Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 2

Location:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Issue Date:
Page:
2
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

THB DAILY OKLAHOMAN Plane Crashes After Two Take to 'Chutes Near City Three More Die In Car Wrecks 7,700 Are Saved In Ship Sinking Drivers of City Taxicabs Call Strike Ballot Absentee Vote Elects Russell In Senate Race CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE dav morninc with Youne to test the a mile from the crashed plane. An air national guard ambulance from Will Rogers picked him up, but he was uninjured except for CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE pnoiograpmc equipment i me army. Completing the mission he returned to the field to land but found one wheel of the landing other ships included this latest a scraicii on loreneau ana in tabulation: sisted on eoine to the crash area ble. gear wouia not lower. He called the civil aeronautics The united tru.it ireignter uapc to see if any of the equipment Oklahoma Citv laxieab drivers CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE An officer said survivors may aooara tne aircrati couia oe sai- the election machinery in Wagoner administration control tower Will Rogers and reported Tales of Fear, Heroism Told By Survivors CONTINWKD 'FROM PAGE ONE be said.

He said tie and his wife occupied an upper deck cabin about 60 or 70 feet from the impact of collision, --'v. "There was no panic and very little crying or: screaming," lie Mrs. Dilworth said, "We're just called a strike-vote meeting for 2 a.m Frid.iv follow in? a break aged. STATE TRAFFIC DEATHS 1956 to date 359; July, 59 1955 to date 30S; July, 45 A motorcycle car collision on State Highway 76 Thursday, night boosted the state's traffic toll to 59. Orvus C.

Hooper, 21, of Fox, was Willed south of Fox when (he motorcycle he- -was riding was struck from behind by an automobile driven by Manell 11. Minnick, of Alma, highway patrol troop- Bom Yates-Earl and Youne emergency, and that he and Young would bail out. AH aircraft in the 175; the military transport PvrrWilliam II. Thomas, 150; the destroyer escort Edward H. Allen, 76; the destroyer escort Robert Hokins thewi.pplcd Stockholm, 533.

R.irlier counts had indicated county including absentee ballots. Shortly after signing the grand jury order, Judge issued a court order commanding the down in contract negotiations with major operators here. I Glovd Davidson, business man have been with the Mosquito at Will Rogers field for the past two weeks. They have had the plane Tinker Will Rogers area were cieareu and crasn trucks at both nave seen uieooais mai orone loose when the ship was knocked, askew. In the fog-blanketed darkness, lifeboats from rescue craft moved tj the side of the doomed ship, while passengers women and children first swarmed down her high port side.

A gurgling expanse of bubbles and litter marked the spot where based at tie ua in Aviation uo. oases- were alerted. Young par- ager for Taxi Drivers Union local 889, said if a strike proposal is annroved the strike will not be county election board to impound all of the absentee ballots for grand jury scrutiny. Johnston said this would he done. I liansar 1.

oneratina almost acnuica over i nter at a.m. seme were missing, but the total, coupled with the dead, indicated caueo unui sometime arouna ah oaiiy on me lest ingius oi me photographic equipment. A few minutes later Yates-Earl pointed the twin-engine aircraft toward the South Canadian river bed erf Calvin Duncan and Bert Dan-i i were accouiueu iur. The dead included Camille M. cust 4." "This mess will eventually find as lucky as we can De.

Ainorce and civilian uiers were That-is (he date when the pres She said she slipped on ihj deck i its way Jo tlie state supreme me liner went down. and her right eye struck a piece court," Bailey declared. "We have affidavits that election laws were ent wu-oay trial coniraci expires, Davidson said. Cianfarra, veteran York Times foreign correspondent, and two children. His wife, (rapped under debris, finally was dragged ner reported, inursuay aeao are: ORVUS C.

HOOPER. 21, Fox. I ft A MEANS, 52. or Hobart. CLARENCE KISSELL, Wilmer, Captain Gives Up high in their praise of Yates-Earl for his handling of the emergency.

The Mosquito is known as one of the hardest aircraft in use to safe-Iv eel out of bv Darachute. of metal. She wore darn glasses, cm-win jt black risht eve. For hours after the 1,134 pas completely ignored nf absentee ballots. Newsmen found survivor Ruth just west of Camp Kickapoo near Wheatland and parachuted.

