Perky Peggy Receives Honorable Title At Fort Sill
Singer Peggy King returns to Hollywood tonight with an Honorary Cannoneer citation from Maj. Gen. Williams and a new title Miss Honest John of 1956. She toured Artillery and Guided Missile Center at Fort Sill entertaining personnel and viewing the Honest John rocket emplacement in the 2nd Field Artillery Rocket battery led by Capt. Dempsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perky
Peggy King
Hollywood
Edward T. Williams
Honest John
Fort Sill
Peggy
2Nd Field Artillery
F. G. Dempsey
George Gobel
Tring
City Crashes Injure Seven on Weekend
Police reported seven people injured over the weekend in a string of crashes bringing weekend totals to 20 by midnight. Four Sunday accidents caused injuries. incidents occurred from 12:23 a.m. including a two car crash at 17th and Kingsbury and a rear end collision at Cache Road and Sheridan Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsbury
Frank D. Muse
Baldwin
Billy Donald Young
Memorial Hospital
Young
Donald Ray Yancey
Cache Road
Musicians Meet For Aggie Clinic
About 300 area high school musicians attended Cameron College Band clinic on the Cameron campus. Rehearsals began at 9 30 a m with guest conductors Russell McKiski Melvin Keeney and Glen Wright. Three bands formed two will perform in the 4 p m concert in Aggie auditorium with schools represented from Apache Grandfield Walters Comanche Temple Waurika Tipton Ringling Cyril Dundee Frederick and Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Aggie
Southwest Bandmasters Association
Russell McKiski
Midwestern University Band
Wichita Falls
Tex
Melvin Keeney
Glen Wright
Anadarko
Apache
Grandfield
Walters
Comanche
Temple
Waurika
Tipton
Ringling
Cyril
Dundee
Frederick
Lawton
Oklahoma state wrecks claim six lives over weekend
The Associated Press reports six people died in Oklahoma traffic incidents over the weekend, raising the state's fatality toll to 34. Willie Georgia McGhee, 71, died of shock after a Watonga area crash on U S Highway 270. Clifton Lee Franklin, 46, died in Coalgate after a car truck collision on U S 75. Anthony Williams, four months old, perished in Oklahoma City. Johnny Downs, 19, and John Henry Batt, 22, both listed among the dead, with Donald Ray Chisum, 22, also reported dead in separate incidents. Further details note Franklin's car ran off the road and struck a cattle truck before overturning, while McGhee was a passenger in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Turner Turnpike
Willie Georgia McGhee
Oklahoma City
Clifton Lee Franklin
Coalgate
Anthony Williams
McGhee
Watonga
Kenneth Lee Head
Franklin
Mary Hurley
U. S. Highway 75
Highway Patrol
Williams
McKay Opposes Army Exclusive Use of Wichita Mountains Refuge
Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay reiterated opposition to exclusive Army use of 10,700 acres of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge land near Fort Sill. He offered a limited permit with a buffer zone to allow training without defeating the refuge's primary purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cleland
Constitution Washington Bureau
Washington
Secretary of
Interior
Douglas McKay
Army
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Fortill
Wilber M. Brucker
McKay
Congress
Young Thugs Beat Chicago School Boy
Sixteen stitches were required to close head wounds on 18 year old high school senior Donald Stevens after a brutal assault by a Chicago gang described by police as a lark. He remained in fair condition.
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Chicago
Donald Stevens
Negro Cafe Boss Slain Suspect Held
Frank Griffin a 54 year old Negro owner of Frank's Coffee Shop was killed by a gunman at his counter early today. A 49 year old Negro, Horace Stevenson, is held as a suspect amid reports he admitted the shooting. Police noted Griffin had earlier denied theft of $300 from a Fort Sillman and Stevenson showed little reaction at headquarters.
