Gales Shriek Up East Coast In Big Blow
Norfolk Va August 14 a howling tropical hurricane ripped across eastern Virginia and out toward the Delaware New Jersey coast after killing one person and causing damage further south. Winds up to 100 mph battered Morehead City area as the season s first full tropical storm struck inland. One man was killed by a wave at Wrightsville Beach as two ships faced the storm. Minor injuries were reported and advance warning limited casualties. The storm swept up the coast threatening New Jersey coast while Coast Guard aided freighters Marna and Amaryllis as dangerous winds and high tides lashed the region.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Delaware- New Jersey
Morehead City
N. C
Wrightsville Beach
Rams
North Carolina
U. S. Weather Bureau
Raleigh
Florida
Norfolk-Virginia Beach
Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware-New Jersey
Beauford
Cape Lookout
Marna
Oslo
Amaryllis
Virginia Capes
Coast Guard
Washington Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Cc. M. Merritt
Naval Base
Merritt
Virginia Beach
GOP Senator In Tobey Spot
Concord New Hampshire governor Hugh Gregg appointed 69 year old Robert W Upton of Concord to the Senate seat left by the death of Charles W Tobey. Upton will serve until January 1955 with remaining Tobey term filled in 1954 election.
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Concord
N. H
Hugh Gregg
Robert W. Upton
Charles W. Tobey
Upton
Tobey
New Hampshire
House of Representatives
Gregg
Seattle
Senate
New County Court Jury Session Set
Judge S. R. Harper dismissed county court jurors today with one case tried from an original 86 case docket. A new jury session begins September 2, with 22 continued cases to be heard next month. Lawton residents Lonnie Favious Hill and Lonnie Leger Conlee pled guilty in two trial slated cases. Hill fined 100 dollars plus costs for drunken driving, Conlee fined 75 dollars plus costs for reckless driving, reduced from drunken driving.
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S. R. Harper
Light turnout in Comanche wheat quota vote
In Comanche county early voting on the first nationwide wheat marketing quotas referendum since 1942 ran light with 34 of 165 eligible voters casting ballots by noon. Officials expected a stronger afternoon rush as polls stay open until 5 pm. There are 1,089 eligible farmers, with communities ranging from 15 to 249 voters. Numerous farmers favored more government control to maintain parity price support. See WHEAT VOTE, Page 2.
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Comanche County
PMA
H. D. Hastings
Sterling
Board
W. M. Waid
Bill Sieg
Oklahoma
New York
Glen King
Rt. 3
Lawton
Okinawa Prepares for Severe Typhoon Hit
NAHA Okinawa as Army orders condition one alert with the typhoon about 12 hours away. Winds up to 184 mph. Forward edge 200 miles southwest expected to strike tomorrow morning. B29s evacuated to safer fields while others stay loaded with sandbags. Rations issued and residents wired for power and supplies as homes are typhoonized with heavy rooftop cables.
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Naha
Okinawa
Pacific
Army
Japan
Philippines
Guam
Maurice R. Fowler
Ryukus Command
Ike Puts Name On Texoma Bill
President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing Denison Texas to set aside storage space in Lake Texoma for its water supply. The act allows the city to utilize a limited amount of space in Texoma for water needs.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Denison
Tex
Lake Texoma
Texoma
Turnpike Malls Lower Prices
Oklahoma City August 14 The Turner Turnpike may cut the passenger car rate from 1 40 during a 90 day trial with rates in effect until the authority and consulting engineers decide. J Wiley Richardson chairman said the engineers will likely need three months of revenue figures before a decision. The road has operated two full months and part of two more.
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Oklahoma City
Turner Turnpike
J. Wiley Richardson
Turnpike Authority
Richardson
Authority
Greek Islands Writhe Under New Temblors
Eleven more earth tremors shook Kefallinia Ithaca and Zakinthos as fires and deaths marked the aftermath of Greece's worst earthquake. NATO and Greek relief teams aided with air sea rescue amid at least 1 000 presumed dead. Mountbatten reported collapsed cliffs, widespread ruin, and burning towns as rescue workers counted over 400 dead in two communities.