The plane crashed and burned in a pasture a few hundred feet from die river. Yates-Earl flew the plane from England to San Antonio to deliver it to the Jack Ammawnn Patho-gramitic which has several injurea to saiety. One survivor. Mrs. Lliana Doon- Texas.

sengers and most of the 575-man crew had left the Andrea Doria, its veteran skipper, Capt. Piero Calami and a handful of officers ana oung aiscusseci attempting io oeuy-iana me Payne's attorneys challenged each of the 686 ballots, some because they were not notarized as is provided by law. They charged the ballots were iziven to "agents" Mosquito, out Because oi its piy- remained aboard, fighting Roman, tne aciress, leaning against a deck rail. She wore a white polo shirt, blue men's trousers tied at the waist with a yellow ribbon, a pair of white woolen socks and earrings. Her clothing, she said, was fur- wood construction decided against 400 Affected A strike, the union spokesman said, would involve 400 city taxi drivers and would idle cabs operated by Yellow, Checker, Capitol Hill and ABC taxicab companies.

Davidson said taxi drivers are seeking a contract calling for paid vacations and hospitalization plans for drivers and their families. "We are not seeking an increase in pay but want fringe benefits added to it. lie mioi saia tnat in Deny iana- of the voteis in "bales" of ten and ings the aircraft usually broke in other Mosquitoe arco-photo planes. The firm does contract aerial mapping for the army. cr, 24, an Italian wife on her way to join her husband George, of Arlington, N.J., told of jumping off the side of th-e listing ship to save her child.

The youngster had fallen into the ocean, she said, and the mother dived in too. "I am a very good swimmer," she said. The two were, hauled into a lifeboat The Hobarl man died in the Baptist hospital rat iVlangunWrom internal injuries received in a two-car crash last Friday on SH 9 a mile east of Vinson. Driver of the other vehicle, Walter Estes, 45. of Maryneal, Texas, was not badly hurt.

Kissell died early Thursday morning; in a Tulsa hospital. He 20 cadi. naif upon witn tne tradition of the sea to save their ship. For a time, emergency pumps seemed to be keeping up with the inrushing tide of water and at one point, the increasing list of the ship was Halted. But it then rates-can mi tne ground aooui "The absentee ballots were passed out f.om door to door like hotcakes." Pavne declared.

"The nisnea Dy ue ae mnce gers. She had to discard the torn and. oil-covered evening dress she was wearing at the time of the crash. She was attending a last-nigbt- law does not provide for this. The election board admitted a new contract, lie saio.

Davidson said ODerators have re became a losing battle. Under radio orders from the after a short time. Many Are Injured Thursday there were was hurt Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on U. S. 64.

about 7 miles west of Sand Springs. jected the union's oronosed con. regularities" in the handling of Doria's Captain Arrives at Port out party when the crash came. line to abandon his ship if the Manv survivors, debarking here National Chess Champ in Lead iracc. ue saia rnoay morning the ballots but decided not to con-t' -t the votes of persons who were in heart-tugging scenes of tears situation became hopeless, me cantain and men finally cave no.

meetins was to eive me union and gratitude, were oressea in bargaining committee authority to sailor garb or other borrowed ar- Gulf Winds Slow Inland TAMPJCO. Mexico, July 26 A trooical disturbance with, gusts They climbed down the side of the doomed vessel to lifeboats. she: said. "Nobody fell, but it sounded like a very big firecracker. Dkki Didn't Cry "I threw off mv shoes because in a striKe necessary.

Security Sought ly. some sua wore pajamas. KlrMrhers bore off the serious- Separate messages from the Drivers are currently Daid 50) Arthur Bisguier, U. S. national of wind up to 62 miles am hour.

legally registered. "We don't intend to disfranchise anyone because of a minor irregularity," Gardner Knupp, chairman of the board declared. "If persons who voted were icgistercd, we will' count the vote." The board went into executive Iv iniured. many with bone frac Coast Guard cutter Evergreen told of the final moments of the great NEW YORK, July 26 Wl-The master of the ill-fated Andrea Doria arrived in New York Thurs champion and first-seeded player blew in from tne uuit ana strucK inland Thursday afternoon 25 miles percent, oi an tares wiey receive. The drivers have been operating of the high heels and ran two decks below to the cabin to my son, Dickie, who is only He ship: tures.

