Mild toolmaker confessed as New York bomber
Waterbury Connecticut 53 year old toolmaker George Metesky admitted being the mad bomber who placed 31 bombs in New York City over 16 years. He said his motive was revenge against the Consolidated Edison Co for a 25 year illness he blamed on a plant accident. He was held on 1095000 bond and waived extradition to New York.
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Waterbury. Conn
Corfessed
New York City
George Aletes
Quition
Neison Company
New York
Walter Arm
Dune
Sears Roebuck
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Westchester County
Metesky
Arizona
Con Edison
Milauskas
George Metesky
Center
Mike Lynch
Israel withdraws from Sinai to Gaza Aqaba coast line
Israeli forces completed a mass withdrawal from the Sinai desert by 2 pm moving behind UNIFIL into the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba coastal areas. The new frontier cuts Gaza from Egypt, leaving Sharm El Sheikh as a key strongpoint guarding shipping routes to the Gulf.
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Jerusalem
Sinai Desert
Sedas
Gaza Strip
Ini Nilerong
Israel
Gulf of Agaba
Egypt
United Nations Emergency Force Iuefs
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Istaeli
Gulf
United Nations General Assembly
Sinai
Gaza
Aqaba
OTF
Foreign Ministry
Rafa
Ras Ea Naqa
Sinai Beach
Sharm el Shiekh
Greater Lawton Names Directors
Greater Lawton Inc held its stockholders meeting electing Allen J. Bilbrey Jimmy Black Ralph Wertz Ron Babbitt Jerry Mustain Bill Peters Dale Thompson Mayor C R Elleworth and Elmer Bauman as directors for one year New directors Fred Larrance Jr and Lewis Yurmuk replace Harvey House and Emmett Keough A board meeting will elect officers next week Bilbrey Bauman Peters and Mustain retire as officers Mustain reports assets 149658 and liabilities 20706 income 3388 including 4200 rental and 1188 interest Loans receivable 3541936 98 of pledges paid since 1945 Greater Lawton Inc aided three new industries Town and Country Manufacturing Gor don Cartons Woodrow Long Fence
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Anamal
Greater Lawton, Inc
Allen J. Bilbrey
Jimmy Black
Ralph Wertz
Ron Babbitt
Jerry Mustain
Bill Peters
Dale Thompson
C. R. Elleworth
Elmer Bauman
Fred Larrance Jr
Lewis Yurmuk
Harvey House
Emmett Keough
Bilbrey
Bauman
Peters
Mustain
Town & Country Manufacturing Co
Mobile Homes
Gordon Cartons, Inc
Woodrow Long Fence Manufacturing Co
Alcorn Named GOP Leader
Washington Reuters reports Alcorn, 49, was unanimously elected Republican national chairman, chosen after Eisenhower favored him. The Connecticut native led Citizens for Eisenhower in 1952 and succeeds Leonard W. Hail, who has resigned effective February 1 after four years on the committee.
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Washington
H. Meade Alea Jr
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Alcorn
J. Judson Morehouse
New York State
Harry Darby
Kansas
White House
Leonard W. Hail
Citizens For Eisenhower
Hall
Tommy McDonald and Ann Campbell to wed tonight
Oklahoma City reports the All American couple Tommy McDonald and Ann Campbell will marry before about 2000 guests at First Christian Church. Campbell, a Miss America 1956 finalist and 1955 Miss Football, shifted from a small wedding after public interest surged.
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Oklahoma City
Tommy McDonald
An Campbell
Campbell
Oklahoma House clears relief bill to merge agencies
Oklahoma House and Senate agreement clears a bill to abolish the Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board and move the emergency relief program to the Public Welfare Department. Gov. Raymond Gary’s signature is needed. The measure, passed with one technical amendment, aims to fund state institutions with $28,228,388 for the next biennium and raise attendant salaries at Griffin Memorial Hospital Norman from $120 to $160 a month.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Oklahoma Emergen Relief Board
Public Welfare Department
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board
Church Will Get Part Of Estate
Saint John’s Lutheran church to receive a large share of the estate of Mrs Clara Mabel Osborn widow of a Lawton jeweler and pioneer resident County Judge John P Fullerton admitted the will to probate Monday The estate totals 35417850 and includes the Osborn family home at 502 A and belongings Arch M Parmenter named executor Five beneficiaries are listed including Mr and Mrs Floyd J Beely of Oklahoma City who receive the home other property at 502 A and jewelry valued at 700.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Clara Mabel Osborn
Lawton
John P. Fullerton
Floyd J. Beely
Oklahoma City
Osborns
Chicago Elevator Burns in South Side Fire
A 10 story Continental Grain Co elevator on Chicago avenues near Stn St. and the Calumet River burned in a dramatic blaze. About 400 firemen fought rain sodden flames as some 100 pieces of apparatus, including three fireboats, battled the blaze. Initial estimates put losses at several million dollars with up to five million for damage. The fire drew thousands as authorities prevented spread to a nearby new elevator containing hundreds of millions of bushels of wheat awaiting use.
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Chicago
Continental Grain Co
Stn St
Calumet River
Lover Turned Pilot Takes Own Life in Idlewild Crash
Allan Adler a 20 year old Brooklyn airline mechanic left a semiliterate suicide note declaring he was nuts and planned to fly away. Eight hours later he boarded a Pan American DC3 at Idlewild Airport and plunged to a fatal crash during takeoff, killing himself and destroying the aircraft. A Civil Aeronautics Board official found the note in his locker. Adler had broken off with a girlfriend named Lynn and mentioned not returning home.
