Accused Officer Testifies in Fort Sill Homicide Trial
Lt. Col. Walter Berger testified he was told by Lt. Col. Walter Short to fire the mortars only if on target. Berger said Short is confused and does not remember the events that led to the deaths of four infantrymen during a training exercise at Fort Sill on June 22. He also claimed Maj. Robert Phillips said he had no responsibility as safety officer, while Swink's earlier account suggested Berger checked the fire amid doubts about the target.
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Walter P. Berger
Fort Sill
Col. Berger
Bill Dixon
Tom Sharrock
Walter Berger
Walter Short
Short
Berger
Slant Berger
Col. Short
Lloyd Swink
Robert O. Phillips
Swink
Phillips
Thial
GM Refuses Reuther Plan To Cut Auto Prices
Chicago, UP Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, charged General Motors plans to keep higher prices, after GM President Harlow Curtice rejected a proposal to cut 1958 model prices by 16 dollars. Curtice countered with a two year contract extension as a measure for economic stability. Reuther claimed GM profits last year averaged 32.93 per hour worked. he contrasted it with a 20 cent wage increase won by the DAW.
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Chicago
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Reuther
Harlow H. Curtice
UAW
Curtice
Reuiher
DAW
Two Officers Die in Fort Benning Truck Crash
Two infantry lieutenants were killed and seven slightly injured when a convoy truck overturned on a gravel road at Fort Benning as troops were returned to quarters after a field problem. The dead were 2nd Lt. Benjamin M. Belmont, 22, of Omaha, and 2nd Lt. Norman A. Algard Jr., 21, of Norwood, Pa.
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FT. Benning
Lis
Benjamin M. Belmont
Omaha
Norman A. Algard Jr
Norwood
Syria alleges US faked Soviet threat to gain influence
Syria's acting defense minister Khaled el Azem accused the United States of fabricating a Communist threat to Syria to boost Western influence in the Middle East. He argued Washington aims to replace British and French sway, control oil and monopolies, and dictate policy, while denying Soviet or Arab influence. London sources noted Syria's anti Communist neighbors seek to isolate the country to curb Soviet reach.
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Damascus
Syria
United States
Khaled el Azem
Azels
Middle East
Azem
Eisenhower
U.S
Americas
Russia
Soviet Union
London
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Turkey
Britain
Cameron student burned in service station mishap
Richard Byrn a 23 year old Cameron college student was burned on his right arm and side in a freak fire at Champlin Service Station near Fort Sill Gate 2. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and discharged after the 9 30 p m incident.
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Cameron College
Memorial Hospital
Richard Byrn
Vet Village
Byrn
Bill Love
Champlin
Fort Sill
Riding Fall Fatal In Quapaw Son Dies En Route To Hospital
Wayne Burns Rennie 2 son of Wallace Burns of Quapaw died yesterday after the horse he rode fell on him while being transported to a hospital. The accident occurred in Quapaw and the boy did not survive the injuries.
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Quapaw
Rennie
Wayne Burns
Wallace Burns
NLRB Probes Fort Sill Strike Halts 25 Of 31 Projects
NLRB officials study labor clashes at Fort Sill where 25 construction projects worth about 1.7 million dollars are shut down amid a protest by the Oklahoma State Building and Trades Council over non union workers. More work could later raise the total past 3 million with hundreds of workers idled.
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National Labor Relations Board
Fort Sill
Fort Worth
NLRB
Oklahoma State Building and Trades Council
Ional Construction
International Association of Machinists
Centrols
Page Aircraft Co
Machinists Union
Page
Trades Council
Roy Tillman
Oklahoma City
State Trades Council
Tillman
Hoffa Vows Clean Up If Elected Teamsters President
James R Hoffa vowed to run a clean union if elected Teamsters president amid Senate Rackets Committee questions. He denied wrongdoing by chartering bogus New York locals and blamed Dave Beck for the moves. Hoffa defended his conduct and pledged respectability while facing questions about ties to racketeers and real estate dealings connected to Johnny Dio.
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Washlington
UPI
James R. Hoffa
New York
Teamsters Union
Holfa
Teamsters
Senate
Hoffa
Johnny Dio
Big City
Hen
Midwest
Robert F. Kennedy
Beck
Beek
John L
Dia
Jong
Sen
Irving M. Ives Ur-N Y
Hollans
Dio
Sun Valley
Orlando
Fla
Holla
Kennedy
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Teamster
Bee Hor
Reds Resume Atomic Tests
The Kremlin resumed testing of nuclear weapons at a Siberian proving ground as western efforts to halt tests for two years failed. AEC Chairman Strauss confirmed a July or August detonation of substantial size, with details limited by a spokesman.
