Cairo quake kills eighteen in Egypt
A strong earthquake hit the Nile Delta from Cairo to Alexandria causing multiple building collapses and casualties. In Cairo 10 dead including nine schoolgirls, 65 injured. Damanhour and Tanta fatalities and injuries also reported. Helwan Observatory logged a 40 second quake at 12 10 a m est while emergency services issued rapid response.
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Cairo
Nile River
Alexandria
Ministry of the Interior
Damanhour
Tanta
Menufia
Daher
Government Information Office
Helwan
Benha
Nile
Suspect Charged In Negro Slaying
Earl Pettaway, 34, charged with murder in the Saturday shooting of Horace Stevenson Jr., 20, a former Douglass high star. Pettaway pled not guilty for 24 hours. represented by no counsel. Additional charges filed against Onita Bonner, 33, and Betty Jean Richards, 18, for harboring and aiding Pettaway after the felony. Jacob Bonner released after it was found he knew nothing of the shooting.
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Earl Pettaway
Lawton
Douglass High School
Horace Stevenson Jr
Woodrow Giles
Pettaway
Horace Stevenson
Washington
Manville Redman
Onita Bonner
Betty Jean Richards
Comanche County
Giles’ Court
Jacob Bonner
E. Gore
Bonner
Oklahoma
Chick Dibble
Arthas
Four-Lane Fort Sill Highway Planned by Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Commission approved a one mile four-lane urban road from the new three level interchange north to Fort Sill on U.S. 277. The project, costing about 500000, awaits federal approval in Fort Worth with state funds matching under the urban road program. If cleared, work could begin by year end with possible start by January. The plan extends the earlier four-lane project from the U.S. 62 277 interchange to Fort Sill Blvd and Ferris, with federal financing and state construction oversight.
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Oklahoma Highway Commission
Fort Sill
U.S. 277
Bill Logan
Oklahoma City
Logan
State Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads At
Fort Worth
Bob Barr
U.S. 62-277
Ferris
Military Reservation
Highway Commission
Baptist Leaders Conclude City Meeting With Elections
The Co manche Cotton Baptist association holds a one day conference at Central Baptist Church with about 350 delegates from two counties. Rev. Richard Hopper moderates as Arthur S. Davenport speaks on state and world Baptist agencies. Obituaries planned by Rev. Eulis Grisham precede adjournment at 3 30 p.m.
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Comanche-Cotton Baptist Association
Central Baptist Church
Richard Hopper
Central Baptist
Arthur S. Davenport
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
Kenneth Myers
First Baptist Church
Lawton
Carson Everett
Northside Baptist Church
M. D. Burk
Cache
Baptist Home
Boys Ranch
W. E. Russell
Walters
Kenneth Anderson
Eman- Lee Baptists
Army Drops 47 POW Cases Amid Ongoing Investigations
The Army dropped 47 POW collaboration cases for lack of evidence and cleared six others, leaving 54 still under investigation or trial. Of 565 investigated across services, 428 have been cleared or dropped. eight Army prisoners were convicted, with sentences up to life. Maj. Ronald Alley faces court martial at Fort Meade. three other GI turncoats named.
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Washington
Army
Korea
Air Force
Marine Corps
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Advisory Committee On
Security Board
Ronald E. Alley
Bar Harbor
Maine
Fort Meade
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Olympia
Wash
William C. Cowart
Dalton
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Navy
Bonn and Soviet Chiefs Fail To Agree On Key Issues
In Moscow today Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin remained far apart on prisoners and reunification. Their talks followed a day of ministerial sessions with no statement to reporters, signaling uncertain progress and a possible wrap soon.
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Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Nikolai Bulganin
Felix von Eckardt
Heinrich von Brentano
V. M. Molotov
Adenauer
Bulganin
Kremlin
von Eckardt
Leonid Ilyichev
Ilyichev
Stock Mart Soars To New Record Stock Mart Soars To New Record
NEW YORK UP A quarter billion dollar rise in General Motors common stock lifted industrial shares to a new record high in a moderately active stock market session Monday. GM rose 4 points to 134 1 2. Du Pont and Bethlehem Steel gained more than a point. Reynolds Metals hit a new high at 300 up 2 1 2 points from the prior close. Kaiser Aluminum Aluminum Ltd and American Metal also set new highs on gains over 2 points.
