Diver Spends Day In Tank With Dead Pal
Long Beach California April 6 7 A deep sea diver spent about eight hours in a decompression tank with the body of fellow diver Eldon Smith 31 and his companion iam Bilter 23 of nearby Paso Robles entered the chamber to assist Smith who died after a long struggle in 204 feet of water off Redondo Beach. Biller remained as pressure was raised and later talked with Smiths wife Frances and his sons Clyde 14 and Zane 7 through the intercom before the diver died during the slow ascent.
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Long Beach
Calif
Iam Bilter
Sar Paso
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Eldon Smith
Biller
Smith
Redondo Beach
Los Angeles
Frances
Clyde
Zane
Wilmington
Sales Rise in Comanche County and Statewide Retail
January retail sales in Comanche County rose 6.30 percent from a year earlier with February tax receipts totaling 45,580 dollars, up 5,069.42 from 1936. Oklahoma County and Tulsa County led the state, while Southwest Oklahoma reported a 22.99 percent gain across six counties. statewide gains appeared in all regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lawton
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Northwest
Bales
Tare & Col
Area High Schools To Support Own Systems Aid Cut Went Halt
A survey shows 13 southwest Oklahoma high schools will not receive state funds next year and many will seek emergency levies. The 40 student minimum for aid replaces 35, prompting districts to consolidate, hire staff, and transfer students to others. Faxon and Can. 8 may discontinue. Faxon may keep grades via grade school transfer. Manitou votes to continue if possible. others consider transfers to Chattanooga Geronimo Lawton Tillman district towns.
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Tom Sharrock
Southwest Oklahoma
Yeen
Fen
Constitution
Comanche County
Tillman County
Kiowa
Jefferson
Stephens
Caddo
Faxon
Can. 8
Faxon Supreme Ageneif Jazier Pierce
Provo
Giatrict
Marlow FFA Wins Cameron Field Day
The Marlow FFA chapter won the Sweepstakes trophy at the Aggie Field Day at Cameron college. About 350 FFA members from southwest Oklahoma competed in four contests including meat, dairy, crops and livestock judging. Burns Flat won meats, Lone Wolf dairy, Lawton livestock, with top individuals named. Friday night contests saw Marlow win the chapter meeting and three speaking champions named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlow
FFA
Aggie
Cameron College
Gatebo
Sickles
Oklahoma
Burns Flat
Burns
Dale Huddleston
Purcell
Pete Biikrop
Wayne Haws
Jimmy Huey
J. M
Goldstein
Golebo
Jerry Lee Baker
Roger Barton
Jerry Louis Brener
Jimmy Geis
Baker
Barton
Bruner
Lone Wolf
Wvarry Bunch
Douglas Brown
Leon Myers
Freddie Grauman
Aggie Field
Herschel Boydsian
Cameron Agriculture Department
Hobart
Cordell
Velma-Alma
Mt. View
Southwest
Steers
Tractor Tumbles Claims 14 Year Old Boy In Oklahoma
A 14 year old Caddo county youth, George West, was killed when the tractor he drove overturned on a country road north of Anadarko. A bus accident eight miles west of Walters saved 20 passengers Friday night. driver Joseph L. Hamilton, 47, Wichita Falls, Texas, halted the bus after it collided with two horses, two passengers slightly injured, horses killed. West was an eighth grade student at Washita school and oldest of 11 children.
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Caddo County
Oklahoma
George West
R. H. West
Rt. 2
Gracemont
Anadarko
Highway Patrol
New Oklahoma Transportation Co
Walters
Joseph L. Hamilton
Wichita Pally
Tex
Hamilton
Filmore Edgman
West
Washita School
Trusty Escapes From Fort Sill Office
Fort Sill officers pursue Pvt Andy L Sherrin 27 who escaped Saturday afternoon from the provost marshal’s office while on a break. He had been confined Jan 28 on AWOL charges and was to be released in June after a month and a half as a trusty. He was last seen near fatigues at about 2 p.m.
