Freed Airmen Reveal Chinese Reds Torture
Tokyo officials disclose torture endured by 10 of 11 released U.S. airmen used as spies prosecutors claim. Col. John Knox Arnold Jr. spoke at a press conference as the group prepares to return to the United States aboard two Air Force transports with plans for convalescent leaves at bases near home.
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Tokyo
U.S
John Knox Arnold Jr
Hong Kong
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Alaska
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Honolulu
Travis
Arnold
China
Fellow POW testifies on Erwin links in Korea court case
In Fort Lewis witnesses described POW Camp No. 12 activity and propaganda notes involving Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin of Blanchard Oklahoma. Cpl. Robert H. Ghyers testified Erwin approved but did not sign a leaflet urging surrender. Other testimony covered coercion and disloyal statements, while Lt. Col. Arnold denied spying charges linked to China.
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FT. Lewis
Wash.p
Jefferson D. Erwin
Korea
Oklahoma
Erwin
No. 12
Robert H. Ghyers
Gideon
Ghyers
Prisoner of War Central Peace Committee
Camp No. 12
Blanchard
Okla
United States
Arnold
Silver Spring
North Korea
Peiping
Manchuria
Lawton Wire: Council to Decide On Meter Covers
Lawton merchants plan August 18 and 19 shopping days to boost local traffic with special values. Chamber committee coordinates parking access and mall layout while store employees are urged to avoid downtown parking on the event days. Council action on meter coverage is pending.
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Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Council
Reservists Begin Week at Fort Sill Training Camp
About 740 National Guard and Reserve members checked in at Fort Sill to start two weeks of summer training. Participants include 160 from 348th Transportation Group based in Oklahoma City with Col Rafael Stein, and 60 from 315th Logistical Command at Eldorado Arkansas under Col Jeff Sawyer. Also present are 4 officers and 12 reservists from 425th MP CID Detachment Shawnee.
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Fort Sill
348Th Transportation Group
Oklahoma City
Rafael Stein
Eldorado
Ark
Jeff Sawyer
Sill
MP Cid
Shawnee
XLI Corps Artillery
R. L. Thompson Jr
8Th Field Artillery Group
474Th Field Artillery
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
93Rd
Area Weather Forecast for Early Week
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers possible Monday. Yesterday’s high reached 102, expected highs 95 on Monday and 100 on Tuesday. Local forecast notes include foggy spots and warm temperatures through midweek.
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Greene
India Scientist Opens Atomic Energy Parley
Indian scientist Homi J. Bhabha opened the first International Atomic Energy Conference in Geneva predicting a peaceful hydrogen bomb energy path within 20 years. He stressed atomic energy as a boon to industry agriculture and medicine as delegates gathered for the six week event.
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Geneva
Homi J. Bhabha
Bhabha
Hiroshima
Palace of Nations
Oklahoma doctor on trial for murder of wife and three children
Dr. Ben T. Galbraith, a 34 year old heart specialist, killed his wife and three children in Oklahoma. He attempted suicide in jail using glass shards and left a 3000 word crime narrative. He claimed not insane and sought transfer to Vinita hospital.
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Felix Adams
Eastern State Hospital
Vinita
Vinita Institution
Galbraith
Norman
Talks on repatriation of civilians bogged down in Geneva
U S and China failed to make progress after a 21 hour session and a 48 hour recess. Ambassadors Johnson and Wang Ping nan indicated talks will take time. Key issues include a list of Chinese nationals in the United States and third party involvement by India in civilian repatriation talks.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Peiping
Wang
India
Truce inspection tensions flare in Korea riots
Fifteen U S soldiers and four Koreans were injured in renewed riots against UN truce inspection teams at Pusan and Taegu. The 8th Army reported six Americans treated for minor injuries and denied Korean police claims of bayoneted protesters. Protests spread to Inchon Wolmi Island, Kunsan, Kangnung, and Taegu as reinforcements were sought and police clashed with demonstrators.
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Seoule
U. S
U.S
Pusan
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
8Th Army
Robert Paonessa
Chicago
William D. Perry
Sandusky
Ohio
Clifford E. Griggs
Dubois
Joseph Dubberly
Bristol
William Kellen
Crewe
Miss
Eugene Dalney
Webster
Taegu
Inchon
UNSC
Wolmi Island
ROK
ROK Army Counterintelligence Corps
Kunsan
Korea
ROK Cic
Roks
Kangnung
Hunt Started For Sex Killer
Discovery of the nude body of Mrs. Wilma Allen a 34 year old socialite triggered a two state search for her killer in Kansas City and nearby. She was found shot twice with hands tied behind her back using a pink scarf. Police suspect a sex motive though robbery remains possible. Her rings are missing and the empty purse was found miles away. The bloodstained car was found near Union Station and questions linger about why clothing lay in the car trunk and why the purse was discarded openly. Coroner David S Long Jr. comments referenced.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Here
William R. Allen
Missouri
Kansas
Union Station
David S. Long Jr
Army Battles Ontario Forest Fire Worst Yet
An army of over 4,000 including volunteers fights Ontario's worst forest fires. Since first seen April 1 the blazes have consumed more than 200000 acres with 125 outbreaks. Daily reports cite 10 to 15 fires out of control as heavy rains are needed to end the destruction.
