Snow Hits Southwestern Oklahoma With Varied Depths
The first snow of the season spread across Southwestern Oklahoma with Lawton reporting up to an inch and Grandfield three inches. Snow lingered in some areas while melting quickly elsewhere. Temperatures dipped to near zero in Boise City with a forecast of a hard glaze and a gradual warmup into the next week.
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John Douglas Starf
Oklahoma
Lawton
Grandtieli
Roy Higdon
Jawrenka
S Company
Duncan
Beaver County
Panhandle
Boise City
Guymon
Ardmore
Walters
Governor decries beer industry scare tactics in election
Oklahoma Governor Reymond Gary condemned a beer industry letter he says aimed to frighten elderly pensioners into voting against the county option to permit 3.2 percent beer. He and Rupert L. Jones, chair of the Public Welfare Commission, assert old age payments would remain intact whether beer is outlawed or not.
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Oklahoma City
Reymond
Gary
Rupert L. Jones
State Public Welfare Commission
Hugo
Oklahoma
Nation's flu death toll nears 1,000 with Pennsylvania surge
The national flu related death count approached 1000 as Pennsylvania reported 188 directly due to flu and 358 to pneumonia for October. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia were the hardest hit in the state according to the state health department.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Health Department
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Scientists Predict Utopia In Century
Eight scientific experts at a symposium on The Next Hundred Years envisioned dramatic future changes. They forecast body control by mind, disease elimination, lunar nation divisions, four to eight hour workweeks, sex selection, food from sunshine, sea-sourced resources, and mail via satellites, with vegetarian and synthetic diets dominating.
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John A. Barbour
A.P
Science Reporter
New York
Air Force Launches Artificial Meteors From New Mexico
The Air Force disclosed an October 16 test at its Cambridge Mass research center launching artificial meteors from an Aerobee rocket over New Mexico at altitude and speed of 33 000 mph. The meteors emitted a light 5000 times brighter than Sputnik. Aluminum pellets may have entered interplanetary space according to the geo physics research directorate.
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Hanscom Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Geophysics Research Directorate
Cambridge, Mass
Missing Fort Sill Warrant Officer Reappears
Warrant Officer William E. Warren of the 1st Ordnance Co now missing again after a September disappearance. He was found nine days after vanishing near Wichita Mountains Refuge in a dazed state and recently returned to duty. Authorities urge area officers to assist in locating the Minneapolis native described as an amnesia case.
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Fort Sill
CWO
William E. Warren
1St Ordnance Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Warren
Lawton
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Public Information Office
ODC Meeting Set Monday for State Industrial Tour
The Oklahoma Development Council begins a series of statewide area meetings starting Monday at the Hotel Lawtonian. About 50 of 1957 tour calls show definite interest in Oklahoma industries. Regional meetings in Oklahoma City Ada and Tulsa will follow with communities attending near their city.
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Oklahoma ‘Development_Council
Lawtonian
ODC
Milton Keating
J. C. Kennedy
R. Ellsworth
Lewis Yarmuk
Council
Wayne A. Darden
Oklahoma
Darden
Lawton
Olahoma City
Ada
Tulsa
ICBM Plant To Be Built In Wyoming
The Pentagon outlined a mid 1958 start for a multimillion dollar missile site near Cheyenne Wyoming to advance the United States intercontinental ballistic program. Warren Air Force Base will be transformed into a missile site costing 65 million dollars with the Air Research and Development Command taking control after conversion. The Atlas and Titan missiles are under development with launch testing at related bases and contractors reporting progress.
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Washington i
Cheyenne
Wyo
Russia
Mahon
D-Tex
House
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
Defense
Neil McElroy
Army
Air Force
Slsie
Defense Department
Warren Air Force Base
Wyoming
Air Research and Development Command
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
Cooke Air Force Base
Lompoc
Calif
Cooke
Warren
Titan
Martin Co
Hijack Shooting Suspects Nabbed in Texas Slaying
Two young hijack suspects, Ted Goforth 21 and Jodie Whatton 19, were booked in Cotton County jail after arrest by Oklahoma and Texas officers following an Electra Texas confrontation. Goforth, who claimed to witness a robbery, faced armed robbery charges. if airman Chaney dies, murder charges may replace them. Chaney 30, shot on a country road near Randlett, remains in critical condition at a Texas air base hospital.
