Gladiators Pack Fort Sill Arena For Golden Gloves Start
The 14th annual Golden Gloves tournament opened at Fort Sill with fans filling the Florneycutt gym as early arrivals identified opponents and prepared for bouts. Notables including Mrs. James Gentry and Vera Rice secured seats while others like Mrs Gene Morgan and Dennis Gene Burruss anticipated action. Concession crews readied snacks as fighters dressed, ready to begin competition.
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Floneycutt
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James Gentry
Vera Rice
Gentry
Raii
Gene Morgan
Dennis Gene
Weather forecast steady with drizzle and fog in Lawton area
The Lawton area shows a static weather pattern expected to end near Thursday noon. Forecasters forecast drizzle fog and occasional rain through Thursday with highs in the upper forties to near fifty and only slight clearing Thursday afternoon. Southeast Oklahoma reports continued heavy rains and creeks running bank full.
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Oklahoma
Reapportion Proposal Eyed by Legislature
Oklahoma City legislative action centers on reapportionment with Gov. Raymond Gary backing the concept of a constitutional amendment. The plan would automatically redraw legislative districts by population, though the governor did not endorse the current draft. Other actions include returning the school bill to committee after a floor clash over a $3,000 minimum salary for teachers, and a ballot reform bill moving to the House. The presidential primary question splits party lines and delegate selection debates.
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Oklahoma City
LLP
Raymond Gary
Gary
Senate Education Committee
Senate
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House Elections and Privileges Committee
Walter Eugene Curry
Loyd Benefield
Colonel Is Accused of Security Laxity
ATLANTA Col John Nickerson Jr chief of field coordination services at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Allied Army headquarters faces charges of laxity in security of military information A formal investigation to determine if a court martial is warranted is under way Nickerson a West Point graduate of 1938 was relieved of duties at Huntsville and associated with the Army ballistic agency A document containing secret information allegedly found with unauthorized persons prompted the inquiry into possible violations of security regulations The Army noted Defense Secretary Wilson's missile use order issued in November and related papers criticized by Army personnel were distributed prior to the inquiry
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Atlanta
John Nickerson Jr
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Allied Army
West Point
Nickerson
Amy Ballistic Agency
Army
Defense Secretary
Iemy
Army Low Rates Guard Drills Summer Camps Debate
Congress heard Brig. Gen. Creighton Abrams argue eight weeks of full time duty equal to years of weekly drills and camps for National Guard readiness. The Army seeks six months of active duty for new enlistees, citing field tests showing Guard training lags behind active units.
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Congress
Army
Creighton W. Abrams
National Guard
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Guard
Kenny Says Tests Not Conclusive In Guard Training Evaluation
Oklahoma City ad jutant general Gen Roy Kenny said tests given last summer to National Guard members to measure four months of Army training were not conclusive. He noted Continental Army Command devised the tests quickly and they did not fit Guard part time training.
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Kenny
Oklahoma
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Woman, 82, Reports Rape in Lawton Home
An 82 year old Lawton woman told police a man about 25 forced entry by posing as a neighbor and raped her at about 4 am after breaking the night latch. She said the intruder threatened harm if she notified authorities and police had not yet located any suspects.
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Lawton
Two More Seek Ward Posts In City Council Race
Two new candidates announced plans to run in the March 19 city primary. Elmer Bauman of 1813 Lawton will seek Ward 2 against incumbent Arnold H White. Hastings Ward 3 hopeful is Hugh D Corwin of 2060. Billy Galvan of 2310 Cheyenne had considered running but decided against entering.
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Lawton
Arnold H. White
Billy Paul Galyon
Cheyenne
Galvan
Hugh D. Corwin
Corwin
H. D. Hastings
Hastings
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Lol
Rock and Roll Idol Haley Sparks London Riots
Police rushed to central London to avert more teenage riots as Bill Haley and the Comets arrived for a three week Britain tour. A mob damaged a car and injured a police officer as 400 fans greeted him aboard a special train from Southampton. Haley urged calm and said rock and roll harms no more than other music. newspapers praised the scene and coverage.
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the Times
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Fears of a Second Propane Blast in Reno
In Reno Nevada National Guardsmen and police evacuated the area amid a strong gas odor after yesterday's deadly propane explosions. Five people were killed and 41 injured as buildings along Sierra Street were damaged and a large area blocked. Five previously unaccounted for persons were found, and two million dollars in damage was reported as crews cleared rubble and assessed unstable structures.
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Fog Delays Texas Businessmen Tour to Lawton
Heavy fog kept a group of 12 Pampa Texas businessmen from their scheduled morning tour of new community owned hotels in Lawton. They may reach Lawton later this afternoon in two planes if weather clears, hotel manager C R Holley said. The party planned breakfast with Hotel Lawtonian directors before visiting the modernistic two year old hotel.
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Pampa
Tex
C. R. Holley
Oklahoma Governor refuses to release killer letters
Gov. Raymond Gary rejected releasing three letters from Robert Hendricks written on death row before his execution. He called the letters the rants of a madman and said some content should not be made public. Hendricks, a Vinita stockyards worker and former rodeo performer, was executed for the August 1954 bludgeon slaying of Ream Payton. He claimed the letters would reveal unsolved crimes, including the ambush murder of Jack Burris in 1952, and hinted at ransom money in a kidnapping case.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Robert Hendricks
Gary
Hendricks
Vinita Stockyards
State
Ream Payton
Vinita
Oklahoma
Jack Burris
Mayes County
New Locust Grove
Bobby Lee
Cameron To Get Science Building At Cameron College
Cameron college will add a new 890000 science and engineering building after the Oklahoma House Appropriations Committee approved 888713 for the junior college. No detailed plans exist yet, with a tentative site between the auditorium and field house. Enrollment in engineering and science has nearly doubled in recent years, per registrar Gordon L. Paine.
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C. Vernon Howell
Oklahoma House Appropriations Committee
Aggie
Gordon L. Paine
EHON
Russian Economy Runs Into Snags
NEW YORK The Kremlin's 1957 five year plan overestimated. Mikhail Peryukhin announced no revised 1957-60 goals. If output rises only with the 1957 add on, 1960 figures show large gaps in coal steel pig iron petroleum and electricity, with total industrial output up 40 to 50 percent by 1960 from 1935, except petroleum.
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Kremlin
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Mikhail Peryukhin
Pervukhin
Eisenhower signals inflation controls if unions fail to curb prices
President Eisenhower said the government may impose inflation controls if labor and business do not pursue a voluntary price curb. He noted no specifics and stressed U.N. demands on Israel to withdraw from Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba, while not answering about sanctions. He also stated his health is as good as before his 1955 heart attack.
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Gulf of Aqaba
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U.N. R
U.N
Egypt
Bealth
Col
Snow Slides Hit Town In Idaho
In Wardner Idaho a canyon snow slide destroyed homes and sent residents fleeing. Miner Clarence Weaver 36 died his wife hurled through a roof, Betty Sawyer 24 and her daughter Gloria 3 were trapped in a kitchen as another slide struck later injuring several others.
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Idaho
Clarence Weaver
Betty Sawyer
Gloria
Honia
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