Final appeals fail Fairris dies for cop killing
Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr. died in the Oklahoma electric chair early today for the slaying of Detective Bennie F. Cravatt during a July 16, 1954 supermarket holdup. The 22-year-old Dallas-born defendant proclaimed his innocence to the end after a lengthy legal battle and four clemency pleas were denied eight hours before execution.
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Mcalester
Okla
P— Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Bennie F. Cravatt
Fairris
Raymond Gary
Fabris
Ford Stock Surges Past Seventy On First Day Sale
Ford Motor Co stock rose beyond 70 a share in over the counter trading on its first day, with 10.2 million shares allotted to stockholders who joined the rush after the Ford Foundation planned sales. Demand was torrid as brokers reported bids at 70 and 71 while many investors were shut out, and the offering priced at 64.50.
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New York
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Securities & Exchange Commission
SEC
Canada
United States
Ford Foundation
Foundation
City Man Injured When Pole Falls
John A. Mitchell a 43 year old electrician is reported in surgery after a 48 foot fall at Fort Sill while stringing lights. He broke both hips legs pelvis and left arm and was hospitalized in Southwestern hospital. Mitchell has 25 years as an electrician and worked for Spaulding Electric Co. previously with Public Service Co.
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John A. Mitchell
Fort Sill
Mitchell
Spaulding Electric Co
1300
Butnerfield
Southwestern Hospital
Public Service Co
Weather Outlook With Cold Front For Today
Cloudy skies with scattered snow flurries, colder this afternoon and tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and continued cold with highs near 30 and lows around 20. At 11 a.m. the reading was 22, yesterday’s high reached 33, and a trace of snow was observed.
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Comanche County
Highway Patrol
Jefferson
Stephens
Lawton
Duncan
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ardmore
Durant
OHP
Walters
Cotton County
Easterners Protest Cruel Rabbit Slaying
Gov. Fred Hall disclosed he received letters of protest after news services ran pictures of the final phase of a jackrabbit drive in southwest Kansas. Volunteers herded 1,500 rabbits into a wire enclosure, with critics calling the method disgraceful and urging more humane killing methods. Hall defended the drive as necessary for crop protection, arguing humane methods had failed and the rabbits’ overabundance threatened farmers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fred Hall
Snowman killed by tribesmen near Indo-Tibetan border
Reports from Tadadigi near the Indo-Tibetan frontier say tribesmen killed and ate a ten foot tall hairless milk white Abominable Snowman while deer hunting. Indian frontier officials were asked to investigate the unusual claim amid years of snowman sightings and massive tracks in the Himalayas.
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New Delhi
India
Tadadigi
Himalayas
Riot Fire Rages as Bombay Rioters Clash With Police
In Bombay police opened fire on rioters protesting Nehru’s plan to redraw state lines. At least four killed in three days of violence, total 10 in Bombay State. Curfews imposed, army on standby as leftist unions call a general strike to push Marathi state capital demand. Police detain Communist leader S A Dange. streets chaotic with barricades, looting, and arrests.
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Bombay
India
Nehru
Billy Graham
Moroarji Desai
New Delhi
Lawton stock drive nears $80,000 with breakfast report
Lawton Industrial Developers report shows $6,000 in new stock sold bringing the total to $79,000 since intensified campaign earlier this month. Coca-Cola Bottling and other firms are among potential buyers as organizers aim for $100,000 with a Saturday committee to push subscriptions. Mayor Ellsworth and Allen Bilbrey of Greater Lawton Inc. commented.
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Lawton
Fred Larrance Jr
Drive
Coca-Cola
Lawton Industrial Developers Committee
Larrance
LID
David Sprague
C. R. Ellsworth
Allen Bilbrey
Greater Lawton, Inc
Airliner near miss incidents reported across three nations
Tuesday's events across Boston, New York, Green Bay, and Ontario involved three passenger planes facing disaster. One Northeast Airlines flight landed safely at LaGuardia after radio and instruments failed in deep snow. A DC3 crash in Canada left two dead and a co pilot missing, while a Quebecair twin made a fatal crash in a snowstorm between ore country and the St Lawrence River. A Green Bay pilot executed a belly landing, likely saving twelve aboard.