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Frank Griffin
Frank
Horace Stevenson
Washington
Douglass
Stevenson
Griffin
Rosie Bridgewater
Quaner Dewberry
Johnny Rhodes
Fort Sillman
Earnest E. Brown
Brown
Ralph Hennessee
Kenneth Stradley
Lee Slaying
All-Out Investigation Pushed In Santa Fe Train Wreck
At least 29 people were killed and 150 injured as Santa Fe officials urged a full inquiry into the two car derailment near Los Angeles. Investigators questioned whether a blackout caused engineer Frank Parrish to miss a curve while speeding.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Frank Parrish
Norris Pulson
California
California Public Utilities Commission
C. E. Milne
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milne
Los
Survivors Tell Tale Of Death And Horror
Survivors recount a San Diego bound Santa Fe two car diesel wreck near Los Angeles. Passengers describe tipping cars, screams, and people trapped while sailors and Navy staff aid victims. Religious groups provide comfort as mobile canteens arrive and clergy administer last rites and extreme unction.
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Los Angeles
Floyd C. Ballard
San Diego
Fidelis Kuban
Turibius
Oliver A. Lynch
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Rainfall Tops Half An Inch In Oklahoma
Overcast morning skies threatened more rain as farmers welcomed weekend moisture. Gauges show .57 of an inch. snow and fog forecast for northeastern and southeastern areas. Reported snow across the northeast with up to three inches in Nowata Miami and Winona, two inches in Pryor and Bartlesville, and an inch to an inch and a half in Tulsa Jay Claremore. Southeast Wilburton two inches. Antlers and Poteau over an inch. Local Wichita Falls forecast: high 35, low 30. tomorrow upper 30s.
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Oklahoma
Nowata
Miami
Winita
Pryor
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Jay
Claremore
Wilburton
State Highway Department
Antlers and Poteau
Wichita Falls
Tex
Army Invading Air Force Field
Washington reports debate over which service should lead long range air attack. Army highlights Redstone missile as potential mid range 1,500 mile system while Air Force argues strategic bombers should handle distant targets. The issue intensifies after public display of the Redstone model.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Army
Strategic Air Command
Blood drive urged after wreck shocks city streets
Red Cross units issued an appeal for blood donors after rushing 118 pints to hospitals for wreck casualties. A 36 year old San Diego woman identified by a star sapphire ring was Mrs Dorothy Lester. Her husband Leonard escaped injury and identified the body at the county morgue as coroner officers recovered the mangled remains. Magnesium flares lit the eerie wreckage as rescuers worked. See survivors, Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Dorothy Lester
San Diego
Leonard
Train Wreck Kills Engineer at Cedar WV
A Cincinnati bound service derailed on a curve near Cedar West Virginia around midnight killing the engineer Walt Williard of Bluefield and injuring at least 25 passengers. The No 3 passenger train left Norfolk late Sunday night and ran 15 minutes behind schedule.
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Williamson
Kolee and Western
Cedar
W. Va
Walt Williard
Bluefield
Ernest Hoback
Williamson Hospital
N&w
Norfolk
Here
Senate probe blasts Stassen over Pakistan grain bid
Senate Investigations subcommittee alleges Harold E. Stassen tried to hinder its inquiry into a 1954 Pakistan grain bin project while he led foreign aid. The majority report cites “strong evidence of collusion” by others Stassen should have detected, with Sen. Bender dissenting. Stassen now advises on disarmament.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Harold E. Stassen
Senate
Stassen
Sen. Bender
Ohio
Lee Stassen
Doomsday believer kills wife and two sons in Indiana
In Martinsville Indiana a 31 year old Sunday school teacher Robert Heckman who believes he is Jesus Christ struck his wife Jane E Heckman 30 and his two sons Rick 11 and Chad 10 fatally with a public safety item. He told Sheriff Young I sent them to heaven. The bodies were found in a Brooklyn home bathtub and hall corridor.
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Martinsville
Ind
Jesus Christ
Robert Heckman
Victor Young
Rick
Chad
Heckman
Brooklyn
Jane E. Heckman
Young
Brooklyn Methodist Church
City Dads Elgin Farmers To Meet For Lake Site Talk
City leaders and Elgin property owners will convene at 7 30 p m in the city council chambers to discuss the proposed lake site near Elgin. Mayor C R Ellsworth and city officials including Engineer Douglas L Smith and water committee members will attend to review feasibility, core tests, surveys, and water quality analyses of Cache creek versus Lake Lawtonka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Elgin
C. R. Ellsworth
Douglas L. Smith
Water Committee
E. C. Parks
Lester McKenzie
Arnold White
Elgin Lake Site
Ellsworth
Wyatt Hendrick
Cache Creek
Lake Lawtonka
Elisworth
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