Rural Pastor of the Year: Garrit Cole of Fair Church
Cameron student Garrit M Cole, 30, former oilfield pumper, has been named Rural Pastor of the Year by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. He leads Fair Baptist Church, 11 miles southwest of Duncan, and has guided membership growth, revivals, and a church expansion creating an auditorium and educational facilities. He is an Army veteran with two children, Lin da and Marsha.
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Bill Crawford Statt
Cameron College
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
Garrit .M. Cole
the Fair Baptist Church
Duncan
Tulsa
the Fair Church
Aggie
Cole
Cameron
Velma
Fair Church
Amerada Petroleum Company
Toot
Linda
Marsha
Dutel
Couch
Woman's Missionary Union
Little Beaver
Fair
Caddo
Okla
Cole-at- le
Second Fuqua Trial Begins
The second trial of 34 year old George Fuqua, linked to Orville Lindsay Chambliss, opened in Oklahoma City on a hijacking charge after a mistrial last month. Two witnesses, A. H. Potts Jr. and A. D. Delorjet, testified about a $2,700 whiskey load theft, as detectives pursue positive ID of a badly decomposed body believed to be Chambliss. Local officers speculated Rita Norris, widow of Gene Norris, may have provided grave-location tips.
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George Fuqua
Orville Lindsay Chambliss
Oklahoma ‘City
Chandlee
Fuqua
Tial
Superior Court
Luther B. Eubanks
Warren Crane
A. H. Potts Jr
Oklahoma City
A.D. DeLor Jet
Potts
Chamb
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Norris
Rita Louise Norris
Gene Paul Norris
Thial
T. Cul
Texas Wreck Kills Comanche Woman
A Comanche Oklahoma woman identified as Mrs. Lloyd McWright was killed in a car truck crash near Byers Texas. Two other women were taken to a Wichita Falls Texas hospital. their identities were not immediately learned.
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Okla
Waurrika Hospital
Lloyd McWright
Byers
Tex
Wichita Falls
Adlai Declines Offer To Map NATO Project
Washington says Adlai Stevenson refused to help prepare an American program for NATO Paris talks. He will comment later after the program is prepared. Eisenhower to lead the delegation to the December 16-17 Paris meeting. Stevenson may attend as adviser.
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Adlai
NATO
Washington
White House
Adlai Stevenson
James C. Hagerty
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Paris
Hagerty
State Department
Dulles
Atlantic Alliance
Bee Anilal Peake
Moonwatch says U S military skipped Sputnik sightings
Cambridge Massachusetts A Moonwatch official Dr Fred L Whipple said US military forces failed to contribute to one of the 530 official sightings of the Soviet satellites He noted that Army Navy and Air Force observers would be invaluable to Moonwatch especially with satellites in northern latitudes He predicted Sputnik I would reenter and crash to earth on December 11 in a spectacular show.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.S
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian, Astrophysical Observatory
Moonwatch
Whipple
Army
Navy
Air Force
U S Exploring Life Tests in Space May Include Dog Doubt
Washington reports discuss a possible U S life study in space next year with a dog among living subjects, though officials say mammals are not currently planned. Vanguard head Dr John F Hagen noted potential nonbiological measurements remain the focus while living experiments depend on the scientific committee decisions.
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Washington
U.S. National Committee For
International Geophysical Year
U.S
America
David Bee
LeMay pilots jet tanker record flight to Buenos Aires
Gen Curtis E LeMay landed a KC135 at Buenos Aires marking a world nonstop distance record for refueled jet flight. The 12 hour 2 minute 3500 mile leg from Westover AFB capped by presenting greeting from Eisenhower. LeMay, 50, is noted for directing the Berlin airlift and shaping SAC.
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Buenos Aires
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Westover Air Force Base
Magsachusetts
Washington
NCIS
LeWing
Argentina
Eisenhower
Pedro Aramburi
Wg St
Torron
LeMay
Westover
West Over
Strategic Air” Command
SAC
Headhunters Gang in Okinawa Marine Trial
Prosecution in a federal court martial in Okinawa names a U S Negro Marine as ringleader of a group called the Headhunters. They allegedly carried out an unmitigated savage attack that killed Navy corpsman Adrien R Nokbley and wounded a companion near Sukiva Marine Base. The case details the murder conspiracy and charged involvement of five Negro assailants.
