Floods Tornadoes and Blizzards Roil U S
United Press reports a vast spring storm across the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic spawning at least nine new tornadoes in one day. Northern states endure a major blizzard with four feet of snow in mountain areas and gusts to 60 mph. A Mackinac Straits ferry with 91 aboard was iced in but passengers were safe. At least 34 dead and nearly 1,000 injured in 11 states. tornado fatalities totaled 17 across Texas Oklahoma and Mississippi.
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United Press
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Atlantic
Dixie
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Trevellers
Wyoming
Colorado
Mountain States
Straits of Mackinac
Mich
Coast Guard
Texas
Rocky Mountain
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Nebraska
South Dakota
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Iranian Bandit Chief Surrounded Near Teheran
Iranian police have surrounded the notorious bandit Dad Shah and his gang about 20 miles east of the site where they killed three Americans and two Iranians. A police squad of 20 men pressed the search in heavy rain, while other gang members were killed earlier.
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Temran
Iran
Dad Shah
Kevin
M. Carrot
Issaquah
Wash
Brewster A. Wilson
Portland
Ore
Fee
Tehran
Weekend Weather Outlook For Oklahoma And Region
Fair weekend expected across much of the southeast, with snow flurries in the northeast. Oklahoma sees mild, fair conditions with highs near 60 and lows around 40. Rivers cresting then receding, but several roads remain closed including SH 59 south of Rattan and SH 1 northeast of Cameron. Cattle losses reported from flood areas. Poteau river crested at 30 feet, receding to 26.04 feet.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Rattan
Kiamichi
Cameron
LeFlore
Poteau
Associated Press
Hobart
Tulsa
Ardmore
Altus
Lawton
Ejected patrons blamed in grisly gasoline fire murder
A neighborhood bar in Los Angeles erupted in a fatal blaze after assailants poured gasoline on the floor and struck a match. Six people died including a woman. two men and a woman were hospitalized. Police pursued suspects, including two signboard laborers, amid a chaotic scene with witnesses placing four men at the bar.
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Los Angeles
Folier
Clyde Bales
Mail Service Cuts Delayed For Week
Washington House Appropriations Committee formally approves 11 million extra for the Post Office and weighs 30 million more. Postmaster General Summerfield warns of Saturday city and rural mail halts and money order suspensions without funds. Committee to reconvene next Friday to decide on total aid, with a strong majority pushing for more than 10 million but short of two thirds to suspend rules.
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House Appropriations Committee
Summerfield
Department
Congress
Appropriations
Summerfeld
Ile
Appropriations Committee
Com Merce
Cannon
R-Mo
Court scolds judge over stalled trial in Oklahoma case
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals scolds District Judge Josh Evans of Vinita for delaying the trial of a 17 year old soldier, Billie Sue Gregory, who was jailed 16 months and is now in an Army hospital at Fort Sill. The court ordered Gregory released March 14, but the disposition remains pending as records are compiled.
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Josh Evans
Vinita
State Criminal Court of Appeals
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Sith
Evans
Billie Sue Gregory
Gregory
Fort Campbell
Disney
High Court
John Brett
Public Information
Fort Sill
Army Hospital
Coun
Robert Kren
PIO
Rel
Appeals Court
District Court
Brett
Oklahoma
Area Wreck Kills 4-Year-Old Man Area Wreck Kills 4-Year-Old Man
A 42 year old Velma Alma man, Arthur Pollard, died in a nighttime two vehicle bridge collision on 5H 7 near Countyline, about 10 20 p m Thursday. The crash increases Oklahoma 1957 traffic fatalities to 142 and marks a continuing toll in Stephens county and the Lawton patrol district.
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Velma- Alma
Oklahoma
Arthur Pollard
Countyline
Duncan
U. S. 81
Ryan
Pollard
Stephens County
Lawton
Paul Scott
Bill Grimes
Duncan Patrol
Hospitals Alarmed By Epidemic Of Damage Suits
Hospitals and doctors warn of a rising wave of malpractice lawsuits seen as a legal racket. Dr Harold Behneman urges strict medical records and accreditation reviews as the main defense amid ongoing inspections and potential results in two weeks.
