Saboteur Faces Gas Chamber In Colorado Murder Charge
Denver reports that John Gilbert Graham will be charged with murder by Colorado authorities for the plane crash on November 1 that killed 44 people, including his mother Mrs. Daisie E. King. Graham, 23, confessed to saboteur acts and held a life insurance policy worth 37,500 dollars on his mother before the flight.
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Denver
State of Colorado
John Gilbert Graham
United Airlines
Graham
Atty
Bert M. Keating
Daisie E. King
Sagebrush Case Reveals Plot and Military Exercise Details
FBI arrested Graham on a peacetime sabotage charge tied to a bomb plot linked to his mother’s estate. The report also covers Operation Sagebrush, a massive Army Air Force drill simulating nuclear warfare across Louisiana to Arkansas, with eight on-duty fatalities. The article cites details from Rocky Mountain News reporter David Stolberg.
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Graham
FBI
Colorado
Denver
Stapleton
Spenard
Alaska
Helen Ruth Hablutze
David Stolberg
The
Rocky Mountain News
FT. Polk
United States
Army
Air Force
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Arkansas
Rio Grande
Norfolk
U.S
Best
O. P. Weyland
Sagebrush
Four Comanche County 4-H Members To Receive Key Award
Four outstanding Comanche county 4-H club members will be awarded the Key Award at the county 4-H Federation meeting and Achievement Day in Cameron College auditorium at 9 30 a m Wednesday. The prizes, among the highest honors for 4 H work, are presented by a Cities Service company representative, with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and W R Masters also giving awards. Officers to lead the federation for another club year will be elected. See 4 H CLUB Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Cameron College
Cities Service Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
W. R. Masters
Buenos Aires Strike Flops as CGT Backing Collapses
A general strike called by the CGT, once a Peronist pillar, failed completely on Tuesday. The government of President Pedro Aramburu scored a major victory, signaling the end of Peronist influence. The action aimed to protest alleged outrages by independent labor leaders against Peronist held union HQs, and newspapers appeared late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
General Confederation of Labor
Juan D. Peron
Pedro E. Aramburu
Argentina
CGT
Army Offers To Pay City Mom For Death Of 2 Sons
The Army proposed a $16,950.21 settlement to Lawton mother Mrs Clarence E Madden for the deaths of her two sons, 6 and 8, who were mortally wounded while burying an unexploded anti tank grenade shell near their Fort Sill area home on January 10, 1953. The department would pay $15,000 to the two boys and $1,950.21 for medical and funeral costs, with approval pending a private bill before Congress.
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Army
Constitution
Washington Bureau
Washington
Department of the Army Today
Lawton
Wilbur M. Brucker
Victor Wickersham
Department
Clarence E. Madden
Wickersham
Robert L. Annis
Jackson C. Annis
Atlanta Street
Fort Sill
Robert
Jackson
Annual Refuge Roundup At Wichita Mountains Buffalo Refuge
Two hundred fifty buffalo calves were branded and vaccinated at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge 15th annual session. A dozen cowpokes prepared the roundup, which began early and may run through Wednesday. Refuge manager Ernest Greenwalt noted the month early schedule, citing last month’s roundup for the film Around the World in Eighty Days as the reason for starting sooner.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Ernest Greenwalt
Constitution Press
Bill Dixon
Wichita Mountains Wildlife
Dixon
Melvin G. Roach
Oklahoma photographer touts state as vacationland potential
Emmett P. Haddon, a buffalo refuge cameraman, promotes Oklahoma as a top tourist state. He is producing a 30 minute color film for the Oklahoma State Planning and Resources board to highlight recreational prospects, challenging views of the state as flat and dusty.
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Oklahoma
Union
Emmett P. Haddon
Buffalo
Haddon
Oklahoma State Planning and Resources Board
See
Stevenson Declares 1956 Presidential Bid
Adlai E Stevenson announced he will seek the Democratic nomination in 1956, saying he will do all he can to win and may run under the party’s banner if honored. He indicated plans to discuss primaries and likely appoint a campaign manager at a Wednesday news conference.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Democratic Party
America
Illinois
Congress
Democratic
United States
General Williams to be replaced at Fort Sill by de Sharp
Maj. Gen. Thomas E. de Sharp will become commanding general of The Artillery and Guided Missile Center by March 5, 1956, succeeding Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams who moves to Fort Monroe by Feb. 29, 1956. De Sharp, notable for Korea service and self propelled artillery work, will arrive from Paris as chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group. Weather scenes forecast mixed with possible snow tonight and a 24 to 28 degree low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. de Sharo
de Sharp
Edward T. Williams
Continental Army Command
Fort Monroe
Williams
de Sharo
Fort Sill
Paris
France
Sill
de Shazo
Thomas E. de Shazo Jr
Korea
United States Military Academy
West Point
Fort Knox
Armored Force
GM Show Draws 51 678 In Lawton
The General Motors Parade of Progress Futurliners left McMahon auditorium grounds this morning for Wichita Falls Texas after a 442 day run here. Total attendance on the nationwide tour reached 51678 with 7826 on the final day reported by GM representative Jim Morris. Local turnout surpassed figures for cities of similar size since the caravan began years ago, Morris noted. This stop marked the 118th show.
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General Motors
McMahon Auditorium
Wichita Falls
Tex
Jim Morris
Morris
Area Weather Forecast Cloudy and Colder Conditions Ahead
Cloudy and colder later with scattered showers. Tonight frigid with possible freezing drizzle or light snow. low 24 to 28. Wednesday remains cloudy and cold with a high near 40. Today’s low around 50 and 11 am reading 71. Monday’s high reached 68.
Viet Nam Chiefs Will Visit Fort Sil
Allied officers from Italy Viet Nam and the Chinese Nationalist Army plan a tour of the Artillery and Guided Missile School this week. A 30 officer Italian contingent led by Maj Gen Grosso Maj Gen Marucci Brig Gen Pizzarri and Brig Gen Guida arrived Monday for a two day visit. Gen Grosso received an honor guard salute in front of McNair Hall with Brig Gen Horton observing.
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Italy
Viet Nam
Gianfelice Grosso
Enrico Marucci
Ugo Pizzarri
Giovanni Guida
McNair Hall
Grosso
Terps to Meet Oklahoma in Orange Bowl Bid
Maryland was named to represent the ACC in the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma. The undefeated No 3 Terrapins will play George Washington next, and the January 2 Miami showdown with No 1 Oklahoma looms as a top bowl attraction.
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Greensboro
N. C
University of Maryland
Oklahoma
Maryland
Terrapins
George Washington
Miami
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Gloria
Allen
Goodby
Jack Cleland
Bostwick
Greenwalt
Refuge
Adlai
U.S. Army
Thomas E. de Shazo
Gen. Williams
de Share
Fort Sil
Terps
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