Cameron hosts first annual twirling school students train
Fifteen girls and four boys attend Cameron college's first annual five day twirling school led by James Deen and three instructors. Pupils from Oklahoma City to Nocona learn two baton two baton and flag batons steeple throw with daily practice and seven p.m. public exhibitions. Tuition is 35 dollars including housing meals and instruction.
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Cameron College
Cameron
Oklahoma City
Nocona
Tex
James Deen
Temple High School
Cameron Quadrangle
Mel Keeney
Bill Sears
Washburn College
Topeka
Kans
Deen
Davie Ann Burney
Grosebeck
Sears
Sam Houston State College
Oklahoma
Tulsa University
University of Oklahoma
Carol Collins
Czarina Holland
Seiling
Carol Childress
Mercury To Hang In 90s This Week
Light rains fell in the Oklahoma Panhandle and far west as the forecast calls for little moisture statewide for the rest of the week. Temperatures across Oklahoma will run near normal for five days through Sunday with highs around 95 in the southwest and daily highs near 93 statewide.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma
Diane Slows Retains Fury As Hurricane Near Carolinas
Charleston reports Diane moving at 115 mph toward the mainland as the fourth hurricane of the season. Forecasters warn the storm could reach upper South Carolina or North Carolina coast late tonight or Wednesday morning with nine foot tides. Marines and volunteers race to build sand breakwaters along North Carolina beaches as Connie’s high tides previously eroded dunes.
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Charleston
S.C
Diane
Carolina
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Upper South Carolina
North Carolina
Connie
South Carolina
Mincey Auto Deaths Bring Four Charges
An Arkansas man linked to a Sunday night crash that killed three Lawton residents faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Edith Mincey and 14 month old Kandis Kay died, while Kent and Tanna Mincey suffered serious injuries in Texarkana area hospital. A pickup driver, Charles Booth of Doddridge, was hospitalized with injuries and later linked to intoxication. passenger John Wilson died. Deputy Huff noted the truck may have been speeding on the wrong side.
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Arkansas
Lawton
Howard Mincey
Edith
Kandis Kay
Mincey
Kent
Tanna
St. Michael's Hospital
Texarkana
Tex
Charles E. Booth
Doddridge
Ark
U.S. 71
John L. Wilson
Booth
Lawrence Huff
Huff
Area Weather Forecast Says Mild Warmth Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy weather and minimal temperature change through Wednesday. Highs near 95 today and tomorrow, 94 on Monday with an overnight low around 69 and tonight in the upper 60s. At 11 a.m. the temperature was 87.
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Oklahoma
Unas Mom Aids GI In Custody Fight For Son
Sacramento report says Airman Daniel C. Schmidt 23 will seek custody of his two year old son Daniel Jr. in a divorce against Una Schmidt 21 while Una's mother Mrs. Walter Ferguson may testify for Schmidt as a key witness. Schmidt was held by Chinese Communists after a 1953 downing of his B-29 in Korea.
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Sacramento
Calif
Daniel C. Schmidt
Howard P. Welch
Schmidt
Daniel, Jr
Una Schmidt
Walter Ferguson
Una
Dan
Welch
The
United
Pentagon
Alford D. Fine
Air Force
Korea
Ferguson
British police seize stolen guns in raid
Police raided an empty shop in London’s second hand market and seized a large haul of Bren guns rifles and ammunition believed stolen from Aberfield Army Depot Berkshire near Reading. IRA raids prompted a 12 hour armed Scotland Yard stakeout with high ranking officers viewing the weapons before return to Berkshire police.
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London
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Aberfield
Berkshire
Reading
Scotland Yard
Army
John Nott-Bower
Wales
England
Aborfield
Hainault Forest
Essex
Northern
Ireland
Ulster
Oklahoma Police Face Criticism While Officers Praised
The Crime Study Commission faulted state police systems for low salaries poor training and political patronage while praising individual officers. The report notes civil service in six cities and calls for improved recruitment and pay with Ada Chickasha Shawnee Anadarko and Eufaula cited for low monthly salaries.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Crime Study Commission
Harry Rosen
Johnston Murray
Enid
McAlester
Muskogee
Ponca City
Tulsa
Cherokee
Ada
Chickasha
Shawnee
Anadarko
Atoka
Eufaula
Lookabaugh Denies Former Lawton Patrol Captains Right To Face Accusers
Oklahoma City report details Norman C. Holt contesting demotion from captain to lieutenant and transfer from Lawton to McAlester. Holt seeks a hearing before the three member review board, while Commissioner Jim Lookabaugh maintains removal equals demotion and need for board review. Rogers argues troopers deserve due process and face accusers, citing legislative intent. Holt’s career began in 1937 with ascent to assistant chief in 1949.
