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FORTY-FOUR PAGES—500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1955
FINAL HOME EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Of Fairris
Michigan Chief’s ‘War’
In Cards?
Cools; Adlai Heads Here
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Only Dispute Is on Issues,
GI Hero
Near End
here Friday from reports that placed him in a personality in the Davis torch murder, was
gun.
Due Tonight
What's Inside
Needs Politicians" Friday after-
pear before the committee at 1
On the whole, local Red Cross
who prosecuted Fairris, planned
caseworkers will regret to close
Racial Issue
Sama Saw Gun in Hand
ATLANTA ( — Gov. Marvin
Trial
cruise on a lucky ship.
though.
At home, she is surrounded
heard that I made a speech to mixed on such teams, or where visitor. (Page 28)
City. Enid and Altus.
Hero
Cancer Expert Hits Pipes, Too
Only
Western
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Text Hearings
End Abruptly
Miskousky Unheard
After Gary Moves
Arguer—A man whose idea of
conversation is contradiction.
consult with Scanland about what
witness to take with him to the
hearing. Several witnesses at Fair-
private. There*
citation signed
is confined to their home at HU
SW 31. because 71 years have
stolen sway most of her sight.
answer and cross-petition elimi-
nating the details in the original
instrument. They said the new <
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"We made it plain that we shall
continue to hold the Russians re-
expected to spread over the entire —
state by Saturday noon. Earlier 1
forecasts of scattered showers —
weather station here; a trace at proval in its final convention ses-
Tinker airforce base: .11 at Tulsa: sion. The AFL endorsed the mer-
.02 at Fort Sill and McAlester, .01 ger unanimously in its convention
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of Allied persona in their sector"
He said he could not determine
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New‘Trial’ An Olive Branch With Strings!
dentists by 1973, the state legis-
lative council's education com-
mittee was warned Friday. Dr.
F. J. Reich man. Oklahoma City,
told the committee the state's
dental profession is "scared"
and asked the committee to con-
sider establishing a dental col-
lege in Oklahoma (Page 36)
On the second day of his
of Young Democrzts which opened
Thursday
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But then, Williams went on to
say:
them to recite details which
might become a part of the proof
when the case is tried on its
merits.
Thompson and George Miskov-
sky, another attorney for Mrs
Murray, agreed to file amended
be known as the Amercan Fed-
eration of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations will meet
in convention Monday in the 71st
regiment armory here.
the new ones
Under the new law, an accused
party to a divorce 'action may
call upon his or her spouse for
a bill of particulars. This cannot
become a part of the court rec-
ords and is confidential insofar
as the press and public are con-
cerned.
After this matter was disposed
sive program.
Williams arrived here by
By MARY GOODARD
WHEN THE l:1S Rock Island
rolls into Oklahoma City Friday
Murray left the courtroom and
the floor on which it is located
and did not reappear for several
minutes. The proposal bore no
fruit.
from Colorado is expected to move
into northwestern Oklahoma 1st
Friday afternoon and across the
northern sections of the state Fr-
day night
1,
Don't miss this chance to
win big cash prizes. To 382
readens will • $10,225.
YOU can be one of *•
held in the capitol criminal court year partnership between the Eli train to address the national
of appeals courtroom if the crowd, M. Scott family, the defense de- convention of Young Dem-
is ton lare for hnard offices on----.....a *- D~d ocrats which opened Thurs-
the date of the first one-inch snow-
fall
The snow flurries which fell over
the stale Wednesday night left only
small amounts of precipitation, in-
cluding .02 inch at the airport
NEW YORK. I-The AFL and
CIO merged Friday into a single
federation of 16,000.000 members
— largest organized labor force in
the free world.
The CIO voted overwhelming ap-
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fearful years
HIS BODY IS arriving Friday
from Oakland, Calif . for home-
town services and burial.