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New York
LaGuardia Field
Northeast Airlines
Canada
Green Bay
Wis
Troy
Ohio
Robert Francis
Boston
Francis
Atlantic Ocean
LaGuardia
Knob Lake
St. Lawrence River
Snow and Ice Grip Oklahoma State in Major Weather Blast
Snow and ice blanketed much of Oklahoma as sub freezing temperatures lingered for 48 hours. Roads were hazardous with several stretches closed or treacherous, while Lawton reported minimal snowfall. Oklahoma City area remained the safest travel zone as others saw 2 to 7 inches in places, with heavy accumulations in Ardmore and Durant.
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Lawton
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Highway Patrol
Davis
Ardmore
Ringling
Oklahoma City
Cleveland County
Norman
Jets Collide Over Ohio Killing One Pilot
Two Air Force F86D jets from Wright-Patterson collided seven miles up near Troy Ohio during a radar guided attack drill. One pilot, 1st Lt. J J Schulte, 27, was killed. Capt. B E Thayer, 29, parachuted to safety with minor injuries. Schulte’s body was found near the wreckage. Thayer recalls only the collision and waking on the ground. Both planes belonged to the 56th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. Schulte was formerly from Steubenville, and Thayer from Erie, Pa.
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Troy
Ohio
Air Force
J. J. Schulte
B. E. Thayer
Capt. Thayer
Schulte
Troy Post
Wright-Patterson Afb
Dayton
56Th
Steubenville
Thayer
Erie
Wright Patterson
25 Missing Two Known Dead In Blast
LAKE CHARLES La UP The burning hulk of a 130000-barrel tanker sank in the Calcasieu River after an explosion at a Cities Service refinery. Two dockhands were dead and about 25 more missing while eight were hospitalized. The Salem Maritime left New York with 41 aboard. The dock areas were destroyed and millions in damage suspected.
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Salem Maritime
Lake Charles
Cities Service Oil Co
Calcasieu
Salem
New York
L. J. Acquillan
Port Arthur
Tex
Howard Reynolds
Calcasieu River
Gulf of Mexico
Cities Service
W. H. McCurley
Maple- Lee
Foss Cobb dam bill delayed awaiting Rep Albert return
The Foss Cobb dam authorization bill totaling 40.6 million dollars was postponed in the House for at least a week. Democratic leaders delayed debate until Rep Carl Albert of McAlester, the majority whip, could return from a cyst operation. The measure, passed by the Senate last year, would fund two dams on the Washita river basin for irrigation flood control municipal water and recreation.
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Jack Cleland
Washington
House
Carl Albert
McAlester
Albert
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Maryland
Oklahoma
Senate
Foss
Clinton
Fort Cobb
Anadarko
Washita River
Girl Vanishes After Bus Stop Near Mesa
Seven-year-old Carla Hixon disappeared after alighting a Mesa school bus near Brown and Val Vista roads Tuesday afternoon. A sheriff's posse and rescue planes scoured farmland Wednesday as investigators consider possible foul play. Bus driver L B Coons reported seeing a dark car approaching the stop but did not see it leave the area.
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Mesa Ariz
Here
Carla Hixon
Carl Hixon
L. B. Coons
Mesa
Brown
Val Vista
Val Vista Roads About 3 P.m. the Sheriff's Office
Coons
Gensman Estate Named To Share In Oklahoma City Will
The late Mrs. Lucia E. Gensman probate reveals a $234000 estate with $146000 real and $88000 personal property. Legacies go to Ranch Town of Oklahoma City Boys Ranch, Lawton Masonic Lodge No. 183, Fuquas, and Carl Thornton, plus a Steinway piano to John Abe March.
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Boys Ranch
Oklahoma City
Lucia E. Gensman
Comanche County
Baptist Church
School For Boys
Gensman
Lawton Masonic Lodge
Fourth and
Koenig
Ruth Alline Fu
Masonic Lodge
Fuquas
Edgar C. VanCleff Jr
John Abe March
Steinway
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Harbie Franklin Fairris
State Capitol
Wewoka
City Man
Pole
Gov. Hall
S. A. Dange
World Federation of Trade Unions
Graham
United Press
Burns
Gore
ross-Cobb
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