Other straggled down the gangway, amid a sweltering, worried throng of relatives and in Oklahoma City's United States i under a trial contract which went south of here. Heavy rains fell during the day. The public lighting settling rapiuiy. 'Sinking. Just her fanlail show- Chess Federation open tournament, broke his first place tie with Friends.

into effect when meters were installed in all city cabs 214 months day night but he shed no light on the collision involving his, ship. Haggard and drawn, Capt. Piero Calamai was' brought here with system was Knocicea out. amines fled flooded low sections. Many had bruises or cuts.

Red session to count votes Tliursday afternoon, barring reporters and the public. A watcher for each S29 Millions Shio Robert Steinmcyer of SI. Louis Cross stations nanaea out dom tiie remainder ol ft is crew, picked 'SS Andrea Doria sank in 225 Thursday night, lieating Steimey-er for the lead in a two and a candidate was permitted inside the room. feel of water at 10:09 a.m. ing.

A medical aid station treated the injured. Ambulances took some to hospitals. up oy uie American destroyer e.1 cort Edward H. Alien. Just three vears aco.

the sleek and 'Ms nurse were Dareiy awane. "I pulled out three life preservers and dragged both of them to the upper deck and told them to stay near the grand staircase." "Dickie was not crying. He ihought.it was terribly exciting. I kept telling him it was a picnic. I found a balloon on a rug and told him to blow it up." She said that about 2 a.m., "we slid down to the boats.

I lie board, however, agreed to half hour match. Then, stiil wearing his caotain Getting Up Nights black-and-white liner, built at a It was eight hours after the col Kick on absentee Ballots be sharply," Davidson said. "But we realize meters are here to stay and are not seeking to have the meters thrown out. We want to put some security into the taxi- blues, but unshaven and plainly The struggle between the two- cost of 29 million dollars, nati cause the voters were either lie- lision Dciorc me cmsncu murca rinrin iinended and went down. snowing ens oi ins oraeui.

was considered the highlight match mode its maiden voyage. publicans voting; in a Democratic amai emerged to read tiiis state Its end came on Its run from bew first. She leftr an expanse of of the tourney and lifted Bisguier primary or not registered. Makes Many Feel Old ment to newsmen: "As voti know, the Andrea Doria messes snunnea into an undisputed lead over the Genoa, Italy, to New York. The shin was insured for 16 mil bubbles and lioaung tienris.

In the hours before that. Cant. After scheduling an all night ses- driver's job." Davidson said paid vacations and hospitalization plans for taxi drivers are "standard items in every union contract throughout the coun was iiit last night bv the Swedish field with a total of points. Dickie was on my lap anci i Raoul de Beaudean, 53. master of ship Stockholm.

The damage was i Mm i wholin Wednesday the board quit him to hiniscff lm si strapped him to himself. I'm sure Before Their lime Thero Is nothing (hat tu -mate you 11 (aettlne Dp Nights or Bed Wetting, too Now in No. 2 spot is James Sher-in, the meet's second seeded lion dollars. She ranked 13Ui in gross tonnage among the world's great passenger vessels. Her richly furnished rooms were decorated deliberations at 1 p.m.

Thursday. so great it was necessary io aisem-bark all passengers and crew. try now. we snoum nave it nere. frequent, burning an itching urinationi or Strong.

Cloudy Uitne, du to wrnrrim Payne forces were told to have their evidences of wrongdoing player, and Steinmeyer was dropped to a third place tie with with a valuable array of modem -vve nave Deen neipea witn Brilliance bv the U. S. armv. navv. Dickie is on another ship.

I'm positive he's safe. I asked but they haven't been able to tell me." Miss Roman spoke calmly and seemed thoroughly convinced that her son was aboard one of the other rescue vessels. She said she cot into another the lie de France, said tne pern for the sinking ship's passengers was "horrible." Wife Crushed to Death "Like being back in the war years," he said. Dr. T.

S. Peterson of Upper Montclair, N.J., said his wife was crushed to death in the impact, and "went down with the ship." "Everybody wns screaming and Italian an. Her ill-fated voyage was her 101st trip between New York and ready lor the Thursday session. The legislator's followers assembled more than a score of Waeon- result In Beckachemlaerable rellel by combating; gernia Ine, and by amlgeslo pala reUef. lllon Cyjtex tafclets used prov young and old.

