Woman charged with murder after body found on Padre Island
Texas woman Sunny Canales Worden admits killing her second husband Don Worden on Padre Island after he allegedly hypnotized her and forced her to dig a grave for their child Maria Teresa Canales. She said Worden handed her a diamond pistol and ordered her to shoot the child, then herself. Worden’s body washed ashore near Corpus Christi. she was arraigned and bound over to the grand jury.
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Texas
Kingsville
Tex
Sunny Canales Worden
Gulf of Mexico
Don Worden
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
Maria Teresa Canales
Prexides
Premont
Maria
Texas Rangers
Worden
Johnston
Oscar Warneke
Bexar County
Canales
Tiny Korean Orphan Sees New City Home
Nancy Elizabeth, the adopted daughter of MSgt and Mrs William D Roberson, arrived from Seoul after a 16 month Korea tour. The Robersons fostered her, faced red tape, and traveled to the West Coast before Nancy could join them in Lawton.
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Nancy Elizabeth Roberson
Oklahoma
Msgt
William D. Roberson
Seoul
Korea
New City
Phyllis Gibson
Nancy Elizabeth
United States
Roberson
Nancy
Sgt. Roberson
Si Hung Ni
Robersons
West Coast
Lawton
California
West Pressures Molotov for German Unification
In Geneva the Western powers intensified pressure on Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to accept German unification through free elections, signaling readiness to scrap East Germany’s Communist regime if needed.
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Geneva
West
V. M. Molotov
Germany
East Germany
U. S
Dulles
Macmillan
Pinay
Russia
Molotov
Soviet Union
Wreck kills 1 and injures 32 up in North Carolina
A chartered bus carrying 39 North Carolina nurses crashed into a stalled tractor trailer 15 miles north of Charlotte. One nurse, Clara Jean Dillingham, 19, of Weaverville, was killed and 32 injured, with six nurses unhurt. The bus, returning from Winston-Salem, was going about 55 mph when it hit the truck. The injured were taken to Concord and Charlotte area hospitals.
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Charlotte
N. Co
Here
Clara Jean Dillingham
Weaverville
N. C
Concord
Atlantic Greyhound
Winston - Salem
N.C
North Carolina
Nichols
George Robert Allen
C. C. Tilley
Brave Sheriff Ends Siege By Mad Man
Norman Oklahoma sheriff confronts escapee Elvie Stewart in Central State Hospital dining hall. Stewart, 45, from Tishomingo, fired into the ceiling and ordered workers to flee while about 200 people ate breakfast. Sheriff Alvin Garner forced him to surrender. no injuries reported. Hospital superintendent John Bealer noted the incident stems from the man’s claim that someone at Central State killed his father.
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Tishomingo
Central State
Oklahoma
Garner
Stewart
Highway Patrol
Dub) Wheeler
Bealer
El Auja clashes leave 200 Israelis dead and prisoners taken
Egyptian spokesman reports a successful counter attack reoccupying El Sabha post in the El Auja demilitarized zone. He says 200 Israeli soldiers were killed with some taken prisoner while Egypt claims heavy fighting near Maghazi and that Egyptian forces hold strong in the region.
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Cairop
el Sabha
el Auja
Avan Tadaw
el Auja - Nizana
el Auma
Cairo
Sabha
Demilitarized Zone
Maghazi
Gaza
Beerotayim
David Ben-Gurion
Lee
Bomb Expert Probes Plane Wreck for Sabotage Clues
FBI agents and Charles Wilson of the Wisconsin state crime laboratory explosives team inspected the United Airlines DC-8 wreckage near Longmont Colorado to determine if sabotage caused the in flight breakup that killed 44 people. Civil Aeronautics Administration officials joined the scene as investigators focused on why the plane shattered 11 minutes after taking off from Denver bound for Portland on a New York to Seattle route.
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Longmont
Colo.p
FBI
United Air Lines
Here
Charles Wilson
Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
UAL
Wilson
Denver
DCGB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Consolidated Says Profits Are Falling
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. told the Oklahoma City hearing panel that its profits are slipping as its accountants explain the need for a rate increase. Witness W A McElfresh estimated the company falls about 417,560 dollars annually short of a 6 percent return on investment, a rate approved by the commission two years ago as reasonable.
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Oklahoma City
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp
W. A. McElfresh
Corporation Commission
Consolidated
Remodeled Lintz Opening Set for Weekend
Lintz department store in Lawton plans a grand opening Friday and Saturday in its remodeled building at Fourth and D. Gordon Anderson, longtime manager, invites residents of Lawton and southwest Oklahoma to inspect the new Lintz home. The upgrades, costing several thousand dollars, were done by the Masonic lodge which owns the building. The store has occupied the lodge building for about 13 years. A modern front with open street view, new tile floors, carpeting in ready to wear and dressing rooms, fresh paint, and improved lighting enhance the store ambiance. Entrance remains on the north front with new swinging doors.