It's not the homecoming his
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1st Snow
A $100 Windfall
(Details an Page 16)
0,725 Entries So Far
beas corpus hearing Thursday in
Sulphur and was released from
the Murray county jail after hla
attorneys posted a 115,000 surety
bond. Page 36)
Officials in three northeastern
counties Friday began an inves-
tigation after receiving informa-
tion that a Tulsa firm has been
paying a 10 percent kickback to
several county commissioners.
The information was received by
Howard Edmondson. Tulsa
county attorney. He identified
the firm as a bridge supply ’
company (Page 32'
Central Airlines President
Keith Kahle warns that Oklaho-
ma City may lose its prominence
as an air travel and air trans-
port transfer point unless run-
way improvements are made to
handle the jet planes. The pro-
posed $4,300,000 bond Issue, due
a vote December 13. pro-
ildes for those improvements.
'Page 36)
No settlement was in sight Fri-
day In the labor dispute at Aero
Design & Engineering Co. Offi-
cials of the firm said they had
not been contacted by union rep-
resentatives to renew negotia-
tions. The striking UAW-CIO air-
craft workers continued to pick-
Editorial Page
David Lawrence notices pro-
tests over the Soviet H-bomb
test aren't as loud as the U.S.
drew.
at Ardmore and a trace at Ponca Thursday.
The combined organization. to
Murray Icy in Court 5
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Saturday evening. High this aft-
ernoon 50 s in the east to 70 in sponsible for the proper treatment
the west. Low tonight 23 Pan-
he told a press conference at the Biltmore hotel, speaking
of his recent criticism of Stevenson's “moderation” theme.
"But I still disagree with it.”
He said the Democratic party needs a “bold progres-
. ------ated by detention of four
wumasrueyrramm Americans in East Berlin on
by memories of Samme. known some of your colleagues out at segregation is not required among
at home as Robert. There are Denver last weekend," he told del- spectators at such events."
Gals who took up pipe smoking, York City, medical and scientific
because they thought it would save director of the American Cancer
them from lung cancer can now Society, gave a new set of statis-
twitch to another fad with statisti- tics to a one-day study session of
Only 12 had never smoked; four
smoked occasionally: 252 were cig-
aret fans, 10 smoked pipes, 6,
cigars, and 1 smoked both pipes
and cigars. '
Stevenson 'Friend'
"Some members of the Press
have tried to make It appear that
a crevice has split the Democratic
party. These fellows either don't
understand, or don't want to ap-
pear to understand, the Democrat-
ic party.
"This is the time of year we
hammer out our platform on the
anvil of public discussion. Our
hammer blows are aimed at the
anvil, not at our friends.”
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David Fred Hagler |rM charged
COLLEGE PRESIDENT Dr. C. Q. Smith forgot his dignity Friday and whooped
it up with OCU students celebrating OCU’s first basketball victory of the new
season. Here he helps Pat Shults, left, and Mary Thompson, cheerleader, give out
with a rousing cheer for the Chiefs, who defeated Emporia State college, 63 to 41
Thursday night. (Details, page 32).
handle to 45 southeast. High ____________________
Saturday lower 30 ‛s north to 50 if this particular controversy rep-
the Negro is allowed to play. Grif-
fin Mid "the wording of the tele-
gram speaks for itself."
‘Battle Is Joined’
The message to Arnold added:
"The South stands at Armaged-
don. The battle is joined. We can-
not make the slightest concession
to the enemy in this dark and
lamentable hour of struggle. There
is no more difference in compro-
mising integrity of race on the
playing field than in doing so in
the classrooms. One break in the
were deleted from late forecasts.
Snow Wen t Bo Heavy
The snow. however, is not ex-
pected to reach the one-inch depth
required by the Times One-inch
Snow editor, who is trying to give
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Gov. Jim Folsom of Alabama
Williams Says; Party Feud
Brewing Over Segregation
By WAYNE MACKEY
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan backed down
on Murray's motion to expunge
from the court records his wile s
answer and cross petition in
which she had accused him of
non-support, drunkenness and in-
fidelity.
Thomas J Lee. attorney for
Murray, contended the detailed
allegations were in violation of
a 1953 law. He pointed out the •
new statute permits parties to a
pictures of him as a navy Sea- egates,
bee and as a firm-jawed army
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resents an isolated case or is part
of a pattern.