Oet Cystea from' Edmon Mednia of New York. Bobby Fischer, "the 13 year old chess expert, moved into a tie for fourth Dosition in the tourney by Senate Approves Erosion Controls WASHINGTON. Julv 26 I.Tl-Tlie coast guard, the He de France, the Cape Ann and the Stockholm. "The search and rescue was made possible because of the discipline and calm of the passengers and the sense of duty of the crew." Italy. The Stockholm, a gleaming white shin with less luxurious ac er county citizens to testify they were approached in their homes, handed applications to sign and lifeboat shortly after her son left defeating Orest Popovych, a Lake-wood, N.

'master player. tendered absentee Ballots. When the election board reconvened Bailev asked that his wit tne Anarea jjona. Ceiling Comet Down Kenneth F. Merlin of Daricn, senate Thursday passed and sent to the White House an administration bill nrovidine an $150 mil yelling," said Valerio Monestera.

a Moroccan newspaperman. "I slid. down in darkness not knowing where and then my feet touched something it was a lifeboat." nesses be heard but the election gated BIGGER THAN-EVER ALLOWANCES ON commodations, carried about 550 passengers and a crew of 200. With her forward end crushed, the crippled Swedish ship for a time was feared in danger. But finally it was determined she would be able to makcNew York on her own jowcr, with a Coast Guard escort.

board decu and his wife were in their Doria cabin, preparing for bed. Then the Stockholm hit, four A group ot uatnoiic nuns, among io survivors, said thev were "We made a ruling Wednesday that we arc not interested in how the ballots got voted," Johnston declared. "We merely wanted to asleep when the Impact hurled them from their bunks. The Stocunolm Had leu imcw cabins away. "Part of the ceiling came down on us," Merlin said.

were both knocked down. Know me persons were rcgi: tercd. York yesterday, en route to Survivors said a few lifeboats were lowered by 'he Andrea Doria, Europe. lions program of erosion control and soil conservation in the dust plagued great plains states. The measure, designed to supplement the soil bank, authorizes 10 year contracts under which the agriculture department would shoulder much of the cost of retiring farmers' cultivated acres from production, and converting them to pasture and other soil stabilizing purposes.

The bill is designed for farms and ranches in counties of the 10 Neither my wife nor I was hurt. Later, in the rescue, they were separated. He understands she is safe aboard the Stockholm. Drowning Youth Nervous, silent and haggard sur Bailey attempted to present statements from Madge Still, Ida Brown, A. A.

Longer, Effie Long, Loella Mathews, stating they were approached at their home by a Leo Diirley. a Russell supporter, and told to sign applications and vote by absentee. "I could have gone to the polls because I was in my precinct on Rescued From Pool City Man Facing Narcotics Charge Samuel Thomas Bayless, 26, of vivors crowaea tne rrencn snip upper deck as she was edged into her pier. Like Miss Roman, almost all Police said an 11-year-old boy great plains states designated by the secretary of agriculture as wns pulled unconscious from the Aquatic Center swimming pool in were, in borrowed clothing. Many were barefoot.

Many bore cuts "suseeptiDie to serious winci erosion by reason of their soil types, terrain and climatic and other fac- the 3200 block Portland Thurs fiSOl Shields, was nrrctsctl by Oklahoma City police Tliursday ana oruises. Actreii Aldi Victim day, lie was revived by a fire de The states are Colorado. Kansas. ight on traffic and narcotics com Well in advance of their arrival, the dock had been transformed plaints. Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.

into a disaster aid center. A Dolice sound tmck blared out Police said Dnyless was slopped partment pulmoter squad. Police identified the youth as Dwainc Ililler, son of Karl D. Hil-ler. 2G00 Dlttrner road.

Patrolman I. G. Purser said a pool life guard pulled the boy from the water after he was seen lying on the bottom of the pool. at NW 3 and Lee for running a eicciion aay, nirs. iong saia.

one sold she did not know ho'v she voted. Payne's attorneys also charged that many persons in Wagoner county voted by abscnteo nnd then worked their precincts on election dny. Payne carried the city of Wagoner but lost the rural districts heavily. Police Sell IB Unclaimed Cars Oklahoma Cltv nolico sold IB un tho names of the survivors to help anxious relatives and friends to find them. stop sign.

