Hagler surrenders to face murder charge at Red River
Dave Fred Hagler Jr. surrendered near the Red River and was jailed in Sulphur on a murder charge for the burned station wagon death of an unidentified man found Oct. 10 near Davis. He was ordered held without bond with a preliminary hearing set for Dec. 14. The arraignment followed a rapid transfer from Gainesville after a motorcade and meetings with defense counsel, local officials, and a surety representative.
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Okla
David Fred Hagler Jr
Davis
Justice of the Peace
U. N
Hodges
Hagler
Murray County
Dave Tant
Oklahoma City
W. d. Monroe
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Red River
Dixie Colbert
O. K. Bivins
State Crime Bureau
Colbert
Justice of the Peace V
Justice of Peace
Gainesville
Ronald Aultman
Bivins
Tant
Lucille Harris
Aultman
See Hagler
Purge in Georgia: Six Beria followers executed in Tiflis
Soviet Georgia broadcasts report six former police officials tied to Lavrenti Beria were executed by firing squad in Tiflis. Two others received 25 year prison terms as purges continue under Bulganin Khrushchev era after Beria’s death.
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London
Russia
Lavrenti P. Beria
Tiflis Radio
Beria
Georgia
Tiflis
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Josef Stalin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Rabava
Rukhdze
MKVD
Secret Police
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Bandit Queen Caught Visiting Her Kids in Chicago
CHICAGO UP Shapely Queen Maggie O Connor known as the Bandit Queen and Chicago s most wanted was arrested Monday night as she tried to visit her three children at her sister s apartment. The 30 year old unarmed criminal claimed she left Galveston Texas to return to Chicago to see her children again. Detective Charles Fitzgerald recognized her, noting two facial markers she joked about. The arrest ended a two year crime spree after her release from narcotics charges. Police say she led a slick stickup gang and often shouted orders from the sidelines during robberies. Police Commissioner Timothy O Connor called her one of the sharpest wits they ve dealt with and placed her atop Chicago s most wanted list. Queen Maggie wife of a convict at Stateville penitentiary remains the city s most sought for woman since.
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Chicago
Maggie’’ O’connor
Galveston
Tex
Maggie
Charles Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Near North Side
Timothy O'Connor
Queen Maggie
Stateville Penitentiary
McMahon Foundation gift boosts United Fund total
Mrs. Eugene P. McMahon presented a 3600 donation to the Lawton Fort Sill United Fund Red Cross drive, lifting this year’s contributions to 80,268.98 and 83.3 percent of the 96,314 goal. An earlier audit showed 76,668.98 raised, before the latest gift.
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Eugene P. McMahon
Lawton-Fort Sill
McMahon Foundation
Koehler
A. B. Gosselin & Associates
Latha H. Prosser
United Fund
Charles H. Gallaher
See Fund
Kerr to Speak at City Thanksgiving Banquet
Sen. Robert S. Kerr, a noted Baptist lay leader, will be principal speaker at the First Baptist Church annual men's Thanksgiving banquet at 7 p.m. tonight. More than 250 are expected to attend the dinner sponsored by the church Brotherhood. Kerr has spoken at local Baptist gatherings before.
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Robert S. Kerr
First Baptist Church
Brotherhood of the Church
Sen. Kerr
First Cavalry Cut Planned In Japan Reduction
The Army will reduce 1st Cavalry Division strength in Japan by one third, leaving less than three full divisions in the Far East. All but a token unit of the 7th Cavalry Regiment and 77th Field Artillery Battalion will be withdrawn. The 7th Cavalry Regiment camp at Camp Haugen will be retained for other U.S. forces. divisions in Korea and Okinawa remain active. The 1st Cavalry Division, an infantry unit, retains its cavalry designation. The 7th Cavalry has historical fame from Custer and fought in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Leyte, and Luzon.
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Washington
1St Cavalry Division
Japan
Far East
Tth Cavalry Regiment
77Th Field Artillery
Pacific
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Camp Haugen
U.S
Korea
3Rd Marine
Okinawa
1St Cavalry
Custer
Little Big Horn
7Th Regiment
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Leyte
Luzon
New Cold Front Arrives Tonight With Snow Flurries
A Pacific cold front will sweep southwest Oklahoma this evening bringing much colder air and possible snow flurries. Clouds linger with scattered showers late this afternoon or tonight, while the eastern part of the state may see rain and thunderstorm development through tonight.
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Oklahoma
Cameron dormitory hostess loving her many boys
Mrs. Madie Carter known as Ma Carter has served Cameron College North hall as mother since September 1939. She smiles at the large family of students and counts the days to the four day Thanksgiving holidays.
