Light Missing After Airliner Falls In River
An airliner carrying 28 men including 23 GIs home for Christmas crashed into the icy Monongahela River near Pittsburgh. Eight men are missing. two bodies recovered. Eighteen crew and passengers survived, aided by river rescuers and onshore volunteers. Captain Harold Poe, the pilot, radioed he was out of gas before the crash. The DC3 was en route Newark to Colorado and California posts.
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Pittsburghp
Monongahela River
William D. McClelland
Harold Poe
Allegheny County
Newark
N.J
Colorado
West Coast
Seattle
Wash
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
Robert Walker
Johnson Flying Service
Missoula
Mont
Poe
Walker
Associated Press
Camp Kilmer
Ft.Carson
Colo
Mild Christmas Weather For Lawton Area
The forecast calls for continued mild winter weather with a fair sky today and tonight. highs will reach the 60s and tonight’s low around 30, while yesterday’s low was 27 and the day opened at 11 a.m. with 55. Wednesday’s high hit 71 degrees with no major temperature changes expected. Skies were clear across Oklahoma after a sub freezing night. Winter arrives on a mild note.
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Oklahoma
Hart Pleads Guilty to 3 Felonies in Fort Sill Case
Hart 19 year old Fort Sill private pleads guilty to three felony counts and receives 10 year sentences. Judge Landers orders them concurrent after a three month spree that included two arsons and 19 robberies and burglaries. Hart admits setting the Dec 3 Oak Street fire and robbing Mrs. Cripe on Oct 23 and a first degree burglary at the Sey dell home.
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Glum
Harry H. Hart
Fort Sill
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Sanders’ Chambers
Hart
Ralph Cline
E. B. Seydell
Elwood Cripe
Seydell
Senators Drafting Nugent Trial May Power Policy Rap
The Senate anti monopoly subcommittee drafts a sharp report criticizing the Eisenhower power policy and Dixon Yates contract. The panel aims to bolster a congressional probe into Dixon Yates, utilities, and monopolistic practices, with Johnson urging a full ventilation of the affair. Major Am Brose H Nugent faces court martial on 13 counts of collaboration with the enemy in Korea. trial set for Jan 11.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
William Langer
N.D
Dixon-Yates
Dixon- Yates
Ambrose H. Nugent
North Korea
Arthur Cavanagh
Fort Sill Artileryman
Cavanagh
Nugent
Merrill
Wisc
Edward T. Williams
Petersen Admits Misusing Secrets
Joseph S. Petersen Jr. pleaded guilty to using secret information entrusted to him at the National Security Agency. Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan postponed sentencing and set a hearing for January 4 to assess the seriousness of the act, which could carry up to ten years in prison.
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Alexandria
Joseph S. Petersen Jr
National Security Agency
Albert V. Bryan
Petersen
United States
Six Killed in Headon Collision West of Las Cruces
Six unidentified people including a child died when a car collided head on with a westbound heavy truck about 17 miles west of Las Cruces around 2 30 a m. The Texas licensed car burned beyond recognition. Truck driver Earl Aubrey Henderson 35 of Compton California was uninjured.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Pete Horcasitas
Texas
Earl Aubrey Henderson
Compton
Calif
Ace Detective Adds Brother To Wife's Gifts
Louis ville Ky detective Carl Parker who found his wife a sister has now located her brother Merle Peek Reed born in Columbia Kentucky He had been adopted by Ed gar Reed and used their name Parker traced Nancy Carol Peek 19 to Marion Kentucky and learned she had a brother Merle Reed the two brothers had once lived in the same house with their families In a twist Parker and his wife Doris Jean an orphan divined the family link from a newspaper story prompting a reader to suggest Merle Reed in Columbia as a possible match.
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Louisvile, Ky
Carl Parker
Parker
Merle Peek
Edgar Reed
Columbia
Springville
Tenn
Doris Jean
Nancy Carol Peek
Marion
Parkers
Nancy
Merle
Fate
Merle Reed
See
Armless tot finds gifts and a loving home
Louise, born without arms and adopted by Mr and Mrs Eugene Capps of Seagoville Texas, delights in using her toes as fingers. She recently discovered a wrapped gift from Santa and toppled the Christmas tree in a playful accident. The Capps family runs a chicken farm and provides Louise with security.
