Suspect Arrested After Banks Targeted. Pistols Found
Doncan non, 36, was arrested in Cyril after allegedly casing First National Bank in Fletcher and two banks in Elgin. A .43 automatic and a .22 pistol were recovered from his car a 1956 De Soto with a nonmatching tag. Authorities say he sat outside banks and offered no clear explanation.
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Tom Sharrock
Stuf
Doncannon
Cyril
Fletcher
Frank Brundage
First National Bank
Elgin
Dilling
Highway Patrol
Caddo County
Ray Lavison
Shelby
Lavison
Need For New Schools Aired In Lawton District Plan
Lawton's education needs were outlined at the October Board meeting by John Shoemaker city school superintendent detailing a 20 room addition at one school three new elementary schools an auditorium gymnasium music rooms shop and four classrooms at Douglass Also a 12 room elementary school north of Morford Hills addition an 11 room elementary school in Westwood addition and a 20 room elementary school in Fecan Grove addition were proposed The board took no action but will discuss again in November Enrollment stands at about 11330 and is rising Shoemaker noted ninth graders are now leaders with 400 more than last year at Lawton High School A total of 758 eighth graders were reported and 496 juniors Voters also approved dismissing local schools Thursday and Friday Oct 24 25 for teachers to attend a state convention in Oklahoma City Federal aid totaling 70267 has been received bringing total federal aid to 458405 the remainder of last year s entitlement minus two percent withheld.
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Lawton
Board of Education
John Shoemaker
Douglass
Morford Hills
Westwood
Fecan Grove
Shoemaker
Lawton High Schol
Oklahoma City
Charles" T. Hughes
Tomlson Junior High School
Jushis Y Ikuntz
Kuntz
Chamois
Pane 2
Cal
More Rains Due Tonight in Southwest Oklahoma Area
Heavy clouds over southwest Oklahoma after a rain dump left Lawton with 0.70 and 1.60 inches, pushing yearly rainfall to 31.08 inches, slightly above the 82-year average. Showers were general across the area, with most points at least a half inch. Forecast calls for more rain today and Wednesday with cooler temps tomorrow. Roy Rigdon reports 0.35 inch last night and 0.15 inch Monday morning as Lake Lawtonka sits at 1237.30 feet, 9.25 feet below the top gates and 2.25 feet above the old spillway, with evaporation down this season.
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Oklahoma
Nist
Lawton
Agernoon
Roy Rigdon
Lake Lawtonka
Higdon
Chattanooga
Girl Denies Soldiers Entered Dressing Area at Central High
Catherine Craighead a 16 year old Central High sophomore denied Faubus charge that paratroopers invaded the girls dressing room. She said the claim may be exaggerated and that troops escort Negro girls only to a stairway landing, not into the dressing area. Nine Negro students arrived with guards. about 100 White students gathered outside with no disruption as debate over troop withdrawal continued.
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Little Rock
Gev
Orval E. Faubus
Central High School
Gouree OL Mne Enarge
Catherine Craighead
Central High
Faubus
Schayl
White
Central High Mothers’ League
Catherine
Brazilian Teachers Tour Oklahoma Colleges in Teaching Visit
Francisco Louzada Alves Fonseca and Yvan Joaquin Barros de Moraca, Brazilian agriculture instructors, tour U S colleges and universities sponsored by the I C A. They visit Eastern Oklahoma A&M College at Wilburton then attend the American Royal F F A Exposition in Kansas City before continuing to Nebraska Illinois Kentucky Tennessee and Cornell New York. They will return to Rio Grande do Sul to resume teaching in secondary schools after the trip.
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Bill Crawford
Cameron
Agriculture Department
Francisco Louzada Alves Fonseca
Yvan Joaquin
Barros de Moraca
Oklahoma
Lee Zeroth
Fonseca
Moraes
International Cooperation Administration
Department of Health, Reveition and Welfare
Washington, D.C
Wilburton
Agriculture Department of Eastern Oklahoma A&m College
Kansas City
Nebraska
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Cornell University
New York
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
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Fonseca and
Moraes Ser Visieons
Col
Defense Hints Indian's Wife Died From Fall
Defense for 30 year old Pebeahsy of Cache contends his wife Darlene died after a fall and possible strangulation. Five defense witnesses described Darlene as a frequent drinker seeking money from him. Pathologist testified to strong possibility of death by strangulation. Trial adjourned for lunch with witnesses to follow.
