Army Engineers Aid Lampasas Flood Cleanup Efforts
Army engineers from Watt Hood Texas cleared streets and stabilized homes after a Texas cloudburst and flood. Medics vaccinated residents for typhoid as relief efforts began with Lampasas and nearby towns listed for eligibility. A city editor recounts a widow's struggle to save her paralyzed husband as floodwaters roared through storefronts, courthouse, and church.
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Tom Reen
Lampasas Reinites
Texas
Army Engineers
Watt Hood
Tes
Treck
Bert Hood
Tae Q
Tae Q Were Afraid the Foed Left the Malkings of An Epidemic Viring. Fiood
Ted Cross
Shelley
Chitech Wire
Union News Bureau Urges Beck Ouster
The Union News Bureau backs ousting Teamsters President Dave Beck amid a five member General Executive Board panel reviewing Beck's leadership. A report to the union leaders recommends Beck quit as head while he seeks reelection. Policy discussions occur as investigations loom in AFL CIO circles.
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Union News Bureau
Beck
Cton i
Trin
Dave Beck
Mlince
Re Tons
As Associates
Blan
Fecl
Smith
Teamsters
S Latey Tle
Teamsters General Exective
AFL Cio
Aflcio Executive Council
Imrieff
Senate
Norman Curssert
Frustand
Rashington Sam Fer
Marilyn's Husband On Trial Today
Playwright Arthur Mille and actress Marilyn Moores face contempt of Congress charges in federal court. Miller's attorneys waived a jury trial, and Judge Charles J. McLaughlin oversees the proceedings with the case expected to move forward in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur Mille
Marilyn Moores
Fin
Millers
USB. Dist
Charles J. McLaughlin
Hoffa Indicted On Wiretap Coverup and Bribery Claims
Indictment charges Jimmy Hoffa and Midwest Teamsters leaders with wiretapping and conspiring to jam telephone intercepts. Also named are local union officials Bevanel Spindel and Berind Brenan, plus Wile, Wyman J. Fish, and others accused of bribery and attempting to place a spy within the Senate Rackets Investigation Committee. Intercepted calls allegedly disclosed and published.
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Mota
View Dent
Teamsters
Lavon
Ludding
Detroit
Molfa
Bevanel Spindel
Berind Brenan
Ss Coul Wndetmaent
Eusenennarensnania Tioffa
Midwest
Wren
2Ny
Alreanly
Udder Indiehawk
Washington, D.C
Wile
Wyman J. Fishbavh
Senate
Veteran Doctor To Be Honored At Society Banquet
Veteran Fletcher physician Dr. Charles W. Joyer will receive a 12 year pin for long service since statehood at the Comanche County Medical Society banquet. Dr. E. F. Dunlap of Lawton also to receive a life membership. Dr Charles W. Green, Lawton, society president, will present at 7 pm in the Hotel Lawtonian.
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Charles W. Joyer
Dunlap
Lawton
County Medical Society
Charles W. Green
Lawlor
Medical Society
Lotel Luwlunian
Armed Forces Day Celebration Ready
Preparations are nearing completion for the annual Lawton Fort Sill Armed Forces Day celebration scheduled Saturday. The event is expected to attract about 60 000 people to watch a day parade featuring 21 civic and service organization floats five bands and 2 900 Fort Sill personnel and three batteries of artillery. Parking restrictions will keep cars off a five block area from 8 a m to post parade end. Open house events begin at 9 a m with Army and civic facilities included in a single program.
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Lawton - Fort Sil
A É Fort
Rsedo
Lawton
Jimmy Warren
Ike
Fort Sill
Weather outlook with lingering fair skies and incoming showers
Fair weather continues with dry conditions through Wednesday afternoon. A cold front may bring scattered showers Thursday. Temperatures stay warm in the mid 90s. Water levels rise on Bake Lake and Lake Texoma with river and highway closures reported along Kiamichi and surrounding areas.
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Hucenu
Rey Vigdon
Moe
Hugo
Goodrich Store To Get Building In Lawton
City Inspector AL J. Manikin issued a building permit to Howard Babbitt for a 40 by 100 foot brick structure at 1102 06 D on the southwest corner of 11th and B for the B F Goodrich Co Lawton store. Contractor J D Howard Construction Co estimates 120 days to completion at about 40000 dollars. The store now occupies temporary quarters at 407 F after a major fire wiped out three buildings in the 300 block last year.
