Kidnaper Riddled By Georgia Patrolmen
Massachusetts fugitive Jerald Peter Beaucaire, 24, killed a Louisville officer and abducted a nurse and her son in Millen, then led pursuers toward Augusta. In Waynesboro area, troopers fired, hitting Beaucaire seven miles north of the city. he died in a ditch after a brief chase.
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Waynesboro
Massachusetts
Jerald
Peter Beaucaire
Dorchester
Mass
Beaucaire
Millen
John Herrington Jr
Johnny
James H. Landrum
Georgia
Louisville
Red Cross Opens Campaign Today in Lawton County
Red Cross launches its annual membership drive in Lawton and Comanche County with a goal of 32 670. Wayne Gilley fund chairman notes canvassing begins in Lawton and will continue through the week. March is Red Cross month and district captains are named for each school area.
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Red Cross
Lawton
Comanche County
Wayne Gilley
G. G. Goodier
Emerson
Gilley
James Cox
Whittier
James Rust
James Craig
Wirt Holsinger
Walter Wicker Jr
James
Procedural Battle Stalls Lobby Probe
Washington lawmakers clash over procedure in the Senate lobbying investigation. A two member subcommittee was formed to resolve chairmanship power disputes as testimonies revealed disputed campaign contributions and a possible perjury probe. Patman and Yarborough figures surfaced in the probe with new testimony and donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Gore
Blueribbon Senate
Francis Case
R-S.d
Blueribbon Committee
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Republican National
Goodwin
Neff
Sur Jt
Atay
Patman
Superior Oil Co
George
Neff-Goodwin
Justice Department
Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Tex
Hospital Bond Vote Pondered for Memorial Annex
Comanche county may call a April 10 bond election to fund a 150000 dollar chronic disease annex to Memorial hospital pending approval by county commissioners. A matching federal fund commitment of 150000 dollars was secured in Oklahoma City with federal consultant Paul Snelson present along with hospital administrator William C. Love and board member Margaret Day and architect Paul Harris.
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Memorial Hospital
Comanche County
E. L. Woesner
Oklahoma City
Paul Snelson
State Health Department
William C. Love
Margaret Day
Area Weather Forecast for Midweek
Cloudy and windy today turning cooler with partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Expect highs in the 70s today and in the 60s Friday. Low tonight around 35 and today around 50. A 11 am reading is 63 and Wednesday's high reaches 71.
Land Easement Hearing On Tap
Superior Court Judge Robert S. Landers will hear at 10 a.m. Friday an eminent domain style suit by the City of Lawton seeking an easement on property owned by Earl F. and Lillian Ingram. The case asks if appraisers should be appointed or if the easement should be granted for core tests and dam site feasibility. Defendants have been cited to appear to contest the action. public details on their stance are not given.
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Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
City of
Lawton
Earl F. Ingram
Lillian
Ingrams
Four States Mull Kansas City Dallas Pike Route Options
Representatives from Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri discussed potential routes for a Kansas City to Dallas limited access highway. Feasibility studies will begin in Oklahoma and Kansas funds were requested. Proposed routes include US 71 conversion, US 69, US 169, and US 75 with Tulsa area alignment favored.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dallas
Tex
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas Highway Commission
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
P. H. Daniels
State Highway Department
Oklahoma Line
Topeka
Independence
Norris G. Henthorne
Marvin Love
Texas Group
Readmittance follows court order in Alabama Lucy case
Alabama expels Negro coed Auther ine Lucy after court ordered readmission amid unproved conspiracy charges. Judge Grooms vacated rioting claims as NAACP plans remain unsettled. campus calm after riots, with a March 9 mass meeting planned by White Citizens Councils.
