Rackets Probers Target Bribe Payers In Senate Inquiry
Washington inquiry by the Senate Labor Rackets Committee accuses bribe offers of turning business into a political weapon. Chairman John L. McClellan says three Scranton Teamster leaders were indicted for taking money from contractors, while contractors faced fewer charges. The panel questions why no charges were filed against contractor Bettendorf as he allegedly offered the money to gain truck access to the Tobyhanna Army depot. Justice Department declines to comment.
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Weamster
Robert Malloy
Joseph McHugh
Bettendorf
McHugh
Malloy
Tobyhanna, Pa
Army Signal Corps
Scranton
Teamster
Justice Department
Texan Convinced Snowman Exists in Himalayas
Texas oilman Tom Slick reported from Nepal that his snowman expedition left him 8 percent convinced an Abominable Snowman exists. He photographed three sets of footprints measuring 10 12 and 13 inches and collected hair believed to be from the yeti alongside eye witness accounts of encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathmando
Nepal
Texas
Tom Slick
Himalayas
Stick
Bids Sought to Move 752 Indian Graves Near Indiahoma
The US Army Tulsa District seeks bids to remove 752 graves from the old Post Oak Mission cemetery north of Indiahoma. Quanah Parker and his mother are among those to be relocated to Fort Sill and other graves to new sites. Local ceremonies mark the final Mission service before removal begins.
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US. Army
Old Post Oak Mission
Indiahoma
Tulsa
Quanah Parker
Cyntha Ann Parker
Jim Chebahtah
A. F. Wiebe
Post Oak Parochial
Post Oak
West Cache
Fort Sill
Burglars Killed In Police Trap At Loop Store
Three men armed with burglary tools were slain by Chicago detectives after opening fire in a State Street Mandel Brothers credit department. Seven detectives waited on the 11th floor and fired with machine guns and shotguns after the burglars refused to surrender. Police identified two of the dead as Jimmy Rentner, 30, and James Wall, 28, both with prior arrests. the third was James Bertimio. No officers were hurt.
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Chicago
Credit Department
State Street
Td. James
J. Lynch
Lynch
Mandel Brothers
Jimmy,Rentner
James Wall
James Bertimio
Bertimio
Mad Bomber Taken to Insane Asylum for TB Death
George Metesky, the New York bomber, is wheeled from a Brooklyn hospital to a state insane asylum as doctors say he is dying of tuberculosis and psychiatrists declare him mentally unfit to stand trial for his bombing crimes.
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New York
George Metesky
Brooklyn
Easter Pageant Draws Pilgrims To Holy City Of Wichitas
Worshipers from across the United States and abroad converge on the Holy City of the Wichitas for the 22nd Easter Pageant. Lawton hotels report near full occupancy and reservations closed for weeks as attendees plan to view the Passion program starting Sunday afternoon and early Saturday arrivals crowd Audience Hill. Lt F A Mussen coordinates Oklahoma Highway Patrol traffic measures for the event to ease approaching motorists.
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Bill Cook Srail
United States
The
Wichitas
Lawtonian
Lawton
Audience Hill
Tore
F. A. Mussen
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Pageant counts worshipers from home states for first time
An Easter Pageant attendance count will be taken this year to tally worshipers and their home states. About 50,000 expected. 225 civil and military police plus 120 military personnel will manage traffic and safety. Checkpoints, road routing, and free programs are planned with funds from donations only to sustain the event.
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Jack Batten
Pau
Cache
Medicine Park
Meers Roads
Wildlife Refuge
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Wichita Mountains
Elks Lodge
Holy City
Batten
Statewide Showers and Tornadoes Cause Damage Across Oklahoma
An Oklahoma weather system brought heavy showers and a small tornado that damaged a dairy farm near Ramont in Washington County, knocking down two buildings and a 6900 volt power line. A tornado in Gray son County across the border in Texas unroofed at least two homes. The storm damaged a lumber yard and cafe near Helis, blew two house trailers into the Red River at Sayre, and flooded underpasses at Canute and Els City. Rain totals exceed four inches in Ells City area, with multiple rural schools closed for worsened roads and Southwest Bell reporting hundreds of phones out of service.
