Coed slaying probe seeks public help in Oklahoma
State crime bureau agent Ivan Gates appealed for tips from the public in the torch killing of Mildred Ann Reynolds, 22, found in her car on a Woods County road after leaving Northwestern State College. Investigators consider rape as a possible motive and seek witnesses from noon to 1 pm, along with anyone who fired a .38 pistol in the area.
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Alva
Okla
Ivan Gates
State Crime Bureau
Gates
Mildred Ann Reynolds
Polio immunization reaches 2132 children in three counties
Dr. Charles Miller reports 2,132 children and 35 expectant mothers received polio shots in the first week of three county program. One makeup session for those missed, March 31, 8 a.m. to noon at the City-County Health Department. Shots given four days this week. five days next week due to teacher meetings.
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Charles Miller
Comanche
Tillman
Jackson
Miller
Oklahoma Education Association
Weatherford
Lawton
Brucker Begins Tour Of Sill Refuge Area
Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker and a high level party arrived at Fort Sill to inspect the Wichita Mountains Wildlife refuge tract amid celebrations. Officials planned an aerial tour of the disputed area as part of expansion plans for Fort Sill. Brucker and aides then met Maj. Gen. deShazo and prepared for land acquisition talks and range saturation scheduling.
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Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Chester R. Davis
Thomas E. deShazo
Fort Sill
Postfield
Wichita Mountains
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Oklahoma
Department of Army
Brucker
Vic Knox
Williston B. Palmer
U.S. Army
John H. Collier
Fourth Army
C. L. Clark
Capt. Davies
deShazo
Artillery
Polo Club
deSharo
Weather warms as light showers end in Lawton area
After a midweek shower that dropped .08 inch in the Lawton district, sunny skies returned and temperatures rose. The U S Weather Bureau forecast a weekend warmth with little moisture expected in western Oklahoma and minimal in eastern areas before Tuesday.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
United Press
Margaret Tru man to reveal wedding date in news conference
New York gossip centers on Margaret Tru man who will publicly disclose the exact wedding date and attendants next Monday at the Hotel Carlyle. The ceremony to wed Clifton Daniel is planned for April in Independence Missouri, the Tru man family home, with Grace Kelly’s Monaco wedding drawing comparison.
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New York
Margaret Truman
Clifton Daniel
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Carlyle
Trousseau
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Monaco
State Senator Logan Returns Home After Surgery
State Senator Bill Logan has returned to his Lawton home from an Oklahoma City hospital after surgery. He was reported in good condition today and had been stricken on January 13. The family did not disclose the nature of his illness. the Logans live at 1121 Birch.
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Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Old Cotton Belt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Bill Logan
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Logan
Logans
Birch
Five Officers Presumed Dead In Texas Plane Crash
Burned wreckage of an L-20 liaison plane found near Silverton and Clarendon Texas. Five Air Force and CAP personnel aboard were presumed dead after a Wednesday flight from Fort Sill to Clovis New Mexico. Search by about 20 planes and CAP pilots resumed amid fog and drizzle.
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Plainview
Campbell
Silverton
Clarendon
Tex
Caprock Hill
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
United Press
Air Force
CAP
Clovis
Childress
Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Family Quarrel Ends In Slaying In Holdenville Oklahoma
Holdenville Oklahoma police report a family quarrel turned deadly when O B Brumley 42 was shot in the chest during a gunfight at his father in law Ras Boyd 64 sustained a minor hand wound. The fracas occurred in a room with five people while Brumley’s 8 year old son Carter was feared missing but found safe several miles away.
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Holdenville
Okla
Harry Davis
O. B. Brumley
Davis
Brumley
Boyd
Rebels Torch French Garage In Algiers Attack
Masked gunners set fire to a large French garage in central Algiers, destroying more than 100 cars as a nighttime raid sparked a citywide curfew. The raid followed saboteur activity in western Algeria and came amid French plans for intensified action against the rebellion.
