Plainfield killer Gein admits grave robberies and grisly finds
Plainfield Wisconsin authorities say Ed Gein admitted grave robbery at two cemeteries and confessed to butchering Mrs Bernice Worden. Investigators described grisly items from his farm house including skulls, skin forms, and a heart on the stove. They planned further questioning and lie tests at the state lab in Madison.
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Aeuuans
Gein
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Bernice Worden
Plainfield Hardware
Earl Kileen
Kileen
Train Wreck Kills Two at Medford North of Boston
A Montreal to Boston nine car train derailed at a highway overpass in Medford. Engineer Bret J. Danforth 65 of Somerville and fireman Gorge D. Macpiy 30 of Manchester NH were killed. About twenty passengers injured as cars scattered and one derailed into a warehouse. Two autos beneath were damaged. The crash occurred during bad weather with a diesel locomotive plunging from the bridge.
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Medford
Mass
Erick Boston & Mathée
Boston
Nalk
Montreal
Converse Rubber Ce
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bret J. Danforth
Somervil
Gorge D. Macpiy
Manchester
N.H
Murphy
Damage suit trial ready for defendant and estate administrator
District Judge Luther B Eu banks announced a $152 594 damage suit will be tried here Thursday unless settled out of court The plaintiff is Elizabeth Bilbrey widow and administratrix of David A Bilbrey s estate The suit filed by Bledsoe Nicklas and Chris Tian names Marvin Turner and Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers association Turner from Walters serves as an inspector for the association The petition claims Bilbrey s husband died in a traffic crash on U S 277 September 1 1956 while driving a 1955 Plymouth leading to the suit
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Luther B. Eubanks
Thal
Elizabeth Bilbrey
David A. Bilbrey
Bledsoe
Nicklas
Chris Tian
Marvin Turner
Texas-Southwestern Cattle Raisers ‘Association
Turner
Walters
Associaton
General Williams Visits Fort Sill For Missile Program Tour
General Edward T. Williams inspected Fort Sill facilities and met with the Artillery board to review combat development, gunnery, materiel, and chronograph radar operations. He stressed Fort Sill's key role as a missile center and noted plans for continued development.
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Sull
Edward T. Williams
Continental Army Command
Fort Monroe
Edward J. Shinkle
Artillery Board
Williams
Fort Sill
Lawton
Col
Thomas 3. Cownihan
G l
Sil
Conarc
Air Artillery
Gen. Williams
Willams
Duncan Man Dies In Highway Mishap
An Oklahoma man Charles Westenhiser, 47, from Duncan, died when his car struck the edge of a bridge on U S 62 east of Blanchard. The concrete corner of the bridge was torn off and Westenhiser was pulled from the wreckage.
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Duncan
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Charles D. Westenhiser
Westenhiser
Blanchard
U.S. 62
Highway
Woody Robinson
Westcohiser
Ban On Satellite Discussion Denied
Washington officials denied knowledge of any presidential orders restricting military comment on satellites after Russia launched its first satellite. Murray Snyder testified no such instruction existed and no White House or defense council directive was found. An Air Force official proposed censure for a subordinate who urged restraint in public statements about the satellite program. The note, dated Oct. 9, was sent from Baltimore to Inglewood.
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Washington
Feniagon
Eisenhower
Russia
House
Murray Snyder
White House
National Securjib Council
Operations Coordinating Board
Snyder
Sec
Retary of Defense For Public, Information
Air Force
United States
Harold M. Hellman
Office of Information, Services
Air Research and Development Command
Baltimore
Air Force Ballistic
Inglewood
Girard Gets Suspended 3-Year Term
TOKYO AP A three year hard labor manslaughter sentence for US Army SSG Willian S. Girard was suspended for four years on good behavior after he killed a Japanese woman last spring. The Ottawa Illinois soldier walked free as both sides consider appeals. The Socialist Party decried the verdict while Girard praised the outcome and prepared to return to the United States with his Japanese wife.
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Tokyo
Army
S3c
Willian S. Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Girard
Freeman
Socialist Party
Naka Sakai
Camp Weir
Incjiro Asanuma
United States
Kayoko Sakai
Camp Drew
Fred Bichelkecaut
Bill
Yuzo
Kawachi
Maebashi
Candy
States
Cuts Seen In US Military With Installations to Close
Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy told President Eisenhower after a conference that the Defense Department may shut down some major U S military installations in the mid Atlantic area to cover higher costs for rocket and missile development. He said the final 1959 budget was not set but a complete defense increase could be possible while warning against a large Pentagon rise. White House officials announced Eisenhower will deliver a third “chin up” speech on November 26 from Cleveland Ohio on international cooperation and national security.
