Oklahoma Senate Eyes Public Safety Commission Move
Oklahoma City hearing details a proposed seven member public safety commission to curb political activity in the highway patrol and ensure career tenure. Governor Gary cites cliques causing friction and supports a constitutional board, while critics urge professional leadership. no vote was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Public Safety Commission
Senate
Raymond Gary
Green
Bc Safety Committee
Charles E. Green
Lawton
Better Government Committee
Fred R. Harris
Gary
State Crime Bureau
Patrol
Harris
Walt Allen
Chickasiva
Court Halts Cabbie Fuss
A dispute between two local cab drivers over responding to passenger calls led to charges in two courts. M. M. Hair, 68, filed simple assault against 28-year-old Jimmy Teague. Teague countered with malicious prosecution. Teague posted bond, dismissed when Hair missed court. Hair later faced simple assault in Justice of Peace Marvin E. Cameron's court, with Teague pleading guilty to fines and costs.
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M. M. Hair
Park
Jimmy Teague
Teague
Hair
Justice of Peace
Marvin E. Cameron
Cameron
Disastrous Blaze Destroys Jaguar Plant in Coventry
A multi million dollar fire at Jaguar Motor Works Coventry England halted production for many months. About 300 export cars were destroyed while prototypes of new models were saved. A 40 foot link road saved half the factory from destruction.
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Coventry
England
Jaguar Motor Works
Jaguar
Wyatt Named County's Young Farmer of 1956
Maurice F. Wyatt of Comanche County was named Outstanding Young Farmer for 1956 at a Lawton luncheon. He operates a 480 acre farm with his wife Jean and three sons, plus leases 200 more acres and uses 260 acres as cattle grazing. He has driven a Lawton high school bus for more than nine years and earns most of his income from farming while owning 430 acres of farm property.
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Maurice F. Wyatt
Geronimo
Comanche Couny
Lawtonian
Wyatt
Rodney L. Worthen
Jaycee
Vernon Howell
Cameron College
Howell
Jean
Maurice Jr
Marvin
Monte
Lawton High School
Judge Denies Sheriff Delay In Rape Case
Pittsburgh County Sheriff Dee Sanders faces a second degree rape charge with a preliminary hearing set after Judge Jack Bradley refused a continuance. County Attorney Ben Choate argued state police powers override the mandatory continuance, aiming to protect the public. The case stems from an alleged 15 year old victim and was filed in Latimer County for the Robbers Cave Park incident. Sanders remains free on a $2,500 bond.
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Wilburton
Jack Bradley
Pittsburgh
Dee Sanders
Ben Choale
Dail Sanders
Pittsburg
Choate
Jime
State of
Oklahoma
Sanders
Bradley
Latimer County
Robbers Cave Park
Fire kills at least 31 in Kowloon tenement blaze
A predawn fire swept a four story Kowloon block, killing at least 31 Chinese residents. Fifteen bodies were found in a top floor kitchen. ten hurt, seven with minor burns. Over 100 people registered as refugees as freezing weather worsened the tragedy.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Mainland
Texans To Visit Hotel Lawtonian On Thursday
A group of Pampa Texas businessmen and two pilots will tour the Hotel Lawtonian Thursday morning. Frank Kitchens leads the Lawtonian board hosting a breakfast and discussions, with arrival by two planes at 8 45 am and departure at 11 30 am from Municipal Airport. E C Wedgeworth of the Panda Chamber of Commerce chairs the visitor party.
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Pampa
Tex
Lawtonian
Hotel Lawtonian
Frank Kitchens
E. C. Wedgeworth
Panda Chamber of Commerce
Reds Charge U S Aggression at United Nations
A Soviet note to the United Nations accuses the United States of global aggression and calls for General Assembly action. Key charges cite new Middle East provocations, U S bases in Europe Asia and the Pacific, and unprecedented war preparations in budgets. The issue sits on the Special Political Committee agenda with no immediate action expected.
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United Nations
U. N
Russia
General Assembly
United States
Assembly
Vassily Kuznetsov
Prince Wan Waithayakan
Thailand
United
France
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Turkey
Iran
U. S
Pakistan
Formosa
Soviet Union
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Fire devastates Council Bluffs home as deaths reported
A three story fire at a Council Bluffs complex left two dead and four feared trapped. Firefighters battled the blaze through the day as authorities searched the debris and attempted to confirm survivors.
