The GO Story chapter 7 Hoover Cleans Up FBI Mess
Don Whitehead recounts Hoover transforming the Bureau of Investigation after his 1930 appointment. The piece covers Hoover reshaping leadership, disbanding patronage, and pushing rapid orders to create a professional FBI. It reflects shifts in authority, discipline, and government accountability surrounding the Bureau.
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County Officials Debate Gary Road Plan
County officials discuss Governor Gary's proposal to cap state road funds at 25 million and divert 2 million to federal matching programs. County commissioners express concerns about costs and impact on local roads, while lawmakers anticipate House opposition.
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Lawton Student Named to OU Tri-Council
Dor Bryant of Lawton has been named a member of the University of Oklahoma Tri-Council formed to coordinate activities of dormitory units. Bryant is a junior accounting major and president of Cross Center, a men's dormitory, representing Cross Center along with Wilson Center and the Women's Quadrangle.
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Police Chief States Theory On McDonald Case
Los Angeles police chief William Parker says he has a theory in the McDonald case and plans a detailed comparison of variations in accounts given by Deboney All and others. The actress vanished from her suburban home and was later found near a desert in India. Her attorney Moshe Gies objects to a detector test, calling it insulting.
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Preacher Rejects Evolution Theory Sermon Series Opens
Dallas Baptist leader Dr Criswell, addressing about 7000 in church, launches a series arguing evolution is not factual or scientifically correct. He titles the opening sermon The Creation of Man God or Gorilla and promises future talks will use facts, not theories.
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Baby Born as Father Dies in 45 Foot Fall
Paris report: Henri Moreaux, 47, a laborer, slipping on a roof, plunges 45 feet to death. At the same moment, his wife gives birth to their 18th child at a Montmartre clinic.
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School Board Seeks Class Room Furniture and Bus
The Board of Education of Independent School District No 8 Comanche County Oklahoma invites sealed bids by 1 30 P M January 23 1957 for furnishing classroom furniture and one 48 passenger school bus. Specifications available at the Board of Education Office Ninth Street and C Avenue Lawton Oklahoma.
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Man Stabs Wife With Screwdriver in California
Pamela Joan Burton, 26, accused estranged husband Russell J. Burton, 36, of stabbing her with a screwdriver outside her doctor's house in Santa Monica. The wound risked jugular vein and facial nerve, requiring surgery. Burton, free on $500 bail, claims the stabbing was accidental amid a reconciliation attempt.
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Four Girls Drown in Louisiana Boat Accident
Four young girls drowned when an outboard motorboat overturned near Latile, New Roads, Louisiana. Three girls were rescued. coroner ruled the deaths accidental. Victims Willie Lee Brussard, 17. Betty, 14. Myrtie Carol Kowen, 12, all of Latile. Also Dolly Hawk of Sherburne. Rescued: E. T. Bowen, about 48, father of a victim. his daughter Mary. and Oscar Wallingsford, 67, owner of the boat, all of Latile. The group was on a pleasure cruise when the boat took on water.
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Former Illinois senator Brooks dies in Chicago hospital
Former Illinois senator C. Wayland Brooks, a Chicagoan who served 1940 to 1948, died after heart attack symptoms at Passavant Hospital. He defeated James Slattery in 1940 to become the first Illinois Republican in the Senate since 1932, and later lost to Paul Douglas. Brooks was born near Wyanet, Bureau County, son of a parson, and was a key figure in the state GOP.
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Dog Returns From Grave Butch the collie resurfaces in Georgia
In Jasper Georgia a collie puppy named Butch crawled from a shallow grave after being shot and buried by a neighbor. Andrew and Sherman Wallace found him scratching at their door twelve days later and rushed him to an animal hospital in Gainesville where Dr Carl Blunt said he had pneumonia a fractured penis and injuries to a foreleg and hind leg.
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Colon aid and Colomain claim for constipation relief
An advertisement extols Colomain and Colonaid as superior laxatives to restore moisture and bulk to a thrifty colon. It promises rapid relief from constipation, asserts safety for pregnancy, and cites a cost of 98 cents for a 60 tablet package, claiming minimal side effects and no interference with nutrient absorption.
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Butch Recovering From Pneumonia After Wounding Incident
A report states Butch is recovering from pneumonia and is expected to walk unaided in about six months, according to the doctor. The account notes a gunshot wound near the cheekbone below the left eye with a .22 caliber pistol.
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