Fire Destroys Airliner and Hangar at San Francisco Airport
A hangar at San Francisco International Airport housing a Southwest Air Lines Martin 202 burned, fed by gasoline and oil. The airliner was the only plane in the hangar and no one was inside. Damage was about one million dollars. firemen from SF and three nearby communities fought the blaze for over an hour. Southwest executive vice president T. R. Mitchell said operations would not be affected.
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San
T. R. Mitchell
Southwest
California
Miss France 1956 contest halted after crowd protests
In NICE France spectators cried No when Miss Maryse Fabre was named Miss France 1956. Gangsterism swindle accusations followed as Guy Rinaudo canceled the proceedings and ordered the 21 contestants to perform again on Saturday. Fans complained they could not see the contestants in the small cinema venue and judges’ applause criteria.
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Nice
France
Maryse Fabre
Guy Rinaudo
Bandit Escapes From Tulsa Co-Op After Robbery
Tulsa police said no trace of a lone bandit who robbed the Ideal Co-Op Investment Co. of about 800 in cash and checks Thursday afternoon. He entered near police headquarters at 1 p.m. and threatened three women workers with a pistol, forced them to fill a paper sack, cut phone lines and lock them in a restroom before fleeing. Miss Bertie Cubitt said about 500 in cash remained in a cash box. Rev. A. A. Tottress alerted police shortly after the incident.
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Tulsa
Ideal Co- Op Investment Co
Bertie Cubitt
Rev
A. A. Tottress
Hugo Boy Missing On Arkansas Trip
Hugo Oklahoma parents seek help from county officers to locate Billy Joe Atteberry a 19 year old son who disappeared after leaving Hugo on December 16 to reach Hardy Arkansas to retrieve a car. He is described as six feet two inches tall 165 pounds with large brown eyes and was driving a black 1948 Ford with Oklahoma license 1 76319.
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Hugo
Okla
S. F. Atteberry
Hardy
Ark
Billy Joe
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Market Report Stresses Livestock and Prices
Livestock receipts in Oklahoma City show calves and hogs with limited offerings and muted trade. Slaughter lambs are steady, with 99 lb lambs at 17.50. State poultry and eggs prices update national bison, broilers, hens, and egg values across multiple Oklahoma centers.
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Oklahoma City Livestock
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Bison
Hennessey
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Yukon
Blackwell
Hobart
Meaford
Vici
Frederick
Lawton
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Tulsa
Woodward
Laverne
Alva
Elk City
Watonga
Pauls Valley
Pecans
Shawnee
Airman Charged With Car Theft At Sheppard AFB
An 18-year-old airman Roy F. Scott of Sheppard AFB was charged with larceny of an auto mobile after a stolen 1949 Ford jumped a curb and hit a tree near 1309 Gore. He fled the accident scene but was arrested by Patrolmen Fred Mitchell and Kenneth Straeley at noon. The owner of the vehicle was Dale Wear of 1911 Arlington.
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Sheppard Afb
Roy F. Scott
Gore
Dale Wear
Arlington
Public Service
E. Gore
Ford
Herman Lee
Lee
Scott
Fred Mitchell
Kenneth Straéley
Manville Red
Woodrow Dies
Evangelists Billy Graham and Howard Butt Arrive in Boston
Evangelists Billy Graham and Howard Butt are due in Boston to open a 12 day revival. Butt, a Texas millionaire, has joined Graham on numerous crusade for Christ campaigns as they begin the series today.
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Boston
Billy Graham
Howard Butt
Butt
Texas
Graham
Hospital Births and Admits Across Kiowa and Southwest
Births and admissions listed from Kiowa and Southwestern areas include a Kiowa baby born Dec 29 at 10:55 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harry in Anadarko weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces, and a later birth in the Southwestern area to Mr. and Mrs. Olan Jeffries at 12:44 p.m. Dec 29 weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Several patients are admitted or dismissed across multiple towns including Shawnee, Mountain View, Clinton, Cache, Apache, and Medicine Park with medical or surgical notices and several newborns reported. Resources mention numerous names and addresses, reflecting a broad hospital roll for the period.
