U S Scores Down The Line Victory Over Russia India In UN
The United States won in the U N Political Committee as India failed to secure a two thirds General Assembly majority for a seat at the Korean peace conference. India 27 for 21 against 11 abstaining with India not voting the result. The committee also recommended seats for all 16 nations who fought under the U N banner. It rejected a Soviet proposal to form a six belligerent nine neutral body and voted to include Russia if the other side desires it. Russia backed off a line about aligning with the Communists and agreed to attend the conference. Lodge dismissed Vishinsky and defended American pluralism against charges of a master race. See UNITED NATIONS Page 2.
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United Nations
t&India
U. N
General Assembly
India
United States
Britain
Russia
Lodge
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
America
Enroll Date Set for Lawton and Douglass Students
Lawton high school seniors enroll Friday at 8 30 a.m. in the high school library. Douglass students from eighth through 12th grades enroll Friday starting 9 a.m. Locker assignments and junior high enrollments follow with specific times across buildings. Classwork resumes Tuesday after Monday enrollments.
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Lawton High School
Douglass High School
Lawton Junior High
LHS
Douglass
Fromie
Dunbar
Sketch Aids Woman To death by own action
MIAMI Florida a Miami Public Library employee shot herself in the heart after consulting a medical book. Homicide Detective Neal Coston identified the woman as 47 year old Marguerite France and ruled the death as by her own action. A blue crayon diagram near the body showed the heart’s location copied from a medical book.
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Miami, Fla.p
Miami Public Library
Neal Coston
Marguerite France
Coston
City Decides Simians Not Too Human
Muskogee Oklahoma officials backed a plan to display monkeys in Spaulding Park despite objections that the animals are indecent and unsafe for women and children. The city council voted 9 to 1 to let Muskogee Jaycees run a limited monkey house on a trial basis, with no more than 10 animals cage at the center of the park away from homes.
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Muskogee
Okla
Muskogee Jaycees
Spaulding Park
Tulsa Zoo
Park
Art Johnson
W. E. Lawson
Lawson
E. G. Richardson
Eisenhower sends congratulatory note to Shah of Iran
President Eisenhower publicly congratulated Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi on Iran's return after Mossadegh's overthrow. The White House released a message that offered friendly wishes and support for Iran's prosperity and independence, without clarifying any US funding commitments. The Shah in Tehran said Iran was broke and needed immediate aid but would not grant concessions in return.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Iran
Mossadegh
White House
Russia
United States
Pess
James C. Hagerty
U. S
Tran
Loy Henderson
Hagerty
Teheran
Two Polio Cases Admitted In City
A nine year old Frederick girl and a two year old Altus girl are Memorial hospital polio cases. Loretta Bagley of Frederick is definite polio with spinal weakness and respiratory support. Patricia Stallings of Altus is the seventh polio victim treated this summer. Memorial has treated 35 polio cases this season, 12 from Comanche county.
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Frederick
Altus
Memorial Hospital
Loretta Bagley
Lloyd Bagley
Patricia Stallings
Joe Stallings
Comanche County
East Germans Move to Reach Berlin for Free Food Parcels
Soviet and East German squads tighten controls around Berlin as the second phase of a free food distribution program opens in the western sectors. Rail travel within 50 miles is banned and Soviet troops guard approaches while about 100000 East Germans reach West Berlin for aid bringing total parcels distributed to nearly 3 million. West officials pressure Soviets to lift interzonal travel limits and allow free movement between zones.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
United States
West Berlin
U.S
James B. Conant
East
West Germany
U S
Conant
V. S. Semyonov
AT&T Workers Pledge No Strike Amid Wage Talks
New York Aug 27 unions and American Telephone & Telegraph pressed for a wage settlement with a pledge of no unauthorized walkouts from the 22 000 long distance employees. Negotiations continued on a contract covering long lines workers in 40 states and three overseas exchanges. Federal mediators met in St Louis to urge end to walkouts affecting 53 000 workers across Texas Oklahoma Missouri Arkansas Kansas and parts of Illinois. The dispute centers on a protection of service clause. unions say it amounts to a no strike pledge while AT&T says it prevents quickie stoppages. District Manager George Page said service is being maintained though improved service is being provided around the clock.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
CIO Communications
At&t
Long Lines
Chicago
St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Co
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Illinois
G. E. Terry
Dallas, Tex
CWA
Dallas
Lawton
George Page
Auto Burner Draws Prison
Elmer Howard 32 Marlow convicted car burning conspirator to begin a one year term at McAlester state prison. Howard pleaded guilty in superior court and had served time for burglary. He was a principal witness in a preliminary hearing for Estell Cox. John L. Grissom of Duncan also faces trial on the same charge.
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Elmer Howard
Marlow
McAlester State Prison
Howard
Stephens County
Bob Landers
Estell Cox
Duncan
First Methodists Pick Church Site
A nine acre tract in the Tomlinson addition west of Sheridan Road north of Bell Avenue was chosen as the site for a new First Methodist church. Rev J J Stowe Jr reported an architect Paul Harris was hired to draft plans for the church parsonage recreation parking and landscaping. Bishop W Angie Smith congratulated the church on expansion and its plan to move toward becoming a leading state church.
