Mental Patient Prime Suspect In Girl's Death
Detectives named Raphael Machalica a hopeful suspect in the kidnapping and slaying of Judith Ann Roberts near Baltimore. The 31 year old, also known as Robert Brown, was arrested while praying at the girl's grave and underwent psychiatric evaluation. He has not been charged as officers plan further testing and a probable scene visit next week.
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Miami
Judith Ann Roberts
Raphael Machalica
Robert Brown
Baltimore
Bayfront
Chester Eldredge
Homicide Bureau
Machalica
Eldredge
Lincoln
Ill
Jose Rabalcaba
Chicago
Florida
Macalica
Little Judy
Charles Sapp
Sapp
Judith Ann
Man and wife refuse to sign complaints after knife fight
Lawton residents Allen Baird and Fannie Baird were involved in a knife fight at No. 1174B around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Both were stabbed. the husband sustained a lower right chest wound and the wife was stabbed in the back. Neither signed complaints, and the husband was taken to Memorial hospital for treatment. Investigating officers were Johnny Rhodes and Quannah Dewberry.
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Lawton
Allen Baird
Fannie Baird
Memorial Hospital
Johnny Rhodes
Quannah Dewberry
Eisenhower to Address Geneva Summit Move
The president pledges no appeasement yet will negotiate in good faith to ease Cold War tensions with Russia. A 15 minute Friday broadcast precedes a Geneva trip, with the summit to begin the following Monday and Nikolai Bulganin awaiting at the table.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Russia
White House
Nikolai Bulganin
Officers' swagger stick custom noted in Army and Marines
Marines and Army officers once carried swagger sticks though the practice faded in the past year. Sgt. Schoolcraft and his wife Annah live at 1602 Lake in Lawton for a three year tour. They have a daughter Pamela, seven, and he will work with S Daikts aiden totes Bei colo ng office in the Post Office building.
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Sgt. Schoolcraft
Annah
Lake
Lawton
Pamela
Sdaikts Aiden Totes Bei Colong
Funeral Rites for Charles E. Phillips in Waurika
Charles Edward Phillips 86, Waurika native and contractor, died Saturday at Waurika hospital after a long illness. He came to Indian Territory in 1901, married Fannie Mann in 1922 at Shawnee, then lived in Rotan Texas before moving to Waurika in 1907. He leaves two daughters Doris Butler and Francis Phillips, a son Glen Hastings, four sisters and a brother, plus one grandson. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Monday at the Methodist church with Rev. Earl Burris officiating. burial in Waurika Cemetery, Worley Funeral Home in charge. Bearers named: Lou Stout, John Totty, Paul Totty, George Trout, Euclid Plumlee, Ward Cashion.
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Waurika
Charles Edward Phillips
Waurika Hospital
Phillips
Indian Territory
Fannie Mann
Shawnee
Rotan
Tex
Methodist Church
Earl Burris
Wauri
St. Joseph
Flora Robinett
Blackow
Kansas
Lou Stout
John Totty
Paul Totty
George Trout
Euclid Plumlee
Ward Cashion
Employment prospects in local labor market amid oversupply
Employment service data show June non agricultural openings rose from May with 928 placements. Demand centers include wholesale retail trade and contract construction while farm help and service occupations stay strong. local applicants edge down to 784 with men outnumbering women. Supply remains generally adequate though summer oversupply of young workers persists.
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Page One
State Employment Service
Kidson
Idb
Senator Russell Pushes Military Reserve Plan Amid Opposition
Senator Richard B. Russell says he will press his voluntary military reserve proposal despite Defense Secretary Wilson’s opposition. The plan would reward volunteers with a 400 dollar bonus for a three year combat reserve in the Army and Marine Corps, while not forcing participation. Wilson urges compulsory reserve service for all servicemen to ensure a core of trained personnel.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Russell
Army
Marine Corps
Wilson
Defense Production
Homer E. Capehart
Senate Banking Committee
Coast Guard races to rescue Blue Star hoax victims
Interrogations reveal a 17-year-old confessing to hoax messages about the fishing ship Blue Star near the New Jersey coast. Distress calls described a submarine surfacing and taking survivors aboard, prompting a rapid Coast Guard response despite the apparent prank.
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Coast Guard
Blue Star
New Jersey
St. Joseph’s
Nova Scotia
New York City
Turncoats Arrive Far From Border in Hong Kong Plan
The TURNCOATS arrive at 1:20 p m and require about thirty minutes to clear passengers at the border. The Hong Kong government says the Chinese Red Cross provided the new arrival time while the British charge d affaires in Peiping was notified. Three Americans are named along with two Belgians who sought exit from Red China.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Red Cross
Peiping
Red China
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Olympia
Wash
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Peiping Radio
Bell
Griggs
United States
Cowart
Japan
Rushmore Mystery Reeled by Police After Hotel Tip
Police traced a tipster who telephoned the Ambassador East hotel where Rushmore registered. The intended meet was to occur in a tough southwest Chicago neighborhood early Thursday. Stephen Harrison warned of danger, but Rushmore vanished after a television appearance. He missed security briefings and airline bookings.
