Tito Backs East European Independence Call
Tito and U S Secretary of State Dulles held a seven hour talk on Tito’s Adriatic Island retreat. They emphasized independence and noninterference for East European states and discussed Middle East tensions as Tito planned a December visit to Nasser in Egypt.
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Brioni
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Europe
Balkans
Israel
Egypt
Dulles
U. S
State Dulles
Tito
Adriatic
Common
Hungary
Bulgaria
Albania
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Khrushchev
Germany
Geneva
Middle East
Near East
Col
Gamal Abdel) Nasser
Man Kills Wife and Home Wrecker in Compton
In Compton California a 40 year old man killed his estranged wife 32 and Miss Helen Witt 23 and wounded Witt's mother 40. Ray Vernon Decker surrendered to police after arriving by bus from Oklahoma City an hour earlier and was booked on suspicion of murder. Decker blamed Witt and her daughter for his failed marriage and had been sought on a knife threat warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph K. Reeves
Negro Draws 20 Years In Prison For Slaying
Lawton man Earl Pettaway, 34, pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter after an argument over cars near Club Savoy in the 1300 block Washington. Judge Robert S. Landers sentenced him to 20 years with County Attorney Manville Redman and City Judge Ralph Cline assisting. The case arose from the September 10 shooting involving Horace Stevenson Jr., a former Douglass star, and Pettaway.
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Earl Pettaway
Lawton
Robert S. Landers
Manville Redman
Ralph Cline
Cline
Horace Stevenson Sr
Horace Stevenson Jr
Douglass
Pettaway
Washington
Savoy
Stevenson
Green Grow the Lilacs at Lawton Little Theater
Behind the scenes antics in Lawton Little Theater's first musical comedy include boot size mishaps, a hair fix, and a staged howl added by director John Denney. The production features Curly played by Bill Philp, Laurey with new hair, and Sgt. Tony Petrello as the unseen actor from New Jersey. The piece previews amid backstage humor before moving to Page 2 for more on Pettaway case proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Little Theater
Cameron College
Curly
Bill Philp
Ken Easton
Eno Frakes
Philp
John Denney
Sgt
Tony Petrello
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
New Jersey
Brooklyn Bridge
Locust Swarm Strikes Cairo Amid Severe Invasion
Locusts swarmed Cairo today in one of the worst invasions in memory. They attacked trees and vegetation in the western city, challenging efforts by the Agriculture Ministry and locust squads to contain outbreaks before reaching the Nile Delta.
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Cairo
Egypt
Egyptian Agriculture Ministry
Nile
Five Women Die As Car Sinks In Minnesota River
Five women drowned when their car plunged over an embankment into the Minnesota River near Mendota. Only survivor Donna Mae Wills, 23, of Minneapolis, escaped. Sheriff reports conflicting details of the crash after dancing at River Road Club. John Lettergren, 22, St Paul, saved four bodies, jumped in with a garden hose as a makeshift lifeline.
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Mendota
Minn
Minnesota River
Here
Donna Mae Wills
Minneapolis
Dakota County
C. L. Cherry
Miskowiec
Delores Mary Miskowiec
Ann
John Lettergren
St. Paul
Light Snow Begins Falling In Panhandle
Light snow moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle and northwest regions as a new cold front entered. Snow and sleet were observed in Woodward, Guymon, and Buffalo with visibility dropping at Buffalo. Temperatures fell sharply overnight with highs in the 50s and 60s the day before and lows from the mid 20s to mid 30s.
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Panhandle
Woodward
Guymon
Buffalo
Highway Department
McAlester
Altus
Gage
Oklahoma City
Editor Blasts Governments Secret Bing
Editor J R Wiggins of the Washington Post and Times Herald told a House subcommittee that new categories of withheld information multiply in federal agencies. He warned secrecy can spread from national security to nonclassifiable material, urging balance between safety and freedom.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
House
J. R. Wiggins
Washington Post and Times Herald
Freedom of Information Committee
Moss
D-Calif
Wiggins
Eisenhower
Defense Department
National Security Council
Frigid Arctic Front Forecast to Grip the Area
A wintry blast moves into the state this afternoon with scattered Panhandle snow, northwest snow flurries, and southwest showers. Lawton will see a night frost after a day high near 58, with a low around 28 as cold winds grip early morning readings.
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Panhandle
Northwest
Lawton
New England Storm Kills 16
A northeaster swept through the Northeast causing at least 16 deaths in New England. The storm blamed for 13 highway fatalities two drownings and one electrocution. Four men presumed drowned after an Air Force C-47 crashed into the Connecticut River at Holyoke Massachusetts. Connecticut saw minor flooding and up to four inches of rain with three to four inches of snow elsewhere.
