U.S. Allows 24 Newsmen To Visit China
The United States authorizes 24 American reporters to travel to Red China for six months on an experimental basis, potentially ending an eight year blackout on direct reporting. Dulles grants permission while warning the general travel ban remains in effect and no reciprocal visas for Chinese reporters will be issued. The 24 outlets include AP, NYT, CBS, NBC, Time, Newsweek, and others.
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Washington
United States Today
Red China
China
Red
Dulles
United States
State Department
Teds
Peiping
American Broadcasting Co
Associated Press
Baltimore Sun
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Tribune
Christian Science Monitor
Columbia Broadcasting Co
Copley News Service
Fairchild Publications
International News
Witness Links Colonel to Fatal Maneuver in Berger Court-Martial
Second witness testifies that Lt Col Walter P. Berger bore responsibility for artillery operations during a training problem at Fort Sill that killed four infantrymen and injured 43. Berger faces four counts of negligent homicide and one of dereliction of duty rooted in an assault demonstration where shells exploded among advancing troops.
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Walter P. Berger
Maj
Henry Olk
Fort Sill
Col. Berger
Artillery and Missile Center
Bill Dixon
Tom Sharrock
CoBerger
Willy
Robert O. Phillips
Col
Berger
Phillips
Bevact
Rosser. Moody Jr
Walter J. Short
Short
Moody
Notorious Embezzler Captured After FBI Trail
In Tulsa Oklahoma a timeworn embezzler linked to a $100,000 theft in Deca Georgia and spanning four states was nabbed after a receptionist identified her from a local newspaper. Margaret Lydia Burton alias Madge Barlon, 36, worked a week as a bookkeeper and faces transporting stolen property charges. her daughter Sheila Joy Barlon, 20, was jailed as a conspirator. Authorities expect transfer to Georgia within days.
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Tulsa
Okla
FBI
Canada
Dlawati
Margaret Lydia Burton
Juanita Hettner
la Deca
Burton
Madge Barlon
Titsi
Drieswd Yeek Day
Shelia Joy Barlon
Reroyal
Georgia
U.S
Lena
Margaret Burton
Sheila Joy Burton
Polio Clinics Begin Today in Comanche County
Mass immunization for polio starts today at Lawton high and Central junior high with sessions from 4 to 7 pm, continuing Thursdays and Saturdays for six weeks. Eligible are ages 20 to 40, with clinics overseen by Comanche County Polio chapter and public health services.
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Lawton High
Central
Comanche County
County Medical Society
Public Health Service
Tam Lansden
General Project
Memorial Hospital
Bilthove
al Memorial
Lansden
Lincoln Elementary
Ex-State Senator Bowman Dies at 82 in Kingfisher
George Lynn Bowman 82 former state senator and Democratic leader died here after an extended illness. Bowman an attorney came to Kingfisher in 289 he served as state senator from Bluine County and was a delegate to six Democratic national conventions.
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Kingfisher
George Lynn Bowman
Bowman
Kingfishers
Bluine County
Record Of Phone Call Linking Teamster Boss To Hood
A 1953 wiretapped conversation played before the Senate Rackets Committee showed James R. Hoffa assuring Johnny Dio of support to organize New York taxi drivers. Hoffa denied seeking a foothold for Dio in the Teamsters and testified the aim was to curb Dio’s influence, not expand it. The recording, made March 10, 1953, featured Hoffa and Thomas Hickey discussing cab driver organizing efforts.
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Washington m
Senate
James R. Holla
Johnny Dio
New York
Horta
Midwest
Teamsters Union
Dia
Hoffa
Hickey
Thomas Hickey
Teamsters
Robert F. Kennedy
Dio
Kennedy
Holla
Dicker
United Auto Workers Union-Afl
Living Costs Hit New High
The cost of living rose 4.1 percent in the latest month, marking the 11th straight monthly advance. Food prices climbed 1 percent, lifting the consumer price index to 120.8 percent of the 1847-49 level, with about 1.3 million workers set to gain wage increases of 1 to 6 cents per hour under escalator clauses.
