One Dead Four Hurt In Wrecks
A weekend of major auto crashes in the Lawton area left one dead and four others injured in two serious wrecks. Mrs. Edd Roberts 59 died after a two car crash at Fourth and I Saturday night. Police say Edward Lee Spivey 15 failed to yield and caused the fatal collision. Others injured include James Lloyd Biggs 18 and Johnny Hopkins of Fletcher and Fort Sill resident Roland F Nielsen. A separate crash on U S 277 near Cyril involved Bill Dean Moffitt of Wichita Falls.
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Lawton
Edd Roberts
Fourth and I
Southwestern Hospital
James Lloyd Biggs
Johnny Hopkins
Fletcher
Cyril
Roland F. Nielson
Fort Sill
Bill Dean Moffitt
Wichita Falls
Roberts
Edward Lee Spivey
Washita River
Biggs
Hopkins
Neilson
William A. Wilkerson
Bell
U.S. 277
Bishop
Nielson
Moffit
U. S. 277
Roxey Fitch
Lee Wrecks
Five Lawton Negroes Arrested in Robbery Spree
Night police announced the arrest of five Lawton Negroes linked to four armed robberies of Fort Sill soldiers between September 16. Two soldiers, Olin Armstrong and Don Butcher, were seriously injured by bat-wielding attackers. two more, Don Abbey and Donald Lawrence, were also assaulted. Authorities expect more cases to be linked as the investigation continues with Fort Sill CID and county agencies.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Pete Fuller
Manville Redman
Fuller
Trial On Yule Poles Begins
The Business & Professional Women's Club begins a trial to install four sidewalk sleeves at Fourth and C to hold poles for Christmas streamers. The plan aims for removable fixtures for easy pole insertion and storage with city aid and contributions from local contractors. Margaret Day chairs the project.
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Business & Professional Women’s Club
Fourth and C
Margaret Day
COP Plan To Use Ike For Victory Is Failure
A grass roots survey across five midwest states finds the Republican sweep to win in November under Eisenhower failing to gain traction with voters. Respondents cite pension saves and desire for a freer president, while many remain undecided or shift support depending on the Democratic Congress. See LUBELL. Page 2.
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COP
Ihe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Talk Or Go To Prison Reds Told Seized Yanks
Two American soldiers Capt. Richard H. Dries and Pfc. George Pisk accused Czech captors of threatening 10 years imprisonment if they refused to divulge U S military secrets. They described two weeks in solitary confinement and intense psychological pressure while imprisoned near the border in Bavaria and Prague.
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Mernberg
Germany
U. S
Richard H. Dries
St. Albans
Long Island
N. Y
George Pisk
Austin
Tex
Bavaria
Waidhanec
SSSR
Dries
Pisk
Prague
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Rwis
Czechoslovakia
William Oatis
Associated Press
Two American Brothers Seek Asylum in East Germany
William Henry Starr aged 30 and James Starr 31, both formerly of Westville New Jersey, appeared at a Communist news conference in East Berlin to request political asylum. They said they had been living in Germany for over a year and a half and defected due to disagreement with U S policy. They were reported missing by West Berliners after East German highway patrol arrested them on Sept 7 on the autobahn.
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East Germany
William Henry Starr
James Starr
Westville N.J
Germany
East Berlin
Rare Death Strikes Family in Plainview Texas
In Plainview on October 3 doctors fought to stop a rare Waterhouse-Friedreichson disease from spreading as 10 year old Bobby Wideman died Saturday and his three year old sister Vida May was hospitalized with the illness. Vida May showed temporary improvement but doctors warned recovery is uncommon. The disease spreads through the nose and mouth.
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Plainview
Tex
Bobby Wideman
Bill Wideman
Abilene
Vida May
Plainview Hospital
Dorothy Long
Quakes Reported In Tokyo Formosa
A tremor rocked Tokyo at 5 45 p m Monday with no damage reported. A separate quake was recorded in northern Formosa, rattling windows and shaking buildings in Taipei. The Formosa quake caused little excitement in a region where tremors are common.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Taipei
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Separate After Short Marriage
Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio have separated, the studio announced. Monroe cited incompatibility from conflicting career demands and plans to file for divorce. They wed January 14, 1954 in San Francisco after a long romance and had just under ten months of marriage.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
San Francisco
DiMaggio
New York Yankee
California
Heap
20Th Century Fox
New York
Laniel Quizzed In Sensational French Leak
Paris hears testimony planned from ex Premier Joseph Laniel and two ministers Pierre Henri Teitgen and Edmond Barrachin as part of a probe into a leak of defense secrets to the Communists. Police say Baranes, a Communist journalist, acted as chief conduit with arrests and searches tied to the case.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
Pierre-Henri Teitgen
Edmond Barrachin
Barane
Liberation
Emannuel D’astier de la Vigerie
French National Assembly
Pergressive
Baranes
France
Switzerland
Andre Hugues
National Assembly
Trial Of Pipe Suits Will Begin Today
In Oklahoma City federal court this afternoon Judge Steven C. Chandler will hear six suits with seven causes of action totaling about 125000, filed by Wichita Finance and Thrift Co. of Wichita Kansas against the City of Lawton over alleged water mains conversion. The case follows a district court ruling that no valid contract existed between the city and developers.
