Post Officer's Club To Open New Ballroom
Fort Sill's Officers Club unveils a $165000 ballroom with 1000 tickets sold and a Bobby at his orchestra providing music. The open mess expansion costs exceed $200000, funded by a Central Mess Fund loan, with remodeling to follow including kitchen and dining area work and a basement bakery.
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Fort Sill
Post Officer's Club
Bill. Crawford
Bobby
Central Mess Fund
Washington
Ballroony
Gana Square Fort
Ted Roos
Fort
Worll
Officers Club
Ike's Budget May Hit New Peace High Of $74 Billion
The Eisenhower administration plans a 1959 budget near 74 billion dollars, a peace time high. Congress debates defense needs amid signs of Soviet missiles, satellites, and other priorities. A special military contingency fund of about 300 million may be sought to accelerate rocketry development.
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Ike
Washington
Congress
McElroy
Arminist
Leatimy
Evea
Defense
Wdget
Hels
Conge T
Eisenhower
Hayden D-Arial
Mittee
Arizona
Sone
Legislative Group To Study Sill Plan
A nine member legislative committee was named to study the Fort Sill range expansion program. Sen. Ben Baldwin announced that Sens. Byron Daens and Thay Beecher, House Speaker Harkey, and Reps. Molealft and Goodfollay would serve. The group will assess economic impact, land use, cultivation, and the project’s effect on JAX and Fort Sill activity, inviting factual information from residents.
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Conanehe County
State Soo
Fred Waris
State Top
Charles Gleasury
Fort Sali
Ben Baldwin
Anadarko
Legislative Council
Byron Daens
Goldie
Thay C. Beecher
Kingfisher
Harkey
Oklahoma City
Ane Qamun
Slate
Robert G. Molealft
Doiart
Robert L. Goodfollay
Anadlarko
le Serve
Baldwin
Sarkey
Agnie
Addivional
Omembers
JAX
Fort Sil
Hobart
Sep Sten
Tage 2
Cot
Husband released in probe of death
Samuel Perry Oli n Columbia, a sevenfold retired Army sergeant and Lawton bartender, was released from city jail as detectives continued to probe the death of his 41-year-old wife Edith Oliver. County Attorney Warren Crane said no reason remained to hold him. Autopsy results pending. Oliver was found on the kitchen floor after a reported quarrel.
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Samuel Perry Olin
Columbia
Lawton
Edith Oliver
Warren Crane
Anders
Oliver
Tye Jing
Chi
Deatis
Eawedy
Youths To Check Rockets Tuesday
A group of junior scientists will visit the U S Army Artillery and Missile Center Tuesday to meet rocket specialists. Five Dine junior and SONIOY high school science enthusiasts, invited by Maj. Gen. Thomas Iro Sanzo, will tour facilities and discuss with technicians, including Redstone missile experts, amid a structured program in the mess hall.
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U.S. Army Artillery
Missi Center
Thomas Iro Sanzo
Gener
Redstone
David Taylor
Leo Nunley
Larey Green
Adrian Leo
Charles McCloud
Soy
John Flopkins
Duncan Junine High
Ben-Gurion Resigns After Cabinet Crisis in Israel
In Jerusalem Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his five party coalition resigned over cabinet responsibility. The crisis began when the Left wing Abdul Avadi party leaked plans for a top secret arms mission to West Germany. If accepted by the President Itzhak Ben-Zvi, Ben-Gurion will form a new cabinet without the Ahdut Avoda.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Sf Ben-Gurion
Abdul Avadi
Wwast
Germany
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
Ben-Gurina
Ben-Gurion
Svithout
Ahdut Avoda
Subway Strike Delay Hoped For New York City Transit
A glimmer of hope emerged as officials argued for a 24 hour delay to avert a potential strike by the Transit Workers Union. The strike was scheduled to begin at midnight, threatening municipally operated buses and private lines, with negotiations continuing at the Transit Authority.
