Solon sounds alert on Weather Bureau failings over Audrey
Senator Russell Long blasted the Weather Bureau for a 12 hour error on Hurricane Audrey tracking after touring Cameron Parish where about 109 died and 20 foot tides battered the coast. Sheriff Carter vowed to seek answers while officials defended their advisories.
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Cameron
WMA
Louisiana
Russell Long
DeLa
Weather Bureau
Long
Cameron Parish
O. B. Carter
Audrey
Iran Earthquake Toll Rises Past Fifteen Hundred
Rescue crews have recovered bodies of 1,509 victims from the Caspian Sea region's Tuesday quake. Officials report at least 500 dead and 6,000 injured across Babolsar Mazanderan areas amid ongoing search efforts.
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Teuran, Tran
Caspian Sea
Babul
Mazanderan
Eight Injured In City Holiday Wrecks
Lawton area reports eight injuries on July 4th with no fatalities. Two Latvian teenagers were hospitalized after a Lawton View crash. Six members of Fort Sill’s 4030th WAC Detachment were hurt in a Lawton bus collision near Cache Road.
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Women’s Army Corps
Block Cache Road
Wacs
Fort Sill Hospital
Lawton
OT — —Leers
Lawton View
4030Th
WAC
Fort Sill
Viste
Melba L. Sanders
Sandra Barclay
Karen R. Heropel
Set Dunn
Sir Molen M- Rahn
Joanne L. Page
Isaac W. Crawford
AT Passenger
Oklahoma Transportation Co
John R. McCaig
Jacl Wheeler
Lawton Negro Youths Who Were Injured In the Lawton
James C. Brewer
Grady Brewer
Memorial Hospital
Peirce
Melvin Holman
Georgia
Eula Pear Grant
Washington
Aerobee Rocket Misfires At Churchill Test Site
The second Aerobee rocket in the International Geophysical Year series failed after liftoff from a Canadian base near Ft Churchill. The 24 foot rocket flew about 25 seconds and crashed with no explosion heard, injuring 10 people and prompting an aerial wreckage survey.
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Churchill
Man
U.S
Hudson Bay
Ang
L. G. Smith
Army Ordnance Corps
Cane
Almaching
Smith
International Geophysical Year
Ft Churchill
Earth
Lawton Trooper Promoted to McAlester District Supervisor
Trooper II Bb Morgan, longtime Lawton highway patrol district member, is named supervisor for the McAlester district effective July 20. He is one of four troopers reassigned to fill posts vacated by newly commissioned lieutenants. Other changes relocate Bert Danner Ardmore to Claremore and G R Brown Alva to Lawton, with Oule Ranch moving from Okmulgee to Enid.
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Bb. Morgan
Lawton
McAlester
Morgan
Bert Danner
Ardmore
Claremore
G. R. Brown
Alva
Oule Ranch
Okmulgee
Enid
Connie
Johny Shawn
U,. S. Navy
Morgans
Bom Haskell
Highway Patrol
Family Shopping Day Observed In Lawton Stores Open Late
Lawton stores stay open until 9 p.m as "Family Shopping Day" returns. The Weekly event, usually on Thursday, was postponed to Friday due to a holiday. The Chamber of Commerce Retail committee led by Jarek Raulston approved staying open on Fridays after Thursday holidays.
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Lawton
Chamber of
Autopsy May Be Performed In Death Case
County Attorney Warren Crane announced a potential autopsy in the death of 24 year old Darlene Pebeahsy of Anatarks as charges may be filed against her former husband Charles Gache. Investigators planned further questioning of relatives and associates as more information was gathered before filing. The body was found near the Cache home after a July incident, with bruising and a dragged appearance noted.
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Warren Crane
Darlene Pebeahsy
Anatarks
Crane
Hush
Charles
Gache
David J. Aubros
Pebeahsy
U.S. 62
Cache
Cr. Love
Dallas
Aller A
H. Pawe 2 Co
Massive Atomic Blast Rocks Marines at Test Site
A gigantic explosion near a Marine unit 3,700 yards from ground zero created an earthquake-like shock and fire over distant hills. The Atlantic Energy Commission estimated peak power possibly below the previous high shot, with a 1,500 foot balloon suspension. One Marine buried in a trench was rescued. no serious injuries reported.
