Playboy Admits Guilt In Swindle
Robert H. Schlesinger the 38 year old son of a millionaire woman pleaded guilty to an oil stock swindle in New York. He used 132000 proceeds to buy jewels for actress Linda Christian and faces 10 to 20 years with possible restitution option. Sentencing set for March 14 by Judge John A. Mullen.
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New York
Robert H. Schlesinger
Louisiana
Linda Christian
Schlesinger
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Harris B. Steinberg
Richard
John W. Herzfeld
Milwaukee
Robert B. McCulloch
Los Angeles
McCulloch
Miss Christian
Tyrone Power
Fifth Avenue
van Cleef & Arpels
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Ends After Colorful Celebration
Mardi Gras winds down as bells toll for Lent. Thousands of tourists packed New Orleans to watch Rex and Comus parades with Zulu King Albert Hamilton and NAACP officials commenting on decorum. Final revelry continued into Bourbon Street clubs and private parties despite intermittent rain.
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New Orleans
Rex
Comus
Canal Street
National
Assny For
Albert
Snake) Hamilton
NAACP
Clarence Laws
James Alexander
Edgar Bright
Mars
Bourbon Street
New Red
Lawton Teacher to Staff Oklahoma Testing Workshop
Miss Thelma Talla elementary coordinator for Lawton public schools will serve on the staff of a testing and evaluation workshop at the University of Oklahoma in February 2021. Alvin Hand of Cameron College helps plan and assist. Hoover and Sorrow will speak on reading readiness and special education.
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Thelma Talla
Lawton Public Schools
University of Oklahoma
Alvin Hand
Cameron College
Miss Talla
Beatrice Hoover
Garfield School
Myrtle Sorrow
Washington School
Hoover
Sorrow
Surinam Declared Independent State
Surinam formerly Dutch Guiana in South America has been declared an independent state, marking a transition from colonial status to sovereign nationhood. The move follows decades of political negotiation and regional diplomacy with international recognition anticipated.
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Surinam
Dutch Guiana
South America
Dog Proves Car Not Unattended in Detroit Court
Nellie Jane Fancher 29 brought her German shepherd Fritz to court to support her claim that she had not left her car unattended with the motor running on January 12. Fritz allegedly protected the car and deterred theft, leading Traffic Referee John Wise to dismiss the case.
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Detroit
Nellie Jane Fancher
Fritz
John Wise
Letter Does Not Prove Maclean Contact A Spy
The British Foreign Office said a Cairo found letter does not show Donald Maclean was receiving U S documents from a contact in Cairo’s American embassy. Sir George Young stated the letter’s American author and recipient do not indicate espionage, and the letter is under investigation by both Britain and the United States. Maclean, who disappeared after leaving Cairo in 1950, and colleague Guy Burgess held a brief press conference in Moscow after their five year absence.
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London
Foreign Office
Cairo
Donald Maclean
U. S
George Young
Maclean
United States
Young
Washington
State Department
Guy Burgess
Moscow
Legion Opposes Transfer of Lincoln VA Hospital
The American Legion urged President Eisenhower to suspend plans to transfer Lincoln Nebraska Veterans Administration hospital to the Air Force. National Commander J Addington Wagner said the hospital is operating at or near capacity with a waiting list of eligible veterans seeking admission.
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Washington
American Legion
Eisenhower
Veterans Administration
Lincoln
Neb
Air Force
J. Addington Wagner
Man Gets 35 Years For Fright Slaying Of Wife
JACKSONVILLE Florida Pren tiss T Parrish 28 year old ship yard worker was sentenced to 35 years for the fright slaying of his former wife Shirley Ann Miller 19 who panicked when he struck at her car with a bayonet she fled chased by Parrish another car Miller crashed into an oncoming vehicle and was killed Assistant state attorney Nathan Schevitz said the second degree murder charge rested on the claim that Parrish frightened her into an involuntary act at a stop sign.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Prentiss T. Parrish
Shirley Ann Miller
Parrish
Miller
Nathan Schevitz
Private Detective Surrenders in Kidnaping Case
Murray Morton a 32 year old Hollywood Florida private detective surrendered to police in Ithaca New York on charges tied to the kidnaping of three year old Phillip Samburg. He was named as an accomplice of the boy's father Dr Frank Samburg Big Spring Texas and faced counts of second degree assault kidnaping and burglary. He was arraigned and released on $1000 bail.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Murray Morton
Hollywood
Fla
Phillip Samburg
Frank Samburg
Big Spring
Tex
Morton
Gilbert Roland Sues Film Company For $1 Million
Actor Gilbert Roland sues Monogram Productions in Santa Monica for about 950000 claiming six films were re cut re edited and re titled to create new television productions harming his career.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Gilbert Roland
Tuesday
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Playboy
John F. Bird
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Command Management School
Fort Belvoir
Bird
Russ B. Lincoln Jr
Transportation Training Command
Fort Eustis
Peter F. Drucker
Graduate
New York University
Walter K. Wilson Jr
Fort Leonard Wood
U.S. Army
Lawson
Letzo Nat’l. Plumbing Lith & F Phose
Lawton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Education Association Guidance Section
OU College of Education and Evaluation and Testing Department
Extension Study Center
Lawton Municipal
Eugene
L. Bowman
City TV
the Advertiser's
Audit Bureau of Circulations
ABC
A.B.C
Association of Publishers, Advertisers
The
Lawton Constitution
Lawton Morning Press
Legion
Veterans Hospital
McCord
C Avenue
Sears Lawn
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
H.P. Power Products
Saliaclion
Gore Lawton
Okla
Gilbert Roland Sues
Roland
Monogram Productions, Inc
Carpenter
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