Dio Viewed As Honest Man Says Former Union Leader
Former Union leader Anthony Doria testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that racketeer Johnny Dio wanted to shed his criminal record and become an honest labor leader but society blocked him. Doria described Dio’s rise in Local 102 of the UAW AFL, connections to Hoffa, and alleged efforts to expand influence on the East Coast while Dio faced sentencing on a shake down case.
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Washington
Anthony Doria
Johnny Dio
Doria
Dio
Senate
Allied Industrial Workers Union
AFL
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
So Doria
Deria
Gaien
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Teamsiens
Daria
Din
Donna
Scandal Editor Bates Gable Reveals Affair Claim
Former Confidential editor Bates Gable testified that actress Francesca de Scaffa told him she had an affair with Clark Gable while gathering information on a Josephine Dillon story. The cross examination occurred during the criminal libel trial of Confidential and Whisper magazines, with Rushmore naming other alleged sources.
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Los Angeles
Confidential
Francesca de Scafia
Clark Gable
Hollywood
Scandal
Howard Rushmore
Miss de Scaffa
Bruce Cabot
Josephine Dillon
Gable
Miss de Scafffa
Whisper
Arthur J. Crowley
Rushmore
Crowley
Robert Harrison
Desi Arnaz
Rennie Quillan
Miss Quillan
City Employes Due Asiatic Flu Vaccine
The County City Health department will purchase Asiatic influenza vaccine for city employes with rosters by department heads to determine who wants the shot. Only employes not families receive it, and sheriff's office members are to be included. Local citizens may obtain vaccines from physicians once available.
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Charles H. Miller Jr
C. R. Ellsworth
Miller
Dr. Miller
Comanche County
Rescue Abandoned On Eiger North Wall Tragedy Looms
Grindelwald Switzerland large rescue effort ends with one survivor Claudio Corti of Lecco Italy transported from the summit after four climbers, including Stefano Longhi of Lecco, are presumed dead. Rescue chief Peter Frei ordered the 50 volunteers off the mountain as blizzards halted operations. Two Germans Guenther Nothdurst and Goetz Meier disappeared, believed dead. Alfred Helepart, a German guide, made a perilous ascent to bring Corti down. The four had begun their climb Aug 3, facing the wall’s 6000 foot vertical drop known as The Spider.
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Eiger Mountain
Swiss Alps
Grindelwald
Switzerland
Eiger
Claudio Corti
Lecco
Italy
Interlake Hospital
Spr
Peter Frei
Steap
Corti
Thursdy
Guenther Nothdurst
Goetz Meier
Jedge
Cordi
Alfred Helepart
Alps
Alpligen
Mune Wrinsn
aLice
Oman
Nizwa
Firq
Claudia Corti
Leeke
Alfred Helipart
Stefana Longhi
Kalian
Fie
Franz Meier
Guenther Notdartl
Corli
Hellport
Union to File Labor Charge Against Page Aircraft Co
Union representatives announced they will file charges with the National Labor Relations Board in Fort Worth against Page Aircraft Maintenance Co. for alleged unfair labor practices including discrimination in hiring union officers and failure to recognize the union as a bargaining agent. Tremendous picket lines continued near Fort Sill gates as about 200 machinists protested at U S Highway 277, with shifts and observers in place as a new gate opened for non fort related traffic.
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Page Aircraft Maintenance Co
Fort Worth
Tex
National Labor Relations Board
James W. Wilcher
Grand Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Teal
Manville Redman
Texas
Bill Slow
Incal
Indge Business Agen
Seston
Page Co
Fort Silk
Page Cod
Sexton
Lawton
Fort Silt Gates
U.S. Highway 277
American Legion
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Medicine
Ivo
Forte Sill
Lofton
Pige Cooper
22Nd Street
Rogers Lane
Strange
Dairy Gate
Sepeit
Pace
Colne
Payne Considers Governor's Race
Oklahoma State Senator Tom Payne, winner in a contentious Okmulgee Wagoner County slate race marked by illegal voting charges, says he is seriously considering running in the 1958 Oklahoma governor’s race. He reports visiting about 59 counties with encouragement for reform themes, stating voters want a reformer focused on needed changes rather than ordinary campaign issues.
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Oklahoma City
Tom Payne
Okmulgee - Wagoner County
State Senate
Payne
John W. Russell Jr
Oklahoma
Correction to mislisted V F S club operator name in Warren hotel
The Constitution Press corrects an error from Sunday editions naming Truman Riley as operator of the V F S club in the Warren hotel basement. The correct operator is Travis Riley. Truman Riley, who runs a garage, has no connection or relation to Travis Riley. The paper apologizes for the mistaken names.
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Constitution Press
V.F.S. Club
Warren Hotel
Truman Riley
Travis Riley
Oman Rebels Named American Arms Sighted In Frontline Report
A New York Times based dispatch says rebels in Oman may possess American made grenades and land mines. U.S. ordnance teams are stationed with allied forces, and identification of the arms could strain diplomacy as Oman’s Nizwa district surrendered amid heavy weather and ongoing mountain rescues.