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Lookabaugh
Lawton Patrol
Oklahoma City
Norman C. Holt
Holt
Cleeta John Rogers
Jim Lookabaugh
Lawton
McAlester
India Protests Goa Killings
Bombay police used tear gas and warning shots as thousands of protesters halted buses and trains to condemn the deaths of 23 marchers in Goa. Nehru denounced Portuguese brutality and vowed Goa would join India, while Goa border reports noted reinforced police actions amid clashes.
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Bombay
Goa
Liberation
India
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Portugese
Nehru
United Press
James Berry
Raley Charges Patrol hid report to justify transfer
C T Raley a veteran Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer who resigned Aug 15 1955 says a special report was obtained and prepared to sustain the actions that led to his demotion and transfer He argues his efficiency record was among the highest and that key recommendations to reassign him were omitted He vows to assist investigations into the patrol and invites public scrutiny of personnel reports over the years See STATEMENT Page 4
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Holt
C. T. Raley
Lawton
Raley
Bud Williamson
Comanche County
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lawton “Better Government Committee
Highway Patrol
State Senate
Kirksey Nix
Patrol
Galbraith Begins Life Sentence at McAlester Prison
Dr Ben T Galbraith, once a prominent heart specialist, checked into the state penitentiary at McAlester to serve a life term for the March 17 murder of his wife Mary Katherine. Judge W A Lackey overruled a new trial motion and Whetsel announced an appeal despite Galbraith telling his family he would not. The physician appeared weary and silent as he was transferred after sentencing.
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
State Penitentiary
Mary Katherine
Galbraith
W. A. Lackey
Lackey
Fred Whetsel
Whetsel
Criminal Court of Appeal
Grandson admits slaying woman in anger across Nebraska
James B. Smith, 22, confessed to killing his grandmother Daisy Betterton, 67, of Attica Iowa, with a shovel in a fit of anger. He told police he burned her body after driving across Nebraska and abandoning the remains near a trash burner by Arapahoe. He was arrested Monday night at a sister-in-law’s home.
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Denver
Attica
Iowa
Nebraska
James B. Smith
Daisy Betterton
Betterton
Smith
Arapahoe
Southwest Six-State Area championship boat race set
High powered speed boat racing returns to Lake Lawtonka for the fourth year on September 18 as the Southwest Six-State Area championship. Hydroplanes and fast boats will race in multiple classes with drivers from Arkansas Texas and six states. Del Hanks of the Lawton Boat Club announced the sponsorship with the Oklahoma Boat Racing Association handling the event and cash prizes offered.
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Lake
Lawtonka
Lawton Boat Club
del Hanks
Oklahoma Boat Racing Association
Hanks
Arkansas
Texas
First Cotton Arrives Here in Comanche County
Comanche county receives its first bale of cotton as D R Schroeder, living east of Porter Hill, delivers 2110 pounds on the wagon to Lawton Cooperative Association. Otto Kluck, manager, notes Schroeder will earn a premium and the cotton will be ginned Wednesday morning, marking an early arrival for the county after years.
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Comanche County
D. R. Schroeder
Porter Hill
Lawton Cooperative Association
Otto Kluck
Kluck
Schroeder
City Group Demands Disclosure On Raley Hearing
Lawton Better Government Committee challenges an efficiency report read at a hearing on Lt. C T Raley's demotion and transfer from the Lawton Highway Patrol district. Raley resigned Monday amid claims he should remain lieutenant. The group cites a signed report stating he should stay, which officials did not disclose. They plan further investigation to curb political pressures and protect patrol tenure.
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Lawton
Better Government
Oklahoma City
Raley
Better Government Organization
Highway Patrol
Highway
Charles Green
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Ann Dyksterhuis
Annette Waller
Sylvia Collins
Marilyn Reid
Sandra Messenger
Judy Goodwin
Rita Andrews
Nancy Pickens
Pat Cooper
Judy Thayer
Ima Jo Tompkins
Mercury
Unas
Rogers
City Group
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