Boy Drowns After Frog Scare at Fort Sill Pond
Seven year old Thomas Epper son, son of Fort Sill sergeant Emory Epper son, drowns while on a small raft with three companions at a muddy stock pond six miles west of Lawton. The boy reportedly jumped off when a bullfrog approached, and an attempted rescue failed. The incident adds a second drowning in Comanche county for the year.
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Thomas Epperson
Fort Sill
Lawton
Thomas
Sfc
Emory Epperson
Artillery School
Comanche County
Mafford Epperson
Roderick Odell Emerson
Charles Ralph Emerson
Roderick
Constitution
Emerson Boys
Ann Emerson
Emerson
Charles Emerson
Emory and
Juanita
Freed American fliers reach home after 20 years
At Travis Air Force Base California eleven airmen freed from Red Chinese prisons arrived in the United States. Two Air Force planes carried the men from the Far East with Capt. Elmer Llewellyn Maj. William H Baumer Sgt Howard W Brown among them. Col. John K Arnold led the first exit, greeting by his brother and sister in law. Arnold, shot down over Korea in 1953, said I thought I would never get here.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
United States
Air Force
Far East
Hawaii
Col
John K. Arnold
Montgomery
Ala
Daniel C. Schmidt
Redding
Harry Benjamin
Worthington
San Francisco
Elmer Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Howard W. Brown
St. Paul
Minn
John W. Buck
Armathwaite
Tenn
Steve Kiba
Akron
Ohio
Arnold
North Korea
Robert Arnold
Sunnyvale
Ellen
Faulty Round Draws Blame For Accident
A Fort Sill private, Pvt. Frank C. Rutledge, 2506 I, was killed and three other men wounded by a 75mm howitzer muzzle burst during an observed fire class on Fort Sill west range. The blast at 8 10 a.m. near Firing Point 10 E was blamed on a defective round. ordnance personnel launched an investigation. Rutledge, a Marianna Arkansas native, died on arrival at Fort Sill hospital. survivors include his wife Delores and two children. The injured, Sp Edward B F Cartledge 21, Pfc Arthur I Eddy, Sp Henry Sotery, and others were treated at Station hospital. The body will be sent to Marianna for burial with military escort. Becker Funeral Home handles local arrangements.
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Fort Sill
West Range
Pvt
Frank C. Rutledge
Edward
B. F. Cartledge
Arthur I. Eddy
Henry Sotery
Theodore Simpson
Albert Stoots
Public Information Office
Station Hospital
Rutledge
C Battery
2Nd Field Artillery Battalion
PIO
Delores
John
Marianna
Rogers, Ark
Delores Whitehorn
Walter McCall
Donald Wilson
Becker Funeral Home
Korean Shot Triggers Tension Over Rhee Demands
A Korean was shot and two others wounded amid rising tensions over President Syngman Rhee’s demand that pro Communist truce inspectors leave Korea by Saturday midnight. Rhee warned U S troops guarding truce team personnel to disarm, while UN commander Lemnitzer faced Rhee in a conference over government influence on demonstrations. An Army guard in Inchon fired at three Koreans in a boat during a suspected theft, and South Korean police reported fatalities from fire by a patrol boat guard on Wolmi Island.
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Seoulp
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
U. S
L. L. Lemnitzer
United Nations
Leinitzer
United States
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Panmunjom
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
MNSC
South Korea
8Th Army
U.S
Inchon Harbor
U. S. Army
Wolmi Island
NNSC
Surgeon General Visits Fort Sill
Maj. Gen. Silan B. Hays, surgeon of the Army, arrived at Fort Sill from Fort Sam Houston to visit the U S Army Hospital and medical facilities. He was greeted by Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams and Brig. Gen. L. H. Ginn, with Maj. Clyde R. Poucher accompanying. An honor guard from the 522nd Infantry Battalion and the 77th Army Band marked the visit, followed by a luncheon at the Officers Club. The party planned to fly back to Fort Mech on the return leg.
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Silan B. Hays
Army
Fort Sill
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
U. S. Army Hospital
L. H. Ginn
Fourth Army
Clyde R. Poucher
Edward T. Williams
Artillery
Postfield
522Nd Infantry
McNair Hall
77Th Army Band
Hays
Williams
Auncheon
Fort Can Mechon
Connie Hits Coast as Diane Strengthens Away
Hurricane Connie struck Morehead City North Carolina bringing 100 mph winds and inland flooding while another storm named Diane reached full hurricane strength 90 mph far east of Miami as forecasters warned of the Atlantic system moving toward the Eastern Seaboard. Shelters housed about 14 000 along the NC coast and 6 700 at Myrtle Beach South Carolina as damage and disruption mounted.
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Cape Hatteras
N. C
Connie
North Carolina
Seaboard
Diane
Miami
Morehead City
N.C
Red Cross
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Miami Weather Bureau
Washington
Lee
Envoy To Siam Dies In Wreck On Thailand Bridge
American Ambassador John E Peurifoy and his 9 year old son Daniel die when their Ford Thunderbird crashes head on with a truck on a narrow bridge 125 miles south of Bangkok near Hau Hin. Elder son Clinton, 14, is critically injured. The ambassador had just turned 48 and arrived in Bangkok last November for a 10 day holiday with his wife Betty Jane and two sons.
