Defense Talks Held In Taipei
U S Pacific Fleet commander Felix B. Stump arrived in Taipei to confer with First and Seventh Fleet leaders and Nationalist military chiefs on Formosa defense. Reports say secret talks followed Red China's threats to invade Formosa and considered carrier support from Hornet and Philippine Sea during the discussions.
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Taipei
Ram
Felix B. Stump
U.S
Formosa
Stump
Formosa Straits
United States
William Phillips
Alfred Pride
Nya Raere
Red China
Eisenhower
Seventh Fleet
China
South China Seas
Woul
Reds To Release Dien Bien Phu Hero
London based Peiping Radio reported Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries, commander at Dien Bien Phu, among 280 French officers to be turned over by Vietminh. Hanoi dispatch said prisoner exchange to begin today at Viet Tri on the Red River.
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London
Peiping Radio
Christian de Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Hanoi
Viet Tri
Red River
Youths Admit Brutal Crime Spree in Brooklyn
Fourteen to eighteen year old youths from Brooklyn confessed to police that an orgy of crime began July 29 and included two murders, two rapes of homeless men, and severe beatings of two girls and two tramps. Koslow led the group saying he despised bums and vagrants.
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New York
Melvin Mittman
Jerome Liberman
Robert Trachtenberg
Jack Koslow
Brooklyn
Altus Citizens Seek Test Case to Ban Comics
An Altus Oklahoma committee of 13 residents, led by 11 women, hunts for a guinea pig book dealer to challenge what they call immoral literature. They tour book stalls to halt sales of comic books and cheap novels, seeking a legal test case to set a precedent. Mayor Kerr and the city council back the effort.
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Altus
Okla
Citizens Committee
America
Ryan Kerr
Snopes
Ivester
Logan Proposes Plan To Use Federal Road Funds
Oklahoma City August 18 Propposal to require counties to use all federal aid road money for farm to market roads instead of reverting to the state. Sen. Bill Logan says plan could yield about 950 miles of new county surfaced roads and would keep project priority with county commissioners.
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Oklahoma City
Legislative Council
Bill Logan
Dlawton
Council
Logan
C. A. Stoldt
Roads and Highways Committee
Wi Ae
Commission
Amond Gary
Gary
Comanche County
Farm Bill Clears Senate After Midnight Clash
The Farm Bill clearing rigid high price supports heads to the White House after a 44 to 2% roll call at 1 a.m. after a 14 hour session. It includes flexible authority on supports and surpluses as House action followed. Senate debate pitted Knowland Johnson and Russell over procedures and votes.
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
SOP
Knowland
California
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Snowland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
EarlyEnrollment Push at Cameron College
More than 250 students completed pre enrollment at Cameron College with a last minute rush expected before noon Saturday. Registrar Gordon L. Paine urged first time enrollees to have high school transcripts in his office by 10 a.m. Saturday to qualify for pre enrollment. Regular enrollment starts at 8 a.m. on various dates in September.
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Cameron Colege
Gordon L. Paine
Cameron
Ogne
Paine
Compromise Sought On Red Outlaw Bill
Washington leaders worked behind the scenes to craft compromise language to outlaw the Communist party under existing anti subversive laws. Both houses supported outlawing the Party by stripping it of legal status and making membership illegal.
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Washington
House
Senate
Communist Party
Witzel resigns amid policy rift on council actions
Ward 2 councilman Walter Witzel resigned after 40 months saying he was consistently in the minority on major votes. He cited annexation of Carlois housing, the E Street water line project, and Stephens drainage as key disagreements. Olmstead appointment to fill his term was blocked. successor choice delayed.
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Cvanbeen
Ward
Witzel
M. E. Olmstead
Eee Ee Ee Eee Olmstead
Buckinsey
Ormer
Pring
Lester McKenzie
Ertle Kirkpatrick
Wesley Kepler
Joyce Pursley
H. D. Hastings
Leroy Botkin
Olmtead
Pursley
Kinsey
Olmstead
Wittel
Carlois
Carl Stephens
Solon Charges TV A Probe Block Amid Dixon Yates Controversy
Senate Monopoly subcommittee chairman William Langer accused GOP leaders of blocking funds for a Dixon Yates inquiry tied to the AEC TVA contract. Senator Mitchell called the probe a scandal while Eisenhower defended Jones and pledged public access to budget and AEC records, though agencies said records could not be ready this week.
