Eleven Firefighters Die As Wind Turns Blaze
Eleven firefighters were burned to death when a sudden wind shift trapped them in a grass and timber blaze in Cleveland National Forest near Boulder Creek. Eleven victims included seven prisoners from a nearby honor camp. six other fighters and a guard were rescued. Survivors evacuated as winds roared, bodies recovered from a charred slope near the San Diego River. The incident prompted investigations and extended firefighting efforts as authorities described impossible conditions and rapid flame movement through heavy brush.
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Ramona
U.S. Forestry Service
Forest Service
Forestry Service
Kames
Walter Tubn
Cleveland Niutionu Forest
Boulder Creek
Cleveland National Forest
Sa Diego
Tulin
San Diego
Ucsi Forestry Camp
Tuim
Forest Serve
Cheriff
Wagoner Judge Disqualifies Self in Defrauding State Case
Oklahoma District Judge Andrew Wilcoxen has disqualified himself from presiding over charges of conspiracy to defraud the state. The defendants include top Okla home Democrats Fred Green and others tied to Gov. Raymond Gary’s administration. Green filed a motion to vacate the charges as a Justice of Peace case proceeds in Wagoner County.
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Green
Justice of Peace Court
Wagoner County Atlv
Max Findley
Wilcoxen
State Supreme Court
Tam
Appeal opens in Superior Court drunken driving case
A Superior Court criminal trial session opened this morning with a drunken driving case on appeal from a lower court. The defendant, 41 year old William T. Burns of Fort Sill, is represented by Lewis Derke. County Attorney Manville Redman and Assistant Arthur Cavanaugh led the prosecution. the trial was not completed at noon. Patrolmen James C. Blackburn and John Lee assisted in the arrest.
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Superior Court
Fort Sillman
William T. Burns
Lewis Derke
Manville Redman
Arthur Cavanagh
Burns
James C. Blackburn
John Lee
Heavy Snow Warnings Spread Across Northeast and Midwest
A pair of storms bring light snow through the Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes and New England, with a heavy snow risk on the East Coast as colder air moves in. Erie area schools remain closed due to ice and freezing temps, while highways stay open.
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United Press
New York
New England
Evie
Lake Erie
Wight
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Ohia
Grr Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Tenness
Secon
East
Atlantic
Phileeriphia
New
Warm Trend Due Tuesday
Forecasters said whipping north winds will abate and Lawton temperatures will rise, with a high near 60 Tuesday. Skies remain fair through Tuesday and the warming trend continues into Wednesday before a colder night.
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Lawton
Eisenhower Begins Augusta Vacation Flight
President Eisenhower departed National Airport for Augusta today with Mrs. Eisenhower and her mother aboard the personal plane Columbine II arriving for a brief vacation. The First Family paused for photos before boarding. Eisenhower hoped for rest from the campaign era, aiming for about a week away.
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Washingston
Eisenhower
Mrs. Eisenhower
Columbine III
Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
Washiscton
Eisenhowen
Augusta Gay
Ims
Columbine Itt
John S. Dour
National Airport
Lawared
Columbhine
White Inouse
James C. Hagerty
Marine Kills Self at Corpus Christ e NAS
A Marine sentry at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station shot himself at 3:25 a.m. and, when officers went to notify his girlfriend, found a second Marine and a young woman dead from bullet wounds. The self-inflicted death was confirmed. their identities were partially released. Authorities continued investigation.
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Christe
Tex
Naval Air Station
Alim Naval Air Station
Pfc
Charles T. Crawford
El‘dorado, Ark
Crawford
New Charges Face Leggers In Oklahoma City Case
Oklahoma County Attorney Granville Scanland filed conspiracy to murder charges against three leggers tied to a Dallas cross state plot. Grady King Jay Dee Wilson and FW Dudel Wilson were jailed on vagrancy counts but released as new charges were prepared. Four suspects sought in Dallas and Duncan linked to Deville Lindsay Chambless. police detailed a month old plan to murder rivals for a 3000 ransom.
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Oklahomaty
County
Attownay
Granville
Scanland
Oklahoma City
Clarence Mills
Grady King
Jay Dee Wilson
Dudel Wilson
Gene Paul Sorry
Duncan
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Ningis
Deville Lindsay Chambless
Okla Tuma City
Roy Bergman
Mountay House Cross
Payall
Bergman
County Hoolleggers
Dallas Panesters
Poultry Show Set Tuesday in Comanche County
About 250 birds are expected for the Comanche County Poultry Show to be judged Tuesday at the county fairgrounds building in Stillwater. Exhibits must be impaled by 6 p m today and remain until 2 p.m. Tuesday. Judge Alex Warren of Oklahoma A M College will oversee junior and senior classes, with prize money up to 200. Tuesday afternoon features a junior judging contest led by Lewis Haydock, secretary treasurer of the Comanche County Poultry Federation.
