DuPont Wins Big Antitrust Suit In Five-Year Case
U S District Judge Walter J LaBuy dismissed the government's antitrust suit against DuPont General Motors and United States Rubber Co saying there was no conspiracy or restraint of trade. He noted no limitations on GM dealing with rivals and no monopolization of the GM market. Judge read only part of his 220 page decision. Crawford H Greenewalt Du Pont president praised the ruling in Wilmington Del.
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Chicago
U. S
Walter J. LaBuy
DuPont
General Motors Corp
United States Rubber Co
LaBuy
General Motors
du Pont
United States Rubber
la Bay
LaBay
de Pont
Irenee
Crawford H. Greenewalt
Wilmington
Del
Senators Vote 67 to 22 to Condemn McCarthy
The Senate condemned McCarthy on two counts by a 67 to 22 vote after a tense session that began November 8. Democrats backed passage along with Sen. Morse, while Republicans split. McCarthy asserted he will remain a Republican and do his work within the party.
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Washington
Sen
R-Wis
Senate
Sen. Morse
Oregon
GOP
Bennett
Utah
Carlson
R-Kan
Republican Party
Sens
Knowland
Calif
Bridges
Lee
Pope Pius XII Shows Small Improvement Amid Stroke Threat
Vatican reports indicate the 78 year old pope's condition improved slightly with a tendency toward betterment. A heart complication and peritoneal irritation are noted while clinicians say X rays and exams show no alarming changes as vigil for his recovery continues across Rome.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
Msgr
Giovanni Batista Montini
Vatican Palace
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
St. Peter’s Basilica
Celemente Cardinal Micara
Rome
Eisenhower silent on cooperation with Knowland on policy
President Eisenhower seeks GOP unity but Senate Leader Knowland refuses comment amid disputes over China policy and possible relations with Russia. Knowland has urged blocking Red China to free captured Americans, a plan Eisenhower rejects as a declaration of war.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
White House
Russia
Sen
Congress
Nration
State Senator Indicted For Fraud In Oklahoma
Ottawa County grand jury indicted State Sen. Harold Morgan of Vinita on obtaining county funds under false pretenses. Morgan posted 5000 bond after surrendering to county officers. He faces charges of defrauding the county of 286.40 by filing a claim for 20 road grader blades that were never delivered.
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Miami
Okla
Ottawa County
Harold Morgan
Vinita
Morgan
Buck Dendy
Pryor
Democrats Open Meet To Pick Chairman
Democrats gathered in New Orleans for a free for all battle to choose a successor to Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell. With 71 of 105 members likely to attend, Rep. Clarence Cannon faced questions on whether a majority or a plurality is needed to elect. The 108 member Democratic committee has vacancies from Texas West Virginia Puerto Rico and Nevada. The contest centers on a three candidate race and the vote rule in doubt.
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Democratic National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Texas
West Virginia
Puerto Rico
Nevada
Wheels Of Justice Hit Snag In Sick Legger Case
Comanche county’s famous sick bootlegger Melvin Claune Depew owes 30 days jail time from a 1953 liquor conviction but has avoided serving due to ill health. Four liquor cases remain, with hearings set for the next term as Sheriff Hale’s failure to execute commitment papers stalled the process.
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Comanche County
Wheels of Justice
Melvin Claune
Depew
Elgin
S. R. Harper
Everett Ray Hale
Ollie Fite
Hale
Criminal Court of Appeals
Oklahoma City
Legger
Phenix City Murder Witness Knifed in Street
Johnnie F Griffin 35 a Phenix City case employee who testified before a grand jury investigating A L Patterson murder was stabbed to death last night Griffin died hours after reporting a threat to the sheriff and the soon to be attorney general Patterson's son A 16 year old Negro was arrested for assault with intent to murder and police tied the stabbing to an earlier street fight The Patterson murder angle remains under scrutiny by Col James N Brown and Lt Charles Cook page 4
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Phenix
James N. Brown
Griffin
Patterson
Charles Cook
Jerry C. Wachineatand
VY Hopssesluwier
Cls
Dol Yiesel
John Patterson
Alabama
Texas Super Road Plans Announced For Wichita Falls Area
The State Highway Commission outlined a long range expressway system fanning from Wichita Falls in three directions to protect right of way. It includes financing for a Wichita Falls expressway segment and links two expressways near the north city limits.
