Giants Topple Indians 3 To 1 In World Series Game Two
New York Giants beat the Cleveland Indians 3 to 1 to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series. Key plays include Antonelli's home run off Smith and several defensive gems as Giants pitchers and fielders held the Indians to one run. Westlake drew a walk and scored during a late inning sequence, while Wertz and Doby supplied Indians hits in a tight contest.
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New York
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Smith
Antonelli
Indians
Avila
Dark
Doby
Rosen
Wertz
Westrum
Westlake
Mays
Durocher
John
Windy
Hearn
Giants
Strickland
Williams
Tornado Forecast Issued for Southern Oklahoma
The Weather Bureau issued a tornado forecast at 2 15 p m for areas south of a line from Texola to Norman to Ardmore in Oklahoma. The warning covers from now until 9 p m with risk centered in the specified counties and towns.
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Oklahoma City i
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Texola
Norman
Ardmore
Whisky Raiders Nab Cache Loaded Auto
Police find a cache of wine whisky and gin linked to Wayne Tisdale after a highway pursuit near Lawton and Randlett. Detective Preston Williams seized 45 cases at 1337 Ash Street and charged Tisdale with possession and related offenses.
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Preston Williams
Apinhen
Wayne Tisdale
Lawton
U.S. 277
Tisdale
Iit Ang
Illiams
Williams
Ash Street
Glen McHale
Waurika
Randlett
Oral Ridgeway
Benny Wallis
Ridgeway
McHale
Manville Redman
Euclid
Army Adds Long Range Redstone Missile and Expands Divisions
The Army disclosed steps to begin limited production of the Redstone guided missile, potentially 500 mile range, with Chrysler handling an $855000 contract bringing total Redstone funding above 22 million dollars. Parallel plans will raise combat divisions to 24 within two years, increasing organizational strength across the force.
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Washington
Colorado
Eisenhower
Robert T. Stevens
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Redstone
Chrysler Corp
Atomic Cannon Stuck In German Ditch For 2 Days
In Heidelberg Germany the U S Army confirmed one of its 280 mm atomic cannons crashed into a ditch last Sunday night and remained stuck until Tuesday The 85 ton gun one of 30 in West Germany was returning from maneuvers News of the accident was disclosed after a West German newspaper ran a photo The prior month another cannon skidded into a ditch near Murnau and stayed three days
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Heidelburg
Germany
U. S
West Germany
Murnau
Enid Man Fatally Shot Defending Steak House
Enid Oklahoma 63 year old Mike Biter owner of Mike's Steak House died at St Mary's hospital after resisting an armed robbery. Sheriff Lelon Coyle said a youthful gunman about 25 fled in a waiting car along U S Highway 81. Witnesses described the holdup at 1 08 a m and a pistol shot wounded Biter in the right side.
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Enid
Okla
Mike Biter
Biter
St. Mary’s Hospital
Garfield County
Lelon Coyle
Highway Patrol
Coyle
Mike
Soviet to unveil atomic plans at U.N. General Assembly
At United Nations in New York observers expected Andrei Vishinsky to present Soviet proposals on nuclear weapons and the Eisenhower Dulles plan. He was said to push a ban on nuclear arms while reiterating Moscow’s opposition to any atomic agency under UN Security Council control.
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United Nations
N.Y
Andrei Vishinsky
U.N. General Assembly
Vishinsky
Russia
United States
Eisenhower
U.N
Dulles
U.N. Security Council
Post Restores Normal Duty Hours At Fort Sil
The public information office says normal duty hours return at 8 a.m. Monday. Hours will be 8 to 12 and 1 to 5, Monday through Friday, plus 8 to noon Saturday. The post had summer hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Fort Sil
Public Information Office
Dulles says US keeps veto on arms aid distribution
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the nine nation rearmament talks that the United States will keep final say over who receives American arms aid as part of a proposed Brussels pact arrangement. He warned that American troops could stay or leave depending on the conference outcome and noted Britain would maintain four divisions in Europe.
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U.S
Dulles
London
Wu. S
John Foster Dulles
United States
Sulles
Pierre M
France
Han
Brussels
Europe
Mendes-France
Britain
U. S
Oklahoma Toll Bonds Hit Bid Plan Clash
Sen Georgesky charged the Oklahoma Highway Authority with seeking only one bid on a 250 million toll road bond issue. Authority officials said they invited 10 investment bankers to bid as a group, hoping for competitive offers, while denying any secret plan.
