Fear over atrocity tales delays Korean War probe
House Armed Services Committee refused an immediate investigation into reported Communist atrocities against American prisoners in Korea. Some members pressed for a probe while Pentagon officials warned such action could risk American captives. The debate followed claims of mistreatment and emaciation of prisoners freed this week.
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Washington
Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Machrowicz
R-Mich
Sen. Potter
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Ferguson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Mark Clark
United Nations
Ferguson
Korea
House
Pentagon
Houston Loads Firearms For Big Game Hunt
In Houston on a Friday residents fired at four Brahman cattle and an alligator that roamed city streets after escaping from a North Side packinghouse. Police and residents pursued and killed the cattle and alligator. injuries included a photographer who suffered cracked ribs. A backyard gator pen mystery ended with 74-year-old Joe Sessions claiming the lone survivor.
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Houston
Texas
North Side
Lou Witt
The
Houston Chronicle
Witt
Joe Ruffino
Otis Alexander
Humane
Joe Sessions
Faith services listed for Lawton area churches
A compiled schedule shows numerous churches in Lawton and surrounding towns with service times. Listings include Liberty Heights Christian Paradise Valley Baptist St John’s Lutheran First Baptist Cameron Baptist First Church of God Medicine Park Baptist Church Gospel Preaching Lawton Heights Methodist Church Northside Baptist Seventh Day Adventist Gospel Lighthouse Church Lawton Heights Church of the Nazarene and many others with morning worship Sunday School and evening or midweek activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Heights
Charles Dawson
F. E. Dockstetter
First Church OF God
Smith
Henry Miller
Medicine Park Baptist Church
Dan Green
Ed A.m
Alfred Tugzgie
Training Union
Lawton Heights
Andrews
R. C. Weirs ,Jr
John Gowin
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Bethel Methodist Church
Lawton
I. A. Ward
Virgil Smith
WSCS
C. H. Davis
Vgs
Homer Byrd
Assembly OF God
Church OF the Nazarene
Nyps & JR
L. P. Roberts
Wesley Methodist Church
Lith and
McKinley
Fred Stolz
B. A. Slayton
Bible Baptist Church
C Ave
John C. Morgan
Pentecostal Church OF God
H. Rev. C. B. Jones
Children’s Church
First Assembly OF God
Columbia
J. L. McQueen
W. O. Mangram
KSWO
Latter Reign
George P. Hudson
Church OF Christ Sixth
Arlington
A. V. Isbel
Centenary Methodist Church
Seventh and
D Avenue
J. Walter Browers, Jr
Hugh Horn
First Christian Church Seventh & D
Elbert M. Whitwell
Tracy Cary
Fred Harris
C.W.F
Gore
Ed Jones
L. W. Wilson
New Post Chapel
Christian Reform Churches
Sheridan Road
Donald V. Hafemann
Thomas A. Bartley
Joseph T. Daley
John J. O'Neill
New Post
Cantonment
Artillery Bowl
Hilltop Chapel
First Baptist Church Fifth
B. H
Tom Wiles
Kenneth Myers
C. B. Col
Tom Luther
W.M.A
Business Women’s Circle
Eurelian
G.A
R.A
Sunbeams
Christian Science
E Avenue
Sunset Baptist 25Th
David Barfield
First Presbyterian Church
Eighth and D
Clayton S. Walder
Doyle S. Farmer
Calvary Baptist Church
H Avenue
Henry Wall
Roy Edwards Jr
J. N. Sutton
Real Heights Presbyterian Church
S. Seventh — Park
Paul D. Hanna
Max Tague
Quick Thinking Saves Man Life In Cleveland Cave-In
In Cleveland a cave in buried Wellington Wilson for about ten minutes under five feet of dirt. Quick-thinking rescuers piped oxygen to him while colleagues dug him free from a twelve-foot-deep sewer ditch. Dr Stephen Sheppard at Bay View Hospital treated the man who was in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wellington Wilson
Wilson
Stephen Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Korean Unity Seen As Imperative Need
Seoul South Korea will remain dependent on American aid forever unless North and South Korea are united, said Lee Chai Hyung minister of commerce and industry in an interview. Neither side alone can sustain an economy until Korea is unified he added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
South Korea
North
Lee Chai Hyung
Commerce and Industry
South
North Korea
Eca
Lee
Police praise program in Cleveland yields nine male drivers
In Cleveland, the police department’s week-old courtesy program has complimented nine motorists, all men, during traffic stops. The brief initiative aims to reward courteous driving and reinforce positive behavior on city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Police
Plice Department
Words to Live by John 10 10
A compact meditation on Jesus Christ teaching abundant life. The speaker contrasts worldly pursuit of wealth with Jesus promise of joyous, unselfish living guided by God's ways.
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Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Street Rally Opens 15th Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders Reunion
LAS VEGAS New Mexico street rally opened the 15th annual reunion of the Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders with about 35 Spanish American War veterans in attendance. Jesse Langdon from East Rockaway Long Island arrived from California in a souped up hot rod to join the event. The reunions began in 1915 but were interrupted by World War I and II.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Teddy Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Jesse Langdon
East Rockaway
Long Island
N. Y
California
Langdon
San Juan Hill
Roosevelt
Coal County Oil Well Flow Test Praised
A 49 minute drill stem test from 6 711 65 feet by the Leonard Oil Co at its No 1 Truute in the Northwest Tupelo Pool of Coal County Oklahoma indicates a flow of 15 to 20 barrels per hour. The well surfaced gas in three minutes, mud in 26 and oil in 31. Two other completions by Sunray Oil Corp in Osage County produced 798 and 432 barrels respectively. Oil activity statewide declined with 145 new well locations staked versus 174 prior week. completions totaled 152 with 86 oil wells, 5 gas wells, 56 dry holes and 5 abandoneds. Continental Oil No 4 Wallace in Carter County flowed 75 barrels oil and Magnolia No 1 Sweet in Garvin County yielded 397 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Leonard Oil Co
Tupelo
Coal County
Tulsa World
Sunray Oil Corp
Osage County
Continental Oil Co
Wallace
Carter County
Deese
Sims
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Garvin County
Mexican Workers Arrested As Aliens In Michigan Harvest
Two Mexicans, Joe Trujillo aged 24 and Calderon Carlos aged 33, were held in Traverse City for U S immigration authorities in Detroit after being accused of entering the United States illegally to work in cherry orchards during harvest. Eight other Mexicans were arrested last week on similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Mich
United States
U. S
Detroit
Joe Trujillo
Calderon Carlos
Stockholders Vote Merger of Air Lines
In Burbank California on August 7 stockholders of Flying Tiger Line and Slick Airways approved their merger, needing only Civil Aeronautics Board approval to become official.
