Soviets Attack Berlin Food Stations Riot in West Berlin
More than 6,000 Communists including women attacked food distribution centers in Berlin zones to disrupt aid for East Germany. West Berlin police used clubs and water guns to repel rioters. about 150 arrested, shops reinforced as clashes spread across Neukoelln Kreuzberg and Wedding. U S High Commissioner Conant urged Soviet High Commissioner Semyonov to propose unfreezing East German funds to buy relief food, promising safeguards to ensure aid reaches the people.
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Neukoelln
Kreuzberg
Wedding
U. S
James B. Conant
Vladimir Semyonov
Russia
East Zone
Germany
5 000 Pack Rodeo Opens With Queen and Bucking Thrills
An estimated crowd of 5,000 watched the four day LO Ranch rodeo open with cowboys from across the nation chasing record times for a $3,000 purse. Miss Glenda Fuqua was named rodeo queen for her horsemanship and presence, while Todd Whatley of Hugo set a bulldogging record at 6.8 seconds and Tex Ritter performed for the crowd. Don McLaughlin of Smithfield set calf roping in 14.1 seconds as several events drew limited qualifiers for bareback riding saddle bronc and dang See CELEBRATION, Page 2.
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LO Ranch
Glenda Fuqua
Glenda
Glenn Fuqua
Todd Whatley
Hugo
Whatley
Tex Ritter
Don McLaughlin
Smithfield
Tex
Cotton Acreage Slash Possible
Congress left without action on farm law changes paving the way for potential big cuts in cotton acreage next year. Aiken warned the bill would deadlock. Benson could reduce nationwide plantings to about 17.5 million acres, a 28 percent drop from this year. California Texas and New Mexico face the largest reductions due to recent western acreage growth.
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Washington
Congress
West
Ezra T. Benson
House
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Sen
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Benson
California
Texas
New Mexico
Seven County Men Will Be Inducted This Month
Comanche county youths report for induction Wednesday with four of this month's draft quota filled by volunteers. Stanley Bryant chair of the county selective service board lists volunteers Alan Lester Savage Fort Sill Jerry Gene Morrison 413 Washington Orval J. Roberts Fletcher and Bobby Gene Green 120 Arlington. Completing inductees are Graham Wayne Meadville Rt. 1 Lawton Marcy Mahsetky Cyril and Arthur Ben Moore Indiahoma. Orders will be mailed the week of August 12 with pre induction physical examinations August 18.
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Comanche County
Stanley Bryant
County Selective Service Board
Oklahoma City
Alan Lester Savage
Fort Sill
Jerry Gene Morrison
Washington
Orval J. Roberts
Fletcher
Bobby Gene Green
Arlington
Graham Wayne Meadville
Rt. 1
Lawton
Marcy Mahsetky
Cyril
Arthur Ben Moore
Indiahoma
Bryant
Turnpike Backers Confer In Capital
Lawton leaders and statewide figures met in Oklahoma City to rally support for three new turnpikes in Oklahoma. A key goal is a route from Oklahoma City to the Texas border via Southwest Oklahoma. Ron Stephens of Lawton chaired the southwest district meeting, with Charley Wade J. C. Kennedy Wyatt Hendrick Milton Keating and others in attendance.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Texas
Freedom Prisoners Begin Homeward Swap at Panmunjom
Panmunjom braces as 400 Allied captives travel home in the first wave of Operation Big Switch. The exchange sends 74,000 North Korean and Chinese prisoners to the Reds while freeing 12,763 captives, including 3,313 Americans, over the next four hours.
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Panmunjom
North Korea
Red Cross
U. N
Reds
Kaesong
Red
Here
U. N. Red Cross
Military Armistice Commission
Blackshear M. Bryan
Bryan
U.S
Dulles Arrives In Korea For Key Talks On Peace
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles landed in Seoul to lead talks aimed at turning the Korean truce into permanent peace. He was greeted with a 19 gun salute and reviewed by military honors before meeting President Syngman Rhee and other officials. The U S delegation seeks a common front policy and a defense treaty pledging aid if the Republic of Korea is attacked.
