Slain Coed Believed Raped in Oklahoma Burning
Oklahoma officers pursue theory that 21 year old Mildred Reynolds was sexually assaulted before her car was set ablaze near Alva. Her charred body was found by farmer Loren Goucher ten miles south and twenty miles west of Alva. Police questioned husband Jim Reynolds and relatives while autopsy and investigation proceed.
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Alva
Okla
Mildred Ann Reynolds
Northwestern State College
D. R. Reynolds
Avard High School
Loren Goucher
Here
Jim Hucklebee
Eddie Newlin
Reynolds
Newlin
Ed Doctor
State Bureau
Cherokee
Britain and U S row over Cyprus meddling sparks anger
In London British public opinion surged against U S meddling amid Cyprus tensions while the Foreign Office signaled easing strain. Washington denied taking sides and offered to help find a fair solution as Cyprus debate grows in Parliament. A British police sergeant was shot dead in Nicosia during a general strike following Makarios deportation.
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London
United States
Cyprus
Foreign Office
U.S. State Department
Greece
Britain
State Department
Washington
U.S
Cavendish Cannon
Cannon
Winthrop Aldrich
Anthony Nutting
Aldrich
House of Commons
Nicosia
Makarios
East Mediterranean
Priority For South Turnpike Leg Urged
Oklahoma City State Sen. Glen C. Collins urged Gov. Raymond Gary to allow building the southern turnpike leg even if the three proposed toll roads cannot be financed as a single package. Collins supports moving ahead to Dallas while bonds await buyers, noting a 1955 Act requires a $1 million bond if the northern and southwestern pikes start first. Gary emphasized awaiting traffic and cost studies before comment.
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Oklahoma City
Glen C. Collins
Konawa
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Wichita, Kan
Wichita Falls
Tex
Gary
Collins
Lawton
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Tulsa
Dallas
Cadets To Invade Sill This Weekend
ROTC cadets from five colleges visit Fort Sill for ROTC day to observe artillery life. One day they perform duties with five Field Artillery groups and attend a firing demonstration by The Artillery and Guided Missile School. Brig. Gen. John F. Bird will address them before assignments.
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Fort Sill
Artillery and
Department of Materiel
Department of Tactics and Combined Arms
John F. Bird
Artillery
Lake Canal Plans Receive Final OK
City of Lawton clears final hurdle to supplement Lake Lawtonka by taking surplus water from Lake Elmer Thomas. U S Fish and Wildlife engineers approve City Engineer Douglas L. Smith design. telegram due. Agreement signed by city and Fort Sill. 72 inch pipe arrives. project ready to start.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Elmer Thomas
C. R. Ellsworth
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Douglas L. Smith
Washington, D.C
Fort Sill
Lake Thomas
Oklahoma City
Ellsworth
See Lake
Police Disarm Crazed Girl After 3 Hour Standoff
In Dekalb County a 16 year old girl with red hair armed with a straight razor and a switch blade held authorities at bay for three hours. Police Capt. Harry Christian and Juvenile Judge Murphy Chandler persuaded her to drop the weapons and he was cut on the leg during the struggle. The girl was found in a wooded area near her home after chasing her stepfather and mother.
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Atlantap
DeKalb
Harry Christian
Precinct Staff Increase for Lawton City Election
Lawton plans to use seven staff per precinct for the March 20 city election, not four as initially planned. Inspector, judge, clerk, and four counters will be assigned across 30 precincts, boosting costs to about 1100 dollars. Previous election recorded 6358 votes with registration data pending.
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Lawton
Pauline Joyner
County Election Board
Manville Redman
Warren Chrisman
Joyner
Waitress Admits Poisoning Of Six Relatives
Montgomery police say 49 year old waitress Rhonda Belle Martin confessed to poisoning six relatives with arsenic like illness and violent vomiting. She admitted killing three of her children, two husbands and her mother to collect insurance. The attorney noted two more daughters’ deaths are under investigation. Roland Martin, her present husband, is recovering in Biloxi Mississippi.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Belle Martin
Roland Martin
Biloxi
Miss
William Thetford
Cloudy Weather To Stay In Area
Cloudy weather without rain prevailed today in the Lawton district after yesterday’s light showers. Fog and low clouds blanketed Oklahoma with a forecast of snow or rain in all sections within the next 24 hours. In Lawton, rain or drizzle was also predicted as the 11 a.m. reading stood at 37 with a high expected in the 40s.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Brucker and Aides Prepare Wichita Mountain Refuge Visit
Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker and senior officials plan an aerial tour Friday of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge tract at Fort Sill as part of the expansion dispute. The delegation will meet Maj. Gen. deSharo and inspect the range, while Interior Secretary McKay withholds land transfer.