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Patria
Greece
Ionian
Kefallinia
Ithaca
Zakinthos
Adm
Lord Mountbatten
NATO
Argostolion
Mountbatten
U.S. Navy
Navy
U. S. Navy
West Germans Set For Reds Attack on Berlin Centers
East German Communist leaders reportedly planned a mass hunger march by Red sympathizers against West Berlin distribution centers for Eisenhower food parcels. West Berlin officials stationed riot squads and water cannon to deter any attempt to seize records or disrupt the aid program. Investigations cited trusted inside sources in East Germany claiming Communist factories and offices would mobilize workers for the march.
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Berlin
Red
West Berlin
East Germany
Allies Demand Answer From Reds On Return Of Jailed Yank POWs
In Panmunjom the U N Command formally asked the Communists to confirm they will return all Allied prisoners sentenced to confinement for any reason. Allied POWs report others were left behind on phony charges and no official numbers were given. Reds offered no immediate reply as Col. Louis C. Friedersdorff pressed for assurance all insistently captured prisoners would be sent back.
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Panmunjom
U.N
Reds
U. N.red
Louis C. Friedersdorff
Reds and French strikes in chaotic news from 1950s
Reds repatriation and banter over POW returns dominates fronts. At Panmunjom 84 U S and 322 Allied captives left Red captivity, while U S warned Reds to release all prisoners. Paris braces as 4 million workers strike, Communist plans to spark big demonstrations, and return flights with Americans resume to Hawaii and Inchon.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Paris Presse
Communists Free Dead City Captive Released POW Sgt Volinski
A Lawton wife, Myrtle Wolinski, learns her husband Sgt. Adam P. Volinski, missing in 1950 and once declared dead, has been liberated after 33 months in POW camps. He sent letters from Camp No. 3 and later Camp No. 1, and promised household purchases upon release. Officials warned secrecy about letters. See CITY PRISONER, Page 2.
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Myrtle Volinski
Cocker
Queenie
Sgt
Adam P. Volinski
Jeanne Howell
Lawton
Myrtle Wolinski
Kingsbury
Army Department
Volinski
Wolinski
Tulsa Boy Is 10th State Polio Victim
A 7-year-old Tulsa boy Anthony Wolfe died of infantile paralysis at Hillcrest Memorial Hospital after one day of treatment. His passing marks Oklahoma’s 10th polio death this summer, with 300 cases so far and 110 patients still hospitalized, 24 in the acute stage.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Anthony Wolfe
Everett S. Wolfe
Hillcrest Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma
Nine Year Old Cache Boy Isolated Polio Case
A nine year old boy from Cache County, Charles Bennie Cox, is Comanche county's 12th polio case in 1953 and has been placed in isolation. Gamma globulin shots are planned for three other children in the family. Memorial hospital has admitted 29 polio cases in 1953, with seven teens from outside Comanche county.
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Cache
Comanche County
Charles Bennie Cox
Joe Cox
Memorial Hospital
Hazy On Budget Get Clear Picture From City Finance
TED RALSTON walks readers through Lawton budget figures showing water charges cover only a fraction of city costs. Last year residents paid 2.50 monthly water fees plus 1.00 for sinking fund, while police, fire, garbage, and general government costs exceeded these revenues. Additional city income from licenses, fines, meters, and taxes filled the gap, totalling over 200,000 from other sources.
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Lawtonka Dam
Lawton
City of
General Fund
Legger Patron Lodges Charge At Shine's Place
An irate customer filed a county court charge against Roy Robinson a 51 resident of 1312 Washington claiming he did not refund change from a liquor sale. Webb Hart 1404 signed the liquor complaint alleging a rolling incident with Robinson and his wife Christine leading to their arrest after a $70 theft claim.
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Lawton
Roy Robinson
Washington
Christine
Webb Hart
Hart
Roba
Mayor Urges Water Use Curtailment During Plant Upgrade
Mayor Joe McCain appealed to Fort Sill personnel and residents to cut water waste while a new filtration system is installed at Medicine Park. He said use remains unrestricted for now but warned the plant could struggle for about three weeks. He urged reasonable lawn watering and noted no lake shortage, just heavy demand.
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Joe McCain
Fort Sill
McCain
Medicine Park
John Coody
Coody
Vacation Pac service for papers during travel promo
Vacation Pac offers paper storage for travelers with or without a permanent address. No extra cost. Contact Circulation Department at 620 to place an order.
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GOP
Ike
U.S
U. N
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Peiping
Dulles
U. S. State Department
Robert T. Stevens
Lanier
United States
Honolulu
Tokyo
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Travis
Inchon
W. F. Hase
Cache Boy
Ted Ralston
Philadelphia
Legger
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