Kefauver Attacks DFL Endorsement of Stevenson in Minnesota
Senator Kefauver accused Minnesota's DFL of backing Adlai Stevenson in the presidential primary. He told about 700 in St. Cloud he had supported DFL candidates since 1952 but was not invited to speak when Stevenson was chosen. He urged that excluding him hurts voter welfare and criticized Benson over farm loan rates after praising farmers.
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ST. Cloud
Minn
Sen
Kefauver
Stevenson
DFL
Minnesota
Ray Hemenway
Moorhead
Hemenway
Brainerd
Benson
Wall Street
Stubborn Telephone Talkers Blamed For Two Deaths
United Press reports two heart attack deaths blamed on party line refusals to surrender. In Florida a man refused to quit talking while an ambulance was sought, while in California a neighbor could not call for help. A Florida widow and Miami resident faced disorderly conduct charges over the delays.
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Florida
California
Fairfax
Calif
Jerry L. Smith
Miami
Fla
G. T. Lenelin
Smith
Fire Department
Ann Heidenrich
Lenelin
Lawton Drives Membership Push for Oklahoma Development Council
About 40 attendees pledged to buy or sell memberships at a Lawton meeting. Total pledges reached 271, close to the local goal, as planners seek 4,000 to 5,000 statewide memberships for the Oklahoma Development Council. The group will also promote a kickoff banquet to boost industrial program support and recruit members for ongoing efforts. Attendees included J. C. Kennedy, Harvey House, Allen Bilbrey, and Mayor C. R. Ellsworth.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Development Council
J. C. Kennedy
Harvey House
Allen Bilbrey
Greater
Weather Update Warns of Icy Oklahoma Roads
The department said roads were open at noon but some bridges were freezing. U S 64 from Gage west was icy and dangerous. all Panhandle traffic discouraged. Moisture welcomed in the arid northwest where wheatlands face wind erosion risk.
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U. S. 64
Gage West
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Lawton Oklahoma to vote on 1.65 million bond for Tomlinson Junior High
The March 27 bond election set to fund a 1 650 000 dollar school bond for a 1 200 student junior high named Tomlinson would also precede a separate 1956 57 hospital annex bond vote on April 10. John Barry of Oklahoma City handles bond issues for city schools. Blueprints by Noftiger and Lawrence show a two story 48 classroom facility with fieldhouse auditorium cafeteria and special classrooms for band and speech. Current Central Junior High houses 2100 students and is overcrowded with limited space across all floors.
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John Barry
Oklahoma City
Memorial Hospital
Noftiger
Lawrence
Lawton High School
John Shoemaker
Central Junior High School
LHS
Oklahoma
Richardson
Oklahoma City market report from state poultry eggs and livestock
Oklahoma City markets report prices for wheat No 1 hard around 2.03 to 2.10 per bushel across towns. broilers and hens show undertone weakness with various regional price ranges. eggs and butterfat quoted with mixed supplies. Oklahoma City livestock sale March 15 shows steady cattle values with slaughter steers around 17.5 and heifers near 15, hogs up about 25, and sheep firm with spring lambs around 21.50 per cwt.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guymon
Hooker
Frederick
Hobart
Lawton
Blackwell
Medford
Vici
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Broilers
F.o.b. Farm
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Alva
Woodward
Pauls Valley
Laverne
Watonga
Sayre
Elk City
USDA
Harrah Leader to Succeed Costner as Poteau Schools Chief
G. E. Evans of Harrah will become Poteau superintendent of schools next fall, succeeding E. L. Costner who resigned after 15 years to manage Kermac Angus Farms near Poteau. Evans was hired on Wednesday in the announced move.
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Poteau
Okla
G. E. Evans
Harrah
E.L. Costner
Evans
Costner
Kermac Angus
School expands to meet surge with attic and basement classrooms
Shoemaker noted four attic rooms and ten basement rooms were converted into makeshift classrooms this year to handle a tremendous enrollment increase.