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Seoul
S&s
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Stevens
Walter S. Robertson
Carl McCardle
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
Korea
Rhee
United States
Lee Dulles
Cordell Lineman Electrocuted in Power Line Incident
H. G. Griffin a 23 year old Public Service Co. lineman from Cordell was electrocuted while working on a power line about ten miles east of Chickasha near U S 81 He was married with one or two children and commuted between Cordell and Lawton to work A pole breaking was cited as the only known detail a Chickasha first aid squad arrived too late to help. no further information was released
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H. G. Griffin
Public Service Co
Cordell
Chickasha
U.S
Griffin
Herman Hughes
Lawton
Hughes
Senator Taft Laid To Rest In Indian Hill Parish
Senator Robert A Taft was buried at Indian Hill church following a state funeral in Washington He died Friday in New York of cancer and was laid to rest beside his family in a bare new cemetery adjacent to the church A memorial service attracted public officials in downtown Cincinnati with about 200 attendees and 15 000 viewing the casket without any eulogy per the family wishes
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Indian Hill
Christ Church
Sen. Taft
Washington
New York
Taft
New Cemetery
Central Permit To Boost City Airport Traffic
Lawton officials expect a sharp rise in traffic at Lawton Municipal Airport after the Civil Aeronautics Board approved Central Airlines of Fort Worth to operate four additional Lawton flights and continued Continental Air Lines service for three years. Continental, already serving Lawton, recently added Convairs with greater capacity. Airport board member Glenn Friman and Chamber of Commerce secretary Milton Keating say the increased service will push Lawton toward weather and communications station status and raise passenger totals to 15,000 to 18,000 this year, possibly over 20,000 next year.
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Lawton Air Terminal
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lawton
Central Airlines
Fort Worth
Texas
CAB
Continental Air Line
Continental
Glenn Friman
Lawton Municipal Airport
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Keating
Continental Air Lines
Fort Sill
Vacation Pac offers mail storage for travelers
A vintage notification promotes a Vacation Pac service that saves papers for travelers with no permanent address. It promises no extra cost and directs readers to call the Circulation Department, 620, to place an order.
City budget makers eye funds for school police
Lawton officials promise nine school policemen for half the year and aim to cover nine months of school at crossings. Budget chair Jake Witzel said funds will come from the new city budget and council likely approved. Inspector Tully Pope noted no money for salaries, prompting a cost-sharing request from the Board of Education. An expected revenue increase of 50 cents monthly was proposed to fund police expansion, with an estimated $25,000 needed for department growth including six new officers and two patrol vehicles. Utilities for 310 acres acquired from the federal government and a new armory and auditorium will cost over $26,000.
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Lawton
Jake Witzel
Tully Pope
Board of Education
Witzel
Frederick Planes Destroyed In Fire At Airport
A Frederick Oklahoma fire destroyed a hangar and five airplanes at Frederick Airport. J G Walker who runs the airport said he lost three crop spraying planes valued at 10000 dollars. Two planes owned by Glen Fry and a Ft Silk Army officer were also burned.
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Frederick
Okla
J. G. Walker
Glen Fry
Ft. Silk Army
Boundary Change Shifts Taft School District Load
Lawton board of education approved a minor boundary shift to relieve Taft elementary crowding. A section between Cache road and 17th to 21st streets moves to Whittier district, affecting about 75 students from Taft and 120 residences.
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Lawton
Board of Education
Taft
Whittier
Whittier School
John Shoemaker
Cache Road
Lawton and
Baldwin
Fort Sill Blvd
17Th Streets
Shoemaker
Last Marine dies before Korean War cease-fire
The final U S Marine death in Korea occurred when Pfc. Harold B. Smith 21 of Oregon Illinois stepped on a land mine at 9 44 p m July 27 and died at 9 05 a m July 28 aboard the Haven in Inchon Harbor the cease fire took effect at 10 p m Monday. The Army had earlier announced its last fatality S Sgt Harold R Cross of Detroit who was struck by a shell fragment 80 minutes before the cease fire.
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Seoul
U. S
Marine Corps
Tuesay
Harold B. Smith
Oregon
Ill
Haven
Inchon Harbor
Sooners Plead For Beef Aid
Oklahoma Farm Bureau wires Agriculture Secretary Benson saying the disaster plan is not working and urges direct government beef purchases from farmers. The group, representing 40,000 Oklahoma farms, says meat buying has little effect, loans are unavailable, and retail beef prices rose while cattle prices fell. They urge a direct farmer purchase program at 10 to 14 cents per pound. See Sooners, Page 2.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Oklahoma
Benson
Howard Gordon
Direction and Marketing Administration
Washington
Dreuth
Sooners
Knowland Chosen Senate Republican Leader After Taft
In Washington on August 4, Senator William F. Knowland of California was elected Senate Republican floor leader to succeed the late Senator Robert A. Taft. Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan was named to head the GOP Policy Committee. The vote, announced by Senator John Marshall Butler, was unanimous, following Taft’s burial in Cincinnati.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
California
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Knowland
Senate Republican Conference
John Marshall Butler
Taft
Cincinnati
Policy Committee
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Area Weather Forecast Declares Partly Cloudy Conditions
Partly cloudy area forecast with no major temperature changes. Possible scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers. Highs expected 95 to 100, tonight's low around 72. Today's low 71. At 11 a.m. the reading was 93, yesterday's high 98.
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Berlin
Grotewohl
Lawton Rangers
Freedom
U.S. Pws
Freedom Village
Munsan
Camp
Britannica
Liberty Village
Inchon
Japan
U.S. Second Infantry Division
Harry
Demilitarized Zone
Senator Taft
Capitol
Catafalque
Ohio
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