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New York
General Motors
du Pont
Bethlehem Steel
Rock Island
Reynolds Metals
Reynolds
Kaiser Aluminum, Aluminum, Ltd
American Metal
Chief Urges More Studying and Longer Education
President Eisenhower urged more studying for youth in a complex era and proposed extending high school and college to five years. He also said older workers retire too early, joking such a trend could spark a revolution of old men in which he might join. He spoke while inspecting the Air Force Academy at Lowry Base in Denver.
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Denver
Eisenhower
America
Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Force Base
East Coast Ports Union Moves To Force U.S. Intervention
The International Longshoremen's Association ordered a coast to coast Atlantic strike to compel federal action in the New York and New Jersey waterfront dispute. Governors Meyner and Harriman offered no comment as labor officials, hiring bosses, and lawmakers traded accusations of broken promises and political interference.
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East Coast Ports Union
U.S
New York
Atlantic Coast
The
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Ind
Canada
Puerto Rico
ILA
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
Averell Harriman
Bistate
Bradley
Hudson River
Thomas Gleason
New York State Legislative Committee
Psychiatrist says mother won't admit daughter is dead in abortion case
In Philadelphia a famed psychiatrist testifies Mrs. Gertrude Silver refuses to acknowledge her daughter Doris Jean Silver Ostreicher is dead. The inquest ruled death from a criminal abortion with foreign bodies entering the bloodstream. Prosecutors say death occurred within minutes of substance introduction.
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Philadelphia
Gertrude Silver
Doris Jean Silver Ostreicher
Abraham M. Ornsteen
Philadelphia General Hospital
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Ornsteen
Mrs. Silver
McBride
Melville J. Aston
Samuel Cash
Gaston Cleared for Coast Guard Commission
Norton Pierre Gaston, 23, of San Francisco, whose commission was withheld due to his mother’s alleged subversive ties, has been cleared for security and will receive his Coast Guard commission as an ensign on Wednesday.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Norton Pierre Gaston
San Francisco
Murder Denied By Car Dealer Arnau Pleads Innocent
Louis James Arnau a 56 year old used car dealer is charged with the murder of 52 year old Lawton boot legger Jack Shaw. Arnau entered an innocent plea at arraignment before Peace Justice Marvin E. Cameron. A preliminary hearing was set for September 20 at 10 a.m. He remains in county jail without bond.
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Louis James
Arnau
Lawton
Jack Shaw
Marvin E. Cameron
Allen Sasser
Cameron
Sasser
Bennie Wallis
Fair Skies and Mild Temps Foreseeable In Lawton
Resort weather will continue in Lawton and the area today and Tuesday with more fair skies and mild temperatures. Highs today and Tuesday will range from 85 to 90 degrees and tonight's low will be 60. Today's low was 62 and the 11 a.m. reading was 79, Sunday high was 81 degrees.
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Lawton
Pinball Trial Postponed To October Sixth
Continuance granted in the case against Tom Ward American Bar operator on illegal possession of slot machines. City Court Judge Ralph Cline set the new date after consulting Ward who is represented by Gil Rheads. County Attorney Manville Redman will push revocation of Ward's beer license and seek destruction of three pinball machines. Hearings on the beer vacation and confiscation are scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m. District Judge Toby Morris will hear confiscation, County Judge S R Harper will oversee the license revocation. Machines were removed after state crime bureau agent Steele Westbrook allegedly saw a man collect money for games on September 3.
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Tom Ward
Ralph Cline
Ward
Gil Rheads
Manville Redman
Toby Morris
S. R. Harper
Steele Westbrook
State Crime Bureau
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Dick Jeannette
Whitmore Lake
Mich
Detroit
Jeannette
Egypt
Baptist
Climax City
Bonn
Stock Mart
New York State Joint Legislative Committee On Industrial and Labor Conditions
John L. Ostrander
Marshall M. Miller
Patrick J. Connolly
Graf
Waterfront Commission
Ostrander
Colorado
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Gaston
Coast Guard Commission
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