Water Bill Row Lands Man in Court Fight Over City Water Line
Lawton man L. I. Winham charged with theft of water after years of unpaid bills. City official Lester McKenzie says Winham refused to pay and repeatedly reconnected service after disconnections. Water department notes Winham threatened with a shotgun, but he surrendered calmly for court at 5 p.m. He defends the city acting without equity.
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Lawton
L. I. Winham
Lester ‘McKenzie
McKenzie
Winham
City Hall
Water Department
O. H. Arnold
City
City Water Department
Arnold
Cal Sims
Fred Mitchell
Jimmy Warren
Gore paving project to start late September
Gore Blvd paving approved after council action with project engineer D Henry Jones to begin late September or early October. Five weeks for protest and bidding, several council members opposed yet the plan passed. Ordinance on garbage and trash hauling introduced with new fees and licensing for haulers.
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Gore Blvd
19Th Street
D. Henry Jones
Improvement
Jones
Lester McKenzie
Wesley Kepler
Buck Kinsey
E. W. Kirkpatrick
H. D. Hastings
Warren Wolverton
Leroy Botkin
Joyce Pursley
CIO Official Fatally Beaten in Cleveland Street Fight
Raymond G. Weich, chief steward for the CIO United Auto Workers at Iron Fireman Co, was killed in a street fight near his home. Police tracked a license plate and questioned a passerby who provided part of the number. no clear union motive established. Local 315 president H. L. Sorge praised Weich as a well liked, principled union man.
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Cleveland
CIO
Raymond G. Weich
United Auto Workers Union
Iron Fireman Co
Joel Liba
H. L. Sorge
Weihrouch
Wei
Row
Hyenas and wolves kill 29 children in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi reports hyenas and wolves have devoured 29 children in Uttar Pradesh since the end of April. Monsoon floods drive the predators from hills into populated highlands, with July and August rain worsening the situation near the Nepal border.
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New Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Nepal
American reveals tattooed tale in Dutch hospital mystery
Enschede police and Dutch officials investigate a scarred 31 year old American, identified as David Samuel Rollins of Washington DC, who wandered a Dutch street July 29 in a deranged state. He bears German tattooed claims of WWII murderers and gangster pilots and says he studied at West Point and met Eisenhower’s son. He provides little corroboration for his story.
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Enschede
Holland
U.S
David Samuel Rollins
Floten
Rollins
New London
Conn
Washington, D.C
Georgetown
Maria Mary van Houten
United States
West Pont
West Point
Eisenhower
John
Devonshire
Stalag
Mendes-France Won't Back EDC
Paris Premier Pierre Mendes-France announced he will submit the European Defense Community treaty to the National Assembly without government support. He refused to call for a confidence vote and the cabinet decision undermines prospects for ratification despite U.S. hopes.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
U.S
Dulles
Army Aviation school display at Fort Sill air show
Your attention is invited to a full page picture display of the Army Aviation school's crack demonstration team in action at last Saturday's air show at Fort Sill. The display appears on Page 12.
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Army Aviation School
Fort Sill
Trade Of War Dead Planned
United Nations and Communist officials plan an August exchange of war dead under Operation Glory. 4,011 Allied bodies and 14,000 Red Chinese and North Korean remains will be returned. Positive identification processes will be used, with identified Americans sent home according to family wishes and unidentified stays in Hawaii. ROK and other UN nations’ remains will be disposed of per each nation’s direction.
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Seoul
United Nations
Korea
U.S. Army
Kokura
Japan
U.S
Hawaii
Mitchell Accepts Cole's Challenge to Testify
Democratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell agreed to appear before the House committee to back his charges against the Dixon-Yates power contract. Mitchell will present 10 questions at hearings set for Sept. 2, citing alleged favoritism and potential Eisenhower influence through director Bobby Jones.
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Washington
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
W. Sterling Cole
R-N.y
Househip Committee
Cole
Mitchel
Eisenhower
Itchell
Nepce Een
Atomic Envoy Commission
Tre Syndicate
Bobby Jones
AEC
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority System
TVA
Two More Oklahoma Counties Put On Relief List
Oklahoma City officials report two more counties Adair and McIntosh placed on the state Emergency Relief Board program to supply emergency rations. About 5 306 persons are approved for aid with supplies readied for distribution in Adair and McIntosh counties and totals rising toward 30 000 statewide.
