Fair Bond Ballot and Re Registration Okayed In County Budget
The Comanche county excise board approves a 281333.52 general fund budget including 1500 for a special bond election and 2800 for voter re registration. A 250000 bond election for county fairgrounds is set for Sept 22, with 2874.50 in election expenses for next March re registration. The 1953-54 budget totals about 7000 more than last year’s 274557 with 2700 for the probation office and 5639.04 for a crippled children fund. Real estate 24175184 personal property 6655167 public utilities 5161905. The 1953 assessed valuation is 35992256 eight mills or 8 per thousand. County offices set aside funds include 20 for the attorney’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bradshaw
County Excise Board
Comanche
County Fair Board
Fair Board
Chattanooga
Lawton Man Pleads Guilty To Drunken Driving
Leonard Creswell admitted guilt to drunken driving in Oklahoma, paying a $100 fine and court costs after a career of 97 arrests for alcohol related offenses. A comparison shows Clarence Wilson holds a higher arrest total, while Creswell faced a jury trial this week and his last arrest occurred on June 6 amid a knife threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard T. Creswell
Creswell
Hoyt Shelby
Clarence Washington Wilson
Shelby
Wilson
Next Of Kin Notices Start In Korean War Toll
Washington reports 1,022 families notified that relatives died in Korean prison camps as the arm services begin telegrams. Officials doubt the Communist death list and fear hundreds may have died due to Red atrocities. Telegrams warn that death claims cannot be verified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armed Services
Reds
France Grinds to Halt as Strikes Hit All Sectors
In France three million workers walk out across clothing metal, government offices, railways and ports. Premier Laniel remains resolute as unions call 48 hour strikes, with Paris transit paralyzed and tourism taking a heavy hit as travelers seek exit and foreign destinations eye gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Joseph Laniel
Socialist Union
Force Ouvriere
Workers’ Force
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Paris Stock Exchange
Ist
Socialist Workers Force
Paris
American Express
Cook
Laniel
Disney Photographer Captures Buffalo Battle in Refuge
Disney cameraman Raymond J. Parker lived among the buffalo herds at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge for 20 days to film a dramatic bull buffalo battle. His use of stealth and timing aimed to produce color footage for a potential Disney nature production titled Prairie Story, with Ernest Greenwalt noting Parker’s close immersion and success in anticipating animal moves.
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Disney
Refuge
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Temey
Wallisney
Raymond J. Parker
Disney Film Organization
Ernest Greenwalt
Wildlife Refuge
Parker
Wichitas
City Recreation Program Dropped by Lawton Council
Lawton citizens and children faced a canceled year as the Lawton Fort Sill Recreation Council voted to drop the city recreation program due to funding shortfalls. The city council had budgeted less than the group deemed necessary for 1953-54, leaving only the youth center project on the docket and a $600 fund for the year. Officials pledged to continue if funds were secured, with Rev Elbert Whitwell noting the year-long program cannot continue without new financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Lawton-Fort Sill
Jim Sanders
Elbert Whitwell
GIs Face Long Stay In Korea
U S Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens said allied troops will stay in Korea for several years after eight days of talks with President Syngman Rhee in Seoul. He toured Freedom Village to greet returning POWs and said information from POWs is being gathered to determine next government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoulp
U. S
Robert T. Stevens
Korea
Ninth Switch Will Loose 75 Yanks Tonight
Panmunjom reports show 400 prisoners freed in the day including 100 Americans, 25 British, 25 Turks, 250 South Koreans. Reds promise 75 Americans and 75 British plus 250 South Koreans by Thursday. Transport General Walker and Haven ship moves with hundreds en route home. Secretary Stevens vows full efforts to reclaim all U.S. prisoners as exchanges continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Letterman Army Hospital
Inchon
Korea
Changsong
Kaesong
Dulles doubtful on Soviet hydrogen bomb claim
Secretary of State Dulles said he accepts Malenkov's claim with skepticism that the Soviet Union has mastered the hydrogen bomb. He noted no independent U.S. evidence Russia possesses the bomb, expressing doubt over Moscow's assertion of parity and a U.S. monopoly loss.
