Lawton Rodeo Delights Crowd At LO Ranch Grounds
A record crowd of more than 6,000 Lawtonians and southwest Oklahomans attended the opening night as the Steiner show returns to Ada and St. Louis after Lawton. Eddie Quaid suffered a broken leg. Elmer Carter led calf roping with 13.5 seconds. Wayne Cox won steer wrestling at seven seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Rangers
LO Ranch Grounds
Southwest
Tommy Steiner
Texas
Colorado
Lawton
Ada
St. Louis
Eddie Quaid
Oklahoma City
Quaid
Southwestern Hospital
Altus
Grandfield
Burkburnett
Tex
Mangum
Meers
Cement
Cyril
Wichita Falls
Apache
Carter
Elmer Carter
Antelope
George Brown
Euless
Hardy Tadiock
Ft. Worth
Windy Ryan
Whit Kenney
Stephenville
Dale Youree
Addington
Wayne Cox
J. D. Tadlock
Mike Ward
Weldon Young
Kiwanians Protest Patrol Officer Demotion in Lawton
Lawton Kiwanis club votes to protest the demotion and transfer of veteran Highway Patrol Lt. C. T. Raley. They seek a hearing with Gov. Raymond Gary and State Safety head Jim Lookabaugh. Mayor C. R. Ellsworfff asks for a public meeting to air local dissension and may lead a delegation to Oklahoma City if officials decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
C. T. Raley
Lawton
Lawton Kiwanis Club
Raymond Gary
Sefety
Jim Lookabaugh
C. R. Ellsworfff
Gary
Lookabaugh
Raley
Kiwanis
Bud Williamson
Threeman
Brinks Bandit Eludes Police in Buffalo Robbery Attempt
A gunman identified as James Salermineo alias Jimmy Sheridan of New York with two accomplices fled after a $498,500 Brinks, Inc. heist attempt in Buffalo. Pettinato and Mazzella were captured after a tear gas raid. guard Eugene Clohessy was wounded and hospitalized. Loot was recovered. additional cash found at the Brinks garage. Police sealed exits and pursued the bandits. The incident recalls a Boston Brinks holdup on January 17, 1950, where the loot was never recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Brinks, Inc
James Salermerio
Jimmy Sheridan
New York
Anthony Pettinato
Baltimore
Sylvester Mazzella
Brinks
Eugene Clohessy
Boston
Guard and Reserve Units Due At Fort Sill
About 500 National Guardsmen and 240 Reservists will arrive at Fort Sill Sunday for two weeks of summer training. The 348th Transportation Group from Oklahoma City and attached units, under Col. Rafael Stein, include companies from Harrison and Walnut Ridge Arkansas Amarillo and Lubbock Texas Meridian and Austin Texas. A second group, the 315th Logistical Command from Eldorado Arkansas, adds 60 personnel led by Col. Jeff Sawyer. Four officers and 12 reservists from the 425th MP CID Detachment at Shawnee Oklahoma also join two weeks of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guardsmen
Fort Sill
348Th
Oklahoma City
Rafael Stein
Harrison
Ark
Walnut Ridge
Amarillo
Tex
Lubbock
Meridian
Austin
Eldorado
Jeff Sawyer
Eldo
425Th
MP Cid
Shawnee
Okla
Long Asks Probe Of Gas Rate Hike
Oklahoma City Rep Charley W Long of Apache seeks Legislative Council inquiry into Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp request for a 417000 annual rate increase across 45 towns. He asks the council director to determine if the hike is justified as hearings before the Corporation Commission are set to resume November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Legislative Council
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp
Charley W. Long
Long
Jac Rhodes
Corporation Commission
1 000 Cadets End Summer Camp Art Sill
A full dress ceremonial review at Lucasfield concluded six weeks of ROTC summer training for over 1,000 cadets from 35 colleges. Brig Gen John B. Horton presided as 84 officers were commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army Reserve. Thirteen cadets earned awards for marksmanship and proficiency. William L. Broaddus of Texas A&M led as troop commander of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucasfield
Artillery Reserve Officer Training Corps
United States
United States Army Reserve
William L. Broaddus
Texas A&m
ROTC
Murray F. Broaddus
Caldwell
Tex
Jerry D. Finley
Cameron College
Finley
Iowa State
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
USAR
Sill Man Slain, Wife Jailed Here
A 39-year-old Lawton woman, Mary Hamilton, was jailed after her Fort Sill sergeant husband, Sfc. Marshall F. Hamilton, was found dying from a gunshot at their home on 216 N First. Police quote her as claiming they fought and she fired one shot to warn him, another hit him. no charges yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Fort Sill
Sfc
Marshall F. Hamilton
267Th Armored FA Bn
Fort Sill Army Hospital
Manville Redman
Mary
30 Persons Feared Dead In Air Crash
Fort Leonard Wood Mo up reports indicate an American Airlines Convair crashed near the Fort Wood landing strip killing all aboard. Flight 476 from Tulsa to Syracuse carried 27 passengers and three crew. witnesses saw flames from one engine as it approached the strip. Rescue teams found the plane engulfed in flames in a wooded area just short of the runway.Crew were Capt Hugh C Barron First Officer William G Gates and stewardess Thelma Ruth Ballard all from Tulsa. There were 27 paying passengers aboard plus crew. See CRASH Page 3.
