Mistake Case Hijackers Get 5 Year Terms
Two men James R. Craig and James Cubine pleaded guilty to armed robbery and received five year sentences. They admitted aiding in the Jan. 6 D X service station robbery after a man, Paul Glass, was acquitted on the prior day. Judge Robert S. Landers condemned the pair for sitting by while another man faced trial. Glass had already spent 73 days jailed awaiting trial before being cleared.
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State
James R. Craig
Fort Sill
James Cubine
Sayre
Paul Glass
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
W. J. Lamb
Paden
1Lth
Glass
Lamb
Craig
Cubine
Craigs
Lawton
Ray Atteberry
Cement
First State Bank
G. H. Ray
Frank Dutton
W. C. Wright
W. E. Baskin
Carolyn Jackson
Mother-Killer and 9 Others Escape Prison Tunnel
A mother-murderer and nine inmates tunneled seven inches of concrete and 30 feet of earth to escape Washington State Penitentiary. Guards found the hollow floor slab and a 30-foot tunnel to the outside wall, but the group vanished into rolling wheatlands with tracks leading away. A second, separate incident reported a man in Manchester, Massachusetts, who killed himself after learning of a murder warrant against him.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Liberty
West Wall
David Gerechet
Antique cars crowd new models at Shawnee show
In Shawnee Oklahoma 1902 Helsman and 39 other antique automobiles owned by William Stewart share the spotlight with modern cars. Stewart calls the display one of the largest antique and classic car showings in the region as crowds view the historic vehicles this week.
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Shawnee
Okla
William Stewart
Stewart
Keough Attacks Lobbyists Over Land Fight in Oklahoma
Emmett L. Keough president of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce accuses wildlife and conservation group secretaries of waging a vicious campaign to derail Oklahoma's Fort Sill firing range expansion. He spoke at a chamber luncheon amid plans to appeal to President Eisenhower to block the 10 700 acre transfer from Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge to the Army. Keough disputed E E Torbett a leader of the Oklahoma Outdoor Council who claimed only chamber and lawmakers favored the expansion. He urged Lawton residents to react to what he called widespread misinformation.
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Emmett L. Keough
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Chamber
Keough
Eisenhower
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Army
E. E. Torbett
Enid
Oklahoma Outdoor Council
Chamber of Commerce
Reds Reject Plan For German Ballot
In Geneva the Western Big Three urged Russia to back a free nationwide German election next September as a step toward reunification but met firm Soviet opposition. Foreign Minister Molotov rejected the plan and insisted East German and Bonn Republic representatives be included in talks with the four ministers.
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Geneva
Russia
V. Molotov
East Germany
Bonn
Israeli Repel Raid By Egyptian Army Near Gaza Front
Israel says two Egyptian platoons attacked an advanced position in the lower Gaza Strip area and were repulsed. A UN spokesman reported mortar and artillery exchanges at El Auja Nizana but nothing serious occurred.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
el Auja-Nizana
Hammarskjold Bids for Palestine Peace
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urged a peace plan to settle the Israel Egypt border dispute. He called in representatives from both nations and proposed Egypt withdraw troops from the El Auja demilitarized zone.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Egypt
Hammarskjold
el Auja Demilitarized
Alert Bus Driver Aids Police In Capture Of Store Burglar
A Lawton Fort Sill bus driver L J Wilson spotted a man breaking into Scott s store near the police station and alerted the dispatcher. Police trapped the burglar, a 20 year old Fort Sill private from Kansas, after officers found a broken front door and a whisky bottle in the store. No accomplice found and nothing missing from a display case.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Sill
Lawton
L. J. Wilson
Fort Sill
Scott's Store
Wilson
E. L. Woodall
Melvin Kelley
Lee Clark
Pete Fuller
Kansas
Kelley
Clark
Svengali Story Sparks Murder Case In Texas
Violet Canales Worden, freed on a 5000 dollar bond, faces murder charges for the death of her husband Don Worden, a San Antonio real estate man. She claims he forced her to dig a grave on Padre Island and tried to make her shoot their daughter, then buried him himself. Authorities say she has remained cooperative and the grand jury will review the case next week.
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Kingsville
Tex
Violet Canales Worden
Padre Island
South
Texas
Maria Teresa
Kleberg
Royce Johnston
J. S. Scarborough
Alice
Svengali
Cold Air Mass Signals Weekend Chill For City Area
A Canadian cold air mass is due to move into the region this weekend after a modest warmup. Lawton forecasts show mostly fair skies with temperatures near 70 by Saturday, then a retreating warm spell ends as colder northwest air arrives late Saturday into Sunday. Tonight's low drops to 38 after a 27 degree low today.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Polio Virus Crystallized by UC Scientists
BERKELEY Calif UP two scientists Dr Carlton E Schwerdt and Frederick L Schaffer of the University of California virus laboratory announced at a National Academy of Science meeting in Pasadena that they have crystallized pure polio virus for the first time. They say the virus is now about 90 percent pure, enabling study of its own properties without contamination. This marks the first crystallization of a human or animal infecting virus. The work used kidney material from a monkey.
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Berkeley
Calif
Carlton E. Schwerdt
Frederick L. Schaffer
University of California’s
Virus Laboratory
National Academy of Science
Pasadena
Schwerdt
Schaffer
Tulsa's Oldest Woman Dies at 105 in Convalescent Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Houseberg, 105, Tulsa's possibly oldest resident, died yesterday in a convalescent home. A Stilwell native, she lived there until a hip fracture in 1952 led to confinement. Relatives say Adair County may be named for her parents, R. B. and Mrs. Adair.
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Tulsa
Okla
Elizabeth Houseberg
Stilwell
Houseberg
Adair County
R. B. Adair
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Artillery and Guided Missile School
U.S. Army
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Charles Ernest
AAATC
Gordon Walker
John P. Dancey
Harry Reid
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Self
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Mass
Pennsylvania
William R. Turner
White Beach
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Doris Hatch
Cambridge Springs
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