Gas blasts kill two in Peoria building collapse
In Peoria Illinois two rapid explosions ripped through a grocery store and a two story building last night. Perry Traub 40 and John J Heitzman 61 were killed. Five injured. Heitzman’s son in law Robert Einfeldt and his son Robert Jr believed dead. Opal Heitzman escaped severely burned. A fellow resident reported a gas leak shortly before the blasts. Central Illinois Light Co dispatched a truck to the scene after a heavy odor was noted. Witnesses say Traub alerted Heitzman about the leak and Heitzman and Einfeldt went to investigate.
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Peoria
Ill
Perry Traub
John J. Heitzman
Heitzman
Robert J. Einfeldt
Abouan
Einfeldt
Robert Jr
Kenneth
Opal
Central Milnois Light Co
Traub
Einfelt
Air Crash Kills Three Sooners
Bodies of three men were found in a small plane wreck four miles from Pierre airport after it ran out of fuel. The victims were Joe Boman of Tulsa Boman Construction Co Russell Reynolds a Tulsa lawyer and Walter Miller of Oklahoma City a salesman for a Tulsa equipment firm. The plane went down in a pasture and rested in a plowed field after leaving Tulsa for a subcontracting discussion on the Qahe Damt project.
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Pierre
Tulsa
Okla
Joe Boman
Boman Construction Co
Russell Reynolds
Walter Miller
Oklahoma City
Boman
City Teachers Stay Out of Kansas Gas Salary Battle
No move to strike in Oklahoma schools after reports of Oklahoma teachers threatening walkouts. Gov Gary proposes a 3000 annual minimum for beginning teachers. Oklahoma Education Association seeks 600 more and longer increments. Lawton shows higher base pay and recent salary supplements funded by federal aid. A separate Kansas explosion at Liberal compressor station killed three workers and disrupted gas supply across six states.
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John Shoemaker
Norman
Oklahoma Education Association
Raymond Gary
Sento Shoemaker
Oklahoma
OEA
Lawton
Law ‘Ton Board of Education
Liberal
Kan
Kansas
Detroit
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Panhandle
Ern
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Melvin Strafford
James Hanes
Paul's Valley
Okla
Ivan Hill
Texas Panhandles
Gary Urges More Money For Patrol
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary called for higher highway patrol funding to reduce the state's highway fatalities. He noted 40 fewer patrolmen than authorized, urged transferring driver license funds to the Department of Public Safety, and proposed making the crime bureau a separate department. He cited 1956 deaths near record 3.99 per 100 million miles and cited rising car ownership as a factor.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Gary
Senate
House
Department of Public Safety
Crime Bureau
Six Oklahoma Sporting Goods Firms Indicted for Bid Rigging
A federal grand jury indicted six firms from Oklahoma for conspiring to fix prices and submit noncompetitive bids in school sales. Tulsa entities Davis Brothers and Buck's Sporting Goods appear with Buck's Sporting Goods and John Dunlap Sporting Goods. McAlester's Diamond Hardware and Sporting Goods Co. and Lawton's R&S Sporting Goods are named as well.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma Senate to probe 22.9 percent car insurance hike
A five member Senate committee will investigate a 22.9 percent auto insurance rate increase effective December 20 for National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters members. Sen. Baldwyn, House leaders, and insurers react as lawmakers seek hearings and possible suspension.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Insurance Board
Sens
Shoemake
Muskogee
Stipe
McAlester
Don Bald
James C. Nance
Purerll
Charley Long
Joe Hunt
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Flint
Aged Okmulgee Woman Is Slain
Mrs. Luda Corner, 72, was found dead last night in Okmulgee with apparent strangulation. Sheriff Ellis Holly said the closet where the body lay had been boarded up from outside and a rug and brown paper blocked the doorless compartment. Grandson Sparling Hill, 16, was detained for questioning after reporting the home searched and a pot of beans on the stove. The motive remains unclear. pension status noted.
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Okmulgee
Luda Corner
Ellis Holly
Hayden Hendrickson
Tulsa
Sparling Hill
Holly
Bitter Freeze Claims High Toll Of Lives
Bitter winter storm sweeps the eastern half of the nation with up to 8 inches of snow in Virginia and over a foot in parts of New England. A below zero cold wave spreads from the Midwest as Canada supplies a brief warmup. forecasters warn a fresh chill Friday. At least 51 deaths blamed on the weather since Monday, with heavy disruption to transit and schools. gas explosions and fires add to the crisis as temperatures plunge across multiple states.
