Five Contractors Join In Protesting Picketing At Post
Oklahoma and Texas construction contractors join in a secondary boycott complaint against the International Association of Machinists. W&L Co Norman City another Lawton firms Chapman John Jennings Freeman and W E Best join in the action. Everett Rhea of the National Labor Relations Board arrived to investigate the strike at Fort Sill. Two gates at Fort Sill were opened for construction workers as picketing began and two carloads filmed activity. Construction projects at the post were curtailed amid union solidarity actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Texas
International Association of Machinists Incal
Edward Schicker Jr
W&l Co
Oklahoma City
Page Aircraft Maintenance Co
Schicker
Chapman
John Jennings
Freeman
Lawton
W. E. Best
Wichita Falls
Tex
Everett Rhea
National Labor Relations Board
Muskogee
Rhea
Fort IN
Fort Sill
SH 49
Shas
U.S. 277
Strange
Gate
South Boundary Road
Scott School
Apache Gate
James W. Witcher
Grand Lodge
Floyd Freeman
Sill
Military Post
Warren Chrisman
SRE
Mother charged after girl says she urged fatal attack
Eight year old Sharon Sue Payne testified that her mother Ruth Mavie Payne handed her a public safety item and urged her to kill her husband Lawrence David Payne, who was killed by an accidental discharge as he slept. The 33 year old widow denied bond in Burkburnett, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Bailey
Sharon
Payne
Toom
Paynes
Burk- Suniel
Abilene
Altus Warehouse Destroyed By Fire
A fire leveled a sheet metal warehouse owned by George Elliott in Altus causing about 80000 dollars in damages. The blaze broke out late Wednesday destroying 25 new tractors three truckloads of fertilizer and miscellaneous machinery stored inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altus
Okla
George Elliott
Altus Implement
Head Of Orphans Home To Step Out
SAND SPRINGS In Patrick IL Cathcart superintendent of Sand Springs Home has said trustees asked him to resign and he will leave in September no successor named Albert Grey his assistant was in charge today The article notes the leadership change at the home for orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Home
Sand Springs
Patrick IL
Cathcart
Hore
Albert Grey
Waurika Survey Funds Approved
The Senate approved 16 000 planning funds for the Waurika water project to study a potential 15 million Beaver creek reservoir near Lastings. Funds also include 25 000 to be raised by southwest Oklahoma cities for planning and surveys, with Lawton 12 000, Duncan 9 000, and Waurika 6 000 allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cleland
Constitution
Washington Bureaay
Washington
Senate
Waurika
Lawton
Duncan
Beaver Creek
Lastings
Oklahoma Cities
Beaver-Cow Creek
House
90 to Attend Sill Artillery Briefing at Fort Sill
About 90 military leaders from 30 commands will attend a five day briefing at Fort Sill. CONARC directs the event with Maj. Gen. John B. Murphy and Maj. Gen. E. Beach among dignitaries. Gen. Thomas E. de Sharo welcomes attendees at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Continental Army Command
John B. Murphy
Conarc
E. Beach
Washington, D.C
Huge Transport Plane Limps Toward Hawaii After Engine Fail
A Boeing C97 military air transport with a crew of 10 diverted to Hilo Hawaii after losing two engines on the San Francisco to Hickam route. The plane remained airborne on limited fuel with rescuers en route and air bases standing by to assist if a ditching became necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hilo
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Oahu
Travis Afb
San Francisco
Hawaii Island
Hite
Bon Homme Richard
Hawaiian
Bio
Boeing
Testimony in Senate Racketeering Probe Delayed by Vote
Johnny Dio testified before the Senate committee probing labor racketeering as delays in voting paused proceedings. Kennedy described Dio as a pivotal witness who helped recruit figures into unions and manipulated Local 649 of the AFL United Auto Workers into Teamsters locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johny Din
Senate
McClellan (DeArk
Ven
Dio
McClellan
Inllan
James
Hoffa
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sidney Hodes
Brooklyn
Abe Brier
Dion
Teamsters Iocals
Hodes
Brier
New York
AFL
United Autos Worke
Teamsters ‘Union
Five-Foot Lizard On The Loose In East Lansing Town
An orange black iguana measuring about five feet three inches and valued at 31,000 escaped from a garage in East Lansing. Herb Wendl, a Pi Kappa Phi member, kept it in an ice box. Police organized a posse after calls from fearful residents, noting the nonpoisonous reptile may climb trees and could lash with a three foot tail. The incident drew jitters through the college town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
Herb Wendl
Pi Kappa Phi
Michigan State University
Wendt
South America
Florida
Dio Slugs Photographer Before Senate Rackets Testimony
In Washington Johnny Dio, the convicted extortionist awaiting his Senate rackets committee testimony, slugged United Press photographer Stanley Tretick outside the Senate Office Building and cursed him for taking his picture. Dio ducked through corridors, avoided questions, and left in a taxi with two companions after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Dio
Senate Office
Stanley Tretick
Dio
Senate
Tretick
United Press
Washington
Tsis
Senate Committee
Jie