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Washington
Jabbor Department
Man Found Dead In City Jail Cell
Waller Obed Buck Cummins a 44 year old Hollis man jailed here Wednesday afternoon was found dead in his city jail cell early this morning. Coroner's jury attributed death to natural causes possibly heart attack with internal hemorrhage. Officers did not know diabetes. Body removed by Rit-ter Funeral home after coroner’s investigation led by Justice Marvin E. Cameron. Patrolman Jimmy Branscom arrested Cummins after a call about a drunken man in a vehicle in the parking lot at 227 West GeoMaxines.
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Waller Obed
Buck) Cummins
Hollis
Frankenness
Cummins
Ritter
Justice of Force
Marvin E. Cameron
Jimmy Branscom
Cumming
West Geomaxines
Tage 7
Col
Rescuers Free Youngster After 20 Hours Trapped
A 3 year old girl named Eileen Fahey was found wedged between two buildings in Providence Rhode Island after 20 hours. Rescue workers from a wrecking company extricated her to a cheering crowd of about 1000. She was rushed to a hospital in a waiting ambulance. Her father John Fahey a railroad brakeman praised the rescuers. She apparently crawled into an eight inch gap Wednesday while chasing a kitten. About 400 searchers scoured basements box cars and riverbanks through the night before the fatal sighting by Gerald Deroches who saw her arm in the space.
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Providence
BA. LE
Eileen Fahey
Eileen
John M. Fahey
Seekonk
Gerald Deroches
Hileen Fahey
Rhode Island
House Action Seen In Rights Deadlock
Speaker Rayburn said Democrats are willing to consider a GOP compromise or another plan on the voting rights bill but did not commit to accepting it. The proposed plan by Martin would empower federal judges to punish criminally for contempt in voting rights cases without a jury trial. Eisenhower backed the proposal as Senate leaders split on its chances pending House acceptance.
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Berger
Short
Brereer
Tus
Adi
Short Berger
Sey Weil
Mae Sy
Washington
Rayburn
Dex
House
Raybun
Martin
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
GOP
Maffin
Senate
Knowland
California
See Begics
Cobel
Assistant County Agent Named Holden for Comanche County
William Sam Holden Iv will assume duties as assistant county agent for Comanche County at Sayre on September 2. He replaces Acton Johnson, newly named Colton county agent. Holden, a Cordell native, has three Sayre years and a 1950 OSU animal husbandry degree. He previously served as assistant county agent at Waurika and worked with Swift Food Co. He is a World War II Army veteran. He and Mrs. Holden have two children, Billie Ann and Sammy.
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William
Sam) Holden Iv
Torster
Gerkham
Sayre
Gaties
Comanche County
Acton Johnson
Colton
Walters
Lewis Haydock
Comanche
Said
Holden
Cordell
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Waurika
Jefferson County
Swift Food Co
Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Iowa
Feed
Billie Ann
Sammy
Dulles Approves Travel of 24 U S Newsmen to China
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles approved travel for 24 American newsmen to Red China for a six month trial. The decision follows a State Department survey of media interest and is expected to be officially announced today.
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Washington
LLP
John Foster Pallas
China
State Department
Dulles
State
Department
Red China
State Polio Rate Continues Decline
Oklahoma reports only five cases of infantile paralysis in the week ending August 17, according to the state health department. The week’s total is two fewer than the previous week and five fewer than the comparable week last year.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Department of Thealth
Senate Delays Action On Foreign Aid Bill
In Washington the Senate Appropriations Committee postponed a showdown on the mutual security and foreign aid bill as House maneuvering over civil rights continues. Leaders Johnson Knowland Eisenhower discussed the measure at a breakfast. committee plans to study unspent funds and may push action to Monday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Appropriatens Committee
House
Appropriations
Hayden
D-Ariz
Lawton Area Sees Heat Near 100 Degrees
Forecasters expect warm, fair weather in Lawton today and Friday with temperatures in the upper 90s. Thunder showers possible in the Panhandle through Saturday but little rain elsewhere. Gage reached 100 degrees Wednesday while many points reported a low around 68.
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Lawton
Panhandle
Gage
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