Earthquakes Devastate Greek Islands Amid Olive Oil Fires
Western Greek islands Cephalonia Ithaca and Zante suffer the worst quake in modern history. About 1,000 killed 4,000 injured and 100,000 made homeless as American and British Navy teams aid survivors. Debris cleared by bulldozers from warships. olive oil caches moved to prevent new fires. Admiral Cassaday reports the situation still serious.
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Athens
Greece
Zante
Cephalonia
Ithaca
United Press
Robert Musel
London
Islands
Ousel
J. H. Cassaday
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Salem
Argostolion
Okinawa Missed As Storm Veers Toward China Coast
Tokyo reports Typhoon Nina, ranked the Pacific's second-worst since WWI, veered west-northwest toward the China coast after passing within 130 miles of Okinawa. U S Air Force forecasters said the center reached 150 mph, with the storm 130 miles south-southwest of Okinawa at 11 p.m. Saturday. Evacuations and emergency sheltering occurred on Okinawa as winds reached 75 mph with dust storms and 21 inches of rain recorded.
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Tokyo
Pacific
China
Okinawa
U. S. Air Force
Bastion Satuday
City Baby Is Okay After Kerosene Sip
An 18 month old Lawton child was brought to Memorial Hospital after drinking kerosene from a paint brush cleaner. Donnie Miller found the liquid at home on Monroe street and was treated. doctors reported his condition not serious. His mother Mrs. Audrey Miller rushed him to care.
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Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Donnie Miller
Monroe
Audrey Miller
2 650 Do Double Duty Chores Never Done Working Wives Claim
Lawton’s 2 650 working wives endure eight hours at work then return home to more tasks. Jean Marshall and others describe rushing to cook, clean, wash, mend, care for children, and still find time for social life. They work to supplement income amid rising living costs. See WORKING WIVES, Page 2.
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James Marshall
Lawton
Charles Graybill
Jeanne Howell
Jean Marshall
James
Jean
Jim
Hubby
Jill
Jack
Corpse Found On Fort Sill Reservation Near Bus Station
An unidentified Indian man believed to be a Fort Sill corporal was found late Saturday night in a ditch opposite the Lawton Fort Sill bus station on Gruber Road. He appeared recently dead with feet visible. Authorities could not yet determine if a hit run caused death or if another cause was involved. An investigation is under way and the body was taken to Station hospital for examination.
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Fort Sill
Lawton-Fort Sill
Gruber Road
Station Hospital
2.6 Million East Germans Are Fed
East Germans lined up for Eisenhower food packages as the first phase of the American backed program ended with 2.6 million recipients. About 100,000 collected packages on Saturday. The plan will resume August 27 despite divisions among British and American diplomats over its merits.
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Berlin
Lawton Bar Marriage Ends In Annulment
Superior Judge Bob Landers annulled the July 25 marriage of Alice Bullock and Robert D. Bullock on request of the bride after discovering the groom was already married. The bride filed to have the union erased from records, effectively ruling the marriage never existed.
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Lawton
Beer Tavern
Bob Landers
Indian Couple Shot To Death In Osage County
A Pawhuska Osage couple Ted Bearskin 52 and Rose 49 were found shot to death on a country road northeast of Pawhuska nine miles away. Sheriff Charles Cass said it appears a double murder with the pair likely lying in the road beside their car for six to seven hours. Police reported Rose Bearskin was beaten and shot, Ted Bearskin bore wounds to neck head and chest. Cash on Ted and his watch remained. Rose’s purse was missing with estimates of $200 to $400 recently received from Osage Agency. Autopsy planned.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Here
Osage County
Charles Cass
Tulsa
Osage
Cass
Ted Bearskin
Rose
C. R. Owen
A. m
Bearskin
Osage Indian Agency
Thunder Bird unit shines in 45th National Guard parade
North Fort Hood Texas August 15 1950 2800 officers and men of the 45th National Guard Division parade for Governor Murray and former commanders. Lt Col George Fisher praised the unit calling it one of the best divisions in American arms. Veterans and recruits impressed by the public show despite heat.
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Fort Hood
Tex
45Th National Guard
Oklahoma
Thunderbird
Korea
Guard
Johnston Murray
George Fisher
Fisher
Middle
Texas
British Train Wreck Kills 10 at Manchester Viaduct
On a Saturday collision on a high viaduct in Manchester two speeding trains caused a crowded coach to crash through a brick wall into a river bed 90 feet below. At least 10 dead, over 50 injured, with toll expected to rise as rescue teams recover bodies from the Irk River.
