Vanguard Moon Launch Plans Stir Navy Debate
Navy readiness and Vanguard test efforts spark division among officials and scientists at Cape Canaveral as the Navy plans an experimental miniature moon satellite launch to outpace Soviet missions. Some argue for more cautious science and propaganda concerns while observers note strain on Vanguard teams and competition from the Army Jupiter C milestone.
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Coen
Vanguard
Sunul
Clara Try
Peller
Vangyard
Navy
Washington
Tongava
Army
Othey
Naval Research Laboratory
Missing Satellite Worried Experts
In a Pentagon scene at Cape Canaveral, Explorer satellite exceeded estimates during its flight. Army officials reported the craft traveled farther than projected, reaching 1,600 miles apogee and completing an 119.1 minute orbit. Arrival over the West Coast occurred around 115 minutes into the mission.
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Washington
Pentagon
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Explorer
Ber
Weather Summary for Local Area
Area forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy Tuesday with warmer temperatures. High near 56 today, low around 32. high around 60 Tuesday. Overnight and yesterday showed mild lows and cooler daytime highs with local readings around 33 and 52 noon.
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Nea
Ike Studies New Note From Bulganin For Summit Talks
Dulles and Thompson review a Bulganin letter to Eisenhower as the United States and Soviet Union explore a top level summit later this year. A new Soviet ambassador is due to arrive, while talks and possible pre summit consultations circulate amid a wave of diplomacy and space race prestige.
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Washington
Dulles
Llewellyn Thompson
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Isenhower
State Department
White Mouse
Mikhail A. Menshikov
Georgi Zarubin
Moscow
London
Nikita Mhershchev
Russia
Jine Thompson
U.S
Arip
Middle East
United States
Sill Man Listed As Plane Victim
A report of two military plane collisions over New Walk California lists Sp. Vincent E. Smith of Fort Sill as a victim, but Fort Sill information officials say Smith is not on their records.
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Sill
New Walk
Calif
Vincent E. Smith
Fort Sill
Smith
Farm Subsidies in Kiowa and Comanche Counties Reach 1 2 Million
U S Department of Agriculture figures show Kiowa and Comanche counties received about 1.2 million dollars in federal subsidies during 1937. The largest share funded land retirement under the soil bank program, removing 52 686 acres from production to curb surpluses.
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Comanche
Kiowa
Sol Bank
Fort Sills
Toyotoed
Tapital
Bell Counties
Kiowa County
Ixiawa County
Wie Coun
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Widna County
Alexander Veers Around Oklahoma Governor Race Rumor
The Rev W H Bill Alexander resigned as pastor of the First Christian Church and hinted he might enter the GOP governor race though he sees it unlikely He noted Republicans are seeking a candidate and his resignation aims to focus on church work while remaining affiliated with its development
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Oklamoma Cley
W. H. Bill Alexander
First Christian Church
Alexander
U. S. Senate
Toman
Senate
Monconey
First Christian
St. Louis
Sun To Chase Chill In Area
Weathermen expect a warm up to begin today in the Lawton area after temperatures fell to the low 20s overnight. Skies stay partly cloudy with highs near 60 by Tuesday and tonight’s low around 32. Ponca City and Tulsa saw subfreezing lows, while the five day outlook suggests temperatures about five degrees above normal with little precipitation.
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Lawton
Ponca City
Tulsa
Jury Picked As Prather Trial Begins
Testimony opened in the murder trial of Richard Dean Prather 21 of Fort Silman accused of beating his four month old daughter to death at the Prather home last September. Va. County Attorney Warren Crane qualified a jury of 11 men and one woman for the death penalty in the morning session. The final juror an alternate was selected. The state used one pre emptory challenge while the defense used six. Alternate Rex Taylor from Cache is in the pool. Witnesses include Lt Col Clara Raven and Detective Lt Clea Smut who testified at the preliminary hearing. Prather allegedly admitted to beating the child and the main cause of death cited as a crushed liver with severe trauma.
