Series Of Air Crashes Claims Toll Of 79 Lives
A string of air crashes abroad and in the United States has claimed many lives. Among the reported losses are a Varig flight crash at Bage Brazil killing 35 passengers and five crew, a high altitude jet wreck in the Nevada desert, and a Lockheed U-2 sighting after a three day search. An Air Force B47 incident on Hawaii’s Koala Mountain killed four aboard, while two missing Independence, Missouri residents were found dead in their charred plane remains.
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United Press
Nevada
Bage
Brazil
Air Force
Varig Airlines
Takeioff
Hawaiian
Hickam Air Force Base
Altus
Strategic Air Command
Koala
Oahu
56Th
Okla
Air Force Base
Hungarian Judge Orders 3 Killed
A Hungarian woman judge, Matilde Toth, sentenced three defendants to death in a high profile show trial tied to anti-Russian unrest. Gizella Tiara Toth, the defendant, appeared shocked by the death sentence while another accused, Miklos Gyoengyoesi, 28, and Ferenz Goenczi, 26, were also convicted for aiding the killing of a suspected secret policeman.
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Budapest
Matilde Toth
Gizella Tiara Toth
Miss
Toth
Miklos Gyoengyoesi
Ferenz Goenczi
Polio Shot Plan Curtailed Here
Dr Charles H Miller Jr city county health director said polio vaccine shots will be given at the health clinic only to expectant mothers and those not yet given their first shots until the supply is materially increased. Vaccinations run 9 to 11 a.m each Saturday.
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Charles H. Miller Jr
City County
Pancakes Flip in City for Kiwanis Pancake Day
More than 4 000 advance tickets sold for Downtown Kiwanis Pancake Day to be held Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the telephone company warehouse across from the USO. Maj Gen Thomas F E de Shazo will race Major C R Ellsworth in a pancake turning contest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $1 at the door.
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Kiwanis Club
Howard Freeman
Sald
Telephone Company
USO
Thomas FE. de Shazo
U. S. Artillery and Guided Missile Center
C. R. Ellsworth
de Shazo
Elsworth
Freeman
Snake Hunt Ends In Okeene With Slim Turnout
Okeene Oklahoma hosts the rattlesnake roundup amid cold storm. Three day catch totals 387 versus normal 2,500. Longest snake 72 inches caught by H H Tomlinson of Watonga. Entry fee buyers paid, 1,500 pounds of rattlesnakes sold to zoos and drug houses. One bite incident involves Eldon Martin, 17, injured but recovering.
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Kay Camp
Oklahoma A&m
Okeene
Jack Roberts
International Association of
Roberts
Kay
Okla
H. H. Tomlinson
Watonga
Oklo
Noathwest Oklahoma
Here
Order of the White Fang
Eldon Martin
Okeene High School
Bill Slover
White Flat
Tex
Two Women See Intruder Masked Prowler Hits Three Homes In City
Police warned residents of a masked house prowler who struck three homes over the weekend and remains at large. Witnesses included Clan W. Roberts, Mrs. Marvin L Elrod, and Mrs. Emma Gould who described a black mask and a front door exit. A purse and small cash were taken from multiple homes, with possible connection to a separate break in at the Hardy Suggs residence on Lake Street.
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Ray Atteberry
Clan W. Roberts
Marvin L
Rod
Emma
Gould
Gore
Roberts
Elrod
Mrs. Gould
Rian
Lake
Suggs
Faye
300 To Attend Aggie Contests
Approximately 300 students from 18 Southwestern Oklahoma high schools will compete in Cameron college fifth annual business contests. Sponsored by Cameron division of business administration, events include bookkeeping spelling typewriting one and two and shorthand. A sweepstakes trophy will go to the school with the most participation and medals for top five places. Entries from Lawton Snyder Carnegie Ringling AHus Waters Waurika Lindsay Maysville Velma Alma Pocasset Loveland Sterling Marlow Healdton Elgin Cordell Erick. Registration opens at 3 a.m. with contests slated to begin.
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Southwestern Oklahoma
Cameron College
Cameron Division of Business Administration
Lawton
Snyder
Carnegie
Ringling
Ahus
Waters
Waurika
Lindsay
Maysville
Velma-Alma
Pocasset
Loveland
Sterling
Marliw
Healdton
Elgin
Cordell
Erick
Fege
Giant Spring Cleanup Drive Set April 15-16
Mayor Ellsworth announced Operation Big Broom a city wide spring cleanup conducted with Fort Sill health authorities and local departments April 5-16. Teams will use 10 Fort Sill trucks and 20 men plus seven city sanitation trucks and vehicles from street and water departments. Volunteers urged to provide at least 50 additional trucks and drivers, with details to be finalized.
