Fort Sill to Train Helicopter Pilots at Army Unit
Establishment of the Army Aviation Unit Training Command at Fort Sill for transition training of helicopter pilots was announced. The program will use H-34 Sikorsky single-rotor cargo aircraft, with 3,000 pound capacity and 14 troops, and will operate three to six companies with 35 warrant officers, nine officers, and 97 enlisted men.
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Army Aviation Unit Training Command
Fort Sill
Public Information Office
45Th Helicopter Transportation Bn
Charles Ernest
Outfit
Sill
Fort Riley
Kansas
William R. Mathews
Army
U.S. Army
Blonde Loses Icy Outlook Before Death
Ruth Ellis a 28 year old blonde ex model and mother of two was hanged for the Easter Sunday murder of her lover in London. The crowd outside Holloway Prison watched as hangman Albert Pierrepoint executed her after being refused clemency. She admitted following 25 year old David Blakely to a London bar and firing four shots. Her death intensifies the capital punishment debate in Britain.
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London
Ruth Ellis
Britain
Holloway
Albert Pierrepoint
Ellis
Goodby
Gwilym Lloyd- George
David Blakely
Plane Tanker Falls Eleven Killed in Crash Near Merced
MERCED Calif UP Eleven persons were killed when a KC-97 refueling plane from Castle Air Force Base crashed about two minutes after takeoff six miles from the base near the Cressey Bridge The aircraft was on a routine refueling flight carrying jet fuel at capacity reported as up to 64 000 pounds Eyewitnesses said the plane appeared low before an engine burst into flames in a forced landing attempt The crash scattered bodies and most were burned to a crisp Some parachutes were partially opened before impact See PLANE Page 2
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Castle Air
Merced
Calif
Castle Air Force Base
92Rd
Cressey Bridge
Wilma Nelson
Cressey
R. W. Stratton
Stratton
L. H. Moyer
Raids Resume In Chickasha
Harold Jelly Basham, freed on 250 dollar bond after a raid yielding liquor worth 10000 dollars, was rearrested by three citizens led by Justice of the Peace Calvin Strother. Strother displayed almost 14 gallons of liquor found at the Grady Stephens County line. No charges were filed against Basham. Sheriff Perrin labeled the raiders a hooded group.
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Chickasha
Harold
Jelly) Basham
Justice of the Peace
Calvin Strother
Strother
Grady-Stephens
Basham
Hack Perrin
Murder Charged In City Car Death
Leo Gaines, a 56 year old Lawton man, charged with murder in the auto-weapon death of his 52 year old woman friend, waived preliminary hearing as City Judge Ralph Cline sent the case to a higher court. The victim Daisey Mae Johnson died at Memorial hospital after multiple fractures and internal injuries from an auto incident.
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Leo Gaines
Lawton
Ralph Cline
Gaines
Arthur Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Daisey Mae Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Hobby resigns as Welfare Secretary in landmark move
Washington dispatch reports Oveta Culp Hobby resigning as secretary of health education and welfare effective August first. President Eisenhower to nominate Marion B. Folsom to succeed her, praising Hobby’s wartime WAC leadership and citing personal reasons related to her husband's illness.
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Marion Folsom
Texan
Washington
Oveta Culp Hobby
Eisenhower
Marion B. Folsom
the Treasury
Mrs. Hobby
Parley
Chickasha seeks lower gas rates from Consolidated Utilities
Oklahoma City reports Chickasha and Thomas protest Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp's request for a 417960 dollar annual rate hike. City attorney Owen Vaughn calls for a rate cut and the commission schedules a July 27 public hearing. Consolidated cites rising costs after a 2 million dollar increase in 1953.
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Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Corporation Commission
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp
Thomas
Consolidated
Commission
Owen Vaughn
Armed Thugs Rob Lawton Man After Midnight
Two masked men robbed D. C. Moates of Lawton around midnight to 1 55 a m near a county road southwest of Lawton Country Club. They used a .45 automatic and a sawed off shotgun, taking about 400 dollars and Moates 1955 Cadillac. Moates was uninjured as deputies searched without success in an all night dragnet.
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Lawton
D. C
Comanche County
Everett Ray Hale
Moates
Hale
N. 38Th Street
Kes Road Bond Plans Rejected
Washington The House Public Works Committee rejected President Eisenhower's plan to finance a 47 billion dollar federal state road program with 30 year bonds. The panel approved the initial section of the program but did not vote on a Democratic tax increase alternative. Party line vote with Alger of Texas lone Republican in opposition.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Feisenhower
Rep
Alger
Texas
Czechs Release Army Sergeant After Border Capture
In Waidhaus Germany Communist Czechoslovakia freed U S Army sergeant Walter T Winter of Philadelphia who was seized 39 days ago during a border sightseeing trip. Two Czech border police handed him to West German guards at the frontier in Bavaria and the Germans passed him to U S Army Intelligence agents.
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Waidhaus
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Walter T. Winter
Philadelphia
Winter
Bavaria
Area Officials Discuss Laws At City Meet
County officials from the Sixth District meet in Comanche county to discuss new and amendatory laws. State examiner Scott Burson and deputies interpret items while Sam Wall of Caddo county chairs. Afternoon groups will tackle bills affecting treasurers and clerks, including HB 810 HB 743 and HB 1036.
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Comanche County
Scott Burson
Sam Wall
Anadarko
Caddo County
United States
Europe Heat Wave Claims 60 Lives Across Continent
London reports Europe endures sixth day of extreme heat with at least 60 deaths. Temperatures rose into the 80s in many nations where air conditioning is rare, with drownings and lightning blamed for most fatalities at crowded beaches.
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London
Europe
Five paving districts outlined for Lawton approval
A resolution creating five paving districts for Lawton will be presented to the mayor and city council for approval next week. Petitions for the street improvements showed 52 to 75 percent property liability, with areas including Ozman avenue 60 percent and Fourth street 75 percent. Connie Hill urged truck inspections at the new city dump grounds to prevent litter on roads. Mayor Ellsworth suggested council discussion.
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Lawton
Warren Chrisman
D. Henry Jones
Ozman Avenue
17Th Street
19Th
18Th Street
Smith
Williams
19Th Street
Ferris
Dearborn
C Avenue
17Th
21St Street
Fourth Street
B Avenue
Williamson Awaits Orders To Resume Trooper Duties
A. J. Bud Williamson Lawton highway patrol trooper who was exonerated by a three member board of review said he did not know when he would be returned to duty or where assigned Orders for his return would come from Oklahoma City but no word had been received yet The review board ordered his return to trooper status immediately and retroactive pay as of March 21 for nearly four months suspension stemming from an alleged improper accident report on March 4 involving a Faxon farmer and a Lawton bootlegger.
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A. J
Bud) Williamson
Lawton
Oklahoma C
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