Antarctic Aerial Work Horses Fly Out Safely
Four aerial work planes of U S Operation Deepfreeze returned safely to New Zealand after 11 hour flights from the Ross Sea. They covered more than 23 000 miles, crossed the South Pole twice, and flew over the pole of inaccessibility and the South Magnetic Pole. One pigeon carried Cmdr George R Oliver who was injured in a December crash.
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McMurdo Sound
Antarctica
U. S
New Zealand
United States
Christchurch
Ross Sea Ice Shelf
Antarctic
Coast Guard
Eastwind
McMurdo
South Pole
South Magnetic Pole
Cmdr
George R. Oliver
Patuxent River
Naval Air Station
Fairris Dad Struggles to Save Son Amid Last Minute Appeals
Harbie Franklin Fairris Sr. pleads at the Oklahoma Capitol and with Gov. Raymond Gary to spare his son, 22, the electric chair for a murder. Gary rejects another stay. the condemned man dies after midnight. The father sought extra time for the mother to visit, while judge Dick Jones notes the guilty verdict amid appeals.
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Oklahoma City
Harbie Franklin Fairris
Capitol
State Penitentiary
Harbie Franklin Fairris Sr
Raymond Gary
Gary
Fairris
Fairis
McAlester
Margie Zeglen
Huntsville
Tex
Polio Victim Receives Eagle Scout Badge in Corpus Christi
In a televised Boy Scout court of honor, 16 year old Toby Craddock, polio victim since age three, earned the Eagle Scout badge. He walked 20 miles on crutches to qualify, completed five 10 mile hikes and the 20 mile trek, swam 500 yards, and doubled his water rescue yardage.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Toby Craddock
Toby
Betty Craddock
Injured Man Wins $114,295 Damages in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City a federal court jury found E. L. Farmer & Co. negligent after a 4,000-pound loading platform toppled and struck Marshall W. Hooks, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Hooks sought $182,296. verdict totaled $114,295, among Oklahoma’s large personal injury awards.
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Oklahoma City
E. L. Farmer & Co
Odessa
Tex
Fluvanna
Marshall W. Hooks
Hooks
Oklahoma
Hilton Statler Dallas Opens With Dual Addresses
Dallas major Conrad N. Hilton announced the Statler Hilton hotel will open this week with an entrance at 1914 Commerce but the city designated 1956 Commerce as the official address to mark the opening year. The 20 story, 16 million dollar, 1 001 room hotel spans nearly a full block and sits in downtown Dallas. Mayor R L Thornton approved the address designation to align with the hotel's grand opening.
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Dallas
Conrad N. Hilton
Statler Hilton
Commerce
R. L. Thornton
Pranksters Hit Rural Mail Carrier With Water Balloon
Albert R. Stewart, a rural mail carrier, told officers he was injured when pranksters in a speeding car threw a water filled balloon through his windshield. He and his wife were returning from Shawnee when the incident occurred, with the other car heading toward Little Axe. Stewart suffered a deep cut on his right thumb and smaller cuts on his face and neck.
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Norman
Okla
Albert R. Stewart
Stewart
Shawnee
Little Axe
Forest Service Seeks 3197 Acres For Research Area
The Forest Service asks to withdraw 3,197 acres in Gunnison National Forest Colorado from mining entry. Interior Secretary Douglas McKay says the land will become an experimental area for intensive range and watershed management research.
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Washington
Forest Service
Gunnison National Forest
Colo
Interior Department
Douglas McKay
Tractor overturn risk rises with speed doubling safety study
Safety experts warn that overturn danger quadruples when tractor speed doubles, highlighting the need for cautious operation. The finding stresses heed to speed limits, stability features, and proper training to prevent fatal rollovers.
Funeral Rites for Newton S Toothman Held Friday
Newton S. Toothman 91 of 2412 Lee will be honored at 2 p.m. Friday at Beal Heights Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Hanna officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Lawton Funeral Home directs. He died at 3:25 a.m. Tuesday in a Lawton hospital after a several month illness.
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Newton S. Toothman
Lee
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Paul Hanna
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawton Funeral Home
Toothman
Lawton
Postal Rate Hike Faces Dim Chances
President Eisenhower's renewed request for a 390 million dollar postal rate increase faces doubtful prospects in Congress. Senator Olin D Johnston says his committee will not act unless the House does first. House Leader McCormack says Democrats will resist the increase. The plan adds a penny to letter mail from 3 to 4 cents, a move unpopular in an election year. Johnston argues that first class mail now pays its way and higher rates are unnecessary.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Johnston
Menon Meets Chinese Reds in Geneva Talks
India's roving ambassador Krishna Menon met Wang Ping Nan Red China's ambassador to Poland and chief delegate in 24 week old negotiations with the United States. He said they discussed the stalemated talks with U S ambassador U Alexis Johnson.
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Geneva
India
Krishna Menon
Wang Ping - Nan
Red
China
Poland
United States
Menon
Wang
Reds
U. S
U. Alexis Johnson
Dulles evasive at press parley
Secretary of State Dulles faced a packed press corps and offered cautious replies at a Washington conference. He dodged questions about Life magazine's controversial quotes, insisting the interview transcript would not be released and declining to pinpoint inaccuracies.
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Washinton
Secretary of
Dulles
State Department
Life Magazine
Eisenhower
Life
West Considers Fate Of Bulganin
Western diplomats questioned Bulganin's absence from public events as Moscow radio announced attendees at a city Communist conference. The 60 year old premier has not appeared since December, fueling talk of illness or rest after an Asian tour with Khrushchev.
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London
Nikolai Bulganin
Moscow
Kremlin
Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Heir Turns Down $100 000 Estate
Earl S. Jenckes of Wyomissing Pennsylvania says he has enough money and does not want the $100000 left him by his late sister Miss Clara H. Jenckes. The will was filed in Probate Court at Woonsocket Rhode Island. He is described as about 89 years old and a manufacturer of goods. The inheritance will pass to his two children George A. Jenckes and Mrs. Louise Fay, both of Wyomissing.
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Providence, R.I.B
Earl S. Jenckes
Wyomissing
Clara H. Jenckes
Jenckes
Woonsocket
The
Providence Journal
George A. Jenckes
Louise Fay
Volunteers Finish Bethel Church Heating and Roofing
Special report from Bethel notes volunteers completing heating system work and asbestos shingle installation at Bethel Methodist Church. Participants include Rev. O W York pastor and workers Ray Black Jimmy Farrell George Fincher Paul Leaf O P Lucas J D Scott and son Johnie.
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Bethel
Bethel Methodist Church
O. W. York
Ray Black
Jimmy Farrell
George Fincher
Paul Leaf
O. P. Lucas
J. D. Scott
Johnie
Safe Driver Killed In Traffic Wreck
MIAMI Florida William Drennon aged 38, a safety award recipient for 350000 accident free miles, died in a traffic crash after a car driven by Dorothy Anne Allen 41 struck his department store delivery truck, causing it to flip. Drennon was pinned beneath the van and had recently received a $100 safety award.
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Miami
Fla
William Drennon
Dorothy Anne Allen
Drennon
Beatification Possible for North American Indian Girl
Vatican sources said the Catholic church may proclaim Catherine Tekakwitha the lily of the Mohawks as blessed within a year making the first North American Indian beatified.
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Vatican City
Catholic Church
Vatican
Catherine Tekakwitha
Lily of
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