Freed Airman Learns Wife Rewed After Captivity News
Tachikawa Japan report details Airman 2-C Daniel C Schmidt learning his wife Una Fine, now Mrs Una Fine of Cisco Grove California, has remarried while he was held by Red China. The Air Force withheld the truth until the return flight from the Philippines. The 11 airmen were given hospital checks and the B 29 crew led by Col John Knox Arnold returned home. Maj William H Baumer, missing a foot, rode in on crutches with the others.
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Tachikawa
Japan
Daniel C. Schmidt
U.S
Red China
Air Force
Schmidt
Clark Field
Philippines
Red Cross
Una Fine
Cisco Grove
Calif
Air Base
John Knox Arnold
William H. Baumer
Lawton Woman Charged With Murder In Husband Slaying
Mrs. Mary Hamilton, 39, a Lawton housewife, was charged with murder for the pistol slaying of her husband Marshall F. Hamilton at their home 216 N First just after 1 30 a m Thursday County Attorney Manville Redman filed the charge about 2 p m today Hamilton, 32, Service Btry 267th Armored FABn, died on arrival at Fort Sill Army hospital after being shot once under the left armpit The shooting followed a family argument and Hamilton will be arraigned before City Judge Ralph Cline today or tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hamilton
Lawton
Theouple
Manville Redman
Fort Sill Army Hospital
Death in Gary after caller prompts police gun duel
In Gary Indiana a chance call from solicitor Virginia Sofranoff to 655 Indiana Ave sparked a police investigation. Patrolman John Moore and state of Wright engaged in a gun duel. Moore died after being shot twice in the chest and once in the head. Wright was killed by five bullets fired by Sgt. Ray Hahn after Moore arrived. Wright’s nieces aged 15 and 8 and Wright’s wife were among those in the home with Wright’s 2-year-old son. The sisters said Wright locked the 15-year-old in a room with the child and attempted to molest her before police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hahn
John Moore
Arthur Wright
Wright
Moore
George Winchur
Virginia Sofranoff
Indiana Ave
Airliner Lands in Chicago Street After Midway Landing
A Northwest Airlines Stratocruiser: railing a wire fence, it ended in a street at 55th and Central on the South Side. The craft was inbound from Minneapolis to Chicago. no fire reported. Police conveyed preliminary details.
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Chicago
Northwest Airlines
Midway Airport
55Th and
Central
Minneapolis
Lawton 54th Birthday Celebration Includes Sunrise Breakfast Parade
Lawton gears up for its 54th birthday with a sunrise chuck wagon breakfast at LO ranch, a pioneer parade at 5 p.m., and a final rodeo performance. Dr. Charles Kelsey chairs the event, Everett Ray Hale leads the parade, and Pioneer Women’s Club funds prize money for top pioneers and an Indian costume prize. City offices close for Lawton birthday observances.
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LO Ranch
Charles Kelsey
Comanche County
Carnegie Library
Lawton
Everett Ray Hale
Pioneer Women’s Club
Fiunny Rodeo Clowns Play Dangerous Game
Gene and Bobby Clark star as rodeo clowns with the Tommy Steiner rodeo touring the LO ranch for a four day stand ending Saturday. Clowns face a dangerous side of the sport while fans enjoy the show. Brahma bulls seek to gore riders after separation from the arena, and pickup men offer little help in bull riding. See CLOWNS, Page 2.
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Gene
Bobby Clark
Tommy Steiner
LO Ranch
Clark Boys
Witnesses testifying in Erwin court martial admit communist links
Defense barristers secured admissions from Army witnesses testifying against Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin at his court martial in Fort Lewis Washington. Witnesses including Capt. Ralph A. Nardella testified Erwin and others were elected to a peace committee and were entertained by Chinese captors. They said Erwin made statements claiming America was the aggressor in Korea under pressure from hatchet men.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
Erwin
No. 5
North Korea
Leslie E. Dixon
Baton Rouge
Blanchard
Okla
Ralph A. Nardella
Fair Lawn
N. J
America
Korea
Dems Attack Hells Canyon Private Power Plan
Democratic senators assailed the Federal Power Commission for approving a privately financed hydroelectric project in Hells Canyon Idaho Power Co would build three dams that could flood a proposed federal dam site. They warned the action would be a sell-out to private power interests and a national issue when Congress reconvenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Hell’s Canyon
Commission
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Congress
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Dixon-Yates
Magnusen
D-Wash
Humphrey
D-Minn
FPC
Retarded Kiddies Get Special Class Plans
Plans are formed for a class for severely mentally retarded children in Lawton and Comanche county. John Shoemaker says five Lawton children and three county students are enrolled. Oklahoma legislature appropriated 25000 for special classes statewide. Shoemaker discussed Lawton's share with state director Leroy Taylor. Estimated 1500 will fund the local class.
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Lawton
Comanche County
John Shoemaker
State Department of Education
Shoemaker
Leroy Taylor
Meteor Streamliner Boosts Frisco Rail Traffic at Lawton
Passenger ticket sales at the Frisco depot rose 300 percent after the Meteor streamliner began operating through Lawton on July 19. C. W. Giberson, local station agent, said the gain was based on two weeks of figures before and after the debut.
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Frisco
Lawton
C. W. Giberson
Russia open to more talks on Eisenhower inspection plan
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin told the Supreme Soviet that Russia is willing to examine Eisenhower's mutual inspections proposal despite earlier objections. He denied reports that Moscow rejected the idea, saying the plan would be studied with serious consideration.
