Public gatherings banned as Mollet fights Algerian unrest
Algiers and Constantine see demonstrations as Premier Mollet presses for an Algeria peace plan amid riots. Veterans demand guerrilla tactics, oppose Algerian Assembly, and call for continued French sovereignty. Catroux resigns after protests. 30 injured, crowds chant against Mollet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Guy Mol Iet
France
Mollet
S. Suchr Rotine
Catroux
Georges Catroux
Algeria
Committee of Public Safety
Walt's Playhouse Night Spot Sealed By Court Order
Padlocked doors greet patrons at Walt's Playhouse on 1806 Washington after Judge Robert Landers granted a restraining order to close the club. County Attorney Manville Redman, backed by affidavits from police and night chief, seeks a temporary injunction to bar operator Walt Brown and owner Laura Troutman from reopening. A hearing is set for February 11 at 10 a.m. to decide the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt’s Playhouse
Washington
Robert S. Landers
Superior
Manville Redman
Ralph Hennessee
Pete Fuller
Landers
Walt Brown
Laura Troutman
Brown
Alabama Excludes Autherine Lucy From University Classes
Rioters and police clashed on campus as the University of Alabama trustees excluded Autherine Lucy, 26, a Birmingham secretary, from classes amid fears for student safety. She had entered the school under a federal order, while a separate Fort Worth incident saw a B 36 bomber fire and two missing airmen as Convair crews searched a 100 square mile area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autherine Lucy
Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
University Board of Trustees
Lucy
Missing Man Kin To City Sergeant
One of the two men missing after a Fort Worth plane accident is J. E. Cunningham an aircraft test man and brother-in-law of MSgt. J. N. McMurry head of the Lawton Army recruiting office. McMurry said they feared trouble on these test flights. Reports indicate Cunningham was employed by Convair Aircraft Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convair
Phil Crawford
Civil Air Patrol
Grand Prairie
Fort Worth
CAP
Justin
Keller
Grapevine
Tex
Bill White
Cunningham
Verrips
J. E. Cunningham
Msgt
J. N. McMurry
Army
Lawton
McMurry
N. 35Th
Convair Aircraft Corp
Rain Likely Tonight in Lawton District
Cloudy skies with a chance of rain tonight and Wednesday, no rain by noon, 37 at 11 a.m., yesterday’s high 47. Highs seen 45 to 50 today and tomorrow. Statewide, mild weather followed a three day storm, with a five day forecast predicting above normal precipitation mainly rain or snow Thursday through Friday and into the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
United Press
Army halts enlisted guard pay scheme in Seoul
Seoul February seven. The Army stopped the practice of enlisted men paying officers to pull guard duty for them. Rates ranged from ten dollars for lieutenants to twenty five for colonels for two hours. Proceeds supported the March of Dimes fund. In one company of one hundred men guard donations totaled two hundred forty dollars as officers took two hours of night duty with rifles in freezing weather. A senior officer quipped about top brass coordinating across theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Tokyo
Senate orders probe of gas bill bribery case
The Senate voted 90 to 0 to form a four member committee to investigate a $2500 campaign donation alleged to influence Sen. Francis Case vote on the natural gas bill. The panel, appointed by Vice President Nixon, can subpoena and has $10,000. report due March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Case
Nixon
Johnson
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Sen
Hennings
D-Mo
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Neff
Eisenhower
U S Respects Balloon Protests and Weather Balloons
Secretary Dulles said the United States would respect protests from nations like Russia over American weather balloons but asserts the right to send balloons anywhere in the world. He noted thousands of meteorological balloons have been released across the Pacific, North America, and Western Europe, likely crossing 20 or 30 countries, with a formal U S response expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
United States
Russia
Train Jumped Tracks In Indiana Junk Yard Crash
A Chicago to Cincinnati passenger train derailed Monday night in Kokomo Indiana and crashed into a junk yard destroying rails and barriers. Twelve people were injured though none faced serious harm at St Joseph Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Cincinnati
St. Joseph Hospital
Divorce Hearing Opens Murray Denies Secret Rendezvous