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Augusta
Sjp
Neil McElroy
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Yi McElroy
W. J. McNeil
Defense
Fentagon
McElroy
Pentagon
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Cleve Jow
Ohio
Hagerty
Area Warmup Forecast After Cold Snap
Forecasts predict easing temperatures for Lawton with clear skies and rising heat through Wednesday. Today’s high expected near 32 degrees and a 56 degree high by Wednesday. Tonight’s low around 32, rebounding from last night’s minus 25.
City man dies from brain injury after highway accident
Orville Don Pope Sci, 47, owner of a Lawton insurance agency, died at 11 59 p m Monday in a Chickasha hospital after a brain injury from a freak highway crash Saturday morning in which a sheet of steel flooring fell from a truck and struck his car. Funeral services set for 3 p m Wednesday at the Church of Christ, Sixth and Arlington, with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pope, former president of the Lawton Insurance Exchange, had lived in Lawton 22 years and was active in civic and school groups. He and his 8 year old son Donnie were en route to Norman to attend the Oklahoma Notre Dame game when the accident occurred.
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Orville Don Pope Sci
Lawton Insurance Agency
Chickasha
Fope
Church of Christ, Sixth
Arlingtom
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Becker Funeral Home
Lawton Insurance Exchange
Pope
Oklahoma
Lawton
Donnie
Norman
Notre Dame
Two Escaped Killers Caught In Crown Point Breakout
Police captured three of seven prisoners who escaped from jail in Crown Point Indiana early yesterday, including two accused slayers. George R Brown 25 East Gary a sex killer and target of a large manhunt remained at large. Sheriff West ordered shoot to kill for the four other fugitives. The seven escaped by breaking a cell wall with a table leg and prying bars. Chicago police later captured five of the men on a tip from a woman they were visiting.
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Crown Point
Inde
George R.brown
East
Gary
Indiana
John Dillinger
Jack West
Brown
Houston E. Smith
Chicago
Wallace Mohammed
Mack
Don Keith
Page Aircraft Faces Unfair Labor Charge at Fort Sill
A Fort Sill aircraft maintenance firm Page Aircraft Faces Unfair Labor Charge accused by NLRB official of unfair labor practices for refusing to bargain with IAM Local 889. Hearing set for Jan 7, 1958, in Fort Worth federal court. case expands from previous boycott actions involving Lawton and Oklahoma State building trades councils.
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Page Aivcrall Maintenance, Inc
National Labor Relations Board
International Association of Machinists
Lagal
Fort Sill
IAM
Page
Edwin A. Elliott
Fort Worth
NLRB
Labor Board
Tral
LAM
Lawton
Oklahoma State Building
Harvey Christian
National Labor Belgrians
Army To Pull Out All School Troops
Washington announces withdrawal of all regular soldiers from Little Rock with 225 troopers from the 101st Airborne ending two months at Central High School. They will return to Fort Campbell Kentucky on November 2. Federal court order enforcement at Central High will be handled entirely by federalized Arkansas National Guardsmen.
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Washington
Little Rock
Wilbur M . Brucker
Airborne
Central High School
Ft. Campbell
Army
Central High
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Guartlemen
Dulles Outlines Atom Stockpiles Linked to IRBM Network
Secretary of State Dulles outlined U S plans for atom stockpiles in Europe to complement a ring of IRBM bases overseas. He said TRBMs may not be ready for operational use until late next year and noted U S nuclear warheads already in Canada with missiles and bases backing early warning radars. He indicated first talks would be with Gen Lauris Norstad on European bases, then with foreign governments if feasible.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Europe
Canada
Lauris Norstad
Stevenson
Free World
Defense McElroy
Britain
Lauris-Norstad
NATO
Col
Pineau Seeks Tunisian Arms Limit to One Gunner Soldier
Washington reports quote French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau urging the United States to cap Tunisian arms to one gunner soldier to prevent surplus weapons from reaching Algerian rebels. He argues shipments harm Atlantic solidarity and seeks a Paris-backed restriction amid French protests. Dulles was to meet Pineau in a late afternoon appointment.
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Washington
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Paris
Tunisia
Plush Pooch House Brings Stares and Gasps
Joe the dog lives in a handcrafted front yard doghouse built by Spud Lawrence for his owner, Mrs. Louis Willingham. The fancy kennel features red and white shutters, blinds, a glass swinging door, a pillow-soft carpet, and a tiny exterior staircase. Neighbors admire the unusual pet residence and some ponder renting it.
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Lyn Pebbles Staft
Joe
Spud Lawrence
Waldorf-Astoria
Lawrence
Louis Willingham
W Willingham
Lawsrence
Bill Dixon
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Steverigen
Joe "Jo Canihe
Autletha Lawrence
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