Planes Collide Over Canada Killing 36
A Trans-Canada Airlines North Star passenger plane collided with a Harvard trainer near Saskatoon on April 8 killing 35 occupants of the trainer and one on the passenger aircraft. All crew were Vancouver residents and 36 dead include five company officials. A stray wing struck a house near a golf course, with fragments found in the residence.
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Jaw, Sask
Trans-Canada Airlines North Star
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Vancouver
Weber
Wiledale
North Star
Cole Defends Bomb Delay as Not Sinister
Cole says the bomb delay was not sinister and not a sign of intent to threaten. He acknowledges past errors in urging against proceeding with the bomb project and notes McCarthy mentioned the hydrogen bomb on a national TV broadcast. Strauss told a Senate committee that public support for thermonuclear weapons may rise in the next fiscal year.
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Russia
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
ABC
Lewis L. Strauss
Senate
Strauss
Cole
Colbert Oklahoma Fire Destroys Business District
A massive blaze in Colbert Oklahoma destroyed the entire brick business district. Officials estimate damage near 100000 dollars as fires raged with ammunition exploding and no local fire department to quell the flames. Durants and Denison crews aided with water shuttling and volunteer fighters.
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Colbert
Okla
Colbert District
Leecraft
Bryan County
Ment
Durant
Red River
Per- Ee
Denison
X Hardware Store
Floyd Brown
Death by own action Leads To Spy Probe
The report from Portland notes the death of Joane Hilmer in Mexico City on March 27 by sleeping pill overdose. Police from two nations opened an inquiry for possible links to an espionage ring after concerns of foul play and a spy connection surfaced through a note from her mother.
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Portland
Ore
Police of
Two Nations
Mexico City
Joane
Randolph Hilmer
Hilmer
del Prado
Francis White
America
Mexico
Ofter
Okake Cee Ue
Ads On City Stop Signs Ruled Illegal
The state criminal court of appeals ruled a city may not sell advertising on the back of traffic signs. L S King, president of King Enterprises, appealed a test case after being fined $25 for placing a grocery ad on the back of a stop sign at Ninth and Monnerea. The court clarified that such rentals violate state law.
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State Criminal Court of Appeals
L. S. King
King Entees
Oklahoma Corporation
Comeaten Cae
Copter Training Expanded at Fort Sill
Fort Sill plans to expand helicopter pilot training from 800 to 900 students with 60 to 80 additional helicopters. Lt. Col. Ford E. Allcorn says the program will create more maintenance jobs and may shift some work to Frederick, where a new hangar could be built as part of the servicing contract with Spartan Aircraft Co.
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Ace
Saypr
Ford E. Allcorn
Fort Sill
Col. Allcorn
Sill
Frederick
Spartan Aircraft Co
Dust Clear, Rain Delayed in Lawton Area
Lawton area residents woke to clear skies ending the dust pall that blanketed western Oklahoma. No rain appeared though southeastern Oklahoma reported some precipitation last night amid lingering dryness in the Pechubuler of ties trade.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Naval and Air Units Could Enter Fight in Indochina Crisis
U S lawmakers debate mounting risk as China pressure grows and Southeast Asia defends itself. Dulles and Bonnet discuss a united approach ahead of Geneva talks while Eisenhower weighs naval air or ground force options to deter expansion. Senators urge concerted action to protect Japan Formosa the Philippines and Australia and New Zealand.
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Southeast Asia
London
Paris
United Will
United “Cottan
Delos ‘Bese
Henri Bonnet
Dulles
United States
Bonnet
Indochina
Eisenhower
St Sa Aa
Senet
Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Asia
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
L Eisenhower
Free World
Indo-China
U.S
Japan
Formosa
Philippines
Australia
New Zea
Service Loyalty Plan Revised
The Defense Secretary announced a revised security loyalty directive to remove or retain personnel based on national security. Draftees who are known Communists will not be inducted. others with significant derogatory information may be assigned to non sensitive roles or discharged after investigation. Court martial is provided for applicable cases with administrative handling for others. Findings are reviewable by the relevant service secretary.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Ae Committee
Niformity
Army
Navy
Air Force
Enid Selected as Fourth Oklahoma Site for Air Force Academy
Tulsa bulletin reports Enid was chosen as the fourth Oklahoma site for the Air Force Academy project. The announcement confirms the state's involvement in the academy location process.