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Tom Harry
Anadarko
Maudie Bergeron
Shawnee
Sullivan White Crow
Clinton
Everett Sadonger
Mountain View
Ruth Reese
Oklahoma City
Lizzie Cooper
S. 13Th
James Howling Water Jr
Watonga
Olan Jeffries
Bell
John B. Jones
Elgin
Teresa Rhodes
James Rhodes
Lamona Sue Rhodes
Arthur O. Holloran
Cache
Jess B. Forbess
John Hardrog
Apache
Vernie Wayne Abla
V. R. Abla
Ozmun
Jackie Dee Abla
Linda Kay Carter
George Carter
Monroe
Roy Adams
Columbia
Religious groups foresee education and desegregation push
Church membership in 1956 nears 100 million with rising religious literacy concerns and calls for more religious schooling. Interchurch collaboration grows as bodies plan 1957 unity conference while Russia may see church exchanges. In the United States, courts curb segregation and Catholic leadership pushes desegregation, with Presbyterians and rabbis debating women’s ordination and other reforms.
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United States
America
National Council of Churches
Waters
North Carolina
Rummell
Louisiana
Northern Presbyterian Church
Methodists
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Negro Torch Singer Plans Evangelical Tour
Joyce Bryant, famed torch singer in Harlem, announced a 34 week sawdust trail engagement opening February 19 at Oakland California's auditorium under the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She will abandon nightlife for religion, performing hymns like A City Called Heaven and Let Us Break Bread Together in a four and one half octave voice.
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New York
Joyce Bryant
Harlem
Oakland
Calif
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Miss Bryant
Heaven
Precious Lord
RKO Theater
Appello
Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church
Lenox Ave
Galbraith Loses Medical License After Murder Conviction
Oklahoma City report states Dr. Ben T. Galbraith McAlester physician life sentence for wife’s murder has license revoked by the state Board of Medical Examiners. Notice sent to Pittsburg County Clerk. Murder charges for his children deaths remain pending.
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Oklahoma City
Ben T. Galbraith
McAlester
Galbraith
State Board of Medical Examiners
Pittsburg
Deadline set for Wichita Mountains Easter Service pageant vote
Saturday is the postmark deadline for ballots to elect five directors of the Wichita Mountains Easter Service Association. Ballots go to Easter Service Election Box 2156 Lawton. Executive director Jack Batten announced candidates include John Keithley, Reece Russell, Ben Stein, Bert Alford, Clark Botkin, Frank Crawford, Glenn Dillingham, Hal Hallett, Grover Ralston and Dr. Tom Stanton. Election committee members are Chaplain Hud son B. Phillips, Mrs. Bert Blasingame, Fred R. Harris and Mrs. Russell Peterson.
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Wichita Mountains Easter Service Association
Lawton
Jack Batten
John Keathley
Reece Russell
Ben Stein
Bert Alford
Clark Botkin
Frank Crawford
Glenn Dillingham
Hal Hallett
Grover Ralston
Tom Stanton
Hudson B. Phillips
Bert Blasingame
Fred R. Harris
Russell Peterson
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J. W. Jackson
Walters
W. J. Habibson
Kristen Homar
Joel Homar
Kinyon
Daisy Ewing
Oak
Joe Brent Jones
Don. Jones
Stephanie Jones
Don Jones
Ricky Beauchamp
Udell Beauchamp
G. E. Ansell
Wilson G. Pope
Euclid
Edgar S. Hurst
Taft
Gary Lynn Whybark
C. A. Whybark
Carolyn Roach
Darwin Roach
Novie Prather
Fort Worth
Tex
Florence Peak
Robert John Crabtree
Medicine Park
World Council of Churches
Russia
Sian Orthodox Church
George Cornell
Oldsmobile
By Tae Das
Cadillac
Eden, RH
Chevrolet
Ren
Chevrolet and Heater
BUICK
Packard
Madden’s
Madden Motor CO
Clarence
Mad Man
Madden
G. Andrews
D Avenue
Sadie
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