Temperamental Callas Halts Rome Opera Show
Maria Meneghini Callas walked out of a Rome Bellini Norma premiere blamed on bronchitis. Doctors say fevered voice forced a halt as critics and crowds jeered outside. Her husband Giovanni Meneghini stood by as parliament debated government replies, while Naples offered a replacement for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Callas
Rome
Span Cartel
Maria Meneghini
Callas
Rome Opera
Audienes
Crie
Carlo Latini
Opera
Teatro Dell’ Opera
Miss Callas
Norman
Naples
Anita Cerquetti
City Orders curb on street loading downtown traffic relief
City officials led by Mayor Ellsworth and Police Chief Wheauley moved to curb street loading in the central business district. A Buck Kinsey proposal to designate downtown lanes and parallel parking aims to ease congestion, with enforcement beginning after a briefing to inform delivery firms of the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Ate
Fin City
Blunt Zorgert
C.R. Ellsworth
Ron Wheauley
Buck Kinsey
Ellsworth
Bosworth
Johnson Hails Arms Probe Progress in Senate Inquiry
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson reports the Senate Preparedness subcommittee is advancing toward action on defense issues. Witnesses including Defense Secretary McElroy and Deputy Qualles are expected soon. Johnson links overtime limits to missile production gains and aims to replace public anxiety with decisive steps. He will brief Democratic colleagues on subcommittee findings amid debate over the Gaither report and U.S. defense strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lyndon EB. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate Preparedness
Johnson
Senate
Aeads
McElroy
Donald A. Qualles
Defense Department
Subcommittee
Sen
Symington DM
Gaither
Symington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Reno
United States
Williams death sentence for kidnapping and murder delayed
Oklahoma City bulletin reports the Criminal Court of Appeals indefinitely postponed the execution of Edward Leon Pete Williams. Williams was condemned to death in Tulsa County for kidnapping Tammy Cooke, a ministerial student, and had a life term from Muskogee County for Cooke's murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklanoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Edward Leon
Pete" Williams
State Penitentiary
McAleser
Williams
Tulsa County
Tammy Cooke
Muskogee County
Cooke
New Cold Wave Heads For Area This Weekend
A fast moving cold wave is expected to sweep the state tonight and Saturday bringing a risk of snow and freezing rain. Forecasters warn the northern counties may see the heaviest impact with temperatures dropping to the low 30s tonight and mid 40s by Saturday. Cold, partly cloudy conditions expected Sunday with sharp temperature contrasts across towns including Oklahoma City and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson
Ute Northwash
Turners Row
Gaga
Altus Laws
Guyman
Gage
Rights Probers Eye Touchy Race Study
Washington ne six man Civil Rights Commission sworn in with President Eisenhower present. Chief assistant Sherman Adams administers oath as the President distributes diplomas and commissions. Commission to study racial problems for 20 months, with senate confirmation pending. Staff director post earmarked at 22 500 a year. Debate centers on earning North and South acceptance for a constructive report due by September 9, 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Commission
Senate
Congress
Deserting Soviet Soldiers Reach West Through Berlin Ring
Russian refugees in Berlin report six Soviet soldiers deserted in East Germany on December 31. Four escaped toward the West via a ring of Soviet troops while one emigre was shot and another wounded. The escape sparked a large Soviet border manhunt and a display on the Spree as authorities tightened security. The Truchnovich Committee and the Soviet Resistance Organization in Frankfurt backed the disclosures, noting quick action by the Red Army halted further desertions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
UPJ
East Germany
Linet
Red Army
Teudinovich
Frankfirt
N.T.S
Soldier Faces Spying Count
Defense lawyers prepared to be named for the court martial of Sgt Roy A Rhodes accused of spying for Russia while stationed at the U S Embassy pool in Moscow from May 1951 to July 1958. An army general court martial was ordered after investigations into violations of espionage laws and a false document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Roy A. Rhodes
U.S
Moscow
Rudolph Ahol
Brooklyn
N.Y
Rhodes
AL Ihe Lime
Ree Sey
General Wyman Due At Post Monday For Talks Tour
General Wyman of the Continental Army arrives at Sill’s Post Field with seven companions for a two day visit. He plans discussions with Major General de Shazo and tours of Artillery and Missile Center facilities before departing for Fort Bliss, Texas. The eight day Western Army bases tour includes addresses to officer courses and visits to laboratories, CONARC Board One, and Missile Training Command. A dinner at the Officers Club and a luncheon at McIntyre Manor are on the schedule, with several consultations with Gen. de Shazo. The party also includes Gen. (Ret) Tacob Devers, Capt. K H Ewbank, Lt. Col. G J James and Maj. Gordon Cochran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard G. Wyman
Continental Army
Thomas E. de Shave
Artillery and Missile Center
Gen. Wyman
Sill
Post Field
Langley Air Force Base
Fort Bliss
Tos
Sil
Wetman
Corporal Missile Laboratories
Conarc Board One
Missile Training Command
Officer's Club
McIntyre Manor
Ife
de Shazo
Tacob Devers
Cat
K .H. Ewbank
G. J. James
Gordon Cochrane
Rocket Scientist Defects To West
Washington Atty Gen Rogers announced the defection of Dr Jerzy Leon Nowinski a Polish thermoelasticity specialist to the West granting him asylum in the United States yesterday The attorney general said his wife Maria Franciska and their daughter Kristina who are pare in England would also receive asylum Rogers noted the incident during an informal address at a National Press Club luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rogers
