Eisenhower to Run If Able Says Len Hall
Gettysburg Republican chairman Leonard Hall after meeting with President Eisenhower said he believes the president will seek a second term if he feels able. Hall reported the 45 minute talk showed Ike remains in touch with politics and is optimistic about recovery, with final decision to depend on medical exams and Mamie Eisenhower.
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Lke
Len Hall
Gettysburg
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
Jery
Lhe
Ard Halil
Denver
GOP
New Orleans
Edgar Eisenhower
Times-Picayune
Mamie
Ike
National
Wilson says U S power is unequaled and must stay ready
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson told the American Municipal Association that U S retaliatory capability is unequaled and will be kept so He urged global patience for a just durable peace and warned against lowering defenses while noting no single danger date or enemy form defines defense policy He cited Geneva talks and emphasized a shared hope for peace across nations including behind the Iron Curtain.
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Miami
Fla
Charles E. Wilson
United States
American Municipal Assn
Wilson
Geneva
Iron Curtain
Escape plot ends in matron’s death at Summit detention home
Five teenage inmates at Summit County detention home plotted an escape from Akron area, binding matron Eula Bonham until death. Two girls surrendered to police, two were captured, another remained at large. authorities say ammonia-laced wash rag caused suffocation.
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Merl Cain
Margaret Nicholson
Akron
Ohio
Summit County
Cain
Ruth Beichler
Shirley Shingler
Zelda de Cost
Columbus
Eula Bonham
Print House
W. J. Pittenger
Truman Denies Calling Nixon in Heated Los Angeles Visit
Former President Harry S. Truman flatly denied calling Vice President Richard M. Nixon a vulgar name after a Los Angeles Examiner report. The 72 year old Democrat bristled at the question, saying he did not want to discuss Nixon or mention his name. Edwin W. Pauley backed Truman, noting the denial and that it was with him during the private plane visit. Truman avoided endorsing candidates, but commented on the Stevenson dispute with Governors Williams and Harriman, advocating direct, forceful campaigns over moderation.
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Los Angeles
Harry S. Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Los Angeles Examiner
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Averell Harriman
New York
Cevenson
Williams
Harriman
Escapees kidnap Sheriff and deputy in California
Three men kidnapped Calaveras County Sheriff Lester McFall and Deputy Russell Leach after producing guns during questioning at a jail. McFall was dumped from a stolen car near Slough House while Leach overpowered one kidnapper. Officers pursued the suspects, with one captured as Louis Cervantes, 21, and two others identified as James Woolsey and Ronald Garrett, both 18 or 19, all from Sacramento.
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Jackson
Calif
Calaveras County
Lester McFall
Slough House
Russell Leach
Mother Lode Gold Country
California
Sierra
Sacramento
McFall
Leach
Mokulmne Hill
California Highway Patrol
Louis Cervantes
James Woolsey
Ronald Garrett
Reds Grab 4 Yanks Visiting East Berlin
In East Berlin, Communist police and Russians held four Americans at gunpoint for four hours. The group included Rep. Edward Boland and Rep. Harold C. Ostertag and Mrs. Ostertag, plus Lt. James T. McQueen. U S commandant Maj Gen Charles L Dasher Jr said he would deliver a vigorous protest to Soviet HQ.
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Berlin
U.S. Army
East Berlin
Edward Boland
D-Mass
Harold C. Ostertag
R-N.y
Ostertag
James T. McQueen
Mullins
S. C. McQueen
Charles L. Dasher, Jr
U. S
P. A. Dibrova
Cold Winds Freeze Southwest Oklahoma as Deep Freeze Persists
Cold winds swept across Southwest Oklahoma with gusts reaching 66 mph and temperatures plunging to 16 degrees. Forecasters warned of continued cold with a hard freeze tonight and a brief warm spell Tuesday before colder readings Wednesday. Weekend highs and lows included 61 at Ardmore and 16 in Lawton, with Sunday’s 11 am Lawton reading 38. Officials reported a rare Berlin incident where a group was detained for alleged radio use in East German territory, prompting US and Soviet comments as Berlin remains a four power city.
