Bitter Patriots Return Vowing Vengeance From Red Prison Camps
A harsh group of American POWs released from North Korea declared revenge on any who cooperated with communism. They condemned progressives and warned, amid mixed anger, that they will track down those they deem traitors. Allied and U N return figures rise as more prisoners sail toward home.
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Panmunjom
Freedom Village
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
U. N. Command
Army Sets Names Of 1000 Dead In Red Camps
Washington Aug 11 UP The Army will release the names of about 1000 Americans said by the Communists to have died in Red prison camps. The list will be cross checked with Army data and next of kin will be notified before publication. The Army does not accept the Communist lists as fully accurate and notes discrepancies in earlier similar lists. See DEAD, Page 2.
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Washington
Radio Peiping
Squealers In North Korean Prison Camps Describe Atrocities
Liberated American soldiers at a processing center recounted how fellow prisoners betrayed comrades to Chinese captors. They detailed torture including hanging by the arms, ice baths on the Yalu, beatings, and starvation while recounting executions and mass burials near Pyongyang and Pyoktong.
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Freedom Village
United States
Cpl
Robert A. Ginn
Columbia
S. C
Ginn
Sone
Reds
James W. Dixon
Hampton
Yalu
Pyongtong
Dixon
Joseph W. Predla
Bayonne
N. J
Pyoktong
Preda
Corn and Wheat Crop Estimates Indicate Market Controls
The Agriculture Department estimated 1953 corn at 3,330,418,000 bushels, down from July, and wheat at 1,202,829,000 bushels. Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas winter wheat forecasts were 69,480,000, 21,681,000, and 154,258,000 bushels respectively. The corn outlook raises possibility of marketing quotas next year, while the wheat forecast shows no quota change.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Ezra T. Benson
Telephone Union Sanctions Strike
The CIO Communications Workers Union authorized its 50,000 members in Kansas Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Missouri and part of southern Illinois to strike against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Union President Joseph A Beirne said the strike date will be set by district director D L McCowen in St Louis. He called the company offer of 3 percent pay a insult and warned a larger raise is needed to avert a walkout.
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Washington
CIO Communications Workers Union
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Joseph A. Beirne
D. L. McCowen
St. Louis
Beirne
Southwestern Bell
France Strikes Shut Railways in New Communist Protest
A nationwide railway walkout led by the CGT spreads to a million workers in publicly owned industries. Rail traffic halts, tourism disrupted, and transport unions call for higher salaries while government economy decrees face broader civil service resistance. Miners, post, telegraph, and gas workers join, with Paris terminals closed or operating without trains.
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Paris
France
Joseph Lanier
CGT
National Confederation of Labor
Socialist Workers’ Forces
Christian Trade Federation
CFTC
St. Lazare
Council To Study Garbage Problem
City council weighs options to cut garbage costs with two plans. Councilman Lester McKenzie backs bidding collection to contractors, claiming potential savings of 75000 dollars yearly. Councilman Joyce Pursley suggests reducing sanitary department staff by seven or eight to fit budget. Some oppose contracting due to prior bad experiences. At least two contracts reportedly interested, including an Oklahoma City bidder.
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Lester McKenzie
Joyce Pursley
Sanitary Department
McKenzie
Oklahoma City
Handicapped Can Be Trained To Work Says Rehabilitator
Dr John W Deyton medical director of the State Rehabilitation center at Okmulgee told Lions and Rotary clubs that most handicapped persons can be trained to make their own living He emphasized teamwork among counselors doctors therapists and schools and urged business to hire rehabilitated workers for true independence The program supported by the Vocational Rehabilitation division of the State Department of Education has gained momentum as a two day clinic at Memorial hospital concludes with interviews from a 10 county area
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John W. Deyton
State Rehabilitation Center
George Edward Martin
Elk City
State Rehabilitation Ce
Okmulgee
Tony
Deyton
Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma A&m College
Lions Club
Rotary Club
State Department of Education
Eisenhower Urges Deep Reductions in Federal Spending
President Eisenhower calls for a renewed drive to cut federal spending and avoid a special session, telling department heads to aggressively reduce expenditures for the current and coming fiscal year. White House officials note debt ceiling talks and staffing cautions, with Dodge ordering next year’s estimates by Oct. 1.
