Mother Says Medic Caused Tot's Bruises
Mrs. Richard Dean Prather testifies that a Fort Sill hospital corpsman caused bruises on her four month old daughter and describes resuscitation attempts. The trial of Avinytt sergeant Prather, charged with beating the child to death, continues into its second day with expert medical testimony detailing fatal injuries including three crushed ribs, a punctured liver, and collapsed lungs.
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Ray Atteberey
Husbenel
Richard Dean Prather
Bruse
Prather
Medical Corps
Fort Sil
Das
Co Ovine
Renee P Prather
Atta War
Paul Bushy
Foi Hospital
Clara Raven
iMants Bay
Paul J. Lena
Lena
Jip
Elaine Prather
Superior Court
Set
Eva Atkinson
Warm Windy Weather Signals Warmer Turnaround
Forecasters report steadily rising warm temperatures and cloudy skies in the Lawson area. Partly cloudy and windy today with much warmer afternoon highs near 62. Tonight's low around 45. Wednesday highs near town level, southern areas near 63. Thursday outlook calls for clouds and a chill with a chance of light snow in northern regions.
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Lawton
Lawson
Demos Map Fight For Missile Subs
Senate Democrats vow a determined fight to push the administration to intensify missile submarine and H bomber programs. They back President Eisenhower’s urgent defense request of 1.26 billion dollars to bolster missile detection and disperse SAC B 52s, while Senators Symington and Jackson warn the plan falls short against Russia. The clash may shape the next fiscal year defense bill starting July 1.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Henry MM. Jackson
D-Wast
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ser Venus
Ford Vice President Testifies on UAW Plan Hurt Economy
Ford vice president for financial matters Theodore Q O Yntema testified to a Senate subcommittee that the UAW bargaining proposals would bring massive cost inflation. He warned President Walter Reuther’s wage and profit sharing plan could wipe out Studebaker Packard and American Motors and weaken Ford and Chrysler. He charged Reuther’s basic demands amount to about 12 percent of hourly wages and more for overall pay.
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Washington
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Theodore QO. Yntema
Ford
UAW
U.S
Senate Antitrust
Marnnaler
WAW
Walter Reuther
Cheysier
Studebaker-Packard
American Motors
Reuther
Yniema
Cole
Bell Boosts Page To Rate Engineer
George Page longtime Southwestern Bell district manager in Lawson will become state rate engineer for the company in Oklahoma City on February 10. L C Eberhardt Tulsa personnel development supervisor will succeed Page as district manager in Lawton. Page joined the company in 1925 and recalled growing Lawton from 3,400 to over 17,600 telephones. He called Lawton home and said the move is a cofinite advancement for Southwestern Bell.
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George Page
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Lawson
Oklahoma City
L. ¢. Eberhardt
Tulsa
Page
Lee Riley
Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Bristow
Lawton
Ker Page
Vanguard rocket launch halted by midwinter jetstream winds
Cape Canaveral reports delays as Navy waits for lower jetstream winds to attempt launching the Vanguard satellite. The 72 foot Vanguard is taller and lighter than Jupiter C, requiring winds under 125 mph for a safe lift off. A rumor circulated that Soviet scientists seek a live ape satellite, based on unidentified German researchers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
Germany
FBI Agent Takes Jelly Bryce Post in Oklahoma City
Doyle, a 41 year FBI veteran, begins work as agent in charge of the Oklahoma City office. He succeeds D A Jelly Bryce who has resigned and announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Doyle previously led the San Juan Puerto Rico FEL office for years.
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Oklahoma City
Carroll Doyle
FBI
Doyle
D. A. iTelly Bryce
San Juan
Puerto Rico
FCC Chairman Says Gift Repaid To State TV Station
FCC Chairman John C. Doerfer testified before a House panel that he repaid 165.12 dollars in 1934 after misreading a Oklahoma station’s payment as reimbursement for his trip. Documents showed Doerfer received airline transport from KWTY and traveled Spokane to Washington at government expense. He described the repayment as a return of own funds for a two‑city itinerary to Oklahoma City and Washington.
