Oklahoma Michigan governors urge Stevenson primary boost
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary and Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams discussed Adlai Stevenson's need for strong showings in upcoming preferential primaries. They predicted Stevenson’s strength would rise if he wins, and Gary urged unit rule to consolidate Oklahoma's 28 delegates behind the majority favorite.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Michigan
Adlai Stevenson
G. Menren Williams
Raymond Gary
Stevenson
Gary
Williams
Chandler, Ariz
Harriman
New York
Averell Harriman
Democratic Party
Week's Balance Sheet Of The World's News
United Press foreign analyst Charles M McCann surveys weekly global shifts reporting Eisenhower gestures to aid Western Europe with surplus food and uranium for peaceful energy, U S maneuvers in Southeast Asia and Iwo Jima drills, plus Germany to negotiate Allied force payments. Bad news covers Moscow’s subversion drive, Karamanlis win tightening Greece, and Adenauer facing a West German revolt slow to rearmament.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Eisenhower
Europe
United States
Far East
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Thailand
Iwo Jima
Japan
West Germany
Great Britain
France
Fritz Schaeffer
Konrad Adenauer
North Rhine-Westphalia
Adenauer
Lawton Airmen Aid Farmers and Local Civic Happenings
Yesteryears item notes airmen from the Constitution aiding farmers by shooting coyotes from cockpits. It also mentions students at Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha taking flying courses, council members proposing to close Lake Lawtonka during spawning, and Buck Kinsey running for Ward Five. Free balloon flights are planned and Fort Sill reports a successful first flight of the season.
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Lawton
Wilma Joyzelle Fox
Mary Emma Jolly
Fletcher
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Buck Kinsey
Cecil Easton
E. L. Woesner
Fish and Game Committee
Lake Lawtonka
Garvin Ward
Lawton Barber
Fort Sill
Faxon
Cache
House To Debate Upper Colorado Project Tuesday
Washington notes the House will begin debate Tuesday on the $760 million Upper Colorado reclamation project. Leaders expect approval though the vote could be close. The measure has already cleared the Senate in a different form.
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Washington
House
Colorado
Senate
Youth Who Turned Girl Into Torch Gets Life
MOBILE Alabama a 23 year old man admitted dousing Betty Jean Watts 19 with gasoline and lighting her during an argument at a tavern He was sentenced to life imprisonment Watts suffered burns on about seventy percent of her body and died days later in June
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Mobile
Ala
William Jackson
Betty Jean Watts
Driving Drunk Charges Crowd Court Session
Judge J Merle Oaks presided over a busy municipal session with multiple defendants facing speeding reckless driving and public drunkenness charges. Notable fines included Kearl Austin and George Zimmerman each $20, while several others forfeited bonds from $6 to $20 for offenses such as running a red light driving with improper muffler and obscene language in public.
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J. Merle Oaks
Kearl R. Austin
Chattanooga
E. H. Ford
Ronnie Powell
Williams
Paul Glenn
Jeff Davis Jr
Fort. Sill
George Wiley Zimmerman
North Hollywood
Calif
Ste. Kenneth D. Collins
Fort Sill
Chief Vaughn
Washington
Arthur C. Larson
Gordon Mike Encheff
Floyd FE
Feaust
Coy Dick Overall
Andrew Austin Rush
Arlington
Robert C. Porter
Eula Mae Colvin
Evelyn Carter
Patricia K. Brodt
Lovelorn Camel To Get A Bride
In Miami Cecil the bachelor camel at Cran don Park will wed by June as Dade County park department orders a female dromedary aged 4 to 8 for delivery by June 30. The plan follows a successful bridal fund drive by the Miami Herald and a purchase from a Kendall farm. Cecil frolics as if awaiting his first date.
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Miami
Fla
Cecil
Crandon Park
Dade County Park Department
Zoo
Miami Herald
Park Department
Kendall, Fla
Congress Debates Highway Tax Plan and Unions Probe
Congress debated a Democratic highway funding plan that would raise about 13 billion over 16 years with new taxes on gasoline tires and vehicle prices. The measures would start July 1 and face opposition from motorists and railroads. Separately, Senate Republicans moved to press for a full inquiry into union lobbying and political contributions. Former government employees linked to Communism testified before HUAC as McClellan accused the administration of secret concessions and censorship to allies seeking trade with the Communists.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Senate
Special Lobby
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
America
Animal Control Funds Increased in House Bill
Washington reports the House added 250000 to the administration request for rodent and predatory animal control. Rep. Carl Albert notes the rise will fund more hunters and trappers to combat coyotes and wolves threatening livestock and game in Oklahoma. Final staffing numbers await enactment.
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Washington
Interior Department
House
Carl Albert
Okla
Albert
Oklahoma
Kiwanians Mark Brotherhood Week Observed at Luncheon
Downtown Kiwanis observed Brotherhood Week at a Thursday luncheon in the Hotel Lawterian with Fort Sill chaplains Lt. Col. John Brown and 1st Lt. Maurice Arnow and Rev. Bill Parish of the First Christian church as speakers. Rev. O. B. Davis gave the invocation and Frank Norris was inducted as a new member. Guests included Bill Brady and Frank Crider from Fort Worth, Cliff Long from Vernon, Jim Bowen from Dallas, A. H. Osborn, R. R. Cloud, and Northwest Kiwanis members John Thomas Jr., Jimmy Johns, and John Bluethman.
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Lawterian
Fort Sill
John Brown
Maurice Arnow
Bill Parish
First Christian Church
Bob Gilbert
Ben Leva
Charley Wade
O. B. Davis
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Frank Norris
Bill Brady
Fort Worth
Tex
Frank Crider
Cliff Long
Vernon
Jim Bowen
Dallas
A. H. Osborn
R. R. Cloud
Walters
Northwest Kiwanians
John Thomas Jr
Jimmy Johns
John Bluethman
Air Force Seeks Troops To Man Warning Systems
The U.S. Air Force seeks recruits to man warning systems and operate air traffic control. Recruits will train in intelligence to prevent strategic or technological surprise and cover aircraft dispatching, control tower duties, weather landing and take-off control, and radar observation. Air Force recruiters M Sgt Arnold A Thompson and S Sgt Pern A Todd note the program aims to attract young men for these roles.
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U.S. Air Force
Arnold A. Thompson
Pern A. Todd
Air Force
Training School Assignments in Aptitude Tests Discussed
Thompson and Todd stated that pass aptitude tests will be assigned to training schools in these fields.
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Thompson
Todd
Car Thief Chats With Dispatcher During 60-Block Chase
Samuel B. Hughes, 40, led officers on a 60 block pursuit in a stolen police car in Denver. He calmly chatted with the police radio dispatcher at headquarters, then was stopped and booked for investigation of auto theft, saying he wanted to travel.
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Denver
Samuel B. Hughes
Hughes
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