Car Truck Crash Hurts City Trio
A 25 year old bread truck driver Ed Teal and two Lawton View residents were injured in a truck car collision at 15th and Georgia. Teal was taken to Memorial hospital with back injuries after being thrown from the bread truck. Also injured were Zember Adams, 41, and his 15 year old nephew James Adams, 8, both hurt in the overturned Chevrolet sedan. Adams and his nephew were treated for head injuries. Adams remained at home. Patrolman Preston Williams investigated the crash.
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Lawton View
15Th
Georgia
Ed Teal
Lee
Sothe
Memorial Hospital
Zember Adams
S. 13Th
James Adams
Garfield
Adams
Bond Bread Co
Preston Williams
Galbraith Appeal To Court In Guardianship Case
Pittsburg County Judge W H Layden appealed to the state Supreme Court over guardianship of Dr Ben T Galbraith estate. Layden sought to disqualify as county judge for the hearing on removal of James M May as guardian, claiming excessive attorney fees and district court error in mandamus action. Galbraith, a McAlester heart specialist, is serving a life term for his wife’s murder and faced new charges in the death of daughter Sarah Ann.
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Oklanoma City
Pittsburg
W. H. Layden
State Supreme Court
Ben T. Galbraith
McAlester
Layden
High Court
James M. May
Galbraith
Lawden
May
Funeral Rites for Mrs. J. T. Watson Held in Lawton
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Ritter Funeral home chapel for Mrs. Effie Watson 85 longtime Lawton resident who died Wednesday night in Dallas. Rev. H Snodgrass will officiate with burial in Letitia cemetery. Born January 1 1812 in Greensboro North Carolina she married James T Watson in 1894 in Washington county Arkansas and moved to Lawton in 1906 from Prairie Grove Arkansas. She lived in Conroe Texas before death and is survived by three daughters one son four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Ritter Funeral Home
J. T
Effie) Watson
Lawton
Dallas
H. ©. Snodgrass
Centenary Methodist Church
Letitia
Watson
Greensboro
N. C
Washington County
Ark
C. C
Conroe
Tex
Cars Kill Business Toll Collected By Ice Cream Stand
In Wichita, Lyle Dixon closed his ice cream stand at night and began charging a 10 cent toll to vehicles using his lot to bypass a closed street. Drivers protested but police ruled they were trespassing, hurting Dixon’s sales.
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Wichita
Kan
Lyle Dixon
Dixon
Men Battle Blaze In Central Texas
Firefighters contained a roaring brush fire southwest of San Saba in the finder dry ranchland. The blaze broke out Wednesday night and burned hundreds of acres, endangering livestock. Mayor J. W. Shook said it remained out of control at two or three spots but was being fought with 25 or 30 pieces of equipment.
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San Sabs
Tex
Finder Dry
Here
J. W. Shook
San Saba
Yates Ranch
Earthquake Breaks Mine Seals In Utah Coal Mine
A quake at a Castle Gate Utah coal mine released methane gas killing three men. More than 100 workers remained underground but escaped unharmed.
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Castle Gate
Utah
Negroes Win Even If Rights Bill Cut
Behind the scenes Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas seeks a compromise among Northern and Southern Democrats and perhaps Republicans to advance a civil rights bill. Southern opposition risks a coalition of Republicans and Northern Democrats, but a weakened bill could still mark the first civil rights passage in this century, offering limited gains for Negro voters.
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Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate
Johnson
Knowland
Republicaate
Eisenhower
Washington
Pas- Bay
New York
Beech Aire Aga
Beth Steel
Bran Aiew
Humphrey
D-Minn
Colanese
Champlain Oi
Chi Ri & Pace
Chrysler
Eagle
Goodyear
Gulf
G &E
Wan P&l
Ants
Monsan
Mont
Nat Biscay
Chig
DH Penney
Oe Phill
Pet
Proct & G
RCA VM Rayovier
Reyn
St Jos
Stoke van C
Sun Chem
Trans Air
WM Lin Pac
Pi US Rub
AG US Steel
Westg Et
Af Woolworth
State Military Work Assured In Pryor Projects
Oklahoma members of Congress said Defense Department planners assured continued work on Pryor and other military projects despite a review of armed services funding. They affirmed four Pryor contracts totaling 855,200 remain active, with planning and engineering underway at Pryor and a Davis Field project in Muskogee under recently awarded contracts.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Congress
Defense Department
Pryor
Armed Services
Muskogee
Altus
Defense Wilson
Roberts, Kerr
Mike Monroney
Toby Morris
Ed Edmondson
Tulsa
Davis Field
Beasley To Keep Cache C-C Post
CACHE Special heading notes a new slate of Cache Chamber of Commerce officers with Beasley re-elected president. Other officers listed include Ken Maloy as vice president Chuck Morgran secretary Ben Moore treasurer and Rev MM Burk chaplain. Committees named with members and roles across refreshments streets membership publicity.