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Alex Warren
Stillwater
Warren
Oklahoma A&m Collge
Lewis Haydock
Comanche County Poultry Federatation
Reds Attack Mindszenty As U S Tool In Hungary
Vienna reports intensified attacks by Hungarian Communists on Cardinal Mindszenty and claims the United States helped foment the anti Communist uprising. Mindszenty seeks safety in the U S Legation as Soviet forces tighten control and Kadar’s regime proposes reform tied to ending the strike. Local fears grow over possible long confinement.
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Vienna
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
United States
Hungary
Mindszenty
U.S
Legation
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Macks Cardinal
Nep Szbadsag
Cardinal
Mindsarmty
Horthy Fascisma
Adm
Nicholas Horthy
Premit
Janos Radar
Allan W. Dulles
Brentier Imre Nagy
Romania
Nagy
West Berlin
D Lc
Moscow
82 000 Refugees Flee Hungary Across Border
Austrian officials report more than 82 000 Hungarians crossed into Austria from Hungary's frontier amid anti-Communist unrest. Refugees faced sub zero temperatures and Soviet border patrols. radio Budapest claimed over 905 would be escapees were arrested and detained, including women and children.
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Vienna
Sinia
Burgenland
Janos Kadar
Fom
Hungary
Radio
Budapest
Erd
Inside Job Suspected In $274000 Oxmoor Burglary
Police suspect an inside job in the Oxmoor mansion burglary of William Marshall Bullitt. A concealed wall safe in Bullitt's study yielded $274000 in various bills and a $41000 check later found. investigators say the thief used a bookshelf door to access the wall safe and suspect outside connections. The Bullitt estate on Louisville's edge, built circa 1780, was guarded by servants and relatives. the couple reported no noise during the night and had planned to fly to Boston before cancelling.
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Louisville
Oxmoor
William Marshall Bulls
Bullitt
Bert Wart
Bert Heuser
United States
James Wyatt
Wyatt
Bullitts
Price
Bullitt, Dawson and Tarrant
Port Cleared For Landings Of Policemen
London reports UN forces to patrol Port Said to take over from British and French troops. Dredge cleared to allow harbor access for ships, aiding UN emergency force arrivals from Yugoslavia and Sweden. CEASEFIRE cools, while Syria and Iraq swap sharp words and the U.S. role draws fire from both Moscow and Cairo.
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London
Aimy
Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Yugoslavia
CNEF
Abu Sweir
Ismailia
Israel
Sinai Desert
Fedayeen
Comemandos
Moscow
Cairo
United States
Middle East
Syria
Iraq
Egepe
Russia
Jordan
U. S. In
Middle
Muscox
Britain
F. A. Burton
America
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Gamal Ahlel Nasser
Hugh Gaitskell
B52s Demonstrate 16000 Mile Nonstop Range To Russia
Washington group of B52 bombers flew nonstop missions of 13000 to 16000 miles aloft 26 to 31 hours testing intercontinental reach from U S bases. Planes refueled in flight and two aircraft landed at Baltimore testing dispersal amid warning of Soviet strike capability.
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Washington
Russia
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Soviet Union
Loving Air Force Base
Maine
Castle Air Force Base
California
United States
Canada
Friendship Aport
Baltimore
Two Gas Blasts Kill 3 Persons
Gas explosions rocked Springer New Mexico and a Denver suburban area. Three people were killed and six injured, including a worker from a natural gas line. In Springer two were killed, five hurt, and a child injured by debris during a block fire. Fire units arrived quickly but another blast hit a drug store. Sheriff Turk Griffith was killed eating in a restaurant.
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United Press
Colorado
New Mexico
Springer
Denver
Virgil Carter
Joe Land
Stockman's
Central
Turk Griffith
Los Alantos
Pat Duran
Ophelia Arclano
Duran
Gas Barge Blast Ignites Linden Waterfront Area
A gas barge exploded at 3:20 am at the Cities Services Co dock across from Staten Island, spraying flames over a wide dock area and threatening nearby tanks. The blaze burned 14 hours, estimated gasoline loss at 42000, with two crewmen reported missing. The incident endangered about 40008 residents in the eastern oil storage center.
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Linden
N. J
Cities Services Co
Arthur Kill
Staten’ ‘Island
Area Woman Dies In Temple Wreck
TEMPLE Tex. (UP) Mrs Cox of Granite Okla was killed in a traffic accident on a Temple street today and three other women were injured one critically Mrs C M Dunn of Oklahoma City suffered critical injuries less seriously hurt were Mrs B L Smith of Granite and Mrs W K Yielding of Belton Tex
Robbery Hearing Postponed Again for Sailor Arraignment
An 18 year old sailor from Loveland identified as Bruce Hammon faced postponed arraignment on armed robbery charges. He is accused of stealing from Charles Anderson and additional hijackings at Carnegie and Jumbo. Hammon was found after a roadblock near Grandfield following a reported escape attempt.
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Manville Redman
Bruce Hammon
Loveland
Justice of Peace
Marvin FP
Cameron
Oklahoma City
Hammon
Snyder High School
Charles Anderson
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Anderson
Hillfeld
Carnegie
Dixie
Jumbo
Pushmataha County
San Diego
Calif
Vernon
Tex
Grandfield
Oklahoma
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