Arkansas Flood Threat Aids Tulsa Drenched Areas
Arkansas flood crest neared Tulsa as Muskogee and Claremore faced high water. Verdigris River rose near 4076 feet west of Claremore. Bixby remained 3 to 4 feet under water. downriver towns evacuated as Arkansas River neared flood stage. Officials forecast more rain with a five day outlook. relief funds and disaster procedures were activated.
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Jane Cimasvon
Char Yies
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Tom Gbrett
Aaroud Sostovilay
Jitater Relief Fund
Wy Wilson
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Tulsa
Walters Souid
Civil Defense Tytion Corps
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Civil Defense
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Heghway
Bill Mayberry
Mae Cob
City Reservoir Near Spillway After Heavy Rain
Weather notes say Mountains area received more rain with river and lake levels rising. City reservoir stood 3.7 feet below the spillway as of morning, after Sunday night readings showed a foot drop, with 3.7 feet below the spillway mark.
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Lanstos
Jake Lund
Leve
Thomas
Bree Ho
Flood-Closed Roads Listed After Dam Damage Assessments
State engineers surveyed flood damage and warned several highways may close indefinitely for repairs. Roads listed include US 67 between Kingfisher and Devore, US 77 north of Pauls Valley, SH 3.1 near Coyle and Gore, SH 38 southwest of Tecumseh, US 66 at Bixby north of the Arkansas River, and SH 10 between Enid and Oklahoma City.
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Weather bulletin warns severe storms across western Oklahoma
The Weather Bureau issues a storm warning covering parts of western and northeastern Oklahoma. The alert includes areas south of a line from Caldwell Kansas to Gage and east of a line from Gage to Clinton and Lawton, extending to the Arkansas border near Siloam Springs.
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Lawton
Muskogee
Arkasas
Siloam Springs
Ark
U S Officials Open Relief Aid in Oklahoma City
Federal and state officials initiated disaster relief operations in Oklahoma City to assist farmers and property owners affected by recent flood damage. The Red Cross building hosts the disaster headquarters with nine staff, led by Tom Gretz coordinating federal and state efforts to dispense up to one million dollars in aid for farms, roads, bridges, and public property.
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Waurika Flood Waters Recede
Sheriff W. Phelps reported water from Beaver Creek receded by afternoon and a new crest was not seen. Hundreds evacuated and about 200 houses looted as residents sought emergency shelter. Salvation Army informed danger over. Some homes surrounded but no water flow through impgiors as of report.
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Salvation Army
Six Hurt In City Auto Accidents
Lawton police report weekend traffic mishaps injuring six people. A boy, son of Mr and Mrs O B Roberts, ran into the street and was struck by a pickup driven by Tete Bailey in Apache. In Lawton two more incidents involved a 149 Chevrolet sedan a 1955 Ford sedan and an Oldsmobile at Sixth and said. Genda Kinsey, 15, was hospitalized after a rear-end collision that damaged the Ford.
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Buck Kingey
Memorial Hospital
Lee Clark
B. W. Tucker
Olds
Six Killed In State Weekend Traffic Toll Rises
Six people died in Oklahoma over the weekend, raising the 1957 traffic toll to 248, with victims including Raymond Lawrence Garrison, 45, of Kingfisher, Richard James Finch, 56, and Maureen Finch, 38, of Oklahoma City. Other deaths included their granddaughter Linda Finch, 9, Ralph Carson Van Ray, 29, of Oklahoma City, and Edward Lloyd Long, 19, of Enid.
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Oklahoma
Willy
Raymond Lawrence Garrison
Ilingfisher
Richard James Finch
Clinton
Maureen Finch
Linda Finch
Garrison
Kingfisher
Harvey O'Brien
Finch
Oklahoma City
Winch
van Ray
Gasoline Tax Increase Eyed By Gary To Help Pay For Flood Damage
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary weighed a temporary gasoline tax hike to fund flood damage repairs. He discussed a four month levy with lawmakers as a way to raise about 2.5 million dollars, pairing with federal funds to total five million for roads and bridges. He warned any plan must avoid a permanent tax increase and noted the session’s tax rules.
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Pera Neal
Rescuers Hunt Trapped Miner in Short Mountain Shaft
In Lykens Pennsylvania rescuers search a gangway for Davie Snyder a 35 year old father of three thought trapped after a cave in. Veteran miners fear he is dead as a smaller secondary cave appears to have entombed him in the Pennsylvanian shaft at Short Mountain.
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UPA
Davie Snyder
Diggin
Robert Scheinder
Ashland
Joseph J. Towhsha
AFL-CIO finds Beck guilty in Teamsters funds case
The AFL-CIO Executive Council today found Dave Beck guilty of misusing union funds. George Meany announced the unanimous finding and said Beck’s role as a trade union official involved improper use of members money. Meany added Beck’s AFL-CIO presidency and council seat are vacant and a replacement will be named soon.
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Ingrid Bergman Denies Rossellini Divorce Rumors
Paris reports Ingrid Bergman rejects divorce rumors about Roberto Rossellini and a potential marriage to another woman. Bergman says the tale is false and that she remains relaxed, while dispatches claim Rossellini has been in Bombay with Mrs Sonali Das Gupta amid speculation of a separation.
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Seven Foot Mastodon Tusk Unearthed in Gravel Pit
A seven foot mastodon tusk was uncovered Saturday by a bulldozer operator in a gravel pit 142 miles southeast of Lawton near E. E. Stanton’s farm. The tooth lay six feet underground, with no other bones found as excavation halted at the tusk level.
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Lawton
E. E. Stanton
Stanton
Kansas City Cops Capture Third Escapee
Kansas City police surrounded an apartment building and captured 23 year old Isaac Sanders, a federal prisoner among five men who escaped from the Jackson county jail Sunday. Two other escapees were nabbed in a taxi while the remaining two were still at large, having overpowered guards with homemade ice picks and fled via elevator and basement.
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Isaac Sanders
Jackson County
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Arvid Owsley
LeRoy Andrews
Lugene
Indian Joe) Walker
Robert Lavon Brewer
Charles Beasley
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Blonde Actress Francesa de Skalfa Struggles With Multiple Suicides
Mexico City AP reports actress Francesa de Skalfa, recently married to bullfighter Jaime Bravo, attempted suicide twice after being linked to Confidential magazine. She overdosed on sleeping pills and cut her wrists amid libel conspiracy charges and deportation probes. Bravo defends her, citing harsh press.
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Confidential
Jaime Bravo
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Interior Ministry
Bravo
Battered raft seeks aid off Chile after voyage mishap
The Chilean navy frigate Baquedane sails to assist five castaways on a bamboo raft from Tahiti to South America. Four Frenchmen and a Chilean aboard Tahiti Nui radioed for help after a long voyage of about 3,000 miles aimed at proving Polynesian settlement of South America. The raft, adrift 900 miles from the Chilean coast, is powered only by wind and current.
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