Personal Property Sales Planned Delinquent Tax Crackdown
Delinquent tax warrants will be pursued by Sheriff Everett Ray Hale in Comanche County. Records show habitual personal property delinquencies with several offenders unpaid for multiple years. Real property delinquents will be advertised in October and sold in November.
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Frosty Troyan
Everett Ray Hale
Lillian Ward
Hale
Manville Redman
de Celerate
Miss Ward
Comanche County
McCarthy Censure Probe Aims for October Report
Sen. Watkins leads a six member panel toward a report on censure charges against Sen. McCarthy with hopes to act before the election. Critics say findings must be ready by early October to fit Senate schedules and re election campaigns. Flanders Fulbright Morse are cited among those testifying.
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Washington
Sen
Watkins
Utah
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Knowland
Calif
George
D-Ga
McArthy
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
CBS
Television Am
Flanders
Fulbright
Morse
Europe
Wisconsin
London
Three Thousand Indians Open Show in Anadarko
In Anadarko Oklahoma Monday 3000 Indians from six states began six days of displays at the all Indian exposition drawing about 15000 expected attendees for the opening parade and daily pageants The event features dances including the rain dance controversy and a world championship war dance contest with a two o clock and eight o clock schedule The pageant The Last Great Indian Peace Council runs daily except on Tuesday and Friday when dances occur Officials note plans to honor Governor Murray as outstanding Indian of 1954
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Anadarko
Okla
Minnesota
New Mexico
Arizona
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Johnston
Murray
Willy
Oklahoma City
Britain Eases Red Trade Rules Open to Moscow Orders
Britain relaxed iron curtain trade controls on Russia and Communist satellite governments. Orders totaling 120 million dollars have arrived, with Soviet bids to buy 28 million dollars worth of steel rolling plants being studied. The rule change, agreed by the United States and NATO partners after Washington and Paris talks, allows Britain to act on earlier Moscow orders despite some items remaining restricted.
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London
Britain
Russia
United States
Washington
Paris
Moscow
Convicts Wreck Kingston Penitentiary in Riot
Kingston Ontario reports the worst riot in the prison’s history. Between 100 and 125 inmates led a five hour arson rampage, aided by 400 guards and 200 soldiers with orders to shoot to kill if needed. No serious injuries reported, damage over 1 million dollars. Investigators probe fire causes amid claims of mass escape plots.
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Kingston
Ont
Kingston’ Penitentiary
Canal
Canada
Ontario Fire Marshall
Toronto Globe and Mail
Atomic energy bill stalls as conferees eyed for quick vote
Congressional leaders signaled a push to move the atomic energy bill after White House plans to appoint House conferees to meet Senate counterparts. The dispute centers on private firms holding exclusive patent rights on civilian data with debate over a 17 year patent term and government funded developments.
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Washington
Aesarae
Senate
House
W. Sterling Cole
Mai
Cole
Pri
Hostess Heroine Helps 31 Britons Escape British Airliner Crash
At Blackbushe Airport England a calm Irish hostess opened the burning Viking airliner door and led 31 Britons to safety as the tail section burned after an engine failure on takeoff. Hostess Beryl Rothwell praised passengers for their cool reaction.
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Blackbushe
England
Viking
Airwork, Ltd
Oxford
Beryl Rothwell
Refuge Water Flows Into Thirsty Cache Wells
Water from Lake Grama in Wichita Mountains refuge released to Cache wells flowed by evening and filled a 35,000 gallon municipal tank halfway by morning. Mayor Vokins noted the dry sands absorbed the supply and the city planned a deeper well and sewer system after a $35,000 bond.
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Cache
Lake Grama
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
C. A. Vokins
Vokins
Ernest Greenwalt
Cach
Eisenhower signs historic tax revision into law
President Eisenhower signed the largest tax overhaul in history, calling it monumental and beneficial to all Americans. The plan includes initial year tax cuts totaling about 1.63 billion and will expand as the program takes full effect, with benefits for individuals, retirees, farmers, and businesses including clearer provisions and new credits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Marin
American Airlines Lays Off 1891 Non Strikers Amid Pilot Strike
New York August 16 AP American Airlines laid off 1,891 non strikers and threatened to dismiss 13,821 more if pilots do not return within two weeks. President C R Smith said executives may quit payrolls as the strike grounds 970 daily flights since July 31. No end to the walkout in sight. The 1,243 pilots quit in protest over three transcontinental flights. Federal authorities have limited operations amid the strike.
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New York
American Airlines
C. R. Smith
American
Drowning Victim Cyril Haas A Visiting Boy Dies in Bay St. Louis
Five year old Cyril Haas died Sunday in Bay St. Louis Mississippi while visiting relatives. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Laheys Funeral Home. Survivors include his mother four sisters and a brother. His father Vernon Haas is a refinery worker arriving by plane.
