Floods Deluge Northeastern States As Eisenhower Plans Inspection
The flood battered six states with near 200 dead and thousands homeless. President Eisenhower will tour flood zones by air and then meet Connecticut and Rhode Island governors in Hartford to plan rehabilitation. Emergency loans opened for eight Pennsylvania and Massachusetts counties, with Red Cross relief and 260 survey experts deployed. Final death toll and missing persons remain uncertain as damage assessments continue across Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Denver
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Hartford
Conn
Washington
Small Business Administration
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Virginia
Military Helicopter Units Win Praise For Disaster Work
Stroudsburg pause in northeastern Pennsylvania floods celebrates Army Navy Marine and Coast Guard helicopters delivering food medical supplies rescuing people and recovering bodies. Pilots many Korean War veterans describe the work as rugged as any duty and crucial where bridges roads and rails were destroyed. See FLOODS Page 2
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Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Army
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Korea
See
Fever Threat Looms Over Flooded Stroudsburg Area
Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg in northeastern Pennsylvania face typhoid fever danger as rains worsen flood damage. Death toll unofficially exceeds 93, with final count likely over 100. Antityphoid serum flown in and about 8,000 inoculated in Stroudsburg. Water contamination blamed for dysentery in Bucks County. no typhoid cases reported yet. Emergency shelters open. relief aid distributed in churches and theaters as cleanup continues.
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Stroudsburg
Pennsylvania
Pocono
Bucks County
Diane
Pocono Mountains
Here
Brodhead Valley
Camp Davis
Brodhead Creek
East Stroudsburg
Oklahoma Turnpike Plan Faces New York Financing Boost
Gov. Raymond Gary said New York bankers will likely commit on Oct. 11 to finance the $80 million northern Oklahoma Turnpike. He and the Turnpike Authority planned a NYC meeting, hoping for a formal commitment despite earlier market concerns. One investment official privately signaled readiness to fund three turnpikes at one per year.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
New York
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Oklahoma
Gary
Kerr Pushes Beaver Creek Dam Project In Oklahoma
Sen. Robert Kerr plans to ask Congress to authorize the Waurika reservoir on Beaver Creek near Waurika Oklahoma as part of basin water project work. A feasibility survey will precede detailed plans with Lawton and Wichita Falls showing interest as potential supplemental water sources. The push includes authorization for Foss and Cobb Creek Dams in the Washita River basin and initial appropriations to start work.
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Washington
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Congress
Oklahoma
Don McBride
Kerr
Waurika
Beaver Creek
Bureau of Reclamation
Lawton
Okla
Wichita Falls, Tex
Foss
Cobb Creek
Washita River
Rain Delay After Brief Shower Dampens Local Areas
A afternoon rain shower dropped .24 inches on Law ton around 1 45 pm and officials forecast more rain tonight. The weather bureau warned of widespread showers across the state with thunder indicated by an unexpected bank of clouds.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
Egypt and Israel Trade Fire Near Gaza
Egyptian military spokesmen report three Egyptian soldiers killed and five wounded in 24 hours of fighting with Israel near Gaza. Israel attacked Egyptian posts with armored vehicles while settlements fired mortars. Egypt lodges complaint with the UN Mixed Armistice Commission as Maj. Gen. Burns prepares to visit Cairo.
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Israel
Gaza
Palestine
Salah Gohar
Egyptian War Ministry
Palestine Department
Cairo
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
U. N. Truce Supervision
Lah
Haman
United Nations ‘Mixed Armistice Commission
U. N
Fort Sill launches second annual Welfare Fund drive
Fort Sill opens its second annual Relief and Welfare Fund Campaign led by Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams at Theater No. 1. The drive aims for 65000 to support the Lawton Fort Sill United Fund Red Cross National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and Army Emergency Relief. The campaign runs through two paydays ending the week of October 10 with equitable per person contributions enforced for military and civilian staff.
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Edward T. Williams
Fort Sill
Theater No. 1
Lawton-Fort Sill
Youth Activities Council
The
Army Emergency Relief
Gen. Williams
Thomas Reese
Maj. Reese
Sill
Bumpas Faces No Charges Yet
Seoul officials say there has been no consideration of any military action against Lt. Guy H. Bumpas for statements claimed by Communists to have been made in North Korea. His unarmed plane was shot down near the neutral zone, captainingObserver Capt. Charles W. Brown was killed, and the Red charge contrasts with the UN Command’s claim of a routine flight.
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Seoul
U. S
Guy H. Bumpas
North Korea
Jackson, Miss
Charles W. Brown
Louisville
Red
Bumpas
Reds
Garbage Cans To Be Tagged in City Crackdown
Mayor Ellsworth announced a red tag reminder Friday for residents whose garbage containers fail to meet city ordinance specs. The sanitation crew will tag noncompliant cans and may haul away improvised containers with trash, a plan approved by health director Dr Charles Miller and supported by the Junior Chamber of Commerce to improve sanitation.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Charles Miller
Red Cross appeals for flood relief funds
The Red Cross calls for donations to aid victims in the Eastern states hit by floods from hurricanes Connie and Diane. Eddie Dorough, Comanche county disaster committee co chair, says pledges via 501 A Red Cross office or phone numbers 9100 and 248 are accepted. Preliminary figures suggest relief expenditures could reach five million dollars. No local disaster fund quota is set. direct community appeals are being made.
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Red Cross Organization
Connie
Diane
Eddie Dorough
Comanche County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Lawton
See Cross
Army Drops Three Charges Against Alley
Maj. Ronald E. Alley, 34, had three charges dropped as his Korea prisoner collaboration trial opened at Fort Meade Md. He remains charged on seven counts including giving the enemy artillery fire directions and urging POWs to provide military information. Defense seeks civilian trial, calling charges treason.
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Fort Meade
Army
Ronald E. Alley
Korea
Ford E. Young Jr
James C. Gallagher
Brooklyn
New York
Alley
Five Die In Southwest Oklahoma Auto Crashes
Five people died in two weekend traffic accidents in southwest Oklahoma. A head on collision near Hobart killed four and left five others injured, while a separate single car crash near Lawton claimed another fatality. Names include Jimmy Don Leggett and Mary Frances Chambers among others, with multiple victims from Sterling, Crescent, Claremore, and Lawton. Officers noted no injuries to the driver of the first vehicle involved. The year’s traffic death toll rose to 350, fifteen more than last year.
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Oklahoma
Hobart
Lawton
Ada
Lawton Highway Patrol
John R. Duke
W. W. Flanagan
Leggett
Sterling High School
Southwestern Hospital
East Cache Creek Bridge
Porter Hill
U.S. Highway 277
Joe Patrick Sims
Sterling
Sims
Frederick
Kenneth Delbert Chambers
Crescent
Guy Barefoot
Claremore
C. F
Airman Sentenced After Marching Cop With Gun
Airman Billy G. Callihan, 27, was found guilty of pointing a .38-caliber pistol at off duty Lawton policeman Quannah Dewberry and received 90 days in jail plus a $50 fine and costs. The incident began in the fire club where a soldier warned of a gun in a rest room. Dewberry chased the suspect outside as he tucked the weapon into his shirt and led him away.
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Sheppard Afb
Lawton
Billy G. Callihan
Quannah Dewberry
Dewberry
No. 29 C
Callihan
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Sultan
Mohammed Ben Youssef
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Ben Youssef
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North Africa
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Aix Les Bains
Tadla
Legion
Marrakesh
Mediterranean
Dick Seeley
St. Mary’s
M. Christiana
Seeley
Chuck Wade
Sister Christiana
Russell Lyons
Jerry Larkins
Sharon Shepler
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