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New York
Subway
Transit Workers Union
Transit Authority
Anadarko to Advertise Darko Reservoir Bids
Bids for the Cobb Creek Darko Reservoir near Anadarko are expected to open soon with a completion target of about 700 days from bid opening. The project will cover 142000 acre feet with 2700 acres secured for contingencies as housing and labor needs arise. Community housing and industrial impact are discussed as the city awaits an OU industrial survey results.
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IL Cobh
Bureau of Reclamation
Prawel
Okehama
Ceneiletor
Ft. Cobh
Anadarko
Inipingsille
Isidol
Novi
Washilaer
Jakevounds
St. Patrick's
Wide
Uber
Kidd
University of Oklahoma
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast Across Oklahoma
Weather in Oklahoma remains partly cloudy through Tuesday with highs near armind degrees and lows around 58. No rain was recorded in the four hours to dawn. Sunday highs reached the 60s, 62 in Altus, with overnight lows near 26 at Guymont and Gage. Through Saturday, western Oklahoma stays near normal temperatures while central and eastern areas run 3-5 degrees below normal, with a possible warming midweek followed by a turn to cooler conditions.
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Oklahoma
Altus
Guymont
Gage
Space age student scholarships proposed by Eisenhower plan
President Eisenhower proposed a $1.8 billion four year program to fund space age education. The plan would send 10,000 promising students to college yearly with federal state matching and need based awards. Marion Folsom said grants would target science and math readiness and accelerate national science and engineering output.
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Getitysberg
Eisenhower
Congress
Marion B. Folsom
Tisenhower
Aiddee
Seme Congress
Spe
Russia
Folsom
Tpoint Man
Albl
Cityans Start Jeep Journey To Honduras
Charley Waele and Rev. Victor J. Dossogne depart Lawton by jeep to Yoro Honduras for a 3000 mile plus journey. Father Dossogne will join missionary work in Yoro for about a week, aiding Wade's brother Father Joseph Wade. The trip faces red tape such as visas and jeep registration as Jesuit headquarters coordinate the travel.
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Konduras
Charley Wade
Yoro
Honduras
Victor J. Dessogne S.J
Wade
Joseph Wade
Charley Waele
Victor J. Dossogne
Lawton
Dossogne
Yara
Charley
Father Dessogne
Uwe Monuys
St. Louis
Mousenik Rocket Flops On Takeoff
AUSTIN Minn The Austin Rocket Soriety a Pacelli High School chemistry group tried launching two rockets with a mouse aboard but both failed The first exploded destroying the rocket while the second ignition system failed delaying the mission No injuries were reported and the mouse was returned to its cage The group earlier this month saw a colleague die after a rocket flight
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Austin
Minn
Austin Rocket
Ulysses
Pacelli Parochial High School
Duns Scotus
Auto Collision Kills Gunman in High Speed Chase
A stolen car chase near U S Highway 1 north of an east central Georgia town ended in a head on crash killing Henry Clay Overton 44 of Martinsville Virginia one of two gunmen sought in Washington D C slayings. Passenger Tussell Wayne Carpenter 21 of Washington was also killed and the other suspect Charlie W of Cocoa Florida and High Point NC was missing.
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WR Ga
Washington, D. C
Henry Clay Overton
Martinsville
Georgia
Charlie W
Cocoa, Fla
High Point
N. C
Overton
Tussell Wayne Carpenter
Washington
Gunmen Holding Hostages Surrender After Standoff
In Inglewood California, two armed men identified as Bob Sullivan and Sid Brunner surrendered after nearly three hours of hostage standoff at a bar. Police used tear gas as officers surrounded the scene while hostages and spectators watched.
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Inglewood
Calif
Bob Perry
Los Angeles
Bob Sullivan
Sid Brunner
Evelyn Shane
Perry
Brunner
Col
Tot Is Found In Mountains
CHARLESTOWN Way ear-old toddler wandered two days through rugged mountains before being found by a volunteer searcher. Shirley Ann Ramsburs cried on sight of him and was taken to a hospital bed in shock and exposure. Officers feared drowning after she left home Friday afternoon. A single small shoe was found later.
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Charlestown
Shirley Ann Ramsburs
Donald KK
McIntyre
Blue Ridge
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