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Oklahoma City
Neae
State
Aca
Adair County
McIntosh County
Tillman County
Pittsburg
Latimer
Bryan
Haskell Sequoyah
le Flore
Abe Black
Emergency Relief Board
Lincoln
Oklahoma
Payne
Greer
Noble
Coe's Stand In Campaign Still Mystery
Oklahoma City report notes former gubernatorial candidate Coe offered little in his first official statement since the July 27 runoff. He said he would not ignore the fall campaign but gave no clear plan, weighing whether to back Republican Reuben Sparks or urge write ins to defeat Raymond Gary. He thanked supporters and pledged to listen to friends statewide while the Democratic machine faced challenges.
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Oklahoma City
William
Coe
Raymond Gary
John Iston Murray
Reuben Sparks
Woodward
Gary
Democrat
Madill
Rain Excess Ruins Crops In Britain
London reports Britain faces a severe harvest with wheat flattened by flooding and the grain crop battered. Soft fruit losses run into millions as the strawberry crop declines by about two thirds, threatening the canning industry.
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Britain
London
Norwegian Women Claim Talk With Saucer Man Near Oslo
Two sisters Aasta Solvang and Edit Jacobsen reported seeing a dark haired man emerge from behind bushes near Mofjell in northern Norway. They say he led them to a craft shaped like two saucers, opened a hatch, and the craft lifted off after he drew circles and celestial pictures to communicate.
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Oslo
Lstneshed
Aasta Solvang
Edit Jacobsen
Mofjell
Norway
Nordlands Folkeblad
Anis
Riots after Vargas's body moved roils Rio de Janeiro
Violence erupted in Brazil's capital as Vargas's body was moved by air to join burial plans in the south. Troops fired at crowds near the Air Ministry while anti-US sentiment and Communist-linked rioters blamed the United States. Three killed in on-site clashes as thousands gathered along avenues to the airport.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Air Ministry
Air Force
Vargas
Atlantic
U.S
Belo Horizonte
Porto Alegre
Rio
United States
Stes
Germany
Joao Cafe Filho
Stronger Anti Red Law Proposed in Congress
Senator Jacko n of Washington proposes a thorough revision of anti Communist laws in the 84th Congress. He notes President Eisenhower signed a measure curbing Communist party rights but requires further study on its enforcement and impact on existing statutes. Democrats call for hearings.
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Washington
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
84Th Congress
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Congress
Justice Department
Mercury Flirts With 100 Again in Oklahoma
Lawton warms back toward the century mark after four days in the 90s with highs near 100 today and tomorrow. Rain fell yesterday in Hollis and other towns including Mangum Sayre and Ponca City though none is forecast today. OvernightLawton low 70 statewide low 64 at Guymon. McAlester 99 yesterday.
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Lawton
Hollis
Harmon County
Oklahoma
Mangum
Sayre
Ponca City
Guymon
McAlester
Thost
Lawton High Sets Record Enrollment For New Building
Lawton High School opens in a sparkling new building with an expected 1,100 students on the first day, surpassing last year’s 1,000. Senior pupils moving to Lawton should arrange transcripts and study choices. the office hours are posted, and the cafeteria plans 30 minute lunches in staggered 90 minute blocks. New courses include auto shop, physical education, and music production among others as expansion continues.
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Lawton High School
Hugh Today
Lawton
Elizabeth Hawkins
Bish
Ag Peigh School
One-Car Crash Kills Two Teens Near Rush Springs
A single-vehicle crash 50 miles south of Rush Springs killed two Marlow youths and left a third seriously injured. Police report the accident at 1:45 a.m. on U.S. 81 near Rush Springs ended a state record of 72 days without a fatality in the nine-county district.
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Marlow
Rush Springs
Billy D. Shaw
C. T. Raley
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
O. M. Kizziar
Wild Man Flees Again From Arizona Hospital
The so called wild man of the mountains fled the Arizona state hospital at night with two inmates after cutting through a screen wire on an exercise porch. Jean Darnell 50, wiry, inmate. Robert Hartford 41. James Hewitte 25 fled January. Hartford had earlier roamed the country writing letters to papers about his whereabouts. Darnell has a long legend in Arizona and had a previous escape in 1952.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Jean Darnell
Wiry
Samuel Wick
Wick
Robert Hartford
James Hewitte
Hartford
Darnell
Javapel
Phoenipai County
Jwas
Typhoon Affects Guam May Hit Okinawa and Japan
A typhoon with winds up to 90 miles an hour was moving toward Guam and could strike Okinawa and southern Japan, according to the Central Meteorological Observatory.
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Guam
Okinawa
Japan
Central Meteorological Observatory
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Rall
George Cox
Charles F. Verner
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Saucer
Gettno Vargas
White House
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