Navajo Students Strive For Better Life At Fort Sill
At Fort Sill Indian School Navajo students show strong drive to pursue college and professional careers. Johnnie Gee, a 15 year old freshman, earns straight A’s and demonstrates the tribe’s aspiration to escape reservation life through education. Language barriers exist but motivation remains high.
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Dan Henio
Jest
David
Johnnie Gece
Fort Sill Indian School
Lyn Tebbles Sia
United States
Fort Sill
Gray
Johnnie Gee
Oklahoma Sees 50,000 Seek Work Amid Rising Unemployment
Oklahoma City reports that 50,000 residents are seeking work, with 40,000 through the Employment Security Commission as unemployment climbs to postwar highs. Crump cites seasonal layoffs and crop, defense cuts, noting a 1.2 percent rise in claims year over year and a 33.1 percent jump in unemployment rolls to 21,465.
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Oklahoma City
Crump
Oklahoma
Unemployment Commission
Negroes Transfer Out Of Division to Georgia-bound unit
The U S Army accepted requests of 30 Negro soldiers with white wives to transfer from the Georgia-bound With Infantry Division in Wuerzburg Germany. Thirty more Negroes with German wives have asked or are expected to seek transfers, with the decision left to them. Georgia law forbids mixed-race cohabitation, explained to division members. The advance party of 500 soldiers and wives left for Ft Benning Georgia. main group to depart in March April and May as the 3rd Division repositions the 10th in Germany.
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Wlerzburg
Germany
U. S. Army
Georgia
Ft. Benning
Stassen to Stay as Ike's Adviser in Washington
Harold E. Stassen said after meeting President Eisenhower that he will remain as the disarmament adviser for now while weighing a gubernatorial bid in Pennsylvania. He stressed the decision is his and could come before the March 17 filing deadline as GOP leaders show tepid enthusiasm for his candidacy.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Pennsylvania
Siassen
U. S. Oi
Eisenhrower
Helen Stassen
Conviction Ends Criminal Court
The Superior court jury found Siscoe Robinson, 20, of 10442 Arlington, guilty of assault with intent to kill after an hour of deliberation by 11 men and one woman. He was sentenced to three years in prison. In the same session Judge Robert S. Landers accepted guilty pleas on three bad check cases against former Army man Preston L. Burson with three concurrent terms.
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Siscoe Robinson
Arlington
Robert S. Landers
Preston L. Burson
Warren Crane
Landers
Three soldiers injured in artillery accident on West Range
Three members of A Battery 8th Armored Field Artillery Battalion were injured when a howitzer shell prematurely exploded during firing practice near Apache Gate. Injured were S. Hli Molcomb, Spt Saunch Mullinax, and Pte David L Kurte with scalp, back, and leg wounds. others were not hurt. All treated at the U.S. Army hospital. investigation to follow.
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8Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Apache Gate
Stu
Molcomb
Mullinax
David L. Kurte
Offer
Robert Kren
U.S. Army Hospital
Halcoml
Air Force to Launch Titan Missile This Year
Washington reports the Air Force plans to launch a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile this year as a companion to the Atlas ICBM. Titan tests have not yet occurred, and the engine is described as adaptable for space exploration. Atlas test flights continue with an operational unit due by December 1959.
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Washington
Air Force
Titan
James A. Douglas
House Armed Services Committee
Douglas
Earth
Eraf T
Atlas ICBM is Launched
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Air Force launches its Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile nicknamed the Big A at 2 80 p m CEST The 100 ton weapon rises straight from its stand and accelerates upward The fifth launch appears highly successful as a test flight to gather performance data not intended to reach its full 4000 mile range
Cold snap grips Lawton as temperatures stay below freezing
Sunny skies fail to warm the Area with sub freezing temps in Lawton. Forecasters expect no higher than 20s to 30s statewide after snow and sleet in northwestern Oklahoma. Highs near 34 today, lows around 5. Saturday expected to reach about 44. Other regions show lows from 5 to 10 east to 15 to 38 west.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Behind Vice Expose Sparks Editorial Interest
The Oklahoma City Times has run multi day displays on a vice expose in Barton city, prompting questions about motives for publicizing another community's vice a page editor offers an explanation on today’s editorial page.
