Mother Testifies Shinault Beat Son in 5-Year-Old’s Death
Flora Mae Giddings testifies in her defense that her common law husband Isaac Shinault beat and stomped her 5-year-old son James Edward Giddings near Rush Springs. She says she tried to intervene, the boy died January 18, and she had nothing to do with the beating.
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Shinault
Chickasha
Okla.p
Flora Mae Giddings
Grady County
Giddings
Isaac Jack Shinault
James Edward Giddings
Rush Springs
Jimmy
Sam Williams
Mrs. Giddings
Linda
Kenneth Wayne
Ray Northrup
Ada
Schools Want Indirect Aid From Federal Office
A subcommittee report to the White House education conference urges the federal government to refrain from direct contact with local school boards and to limit involvement to state level affairs. James D. King of Brownwood Texas presented the report, which reflects the consensus of about 2000 participants, and calls for strengthening and adequately staffing the Office of Education to recognize education's national importance.
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Washington
White House
U. S. Office of Education
James D. King
Brownwood
Tex
Office of Education
Missing Couple Believed Slain in Illinois Home
In Lebanon Illinois a carpenter Harold Smith aged 30 and his wife Arlene 35 vanished Sunday night. Blood spatter in their five room home, bullet holes, tire tracks, footprints and a dried blood pool prompted a maniac theory. A search pursued by county and state authorities.
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Harold Smith
Arlene
Armory project to start in 1956 in Oklahoma City
Construction of a $166000 U S Army Reserve armory to be built near the National Guard armory in Metropolitan Park will begin after January 1 1956. It will house the 259th Field Artillery Battalion and the 378th Infantry Battalion on a five acre tract donated by the city with utilities paid by federal funds. The one story building will be about 7500 square feet and follow standard design.
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U.S. Army Reserve
Robert J. Johnston
Oklahoma Military District
USAR
National Guard
Metropolitan Park
Ralph Wolverton
378Th
Bob Hughes
Maj
Rawlins Morris
Fort Sill
Reserve Area No. 4
Maj. Morris
Armory
Safe Driving Day Observed By Oklahoma Officers
Lawton district officers of the state highway patrol urged motorists and pedestrians to use extreme caution on Safe Driving Day Thursday. It marks the second S D Day proclaimed by President Eisenhower and echoed by Mayor C R Ellsworth. Highway Patrol Chief Jack Rollins urged alertness to traffic dangers.
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Lawton
State Highway Patrol
Eisenhower
C. R. Ellsworth
Highway Patrol
Jack Rollins
Jet crashes into housing at Eielson base kills 13
At Eielson Air Force Base Alaska an out of control jet struck eight family housing units. 13 dead and possibly two more feared amid 16 below zero conditions. Many injured frostbitten as homes burned for hours. The sergeant Thimple family suffered the loss of their 11 month old triplet sons.
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Air Force
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Alaska
Hielson Air Force Base
Here
Stony Point Fire Forces School to Use Gym as Classrooms
Stony Point school district will hold classes in the gym after a fire destroyed the frame school building, likely started by a faulty oil heater before 8 p.m. Tuesday. The two mile west of Port er Hill site will be rebuilt, with curtains partitioning the gym to form two classrooms for 50 students. Firefighters faced water shortages, focusing on protecting the principal’s home and nearby gym.
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Stony Point
B. H. Turnbull
Porter Hill
Turnbull
Clarence Scott
Lawton
Philippines Storm Death Toll Rises to 128
The toll from an unusual tropical storm in the southern and central Philippines reached 128 with many missing and widespread destruction. Manila Daily Mirror reports 80 fatalities from the sinking of six fishing vessels and motorboats between Cebu and Bohol. Additional deaths occurred in Negros Oriental and Zamboanga.
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Manila
Philippines
Manila Daily Mirror
Cebu
Bahel Islands
Negros Oriental
Zamboanga
Cameron Gym Bids Sought for $375000 Pecked Building
Cameron college seeks bids for a $375000 physical education building announced by President Vernon Howell. Bids due 2 p.m. December 15. late bids returned unopened. Plans and specs available at the board of regents offices in Stillwater and Cameron or from Paul Harris in Lawton.
