Nine Killed In Indian Nonviolent Push Into Portuguese Territory
Nine killed and about 38 wounded as Gandhi followers crossed into Portuguese enclaves in a peaceful invasion timed to India’s independence anniversary. Reports vary on march size from 2,000 to 100,000 with crossings at Vapi, Goa border, Daman and Diu.
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Bombay
India
Indiana Subcontinent
Sadies
Terekhol
Goa
Daman
Vapi
Diu
Grerds
France
Portugal
Nehru
New Delhi
Hijackers Take $128 From Oklahoma Distributing Co Warehouse
A Saturday midnight robbery at the Oklahoma Distributing Co warehouse 615 S Sixth led George Bull to surrender $128.50 after two men in coveralls demanded cash. Police have no leads on the suspects. A separate report notes Samuel Fortune was robbed of $3.55 near First and early Sunday by two Black men. one behind him struck him and warned of worse harm.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Distributing Co
S. Sixth
George Bull
Taylor
Bull
John Moore
Frank Murphy
Samuel Fortune
Fort Sill
Eulis Young
Doctors Will Replace Man's Sliced-Off Ear
A 25-year-old truck driver Donald Bates Conn of Cyril was injured when his Lawton Dennis Donut Co. truck overturned two miles north of Duncan on US 81. His vehicle pinned him, and bystanders freed him. Doctors at Weeda hospital attempt to sew the ear back. Conn, an amputee with head and possible internal injuries, was the sole occupant.
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Duncan
Here
Donald Bates Conn
Cyril
Bates
Bill Grimes
Weeda Hospital
Highway Patrol
Conn
Lawton Dennis Donut Co
Grimes
Dusting Plane Crashes In Field Near Frederick Oklahoma
Crop dusting pilot Jim Walker crash landed his Stearman 450 in a cotton patch five miles east of Frederick. He escaped unharmed after engine trouble caused a ground loop. The plane suffered a torn wing tip and wheel. Walker was dusting a field owned by Woodrow Bohannon.
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Frederick
Jim Walker
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Walker
Woodrow Bohannon
Frederick Flying Service
Korean Class To Graduate At Army Artillery School
The Allied Associate Field Artillery Battery Officers' Course No 8 will graduate at 10 am Tuesday in Snow Hall auditorium. Col. E. T. Whiting deputy assistant commandant will speak. Gideon Society will present Bibles to all officers. Col. Kim Cha Seun will receive them for the class. The 15 week course enrolled 105 officers taught in English with interpreter translation for Koreans.
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Allied Associate
E. T. Whiting
Snow Hall
Gideon Society of Lawton
Kim Cha Seun
Excise Board Sets Saturday Meeting
The excise board will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the county clerk's office to consider approving the budgets for fiscal 1955-56 for Fletcher Elgin and Sterling along with the Fletcher school district budget.
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Excise Board
Fletcher, Elgin and
Sterling
Fletcher School
DuPont Stock Tumbles After Small Dividend Rise
New York reports a brisk selling wave as DuPont shares fall despite directors raising the dividend by 25 cents. The move sparks market reaction with investors reassessing the stock’s value and payout potential.
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New York
DuPont
Diane Heads For Georgia At Fast Pace
Miami forecasters warned that Diane the fourth tropical storm of the season could bring hurricane warnings to Georgia and South Carolina. The storm with 115 mph winds moving west-northwest was centered about 600 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville, threatening coastal areas and prompting advisories for Georgia, the Carolinas, and northeast Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Georgia
South Carolina
Diane
Cecil Gentry
North Carolina
Florida
Gentry
Jacksonville
Connie
Atlantic
Virginia
Carolinas
Carolina
Escapee Flirts With Death
Oklahoma City officers extended a search for escaped county jail prisoner Charley William White a 24 year old New Orleans man described as armed and dangerous. White reportedly fled while being treated for an arm infection at St Anthony hospital after gangrene set in and four hours in the heat could threaten his life.
