Altus Trucker Robbed of 3100 By Hijackers On Highway
Three unidentified hijackers beat Marshall Hamilton and dumped him near Lawton after taking 3100 from a payroll to be split among his drivers. Four Altus Air Force men found him and returned him to Lawton as deputies investigated the pre dawn assault and gas siphoning scheme.
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Frosty Troy
Altus
Lawton
Marshall Hamilton
Altus Air Force
Hamilton
U. S
Cleo Stout
U.S. 62
Air Force
Carl Phillips
Arvil Roberson
Chattanooga Safecrackers Steal $1500 in Cash and Goods
A Wednesday night burglary at Roberts Grocery in Chattanooga nets $1500 in cash, checks, 377 dollars worth of coffee, 15 cases of coffee, 10 knives, and checks left near the safe. Undersheriff Hoyt Shelby calls it a professional job and notes this is the second break in at the store this year.
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Roberts
Chattanooga
Hoyt Shelby
Keith Roberts
Shelby
Whitworth Leaves Oklahoma A and M for Alabama Coaching
P J B Whitworth resigns as Oklahoma A M football coach to take the head job at the University of Alabama. Athletic director Hank Tha says Whitworth telephoned from Tuscaloosa to report his acceptance. He has one year remaining on his A M contract, but officials will not block him. Whitworth’s 5 C I M record was 5 4 1 this year and 22 27 2 over five years.
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Stillwater
Okla
Whitworth
Aggies
Area Man Sought In Cop's Murder
New Mexico authorities issued a murder warrant for George Townsend 25 in the killing of Albuquerque Patrolman Frank Stolander 27 during a gun battle outside a rooming house John Brandt 22 and Lawrence Snow unknown status were staying with Townsend during the shooting FBI filed an illegal flight against Snow Spahr 22 paroled from a California vo cational prison died in the exchange and another officer was wounded Townsend a former airman stationed at Lackland AFB Texas is being sought for questioning.
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George Townsend
Frank A. Stolander
Albuquerque
FBI
Lawrence J. Snow
John Brandt
Snow
Townsend
James Leroy Spahr
California
Brandt
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Judge Overrules Motion To Acquit In Sheppard Trial
In Cleveland Common Pleas Judge Edward Blythin overruled the defense motions for a directed verdict of acquittal in the Dr Samuel Sheppard murder trial. The judge said the case cannot be disposed of by court and left guilt or innocence to a jury. The seven men and five women jurors will decide if Sheppard, a 31 year old osteopath, murdered his pregnant wife Marilyn last July 4 at their lakefront home. The defense then presented its case with Dr Stephen Sheppard, elder brother, as the first witness.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Common Pleas
Edward Blythin
Samuel Sheppard
Blythin
Marilyn
Stephen Sheppard
Steve
East European nations form joined defense alliance
Eight Communist states including East Germany Poland Czechoslovakia and Hungary agreed to create an East German army and a broader East European military bloc if the West rearms West Germany. The plan backed by the Soviet Union and other Eastern blocs was signed at the Moscow security conference with Molotov and Malenkov in attendance.
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Moscow
Europe
West Germany
Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Red China
China
Chang Wen-tien
Chang
Chinese People’s Republic
Georgi M. Malenkov
Grand Palace
Kremlin
Vyacheslav M. Molot
Pope Pius XII Near Death After Collapse
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII, 78, suffered a heart collapse with complications after a period of rapid decline. He is conscious but cannot eat, with doctors weighing possible surgery as emergency measures and X rays are reviewed to assess his condition.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Atican
Riccardo Galeazziisi
Army Aviation Section takes over Fort Sill Post Field
Fort Sill inaugurates the Army Aviation Section at Post Field to oversee operations formerly run by the Army Aviation School now at Camp Rucker. Maj. Harold E. Barnes heads the new unit with 40 personnel and planned aircraft arrivals. Capt. Colin D. Ciley Jr. serves as operations officer and Capt. Joseph P. Shalvey as supply and maintenance officer as three link trainers are added.
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Fort Sill
Post Field
Army Aviation
Artillery Center
Harold E. Barnes
Army Aviation School
Camp Rucker
Ala
Fort May
Barnes
Colin D. Ciley Jr
Joseph P. Shalvey
Area Weather Forecast With Warmer Temps Expected
Partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 58 and a low 35. Friday highs in the 60s and a low around 28. An 11 a.m. reading near 45. Wednesday forecasted high about 54.