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Okinawa
Pfc
Robert ‘Allen—Jr
Nashville,Tenn
Murd
Adrien R.nokleby
Wells “County
N.C
Sukivahl Marine Base
Allen
Nokleby
Liberal Leads Filipino Vote As Storm Rages
Manila early returns show Liberal Jose Yulo leading in the Philippines presidential race as Typhoon Kit disrupts rural voting in central Luzon. Scattered tallies placed Yulo at 8,536 with Garcia 7,576 and Manahan 7,053. vice presidential votes favored Macapagal over Laurel amid storm damage and delayed results.
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Manila
Jose Yulo
Philippines
Luzon
Yule
Nacionalistapathy
Sen. Claro M
Nacionalist-Citizens Party
Ee Macapagal
Nacionalista
Sipe
Jose
Laurel Jr
Macapagal
Laurel
Yulo
Manahan
Garcia
Mindanao
United Fund near goal as luncheon set
United Fund leaders announce 98 percent of the 79504 goal with about 77000 raised. Campaign officials led by Col Reb Charles Gallaher expect to hit 100 percent at a luncheon in the Geronimo room of Hotel Lawtonian, with extension into next week possible. District Judge Luther Eubanks finishes pledges for his division as other divisions near completion.
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United Fund Bank
Epert
Geronimo
Lawtonian
Fund
United ”Fund
Koehler
Col
Reb
Charles Gallaher
United Fund
Gallaher
Jack Carter
Tan
Jerry
Mustain
Roy
Guzzle
Karey Fuqua
Hunt For Plane Appears Futile
In Honolulu AP reports hope for salvage of any survivors from Pan American flight 9 dim as the search narrowed. The effort focused on determining the fate of the airliner and its and crew with ships scouring the area in peacetime conditions.
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Honolulu
Hope
Cour
Isyal
Bank Robbers Hit First State Bank of Commerce and Flee
A bank robbery in Commerce sparked a large manhunt in woodlands south of town. Two masked gunmen escaped in a 1930 Oldsmobile after taking about six to eight thousand dollars from the First State Bank of Commerce. Police, highway patrol, and FBI joined the search, with one suspect possibly Indian, tall and 24, and the other about 5'10" with blond hair. The car was later wrecked near Miami six miles east. officers recovered only clues as they pursued them toward U.S. 66.
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Woodlands
Here
First State Bank of Commerce
Miami
Springs River
Picher
Sanath
Earby
Light In Bank
Jack Gilstrap
Gilstrap
Kansas
U.S. 66
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mauch
Oklahoma
First National Bank
Harrah
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma’ City
Fort Worth
NATO Missile Center Sought by Jackson in Paris
U S Senator Henry Jackson urged immediate creation of a NATO guided missile training center during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly session in Paris. He said the center would train personnel from all 15 allies in missile use and logistics. Marshal Alphonse Juin argued for a real NATO arms pool and stockpiling nuclear weapons, noting France could produce its own arms.
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Paris
U. S
Henry Jackson
I+ Wash
France
Alphonse Juin
NATO
NATQ
Coud
Rains Boost Lake Levels in Oklahoma Watersheds
Heavy rainfall across Lawton and surrounding regions raises Lake Lawtonka and Lake Lavrionka levels, with totals near 1.10 inches by 11 am and additional moisture expected tonight. Lake Elmer Thomas remains below spillway by about five inches as runoff feeds diversion canals to Lawtonka. Weather forecasts anticipate more showers as storms move from the Rockies and Pacific with temperatures staying above freezing.
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Elmer
Guymna
Oklahoma’ City
Drop In Living Costs Forecast In 1958
Washington economists forecast a period of relative price stability in January with consumer buying power boosted by about 5.12 cents per dollar. Officials privately expect no perceptible rollback, though living costs may hover near record highs throughout 1958 as underlying inflationary pressures ease slightly.
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Washington
Washington Economists
Isaid
Texas Agents Nab Ciyan Booze Load in Panhandle Bust
Texas police seized two truckloads of assorted whiskeys and wines worth about 8800 in Pampa after stopping a Buck Drive car driven by Alvin Porter Gent of Lawton Oklahoma near a Long Hote store. Authorities planned to file charges today.
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Pampa
Tex
Siqnor
Panhandle
Tory
Twer
Buck
Alvin
Lawton
Okla
Phim
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Garnet M. Cole
Texas
Sputnik
Dog
Vanguard Project
Vanguard
Hagen
Pte
Commerce Bank
Timothy Kearns
Milwaukee
Deaconess Hospital
Mildred Kearns
Timothy
Jed Kearns
Headhunters
NATO Missile Center
Ciyan
Cowetac
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