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Oklahoma City
Charley William White
New Orleans
Oklahoma County
Larkin Lamb
White
Masked Men Raid British Army Camp Near Rhyl
Five masked men attacked guards at Kimnel Park garrison near Rhyl in Wales in a second raid on a military depot within 48 hours. Lt. Col. Lord Langford said a sentry sounded a whistle and the raiders fled. Western Army Command noted an incident but details were unavailable.
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London
Wales
Lord Langford
Kimnel Park
Rhyl
Western Army Command
Area Man Is Shot In Shawnee Fight
Jack Dempsey Scott a Duncan man convicted in February for narcotics possession was wounded in a gun battle with Shawnee police during an armed robbery. He was shot in the right hand by Officer Raymond Block while allegedly robbing a Shawnee motel operator and attempting to rob an Oklahoma City couple. Scott was taken to City hospital for treatment.
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Jack Dempsey Scott
Duncan
Scott
Raymond Block
Oklahoma City
City Hospital
Shawnee
Block
L. H. Boyland
Boyland
Black
W. J. Lyons
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Minceys Hit By Tragedy in Head-On Crash
A Lawton businessman Howard Mincey his wife Edith and their 14 month old daughter Kandis Kay were killed in a head on crash 25 miles south of Texarkana Arkansas. Their two other children Kent and Tanna were critically injured along with Doddridge Arkansas resident John L. Wilson and pickup occupant C E Booth. The Minceys were returning from a Biloxi Mississippi vacation with the Lowrance family. The wreck occurred 730 PM and details remain scarce as authorities investigate.
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Howard Mincey
Edith
Kandis Kay
Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas
Lawton
Edith Mincey
Mincey
St. Michael’s Hospital
Kent
Tanna
Doddridge
John L. Wilson
C. E. Booth
Minceys
Biloxi
Miss
Don Lowrance
Mississippi
Lowrance
S. 24Th
New Orleans
Walla Walla Convicts Riot at State Penitentiary
A dozen convicts armed with home made knives seized 14 hostages at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla then surrendered after telephone persuasion and tear gas. No injuries reported. The revolt followed a prior 26 hour uprising in July that freed 15 leaders from isolation. Prison officials considered transfers and individual hearings as new demands surfaced.
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Yakima
Delmore
Gerald Lehan
Anadarko Opens Big Indian Fair
Anadarko hosts the 24th American Indian Exposition a week of events led by a 1 p.m parade with Southern Plains Indiana ceremonial groups an estimated 15 000 spectators attended Mrs Raymond Gary Oklahoma s first lady attended ceremonies Horse racing and Indian dances filled the afternoon program at the fairgrounds The 1955 Pageant The Southern Plans Indians Salute the Stars and Stripes opens 8 30 p m and runs on Mon Wed Thu and Sat nights Tribal dances and the National War Dance contest are on Tue and Fri nights Exposition president Robert Goombi says this will be the largest exposition ever held Our Native camp remains open to the public
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Anadarko
Indiana
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Anadarko Fairgrounds
Robert Goombi
Pleasant Weekend Weather in Oklahoma Extends Through Tuesday
Oklahoma's pleasant weekend weather was forecast to continue through Tuesday with mild 90s in the south and cooling breezes. Thunder showers were possible in extreme northern parts this afternoon and tonight as temperatures eased from Sunday night’s 60 degrees. Monday was expected to reach near 95 degrees.
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Oklahoma
Clinic Addition Bids Are Asked in Lawton
City of Lawton calls for sealed bids by 3 p.m. September 13 for a new addition and alterations to the City-County Health clinic No. 10 East B. The project costs an estimated 24000 dollars, funded equally by the city and the Department of Health Welfare and Education. The addition will be city property upon completion. county participation is not included. The 11055 square foot structure will provide three office rooms.
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Lawton
East B
C. R. Ellsworth
Department of Health, Welfare and Education
Ellsworth
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