Yankees Win World Series Opener With Elston Howard Power
New York defeats Brooklyn 6-5 in game one as Joe Collins hits two home runs and Elston Howard adds a first inning shot. Dodgers answer with two homers by Furillo and Snider but strand runners, while Yankees cash in on a late unearned run via Gil McDougalds error. A tight duel sees 10 hits for Dodgers to 9 for the Yankees in a game marked by power and timely Yankee defense.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Joe Collins
Elston Howard
Brooklyn Dodgers
Collins
Yogi Berra
Howard
Yankee
Dodgers
Carl Furillo
Duke Snider
Yankees
Gil McDougald
Deceived mother surrenders kidnapped baby to priest in Stockton
Betty Benedicto 27 of Stockton confessed taking 11 day old Robert Marcus from a San Francisco hospital nursery nine days earlier. She delivered the infant to Rev. Allen McCoy at St. Marys parish after telephoning the father, Dr Sanford Marcus, and arranging a meet in Stockton. The baby is reported in excellent condition as police say he is Robert Marcus. The case unfolds with details of deception, family distress, and a swift police response.
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Stockton
Calif
Robert Marcus
San Francisco
Jack O’keefe
Betty Benedicto
Allen McCoy
St. Mary’s Parish
Sanford Marcus
Marcus
Hanna
Benedicto
O’keefe
Robert
O'Keefe
Mrs. Benedicto
Marcus Benedicto
Los Angeles
Mt. Zion Hospital
Yankees Rally Ties Game With Collins Ahead Homer
Furillo butchers a lower right field homer that lands in the stands after it clears the fence near Bauer. Howard then hits a second homer for the lead before Collins ties the score at 2 2 as Newcombe walks and Rizzuto is nabbed by Robinson.
Snider’s Grand Deck Homer Ties Series as Brooklyn Surges
Bert Snider launched a towering homer into the third deck of the right field stands, his sixth NL World Series blast, tying the game 3 3. Campanella, Furillo, Hodges, Robinson, Bauer, and Reese feature in the late action as Brooklyn fights back and Bauer advances to scoring position.
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Dodgers
Snider
Brooklyn
Campanella
McDougald
Furillo
Hodges
Noren
Robinson
Area Weather Forecast With Scattered Showers Likely
Partly cloudy with little temperature change and possible scattered showers this afternoon. Highs today near 68, with a similar outlook for Thursday around the same. A reading around 88 likely in the afternoon.
Convention draws 200 delegates to Oklahoma brewers meet
The 23rd annual Oklahoma Malt Beverage Association convention and 17th annual United States Brewers Foundation meeting opened at the Hotel Lawtonian with registration this morning. More than 200 delegates and executives from Milwaukee to St. Louis and New Orleans attend the three day event, Lawton's large conference. Registration runs through the afternoon. About 75 delegates checked in Tuesday, said convention chairman Jack Webb of P&O Distributing. Today is Brewers Day with a 1 p.m. OMBA committee meeting and doubt lingered about a large Indian ceremonial exhibition and presentation.
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Oklahoma Malt Beverage Association
Oklahoma Division of
United States Brewers Foundation
Lawtonian
Milwaukee
St. Louis
New Orleans
Lawton
Jack Webb
P&o Distributing Co
OMBA
Janet Storms Into Honduras Threatens Coastal Overtime
Janet, a powerful hurricane moving from the Caribbean into northern British Honduras, brings 115 mph winds and heavy rains. Evacuations begin as a separate flood crisis emerges in Tampico tied to forerunning Hilda, which has claimed 300 lives. Navy and Air Force units search for 11 missing hurricane hunters and two Canadian journalists after a reconnaissance flight.
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Miami
Yucatan Peninsula
Tampico
Hilda
Janet
Yucatan
Gulf of Campeche
Caribbean Sea
British Honduras
mid-Caribbean
Navy
Neptune
Air Force
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Big Fair Events on Capital Menu
Oklahoma State Fair officials hoped crowds would rebound after rain cut attendance. Through Tuesday 127,039 had visited the first four days, versus 246,619 last year. Thursday features include stock car races at 2 pm, Fair Follies at 7 30 pm, and fireworks at 9 30 pm. Friday is State School Day with free admission for all state school children. Saturday offers Thrill Cade at 2 pm and Art Swanson's Thrill Circus at 7 30 pm. Ten Comanche County 4-H members and coaches wrap up their visit tonight.
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Oklahoma
Art Swanson
Comanche County
Oklahoma City Fair
Rotation dates for three Fort Sill battalions
The Department of Army announced Operation Gyroscope rotation dates for Fort Sill units. The 267th Armored Field Artillery Battalion will swap with the 597th FA Battalion at Hanau in April 1956. The 553rd will exchange with the 760th in Darmstadt in July 1956, and the 532nd FA Observation Battalion will exchange with the 529th FA Battalion in Karlsruhe in June 1956.
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Fort Sill
Department of Army
Sill
Hanau
Germany
Darmstadt
Karsruhe
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City council adopted a permanent zoning ordinance after a public hearing, repealing all previous zoning laws including a temporary ordinance from Sept 17. The move ends a month long effort linked to a Superior court case challenging earlier ordinances and follows Judge Landers ruling on enforcement against Jack Kytle.
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Robert S. Landers
Six Charged In Beatings Oklahoma City
Six men were charged Wednesday with assaulting city garbage collectors Tuesday. Police who protected the crews described efforts to quell the unrest as the mass firing of city workers over union recognition. Six of 16 detainees in the city jail face felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly striking Harley Rackley and James Dixon with pop bottles and a dog chain in the 4200 block of Northwest 22nd Street. Rackley is a former garbage department employee. Dixon is a new replacement. Penalties up to five years in the state penitentiary apply.
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Oklahoma City
Tom Hamill
Peace Justice Court
Harley Rackley
James Dixon
22Nd Street
Rackley
Garbage Department
Teamsters Union
Dixon
State Penitentiary
Everett Sanders
Garbagemen
Private Traffic Court Is Sought By Blunt Zorger
Councilman Blunt Zorger urged creating a separate traffic court, citing his visit to the Municipal court where drunken defendants were brought in while women were present. He proposed moving traffic cases to another part of the building or a different location.
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Blunt Zorger
Zorger
Lake Lawtonka Could Rise Three Feet This Week
Lake Lawtonka may gain up to three feet as recent rainfall swells the watershed. Patrolman John Frampton said the lake had risen two feet this morning and hopes for another half-foot in the next four to five days. Saddle Mountain area and Medicine Park saw overcast skies with limited lightning.
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Lake Lawtonka
John Frampton
Lawtonka
Frampton
Medicine Park
Saddle Mountain
Eisenhower Ends Second Comfortable Night With Satisfactory Progress
White House bulletin reports President Eisenhower slept well again and showed stable, uncomplicated recovery. Doctors say progress is satisfactory with no complications and bolster confidence he can assume leadership within about 30 days.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
White House
Byron E. Pollock
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Washington
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Berra
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Rizzuto
Don Bessent
Nora
Ben Brickell
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