Flu Shuts Dozens Of Oklahoma Schools
More than a dozen Oklahoma schools closed amid flu outbreaks with 1700 students absent, about 17 percent of enrollments. Absenteeism hit Southeast High and Putnam City high, while districts including Bristow Welch Elmore City Davis Stuart Jay Ketchum Allen Ahtroso Stonewall Vaness and Lawrence also shut. State Superintendent Dr. Oliver Hodge may add Saturday May 24 to the school year, but cautions against too many make up days.
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United Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Midwest City
Oscar Rose
Southeast High
Putnam City
Bristow
Okay
Welch
Elmore City
Davis
Stuart
Jay
Ketchum
Allen
Ahtroso
Stonewall
Vaness
Lawrence
Oliver Hodge
State Board of Education
Labor Hearing Set Thursday on Unfair Labor Practices
Complaints of unfair labor practices against the International Association of Machinists Local 889 and the Lawton and Oklahoma State Building and Trades councils will be aired Thursday in a Washington DC NLBR trial examiner hearing in the federal courtroom starting at 10 a.m. Four Fort Sill construction contractors filed the complaint through Edwin A. Elliott, NLRB Fort Worth regional director. The hearing may run into Friday with testimony and evidence from an August Oklahoma City hearing, and an intermediate report will guide the NLBR in Washington to decide if cease and desist orders are warranted.
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International Association of Machinists
Lawton
Oklahoma
U.S. Dist
W. R. Wallace
Oklahama City
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
Asatte
IAM
Fort Sill
Page
Eisenhower outlines chins up campaign to boost national confidence
President Eisenhower returns to Washington to plan a chins up drive and will personally lead a nationwide series of speeches aimed at reinforcing public faith in America's economic scientific and military strength. Leaders will coordinate with Britain on pooling scientific assets as Russia's moves are countered.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New York
Harold MacMillan
Free World
Russia
Siles
United Press
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Sloan
Syria Grants Saud Three-Day Mediation Window
United Nations New York Syria agreed to give King Saud of Saudi Arabia three days to mediate in its dispute with Turkey a move the Syrians did not declare an acceptance of. Turkey had agreed to Saud mediation, while the General Assembly adjourned debate on the Middle East crisis to Friday amid sharp U N bickering.
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United Nations, N.Y
Syria
Turkey
Saud
Saudi Arabia
United Nations General Assembly
Middle East
United States
Russia
U.N
Andrei Gromyko
Henry Cabot Lodge
King Saud
Gromyko
Lawson-Fort Sill United Fund reaches forty five thousand
Approximately 45 per cent of the Lawson-Fort Sill United Fund goal of 78504 has been reached at a noon luncheon in the Geronimo room of Hotel Lawtonian. Drive chairman Jack Carter announced a new total of 45540.69, compiled by Col. Charles Gallaher. Reports were heard from division leaders including Jerry Mustain Roy Guzzle Kavey Fuqua Luther Eubanks Brig Gen J P Brittingham and Carter. A second luncheon will be held this week in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce forum.
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Lawson-Fort Sill United Fund
United’ Fund
Geronimo
Lawtonian
Jack Carter
Drive
Col
Act
Charles Gallaher
Jerry Mustain
Roy Guzzle
Metro
Kavey Fuqua
Luther Eubanks
J. P. Brittingham
Carter
Chamber of Commerce
Finday Neen
American Red Cross
Navy planes armed with new atomic depth charge
Defense Secretary Neil M. Westroy disclosed a plan in Washington noting that some Atlantic Navy anti submarine aircraft are equipped with a newly developed atomic depth charge.
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Washington
Defense
Neil MW. Westroy
Atlantic
Macmillan Eisenhower to Begin Anglo American Summit Talks
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and President Eisenhower arrive for three days of informal talks in Washington on Sputnik Syria and Western unity. Dulles and Strauss greet Macmillan as officials aim to strengthen space missile ties NATO and a common front against Soviet propaganda.
