Gulf Coast hunting party plane crashes kill Braniff chief
A seaplane crash near Wallace Lake Louisiana killed Braniff International Air Ways president Thomas Braniff and Texas Eastern Gas Transmission Co. president R. H. Hargrove among ten companions and two pilots returning from a duck hunt. Ice on wings blamed. bodies mangled and unidentified.
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Shreveport
Braniff International Airways
Texas Eastern Gas Transmission Co
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Ice
Airlines
Thomas Braniff
Dallas
Tex
R. H. Harg
Forbing
CAA
Shreveport Municipal
Harold and
Julian Martinez
E. C. Crain
Avianca Plane Crash Kills 22 Near Manizales
A passenger plane from Medellin to Armenia crashed near Manizales killing 19 passengers and three crew. Bogota search planes located the wreckage five miles from Manizales and confirmed there were no survivors. The crash occurred at 7 a.m. Monday en route from Medellin, 150 miles northwest of Bogota.
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Bogota
Colombia
Avianca Airlines
Manizales
Medellin
Armania
Debt Policy Praise for Lawton and County Officials
A capital bank letter from First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City lauds Lawton, Comanche County, and the Lawton school district for excellent debt service management. Exall English of Security Bank and Trust Co. cites the notice as a real vote of confidence in Lawton’s future, urging optimism. The letter, addressed to customers and friends, highlights the city’s strong financial position.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma
First National Bank and Trust Company of
Oklahoma City
Capital Bank
Exall English
Security Bank and Trust Co
Cape
Second Wife Turns In Sill Deserter Alleged Capone Kin
Billy Louis Gene Ainesworth, a three year Army deserter from Fort Sill who fled the guardhouse with two others about 18 months ago, is held in Pampa Texas for investigation of bigamy. He claims to be related to Al Capone and used the alias Jimmy Capone. His second wife, 21, says he boasted of kin to Capone and threatened her. His first wife, Dorothy Mae Ainesworth, 23, Amarillo, is jailed as a hot check suspect. Ainesworth has traveled widely since escaping and may be returned to Fort Sill.
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Fort Sill
al Capone
Pampa
Tex
Billy Louis Gene Ainesworth
Ainesworth
Dorothy Mae Ainesworth
Amarillo
Rufe Jordan
Jimmy Capone
Chicago
Tucumcari
N. M
Leavenworth
Kan
Sill GI
Soldier Ed ward Meyer to be examined after fatal beating
Fort Benning soldier Pfc. Edward Meyer, born in Belgium in 1929, was beaten to death near Tucumcari New Mexico and died in a Canadian Texas hospital. His body to be brought to Fort Sill for examination and burial. Becker Funeral Home of Lawton to arrange local services. Canadian sheriff says a confession was signed by the suspect.
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Fort Benning
Canadian
Tex
Fort Sill
Meyer
Miamia
PIO
Rules for Comanche County voting registration Jan 26 vote
Comanche County Election Board outlines registration rules for the January 26 toll road election. Voters who remained in their precinct do not need to reregister, while those moved to new precincts or wards must register or transfer. Eligible but unregistered electors must register, and those in updated wards vote in the new precinct. Registration ends Friday.
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Comanche County Election Board
First Methodists Buy Church Site in Tomlinson Addition
The First Methodist church has negotiated a nine acre tract in the Tomlinson addition for a new church, educational building, recreation hall and parsonages with Architect Paul Harris to begin plans immediately. Construction timing depends on plans and financing while the church seeks to sell the current Eighth and B building to raise capital. The site lies 800 feet west of Sheridan between Bell and Euclid Ferris extensions, extending to Columbia avenue line, land bought from Lewis Crosby developers who owned it from Tomlinsons.
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First Methodist Church
Tomlinson Addition
Paul Harris
George Page
J. J. Stowe Jr
Eighth and B
Sheridan Road
Bell
Euclid and
Ferris
Columbia Avenue
Lewis & Crosby
Convicted Rapist Asks Appeal Aid
Mack Hutchinson a 25 year old Fort Sill inmate serving a 50 year sentence has petitioned Superior Court to fund his appeal to the State criminal court of appeals. He filed a pauper's affidavit notarized by Amos T. Hall Tulsa attorney seeking court funds from the court fund. Hutchinson was convicted by a Lawton area jury in October of raping a 17 year old former Lawton mother and was sent to McAlester state penitentiary in November.
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Fort Sill
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Mack Hutchinson
Amos T. Hall
Tulsa
Bob Landers
Hutchinson
Landers
Manville Redman
McAlester
Lawton
Everett Hale
Reds Open Korean Talks Bid Prompt New Negotiation Move
Communists urged a resumption of preliminary talks for a Korean peace conference in a letter to Washington. Kenneth Young of the State Department said he had forwarded the message and awaited official reaction. Peiping Radio noted a liaison meeting at Panmunjom set for Wednesday to plan a return to negotiations as India urged the U.N. Assembly to reconvene in New York for the Korean issue. India stressed the prisoner release timeline remains a belligerents’ matter, with 22,500 prisoners cited as to be freed per command decisions.