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New England
Connecticut
Holyoke
Mass
C C Executives To Meet In City
The Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Executives voted to hold their 1956 spring conference in Lawton. The plan emerged at the Norman fall conference attended by Milton Keating and Mrs Keating. About 80 to 100 executives from across Oklahoma will attend the two day event to discuss community problems. J C Landers of Duncan was elected president with Don Cameron Norman as vice president and J C Sauerwein McAlester as secretary treasurer. Board members named include Rufus Bedford Bartlesville Miss Grace Ward Smith Alva John Earhardt Tulsa and Cecil Black Frederick.
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Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Norman
Milton Keating
Don Cameron
J. C. Sauerwein
McAlester
Rufus Bedford
Bartlesville
Grace Ward Smith
Alva
John Earhardt
Tulsa
Cecil Black
Frederick
Stork Busy in Comanche County October 1954
October 1954 saw 216 births in Comanche County with 114 boys and 102 girls. September births totaled 239 and October deaths were 41, one more than in the previous year. Registrar Mollie Randolph reported the county records.
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Comanche County
Mollie Randolph
High Court Bars Trial of Ex-GIs After Discharge
The Supreme Court ruled six to three that Congress cannot authorize court-martial of civilians like ex-GI Robert W. Toth for crimes in service. civilians are entitled to Article III court safeguards. The ruling affects three turncoat GI suspects at Fort Baker as Army claims jurisdiction. Names include Otho G. Bell, William A. Cowart, and Lewis W. Griggs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Armed Services
Air Force
Robert W. Toth
Pittsburgh
Bong Soon Kil
Black
Reed, Burton
Minton
Warren
Frankfurter
Douglas
Clark
Harlan
Congress
Toth
Ft. Baker
California
North Korea
Charles E. Wilson
United States
Wilson
San Francisco
Army
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
William A. Cowart
Walton
Iowa
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Eisenhower to Leave Hospital Friday for Washington
President Eisenhower will depart Fitzsimons Army Hospital Friday and fly to Washington aboard Columbine III. Doctors said it may be late January or early February before he decides on seeking re election, and they stressed the final decision rests with him.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
Paul Dudley White
Boston Heart
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
White
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Columbine III
White House
Ford Stock Goes Public After Ford Foundation Move
New York report states Ford Motor Co shares to be offered to the public after the year’s start. Nearly seven million new common shares with voting rights expected to fetch about 400 to 500 million dollars, pricing around 60 to 70 dollars per share. Ford Foundation announces the issue, with Henry Ford II and heirs transferring 60 percent of voting control to the new stock.
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New York
Ford Motor Co
America
Ford
Ford Foundation
Henry Ford
Henry Ford II
Ford Co
H. Row
Foundation Press
Fort Sill manpower at 17008 says Rep. Wickersham
Rep. Victor Wickersham reports Fort Sill total manpower at 17,008 including 3,036 officers, 12,639 enlisted, and 2,607 civilians. He notes the 1955 56 57 future strength is classified but the present figure shows the base’s vital role in national defense and security.
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Fort Sill
Victor Wickersham
D-Okla
Wickersham
Rep
Park Playground Segregation Outlawed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld a Virginia circuit court ruling banning racial segregation in public parks and beaches in Baltimore and Maryland. The decision, in a brief unsigned order, affirmed the lower ruling that separate but equal facilities are unconstitutional, linking to the 1954 school desegregation ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Richmond
Circuit Court
Baltimore
Maryland
High Court
Officers Close Call As Thief Holdups City Grocery
City police describe a near capture of a young man suspected in the Russell Lumber Co burglary. He allegedly took 18 blank checks stamped with the firm name and tried to cash one at Safeway on 11th and B. The thief escaped, leaving the check behind. police traced the number to the lumber firm and searched the area without luck.
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Russell Lumber Co
Safeway
11Th and B
Douglass School
Lee
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Call For Freedom of Satellites
Vanga
Jovanka
Hong Kong
Bill Crawford
Laurey
Craig Pierson
Indian Territory
Grady Douglas Jr
Temple
q_ hospital
Chickasha
Onita Bonner
Betty Jean Richard
Associated Press
Oklahoma Panhandle
Ardmore
Bing
United Press
C-C
Stork
Monty
Field Marshall
Viscount Montgomery
Dallas
Texas
Sill
Solon
Department of Army
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