Accused Red Spy Enroute To New York
Deputy U S Marshal Gerald Jones escorted Rudolf Ivanovich Abel from Hidalgo County Jail bound for New York after Abel was indicted for espionage. Federal Judge Allen B Hannable ordered Abel’s removal while authorities noted his alias and prior detention for deportation in McAllen Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edenburg
Tex
U.S
Gerald Jones
Hidalgo County
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
George Bennett
New York
Abel
Bennett
Jones
McAllen
Allen B. Hannavale
Houston
U. S
Toc
United States
Canada
McAllen Tex
Cotention
Ilregul Ation
Emil R Goldfus
Brooklyn
Moscow
Kremlin
Tame
Britain Tells Of Flu Serum
Britain announces a new vaccine believed to fight Asian flu. Production is underway with first supplies hoped for sale in shops within a month. Institute of Microbiology director says injection gives immunity for one season after testing on 120 army and air force volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Freddy
Himmelweit
Institute of Microbiology
St Mary's Hospital
Uhmeitweit
Army
Air Force
Resort Weather Forecast Fades Friday
After several days of unseasonably cool weather the resort area will see a return to warmer conditions as temperatures rise to 10 degree mark again. Forecasters said the cool spell has moved east and southerly winds will reappear by Friday. Lawton logged an overnight low of 63 with a high of 92 on Wednesday. Today’s high is expected to reach 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Arms Parley Nears Close
London officials said the Western delegates would push for adjournment of the disarmament conference if Russia delays its reply to the Western package plan. The five power talks aimed to finish their final proposal by next week, focusing on the open skies component as the session progressed. U S Delegate Mareld Stassen stated the group did not realize how near a workable partial disarmament agreement was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
U.S
Mareld
Stassen
Reserve Banks Cut Rates In Four-Wold Move
Bulletin from Shington states is TI Reserve Boon reduced today as four reserve banks set discount rates at SIM4 percent across the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shington
Parker Burial Ceremony Set At Sill Friday
Fort Sill will host the burial of Quanah Parker with full military honors at 2 pm Friday. Dignitaries and Parker family members will attend as his white mother Cynthia Ann Parker is reburied in the post cemetery. The ceremony will include an all Indian honor guard and firing squad with representatives from multiple tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Quanah Parker
Parker
Cynthia Ann Parker
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Chief Parker
2Nd Field Artillery
Donald R. Wilkerson
Woodrow Scoll
Chippewa
Fort Sill Apache
Pueblo
Pottawatomi
Chickasaw
Passamaquoddy
Assiniboia
Old Post Oak Mission
Cache
Mc Clain County Attorney Harris Resigns for Low Pay
Oklahoma report says McClain County Attorney L D Harris resigns effective September 1 due to low salary. He will be succeeded by Winston Raburn, Ada attorney. Harris has been elected to the office in McClain County for these terms.
Khrushchev warns US rocket threat if war expands in Germany
Khrushchev told East German officials that a war over Germany could draw the United States under attack by hydrogen rockets. He accused Western powers of using West Germany as a war base and urged withdrawal of foreign troops, warning that modern warfare would devastate populated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Communist’ Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Germany
United States
Khrushchev
West Germany
Red Chieftain
Khrushchiev
Konrad Aderayer
Otto Grotewohl
England
France
U.S
House Shelves Civil Rights Bill Action For Now
Washington lawmakers delay a decision on the civil rights bill as the House shelved plans to send the measure to a conference with the Senate. President Eisenhower weighs veto threats and possible special session while Speaker Rayburn and Republican leaders signal forthcoming positions and compromises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Senate House
Mar UN
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Congress
Ake
Martin
Rayburn
Texas
Knowland
California
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Approves Public Works Bill With Major Allocations
The Senate approved an 894,151.33 public works appropriations measure by a vote of 85 to 1, funding Army Engineer and Reclamation Bureau water projects for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Oklahoma items include Eufaula Reservoir 5.2 million, Keystone 3.1 million, Oolagah 6.5 million, plus planning for Boswell Reservoir and Enid water project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Army, Engineer and Reclamation Bureau
House
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations Committee
Counnee
House Conference Committee
Army Engineers
Oklahoma
Eufaula Reservoir
Keystone
Oolagah
Boswell
Enid Water Project
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Waurika Survey
Paul A. Gavan
de Sharo
Air Command and Staff College
U.S. Army
Detroit Arsenal
U. S. Continental Army Command
Military Advisory Group
U. S. Army Provost Marshal
U.S. Army Field Command
Navy
Thetis Bay
Taylor
Aimsea
Labor Hood
Red
Bulletin
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