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Dallas
Tex
Santa Claus
Louise
Eugene Capps
Seagoville
Here
Capps
Italian Deputies Back Paris West German Rearm Pact
Rome high waves as the Italian Chamber of Deputies approves the Paris accords for West German rearmament by 33 to The bill moves to the Senate with likely January votes. The vote marks a strong government win amid broad European backing for the rearmament pact.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Senate
West Germany
Iceland
Norway
House of Commons
Portugal
National Assembly
Fire Chief Probes Death Of City Tot
Fire department officials launched an investigation into the suffocation death of James Davis a five year old boy found in the bath room of his burning home at 124 Dearborn The blaze may have started from a Christmas tree or in the kitchen and a babysitter reported the house filled with smoke Pfc John W Burse caring for the children alarmed the fire department which fought the flames and removed the child after a second search He had given James a nickel to buy candy and the boy was known to play with matches as the family prepared for the funeral of Mrs Davis and Mrs Bernice Yancey in Lawton
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Dearborn
James Davis
Henry Davis
Harris Hancock
John W. Burse
Fort Sill
James
Glen
Burse
Hancock
Davis
Far East
Lawton
Bernice Yancey
Fierce Winds Topple Trees Even Buildings Across Europe
Western Europe endures furious winter storms for a third day. 26 dead or missing from Denmark to Italy as ships struggle along British, Belgian, Dutch and German coasts. Swedish freighter Petra found with 21 crew safe. Belgian freighter Henri Deweert sinks. damages mount in Britain, Germany, and France.
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London
Europe
Denmark
Italy
Scotland
Germany
France
Petra
Netherlands
Britain
Holland
Belgium
Henri Deweert
England
Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Lawton Firm Wins Turnpike Engineering Contract
A Lawton engineering firm won one of nine contracts awarded by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority for 88.5 miles of toll roads from Tulsa to the Missouri line. Wyatt B. Hendrick will design 14.8 miles between Claremore and Vinita, with work to start within 30 days. The NE leg is targeted for completion by late 1956 under De Leuw Cather & Co. supervision. Oklahoma engineers to be paid 6.5 percent of their portion.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Tulsa
Missouri Line
Joplin
Wyatt B. Hendrick
Claremore
Vinita
Hendrick
Turnpike Authority
de Leuw Cather & Co
Oklahoma Engineers
Turnpike
Ladejinsky Appeal To Chief Expected
Washington case centers on Ladejinsky seeking to keep his foreign attaché post as State shifts him to Agriculture. Senators and Rep discuss open airing, with Ladejinsky famed for land reform in occupied Japan and now under scrutiny for security fitness. Page 2 indicates a review prompted changes and possible transfer.
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Washington
Wolf Ladejinsky
Agriculture Department
State Department
Ladejinsky
Eisenhower
Retary of Agriculture
Benson
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Judd
R-Minn
Viet Nam
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
U. S
William K. Bunce
Eisenhower Heads to Augusta for Christmas Holiday
President Eisenhower and First Lady depart the White House for Augusta Georgia to spend Christmas holidays with Mrs Doud and son Ike. He will golf at Augusta National and draft three messages for the new Congress including the State of the Union and budget and economic reports.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
John S. Doud
Denver
White House
Augusta National
Congress
State of the Union
Capitol
Opening Rites For New Lawtonian Hotel Set
Formal dedication and open ing of the new Lawtonian hotel is fixed for January 21 and 22. First guests C R Holley and Mrs Holley occupy a 10th floor suite while offices and apartment spaces near completion. Stockholders Day is tentatively planned for January 12 to visit and inspect the 1800 share corporation facility.
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Lawtonian
C. R. Holley
Holley
Joe Turner
Frank Kitchens
Russia To Return 27 U S Navy Craft
The State Department says Russia will return 27 small naval craft received under lend lease in World War II. The agreement was signed in Washington by Asst. Secretary Samuel Waugh and Soviet Ambassador Georgi N. Zarubin.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Department
Asst
Samuel Waugh
Georgi N. Zarubin
Fort Sill and City Brace for Christmas Holiday Shutdowns
Fort Sill city county and federal offices plan to close at 5 p.m. today and reopen Monday with emergency staff on duty. Banks close after Friday, firms end late hours at 5:30 p.m. and resume Monday. Military leaves granted, remaining personnel on half day schedules through Jan 3. Highway patrol and law enforcement brace for heavy traffic and celebrations with crackdowns for drivers.
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Fort Sill
Artillery Center
Yale
C. T. Raley
Governor Denies Runaround On Bill
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray faces a $6 800 contractor suit over a home remodeling bill. He asserts he has never run around a bill and will allow his attorneys to present his side in court. Thompson and Thompson Lumber Co. filed liens totaling $2 503 against the contractors and the Murrays. The work aimed to ready the northeast Oklahoma City home before his term ends January 10.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Thompson and
Thompson
Sheppard Regains His Calm Demeanor
Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, accused of beating his wife Marilyn to death on July 4, shows a calmer demeanor as his defense files a motion for a new trial. Lead attorney William J. Corrigan is expected to argue that certain testimony and witnesses were improperly admitted and that press coverage biased the case.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Eees
William J. Corrigan
Susan Hayes
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