City Pioneers Celebrate With Breakfast Parade And Picnic
Lawton citizens plan a birthday celebration with a 5 30 a m sunrise breakfast at LO Ranch grounds open to all with bacon eggs and coffee served by the Rangers and wake up music from the Southernaires. A parade at 10 a m led by Mayor Joe McCain will traverse Sixth and F streets with marching bands and floats followed by a 2 p m picnic.
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Lawton
Hardy Souls
LO Ranch Grounds
Sixth
Pioneer Club
E Street
C Street
Joe McCain
Douglass High
Freak Storms Plague Southwest Oklahoma Towns
Severe storms swept through Southwest Oklahoma on Tuesday night with heavy rainfall and a tornado touching down near Grandfield. The Grandfield water pump station suffered major damage, a nearby rural home burned after a lightning strike, and several Grandfield homes reported lightning hits. Hobart endured strong winds, uprooted trees, and a damaged taxi stand and cafe. Rain totals varied from .7 to 1.4 inches in Hobart, with higher elsewhere. Damage included a destroyed shed and blown fuses at the pump facility. The storm prompted continued details on continuing water supply restoration in Grandfield.
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Oklahoma
Comanche County
Grandfield
Hobart
Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Frank Williams
I. M. King
Bob Thacker Jr
Ille Holt
A. N. Nault
Kiowa
Dulles Seeks Peace Talks With Rhee After Visit
U S Secretary of State Dulles delivered Eisenhower's oral message to South Korea's Syngman Rhee and the two leaders agreed on four day talks. They plan to discuss a Korean truce peace, a mutual security pact, and American aid up to 200 million dollars.
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Seoul
U. S
Dulles
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
United States
South Korea
Congress
B47 Completes Longest Hop From England to Tampa
MACDILL AFB FL Two Air Force B47s flew nonstop from Fairford England to Tampa Fla 4450 miles in 9 h 53 with an altitude of 42700 ft and an average speed of 454 mph The mission was led by Col Elliott Vandevanter Jr The second Stratojet diverted to Hunter AFB Savannah Ga after a 9 h 26 min 2 sec flight from Fairford with 4151 miles covered at 440 mph
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Macdill Afb
Tampa
Fla
Air Force
Elliott Vandevanter Jr
Alexandria
Hunter Afb
Savannah
Fairford
Car Said Tornadoed Away In 200-Man Search
STURGIS S D Aug 5 A 200 man posse hunted Wednesday for a car reportedly sucked into the sky by a tornado and carried from view A small boy was seen peering from a window as it vanished John McGregor of Spearfish reported a car with Idaho plates driven 50 feet in front of his Jeep during a violent wind and rainstorm before it was lifted into the air Rain and hail struck the Jeep and shattered a window The search extended into the night with light planes ordered for Wednesday already responding on the scene
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Sturgis
S. D
Fred Ritchel
John McGregor
Spearfish
Idaho
McGregor
Ritchel
Carl Aga
Russia Cuts Defense Budget and Taxation
Moscow reports a 3.2 percent defense budget cut for next year as Finance Minister Arseni Zverev unveils a plan to reduce agricultural taxes by 43 percent. The budget calls for 543.3 billion rubles in revenue and 530.5 billion rubles in expenditure, presented to about 2,000 Supreme Soviet members during a Kremlin session led by Premier Georgi Malenkov.
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Moscow
Arseni Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Council of Ministers
Zverev
Russia
Kremlin
Georgi Malen-Ov
Union Council
Presidium of
The
Nationalities Council
Council Shuns Revenue Hike Budget Drops
City officials approved a reduced budget of 570593.73 dollars, about nine percent below last year, with no motion to raise revenue. Budget chairman Jake Witzel said the job was finished with the reduced figure while Mayor Joe McCain pressed for higher revenue. Without new funds, spending must shrink and a future economy program looms. a suggested 50 cent monthly water hike was rejected.
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Jake Witzel
Simpson
C. W. Simpson
Joe McCain
Witzel
Recreation Department
Dwight E. Coxe
Pfc
Richard C. Montanaro
New York City
Montanaro
Soviet Soldiers Desert in Major East Berlin Westward Flight
Thirty seven East German soldiers and policemen fled to West Berlin marking the year’s second largest mass desertion from Red armed forces. The group included an officer as they escaped from the Soviet zone food block. Record daily flight was 46 on June 24 amid the East German revolt.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Sovie
Red Wehrmacht
People’s Police
Soviet East Berlin
North Korean Double Cross blocks first POW exchange
Munsan August 5 At least half of the first 60 United Nations prisoners freed Wednesday show advanced tuberculosis raising doubt about claims that all sick and wounded were released in Operation Little Switch last April. Prisoners describe harsh death marches and starvation in Communist camps while some recount survival tales from Wonju to the Manchurian border.