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Shoemaker
Bandits Crash Roadblock and Death Near Siloam Springs
In Arkansas two men robbed a Noel Missouri store loading 90 liquor cases and valuables before fleeing by pickup. Leonard E. Rogers 29 Natural Dam Ark was killed when their roadblock crash occurred. Vernon Fain, missing after a head injury, escaped an ambulance and fled toward Oklahoma. Police pursued the pickup as it sped away.
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Siloam Springs
Ark
Vernon Fain
Stilwell
Oklo
Leonard E. Rogers
Natural Dam
Noel
J. Jackson
Fain
Oklahoma
Land value ends practice field use at Central Junior High
Central board says the land is too valuable for a practice field and will repurpose it. John Shoemaker announces the resignation of Jim Davis, assistant LHS football coach, with regret, to finish the current term. No successor named. The board will inspect the new LHS auditorium Monday after lunch in the cafe.
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Central
John Shoemaker
Jim Davis
LHS
Shoemaker
Davis
Mysterious Woods County Slaying Probed by Sheriff
Sheriff Ed Doctor voiced confidence the slaying will be solved as investigators work a roadside case. Tracks of two cars showed the victim's car forced off the road and pushed back onto it after a tree was snapped. A shoe lay in nearby brush while two suspects were questioned, one released and one to be released today.
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Woods County
Ed Doctor
Crime Bureau
Ivan Gates
Sid Wilson
Ray Lambert
Shawnee Man Killed As Auto Overturns On Arkansas Road
Fort Smith Ark Bert Hunsicker 68 of Shawnee Oklahoma was killed when his car overturned on a curve near here His wife Virgie Hunsicker 61 was injured and listed in satisfactory condition by hospital staff
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Arkansas
Fort Smith, Ark
Bert Hunsicker
Shawnee
Okla
Here
Virgie Hunsicker
Pro-Integration Georgia Educator May Lose Pension
Georgia educator Dr. Guy H. Wells faces possible loss of his 518.90 monthly state pension as the Board of Regents rescinded his president emeritus title at Georgia State College for Women. The State Board of Education may bar his pension after questioning his pro integration views. Wells, executive secretary of the Georgia Committee on Interracial Cooperation, defends his stance and seeks a hearing, while Governor Marvin Griffin criticizes his remarks as “acting a little ugly.”
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Atlanta
Georgia
Board of Regents
Guy H. Wells
Georgia State College For Women
Wells
Milledgeville
State Board of Education
Griffin
Augusta Courier
Paine College
Augusta
Courier
the Courier Jas
Roy V. Harris
Rapist Must Serve Term
Kenneth Lee Baker, a Vance Air Force Base resident from Enid, Oklahoma, must serve a 20 year state prison term after the Criminal Court of Appeals refused a new trial. The court found no duress or coercion in his May 1955 rape plea of a 13 year old babysitter and noted he was adequately represented and could have had a jury trial.
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Oklahoma City
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Criminal Court of Appeals
Kenneth Lee Baker
Baker
George Howard Wilson
Saturday Deadline For Board Filings In Lawton
Saturday is the last day for candidates to file for position No. 1 on the Lawton Board of Education. F. B. Barnes, known as Fuzz, is the only candidate to have filed and seeks re election. Filings accepted in the Board of Education offices at Central Junior High School. Election set for March 27, board clerk Justin Kuntz said today.
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Mises
Almos
Tomlinson Junior High School
Tomlinson
Lawton Board of Education
F. B
Fuzz) Barnes
Board of Education
Central Junior High
Justin Kuntz
82 Million Cars To Jam U S Highways By 1966
The National Safety Council predicted that by 1966 the United States will have 82 million cars on the highways, about 20 million more than today, with a traffic death toll near 53,000 unless motorists improve.
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U.S
Chicago
Stfety Council
Gangster's Widow Tries Suicide After Husband Slaying
Mrs Walterene Watson Eggleston widow of Tracy Eggleston lay in critical condition at St Josephs Hospital after firing a .38 pistol into her stomach she told a Star Telegram reporter I did it because I am tired Officers found her alone at home with the pistol nearby Detective Captain O R Brown said she called him to clear the house and ensure her daughter received everything before a shot echoed in the telephone The husband’s body was found in an abandoned well near Fort Worth last September police say he was an underworld slaying victim.
