Record Cold Wave Rages Across Nation Amid Snow and Loss
A severe cold wave gripped much of the United States with heavy snow in New York and Detroit breaking records. Temperatures plummeted to new lows in Ohio and Michigan while fatalities rose from weather related accidents and fires. Deaths totaled at least 63 nationwide with children among the victims. A warehouse accident in Indiana and a fatal blaze in Wareham Massachusetts added to the toll.
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Ain
New York State
Lakes
Mippi Valley
Rockies
Detroit
Thurdlay
Youngstown
Ohio
United Press
Indiana
Thi
Ois
Merit
New York
North Carolina
Pennsania
Michigan
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Collumbia
Wareham Mass
Phippsburg
Inidianupe
Mild Weekend Forecast for South Western Oklahoma
Forecasters predict sunny skies and mild temperatures in the region this weekend. Daytime highs should hover in the upper 50s to near 60, with overnight readings dipping below freezing. Fort Worth recorded a high around 50 degrees and Lawton near 49 as the state’s warm spell began to ease.
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Fort
Lawton
Hungarian Extravaganza Benefit Tonight in Lawton
A Hungarian Extravaganza benefit program is tonight at 8 p.m. in McMahon Memorial auditorium, sponsored by the Lawton Woman's Forum. Proceeds fund Hungarian freedom work. Tickets are 2 general admission and 3 reserved, available at the auditorium. The program features Layton High School bard, Cameron College chorus, Kathleen Hélev and others, plus Wichita Falls groups and two scenes from Cyrano de Bergerac.
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McMahon Memorial Auditorium
Lawton Woman's Forum
Lion
Layton
Bard
George Walters
Cameron College Chorus
Melvin Keeney
Kathleen Hélev
Mira Weller
Oklahoma City
R Fletcher
Beryl Macpherson
Wichita Falls
Tex
Geri Chamipar
Lawton-Fort Sill International Club
Storey
Barton
Ron Andersen
Midwestern University Dance Theater
Wichita Men
Council To Hold Special Meeting On Land Purchase
A city council special session at 3 p.m. will consider procedures for purchasing land for a municipal lake along East Cache creek between Elgin and Porter Hill. Mayor Ellsworth says topics include known leases, hiring an appraisal firm, and land valuations for initial reservoir land buys tied to a $6.18 million bond issue planned to fund early storage facility construction.
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Cache Creek
Elgin
Porter Hill
C. R. Ellsworth
British Urge International Rule For Gaza
In New York Britain pushes to place the Gaza Strip under international administration and ensure free passage through the Gulf of Aqaba. Canada and other delegates back regional stability measures while Israel pressures withdrawal, with Dag Hammarskjold to report after talks.
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United Nations
N. Y
Britain
Aqaba
Tsrac Tas
Heypl
West Tosday
Israel
Embry
Allan Moble
Isreli
Lesley B. Pearson
Assembly
Gaga Strip
Gulf of Aunuba
Y. Porer
United States
Pearson
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aquaba
Noahle
Gaza
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjald
350 Start 4-H Speech Contest 350 Start 4-H Speech Contest
More than 350 youths from Comanche county gathered at Fort Sill Indian School for the annual 4 H speech contest. Speeches began at 9 30 a m and were to finish by 2 p m. Grand champions will advance to the 4 H Round Up at Stillwater. Ribbons awarded in all divisions. Judges from Altus and Frederick. Food provided at noon.
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Comanche County
Fort Sill Iidian School
Stillwater
FSIS
Barbara Smith
Elma Garner
Don Turnbull
Benson Turnbull
Porter Hill
Mary Camp
C. L. Camp
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Secret Kept Until Planes Nearly Home
Three Air Force B-50 Stratojets completed the first nonstop jet bomber round the world flight, refueling in flight for a 24 225 mile journey in 43 hours 19 minutes. The route included Newfoundland Morocco Saudi Arabia India Ceylon and Guam with a mid route simulated bomb drop.
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March Air Force Base
Cip
Air Force Bay
Castle Air Force Base
Merced
Calif
Air Force
Africa
England
Strategic Air Command
Newfoundland
French
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
India
Ceylon
Philippine Islands
Guam
Malay Peninsula
South China Sea
Russell Denies Relief Check Knowledge in Fraud Trial
John W. Russell Jr. testified he did not know state relief penny checks were used to pay workers in his July 24 runoff campaign for state senate. He said relief checks cost him his seat and his law practice, admitting his first knowledge came Aug. 6 when newspapers exposed the scandal. His wife Sally backed his denial as prosecutors pressed the conspiracy case against six defendants.
