Union Chief To Face Probe
Union executive vice president I Emmar Molin is questioned over charters for fake New York locals in a plant scheme run with racketeer Johnny Dio. Midwest Teamsters leader Hoffa ally Holla is set to testify, as probe widens into alleged mob ties and vote manipulation in the New York Joint Council elections.
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Washington i
Emmar
Molin
Teamsters Union
New York
James R. Molfa
Holla
Midwest
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Senate
Holfa
Johnny Dio
Mohn
Beck
Senate Investigations
Congress
Rackets Committee
Thomas L. Hickey
Hoffa
Van
John O'Rourke
New York Joint Council of Teamsters
Nwo
Martin Lacry
O'Rourke
ENION
Bulbar Polio Strikes Duncan Mother in Iron Lung
A 29 year old Duncan mother of three, Mrs Bill Garrett, was diagnosed with bulbar polio and placed in an iron lung in Memorial hospital's isolated polio ward after an Aug 15 admission for observation. She has not received Salk vaccine shots while her children ages 7, 3, and 2 have had polio shots. Garrett works at a dairy near Duncan and remains seriously ill.
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Duncan
Memorial Hospital
Bill Garrett
Garrett
State War Dads Re-Elect City Man in Oklahoma City
Hastings 1405 D was re elected state president of the American War Dads at the annual convention in Oklahoma City Sunday. Other officers include E. W H Parker vlee pi' a Gail Short secretary A. M. Kenney treasurer and O. GB Lindquist sergeant at arms. Mrs C L Hight Lawson named auxiliary treasurer and Mrs Hastings named state councilwoman. Oklahoma chapters noted for hospital work in Sulphur Oklahoma City and Norman. Members logged 3 211 hours in the last year.
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Oklahoma
Sulphur
Oklahoma City
Norman
History Professor Becomes First Man To Swim Lake Erie
History professor Harry Briggs Jr from the University of Alaska became the first man to swim Lake Erie, finishing at Point Pelee, Ontario after a 33 hour crossing. An escort of Marines and Navy men urged him through fatigue as he battled visibility and exhaustion, finally stepping ashore in trunks found from a boat search.
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Lake Erie
Sandusky
Chia Ima
Point Pelee
Ont
Canada
Harry Briggs Jr
University of Alaska
Briggs
Gib Shanley
Toledo
WOHO
Shanley
Puler Point
Shantey
Clinton
Ohio
Briggson
Robert Hooley
8Th Infantry
Auto Deaths In State Rise
The Associated Press reports Oklahoma's 1957 death toll reaches 15 with 14 more fatalities over the weekend. Victims include Hugh Blankenship of Shawnee, 54, killed when his car hit a bridge abutment south of Siwa wers, likely from driver fatigue. Other weekend deaths listed include Wendell Emmons, Mary Elizabeth Echols, and six additional victims across Perry, Tul a Ro, DeQueen, Cowell, Coweta, Gore, and Idabel, among others.
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Associated Tress
Oklahoma
Hugh 2. Blankenship
Shawnee
Pottawatomie
Siwawer
Mose Adams
Wendell Emmons
Perry
Mary Elizabeth
Echols
Tula
Ro. Hill
DeQueen
Aris
Evans
Cowell
John Bowers
Coweta
James E. Patrick
Tulsa
Franklin Toney
Gore
Woodeuw Moor
Dierks
Acit
Horace Moore
Idabel
Cewell F. Thomas
Coman
Ehe
Emmons
Edals
Corbin
Police hunt for trio in cop killing in Minneapolis
Federal state and local officers searched for three young men accused of killing Officer Robert Fossum and wounding his partner Ward Canfield in Minneapolis. The suspects, described as well dressed and under 25, fled in a stolen car after a gun battle that left Fossum dead and Canfield gravely wounded. A kidnapped woman described the attackers as wearing neat clothing and armed with pistols and a shotgun taken from the officers.
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Minneapolis
Mine
Robert Fossuim
Ward Canfield
Neeing
Alvin Anderson
Bloomington
Fossum
Canfield
Veteran Lawmaker Returns Home For Good
Former U S Sen Elmer Thomas returns to Lawton after 34 years of Capitol Hill life. He says it feels great to be back home for good, plans a quiet retirement with wife Edith in a ranch style home across from their son Bill Len. Edith hospitalized for minor intestinal complication but expected to recover in days.
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U.S
Elmer Thomas
Lawton
Sen. Thomas
Bill Crawford
Capitol Hill
Lawson Sprout
Southwest
Edith
Bill
Len
Thomas
New York
Sen
Thomas Arived
Memorial Hospital
Washington, D.C
Oklahoma State Senate
Statehood
United States House of Rep
Pudmas
Pro-Red Nabs Reins In Syria
In Syria pro Soviet officers purged right wing officers, elevating Gen AN Biary to army chief amid a weekend coup. Kuwaitis, facing leftist ascendancy, visited Cairo for talks with Nasser as Soviet arms influence grows in the Syrian Egyptian joint command.