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Munsan
United Nations
Red
Fred W. Seymer
Bell
Calif
Freedom Village
F. K. Bernardino
Bernardino
Seymore
Richard M. Davis
Booneville
Ark
Davis
U.S
Wonju
South Korea
Manchurian
Fred W. Seymour
Reds Hold More Men Than Admitted In Prisoner Exchange
MUNSAN Thursday two days of exchanges show the Reds cheated in April by turning over 700 sick and wounded Allied prisoners for 6,000 disabled Chinese and North Korean captives. On day one more than 30 active tuberculosis cases among 60 U S personnel. day two list 42 sick Americans and 25 sick South Koreans among 392 returnees.
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Munsan
United Nations
Molotov Motor Works
U.S
War Department
Hell
U. S
Seoul
Yalu River
Murray Greets Enid Soldier at Seattle Dock
Enid native Charles E. Herdman docked in Seattle with 2000 Korea veterans as Governor Johnston Murray welcomed him. The scene occurred amid the National Governors Conference with Eisenhower’s Southeast Asia warnings weighing on the visit.
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Seattle
Wash
M. Set
Charles E. Herdman
Enid
Korea
Johnston Murray
Murray
Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
Washington
Nation Glows Weeps As PWs Leave Chains
The first group of 70 American prisoners of war released after the Korean truce reached freedom at Panmunjom Tuesday night. Reactions ran from joy to grief as families across the nation learned the news and awaited further repatriations, with stories of individual veterans and the impact on their relatives.
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Associated Press
Panmunjom
Pest
Maybelle Coxe
Fresno
Calif
Censored Homecoming Of Prisoners From Korea War
Seventy Americans freed from Communist camps arrive at Freedom Village Korea and recount harrowing confinement. Interviewers face censorship limits as officers restrict topics while eight litter patients are flown in for care. Cpl Richard M Davis and Sgt James Davis among the released, recalling friends who starved and endured brutal conditions.
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Sicopter
Davis
James Davis
Mullins
8. C
Freedom Village
Munson
Pfe
Albert Chicckine
Bloomfield
N. J
Korea
Panmunjom
Richard M. Davis
Booneville, Ark
Mullin
S. C
Red Camps
Stork Delivers Record 234 Babies in July
The pace was terrific in July as a record-breaking 234 births were logged in Coman che county. Boys led girls 120 to 114 while June’s birth count stood at 192 and the registrar Mrs Mollie Randolph reported 36 deaths for July.
Giant Bomber Falls Into Sea
London reports an American RB-36 crash in the stormy Atlantic 500 miles off the Irish coast. One survivor and one dead man found. Danish ship stands by a lifeboat with five more possible survivors. Rescue efforts face 15 foot waves and delays from landing planes.
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London
Manchester
Atlantic
Casualties Mount as U S Reports 141705 Korean War Deaths
The United States announces total battle casualties at 141,705 as of the week ending last Friday, noting the figure may not include all killed, wounded, or missing before the armistice. Pentagon says another summary likely and pending reports could adjust numbers, with prisoner exchanges beginning and 8,705 still missing.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Pentagon
Weather Note Predicts Clouds and Showers This Week
Forecast calls for cloudy conditions through Thursday with scattered showers or thunderstorms. Highs near 90 today and in the 90s Thursday, tonight's low around 70, today's low about 68. An 11 am reading showed a high of 103 with about one inch of rain possible.
Lone Sooner On First PW Switch
Oklahoma City reports Jess Richard McElroy from Oklahoma City, the first U S Navy prisoner released in the Panmunjom exchange. About 200 Oklahomans were listed missing since the war began and nine had been released in the sick and wounded exchange last April.
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Oklahoma City
Panmunjom
U. N. Lines
Jess Richard McElroy
Freedom
U. S. Navy
Reds
Vacation Pac and permanent address mail service
An old advertisement offers a Vacation Pac service for travelers with or without a permanent address. It promises to store your papers safely until you return home and charges no extra fee. The notice provides a Circulation Department phone number to place the order.
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Union Park
R. B. Stewart
J. Walter Browers Jr
Bill Logan
J. R. Fullerton
Toby Morris
Lawton High School
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Libby Loud Good
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Ronald Ferguson
Charles Green
D Street
Kes
Big Posse
Malenkov
Park Department
Council
Greece
Australia
Canada
Belgium
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Britannica
Liberty
Tokyo
Bov
Billy D. Pierce
Rt. 1
Memorial Hospital
Kathy Nunley
Trixie
Billy
Stork
Giant Bomber
Shannon
Ireland
Tenacious
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South Ruislip
Prestwick
Scotland
Air Ministry
Lake Lawtonka Dam
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