Compromise Social Security Bill Reported by Congress
The House and Senate conference committee reached a compromise on a social security bill expanding coverage to over 10 million more people, raising benefits and taxes. The plan includes compulsory coverage for 3.6 million farm operators and expands to accountants architects engineers and other professionals while increasing the annual income base from 3600 to 4200 dollars.
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Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
RNY
Sen
George
D-Ga
Byrd
D-Va
Fight
Four Suspects Nabbed as City Burglaries Cleared
Lawton police arrested four suspects this week and confessed to break ins at local businesses. Trinidad Medrano, 22, was nabbed at Bury's Drive In 1101 Summit at 2 50 am Thursday and pleaded guilty before Peace Justice Woodrow Giles. Medrano claimed sleeping on the courthouse lawn since last Friday and missed meals. officers Glynn Coley and Bob Jones arrested him after noticing a broken front door. County Attorney Manville Redman notes Medrano was released from prison in January. See THEFTS, Page 2.
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Lawton
Trinidad
Medrano
Bury
Summit
Woodrow Giles
Glynn Coley
Coley
Bob Jones
Manville Redman
Grand homecoming sparks tense Northern Ireland clash
In Pomeroy nationalist crowds cheer former prisoner jam Kelly as police fight to keep the Irish flag from rising over the town. Bonfires flare and a street showdown ensues with bottles and police formations as crowds confront authorities.
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Pomeroy
Northern Ireland
Jam Kelly
Irish Republic
Belfast
Kelly
Eisenhower Presses German Role in European Defense
President Eisenhower told Congress that a strong Western European defense hinges on German participation in the European Defense Community. He urged France and Italy to accept the plan amid Brussels talks with other Western ministers. He warned that failure to approve the EDC is the era’s top obstacle to a united defense.
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Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Free World
United States
Coffee prices fall as Lawton grocers expect relief
Lawton residents may sip better java for less as wholesale suppliers announce price cuts. Retailers report coffee at about 1.19 per pound, down from higher recent costs, with chains poised to match any official reductions and pass savings to customers.
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Lawton
Sill Men To Hear Batchelor Trial
Three Fort Sill officers were named to the court martial for Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas accused of collaborating with the enemy as a Korean POW. Trial begins August 30 in San Antonio with officers from Fort Sill Fort Hood and Fort Sam Houston serving.
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Fort Sill
Marti
Claude Batchelor
Korea
Fourth Army
Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
San Antonio
Tex
Charles W. Stratton
Landon J. Reid
John W. Watson
Milo J. Gray
Camp Chaffee
Ark
James L. McCororney Jr
Albert V. Jones
Fort Hood
Richard McCaffey
Luis F. Mercado
John “A. Coulter
Edward R. Schowalter Jr
Fort Sam Houston
Francis R. Boyles
Clarence E. Goodman Jr
Kerlin J
Jack C. Offinger
Joel Westbrook
Parley Over EDC Treaty Nears End in Brussels
In Brussels ministers from West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg failed to agree on drastic revisions to the EDC defense community treaty. French premier Mendes-France appeared discouraged about securing parliament ratification as Adenauer prepared to travel to Bonn and Spaak pushed a written plan with little support.
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Brussels
Belgium
Pierre Mendes-France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
France
J. W. Yeyen
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Ai S
Frederick Miger Jr
Mendes-France
Auger
Alger
Paul-Henry Spaak
Spaak
Living Cost Rises Again in July Sparks Auto Pay Boost
Washington reports the July living cost index at 115.2 percent of the 1947-49 average, the third straight rise. The uptick triggers a penny-an-hour automatic raise for about one million workers in auto, aircraft, and farm equipment sectors under union contracts. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables due to dry weather partly fueled the increase.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Midwest
Oklahoma Counties Seek Federal Surplus Food Aid
Twenty three Oklahoma counties applied for federal surplus food aid for needy families. First cargoes began in Pittsburg County aiding 186 families across 462 members. Also a request for a make work program to improve unemployment and water supplies was approved by four eastern counties Sequoyah Adair Cherokee and Le Flore. Officials will meet with the Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board to review applications and coordinate shipments.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board
Pittsburg
Sallisaw
OERB
Legislative Council
Ray Fine
Gore
Sequoyah
Adair
Cherokee
Flore
Oklahoma
Durant
Oscar V. Stone
McCurtain
Pushmataha
Choctaw
Bryan
Love
Johnston
Atoka
Coal
Payne
Kiowa
Creek
Okmulgee
Okfuskee
Latimer
Tillman
Jeflore
McIntosh
Haskell
Ribbon Rites Dedicate New Boulevard in Lawton
The Lawton ceremony celebrated a $700,000 highway program with the first three level interchange and widening projects on U S 62 and U S 277. Gov. Murray and gubernatorial candidate Gary attended a luncheon and ribbon cuttings where Gary received engraved gold plated shears from the Lawton Chamber of Commerce. Emmett Keough led the program with dignitaries including Norman Hirschfield and John Stobaugh present.
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Leony
U. S. 62
Fort Sill Boulevard
U. S. 277
U. 277
Ferris
Johnston Murray
Edward T. Williams
Artillery Center
Sen
Gary
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Emmett Keough
Hirschfield
Gov. Murray
Norman Hirschfield
Oklahoma Turnpike Commission
John Stobaugh
Bud Stoldt
Governor and General Dedicate Fort Sill Boulevard Project
Gov. Johnston Murray and Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams dedicate the Fort Sill boulevard with a ribbon ceremony linking Lawton and Fort Sill as a new two lane road opens to traffic. A three level interchange at U S 62 and 277 is planned along with a half million dollar solar highway project and major access routes.
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New Fort Sill Boulevard
Keith Shelton
Wiriter
Lawton
Fort Sill
Johnston Murray
Edward T. Williams
U.S. 62
Ug 10
Oeal
Atoulevard
Vantan
Bort
Murray
Gov
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Union
National Guard
Ida
Sil
Th Artillery Center
Colonel On Trial For PW Behavior
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming, 46, of Racine Wisconsin, faces a general court martial for alleged POW collaboration with the enemy in a North Korean prison camp. He is charged under multiple Articles of War and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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FT. Sheridan
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Flem
Reds Demand UN Seat For 15 Yanks
A defense official said Chinese Reds demand a United Nations seat as the price for release of 15 U S airmen and other Americans held by the Reds. Negotiations through third parties have occurred over the past year with Eisenhower and Dulles opposed to seating the Reds. The U S may contend there are more American prisoners including possible Korean War POWs.
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Washington
United Nations
U.S
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Coun 2l
Reds World Organization
United States
Reds
Sill Advanced Class To Open At Fort Sill
The Officers Advanced Class at Fort Sill will begin with 220 officers. First weeks at The Artillery School and Fort Bliss Texas, then 10 weeks at Texas and 10 weeks back at Sill. Graduation is planned for mid May with a barbecue at Lake Quanah Parker.
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Sill
Fort Sill
Fort In
Fort Bliss
Tex
Fort i
Lawton
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