Five Survive Plane Crash Near Berlin New Hampshire
A Northeast Airlines DC-3 crashed Tuesday on Old Baldy in Berlin New Hampshire. Seven aboard, five survived after rescue by helicopter. Pilot Peter Carey 37 Swampscott Mass evacuated to Berlin hospital. co pilot George McCormick 34 and dispatcher John McNulty 39 reported dead.
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Berlin
N. H
Northeast Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Peter Carey
Carey
Swampscott
Mass
Old Baldy
Boston
George McCormick
John McNulty
McNulty
Lawton Fund Drive Surpasses Goal In Final Tally
Lawton United Fund Red Cross campaign reached 83 991 22 with reports still pending and a final total near the goal. Fort Sill donated 18 500 to the drive, presented by Maj. Gen. Edward T Williams to benefit the Red Feather society. Bill Ritzweiler accepted the gift on behalf of the campaign. The McMahon Foundation gave 3 600 last week and 25 firm cards remain due by Saturday noon. Final standings to be announced after all reports are in.
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Edward T. Williams
Artillery Center
Fort Sill
Lawton
United Fund-Red Cross
Bill Ritzweiler
United Fund
John B. Horton
Red Feather
Military Post
McMahon Foundation
Drive
Civic Club
Eisenhower rules out China blockade without Congress
President Eisenhower said a blockade of Red China would be an act of war and would not be undertaken in anger without first obtaining Congress approval. In Richland, Washington a lone F-86 Sabrejet crashed in the Hanford atomic works restricted area, narrowly missing a building where plutonium used for atomic bombs is produced.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Red China
Congress
Richland
Wash
U S Warns of Attack If Red China Invades Formosa
Secretary of State Dulles announced a mutual security pact with the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa and warned the United States would retaliate if China invaded Formosa. Britain urged moderation and a naval blockade option was hinted if Americans remain jailed as spies. The pact is expected to secure protection for Formosa and the Pesca dores Islands, cementing a chain of Pacific alliances.
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Washington
Red
China
United States
Formosa
Dulles
U.S
Britain
Red China
Formosan Strait
Foreign Office
Peiping
London
Huan Hsiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Senate
Pescadores Islands
Pacific
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Businessmen Earn Honorary 4-H Club Memberships at County Event
More than 100 Comanche county 4-H students gathered at Cameron College auditorium for awards and a speech by Emmett L. Keough Lawton businessman on Youth South west Oklahoma's Hope. Honorary memberships were given to Cecil Easton and Milton Keating for strong county 4-H support. Jim Clower from Faxon announced the honors and presented gold 4-H emblem weights.
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Comanche County
Cameron College
Emmett L. Keough
Lawton
Oklahoma
Cecil Easton
Milton Keating
Jim Clower
Federation Club
Faxon
Mayors warned on atomic war costing cities 100 minutes of hell
Washington briefing with Gen Benjamin Chidlaw told 200 mayors and city managers that global war could bring 100 pinpointed minutes of atomic hell on earth to about 100 American cities. Eisenhower planned informal speech as FCDA pushes evacuation and civil defense amid ongoing security reviews.
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Washington
Continental Air Defense Commander
Benjamin W. Chidlaw
United States
Russia
Chidlaw
Eisenhower
Mayors’ Conference
National Security Council
Administration
FCDA
McCarthy censure count survives Senate vote
The Senate declined to kill the second censure count against Senator Joseph R. McCarthy by a 55 to 33 vote. The chamber also debated Zwicker’s treatment during a Feb hearing as part of the censure resolution. Other exchanges involved Sen. Jenner’s assault on Senator Flanders over associations and broadcasts.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Ralph W. Zwicker
Wen
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
McCarthy
Miss
Ellender
Frear
Del
Morse
Oregon
Bridges
Sens. Saltonstaly
Rmass
Aiken
R-Vi
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Flower Mound
Kenneth Harrel
Fletcher
L. S. Watson
Fairview
C. M. Ridgway
Bruce Nelson
Indiahoma
Lee Pittman
Rt. 3
Geronimo Club
L. V. Tomlinson
Sterling
Charles Aufdengarten
Cities Service Oil Co
Oklahoma City
Juneter
Larry Watson
Kathleen Woessner
Cache
Clower
Billy Don Masters
June Slaughter
Janeris Hagar
Watson
Margie Mae John
Hell On
Earth
McCarthy Stis
Wire Services
Jenner
Flanders
Sen
R-Ind
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Harry Dexter White
Frank Coe
Harold Glasser
Treasury Department
Brownell
White
Joseph McCarthy
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