Deaths Mark Record of Self Harm and Attempted Death
Police reported two self inflicted deaths in recent days. A man wounded himself at a rural residence and died in hospital after attempts to take his own life while another woman slashed her left wrist and was hospitalized for treatment. Deputy Sheriff Phillips led the investigation.
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Lawthewan
Ler Chirk
Bill Diasis
Chi
Daves
Ilias Atone
Sherif Phillips
Lauter
Four Injured In Accidents In Lawton Monday
Police report multiple injuries from two-car crash on Sai andl 2 about 10 p.m. Monday and a separate single vehicle impact at Sixth and I tngurcali where Fort Sit.fis car collided with an another vehicle. Injuries listed include a wrench may shoulder injury and various passenger injuries. Names include Delano, Peggy Ann Morris, Mildred Morris, Newt Burrows, and Richard Englar among others.
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Lawton
Cus
Heer
Sai Andl
Tngurcali
Joey Oma Delano
TM BE
Peggy Ann Morris
Ar Shines
Fay Morris
Sid Palige
Delano
Ima
Ichard T. Englar
Fort Sit
Fis
Atso
Mes Mildred Morris
St. of
Sinth
Newt S. Burrows
Edt
Aisworth
Desegregation Ruling Kept In Force In Virginia Districts
In Richmond and Arlington Virginia the Fourth U S Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld desegregation decrees ordering school districts. The decision could test new anti segregation legislation amid campaigns for integrated housing and public services. In Florida Leroy Collins faces local bus power struggles after six Negroes rode integrated on buses. Louisiana NAACP begins filing membership lists with state secretary as required.
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Richmond
UU. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Arlington
Charlottesville
Tallahas
Tallahhasseen Citizens Council
Leroy Collins
Leitt
Florida Legistate
Baton Rogue
National Assa For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Louisiana
New Orlians Branch
Smile contest outlines dental hygiene winners and finals
An event rewards dental hygiene with four classes based on decay and braces status. Local winners advance to a district contest during January 24 to 26, with state finals on February 8 at the Biltmore Hotel in Oklahoma City. Dentists and assistants from several practices are listed as contest helpers and model reviewers.
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Biltmore
Oklahoma City
Tom Lansden
Bill Corrales
Don Nevvis
Grant Neutebvan
Johnnie Bonifield
W. E Cunningham
Leon Cole
Carl Shaw
H. B. Collins
Brett Andrews
Mysterious Thug Demands Ten Cents Worth of Chocolates
Im-Fanul Ennis, 41, said a downtown drug store had a man in his pocket who ordered ten cents worth of chocolates. Ennis paid, the suspect hurried out, and Ennis believed the man might have a hidden gun.
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Sal
Lake City
Fanul Ennis
Ennis
Shely
Rotary Club Sets January Eighth Meeting At Noon
Lawton Rotary announces a noon gathering on Tuesday January 8 led by Col Ret E C Williams president. Today's session was canceled to observe New Year heritage events.
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Lawton Rotary Club
E C. Williams
Police Check Theft Reports
Police logged theft reports from Dearborn and nearby areas involving clothes and accessories taken from homes and vehicles. Victims include Mrs Jowell Jamon and Mrs Coorge Fordacey, with items such as suits jackets and shirts stolen.
Fires and a man questioned after Hartford incident
Police described a suspect who at first denied a dress presence then claimed Maine as origin. He stated he came to Hartford to do a job. When asked about priests and nuns, he said they should act, adding to ask Liem about the matter.
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Mires
Polies Craic Windridge
Maine
Hartford
Owl
Liem
Lausche Refuses To Return Negro To Mississippi Jail
Ohio Governor Lausche refuses to extradite Hogan Yarbrough a 40 year old Negro escapee from Mississippi prison farm sentenced in 1989 to life for a $7 robbery. He escaped in 1942 and settled in Ashtabula where he has been active as a citizen and family man. Extradition hearing supporters say he has led an exemplary life and justice would not be served by return.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Mississippi
Hogan Yarbrough
Ashtabula
Ashbula
Werk
Yarbrough
Lausche
Sooner Advertising Campaign Kicks Off Across 245 Papers
A 26 week campaign to boost Oklahoma industry starts with 47 daily and 198 weekly newspapers. George Hill of the Oklahoma Press Association says 13 ads will run free, highlighting the Department of Commerce and Industry efforts with a value exceeding 952,000 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
George Hill
Coalgate
Oklahoma Press Association
Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Industry
Clothing Fire Fatal To Altus Woman In Home
Altus Oklahoma widow Mrs Bard died in a clothing fire in the bathroom of her home. The blaze started from an open stove burning too high, discovered by neighbor Mrs Hugh Grider. Survived by a son and two daughters. Services to be announced.
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Oy Bord
Lodas
Hugh Grider
Ford
Tins Ral Hom
Funeral Rites for Lula Rogers Held in Mars Home
Funeral services for Lula Rogers also known as Miss Lilla Rogers 17 sister of Bul Rogers were held at the Mars home. Funeral arrangements list Hf f Avants route 7 Fort Worth with services scheduled Wednesday afternoon.
