Cops Hunt Tourist Cabin Murderer
Oklahoma City police hunt an unidentified woman found stabbed to death in a tourist cabin. A California licensed car, tag 1N-4588, drove away with a man who paid for an extra night. Victim aged 25 to 35, dark hair possibly dyed, social security card Elizabeth J. Henderson found. body found under bed.
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Oklahoma City
California
Elizabeth J. Henderson
C.H. Bowersock
Bowersock
Don R. Cochrane
R. A. Hudson
Cancer Drug Big Aid In Leukemia
A Stanford Medical School and VA Hospital study reports 6-mercaptopurine 6 MP prolongs life in acute leukemia better than prior treatments and shows excellent temporary results in one chronic leukemia case. The Sloan Kettering Institute developed the drug, with researchers testing it at multiple sites.
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San Francisco
Stanford Medical School
San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital
Stanford Medical Bulletin
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
New York C
18 000 Draft Call Issued For March
Washington reports an 18000 man draft call for March matching February levels. The total drafted or earmarked since the September 1950 resumption reaches 1,643,000. The notice notes continued involuntary service under Selective Service policy.
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Washington
Dopey Tex Harris Rides Roller Skating Son Through Downtown
Downtown workers glimpsed Tex Harris with his son Kenny on roller skates weaving through the business district. Kenny, in high chaps and low six shooters, stays upright with Papa guiding him. The Fox family, newly moved from Florida, enjoyed Central Air Line workers and the first snow, while dad noted it was a great day for walking if not riding.
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B. W
Tex) Harris
Cherry
Kenny Dahn
Kenny
Papa
Dobbin
Jim
Marie Fox
Columbia
Florida
Central Air Line
Jimmy
Montrose
Stephanie
Dad
Blonde Ghost Drives Briton From House
Edward Westwood reports a lipstick wearing blonde ghost in his 100 year old Dudley home who terrifies his family by ghostly disturbances and alarm clock ringing. Birmingham Psychic Research Society will send investigators to spend a night in the house to verify the haunting. Bernard Payne notes the apparition appears solid and sometimes accompanied by a bald headed man.
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Dudley
England
Edward Westwood
Birmingham Psychic Research Society
Westwood
Bernard Payne
Research Society
Hull Plans To See Release Of PWs
TOKYO Gen John E Hull Allied Far East commander returned from a Formosa visit and said he plans to be in Korea for the release on January 23 of anti Communist war prisoners. He reported agreement with Chiang Kai Shek for transfer of about 14 000 anti Red Chinese prisoners from Korea to Formosa Civilians will be their status on arrival and they may be offered a chance to join the Nationalist Chinese army. No plan to conscript the former prisoners.
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Tokyo
John E. Hull
Far East
Korea
Hull
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Formosa
Indians To Return POWs To Captors
Indian forces in Korea will begin transferring unrepatriated prisoners to their captors by January 22, at least three days before midnight. The U S Command says the armistice agreement requires that POWs who refuse home must be released to civilian status.
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Korea
U. S
Theft Ring Ties Fort Sill Soldiers to Burglaries
Fort Sill soldiers were questioned in connection with four burglaries including at Elgin grocery stores and the Elgin rail depot. Two soldiers were arrested at Fort Sill and one more hunted as investigators described loot, loaded ammunition, and a stakeout by police and CID.
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Fletcher
Elgin
Roberson
Fuller
Fort Fuller
Otis Waldron
Fort Sill
Arive Whitworth
Public Information Office
PIO
Whitworth
Korea Tangles Over Repatriation Talks And Plans
The article reports on Korean prisoner repatriation disputes amid armistice terms. Allies demand full release after Jan 22. Reds want delay until peace talks. Swiss and Swedish delegates favor the Indian plan while Czech and Polish delegates oppose. Gen John Hull returns to Tokyo and says 14,000 anti Red Chinese POWs may move to Formosa. Britain advises India to withdraw custodian troops by Jan 22 to avoid a false position.
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Young
Korean Repatriation Commission
Armin Daeniker
Joint Military Armistice Commission
U.N
U. N
Peiping
U. S
Reds
John Hull
Tokyo
Formosa
Korea
Hull
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
London
Britain
India
Fifth Bank Theft Suspect Arrested
NEW ORLEANS January 13 UP A fifth suspect in the Houston National Bank robbery was under arrest in New Orleans as authorities search for missing $57,000. Nick J. Mitchell 43 denied involvement but said he had two burglary convictions from 1938. James Mitchell 22 and his 18 year old wife were arrested by FBI. James was sent back to Houston on robbery charges while his wife remains a material witness. John Navarro of Houston surrendered to police.