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United Press
Nelvin
New England
mid-Atlantic
Virginia
Canada
Pacific
Midwest
Indiana
New York
Illinois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Michigan
Iowa
Mis-sissippi
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C
Dutchess County
N.Y
New York City
New York State
Oswego
Syracuse
Panhandle Eastern Piper Line Co
Liberal
Kan
West Peoria
Springfield
Mass
Mercury
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Frederick Couple's Son To Get Medal
The 6th Army will award the Soldier's Medal to Specialist 3.0 Jackey N Parrott 26 son of Mr and Mrs Julius N Parrott of Frederick Oklahoma for rescuing a bulldozer operator after a May 11 rollover in Big Spring Texas. Parrott crawled beneath the perilous machine to shut off the hot engine and free the pinned operator.
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San Francisco
6Th Army
Big Spring
Tex
Presidio
Jackey N. Parrott
Julius N. Parrott
Frederick
Okla
Parrott
Solons Set Out To Cut Ike's 1958 Budget
Washington house appropriations committee opened efforts to trim President Eisenhower's request of 71.8 billion for the next fiscal year. Subcommittees began private reviews of Interior, Post Office and Treasury needs amid Democratic and Republican complaints of inflationary spending. Treasury Secretary Humphrey warned of a low mood risk and possible resignation if deficit strategies prevailed. He urged prompt restraint and noted the record peace year budget could still face sharp cuts as lawmakers push for economies. The president cited a possible 1.8 billion year end surplus to reduce the 272 billion national debt. On the floor, Rep Cannon labeled the budget inflationary and decried lack of retrenchment.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Interior
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Dems
Gops
Treasury
Humphrey
House
Cannon
D-Mao
Warm Sun Raises Mercury Across Lawton Area
Temperatures climbed today in the Lawton area as warm sun pushed readings up toward the 40s with a forecast of milder weather by Friday. Tonight will dip below freezing with 13 to 20 expected, while yesterday's low tied the seasonal record at 11. Overnight lows ranged from 10 in McAlester to 16 in Altus. today’s highs near 40.
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Lawton
McAlester
Ardmore
Fort Sill
Altus
Law Workings For Chambless Highlight 1955 Immunity
Orville Lindsay Chambless, noted underworld figure, again benefits from the 1955 legislative immunity law as Gordon L. Patten files motion for continuance in Chambless bond forfeiture case. Chambless was convicted in 1935 for armed robbery of Albion Henry Potts Jr. and sentenced to five years. he disappeared before serving, while the high court recently upheld the conviction. Manville Redman filed the bond forfeiture application on January 7.
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Ray Atteberry
Orville Lindsay Chambless
Gordon L. Patten
Tulsa
House of Representatives
Chambless
Charles Qzman
Oklahoma City
Albion Henry Potts Jr
Capital
Summit Fidelity
Surely
Manville Redman
Hee Chambless
Jets to present LABS bombing demo at Fort Sill
Air Force LABS low altitude bombing system will headline a Fort Sill public demonstration Saturday with an artillery show, a simulated atomic burst and a jet display. The 10:30 a.m. sequence at Firing Point 137 marks LABS first Army installation presentation, highlighting radar-evading attack capabilities.
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Air Force
Fort Sill
LABS
Russia Fears The Doctrine In Eisenhower Middle East Program
Moscow diplomats say the Kremlin regards the Eisenhower plan as Western encirclement. They report Soviet leaders fear being outpaced economically and seek a concrete counterproposal beyond propaganda, while recognizing the alliance with Arab nations is pivotal yet costly.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Middle East
Dmitri Shepilov
Soviet Union
U. S
West
Egypt
Roadbuilding Probe Asked
Oklahoma official San Glen C. Collins of Ada demanded a highway department probe into gravel purchases in Pontotoc County claiming a 35006 profit on a project. He said the state paid 61880 for a 26135 job, named Orville Spann as contractor, and urged a diveman committee or a grand jury petition if the Senate fails to act.
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Oklahoma City
Highway Department
San
Glen C. Collins
Ada
Pontetoc
Colling
Aet
Raymond Gary
Senate
Pontotoc County
Collins
Orville Spann
Dixon- Yates
Jeffrey Says Gary Pledged Financial Aid
Wagoner dealer Bob Jeffrey testified at Russell's conspiracy trial that Gov. Raymond Gary promised financial help for Russell's reelection. Jeffrey described a July meeting with Gary and Russell allies and a later session where relief payments were discussed.
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Jeffrey
Gary
Wagoner
John W. Russell Jr
State Emergency Relief Board
Russell
Bob Jeffrey
Raymond Gary
Stauncn
A. A. Jeffrey
Jenk L. Craig
Charles Hammers
Muskogee
Garying Russell
Gill Coe
Muost
Earl Johnston
Frank
Soviet Says United States Aided Invaders in Egypt
Moscow radio and the Soviet Fleet charged Britain and France with invading Egypt last November under cover of US naval and air protection. The broadcasts claimed the United States helped prepare and unleash aggression and blamed Washington for blocking the Suez Canal drive while U.S. ships evacuated Americans from danger in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Moscow
Egypt
United States
Britain
France
Middle East
Mediterranean
Investia
Suez Canal
U.S
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Frank Easley
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Johnston
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