Gun-Loving Hoodlum Norris Dies in Texas Shootout
Lawton officers relieved by the death of Gene Paul Norris in a late Monday gun battle near Fort Worth. Norris and bodyguard W. C. Humphrey were killed after years of alleged criminal activity linked to lawmen tensions in Oklahoma and Texas. The interview with a Constitution reporter reveals Norris’s last leg admission and hints at money troubles driving his desperate lifestyle.
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Norris
Lawton
Texas
Gene Paul Norvi
Edge
Lawson
W. C. Humphrey
FBI
Fort Worth
Otis Waldron
Oklahoma
Constitution
Humphrey
Daman
Capt. Waldron
Norris Bret
Waldron
Hussein Rejects Reds Complaint Against U S
King Hussein rejected Soviet charges that the United States interfered in Jordan affairs. He said the crisis was of Jordanian doing and declared the country acted in its own best interests. The U S offered 10 million dollars in economic aid to bolster Jordan’s shaky economy, contingent on keeping the country from joining the Eisenhower Doctrine.
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Sorden P
Hussein
Jordan
United States
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Syria
U.S
Building Repair Contract OK'd
A $578349.65 contract to improve 23 World War II type mobilization buildings at Fort Sill through Lydick Construction Company of Oklahoma City. Work on 26 barracks three mess halls and four bachelor officer quarters begins by July 1 with completion planned for January 1958. Improvements include latrines on two floors wooden study interiors and new floor coverings mechanical ventilation and aluminum fire escapes.
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Fort Sillhaight
Lydick Construction Company
Oklahoma City
John E. Woodward
Ixcen
Aggie Student Dean Resigns From Cameron College
Alvin Hand resigns as dean of students at Cameron College, effective at term end, to join Napa Junior College as instructor in Napa California. Hand joined the junior college faculty in 1935 and cites advancement in aviation and guidance work. His wife Mrs Hand, an former Lawton high school commerce instructor and Southwest Oklahoma Education association secretary, will teach in Napa.
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Alvin Hand
Cameron College
Vernon Howell
Colle
Hand
Napa Junior College
Napa
Caii
Lawton High School
Southwest Oklahoma Education Association
Aso
Napa Calif
Russia Accused of Jordan Plot Amid Foreign Intervention
Washington charged that international communism acting for the Soviet Union aided a Red takeover attempt in Jordan. A State Department briefing declined to declare the Jordan crisis over and left King Hussein’s view as the better guide. Russia warned the United States would bear grave consequences for Middle East upheaval from Western intervention.
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Russia
U.8
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Jordan
Middle East
U. S
Hussein
Washington
State Department
Lincoln White
Ulssain
White
Senate Prods Navy Official About Bribe
Senate investigators pressed the Navy for explanations of testimony that tax money aided extortionate payments to labor leader Earl Bettendorf to secure government contracts. Bettendorf said the Money-518,591.30 funded payoffs to gain delivery trucks into the Tobyhanna Signal Corps depot. Senator Kennedy urged the Navy to testify and clear the record on the bribery or extortion allegations.
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G. Milton Kely
Washington
Senate
Jackis
Navy
Earl P. Bettendorf
Ashdown
Ark
Sandston
Bettendorf
Joseph McHugh
Scranton
Teamsters
Signal Corps
Tobyhanna
Sen. Kennedy
l-Mass
Knowland Forecasts Major Budget Cut and School Aid Clash
Senator Knowland predicted Congress will cut more than three billion dollars from Eisenhower′s budget and defer tax cuts. He called Eisenhower′s federal school aid plan unwise and warned government school involvement could extend beyond four years. The remarks came at a Congressional Action Breakfast during the U S Chamber of Commerce meeting.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Whiting
East Texas Braces for Worst Floods in Decades
East Texas cities brace for severe floods as heavy rain pounds the region. The Weather Bureau warns of five more days of downpours raising flood risk along the Sabine Colorado Brazos and Trinity rivers. Disasters declarations unlock SBA loans at 3 percent for affected homeowners and businesses.
