Contempt Citations Face Agents Over Ardmore City Official
Garvin County authorities kept Ardmore City Commissioner Joe Taylor in jail at Pauls Valley after a writ of habeas corpus hearing was delayed. District Judge John C. Caldwell cited direct contempt of court against state crime bureau agents Golden Kennedy and Hubert Bartlett who previously removed Taylor from Caldwell's Ardmore court. The judge ordered the defendants to return Taylor for continued hearings while demanding records of the case.
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Ardmore
Okla
State Crime Bureau
Garvin County
Joe Taylor
Pauls Valley
John C. Caldwell
Taylor
Golden Kennedy
Hubert Bartlett
Kennedy
Bartlett
Caldwell
Oklahoma
Texas
Ray Page
State of
Jordan Forms New Regime Amid Jordanian Unrest
In Amman a new government took office after a weekend of rioting and demonstrations against the Baghdad Pact. Samir El Rifai becomes premier and Ibrahim Hashem deputy premier. Reports from Damascus note rioting deaths and injuries in Jordan and broader student protests rallying anti Baghdad Pact sentiments. The United States lodged a protest over the violence and urged Jordan to protect American lives and property.
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Amman
Jordan
Samir el Rifai
Ibrahim Hashem
Damascus
Iraq
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Amman-Jericho
U.S
United States
Washington
Dulles
Taysir A. Toucan
State Department
Doctors Split On the Ability To Run Again
Washington report shows 246 heart specialists split on President Eisenhower's fitness for a second term. Results published by U.S. News and World Report based on 275 replies from the American Board of Internal Medicine doctors. AMA editorial criticized the poll as slanted and lacking examination.
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U.S. News and World Report
News Magazine
Benson Benson, Inc
Princeton
N. J
American Medical Assn
American Board of Internal Medicine
Eisenhower
Journal of the Ama
Chief Assumes Full Time Duties
President Eisenhower returns to the full duties of the presidency while signaling no final decision on retirement a year hence. He told reporters in Key West his mind is not fixed on a second term though signals suggested a tentative non run after his Sept. 24 heart attack. An informal poll reflected most reporters think he will not run.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Florida
Key West
President Eisenhower Calls Urgent Farm Aid Plan
President Eisenhower submitted a nine point program to Congress proposing a $1 billion soil bank to reduce cropland by 25 million acres over three years. He urged a dollar limit on price support loans, tax exemptions on farm gasoline, and swift action to curb surpluses. The package includes an acreage reserve and a conservation reserve aiming to cut production and shift land to forage and storage, with funding outlined for 1955–56 and the next three years. See FARM, Page 2
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Soil Bank
Acapulco Hit By 11 More Light Quakes
Earth tremors continued through the night after six quakes in the morning injuring 106 in Acapulco. No deaths or U.S. injuries were reported. the worst damage hit the Colonía Progreso slum and a four story building near Hotel Papagayo collapsed.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Efren Villalvazoe
U.S
Juan Altane
Colonia Progreso
Papagayo
Mexico City
Arica
San Diego
Calif
Union
Arequipa
Peru
Tacna
Iquique
Chile
Lawton Stock Campaign Nears Half Of $100000 Goal
Lawton Greater Lawton Inc advances toward its $100000 goal for industrial development as $40700 in cash and pledges is raised. Mayor C R Ellsworth led efforts with 225 more shares pledged since the prior telethon. Security Bank and Trust Co bought $5000 worth, with other major investors including Lawton Meat Supply and American National Bank. Funds will back a mobile homes plant and related facilities in a planned industrial zone on the old airport tract.
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Greater Lawton, Inc
Greater Lawton
C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton Industrial Developers Committee
Hotel Lawtonian
Fred Larrance Jr
Security Bank and Trust Co
Lawton Meat Supply
American National Bank
Ted Warkentin
Public Service Company
Clyde Shelton
Wyatt Hendrick
Consolidated Gas
Southwestern Stationary and Bank Supply
Reward Offered for London Rape-Slayer
London Ontario residents offered $1,000 for a tall unshaven man linked to the assault and death of five year old Susan Cadieux. Police searched known sex offenders as Susan was seen talking to a brown overcoat wearing stranger near St Mary's Church before she vanished and was found by railway tracks.
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London
Susan Cadieux
Susan
St. Mary’s
Pat
Mike
Cadieux
Frederick Plant Fights Keeping Frederick Factory
Frederick firm Centra Leather Goods plans to contest a labor arbitrator’s ruling requiring a move to New York or pay three years wages to New York workers. Milton Tomlinson cites Oklahoma incorporation and notes local hiring and wage costs rising to meet federal law. A mid winter storm in the East disrupts traffic and schools, while moves to Frederick accelerate as production shifts from New York.
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Contra Leather Goods of Oklahoma, Inc
New York Corporation
Femlinson
New York
Tomlinson
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Emil Marcus
New York City
Theodore W. Kheel
Warmer Weather Expected in Lawton Forecast
The cold front that moved through Oklahoma earlier today went largely unnoticed. The weatherman predicts slightly warmer temperatures this afternoon with Laws ton remaining fair. Highs will be in the mid-50s today and tomorrow, and the tonight’s low around 26. No rain is forecast for the next several days.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
City Man's Truck Set Afire Former Wife Faces Charge
Mary Jo Runnels of Lawton, 31, charged in Marvin E. Cameron's court with felonious willful arson of a 1955 Dodge truck owned by her former husband, Robert F. Runnels. The blaze damaged the cab, radio, and heater. salt was found in adjacent cars. Collision involved a short lit horn, alarm, and a box of matches near 702 B Street. investigation notes mention two vehicles owned by Lewis Runnels.
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Mary Jo Runnels
Lawton
Marvin E. Cameron
Justice of Peace Court
Manville Redman
Robert F. Runnels
Traffic Toll Rises At Record Rate
A 31-year-old Sayre man was killed early today and four more died in state traffic crashes yesterday, raising the toll to 15 for the year. The victims were Lewis Lehman Hillard of Sayre Marshall Elmer Enochs Jeff Will Berry George Dyer and Dalton Lucks White, with crashes near Tulsa Ardmore Coweta and Salina.
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Associated Press
Sayre
Lewis Lehman Hillard
Marshall Elmer Enochs
Tulsa
Jeff Will Berry
George Dyer
Ardmore
Dalton Lucks White
Salina
Hillard
Enochs
Dyer
Highway Patrol
Calvin Duncan
Berry
Coweta Creek
Coweta
White
Pryor
Probate hearing set for Gensman will in $100000 estate
County Judge S R Harper will conduct a probate hearing at 10 a m January 17 for the will and codicil of Lucia E Gensman who died December 25 the estate valued about 100000 with real property Lot 32 Block 49 Lawton original townsite valued 26500 and City National Bank deposits totaling 60000 Russell G Jones is the local attorney listed as applicant Beneficiaries include 18 descendants and the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Gifts for Boys Ranch Town Oklahoma City later a January 18 peti tion for letters of administration in another estate valued at 15000 for Cora Gleason who died November 6 Earl Willard Norman filed the petition for administration
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S. R. Harper
Lucia E. Gensman
Russell G. Jones
Lawton
City
Cache Baby Dies Of Strangulation
Glenda Faye Dupler seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Dupler of Cache died from accidental strangulation after her head lodged between bed railings. A coroner’s jury at the Dupler home returned the verdict of accidental death.
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Glenda Faye Dupler
Roy Dupler
Cache
Marvin E. Cameron
Dupler
Poston Construction Co
Vokins Funeral Home
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Kan
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U.S. Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
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Maryland
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