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Cache
Cache Chamber of Commerce
Bill Beasley
Ken Maloy
Chuck Morgran
Ben Moore
MM. D. Burk
Bill Benton
F. M. Crabtree
Ellen Kriss
Pete Wynn
Paul Simmons
Jack Salvage
Lila McDonald
Otis Zumwalt
Kathleen Woesner
J. M. Rambo
Ceremony Ends Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge
The fourth National Boy Scout jamboree closed with a candlelight rededication to the Scout Oath. Scouts traveled home from across the nation as others toured Philadelphia. A pageant honored Lord Baden-Powell and the first English troop founder Powell. About 50,000 scouts lit candles to recite the oath together.
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Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Robert Bacon- Powall
England
Powell
Lord Baden- Powell
Sheppard May Get New Trial
In Florida Deland a new trial may be sought for Dr. Sam Sheppard after 23 year old burglar Joseph Wedler confessed to the Marilyn Sheppard murder or at least strongly implicated Sheppard and his wife’s killing. A polygraph expert questioned Wedler and suggested he may be truthful or misinformed. Ohio Lt. Gov. Paul Herbert said action would be considered if Wedler’s connection to the crime is clarified.
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Wedler
Deland
Cleveland
Sheppard
Fashionable
Bay Village
Vic
Alex Gregory
Marilyn Sheppard
Gregory
Ohio
Paul Herbert
Sam
Herbert
Marilyn
TV Networks Rewrite Stephen Foster Songs
Florida officials protest after three major networks delete terms like darkies massa mammy and Black Joe from Stephen Foster songs Suwannee River Old Black Joe are cited as official state music and censorship sparks calls for FCC investigation Governor Collins denounces policy as absurd Foster Memorial head and supporters defend the songs as American folklore and condemn book burning and minority pressure claims.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Suwannee River
Stephen Foster
Black Joe
Darkies
Massa
Mammy
Tom
Foster
Earl W. Brown
Lutiet
Foster L. Baines
Foster Memorial
White Springs
Barnes
Express Drivers Strike Settled In Seven Cities
About 3,500 Teamster drivers for Trailways Express end a strike that began April 21. The National Mediation Board announces a wage settlement totaling 29 cents per hour, with 15 cents retroactive to Jan 16, 1956, and 7-cent increases due November 1 in 1956 and 1958. A cost of living escalator clause is included.
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New York
Trailway Express
Cites
Francis 4A. O'Neill
Naional Mediation Board
Cleveland
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Newark
N. T
Philadelphia
St. Louis
State Zinc Strike Will Be Mediated
HENRYETTA Ola. United States mediator B R Hunt of Oklahoma City will meet Tuesday with Eagle Picher sine smelter managers and United Steelworkers Union officials to end a three week strike over wages. Union representative A E Berkey said the firm closed negotiations after tentatively agreeing to a three year contract with a five cent hourly raise each year and a possible bonus after two years.
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Henryetta
Ola
Unnon
Eagle-Picher
B. R. Hunt
Oklahoma City
Federal Cancillation Service
United Steelworkers Union
A. E. Berkey
Berkey
Jet Crews Die In Worcester Jet Crash Over Homes
A training jet exploded over a Worcester Massachusetts neighborhood killing two airmen, 1st Lt Lawrence C. Guild of Quincy and Capt Jean F Murphy of Worcester. The crash set six homes ablaze and scattered burning fuel while witnesses said the plane spun and struck a yard near Indian Lake. Firefighters and residents battled the fire as investigators noted Guild likely attempted a landing before impact.
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Worcester
Mass
Lawrence C. Guild
Quincy
Jean F. Murphy
Guild
13Rd Air National Guard
Grenier Air Force Base
Manchester
N.H
Murphy
Air Force
Indian Lake
Dallas Airport Seeks Planes for Love Field Opening
Dallas seeks to borrow several dozen types of aircraft for the opening of the new Love Field Terminal in October 2027. The plan is to display every aircraft type that has operated at the field since the first scheduled airmail flight.
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Dallas
Love Field
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Omcago
Fletcher Furniture
U.S. Highway 277
Dixie
Dulancy
Cilair
Smith
James
Mattresy
Ivory
Tan
Ft.Smith Couch Co
Virine
Spo
Walia
King & Credit
Queen
Beasley
Southwest Chemical Co
Ns Ave
Arctie Ch
Holsey’s
Cache Road
Dial EL
TV Networks
America
al Jolsens
Collins
Herbert Travers
Wolverton Electric Co
Sheridan
Tena
United States
Dodge Garanet
Arel
DODGE
R&h
Ford
Willys
Mercury
Wade Olds CO
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