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Ma” Carter
Cameron College
North Hall
Lawtonian
Kenneth Barbie
Wewoka
Wayne Martin
Holdenville
Rusty Romines
Tipton
Aggie
Cameron
Bill Crawford
Madie
Lawton
Carter
Whitehurst Hall
California
Orville Carter
Houston
Tex
Garland
Dayton
Lucille Lassetter
Gore
Civil Defense Bus In Middle Of Legal Fight
The Comanche county board of commissioners and two individuals face a Monday deadline to answer a money judgment suit filed in City court by Bob Schuyler seeking $800 for a donated Civil Defense bus. The case centers on possession and title handling of the 1933 bus later transferred to the county for licensing and use. The CD reports more than $1,000 in radio gear was added, including a 200-watt generator and two-way communications system.
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Comanche County Board of Commissioners
Lawton
Bob Schuyler
Sid White
Oklahoma City
Civil Defense
Schuyler
Council to Correct Omission Tonight in Water Bill Law
City officials plan to amend Ordinance 1158 to add a penalty for turning water back on after shut off for nonpayment. The proposed measure, drafted by City Attorney Warren Chrisman, could impose a maximum $20 fine. Buck Kinsey to present street lighting recommendation at tonight’s council meeting.
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Warren Chrisman
Buck Kinsey
Council
Uprising in Morocco Triggers French Troop Reinforcements
Rabat reports a new uprising in the Rif mountains as Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef races to establish a Moroccan government. Violence closes shops in Casablanca. at least 20 killed in the unrest since the sultan’s return. French troops push into the Rift Mountains against Berber tribes amid calls for peace.
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Rabat
Morocco
France
Riff
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Casablanca
Ben Youssef
Police Chief Hennessee reviews captain vacancies in afternoon meeting
Police Chief Ralph Hennessee Night Chief Pete Fuller and Inspector Ron Wheatley planned to finalize recommendations to fill two captain posts created by a demotion and a retirement. The retired captain left after 14 years due to physical disability.
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Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
Pete Fuller
Ron Wheatley
Tom Phipps
Department
Police
Yule Shopping Hours Are Set for Lawton Area
The Retail committee of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce set Christmas shopping hours for 1955. Stores will stay open until 9 p.m. from Dec 15 through Dec 23 for Downtown Days. Closing remains 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Dec 15-16 will host Downtown Days with bargains. shops close Dec 26 and Jan 2 for holidays.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Loyd F. Lowry
Canonization of Pope Seen in Early Stages
Vatican sources say Pius XII’s path to sainthood could be among the quickest in church history after his death. A vision claim during his grave illness last December is highlighted, while a file of miracle reports attributed to his intercession exists with Vatican officials collecting testimonies.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Vatican
Pius
Jesus Christ
Vatican Secretary of State
Spurned Lover Kills Stewardess Aboard Los Angeles Flight
A former boyfriend shot Sally Shedd a 25 year old United Air Lines stewardess on a Los Angeles bound DC6B. He then fled the plane and shot himself, dying hours later. Lt Norman Stout aided as passengers restrained him. Local police investigate motive and timeline.
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Seattle
Air Force
United Air Lines
Sally Shedd
Clendenin
Loesch
Miss Shedd
Norman Stout
Portland
Ore
Tulsa Blast Kills One and Hurts Five
A Tulsa explosion and fire at Chief Motor Freight Lines depot caused about 200000 in damage and killed Ben O. Nickel, a 30 year old mechanic. Five injured, two critically, as smoke rose twelve miles. Heaton, Endres among the injured. Heaton foreman, Endres a mechanic.
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Tulsa
Okla
Chief Motor Freight Lines
Ben O. Nickel
George Heaton
Catoosa
Charles N. Endres
Heaton
Endres
Experts Ready To Dispose Of Danger Dud Misnomer Theyre Killers
Six Fourth Army ordnance disposal teams operate across Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and neighboring states. Fort Hood detachment responded to a Elgin brickyard incident where Lupe Villarreal eight lost both feet and other boys were hurt by a fully loaded 37 millimeter high explosive dud.
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Fourth Army
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Fort Sill
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Fort Hood
Tex
Elgin
Lupe Villarreal
Lupe
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Maggie) O’connor
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Milwaukee
Wis
Kerr
First Cavalry
Charles Evans
Emil Woesner
Woesner
Board of Commissioners
Evans
Schuyler States
New Uprising
Herman Loesch
Robert Clendenin
New York
J. A. Hogle and Co
Stout
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