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Cameron College
Vernon Howell
Cameron
Board of Regents
Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical Colleges
Stillwater
Paul Harris
Lawton
Mayor casts tie breaking vote over sewer district
In a tense council session Mayor C R Ellsworth interrupted by a sharp verbal attack on Bert Montague after a tie breaking vote blocked three city blocks from Sewer District No 8 in Lawton View. Montague, claiming to represent his daughter, faced Ellsworth’s warning that he would not stand in the way of progress. F B Barnes, Shrine Midget Bowl head, defended the youth program amid criticism over matching a larger Boys Town team for Lawton’s fifth annual Shrine game. The council adjourned as details of the property on blocks 104 113 and 116 were discussed.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton View
Bert Montague
F. B
Fuzz) Barnes
Shriners
Lawton
Barnes
Nebraska
Fuzz Barnes
Kiwanis Club
Montague
Ellsworth
See- See Council
Winnie Observes His 81st Birthday
Sir Winston Churchill celebrated his 81st birthday in London with a private family lunch. He, gray and nearly bald, was surrounded by his wife and children as he reflected on a long life of public service and wartime leadership.
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Winnie
London
Great Britain
Sir Winston Churchill
Sleet and Ice Likely Across Oklahoma Through Thursday
Oklahoma meteorologists warn a gulf air surge will meet the existing Arctic flow. Light rain and drizzle expected tonight and Thursday with sleet and ice glaze by Thursday. Lawton highs around 40, lows near 30, with cooler conditions Friday. recent temperatures include 22 at dawn and 32 at 11 am.
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Oklahoma
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Lawton
Sill Starts Probe of Hospital Blaze
Fort Sill officials began a thorough probe into a fire that gutted the upper story of the Hospital Annex Administration building Tuesday afternoon and destroyed hospital supplies. The blaze caused about 15000 dollars in damage to the structure with extensive losses of equipment and clothing. Four fire units fought the flames for over two hours in near freezing weather, drawing spectators from the post and U.S. 277 as investigators prepared an official inventory of hospital equipment and supplies.
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Fort Sill
Hospital Annex
Lawton
Post
U.S
Robert E. Kren
The
Adlai Calls for Realistic Housing Plan To Help Families
Adlai Stevenson assails federal housing cuts under the Republican administration and urges a multi level attack on slum clearance and urban renewal. He proposes federally aided public housing based on need and incentives to help middle income families, citing rising city demands and past underproduction. Stevenson notes FHA activity has fallen and recalls Taft’s 1949 target of 810000 units.
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Miami
Fla
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Britain to study stop H-bomb tests with US and USSR
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden said Britain is ready to discuss ending hydrogen bomb tests with the United States and Soviet Union. He noted Britain has not yet tested its H-bomb and pointed out Moscow had not formally approached London about a test ban agreement.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
United States
Russia
Eden
Moscow
Stolen Bank Deposits Traced to Local Investment Club
Detective Lt. Cleo Stout says two envelopes stolen by juveniles from Security Bank and Trust Co were deposited by Lawton Investment Club of Fort Sill. Club records show night of Nov 17 deposits not matched by bank. Discrepancy remains between club deposits and cash allegedly taken, with $64 recovered after two 15 year olds said the money came from one envelope. One youth admitted spending about $5 and giving another $10, then burning the envelopes and checks.
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Cleo Stout
Security Bank and Trust Co
Lawton Investment Club
Fort Sill
Stout
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William ‘Thimple
Ellwood City, Pa
Thimple
Stony Point Fire
Cameron Gym
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Irene Wallace
Mary Frances Tieyah
Gladys Niedo
Darlene Johnson
Maxine Perdasofoy
Rosalie Tieyah
Mary Nellie Chee
Brenda Tomps
Charlene Johnson
By Ray Atteberry
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Adlai
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