Red Section Toured
The ambassador visited East
West to Stay in Berlin Snow, Bitter
Till Germany Unified NorthWinds
BERLIN (P)—U.S. Ambassador James B. Conant
who feel they have smoked so
long they must be immune to lung
cancer.
The revised study shows the can-
cer death rate for those who cut
•down or stopped smoking ) less
than half the rate of smokers who
Parole Board Plans
full Hearing, Calls
For Witnesses, Too
divorce action to state the
grounds, but does not permit of. Mills called the Murrays and
their attorneys into his cham-
inviting them to the hearing when
he was informed Granville Scan-
land. Oklahoma County attorney
he- was informed Granville Scan
land, Oklahoma Couny attorney
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ference. They emerged an hour
later.
Miskovsky disclosed that con-
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He went on to say that contro-
Of those who stopped smoking versies in the party are not be-
after their original questioning 32 tween persons but between ideas,
months ago. only 22 have died of and called Stvenson his friend.
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Campbell LeFlore, state pardon evening, its arrival will mark
and parole officer, Thursday said ,. btarcwnn andin, ,
the December 12 bearing will be the bttersweet. ending of. a.5 !
et two of the company's plants
for the fourth day. 'Page 32'
Oklahoma needs 1,000 MW
instruments expunged from the
court records upon the filing of
clash with Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Steven- free on bond again Friday. Ha
son. Although he seemed to be extending the olive branch. won his right to bond ia a ha-
he agreed at the same time there are differences between
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instrument will be filed immedi-
ately.
Sunday was serious. He
came here especially today
to illustrate how serious the
U.S. government views it.
General Congratulafed
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also arrived for the convention pressed his opposition, a legisla-
Friday and will join Sen. Robert tive council committee abruptly ad-
S. Kerr, Gov Orval Forbus of Ar- journed a meeting here Friday
kansas. Sen Earl Clements of without hearing State Sen George
Kentucky and John White, commis- Miskovsky’s plan to provide $1 mil-
sioner of agriculture for Texas, in lion more annually for free text-
a panel discussion on "America books.
Miskovsky was prepared to ap-
(Evening Ealtion of Th, Dally Oklahoma*. > Entered as Second-Claas Matter at the Postotiice at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
may try to head it off, however, Dople Cmo
_ because they fear it will become I Cl ILS UUUUC
smokers.
Since that time, 4,500 persons in-
volved in the study have died
Of th* total. 285 were victims of
lung cancer.
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to be represented at both hearings the case They regard the Scotts urday night. Candidates running
for office within the organization
: but also of the German population.
' Conant said he agreed with
Dasher that the only reaction one
could have to the sudden Soviet
statement was one of amazement.
Asked if he expected the next
Russian move to include some kind
ot a blockade, he replied:
"I certainly don't expect it."
To a query whether the incident
was planned by the Russians, or A heavy fog enveloped many see
whether "it just happened.” Co- tions of the state Thursday night,
' ” ’ making driving dangerous. The fog
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as old friends now, and they had
Harbolt Thursday said he would! "picture, page 32
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them “on the issues.”
“I was not in a state of war with Adlai Stevenson,"
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dyke and the relentless seas will -
“If we are not too little with too rush in and destroy us. We are in
The Society started its study with than one-half a pack of cigarets a late, we have to start planning and this fight 100 per cent, not 98 per
185,000 people—including all vari- day accounted for 31 deaths; one- doing right now and in a magni- cent, not 75 per cent, not 84 per
ations of smoking habits and non half to one pack, 80 deaths; one tude commensurate with the chai- centbut a full 100 per cent.”
to two packs, 79 deaths; two or lenge we face. The governor added that "an
more. 30 deaths. . • "This is what shocks me when I immediate called meeting of the
Cameron points hear small talk on small plans State Board of
FLEAS* TORN oniT, “ my request is ’
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The Weather
LOCAL — Partly cloudy and
warmer this afternoon, partly
cloudy tonight. Cloudy and turn-
ing much colder with occasional
light snow and northerly winds
30 to 40 miles an hour Saturday.
