First U.S. Satellite Explorer Launch Captures Orbit
Top Pentagon officials watched from the Telecon suite as the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and data centers linked Huntsville and Cape Canaveral. The Explorer rocket fired through three stages and placed a satellite into orbit after 106 minutes, with California stations confirming the pass over Earth. Warnings and exclamations punctuated the tense countdown as officials confirmed the historic achievement.
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Pentagon
Army
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Atl Huntsville
Ala
Cape
Earth
California
Earthquake Valley
Temple
San Diego
Explorer
W. H. Pickering
Wernher von Braun
Othier
von Braun
Pickering
Frank
I'S
San
Funeral Rites Held for Edward Z Storie
Funeral services for Edward Z Storie 84 of 2707 NW 34th were conducted Saturday in Mulberry Arkansas. Storie died Friday January 31 in a Lawton nursing home after a long illness. Lawton Funeral Home arranged the services with Rev R H Moran of Mulberry Baptist Church officiating. Bearers all from Mulberry were Troy Hunter Mark Felker Gene Walker Jake Shamburger C R Counts and Claude Chastain. Burial was in Mulberry cemetery.
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Edward Z. Storie
Mulberry
Ark
Storie
Lawton
Lawton Funeral Home
Rov
R. H. Moran
Mulberry Baptist Church
Troy Hunter
Mark Felker
Gene Walker
Jake Shamburger
C. R
County Assessor to Meet Taxpayers Across County Dates Set
Assessor Lester O. Paden began a schedule of visits with deputies to list intangible homestead personal and real property for tax purposes. In the west, visits to Medicine Park Breriton Food Tudiahoma Gerenimogery McKee Grocery Faxon Chattanooga and Cache Doug details. in the east at Elgin Talloffice Fletcher and Shriver's Grocery with dates through February 13.
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Lester O. Paden
Paden
Medicine Park School
Breriton Food Store
Tudiahoma
Gerenimogery
Asm
McKee
Faxon
Bank
Chattanooga
Land figures show Comanche Kiowa rural outputs and 275000 acres risk
Oklahoma counties report 1951 to 1957 agricultural values with Comanche and Kiowa totals in the tens of millions. The piece notes federal land programs allotments including wheat and conservation reserves, soil bank acreage, and a warning that converting 275000 acres to an Army missile training ground could cut roughly one percent of state farm production.
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Colton
Comanche County
Oklahoma University Burra of Business Research
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Kiowa County
Oklahoma
Comanche and
Kiowa Counties
Comanche
Stephens Led Lawton Chamber in 1920s and 247
A civic leader, Stephens headed the Lawton Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s and again in 247, holding all key committee posts. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to the Comanche County local society.
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Page
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
FCC Witness Defends Gifts and Travel Records
Barnley and Bailey testified about gifts received during six years on the commission. They said greetings at Christmas and anniversaries were tokens of respect, not improper inducements, and that travel costs were generally charged to the government or the hosting organization when inspecting new plant or studying broadcasting issues.
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Bailey
Barnley
Bil
Ile
FCC
Bartley
Navy and Army prepare for potential second orbital launch
Report notes the Vanguard reassembled on its launch stand and an Army missile ready nearby possibly a Jupiter-C or Redstone booster. Von Braun says a second Army launch could come at any time while officials stress refining reliability over orbit goals.
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Ina
Wernher von Braun
New Commander Named For City Guard Battalion
Lt Oral Mt. Southswicls named commander of Company A of the 700 Ordnance battalion forming part of the National Guard to replace Capt Billy P. Gilyon who led the battalion for two years Capt Galyon is promoted to the battalion staff of the 700th Ordnance unit based in Norman with Lt Col James L. Farney as Perpet officer During the World War II era Capt Galyon served under Col Farmer as company commander.
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Oral MT. Southswicls
700 Ordnance Battalion
National Gun
Billy P. Gilyon
Galyon
To0th Ordnance Unit
Norman
James L. Farney
Galyot
Col. Farmer
Prather on Trial Over Baby's Fatal Injuries
Prather, a Fort Sill soldier, and his wife faced a preliminary hearing after their four month old daughter Corinne Renee died from injuries. Testimony described bruises on the head face chest and abdomen and multiple fractures along with collapsed lungs from a lung membrane puncture. Autopsy by Col Raven followed the drive-in cafe incident when the baby was pronounced dead about 5 43 p.m. Autopsy confirmed lethal injuries. The Prathers lived at 1908 Rogers Lane and Prather was assigned to Hy Btry 2nd TA Bn.
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Col. Raven
Corinne Renee Prather
Prather
Packer
Fort
Fort Sill Hospital
Hy +Btry
2Nd TA Bn
Fort Sill
Rogers Lane
Oklahoma City candidates shape governor race with lone Republican
The field for governor narrows as one Republican contender remains while Fred M. Mocks exits the race. Alexander funds a vast church project, highlighting a major religious development as the campaign continues.
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Alliance
Fred M. Mocks
Oklahoma City
Alexander
Church of Tomorrow
Chase, hostage tale in Illinois and Kentucky ends in capture
Trooper Little aided by gunmen Burton and Davis after a chaotic pursuit from Cairo to Paducah. Davis fired through a car rear window and a bullet tore Little’s hat. The duo then took shelter at the Shelton home before Burton left. Little spent a night bound as Davis questioned his knowledge of armed robbery penalties. Police later moved in after a TV report showed Paducah Chief Elliott.
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Little
Burton
Cairo
Ill
Paducah
Davis
Melcher
Shelton
Sheltons
Parucah
Rube Elliott
Man Confesses in Flight After Police Killings
A suspect named Burton reportedly told officer Lite He that during a three state flight he killed a San Francisco policeman caught while committing armed robbery about three weeks earlier. Burton’s parents searched a wooded area near Paducah calling for him.
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Davis
Han
Burton
San Francisco
Ed Burton
Paducah
Carl
Bill advances funding for missile and defense programs Asia
The measure lists allocations including 329 million for a missile detection system 334.4 million for Atlas Thor and Jupiter programs 550 million for Polaris submarine missiles and 29 million for upgrading the aircraft early warning system. It also authorizes a transfer of 150 million dollars.
Lawmakers Debate Space Defense Agency Amid Pentagon Reform Plans
Senators Prescott Bush and John Sherman Cooper propose separate Pentagon reorganizations as 10 million dollars is allocated for a new outer space research agency in the Defense Department. Lewis Strauss predicts the U S can develop an atomic powered rocket within a few years.
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Outer Space Research Agency
Defense Department
Prescott Bush
Coni
John Sherman Cooper
Pentagon
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Old Line Legal Reserve Life insurance ad
Seniors aged 60 to 80 can apply for a $31,000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. The Old American Insurance Co. offers a mail-only process with no obligation and no calls. Tear out and mail name, address, and year of birth to Kansas City address.
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Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Kansas City
Old American Insurance Co
9 West Ltd
Dept
Missouri
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