Blast Fire Toll Mounts To 20 In Andover Ohio
Two more bodies were recovered bringing death toll to 20 after a block long building exploded and burned during a thunderstorm. Victims were burned beyond recognition and found under rubble in the wreckage. A makeshift morgue was set up in the town’s only funeral home garage as search efforts paused briefly before daybreak. Nancy Mack and Mike French, dairy operators, said about 10 employees were in the dairy at the time and that investigators smelled sewer gas but cannot confirm the number of customers present.
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Andover
Ohio
Nancy Mack
Mike French
Swiss Swedes Won’t Quit Korea Despite Ultimatum
A Swedish official said the Swiss and Swedish members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission will not leave Korea despite a one week ultimatum from the Republic of Korea. The statement, uncredited, came as Korean demonstrations subsided and U S General Lemnitzer met with President Rhee to discuss riots. The Swedes pledged to stay on the job unless the United Nations directs otherwise.
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Seoul
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Korea
Commission
Republic of Korea
United Nations
UNSC
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U. S. Land U. N
Far East
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Mother testifies Dr Galbraith loved family despite murder case
Mrs J S Galbraith, mother of Dr Ben T Galbraith, testifies he was an affectionate father, while prosecutors rest in the murder trial. She recalls his care for his wife Mary Katharine, their children, and emotional moments after the deaths.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
J. S. Galbraith
Henderson
Tenn
Family Galbraith
Mary Katherine
Galbraith
Lightning Injures 13 Sooner Guardsmen at Fort Hood
A bolt of lightning struck an encampment of the 45th Infantry Division at North Fort Hood Texas during a night thunderstorm. About three inches of rain fell in 90 minutes. Thirteen men were injured but none seriously and all were to be treated and released locally.
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Tex.p
45Th Infantry
Woman Free In Mate Death
Mrs. Mary Hamilton, 39, a Lawton Negro housewife, was exonerated of murder at a preliminary hearing for shooting and killing her husband, Sgt. Marshall Hamilton, 32, early last Thursday. Judge Ralph Cline said testimony from 10 witnesses failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, drawing applause from about 200 spectators who attended the hearing. Friends and her attorney Lewis Derke congratulated her after the ruling.
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Mary Hamilton
Lawton
Marshall Hamilton
Ralph Cline
Cline
X2 Ready For Heat Test On Rocket Powered Flight
The Air Force says the X2 research plane is ready for its first rocket powered flight to probe the heat barrier at speeds around 2000 mph. It is the first plane built to study the speed where metals fail due to extreme air friction. Stainless steel and other alloys replace standard aluminum, and highly tempered glass replaces ordinary windshield glass to withstand the heat.
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Washington
Air Force
Planes collide in Germany. 67 U.S. airmen killed
Two C119 Flying Boxcars from the 60th Troop Carrier Wing collided near Echterdingen, Germany, killing 67 aboard and marking one of the worst postwar air disasters in Western Europe. The planes carried 42 passengers and crew on the first, 14 passengers and crew plus Loadmasters on the second, as they trained 7th Army troops from Rhein-Main Air Base.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Black Forest
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Echterdingen Field
Here
U.S. 7Th Army
U.S
Tokyo
Larson Air Force Base
Washington State
Cardiff
Wales
West Germany
Europe
60Th Troop Carrier Wing
Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
7Th Army
Fort Sill Welcomes Brig. Gen. Theimer
Brig. Gen. J. E. Theimer assumed the post as assistant commandant of the Artillery and Guided Missile School at Fort Sill in brief ceremonies. Gen. Williams officiated as bands and units gathered for review, with directors to be introduced at Snow Hall and a dinner and reception planned that night.
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J. E. Theimer
Artillery and Guided Missile School
Edward T. Williams
522Nd Infantry
Bill Dixon
Fort Sill
Sill
Hmamar Culard
McNair Hall
97Th Army Band
59Th
36Th Field Artillery
Snow Hall
Williams
Theimer
Thomas E. Watlington
Department of Army
Washington
United States Military Academy
18Th Field Artillery
24Th Field Artillery
Fort Statsenburg
Phillipines
84Th Field Artillery
Fort Riley
Kaw
Department of Animal Transportation
Field Artillery
Connie Strikes At Mainland Cape Hatteras
Hurricane Connie battered the North Carolina coast with 115 to 120 mph winds centered far at sea and moving north northwest. Wilmingon felt near hurricane force winds and horizontal rain as warnings were heeded. A second storm formed 400 miles east of San Juan signaling broader Atlantic activity.