High this afternoon 85, low to-
night 40 Saturday afternoon tem-
perature 35. '
is too large for board offices on partment and the Red Cross.
declared Friday the western allies intend to remain in Oklahoma was enjoying relative-,1 ne itthnor. in January Allhavescorresponded endlesi- day.
Berlin until Germany is reunified. Iy. mild weather Friday bntidont The December 12 hearIng will own way - about ‘the fate of Williams arrived here by train
The ambassador reiterated the western pledge as an , J " X , nt “ ar tean0n, begin at 9.a.m. anyone who wishes CpI. Sammie A. Scott, who should to address the national convention
answer to the Soviet move which appears designed to end brinaing . threat of snow over the 10 appear before the board to have been accorded this story
occupation status for East Berlin and include that quarter entire state by noon Saturday clemency for Fairris or to oppose in November 1950, but was
of the city inside the Communist East German republic. Skies were partly cloudy inmost it may do 50 . „ cheatedbyathe,grim.whims.to
Conant told . new. conferenee that the incident cre- StfX'S? yattem M
for the capitol hearing. However,; man was killed in action some-
both will be allowed to appear be where in North Korea Nov. 30.
fore the board when it holds a 1950. But even the comfort of
second hearing at the McAlester knowng exactly what happened
penitentiary January 10. | to him was delayed for long.
Ralph Hood. Guthrie, vice-chair-
man of the board, Thursday asked
LeFlore to write Tant and Harbolt
By HENRY BURCHFIEL
Former Gov. Johnston Murray
maintained a frosty silence to-
ward his estranged wife, Willie.
Friday when they appeared in
district court to hear argument
on a motion filed in a divorce
suit brought by Murray last Sep-
tember 26.
After the couple took seats at
opposite sides of the counsel ta-
ble, Mrs. Murray attempted to
break the "icy" barrier.
She stood up, leaned across
the table and spoke to the former
governor in whispered tones
Murray listened but was not
seen making any response.
Later, Lee B Thompson, one
pf Mrs. Murray's two attorneys,
suggested Judge Clarence M.
Mills call a brief recess and per-
mit the Murrays to confer pri-
vately. He said Mrs. Murray had
been seeking a conference with
her husband.
TITO DEFARTS
BELGRADE, Yugolsavia W-
President Tito sailed1 today on the He sai that the West would
navy training ship Galeb. for his continue to insist on the free cir- _ _
state visits to Ethiopia and Egypt, edition of not only Allied person- away $100 to the person guessing
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Bridge ............... «
Comics ......... »
Crossword Puzzle ..... 35
Forum ................ 25
Market* .............. 43
Sports.................. 33-34
Times Talk ............ 10
Oil Reports ............ 43
Women’s Pages .. 20-21-22
nant replied. "I shall have to leave
STAT - Cloudy east, partly thatsto theshistorians.". , sog
cloudy west and central and vAskedshpthesthought,oroviet
warmer this afternoon. Partly Ma Dibrova.1 offer.0
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snw and northerly winds 30 to powers do not recognize that gov-
40 miles an hour north portion ernment. and cannot agree with
early Saturday and spreading the Soviet position.
over the state late Saturday and I
almost looked forward to the an issue in the campaign.
SiX “ S M*. Williams,.ina spechzpre pard Grirfin today called on the Board
new army message to be inter- for delivery to delegates, went of Regents of the university sys-
preted and dealt wth. further into the supposed break tern to prevent Georgia colleges
between him and Stevenson, from engaging in athletic contests
SCOH IS 82. but you'd never ; Stevenson, the announced candi- with teams which have Negroes on
guess it especially after he has date for the Democratic presiden- their squads.
been prodded into putting on his tial nomination. is scheduled to in a telegram to Robert O. Am-
hearing aid theleaves it off most arrive Friday afternoon. old. of Covington. chairman of the
of the tune because "the dang Palicv Hit State Board of Regents, Griffin .. .0 - c.... e
thing makes noises too loud."'. Modevation Policy Hit sid: 1 week s visit to Burma, Kikita 8.
vO.ct Sommie mother Williams, in a speech, went • Khrushchev. Communist p a r t y
Kate Scott, Sammie < out at Stevenson for his “moder* Require Segregation boss, launched an imprompt,
tion” theme and urged him to be- “It is my request that athletic bitter tirade against the "stu-
come more aggressive, teams of units of the university pidity” of western nations.
