Police Outlaw Crowds Near Negro Home in Levittown
State and local police moved to quell protests near the home of William Myers the first Black homeowner in Levittown after a police sergeant was struck by a stone. About 400 demonstrators gathered for a second night as officers arrested three people on disorderly conduct charges and others were released to their parents. The incident followed earlier protests and prompted authorities to ban gatherings of more than three people in the neighborhood.
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Tom Stewart
William Myers Jr
Levittown
Wiliam Myers
Bristol Township
Stewart
Cnae
Lower Bucks County Hospital
Rolling Hill Hospital
William Ruch
Myers
Pennsylvania
Clayton Gould
William Dull
Fairless Hills
Paul Sullivan
Levitftown
Court Martial Set Thursday at Fort Sill
Lt. Col. Walter P. Berger faces a general court martial Thursday on four counts of negligent homicide and one dereliction of duty charge for the fatal June 22 Fort Sill demonstration. Trial begins at 3 a.m. in building 5283 hospital annex. potential penalties include discharge, forfeiture of pay, and four years hard labor. Cel. Lindsay J. DeFrees is president. Maj. Henry Olk will defend.
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Walter P. Berger
Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Berger
Rosser L. Moody Jr
Moody
Cal. Berger
PIO
Cel
Lindsay J. DeFrees
Maj
Henry Olk
Judge Advocate General's Department
Col. Berger
City Council Approves Pay Hike Budget Amid Raises
The city council adopted a record $1,115,255.68 proposed budget with salary increases for most city employees. Uniformed police and fire staff gain $25 monthly, nonuniformed staff $20 monthly, and hourly workers 10 cents an hour. Some earlier raises are excluded from the new budget.
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County Excise Board
Stitt Beir
Finance Committee
Trades Group Pickets Fort Sill Entrances Over Dispute
Oklahoma State Building and Construction Trades Council drew picket lines at all Fort Sill entrances joining machinists on strike against Page Aircraft Co. The action targets non union sub contracts and has halted multiple projects totaling 730000, including officers club addition and new dispensary, with about 30 workers affected.
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Oklahoma State Building and Construction Trades Council
Fort Sill
International Association of Machinists
Page Aircraft Co
Trades Council
Page
Fork Sill
Troy Briggs
Joe Wy EB
Best Construction Co
Wichita Falls
Briggs
Che
House Trims AEC Funds From Appropriations Bill
The Appropriations Committee slashed 215.9 million dollars from the Atomic Energy Commission request for operating and construction costs for the current fiscal year. Much of the building program was authorized yesterday in an 852 million dollar AEC construction bill. The cut excludes raw materials, special nuclear materials, weapons, and community operations programs. If sustained, total House cuts in regular appropriation bills this year could exceed 5.4 billion dollars. Senate action covers 13 bills with about one billion dollars requested and three billion in cuts.
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Washington Inn
Eoast Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Senate
Hoffa Admits Aid To Ex Convict In Philadelphia Union
Senate investigators hear James Hoffa confirm intervening in 1955 or 1956 to assist Samuel Feldman in Philadelphia union matters. Feldman, with a long police record, is described as a former Teamsters official. Hoffa also confirms authorizing about 150000 union funds to purchase Paul Ricca's Long Beach home in Indiana.
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Washington
James
Hoffa
Philadelphia
al. Ue
Record
Holfa
Senate
Michigan Teamsters Fonds
Hola
Ed Miller
Afl-Cio Hotel & Restaurant Workers Union
Samuel
Sherry) Feldman
Philadelphia Teamsters
Robert F. Kennedy
Feldman
Sing Sing
Dave Beel
Teamsters Union
Long Beach
Ind
Chicago
Paul
Ricca
Safecrackers Hit Anadarko Waurika Burglary Spree
Three area burglaries were reported in Indianpolice and sheriff offices. At Anadarko an elevator safe was removed showing the safe door peeled off. In Waurika a Lewis IGA store safe was moved and partially emptied. The Anadarko safe contained company papers. Local thefts also reported at Medicine Park cafe with small losses.
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Anadarko
Waurika
Jefferson County
Lewis Iga
Caddo County
Ray Larison
Jere
Lari Son
Larsson
Medicine Park
Col
Lawton Boy Shot In Leg at Memorial Hospital
A 16 year old Lawton boy, Allen Schlosser of Arlington, was treated at Memorial hospital after a leg wound. Deputies Ridgeway and Roberson sought to locate him for questioning about the shooting near Wolf Creek bridge on the W. Gore extension. The incident remains under investigation with no clear motive or circumstances confirmed.
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Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Allen Schlosser
Arlington
Org Ridgeway
Arvil Roberson
Youll
Wolf Creek
W. Gore
Gary Won’t Call Special Session Over Highway Funds
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary refused to call a special session to raise taxes even if it means cutting highway projects. Senator Keith Cartwright warned of financial strain and delayed roads, while Gary hoped federal aid would cover part of the costs and noted most expenses would hit after his term.
