British defender fined for poke at peer
A 64 year old ex sailor Philip Kinghorn Burbidge pleaded guilty in Bow Street to striking Lord Altrin. He was fined one pound two shillings and six pence. Burbidge said he acted to defend Queen Elizabeth II as public opinion weighed on the episode. He denied hostile motives and lamented the overseas press reaction.
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League of Empire
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Cawes
Famed Laurel and Hardy partner Oliver Hardy dies at 65
Oliver Hardy famed clow n of the Laurel and Hardy team died at 7 25 am in Burbank California at his mother in law home after a long illness following a paralytic stroke. He was 65 years old and survived by his wife Lucille with no children. His condition had been poor since a stroke a year earlier and he could barely speak or eat. The actor appeared in many reruns with Stan Laurel and kept busy in TV airings before his death.
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Stan Lawes
Burbank
Calif
Lucille
Slatus
Jeff Hardy
Laurel
Child Rescued From Chimney In Bay City
Bay City Michigan firemen freed Glenda McPhee a 53 year old woman who fell 14 feet into a chimney shaft in her attic. After a tense half hour workers dismantled the foundation brick by brick to reach her. She was hospitalized with shock but not seriously hurt.
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Glenda
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Deoines
Family Shopping Day Set For Lawton Thursday
Merchants invite families to shop together as stores stay open until 9 p.m. on Family Shopping Day in Lawton. The event, highlighted in today’s Constitution, encourages all family members to visit participating merchants.
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Ardmore Base To Be Closed After Mid-1959
Ardmore Air Force Base will be abandoned after mid-1959. Local leaders including J Elbert King and Roland Desea met with Air Force personnel and Oklahoma lawmakers Sen Mike Monroney and Rep Cal Albert to discuss the closure. Officials cited ice-short runways and the high cost of lengthening as the reason.
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Ken Milburn
Mike Monroney
B-Okla
Cal Albert
D-Okla
Lake
Indicted Russian spy tied to U S defense secrets
A New York grand jury indicted Rudolph Tranovich Abel a top Russian intelligence officer held in McAllen Texas for deportation. He faced three counts for gathering defense information and suspected of leading a wing that obtained U S military data. Abel used aliases and planned a Brooklyn studio front as a drop for communications. Four co conspirators were named but not charged as defendants. He awaited arraignment in Edinburg Texas as authorities pursued removal proceedings.
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Tex
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FBI
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Mark Collins
Emil Golelius
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Prospect Park
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Jack Soble
Soble
Myra
Jacob Alban
Old Blue Beaver Tavern Brawl Leaves Eight Jailed
Saginaw man Matt shot in the right leg during a wild Amvets Post No. 31 clash west of Lawton early today. Eight men confined by deputies and troopers. Amvets Post commander Chilford Prestage filed complaints. Potts shot during the melee. $600 in tavern damage reported. two to three more suspects possibly involved.
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Memorial Hospital
Prestage
Potts
Mamie Eisenhower Doing Fine After Surgery
President Dwight D. Eisenhower reports wife Mamie Eisenhower in fine postoperative condition following a two hour operation by an Army gynecologist at Walter Reed Army Hospital. She slept with few interruptions and rested in a three room hospital suite as the President visited for 33 minutes.
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State says stars framed by girls in scandal magazines
California prosecutors outline a case against Confidential and Whisper magazines and their Hollywood connections. Assistant Attorney General Clarence Linn says the defendants hired "women of the right" to entrap stars and supply lurid material. The Meares face indictments for conspiracy to publish obscene and inflammatory material and criminal libel. Harrison of New York, publisher of Confidential and Whisper, is named as the operation’s leading figure.
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Robert Harrison
New York
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Council approves drainage work tied to 1954 Stephens annexation
City council votes to spend thousands to fix a north Ste ly drainage problem linked to the 1954 Stephens addition controversy. Plans call for replacing two 20 inch pipes with three 48 inch pipes over 1 100 feet and 550 feet, with rip rap and an open ditch. Materials expected to cost about 27 000 dollars. work to be done by city forces. Completion would open about 70 acres of Gooch Acres for residential development. FHA mortgage insurance awaits correction of the drainage issue. Andy Crosby Jr. will buy salvaged pipe for about 7 542 dollars and donate 2 000 dollars for a protective dam if needed.
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Denver
Cheyenne
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Stephens Addition
Eisenhower Opposes Senate Civil Rights Bill Move
President Eisenhower voiced opposition to the Senate version of the civil rights bill as Senate action loomed for a vote. He indicated opposition to the jury trial provision on criminal contempt and said he is considering Neil H. McElroy to succeed Charles E. Wilson as secretary of defense, to be named after current investigations finish. He stressed gradual disarmament steps if U.S. proposal gains acceptance and urged progress toward mutual trust with the Communist world.
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London
U.S
Probe Established In Lawton Strike Over Fort Sill Pickets
A National Labor Relations Board rep arrives in Lawton to investigate a dispute raised by Floyd Freeman of Construction Co over a secondary boycott by machinists at Fort Sill. Freeman cites six Fort Sill contracts worth about 800000 and says picketing at all gates disrupts work on a 600000 battalion motor pool project and other campus repairs.
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Fort Sill
Floyd Freeman
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International Association of Machinists
Gates 3
Freanan
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Foul Worth
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Everett Rhona
Muskogee
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Batttalion Motor Pool
Lmost
Elor
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Page Aircraft Co
Thomas E. de Sharp
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Cool Night Forecast With Heat Ahead In Lawton
Forecasters note a cool night in Lawton with a low around 61 and a slow climb toward the 100 degree range. Ardmore logged 50 as the low while Gage recorded the state's high at 9, and Ouveau expects the area to become sweltering by Friday.
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Ouveau
Ardmore
Gage
Rancher Defies Order to Quit Land on McGregor Range
John Prather, 82, remains on his 120 section ranch near Fort Bliss with a pistol at hand as U S deputy marshals block the road 35 miles from the army missile range. Military police surround the fortresslike home as officials seek a peaceful surrender, but Prather vows to die on his land rather than leave it. His daughter Narr Gaba and housekeeper Mary Toy stay nearby as negotiations continue.
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U.S
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George Beach
el Paso
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United Press
Lawrence Smith
Gaba
Tanchen
Probers Link Die To Hoffa Probers Link Die To Hoffa
Probers testified that racketeering figures used unions to bolster Hoffa's labor power in New York. Witnesses described payments for protection and soft contracts, with Dio's associates tied to Teamsters locals that helped elect John O'Rourke as Teamsters Joint Council 16 president.
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Senate
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James R. Hoffa
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
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John O'Rourke
New K
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Teamsters Union
Midwest Magul
Stanley Lehrer
Brooklyn
Auto Glass Dealers Assn
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Equitable Research Associates, Inc
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Rackets Committee
Stanley Seglin
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Seglin
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Teamsters Joint Council
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Dave Beck
Teams
Wilson Order Halts Fort Sill Civilian Hiring
Defense Secretary Wilson barred new civilian hires at Fort Sill this month as he ordered the military services to stop hiring and plan reduced civilian employment. At Fort Sill about 2,500 civilians are employed, with a 4.8 percent quarterly turnover noted, while officials await formal Washington word.
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