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Walters
Cotton County
Electra
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
Walter Mounts
Ted Goforth
Jodie Whatton
el Reno
Sheritt Bill Dyer
Colton County
Goforth
Wharton
Sheppard Aeb
Nic Frederick Chaney
Randlett
Dyer
Chaney
Texas Air Base Hospital
Mounts
Ade
Sturfle
Burkburnett
Savages Seek Mercy for Ecuador Missionary
English missionary Dr Winifred Tidmarsh faced a cross swords death sentence from the Auca Indians in the Ecuador jungles after five missionaries were killed last year. A ham radio plea for mercy was sent from Kansas City by Rachel Saint widow of a slain missionary, said to be the only white woman fluent in the Auca language. The message reached Kansas City via Sulphur Springs Arkansas where Saint works with Dayuma the sole Auca who has left the tribe.
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Kansas City
Ecuador
Auca
Tidmarsh
Rachel” Saint
Salphur Springs
Ark
Sulphur Springs
Dayuima
Lawton Hails U.S. 277 Upgrade as Key City Project
Mayor C. R. Ellsworth calls the U S 277 improvement Lawton’s most important project and says easement issues with Indian land railroads and private owners may be solved soon. He notes service roads plans from the State Highway Department and 100 percent utility cooperation as Fort Sill supports the effort.
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C. R. Ellsworth
U.S. 277
Lawton
State Highway Department
Ellsworth
Fort Sill
Ser
Tare
Three Sooner Deaths After Night Highway Wreck
Three Oklahoma residents die in a two car crash on U S Highway 64 about 81 miles east of Pawnee near midnight. Thomas Newton Harris and George Roy Callison die instantly. Jean Hawkins dies later at Pawnee hospital. Injured include Barbara Arnold Mary Lou Walters Carolyn and Marilyn Rounsville.
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Pawnee
Thomas Newton Harris
Stillwater
Jean Hawkins
George Roy Callison
Hominy
Harris
Oklahoma State University
Callison
Callison's Car. ” Miss Hawkins
OSU
Vinita
Lions’ Club
Barbara Arnold
el. Reno
Mary
Lou Walters
Garber
Carolyn
Marilyn
Rounsville
Aloha
Ex-Teacher Jeannette Alessandri 66 dies in Venice
Former University of Oklahoma professor of modern languages Jeannette Alessandri, 66, died in Venice California after a 33 year teaching career ending with retirement last year. Friends have been advised of the death.
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Norman Im
Jeannette Alessandri
University of Oklahoma
Venice
Calif
Cities In Peril as High Wind Fells Flames
A monstrous forest fire raged near Los Angeles driven by winds over 100 mph. It threatened towns at the San Gabriel base, Mt Wilson observatory, and TV towers while 1,000 firefighters battled the 40 mile perimeter. No deaths. injuries reported among airliner passengers and sailors.
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Los Angeles
San Joaquin Valley
San Gabriel ‘Mountains
San Gabriels
Mt Wilson
California
Las Vegas
Crystal Lake
San Gabriel Canyon
Los Angeles Basin
Ames
Registration Ends In County Tonight
Voter registration closes tonight at midnight with precinct registrars ending at 5 p.m. at the central office. Eligible voters must complete registration before the deadline to participate in the upcoming election.
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Bill Dixon
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Ing
Lasyrton
Elgin
Bulletin
Quito
Savage
AP Pirephotus Don Burns
Plea For Life
Sooners
Ronnie Graves
Nashville
Tenn
Baptist Hospital
Ronnie
James O'Dell Graves
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