Eisenhower pledges all possible federal disaster aid
President Eisenhower promised everything possible including a special Congress session to aid flood struck Northeastern states after aerial surveys with governors. He urged nationwide Red Cross gifts as the region faced severe destruction across Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut and Rhode Island with Connecticut alone facing damage well over a billion dollars and 180 deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Congress
Red Cross
Hartford
Conn
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Ansonia
Darby
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Virginia
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Four Civilians and Five Airmen Dead in Charleston Wreck
A C119 Flying Boxcar crashed near Charleston Air Force Base in a Liberty Park neighborhood killing at least nine people and injuring others. The Air Force listed five dead crew members, with four civilian victims identified among the destroyed homes. Survivors and responders reported a massive fire and debris flying across the area.
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Charleston
S.C
Charleston Air Force Base
Liberty Park
Air Force
Robert L. McNeal
Windberg
Francis L. McShane
North Charleston
James John Maher
Wilkes-Barre
C. Keith Halls
Smoot
Wyo
C. John W. Glahn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Argentine Train Wreck Kills 15
A fast electric express train carrying school children and commuters rammed the rear of another train at a foggy Buenos Aires outskirts station. Initial reports list 15 dead and 45 to 55 injured as the outbound trains left Plaza Misereere. Passengers included students from Ward College. the school secretary reported one pupil in shock with no confirmed injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Ciudadla
Ward College
Plaza Miserere
Train Rams Bus in Tenn Killings Rattle Town
A freight train rammed a loaded grammar school bus at a downtown grade crossing in Spring City Tennessee killing 10 children and injuring 30. The bus driver and 10 youngsters aged 6 to 12 were from the Back Valley area. Raymond Moore 39 the bus driver and Paul Gilles the engineer face manslaughter charges. hearings set for Aug 30.
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Spring City
Tenn
Raymond Moore
Back Valley
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Moore
Dayton
Paul Gilles
Southern Railway
Fairgrounds Planning Underway for Comanche County
Architect Paul Harris was commissioned by Comanche County Free Fair directors to prepare plans and cost estimates for new fairgrounds buildings. The board met with county commissioners and the Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee to discuss funds from a five mill levy approved last fall. Fred Bentley led the meeting and Harris was tasked with detailing the project as committees align to a published plan.
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Paul Harris
Comanche County
Fairgrounds
Wickersham predicts Eisenhower retirement and 1956 Dem shift
Representative Victor Wickersham of Oklahoma believes President Eisenhower will retire next year, voluntarily or amid a Democratic landslide. He forecasts Democrats will drop Adlai Stevenson for a new candidate, leaning toward Estes Kefauver though Averell Harriman and G. Mennen Williams are strong, and says any Democratic nominee would win. He adds the president may quit for farm life in Gettysburg, noting the lure of home as spring calving begins and his wife urges his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor Wickersham
D-Okla
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Wickersham
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
New York
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Gettysburg
628 To Get New Stripes At Post
Fourth Army authorized Fort Sill to promote 628 enlisted soldiers in August led by 379 to Private First Class. Corporal 200, Sergeant 46, Sergeant First Class 3. No Master Sergeant promotions. Armywide total 41,290 for August, second high since September 1954. July was 36,200 and June 117,250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Army
Fort Sill
Bumpas Freed and Body Returned in Korean Ceremony
In a peculiar crossing of the Korean truce line the Americans Bumpas and Brown were handed back to Allied control after their downed flight. 2nd Lt. Guy H. Bumpas of Jackson Mississippi said his treatment in North Korea was fair enough under the circumstances while Army Capt. Charles W. Brown’s body was also delivered. The exchange followed a brief interrogation by a North Korean officer and an acknowledgment from Lt. Col. Harold Dye of the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kumhwa
Korea
Guy H. Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
Charles W. Brown
West
Louisville
Bumpas
Harold A. Dye
Atlanta
Brown
North Korea
Atom Parley Aided Peace at Geneva Conference
Denver reports say the Geneva atoms for peace conference aided the cause of peace and showed the United States ahead of Russia in peaceful atomic power. Strauss, head of the AEC, warned the climate must be preserved and another meeting could follow unless someone else moves first.
