Ione and Hilda Devastate Gulf Coast and Northeast
Hurricane Ione battered the Northeast missing most land threats while five lives were lost in North Carolina and millions in damage. In Mexico, Hurricane Hilda left 12 dead and 15,000 homeless in Tampico as 90 percent of buildings were damaged. Authorities coordinated aid, with Governor Teran and President Cortines mobilizing resources as storms eased.
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Norfolk
Ione
North Carolina
Virginia
New England
Mexico City
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Texas
Horacio Teran
Hilda
Teran
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Gary Urges Early Action On Sill Road
Gov. Raymond Gary pressed the State Highway Commission to advance plans for a four lane highway from the three level interchange on U S 277 toward Fort Sill Gate No 1. He noted uncertainty over urban or primary status but pledged action.
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Raymond Gary
State Highway Commission
U.S. 277
Fort Sill Gate No. 1
Gary
Lawton
Fort Sill
Bill Logan
The
Highway Commission
Bud Stoldt
State Highway Department
Stoldt
Commission
Logan
Military Reservation
Bob Barr
Barr
Barr and
Edward T. Williams
Fair Completes Swine Judging at Comanche County Fair
Dean Haydock nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Haydock and member of Flower Mound 4 H club won the grand champion ribbon in the swine judging at Comanche County Fair. Reserve champion went to Charley McGuire FFA member from Fletcher. Haydock entered a light Chester White barrow while McGuire entered a light Berkshire barrow. Beef cattle judging was moved up to start at 1 p.m. from 2 p.m. to speed the process.
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Dean Haydock
Lewis Haydock
Flower Mound
Comanche
Comanche County
Floyd
Dean
Fairgrounds
Chester
Movie To Use Area Indians Buffalo Herd in Wichitas
Portions of a major Hollywood production costing seven million dollars will film in the Wichitas during October first two weeks. Mike Todd Inc. producers of the Oklahoma film and Jules Verne adaptation Eighty Days Around the World will shoot scenes with about 500 costumed area Indians. Filming now underway in Durango, Colorado, will shift to Lawton area around October 1 for two or more weeks. The VINE men will film an 1870s Indian village with war dances and another major sequence in the Wichitas.
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Mike Todd Inc
Oklahoma
United States
Hollywood Company
Durango
Colo
Lawton
VINE
Wichitas
Yankees Rout Senators in Day-Night Doubleheader
The New York Yankees stretched their winning streak to six games by defeating the Washington Senators 6-3 in the first game of a day night doubleheader. They moved two games ahead of the Cleveland Indians, who faced the White Sox in Chicago that night.
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Washington
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
New York
Cleveland Indians
White Sox
Chicago
Continental Airlines makes Tulsa flight stop permanent
Continental Airlines announces that the 9:45 a.m. Midland to Tulsa DC-3 flight will stop permanently at Lawton beginning Sunday. The 21 passenger plane will halt daily except Saturday, with about 150 passengers boarded during the initial flag-stop month, and higher loads expected once permanent stops begin.
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Continental
Tulsa
John Bjurman
Lawton
Midland
Bjurman
Reds Release Two Women Missionaries From China
In a near completion of repatriation, 41 American civilians freed from Communist China, including two women missionaries Miss Sarah Perkins and Miss Dorothy Middleton, reached British territory after years in confinement. They were met by U S officials and Red Cross representatives as they crossed the freedom bridge, expressing relief and gratitude.
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Hong Kong
China
Sarah Perkins
Tennile
Dorothy Middleton
Cicero
Ill
Miss Perkins
Middleton
Dilmas T. Kanady
Houston
Tex
Reds
Free World
Canton
Freedom Bridge
U. S
Robert Aylward
A. L. Gordon
Red Cross
Miss Middleton
Oklahoma Court Declines Holt Original Jurisdiction
Oklahoma Supreme Court refused to take original jurisdiction in the Lt Norman Holt case. Holt seek s a patrol hearings board review and reinstatement to his former rank. A Friday senate hearing on the patrol shakeup will be televised at KSWO TV studio with Sen Kirksey Nix presiding.
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Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Norman Holt
Patrol Appeals Board
Holt
Lawton
Kirksey Nix
McAlester
State Senate
Better Government Committee
Senate Committee
Charles Green
Sen. Nix
Andy Bidwell
Cleeta John Rogers
Oklahoma City
Untidy Blonde Steals Infant From Hospital
In San Francisco a 3 day old infant, Robert J. Marcus, son of Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Marcus, Daly City, was abducted from Mt. Zion Hospital. Police and volunteers hunted a 34 year old white woman described as untidy looking with long blonde hair, last seen leaving the hospital with the baby. The doctor appealed publicly for the child's safe return, expressing heartbreak for the parents.