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Senate
Russell
Sally
Bob Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Skatingh Russell
Frank Easley
Glen O. Morris
Jay
Kee
Alaska Plane Crash Kills 12 in Fairbanks Area
A four engine modified B 50 bomber from Eielson Air Force Base crashed shortly after takeoff during a weather reconnaissance flight over the Aleutian chain. All twelve crewmen were killed when the aircraft exploded and burned near Monse Creek lodge about 32 miles north of the base. The victims include commander Capt Robert E Eichelberger and officers Capt William P Snn Capt Harold W Bales 1st Lt Ralph L Sampson 1st Lt Hubert E McGough 2nd Lt Bobbie H Spencer MSgt Woodrow B Russell and several airmen with last names Cramer Dodds Glenn Patterson and Sigmon.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Hielson Air Force Base
Ejielson
Aleutian Island
Monse Creek Lodge
John Orr
Eielson
Robert E. Eichelberger
Waco
Tex
William P
Snn
Las Vegas
Nev
Harold W. Bales
Richmond
Calif
Ralph. L. Sampson
Des Moines
Towa
Hubert E. McGough
Dana
Bobbie H. Spencer
Memphis
Tenn
Woodrow
Russell
Birmingham
Ala
John W. Cramer
Poughkeepsie
Donald W. Dodds
Potsdam
N. Y
Robert C. Glenn
Milford
Utah
Thomas C. Patterson
Cedar Spring
Mich
Ener D
Sigmon
Tarpon Springs
Governor Gary Calls Meeting Over Teacher Pay Fight
Oklahoma City governor Raymond Gary convenes Monday talks with Oklahoma Education Association leaders and state lawmakers to avert a dispute over teacher salaries. He cites a proposed 300 dollar raise this year and 1959 as well as a possible one cent sales tax to fund higher pay.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma Education Association
Senate
House Education Committee
Gary
Virgil Young
Norman
OBA
Oklahoma
Young
OEA
Cameron college names five contenders for top post
Five applications were received to replace C Vernon Howell as Cameron college president. A three member committee will interview applicants and a decision may come next week before the February 5 regents meeting at Oklahoma A&M College. Howell, president since 1947, resigned to join City National Bank as farm services vice president.
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C. Vernon Howell
Cameron College
Forrest McIntire
Oklahoma City
Board of Regents
Oklahoma Asm Colleges
Howell
W. FE. Harber
Shawnee
P. Bb. Harrill
Fred C. Drummond
Hominy
Regents
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Catoeron
Farmsmans
City National Bank
Aggie
Powder Plant Blast Kills 6 Near Tenino
Six workers died in an explosion at the Pacific Powder Co plant near Tenino south of Olympia. The blast at 8 30 a m PST shattered several buildings, with four injured treated at St. Peter’s Hospital in Olympia. Named victims include Art Stanke Joe Davis Tracy Crock Earl Riggs George Brunny and Wayne Brown.
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Olympia
Wash
Powder Company
Tenino
Here
Thurston County
Clarence van Allen
Pacific Powder Co
Art Stanke
Joe Davis
Tracy Crock
Earl Riggs
George Brunny
Wayne Brown
St. Peter’s Hospital
Dads Club Urges Support For Oklahoma Teacher Legislation
Jefferson Dad's Club, 103 members led by Jim Hawley, sent telegrams Thursday to state legislators urging backing of OFA education bills. They discussed visiting the capitol to press the issue while noting no local teacher salary protests. Oklahoma lawmakers debate a teacher pay raise tied to tax hikes and governor oppose funding.
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State Capitol
Dad’s Club
Jefferson Dad's Club
Fred R. Harris
Charles Qzman
Jim Taliaferro
Earl Simmons
Thurman Phillips
State Oklahoma Education Association
Raymond Gary
POW Killer Loses Appeal in Murder of POWs in Korea
James C. Gallagher of Brooklyn New Jersey lost a Court of Military Appeals challenge to an Army court martial conviction for unpremeditated murder in the deaths of two fellow prisoners of war in a Korean stockade. He allegedly threw them from a hut into subzero weather. The appeals court revived the case after an Army review board reversed the conviction and life sentence. The court ruled Gallagher could be tried for crimes from his previous enlistment despite an overnight service break. The decision preserves jury jurisdiction and addresses fairness to other service members with blanked records.
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Washington
Court of Military Appeals
James C. Gallagher
Brooklyn
N. J
Korea
Gallagher
Army Review Board
Hing
Judge Advocate General
Servicemen's Hight Tribunal
Review Board
Area Weather Forecast Pair
The forecast notes rising temperatures with a high today in the 50s and a low tonight near 73. Saturday's high expected near 60 while today’s low drops to 18. An 11 a.m. reading is 45, with yesterday’s high 49.
Oklahoma sporting goods firms indicted for price fixing
A federal grand jury indicted six Oklahoma sporting goods firms for conspiring to fix prices, submit non competitive bids and boycott dealers. Judge Royce H. Savage presided as penalties up to 50060 dollars per firm were outlined under the Sherman Anti Trust Act.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
U.S
Royce H. Savage
Herring
Legislative Immunity Delays Tulsa Burglary Hearings
A Tulsa legislator, Gordon L. Patten, has requested continuances in burglary preliminary hearings for Billy Joe Pearce, Fidward Lee Lyles, and Ernest Leroy Cowan, citing immunity as a serving representative. Patten also filed in a separate Chambless bond forfeiture case, delaying court action as statutes require a delay after legislative adjournment for defendants with lawyer-legislator representation. The three suspects face charges for breaking into Wacker Variety store and looting a small $2,000 cash safe in Stephens shopping center.
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Tulsa
Orville Lindsay Chambless
Gordon L. Patten
House of Representatives
Billy Joe Pearce
Lawton
Fidward Lee Lyles
Ernest Leroy Cowan
Oklahoma City
Patten
Statutes
Rep
Justice of Peace
Marvin EB. Cameron
Ance
Summit Fidelity and Surety Co
Chambless
Wacker Variety
Stephens
Pearce and Lyles
Mississippi
Gene Paul Norris
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Barrett
United Pre
Lam Buliala
N.Y
Td Nein
Archie J. Old Jr
15Th Air Force
Archie J. Qld Jr
Gatis E. LeMay
Lee
Cameron
Dads
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