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Russia
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Eisenhower Offer Merges US and Soviet Disarmament Plans
Washington officials said Ike’s surprise proposal to combine American and Soviet inspection ideas shifts momentum to the Soviet Union. The blended package would be presented in new disarmament proposals within ten weeks, with the May 10 1955 Russian system for ports and rail hubs added to the U.S. plan. The President stated at Geneva that he would adopt both plans if Moscow trusted the inspection framework.
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Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Geneva
Bulganin
Washington
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
U.S
Patrol Probe Sought By Solon As Cityans Protest To Governor
Lawton civic and business leaders traveled by auto caravan to Oklahoma City to demand explanation from Gov. Raymond Gary and Safety Commissioner Lookabaugh over the demotion of Highway Patrol Lt. C. T. Raley. About 30 delegates left Hotel Lawtonian at 11 a.m. joining others en route for a 2 p.m. meeting with officials. The protest followed the shakeup that also sent Trooper Bud Williamson to Claremore and elevated Capt. Norman Holt. State Sen. Kirksey Nix of McAlester announced a full probe into the patrol reshuffle may begin within 10 days, with Nix chairing the Senate committee.
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Lawton
Highway Patrol
C. T. Raley
Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Jim Lookabaugh
Lawtonian
Lawton Kiwanis Club
Raley
Bud Williamson
Norman Holt
Williamson
Claremore
Kirksey Nix
McAlester
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Socialite Vanishes Bloodstained Car Found
Kansas City authorities probe the disappearance of Wilma Allen a 34 year old socialite after a blood stained 1955 Chevrolet convertible was found abandoned near 22nd and Broadway. Police say the car containing her torn clothing points to kidnapping and murder with her husband William Allen Jr an auto dealer described as a model husband. Police note a $30 check cashed and $5 paid for beauty parlor services reduce robbery motive. See murder page.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
William Allen Jr
Eugene Pond
Pond
Allen
Billy
Bobby
Allens
Chevrolet
Robertson sworn as deputy secretary of defense at White House
Reuben B. Robertson Jr. was sworn in as deputy secretary of defense in a White House ceremony. President Eisenhower and Secretary Wilson joked about no conflict of interest beyond his family, while Robertson, head of Champion Paper & Fibre Co., was surrounded by his wife, six children, and his parents from Asheville North Carolina.
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Washington
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Defense
White House
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Robertson
Robert B. Anderson
Wilson
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Hamilton, Ohio
Asheville
N.C
Bloodhound escapee evades search near Allen Oklahoma
Louis Jones, a 34 year old inmate serving life for first degree rape, escaped from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary with six bloodhounds. Police swarmed six carloads of officers near Allen but Jones vanished, possibly aided by the dogs. Farmers later recalled conversations with Jones claiming he was seeking the prison escapee named Jones.
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Allen
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Louis Jones
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Jones
McAlester
Sale Of Surpluses To Russia Possible
Government farm officials said today a new exploration of selling surplus American farm products to Soviet Russia and other Iron Curtain countries is possible. Russia is viewed as a potential market for large quantities of grain butter lard and other food fats held in excess supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Russia
Russia
Pilot Crashes After Desperate Landing Attempt at Army Post
At Fort Leonard Wood Missouri a crippled American Airlines Convair with 27 passengers and three crew members could not reach the airport. The right wing failed, engulfed in flames. 30 aboard died. Pilot Captain Hugh Barron, Tulsa, Oklahoma, had previously saved 40 lives in a similar emergency last year. Eyewitness Lt. A J Brewster described the doomed final approach over housing areas before the crash into a wooded gully. wreckage smoldered hours after.
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FT. Leonard Wood
American Airlines
A. J. Brewster
Post Airport
Army Post
Hugh Barron
Tulsa
Okla
Convair
Forney
Land buying seen in 1956 for Fort Sill expansion
Washington Bureau reports that after President Eisenhower signed a 1.6 billion supplemental appropriation with 2.216 million set for purchasing 20 320 acres of private land west of Fort Sill, actual proceedings expected to begin in early 1956 with Corps of Engineers and government appraisers handling condemnation issues.
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Jack Cleland
Washington
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Eisenhower
Fort Sill
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Gallagher Gave Pro-Red Lectures At POW Camp
New York testimony in a court martial describes Sgt. James C. Gallagher discussing pro Communist topics with POWs at a Chinese Reds run camp. Cpl. Vernon W. Clark says the lectures caused near fights and doubt among men. Pvt. Harold Davis recalls Gallagher as an intimate of two Americans who refused repatriation at camp HQ.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Gallagher
Vernon W. Clark
Brooks
Maine
Harold Davis
Brooklyn
Davis
Rush
James G. Veneris
Set
Scott L. Rush
Red China
Shower Activity To Continue Here
Scattered thunder showers are forecast for Lawton and the surrounding area this afternoon, evening, and Saturday. Local observer Mrs. Floyd Elrod reports .29 inch of rain since Thursday afternoon. Fort Sill records .43 inch. No major temperature changes expected through Saturday with highs near 90s. Tonight's low around 72, today 71. This morning at 11 a.m. it was 83. Thursday peaked at 96.
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Lawton
Floyd Elrod
Fort Sill
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Gary
Ind
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Second Street
Sixth Street
First Street
Abe March
Pioneer Club
Keith Aycock
Union Park
Cr. J. Walter Browers
Centenary Methodist Church
Nardella
Dems
Hells Canyon
Frisco Meteor
Soviet
Will Broaden
Solon
Capital
Nix
The
State Senate
R.B. Robertson
New Wilson
la Crosse
Wis
Grandview Hospital
Everett Gustafson
Grandview
Gustafson
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