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Toronto
Ontario
Galbraith Denied Murder Trial Delay
McAlester Oklahoma district judge W A Lackey denied defense efforts to delay the murder trial of Dr Ben T Galbraith, a heart specialist, amid a suicide attempt in custody. Jurors were ordered to begin selection immediately for the wife’s murder, with subsequent trials for the three children. Four doctors testified he could stand trial, one said he could not. The 34 year old showed bandaged wrists after slashing them in jail following the family killings and home arson on March 17.
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Mcalester
Okla
Kathy
Ben T. Galbraith
Galbraith
Mcalester, Okia
W. A. Lackey
Pittsburg
Industrial Tourists Begin Annual Eastern Trip in City
Lawton will host the 1956 Oklahoma Development Council industrial tour kickoff with D L Wigington announcing the event. The microfiber Me teor streamliner will start escorting members on Oct 15 from Lawton to Oklahoma City and Tulsa, then to New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and other cities over two weeks. The trip aims to promote Oklahoma to eastern industry and potential branches. a six hour tax and labor school precedes departure.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Development Council
D. L. Wigington
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Russell Putman
Frisco
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
New York
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Chandler Wins Kentucky Governor Nomination
LOUISVILLE Ky P A B Chandler former baseball commissioner appears set to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Kentucky after building a 15596 vote lead over Bert T Combs. Chandler 57 seeks to return as governor after serving 1935 39 and 1939 45 as U S senator. He faced organized party opposition including Earle C Clemens Wetherby and Alben W Barkley.
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Louisville
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Chandler
Bert T. Combs
Mountaineer
U.S
Earle C. Clements
Senate
Lawrence Wetherby
Alben W. Barkley
Rains Possible Late Today in Lawton Area
Weather bureau forecasts potential thundershowers in southwestern Oklahoma as a weak cool front from the northwest passes Red River. Lawton remains partly cloudy through Tuesday with temperatures near 100, tonight around 70. Sunday’s high reached 102, 11 a.m. today 88, with traces of rain in Lawton and Fort Sill. Medicine Park missed by showers.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Red River
Fort Sill
Medicine Park
Hurricane Connie Edges Toward Carolina Coasts
MIAMI, Fla. AP The first hurricane of the season churns past the Bahamas with winds up to 135 mph. The U S Weather Bureau says Connie is shifting toward a northerly course aimed at the Carolina coast and warns small craft off the Florida east coast to Cape Hatteras NC to stay near port.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas
U. S
U. S. Weather Bureau
Carolina
Nassau
Weather Bureau
Midway
Florida East
Cape Hatteras N. C
Widow Is Accused of Killing Attorney
Tulsa police say widow Geraldine( Jerry) Terry, 23, is charged with stabbing attorney Bill L. Terry, 34, in their Utica Square District apartment after a quarrel. Robert D. Simms announced the murder charge as detectives took a statement from Mrs Terry.
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Tulsa
Okla
Bill L. Terry
Robert D. Simms
Geralding
Jerry) Terry
Simms
Terry
Swanky
Utica Square
Sill's Rocket Battery Heads to Far East From Fort Sill
Personnel of the Fifth Field Artillery rocket battery departed Fort Sill this morning by C-46 for San Francisco as the first leg toward the Far East. The unit, activated in June 1954, will join U.S. Army Far East and Eighth Army forces under Lt. Gen. I. D. White. Captain Richard O'Shea commands the 762 millimeter battery.
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Fort Sill
San Francisco
Far East
Rocket Battery
Richard O'Shea
I. D. White
United States Army Far East
U.S. Eighth Army
Lover Discovers Rival and Kills Him in Apartment Row
In Louisville Kentucky a man was killed when two lovers learned they were both paying rent for the same woman. William Ballinger 52 was charged with murder after telling detectives he found Shiley Lee Mays 25 Jeffersontown Ky alone and asleep at the woman’s apartment early Sunday.
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Louisville
William Ballinger
Ballinger
Shiley Lee Mays
Jeffersontown
Two Women Try Suicide in Lawton Disturbances
Two Lawton women attempted self harm with razor blades on Sunday. One, a mother of two, cut her left wrist at a babysitter’s home after dancing at a night club. she was treated at Lawton Hospital and jailed. The other, 45, injured both wrists at Rt. 3, Lawton, first at Memorial Hospital then in Comanche County Jail for investigation.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Melvin Kelley
James Warren
Fred Mitchell
Rt. 3
Mitchell
Memorial Hospital
Comanche County
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UN General Assembly
International Organization
Lewis L. Strauss
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
America
Dag Hammarskjold
Army
Katherine
Lee Galbraith
Hunt
Sex Killer
Kiowa Hospital
Kiowa Indian Hospital
Sylba Adams
Howard Bryant
Seattle
N. L. Powers
Silverton
Tex
Adams
Bernard Shochet
Baltimore
Eugene W. Veverha
Cleveland
Public Health Service
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