Hurricane Diane Hits Coast Narrowly Damaging North Carolina
Hurricane Diane brushed the North Carolina coast with 60 mile per hour winds near Raleigh Durham and weakened as it moved inland toward Virginia. Beach areas evacuated and damage reported as light, while Connie’s earlier devastation loomed in memory.
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Wilmington
N. C
Diane
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Raleigh-Durham
Virginia
Office of
Luther Hodges
Connie Diane
Connie
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Carolinas
Bureau
Hazel
New York
Area Boy Thrown From Horse Dies in Oklahoma City
A 16-year-old Fletcher boy, Donald Conrad Lee, died at Memorial hospital from concussion and hemorrhage after being thrown from a horse Tuesday afternoon. He was admitted at 8:50 p.m. and died at 12:50 p.m. Doctors planned brain specialist care in Oklahoma City but he did not survive. He is survived by his father Arnold Lee and Mrs. and Mr. Arnold.
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Fletcher
Memorial Hospital
Donald Conrad Lee
Arnold Lee
Oklahoma City
Memorial
Arnold
Escapee Caught After 10 Minutes Free. Oklahoma Prisoner Nabbed
A six foot prisoner from Muskogee who hid under a truck hood and rode out of the state penitentiary was captured today after ten minutes of freedom. Officers said he escaped and was quickly recaptured in McAlester Oklahoma.
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Mcalester
Okla
Muskogee
State Penitentiary
Gary Arrives In New York for Oklahoma promotion
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary Mrs Gary and Will Rogers Jr arrive in New York for five days of promotion tied to the state and the movie version of the Broadway musical Oklahoma. They are greeted by the Oklahoma City University chorus and attend a Waldorf Astoria reception after landing.
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New York
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Hollywood
Gary
Will Rogers Jr
Waldorf - Astoria
Oklahoma City University
American Airlines
Don Welch Jr
Madill
Okla
Fort Worth
Rogers
Oklahoma City University Choir
Sill Troops Prepare for Giant Sage Brush Maneuvers
More than 3,000 troops will leave Fort Sill in late October for Operation Sage Brush at Camp Polk Louisiana. About 110,000 Army and 30,500 Air Force personnel will participate in the largest postwar exercise under battlefield conditions. Fort Sill units plan to return by Christmas leaves, with six field artillery battalions and eight support units named to take part. Major units include the 595th 36th 55th T61st 692nd and 632nd Obst along with 52nd FA Group 411st FA Group 64th Ordnance Battalion 75th Transportation Battalion and others.
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Fort Sill
Camp Polk
Public Information Office
Sill
PIO
Army
Air Force
Sage Brush
632Nd
52Nd Field Artillery Group
411St Field Artillery Group
64Th Ordnance Battalion
75Th Transportation Battalion
99Th Adaar
1St Ordnance Co
88Th Field Artillery
III Corps
Eight hundred Indians press toward Goa border
Belgaum India eight hundred determined Indian Nationalists who missed the peaceful invasion trudged toward the Goa frontier. They hoped to enter the Portuguese enclave despite Monday killings, as authorities resisted penetration while Calcutta sees a general strike. Leaders urged restraint, but the 800 insisted on entering at Banda with 3,000 mobilized near Belgaum.
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Belgaum
India
Goa
Calcutta
Goa Liberation Committee
Banda
City Proclaims Lawton Braves Day and Parade Plan
Mayor Ellsworth proclaimed September 2 as Lawton Braves Day and urged civic groups to join a downtown parade honoring the team. Through Tuesday the 1955 Braves stood 82-38, leading the Sooner State league by 112 games over Shawnee, with 17 shutouts and record individual performances.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton Braves
Braves
Shawnee
Sooner
Erwin Tells Story On Witness Stand
Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin testified for six hours at his court martial in Ft. Lewis detailing claims of coerced pro Communist statements while a POW in 1951. He denied other statements attributed by prosecutors as witnesses. His wife attended daily and kissed him as he began testimony.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
Blanchard
Okla
Korea
South Korea
North Korea
United States
Margaret
Downtown Lawton Launches Thursday Shopping Days
Downtown merchants brace for a Thursday and Friday rush as Lawton promotes Downtown Shopping Days with store ads and special values. City officials cover meters and urge workers to avoid driving, while bus and taxi services offer bargains to ease transportation for locals and visiting shoppers.
