Atomic Annie fades from artillery scene at Fort Sill
The 280mm gun once fired the first atomic artillery round at Frenchman Flats in 1953. Now fading from service, the weapon remains with eight of its original 18 crew continuing maintenance under Lt. Eugenio Rivera and Sfc. John Graves as retirement nears.
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Frenchman's Flats
Nev
867Th Field Artillery
Atomic Annie
Fort Sill
34Th Artillery Brigade
2D Artillery
Eugenio Rivera
Sfc
John H. Graves
Artillery and Missile Center
Frenchman Flats
Army
Frenchman's Flat
U.S. Army
Showers Sweep Across Oklahoma Amid Varied Rain Totals
The Weather Bureau reports fresh showers across western and central Oklahoma with lingering chances into Saturday. Lawton logged 0.07 inch early and another 0.02 inch after 7 am, lifting May rain to 2.08 inches, far below the 92 year average. highs reach 82 today and 84 by Saturday, with overnight lows in the 60s.
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Oklahoma
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lawton
Weather Bureau
Guymon
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Tinker Field
Fort Sill
Altus
Vici
Tornado forecast issued for Oklahoma Panhandle and Plains
The Weather Bureau issued a forecast for Friday afternoon and evening predicting scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail damaging winds and several tornadoes. The area covers the Oklahoma Panhandle and parts of northwestern Oklahoma and extends into northern Texas and southern Kansas along a line from Dalhart Texas to Hutchinson Kansas.
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Oklahoma City
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Dalhart
Tex
Hutchison, Kan
The
Panhandle
Texas
Arnett
Vici
Cherokee
Medford
Minister Visits Requested By Condemned Slayer
Richard Henry Dare, 30, condemned for multiple slayings, asked a minister visit on his last day before the electric chair. He rejected witnesses, choosing Rev. Jack Bybee to accompany him. Governor Bellman refused clemency despite Parole Board recommendations while awaiting possible new evidence.
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McAlester
Richard Henry Dare
Dare
Dave
Jack Bybee
Oklahoma City
State Pardon and Parole Board
Gov
Henry Bellman
Doggett
Shelby Leon Doggett
Lawton
Bellman
Pate
Parole Board
Gerald Pate
Baruch Hospitalized for Routine Checkup in New York
Bernard Baruch, 92, adviser to presidents, is in New York Hospital for a routine checkup before an anticipated European trip. He entered the hospital on May 23 as announced today by the hospital.
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New York
Bernard Baruch
New York Hospital
Europe
Baruch
Death toll rises from East Pakistan cyclone to 10000s
Officials fear the cyclone and tidal waves in East Pakistan may exceed 10 000 dead with 2 million homeless across an 178 mile Bay of Bengal coast. Chittagong reports 1 200 dead as offshore islands vanish in the disaster.
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Dacca
Pakistan
UPI
East Pakistan
Bay of Bengal
Chittagong
Here
Feni
Noakhali
Cox’s Bazar
Glenn Leaves Tokyo After Japan Visit
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and his family depart Tokyo for Alaska following a two day stop in Japan during their travels.
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Tokyo
John H. Glenn Jr
Alaska
Japan
Final Thresher Photos Shown As Navy Probes Dieing Sub
Navy court behind closed doors in Portsmouth New Hampshire views photos from the Conrad showing the crushed hull of the Thresher 8 000 feet down about 220 miles east of Cape Cod. The five man board investigates the disaster that killed 129 aboard.
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Boston
Navy
Thresher
Cape Cod
Conrad
Portsmouth
N.H
Naval Shipyard
Captain James Chase Manslaughter Conviction Upheld
The state Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Captain James Matthew Chase 13 year sentence for the 1961 manslaughter of his wife Victoria Chase in Fort Sill. Defense argued liver disease and unintentional death could reduce the charge to second degree manslaughter and shorten the penalty.
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State Court of Criminal Appeals
Fort Sill
James Matthew Chase
Chase
Bellmon allies with soil bank in drought debate
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon and Democratic rival Gene McGill spar over farm aid programs. McGill accuses Bellmon of feasting at the federal trough. Bellmon defends soil bank and federal loans as help for small farmers.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Gene McGill
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
McGill
Northwest
Panhandle
Noble County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Soil Bank
Democrat
Billings
Farm Home Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Bellman
Bill Burkett
Oklahoma
Burkett
Pope John XXIII Relentlessly Fades as Death Nears
Vatican confirms worsening condition of Pope John XXIII at 81, receiving Extreme Unction and Viaticum as crowds pray in St. Peter’s Square. Vatican radio suspends regular broadcasts to announce the Pontiff’s deteriorating health and imminent death.
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Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Ilarino da Jilano
Msgr
Alfredo Cavagna
Vatican Radio
Vatican State
Rome
Antonio Gasbarrini
Gasbarrini
Bologna
Vatican Apartments
Raimondo Manzini
Osservatore Romano
Papal
Pope
Police, Negroes Scuffle Over Jobs Ends With Integration
In Philadelphia, police and Negro workers clashed at a city school site before four skilled Negro workers were admitted to unions and given jobs. The agreement, reached by NAACP, Philadelphia Building Trades Council, and the Board of Education, ended a week of protests amid broader segregation demonstrations in Florida.
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Philadelphia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Philadelphia Building Trades Council
Philadelphia Board of Education
Steamfitters Union
NAACP
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Florida A&m (Negro) University
Ben Willis
Negro demonstrators enter Oklahoma City restaurant without service
About 75 youths aged 8 to 20, members of a Negro demonstration, marched into Bishop's Restaurant in downtown Oklahoma City at 6:30 am. The group was kept inside briefly before doors were unlocked for safety. They stayed inside without violence as NAACP spokesman E Melvin Porter said they would remain until served, evicted or arrested.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Bishop’s
E. Melvin Porter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sugar Prices Hold Steady in Lawton Markets
Lawton housewives continued to buy sugar at normal rates despite national price hikes. Local store reps from four supermarkets report no panic buying and expect prices to stabilize or fall soon. Five-pound bags cost 75 to 79 cents, ten pounds 1.49 to 1.76, up from pre increase levels.
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Lawton
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Pope John
Constitution Wire Reports
Trieste
J. Lamar Worzel
Lamont Geological Observatory
Elton W. Grenfeil
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Skylark
James M. Chase
Victoria Elizabeth Chase
East C
the Morning Press
Federal
Harry Culver
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower
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