Engineers Hear City Plan For Cache Creek Dam
Tulsa District Corps of Engineers welcomed Lawton officials and civic leaders as they discussed a proposed dam on Cache Creek north of Highway 277 to create a new water supply. The plan aims to tie water needs to flood control for the Cache Creek area, with Mayor C. R. Ellsworth and water consultant Wyatt Hendrick leading the delegation in seeking federal support.
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Tulsa
Tulsa District Corps of Engineers
Lawton
Porter Hill
Cache Creek
C. R. Ellsworth
Wyatt Hendrick
Ellsworth
District Engineers
H. O. Webb Jr
Fort Sill
Edith Edith Churns Toward Coast
Hurricane Edith moves across the Atlantic with 80 mph winds, posing a distant threat to the U S seaboard and prompting Pennsylvania to bolster defenses. A separate Gulf disturbance is under investigation as forecasters predict possible rapid intensification.
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Miami
Edith
Atlantic
U. S. Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Gulf of Mexico
U. S
Walters Bay Polio Victim Eddie Reece Isolated At Memorial
Eddie Ray Reece a 13 year old Walters boy was admitted to Memorial hospital late Thursday as a polio case. He has been ill about 10 days and is isolated on Memorials fourth floor with a fever but no paralysis. His condition is fair. He is the 11th polio patient treated at Memorial this season. Carolyn Sue Davis of Duncan is in serious condition with paralysis in both legs and one arm.
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Eddie Ray Reece
Walters
Memorial Hospital
Edward Reece
Memorial
Young Reece
Carolyn Sue Davis
S. T. Bewley
Duncan
Red Concessions Seen By Officials
U S officials believe Russia may seek a cold war truce and concessions, with hard bargaining ahead. Western powers should maintain strength and press for reasonable settlements. Some leaders expect possible German unification on Western terms within about two years, a view Dulles reportedly shares. Post Geneva summit estimates adjust U S strategy toward firm unity.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Germany
Dulles
Geneva
U.S
Woman Reunites With Brother After 38 Years
Council Bluffs Iowa area news story recounts Mrs Willana Mackie meeting her brother Jay Johnston after 38 years apart. The reunion followed a Constitution newspaper feature last October prompting arrangements to locate him at 1808 S Fifth Lawton.
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Bill Crawford
Council Bluffs
Towa
Willana Mackie
Jay Johnston
S. Fifth
Constitution
Jay
Lawton
Law
Kenneth Riley
S. Seventh
Mackie
Los Angeles
Iowa
Doenges Will Fight Ouster All The Way
William C Doenges announced he will contest his ouster as Democratic national committeeman with a full fight. Oklahoma state executive committee replaced him with James H Arrington of Stillwater after ten of fifteen members voted against him. Arrington claimed the post and Doenges challenged legality, saying the national committee must approve the change and that the issue is serious.
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Oklahoma City
William C. Doenges
Democratic Party
Doenges
James H. Arrington
Stillwater
Arrington
Bartlesville
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
National Committee
Elsberry
Oklahoma Executive Committee
Gary
Democratic National Committee
Honeymooning Airman and Wife Reunite After Years Apart
Airman Danny Schmidt and his wife Una say they are the happiest couple after a long prison separation. They were reunited at his mother's Portland home and enjoyed a quiet second honeymoon beach hideaway. Schmidt spoke to United Press about their reunion and past difficulties including Una having married someone else.
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Portland
Ore
Danny Schmidt
Una
United Press
Schmidt
Nellie Peters
Red China
Alford Fine
California
Dad Saves 2 Tots, Loses 2 In Fire
In Hartshorne Oklahoma two children, Caesar Ross Brown 12 and Paul Eugene Henderson 4, burned to death as the Henderson home caught fire about 3 am. Daniel C Henderson 39, severely burned, saved two other children Ronnie 2 and Ray Varnell 4 months. The two other Henderson children were away. Fire started in the kitchen. cause under investigation by Sheriff Dee Sanders and possibly state fire marshal.
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Hartshorne
Okla
Caesar Ross Brown
Paul Eugene Henderson
Daniel C. Henderson
Ronnie Henderson
Ray Varnell Henderson
Henderson
McAlester
Hendersons
Oklahoma City
Minnie Ola
Ruthie Jane
Darnell
W. O. Young
Pittsburg
Dee Sanders
Young
Cleveland Star Polio Victim Vick Wertz Stricken
Cleveland Indians first baseman and outfielder Vick Wertz, 30, contracted infantile paralysis. Dr. Don Kelly said Wertz was taken to Lakeside Hospital with fever after feeling ill and a headache before last night’s game.
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Cleveland
Vick Wertz
Cleveland Indians
Don Kelly
Wertz
Lakeside Hospital
Sultan Refuses To Quit Moroccan Throne Amid Conference
Sultan Mohammed ben Moulay Arafa declared he will not abdicate his throne at the French Morrocan conference in Aix les Bains. The refusal, announced by Si Abderrahman el Hajoui, Rabat’s power broker, follows talks with French ministers and hampers ongoing truce efforts led by French Premier Edgar Faure.