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Cache
Githen K. Rhoads
Warren Crane
Everett Ray Wale
Robert
Sanders
Rhoads
Pebcahsy
Darlene
Pebeahsy
Pebeads
Darlene Pebeahsy
Hin
Lowell F. Thornton
Lawton Pathologist
Pau Rhoads
Florence Love
Dallas
Charles
Lentuel Pebeahsy
Luke Kennedy
Dar
Jiehezat
Vane
Mansfield urges Manhattan Project style space effort
Sen Mans field urges Congress to fund a single agency for missiles and space satellites modeled on the Manhattan Project to unify the U S effort, cut waste, and speed development. He says interservice rivalry wastes hundreds of millions and the nation lags behind in earth satellites and CBM. Senator Ervin calls for an immediate Armed Services hearing amid White House silence.
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Sen
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D-Mont
Congress
Soviet Russia
Senate
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ervin
D-Nc
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
Solon
Pign
Col
Reds reject two party space weapons pact with Russia
The State Department rejected Khrushchev's proposal for U S Russian control of space missiles. It said such a move must be part of a broad disarmament package involving many nations. Officials stressed the need for wider international participation and voiced skepticism about two party deals.
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Washington
State Department
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Britain
France
Canada
London
Jameson Parker
Lersely
Asian Flu Strikes More U S Cities and Gotham
Outbreaks of respiratory illness spread across midwest cities and New York amid mass vaccinations for teachers in Milwaukee and widespread student absenteeism in New York. Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids report epidemics with thousands staying home from school.
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United Press
New Yark
Fort Wayne
Sind
Normal
Peoria
Lil
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
Mich
New York
Morris Greenberg
William Jansen
Robert Lotman
Troops to Receive Flu Shots at Fort Sill This Week
Fort Sill prepares to inoculate all troops against Asian flu beginning this week at the U S Army Artillery and Missile Center dispensaries. Routine shots will serve troop units with a program for dependents to follow. details to be announced.
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Fort Sil
U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Women Describe Doctor Rhine Drug Attacks in Trial
In Tulsa, two more women testified that Dr. John Richard Rhine gave them drugs and made sexual advances during examinations. Rhine sat in court as witnesses described injections, numbness, and assault. the trial instructor, with a prior patient recounting a similar experience, continues as jurors hear details. Local reporters are withholding names at the county attorney’s request.
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Tulsa
John Richard Rhine
Rhine
J. Howard Edmondson
Aine
Edmondson
Dodgers Set Move To LA
New York report states the Brooklyn Dodgers will relocate to Los Angeles in 1958, announced by Walter O Malley. Arthur Patterson presented the plan at a World Series press conference at the Waldorf Astoria. The move follows a LA vote approving a contract, with NL deadlines citing Giants shifting to San Francisco and two coast teams by 1958.
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New York
Broolyn Dodgers
Los Angeles
Walter O'Malley
Arthur
Red) Patterson
O'Malley
Waldorf Astoria
Fly
New York’ Giants
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Eisenhower Briefed by Vanguard Scientists on Russia Satellite
President Eisenhower was briefed by Dr. Alan Waterman and Donald Quarles on Russia's satellite and the U.S. plans for a baby moon. Hagerty said the briefing did not accelerate the U.S. satellite program, with a U.S. satellite launch anticipated early next year. Waterman heads Project Vanguard and Quarles is missile expert.
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Eisenhower
Russia
U. S
Space
James C. Hagerty
Alan Waterman
National Science Foundation
Donald Quarles
Defense
Waterman
Quarles
Moon Satellite Yields Early Scientific Data From Space
London reports Soviet earth satellite data indicates changes in the absolute intensity of the magnetic pole. Radio Moscow described measurements of Earth’s ring currents and magnetic field impacts. US Naval Research Lab said monitoring was normal while other posts noted temporary signal loss due to atmospheric disturbance. Danish scientists observed a slowdown from 18 000 mph, predicting weeks more aloft before reentry. The BBC noted the signal’s brief faltering and return to normal.
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London
Space
Moscow
Washington
Naval Research Laboratory
Naval Laboratory
BBC
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