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Bangkok
Thailand
John E. Peurifoy
Daniel
Peurifoy
Clinton
Hau Hin
Gulf of Siam
Greece
Guatemala
Senate
Washington
Betty Jane
Carlos Castillo Armas
Truman
Trash Dumping Warning Issued and Community Action Discussed
A county road one mile west of 23rd and Lee sees ongoing dumping reports by Ed Norris, a local farmer, who calls it an eyesore and health issue. County officials confirm a constable is patrolling daytime. after 5 p m littering persists. Norris notes waste reaching Wolf Creek. See PATROL, Page 2.
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23Rd and
Lee
Ed Norris
Norris
Pete Wynn
Ray Powell
Indiahoma
Wynn
Wolf Creek
Better Government Committee Formed To Probe Patrol
Spurred by demotion and transfer of Lt. C. T. Raley and other veterans, Lawton business leaders formed a watchdog group to press for a full investigation of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol merit system. Dr. Charles Green heads the committee as about 65 people attended the meeting to map a plan.
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C. T. Raley
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lawton
For Good Government
Charles Green
Raley
McAlester Kiwanis Protest Demotion of Highway Patrol Officials
The McAlester Kiwanis club adopts a resolution protesting the demotion of Lt. Andy Bidwell and Supervisor B. J. Gibson in the McAlester Highway Patrol district. It calls on Gov. Raymond Gary and Patrol officials to reconsider the demotions.
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Mcalester, Okla
McAlester
Associate Says Galbraith Insane in Murder Trial
McAlester physician Dr. Ben T. Galbraith faces murder charges in the deaths of his wife and three children. Dr. C. K. Holland testified the physician had mental illness in Memphis and described the alleged affair with Lillian Garner. The defense seeks insanity as a defense while the state probes possible suicide attempts for sympathy.
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Mcalester
Okla.p
Ben T. Galbraith
Galbraith
C. K. Holland
Holland
Kennedy General Hospital
Memphis
McAlester Clinic
Mem
Lillian Garner
Washington County Hospital
Bartlesville
Garner
Capital Youth Spies On U S Missile Base
A 21 year old Oklahoma physics student Johnny Willis Dukeminier claimed he infiltrated Cape Canaveral near Cocoa Beach Florida to tour secret missile shops for 14 miles. He was arrested by the FBI on an Air Force regulations violation and released on 500 dollar bond. He said his aim was to prove security lax and that he could have blown up the base. He hopes to work there after graduation and said he walked the center from sundown to sun up. He wrote to Eisenhower Partridge and other officials about the stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Oklahoma
Johnny Willis Dukeminier
Oklahoma City
FBI
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Cocoa Beach
Eisenhower
Earle Partridge
Air Research and Development Command
Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
The
Miami Herald
Governors Urge More Road Funds
CHICAGO Governors at the 47th annual Governors Conference consider a resolution urging Congress to boost federal highway appropriations. The plan pledges state cooperation, praises Eisenhower, but avoids specific proposals or tax implications. Senate rejected bonds plan. Gore-backed expansion debated. House session closed without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Congress
Resolutions
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
House
Weather clears as Oklahoma expects fair spell
Rain clouds over Oklahoma have blown away, the weather bureau forecasts fair weather through Saturday with mid 90s in the south and west. Temperatures will run slightly above normal, with less than a quarter inch of rain through the period. Showers are possible Sunday or Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Redman Protests Beer License for Hillside Drive In
County Attorney Manville filed a protest in county court over J M Thompson's beer license application for the Hillside Drive In at 1207 S Second. Judge S R Harper set a hearing for 2 p m on August 19. Redman cites a prior revocation on April 1 for liquor-law violations and notes state law bars renewal for one year. Redman had previously protested a May 11 drive in license involving Lillian Garrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
J. M. Thompson
S. R. Harper
Redman
Arco Idaho first town to run on nuclear power
The Atomic Energy Commission announced Arco Idaho became the first U S community to receive all its light and power from electricity produced by nuclear energy The test occurred July 17 lasting over an hour and the town with 1200 residents remained fully powered by the nuclear source while conventional lines were cut The AEC noted the method could suit remote areas or mining and manufacturing sites and the global announcement was made from Chicago Washington Geneva and Arco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
Arco
Idaho
United States
AEC
Washington
D.C
Geneva
Switzerland
Utah Power and Light Co
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Ray Atteberry
Epperson
Bill Dixon
Harry Benjamin, Jr
Worthington, Minn
Siam
Citizens Committee
Kirksey Nix
Highway Patrol
Senate Committee
Sen. Nix
T. D. Nicklas
E.L. Richardson
Durward Mathis
Patrol
Phis
James P. Whyte
W. A. Lackey
Lackey
Capital
U.S Missile Base
Atom Lights
Idaho Town
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