Red Attacks Against Stalin Grow Across the World
The Kremlin denounces Stalin and a new anti Stalin line spreads from Moscow to the Iron Curtain. Khrushchev launched the campaign February 24 accusing Stalin of purges and war blunders. The Central Committee released a letter enabling party members to spread the line nationwide.
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Stalin
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Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Red Army
Hitler
Khrushchev
Weekend's Traffic Toll Reaches Four
Four persons died in Oklahoma this weekend from injuries suffered in traffic accidents to raise the state's 1956 highway death toll to 113, the same as one year ago. The dead include Verlin Dean Kouts 24 Guthrie Elizabeth Weisner 33 Okeene Charles Frederick Moore 16 Tahlequah Aurelia Cale Toombs 33 Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma
Verlin Dean Kouts
Guthrie
Elizabeth Weisner
Okeene
Charles Frederick Moore
Tahlequah
Aurelia Cale Toombs
Oklahoma City
Smuggled Blades Found Prisoners Saw Bars
Two county jail inmates awaiting trial on second degree burglary almost escaped by sawing cell bars with hacksaw blades smuggled into the jail Sunday afternoon. Jailer Bennie Wallis stopped the attempt at about 7 AM when checking feeders. Ivey, 23, smuggled the blades in his trousers. he was returned to jail Sunday afternoon from Odessa after an earlier arrest with a companion.
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Charles Ivey
Frederick
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Everett Ray Hale
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Odessa
Tex
Cecil Hollingsworth
Lawton
Hollingsworth
Louis Bromfield Dies Of Jaundice And Legacy
Pulitzer Prize winning author and soil conservation advocate Louis Bromfield died at 59 in University Hospital Columbus after kidney and liver failure from a jaundice infection. He founded Malabar Farm near Mansfield Ohio and wrote a weekly column on politics and morals. He is survived by three daughters and his companion, who had faced a burglary trial in Odessa.
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Malabar Farm
India
Bromfields
Hope Bromfield Stevens
Leesburg
Anne Bromfield
Britain Opens Top Atomic Plant to Malenkov Visit
Britain opened its Harwell atomic energy research plant to former Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov, while keeping most areas off limits for security. Officials noted some sections remained restricted despite the tour led by Sir John Cockcroft. Malenkov arrived with aides after an early London to Harwell drive and stayed the night in Windsor.
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London
Georgi Malenkov
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Harwell
Kim Beliaev
Tass
Malenkov
Windsor
Sir John Cockcroft
Lawton reads ballots for city council race
Ballot boxes were readied for Lawton’s city election on Tuesday with four council seats. All eight candidates are Democrats, so primary winners will be elected. Polls open 6 AM to 7 PM, with returns at the election board and Lawton Constitution Press. Contenders include Lester McKenzie, incumbent, and D. L. Shelton.
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Lawton
Pauline Joyner
Comanche County Election Board
Election Board
Lawton Constitution Press
Blizzard Storm Paralyzes New York Area Killing Nearly One Hundred
New York City and the three state metro area were nearly paralyzed by two successive blizzards. More than 16 inches of snow fell in the city with about 100 deaths reported across the mid-Atlantic and New England region. Thousands abandoned autos, subway service failed, trains halted, and hundreds of schools and stores closed. The storm followed a hurricane path from the Atlantic coast and North Carolina mountains.
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Connecticut
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Midwest
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
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Polio Immunization Drives Continue in Comanche County
The second week of the Comanche county polio immunization effort opened today at four Lawton elementary schools with shots for children up to 14 years and through ninth grade from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Preschool children and expectant mothers started at 3 p.m. A health director named Dr. Charles Miller announced the schedule and lists Will Rogers Roosevelt Swinney and Jackson schools as initial sites with additional venues planned for Wednesday.
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Charles Miller
Comanche
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Jackson
Will Rogers
Roosevelt
Swinney
Cleveland
Senate May Pass Farm Bill Tonight
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson said the Senate may finish action on the election-year farm bill tonight or tomorrow night. He noted no one is very happy with it and a satisfactory version for both groups may be sought. Earlier Senator Mundt indicated advocates of higher price supports may push again in the pending bill.