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Fort Leonard Wood
American Airlines
David Dyer
American
Tulsa
Syracuse
N. Y
Joplin
Springfield
St. Louis
Fort Wood
Chicago
Detroit
Buffalo
Rochester
N.Y
Fort Worth
Hugh C. Barron
William G. Gates
Thelma Ruth Ballard
Salisbury
N. C
Gates
Tyrone
Barron
Georgia
Area Weather Forecast With Cloudy Skies Likely
Considerable cloudiness through Friday with a chance of scattered thundershowers. No significant temperature change expected. Highs today and Friday near 90 to 95 degrees, low tonight around 72, tonight’s low about 71. 11 am reading 89, Wednesday high near 97.
Bulganin Rejects Eisenhower Plan For Military Blueprints
Premier Bulganin dismissed Eisenhower's July Geneva proposal for trading military blueprints and mutual air inspections as unreal. He argued both nations have unlimited territory to hide anything and called the Soviet plan for arms control more realistic while praising Geneva's contribution to easing tension and ending the cold war.
Ike Says Door Is Still Open
President Eisenhower said he did not believe Bulganin had closed the door on the plan to exchange military secrets. He noted Bulganin called the Soviet May 10 inspection disarmament proposal more realistic and pledged to pursue fair systems, with new proposals to be offered during UN talks in New York. He also discussed Congress, Red China in the UN, and Air Secretary Harold E. Talbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Supreme Soviet
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Geneva
London
U.S
Sen. George
D-Ga
Lee Bulganin
Washington
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
United Nations
New York
Harold E Tal- See Ike
Freed Airmen Begin Quick Flight Home
Eleven American airmen freed by Red China arrived at Clark Air Force Base from Hong Kong where they crossed the border to freedom. Brigadier General William L. Lee and U.S. Ambassador Homer Ferguson greeted them before a homecoming. The men, formerly with the 581st Wing at Clark, head to Tokyo then the West Coast to reunite with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Clark Air Force Base
Hong Kong
William L. Lee
U. S. 13Th Air Force
U.S
Homer Ferguson
581St
Clark
Korea
Tokyo
U. S
Showers Persist In Area Forecast
The forecast calls for showers with no major temperature change in Lawton area today and Friday, highs 90 to 95, considerable cloudiness and a slight chance of scattered thundershowers. Tonight's low 72, today's 71, 11 am reading 89, Wednesday high 97. Over four inches of rain fell last night in southeastern Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
Court-martial hears former POW accuse Lt Erwin of disloyal statements
Army board hears testimony from John R. Gaston a former Air Force pilot and cattle rancher as he accuses Lt Jefferson D. Erwin of pro Communist remarks at a POW meeting in Korea era camp. Gaston asks to speak and says he hopes Erwin is acquitted for his wife and children.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Korea
Jefferson D. Erwin
Army
Air Force
John R. Gaston
Calhoun City
Miss
Erwin
Blanchard
Oklo
Gaston
Pyodong
James C. Williams
San Antonio
Truman
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Persmission
Oklahoma flood projects seek federal aid and authorization
Representative Victor Wickersham of Mangum outlined plans to seek congressional authorization for western Oklahoma flood control and reclamation projects. The Squaw Creek Cache Creek canal near Lawton, approved for $115,000 federal funding, will begin easement work. Other efforts include Canton dam irrigation expansion, and projects on Cow Creek Beaver Creek Hell Creek Red River tributaries, with Optima Dam near Guymon already authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Wickersham
Mangum
Washington
Western Oklahoma
Congress
Squaw and
Cache Creeks
Lawton
Squaw-Cache Creek
Tulsa
Army Corps of Engineers
Wickersham
Canton Dam
Cow Creek
Beaver Creek
Hell Creek
Red River
Optima Dam
Guymon
Army's Security Program Blasted by Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas of the Socialist party denounces the Army security program for labeling many young men as disloyal and blocking employment after discharge. He states a report on over 100 affected cases will be given to Assistant Army Secretary Hugh H. Milton, prepared by Rowland Watts of the Workers Defense League. Joined by Kenneth M. Birk of the American Veterans Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Army
Hugh H. Milton
Rowland Watts
Baltimore
New York
Workers Defense League
Thomas
League
Kenneth M. Birkhead
American Veterans Committee
Reds Resume Atomic Tests
Washington reports the Soviet Union resumed testing nuclear weapons within the past few days, according to an Atomic Energy Commission brief. The AEC would not specify whether the tests involved hydrogen or atomic bombs and declined further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Sill Rocket Battery Heads to Far East Assignment
The Fifth Field Artillery rocket battery from Fort Sill, commanded by Capt. Richard O'Shea, will ship Monday to the Far East aboard planes and a ship. Armed with the 762 millimeter Honest John rocket, they join Lt. Gen. I. D. White's Far East forces, with the 280mm atomic cannon already in Okinawa. Dependent moves follow Army policy. Col. Albert S. Britt will bid farewell to the unit Saturday.
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Far East
Fort Sill
Richard O'Shea
Post Field
I. D. White
United States Army Far East
U.S. Eighth Army
Washington
Far Eastern
Okinawa
San Francisco
Department of the Army
Albert S. Britt
52Nd Field Artillery Group
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Wyatt Myers
Bill Dixon
Brinks Bandit
John B. Horton
Chief
Sclons
Moscow
Kremlin
U.S.S.R
Emotion Grips
Col
John Knox Arnold Jr
Ike
Red
China
Red China
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