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Texas
Dallas
Teahoue
Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Wst
Tory
Ils
Lexus
Small Business Administration
Right
Tarrant
Bell
Coryell
Williams
McLennan
Smith and Gregg
Uy State
Sabine River
Louisiana
Shreveport
Sabine
Gulf of Mexico
Colorado, Brazos
Trinity
Wharton
Bay City
Gulf Coast
Oklahoma Senate weighs Sunday closing for groceries
Debates continue on proposed Sunday closing allowing city or county action with petitions or elections. Grocers broadly support the plan, headed by Sen. George Miskovsky. Separate bill seeks to raise truck weight limits from 60 000 to 72 000 pounds, advancing to the Senate Road and Highways Committee after a close vote in the Revenue and Taxation panel. A hearing is set for tomorrow under Sen. Keith Cartwright.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Senate
George Miskovsky
Miskovsky
Ray Fine
Gore
Senate Road and Highways Committee
Revenue and Taxation
McCarthy Stricken By Liver Ailment in Washington
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, diagnosed with acute hepatitis, was reported improved yet still in serious condition at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. A hospital spokesman said he had a fairly comfortable night, normal temperature, and improvement since Sunday, but remains seriously ill.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
McCarthy
Rainy Oklahoma forecast extends wet spell into May
Heavy rainfall drenched the region with as much as an inch overnight and boosted lakes and creeks. Officials report rising waters in Poe Lake and Lake Elmer Thomas, with runoffs adding inches higher as storms continue. Forecasters expect more rain today and tonight with warmer temperatures on Wednesday. May is projected near normal with overall moisture totals to 5.83 inches this month.
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Lake Lawtonka
Poe Lake
Elmer Thomas
Roy Higdon
Jimmie
Meers
Elmec Thomas
Migdon
Wayne Rowe
Medicine Park Alter
Arvil Roberson
Fletcher
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Marines Land Near Jordan to Guard Peace Effort
A U S 6th Fleet force of 1000 Marines landed in Beirut on shore leave as part of a show of force in the Middle East. The operation follows U S statements that troops could move into Jordan within days if needed and underscores Eisenhower era deterrence against Communist influence.
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Walter Logan
United Press
U.S
6Th Fleet
Beirut
Lebanon
United States
Jordan
Marty Collins
Americas
Middle East
Adm
Charlies R
Cat
Brown
Mediterranean
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Syria
Israel
Brucker
Eisenhower
Einstein Estate Executor Guilty in Contempt Conviction
Dr. Otto Nathan, executor of Albert Einstein's estate, was convicted of contempt of Congress. Judge Curran deferred sentencing, releasing Nathan on $1000 bond. The case arose from hearings on passport fraud and alleged misuse of passports and jurisdiction questions.
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Washington
Otto Nathan
Albert Einstein
Edward M. Curran
Nathan
Liberty
Congress
Curran
House
Walter
Dpa
Norris and Humphrey slain in Texas police gun battle
Gen Paul Norris, a feared Southwest outlaw, and his bodyguard William Carl Humphrey were killed in a running gun fight near Fort Worth with Texas police FBI agents and Rangers. Sixteen bullets struck Norris and twenty three hit Humphrey as their high speed sedan tried to escape.
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Norris
Humphrey
Texas Police
Paul Norris
Southwest
Texas
FBI
Fort Worth
William Carl Humphrey
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Carswell Afb
Soviet proposal on Siberia open to inspection
U N subcommittee on disarmament discussed a Soviet offer to open Siberia to sky inspection in exchange for allowing inspection across Alaska and much of the United States. Washington gave no immediate comment while French delegate Moch criticized the plan as opening up ice bound areas in return for exposing U S industrial regions.
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London
Russia
Siberia
Washington
Alaska
United States
U.N
Moscow
Marc Stassen
Sovitt
Jules Moch
Water Is Pure Despite Taste Said By Law ton City Official
David Duke city filter plant superintendent told Lawton water users the unusual taste and odor may persist for about one week to a month due to algae disturbance in Lake Lawtonka from recent rainfall. He said taste does not reflect water purity and no method exists to control odor or taste after treatment.
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David Duke
Lawton
Duke
Lawtonka
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