New Executioner Will Pull Switch At Loel's Death
The Lawton Constitution reports Oklahoma plans a Jan 1957 electric chair execution for Loel with guard B Glover to operate the switch. Three applicants sought the job. Crim inal Court stays and governor actions delayed the date multiple times. Loel maintains his defiant stance as death row notes show prior executions by electrocution.
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McAlestior
Austin Loel
Oklahoma
Glover
Sears
H.C. McLend
Lol Bay
Ohio
Lee
Sermoncred
Criminal Court of Appeals
Loel
Bieday
Raymond Gary
Nic Tater
Vadas
Lori
Electron
Oklebana Stile
Rich Owens
IMS
Owers
Wiliams
Thurhic Klin Fairris
Jasthug
Oklahoma City
Lael
Samiras
Plan to segregate Tallahassee buses faces Black opposition
In Tallahassee a new bus seating rule aimed at preserving racial separation drew sharp protests from the Black Civic Council which called it an iniquitous scheme and a crime against the United States. The plan imposes fines or jail for drivers and faces delay pending Gov. Collins action.
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Tallahasses
Flaim
Tallahassee
United States
Chse
U. S. Supreme Court
Negro Inter- Civic Council
Supreme Court
Leroy Collins
Collins
Pep Club Roster Being Prepared at Central Junior High
Mrs Lorena Fullerton the student coordinator said the revised Central Junior High Pep Club roster is being prepared this week for the opening of a new term January 14. About 500 pupils are listed as members.
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Central Junior High School
Lorena Fullerton
Phillips Cuts Oil Price By 10 Cents
Phillips Petroleum Co reduces crude oil price by 10 cents per barrel in most areas two days after a 25 cent rise by rivals. The cut excludes East Texas Gulf Coast western Kansas and areas with gravity adjustments. Other companies Stanolind Sinclair Rock Island Oil & Refining Co and others raised prices by 25 cents in Oklahoma and surrounding regions.
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Phillips Petreleiuny Co
Tumomeemie Oes
Tancredt
Phillips
East
Texas
Gulf Coast
Kansas
OW Pare Co
Sinclair Ol Co
Rock Ishaned OW & Refining Co
Ckhiboma We
Rock Tslid
Oklahanie
Judge Recognizes Defendant As Old Hot Check Artist
Toronto report says Edward Wheatman appeared before Magistrate T Blain charged with a cn pistol store robbery that netted $8. The magistrate said Wheatman had given Blain a bad check 20 years ago and Wheat admitted two bad checks totaling 380. Blain sentenced Wheatman to two years in prison for the robbery charge.
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Toronto
Edward Wheatmain
T. Blain
Wheatman
Wheat
Blain
Prisin
Expensive Parking Brunswick Auction for Lost Gold Piece
Mate-Select decided to auction the $2.50 gold piece a minorist dropped into a parking meter after newspaper reports failed to locate the owner. Coin dealers say the coin could fetch about $11 or more, equating to 15,200 parking minutes.
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Brunswick
Mate—Select
Britain Protests Yemen Raids Over Aden Protectorate Clash
Britain lodges strong protest with Yemen accusing it of frontier raids and ambushing an Aden protectorate prince. Yemen counters with charges of British aggression and armored car attacks, including a raid causing civilian deaths.
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London
Britain
Yemen
Aden
British Foreign Office
al Hajar
Protectorate
Hungarian Extravaganza feature string quartet in Wichita Falls
The Wichita Falls Symphony presents a Hungarian Extravaganza benefit on January 18 in McMahon Auditorium. The program includes a string quartet by Reynolds Brubaker Brubaker and Bebbello, plus bari tone Ron Anderson with MU student accompanist Mike Warren. Proceeds aid Hungarian freedom work.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Hun
Ravian
Textravaganza
McMahon Auditorium
Leo B. Reynolds
Carol C. Brubaker
Dale Brubaker
Edwin A. Bebbello
Reynolds
Midwestern University School of Music
Wichita Falls Symphony
Bethany College
Landsborg
Kan
Yale
New York
Brubaker Way
Phony
Brubaker
University of Ilinois
Bebb
The
Symphony
Wichita Falls Civic Players
Ron Anderson
Midwestern University
William V. Boland
Anderson
Aberdeen
S. D
Fain Mement Presbyterian Church
Martha
Flatow
MU Opera Workshop
Mike Warren
Midwestern
Ernc Daniel
Symphony Con Ductor
Mary Lavinia Young
Leslie Powell
Lawton
Doctor Says Atom Tests Still Safe
Dr Warren of Harvard and AEC adviser says fallout measurements show tests may safely continue for years. He cites 250000 readings and notes strontium levels in air water soil and food have not reached disturbing or pathological levels.
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St, Louis UF
Shields Warren
Harvard
Atomic Energy Commission
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Warren
Stuck Boy Laughs As Porch Smashed
Los Angeles report of a 7 year old, Chuckie Davidson, wedged in a drainpipe and freed by firemen who smashed the porch with a sledge hammer. The boy laughed, shouted boom, boom, and kissed each rescuer after emerging unharmed.
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Los Angeles
Charles Davidson
Chuckie Davidson
One Year Budget Urged By Solons
Forty five senators from both parties renewed the drive for a single year budget measure. The proposal calls for departments to submit estimates based on one year requirements. Kennedy Byrd and Payne sponsor the bill as Hoover Commission guidance. Endorsed by Humphrey, the comptroller general, the Budget Bureau, and the President.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Reorganization Subcommittee
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Payne
Maine
Hoover Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Comptroller General
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
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Florida
Cremer Furniture Co
D Ave
Courthouse
Pho
Solons
Easy
Mr. Oswalt
Gore Lawton, Oklahoma
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