Oklahoma gunfight stems from claim of broken home
STILLWELL Oklahoma A witness described a deadly gunfight between two eastern Oklahoma political rivals after one man accused the other of breaking up his home. Bob Alberty 32 was killed by Adair County Sheriff Chester Crittenden 51 in a quick draw exchange as Alberty and Crittenden confronted each other over alleged wrongdoing. The sheriff died after being shot while accompanying Alberty to jail. Election returns show Alberty led sheriff candidate totals with 1646 to 11222 for Crittenden, with other candidates receiving smaller shares. A stray note urged serving clam chowder with minced clams and herbs.
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Stillwell
Okla
Oklahoma
Dave Kirby
Westville
Bob Alberty
Adair County
Chester Crittenden
Crittend
Ches
Bob
Kirby
Crittenden
Alberty
J. D. Burnett
Three year old beats lion attack in Muskegon hospital
Beatrice Ann Harris three underwent brain surgery at Blodgett Memorial Hospital after a lion seized her head in its jaws in a backyard act. She was removed from the critical list and described as in good condition days later. Her father Gerald Harris freed her by forcing his knee and arm between the lion’s jaws. The lion, a 271 pounder used in a nightclub act, had previously threatened no trouble. A Muskegon County investigation was ordered.
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Muskegon
Mich
Beatrice Ann Harris
Beatrice Ann
Blodgett Memorial Hospital
Gerald Harris
George DeNio
DeNio
Muskegon County
Ex Screen Great Leaves Seclusion to Seek Funds
Los Angeles report says Mary Miles Minter, once a screen great, leaves seclusion with mother to seek funds for life necessities. They and Title Insurance & Trust Co. are in court to terminate a trust created by Mrs. Shelby in 1924 with assets involved.
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Screen Great
Los Angeles
Mary Miles Minter
Miss Minter
Charlotte Shelby
Title Insurance & Trust Co
A& Trust
Shelby
March of Dimes Raises $52 Million for Fight
New York reports that the 1956 March of Dimes campaign last January netted 52 million dollars for polio relief. Basil O’Connor announced the total, noting local chapters keep 50 percent while the remaining half goes to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in New York City.
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New York
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For
Buck leaps to death from Fitchburg building roof
An 80 pound buck walked onto a three story Main Street building roof and leaped off to its death in Fitchburg Massachusetts. Eyewitnesses described the deer as nonchalant before the fall.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Weather Across Regions Showers and Heat Persist
The nation’s weather shows little overall change with widespread showers from the Rockies to the Atlantic and mostly clear skies in the Far West. Temperatures hold steady with hotter, more humid conditions expected in the South. Warmer conditions west of the Continental Divide and some cooling around the Great Lakes to New England. scattered thundershowers likely from New York west to New England and along the Ohio Valley to the Gulf region. Partly cloudy in upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. rain amounts generally light. Heavy showers along the Gulf Coast with over an inch in parts of Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida.
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Atlantic Coast
Continental Divide
Great Lakes
New England
New York State
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Central
Northern Plains
Gulf Region
Great Lakes Region
Mid-Atlantic
mid-Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
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