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Lilla Rogers
Bul Rogers
Mars
Hf.f. Avants
Rs Road
Fort Warsh
Funers
Fort Worth
Runaway Bulldozer Destroys Home in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky a runaway 20 ton bulldozer damaged a newly built home of Mr and Mrs Vaughn Griffin during construction of a golf cant. The vehicle roared off in reverse, plowed through a yard over a hill and fence, crashed into the Griffins house and ended in the living room. Mrs Griffin inside the kitchen escaped unharmed. Property damage estimated at 14000 with $3300 personal belongings loss. insurance coverage noted.
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Louisville
Vaughn Griffin
Griffins
Missing Plane Lands Safely Near Williams
A light plane reported overdue on a Tucson to Blythe flight was found near Williams after a search was abandoned. The craft had departed with two Cedar Rapids residents aboard, and the Civil Aeronautics Administration had prepared search efforts along the planned 232 mile route. The aircraft’s appearance ended the search.
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Tucson
Aviz
Williams
Blythe
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Dan Hunter
Hunter Field Flying Service
Arizona
Drive to raise funds for Tulsa education TV on air
Dan P Holmes Ja Crews and Russell Hunt will head a drive to raise 00000 needed to put Tulsa's educational television station on the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan P. Holmes
Ja Crews
Russell Hunt
Tulsa
Hospital News Items Roundup of births and admissions
A chaotic hospital notes page lists births with parents and times from multiple families including Smiley, Norman, and Turner, plus numerous admissions and surgeries. Names and addresses pepper the list with details on babies born at various times, weights, and medical staff involved. several patients were discharged after procedures or hospital stays.
Dad Happy But Tax Deduction Two Seconds Late
Victor Lehmiuh of Cincinnati celebrates the birth of his 9 pound baby at Bethesda Hospital. He jokes that if the birth had occurred two seconds earlier the heir would have been worth a 5600 income tax deduction for 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Victor Lehmiuh
Bethesda Hospital
Wisconsin Hotel Burns Forces Evacuation In Ashland
Fire destroyed the three story Menard Hotel in downtown Ashland around 3 a.m. near zero temperatures. Firemen said guests were warned and evacuated safely with no injuries reported.
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Wisconsin
Burns
Ashland
Wis
Menard
British Plan To End Mid East Crisis Proposal On Sinai Sale Or Buffer Zone
A London view outlines two British plans to reshape the Sinai and Gaza regions to settle the Middle East crisis. One proposes selling the Sinai Desert to the United Nations for a permanent world police base, the other a UN manned buffer zone across Gaza and Sinai with oil pipelines and a Gaza port, linking to Suez and Red Sea access. Supporters argue benefits include a security base, kept Suez passage, and economic development, while opponents fear loss of sovereignty and reaction from Egypt and broader powers.
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London
Middle East
Ctisis
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Gaza Strip
United Nations
Gaza
Sinai
Israel
House of Commons
Labor
Une Sinai Peninsula
Qom
Turkey
Sinai Peninsula
West Virginia
Iire
Aswan High
Russia
U.N. Sinai
Suez Canal
Teal
Sanafir
Gulf
al Aqaba
Lenry Osborne
Ji Lahor OT
Birmingham
Pitman
Tory Alf
Bath
Oxford
District of Columbia
Osborne
Osborne- Pitman
Aqaba
Tirah
Economist
Europe
U.N. Authority
Mediterranean
Iraq
Syria
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez
Soviet Union
Budget Brings Bipartisan Talks On Civil Rights and Programs
Press details Monday talks with President Eisenhower and GOP leaders on civil rights proposals, budget totals, and potential reforms. Republicans seek bipartisan support to pass four key measures, including labor law tweaks, Hawaii and Alaska statehood, and school construction aid. The White House plans for postal rate increases and long distance air charges.
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Mideast
White House
Eisenhower
GOP
House
Senate
Martin
William F. Krowland
Calif
Post
Arthur Summerfield
Statehood
Hawaii
Alaska
Assault Charges Against Millionaire Seen As Shakedown
Miami police say assault charges against millionaire Jobo Jacob Astor appear to be a shakedown. Police Assistant Peter Stewart noted no arrest would be pursued based on their investigation. The model Tweille Stiglich, 24, of New Rochelle, filed the complaint after being arrested on a noise and obstruction call at Astor's mansion. She has a history with Gar Wood and was recently released from a New York mental institution.
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Miami
REACT
Milionaire
Jobo
Jacob Aster
Peter Stewart
Tweille Stiglich
New Roshelle
Astor's
Stewart
King Gar Wood
New York
Oklahoma Traffic Toll Grows In New Year Deaths
Oklahoma records its first 1957 traffic deaths within hours of 1957. Mrs Syralda Glisson of Cush ing Tulsa died from injuries in a collision 244 miles north of Sapulpa. Dee Cis sos, 23, Tulsa, was a passenger in a car driven by Ted Cis sos.