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Fort Sill
Sherrin
New Barracks Beat Heat For Post Unit At Fort Sill
Fort Sill welcomed the 246th Corporal Missile Battalion into new air conditioned barracks built by Eckert-Fair Co. The three story concrete block complex houses 263 men, includes two man and squad rooms, officers and day rooms on the first floor, with total project cost of 1 075 910 dollars. The 46th arrived from Fort Bliss Feb 9 and the unit began guided missile operations in 1952.
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Fort Sill
246Th
Corporal Missile Battalion
Robert T. Blake
Bill Crawford
Oklahoma
Eckert - Fair Co
Dallas
Tex
524Th
Fort Bliss
White Sands Proving Grounds
N.M
Fort Bragg
N.C
Cloudy Skies Forecast With Showers And Winds
The weatherman warns of cloudy conditions with showers and southerly winds today. Highs near 77 yesterday and expected similar today. A cold front from the panhandle will cool temperatures tonight. Lake Lawtonka level rising from recent rains, two feet since March 8, Jevel at 30.65 feet below flood gates.
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Mercury
Panhandle
Lawtonka
C. R. Ellswooth
Postmaster General Fights Plan to Slash Mail Service
Washington reports Postmaster General Summerfield threatened with a court fight if he proceeds with cutting mail service without 47 million dollars in extra funding from Congress. Third class mail users warned they will seek a restraining order in federal courts. Summerfield argues legal embargoes possible though critics dispute legal authority. He says no alternative due to limited funds and will begin cuts April 13 including weekend post office closures, Saturday mail stoppage, and embargo on third class mail. Lawmakers accuse officials of violating a 1950 law redistributing funds and expect favorable committee votes on budget control measures.
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Washington
Summerfield
Congress
Associated
Harry Maginnis
Association
Post Office
Maginnis
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Justice Department
Budget Bureau
Gary
D-Va
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Taber
New Snow Storm Batters Rockies and West
A spring snowstorm slammed the Northern Rockies on Saturday, the third major storm to hit Wyoming and Colorado in weeks. The Denver weather bureau warned three to eight inches of new snow across Colorado and Wyoming, with Cody, Wyoming already reporting three inches before noon. Mixed precipitation edged into Nebraska as the system moved eastward, while a separate severe storm system diminished over the East.
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United Press
Rockies
Wyoming
Colorado
Denver Weather Bureau
Mororists
Cody
Wyo
Nebraska
Elgin Man Sought by Feds for Three Years Is Jailed
Emilio Mileto, 32, of Rt. 1 Elgin, arrested at home by oil police detectives and county officers after being sought for three years by federal authorities. Held in county jail, Mileto reportedly fled a $26 000 narcotics bond in New York City and had lived in the Elgin area since then.
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Elgin
Emilio Mileto
Rt. 1
Otis Waldron
Mileto
New York City
Mass refugee crisis and suicide attempts in Austrian camps
Vienna reports at least 48 Hungarian refugees attempted suicide in Austrian camps after news of possible U S immigration limits. Officials said most were stopped by campmates. eight listed as missing believed to have killed themselves. Authorities warned of more attempts weekend as 43,000 Hungarians in Austria seek resettlement, over 15,000 aiming for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
United States
Sabiundas
Cavilas Relief Agency
Russia
Washington
State Department
Dublin
Francis Walter
D-Pa J
House Immigration Committee
American Tanker Fleets Gulf to Elath Halting Suez Passage
A 16,000 ton American tanker flew the U S flag and bypassed Suez to dock at Elath Israel with a cargo of oil. It marked the first such vessel to reach the southern Israeli port since the crisis began and signals U S support for open international waters in the Red Sea Gulf area. Officials withheld the ship s name. Israel is building an oil storage tank and pipeline to Beersheba and Haifa as part of plans to route oil around the Red Sea. Paris reports Israel seeking a 15 million loan from France to finance a 16 inch pipeline Elath to the Mediterranean.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Tiran
Gulf of Aqaba
Elath
Egypt
Suez Canal
Gulf and Straits
United States
Red Sea
Beersheba
Haifa
Mediterranean
Paris
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Cameron
Trusty
Sill
Renee Wachs
Philadelphia
American Gem Society
Batters Rockies
Jie
U. S
Pennsylvania
Hungary
Gulf
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