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New Orleans
Houston National Bank
Nick J. Mitchell
Rsans
Donald Allen
John J. Grosch
Orleans Parish
Mitchell
Houston
James Mitchell
FBI
John Navarro
Bening
Four Film Personalities File Cattle Brands
BISMARCK ND January 13 UP Four Hollywood screen personalities filed cattle brands here state brand recorder Irvin Smith reported Wednesday He registered brands for actress Rosalind Russell actor Gregory Peck and movie producer Jules Stein and his wife Doris Jane Stein The South Dakota brand board also reported Miss Russell and Peck registered brands in that state and a group of movie stars including Miss Russell Peck Gene Kelly Jack Benny and the Steins have registered brands in Nebraska It was not learned whether the group actually intends to run cattle in the three states.
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Bismarck
N. D
Hollywood
Irvin Smith
Smith
Rosalind Russell
Gregory Peck
Jules Stein
Doris Jane Stein
South Dakota
Miss Russell
Peck
Gene Kelly
Jack Benny
Steins
Nebrask
Chickasha cafes raise price of coffee to ten cents
In Chickasha Oklahoma most downtown cafes and drug stores raised the price of a cup of coffee to 10 cents to offset wholesale coffee price increases. Deputy Sheriff Debs Sullivan, a cafe operator, said there isn’t enough profit margin in 5-cent coffee.
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Chickasha Cafes
Chickasha
Okla
Debs Sullivan
Oklahoma City Market Report Prices and Livestock Roundup
Oklahoma City markets report prices for poultry, eggs, butter, wheat, pecans, and livestock. State department notes steady broilers and hens with varied delivered prices. eggs and butterfat show modest gains or steady levels. Cattle and calves supply strong. steers, heifers, and stockers active and steady to higher. hogs higher than prior close. sheep and lambs firmer with top at 20.50.
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State Poultry & Eggs
Oklahoma City
State Department of Weizure Today
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Muskogee
Poteau
Vinita
Tulsa
Lawton
Ardmore
Elk City
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Cordell
Pauls Valley
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Chandler
Enid
Medford
Viei
Fairview
Altus
Hobart
Hooker
Guymon
Pecans
Wynnewood
Durant
Waurika
USDA
Justice Hearing Opens in Slaying Case
Milton Carl Justice of Pawhuska Oklahoma a 24 year old Korean war veteran faced a charge for killing hitch hiking soldier Pfc Edward G Meyer 23 Meyer a Washington DC native born in Belgium was found near death in Justice s car on US 66 near Canadian Texas Justice said a motel room fight over war hardships led to the slashing Meyer was en route to a Russian language school in Monterrey California and Justice had prior corrections history including time in Joliet Illinois penitentiary and other institutions from age eight.
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Milton Carl Justice
Pawhuska
Okla
Claud Moncus
Edward G. Meyer
Meyer
Washington, D.C
Belgium
Justice
Canadian
Tex
Moncus
Roemaee
U.S. 66
Here
Mancus
Monterrey
Calif
Joliet
Ill
Grand Lake Level Reaches All-Time Low
Grand Lake dropped to 716.80 feet Tuesday during a brief hydro turbine test. GRDA director France Paris says snow missed the lake watershed and little rain has fallen in two years while drought eased nearby. The agency relies mainly on its Pryor steam plant to conserve water for emergencies.
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Grand River Dam Authority
France
Paris
GRDA
Pryor
Pair Act As Own Attorneys Beat Larceny Charges
Two young men Henry Crawford 24 and Bibord 19 were found not guilty of petty larceny after aJP court trial. They represented themselves defeating the case over theft of several used auto radiators and transmissions from Coy D Potter in Justice of the Peace Woodrow Giles court.
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Henry Crawford
Biford
Coy D. Potter
Justice of the Peace Woodrow Giles’ Court
Theater casting continues tonight at Storey Barton studio
Theater officials announce 8 p.m. tryouts for You Cant Take It With You at Storey Barton Cache Road studio 1410 N 15th. Drama enthusiasts invited to audition without membership. emphasis on local talent and community participation.
