Baton Expert Plans Glamorous Halftime Show at Lawton High
Lawton high school fans will enjoy a glittering halftime spectacle at Roosevelt Stadium this season with baton expert Mrs. Fred Powell assisting bandmaster John Metenry. Powell brings 13 years of baton work to a planning board featuring several shows including five baton routines and a Broadway style number Hernando's Hideaway. Powell, mother of a month old son, Frederick Eugene, has headline credits with University of Miami's Hurricane show and television appearances. She hails from Fort Lauderdale and, with her husband a Fort Sill lieutenant, leads a twirling program for youths aged around four or five, tracing her start in Detroit and lessons from Bill Adams.
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Darlene Powell
Florida
Lawton High School
Roosevelt Stadium
Fred Powell
John Metenry
LHS
App
Hurricane
Miami ‘University
Hurricanetlos
Fort Lauderdai
Darlene
Fort Sill
Faubus Faces Court Clash as Hays Presses Peace
Governor Faubus and Rep. Brooks Hays conferred as a court hearing looms over the Little Rock school integration dispute. Faubus shows no sign of backing down amid reports he may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on state versus federal authority. Federal lawyers move to secure an injunction while Central High opens under guards and observers sparse.
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Little Rock
Brooks Hays
Lirtle Beck
Orvald. Faubus
Faubus
Akar Democrat
Fanbus
U.S. Supreme Court
Hays
Eisenhower
Oklahoma City
Mutia
Cetral High School
Justice Department
Lite Rock
Central High School
Registar
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington County
Virgina
Nashville
Tenn
Murder Suspect Sent to Fort Supply for Mental Observation
Charles B. Duncan, a 15 year old accused in the Sunday shooting deaths of Clyde Tillery and Charles Ivey, was moved to a Fort Supply state hospital for up to 90 days of mental observation. Deputy Avil Roberson transported him at 8:15 a.m. and District Judge Luther B. Eubanks signed the order after attorney W. W. Godlove requested commitment.
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Sterling
Lawton
Fort Supply
Avil Roberson
Luther B. Eubanks
W. W. Godlove
Sunay Evening
Clyde W. Tillery
Charles Ivey
Godlove
Uie
Cammasil Sym Wusean
Enee
Fort Sill to Test Jet Planes for Observing Artillery Fire
Fort Sill will host Project Long Arm to test three 3-37 jet observation planes from Fort Rucker Alabama. An advance party led by Capt James Whited and three enlisted men arrives to set up for a period through November 8. The test aims to determine organization tactics and techniques for using high performance observation aircraft with artillery and missile units.
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Fort Sill
Fort Rucker
Ala
James Whited
Army Aviation School
U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center
Stil
Armored
Fort Knox
Infantry
Fort Benning
Inan
Air Force
Arillery
Suspect's Hearing Delayed in Baby's Death Case
A 2L-year-old suspect, Sel. Richard Dean Prather, has a 24 hour continuance granted for arraignment on a murder charge connected to the death of his four month old daughter Corinne Renee. Judge Woodrow Giles approved the delay after Prather said he lacks an attorney. arraignment was moved to 10 30 a m Thursday. Prather remains in county jail without bond at Fort Sill hospital scene last Saturday around 5 45 pm. The complaint by Warren Crane and deputy Arvil Roberson alleges he beat the child with his hands and oils. Autopsy by NEAMING in Paco Col.
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Justice’ of Peace
Woodrow Giles
Bheing
Soldcer
Prather
Sgt
Corinne Renee
Fort Sill Hospital
Warren Crane
Arvil Roberson
Sem Neaming
Paco
Col
Sill Man Murders Wife Kills Himself
Police report a Fort Sill sergeant and his wife, Geraldine Spears, were found dead in a duplex after a gunfire incident. The couple, aged 32 and 21, were the fourth and fifth violent deaths in the city over four days, amid domestic tensions and an ongoing string of fatalities. Neighbors recall domestic difficulties and a separation. The incident occurred around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday in apartment 1- No. 1 D, near the Spears residence, with no eyewitnesses.
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Fort Sil
Beoker T. Spears
Fort Sill
7Th Trans. Truck Co
Geraldine
Sgt. Spears
Flu Epidemic Strikes Eight States With Asian Variant
A wave of influenza reaches eight states from New York to Texas with thousands ill, many students among the affected. Mississippi reports 24,000 cases in epidemic counties, while Hastings New Jersey and Niagara Falls New York schools report numerous absences and closures. No mass vaccination plans announced locally.
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New York
Texas
Assissippi
Florida
Missouri
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Board of Health
Mississippi
Issippi
All. Gray
Hastings
Oswego County
N. J
Niagara Falls
Central Square
Cleveland School
Brewerton School
Constantia School
Central Ave
Convoe
Irolston
BR. Cook
Longhorn Sale On Tap Thursday At Refuge
The annual Longhorn sale at the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge opens at 1 p m Thursday. Hundreds of buyers from Oklahoma Texas and other states are expected despite weather concerns. A new bleacher section was added and owners including T G Cap Yates of Marathon and his daughter Billie of Jacksboro are already present.
