Two die in hotel shooting after alley argument
Bennie Williams, 45, is killed and B C Cherry, 27, is wounded in a morning double shooting at a Negro hotel in Washington. Cherry confessed to firing the fatal shot after Williams fired first, as witnesses described a violent hallway exchange and multiple fights earlier in the night. See death, page 2.
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Washington
B. C. (Lovey) Cherry
Jefferson
Memorial Hospital
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Williams
Bennie
Walter W. M. Taylor
Taylor
Constitution
Irene Cherry
B. C
Sill Continues Multi Million Building Plan
Fort Sill curr ent three year construction program nears completion by mid 1956 with more projects on the plate. Over the last 13 months renovations and new builds exceed 14 million dollars including two enlisted men barracks valued over 1 million and a proposed 500 thousand dollar hangar at Post field for helicopter training. Money comes from non recurrent non appropriated and military construction funds with road repairs theater upgrades Officers club expansion and post improvements among completed tasks.
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Stanley G. Reiff
Tulsa
Postfield
Sill
Officers Club
Theater No. 3
Congress
Snow Hall
Sill Works
Consolidated Gas Rates Approved by Oklahoma Commission
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp won an annual rate increase of about 401 thousand dollars from the Corporation Commission after months of debate. The increase, effective for 45 western Oklahoma towns, yields a net 6 percent return on investment with customer bills rising from 25 to 85 cents monthly. The commission rejected an escalator clause sought by the company and stated the additional net income will total 192 thousand dollars, with the rest covering higher taxes.
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Oklahoma City
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp
The
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Ray C. Jones
Commission
Consolidated
Jones
Undercover Man Charges Force By FBI
A 45 year old former Oakland laborer claims the FBI forced him to rejoin the Communist party in Albuquerque to act as an undercover agent and expose a local Red cell. FBI denies coercion. Owens says the Albuquerque cell includes about five members and aims to enlist support from progressives at Sandia and Kirtland bases. He tied the sisters resignations to harassment over association with a former Communist. Owens had joined after his Oakland union fell into receivership in 1949 and moved to Albuquerque for family health reasons.
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Oakland
Calif
FBI
Communist Party
University of New Mexico
Clovis
Justice of the Peace
Owens
Mannie Gallegos
Iola D. Ellis
Sandia Base
Albuquerque Journal
D. A. Bryce
Bryce
Army official calls Wichita Mountains land rocky crags area
Assistant Army Secretary Chester R. Davis described the 10,700 acres of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge as rocky crags abounding in rattlesnakes and squirrels before the House Interior committee. The panel investigates public land withdrawals by the armed services.
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Jack Cleland
Washington
Army
Chester R. Davis
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Davis
House Interior Committee
Armed Services
Pentagon
Fort Sill
Interior Department
Interior
Douglas McKay
John P. Saylor
Sill
Civic Leader Burglar King linked to multi-state ring
Oklahoma City report centers on Jack Wesley Mitchell a 33 year old ex convict connected to a burglary ring across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Mitchell moved from Ardmore to Oklahoma City jail as authorities seek to identify ring leader and separate him for questioning. The investigation involves Carter County officers the Oklahoma Crime Bureau and statements from two Texas suspects Joe and Barbara Smith.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Jack Wesley Mitchell
Ardmore
Okla
Mitchell
Carter County
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Enoch Watterson
State Crime Bureau
Hubert Bartlett
Archer City
Tex
Joe Smith
Barbara
Summer Weather Ends Friday Forecast Cooling Scoop
The local forecaster says the week of summer-like warmth ends Friday with a cold front. Expect fair conditions today, then clouds and cooler highs near 60s by Friday and Saturday. Lawton reported a 25 degree low today as 11 am read 55, while Wednesday topped at 69.
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Lawton
Prince Rai ner III to wed Grace Kelly shock New York
Monaco prince Rai ner III announced engagement to actress Grace Kelly from Monte Carlo. Both are in New York, catching friends by surprise as the royal couple plans a high profile union amid questions of succession and sovereignty.
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Prince Rainier III of
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Monte Carlo
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France
Kelly
Pageant Names Board Members
The Wichita Mountains Easter Service association announced its 1956 board of directors led by John Keathley as president and Reece Russell re elected for three years. Ben Stein Hal Hallett and Bert Alford win three year terms to fill vacancies. Stein and Hallett succeed Fred Larrance Jr and I G Cole with offices May 1 as the association year runs May 1 to April 30. The new board meets after the first week in May to elect officers for 1956 57. Hold overs include Bert Blasingame Warren Christian and Col Ret E C Wilsee PAGEANT Page 2
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Wichita Mountains Easter Service Association
Jack Batten
John Keathley
Reece Russell
Ben Stein
Read Dr Crane to Lois Worry Clinic Advice
Lois cheated at the game of romance and thought she could rewrite the rule book to suit her whims. Now she is ashamed. The Constitution’s daily Worry Clinic feature presents Dr. George W. Crane’s advice to Lois on the editorial page.
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Dr. Crane
Lois
George W. Crane
Constitution
Fort Sill Adds Helicopter Unit
Fort Sill announces activation of the Co3rd Transportation Company, a light helicopter unit attached to the 64th Transportation Battalion. Commanded by Maj. Harold J. Bieber, the 553rd will deploy nine officers, 34 warrant officers, 13 non commissioned officers and 84 enlisted men, with H-34 Sikorsky helicopters. It will begin training soon, performing supply, rescue, combat support and transportation missions.
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Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Co3rd_ Transportation company
64Th Transportation Battalion
54Th
Army Aviation Unit Training Command
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Harold J. Bieber
553Rd
Eisenhower Says Budget Balanced. Tax Cut Only If No Red Ink
President Eisenhower delivered the State of the Union promising a balanced budget this year and next while guarding against tax cuts that would push the government into the red. He outlined plans for foreign aid, highway financing, farm programs, school construction, slum clearance, civil rights expansion, Hawaii statehood, Alaska progress, and immigration law revisions tied to the 1950 census and refugees from Iron Curtain countries. He spoke from Key West during recovery from a heart attack, declaring hope for a bright national future with continued prosperity.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Russia
Hawaii
Alaska
Greece
Italy
Key West
Fla
Ike's Message To Congress Given In Brief
President Eisenhower outlines no tax relief now and no tax cuts until the budget balances. He will propose a soil bank plan to limit the surplus by paying farmers to idle land. He warns Communism remains a threat and urges a dynamic foreign policy with long term aid authority. Defense aims include general arms reduction under inspection, while preserving strong forces until Russia agrees to a workable program.
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Congress
United States
Russia
Mistinguett Dies At 82 After Illness
PARIS Mistinguett the famed French music hall star for fifty years died after a two week illness. She passed in her sleep at her brother’s Bougival home following a paralytic stroke and pneumonia. Renowned for her legs and personality more than singing, she epitomized Parisian show life, with Jean Cocteau calling her voice like a shouting newsboy selling produce.
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Mistinguett
Bougival
Jean Cocteau
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Kirtland Air Force Base
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