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Oklahoma City
Georgesky
E Authority
Norman Chfield
Hirschfield
Miskovsky
United States
Johnston Murray
Miskovs
Murray
Turreikes
City Firms to Aid OU Customer Survey
Thirty six Lawton business firms will take part in a customer relations survey by the University of Oklahoma Extension division during the week of October 49. Ballots will cover courtesy, sales staff, merchandise quality and prices, with firms receiving confidential analyses of results.
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Lawton Business
University of Oklahoma Extension Division
University Group
Chamber of Commerce
Van Fleet asserts China tipped off on US plans in Korea
Gen James A Van Fleet testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that Beijing likely learned of US plans to avoid attacking Chinese bases in Korea He based the claim on an embassy source in Peiping and after returning from a Far East mission He urged breaking relations with Russia recalling Greece reporting by Homer Bigart and criticizing his coverage in the press
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Washington
James A. van Fleet
United States
Peiping
van Fleet
Far East
Eisenhower
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Russia
Korea
United Nations
Greece
Dwight P. Griswold
U. S
Homer Bigart
New York Herald Tribune
Bigart
Yugoslavia
Torrential Rains Flood Little Dixie Oklahoma
Torrential rains flooded parts of southeastern Oklahoma's Little Dixie with more than five inches in places. Reports show Choate Springs 5%, Hugo vicinity totals, Durant heavy rains, and two confirmed tornadoes near McAlester and Wynnewood causing no damage. Major damage struck Brambles Feed and Hardware in Oklahoma City. owner John F. Brambles confirmed the loss.
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Associated Press
Browth
Little Dixie
Oklahoma
Choate Springs
Grant
Hugo
Sawyer
Durant
Bryan County
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Wynnewood
Clayton
Sallisaw
Zoe
Watts
Fanshawe
Poteau
Heavener
Bengal
West Aml
Enid
Cushing
Brambles Feed and Hardware
John F. Brambles
Warm Spell Follows Cool Front In Southwest Oklahoma
A cool snap bypassed Lawton delaying a front that would have cooled southwest Oklahoma. Highs near the upper 80s to 90s, low 80s tonight. Traces of rain fell yesterday with Apache reporting .43 inch, and Lawton noting .02 inch..clouds and possible showers persist across Kansas and Oklahoma with cooler air in the northwestern region.
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Mother Nature
Lawton
Oklahoma
Apache
M. G. Kizer
Kansas
United States and France Agree on Indo China Aid Program
Washington reports that the United States and France will implement an immediate billion-dollar aid program to bolster free Indo China Cambodia Laos and Viet Nam. The plan aims to withdraw France's 10-division Viet Nam force by 1956 with a gradual schedule to avoid a power vacuum and to train larger native forces.
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Washington
United States
France
Cambodia
Laos
Indoina
Viet Nam
Indo-China
Polio Victim Saved At Sea In Navy Rescue
In heavy seas near Southampton England the Royal Navy ferried a helicopter and tug to aid a four year old American boy with polio from the troop transport General Maurice Rose. An air hoist failed due to winds so a delicate stretcher transfer kept his iron lung powered during a shipboard to shore move to Shaftesbury hospital.
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Southampton
England
Britain
Royal Navy
U. S
Germany
David Lee Oliver
Springfield
Maurice Rose
Shaftesbury
Iron lung arrives at Memorial hospital as Ada sends hot pack device
A defective iron lung from Memorial hospital was shipped to Oklahoma City for repair while a new iron lung from Cripple Creek Children’s Hospital arrives. Ada’s hot pack machine is en route to Memorial, with a loaned unit from Comanche County fire department aiding polio wards. The polio case count rises with 109 infant paralysis cases reported nationally.
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Memorial Hospital
Ada
Faye Barnett
Otto Barnett
Comanche
Oklahoma City
Crippley Children’s Hospital
Comanche County
Alley View
Weenertit
Denver
John R. Lewis
Geronimo
Polio Epidemic Strikes 101 In Tallahassee
In Tallahassee Florida a polio epidemic has infected 101 people with three new hospital admissions on Wednesday most cases described as mild and non crippling while officials urged residents to carry on with business as usual and keep calm.
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Tallahassee
Fla
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John Bull
Liberty
Mary Ann
Gregg Blois
Mike Badgett
Jill
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Yalu River
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