Skeleton unearthed in Casper home reveals bizarre tale
A woman's skeleton found in the Casper residence of James Alexander, 48, points to a 29 month old disappearance. The body, hands on a cross, was identified as Barbara Alexander, 27, amid a tangle of marriages and stepchildren. Rose Alexander, James's current wife and former spouse, described Barbara's death as investigators pursue the case.
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Casper
Wyo
Barbara Alexander
Natrona County
Ray Whittaker
Rose Alexander
James
Whittaker
Alexander
Alexanders
Barbara
Love Story Endures Nazis and Revolution Ends in Murder
CHICAGO AP. A 66-year-old Marcus Kammermann admits to beating his wife Melwena to death after she chose a man of her own. The Austrian importer recounts a 36-year marriage marked by wealth and exile, surviving Dachau and Buchenwald, flight to Bolivia, revolution, and losses of fortunes totaling 135000 dollars before the fatal act.
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Chicago
Marcus Kammermann
Melwena
California
Kammermann
Vienna
Austria
Dachau
Buchenwald
Bolivia
East
Tear Gas Breaks Up Georgia Student Riot
In Athens over 1,500 University of Georgia male students demonstrated to protest disciplinary actions tied to a sympathy rally. Police used tear gas as two students were arrested and demonstrators blocked traffic, threw rocks at patrol cars, and hung effigies of Dean William Tate. Georgia Tech's Sugar Bowl ban debate and state regents policies on segregation framed the event.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Girl Feared Kidnap Victim Is Found Dazed On Highway
Donna May Upton a 19 year old daughter of Rev Gabriel S Upton pastor of Bethel Methodist Church was found dazed on a highway near La Junta Colorado. Police say she was dressed in men s clothing with short clipped hair and claims of Baltimore origin but no evidence of abduction. She underwent examination at Parkew Hospital and was said not to have been raped or hurt beyond emotional upset.
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Parkew Hospital
Rafferty
la Junta
Henry
Baltimore
Miss Upton
Gabriel S. Upton Jr
Donna May
Upton
State Mental Hospital
Gabriel S. Upton
Bethel Methodist Church
Human Torch Tale Seen Hoax in Cleveland
Cleveland detectives question a 17 year old boy's account of being set on fire by three youths after being chained to a tree. However, inconsistencies prompt further investigation into whether the incident ever occurred. The boy, Earl R. Fryman, suffers extensive burns and is hospitalized.
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Cleveland
David E. Kerr
Kerr
Homicide
Earl R. Fryman
Fairview Hospital
Rocky River
Metropolitan Park
Boy Suffocated in Pickup Truck in Okmulgee
A 14 month old boy named John McCulley died of suffocation in a pickup truck while his would be adoptive parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Thompson, shopped in a department store in downtown Okmulgee. County Attorney Ed Boatman ruled the death accidental.
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Okmulgee
Okla
John McCulley
Frank McCulley
Ed Boatman
Willie Thompson
Thompson
McCulley
Thompsons
Boatman
AFL CIO rejects plea to support labor policy clash
NEW YORK The merged AFL-CIO rejected an appeal to back Eisenhower administration labor policies and condemned its antiunion stance. Delegates criticized the Taft Hartley law and NLRB actions while urging policy shifts to counter inflation and boost housing and social programs. George Meany moved to quell CIO AFL feuds, pledging to mediate IUD membership disputes.
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New York
Afl-Cio
Eisenhower
National Labor Relations Board
Mitchell
NLRB
Meany
George Meany
AFL and Cio
New Industrial Union Department
IUD
CIO
Teamsters Union
Council Amends Dog War Rules In City Debate
City fathers voted to exclude dogs six months old or younger from the dog war rules, refunds $3 in charges against a young dog owner, and noted the owner claimed the pup was five months old. H. D. Hastings, head of the animal shelter committee, cited stray status and lack of exemptions in city ordinances. Buck Kinsey made the motion.
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H. D. Hastings
Animal Shelter Committee
Hastings
Buck Kinsey
East Berlin arrests two American soldiers amid sovereignty claim
East Berlin authorities announced the arrest of two American soldiers after a cabaret assault, signaling the new Soviet granted sovereignty claim. ADN said the suspects were handed to Soviet military authorities, while the U.S. Army could not immediately confirm. The incident followed prior detentions of U S congressmen and questions over four power control of Berlin traffic.