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Oklahoma
Mercury
Hobart
Tulsa
Ardmore
Lawton
Crash Hurts Area Woman in Cement Intersection
Mrs. Jack Stuart, wife of the Cement First Baptist pastor, was injured in a two car crash at 9 am Monday in downtown Cement. The extent of injuries was not available. she was taken by ambulance to a Chickasha hospital after a collision with Charlie Grisson, manager of a Cement feed store, at the Main street and U.S. 277 intersection.
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Jack Stuart
Cement First Baptist Church
Cement
Famous 18th Field Coming Home In 1956
The 18th Field Artillery Battalion, longtime support unit of The Artillery School, returns from Europe and will join the 553d FA Battalion at Fort Sill next year. The 18th has a long lineage from 1916 linked to the Fifth Field Artillery and the Rock of the Marne. The unit earned the Croix de Guerre for actions at the Marne and Vesle. The 18th has undergone redesignations, with its battalions reorganized before World War II. See 18th FA, Page 6.
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18Th Field Artillery
U.S. Army
Germany
553D
Fort Sill
Europe
18Th
Fifth Field Artillery
Alexander Hamilton
White Horse
18Th FA
503D
Third Infantry
Rock of
Marne
Vesle
Priest Faces Threats After Excommunication Ruling
In Erath Louisiana a Roman Catholic priest says his life was threatened after Bishop Jules Jeanmard excommunicated two women accused of beating a teacher in an integrated catechism class. Father A J Labbe vows loyalty to God and the Pope while a college student serves as bodyguard.
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Erath
A. J. Labbe
Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church
Jules B. Jeanmard
Lafayette
Father Labbe
God
Pope Pius XII
Louisiana
Labbe
Jeanmard
$64 000 Sought In Fatal Accident
A $64 000 personal injury suit filed in Superior Court seeks 30000 for the fatal injuries to Robert W. McBride’s father and 30000 for his mother in a January 10 two car collision seven tenths of a mile south of Randlett Cotton county. Defendants are James Herbert Dyas and Nellie H. Dyas of 213 Park. McBride administrator of the estates filed the suit.
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Lawton
U.S 27
Jack Cummins
Robert W. McBride
Randlett
Cotton County
James Herbert Dyas
Nellie H. Dyas
Park
McBride
Fort Sill
N. 25Th
Travis County
Tex
Black man jailed for tossing hot grease on woman
Preston Anderson, 39, was arrested Sunday by city police after allegedly throwing a pan of hot grease at Mrs. Mary Downs and her five year old son at 230% Gore. He faces assault on a minor and public drunkenness charges after the 2:20 p.m. incident. Officers Eulis Young and Grady Crabtree reported the injuries.
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Preston Anderson
E. Gore
Anderson
Eulis Young
Grady Crabtree
Young
Mary Downs
Gore
Giddings Murder Trial Opened In Oklahoma Court
Flora Mae Giddings faces a murder charge for the January death of her 5 year old son James Edward. Grady County Attorney Wilson Smithen is voir direing jurors for possible death penalty consideration. Shinault, her common law husband, will be tried separately.
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Chickasha
Okla
Flora Mae Giddings
Grady County
Wilson Smithen
James Edward Giddings
Isaac Jack Shinault
Giddings
L. A. Wood
Shinault
Marlow
Police hunt deadly guinea pigs in Exeter case
Four guinea pigs infected with salmonella enteritidis were being hunted in an extraordinary operation in Exeter England. Officials feared the animals could be taken by children and could cause a serious, often fatal, form of food poisoning.
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Exeter
England
Public Health Service
Dog Roundup Starts Today
The city begins a street by street search to capture stray dogs for the city pound. Two men with a pickup truck will collect unlicensed animals, while owners are urged to keep pets penned or leashed to avoid removal. The campaign was authorized by the city council last Tuesday night.
Young Demos Fire Secretary in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City The Oklahoma Democrats ousted Charles Elder, secretary of the state League of Young Democrats, for inactivity. James Steele of Tulsa was named to replace him amid a national convention dispute tied to the Chicago fight between James Arrington and W. C. Doenges. Elder denied misrepresentation and said Gov. Gary influenced the action.
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Oklahoma City
State League of Young Democrats
SYD
Charles Elder
Purcell
James Steele
Tulsa
Elder
Chicago
James Arrington
W. C. Doenges
League
Doenges
Raymond Gary
Arrington
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Charles Owsley
State Department
John Gilbert Graham
Graham
Logan Ketcham
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