Charge Is Prepared Against Negro Cop
Bribery charges were prepared today against Ira Q. Beasley a 46 Negro police officer jailed Saturday for taking protection money from a city bootlegger. County Attorney Manville Redman said he expected to file the charge this afternoon and that Beasley faces a felony with one to five years’ imprisonment if convicted. Beasley’s lawyer filed a habeas corpus writ as Beasley was moved to the county jail with a 9:30 a.m. Tuesday hearing set. The case marks a rare action by Police Chief Ralph Hennessee against a member of his own force following a sting operation that netted $65 alleged protection money. The bootlegger’s identity was not released. See CHARGE Page 2.
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Ira Q. Beasley
Ralph Hennessee
Manville Redman
Redman
Beasley
Tennessee
Preston Williams
John W. Tyree
Bob Landers
Tyree
Hennessee
Wife Of POW Reported Dead Still Confused
Mrs. Dorothy Yde reacts to a Defense Department telegram claiming her husband Captain Erik F. Yde was dead in a Communist prison camp. She recalls his October 1950 departure from Fort Sill and his disappearing after a February 1951 battle near Wonju. She questions Soviet transparency as other released prisoners said they saw him in a Communist hospital.
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Dorothy Yde
Dearborn
Defense Department
Erik F. Yde
Yde
503Rd
FA Bn
Reds
Cloud Curtain Brings Cool Spell to Oklahoma States
A sheet of clouds moved over Lawton and surrounding areas in Oklahoma on Sunday producing cool temperatures and scattered rain. Lawton received .15 of an inch for the weekend while Chattanooga logged over half an inch with heavier rain toward Faxon. Some lines to Faxon were down as observers noted possible over inch totals and a lingering electrical storm disturbance.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Chattanooga
Faxon
Fort Sill Soldier Death Probe Seeks Toxicology Result
Fort Sill authorities said the death of 43 year old Pfc. Jimmy Harjie Jr. was due to natural causes but an autopsy is followed by a toxicology report from Fort Sam Houston. The Indian soldier was found in a rock floored drainage ditch after a possible head injury not deemed fatal. Harjie, a native of Weleetka Oklahoma, served with the 4050th ASU and his body was to be taken to Weleetka for last rites and burial.
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Fort Sill
Jimmy Harjie Jr
Lawton-Fort Sill
Gruber Road
Harjie
Weleetka
Okla
Becker Funeral Home
Con Home
Greek Guards Shoot Looters in Ionian Islands
Greek authorities report looting during the earthquake relief effort on Zante Cephalonia and Ithaca. Troops shot two looters on Zante as aid planes dropped food and water for refugees. Officials say the toll is rising with 600 dead and 700 seriously injured as tremors continue.
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Athens
Greece
Ionian Sea Islands
Zante
Bkarey
Alexander Papagos
John H. Cassady
U. S
Sixth Fleet
Cassady
Cephalonia
Ithaca
Athens Observatory
Mossadegh Rules Iran After Shah Flees
Tehran reports Mossadegh consolidates power after a bloodless coup attempt by supporters of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi collapses. The Shah and Queen Soraya flee to Iraq as Mossadegh jails opposition leaders and plans a regency. Coup leader Fazlollah Zahedi hides in the hills while troops patrol the capital.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Soraya
Iraq
Mossadegh
Fazellah Zahedi
Zahedi
Mossadegh To Customs and Frontier Forces
Shah
Hossein Fatemi
Fatemi
Baghdad
Caspian Sea
Pahlevi
Britain
Assassin Kills Syrian Premier Rumors of Attack Stir Lebanon
Unconfirmed reports in Beirut claimed Syria President Adib Shishekly was assassinated in Damascus as gunmen fired on his armored car. Syrian officials denied the claim, calling it part of an organized campaign by foes of the president.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Adib Shishekly
Damacus
Sailants
POWs Claim Reds Add Planes In North Korea Show
Panmunjom Aug 17 Returning American war prisoners accused the Communists of expanding their air power in North Korea in breach of the armistice. They reported seeing twin engine jet bombers and MIG 15 fighters over Pyongyang during the truce. FEAF said no such aircraft were found on North Korean bases and suggested the jets may have flown in from Manchuria for an air show.
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North Korea
Freedom Gate
Yongyang
Charles W. Jewell
Wilmington
Del
Pfc
Leopoldo L. Howard
Mancos
Colo
Pyongyang
Howard
Jewell
Michael A. Giannini
Huntington Station
N. Y
Richard L. DeLaney
Necedah
Wis
Far East
Tokyo
FEAF
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Seoul
Manchuria
Inchon
Kore
UNC
Panmunjom
Sill Trainee Gulps Slow Poison Dies at Fort Sill
Pvt. Richard H. Grady, 21, of Fort Sill died Sunday morning at Station hospital after reportedly ingesting slow acting poison likely rat poison. He fell ill late Saturday and was transported to the hospital where he passed away about 7:15 a.m. The death was described as self-administered. Grady’s mother resides in Chicago. Becker Funeral Home to announce arrangements.
