Airman Tells Brutal Story Of 3 Killings
GALVESTON TEX Airman Ellis Euclid Lau don Jr 26 said he killed three people to escape capture for being AWOL while in custody in Galveston He described killing Mrs Ruby McPherson 42 her mother Mrs Zola Norman 63 and her son George 12 in Dickison Texas on June 22 He planned to sail to Japan where his wife is a Japanese national He fled to Nogales Mexico after attempting to sell the deceaseds car Mexico handed him to Texas authorities without extradition He dictated a two hour statement to Assistant District Attorney Archie Alexander Jr detailing the alleged motives and events leading to the slayings.
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Galveston
Tex
Ruby McPherson
Zola Norman
George
Dickinson
Here
Ellis Euclid Laudon Jr
Japan
Nogales
Mexico
Mrs. McPherson
Air Force
Altus
Ark
Texas
Landon
Archie Alexander Jr
Beaumont
Sulphur
Soviet Shows Off New Jets At Air Force Day Display
Moscow audience watched as Russia unveiled new supersonic single-jet fighters totaling 48 in a parade at Tushino Airfield. The showcase included a sleek twin-engined jet transport, 50 twin-jet fighters, multiple bombers, and 4 two-engine helicopters, plus an aerial ballet with a flap-wing radio controlled glider and Yak-18s.
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Moscow
Russia
Tushino
Three-Level Oklahoma Bridge Nears Completion
Oklahoma expects completion by August 1 of its first three level interchange north of the city with paving the last task. The project features reinforced steel bridges and wide safety margins. By late July, the second level bridge advances as cement pours proceed, with 330 yards of cement on a 190 foot bridge bed and a 336 foot top level.
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Lawton City
U.S. 277
U.S. 62
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Fort Sill Blvd
Cache Road
State Highway Department
Forest Abercrombie
Oklahoma City
Texas Airman Missing Aitter Truck Plunges Off Red River Bridge
National toll on highways rose during the Fourth of July weekend with 261 traffic deaths, 134 drownings, and 79 other fatalities as officials warned the holiday period would bring more danger. The Associated Press noted historical peaks, including a 1950 record of 793 deaths, while reporting isolated tragedies across states from Iowa to New Jersey, including a mishap near the Red River bridge and other violent incidents.
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Texas
Aitter
Red River
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Owner Digging Garden Hose Burrow Mystery
Downey California Monday local truck driver George DiPeso followed geologist advice and digs to uncover a green plastic garden hose that has burrowed 19 feet into his front lawn. Crowds gathered as curiosity grew with editors from Tokyo Toronto London New York seeking details about the strange incident. Ruth DiPeso and their three children watched as the lawn was roped off to protect the scene.
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Calif
George DiPeso
DiPeso
Ruth
Tokyo
Toronto
London
New York
Search Party Hunts Body After Crash Near Burkburnett
Harvey J. McPeek Sheppard Air Force Base airman is believed drowned after a pickup plunged into the Red River near Burkburnett. Police, fire crews, and air base officials searched the river from 1 a.m. as divers scoured the area for the body, with another passenger, J. B. Wallace, held for investigation. The pickup was recovered at dawn without a body inside.
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Harvey J. McPeek
Sheppard Air Force
Red River Bridge
Burkburnett
Red River
Burkburnett, Tex
McPeek
Wichita Falls Tex
J. B. Wallace
Highway Patrol
Wallace
Grandfield
Wichita Falls
Tex
Sheppard Air Force Base
Aggie Footballer Dies In Accident At 19
Cameron college football reserve center Howard Dwaine Lawler, 19, was killed in a one car crash nine miles south of Stamford Texas while driving from Abilene. A Temple native and 1954 Temple High School graduate, he was headed to join Cameron next year and had been active in FFA. He is survived by his parents two brothers and a sister.
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Howard Dwaine Lawler
Cameron
Stamford
Texas
Lawler
Abilene
Temple
U. S
Temple First Baptist Church
Temple High School
FFA
Aggie
Worsham Lawler
Rt. 1
Hastings
Larry
Home
Clyde
Merlene Poemoceah
Walters
Patrol Nabs 16 in District Four July Totals
The highway patrol reports 16 arrests and 20 warnings for district four during July 3. One property damage accident and one personal injury accident occurred, three persons were injured, and 31 assists were logged.
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The
Highway Patrol
Armed Posse Hunts Forest for Bear Said to Kidnap Girl
In Libby Montana more than 250 armed men scoured the Kootenai Forest for a bear believed to have abducted 2 year old Ida May Curtis from a family tent near a logging camp. Lincoln County officials report bloodstains in the tent and are pursuing the bear with volunteers and bloodhounds from Deer Lodge.
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Libb
Mont
Kootenai
Lincoln County
Ole Fagerbert
Ida May Curtis
Mortimer E. Curtis
Deer
Fagerberg
Deer Lodge
Libby
Esther Audience Pleases Officials at Holy City
The Easter service audience for The Story of Esther at the Holy City drew a crowd officials called very pleased. Jack Batten, executive director of the Esther Pageant, said the attendance justified the effort and plans for another Bible story next summer are under consideration, though no definite plans exist yet.
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Easter Service Association
Esther
Holy City
Jack Batten
Countess Quits Cave After Himalayan Stay
London society figure the Countess of Mayo returns from a two month stay in a Himalayan cave near Rishikesh. She says she lived with no furniture a boulder and wire netting to keep out monkeys and ate only fruit and potatoes while studying the Swami sect. The countess 51 founded the Church of Active Truth at Edinburgh and was married to the ninth Earl of Mayo in 1937, now living apart.
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London
Countess of Mayo
Rishikesh
India
Church of Active Truth
Edinburgh
Earl of Mayo
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