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Lawton Latater
Storey & Barton Cache Road
Wsed
Td Tanda
FSIS Club Elects Officers For Your Year
FSIS Club elects officers for the coming year at Indian School 4H. Meers is elected president. Other officers to be chosen at the next meeting Jan 20 include Hollis Tapto Lawton vice Pete Holbrook Ariz secretary James Tom Chee Ship Rod N Mex game leader Clara Nez Fort Defiance Ariz song leader.
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Yuuy Woven
Sam Meers
Hollis Taptto
Ike outlines labor, loyalty, and defense contract worries
Eisenhower, continuing from page one, cites security concerns among 2,200 federal workers and argues for stripping citizenship from convicted agitators. He rejects the idea that defense contracts will flood unemployment areas, insisting only 20 to 30 percent of contracts would go to such regions and asserting broader apprehension about the administration program.
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U. S
Eisenhower
Lawton challenges Oklahoma voters on highway turnpikes
Lawton officials urge Lawton residents to vote a higher percentage yes on the new turnpikes than Oklahoma City or Tulsa. A second proposal ties Comanche and Stephens counties yes votes to beating OKC or Tulsa totals. Comanche County election officials finalize plans for the January 26 vote. registration ends Friday night.
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McCain
Oklahoma
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Births and hospital notices in Kiowa region
Birth announcements list several newborns with parent names and addresses including Banks in Monroe, Lee Jung, Olson in Ferris and Kardy in Carnegie. Dated today and yesterday. Admitted and dismissed items record patients and surgeries across Cache Pontotoc and Clinton areas with multiple medical entries.
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L. C. Banks
Monroe
Lee Jung
Ivan B. Olson
Ferris
Edd H. Huffine
Leonard D. Metcalf
Cache
William Crow
Roy Duhart
Fort Sill
Hubert Brigham
Kiowa
Kenneth Kardy
Carnegie
Galela Bautista
Ie Wockmetooah
Ruby Sioux
Colony
Mastiff Guards Royal Gold Plate Display
London reports a 100 pound mastiff named Dingaan Simba assigned to guard Queen Elizabeth II's 164 piece royal gold plate during its transport to the Victoria and Albert Museum for display. Detectives will guard the exhibit with public viewing from a distance, a precaution after the piece has stayed at Buckingham Palace since 1837.
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London
Dingaan Simba
Queen Elizabeth
Gueen Herith
Victoria’ and Albert Museum
Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria
Palace
Dingian Simba
Ex-Okla couple among victims in Sabrejet crash
Six people were killed when an F-36 Sabrejet attempting to land plowed into four houses. Among the dead and injured were former Oklahomans Shirley Ledbetter, 24, her husband Edward Ledbetter, their four-month-old son Edward Lynn, and Ms Ledbetter was the daughter of Mrs. John Walker of Muskogee. The craft struck across the street and exploded.
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Sooners
Shirley Ledbetter
John Walker
Muskogee
Okla
Edward Ledbetter
Edward Lynn
Ledbetter
Robert Ledbetter
Weather Drenching Snow Across Oklahoma Counties
Traces of sleet and light snow reported in Stephens Jefferson Carter and Love counties with slick US 270 from Lawton to the Texas border. State reports show five inches of fluffy snow near Buffalo and gales of cold air, with two deaths from exposure and several areas receiving minor snowfall.
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Jefferson
Carter
Love
Lawton
Walters
Texas
Guymon
State Highway Department
Shattuck
Ellis County
Earl Anderson
Buffalo
Beaver
Leflore
Mene Poteau
Oklahoma
Bryan
Seminole
Marietta
Woodward
Sapulpa
Bareley
Marshall
Gage
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Velma
Sim Lewis
Grisestold Choctaw Snedian
Simpson
Madill
Vera Blair
Panhandle
Cox Hearing Set Thursday
Judge S R County Attorney Manville Red an has indicated that he has ad-
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Cox
S. R
Manville Redan
McKay and Summerfield to Speak at Auto Dealers Convention
Miami Beach January 13 Two cabinet members who once ran car businesses led speakers at the 37th annual National Automobile Dealers Association session. Secretary of the Interior Douglas and postmaster Arthur E. Summerfield addressed the convention.
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Summerfield
Miami Beach
National Automobile Dealers Association
Ney
Dousln
Arthur E. Summerfield
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