United Fund Sets 95,503 As New Goal
The 1955 56 United Fund Red Cross goal is set at 95 503 with Mrs Latha H Prosser executive director announcing. Fall campaign will solicit funds with Comanche County chapter American Red Cross in joint effort for the second year. Budget committee spent 286 hours over two and a half months shaping allocations for 25 agencies. Agencies sought 138 328 and local budgets were pared on a line by line basis to stay equitable. State Cancer Society protested the allocation seeking at least 7 000 and said 3 940 is not adequate share of the national goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund-Red Cross
Latha H. Prosser
United Defense Fund
Comanche County
American Red Cross
William C. Love
United Fund
Budget Committee
Lawton-Fort Sill
Lawton- Fort Sill
Cancer Society
State Cancer Society
United
State Cancer Office
Oklahoma City
Autos Kill Six On Weekend
Six people died in traffic accidents over the weekend, raising the year to date toll to 320, eight higher than a year ago. July ended with 56 fatalities, up from 36 last July. Victims include Ey V. Marks, 46, Hobbs. Braxton Moore, 80, Tul $a. Retha Laverne Harbarder, 6, Bunche. Haskell Milton Ford, 29, Pauls Valley. Mrs. Dorothea Irene Crisman, 46, Tulsa. Pamela Sue Crisman, 59, Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Ey V. Marks
Hobbs
Braxton Moore
Tul
Retha Laverne Harbarder
Albert Hardbarger
Bunche
Haskell Milton Ford
Pauls Valley
Dorothea Irene Crisman
Tulsa
Pamela Sue Crisman
Nugent To Give Trial Testimony
Maj. Ambrose H. Nugent, acquitted by a nine colonel court martial at Fort Sill, will testify at Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin’s Army court martial starting Tuesday at Fort Lewis, Wash. Erwin, 38, faces charges of aiding the enemy and disloyal statements as a POW in North Korea. Nugent led POW Camp No. 12’s peace committee and will be a star witness for Erwin, with Lt. Col. Paul V. Liles and Maj. Harold Kaschko also expected to testify for the defense. If Erwin is acquitted, Kaschko may seek charges dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose H. Nugent
Fort Sill
Jefferson D. Erwin
Fort Lewis
Wash
Erwin
Blanchard
United States
North Korea
Maj. Nugent
No. 12
Pyongyang
Lt. Erwin
Paul V. Liles
West Pointer
Birmingham
Ala
Harold Ll. Kaschko
Paisley
Ore
Liles
Presidio
San Francisco
Calif
Peace Committee
Maj
Kaschko
See Nugent
Talks Begin Between U S China on Far East Tensions
In Geneva the United States and Red China opened private talks aimed at easing Far East tensions. The discussions followed word Peiping ordered the release of 11 American fliers and center on civilian prisoners. U S envoy Johnson and Chinese ambassador Wang Ping-nan led their teams at the UN Palace of Nations with no advance agenda disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
Red China
Far East
Peiping
U. Alexis Johnson
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Wang Ping-nan
Warsaw
Palace of Nations
European
United Nations
Wang
Johnson
Ralph Clough
State Department
Lin Ping
Lee Huei-chuan
Chu Yin-chiao
A. Alexis Johnson
U.S
Red
China
Poland
Switzerland
Peiping Radio
Release of 11 U S airmen by Red China shocks Geneva talks
Peiping radio announced the immediate release of 11 U S airmen held in Chinese jails for two and a half years, including Maj William H Baumer and Capt Eugene J Vandi. The broadcast came an hour before U S Red China talks in Geneva, where the airmen's fate dominated agenda. The airmen were from a downed U S B 29 near the end of the Korean War and had been treated as criminals rather than war prisoners. Their release targets freedom in Hong Kong by next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
U.S
Hong Kong
Peiping Radio
Geneva
U. S
Red China
United States
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Steve R. Kiba
Akron
Ohio
John W. Thompson
Orange
Eugene J. Vandi
Clayton
N.Y
John K. Arnold Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Wallace L. Brown
John W. Buck
Armathwaite
Tenn
Harry M. Benjamin Jr
Worthington
Minn
Howard W. Brown
St. Paul
Elmer F. Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
Daniel C. Schmidt
Boise
Idaho
Supreme People's Court of China
John Arnold
North Korea
Reds
Groceries Dominate Lawton May Retail Totals
Oklahoma Tax Commission figures show groceries and foodstuffs account for about 30 percent of Lawton's May retail dollar. Groceries totaled roughly 1,337,300 in sales, part of 4,379,150 in May retail taxed at 2 percent, with increases from May 1954. General merchandise and other categories followed in share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Hundreds Flee As Chilean Volcanoes Erupt Widely
In Chile's Lake District, Nilahue Rinihue and Mt Choshuenco erupted violently forcing hundreds to flee their homes. Two people are dead, 34 were found alive after fears of asphyxiation, and 400 families fled toward the mountains as ash lava and poisonous gases spread across fields and pastures. Local governor Alejandro Acuna Nunez called it the greatest catastrophe of this type ever witnessed in Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdivia
Chile
Lake District
Santiago
Choshuenco
Nilamue
Rinihue
Nilahue
Ranco
Lake Ranco
Alejandro Acuna Nunez
Sergeant On Trial For PW Murder
New York Army sergeant James C. Gallagher of Brooklyn faces general court martial on charges of aiding the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea and murdering three fellow American POWs in North Korean Camp No. 5. The deaths were called unpremeditated murder as Gallagher allegedly ejected three ill guards from shelters in extreme cold, two identified as Cpls. Bax ter of Iowa and Jones of Michigan. a third name not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James C. Gallagher
Brooklyn
No. 5
Gallagher
Donald Thomas Baxter
Frank Baxter
Waulsen
Iowa
John Williams Jones
Michael Jones
West Lantz St
Detroit
City Budgets 1955-56 Plan For Lawton