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First Methodist
J. J. Stowe Jr
Tomlinson Addition
Sheridan Road
Bell Avenue
Sem
Euclid
Stowe
Paul Harris
W. Angie Smith
First Methodist Church
Reds Return Three PWs Feared Jailed
Panmunjom report says 150 Americans rode home from captivity with three feared jailed in North Korea after disappearing from camps. Among returnees were Cpl. Eugene R. Reilly and Uly Wavala and Jersey City native Cpl. Gerard A. Francois detailing separate camps near Kaesong, with various sentences and planned repatriation dates. Reports indicate 45 prisoners to be freed later as others remained in custody, prompting warnings to Reds from U N officials.
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Panmunjom
North Korea
Red Grouping
Kaesong
Reds
Charles G. Guidotti
Philadelphia
Eugene R. Reilly
Ete Cep Mele Mvméess
Cpl
Gerard A. Francois
Jersey City
N. J
U. S
Kaésong
Francois
Pyckton
U. N
Boy electrocuted near neighbor home by faulty conduit
A 22 year old Lawton boy, Richard N. Thomas, was found dead at about 10 a.m. clutching a ground wire conduit at the rear of 905 Washington. Public Service investigators blamed faulty wiring from the fuse and meter box Energizing the conduit. The body was discovered by Billy Don Woodall at the Dean residence rear. Woodall described the victim as barefoot and in underwear shorts, the hand still gripping the conduit. Police, fire fighters, and city workers attended the scene, with efforts to revive the boy failing. He was transported to Lawton Funeral Home as officials inspect wiring and the Dean property.
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Jim Bradshaw
Lawton
Washington
Richard N. Thomas
Nelson Thomas
S. Ninth
Public Service Power Company
Charles Dean
Billy Don Woodall
WwWall
Woodall
Thomas
Dean
Lawton Funeral Home
Public Service Company
Lawton Seeks Police Growth Plan With Purdue Advice
City officials and Chamber of Commerce Safety committee met after a Purdue University Public Safety Institute visit. Shelby Gallien advised a long range plan to raise Lawton police strength toward national norms, noting personnel shortages and low per capita spending while urging living wages and hiring in the 20s for eventual retirement in the 40s or 50s.
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Lawton
Purdue University Public Safety Institute
Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee
Shelby Gallien
Purdue Institute
Gallien
Safety Committee
Institute
BS Drieves Police Department
Tfss
Gallien Sug
Gested
Lawyers Guild Put On Red List
Boston attorney general Brownell announced plans to place the National Lawyers Guild on the government subversive list used to check federal workers loyalty. The Guild has 10 days to request a hearing to contest the action. Brownell said leadership since 1946 included card carrying Communists and notable fellow travelers.
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Boston
Brownell
National Lawyers Guild
Communist Party
American Bar Association
Guild
House ‘Un-American Activities Committee
Woman aviator, 61, crosses Atlantic solo in small plane
Marian Hart, 61, American, flew a single engine plane from Newfoundland to Ireland today, first direct crossing by a small craft since early trans Atlantic days. Co pilot navigator Wayne Wetterlein, 30, of Shawnee on Delaware, Pa., accompanied her.
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Shannon
Ireland
Marian Hart
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Wayne Wetterlein
Shawnee
Delaware
County’s First Cotton Bale Report From Comanche County
Albert Jacobi near Sterling claimed Comanche county’s first bale for 1953-54. A 1,900 pound boll load went to Lawton’s Clift Electric gin at 6 p.m. Wednesday and was ginned immediately. Bale weighed 400 pounds with middling 15 16 class. Estimated value about 33 cents per pound, though sale plans undecided. First bale ginned free as per custom. ginner Pannell to offer premiums to merchants. Comanche has eight gins and could reach 5,000 bales. Lawton may reach 2,000. Fletcher about 1,000. other gins include Sterling, Faxon, Indiana and Elgin.
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Albert Jacobi
Sterling
Comanche County
Lawton
Clift
Jacobi
Marvin Pannell
Pannell
Merse
Fletcher
Faxon
Indiahoma
Elgin
Ferguson Named FHA Director for Western Oklahoma
Jo O Ferguson of Pawnee Oklahoma newspaper publisher was named Federal Housing Administration director for Western Oklahoma. He will assume office in Oklahoma City on September 28 succeeding John F Pratt Jr who remains as assistant director.
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Washington
Jo O. Ferguson
Pawnee
Okla
Today
Federal Housing Administration
Oklahoma
Ferguson
Oklahoma City
John F. Pratt Jr
FHA
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City
Bell System
Indiana
John L. Grissom
First Methodists Pick
Pws
NEW Luck Lily
ANG Orl
Uway T. Vadala
Stoneham
Mass
Réilly
Vadala
Richard Thomas
H. A. Bartels
Eugene Warner
Bill Dixon
City Studies Police
Lawyers Guild
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