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Cape Hatteras
N. C
Connie
North Carolina
Wilmington
mid-Atlantic
New
Atlantic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Continental Adds New City Flight
Continental Airlines inaugurated a trial morning flight to Oklahoma City and Tulsa, stopping a northbound service at 9:30 a.m. for about ten days to test demand. If patronage is sufficient, the service will become permanent, adding a third daily northbound flight from Lawton alongside the 12:33 p.m. and 8:44 p.m. services, with Tulsa connections to northern and eastern points.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Continental Airlines
Continental
Lawton
Patrol Chief Mussen takes Lawton district post in Oklahoma
Lt. Forrest A. Mussen becomes commander of District Four Oklahoma Highway Patrol, overseeing seven counties and 22 troopers. A 18 year veteran with SRO assignments from Sapulpa to Lawton, he emphasizes starting fresh amid a shakeup involving former chief Raley and Trooper Williamson.
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Forrest A. Mussen
District Four
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Mussen
Lawton
Clinton
Second
Highway Patrol
Sapulpa
Muskogee
Chickasha
Ada
Elk City
Texas A&m College
FBI
Lawton Mogle
Gemanche
Jefferson
Lt. Mussen
Williamson
Raley
Sooner Played Spy Role As PW
In New York the prosecution rests in the trial of Set. James C. Gallagher, 23, of Brooklyn, accused of unpremeditated murder of three American soldiers in a Chinese Red prison camp in Korea. Witnesses include honeymooning former soldier Stephen A. Rada and Tulsa warehouseman Cleytus Nordin who claims anti Communist undercover roles. See Gallagher, Page 2.
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New York
Set
James C. Gallagher
Brooklyn
Korea
Stephen A. Rada
Main St
Branch Dale
Rada
Gallagher
Cleytus Nordin
Tulsa
Okla
Warehouseman
Red Star
Nordin
Lloyd W. Pate
Augusta
Pate
Weather outlook for Oklahoma with scattered showers
Rain clouds lingered over parts of Oklahoma on Thursday with a forecast of showers in the Lawton area on Friday. Southwestern Oklahoma should see partly cloudy skies with little temperature change, highs in the mid 90s. By Sunday temperatures rise and humidity lowers with northeasterly winds.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Weather Bureau
Escape Plan From Korean POW Camp Described At Trial
Testimony in Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin’s court martial described a 1951 mass escape plan from POW Camp 12 at Pyongyang. The scheme, proposed by Lt. Col. Paul V. Liles, called for a fellow prisoner to flee with a map, then helicopters to reach the area and whisk 60 to 70 Americans to freedom. M. Sgt. John P. Porter testified from a wheelchair at Fort Lewis, noting the plan was never carried out and Erwin’s final defense witness is expected next week.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
John P. Porter
Fieldsboro
N.J
Porter
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Phoenixville
Paul V. Liles
Birmingham
Ala
Pyongyang
End of City Fogging T: May Depend On Child Safety Near Truck
Mayor C R Ellsworth warned fogging with DDT along Lawton streets could stop if children ignore the fogging truck. He stressed the danger is traffic related as children following the truck are not seen by motorists, risking serious injury or death. The operation led by Jess Percival may end if warnings are not heeded.
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Lawton
C. R. Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Jess Percival
Oklahoma Coaches back Oil Bowl basketball game in Lawton
The Oklahoma Coaches association endorsed an Oil Bowl basketball game to be staged in Lawton next August. A 10 man Oklahoma squad will face Texas, with proceeds supporting Crippled Children’s Hospital, Oklahoma and Texas. The game mirrors the Oil Bowl football spectacle and will be directed by a state coach chosen by the association.
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Constitution
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Coaches Association
Lawton
Lawton-Fort Sill
Wichita Falls
Muskat Temple Shriners
Oklahoma
Texas
Sooner
Dallas Clynch
Midwestern University
Clarence Breithaupt
Board of Control
Breithaupt
Harvey Slade
Cushing
Dub Wooten
Blackwell
Gooch Arnold
Collinsville
Boney Matthews
Purcell
Kenneth Kamm
el See
President Quarles Named Secretary of the Air Force
President Eisenhower named Donald A. Quarles as secretary of the Air Force succeeding Harold E. Talbott. Quarles, 61, comes from the Defense Department where he led research and development including missiles. He chairs Bell Labs history and is a former World War I artillery captain.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Donald A. Quarles
Defense
Air Force
Quarles
Harold E. Talbott
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Defense Department
Bell Laboratories
Lee Quarles
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Kerr
Sherry Wright
Center
J. T. Wright
Andrews
Robert S. Kerr
Cotton Electric Co-operative
Walters
Sherry
Sandra
Supervisory Commission
Dr. Galbraith
By Lawdis Gandy
Mainland
New City Flight
F. A. Mussen
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