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Texas
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Sen. Mundt
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Murder Trial Opens In Horace Stevenson Case
Three witnesses testified as the murder trial for Horace Stevenson began in a packed courtroom. The defendant, 49, is charged with the Jan 23 gunshot death of Frank Griffin at Griffin’s cafe.
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Douglass
Frank Griffin
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Ralph Cohen
New York
Willie Caesar
Tipton Negro
Rosie Bridgewater
Griffin’s
Cohen
Caesar
Griffin
City Guardsmen Win Rifle Laurels
Marksmen from Lawton's Company F of the 179th Infantry win the 1956 small bore rifle championship for Oklahoma's 45th National Guard division.
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Oklahoma
National Guard
Lawton Guardsmen win divisional title in Oklahoma City
Lawton unit swept the 45th division matches at a two day contest in Oklahoma City earning top honors and a berth in the National Guard Bureau finals. CWO Dale Ward says the team will face all states and scores will be logged with the National Rifle Association. Sgt Leonard G. Vowell coaches Co. F Lawton as four other National Guard teams competed See GUARDSMEN, Page 2
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National Guard Bureau
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Dale Ward
Lawton
Leonard G. Vowell
Ward
National Rifle Assn
Spring Weather Brings Warmer Temperatures Across OK
Lawton and parts of Oklahoma experience shirt sleeve weather as the day rises to the 60s after a morning 48. Yesterday hit 70, with fair skies expected to continue and highs in the 70s tomorrow. The United Press notes northeast readings will reach 65 to 75 late Tuesday and persist for a few days.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
United Press
Eisenhower seeks foreign aid boost amid tough Congress fight
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 4.86 billion dollars in foreign aid with 1.64 billion for military assistance to the Middle East and Asia. He urged flexibility, including commitments up to ten years, warning of risks of aggression abroad and economic hurdles facing allied nations. In Alabama, bus boycott trials open in Montgomery as NAACP aims to shape civil rights strategy nationwide.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East
Asia
Free Nations
Fight After Car Wreck Ends in Fatal Stabbing
In Oklahoma City a dispute after an automobile collision led to a fatal stabbing. Ed Robinson, 34, died. Howard Dawson, 25, was wounded and charged with murder. Police cited Mrs. Margaret Upshaw describing a Sunday confrontation that followed a Saturday accident.
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Ed Robinson
Howard Dawson
Margaret Upshaw
Sill Men Jailed In Hijack Probe
Three Fort Sill soldiers aged 19, 18, and 19 were arrested in Norman after a Del City service station robbery. The men, Pvt Burl Dean Nichols 19 Drumright, Pfc Marshall W Shiflett 18 Dawesville Va, and Pvt Robert H Luedtke 19 Mt Clemens Mich, were held in Oklahoma City for investigation following the $35 robbery at gunpoint.
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Norman
del City
Associated Press
Ross Biggers
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City
Burl Dean Nichols
Drumright
Marshall W. Shiflett
Dawseville
Robert H. Luedtke
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Estes Kefauver Gains in Minnesota Primary
Minnesota nears its presidential primary as Estes Kefauver aims for a comeback victory over Adlai E. Stevenson. Kefauver predicts strong showing in several districts and 8 to 10 of Minnesota’s 30 Democratic delegates, while Stevenson backers warn of a potential setback but expect Stevenson to secure the nomination.
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Sen. Estes Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
White House
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Stevenson
Orville Freeman
Gov. Stevenson
Oklahoma City Beer Petitions Win and Court Refusal
Secretary of State Andy Anderson upheld petitions for county option sales of 3.2 per cent beer with sufficient signatures. The Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to grant more time to verify names, clearing the way for action on the petitions. Rowe Cook, for Oklahoma United, challenged about 28,000 names earlier and must contest roughly 46,000 of 137,000 signatures to block a vote.
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Andy Anderson
Supreme Court
Rowe Cook
Oklahoma United
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