Hunter Plane Missing In Caribbean Hurricane Janet
The hurricane hunter aircraft with nine crewmen and two civilians aboard is missing after entering the Janet storm south of Jamaica. Navy ships and eight aircraft plus surface craft scour a 300 by 150 mile search area. Toronto Star reporter Douglas Cronk and photographer Alfred Tate were aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Janet
Swan Island
Honduran
British Honduras
Yucatan Peninsula
Jamaica
Navy
Jacksonville
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Washington
State Department
Alfred O. Tate
Douglas Cronk
Toronto Star
United States
Lee Janet
Arnau Bound Over For Trial In Slaying Of City Bootlegger
Arnau bound over to a higher court for jury trial on a murder charge in the Sept 8 fatal shooting of Jack Shaw a 52 year old Lawton bootlegger and service station operator. The preliminary hearing attracted more than 200 spectators. Shaw's widow Mrs Jack Shaw testified Arnau had been a customer at the Shaws place for some time.
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Arnav
Jack Shaw
Marvin Cameron
Arnau
Lawton Burton
Allen Sasser
Burton
Bill Dixon
Louis J
Lawton
Shaw
Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
Ralph
Doyle Williams
Central
Ambu
Arnaud
Cameron Wins Approval for New Cameron Gym and Education Building
Cameron college secured tentative approval from the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education for a $375,000 physical education building as part of a statewide package totaling $10.6 million. The Cameron share mainly funds a modern gymnasium, a project pursued since 1953, with completion hoped for early 1956-57 if bond funds and court approval flow.
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Cameron College
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
Oklahoma City
Cameron
C. Vernon Howell
Howell
State Supreme Court
Cameron Gymnasium
Big 3 Open Strategy Talks Begin In New York
In New York the foreign ministers of France Great Britain and the United States opened strategy discussions aimed at concrete results from upcoming Big Four meetings in Geneva October 27. Dulles MacMillan and Pinay joined in the two day talks in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel focusing on European disarmament security pledges and German reunification within NATO amid Soviet opposition. Molotov again urged a Soviet disarmament package in the UN proposing a nuclear ban and base withdrawals.
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New York
France
Great Britain
United States
Geneva
U.S
State Dulles
Canada
U. S
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
West Germany
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
V.M. Molotov
NATO
Lake Lawtonka Rises Two Feet. Forecasts Show More Rain
Lake Lawtonka continues to rise as rain-fed streams push levels up two feet three inches with a prediction of further increases by Wednesday morning. Medicine Park patrolman John Frampton notes rising water and potential showers, while the forecast calls for partly cloudy weather with scattered showers and above normal temperatures through the weekend.
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Lawtonka
John Frampton
Medicine Park
Frampton
Saddle Mountain
Lawton
Ten Jailed After Capital Garbage Men Attacked
Oklahoma City police arrested at least ten workers after four city garbage handlers were attacked while protests followed the firing of workers seeking AFL Teamsters union recognition. Witnesses cited baseball bats and bottle-throwing attackers as a patrol of 35 officers guarded the city garage during routes.
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Oklahoma City
AFL Teamsters Union
Eisenhower Good Spirits as He Recovers in Denver
President Eisenhower, described as comfortable and cheerful, spent much of the morning outside his oxygen tent at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver. A noon bulletin said he progressed satisfactorily with stable vitals, while Dr White cautioned that complications are possible in the first two weeks, though two-month full recovery remains reasonably good.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Taylor to Inspect Fort Sill Aviation Units
Gen Maxwell D Taylor Army Chief of Staff will inspect the Army Aviation Unit Training Command at Fort Sill on Saturday. Lt Col Charles Ernest will accompany him. units inspected include the 45th and 54th Transportation Battalions in the 5000 area north of Post Field. Taylor arrived as Chief of Staff after service as Far East and United Nations Commander in Chief prior to appointment.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Army Chief of
Army Aviation Unit Training Command
Fort Sill
AAUTC
Charles Ernest
45Th Transportation Battalion
Taylor
Tation
Francis Holden Jr
Aviation Command
Ernest
Fort Riley
Kan
Post Field
Gen. Taylor
Army
Far East
United Nations
Police Still Hunt Brutal Hijackers
City detectives target three armed robbers who burned and slugged George Bull, warehouse manager for Oklahoma Distributing Co, and escaped with 1500 dollars from the 615 S. Sixth safe. Bull suffered a hand burn after the attackers threatened his face if he refused to open the safe. Two assailants acted inside while a lookout stood at the door. Police Chief Ralph Hennessee said investigators are pursuing every angle with other area agencies. See robbery details on Page 2.
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Lawton
Safe of Oklahoma Distributing Company
Ralph Hennessee
George Bull
Oklahoma Distributing Co
Bull
Post Guard Hit By Pistol Shot
Sergeant Frank L. McDowell of Fort Sill was shot in the left chest while checking a handgun at 4 a.m. He was on guard duty near building 1603 and is in serious to critical condition at Fort Sill Army Hospital. The weapon reportedly discharged accidentally. McDowell is with Headquarters Battery, 602nd Field Artillery Battalion.
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Fort Sill
U.S. Army Hospital
Frank L. McDowell
602Nd Field Artillery Battalion
Public Information Office
McDowell
Stocks Bounce Back As Chief Gains Ground
New York stocks bounced back as the market lagged by 18 minutes at 9:30 am while prices rose overall. General Motors jumped $3 after yesterday's drop, with volume lighter yet transactions larger in dollar size, amid bargain hunting following news of President Eisenhower’s illness and a sharp prior decline.
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Chief
New York
General Motors
Eisenhower
Oklahoma Industrial Tour Briefing for Lawton Delegates
Southwest Oklahomans join the fifth Oklahoma Industrial Tour starting October 15 from Lawton and ending October 29. More than 80 Oklahomans will participate, the largest group yet, after a briefing at the Hotel Lawtonian by Don Anderson of Oklahoma Gas and Electric. Lawton’s J C Kennedy Wilbur Thomas Milt Keating and Exall English chair the local contingent among others listed for the tour.
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Don Anderson
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
Area Weather Forecast With Warm Afternoon Showers
Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon or evening showers or thundershowers. Warmer today with highs near 85 to 90 degrees and a low around the upper 60s. The low today is 65. An 11 am reading was 80 and Monday high expected near 7.
Egypt Accepts Russian Arms Offer in Middle East Shift
Egypt informed Britain it accepted a Russian arms supply offer as Western powers weighing policy shift in the Middle East amid UN Assembly talks. Macmillan and Dulles to discuss the move in New York. France and Britain seek to maintain balance with Israel and Arab states.
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London
Egypt
Britain
Foreign Office
Harold Macmillan
U.S
State Dulles
New York
United States
France
Middle East
Israel
Humphrey Trevelyan
Macmillan
Russia
Antoine Pinay
Dulles
UN Assembly
Geneva
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Shuw
By Ray Atteberry
Paul Harris
Ers
Billy Cox
P. Gordon
Gill
C. E. Douglas
Ike
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
George M. Powell
Howard M. Snyder
White House
Cox Defense
Purman Wilson
Purcell
Jim Cox
Indiahoma
Oklahoma Bar Association
Executive Council
State Bar
Bar’s
Donald Rouse
Wilson
COX
Brazos River
Graham
Texas
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