Eisenhower Defends Gen Marshall as Patriot
President Eisenhower praised General George C Marshall calling him a patriot as he addressed the McCarthy controversey. He declined to judge moves to censure McCarthy while urging focus on passing a beneficial legislative program and noting party harmony is essential.
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Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
SeneCarthy
Senate
McCarthy
Marshall
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Congressional Record
Harry Woodring
Roosevelt
Woodring
Cycle Crash Kills Fort Sill Corporal
A Fort Sill soldier Cpl. Clemen T. Hughes 23 of Betry Kentucky died in a Benton Arkansas motorcycle crash while on a three day pass. Hughes had served since February 1953 at Fort Sill since June 1953 and lived in Kentucky.
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Fort Sill
Benton
Ark
Hughes
Birthday Rodeo Lights Lawton Second Night Show
Lawton hosts a two night rodeo featuring champion riders from Cheyenne to Texas with 4000 fans at the Loranca grounds. Tuesday opened smoothly with no incidents while organizers praise Lawton for record crowds and steady success.
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Lawton
Cheynne
Texas
Lo Ranca
Sears Ready For Opening Sears Store At Keith And Gore
Sears Roebuck and Co opens a two story brick store at Keith and Gore with a 9 45 am ceremony led by Mayor Joe McCain. Traffic police assist. Doors open to the public at 10 am after eight months of construction in a modern air conditioned plant with parking for 500 cars.
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Sears, Roebuck and Compa Mammoth
Keith and Gore
Joe McCain
Gore Boulevard
Sears
Most Dangerous Fugitive Captured in Colorado Motel
Federal agents arrested Lonnie Thomas Crawford 28 and his wife at a Greeley motel on Tuesday night. Brown, head of the FBI Denver office, said Crawford was not armed and offered no resistance.
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Greeley
Colo
Lonnie Thomas Crawford
Charles W. Brown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Denver
Crawford
Eisenhower criticizes Senate foreign aid cuts
President Eisenhower said the Senate vote reducing foreign aid is too deep and will harm the United States. He noted the administration had already trimmed the program and blamed inadequate understanding of Kremlin actions. He called for nearly 3.12 billion in aid and said the plan for an international atomic energy pool would continue despite Russian resistance.
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Eisenhower
Senate
United States
Kremlin
Congress
House
Russia
Adee
Austria
Germany
Solons Speed Drouth Bill
Senate farm leaders cleared the way for quick action on a drouth relief bill to cut government surplus feed grain prices. The measure would lower government grain sell prices to 11 percent of current support prices, aiding livestock producers in drought areas. Marvin McClain of the Agriculture Department testified on a ceiling for feed grain prices.
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Washington
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Marvin McClain
House Agriculture Committee
Weather over politics drives Oklahoma drought relief debate
Oklahoma drought relief hinges on weather says rain may alter county eligibility while Democrats and Republicans trade accusations of meddling. Washington brief suggests counties could be removed from relief lists as conditions shift, with weekend rains possibly changing needs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Washington
Department of Culture
Washi
Reuben Sparks
Drouth
Bid to replace Doenges as Democratic national committeeman
State Rep. James H. Arrington of Stillwater seeks to oust William C. Doenges as Democratic national committeeman with support from Raymond Gary. Gary urged the move while Doenges hesitates after offering resignation. the party committee postponed action until after the first primary with Doenges’ term to last until 1956.
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Oklahoma City
UPA
James H. Arrington
Stillwater
William C. Doenges
State Executive Committee
Doenges
Gary
Sexton
Moria
Arrington
Smith Hester
Purcell
Hester
Executive Committee
Auxiliary Police Headed By Phipps
Veteran Police Captain Tom Phipps was appointed commander of Lawton's 22 member Civil Defense police department, an auxiliary arm under Police Chief Ralph Hennessee. Outgoing commander Robert Brown steps down after serving in that role. The reorganization keeps auxiliary officers under regular police supervision and aligns Civil Defense with city needs.
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Tom Phipps
Lawton
Civil Defense Police Department
Phi
Ralph Hennessee
Robert Brown
Hennessee
Phipps
CD Police
Police Department
Riots Rage in Indo China Killings Reported Near Tourane Base
Anti-French riots broke out in Central Annam near the Tourane air and naval base 430 miles northeast of Saigon. Vietnamese were killed and twelve wounded as violence surged in non-Communist southern Viet Nam.