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Birmingham
Ala
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Board of Trustees
U. S
Marshall
Miss Lucy
Tuscaloosa
Andrew Thomas
Grooms
Carter
University
Supreme Court
Lucy
Dems Challenge Chief's Physical Fitness Gaim
Dr. Paul Dudley White said the President's health should remain satisfactory for years. Democrats criticized Eisenhower's claim of full fitness after his heart attack, noting a de facto regency and urging a vigorous campaign. Doctors cited acceptable risk and protection measures improving longevity and active life.
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Boston
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Washington
Talk
White House
Eisenhow
National Anthem Origin Tied to Fort McHenry Fight
The Star Spangled Banner ties its birth to Fort McHenry and Fort Sill’s 2d Field Artillery Battalion. Key watched the battle as cannons from the unit helped deter the British fleet. The article traces the anthem from 1814 to its 1931 congressional official recognition and notes the regiment’s later roles in fires and Indian campaigns.
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America
Republic
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
United States Artillery
2Nd Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Key
Baltimore
North Point
Congress
United States
Four Candidates File for City Council Posts
Four candidates filed today for city council seats amid a March 20 primary race. Incumbent Stitt Pair in Ward 3 and Ward 2 contender Marshall Loon ey join Ward 1 hopeful D. L. Shelton and Ward 5 seeker W. R. Morris. Filing ends March 10 with no other incumbents yet filed. a general election on April 3 hinges on Republican filings.
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Marshall Looney
Liberty
Quality Beverage Company
Stitt Pair
Wesley Kepler
D. L. Shelton
Gore
W. R
Rob) Morris
Jefferson
Lester McKenzie
Buck Kinsey
E. W. Kirkpatrick
March Arrives Like A Lamb In Oklahoma Weather
The first day of March reached Oklahoma with cloudy but fair skies in Lawton and a 63 degree reading at 11 am. A late day windier spell may lower temperatures with highs in the 70s and a tonight low near 35 after a previous high of 51 yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lawton
U.S. Weather Bureau
Iran Expels Red Espionage Agent After Spy Arrest
Tehran announces the arrest and expulsion of Soviet Maj Anatolie Ivanovitch Kuznetzov the assistant military attaché on spying charges. A Iranian officer faces death after being caught receiving secret documents. Hussein Rejaei Tehrani a Persian air force officer is charged with espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Anatolie Ivanovitch Kuznetzov
Kuznetzov
Hussein Rejaei Tehrani
Rizley Confirmed as Federal Judge for Western Oklahoma
The Senate confirmed Ross Rizley to be judge of the United States District Court for Western Oklahoma, succeeding retiring Edgar S. Vaught at a $22,500 yearly bench. Rizley, then chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, hopes to leave for Oklahoma around March 15 if CAB duties permit. his successor at the board has not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution Washington Bureau
Washington
Senate Today
Ross Rizley
United States District Court
Oklahoma
Guyman
Edgar S. Vaught
Rizley
Civil Aeronautics Board
White House
Judges to Receive Judicial Robes in Lawton Banquet
Comanche county three courts of record will receive judicial robes on March 16 at a Hotel Lawtonian legal institute banquet. Supreme Court Justice Floyd Jackson will present robes to District Judge Toby Morris, Superior Judge Robert Landers, and County Judge S R Harper, on behalf of the Comanche county Bar Assn. Ross Rizley will headline the 7 p.m. program, with about 200 attending.
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Comanche County
Legal Institute
Lawtonian
Jack Brock
The
Supreme Court
Floyd Jackson
Toby Morris
Robert Landers
S. R. Harper
Jackson
Comanche County Bar Assn
Ross Rizley
Western
Oklahoma
Brock
Western Judicial District
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Marilyn Monroe
Beverly Hills
Calif
New York
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Alabama
National Assn. For Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Birmingham Post-Herald
Ace Carter
North Alabama
White Citizens Councils
National Assn. For
Colored People
Gaim
Boston Heart
Charleston
South Carolina
Winfield Scott
Andrew Jackson
Florida
Big Deuce
St. Augustine
Tampa
See Sill
2Nd Field
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