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Manchester
England
Bootleggers face jail as county court completes term
Bootleggers may fill county jail as many as 31 are expected by autumn while understudies prepare to take over duties. Seventeen bootleggers pleaded guilty, adding about 4700 in fines and 510 days in jail. A September jury term could add 14 more detainees.
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Ralph Hudson
Lawton
Hudson
United States backs Russia in Far East conference bid
United Nations sources report the United States tentatively supports a UN plan to include Russia in the Far East political conference while opposing India’s bid. After a three hour Korea UN forces meeting at the American delegation, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr said broad agreement was near on many subjects as talks continue.
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Richard Witkin
United Nations
United States
Russia
Far East
U. S
India
Korea
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Schumann
Trap Sprung As Hennessee Alatte Alaanhu WWhiit
Lawton police chief Ralph Hennessee jailed officer Ira Beasley for allegedly accepting 65 dollars from a bootlegger to "protect" liquor sales. Beasley, 46, was seized after handing over marked bills. Hennessee said the arrest followed a months‑long suspicion and that the bootlegger cooperated. Beasley was held on investigation charges and faces potential bribery action by the county attorney.
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Ralph Hennessee
Lawton View
Ira Q. Beasley
Hennessee
Preston Williams
Beasley
Tennessee
Lawton
Williams
54 Japanese Die In Flood
Japan suffered a devastating flash flood near Kyoto as a reservoir burst. Police report 54 killed, 271 injured, 9 missing, with hundreds more unaccounted for in Kyoto area and Ide village, as dam failures and ruinous floods swept through northern Ogarawa and Kizu valleys. More than 730 homes washed away.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyoto
National Railways
Ogawara
Ide
Kizu
Homer the Pigeon Feels Like a Dog at Mistler Home
A blue pigeon named Homer living at 1411 N 23rd behaves like a dog. Adopted three months ago to entertain Captain and Mrs Mistler as he follows them indoors and outdoors, eats dog food, enjoys dog baths, and even shares a pan with Poppy the dog. Homer tolerates guests and provides lively amusement with his doglike antics.
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Homer
H. C. Mistler
Mrs. Mistler
Mistler
Poppy
Oklahoma Captain Among 210 Supposed Red Prison Deaths
Defense Department listed 210 soldiers as dead in Red prison camps in Korea based on enemy reports. Captain Erik F. Yde of Lawton was named along with two Oklahomans, but officials stressed the unconfirmed, enemy-sourced nature of the information. Mrs. Yde, at 1410 Dearborn, could not comment. timing of last communication unknown.
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Lawton
Korea
Defense Department
Erik F. Yde
Dorothy
Dearborn
Repatriation Day at Panmunjom Amid War Refugees
In Panmunjom on Sunday the first 75 American and 75 British captives plus 262 South Koreans were exchanged, riding homeward in Molotov trucks. Observers watched as names were called and both sides waved, many singing, some emaciated but most in good condition. Pfc. Lawrence E. Bridgewater of Logutoe was the first American reunified. Red Cross aid had been distributed earlier at Kaesong, and some evacuees discarded prison uniforms while marching home.
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Panmunjom
Northland
Indiana
Pfc
Lawrence E. Bridgewater
Loogootee
Red Cross
Kaesong
Apache Girl 2 Polio Victim and First 1953 Death at Memorial
Memorial hospital recorded its first polio death of 1953, Ralph Wayne Davis, 21, Hobart farmer, who died at 6 p.m. Friday after bulbar polio. he was admitted August 7 and treated with oxygen, iron lung, and rocking bed. The newest case is two year old Darlene Fay Abshire of Apache, in satisfactory condition. she is the fifth female polio patient this year. Thirty polio cases at Memorial include 25 males. ten bulbar cases to date.
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Memorial Hospital
Ralph Wayne Davis
Hobart Farmer
Davis
Memorial
Darlene Fay Abshire
Clyde Abshire
Dolese Brothers Rock Products
Richard Spur
Abshire
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U.S
New Delhi
Trap Sprung
Hennessee Alatte Alaanhu
UW Wy
Douglas Mistler
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