Lawton prepares a 1,103,241 dollar budget for 1955 56 to be sent to the city council Tuesday night Mayor Ellsworth says the final form will be ready after department heads councilmen and the mayor worked about 600 hours trimming requests to fit the legal general fund limit Police fire water and sanitation are kept funded with improvements added where feasible Comanche county excise board approved one fourth of the unprepared budget awaiting board review Aug 9 The process stresses essential city services within the lawful cap
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
C. R. Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Comanche County
Intruder In Jug City Household Reels From Heat
A two foot bullsnake slithered into Roy J. Mann’s home at 1220 N 31st drawn by 100 degree heat. The dog barked and the family hunted for hours before the snake hid near the refrigerator leg and later crawled into a fruit jar ending their restless night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy J. Mann
Mann
Lowell Hogan
Stassen Plans Worldwide Halt on Atomic Weapons
The New York Times reports Harold E. Stassen, Eisenhower’s disarmament aide, drafted a plan to halt production of atomic and hydrogen bombs and to stop further H bomb tests. He aims to win Pentagon and State Department backing to present the proposal to the U N subcommittee resuming Aug 29 at United Nations headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Times
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Times
United Nations
Stassen
Pentagon
State Department
U.N. Disarmament Commission
U.N
Eisenhower hails release of 11 U S airmen by China
President Eisenhower welcomed the release of 11 U S airmen by Communist China and promised them a speedy reunion with their families. White House and congressional leaders praised the humanitarian result. Secretary Dulles noted the airmen are being released today and commented on possible effects on Geneva talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
China
White House
Walter F. George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Murder Tries Stop Bus Service in Little Rock
Nonunion Capital Transit drivers are withdrawn and bus service after 8 p m is suspended in Little Rock and North Little Rock. The curfew ends when authorities deem night travel safe. Six gunfire incidents against city buses prompted the move. The AFL union denies involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
North Little Rock
Eugene Warren
Capital Transit Co
Warren
AFL Motor Coach Employes Union
Home Fires Burn Bright for 11 Airmen News
Eleven American airmen held in Red China since January 12, 1953 were released and expected in British Hong Kong by Thursday. Families expressed joy and gratitude, calling the news a gift from Heaven as they awaited reunion with Capt. John Vaadi and Maj. William Baumer amid long anxious months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Red China
Hong Kong
State To Get 10 521 Salk Vaccine Shots
Oklahoma will receive 10 521 cubic centimeters of Salk anti polio vaccine in the first government allocation for distribution through public health and commercial channels. State health leaders have no distribution plan, anticipating private physicians using the vaccine for individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Brenda the tropical storm hits Gulf Coast with two missing
Two men, M. L. Brodie and Joseph Wison, are missing after Brenda the tropical storm lashed the Gulf Coast. Winds reach 60 mph near the center with heavy rains forecast over southern Mississippi. A Coast Guard helicopter sighted a boat near Hopedale but could not confirm passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Gulf Coastal
Pearl River
Louisiana
Mississippi
Bureau
Weather Bureau
Brenda
Alice
M. L. Brodie
Joseph Wison
Hopedale
Coast Guard
Packed county junior fair set for Sept in Comanche county
Comanche County Junior Free Fair runs September 19 20 and 21 at the Fair Grounds 17th and 6th with 32 classes in six divisions. Exhibitors must be in good standing with a 4 H or FFA club and livestock ownership rules apply including calf four months pig and lamb 90 days dairy 30 days. Entry limits two entries per class. animals may be shown by another with permission. Weighing in and weight tickets begin ahead of the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
FFA
Conferees OK Housing Bill Amid Session Stakes
A Senate House conference panel backed a compromise one year public housing plan of 45,000 units, despite opposition from many members. As adjournment loomed, leaders aimed to finish three major measures including the Defense Production Act and a 92 million dollar appropriations bill before the July 31 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Congress
House
Senate
New York
Europe
Eisenhower
Lawtonka Trust Session Planned
City council members and the mayor, acting as trustees of the Lawtonka Lake Authority, will hold the second trustee meeting after the regular council session Tuesday night. The public may attend. A new mayor and three new councilmen will be sworn in as trustees, and brochures with official documents, including a contract with Tankersley Construction Co., will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonka Lake Authority
Tankersley Construction Co
TRUST
Sill Commander Leaves For Parley
Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams, commanding general of The Artillery and Guided Missile Center, left this afternoon for Fort Monroe, Va., to attend a conference called by the commanding general of Continental Army Command. Col. F. T. Unger and Col. Charles J. Blake will accompany him and they will return to Fort Sill Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. Williams
Artillery
Fort Monroe
Continental Army Command
F. T. Unger
Department of Combat Development
Charles J. Blake
Department of Tactics and Combined Arms
Fort Sill
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Nugent
London
An- Lee
Jug
James C. Hager
John R. Vaadi
la Fargeville, N.Y
Capt
John Vaadi
Hurley L. Baumer
Air Force
See Family
State
Hurricane Hill Gulf Coast
Lawtonka Trust
Sill
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