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Council Bluffs
Council
Fraroe
Longshoremen Strike Resumes Across East Coast Ports
Forty five thousand East Coast longshoremen walked out amid stalled talks between the International Longshoremen's Association and employers. Cargoes lay idle from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia as federal mediation resumes. ILA president William V Bradley warned of a tough battle while Alexander Chopin of the New York Shipping Association remained cautiously optimistic.
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New York
Fortland
Maine
Hampton Roads
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Ind
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Alexander Chopin
New York Shipping Assn
ILA
William V. Bradley
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hamp
Cal
Shopping Center Plans Announced by Local Builder
T H Bishop, local builder, disclosed a shopping center to house six firms at 32nd and Ferris. Foundations were readied, expecting completion within 90 days. The one story brick and concrete block building will front Ferris 150 feet, depth 25 to 30 feet, totaling about 5,000 square feet with wood floors and front parking plus east and west lot access.
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T. H. Bishop
32Nd
Ferris
Bishop
Sheridan and Smith
College student held on acid attack charges in Fort Wayne
James W. Sprouse, 23, of Bakersfield California, was held on $10,000 bond after confessing to throwing acid at a girl who refused him a date in a downtown Fort Wayne cafeteria. The victim Carol A. Clark 18 Reading Michigan is in fair condition with severe burns while three others were splashed with lesser injuries.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
James W. Sprouse
Bakersfield
Calif
Sprouse
Victor Risel
New York
Riesel
Abraham Telvi
St. John's Hospital
Carol A. Clark
Reading
Mich
Ney
Constance X. Moore
Caynden
Alice Dickson
McDonald Leading in United Steelworkers Election Race
David J. McDonald holds a large early margin for re election as president of the United Steelworkers Union with Donald Ravick far behind in returns from about 350 locals. Ravick contests some results amid suspicions of McDonald dominance in district tallies.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Donald €. Finrick
McDonald
USW
Ravick
Rarick
Nsw
Author's Body Found In River Near Guilford
State police found a body in a river that police said could be author George Sessions Perry of Rockdale Texas who disappeared December 13 while seeking his missing dog. Identification was not confirmed immediately.
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Guilford, Conn
George Sessions Perry
Rockdale
Tex
Chapter 1 On Why You Get Fat And How To Avoid It
NEA Food and Markets Editor introduces a six part series on weight control through re-education of eating habits. Experts like Dr. Charlotte M Young Dr. James H Hundley and Dr. Pearl Lee discuss rising obesity from modern living food abundance and sedentary lifestyles. The article urges reconsideration of habits and meals to match lower activity levels.
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Gaynor Maddox
NEA Food and Markets
New York
NEAI
United States
Charlotte M Young
Cornell University
NEA
James H. Hundley
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
U S spy charges framed up in Leningrad incident
BERLIN amid claims by U S Marine Capt Paul R Uffelman that Russian agents staged a spy scare to expel him and Lt William S Lewis from Moscow after their arrest on January 25. Uffelman said the frameup used a camera and a private stroll through Leningrad to justify depicting them as spies. The United States protested the expulsions and noted prior retaliations against Soviet attaches.
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Berlin
Paul R. Uffelman
Moscow
Leningrad
Uffelman
Soviet Union
Yearold
Fort Wayne
Ind
Russia
Uticlman
Navy
William 5. Lewis
Guthrie, Oklo
U.S
United States
Lewis
West Germany
Five Day Spring Weather Forecast Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma experiences spring like warmth for at least five more days. Forecaster notes mild temperatures 6 to 12 degrees above normal with little rain. Lawton returns to the 60s including a high near 60 and a 40 degree low. Ardmore tops the state at 67, Lawton peaks at 65.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Ardmore
Boy, 5, escapes berserk mother in pond death bid
UNIONTOWN PA. A 5-year-old boy Eugene Svineck escaped his mother twice when she tried to drown him in a farm pond. She then drowned herself, neighbors and police said. Detective Charles Kutchman said the child, who survived, ran to a neighbor for help and told of his mother’s plan. Mrs Svineck, ill for a year, had recently been in a Pittsburgh hospital. Her husband was at work and two other children were home.
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Uniontown
Charles Kutchman
Fayette County
Joseph Sviacek
Eugene Ior
Kutchman
Oran
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