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Cooperaton
Fort Sill
R. Tilsworth
Elsworth
Ellsworth
Iranian Bandit King Declared Fatally Injured in Clash
Pakistani officials reported Dad Shah, the Iranian bandit king, fatally wounded on April 3 after a clash with state patrols. His brother Ahmed Shah reportedly confessed to slaying Mrs. Anita Carroll and harming her American husband Kevin Carroll and companion Brewster Wilson. Ahmed and Mohammed were captured in Pakistan with others.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Dad Shah
Ahmed
Anita Carroll
Pakistan Ministry of Interior
Mohammed
Fawe
Family Hides From Killer in Houston Chase
In Houston a terrified woman Nas Olga Stinson and her two children hide as four state authorities pursue Donald V. Stinson an escaped Tennessee lifer who vowed to kill his ex wife. Stinson escaped last Wednesday from Nashville prison and is described as extremely dangerous. Police report the teenage daughter confirmed threats but would not reveal her mother’s location.
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Houston
Bolice
Tennessee
Donald V. Stinson
Nas
Olga Stinson
Stinson
Tennessee State
Nashville
Lynn Bomar
Memphis
Tenn
W. T. Farrell
Children Left Alone Prompt Neglect Charge
A Lawson man, 26, is jailed as police investigate alleged neglect after leaving four children alone at home Saturday night. The family reportedly departed Lawton View at 7 p.m. and did not return until late Sunday. An infant three months old appeared ill when investigators arrived Sunday morning. Other children are 4, 4, and 2 years old. The mother was allowed to return home to care for them during the probe.
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Lawson
City
Eulis Young
Lawton View
Third Spring Storm Sweeps Across Nation
The third major spring storm from the Rockies blankets Indiana MichiganOhio and New York with 3 to 12 inches of snow. Schools closed power lines snapped and roads snarled with heavy drifting in places while plains towns saw clarity returning. Cattaraugus County in New York faced up to 42 inches. other regions reported zero to 20s F as blizzard conditions and treacherous highways spread across the Midwest and mountain states.
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Rockies
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York State
Great Plains
Plains
Toledo
Monroe County
Mich
Monroe-Toledo
Ascot Park
Akron
Fort Miami Raceway
Stowe
Rensselaer
Plymouth
Warsaw
Kendallville
New York
Cattaraugus County
Colorado
Texas
Tennessee
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Towa
Wyoming
Fort Collins
Colo
Laramie
Wyo
Sidney
Neb
Lander
Six County Attorneys Sent Facts On Short Weight Grocers
Oklahoma officials disclosed that six county attorneys will receive data on alleged overcharging by grocers in prepackaged meat. Stop sale orders cover 16 stores in Oklahoma City and other cities, with county reports in Oklahoma County. Officials warned prosecutions for willful underweight pricing and noted customer complaints of price miscodes at checkouts.
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Oklahoma City
Business and Industry Committee of
House
Bill Brisco
Claremore
State Department of Agriculture
Harold Hutton
Agriculture Board
Business and Industry Committee
Lawton
Duncan
McAlester
Enid
Purcell
Oklahoma County
James B. B. Berry
Agriculture Department
I Dewsdapers
Horton
Hutton
Mercury Dips Bring Frost In Southwest Oklahoma Tonight
Freezing temperatures and scattered frost are forecast for southwest Oklahoma with a frost warning covering most areas. Lawton may dip to 30 as a cold front pushes into the state on Sunday. Showers are expected Thursday and warmer temps return Tuesday, but overall below normal for the week. Sunday saw snow in the panhandle and northwest, with thunderstorms in the southeast and hail in some areas.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Panhandle
Bethany
Madill
Coalgate
McAlester
Oklahoma Ee
Northwest
Guymonti
Gage
Okahoma City
Ponca City
Tulsa
Enid
Hobart
Trace
Soviet nuclear test announced as it conducts second blast
London dispatch reports the Soviet Defense Ministry saying Moscow exploded another nuclear weapon in a rapid sequence. A separate U.S. offer to join major powers in mothballing 25 percent of conventional weapons marks an initial step toward world disarmament.
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London
Hrifist Defense Ministry
Soviet Union
Moscow
United
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