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Beirut
Lebanon
AN Biary
Middle East
Syra
Biary
Damascus
Sabri Assali
Shukri Kuawally
Kawaily
Kuwaty
Kinwatty
Assal Deniel
Egypt
Cairo
Nasser
Kuwaily
Alexandria
Syria
Russia
United States
U.S
Dulles Warns Aid Cuts Endanger U S Security
Secretary of State Dulles warned senators that the House cuts of 00,650,000 in foreign aid threaten the nation’s security and ally defenses. He said Congress must fund assistance to prevent grave risks, urging Senate action with a four-member administration delegation including Hollister Radford and Twining. Mundt floated requiring nations receiving loans to repay annually.
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Washington
Dulles
House
Congress
Senate
Warmer Air Due In Area Tuesday
Area residents can expect continued cool today and tonight with a gradual warmup shaping by Tuesday through Saturday. A cool front from Kansas brought intermittent showers as skies vary from clear to partly cloudy. The five day forecast shows temperatures 1 to 3 degrees above normal in Western Oklahoma, near normal in the east, with a slow warming trend and normal highs in the lower 90s and lows around the upper 60s.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Thieves Drag 500-Pound Dairy Safe Through Fire Escape
A UPI report from TAVINGTON NJ recounts a dramatic burglary where thieves moved a 500-pound safe down a fire escape, loaded it into a car, and drove five miles before breaking it open to steal 39 cents from the log.
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Tavington
UPI
Doctor In Balloon Breaks Record Near Crosby Minnesota
Air Force doctor Maj. David G. Simons ascends a frail balloon to 110000 feet above northern Minnesota near Crosby to set a new manned balloon altitude record. He remains sealed in a small capsule for about 32 hours conducting physiology tests while the craft drifts toward Miles City Montana.
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Brainerd
Minn
Air Force
Crosby
Garrison
David G. Simons
Simons
Aero - Medical Field Laboratory
Holloman Air Development Center
Almogordo
N. M
Minnesota
Miles City
Mont
Joe Kittinger
Minneapolis
Four inmates escape Stephens County jail in Duncan heist
Ex convict Sammy Ramos and three companions overpowered jailer Walt Carruth and his wife during breakfast at the Stephens County jail in Duncan. They seized bed ticking, tied the couple, and fled as a statewide alert went out. Ramos and Osburn, Galloway, and Elmer Smith were identified. Carruth said Ramos struck Mrs Carruth. Authorities noted hacksaw blades and clubs found in cells.
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Ray Atterberry
Sammy Ray Ramos
Stephens County
Duncan
Highway Patrol
Ramos
Don Galloway
Bobby Osburn
Wichita Falls
Tex
Elmer Smith
Ron Wheatley
Lawson
Lawton
Otis Waldron
James Rose
Rose
Walt Carruth
Carruth
Smith
Galloway
Ramus
Ser Ramos
Tage
Girl's Death Ruled Mishap in Wilburton Okla
Wilburton county attorney Ben Choate ruled no foul play in the death of 17 year old Velda Sue Baker of Oklahoma City. She died after jumping from a car driven by Drewie Sparks in Red Oak as the vehicle traveled about 30 to 35 miles per hour. Sparks was released.
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Wilburton
Okla
Upi
Latimer County
Ben Choate J
Oklahoma City
Velda Sue ‘Baker
Houston Baker
Drewie J. Sparks
Sparks
Choate
Miss Baker
Irea Oak
Here
Zie
Red Oak
Death of Beauchamp linked to late night call to Londonderry kin
London investigators probe the death of Tony Beauchamp husband of Sarah Churchill and son-in-law of Winston Churchill. A 4 a.m. telephone call to Lady Jane Van Tempest-Stewart, sister of the Marquis of Londonderry, is being examined for clues to the last hours before Beauchamp was found dead in his Hyde Park flat. Police say Beauchamp appeared despondent and had sleeping pills near him. two other women who knew him are being questioned.
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London
Antony Beauchamp
Marquis of Londonderry
Queen Elizabeth II
Scotland Yard
Beauchamp
Sarah Churchill
Winston Churchill
Hyde Park
Jane van Tempest-Stewart
Londonderry
Antony
Jane
Lady Jane
France
Sharmini Teruchelvam
Ceylon
Beuchamp
Star's Lover Named In Trial
HOLLYWOOD UP A married Mexican businessman identified as Enric Parra is named as Maureen O'Hara's Latin lover in the Confidential magazine sex scandal trial. Defense counsel Crowley indicates he will call Parra as a witness to counter the magazine’s claims. The judge limits testimony to articles already in evidence and will rule on future cases individually.
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Hollywood
Maureen O'Hara
Arthur Crowley Jas
Confidential Magazine
Crowley
Enric Parra
Confidential
Miss O'Hara
Herbert V. Walker
Waller
Singer
Walker
Liliam
Mylee
Mark Stevens
Gunman Slays Mother and Daughter in Lamont
In Lamont California a 24 year old oilfield worker Herman Ward shot and killed his mother in law Nell Parris 45 and her daughter Brenda 22 while holding a baby nearby. Ward shot Brenda through the forehead after forcing the mother in law to reveal her daughter. Ward fled but was captured soon after.
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Ward
Bobbie
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Lawton Badman
Sammy Ramos
Girl
Churchill
Star
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