Coast Guard Plane and Tanker Rescue Maroons Monster Crew
Eleven men from the motor vessel Monster, sunk 75 miles northeast of Miami in a gale, were saved by a Coast Guard plane and the tanker Robert C. Tuttle. Captain William C. Alvers praised the rescue as waves battered the vessel before it sank near Great Isaac light in the Bahamas.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Coast Guard
William C. Alvers
Alvers
Monster
Thompson Construction Co
St. Petersburg
Great Isaac Light
Bahamas
Robert C. Tuttle
Philadelphia
Port Arthur
Tex
Miami Beach
U. S
Strangling Suspect Held After Lincoln Slaying
A man was held by Lancaster County authorities for questioning in the strangling of Nancy Parker, 22, found in a barn southwest of Lincoln. Deputies said the suspect was scratched bruised cold and incoherent claiming to have left Lincoln about 9 am yesterday. Parker lay strangled in a secluded Antelope Park home about 259 yards from the nearest residence.
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Lincoln, Neb
Here
Lancaster County
Nancy Parker
Lincoln
Tough 14, Now Ward Of Court
A 14-year-old boy accused of beating a junior high pupil was made a ward of County court and paroled to his parents after a juvenile hearing led by Judge S. R. Harper. The judge placed him under direct court control with potential transfer to the state training school for boys if trouble continues, and he may work with his father on a job at Wichita Falls. The pupil assaulted was Kenneth Fahner, 15, in the 700 block C. the boy had not attended school for three weeks.
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County Court
S. R. Harper
Kenneth Fahner
Wichita Falls
Car Train Crash Kills 2 At Capital
A 52 year old Oklahoma City man and his son were killed in a grinding car train collision near Oklahoma City on Thursday. The deaths raised Oklahoma's 1955 traffic toll to 559, five more than a year ago. The victims were Donald Eugene Albee Sr. 52 and Donald Eugene Albee Jr. 27, both of Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Donald Eugene Albee Sr
Donald Eugene Albee Jr
Santa Claus to visit Lawton with public appearances
Santa plans three public appearances in Lawton Saturday with gift conferences for local children. Activities include the Carnegie Public Library story hour at 10:30 a.m., a theater party via Lawton Elks Lodge at the Dome Theatre starting 10 a.m., and a sack of treats for attendees as St Nick greets youngsters. Co-sponsors include Centenary Methodist Youth Fellowship and Lawton Theater Corp.
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Santa
Yale
Newt Burrow Jr
Jaycee
John Erwin
J. C. Gold
Santa Claus
Lawton
Southwest Oklahoma
North Pole
Carnegie Public Library
Ira Gigoux
Centenary Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship Group
Lawton Elks Lodge
Dome Theater
St. Nick
Elks Lodge
The
Elks
Lawton Theater Corporation
Yule
Dulles Declares Cold War On In NATO Assembly
U S Secretary of State Dulles told NATO ministers the East West cold war is on again after Soviet policy zig zaging. He cited new Soviet fronts in the Middle East and South Asia while noting the Allies have faced greater dangers by staying united.
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Parisp
U.S
Dulles
NATO Council of Ministers
Soviet Union
Middle East
South Asia
Atlantic Alliance
Geneva
NATO
U. S. Defense
Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
Big Four
Chiefs of
Russia
Cold To Stay and Snow Possible Over Lawton Area
The local forecaster and state weather bureau clash over tonight and Friday. Local forecast calls for fair, continued cold with highs near 38 today and 45 Friday, lows around 20. State bureau expects light snow flurries in western Oklahoma with minimal precipitation. Clear morning in Lawton with 30 at 11 am, Wednesday’s high reached 47.
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State Weather Bureau
Lawton
Area
Oklahoma
Tipler Fined for Assault in Lawton Case
Tom Tipler former Lawton Negro policeman appeared in county attorney’s office and was fined ten dollars and costs on a charge of assault and battery. He also pleaded guilty for Deloise Hart and paid her fine on a vagrancy charge after they left courthouse together. Hart suffered a forehead wound requiring stitches and accused Tipler of blackjack assault following an argument.
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Tom Tipler
Lawton
Marvin E. Cameron
Tipler
Deloise Hart
Hart
Memorial Hospital
Johnny Rhodes
Quaner Dewberry
Wise Solomon Rules Police Can Not Prosecute Autos
New York news recounts Magistrate Charles Solomon dismissing eight parking cases in traffic court. He quipped you cannot prosecute a car while extending his weekly stint ending today. The motorist invoked the right to remain mute and the cases were dismissed.