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Gordon Anderson
Lawton
Oklahoma
Lintz
Masonic Lodge
Anderson
Aunt Wins Custody of Mincey Children
Mrs. Orville Wilson of 916 McKinley was granted guardianship of Tanna Edith Mincey, 9, and Kent Walden Mincey, 7, orphans of the late Howard and Kandis Kay Mincey. The children, survivors of a fatal Aug 14 crash, had been with grandmother Callie Taylor in Temple. The ruling can be appealed within 10 days. absent an appeal, guardianship transfers to the aunt in Lawton.
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Orville Wilson
McKinley
Tanna
Edith Mincey
Kent Walden Mincey
Howard Mincey
Wilson
Kent
Mincey
Texarkana
Ark
Kandis Kay
Temple
Callie Taylor
Little Wooden Houses Moved At Molotov Villa Gates
Geneva police removed two small sentry boxes from Molotov’s villa gates amid embarrassment. Brigadier Gusson called the move unfortunate as a complaint claimed the boxes resembled another sort of little wooden house. A Swiss officer declined naming who complained, noting the structures were relocated to bushes across the road after being deemed too conspicuous by La Suisse.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Brig. A. A. Gusson
Russia
la Suisse
Spectacular Fire Kills Three at Alabama Port
A massive blaze at a river port near Birmingham killed Felton Thrasher 46 and Olen K. Dodd 23 and Thrasher’s daughter Tina May 20 after gasoline tanks exploded. Firemen prevented further spread by closing valves. three bodies recovered from debris. Triangle Refineries officials assess a six million gallon storage capacity with unknown losses.
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Birmingport
Ala
Birmingham
Felton Thrasher
Triangle Refineries, Inc
Tina May
Olen K. Dodd
Thrasher
R. W. Reynolds
Triangle
Hart Named New Commander of 2nd Army at Fort Meade
Gen Hart, former commanding general of The Artillery and Guided Missile Center and current V Corps leader in Germany, will become commanding general of 2nd Army at Fort Meade, Md. He will take over in February, succeeding Lt. Gen. Floyd L. Parks who will retire.
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Charles E. Hart
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
V Corps
Germany
2Nd Army
Fort Meade
Hart
Floyd L. Parks
Schools Short of Textbooks In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma public schools face a critical textbook shortage due to a lean legislative appropriation rising costs and growing enrollments. Director Henry Cooper says some schools issue one book to two students and many use outdated materials in history geography and government. He estimates 3.26 million dollars needed to fix the program but only one million dollars remains. Senator George miskovsky calls for a full dress investigation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henry Cooper
Cooper
George Miskovsky
First Snow Brings Death To Chicago
Chicago endured the season’s first snow with 1 to 2 inch accumulation across most areas and up to 3 inches in some suburbs. Five traffic deaths occurred in seven hours, a new eight hour style record for the city segment last night.
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Chicago
First Frost Fades Away in Oklahoma Warm-Front Forecast
A warming trend is forecast for Friday to offset a hard freeze that covered Oklahoma last night with temperatures dropping to 24 degrees. It will be fair and cold this afternoon and tonight with lows near 32. High Friday near 70. The killing freeze was three days ahead of average. Lawton last year recorded its first heavy frost on November 5.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Trial Ordered For Pettaway After Hearing
Earl Pettaway 34 of Langton Negro was ordered to stand trial for murder in the Sept 10 shooting death of Horace Stevenson Jr former Douglass high school star athlete. Pettaway bound over to higher court after a preliminary hearing in district court and jailed without bond. Eyewitness Grady Douglas Jr and detective Melvin Simmons testified in morning session before Peace Justice Woodrow Giles. The defense was led by Jack Brock. special prosecutor Ralph Cline assisted. Page 2 continues.
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Earl Pettaway
Lawton
Horace Stevenson Jr
Douglass High School
Pettaway
Grady Douglas Jr
Langston College
Melvin Simmons
Woodrow Giles
Ralph Cline
Charles Ozman
Jack Brock
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Justice of the Peace
T. A. Simonds Jr
Simonds
Kleberg County
Royce Johnston
Tion
Bree
Egypt
Israel
Lintz Department Store
Fourth and
Gen. Hart
Ray Atteberry
Douglas
Stevenson
Jerry Wooten
Savoy
Melbourne
Fla
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