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Washington
William Langer
Senate Monopoly Subcommittee
GOP
Sephen A. Mitchell
North Dakota
Republican
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mitchell
White House
Eisenhower
Bobby Jones
Jones
Dixon-Yates
Eee
Budget Bureau
AEC
Walters Man Shorty Roser Dies After Accidental Shot
Walters service station and grocery operator Shorty Roser, about 60, was accidentally struck to death while cleaning a .22 caliber public safety item at his desk. The coroner's jury found he died from the accidental discharge. Witnesses Warren Shelton and Frank Ward heard a pop then found Roser wounded. he died en route to Walters Hospital Clinic. Three cases were ordered.
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Frank Andrew Ward
Shelton
Young Ward
Shorty
Henry Smit
Ian
Smith
Tin
Peare
Korean Dead Trade Likely
Washington reported a possible small scale exchange of military remains between the Communists and the Allies in Korea. The move could illuminate the fate of about 526 Americans believed held by the enemy at one time. Rear Admiral Brittain at Panmunjom said the U N Command doubted all missing Americans are alive and demanded fuller accounting from the Reds for 2 840 missing Allies.
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Washington
Korea
U.N
Adm
T. B. Brittain
Panmunjom
United States
Brittain
U. N. Command
James
City council blocks Emerson take over and approves budget
The council votes 613000 general fund budget for 1964 55 year amid conflict over Mayor McCain’s bid to seize Emerson School for a new city hall by eminent domain. He fails to win support and council orders no action pending. The debate delays action on school matters and meter feasibility.
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Emerson School
Ctty Council
Joe McCain
Emerson
McCain
McKinley
Unece
Joyce Pursley
McCarthy Probe May Be Delayed
Sen Watkins said the special Senate committee investigating McCarthy may postpone the August 30 start of public hearings by a few days. Wallace Chadwick takes on counsel duties. Chadwick pledges impartial work.
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Washington
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Barries
Sen
McCarthy
R- Is
Ragone
Hopatiens
Omeressman
Wallace Chadwick
Chadwick
Chester
Mcliathins
Fort Sill to host Army air show for 800 students Saturday
Fort Sill officials stage a public air show featuring Army aircraft and demonstrations on Landing Strip 15 at 11 a.m. The Army Aviation Demonstration Team will perform with helicopter acts and a simulated atomic blast. About 800 Artillery School students will attend along with engineers from Bell and NBC crews. Tickets are limited, with 100 Fort Sill children reserved bleacher seats and several buses organizing youth transport.
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Fort Sill
American Helicopter Society
Lnvamnn
Helicopter Square
Bozo
Army Aviation
Dayton
Ohio
Eddie Rickenbacker
Bell Pheralh
Corpeney
Reet Wert
NBC
Artillery School
Youth Activities Council
Artillery Center
Annex Ation
Lawton
Long Heat Siege Faces Southwest
Oklahoma and other residents endure a scorching summer as the weather bureau warns of 30 more days of high temperatures. The forecast calls for above normal heat nationwide with subnormal rainfall in the East, South and Southwest. The region logged 100 degree heat yesterday with a record 102 degrees by midmorning.
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Weather Bureau
Koreans Fear Yanks Leaving Korea
South Korean lawmakers claim the United States plans to withdraw all but three divisions from Korea by end of 1954 amid an emergency assembly vote opposing withdrawal. An Army spokesman in Washington said no withdrawal plans were heard.
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Seoul
Naional
United States
U. S
Korea
National Assembly
Washington
Ith
Assembly
Lee Ki Poong
Foreign Relations Committee
Whang Sung Soo
U. N
Okinaw
Matthew Ridgway
U. S. Army
U.S
Ridgway
South Korea
Okiawa
Atomic Workers Vote On Pay Hike
About 4500 AFL production workers at two atomic plants in Oak Ridge Tennessee vote today on a proposed pay increase. A source close to the situation says a favorable vote is expected.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL
Acctet
Hay
Meinters
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Woyah
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Choctaw, Bryan, McCurtain and
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