Pope urges east church to reunite with Rome
Pope Pius XII appeals to eastern rite churches to return to the Roman Catholic fold. In a letter to Archimandrite Isidore Croce, the pope says reunification would not diminish Eastern rites but strengthen them, and urges Orthodox communities including Russia and Greece to join the Roman Church. The monastic spokesman notes the call targets about 128 million Orthodox members amid a 400-million Catholic Church.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Isidore Croce
Santa Maria Grottaferrata
Rome
St. Bartholomew Junior
East
Russia
Greece
Balkans
Asia Minor
Florence
Reunion
Rhee Promises He'll Be Good
Seoul August 7 President Syngman Rhee pledged to the United Nations Command that South Korean troops will not provoke wartime incidents. He said he did not intend force when claiming Communist-held areas south of the 38th parallel might be taken. General Lemnitzer visited to seek clarity on Rhee's remarks and noted the Reds control Kaesong and Ongjin Peninsula.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
United Nations Command
Korea
38Th Parallel
Rhee
Lemnitzer
U. N
Lyman Lemnitzer
Tokyo
Kaesong
Ongjin Peninsula
Bloody towel clue in missing woman case
Police probing the disappearance of Mrs. Wilma Allen, wife of a wealthy auto dealer, analyze a bloody towel found on a Blue River viaduct to determine blood type. Officials confirm the blood is human and say final type results will take days. Her convertible, spotted with blood, was found with most of her clothes in the trunk.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Blue River
Mrs. Allen
Oklahoma Delegation Thwarts Protest to Eisenhower
Oklahoma's congressional delegation blocked temporarily their plan to personally protest to President Eisenhower about the proposed consolidation of Oklahoma's two Veterans Administration offices.
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Solons
Washington
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Veterans Administration
Waldrep Indicted for Attempted Bribery in Okla Case
Shawnee grand jury recessed until Aug 29 after returning an indictment against Tom C Waldrep former legislator charged with offering county attorney Lloyd Henry 500 monthly to permit gambling at Oak Ridge Terrace Supper Club The 1954 bribe date is noted Waldrep released on 2000 bond with trial expected in Oct term Also indicted Sheriff Harrington and Curtis Garrett as part of the same grand jury session Waldrep previously faced disbarment for a state jobs bribery conviction from 1939.
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Shawnee, Okla
Pottawatomie County
Grand Jury
Tom C. Waldrep
Waldrep
Waildrep
Lloyd Henry
Henry
Oak Ridge Terrace
Oklahoma - Pottawatomie
Jim C. Harrington
Jim Bradshaw
Shawnee News-Star
Curtis Garrett
Oklahoma House
Oklahoma
The
Oklahoma Bar Association
Ten Soldiers Die In Army Truck Crash
An Army truck carrying 20 U S 24th Division soldiers to a leave airport in Japan crashed through a bridge railing near Seoul. Ten were killed, some burned and pinned under the wreckage, while the other ten were injured, with some in critical condition. The driver survived without injury.
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Seoul
U. S. 24Th Division
Japan
Helicopter Mishap At Fort Sill Leaves Crew Unharmed
Two Fort Sill officers escaped injury after a helicopter mishap during forced landing practice at North Field on the east range. WO Vance Hill and WO William K. Fischer were aboard the H-23 when a rough landing bent the rotor into the tail boom, causing substantial aircraft damage.
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Fort Sill
Northfield
East Range
Public Information Office
Vance Hill
William K. Fischer
PIO
Washita Project OK Seen In 1956
Senator James E. Murray and Senator Clinton P. Anderson predicted the next Congress will approve five major water and power developments including the Washita Valley project in Oklahoma. The list also covers Upper Colorado Basin storage Ventura in California Hells Canyon and Frying Pan Arkansas in Colorado. The Hells Canyon project on the Snake River has sparked a long battle between public and private power interests.
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Washington
James E. Murray
Senate Interior Comittee
Congress
Washita Valley
Oklahoma
Montana Democrat
Clinton P. Anderson
Tion
Colorado Basin
Ventura
California
Hells Canyon
Frying Pan- Arkansas
Colorado
Snake River
Idaho-Oregon
Wounded Union Officials Improve After Shootout at San Francisco
Three AFL Marine Firemen's Union business agents shot by Charles F. Berglund improved today with one in critical condition. Berglund killed himself after the attack as President Vincent Malone and Treasurer Clifford A. Peterson freed their offices. Berglund had opposed union negotiations and a master contract with the Pacific Maritime Association.
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San Francisco
AFL Marine Firemen’s Union
Charles F
Union
Berglund
John Hatton
Stuart Hunt
Hatton
Hunt
Henry C. Walker
Vincent Malone
Clifford A. Peterson
James English
Malone
Marine Firemen
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
AFL Cooks and Stewards
Pacific Maritime Assn
Johnson Hails Solons Unity On Foreign Affairs
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson said Congress united on foreign affairs with discord fading. Hospitalized after a heart attack, he cited reduced rancor and focus on national interests. He noted upcoming needs on Upper Colorado water project highways social security school construction and farm price support. Senators Murray and Anderson planned five water and power projects next session. Johnson credited George to lead foreign relations and praised unity behind a peace protecting policy.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Congress
Americans For Democratic Action
Eisenhower
Sen
Kefauver
Dtenn
ADA
Johnson
Upper Colorado
Sens
Murray
D-Mont
Anderson
D-Nm
Boll Weevils Spread Amid Week of Rain in Oklahoma
Oklahoma entomologist C F Stiles said rains this week created favorable conditions for earlier boll weevil destruction. He reported increases in Caddo LeFlore Coal Okfuskee Grady and Stephens counties and noted flea hopper infestations in Beckham Caddo Washita counties while dry areas saw rapid cotton maturation.
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Stillwater
Okla
C. F. Stiles
Oklahoma A&m Extension Division
Caddo
LeFlore
Coal
Okfuskee
Grady
Stephens
Stiles
Beckham
Washita
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Solons’ Foreign Affairs Unity
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