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Communist Party
William Lawrence
Swank
Ambassador East
Rushmore
Southwest Side
Stephen Harrison
Police Security Division
Chicago
New York
Wenzell report proposed privatizing TVA power assets
The Wenzell study advised creating a separate corporation to own and finance most TVA assets while TVA would focus on flood control and navigation. It suggested transferring chemical and fertilizer projects and resource development efforts to locals or private entities, with government securities liquidated over time. Wenzell to face Kefauver questions soon.
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Senate
Adolphe B. Wenzell
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wenzell
Eisenhower
Senhower
Kefauver
Budget Bureau
Bureau
Corporation
TVA
Dixon- Yates
Agriculture Department
Woman charged after Lee Boulevard wreck injures three cars
A 20-year-old Lawton woman Wanda Ferrell 1908 Lee was charged with following too closely after her 1950 Chevrolet rear ended Martin Gaines 23 1207 Pennsylvania as Regan's auto weaved on the road near 1110 Lee Blvd. Damage to the Ford Chevrolet and Cadillac totaled 400 300 and 100 with slight vehicle damage reported. Officers Crabtree and Blackburn investigated the 5 56 p.m. crash.
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Regan
Ford
Chevrolet
Cadillac
John McCaig
Jack Wheeler
Lawton
Lee Blvd
Wanda Joan Ferrell
Lee
Martin Taft Gaines
Pennsylvania
Grady Crabtree
James Blackburn
Paratroopers Reclaim Positions From Communists in Laos
Saigon dispatch reports Laotian paratroopers counter attacked Saturday and recaptured many positions seized by Communist forces in the eastern jungles of Laos. The operation underscores ongoing clashes in the southeast Asian kingdom as forces seek to consolidate gains and push back insurgent advances.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Fewer Workers Employed In Area Than Last Year
The Lawton Fort Sill employment office reports 1,350 fewer people employed this June than in 1954. Non agricultural placements were 952 in 1954 and 928 in 1955. agriculture had 117 in 1954 and 111 in 1955. Active files 1,115 in June 1955 versus 1,298 in June 1954.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Virginia Kidson
Kidson
City man found innocent on driving count in Lawton court
Robert Dee Johnson, 40, of Lawton, was found innocent in Municipal court on a failure to yield right of way charge after a two car crash at Second and Euclid. The incident, at 10:35 p.m. Friday, involved a 1951 Chevrolet driven south by Johnson and a 1951 Studebaker driven east by George Ora Hendrix of Medicine Park with no injuries. The police report cited loose gravel causing Johnson to skid about 33 feet. the judge ruled in Johnson's favor. Several other defendants faced charges from reckless driving to theft and assault, with guilty pleas and fines ranging from 10 to 20 dollars.
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Robert Dee Johnson
Lawton
Woodrow Giles
Johnson
Second
Euclid
Studebaker
George Ora Hendrix
Medicine Park
Second Street
Clyde McDaniel
Wisconsin
McDaniel
Beatrice Ramsey
Drexel W. Powell
N. B. Massey
North 19Th
Delphia Massey
Thomas G. Jones
Floyd
Higgins links and withdrawals cloud Oklahoma politics
Higgins remains unidentified as press secretary for Johnston Murray and former longtime state official. Ben Brickell, ex-Oklahoma County House member, discussed Higgins withdrawal with Granville Scanland, county attorney who filed the charge. Brickell denied any money transaction and had earlier claimed constitutional immunity before a House committee.
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Higgins
Johnston Murray
House
Department of Education
State Senate
McClain County
Ben Brickell
Oklahoma County House
Truman Bennett
Hodge
Granville Scanland
Brickell
House Committee
Grass fire extinguished at 1407 S Third
Southside Station firemen extinguished a grass fire at 1407 South Third at 5 45 p m Saturday. It was the only fire call of the day and no damage was reported from the blaze.
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Southside
S. Third
Estate posts for life amid fees and probate case
The estate valued at 3.36 million has dwindled to about 2 million over three years since Graham's death. Distributions begin at 200 dollars monthly for life to heirs. Attorneys' fees total 258 thousand. state, city of Pryor, and Mayes County stand to receive property under a 100-year-old will amid constitutional challenges to trusteeship law. The attorney general voiced surprise at the action, while officials debate the law's effect on the will.
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Gary
Dierker
Graham
Pryor
Mayes County
Little
Williamson
River tragedy ends weekend outing for three families
Killingsworth of Glendale, Ariz, said the three families were camped near Mountain Lake but chose the river for swimming. Drownings occurred as men raced to the bank and leaped into the swift current in an effort to save a child. Trino reportedly swam well but disappeared.
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Trino
Killingsworth
Glendale
Ariz
Driggers Confesses Shot Necks as Clemmons Youth Dies
Driggers said he became ill from wine then spoke with police about retrieving his father's shotgun. He admitted joking about killing Clemmons, loading a shell as Clemmons walked away, firing to wound, then shooting him in the neck to end his misery.
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Driggers
Clemmons
Cache Youths Arrested For Auto Prowl
Two 14 year olds in Cache were arrested Saturday morning by Deputy Marvin Terry and booked into county jail. They allegedly prowled a motor vehicle. The youths will likely appear before County Judge S R Harper on Monday.
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Cache
Marvin Terry
S. R. Harper
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