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Solomon
New York
Wisdom
Charles Solomon
Tragic triple slayings trigger manhunt in Vandergrift
In Vandergrift Pennsylvania a 17 year old, John Fallone, killed three Smail family members and wounded a police chief Gus Zanos then shot a wounded officer and fled. He was tracked to a ridge behind his home and captured after a morning standoff. The 15 year old Gladys Smail was wounded, and her parents Warren and Irene Smail along with brother William A Smail were slain. Fallone had previously warned the family and his threats were recounted by Justice Homer King.
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Vandergrift
Gus Zanos
Apollo
John Fallone
Fallone
Pittsburgh
Zanos
Gladys Smail
H. Warren Smail
Irene Smail
Pennsylvania
Smail
Gladys
William A. Smail
King
Jail Terms For Drunk Drivers Don’t Clutter Docket
Comanche county and city courts show the new mandatory jail sentence for driving while intoxicated did not clutter dockets or lower guilty pleas. Of 151 cases filed this year, 13 are pending. County court filed 103 DWI cases through November, with nine pending, and 28 filed since June, four pending. About 86 percent of the 28 since the law took effect were pleas of guilty. City court filed 14 DWI cases between February 25 and June 15, with 11 pleas of guilty. See DRUNK DRIVING, Page 2.
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Ray Atteberry
Comanche
Comanche County
Everett Kirkpatrick
R. W. Easley
Ralph Cline
Edmondson Tours East Berlin on U.S. Army Car
Rep. Ed Edmondson of Oklahoma toured East Berlin in a U S Army car with a radiotele phone. He reported no incidents and said police ignored the car despite Warsaw Pact claims of East Berlin sovereignty. The trip followed prior detentions of two congressmen for similar travel.
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Berlin
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
East Berlin
U.S
G. M. Pushkin
East Germany
Edmondson
Harold C. Ostertag
R-Ny
Edward P. Boland
D-Mass
Edmonson
Review To Honor Horton Cancelled
A ceremonial review scheduled for 3 30 p m Friday to honor Brig Gen John B Horton deputy commanding general The Artillery and Guided Missile Center has been cancelled. Horton who will retire December 31 after 33 years service has been called away from the post officials said.
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John B. Horton
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Public Information Office
Horton
PIO
Honest John Based Weapon Leads Atomic Task Force In Italy
CAMP DARBY Italy United States Army develops a forerunner of atom armed light forces in northern Italy. SETAF Southern European Task Force commanded by Brig Gen John E Michaelis aims to mobile high lethality with 5500 troops using Honest John rockets plus infantry and engineers. mission to support NATO forces in northern Italy and hold passes until mobilization.
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Camp Darby
Italy
John E
Mike) Michaelis
Lancaster
Michaelis
Eisenhower
Honest John
SETAF
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Austria
NATO
Vicenza
Verona
United States
Santa Delivers Early Pay Envelopes at Sill
At the Artillery and Guided Missile Center Santa Claus began distributing pay envelopes. Officials say this check covers part of December. next pay date is January 4, 1956, with the remaining December wages issued then. The early pay aids late Christmas shopping and holiday leaves at home.
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Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Durant Fire Kills 4 Boys
Four youths died in a Durant Oklahoma house fire while their mother Mrs Womack was critically burned. The victims were Leon 19 Bobby 14 Jay 7 and Hilton Berry 18. Linda Jean 10 was away overnight. The family’s father had lit a wood stove fire earlier and left for work. The mother remained hospitalized with severe burns.
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Durant
Okla
Pat Womack
Hilton Berry
Womack
Leon
Bobby
Jay
Nasser Issues Final Ultimatum to Israel
In Cairo Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser warned that Egypt will act if Israel launches another attack. He said Arab peaceful behavior will end while Israel remains aggressive and told reporters he notified British and American ambassadors and would forward the warning to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
John Transferred As Reporter Reveals Secret Of Escape
Otto John former West German intelligence chief is reportedly moved from Bonn to Wiesbaden for more questioning. The 46 year old who defected to East Germany in 1954 and returned to West Germany says he was drugged and carried across the border. He spoke to Hendrik Bonds-Hendriksen and said he did not disclose secrets and was stunned by the events including being taken to Moscow and Crimea before return to East Berlin.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Otto John
Bonn
Hermann Dullien
John
East Germany
West Germany
Hendrik Bonds - Hendriksen
West
Berlin
Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Moscow
Soviet
Crimea
East Berlin
Bonde- Hendriksen
England
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Tass
John Foster Dulles
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
State Department
U.S.A
Ussr
Stenpig Deny
Tough
Ward of Court
United Press
Bill Crawford
Palais du Chaillot
NATO Council
Justice of the Peace
Homer King
Smails
Paul V. Liles
Harriet
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Korea
Liles
Birmingham
Ala
Ambrose H. Nugent
Fort Sill
Rep
Atomic Task Force
Durant Fire
John Farrell
Womacks
Linda Jean
Nasser
Israel
West Berlin
Karlshorst
East Zone
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