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AL J. Manikin
B. F. Goodrich Co
Lawton
Joward Babbitt
11Th and
J. D. Howard Construction Co
B. F. Goodrich
Goodrich
Fort Sill Provost Marshal Rhodes to Retire
Col. Jack L. Rhodes, Fort Sill provost marshal and Military Police Corps veteran of 37 years, will retire May 31. A charter member of MP corps, he led units in World War I and II, organized the 36th Military Police Company, and helped create the Hawaiian Armed Services Police detachment later adopted nationwide.
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Jack L. Rhodes
Fort Sill
Miltary Police Corps
Col. Rhodes
U.S. Army Artilleryand
Guida Center
Rhodes
Texas National Guard
San Antonio
Waining
Camp Bowie
Tex
ANG
Fort Lawton
Wash
Portland
Tile
Southwest Pacific
I Corps
Hawaii
Cal. Rhodes
Armed Services Police
Hawaiian Armed Services Police Detachment
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Rawdes
Dulles Rejects Buffer Zone In Germany
Secretary of State Dulles rejects any neutralized zone in Germany and discusses pilot agreements with Russia, warning of problems and pitfalls in a European test framework. He cautions on aerial warfare threats and U S positions on Israel and Suez Canal actions, linking Arctic concerns to broader strategic issues.
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Washington
Dulles
Germany
Russia
Europe
Combes
Arctic
State Department
Dules
Aren
T Fe
Jwite
Red China
United States
Israel
Suez Canal
Andal
Egypt
Welson
Korea
Turnpike Bill Repair Eyed in Oklahoma Senate Action
The Oklahoma Senate plans to mend the crippled turnpike bill with a provision to earmark gasoline taxes for funding. The House rejected the earmarking, and the bill, amending the toll road law, faces delays amid House opposition and Gov. Gary’s stance. A related measure would boost bonding and tighten contract limits up to a million dollars.
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Senate
House
Fred Harris
Lawton
Tonny Harris
Oon
Seraice Noor
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Successor Given Rank Of Colonel Bonifay Promoted at Fort Sill
Major General Thomas de Shazo and five other colonels attended the pinning as Col. Bonifay assumed the acting provost marshal duties at Fort Sill on Col. Rhodes retirement. Bonifay, a former Deputy Provost Marshal at Fort Sill, served 1934 to 1953 as Chief of Military Police Operations in the U S Army Europe.
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Thomas E. de Shazo
Fort Sill
I. FP. Bonifay
Col. Bonifay
Sill
Jack L.r Rhodes
U.S. Army
Col
Rhodes
Ger. Thomas _ de Shazo
U.S. S Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Cal. Bonifay
Bonifay
Marstal
Stuttport
Germany
Militry Police Operatiens
Army
Rope
Je O
Nonivay
Eisenhower warns against taking responsibility for defense safety
President Eisenhower says he would not want to assume responsibility for the nation's safety if Congress cuts defense funds for aircraft and missiles. Republican leaders Martin of Massachusetts and Knowland of California discuss the impact while Bridges of New Hampshire predicts mixed influence from the president's radio address on his 71.8 billion dollar budget amid growing calls for budget cuts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
GOP
Dems
Appropriations Committee
Comery
Knowland
Senate
California
Bridges
Slain Girl Found In Shallow Grave In Chicago
The body of 6 to 7 year old Lise Jorgesen was found in a shallow grave behind her North Side home after a house search by Boy Scouts and 50 police. Teenager Lawrence Madsen, 14, admitted luring her to a basement and strangling her with a dirty white necktie. He said, I just had the urge and I hit it, according to police. The suspect lived on the first floor with his grandmother. the victim’s parents resided on the third floor. The grave bore a sign reading Mother's prayers will follow me.
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Chicago
Mide
Lise Jorgesen
North Side
Lawrence Madsen
Seventh Grace
Marsen
Maren Madsen
Arnald
Inger Jorgesen
William Clark
Wa Town
Girl 9 Kidnapped and Stabbed to Death in Bristol
A pathologist reports a nine year old girl abducted on her way to school was stabbed multiple times with a rectangular tool. The victim Brenda Doucette, a third grader, was found near Bristol in woods with a sleeveless sweater around her neck. Authorities say she may have been strangled prior to stabbing. The investigation continues as details emerge.
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Bristol
Coun
Pretin
Joseph ©. Collins
Waterbury Hospital
Brenda Ane Doucette
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Eyal
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Marilyn
Jimmy Hoffa
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Awaii
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