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Austin
State Highway Commission
Wichita Falls
Wilbarger County
Oklahoma State Line
Senate Refer McCarthy Mail Cover to Justice Dept
A two man committee urged the Senate to send the case of an unauthorized mail cover on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's mail in 1952 to the Justice Department. An Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico posse of over 300 officers captured a California parole violator and his companion after a days long pursuit linked to the slaying of an Albuquerque police officer and wounding of another patrolman.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Joseph R. McCarthy
Isleta Pueblo
N. M
California
Albuquerque
Fair Weekend Warmth Expected With Clear Skies
The forecast shows a weekend with no rain and above freezing temperatures across most of the state. Skies should stay clear through Saturday with warmer readings today and continued mild temperatures on Saturday. Tonight's lows mostly in the 25 to 35 range in the northwest and 30s elsewhere, highs near 70, with 11 am at 60 degrees and Thursday high at 62.
Fire bug hits third mysterious blaze in city
Four women escaped a third arson fire early today at 1141 Oak as authorities summon the state fire marshal and a National Fire Association investigator. Neighbors woke the occupants about 3 40 a m while the porch and attic burned. linked to prior knife point burglaries and a string of fires in the area.
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Harris Hancock
Matt Robertson
National Fire Association Board
Oak
R. D. Bentley
E. B. Seydell
Shannon Jones
Barbara Ward
Deane Downing
Bentley
Hancock
Ralph Hennessee
Fort Sill
CID
Enid A. Ketchcen Mines
Denver
J. H. Cline
Logan
I Just Wanted A Ride Hitchhiker Shot By Hostile Motorist
Allen Hills was shot in the left hand after asking a driver for a ride across town. He described the assailant as uncourteous, with another man in the car, and police issued a pickup order for the suspect. Hills was treated at a hospital and is in good condition.
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Srate
Allen Hills
Hills
Quannah Dewberry
Johnny Rhodes
Washington
Eisenhower Presses UN Action to Free 11 Prisoners
President Eisenhower sends John Foster Dulles to press the United Nations to free 11 Americans imprisoned as spies in Red China. He argues the UN must act or lose self respect and plans cabinet and NSC meetings before Dulles travels to confer with Henry Cabot Lodge. Lodge meets Korean war allies in New York as the US calls a 15-nation UN session.
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Knowland
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Red China
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
New York
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Red
China
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Repairs Begin On Lawton Water Main Break
Repairs started today on Lawton s 30 inch water main in the $1.7 million expansion project area. The line broke last night for the third time in a month near Gate 4 on a military reservation, about a mile west and 1.5 miles north of Gate 4. B M Construction Co will completed repairs in about three days with normal pressure expected unless demand spikes. City officials urge restrained usage until service is restored.
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Lawton
Gate 4
Military Reservation
B&m Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Jess McMillan
Brother Says Sam Seriously Hurt In Fight
Dr Samuel Sheppard suffered worsening injuries after his hospitalization as his brother testified for the defense. He said Sam deteriorated Monday with facial swelling and loss of bodily control, which the witness linked to a possible spinal cord injury from a fight with a mysterious attacker tied to Marilyn Sheppard's death.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Stephen Sheppard
Marilyn
Steve
Sam
William J. Corrigan
Oklahoma officer cites North Carolina toxologist on Grandma Doss case
In Tulsa a state officer disclosed a North Carolina toxologist report linking Grandma Nannie Doss to poisoning. At Hobart two men died in a head on crash south of town. Milton Adelman 36 Snyder and Robert Polk 39 Headrick were killed. Five others in Polk’s car, including his wife Anna Gail Polk 36 and son Don 13, plus three girls, were in critical condition.
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Okla
Nannie Doss
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Hobart
Here
Milton Benjamin Adelman
Snyder
Robert Lee Polk
Headrick
Polk
Anna Gail Polk
Don Polk
Lora Wilson
Johanna Hart
Dorothy Foster
Wickersham Reports MIG Shadow Over Berlin Flight
Rep Victor Wickersham arrived from Zurich in Berlin and described a Soviet MIG fighter circling his Pan American World Airways jet for five minutes over the Soviet Zone. He recounted the incident to illustrate heightened Red activity while noting the MIG did not threaten. Capt John Olsen of Oakland confirmed a close MIG circling his plane at about a quarter to half a mile as it flew at 7,000 feet 25 minutes from Berlin.
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Victor Wickersham
D-Okla
Zurich
Wickersham
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Soviet Zone
Armed Services Committee
Moscow
Prague
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Budapest
John Olsen
Oakland
Calif
Fulda
Olsen
Photographer's Trial Under Way in Indecent Exposure Case
The state began presenting its final criminal case to a 12 member superior court jury on Leo Schottenfeld charged with procuring indecent exposure. He previously faced a charge for preparing obscene pictures dismissed. The photos were taken in his Lawton apartment and found during a routine police investigation.
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Leo Schottenfeld
Schottenfeld
Ralph Cline
Manville Redman
Kline
Robert S. Landers
Landers
Lawton
Lawton-Fort Sill
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