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A&a
Oklahoma
Ramont
Washington County
Cari Poose
Grayson County
Texas
Southmayde
Potts Woro
Lake Texoma
Highway Patrol
Helis
North Fork
Red River
Sayre
Canute
Els City
Town Hunting Dynamite Caps In Oklahoma
Police tracked dynamite caps found around Collinsville Oklahoma traced to two teenage boys after caps appeared in a girl's coat pocket and a school wastebasket. Chief Don Brinkley warned of danger as 700 caps reportedly went missing from United Brick Co. over two days.
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Collinsville
Oklawa
Oklahoma
Don Brinkley
Aittle Girl
United Brick Co
Brinkley
Tulsa
Severe Storm Warning Issued for Oklahoma and Texas
The Weather Bureau in Oklahoma City issued a severe storm warning at 2 p.m. for today. Scattered severe thunderstorms and several tornadoes are forecast across southwestern Oklahoma and parts of north central Oklahoma and West Texas this afternoon and tonight. The warning covers areas south of a line from the Texas border near Ardmore through Ardmore and Davis to the Texas border west of Sayre.
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Oklahoma City
Nere
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas
Flares To Mark Pageant Routes
Traffic directing flares and arrows will guide motorists to the Easter Pageant site in the Holy City of the Wichitas. Oklahoma Highway Patrol and state safety officials coordinate signage and patrols to ensure orderly parking and adherence to laws for worshipers traveling from Lawton and surrounding areas.
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Holy City of the
Wichitas
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
F. A. Mussen
SH 49
Medicine Park
Lawton
Ler
Sheridan Road
Cache Road
U. S. 62
Cache
Escape Plane Fire at Pittsburgh Airport Averted
An airliner landed in flames at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. Pilot, stewardess, and firefighters acted quickly to evacuate fifty passengers with no serious injuries reported. The Capital Airlines DC4, piloted by R L Calhoun, circled before landing as foam suppressed the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh
Capital Airlines
John Burnham
Buffalo
Showers Forecast For Area Sunday
The weather bureau issued a long range forecast calling for light showers Sunday and Monday. Overnight lows Saturday night should be about 45 to 50 with a high Sunday in the 70s. Saturday will be cooler with clearing skies after possible violent weather late today and tonight.
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Weather Bureau
Ptay
Tos
Lawton
Lake Lawlonka
Roy Higdon
Indian Hospital Chief Transferred to San Francisco
Dr Eugene W Veverka chief medical officer of the U S Indian hospital since August 1955 is reassigned to the U S Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco California Dr N J Powers named acting medical officer in charge until replacement arrives Veverka and his wife and three sons Bruce 5 Bryan 3 and Paul 2 will leave April 21 for San Francisco where he will serve as deputy medical officer in charge He previously came to the GL & Indian hospital in August 1935 from Baltimore Maryland
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Eugene W. Veverka
U. S. Indian Hospital
US Public Health Service
San Francisco
Calif
N. J. Powers
Indian Hospital
Veverka
Bruce
Bryan
Paul
U. S. Public Health Service
Veveyka
GL & Indian Hospital
Baltimore
Public Health Service
Prosecution Star Witness Faces Cross Examination
In a Tulsa federal liquor trial defense lawyers challenged the government witness Edwards, a former bootlegger, claiming he framed 20 defendants including city officials and reporters. Edwards testified he led Tulsa liquor operations in 1955 under police protection and linked rivals to potential imprisonment.
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Tulsa
Ray Malloy
John Bill Edwards
Edwards
Noten Bulloch
Internal Revenue
Palley
Nolen Bulloch
Jay Jones
Bulloch
Martin Edwards
Jones
Tulsi Tribune
Martin
the Tribune
Campaign Sparks PTK Convention Opens on Cameron Campus
Feverish speeches and promises mark the national Phi Theta Kappa convention's start on Cameron College campus. Delegates from across the United States convene for a three day event culminating Saturday with officer elections.
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Bile
Crawford
Cameron College
United States
Honorary Scholastic Society
Lantanian
Jesie Bogue
National Junior College
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Col. I. S. Bonifay
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Indian Hospital Chief
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Rucker
Hirrlinger
PTK
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