Doctors Blast Handling of Salk Serum Program
John M. Russell of the Markle Foundation denounces the Salk vaccine controversy as a tragic demonstration of confusion and misunderstanding. He urges better public information and warns against over-enthusiasm by fundraising groups. The foundation, with assets near 19 million, supported medical teaching and research with 660 thousand dollars last year.
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New York
John M. Russell
John and Mary R. Markle Foundation
Markle Foundation
Markles
Russell
Missing Cashier Found Murdered in Minnesota
The body of 44 year old Kenneth Lindbergh, a missing bank cashier, was found shot between the eyes in a pasture near Clear Lake. FBI and local police investigated a blue print of a slick holdup kidnapping. Lindbergh disappeared November 12 after meeting a stranger, taking $14 000 in travelers checks and $1 750 in coins.
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Lake, Minn
Kenneth Lindbergh
FBI
Thief River Falls
Minn
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Northern State Bank
Minneapolis
Detroit
Chicago
Idaho Town Sees Radioactive Rise from Russia Fallout
Moscow Idaho reports a radioactivity reading over 327 counts per minute, far above normal 30. Dr James V Jordan of the University of Idaho notes rain from the North Pacific and suggests fallout from Russia’s latest atomic tests could explain the spike.
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Moscow
Idaho
Russia
James V. Jordan
University of Idaho
W. R. Schell
United States
Nevada
Jordan
North Pacific
Far Eastern Affairs Expert To Address Knife and Fork Club
Dr No Yong Park a Manchurian born author and lecturer will speak at the Lawton Knife and Fork club dinner meeting at 7 p.m. Friday in the Hotel Lawtonian. Park a Harvard PhD and former lecturer at Minnesota and Alabama has written anti-Communist works including A Squint Eye View of America. Reservations or cancellations to Mrs J O Conner by 10 a.m. Thursday.
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Park
America
University of Minnesota
University of Alabama
Harvard
Knife and Fork Club
J. O. Conner
Funeral Rites for Pfc. E. E. Childress
Edward Eugene Childress, 24 of 110 Belk Drive, will be laid to rest at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Greater Galilee Baptist Church with Rev. M. W. Johnson officiating. Burial in Fort Sill cemetery with military honors. Pfc. Childress was killed in a jeep accident November 6 in Kirnwest heim, Germany, when the jeep crashed and burned. Foster son of Sgt. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson, 110 Bell Drive. Shaw Funeral Home in charge.
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Edward Eugene Childress
Belk Drive
Greater Galilee Baptist Church
M. W. Johnson
Fort Sill
Shaw Funeral Home
Sgt
Mrs
H. H. Johnson
Bell Drive
Sentence Revoked For 17 Year Old Burglary Suspect
Superior Court Judge Robert S. Landers revoked a four year burglary sentence for Stanley Garbutt a Lawton youth aged 17 recently arrested on disorderly conduct and reckless driving charges Garbutt had been under a suspended burglary sentence since December 1954.
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Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Stanley Garbutt
Lawton
Garbutt
Seven Die In German Blast Furnace Explosion
In Dortmund Germany police and firemen raised the death toll to seven after locating another body amid molten metal. Ten workers were injured in the blast Friday night with five seriously hurt.
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Dortmund
Germany
Lawton Bandsmen to Attend Oklahoma Band Clinic
Lawton high school students Jimmy Long Haines Laird Gene Sparkman J Bob Howard and Bert Nowlin will join 302 young band members and 111 directors at the 24th annual Oklahoma band clinic at Oklahoma A&M College Stillwater December 8 9. Clinician Oakley Pittman SMU and percussion headliner Robert Buggert Wichita University lead the event.
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Lawton High School
George Walters
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
LHS
Jimmy Long
Haines Laird
Gene Sparkman
J. Bob Howard
Bert Nowlin
Oakley Pittman
Southern Methodist University
Robert Buggert
Wichita University
Sparkman Charges FHA VA Mortgage Costs Overcharges
Sen John J Sparkman accuses home buyers of paying excessive settlement costs for mortgages insured or guaranteed by the government and urges FHA and VA officials to tighten mortgage settlement cost regulations.
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Washington
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Safety Emphasis Sways Local Church Rites in Lawton
Lawton congregations will hear safety pointers in Sunday worship as the Lawton VFW Safety program prompts moral and courteous conduct. Newt Burrow Jr. reports replies from at least 10 local pastors and several school officials supporting safety in classwork and meetings. The effort aligns with a state program for Safety Day declared by President Eisenhower and Governor Gary and endorsed by Mayor Ellsworth.
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Lawton
Newt Burrow, Jr
Lawton Vfw
VFW
Eisenhower
Raymond Gary
C. R. Ellsworth
John White
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DR. No-Yong Park
Far East Authority
Pfc
E. E. Childress
Pfc. Childress
Kirnwestheim
Tappan Company
Tappan
Revere Ware
Radio & Sound
Ephone
Eugene L. Bowman
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Southwest Chemical Company
E Avenue
STA Gallon
Enterprise
Enterprise Fast
Walker Paint & Wallpaper
the Centenary Methodist Church
Leland Clegg
Oklahoma City
Capt
Lyle R. Larson
Christ’’—O’hara
Centenary Methodist Church
Lawton, Oklahoma
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