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Lawton
Lawton Trade
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Transfers Plan 15 Troopers Moves
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol announced the transfer of 15 troopers in a statewide staffing shift effective September 1. Four new units will form by relocating personnel to Stillwater Sayre Jay and Fairview with numerous moves between towns including Lee Sardis Shawnee Doyle Boyd Medford and others to balance coverage and territory.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Jack Rollins
Stillwater
Sayre
Jay
Fairview
Lee Sardis
Shawnee
Doyle Boyd
Medford
H. W
Korean armistice urged null and void by ROK envoy
You Chan Yang the Korean ambassador called on the United States to declare the 1953 armistice null and void and to build South Korea’s military strength to meet a potential North Korean sneak attack He accused UN truce commissioners of betraying Seoul and urged dissolution of the commission He warned that delaying action could invite renewed aggression and pressed for U S buildup to match Communist strength.
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Washington
You Chan Yang
United States
Korea
United Press
Yang
United Nations Truce Supervisory Commission
South Korea
Republic of Korea
North Korea
State Department
Robertson
Walter Robertson
Sweden
Switzerland
Truce Commission
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
KQREA
Koreans Stone American Officer in Inchon Clash
A mob of about 300 stone-throwing demonstrators in Inchon attacked a jeep carrying 1st Lt. Wayne W. Hansen of Augusta Georgia near the Wolmi Island causeway. U S troops fired tear gas and water to repel the crowd injuring Hansen slightly with a head blow. he received ambulatory care and was taken to a military hospital. No other injuries reported.
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Seoul
Wolmi Island
Inchon Harbor
U.S
Wayne W. Hansen
Augusta
Inchon
Azcom City
Eighth Army
Hansen
Southwest Oklahoma Sees Cool, Sunny Period Through Friday
The region will stay sunny but cool into Friday with near normal temperatures for 30 days and below normal rainfall, except the southeast, which will be cooler. Lawton's Tuesday high was 74 and today's forecasted high ranges from 95 to 98.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Nebraska Pen Burns Riot Quelled by Armed Guards
More than 200 Nebraska penitentiary inmates ended a 13 hour riot after armed guards invaded the cellblock with orders to shoot on sight. Fire damaged about half the prison as Governor Victor Anderson oversaw the crackdown and announced a yard by yard search to secure the facility.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Victor. Anderson
Anderson
Chief To Spell Out PW Conduct Code
Washington The Summer White House in Colorado and the Pentagon plan to spell out late today a new conduct code for American servicemen who become prisoners of war in another war. President Eisenhower at Fraser Colorado was ready to sign an executive order authorizing the program. A commission of retired officers and Pentagon civilians prepared a guiding report. The code reflects a compromise between the Army’s stern stance and the Air Force’s lenient view. The commission studied Korean cases where Americans allegedly yielded to Communist pressure or cooperated for better treatment. Only the Army has court-martialed anyone in such cases. In eight completed cases
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Washington,p
White House
Colorado
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Fraser, Colo
Army
Air Force
U S Soldier Kills ROK Marines in Tent Dispute
An unidentified U S soldier shot and killed two South Korean Marines after a dispute over women in a battalion tent. Two other Marines and a civilian were wounded. The assailant confronted the tent and then opened fire with a carbine, according to an Army source in Seoul.
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Seoul
U.S
Army
ROK 1St Marine Division
Admiral Burke Takes Over Navy Chief Command
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke assumed command of the U.S. Navy at Annapolis, pledging higher preparations to maintain sea power in the atomic age. He succeeded Admiral Robert B. Carney in a ceremony at the naval academy hall attended by over 2,000, including midshipmen and Governor McKeldin.
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Annapolis
Arleigh A. Burke
America
U.S
Burke
Robert B. Carney
Naval Academy
Midshipmen
Ce R. McKeldin
Maryland
County Tax Revenue Share for Comanche County
Comanche county’s slice of Oklahoma Tax Commission revenue for mid July through mid August totaled 39402.51, lifting the current fiscal year’s total to 81546. The distribution includes 11834.75 from the one cent gasoline tax for roads, 9937.47 from the four cent gasoline excise tax, 5643.70 from the half cent gasoline excise tax, 312.57 from the four cent special fuel road tax, 251.77 from the one cent special fuel tax for roads, 143.31 from the half cent fuel use tax, and the gross production tax component noted on the page.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma Tax Commission
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Council
Charles C. Jefferson
Ellsworth
Erwin
ROK
Nebraska
Nebraska State Prison
U. S
ROK Marines
Admiral Burke
Navy
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