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Denver
Geneva
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
United States
Russia
AEC
U.S
United Nations
More Rain Due Tonight In Lawton Area
Rainfall sweeps southwestern Oklahoma bringing moisture from trace to nearly a half inch. Lawton reports 0.35 inches while the region sees scattered thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures to rise slightly with highs near 90s and lows around 72, then activity forecasts into the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
State Weather Bureau
Duncan Girl 15 Stricken By Polio Progress
A 15 year old Duncan high school girl was diagnosed as the area's tenth polio case of the year and admitted to Memorial hospital. Carolyn Sue Davis, daughter of Mrs. S T Bewley, is in the isolation ward in a moderately severe paralytic condition of an arm and a leg. Another patient, Jerry Don Anderson, 4, of Snyder, admitted August 13, is in satisfactory condition.
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Duncan
Memorial Hospital
William C. Love
Carolyn Sue Davis
S. T. Bewley
Memorial
Love
Jerry Don Anderson
Charles Anderson
Snyder
Young Anderson
Jet Lands In U S On Record Attempt
A bullet-nosed English electric Canberra twin jet landed in Brooklyn at 7:53 a m est seven hours and 36 minutes after leaving London on the first lap of a one day round trip across the Atlantic The crew, two Royal Air Force veterans now a pilot and navigator, aimed to return to London for supper after the transatlantic flight
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New York
Brooklyn
London
Atlantic
Royal Air Force
Sill Class Opened For Artil lery Officers Course 1955 56
Fort Sill prepares its largest class of the year the Artillery Officers Advanced Course 1955 56 with about 260 students including Allied officers The 36 week program starts September 9 and welcomes officers at Snow Hall September 3 Brig Gen J E Theimer to speak Orientation begins September 1 and the class splits for anti aircraft training at Fort Bliss Texas for 10 weeks before reuniting in Lawton by late November Also see Buffalo Barbecue postponed to November See SILL CLASS Page 2
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Artillery and Guided Missile School
Fort Sill
Snow Hall
J. E. Theimer
Fort Bliss
Tex
Buffalo
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Milton Keating
Lawton
See Sill
French Armor Strikes Moroccan Strongholds
French armored columns hit mountain strongholds of Berber tribesmen near Oued Zem in a weekend offensive. Reinforcements from Rabat and Meknes joined existing forces as authorities reported heavy casualties and possible totals reaching up to a thousand in Morocco and hundreds in Algeria.
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Casablanca
Rabat
Meknes
Kasba Talda
Oued Zem
Morocco
Algeria
Tax Notices Sent For Delinquent 517 Comanche County Residents
Delinquent taxes for fiscal 1954-55 prompt 517 Comanche County residents to be sent tax notices early next week. Undersheriff Hoyt Shelby warns alias warrants may be issued after 60 days. County treasurer Lillian Waid reports about 95 percent paid and a 12 percent yearly penalty for late payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Hoyt Shelby
Lillian Waid
Sheriff's Office
Road Dedication Plans Advance for Armory and Highway
Plans for the combined dedication of the National Guard armory and the U.S. 62 277 highway improvements moved forward at a 30 member meeting. Labor Day ceremonies will attract state and national dignitaries. about a dozen have accepted. Barbecue dinner tickets at $3 are available through city civic club presidents. Wives of dignitaries will be hosted at the Hotel Lawtonian. Armory dedication start 7:45 p.m. after a 3:30 p.m. highway ceremony. Ribbon cutting by special scissors from Thomas Concrete Pipe Co.
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National Guard
City Civic Club
Lawtonian
National Guardsmen
Thomas Concrete Pipe Co
Tragedy Strikes Epperson Family in Looted Farm Home
Comanche County Sheriff appeals for help as thieves looted the Epperson home six miles west and one mile north of Lawton, just a week after the family mourned son Thomas who drowned in a muddy stock pond. Items stolen include clothing, food, fans, radio, vacuum, bed clothes, and more.
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SFC
Emory Epperson
Epperson
Lawton
Thomas Epperson
Comanche County
Everett Hale
Court To Hear Holts Appeal Displayed For Oklahoma Supreme Court
The Oklahoma Supreme Court scheduled a 10 am hearing next Tuesday on Lt. Norman Holt’s appeal of his demotion from captain to lieutenant. Holt’s attorney asked the court to assume original jurisdiction to compel a hearing and transfer the case to the McAlester district. State Rep. Cleeta John Rogers of See COURT, Page 2.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court
Highway Patrol
Norman Holt
Holt
McAlester
Cleeta John Rogers
See Court
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Robert B. McGovern
Lubbock
William Rich
Asheville
N.C
Thomas P. Korshalla
East Plymouth
James C. Miller
Houston
Lawrence G. Bradley
Buena Park
Calif
Bobby H. Bruce
Xter
456Th
1Th Air Force
David Nelson
Atom Parley
Duncan Girl
Jet
Holts
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