Turner Campaign For U S Senate Begins In Oklahoma City
Former Governor Roy J Turner opens a temporary campaign headquarters in Oklahoma City with adviser H W McNeil staffing the setup. The plan targets rural voters with farm parity issues while anticipating a hard fought race against Senator Kerr, with limited use of television.
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Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
Robert S. Kerr
Senate
Turner
H. W. McNeil
McNeil
Hightower
Harper-Turner Oil Co
McNeill
Charles J. Brill
Rex Belisle
Kerr
Washington
Kerr and
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The Constitution's Yesteryear 30 Years Ago Highlights
Lawton figures Joe Tucker and Ben McKenzie return from an auto show in Kansas City while health officials report a measles outbreak and quarantine over a dozen families. J F Thomas plans a friendship talk for Knights of Pythias diamond jubilee. Dean Jordan to portray George Washington in a junior high play The Heir of Mt Vernon.
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Constitution Files
Joe Tucker
Ben McKenzie
Lawton
Kansas City
J. F. Thomas
Order of Knights of Pythias
Dean Jordan
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
U S Information Program Expanded in Indo China
Philadelphia report says Theodore Streibert director of the U S Information Agency announced an expanded program in Indo China, aligning 1955 operations with previously planned levels after a television interview.
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U.S
Indo-China
Philadelphia
Theodore Streibert
U. S. Information Agency
Thst
Beck Seeks Private Unions Peace Deals Over Raid Pact
AFL-CIO elder Dave Beck signals preference for bilateral peace treaties with rival unions rather than backing the no raid agreement. He cites completed and planned accords with the Upholsterers Union and others, and defends a million-dollar Fruehauf loan as lawful investment of union funds.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Dave Beck
AFL Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
Teamsters’ General Executive Board
AFL
Beck
International Association of Machinists
Teamsters
AFL Cio
CIO
Fruehaus Trailer Co
Detroit
Martin Crouse
Yakima
Wash
Crouse
Miami
Executive Board
Plowing Bee Aids Sick Neighbors Near Lawton
Hulen community members hold a Brotherhood Week plowing bee for two ill neighbors, W A Franklin and Roy Privitt. Twenty five drivers on twenty tractors plowed 160 acres near Lawton nine miles east and seven south, with lunch by wives at Goodin creek.
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W. A. Franklin
Roy Privitt
Franklin
Privitt
Lawton
Clinton
Hulen Methodist Church Men’s Club
Hulen Odd Fellows Lodge
Goodin Creek
Forrest Pierce
Fred Schneeberger
J. Frost Phillips
Harry Cook
John Shipman
Harold Price
Darrell Coker
Sinert
Ters
Harry Urice
Harry H Charles Bard
Ed Gunn
Fred Hooper
Hooper Implement Co
Walters
Farrell Phillips
Copeland Implement Co
Deanne John Reed
Bill McCoy
R. Scruggs
Bob Fietz
Lawrence
Philippine Army Sees Possible Third World War Soon
Manila reports Maj. Gen. Jesus Vargas, chief of staff, told a congressional committee the army foresees a new global conflict within four years. The army seeks 1 million dollars for national defense in a 334 million dollar budget proposal.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Jesus Vargas
Army
House Apaigarg Committee
Woman, Gang Held For Robbery Series
In Baltimore a 20 year old woman, Mrs Elsie May Brown, and five gang members were bound over on assault and robbery charges with bail totals reaching 170000. Brown planned the crimes and acted as lookout while her husband and four others were also held. Brown pleaded guilty to most charges.
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Baltimore
Elsie May Brown
Texas Shrimp Boat Held on Pirate Fishing Charge
Brownsville captain Armo Boudreaux and crew of the William J. Junior were detained by Mexican authorities on pirate fishing charges after a Sunday capture by the Virgilio Uribe. The vessel claims it mistook Mexican waters for being 10 miles offshore, while crew members from Louisiana and Mexico faced verbal abuse as spectators taunted them.
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Tampico
Mex
Brownsville
Tex
William J. Junior
Mexico
Armo Boudreaux
Virgilio Uribe
Boudreaux
E. R. Lebeaux
Emil Coscilriak
Jorge Vaza
United States
Minister Held For Passing Hot Checks
Chicago court today heard of veteran con man Alexander Patterson a 57 year old ex convict minister alleged to have cashed about 75000 in worthless checks across eight cities since 1949. FBI Chicago chief Guy Banister cites a long criminal record for forgery impersonation and bogus checks. Patterson was seized in Wheaton on a Baltimore warrant and faced removal to sentence.
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Chicago
U. S
Setinace
FBI
Alexander Pohn Patterson
Wheaton
Baltimore
Guy Banister
Patterson
Banister
First Baptist Church of Gooding
Idaho
Boy Walks on Narrow Ledge Above West Madison Street
A three year old boy named Henry White crawled onto an eight inch ledge high above West Madison Street in Chicago while his grandmother was indoors. Two men Stewart Green and Walter Clark broke a window screen and pulled him to safety after he walked along the narrow ledge.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
Henry White
Mae White
Stewart Green
Walter Clark
Green
Clark
Four Children Die in Mysterious House Fire
A fire killed Johnny Lee Mitchell 3 Ossie Lee 2 Olivia 16 months and Raymond 3 months. The 17 year old uncle Raymond Mitchell said he was babysitting and left for about 10 minutes. Firemen could not determine the fire’s cause as the parents were also dead.
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Raymond Mitchell
Johnny Lee Mitchell
Ossie Lee
Olivia
Raymond
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