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Oklahoma
Syralda Glisson
Cushing
Tulsa
Sapulpa Dee
Ted Cissos
Pawnee
Boyd Lee Potter
Skedee
Fairux
Porter
New Year Messages From World Leaders Emphasize Peace
Leaders across Europe Asia and the Americas hailed the New Year with calls for peace and unity. Churchill Mollet Adenauer Tito Franco Voroshilov Nehru and Chou En Lai sent messages praising allyship and striving for a calmer world.
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Winston Charchill
Hungary
Guy Mollet
France
Poland
Esrael Mollet
Adenauer
Kanvid Adenauer
Tito
Yugoslavia
T. Beloving
Spain
Francisco Franco
Soviet Union
Klementi
Voroshilov
India
Nehru
Red China
Chou Jon-Lai
U S Plans Cover Middle East Aid and Suez Role
Administration officials briefed on a central plan to back UN efforts to reopen the Suez Canal and curb Arab Israeli rivalry. Dulles says the aim is to prevent Russian influence in the oil rich Middle East, not to compete with peace talks. Proposals include 4.4 billion foreign aid and refugee limits, with a 72 billion budget outlook.
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Shange
Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
United Nations
Suez Canal
Old Hammarskjeld
Russia
Middle East
Sixon
Moe
Coun
Sill Man Jailed As AWOL Suspect
A Fort Sill man, 19, was jailed on suspicion of AWOL. A 26 year old Wichita Falls woman, allegedly pushed from a car at an intersection, was arrested for drunkenness. Police also detained a 28 year old woman for investigation. In Oklahoma City, waitress Winifred E. Daniel reported being struck on the head by a purse snatcher after being followed from a nearby location, the assailant taking her purse.
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Manville Redman
Chester Chew
Garfield
Sim
Lee
Justice of Peace
Marvin E. Cameron
Marland Lee Tanboremah
Hominy
Roger Lee High
Fort Cobb
Cameron
Charlie Lee Chapman
Sheppard Afb
James F. Kinney
Walters
Kenneth Ray Barnett
Altus
J. R. Dyer
Choctaw
Paul W. Dlackbear
Rt 5
Apache
Herman Edward Degan
Tipton
Isa
Andrey Roberson
Clifton Mowatt
Indiahoma
Abraham Lincoln Roberson
Willy’ Sonny -Evand
Oklahoma
Jimmy Dale Rowell
Woodrow Giles
Jin Giles
Leon Cari Vanney
Nicoma Park
Ozell Kendrick
Fort SL
Ira Haskell Jams
Fort Sil
Aso
Wichita Falls
Ilin
Bessie
Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
Winifred E. Daniel
Bexley
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Paul Brinkman
David
Tex) Feldman
Romanoff's
Hollywood
Feldman
Hollywood Club
Crown Room
Delmonico’s
Orla
Jowell Jamon
Dearborn
Juniorte
Melsinton
Coorge Fordacey
EL Dones
W. 1Rth
Lwe Hub
Frem
Janet Fair
Sooner
Lula Rogers
Routawestern
Roger
Smiley
Charles Spence
Bell
J. C, Crawford
Wallers
Joy Curt
Roger Mack Norman
Glarence Nomian Temple
John Lb. Carter
Defferson
Donald Bailey
Wii
S. Sth
Bor
Leo Frank
Road
Dee
Frank Garrett
Ramsey Slo Lel
Edna Mae Turney
Lught Carrihers
Tadiahonta
Bonest MeMshan
Shaun Tormoshy Wicker
Walter Wicker
Wat Dole
St R
Frank Miller
Gracemont
Alenne Keel
Ardmore
Moses Poolaw
Nlovance Poolaw
Su’ Bory
Katie Hamilton
Moerliwal
Augustine Methvin
Carnegie Medical
Patsy Wollingshead
Janicy Kadoyso
Anad
Real
Edwin Rivera
Spencey Asah
Tmedical
Ale Lorenz
Gravemont
Pauine Tintyuvah
Maintain View
Birla
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Edward
Lou
Charles Brooks
Smith
Lugh Is
Coulston Raams
Roger Lee Ellison
Suns Gery
Robert Cook
Richardson
Sterling
Sir Park
Mildred Mo Fend
Luther B. Eubanks
Jacob Duchinsky
Freddie Brush
Adrian Richardson
Snyder
Pamela McCracken
Albert McCracken
James McCracke
Paula T. Brown
Oklahomea City
Sungar Nival
IX. Carvas
William Schealer
Jef
Arthur C. Webster
Douglas
Russell McCallister
N. Mth
John W. Bear
Smurgery
William Crider
Bam
Mid-East
CPL Sea
Tsmailiay
Ben
Suef
Ene
Millionaire
Evong
Dick Newman
Evangelist Dick Newman
Lawton Revival Center
E. H. Phillips
This Associ Press
Sill
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