Boy Saves Family By Killing Father In Texas
In Brownwood Texas a 15 year old boy shot and killed his father John D Bartlett after the father threatened to kill his wife and chased his daughter with a tire iron The boy fired repeatedly with a rifle and pistol after the pistol failed to fire in the confrontation authorities call the killing justifiable homicide leaving the mother to take the children and seek a divorce allega tions indicate the father had filed for divorce earlier in the week and had gone berserk during the dispute
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Brownwood
Tex
Ld Brownwood
Sirenroll
Sateen
Alot
John D. Bartlett
Bartlett
John Paul Bartlett
Dorothy Jean
John Paul
Foul Play Ruled Out In Self Inflicted Shooting
Sheriff Everett Hale found no evidence of foul play in the case of Martha McCulley operator of the Blue Beaver tavern and cabins eight miles west of Lawton who was shot in the left side and later said she fired the pistol herself. A Fort Sill soldier reportedly removed the gun from a cash register. Memorial Hospital reported her in fair condition.
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Everett Hale
Martha McCulley
Blue Beaver
Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Hale
Cityans To Meet Kin In California
Mrs. George H. Glasby and her son Don Glasby will travel to Fort Mason, San Francisco, to greet their daughter Kay Glasby Record who is due to dock March 4 from Misawa Air Force Base, Japan. Kay recently returned overseas after a year, following the death of her husband Lt Record in an air crash February 1. The couple wed in August 1952.
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George H. Glasby
Laird
Don Glasby
Kingsbury
Fort Mason
San Francisco
Calif
Glenn Record
Kay Glasby
Record
Misawa Air Force Base
Japan
Typewriter stolen from Hart Realty office
Hart Realty at 2101 Cache Road reported a 1950 Remington typewriter theft from a desk in their office. Police noted the door lock may have been picked. no other items were taken.
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Hart Realty Company
Cache Road
Chest drive exceeds goal for second time in seven years
Williams Olen Conner and Dent led the campaign with Mrs. Latha Prosser as executive director of the Community Chest. Conner received a bronze plaque for distinguished service to Lawton. The Chest surpassed its 1953 goal for the second time in seven years of operation.
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Williams
Olen Conner
Drive
Dent
Latha Prosser
Community Chest
Conner
Lawton
Chest
Air Force Academy to be airborne West Point replica
Washington reports the Air Force plans an airborne West Point style academy. A special commission will select the site, with first classes in 1959, an honor system, and commissions from ROTC plus other channels. Cost around 145 million dollars. site chosen for best flying weather.
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Washington
NEA
Air Force Academy
West Point
Air Force
Denver
Annapolis
Eisenhower
Secretary of the
Congress
Hubert R. Harmon
Intercollegiate football doubt persists among AF generals
Air Force program shifts from drills to aviation. Cadets begin flying immediately with limited pilot training until senior year. After 50 flight hours, they graduate with a focus on mathematics chemistry physics mechanics materials electrical engineering thermodynamics jet propulsion and aerodynamics.
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Air Force
Harmon
Air Force Academy plan shifts to social science focus
The academy will award less time to technical subjects than MIT and emphasize social sciences. Preparatory steps could take 12 months if Congress approves this year, with the first class in July 1955 at an interim site, a second in 1956, and permanent facilities by 1957. Initial class near 200 students, later about 600 per class.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
AF Academy
Congress
Jet Pilot lands with dead engine after high altitude glide
Lt Quitman Zeagler of Clarksville Louisiana piloted a two seat F94 Starfire from 43000 feet with a dead engine circling 40 miles to a 150 mph tail parachute assisted landing at Philadelphia International Airport. He jettisoned wingtip fuel tanks and hoped they landed in the water along the Delaware River. Ice formed on the cockpit and windshield as Zeagler scrapped away to stop the craft.
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Philadelphia
International Airport
Quitman C. Zeagler
Clarks
Zeagler
Delaware River
Zengler
Indonesia’s Vast Archipelago Surpasses Three Thousand Islands
A regional report notes that Indonesia’s island network exceeds 3,000 distinct landmasses. Authorities highlight the geographic diversity and logistical considerations across the extensive archipelago.
Robins Enjoy Five More Days Of Warmer Weather
The five day forecast calls for temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal with highs in the mid 70s to 80s and lows around 45. Winds will be stronger and rainfall is not expected, despite mixed feelings from farmers and gardeners.
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Robins
Zephers
International flavor marks BPW banquet in Lawton
About 125 guests attended the Lawton BPW banquet in the Old South cafeteria with an international program. The event featured music from various lands, a Japanese dance, a report from a French war bride, and a European travelogue, with International club members and officers as honored speakers.
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Ene
Aera Ae Uet
Lawton Business Ssional Women's Club
Old South
America
International Club
Floyd Jackson
C. S. McCuistion
A. E. Richardson
Nell Franklin
Marie Detty
Pokorny
Blanche Flickinger
Yvonne Royce
Nettie Oliver
Richard Nichols
Japan
Major Calls PW Murder Tale Lie
An Army major testified at Floyd's military trial denying a claim that Rothwell Floyd drowned a fellow prisoner and threw another from a cliff. Maj. Robert B. Copeland said Keith never mentioned trouble with Floyd. trial recessed to hear more defense witnesses.
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Rothwell B. Floyd
Chicago
Robert B. Copeland
Tulsa
Okla
la Grange
Ill
Floyd
John W. Keith
Bean Camp
Copeland
Keith
Thomas J. Cameron
Size Differences Common In Birds Of Prey Females
Among birds of prey the female often is larger than the male. This size difference is seen across many raptor species and affects mating, nesting, and hunting dynamics observed by researchers.
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