Jerzy Leon
Nowinski
National Press Club
United States
Maria Franciska
Kristina
England
Ruckets
Col
City Records 41.18 Inches Of Rain In '57
Lawton’s rainfall tabulation shows 41.18 inches for the year 1957, the sixth largest on record. Lake Lawtonka stands at 1388.10 feet above sea level, with May noted as the moist month. highs and earlier years’ totals are listed, highlighting a record high of 59.10 inches in 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Suo
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Lawlonka
Lawson
Bainball
Tage
Cohn
Post Will Honor Historical Writer Col Wilbur Nye
Col Ret Wilbur Nye, author of Carding and Lance, a Fort Sill history, will be guest of honor at the Artillery and Missile Center’s 8th anniversary on Wednesday January 8. He will speak at 7 40 p m in Snow Hall about his work compiling material for the book. A reception follows at the Officers' Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur
Nye
Carhing
Lance
Fort Sill
Artillery and Missile Center
Col. Nye
Military Service Publishing Co
Harrisburg
Snow Hall
Officers’ Club
Cal. Nye
Thomas Bee Sharp
Norman
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oklahoma Historical Society
Comanche County Historical Socdty
McIntyre Manor
Carding
Hillary Beats British Team To South Pole In Dramatic 1200 Mile Dash
New Zealand party led by Sir Edmund Hillary completed a 1200 mile overland march to the South Pole, arriving ahead of British rival Roald Amundsen's legacy and ahead of Vivian Fuchs’ British crossing attempt. Hillary radioed success from McMurdo Sound base as harsh weather and crevasses tested the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillary
South Polm
Sir Edmund Hillary
South Pole
Scott Base
McMurdo Sound
Antarctica
Vivian Fuchs
Pole
Wellington
New Zealand
UPI
Edmund Hillary
Scott
Tilary
New
Thg New Zealand International Geophysical Year Committee
Britain
Robert F. Scott
Janet
Sealb
Noe
Ween
Roald Amundsen
Moard
Mount Everest
Cr. Vivian Fuchs
Millay
Fuchs
Antarelica
Firm To Face Court Orders On Subpoenas
Oklahoma City District Court will be asked to compel four officers of Selected Investments Corp to answer subpoenas from a Legislative Council committee seeking details on operations. The four declined yesterday, claiming attorney advice, risking contempt charges and a test of the council’s authority. The firm offered a voting delay on its proposed reorganization, which the committee rejected, though the offer remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City Ta
Oklahoma County District Court
Selected Investments Corp
Legislative Council
James C. Harkin
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
State Council
Our
Hugh A. Carroll
Linwood D. Neal
William A. Rigz
Harold F. Hedees
Lemisla« Live Council Insurance Committee
Paul Washington
Mass Funeral Set For Nine Auto Victims
In the farming community of 1873 residents arranged funeral services for nine people killed in a head on crash west of town. Six victims were part of the Walter Beckamily including Walter Beck and his wife and four children. The other three were teenagers, two high school students. Mrs Beck was 42 and five months pregnant. Surviving Beck children and relatives faced the tragedy as two cars collided around midnight Wednesday. Reverend T R Bandler of Zion Lutheran Church arranged the services for the seven Becks. The Wiedmeier boy, recently confirmed, was also connected to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burelka
Lown
Main Street
Walter
Beck
the Royal Hospital
Wilbert
Mary
Marvin A. Rohrbach
Altus
Oklo
Here
T. R. Bandler
Zion Lutheran Church
Larry Wiedmeier
Wiedkmeier
Mr. Badder
Phone Strike Slated Tonight By Long Distance Workers
Long Distance telephone workers in four states and the District of Columbia vote to strike at midnight over wage and no strike clause disputes. About 25,500 Bell System employees could walk out, threatening long distance service. company aims to keep some operations running with supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
District of Columbia
Elaine T. Gleason
Long Lines District
Communications Workers of America
American Telephone Anl Telegraph Co
Sharif
CWA
Miss Gleason
Bee Sinike
Fage 2
Bids Sought for Chronic Disease Annex at Comanche Memorial
Bids for equipment to furnish the new 40 bed Chronic Disease annex at Comanche County Memorial Hospital are due January 10 to 12. Bids open at 9 a.m. in the district courtroom. Officials conducted a federal inspection of construction progress with hospital administrator William C. Love, State Health Department consultant Paul Snelson, architect Paul Harris, County Commissioner Emil Woesner, Memorial board president Lloyd McClung, Dennis Donovan, and others. The annex is to be completed early next month and open in the first week of March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
William C. Love
Youling
Paul Snelson
State Department of Health
Paul Harris
Emil Woesner
Lloyd McClung
Memorial Board
Love
Dennis Donovan
Archi
Post To Resume Regular Hours At Fort Sill
Fort Sill military personnel will resume regular duty hours on Monday after the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Half-day schedules at the post have been in operation since December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Aan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Umberto de Martini
Vic
Giovanni Battista Menoeghini
Vinger
Italy
Opera House
Hos
I Messaggero
Hensmen
Miss Corquetti
Gabriele Santini
Hi Nabor
Patlic “Ocean
Franklin B. Roosevel
Little Americ
Mark Byrd
Ellaworith Fond
Weddell Sea
Australia
Adelieg
Keox Caos
Queen Mary
Shackleton
Shell Dee
Indian Ocean
Coss
Falmer Peninsula
Atlantic
Africa
Arms Probe
Bulletin
Rights Probers
Truchnovich
Alexander Truchnovich
West Berlin
Wyman Due
West
Post
Pola
Wiary
Glas
Willaty
Sir
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!