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Annam
Tourane
Saigon
Viet Nam
Oklahoma City approves low bids on U S 62 277 project
State Highway Commission in Oklahoma City approves bids for a two phase city highway project. Harold Redding and Associates of Lawton will handle the roadway portion with a bid of 512 330 69 while Suddreth Construction Company of Oklahoma City wins the grade separation bridge bid at 135 141 80. Runners up on the roadway are Jack Briscoe Construction and Standard Paving. The three level bridge received bids with Henryetta Construction and Ogapa Construction near the low end. Start date not announced. work to begin soon after contracts are awarded.
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State Highway Commission
Oklahoma City
Harold Redding and Associates
Lawton
Suddreth Construction Company
Redding
Suddreth
U. S. 62
Fort Sill Blvd
Ferris Avenue
Jack Briscoe Construction Co
Standard Paving Co
Henryetta Construction Co
Ogapa Construction Co
City expands boundary by annexing four additions
Lawton marks its 53rd birthday as the council annexes four residential additions and three other areas. The action brings blocks 21 22 28 29 and the north half of block 30 in Lawton Heights Williams addition into the city limits along with parts of Air Eanes area h 34 and Tropes addition. Additional areas included blocks 1 through 6 of a subdivision in the north side of the southwest quarter of section 36 2N 12W.
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Lawton Heights-Williams
Air Eanes
Tropes
Council
Speed Cut and Fewer Traffic Deaths Reported in Oklahoma
Oklahoma drivers averaged 48.4 mph on 18 major highways down from 50.5 mph last year and July fatalities fell to 35 from 47 in 1953. Officials credit a crackdown and public cooperation, predicting about 80 fewer deaths this year than 549 last year.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Highway Patrol
William K. Blood
Berst Safety
Bootlegger Gent Annexed Into Lawton. Police Jubilant
Convicted bootlegger A. P. Boots Gent has become a Lawton resident after annexation approved by the city council. Gent, known in the area for liquor confiscations and past raids on his delivery network, now joins Lawton with seven areas added to the city. Police celebrate finally raiding Gent's alleged headquarters as county records list six liquor convictions.
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Boots
Lawton
Gent
McKiney
Council
Airport
Bank Bandits Caught By FBI
FBI arrests in California and Oklahoma reveal three men tied to the Farmers National Bank robbery in Erick Oklahoma. Holland and Spangler are detained while Rine remains at large. About 22000 dollars were stolen and the trio allegedly split funds after gambling in Las Vegas.
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FBI
William M. Whalen
James Darrell Holland
Sheriff's
Modesto
James — Spangler
Los Gatos
Calif
Holland
Whalen
Travis T. Melton
Melton
Dorothy
Spanglers
Spangler
U. S
Stockton
San Joaquin
Canadian
Tex
Fort Sill helicopter crash claims Sgt Mulqueen life
Fort Sill reported the fatal crash of Sgt Robert J. Mulqueen a 27 year old cargo helicopter student. The two place H-23 helicopter went down in a field at the south edge of the reserve. cause pending investigation. Mulqueen formerly served in the Navy and had been at Fort Benning before joining the Army. He is survived by his wife and young son.
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Fort Sill
Military Reserve
Robert J. Mulqueen
Mulqueen
Fort Benning
Navy
Aqualia
Army
Michael Patrick
James Chiotto
Jersey City
N.J
Army Aviation School
Global security plan urged by United Nations and allies
The United States Britain and France proposed early European security talks to cover the entire continent. The U N called for a six point plan to boost member participation in future collective action against aggression. The move includes an Asia defense group concept and a security hearing for a suspended employee as the Army revisits new information.
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United States
Britain
France
United Nations
U. N
East Asia
Washington
Army
Indian Dancers to Enter Comanche Pow Wow Event
Three national champion dancers will join the Comanche War Dance club’s annual Pow Wow near Lawton Oklahoma. The four day event opens tomorrow with master of ceremonies George Bosin of Anadarko guiding dances from Thursday to Sunday. Public admission is free.
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May Youngman
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S. First
Lawton
Attocknie
George Smith
Princess A
Anadarko
Attocknie Hag
Shane Scary
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