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Gary
Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Keith Cartwright
Durant
Senate Roads and Highways Committee
Army
Eastern
Oklahoma
Federal Roads Bureau
C. A. Stoledt
Gomer Bittle
Cuba
Plan To Halt A Tests United effort seeks first arms freeze
President Eisenhower proposed a one year suspension of nuclear tests with Canada Great Britain and France joining the United States in urging the UN subcommittee in London to back a tentative Western disarmament plan. The pact would pause weapons testing upon Kremlin acceptance and include inspections in participating nations as a safeguard.
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Eisenhower
Russia
Canada
France
Great Britain
United States
United Nations Ensargment
London
Soviet Union
Paris
Syrian Charges Claim U S Plot to Kill Syrian Cadets
Damascus reports accuse the United States of directing a mass assassination plan against Syrian military cadets and top officers. Maj. Gen Biary named Howard E Stone as mastermind, while Syria informs the UN that Washington sought to overthrow President Kunatly. US State Department calls the charge fabrication.
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Damascus
Syria
U.N
Security Council Uni
United States
Presi
Dent Shukri Kunyatly
U.S. State Department
Kunatly
Egypt
Alexandria
Foreign Ministry
Bizry
Howard E. Stone
U.S
Stone
Amin Nufoury
Col
Abdul Hamid Sarraj
Army
Bizzy
Biary
Chavie
French Star Calvet Called to Testify in Confidential Trial
Hollywood trial allows defense to question Corrine Calvet about a Confidential magazine feature claiming she called “frisky filly” whispers and bedroom details of marriages to John Bromfield and Joel Stone. The magazine article and its editor’s notes are entered as evidence amid testimony from John Odom and related TV fallout. The judge barred some testimony as immaterial.
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Hollywood
Corinne Calvel
Auth
Confidential
Arthur Crowley
John Bromfield
Jelt Stone
Bromfield
Crowley
Miss Calvet
John Odom
Geercla
Odom
Prosecntion
Crain
Superior Court
Herbert ¥. Walker
Texas Girls Found Dead In Icebox
Two young girls Marie Grissmore aged four and Rosa Mary Edwards vanished while playing and were found dead last night in an abandoned icebox in Midland Texas authorities said.
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Texas
Midland
Tex.s
Marie Grissmore
Rosa Mary Edwards
Ike Warns Soviets Aim to Take Syria
President Eisenhower said Moscow seeks Syria to control the country, outlining a pattern of Soviet aid, agent infiltration, and propped stooges. He cautioned the United States does not know how far the effort has progressed and tied it to the Middle East program provisions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Syria
U.S
Middle East
Moscow
Stooges
Goren
Middle Eastern
Family Shopping Day Ready Again
Lawton stores stay open until 9 p.m. so families can shop together. Merchants invite readers to review today's Constitution advertisements for details and participating outlets.
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Lawton
Aden
Needles Here Polio Clinics Ready To Go
In a six week campaign to eradicate infantile paralysis from Co Manthe county a polio vaccine clinic will start Thursday. Clinics run at Lawsen High and Central Junior High each Thursday 4 to 7 pm and Saturdays 2 to 3 pm for six weeks. Lincoln Elementary was canceled due to lack of volunteer professional help. Mrs. Tom Lansden chairing. on duty at Lawtell High will be Mrs. Gen Holman and Mrs. Lansden. at Central Junior High will be Mrs. Ted Ralston and Mrs. Lansden, with a physician in attendance during injections.
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Central Junior
Lawton High School
Ted Ralston
Tom Lansden
Lansden
Co- Manthe County
Lawsen High
Central Junior High School
Lincoln Elementary School
Lawtell High
Gen Holman
Central Junior High
Clinic Schedule At Lawson And Central High Cafeterias
A community health drive will run Thursday 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday 2 to 5 p.m. at Lawson high school and Central Dunioe high cafeterias. Adults 20 to 40 and families with children are eligible. Vaccination costs one dollar per shot to help cover costs, with free inoculations for those unable to pay. About 10 000 polio doses are on hand and 20 000 more are en route from New York. 1 900 needy individuals and 500 syringes arrived from Becton and Dickinson in Rutherford NJ.
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Lawson High School
Central Dunioe
LHS
Lansdéen
New York
Lansden
Becton and Dickinson Company
Rutherford
Col. T
Warmer Weather Forecast for Lawton Area This Week
Forecasters predict a steady rise in temperatures in the Lawton area from today through the weekend with highs near 100 degrees and lows around the upper 60s. Expect mostly fair conditions with a chance of light showers and thunderstorms as two to five degrees above normal travel into the region.
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Lawton
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