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Banrein
Persian Gulf
UPI
London
Mniawa
New York Times
Sam Pepe Brewer
Niewa
Yad Herd
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Appreciation Days Planned This Week in Lawton
Lawton merchants plan Appreciation Days this week with extended hours. Jack Raulston of the Chamber of Commerce retail committee said Blores stores will stay open later on Thursday and observe regular closing hours Friday.
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Lawton
Jack Raulston
Chatman
Chamber of ‘Commerce Retail Conmitteee
First Asiatic Flu Vaccine Released
Washington reports the Public Health Service released 902 000 doses of a new Asiatic flu vaccine for military and civilian use. National Drug Co. and Lederle Laboratories supplied the doses, with civilian access through normal channels and family physicians. Officials note fewer adverse reactions vs Nuvac and cite ongoing testing with government volunteers.
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Public Health Service
United States
American Medical Association Board of Trustees
AMA
Washington
Mic
Lenny FE
Burney
National Drug Co
Philadelphia
Lederle Laboratories
New York
National Drug
Poreporter
Area Weather Forecast Parity Cloudy and Clear
Brief forecast notes clear to cloudy conditions. Readings show today high near 101 with a low around TH. Tonight low around TH and today’s low near 73. Sunday’s high about 101 with a 95 reading recorded.
Women Deny Soliciting Count Two Lawton Women
Two Lawton women pleaded ingcent to soliciting prostitution in county court. Rita Louise Norris, 24, posted $260 cash bond and was released. Ann Dean Miller, 28, held on $500 bond. Judge Fullerton set next term for trial. Prosecutors say crime bureau evidence led to arrests at Dot's Drive Inn near Lawton. Deputy McCracken noted the drive-in appeared closed when checked weekend night.
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Lawton
Rita Louise Norris
Ann Dean Miller
Arlington
Miller
Norris
Githen SK. Rhoads
Johnny Fullerton
McCrack-en
Just Too Much Too Often. Fawcett shoots man over wife affair
Van Nuys police say John Gordon Fawcett 42 shot Louis Spichlig 25 in a North Hollywood apartment after finding his wife with another man. Fawcett claimed the incident was triggered by “innocent fun” and marital history, while wife Janet 28 denied knowledge of the affair.
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Calif
IUP
John
Gordon Fawcett
Leflore
Danet
Mymought Fawcell
Louis C. Spichlig
Spichlig
Fawcetts
North Hollywood
Mariner
Santa Fe Cibette collision near Saginaw injures several
A Santa Fe passenger train reportedly collided with an unidentified vehicle two miles north of Saginaw Texas. Initial reports say one person was killed and three others severely burned.
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Saginaw, Tex
Santa Fe
Saginaw
Old Therin Turst Iy Phyrtees
Sun O
Canada Air Crash Kills 79 in Quebec Swamp
A four engine Maritime Central Airways DC4 crashed a haunted summer storm near Quebec City killing 79 aboard, with the wreck sinking into a swamp delaying recovery. Witnesses saw lightning strike as the likely cause. no survivors were found and the death toll surpassed Canada’s previous air disaster record.
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Central Airlines
Issoudun
Quebec
Quebec City
Canada
Wreelk
Canada Air
Que
Britain
Jean-Paul Pouliot
Lotbiniere
Rockies
Maritime Central Airways
London
Toronto
Imperial ‘Ans
Canadian Legion
Ontario
Norman Ramsay
Montreal
Iceland
St. Lawrence River
Canon Alexandre DeBloir
Ste. Croix
St. Lawrence
Maritime
Royal Canadian Air Force
Trenton
Ont
Ramsay
Mari- Lee AM
Paget Cotim
Mercury Zooms Past 100 Again
Temperatures in the Lawton area topped the 100 degree mark again over the weekend as forecasts point to little change. The five day outlook calls for above average warmth through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers. Heavy rain totals include 6.02 inches at Zoo, 4.73 inches at Fanshawe and 1.40 inches at Poteau in LeFlore county. Highs reached 101 at Lawton Nobart and Gage with overnight lows from 63 at Guymon to 76 at McAlester.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Zoo
Fanshawe
Poteau
LeFlore
Army Faces Deep Spending Cuts Across Services
The Defense Department set yearly spending limits under a rigid 38 million dollar cap. The Army takes the largest cut, allowed 8.93 billion dollars, down 220 million from the original budget. Air Force tops 17.9 billion, 900 million below its initial request, Navy 370.4 billion, up 11 million from estimates. Civilian payrolls must drop about five percent by October end, with roughly 20 000 jobs eliminated.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
Navy
Air Force Today
Oklahoma tops U S in electric bills for mid size cities
Federal Power Commission figures show Oklahoma has the nation's highest average monthly bill for 250 kilowatt hours in cities with populations between 10 000 and 50 000. Oklahoma City cites a $7 55 to $7 75 range for different classes, with Class I at $7 55 and Class II at $7 75.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Oklahoma
FPC
Oklahoma Cities
Oklahoma City
W.B. Gesell
Oklahoma Gas & Select
Muskogee
Enid
Ardmore
E Rena
Gesell
Awever
Koteens
Correction issued for Arlington address misprint
The Constitution Press corrects an erroneous listing for Mrs. Atta Dear Miller charged with soliciting. The address was printed as 214 Arlington but should read 2111 Arlington. The newspaper apologizes for the mistake.
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Atta Dear Miller
Constitution Press
Arlington
Mistala
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