Detectives said they found bottle containing 75 bar-! bituratcs in the car. Bnvloss. who has lcnuthv no-: rxm bigger trade One who contributed clothingt the victims was actress Madeline Stop mvf mmmm sowmmm lien narcotics record here, denied uarrou, wno was en route to spam with her daughter, Anne, 8, on the He de France. She was awakened at 2 a.m.. knowing how the tablets enmc to his ue in ins car, aoiccuvcs nui-lcr and J.

L. Mullenix said. claimed cars in public auction Tliursday for $(151. fODAY the actress said, by the "clatter and screams of passengers coming A nasscniror in the car. Virgil scratching misery Pinkston aicCnnn, 4,1, was charged i9p r.

rfar Mp'ppg mF8 aooara irorn meDonis. Tho collision tbok mince in witn vagrancy. mo cars inciuoea tnose which had been impounded on city streets nnd whoso owners could not bo located. After navlni! storage cnsls. the heavy fog.

But not long after Liquor Seized wards, Miss Carroll recalled, the fog "lifted like a miracle and the sea became calm." The clearing Police seized 12 pints of liquor In a enr nt NK and Harrison weather, slie said, undoubtedly city netted from the sale, according to detective Mon-crief. He said the highest price pnld fur a car In tho snle was $75 for a 1040 model Hudson. Tliursday. 'i lie driver, i.eo tiienn Aiiney, was imcn piu on mini avea many lives, Actor's Wift Aboard logging compiaims, Another Andrea Doria survivor was Betsy Drake, wife of actor Cary Grant. Tho.

first Doria passenger to disembark who required medical attention was 75-year-old Viola Gunte, of San Francisco. Two other womon assisted tho frn.il, gray -haired survivor to a temporary first aid station. FLY 7il0 Today TiSS Today; Wollur llOO Dliiii Dim "school Ii30 Humptr Dumpty Show at window with DtLoii In Color i30 Homo 10:00 Poolhor Your Nfit I OtlO It Could Io Voo 11:00 Uetrac 11:10 Tom ronton Show 11:00 Newsroom Hilt! ChMlUKH 11:20 Woathormait 11:30 TtantMt trnto 1:00 Matinar Thtator bono tlio victim mnria 3:00 oiifon For' A Day lAi Modorn Romancoi JlOO Comtdy Timo oSrMo.lh.. Ciii-tocmi. Utile llimenl.

WMtern Fustur, 311 l)nn JSft Now Caravan Nowirapm. 4:1 loiVoufi'Mory Foro AMERICAN Laughter nnd tears blended ns' 70-yenr-old contractor, John Dazzo, of Elizabeth, N.J., and his Sicilian bride of fortnight, the former Cnrmella Whora, 52, told how their wedding trip to a home in the United States turned into a jtigmmaro. Dazz.o said and his wife, enme from Argonw. Sicily, down a ron to a lifahnnl. Mr.

and Writ, Ellis Hill nnd their five children, Including two-month-old twins, comprised one of the largest family groups among ONE-STOP DC-6 service to your dug fritntir. from hctkIcu- 1 IIHykJaiM JJlgCZ: teW NO DOWN Mrjy mmi MB mil" -I '-WFJtMSBk CD Hni mm zmnr jT--J i Hm w. maim okuhom city CHICAGO Lv. 8:15 am daily 8:00 Cavalcadt off Sports innliSoo fn'loVoujtf mo survivors, iney are irom Detroit. Family In Lung Iflll was returning from a vacation after two years in Dhnhrnn, Saudi Arabia.

"Tho Hills spent four hours in tho Andrea Doria lounge after the collision. of his family were sleeping when I folt tho ship hcol over," Hill said. "I thought at first It wasjust a roll in a heavy son, but Ijheard a woman scream nnd I grabbed for tho life belts. looked at tho babies, awakened thorn and told my wife to dress, get some mltte and clothes for tho ohlldron." Eric Hill, '8, told his version of what happened "When my -mother sot mo out of bod I thought It was Just timo to got up but! hoard crashej and nho dreiiod us nnd look us Into the movlo theater, Ttion tho boat started to tip over. crashed up and down.

Many people were hurt. o' fm lady inri her leg ffyMty 0 her. The sail- THRU DOT senviM to CALIFORNIA Save-wfth fomny Pare Man rrlnilnnl linimio will forrurvotloMiy 4 60541 10.00 IBffllW if is ter ercoHAroTlcqnoyK.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the The Daily Oklahoman
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About The Daily Oklahoman Archive

Pages Available:
2,660,391
Years Available:
1889-2021