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East Berlin
Bz Am Abend
Werner Lierck
Distel
Cabbie
ADN
Lierck
Hajo
U. S
Berlin
Russia
East Germany
Sill To Greet General Bird On Saturday
Brig Gen John F Bird will arrive at Fort Sill Saturday to succeed Brig Gen John B Horton retiring at month end He is a seasoned Artillery officer with service from West Point to World War II and command in the 5th Field Artillery Group at Fort Sill The greeting marks a long career ending with a new post in Oklahoma.
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Sill
General Bird
John F. Bird
Fort Sill
John B. Horton
Horton
Bird
Artillery
5Th Field Artillery Group
Oklahoma
Ryan
Oklahoma A&m
University of Oklahoma
West Point
Frankfurt Explosion Kills 25 In Five Story Apt House
A dawn blast collapses a central Frankfurt apartment building killing 25 of 32 residents. Police consider political motive or possible war era bomb or gas leak. owner architect among the dead. U S Army engineers aid, rescue teams work under floodlights as adjoining wall threatens collapse.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Cernter
U U.S. Army
Park Hatchery To Be Curtailed
The State Game and Fish Commission will reduce operations at the Medicine Park and Durant hatcheries by 50 percent amid an economy move announced by Johnny King. The Heavener facility is slated for abolition at the December 19 meeting.
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Medicine Park
State Game and Fish Commission
Johnny King
Oklahoma City
King
Durant and
Heavener
Mediicine Park
Arthur Manning
Durant
Pakistan General To Visit Fort Sill
Maj. Gen. Mohammad Abdul Latif Khan, commandant of the Pakistan Command and Staff College, will visit Fort Sill for a one day program. He will tour the Artillery and Guided Missile School facilities and meet with Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams after lunch to view departments and the Officers Candidate School.
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Mohammad Abdul Latif Khan
Pakistan Command and Staff College
Fort Sill
J. E. Theimer
Pakistan
Department of Tactics and Combined Arms
Department of Materiel
Edward T. Williams
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Khan
Department of Communications
Department of Observation
Department of Motors
Officers Candidate School
Largest trainee class to join Sir Fort Sill unit
At Fort Sill 469 trainees, the year's largest, will join the 267th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. They are due to “gyroscope” with the unit before deployment to Germany next year after advanced training. Lt. Col. R. A. Edward Jr. says all battalion slots will be filled, then the unit moves to Europe. First group arrives Saturday from Camp Chaffee with additional arrivals later in the week. Each trainee will be assigned to a battery on arrival.
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Fort Sill
267Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
267Th
Germany
R. A. Edward Jr
Department of Defense
Camp Chaffee
Lawton Chamber Gauges Water as Top Immediate Problem
Lawton Chamber of Commerce program committee headed by Floyd Zook lists water as the top immediate issue for the community. Members seek ideas on solving water shortages, long-range planning, and conservation through forums and mail responses during 1956.
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Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Zook
Zook
Chamber
Post To Dismiss Greet New Class Ceremonies
Incoming and outgoing Field Artillery Officer Basic Courses hold ceremonies Friday at Snow Hall Auditorium. Brig. Gen. J E Theimer will speak at 2 p.m. for No 6. 102 officers will graduate. Col. E T Whiting gives the welcome for No 12 at 8 a.m.
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Field Artillery
J. E. Theimer
Col
E. T. Whiting
Artillery School
Clement Attlee Resigns as Labour Leader in Britain
Clement Attlee, 72, resigns after 20 years as Labour leader. The mild, pipe smoking socialist who built Britain’s welfare state steps down amid a three way leadership contest with Herbert Morrison Hugh Gaitskell and Aneurin Bevan. Attlee cited age and ill health as reasons for stepping back.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Morrison
Gaitskell
Attlee
Labor
House of Commons
Lee Attlee
Pageant Board Ballots Mailed for Lawton Directors
Wichita Mountains Easter Service association will mail ballots to all members early next week for 12 director positions. Newly elected directors begin May 1, 1956 through May 1, 1959. A one year term will fill Bob Noe’s former seat. Ben Stein was appointed after Noe moved. Ballots due by December 31 to Easter Service Election, Box 2156, Lawton.
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Board of
Wichita Mountains Easter Service Association
Jack Batten
Lawton
Bob Noe
Ben Stein
Noe
Batten
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Larry Bashore
Bellflower
Cal
Mike Jones
Whittier
Palm Springs
J. F. Bird
Hawaii
12Th Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
11Th Field Artillery
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