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San Francisco
Mt. Zion Hospital
Robert J. Marcus
Sanford Marcus
Daly City
Lettie Clement
Eleanor Lorenz
George Dyer
Marcus
Peron Flees to Gunboat as Junta Seeks Interception
Buenos Aires reports Peron boarded a Paraguayan gunboat with his aide Maj. Ignacio Ciabeta after rebels seized power. The Paraguayan ambassador confirmed the ex-dictator received protection and could face charges in Paraguay. Junta leaders move to contain CGT and plan for talks while denying a general strike.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Paraguay
Palermo
Uruguay
Argentina
Juan Chavez
Ignacio Ciabeta
Asuncion
General Federation of Labor
Bahia Blanca
CGT
Dawn
Dope Possession Charges Filed In Lawton
City court charged 40 year old Walter Chester Brown after a raid at 1806 Washington. Detectives seized a quart jar containing about 100 marijuana cigarets. County Attorney Manville Redman filed the charge of possession of marijuana. The offense could carry penitentiary time upon conviction.
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Lawton
Walter Chester Brown
Washington
Brown
Manville Redman
Army To Rotate Three Sill Artillery Battalions
The Army will rotate 20 battalions next spring and summer, including three from Fort Sill, with 10 returning to the U S and 10 replacing them overseas in Operation Gyroscope. Fort Sill units are the 267th, 532nd, and 553rd Artillery Battalions under Lt. Col. Georgelas, Manning, and Parish.
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The
Army
Fort Sill
United States
267Th Armored Field Artillery
John G. Georgelas
John S. Manning
Edward L. Parish
Eight Convicts Escape Louisiana State Penitentiary
ANGOLA La Police scoured a two state area for eight hardened felons who escaped from Louisiana State Penitentiary by gunpoint in a stolen car. The manhunt focused along the Mississippi River between Angola and Woodville Mississippi. Warden Maurice Sigler called them rough characters and said none are safe. They seized four rifles from guards and 19 to 25 rounds of ammunition. The fugitives were last seen in a two tone green car with Pennsylvania plates.
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Angola
Lousiana State Penitentiary
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Woodville
Miss
Maurice Sigler
Molotov seeks Red China seat at UN assembly
Soviet Foreign Minister Viacheslav Molotov urged the United Nations to replace Nationalist China with the Chinese Communists at the start of the 10th annual General Assembly session in New York. He made the move on a point of order as Dutch substitute Luns opened for Van Kleffens.
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United Nations
N. Y
Viacheslav M. Molotov
China
Molotov
J. N. A. H. Luns
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Netherlands
Till Murder Trial Jury Completed In Sumner Mississippi
A 12 man all white jury was seated in Sumner for the trial of two white men charged with murdering 14 year old Chicago boy Emmett Till. Nine farmers, a carpenter, an insurance salesman and a retired carpenter comprise the panel. Mose Wright, Uncle of Till, is expected to testify for the state, with Judge Curtis Swango ordering a 13th juror as alternate. Mamie Bradley, Till’s mother from Chicago, arrived to testify as a state witness.
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Till
Mamie Bradley
Chicago
Sumner
General Rains May Fall In Area Soon
An influx of moisture from former hurricane Hilda and a new cold front from Canada may bring general rains to Oklahoma Wednesday and Thursday. Local forecast shows partly cloudy skies with no notable temperature change and possible scattered afternoon or evening thunder showers.
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Hilda
Canada
Oklahoma
Link For Lakes To Be Studied
A proposal to drain runoff from Lake Elmer Thomas into Lake Lawonka will be presented to the city council Tuesday during the weekly session. The plan, estimated at 50000 dollars or more, would add to the Thomas flood gates to store more water, with runoff flowing after the lake fills.
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Lake Elmer Thomas
Lawonka
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
See Council
Yanks Seek Sunk Treasure in Vigo Bay Search
Madrid reports a group of Americans led by John S. Potter Jr seeks a $115 million Spanish treasure sunk in Vigo Bay two centuries ago. Potter believes modern gear can lift gold and silver from 30 feet of mud while divers have recovered parts before.
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Madrid
Vigo Bay
John S. Potter Jr
Southampton
N.Y
Potter
U.S. Navy
Cadiz
Spain
Mexico
France
England
Vig
Atlantic
Sir George Rooke
Vigo
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Texas Good Neighbor Commission
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Delaware
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Sill Road
Bulletin
Hector Hugo di Pietto
Federation
Lawton High School
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Jack Hudson
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Lela Gibbons
LHS
Douglass High
Fourth Transportation
Fort Eustis
Stuttgart
Germany
Fort Devens
Karlsruhe
66Th Ordnance Bn
Fort Bragg
80Th Ordnance
95Th
Fort Ord
Calif
Darmstadt
97Th Field Artillery
Fort Carson
254Th Field Artillery
Wurzburg
267Th Field Artillery
Okla
597Th Field
Hanau
583Rd Field Artillery
Louisiana
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