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Washington
Russia
Siberian Proving Ground
Moscow Radio
U. S. Atomic Energy , Commission
Moscow
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Soviet Union
Four hurt in area traffic accidents including horse
Four persons injured and a quarterhorse damaged in separate incidents Thursday afternoon and night. Vernon Stein 32 of Lawton was hurt in a car-truck collision 13.5 miles east of Marlow on Sil 29. Felix Morales Jr and his wife from Lawton sustained injuries in a two-car crash at First and Dearborn. Hughie Mullins 19 of Fort Silkman was injured when his Harley rammed a stopped Plymouth at Ninth and Officers said Mullins was taken to Fort St hospital. Morales admitted to Memorial hospital. See INDURNES, Pare 2, Col. 4.
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Vernon Stein
Lindy
Lawton
International Truck Co
Marlow
Sil
Paul Scott
Highway Patrol
Unil
Hill
I. Mullins
Fort St Hospital
Morales
Memorial Hospital
Polio Leaders Disappointed At Response
About 560 persons attended the first of six weekly polio immunization clinics in Comanche County. Officials called the turnout disappointing and may cut or shift clinics, as only 312 were inoculated at Lawton High School including 103 children. Second clinic set for Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. at two sites.
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William Howard
Monroe
Sandra Sue
Howard
Charles H. Miller Jr
Robert Lee
Victor Wayne
ONCY
Lawton High School
Central Junior High
Tom Lansden
Benen
Comanche County
Lansden
LHS
Weather outlook: scattered showers and warming trend
Forecasts for the Lawton area call for widely scattered thundershowers tonight and Saturday with about .25 inches or less. Highs near 97 today, 88 Saturday. lows near 63. Temperatures expected to rise slowly after a cooler spell through Saturday.
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Lawton
U S Triggers Atom Blast in Nevada Test Site
The United States detonated the 13th atomic explosion of the 1957 series at Yucca Flat Nevada. A captive balloon launched device produced a red fireball visible across the West and a mushroom cloud that rose to 36,000 feet before drifting north-northwest. Observers included 450 military personnel and a Canadian Queen's Own Rifles platoon.
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Nevada Desert
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Angel's Peak
Ground Zero
Yucca Flat
Ground
Queen’s Own Rifles
Calgary
Alta
Walter To Leave Center Saturday
Brig. Gen. Mercee C. Walter, commanding general of troops, will depart Fort Sill en route to Belgrade Yugoslavia on Saturday after leaving Post Wield between 6 and 7 am. He is replaced by Brig. Gen. John C. Hayden at the Artillery and Missile Center. Walter will travel to Oklahoma City for a transatlantic flight, then to Washington. Mrs. Willer and daughters Christie and Judy will leave Fort Sill by car Monday. Christie worked at the Past Library and Judy was salutatorian of Lawton High School's 1957 graduating class.
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Mercee C. Walter
Walter
Artillery and Missile Center
John C. Hayden
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Oklahoma City
Washington
Willer
Christie
Judy
Fort Sill
Lawton ‘High School
Army cuts target 14,000 jobs and 18 depots closed
The Army announced economy measures reducing one infantry division and 14 antiaircraft battalions. About 15,000 civilian payroll jobs will be eliminated along with the shutdown of 18 depots, plants, and facilities.
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Wasitington
Army
Severed Body Found In Lake In Chicago Bay
The headless body of a woman, aged 35 to 40, was found in a steel drum in Lake Michigan yacht basin. Officials deem the death a professional butcher’s work with the victim dead at least three days. Identification hindered by the severed head and limbs.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan Yacht Basin
Norman Gibbons
End Of Rights Tangle Near End Of Rights Tangle Near
Washington civil rights stalemate eases as Democrats and Republicans report progress toward a compromise jury trial provision. House leaders, including Rep. Emanuel Celler, weigh a counter plan while Speaker Rayburn cautions about legal fit. Debate centers on jury rights in criminal contempt tied to civil rights orders.
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Washington
Emanuel Celler
New York
Celler
Sam Hayburn
Rayburn
Senate
House
Scandal Trial Witness Receives Silence Threat
Los Angeles reports a subpoenaed defense witness in the Confidential magazine trial says she received a telephone warning to stay silent. Gertrude Arnold ex-wife of Chalky Wright says she has lived in fear since the threat, as the trial resumes after a one day recess.
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Los Angeles
Gertrude Arnold
Chalky Wright
Mae West
Arnold
Los Angeles Mirror-News
Vsher
Arthur Crowley
South Los
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Raymond
Eller
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