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Seata
State Department
Kenneth Young
Washington
Red China
Peiping
Panmunjom
Seoul
Korea
City Moves to Acquire Lake Land Property Rights
Lawton city officials advance negotiations for lake reservoir expansion on the north and west shores of Lake Lawtonka. Seven tracts and related improvements secured by contracts. first condemnation suit planned by City Attorney Charles Jennings against A F and Edna Hagle. Additional suits likely. land agent Harold Percival continues talks with Allen and Mrs Huckleberry.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lawton
Charles Jennings
Edna Hagle
Harold Percival
Allen Huckleberry
Preston Williams
Lake Land
Eisenhower Proposes 14-Point Taft Hartley Reform Plan
President Eisenhower asks Congress to enact a 14 point program to liberalize Taft Hartley including secret government supervised strike votes. He warns against drastic changes yet calls for discretionary injunctive powers on secondary boycotts and new mediation steps to settle union disputes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Martin P Durkin
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Law
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
President urges new farm program to stabilize income
In a special address to Congress President Action Needed Now calls for a flexible farm aid plan. He proposes freezing excess wheat and corn to isolate them from market pressures while end-year support expires. The plan aims to stabilize farm income and balance producer and consumer interests with loan-secured price supports.
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Riscseniue Ieander
Traffic Toll Climbs To 19 In Oklahoma Weekend
The Associated Press reports nine deaths in Oklahoma traffic accidents over the weekend. Victims include Frederick W. Hans of Chicago and Helen Jane Clifton of Laguna Beach, among others. Hans and Clifton died in a single crash at the intersection of U.S. Highways 299 and 69 when Hans lost control and hit a truck, then the car caught fire. Three other fatalities occurred in separate incidents near Chandler Tulsa and Pawhuska, raising the state toll to 19 for 1954.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Durant
Frederick W. Hans
Chicago
Helen Jane Clifton
Laguna Beach
Calif
Joe Henry Herring
Chandler
Don Charles Conner
Tulsa
George C. Gordon
Watova
Hans
California
Haas
U. S
Herring
Conner
Gordon
Pawhuska
Sill P-TA To Hear Dr. Alice Sowers
Dr. Alice Sowers of the Oklahoma Family Life Institute at the University of Oklahoma will address the Post Children’s school P-TA at 7:30 p.m. today. All Lawton P-TA units are invited. session titled Family Inventory. She also speaks at Emerson school auditorium 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, sponsored by the PTA council.
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Alice Sowers
Oklahoma Family Life Institute
University of Oklahoma
Post Children’s School
Lawton
W. T. Laney
Sowers
City
Parent-Teacher Association Council
G. G. Goodier
PTA Council
Tragedy Averted At Lawton Home
A Lawton physician and a neighbor saved a family of three from suspected gas fumes from an unvented floor furnace. Charles and Mrs Meador and their 18 month old daughter Jerri Layne were all revived after quick action. The child was kept overnight and released next day.
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Lawton
Charles H. Meadow
Cherry
Jerri Layne
Power of Positive Thinking series begins today
Norman Vincent Peale presents The Power of Positive Thinking on the Lawton Constitution editorial page. The articles promise peace of mind, improved health, constant energy, and a life of joy and satisfaction for readers starting today.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Lawton Constitution
Weather improves after Sunday snow storm across the region
Clear skies and rising temperatures follow Sunday's storm as Lawton area highs near 40 and McAlester reports six inches of snow. Roads remain slick in places with heavy snowfall around McAlester and Muskogee. About 3,500 workers at McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot take the day off.
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Old Sol
Lawton
Midcoke
McAlester
McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot
Highway Patrol
Muskogee
Ardmore
Blizzard Strikes East With Heavy Snowfall
A fierce storm blanketed the Eastern Seaboard with more than 15 inches of snow in New York and surrounding areas. Commuters faced hazardous travel as highways froze and transit slowed. officials urged avoidance of nonessential car use while airports reported delays. The heavy snow was expected to continue into Tuesday morning, with widespread snow emergencies and travel disruptions across the region.
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New York
Eastern
Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York City
LaGuardia
International Airport
Maine
Tennessee
Atom Talks Held To Brief Session
Soviet Ambassador Georgi N. Zarubin conferred with Secretary of State Dulles for under half an hour on Eisenhower’s atoms for peace plan. Zarubin arrived and left without speaking to newsmen. The talks were private with no statement issued and no date for a full conference.
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Washington
Georgi N. Zarubin
Dulles
Eisenhower
Zarubin
Main
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Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Assn
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Elba
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Isle of Montecristo
British Overseas Airways
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H. E. Schuchmann
MacMillan Publishing Co
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London
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