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Washington
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Russia
Sputnik
Syria
Macmillan
NATO
Middle East
John Foster Dulles
Adm
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Dulles
Free World
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Queen Elizabeth
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Britain
Queen Elizabeth I
North America
Semmim
Peer
Cooler Weather To Follow Rain In Lawton Area
Rain totals reach 1.70 inches since Monday with .25 inches in the night at Lake Lawtonka. Forecasters predict cooler conditions today and Thursday. No severe damage despite tornado alerts. one resident reports fence and TV antenna damage from strong winds. Safe ty agent Elmer Provence notes rain will help farmers who have already planted crops.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Roy Higdon
Lake Patrol
John FR. Breathwit
Elmer Provence
Provence
Jupiter Rocket Test a Successful Cape Canaveral Launch
A Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a dramatic test. Officials confirmed it followed its prescribed path and landed in the selected target area. The Defense Department did not disclose distance traveled, while earlier daylight testing saw a smaller missile fall into the Atlantic.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
Defense Department
Pentagon
Accused Double Slayer To Face Trial Nov. 12
Two murder charges against 19 year old Charles E Duncan Jr Sterling are set for a District court term starting Nov. 12. Also on the docket are two armed robbery counts against George Fuqua related to 1954 hijackings. Duncan allegedly killed Clyde Tillery and Charles Ivey in a Sept. 15 incident at Tillery’s home. Ivey was visiting Tillery. both victims shot with a .22 rifle. Police have not determined a motive. Duncan had escaped Western State Hospital before returning after 12 hours’ freedom. Police reported he borrowed a rifle from a 16 year old Elgin boy shortly before the shooting.
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Ray Atteberry
Charles E. Duncan Jr
Sterling
Warren Crane
George Puqua
Fuqua
Clyde Tillery
Charles Ivey
Duncan
Western State Hospital
Fort Supply
Woodward
Tillery
Ivey
Smith
Elgin
Hoffa Barred From Office in Rigging Case
Federal Judge F Gickinson Letts barred James R Hoffa from taking office as president elect of the Teamsters after ruling that union bosses conspired to fix their last convention. He issued a preliminary injunction and ordered an early trial on charges that Hoffa and leadershandpicked Miami delegates to tilt the ballot. The injunction stays in effect pending trial.
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Washington
F. Gickinson Letts
Teamsters
Ife
James R. Hoffa
Letts
Holla
Miami
Market Gains Biggest in 28 Years as Stocks Jump
The New York market opened with a broad rally led by strong buying across sectors. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose to about 186.70, up 5.30, the largest one day advance since 1929, while the Dow stood at 4259.86, up 10.07 as President Eisenhower’s economy talks boosted confidence.
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New York
Siack
Will Street
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Wall Street
Auto Insurance Rates Hiked in Oklahoma
Oklahoma motorists face higher premiums as auto liability and physical damage rates rise. Rates for damage insurance average 14.7 percent, adding about 32.16 million annually, while liability rates climb about 60 percent, adding roughly 330 thousand yearly. The state insurance board approved the increase on September 28.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Assn. of
Artillery Shells Bound For Post Spill In Whitesboro
A truck loaded with fused artillery shells collided with another vehicle in Whitesboro Texas spilling 135 mm projectiles. The town of about 2000 residents was blocked while experts from Fort Sill oversaw cargo reloading after the accident en route from Red River arsenal Texarkana to Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Texas
Whitesboro
Tex
Red River Arsenal
Texarkana
Fort Sill
Oklo
Accused Red Spy Abel Declines Defense Testimony
In New York Soviet Col. Rudolf Abel will not testify or call defense witnesses as his trial nears conclusion. Prosecutors may finish their case today. Evidence includes hollowed screws a flashlight battery a coded paper and microscopic film from Abel's Brooklyn studio. FBI agent Kehoe testified he seized the items during a Aug 17 1957 search. The studio is visible from the court. Abel faced life in prison.
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New York i
Rudolf Abel
James B. Donovan
Donovan
Abel
Brooklyn
James P. Kehoe
FBI
U. S. District Court
Kehoe
Naturalization and Immigration Service
McAllen
Tex
United States
Tito Overture To Red Nation Brings Action
U S Secretary of State Dulles suspends most aid to Yugoslavia over Tito's recognition of Communist East Germany. Allied talks continue as belts of military and economic aid might halt with possible continuation of space parts deliveries. Officials stress the move aims to assess Tito's stance toward Russia and the West.
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Tito
Washington i
Dulles
U.S
Yugoslavia
East Germany
Europe
Britain
Belgrade
State Department
Russia
United States
France
U S To Clarify Cutback Orders
The Defense Department will issue clearer instructions to avoid misinterpretation of orders that aimed to cap defense spending at 38 billion dollars. Secretary McNamara ordered precise guidance after reviewing the impact of prior directives on research and development spending for the current fiscal year ending June 30.
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Washington
Defense Department
Defense
Neil McBitoy
Scientist Criticizes Army For Hiding Mathematical Genius
Dr Karl Lindegren of Southern Illinois University blasts the Army for assigning Ernest Shult a clerking post at Ft Lee Virginia despite his heady work in genetical analysis. An Army spokesman says the Shult assignment is under review and based on his records on arrival.
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Carbondale, Ill
UPJ
Army
Mallen
Karl Lindegren
Southern Illinois University
Ernest Shult
Fairbury
Shult
SIU
Washington
Quartermaster School
Ft. Lee
Lindegren
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