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Oklahom City
Treasury secretary says tax cut not warranted now
Congress heard Treasury Secretary Anderson state that a tax cut is not warranted to spark growth amid the current slump. He said events will be monitored month to month and cuts could be used if conditions require, but he does not foresee an immediate move. Eisenhower’s remarks had suggested tax relief as a possible tool, yet he cautioned against overreaching. Anderson remained cautious about timing and predicted a potential upturn only in the second half of the year.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Senate House
Tois
Eisenhower
Tension After Racial Clashes At Central High Arkansas
In Little Rock Central High tensions rose as a white boy and a Negro girl were suspended after corridor scuffles. Minnie Jean Brown 16 and Frankie Ann Gregg were involved, with other incidents including a white youth dousing Brown and a bomb scare yielding no explosives.
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Mule Rock
Ark
Central High School
Minnie Jean Brown
Jess Matthews
Megro
Frankie Ann Grege
Matthews
Lester Judkins ,Jr
Minnie Jean
Frank B. Gregg Jr
Central High
Frankie Ann
Bullard Eyes Lieutenant Governor Bid in Oklahoma
House Floor Leader Jim Bullard of Duncan says he is strongly considering running for lieutenant governor this summer. He has 18 years in the House and has served under five governors. Other contenders include former Lt. Gov. James E. Berry Tulsa Mayor George Ner vell and State Rep. George Nigh. Bullard says he will decide soon after weighing encouragement from friends.
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Oklahoma City
House
Jim Bullard
Duncan
Bullard
Charber
Tie
Cowboy Pink Williams
James E. Berry
Stillwater
Muskogee County
Neville Merv
Tulsa
George
Usher Burdick Says He Has Two More On String
Washington congressman Usher L Burdick nearing 79 says he is available to wed Mrs Dean Rodgers a chic blond divorcee if she agrees He mentions two other women in reserve and jokes about not being left short handed while recovering from incipient pneumonia at naval hospital He previously courted Rodgers who has a four year old son from a prior marriage
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Washington
Usher L. Burdick
Dean Rodgers
Dakota Republican
Burdick
Behead Naval Hospital
Rodgers
Mrs. Rodgers
Two Trucks Collide on State Bridge Pinning Driver
Mountain View reported two semi trucks collided on a sleet covered state highway bridge last night. George Clark, 45, Roosevelt, was freed after more than an hour and rushed to Carnegie hospital in serious condition. Gordon Moore, 23, Clarendon, Texas, was treated at Hobart hospital. Traffic stalled for nearly two hours while responders worked.
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Mountain View
Here
George Clark
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Gordon Moore
Clarendon
Tex
Hobart
Highway Patrol
Navy Explains Vanguard Failure And Causes
The Navy blamed the Vanguard Sitellite rocket loss on wiring failure and suspected moisture seepage or vibration. A malfunctioning gyroscope prevented corrective signals, with the 57 second disruption triggering the main stage’s misalignment. A second Vanguard planed for later this month aims to place a 2145 pound satellite into orbit amid windy, rainy conditions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. 1
Navy
Air Force Missile Test Center
Vanguard
Sea Navy
Teamsters Ordered To Picket One Gate At Tinker Base
U S District Judge Ross Rizley issued a temporary restraining order allowing Teamsters picketing at one gate Gate 24 remained in use by Page Aways Inc after lengthy strike actions The order lasts five days and sets a Tuesday hearing with NLRB charges unresolved. base operations were hindered but freight cars moved in under limited crossing conditions.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Ross Rizley
Teamsters
Tinker Air Force Base
National Labor Attalions Board
Pickels
Page Aways Inc
Ada
Atoka
C. E. Jung
Tinker
Mompt
Oscar H. Lair
Ficketr
Third Rabies Case Listed
City officials report a third positive rabies case since the December quarantine. Mayor Ellsworth said state health officials confirmed rabies after an inoculation test on a dog bitten near 2314 Latham. The dog, brought from California by the Turner family, died and its head was sent to the state lab. contact notices were issued and stray-dog pickup intensified to prevent an outbreak. An airman has not yet been notified.
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C. R. Ellsworth
State Health Department
Latham
Coast
Bill Nighstronger
Lawton
California
Turner Family
Clarence Turner
Park
Nightwonger
Beccahie
Billy R. Turner
Travis Afb
Galil
A. C. McDonald
Ellsworth
Civil Rights Commission funds rejected by House panel
The House Appropriations Committee rejected a $750,000 request to fund the Civil Rights Commission. It approved $43,900,000 for unemployment benefits to veterans and former federal workers. The panel deferred the Civil Rights funding due to questions about the commission’s staffing and leadership. A separate $200,000 request was not approved until the commission is better organized. The commission is temporarily funded from the President's emergency funds pending final action. The commission must report to the President and Congress by Sept 9, 1959.
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House Appropriations Committee
White House
Civil Rights Commission
Eisenhower
Vie House
Commission
Congress
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