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Denverp
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hagerty
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Joseph M. Dodge
Washington
Lowry Air Force Base
Bernard M. Shanley
Denver
Fisenhower
Radford
Court Term Winds Down With Two Guilty Pleas
Lawton court notes show the county attorney’s office winning cases by plea deals. A county court jury has sat out the second day of trial sessions as no cases have reached trial yet this term. Two defendants pleaded guilty to reduced charges, each fined $25 plus costs. Oliver Sims pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined. David Kile received $25 on a reduced charge of disturbing the peace. Leonard Creswell of Lawton is expected to stand trial Wednesday on drunken driving charges.
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S. R. Harper
Leonard Creswell
Lawton
Oliver Sims
David Kile
Kile
Manville
Red- See Court
East German purge widens in four cities under Ulbricht rule
Walter Ulbricht's purge widens in Dresden Magdeburg Halle and Chemnitz with six Politburo members ousted and officials disciplined for defeatism and capitulation. Jailed farmers face sabotage charges as thousands seek West Berlin food parcels amid harvest turmoil and East German promises of a milder course falter.
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Berlin
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Dresden
Magdeburg
Halle
Chemnitz
Albright
Communist Party
Margarete Feibiger
Georg Wehner
Carl Weichold
Goerlitz
Manfred Schoen
Niesky
Provocateurs
Herbert Paulsen
West Berlin
Free Toll Rides Offered to Officials by Civic Group
The Citizens Turnpike Association plans 901 free ride tickets on the Turner Turnpike for county commissioners chamber of commerce secretaries city managers mayors newspaper editors and radio managers. Tickets cover one way travel and the association will pay tolls via a charge account with the Turnpike Authority.
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Oklahoma City
Turnpike Authority
Citizens Turnpike Association
Oklahoma Free Roads Association
Phil McMullen
Blackwell
Turner Turnpike
Chamber of Commerce
Central May Base Pilot and Crew to Lawton
Central Airlines plans an overnight base in Lawton to serve military demand at Fort Sill with pilots and maintenance crews. The inaugural flight is Oct 1, four daily DC-3s between Oklahoma City Fort Worth and Dallas, with stops at Chickasha Lawton and Duncan.
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Keith Kahle
Central Airlines
Fort Worth
Tex
Lawton
Fort Sill
Jack D. Smith
Artillery Center
Central May
Kahle
Central
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Chickasha
Duncan
Stephens County
John L. Blackwell
Owen Cook
W. R
Bill) Nail
Chamber of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental Airines
Heat Vanishes as Cold Front Sweeps Oklahoma
A heat wave ends as a cold front moves into Lawton and Oklahoma. Today’s high nears 105 with a 11 am reading of 95 and a tonight low around 65. The front ends several days of 101 to 106 highs, bringing cooler air and possible scattered thundershowers across the state through the week.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Gage
City considers animal control plan and licensing rules
A representative of the American Humane Association will present model city animal control and care ordinances to Lawton officials for the city’s new shelter. G W Rogers outlines plans from other cities, with recommendations for licensing, stray control, and enforcement, as council eyes an ordinance. The $8,300 shelter is to be paid for as it operates.
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American Humane Association
Phil Hornstein
Lawton Humane Society and Animal Shelter, Inc
G. W. Rogers
AMA
Rogers
T Hey
Ardmore Man Charged with Murder in Girlfriend Slaying
Ardmore Oklahoma Simon W Johnson 61 was charged with murder in the slaying of his girlfriend Essie Pickens 46 Johnson signed a statement admitting he shot Pickens in what authorities describe as a fatal domestic incident leading to the charge
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Walter Ellis
Tulsa
Amarillo
Tex
Ellis
Ardmore
Okla
Simon W. Johnson
Johnson
Essie Pickens
Vacation Pac offers mail storage for travelers
A notice advises readers to use the Vacation Pac service to have their papers saved in a secure package while traveling or lacking a permanent address. No extra cost is charged. Call the Circulation Department at 620 to place an order.
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Inchon
Nelson M. Walker
Golden Gate
Honolulu
Council To
U.S
Glenn Friman
Lawton Municipal Airport
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