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Harold Ceeman
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Behneman
Memorial Hospital
American College of Surgeons
Memorial
Southwestern
Army Hospital
U. S. Indian Hospital
Mexican Consul to Attend Lawton Spanish Fiesta Tonight
Mexican Consul Luis Perez Abreu from Oklahoma City willguest of honor at Lawton High School Spanish Fiesta. Event starts 7 p.m. with dinner in the cafeteria, followed by a musical program in the auditorium featuring Monterrey residents, dancers, and OU guests. Fort Sill Lt Col Favreau delivers welcome tonight. Abreu responds. Weekend program includes university and area Spanish clubs, with tickets $2 at the high school.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Lawton High School
Senora
Alfonsina Gonzalez
Gustavo Somohano
Senorita
Marta Gonzalez
Jorge Gonzalez
Luis Perez Abreu
Oklahoma City
LHS
Alfonsina Gonzales
Gustavo Somobano
IL Sues Estrada
Maria Elena
Jane Connell
Carol Clapton
Nana Amis
Frank L. Favreau
Fort Sill
Senor Abreu
Martha Tait
Daniel Cardenas
University of Oklahoma
Robert Emory Cook
Darlene Boyce
Joyce Helms
Janetta Ward
Lynn Mead
Barbara Walsande Seegaran
Darlene
Lana Hall
Karen Denigan
Rosemary Medrano
Jerre Ehler
Katherine Upjomn
Lance Carden
Emma Lee Tucker
Keith Haynes
David Ramage
Alvin
Downtown blaze destroys cars at Richardson lot
A downtown fire swept through the Richardson Pontiac Cadillac lot, damaging an owner estimated at 300000 dollars. No injuries were reported. The blaze, brought under control by 2 pm, destroyed thirty cars on the second floor and five station wagons on the main floor.
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Bunik
Dob Richardson
Richardson
Pontiac - Cadillac
Probe Continues Despite Death By Own Action
Washington The Senate Internal Security subcommittee pressed ahead with a general probe of US diplomats in the Middle East despite Canadian fury over the death of Herbert Norman Canada’s ambassador to Egypt The panel signaled continued disclosure of evidence of Communist activity in the United States Norman’s death sparked charges of slander against the subcommittee and a blame game among Canadian and US politicians with Humphrey commenting on the probe’s momentum.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security
Mideast
Canada
Senate
Subcommittee
United States
Cairo
Herbert, Norman
Egypt
Trebert Morris
Norman
Cadets Tour Fort Sill Units in Army Demonstrations
Seventy three ROTC cadets from the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M college tour various units of the 1th Field Artillery Group at the U.S. Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center. They will also attend massed fire and air power demonstrations at 10 a.m. Saturday at Firing Point 137.
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University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma A&m College
1Th Field Artillery Group
U.S. Army Artillery
Guidled Missile Center
A&m
Reds Ready To Take Over In Jordan Syria
Israel received reports that pro Soviet elements could seize control in Jordan and Syria prompting security concerns. In Syria President Shukri el Kuwwati and strongman Lt. Col Abdel Hamid Serraj factional dispute warned of danger. Jordan’s pro Western King Hussein clashed with Suleiman Nabulsi who urged ties with the Soviet Union. Saudi troops in Jordan threaten partition near Eilat. Damascus warned Gulf of Aqaba would bar ships without Egyptian and Saudi consent. Egypt delayed its final memorandum and began talks with U.S. Ambassador Hare as Suez tensions rise.
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Israel
Jordan
Syria
Middle East
David Ben-Gurion
Shukri el-Kuwwaty
Abdel Hamid Serraj
Hussein
Suleiman Nabulsi
Soviet Union
Anaba
Gulf
Eilat
Gulf of Aqaba
Salah Bitar
Damascus
John Foster Dulles
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.S
Raymond Hare
U S Plans New Arms For Korea
Washington officials disclosed that the United States will supply newer weapons to Korea to counter a Communist buildup in North Korea. The move aligns with a liberal interpretation of the 1953 armistice. there is no plan to void the agreement. Some officials have argued for declaring the armistice dead due to infractions.
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Washington
United States
Korea
North Korea
Survivors recount deadly bar bombing and flames
In Los Angeles a bar bombing killed six people as three men, ejected earlier, returned with a bucket of inflammable liquid and a match. Witness Larry Fenton, 24, described screams, flames and survivors trapped by burning clothes, while George Pennebaker, 24, crediting a phone call for saving his life, recalled a man spilling kerosene odor as the front door opened.
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Larry Fenton
Los Angeles
Fenton
George Pennebaker
Hell on earth witnessed by survivor at blazing bar
AP Wirephoto reports Larry Fenton describes a chaotic scene as a man struck a match and set a liquid ablaze in a bar. Joseph Marritt, a 33 year old electrician, recalls smelling inflammables, hearing screams, and escaping with burns as flames consumed the room. The account details a deadly inferno and the peril faced by patrons.
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Joseph H. Marritt
Bullets Obsolete Say Army Rocket Move
Ray Turner, a 3M scientist at the Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama, predicts bullets will be replaced by short range rockets as more effective munitions.
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Jackson
Miss
Ray Turner
Army
Redstone
Huntsville
Ala
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