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Wichita Mounting Wildlife Refuge
Buffalo Corrals
Refuge
Julian Howard
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
Connie Hi
Howard
T. G
Cap) Yates
Marathon
Tex
Billie
Jacksboro
Yates
Polio Strikes City Worker
A 45 year old city garbage department worker, A D Beaty of 1610 Garfield, was reported as a polio case at Memorial Hospital. He had not received Salk vaccine shots and has no children. Beaty, admitted Tuesday, has been ill since Sept 14 with paralysis starting in one leg. Officials said he remains in satisfactory condition at noon today.
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Com County
A. D. Deaty
Garfield
Fe Memorial Hospital
Beaty
Bill Joie
Strike Negotiations Still Deadlocked
A federal mediator urged reappraisal as 23,800 telephone equipment installers began a three day strike nationwide. The walkout disrupted long distance service and halted about 9,000 projects, including automatic dialing systems, affecting millions while 150,000 non striking workers crossed picket lines.
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New York
Walter Maggioto
Medalion and Conciliation Service
Communications Workers of America
Western Elected, Co
Maggiola
Tient
Fort Sill Plane Vanishes Prompt Wide Air Search
An eight-hour overdue L-19 aircraft missing from Fort Polk Louisiana prompted a large-scale air search. Lt Robert Wright is named as pilot. The flight left at 2 AM bound for Fort Sill with planned stops in Tyler and Sherman Texas. Fort Sill and Fort Polk authorities coordinated with the CAA as 60 mile wide search lanes were scouted using 60-mile paths by Fort Sill and Fort Polk aircraft and helicopters. The missing plane was not located by 1 PM today and authorities continue to search the route.
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Ainch
Fort Polk
Robert HE
Wright
Smith
2Nd Field Artilley Battalion
Bet
At & Am
CAA
Fort Food
Tex
Robert E. Kren
Sill
Ine
Tyler
Shermati
Kidnapping Shock Restores Light For Fort Worth Woman
Virginia Minks, 20, wife of a Carswell Air Force Base airman, was found with hands bound after being kidnapped and driven around for hours. A doctor said the blindness was psychological and she regained sight after a shock, telling police she had been assaulted but not raped.
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Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Virginia Minks
Slain At McAlester Texas Oil Worker Shot At Drive In
Carroll D. Pennington of Dallas died from a chest wound after a shooting near a drive in theater in McAlester. Pennington, 36, died at McAlester General Hospital. Oklahoma authorities sought a Shawnee man for questioning as alerts spread across Oklahoma and surrounding states.
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Mcalester
Texas Oilield
Pittsburg County
Ewing Sadler
Carroll D. Pennington
Dallas
Oklahoma
Pennington
McAlester General Hospital
Patice
Japan Weather Sparks Debate Over Nuclear Tests
A Japanese scientist linked yesterday’s unusual rain patterns to new Soviet nuclear weapons tests. Officials note widespread rainfall across Japan with no official health warnings issued.
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Japan
Soviet Union
Esther batters Southeast Louisiana as gale flood hits coast
The tropic storm Esther struck southeast Louisiana with 64 mph winds eight inches of rain and widespread flooding around New Orleans and coastal towns. Schools closed and water covered U S Highway 90 Drought warned residents fled inland while Mississippi towns braced for the storm’s northeast march. Authorities noted the worst had passed but torrential rains and tides lingered with more precautions planned.
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Esther
Louisiana
Hat
Erra
Mississippi
U.S
Raymond Kraft
Gulf of Mexico
Audrey
NewOreans
Gulf
Alabama
Ocean Springs
Pascagoula
Gullpert
Missy
Elvis A. Johnson
Ida B. Johnson
Burns
Air Force to fire four stage rocket for far side altitude test
Baltimore The Air Force will launch a four stage research rocket from Eniwetok Atoll, lifted by a balloon to about 1 000 000 miles above Earth in Phase 2 of Project Far Side. Data will study cosmic rays and the upper atmosphere as a preliminary exploration not tied to satellites or Project Vanguard.
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Air Force
Eniwetcls Atoll
Pacific
Air Research and Development Command
ARDC
Navy
Earth
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Elkson, Md
General Mills Co
Record Rocket Firing On Top At Fort Sil
Two Honest John rockets will be fired at a new Fort Sil range about 15 miles from Indiahonia, north of Indiahonia and west of Post Oak Mission. The 159th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion will conduct the test between 6 and 7 am Thursday. The position is chosen to keep the danger area within the military reservation boundary. Lt Col HE Bielefeld Jr commands the unit.
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Fort Sil
Public Information Office
159Th Field Artillery
HE. Bielefeld Jr
Indiahonia
Post Oak Mission
Withita Mountains
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Lit
Chance of Rain Seen For Area
A forecast predicts scattered thunderstorms over the Lawton area with a slight temperature drop on Thursday. Lows around 60s and highs near 80s are expected, with temperatures averaging 2-3 degrees above normal across the southern counties and a warming trend by Sunday.
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Lawton
Fort Sill praised for top Army entertainment talent
Soldier Show advisor Cyril Heiman praised Fort Sill as a major talent pool for the Army's Get Let Go television show. Heiman toured Fourth Army installations on temporary leave from Washington to inspect acts after a Fort Sill club show, with some performers potentially heading to New York for the film series.
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Heiman
Sill
New York
Signal Corps Pictoria Center
Astoria
N.Y
Paramount
New York City
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