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Burbank
Calif
Flying Tiger Line
Slick Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
Missouri Mother Weeps With Joy
JOPLIN Missouri Aug 7 UP The mother of Pfc Edward Clevener 21 sobbed quietly when a reporter told her he was among those freed from POW camps Mrs Velma Shafer of 16 North Oak Joplin was notified at work by radio station KFSB She said he enlisted in 1949 was captured in 1950 while serving as a front line medic and had heard from him only three times last letter postmarked June 1 arrived a week ago Dayton Oregon is his home with his father Edward E Clevenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Edward Clevener
Velma Shafer
North Oak
KFSB
Edward E. Clevenger
Dayton
Ore
Kiwanis Hear Histories Of 1901 Lawton Birthday
Lawton Kiwanis marked the city's 52nd birthday with a program by pioneer residents led by E. L. Richardson. Mrs. Abe March recalled early days including dried fruit use, Milo Tague noted water sold at 25 cents per barrel, and only the land office and post office stood in 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
M. H. Wilson
George Horton
Helicopters Faster Farther and Heavier Payloads Updated
A decade of aviation advances has doubled helicopter speed and tripled range while lifting payloads increases multiply. The new capability profile shows helicopters now fly twice as fast six times as far and carry fifteen times more payload than ten years ago.
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Paradise Valley Baptist
ST. John’s Lutheran Church
Donald V. Hartemann
Sheridan Road Chapel
Fort Sill
First Baptist Church
Chattanooga
A. E. Hughes
Cameron Baptist Church
C. Bert York
Church OF Christ
15Th
Summit
Earl Seigrist
Elk City
Hazel Madison
CA. Norman
C. J. Clevenger
Duncan
R. M. Wall
Quanah
James A. Ramsey
Oklahoma City
7Th
E Ave
Legion Halil
Weldon Rightmer
Northside Baptist Church
Carson Everett
18Th and Taylor
Everett Burk
Baptist Training Union
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Harold Flory
Gospel Lighthouse Church
Monroe
Lawton View Church Mennonite Brethren
Wisconsin
D. W. Petker
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Seventh and Gore
Ben Hulshof
Immanuel Baptist Church
Lith and Jefferson
Henry Swinney
Ramsey
Li A
B.T.U
Central Baptist Church Ninth
B. Richard T. Hopper
J. B. Johns
L. Reeder
Central Choir
First Missionary Baptist Church
B. H. Leonard
B.T.C
Salvation Army
G. Spencer Appentone
Paul McDanial
Young People’s Legion
Reorganized
Church OF Jesus Christ
Your Day Saints
A. R. Johnson
Church OF God
Biva
E. T. Curtsinger
Highland Park Methodist
H. E. Snodgrass
Hugh Corwin
Grant Hildebrand
Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall
G Avenue
the Watchtower
First Methodist Church
Eighth
B. J. J. Stowe Jr
Wallace Gray Jr
Wayne Gilley
Centenary
First Church
S. Eighth
Gideon International
Lawton-Fort Sill
First Pentecostal Holiness
D. G. A. Adkisson
Church OF Christ Eighth and Lee
Allen B. Harper
Northwest Church OF Christ
Cache Road
Clarence Q. Jones
Allan R. Fredine
Sheridan
Joseph R. Andrews
Edwin M. Walker
Magnus V. Gonnsen
South Blvd
Robert A. Bryant
Cantonment Chapel
George W. Cartwright
US Army Hospital
Gilbert F. Hyde
Raymond L. Kasper
Louis G. Alder
Quarry Hill
James B. Baker
James N. Brister
South Bird Chapel
Sullus
Old Post Chapel
Irwin M. Schor
Wallock Memorial Congregational Seventh
Jack A. Batten
John Carter
Kenneth Robinson
Pilgrim Fellowship
Dick McFarland
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church
B. Russell T. Rauscher
Calvary Baptist Chapel
Fourth & Jefferson
James Stapleton
F. M. Pillow
Harold Smith
Westminister Presbyterian
Euclid Martin L. Baker
Leonard Roe
W. W. McCaskill
Pioneer
Pioneer Fellowship
Trinity Baptist
Gore R. N. Hammons
John Allred
E. W. Kelley
W.M.U
D Ave
North 16Th & Andrews St
16Th Street
Condi
R. C. Weirs, Jr
Northside
Taylor Streets
Roy Edwards, Jr
Music
Calvary
Carrell Lumber Company
Nazarene 9Th
Churches OF Christ
8Th & Lee Alien B. Harper
6Th
V. Isbell
Northwest
Loyd L. Smith
R. N. Hammon
20Th & Gore
Richard T. Hopper
Missouri
Kennedy
Strasetiecee
H. Tom Wiles
D. D
Falls Creek
Christ
Bob Edde
J Walter Browers Jr
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