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New York
Allan Adler
Brooklyn
Adler
Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Board
Tdlewild
Pan American World Airways
Brock
Lynn
Annual Chamber Banquet Tonight in Lawton
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce holds its annual banquet at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Lawtonian. Secretary Daniel N. Casey of Harrishurt Pa will give the main address. Remarks by Ross H. Porter 1957 president and retiring president R E Glenn. State Sen Fred R Harris will be master of ceremonies. Guests include Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center officers and wives and representatives from 23 area chambers of commerce.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Lawtonian
Daniel N. Casey
Harrishurt
Chamber of Commerce
Ross H. Porter
Chamber
R. E. Glenn
Fred R. Harris
U.S. Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Chambers of Commerce
Robbery Suspect To Face Hearing In Lawton
George P. Shannon a 47 year old Wichita Falls man accused of a 5079 dollar armed robbery of a Lawton Safeway store Saturday night will be brought before Justice of Peace Marvin E. Cameron this afternoon to enter a plea. Shannon was arraigned Monday after a complaint charging him with robbery with firearms was filed. He withheld his plea and was given 24 hours to enter it. He appeared visibly shaken as the reading of the complaint was given by County Attorney Warren Crane.
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George P. Shannon
Wichita Falls
Lawton
Justice of Peace
Marvin E. Cameron
Shannon
Peace
Cameron
Warren Crane
Shanmor
Truck and Train Collision Injures Two in Lawton
Two Lawton men, Roe Morris Garten 57 and William Dean 72, were injured when their 1948 Dodge pickup collided with a freight engine at the Frisco railroad crossing on Gore Avenue. Garten escaped with minor injuries, Dean suffered minor lacerations and bruises and was hospitalized at Memorial. Conductor O. P. Henry identified the locomotive crew.
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Lawton
Frisco
Gore
Roe Morris Garten
William Dean
New York
Garten
Dean
Memorial Hospital
Glyn Coley
O. P. Henry
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Comanche
Jeney Alvin Hancock
Duncan Hospital
Hancock
Paul Scott
David Eugene Holbrook
Rt. 3
Duncan
Scott
Frampton May Get New Post in City Shops Office
John Frampton, former Lake Lawtonka patrolman, may be rehired by the city to run the city shops office. Councilman Brant Zorger, chairman of the city shops committee, said the group endorsed hiring Frampton for the position and that the recommendation will be acted upon tonight.
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John Frampton
Lake Lawtonka
City
Brant Zorger
Zorger
City Shops Committee
Frampton
Council
Tornado Rips Small Oklahoma Town Near Arkansas Border
Eight people die as a powerful early morning tornado slams Gans Oklahoma a town of about 600 near Warner and Wewoka. Four members of one family and three of another killed. at least a dozen injured. Homes demolished and more twisters hit eastern Oklahoma.
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GANS
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Warner
Wewolka
National Guard
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
Tornado kills four in rural Louisiana
A tornado struck between Princeton and Bellevue Louisiana killing at least four people. Three bodies were found in wreckage and a six month old white or Negro child Ruth Bradford died on arrival at a Shreveport hospital. The hardest hit area was along state route 1351 near Princeton as rescue teams searched woods for missing children.
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Princeton
Bellevue
Bossier City
Shreveport
Denuts
Becalise
Shreveport Hospital
Ruth Bradford
Minister protests gym uniforms over deemed immoral poses
Urbana, US. Rev. Orval Lee, assistant superintendent of the United Holiness Churches of America, supports his children’s permanent suspension from school after they refused P E due to objections to gym attire and "unholy positions." The Urbana Board of Education upheld the suspension pending a modified program. Lee received backing from clergy nationwide and letters protesting PE requirements to Gov Stratton and lawmakers.
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Urbana
Orval Lee
Lee
United Holiness Churches of America
Philip
Naomi
Urbana Board of Education
Tornado Toll Rips Through Gans Killing Eight
Flying debris and collapsing homes caused most deaths in the early morning tornado that struck Gans. Bill Barksdale Jr of the Fort Smith Times Record reported Joe Johnson, 63, found wrapped around a well housing, the Johnson home scattered across the countryside. Ted Jenkins, 47, and his family perished, with Helen Jenkins injured and a daughter hospitalized for shock. A second home was broken apart along a road by the fierce wind.
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Bill Barksdale Jr
Fort Smith
Ark
Times- Record
Barksdale
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Ted Jenkins
Helen Jenkins
Gans
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Cold wave warning and forecast for Southwestern Oklahoma
Southwestern Oklahomans face a sharp cold snap with a hard freeze down to 15 degrees tonight. Skies to stay mostly fair through Wednesday with continued cold conditions. A warming trend is due Thursday. Lawton reports 13 inches of precipitation from a cold front last night.
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Greater Lawton
GOP
Tommy
Ann
Ernest Pakul
Conn
Gary
Leland Woll
Lexington
Griffin Memorial’ Hospital
Norman
Norman Hospital
Julius Mayer
Continental
Robert J. Quinn
Ps Cals
AdJer
Idlewild
U. S. Weather Bureau
J. Jobson
Mickey Johnson
Jimmy Meeks
Nora Jenkins
Bonnie Jenkins
Darril Jenkins
Fort Smith, Ark
Leora Meeks
Lena Mae Meeks
Loreta Meeks
Westville
Adair County
E. F. Shore
Here
Kas
OKLA
Tahion
Fula
Arca
Twister
Louisiana
Illinois
William G. Stratton
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