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Tulsa
Okla
Enid
Oklahoma
Air Force
Velma Transmission Line Project Awarded to Conroe Firm
Walter staff reports Cotton Electric Co-Op awarded a contract for 14 miles of 69,000 volt transmission lines and a 3,700 KVA substation at Velma. Sisco Construction Co. of Conroe submitted the low bid of 121665.09 dollars among fifteen bidders. Work to start within 30 days and finish in 30 more, to improve Velma's service previously hampered by inadequate overhead lines from Duncan substation.
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Velma
Duncan
Five Die As Tanker Airplane Explodes In Flight
The tanker aircraft exploded during an in flight refueling of a jet fighter. Five crewmen are believed dead while six parachuted to safety. The jet reportedly sustained no damage and the Air Force continues investigations.
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Air Force
Cameron students ill with suspected infectious gastroenteritis
About 70 to 75 Cameron College students fell ill with suspected infectious gastroenteritis, diarrhea present in at least one symptom. A physician said cases are not serious, five stayed overnight then were released, and no cafeteria link is evident. Other town cases being investigated. no confirmed outbreak at hospitals or Fort Sill. A Cameron baseball game was canceled.
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Cameron College
Sinc
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Cameron
Gordon L. Paine
Dean Paine
See
Prices Dip Again In City Gas War
Prices fall at local service stations as city residents rush to fill tanks. Major firms trim ethyl and regular gasoline by a few cents, sparking a price war and a boost in business for many dealers. Independent stations mix firming and cutting strategies as they monitor rivals.
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Independent Oil Company
Independent
Reds Shocked By Marriage
Moscow reports that Soviet youths face ideological rules on marriage and that violations are publicly punished. An article by N Vladimirov in Young Collective Farmer highlights a case of religious activity among the young and a return to church rites. The individual cited is Jean Sentsov of a Kostroma region collective farm.
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Moscow
N. Vladimirov
In Church
Ty Jean Sentsov
Kostroma
Walters Set Bill Logan Rally At Cotton County Courthouse
A Bill Logan for Governor rally will be staged at the Cotton County courthouse in Walters at 7 30 p m to cite additional southwest Oklahoma groups supporting State Sen Bill Logan. Representatives from Waurika Temple Frederick Grandfield and Lawton will attend with Ernest Pickett serving as team leader.
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Bill Logan
Cotton County
Walters
Southwest Oklahoma
Waurika
Temple
Frederick
Grandare
Lawton
Ernest Pickett
Mail Route Switch Protest Is Lodged
Lawton residents and the Chamber of Commerce launch letters to congressmen to block shifting mail service to trucks. The Frisco line faces possible loss of the Lawton Oklahoma passenger run as petition before the State Supreme Court seeks to discontinue west of Lawton due to traffic. Postal officials survey whether mail should move from train to truck routes.
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Congressional
Post Office
Lawton
Frisco
Steven Milton Keating
Ger
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Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Coan
State Supreme Court
Jones
Oklahoma City
French Raid Red Trenches Near Dien Bien Phu
French Union troops widened operations around Dien Bien Phu destroying trenches, depots, and rebel supply lines with grenades tanks and warplanes aided by U S supplied aircraft. Vietminh dug fox holes and trenches as Giap readies new assault amid approaching monsoons and Geneva conference deadlines.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
United States
Yenbay
Riveen
Riveen Can Seae Ee Phu
Tpg
Sai Aip
Vo Nguyen Giap
Missing Spy Files Saved? Senate Hearing Reveals FBI Access
Former naval officer William J. O'Hara testified that intelligence gathered on Communists was passed to the FBI as received. He suggested the files may have been preserved despite destruction orders in 1944. Additional witnesses described gaps in unit storage and possible White House directives.
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Washington
New York City
FBI
William J. O'Hara
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Senate
Jenner
R-Ind
White House
O’hara
Batte Oliara Wen
Navy
John J. Wendtof
Subcommittee
Robert Morris
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Foreign Relations Committee
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William Gorman
Fort Sill Indian School
Clara Kelley
Harry Hammond
Roseland
Paradise Valley Club
Bulletin
Cotton Co-Op
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