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Cyril
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Tommy Haas
Vernon Haas
Laheys Funeral Home
Haas
Mississippi
Ann Marie
Joan
Mary Katherine
Laura
Joe
Hans
Lawton Civic Leader E E Neptune Dies at 62
Everett E Neptune 62 prominent Lawton civic leader and former J C Penney store manager died of a heart attack at 7 15 p m Sunday during services at Central Baptist church He had been in failing health and funeral services were tentatively set for 10 a m Wednesday at Central Baptist with Rev Richard T Hopper officiating Burial will be in Highland cemetery under Lawton Funeral home direction Neptune born April 3 1892 in Minneapolis Kansas moved to Haskell Oklahoma then to Lawton in 1924 to open a Penney store He managed the Lawton store 1929 1946 retiring for health reasons He was unmarried at the time of reporting]]
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Everett E. Neptune
Lawton
Lawton J.C. Penney
Central Baptist Church
Richard T. Hopper
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Mr. Neptune
Minneapolis
Kan
Eli Neptune
Haskell
Okla
Draughon’s Business College
Oklahoma City
Longmont
Colo
J. C. Penney Company
Okmulgee
Ardmore
Penney
Jackson
Miss
Mary Louise Green
Waurika
Lawton High School
Neptune
Becker's Penny-Wise Grocer Dies in Lawton
Daniel A. Becker longtime Lawton high school principal and owner of Becker's Penny-Wise Food Market died. He was born August 14 1898 in McPherson Kansas and served Lawton High as teacher assistant principal and principal. His body lay in state until Tuesday noon in Becker Memorial Home. Burial planned at Highland Cemetery. He attended Tabor College and the University of Oklahoma.
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Daniel A. Becker
Becker
Lawton
H. Tompastor
A. J. Becker
Highland Cemetery
Mr. Becker
McPherson
Kan
Indian Territory
Parwe
Tabor College
Hillsboro
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Lawton High School
LHS
Best
Paving Core Tests Stated
Core tests of concrete paving in Oklahoma City are scheduled today by the Oklahoma Testing Laboratory. City council authorized tests to determine concrete strength after at least 28 days. Tests will include paving on Ferris from Second to Fort Sill Boulevard and use a core-cutting machine.
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Oklahoma Testing Laboratory
Oklahoma City
Ferris
Second
Fort Sill Blvd
Capital Laboratory
Tate Highway Department
Fort Sill Boulevard
British Oppose Including Formosa in Southeast Asia Pact
London says Formosa should not be part of the area protected by the Allied Southeast Asia Defense Pact. The Foreign Office also noted ongoing Britain United States talks on Red China threats to the Nationalist government on the island.
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London
Britain
Formosa
Foreign Office
Red China
Generalissimong Kai - Shek
House approves bill outlawing the Communist Party
The House passed a measure outlawing the Communist Party and stripping rights from Communist dominated unions. The bill, backed by administration support, argues the party is an instrumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the government and would not criminalize individual membership. The Senate opposed features and Eisenhower preferred no action.
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Washington
Communist Party
House
White House
Senate
Sih
Halleck
R-Ind
Eisenhower
Martin
R-Mass
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Conferees Approve Farm Bill Dairy Supports Compromise
A Senate House conference committee agreed on a farm bill compromise aligning dairy price supports with a lower Senate level. The measure, resolving a weekend deadlock, moves back to both chambers for final approval, with Republicans Young and Sen Sen Andre absent from signing. Negotiations were led by Sen Aiken as talks resumed after a delay.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Sen
Young
Rep
Andresen
R Minn
Five House
Aiken
Forty six die in Laos plane crash
A twin engine cargo plane evacuating Vietnamese refugees from Hanoi to the Done River Laos yesterday killed 46 persons. Most of the dead were women and children. three of the four French crewmen and a Vietnamese woman and child were the only survivors.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Hanoi
Laos
Turnpike Cost Estimate Rises to 220 Million
A new cost study shows length and interest push the projected Turnpike price higher than January estimates. Experts say the final tally may hit 220 million with construction costs and interest included. The plan links Turner to Tulsa and Oklahoma City with three routes and an annual net of about 22.7 million.
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Hirschfield
Turner
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Texas Guards Train At Fort Sill Camp
Texas guardsmen from the 8th FA Group gather at Fort Sill for two weeks of summer artillery training. Units include A Battery from Dumas and B Battery from Dalhart with C Battery from Shamrock, plus a medical detachment and reorganized battalion under Maj. Dock A. Stuart.
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Texas
8Th FA
Fional
Galveston
Fort Sill
474Th
Patnam
Dumas
Dalhart
Shamrock
XLI Corps
Houston
Dales
Department of We.ecm
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Thirsty
Cyril Child
E. E. Neptune
D. A. Becker
Texas Guards
Sill
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