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Washington
Dulles
Malenkov
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Earthquakes Hit Cephalonia. Hundreds Dead and Missing
Tremors on Cephalonia and nearby Ithaca and Zante devastate Argostolion and Lixourion. Reports cite hundreds killed and injured with unconfirmed tallies. Greek authorities mobilize helicopters, rescue crews, and engineers as aid arrives aboard Alfeios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
Ithaca
Zante
Greece
Athens Observatory
Athens
Cephalonia
City Seeks Bids for Garbage Collection and Cuts Jobs
City council votes to hire bids from contractors for garbage collection amid budget cuts in the sanitary department. Councilman Lester McKenzie says contractor use could save 75000 yearly, while six workers face pink slips and letters testifying no fault of their own. An animal ordinance draft, urged by Gerald V. Rogers of the American Humane Association, accompanies the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Army
Sanitary Department
Lester McKenzie
Sanitation Department
Floyd Tice
Pevenne
Gerald V. Rogers
American Humane Association
Rogers
See
Phone Talks Reach Critical Stage
CIO Communications Workers Union leaders said there is a definite possibility of a walk out against Southwestern Bell Telephone Co as union negotiations with other Midwest systems reach a critical stage D L McCowen has full authority to set a strike date A strike would affect exchanges in Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and part of Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
CIO Communications Workers Union
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Midwest
Joseph A. Beirne
CWA
Washington
D. L. McCowen
Southwestern Bell
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Bitter PW Lashes Turncoat GI Rats at Camp No. 5
Freedom Village Aug 12. An American soldier John J Megyesi 22 Farrel Pa says he filmed mass burials of Americans at Camp No 5 amid starvation and illness. He accuses American and British men of betraying him to the Chinese authorities. A second returnee Pfc Robert H Griyers of Caruthersville Mo says a man nicknamed Slick denounced prisoners to the Chinese, leading to beatings and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Robert Oberle
United States
Arthur
Elsie Taresco
Freedom Village
No. 5
Pfe
John J. Megyesi
Farrel
Yalu River
Megyesi
Freedom
Pfc
Robert H. Griyers
Carruthersville
Robert Stevens
Ghyers
Stool Pigeon
Slick
Dick Tracy
Camp No. 5
Cold Front Triggers Thunderstorms Across Oklahoma
A fast-moving cold front swept over Lawton and southwestern Oklahoma causing scattered thunderstorms and deadly weather. Highs near 108 fell to 70 as winds roared and an Altus man died in a storm. Rain ranged from 0.18 inches in Lawton to 1.6 inches in Hobart. James Alford O Neal, 82, an Altus farmer, was killed four blocks from his home during the deluge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
Altus
Hobart
James Alford O’neal
Altus Farmer
Trio Admitted To Polio Ward At Memorial Hospital
A four year old Lawton boy, an Altus child, and a 16 year old Manitou youth joined Memorial hospital’s polio ward, bringing total polio admissions to 13 in the last 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Altus
Manitou
Memorial Hospital
Russell Wayne Burk
Neal Burk
Tulane
Craig Martin
Ben Martin
Memorial
Comanche County
Area Weather Forecast With Cooler Temperatures
Considerable cloudiness and much cooler with a few scattered showers and thundershowers. Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. High today in the 80s, low tonight 65. High Thursday near 90, today's low 70. 11 a.m. reading 79. Yesterday's high 108 with rainfall 0.18 inch.
Two Men and Woman Drown After Lake Murray Boat Capsizes
Ardmore Oklahoma August 12 three people drown when their boat capsized during a savage squall line on Lake Murray as they tried to reach shore. One occupant clung to the overturned craft until rescue. Mrs Gardner survived clinging to the boat while her husband disappeared. The Dennerds, Ardmore residents, were recovered early morning. Rescue operations continued for Gardner.
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Ardmore
Okla
Lake Murray
Lake
Guy Gardner
Gardner
Robert Dennard
Late Reports Boost Deaths in Korean War Toll
The Defense Department announced that American battle casualties in Korea total 142,294, a rise of 589 from the previous week. The tally includes 25,542 deaths, 103,513 wounded, 8,670 missing, 2,835 captured, and 1,734 previously listed as missing but returned. The weekly figure covers casualties whose next of kin were notified through last Friday, up 108 deaths and 475 wounded from the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Pentagon
Far East
Purge reshapes North Korean leadership and purge claims
Tokyo reports that Kim Il Sung’s regime announced a wide purge and government and party reorganization. Seven central committee members were expelled, a vice premier died by his own hand, and Gen Nam Il advanced in rank amid the reshuffle. Dulles warned UN on returning prisoners in line with the Korean armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kim Il Sung
Communist Party
Nam I
Red
Kim
Labor (Communist) Party
Pyongyang
Pyongyang Radio
Voice of Red Korea
Kim Sung
Labor Party
Pak Hung Yong
Chang Shi Woo
Sky Giant Tries Wings On Flight
The Air Force removed the X from its giant aerial freighter after five years of tests and launched the air ship on its first trans Atlantic flight from Kelly AFB. It carried 61,000 pounds of cargo and 23 passengers on the initial leg toward Rhein Main Germany with Bermuda and the Azores on subsequent legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Air Force
Kelly Air Force Base
Rhein-Main
Germany
Bermuda
Azores
Rhein- Main
Frankfurt
Vacation Pac offers mail storage and forwarding service
An old notice advertises a Vacation Pac option to store and hold papers for travelers with or without a permanent address. It promises no extra cost and instructs readers to contact the Circulation Department at 620 to place an order.
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Next of Kin
Stevens
Argostolios
Lixourion
Mar
Constantine Adamopoulos
Kefallinia
Alfeios
Peter Fitzgerald
Kathleen
Fitzgerald
New York City
Hu Ka I
United Nations
U. N
Sky Giant
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