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Richard Dean Prather
Fort Silman
Prather
Warren Crane
Vhter
Paul Busby
Nona Hoskins
Lawton
Grant Williams
Fletcher
Billy Jack Munn
Arlington
J. R. Taliaferro
Mt. Lawton
den GC
McLinn
Baldwin
Earnest W. Martin
Apache
W. G. Yoakim
P. L. Naowles
Maple
Joseph
Avelington
Leonard Pfeiffer
Ro L. Ward
Cache
Roy L. Mitchell
Alernate
Rex Taylor
U.S. Army
Robert &. Linders
Sanders
Clara Raven
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Clea Smut
Police Department
Prathers
Mirder
Stout
WM. Pace
Stephens Rites Slated Tuesday
Services for Joseph Ron Stephens 68 Lawton civic leader are set for Tuesday at St Andrew's Episcopal Church at 2 30 p m He died Saturday evening at his home from a personal safety related gunshot wound Burial will be in Highland Cemetery He was a former state WPA administrator and longtime owner of a Lawton service and electrical contracting firm.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Joseph Ronda
Ron) Stephens
Lon Prunty
Russell Rauscher
All Soul's Episcopal Church
Oklahoma City
Highland Cemetery
Stephens Service
Lawton
North Carolina
WPA
Stephens
Stedmens
Col. x
Trooper Freed After Kidnappers Endure Death Or Prison
Missouri State Trooper William Lite endured 28 hours as hostage while two gunmen ram raced through three states. Burton and Davis tried to flee but Davis killed himself. Burton remained at large. A young woman was later shot to death at a Graves County roadblock as authorities pursued the car.
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Paducah. Ky
Missouri
William Lite
Carl Edward Burton
Lhrce
Hargh Wayne Davis
Lillie
Inshat
Paducah
Melber
Burton
Carl Shellon
Davis
Shelton
Sisters
Redwood City
Calif
FBI
San Quentin
Munueder
Graves County
Pers Song
Jewell English
Vernon Hopkins
McCracken
D.C
Buck Tucker
Forrest McAlster
Miss Engish
McAlster
Hopkins
Miss English
FCC Officials Deny Misconduct Amid Public Probe
Wallington New York report states FCC Chairman John Doerter and commissioners Rosel Hyde Robert Lee and Richard Mack faced a House subcommittee over alleged favors from the broadcasting industry. Doerter and Hyde vigorously denied wrongdoing while asserting press scrutiny was unfair.
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Wallington
John C. Doerter
Federal Communications Commission
Doerter
House Commerce
Hyde
Rosel H. Hyde
Subcommittee
Robert T. Bartley
Fccs
Doerferle
Barley
Robert F. Lee
Richard A. Mack
Thhey
Morgan M. Moulder
D-Mo
PCC
FCC
Hyte
Layton High School Smashes Enrollment Record
Layton High School reports its largest enrollment ever with 11 562 students on the rolls, up from 1 416 in 1956 57. The board approves a 21 classroom two story addition costing about 5454 500 to handle expected growth, as the high school plant of 2 million dollars opened earlier to serve 1 500 students.
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Layton Hy
Ralph McCarty
Board of Education
LHS
Morris Names Lawton Youth for Naval Academy
The Washington Bureau reports Toby Morris selected 15 year old Lawlor yealh for a principal appointment to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. Also named were Bill Lacy Jr and Donald L Street as alternates, with other Lawton youths gaining Air Force and West Point nominations. James A Williams was the principal appointment for the military academy.
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Constitadin Washington Bureau
Washington
Toby Morris
Lawlor Yealh
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bill R. Lacy Jr
Bill Lacy
Laird
Lawson
Lacy
Westerinster College
Fulton
Cameron College
Donald L. Street
Frank L. Street
Fort Sill
Morris
Ed Mehew
Morris Naval Academy
Air Force Academy
Luther Jack Lord
C. B. Lord
Baltimore
Jimmie L. Lawrence
C. B. Lawrence
Arlington
Tomy Raley
T. Raley
Dearborn
West Point
Robert T. Williams
M-Sgt
A. L. Wiliams
Albert T. Stafford
Lawton
Military Academy
James A. Williams
Frederick
Dope Confiscated by Milwaukee Federal Agents
Federal agents seized more than 700 pounds of narcotics smuggled from Mexico to a residence just north of Newasla Wisconsin. The narcotics were valued at about 100 dollars per pound, totaling roughly one million dollars in seized contraband.
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Milwaukee
Mexico
Trairie
Newasla
Wis
Senate Debates Chief Missile Bill and Submarine Plans
In Washington a Republican senator urged abandoning new aircraft and funding atomic submarines to boost security. Norris Cotton said undersea craft are the era’s strongest weapons as Congress opens debate on Eisenhower’s request for 4.26 billion dollars to speed defense. The measure, already House approved, funds missile work dispersal and alert facilities for SAC, a missile detection system, three Polaris submarines, and a third intercontinental base with location to be chosen.
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Washington
United States
Norris Cotton
N.H
Senate
Eisenhower
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Ballistic Bee Bull
Page
Col
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