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Lawton
Federal District Court
Oklahoma City
Steven C. Chandler
Wichita Finance and Thrift Co
Wichita
Kan
London Act signed at Nine-Power Parley sparks Western arms plan
Western Europe welcomed the London Act signaling the rearmament of West Germany and integration into the Atlantic alliance. Nine foreign ministers endorsed a program to arm West Germany, with Paris and Bonn rushing to secure ratifications. Adenauer and Mendes-France prepared cabinet and assembly reports as parliaments await treaty incorporation. The plan envisions a 500,000 strong German army, a 1,350 plane air force, and limited naval forces within 18 to 24 months, plus expanded Brussels mutual defense ties. The Times called the pact practical for a free Europe, while Dulles and Eden praised the step, despite East German opposition and calls for German unity.
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London
Europe
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Britain
Canada
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
NATO
Norway
Denmark
Turkey
Greece
Iceland
Portugal
U. S
Dulles
Adenauer
Germany
Erich Ollenhauer
Independent Times of London
Washington
Anthony Eden
West Germany
West Berlin
Arctic
Aegean
France
Brussels
Teacher Causes Fatal Harm Sons Husbands Then Herself
Oakland Calif Oct 4 UP A city note indicates an Oakland teacher killed her two teenage sons and husband then herself in notes written over 10 hours. She said she could not teach and feared losing her mind while outlining where to find the bodies. Donald 19 and Richard 17 were named among the victims before the mother committed suicide as her husband Milan 52 returned home.
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Oakland
Calif
Olive Lesser
Donald
Richard
Milan
Losser
University of California
Parking Meter Collections Up In September Gains
City revenue from parking meters rose 16.5 percent over August and 52 percent from September last year, totaling 4 868.46 with half remitted to the metering firm. Traffic officers credit widespread business prosperity and more downtown shoppers for the surge, noting only about 25 more meters in use than last year and similar totals to August.
Integration Riots Hit Washington High Schools
Hundreds of white students disrupted classes at Anacostia and McKinley High Schools in Washington to protest the admission of Negro students. At Anacostia about 400 of 1,250 milled outside shouting while 43 Negro pupils faced jeers. At McKinley about 150 pupils protested outside before entering for a classroom meeting that later devolved into confusion and walkouts. Police described the outside conduct as orderly.
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Washington
Washington High
Anacostia High
McKinley High
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
McKinley
Charles E. Bish
Train derails near Amarillo injuring hobo and leaving two missing
Twenty seven cars of a Fort Worth and Denver Railway freight derailed 25 miles west of Amarillo at 3 am injuring a hobo pinned under a box car. Two unauthorized passengers believed aboard remain unaccounted for amid a mass wreck that disrupted lines and halted morning trains. The derailed rear cars were pulled by a four unit diesel. investigators search the wreckage for the missing men as rail officials detour services.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
Potter County
William Henry Wilson
St. Anthony's Hospital
Pueblo Colo
Tascosa
Etter
Santa Fe
Dalhart
Rock Island
N. M. Huddleston
Ralph Summers
Compton Gridders To Get Red Carpet Welcome
Lawton will greet the Compton California football squad when it arrives at noon Friday for the inter sectional clash with the Cameron Aggies at Roosevelt stadium. A welcoming pageant with an Indian chief and princess and local business leaders may join about a dozen Cameron coeds. Cameron last year visited California and was treated royally before losing the game. Chamber of Commerce officials planned a big welcome. Lawton high band to perform at halftime.
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Lawton
Compton
Calif
Cameron Aggies
Roosevelt Stadium
California
Cameron
West Coast
Aggies
Chamber of Commerce
Jess Thompson
Aggie
Wholesale Murder Trial Opens Today
In Phenix City Alabama a wide eyed young gambler stands trial for murder as the first case under a new era of justice in the Chatta hoochee area. Earl L. Cook charged with a 1950 wholesale shooting murder leads a growing lineup of defendants. Prominent criminal lawyer Roderick Beddow represents several clients and his firm has subpoenaed witnesses including the 18 grand jurors who returned the indictments.
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Phenix City
Ala
Chattahoochee
Earl L
Red) Cook
Roderick Beddow
Heat To Stay Another Day Heat To Stay Another Day
Heat continues to linger as thermometers show 96 expected nationwide, just two degrees shy of yesterday's peak. Tonight remains warm, with a Tuesday near 90, and hints of a cooler spell ahead reaching about 98 in the area.
Eccentric Farmer Found Murdered in Oklahoma Farm Shack
Duncan Oklahoma October 4 police search for motive after Garland Burgess 40 was found dead in his farm shack three and a half miles southwest of Duncan. He had been shot with a 30-30 bullet entering the left shoulder and exiting the right collarbone. Burgess was found by Marvin Umsted and J R Hambrick who had not seen him in some time and reported the death.
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Duncan
Okla
Stephens County
Garland Burgess
Elmer Zigler
Burgess Farm
Here
Zigler
Burgess
Marvin Umsted
J. R. Hambrick
Briton Sees Hope In Red Arms Plan
United Nations report quotes British Minister Selwyn Lloyd saying Russia's disarmament proposals hold out possibility for progress in an important field. He notes Soviet delegate Vishinsky left many questions unanswered and calls for further clarification before determining the full extent of the apparent policy shift.
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United Nations
N. Y
Selwyn Lloyd
Russia
Lloyd
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Area Weather Forecast Showers and Warm Temperatures
A weather update notes showers with a low tonight around 64 or 66. Highs near 90 expected on Tuesday and about 96 on Sunday. Early today at 11 a.m. the temperature was 86.
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Roger Labrusse
Jean Mons
Turpin
Mons
Labrusse
Pierre Deta Bevan
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Mendes-France
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