Former Gov. Johnston Murray testified today in his divorce action that he did not go on any secret rendezvous. The deposition hearing included testimony by Jim Garibaldi, his highway patrol chauffeur, about taking Murray near Helen Shutt, a former University of Tulsa teacher, and a Mexico City restaurant incident Murray called an awful joke. He noted he has never been in that restaurant, and described his finances as vice president for Welex Jet Services, earning 623.33 every two weeks, while Mrs. Murray seeks separate maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Murray
Willie Murray
Highway Patrol
Jim Garibaldi
Helen Shutt
Shutt
University of Tulsa
Hallie Johnson
Mexico City
Welex Jet Services, Inc
Fort Worth
Miskovsky
W. C. Doenges
Oklahoma
National Democratic
Missile Fight Nears Head
Washington Air Force research chief Trevor Gardner reportedly seeks clash with superiors over guided missile program. He may resign amid dissatisfaction with research funding and Air Force stance, after meeting Secretary Wilson in Miami. Gardner pressed for 100 to 200 million dollars extra in the current fiscal year. Quarles denied additional funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Trevor Gardner
Miami
Charles E. Wilson
Gardner
California
Air
Donald Quarles
Wilson
City meat judging session attracts large crowd
About 500 people including 450 FHA, FFA and 4 H members plus 50 adults attended a meat judging and cutting lesson at Emerson school auditorium. The event, part of county contest preparations, featured carcass cutting demonstrations by Marlin Keathley of Lawton Meat Supply, with FHA instructor Carrie Fisher and home demonstration agents supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
FFA
Emerson School
Lawton Meat Supply
East D
Carrie Fisher
Lawton High School
Leslie Payne
Clara J. Kelley
Betty Brannan
Marlin Keathley
Lawton
4-H
Lawton Board Seeks Election on Social Security Plan
The Lawton School Board unanimously voted to ask Gov. Raymond Gary to call a special election for teachers and administrators in the state retirement system to decide social security coverage. Election timing eyed for late April or May with retroactive effect from January 1, 1956 if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Lawton Board of Education
Raymond Gary
Pageant Cast and Rehearsal Set for Easter Pageant
The 1956 Wichita Mountains Easter Pageant casts were announced by Jack Batten, with the first rehearsal at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Holy City. Reading and acting cast members meet in the chapel beforehand. no experience required. Five new scenes will be blocked. the prologue and Nativity rehearsals proceed with the theme Are We Able. Transportation to Holy City is provided. riders meet 1:45 p.m. at the Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains
Holy City
Jack Batten
The
Batten
Congregational Church
Reece Russell
Reading
Board Checks School Plans for New Junior High
A tentative blueprints set for a new junior high in Lawton was shown by architect Martin Lawrence of Oklahoma City to the Lawton Board of Education. The plan outlines a two story building with 45 rooms including an auditorium and gym, expandable and with a ramp to the fieldhouse. If approved and site purchased the project could serve about 1,200 students and may be ready for 1957 58. no bond date set but spring election possible. The tentative site is in Tomlinson addition near Ferris and 31st. Central Junior High serves about 1 860 students and is at capacity. See PLANS Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin Kuntz
Gary
Department of Public Welfare
John Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Oklahoma
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lawton
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Martin Lawrence
Oklahoma City
Lawton Board of Education
Lawrence
Ferris
31St
Howard Babbitt
Tomlinson Addition
John Barry
Central Junior High School
Bright Holiday Boost for Lawton Retailers
Lawton retailers saw a 23.6 percent rise in December business over November, with dollar volume up 4.3 percent from December 1954. Christmas mailing boosted the Lawton post office receipts by 97 percent, while freight carloadings rose 2.7 percent, building permits 18.4 percent, and bank debits 10.8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Lawton
University of Oklahoma Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
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Assembly
Constantine
Guy Mollet
F. J. Verrips
Legal Defense
U. S. 24Th Division
March of Dimes Fund
Curtis
Hruska
Nebraska
Lincoln
Superior Oil Co
Austin
Knowland
Gore
Subcommittee
Sen. Curtis
U.S
Garibaldi
Burton Marshall
Faxon
Juanita Jumper
Poenicest
Lawton Fha
Lawton Eat Supply
Bill Brooking
Cache Ffa
Judy Roberts
Indiahoma
Santa
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