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Richard H. Grady
Fort Sill
Station Hospital
Post Public Information Office
PIO
Grady
Chicago
Ill
Becker Funeral Home
Texans Open Guard Camp
About 435 Texas national guardsmen begin a two week summer training at Fort Sill led by Brig. Gen. John L. Thompson Jr. The camp will grow to include roughly 460 Arkansas guardsmen under Col. Lincon M. Cummings who join the drills Tuesday morning.
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Fort Sill
Texas National Guardsmen
John L. Thompson Jr
Houston
XLI Corps
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Lincon M. Cummings
142Nd FA
Fayetteville
Arkansas
See Guard
Governor Approves State Booster Signs Controversy Boosts
Oklahoma City Gov Johnston Murray said the row over auto bomber signs reading Made in Oklahoma by Indians has yielded good publicity for the state. Morton R Harrison, chairman of the Planning and Resources Board, ordered the signs at a cost of 900 dollars for statewide advertising.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
Morton R. Harrison
Planning and Resources Board
Informers Reveal Brutalities of Red Prisons and Escape Plans
Frank Noel, editor and Associated Press photographer, recounts years as a prisoner of war in North Korea and China. He describes the cruel hole punishment, harsh conditions, and lingering fear of repatriation as other Americans remain in captivity. He and Olen Clements begin a three part series based on Noel’s testimony.
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Frank Noel
Associated Press
North Korea
Tokyo
Noel
Olen Clements
Life as a prisoner under Chinese Communists described
In Tokyo a former prisoner recalls constant fear and doubt under Communist captors. He notes mistrust even among Communists, as informers emerged among prisoners who once fought side by side.
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Tokyo
Reds Stage Biggest Swap Tonight Will Free 75 Yanks
Panmunjom reports 400 Allied POWs freed by Communists today including 73 Americans and 75 British. Tomorrow’s batch promises 450 prisoners with 7 Americans among them as 5,177 Allied troops have been freed in 13 days. The returnees arrived healthy at Freedom Village, while other POW movements and jet sightings are noted.
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Reds
U. S
Kaesong
Freedom Village
Reynolds Honored At Anadarko American Indian Exposition
Fifteen thousand people braved a threatening storm to watch a parade led by Allie Reynolds opening the exposition. He received a buckskin plaque naming him outstanding American Indian of 1953 while police estimated a large crowd and officials planned a six day series of stomp dances and pageants.
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Anadarko
Okla
Allie Reynolds
Reynolds
Fairgrounds Exposition Grounds
Allie
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma City
New York
Yankees
Allie Dale
Highway Patrol
H. W. Watson
Man Wounds Self On Hunting Trip
Lawton man Hobart Eugene Sillers, 26, received emergency treatment at Southwestern hospital after a 22 caliber rifle discharged accidentally while he and a friend hunted along Cache creek south of town. He was treated for a wound to the right heel and released.
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Lawton
Southwestern Hospital
Hobart Eugene Sillers
Syemore
Cache Creek
Sillers
Whodunit Lover or Husband in Maria Mazza Slaying
In Savignano sul Rubicone Italy two men each confessed to stabbing Maria Mazza 24 times. Husband Tano Mazza a hunchback claims he waited in a field and killed her after finding infidelity. Lover Salvatore Corbisiero a traveling salesman says he killed her in a passion. Police face which man acted as Slayer.
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Savignano Sul Rubicone
Italy
Maria Mazza
Tano Mazza
Maria
Salvatore Corbisiero
Tano
Ravenna
Salvatore
Naples
April Auto Crash Claims Second Victim in Oklahoma
Funeral services for Virgil Karty 28 will be held at Comanche Indian Mission at 2 p m Tuesday. He died Saturday at University Hospital Oklahoma City after head injuries from the 1951 Ford crash at 23rd and Lee. An Anadarko youth Kay Attockine 22 died April 26 from injuries eight days after the crash. The car left the road and struck a bridge, three others were injured, and Attockine and Karty were extricated after 30 minutes.
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Comanche Indian Mission
Virgil Karty
Lee
Kay Attockine
Karty
University Hospital
Oklahoma City
23Rd
Attockine
Lawton
Riverside School
Bacone College
Chillocco
Fowler Granted Special Session
Oklahoma City August 17 The State Pardon and Parole Board will interview E L Lefty Fowler linked to the 1948 murder of waitress Helen Beavers in Duncan. The interview at Mc Alester state penitentiary Aug 24 25 will not be a clemency hearing.
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Oklahoma City
State Pardon and Parole Board
E. L
Lefty) Fowler
Helen Beavers
Duncan
Argosy Magazine
Campbell Leflore
Fowler
McAlester State Penitentiary
Lefiore
Erle Stanley Gardner
Clemency Board
Marshall W. Houts
New York
Court of Last Resort
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James C
William J. Jr
Williams
Lawton View
Bill Ramsey
Sill
Stanley
Stanley Eakin
Columbus
Ohio
Eakin
Marjorie
OK Teo
Antung
Frank
Pappy
Yalu
Cpl
Howard Waters Jr
Battle Creek
Mich
Camp 1
Waters
Indiana
Chongsong
Carl R
Evansville
Darko
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