0 . Mt I “Those of you who have not system of Georgia not be permit- Among other things he accused
They haven t drained her sPuri* spent the last week in a sound- ted to engage in contests with oth- the United States and France of
proof isolation chamber may have er teams where the races are attempting to kidnap a Russian
High Wind* Du*
Strong southwesterly winds 25 to
The ambassador congratulated 35 miles an hour will develop
l he U.S. mission in Berlin, includ- across the state, possibly causing
ing Maj. Gen. Charles L. Dasher some dust in the northwest. Tern-
Jr., the commandant, for its han- peratures will remain warm but
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Washington officials are deeply
concerned over the new crisis in
Berlin. They point out that al-
. . . lied prestige among West Ger-
Jan. 2 against Pittsburgh which mans is at stake in the Soviet'*
has a Negro, on its team. . u attempt to turn control of East
Asked if his telegram to Arnold Berlin over to satellite East Ger-
was not in effect an order for Tech (Page 28.)
to cancel its Sugar Bowl game if--'— ----—____
By HUGH HALL
A miniature murder trial is in
the making for December 12 when
-the state pardon and parole board
considers possibility that Hurbie
Franklin Fairris did not kill Okla
homa City detective Bennie F
Cravatt
David Tant, Fairris' attorney, is
'being invited to attend the hear-
ing and bring with him what wit-1
nesses he wishes. Wayne Harbolt, j
city detective captain, said he
would furnish witnesses who saw
a gun in Fairris' hand when Cra-
vatt was killed in a city super
market boldup July 16, 1954.
May Bo in Big Room
The board set two hearings last
month after Raymond Carrol
i Price, Farris' convicted accom-
plice in the shooting, saved Fairris
j from the chair by telling two Cath-
olic chaplains that he. Price, shot
Cravatt with the detective* own.
noon pear before the committee at 1
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parents oncehadhoped ocrats will be thrown into a full PLEASE TURN Texts
at least it. somethin& dress debate on segregation be- To PACE 2 -ets
fore the 3-day session ends Sat-k
dling of the incident winds will shift to the north in the
He said the Soviet contention Panhandle late Friday afternoon,
that Berlin is no longer a four- lowering temperatures and in-
power city cannot be accepted by creasing cloudiness.
the Western powers. The old front s expected to
Conant said the United States, move into the northwest in ull
Britain and France are dedicated force by Friday night, bringing
to preserving this four - power northerly winds 30 to 40 miles an
--- . .. . ... status until Germany can be re- hour and some snow. The snow is
George Dimm sttends a full unified.
dressdinner- and like sits ■ •We are determined to remain
Robert C. Ruark begins a here until the day of reunifica-
tion." he said. "My visit is a
reaffirmation of this American
policy."
Blockade Not Expected
cal backing. Oklahoma physicians and surgeons
Latest figures of the American at the Huckins Hotel Friday.
Cancer Society show cigars are Figure* released here previously
slightly less hazardous than pipes were based on. a 20-month study, those who cut to a rare cigaret.
But most significant warning of The new statistics cover a 32 only 6 are now dead
the Society is to those smug people month period The statistics show that less
continued their, regular habits.
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Berlin this afternoon and used
an American automobile equipped
with a radio-telephone. He was not
detained or disturbed. The Rus-
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Georgia Tech has a date to play
“I did. I think they liked it. in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans
a Purple Heart But what furor has arisen since.
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PtApaE T Murrays Mrs. Willie Murray, left, leans across a lawyer to whisper to her estranged husband. Right shows Mrs. Murray listening intently to proceedings.
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