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Sultan
Morocco
Aix Les Bains
France
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Si Abderrahman el Hajoui
Rabat
el Hajoui
Edgar Faure
Berbers Begin Surrender in Casablanca Campaign
Between 50 000 and 60 000 Berber tribesmen who sacked Moroccan towns and massacred Europeans last weekend began surrendering their firearms today to French forces. The Zaian tribe led the first submissions from the Atlas Mountains into Khenifra on Saturday, while nearby Oued Zem prepared for the surrender of the Smaala who had killed about 80 Europeans in the mining town.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Atlas Mountains
Khenifra
Here
Oued Zem
Smaala
Moroccan Crisis Seen Near Settled As Sultan Defies Coup
French officials report near agreement to replace Ben Arafa with a Council of the Throne and a coalition government in Rabat as nationalist leaders press for home rule. Faure says progress exists after talks with Istiqlal leaders despite Koenig resistance to removing the sultan.
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Ben Arafa
Set
Rabat
Faure
Pierre Koenig
Koenig
Paris
Gary Will Attend Road Dedication
Gov. Raymond Gary announced he will attend the combined dedication of the National Guard armory and new U S 62 277 highway improvements in the city on Labor Day. Dignitaries will attend the highway dedication at 3 30 p m, followed by dinner and armory ceremonies at 7 45 p m. A Guardsmen dance will follow, and barbecue dinner tickets at 3 each are selling fast.
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Raymond Gary
National Guard
Gary
Comanche County Drunk Driving Violations Drop
A survey shows a drop in drunk driving violations after Oklahoma set a 10 day mandatory jail sentence. In Comanche county July 1 enforcement began and 27 cases filed through July 1 to 17, down from 41 the prior year. Overall, 37 percent fewer cases than last year.
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Oklahoma
Comanche County
Island Massacre Fears Roil Cyprus Ahead of Talks
London reports Turkey warned Britain of possible violence on Sunday in Cyprus risking a massacre of the Turkish minority as Britain, Greece, and Turkey prepare to meet for a three power conference to discuss Cyprus future. British officials say disorders could not be ruled out but precautions are in place. The island’s 400,000 Greek Cypriots push for Enosis while 100,000 Turkish Cypriots back remaining under British rule. A Turkish note warned of risks to minorities amid rising tensions.
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London
Turkey
Britain
Cyprus
Foreign Office
Mediterranean
Greece
Enosis
State Heat Wave To Stay Five Days
The state's heat wave will continue for five days with temperatures averaging 8 to 10 degrees above normal. Normal high is 94, with little rain forecast. Lawton highs near 100 today and Saturday, tonight's low 72. Today's low 67 and 11 am reading 90. Thursday's high was 101.
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Lawton
White Mask Gang Prowls Davenport Iowa Streets
In Davenport Iowa a group of masked youths wearing white masks and cross tape on their chests paraded through city streets in defiance of a police warning to shoot on sight. Twelve members drove three cars to a party and circled the block while witnesses, including two babysitters, observed a mark left on a door before the caravan departed. Earlier in the week about ten members surrounded groups of young women and danced in silence. no assaults occurred as police arrived too late to act.
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Davenport
Iowa
White Mask
County Schools To Open For 1955 Term In Comanche County
Eight Comanche county schools will begin classes Monday morning for the 1955-56 term, announced County Superintendent Clarence Scott. Opening schools are Ash Grove Indiahoma Cache Elgin Faxon Chattanooga Medicine Park Beaver Bend. Geronimo Sterling Fairview and Stony Point already in session. Bishop school will start September 6.
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Comanche County
Clarence Scott
Ash Grove
Indiahoma
Cache
Elgin
Faxon
Chattanooga
Medicine Park
Beaver Bend
Geronimo
Sterling
Fairview
Stony Point
Bishop
Humphrey Sees Balanced Budget
Washington Treasury Secretary Humphrey says the government should and can balance the budget this fiscal year but cautions it is too early to pledge tax cuts when Congress returns. The Treasury revision shows a deficit of 1.7 billion by June 1956, 700 million less than Eisenhower forecast, with spending at 63.8 billion.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Eisenhower
Millage Levies Up For Action by County Board
County excise board members meet with the corporation auditors at 10 a.m. Saturday in the county clerk's office to certify millage levies for county town and school budgets. Approval requested for Lawton Fletcher Indiahoma Cache Chattanooga Sterling Geronimo Elgin Faxon districts and a county budget of 19.67 mills including five mills for the Comanche county free fair and four mills to all school districts.
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County Excise Board
Corporation
Lawton
Fletcher
Indiahoma
Cache
Chattanooga
Sterling
Geronimo
Elgin
Faxon
Excise Board
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N. C
Northoe
Walters Bay
City
Tsi
Daniel Schmidt
Danny
Una Schmidt
Dad
French Foreign Legionnaires
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