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Fort Worth
Walterene Watson Eggleston
Tracy Eggleston
St. Joseph's Hospital
Star-Telegram
O. R. Brown
Brown
Here
Conspiracy Trial Enters Fourth Day
Tulsa report states Orville L. Scott Sr. former Tulsa county official entered its fourth day of trial with Scott testifying in his own defense after the state rested. He faced questions about dealings with Motor Exchange Tire Co. of Tulsa and alleged use of county funds for personal goods. Flora Gordon, former Motor Exchange bookkeeper, testified about company records tied to Scott's alleged accounts.
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Tulsa
Orville L. Scott Sr
Scott
Motor Exchange Tire Co
Tulsa County
Flora Gordon
Lawton Students Help Plan OU Conference on Religion
Six Lawton students joined over 200 University of Oklahoma students in planning the annual Conference on Religion. All student committees handled the five day event from theme selection to inviting speakers and scheduling lectures and luncheons. Participating were Caroline Wiest Nancy Howard Lon Leva Shirley Ray Jan Rice and Jeannie Roper.
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Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Caroline Wiest
Nancy Howard
Lon Leva
Shirley Ray
Jan Rice
Jeannine Roper
House Group Approves Polio Aid and Education Funds
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed 27.8 million dollars for antipolio programs run by states and 185 million for veterans readjustment benefits. It also backed 25 million for school districts boosted by federal activity and 9.9 million for construction in such districts as part of a 795.7 million omnibus supplemental bill for the year ending June 30. The package, 40.2 million less than Eisenhower’s request, cuts HEW funding by 15.35 million, while approving 34.9 million for school district payments and 27.8 million for vaccination grants. The bill also includes 26 million for IGY scientific work aiming to place a satellite within two years.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
International Geophysical Year
Brucker Tours Fort Sill In Oklahoma Visit
Secretary of the Army Robert Brucker arrives at Fort Sill to meet Maj. Gen. William S. Key. A luncheon at the Polo Club precedes tours of new barracks, a day room, and the west range, with ROTC cadets on site. An aerial reconnaissance of the proposed range area is planned before a dinner at the Officers Club. The party will depart for Mineral Wells after the visit.
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Page
Fourth Army
Brucker
William S. Key
Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
Polo Club
deShazo
West Range
Officers Club
Mineral Wells
Tex
Michigan
Department of Defense
Army
Seven A&M Students Win Fellowships
Seven Oklahoma A&M engineering students were chosen for $2,500 graduate fellowships under the Oklahoma Institute of Technology program. Grants take effect next fall, with $1,500 cash plus research supplies. First participants: William M. Burley Jr., Ewell A. Brigham, Wayne B. Cloud, Don E. Hawk, John T. Patton, Karl Reid Jr., and Dan D. Quigley.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A&m
Oklahoma Institute of Technology
Clark A. Dunn
William M. Burley Jr
Ponca City
Ewell A. Brigham
Denison
Tex
Wayne B. Cloud
Don E. Hawk
Bristow
John T. Patton
Kirkwood
Karl Reid Jr
Tulsa
Dan D. Quigley
Hinton
Prize Winning Painting Hung Upside Down
The Art Institute of Chicago awarded the top prize to Anna P. Baker for High Frequency Ping in a show where observers questioned whether the painting was hung upside down. A spokesman explained artists sometimes rotate works to view them better, noting the piece's intricate, multi shape composition allowed hanging in any orientation and that labeling on the back identifies the top for proper display.
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Bernard Gavzer
Chicago
Art Institute
Institute
Anna P. Baker
Baker
Cleveland
Miss Baker
Frank G. Logan
Phillips Reports Gulf Discoveries Near Eugene Island
Phillips Petroleum Co announced large new oil and gas sands in a 3,825 acre lease about 40 miles off St Mary Parish Louisiana. The No A1 Eugene well showed 96 feet of oil and gas sands in zones from 8,589 to 9,395 feet and will be drilled toward 14,000 feet. A nearby No 1 Eugene well and another well two miles away are ongoing.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Eugene Island
Gulf of Mexico
Paul Endacott
K. S. Adams
St. Mary Parish
Eugene
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