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Algiers
Algeria
Vietminh
Indo- China
Paris
Jet Crashes Killing Two At LouisburgKansas
A T-33 jet trainer from Norton AFB California crashed in a field near Louisburg Kansas en route to Grandview AFB Missouri killing its two occupants. The crash followed a flight from Kirtland AFB New Mexico and marked the second California based jet crash in 48 hours after a Floyd Browning incident near Rantoul Kansas. Names of victims were withheld pending family notification.
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Louisburg
Kan
Grandview
Air Force Base
Norton Air Force Base
California
Kirtland Air Force Base
New Mexico
David Grieg
Skippy) Browning
Rantoul
British Tighten Grip in Cyprus After Nicosia Murders
In Nicosia and Limassol, British Governor Sir John Harding ordered 10 families uprooted and 20 businesses shut as collective punishment for murders tied to a terrorist campaign seeking union with Greece. Nine British servicemen die in Nicosia and others slain island wide since last August. A curfew and search operations follow, with Limassol residents confined and Cato Zodhi village placed under curfew after stone throwing.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
John Harding
Greece
Mediterranean
Cato Zodhi
Paphos
Jaycees Begin Acquaintance Visits at Fairview School
Junior Chamber of Commerce men launch the second rural acquaintance show at 7 30 p m tonight at Fairview school with a Jaycee Jones skit The Atomic Hats featuring Mrs Owen King Mrs Paul Hughes and Mrs Cuffie Waid Announcer is Mrs Marlin Keathley commentator Mrs W C Bonnell and dancers Geri Chamipar Sandy Ferguson and Billy Don Perry provide entertainment Music by the Jaycee Rural Acquaintance band led by Carl Cooper Al Reynolds Paul Littlechief Bill Holloway Jim Gold and Roy Reece Master of ceremonies is Bill Breeding Fairview is located 10 miles east 2 miles north and 12 miles east of Lawton Dr Tom Stanton project chairman invites Lawtonians and rural residents to attend After March 2 the series visits Beaver Bend New Hope Hulen Bishop Meers Hillside and a Good Friday break at March 30.
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Jaycee
Fairview School
Billy Don Perry
Central
Geri Champar
Carl Cooper
al Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Owen King
Paul Hughes
Cuffie Waid
Marlin Keathley
W. C. Bonnell
Jaycee Rural Acquaintance
Paul Littlechief
Bill Holloway
Jim Gold
Jack Spencer
Roy Reece
Bill Breeding
Lawton
Tom Stanton
New Hope
Hulen School
Bishop School
Meers
Hillside
Stanton
Waitress May Cost OU Grant In Coffee Refusal
OU student leaders say a snack counter incident at an Oklahoma City station may jeopardize a $128,000 Ford Foundation scholarship program. NSA official Ted Harris was refused coffee on a campus visit, prompting warnings the university could lose funding and noting broader progress and ongoing private segregation.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
National Student Association
Ted Harris
NSA
Oklahoma
Ford Foundation
Harris
Philadelphia
Max Copeland
Pink Cadillac And A $40,200 Quarter Horse
Oklahoma lawmakers clash over a four lane Norman to Purcell highway. Rep Henry Montgomery accuses Highway Commissioner A B Green of delaying the project to the detriment of McClain County, quipping Green has brought only a pink Cadillac and a $40 200 quarter horse for racing. Montgomery defends Gov Garys handling and urges public spirited support for the road.
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Oklahoma City
A. B. Green
Purcell
Norman
Henry Montgomery
Green
McClain County
Montgomery
Four Hurt in Lawton Area Traffic Crashes
Four persons were injured Thursday in separate accidents in the Lawton area. One collision involved a bus and car south of Lawton, injuring two people, while two others were hurt in a two car crash near Randlett. Jinnie Lee Smith, a 73 year old Orla Texas woman, was hospitalized at Southwestern hospital with minor bruises to her left leg and eye. See ACCIDENTS Page 6.
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Lawton
Randlett
Jinnie Lee Smith
Orla
Tex
Southwestern Hospital
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