Hundreds See Redstone Missile in Lawton Veterans Day Parade
Thousands of Lawton and Fort Sill residents, weathering a misty day, watched the Redstone missile along with Honest John and other artillery pieces in a Veterans Day parade. The display, organized by VFW posts, highlighted the region’s observance. officials and veterans attended a review near the courthouse led by Brig. Gen. Hayden and Col. Jones.
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Bill Crawford
Lawson Anc
Fort Sill
Comanche County
Artillery and Missile Center
Lawton
246Th FA
Lawton-Fort Sill
Eisenhower
Chamber of Commerce
Calvin <Rove
VFW
Sixth
Col
C. A. Syminski
Sind
William S. Laney
692Nd
FA Bn
522Nd Infantry
11Th FA
Ost
Honest John Windsor
32Nd Artillery
Henry W. Lawforth
American Legion
Cameron College Bani
Hey Scouts
Tomlinson Junior High
Ford Mabe
Joan Hayden
Philip C. Webb
Clyde L. Jones
Thomas J. Badger
Samuel L. Morrow Jr
Neal’ W. Harper
7Th FA
Robert Hindist
M. Elnore Jr
FAMTC
Stuart
F. Crawford
James E. Holley
C. R. Ellsworth
Luther Eubanks
Toby Morris
U.S
Etn Thomas
Constitutionar
Ned ,Sheple
Laika the First Earth Creature Reported Dead
Washington reports that the Soviet dog Laika, first creature in space, has died. An early Rome edition quoted a Moscow official announcement but later editions did not confirm it. Tass said Sputnik II’s data program was fulfilled and transmitters are dead. See DOG.
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Washington
L'Unita
Moscow
Earth
Rome
Doy
Tass
Moscow Radio
Russia
Sputnik II
Sputnik
Eisenhower Declared In Excellent Health After Checkup
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital say President Eisenhower remains in excellent health following a full physical. The bulletin notes no coronary issues since 1956, cites his weight at 173 pounds, and mentions recovery from a 1955 heart attack and 1956 intestinal illness. He had entered hospital overnight for tests and left the same day.
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White House
Eisenhower
Walter. Reed Army Hospital
Howard M. Snyder
Leonard D., Heaton
Walter Reed
Snyder
James €. Hagerty
West Point
Eisenholzer
Forecasters Disagree On Lawton Area Weather
State and local forecasters clash over Lawton area weather with predictions including occasional light rain or drizzle tonight and Tuesday. Inconsistent guidance cites cloudy skies, cool temperatures, and widespread uncertainty about rainfall amounts and timing.
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Lawton
Vandals Hit Here Again Despite Reward Notice
Weekend vandalism damaged three intercity buses, four cars, a warehouse, and a pay phone booth. No arrests reported as police review motive tied to earlier Halloween mischief. Reward of 100 dollars by local businessmen remained unused with no public tips. Police urged citizen cooperation while Chief Wheatley and Mayor Ellsworth weighed boosting the reward. Union Bus terminal suffered two hits with six broken windows including a large windshield on one bus. First call came at 1 30 am, Ike Crawford reported the scenes.
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Ron Wheatley
C. R. Ellsworth
Union
Ike Crawford
Crawford
Space-Man Project Sought By U S Space Agency Leader
Washington reported Dr John P Hagen head of the U S satellite program called for a new project to send a man into space. He noted Vanguard would launch its instrumented moon next March, with smaller test spheres first. Army satellites may precede them after recent military involvement. He argued the U S could have orbited a satellite before the Soviets if access to a rocket had occurred two years earlier.
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Washington
U.S
United States
John P. Hagen
Vanguard
Ian
Hagen
Four Children Found Hanged in Leaside Basement
Toronto police say three young children were found hanged in a Leaside basement. A fourth child, six months old, was cut and alive in critical condition. The dead are Maureen Donohue four, Eileen three, Kathleen two, daughters of Melville O Donohue. survivor Mary Jo O Donohue, about 30, a former nurse. Parents questioned by police in the presence of Anselin.
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Toronto
Leaside
Maureen
Donohhue
Eileen
Kathleen
Melville’ O'Donohi
Hope Fades for 44 Aboard Vanished Pan Am Stratocruiser
In Honolulu the search for 44 missing after the Pan American romance of the skies continues, with 172,490 square miles scoured. Flares sighted overnight are likely not distress signals, as Coast Guard and military units deploy planes, helicopters, submarines, and the Philippine Sea carrier to find the missing airliner.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Coast Guard
William E. Chapline
Oahu
Philippine Sea
Testroyer
Epperson
Ford Cancels Buck Myers Ford Franchise Over Early 1958 Model Sale
Muskogee reports show a premature display of a 1958 Ford led to cancellation of the Buck Myers Ford Motor Co. franchise in Bixby. William K. Myers plans to appeal to the Ford Dealers Policy Board after the dealership sold the vehicle in error while the manager believed it to be a 1997 model. The dealer offered to buy back the car. the buyer refused. New license tags were kept in the car trunk to prevent taxmen from tracing its source.
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Muskogee
Buck Myers Ford Motor, Co
Bixby
Bill Bull
William K. Myers
Ford Dealers Policy Board
Myers
Whenn
Bull
Doctor Tells Of Woman's Stone Baby Discovery
Chicago reports Holy Cross Hospital disclosed a calcified fetus found in a 67 year old woman who carried it for 37 years. Dr Edward J Krol said the stone child formed in a fallopian tube and calcified after rupturing into the abdomen. The woman died after surgery for a stomach tumor.
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Holy Cross Hospital
Erol
Window strangling death shocks Kansas family
Lucinda Lynn Howell a 22 month old girl died after her mother rolled up a car window without looking. Sheriff said Mrs Vega Howell 23 was in the front seat with a neighbor and relatives as three children played in the back. A draft let her head pop out and the window closed, choking the child. Doctors reported the glass top pinched windpipe and vocal cords.
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Kansas City
Kan
Lucinda Lynn “Howell
Vega M. Howell
Whildren
Lucinda Lynn
Jock
Lynn
Family Reunites at Midway After 11 Years Apart
William Gavens, 47, a naturalized American, reunited with his Lithuanian wife and children at Midway Airport after a decade apart. The father had spent 11 years in a Soviet labor camp in Siberia while seeking to direct his family’s emigration amid Communist oppression. The emotional reunion left him speechless as onlookers witnessed the tearful welcome.
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Chicago
Siberia
William’ Gavens
Midway Airport
Syrian Border Units on Alert as Turkey Moves Troops
Syria raises alert along the border after Turkish troop movements reported near Bab El Hawa north of Aleppo. Damascus holds emergency session as Ankara massing about 300 vehicles and tanks under cover of darkness. Palestinian student protests erupt in Damascus amid Jordan tensions and fears of a palace assassination plot.
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Walter Logan
Presh
Syria
Foreign Office
Damascus
Bab -el Hawa
Aleppo
Jordan
Husseit
Mideast
Wal
Samir Rifai
Anl
Wioslay
Cyprus
Hussein
Abdullah
Israel
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