Schulenberg NAACP leader murdered amid cool integration clash
Sheriff L L McGinty said Herbert Johnson 60, a Schulenberg NAACP leader, may have been killed over his conservative stance on racial integration after a November meeting. Johnson’s body was found near Mount Eden in Gonzales County. authorities tied the incident to a domestic dispute within the NAACP faction and were sending Arthur Dewitty to assess possible NAACP connections.
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Gonzales
Tex
L. L. McGinty
Schulenberg
Johnson
Mount Eden
Gonzales County
McGinty
NAACP
Schulenberg Naacp
A. Simpson Tate
Southwest
Dallas
Arthur Dewitty
Austin
The
Stag Party Holdup Suspects Cleared
CIMARRON Kas Two men held for questioning after a veterans stag party robbery were released as investigation showed they were not involved Estel Dwayne Collier 25 and Gerald Franklin Mangas 42 of Lamar were detained after three masked bandits seized about 7000 in cash and valuables from 35 guests at the affair Sheriff Charles Thomas and Gray County Attorney John Holden announced the release.
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Cimarron
Kas.p
Estel Dwayne Collier
Gerald Franklin Mangas
Lamar
Colp
Gray County
Charles Thomas
Pratt
Thomas
John Holden
Increase Reported In Personal Income
Washington reports a sharp October rise in personal income lifting the 10 month total to a 301 billion dollar annual rate. The October rate reached 309% billion dollars, up from September, driven mainly by higher wages and salaries, with increases in interest dividends and proprietors income also contributing.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Kelly Creamery notice from Elk City dated December 7 1955
Public notice from Kelly Creamery Elk City listing product grades including Pasteurized Grade A and Raw with certification for publication dated December 7 1955.
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Kelly Creamery
Elk City
Oklahoma assessors elect leaders at state convention
Tulsa up Logan County assessor Opal Ellis of Guthrie was elected president of the Oklahoma County Assessors Association at the state convention here Tuesday. Harmon County Assessor Claud Bell was chosen as vice president and Beckham County Assessor Lola Butler McClellan named secretary.
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Tulsa
Logan County
Opal Ellis
Guthrie
Oklahoma County Assessors Association
Harmon County
Claud Bell
Beckham
Lola Butler McClellan
Kidnapping Father Caught In Yuma
Dr. Frank Sainburg a Big Spring surgeon was arrested in a Yuma hotel with his four year old son and his step daughter after fleeing Ithaca where he allegedly kidnapped Philip Sainburg II. Police charged him with burglary kidnapping and assault and the children were placed in custody of the jail matron.
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Yuma, Ariz
Frank Sainburg
Yuma
Sainburg
Big Spring
Tex
Jack Carpenter
Philip Sainburg II
Mary Jean Nance
Harold Breech
Bob Mabery
Ray Snailum
Breech
Ithaca
N. Y
Samburg
Philip
Texas
Doris Blanchard
New York
Four Children Die In Flaming House
A Kansas City fire killed four Hazlett children aged 3 to 11 in a four room frame home. Parents Lawrence Joseph and Mrs Hazlett escaped with two other children. Mrs Hazlett found in a bathroom, hospitalized in critical condition. Fire caused by unknown origin. father and Martin injured but not seriously.
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Kansas City
Lawrence Joseph Hazlett
Helen Agnes
Mary Ellen
Duane Anthony
Donald Joseph
Hazlett
Wilkie Dye
Shirley Sue
Martin Eugene
Martin
Capital Police hunt suspects after cafe operator attacked
Oklahoma City police sought three youths accused of confronting 49 year old cafe operator H. O. Vaughn as he entered his home. They mistreated him with a knife slashing his throat slightly and looted about $150. One youth held his head back and warned of fatal harm.
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Oklahoma City
H. O. Vaughn
Navy Clubs Dedicate Memorial For Pearl Harbor Dead
Fourteen years after the Pearl Harbor attack Navy clubs dedicate a memorial to the dead aboard the sunken Arizona, with the unveiling to occur later on Ford Island. The raid killed 3,303 military personnel, of whom 3,077 were service members aboard ships that day.
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Navy Clubs
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Ford Island
Navy Men Entombed in the Arizona Remain Counted
The report notes that among the personnel involved, 1,102 from an admiral to apprentice seamen still lie entombed in the Arizona, reflecting the enduring losses and memorial status of the tragedy.
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Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Plateau
AP Witephoto
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawton City
U. S. Public Health Service
City of
Fairmont Foods
la Sill Milk Co
Steffins, Altus
Fred Heinz
Charles H. Miller, Jr
M. D
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lawton Municipal
Capital Police
C Ave
Eugene L. Bowman
Chicago
Randolph
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Buick
Jackie Gleason
Norton-Kitchens
Buick Co
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