forcing the second annual Alameda County Stampede Rodeo to be postponed to the weekend of June 12. Arena director J Harry Rowell said officials of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Posse and Hayward Rotary Club withdrew a Rain Or Shine policy to avoid public parking hazards.
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Alameda County
J. Harry Rowell
Trustee voting yields ties and multi-district results in Alameda counties
In Southern Alameda County school trustee elections, La Vista tied with 228 votes for two incumbents T. M. Giem and Paul Fried. Ray Warner led for a single seat with 162, while Guy Warren and George W. Phillips won two seats over John C. Blew. Other districts split on junior college measures, with Amador Pleasanton voting against and Livermore approving. Desoto District approved a 500000 bond but narrowly rejected a 2.5 million state issue. further funding steps await.
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la Vista Dist
Hayward Union
Alameda County
T. M.giem
Paul Friedrich
la ‘Vista
la Vista
Aeaying Jets
Ray §. Warner
Guy Warren
George W. Phillips
Castro Valley
Evalyn Thomas
Betty M. Dy
Decoto
Harry K. Spooner
Sncumbent
Irving Williams
Andrew W. Oliver
Leon Koseinski
Irvington
William F' Hurspert
Ray Gordon
Livermore
Harold Gill Wright
Edith Kahn
Mission San Jose
Arthur L. Steel
George Walker
John R. Monzer
Newark
Gene Severe
Paul Gygex
Douglas C. Myers
Niles — Edward
Enos
Richard D. Ermain
Palomakes
Harold D. Meiford
George Souza
Pleasanton
William Mortensen
Arthur H. Plato
Desoto School
Dist
Harold, Schoenfeld
Manuel White
Wife accused in arsenic beer poisoning case at Chelsea
Ann Arbor telegraph reports Mrs. Lucy Wireman 30 of Chelsea mother of three was jailed on a charge of administering poison with intent to injure or kill after four years of adding rat poison to her husband Oren Wieman's beer. He says he loves her and wants the family together despite the ordeal.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Lucy Wireman
Chesca
Washtenaw County
Kentucky
Oren Wieman
Car and milk truck crash head-on near Castro Valley
A head-on collision on Highway 50 east of Castro Valley injured three people. Ensign Andrew Warner, 22, suffered a skull fracture. passenger Duane Clark, 33, had eye cuts and bruises. Truck driver Freddie Duffel of Richmond sustained a scalp wound as traffic was redirected for two hours. Warner and Clark were treated at Fairmont Hospital and Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. Duffel was released to a private physician. No citations were issued pending investigation.
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Castro Valley
Boy. Jones
Ens
Andrew’b. Warner
Gardener’s Bay
Naval Air Station, Alameda
Highway 50
Duane M. Clark
Freddie K. Duffel
Richmond
Warner
Duffel
Fairmont Hospital
Navy
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Daring Bandits Rob Big Store in Suburban Cleveland
Four bandits surprised manager Irvin Mills and four employees at Fame Inc department store in a suburban Cleveland suburb. They cut a ceiling duct, slid into the building, and robbed the safe, taking receipts from the past few days before fleeing in Mills’s car. Mills and the workers were restrained during the incident.
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Cleveland
Fame, Inc
Lrvinig. Mills
Sporting Goods Department
Colibers
Mills
Mill
Tragic Alhambra Murder Suicide In estranged wife home
In Alhambra California Joseph Ockman 25 killed his wife Marilyn Ockman and three year old daughter Sally Ann then killed himself with a shotgun. He left a note saying all of us are going to see a new world. Police found the bodies in his estranged wife’s home last night. The weapon was propped against a television set after the self-inflicted shot through his own forehead.
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Alhambra
Calif
INS
Joseph Ockman
Ockman
Pal
Marilyn Ockman
Sally Ann
Drunk but not driving case dropped in Muskegon Heights
In Muskegon Heights Michigan Sidney Piasecki faced drunk driving charges. He testified he was not the driver claiming his wife drove the car but left after an argument. He was the sole occupant at the time of arrest and the case was dropped.
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Muskegon Heights
Mich
Sidney Piasecki
Piasecki
Woman Burns In Home Bathrobe Fire
Emma Lechthaler, 68, of Vincent Court Valley, remained in critical condition at Highland Hospital with second and third degree burns over more than ten percent of her body. She was burned yesterday when her bathrobe was ignited by flames from a backyard fire at the rear of her home.
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Oakland
Wrs
Emma Lech
Thaler
Vincent Ct
Casno Valley
Highland Hospital
Tosday
Samesi
Gun Draw at Russell City Dump Wounds Deputy
Gary Cannard, 26, of 14915 Wiley St San Leandro, was wounded in the right thigh when his .38 revolver misfired during a practice draw at a Russell City dump. Cannard had just passed a deputy sheriff written exam and was attempting a quick draw sequence.
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Russell City
Gary ‘Cannard
Wiley St
San Leandro
Fairmont Hospital
Cannard
Sunken Sub Alarm False Sighting Near North Sea
The Dutch submarine chaser Utrecht reported contact with a submerged object in the North Sea but the alert was not confirmed as a sunken submarine. Signals from echo sounding were vague, and the search noted an anchored drum and a buoy flashing lights with smoke like distress markers near the Danish Mary North freighter reported hearing knocking from the submerged vessel.
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London
Utrecht
North Sea
Amsterdam
Mary North
Benny Hooper Rescued From Sand Sill Well Ordeal
Seven year old Benny Hooper, trapped nearly 24 hours in a freshly dug well in Manorville New York, was rescued after a tense operation. He slept through the night in an oxygen tent at View Hospital and said I feel fine upon awakening. His father Benjamin Hooper Sr. described his slow recovery and plans to repair the well system for next year.
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Manorville
N.Y
Benny Hooper
Bay
View Hospital
Frank Calabro
Benny
Benjamin Hooper Sr
Bermy
Wendy
Nate
Hooper
Calibra
Bor
Tepcite
Garters for GIs Not Necessary Says Flood
Washington lawmaker Rep. Flood announces soldiers wearing the Army summer uniform of shorts and knee length socks will not need garters. He notes garterless stockings stay up well and fit soldiers better than expected, praising their performance even compared to British standards.
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Washington
Danel J
Flood
TV in Poland Shows Mixed Signals Across Provinces
Warsaw radio reports Posnan has no registered TV sets in the first quarter while Katowice Province has no stations but 417 registered sets. The contrast highlights uneven television infrastructure across regions.
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Washington
Warsaw Radio
Posnan
Katowice
Survival of Little Benny Miracle at Bay View Hospital
Benny Hooper, near eight, survives a grave incident at Mastic Beach with his family, doctors, police, and Civil Defense workers all helping. The boy awoke to his mother and father by his bedside after being rescued from a dangerous situation amid explosions and high tension involving the Atomic Energy Commission and responders.
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Bay View Hospital
Mastic 'Beach
INS
Christ
Benny Hooper
Atomic Energy Commission
Benny
Little Benny
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