Sanity Hearing Set Today For Spanns
WEWOKA Oklahoma July 1 an unem sawmill worker and his wife faced trial for their life if found sane by District Judge Bob Howell. The Spanns Elijah J Spann 38 and Edith Marie Spann 30 near here were ordered held after denial of a motion for commitment to Central State Hospital Norman for mental observation. The couple’s surviving children are in welfare custody. They stand accused of killing Danny Spann by tying a string around his body. The parents admitted responsibility but blamed each other. Seminole County Attorney Tom Smith will seek the death penalty. The defense says the pair are illiterate and mentally deficient and did not grasp the consequences.
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Elijah J. Spann
Edith Marie
Ofthce
Here
Bob Howell
Central State
Norman
Spanns
Danny Spann
Bank Ruthher
Danny
Spann
Seminole
Tom Smith
Train Collision Kills Trucker and Injures Five
A cement mixer truck was struck at a crossing in Haysville, Missouri by a Rock Island Texas Rocket train travelling about 70 mph. Truck driver E Keeley, 30, Wichita, died two hours after. Five train passengers were injured including Mrs W E Gandy, 8, Vernon Texas and Mrs Hettie Wilkinson, San Antonio.
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Rock Island
Sirea
Haysville
Texas Rocket
Keeley
Y Rouetiak
W. E. Gandy
Vernon, Tex
Hettie Wilkinson
San Antonio
Tex
R. S. O'Rourke
Es Okla
Fermane
Ada Chamber of Commerce Manager resigns after 13 years
Ron Bailey resigns as Ada Chamber of Commerce manager effective June 14. He has led the Ada post since September 1950 and will take a new position in the Jacksonville Florida district of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
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Ron Bailey
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville, Fla
United States Chamber of Commerce
No Scandal In 30 Years Hoover FBI Prestige Survives Critics
Washington. J Edgar Hoover heads the FBI after thirty years facing sharp criticism as a supposed menace and a defender of civil rights. He maintains the bureau upholds constitutional rights, investigates civil liberties violations, and resists calls for a national police force while defending wiretapping only in espionage cases.
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Sabre Jet Pilot Parachutes Into Lake Michigan
Kenosha Wis A US Air Force Sabre jet pilot bailed from a disabled plane into Lake Michigan and was found unharmed in his life raft two hours later. 2nd Lt Theodore R Miller of O Hare Air Force Base near Chicago was picked up by coast guardsmen about 12 miles off shore from Kenosha after searches by planes from O’Hare.
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Lake Michigan
Theodore R. Miller
O'Hare Air Force Base
Chicago
Coast
O'Hare
Dedication Slated May 29 For Yukon Mill and Elevator
The Oklahoma Farmers Union Coop will dedicate its new mill and elevator in Yukon on May 29. James G. Patton president of the National Farmers Union of Denver will deliver a major policy speech. Senator Robert S. Kerr is also slated to speak.
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Yukon
Okla
Oklahoma Farmers Union Coop
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Denver
Robert S. Kerr
Barbara Freed and Claude Lead Payne County Democratic Committee
Mrs Barbara Freed of Perkins and Ellis Claude of Cushing will head Payne counties Democratic committee for the 1954 campaign. Mrs Freed was elected chairman and Claude named co chairman at a meeting in Stillwater Oklahoma.
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Stillwater
Okla
Barbara Freed
Perkins
Ellis Claude
Cushing
Payne County
Collegians Storm Women's Dorms on Campus
Students used ladders and water hoses to storm women's dormitories, threw stones, and lit fires in the streets. Nine underwear items were stolen before campus police ousted the intruders. Selleck and Colbert, joined by Assistant Dean Hallgren, were shouted down and doused with water as they tried to restore order.
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Selleck
Colbert
Frank Hallgren
Judge Helps Couple Wed In Courtroom Union
In Oklahoma City a judge played Cupid for a fighting couple. The woman claimed the man was father of her two children. The judge persuaded them to marry, paid 16 cents for a marriage certificate, and conducted the ceremony free.
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Oklahoma City
Crismore
Teen in Tulsa car theft spree jailed
Tulsa police arrested a 17 year old Oaks Oklahoma boy in a downtown Tulsa stolen car. He and two other teens admitted stealing vehicles in Tahlequah Locust Grove and Tulsa. The youth said he was a Tahlequah student.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oaks
Tahlequah
Locust Grove
First Electric Chair Execution in New York 1890
The first execution by electric chair occurred in August 1890 at Auburn Prison in New York.
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Auburn Prison
New York
Mrs Luce Faces Challenge as Woman Ambassador in Rome
In Rome, Mrs. Luce contends that while Italians may have initial reservations about a woman envoy, she believes gender hurdles are fading. Critics within her own sex accuse her of not listening or delegating, while she emphasizes diplomacy, public duties, and projecting the US image at ceremonies and forums.
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United States
Luce
Eisenhower
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