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Wilber M. Brucker
Department of Army
Wichita Mountains Wildlife
Army
Fort Sill
Thomas E. deSharo
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Brucker
Chester R.davis
Vic Knox
Williston B. Palmer
U.S. Army
John A. Collier
Fourth Army
C. L. Clark
Capt. Davies
Davis
Congress
Interior Department
Interior
Douglas McKay
McKay
White House
Major switch seen in U S arms policy
London reports the United States will examine nuclear disarmament with Britain, France, Canada, and the Soviet Union next week. Talks will cover scope and goals without committing to future weapons, with Stassen coordinating with Western allies. Officials note optimism and openness to inspections at key points.
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London
United States
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Britain
France
Canada
United Nations
Eisenhower Seeks Unity with Nixon on Ticket
President Eisenhower said he would be happy to have Vice President Nixon on any political ticket he leads, stressing that no one should try to split them. He praised Nixon as a friend and associate and affirmed readiness to run with him, though he did not endorse him as running mate.
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Ike
Nixon
Washington
Eisenhower
Dick Nixon
Nixon Polls Amazing Write-In Victory in New Hampshire
In Manchester New Hampshire Vice President Richard M Nixon won a resounding write-in vote that matched Eisenhowers unopposed presidential tally in the nations first primary. Nixon supporters hailed the results as a mandate for renomination while Kefauver led the Democratic ballots with clear margins.
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Manchester
N. H
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nixon
Lane Dwinell
Kefauver
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Stevenson
Thirty Two Boys Arraigned After Wild Party
Thirty two high school students in Oklahoma City were arraigned in common pleas court after a wild party damaged a vacant farm home north of the city. Twelve were charged with destruction of property, the rest with unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace following county attorney investigations.
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Oklahoma City
Here
Common Pleas Court
Aides Named for Wichita Easter Pageant Directors
Jack Batten announced twelve assistant directors for the 1956 Easter Pageant at Holy City. Three rehearsals remain with afternoon sessions Sunday and March 25 and a night rehearsal March 28 under lights. Bert Blasingame leads large group scenes and plays Satan. Chaplain Hudson B Phillips directs soldiers as Centurion. Lawton De Molays handle soldier parts.
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Wichita
Lawton de Molays
Bert Blasingame
Angel Chorus
John Carter
Craig Pierson
Millard Coody
Jesus
Batten
Shoppers Night to Expand Hours in Lawton Downtown
Lawton will stage a second Shoppers Night in the downtown district Thursday with stores open until 9 p.m. Last week’s inaugural mid week late shopping drew crowds and heavy traffic, and merchants praised the event. Saturdays will close retail hours at 6 p.m.
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Lawton
Heroic Priest Dies In Church Fire
In Trenton New Jersey a predawn fire at St Marys Cathedral killed Msgr Richard T Crean 55 and two housekeepers Miss Mary Brennan and Miss Mary Donnellan The blaze damaged the 85 year old church and rectory with three million dollars in unofficial losses Another priest and four others were injured as 800 children were evacuated from Jefferson Grammar School nearby during a four alarm response Firefighters rescued Rev Peter Mooney 31 of Philadelphia who escaped by crawling from a rectory window and hanging from an aerial wire during the inferno.
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Trenton
N.J.P
St. Mary’s
Richard T. Crean
Jefferson Grammar School
Peter Mooney
Philadelphia
McKinley Hospital
Gore Gap Road Funds Are Eyed
State Sen. Bill Logan and Rep. Charles Ozman prepared requests for $90,000 to grade and drain the Gore Gap road north of Medicine Park. Proposals also seek allocations for a Fort Sill urban project on U S 277 from the interchange north of Lawton to Gate 1. Logan may be able to return home late this week after a stay in an Oklahoma City hospital.
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Gore Gap
Medicine Park
State Highway Commission
Bill Logan
Charles Ozman
Gore Gap Road
Ozman
State Board
U.S. 277
Lawton
Gate 1
Fort Sill
Slick Hills
Carnegie
Sen. Logan
Oklahoma City
Gasoline Explosion Burns Five Family Members
A gasoline explosion four miles north of Rush Springs Oklahoma injures five members of Lonnie Glass family. Victims include Lonnie Glass 26, his sons Danny 4 and Jimmy 10 months, and his parents Mr and Mrs Jeff Glass. Gasoline used to clean an auto carburetor ignited in the living room.
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Rush Springs
Okla
Here
Lonnie Glass
Danny
Jimmy
Jeff Glass
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O. K. Bivins
State Crime Bureau
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
Bivins
Crime Bureau
Woods County
ABC
R. D. Scott Jr
American Business Club
Kenneth Henry
Terry Condrey
Bob Russell
Boyd Hoskins
Metropolitan Park
Sill
Chester R. Davis
Refuge Tract
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
William Fitzgerald
South Amboy
Mary Brennan
Mary Donnellan
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