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Atlantic Energy Commission
United States
Associated Press
Harvey Tsehrigi
Marine Brigade
Tsehrigi
Ural
Theodore Sturgion
St. Louis
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
News
Cool 94 Slated For City Today
Cooler air moves across the state with temperatures held in check through the weekend. Expect highs in the lower 90s, with overnight lows around 60s. Lawton tops at 103, Altus and Hobart hit 106, and scattered showers may occur late Saturday and midweek.
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Weather Bureau
Lawton
Altus
Hobart
Traffic Toll Sets Record On State Fourth of July
The Associated Press reports the Fourth of July holiday yielded the bloodiest traffic day in state history with a dozen deaths, including a Granite woman and her grandson. The toll for 1957 rose to 330, surpassing last year’s figures as multiple crashes, a parked truck, and a runaway trailer caused numerous fatalities across Oklahoma, involving families from Granite McAlester and Boise City.
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Associated
MIKS
Qililoma
Gladys Jean Campbell
Granite
Billy Ray Campbell, Jr
Max Ferguson
McAlester
Naomi Ferguson
Donald Lee Ferguson
the Fergusons
Tony Earl Flitton
Tulsa
Harold Roomes
St. Louis
Lawrence Ray Clacom
Guymon
Ruth Grebal
Boise City
John
Joe Grebal
Campbell
Billy Ray Campbell
Fer
Guson
Krebs
Hilton
Feotia Avenue
Toories
Ardmore
Andrew Morten Isabell
Duncan
Highway Patrol
Rufus Andrew Flemming
U. 7
Bilry Lee Evans
Oklahoma City
Lee
Red Army Denounces Ousted Soviet Leaders in Moscow
The Red Star denounces four deposed Kremlin leaders as treacherous and undermining Soviet defense. It accuses Lavrenti Beria, Molotov, Malenkov, and Shepilov of fractional activity aimed at weakening unity of state and army, with calls for possible legal action. The campaign gains momentum through nationwide meetings led by the defense ministry.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Red Star
Soviet Defense Ministry
Georgi Zhukov
Soviet Union
Lavaer Raganovich
Army
Navy
Nikita Khrushchev
Kaganovich V. M. Molovov
Georgi Malenkov
Dmitri Shepilov
Kaganosh
Nikifor T. Tsalchenko
East German Leader Warns Against Ousting Stalinist Regime
East Germany's top Communist official Hermann Matern warned in Neues Deutschland against forming opposition against the Stalinist leadership. He urged quick, decisive action to preserve party unity amid the Moscow purge, saying dissenters must surrender to Leninist party life or be expelled.
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Berlin
Moscow
Palitburo
Hermann Matern
Neues Deutschlands
Matein
U S Rejects Russian Plan On Weapons
London report cites Harold E. Stassen at a United Nations disarmament meeting. The U S rejects a Russian call for unconditional renunciation of nuclear weapons use. He pledges not to use nukes against any nation not violating the UN charter, but opposes a universal ban for all powers.
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London
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Slassen
United Nations
Russia
Stassen
Traffic Death Toll Mounts Across Nation
The Associated Press reports rising highway fatalities during the four day Independence Day period. By day two 182 died in crashes, 94 in drownings, and 28 in other accidents, totaling 274 with no fireworks deaths. Ned H. Dearborn of the National Safety Council urged extreme caution to curb the toll.
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Associated Press
Pam
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Coast Brush Fire Charred 4500 Acres in California
A fast moving brush fire in Chatsworth Calif burned over 4500 acres in the watershed and destroyed at least 15 homes in the Deerlake Park area. About 100 families were evacuated. no injuries were reported as firefighters gained control.
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Chatsworth
Calif
Deerlake Park
Briton 'Rather Fancies' Maid. Court Fines Stalker
Richard Crompton 26 admitted he would do almost anything to attract Ruth Waterhouse a Birmingham bank clerk. He dangled letters posed as a crippled beggar and serenaded her with Neapolitan songs. He was found guilty of a nuisance and fined 70 dollars.
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Birmingham
England
Richard Crompton
Jove
Crompton
Ruth Waterhouse
Queen ‘Bee
Golden Girl
Miss Waterhouse
Fair
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