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Washington
Snn
John C. Coerfer
Federal Communications Commission
House
Oklahoma
Doerfer
IWTV
Oklahoma City
Elva
ECC
Shawn
Bernard Schwartz
Boerfer
KWTY
Spokane
Wash
Schwarts
Edgar Bell
Wis Wiles - Schwartz
Daervier
Washwelon
Wip
K Vytv
Humphrey Calls End to Arms Ban Hope for Step Agreement
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey urged breaking up a nine point disarmament plan to reach a genuine first step accord with the Soviet Union. He said the current proposal is too broad for Moscow to accept and outlined views in a 35 page Senate speech criticizing wide inspections and nuclear test suspensions.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Soviet Union
Minnesota Democrat
Senate
Humphrey
Russia
Eisenhower weighs civilian space agency option at White House talks
President Eisenhower conferred two hours with Republican lawmakers and Dr James R Wilton about creating a separate civilian space agency versus keeping missile and satellite work in the Defense Department The discussion comes as Congress debates the proper home for space developments and missile programs and follows a Senate vote approving an extra 1 26 000 000 for missile programs defense and a missile detection system The White House conference included Senate Republican Leader and other policymakers
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Washington
Eisenhower
T9onday
James R. Wiltian
Capitol
Senate
Strategic Air Command
Var
Big Satellite Eyed By Army
The Explorer satellite has shown space travel may not be hazard free but the craft could extend life estimates from six to ten years. Army plans seek 500 and 700 pound satellites to push for a space station as Lt Gen Putt notes the N15 rocket plane will evolve into a manned orbital vehicle.
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Washington
America
Satelite
Lie
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S
William H. Pickering
JPL
Explorer
Char
Russia
Sputnik I
Sputnik
Delonge Department
Sud
Army
Air Force
Lockheed Aircraft
Earth
Space
Patforn
Donald L. Putt
Stall For Development
Ing
Space Living Believed OK in Moon Satellite Tests
Pasadena Calif scientists say internal satellite temperatures stay between 40 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit and no meteorite damage has occurred. Explorers team reports radiation exposure remains within safe limits for humans and that the satellite design maintains room temperature. Dr A R Hibbs, Cal Bce SEACE chief, announced the findings at a news conference.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
A. R. Mibbs
Hibbs
Calbce Seace
Para 2
Col
Shawnee Jail Inmates Try Floating Out
Five Potawatomi County jail inmates plotted an escape by flooding their fourth floor cellblock with water, causing damage potentially in the thousands. Sheriff Bruce Cartright said rioting charges would be filed against the five, while about 12 inmates in another block did not participate. A fire hose was used to dissipate the flood and prevent further action.
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Shawnish
Pottawatomie County
Bruce Cartright
Cartright
al Foraker
Draft Victor Wickersham Circulation For Congress Begins
petitions for former congressman Victor Wickersham circulate in Greer Jackson Harmon and Kiowa counties today. He was defeated by Rep Toby Morris in 1956 for the Sixth District. Altus High senior James says petitions exceed 1,000 signatures, with Hollis’ Dick Cummins reporting 2,000. Sponsors aim for 90,000 in 60 days.
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Altus
Victor Wickersham
Greer
Jackson
Harmon
Kiowa
Wickersham
Toby Morris
Lioney James
Altus High School
Jackson County
Dick Cummins
Hollis
Kiowa Conty
Gunman Hunt Intensified Near Paducah Ty Roadblock
Police expanded a house to house search for an armed kidnapper in McCracken County Kentucky after a woman was accidentally shot to death at a roadblock set to catch the suspect. The fugitive Carl Burton 24 is believed armed. Donovan Davis 33 was captured after a botched attempt at suicide. Authorities expect an inquest and asked civilians for information but not official action.
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Paducan
Breton
Amied Burton
Harold Davis
Missouri
William Litte
Davis
Jewell English
Padueah
Claudie English
Paducah
Melcher
Forest McAllister
Fulton
McAlshe
Ch S King
Tnnquest
Miller
T 9
McAllister
Claudio English
Pole Trip Speeded to Scott Base Report
AUCKLAND New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary said Dr Vivian Puebs trans antarctic expedition moves toward Scott base before winter. Hillary reported from Scott base that Fuchs last night covered 376 miles from the South Pole and reached about 40 miles before the night ended.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Sir Edmund Hillary
Vivian Puebs
Ceath Scott Base
Sir Liimund
Scott Base
Fuchs
South Pole
Population shifts show Kiowa and Comanche countys diverge
Oklahoma University research notes Kiowa County loses about 2,000 residents in seven years while Comanche County grows past 76,000. Lawton’s boom drives Comanche gains as Fort Sill expansion influences regional population, with Kiowa’s farm communities shrinking significantly.
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Southwest Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Bureau of Business Research At
Oklahoma University
Comanche County
Kiowa County
Willy Kiowa
Lawton
Francis Cella
OU Bureau
Lawson
Paget, Col
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