Senator Warns of Delays in US Ballistic Missile Program
Senator Jackson told the Senate the United States has postponed targets for 1300 mile and 5500 mile missiles. He cited a Russian intercontinental claim and warned of continued progress slippage despite high priority. He urged restoring an all out effort and cautioned about defense cutbacks.
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Symington
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Huvsia Rejects West Terms For Two Year Nuclear Test Ban
London AP reports Huvsia rejected Western terms for a two year ban on nuclear tests. The issue aims to underpin a global inspection system to deter surprise attacks. Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin told the UN Disarmament Commission subcommittee that talks are in a deadlock. Москва radio and embassy sources circulated the speech.
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Huvsia Today
Valerian Zorin
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Russians Claim World-Wide Range Missile Test
The Kremlin announced a test of an intercontinental rocket missile claimed to reach any spot on the globe. It would mark the most significant Soviet military advance since the 1993 H-bomb test and, if mass produced, could shift the world balance of power with no known defense yet.
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Kremlin
Russia
Area Weather Forecast Fair and hot through Wednesday
The forecast calls for fair and hot conditions through Wednesday with heat reaching 102 today and again 102 Monday. A 71 a.m. reading shows 55 and the high for Wednesday is 100.
Tomlinson Junior High Enrollment Procedures Announced
Workers race to finish the new Tomlinson junior high plant in time for opening day. Principal A Richardson issued enrollment instructions for Thursday and Friday arrivals. Students may enter from north or east entrances while west entrance traffic is restricted. Locker distribution times and fees are listed, with seventh graders first.
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Tomlinson Junior High
Tomkinson
A. Richardson
Richardson
Tomlinson
Eisenhower signs bill boosting veteran disability pay nationwide
President Eisenhower signed a bill raising monthly payments for about two million veterans with service connected disabilities. Increases reach up to 25 percent for the most severely disabled and about 20 percent for most higher payments, with an estimated first year cost of 167 million dollars. He said he signed despite defects to avoid depriving veterans and emphasized concern for those with disabilities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pickets Leave Tort Sill Construction Site After Court Order
Construction activities resume at Fort Sill following a temporary restraining order issued by Judge W R Wallace in Oklahoma City. The order halts picketing by the Oklahoma State Building and Trades Council and most pickets by the International Association of Machinists Local 89 outside Gate 2. NLRB officials expect a Friday hearing to decide if a permanent injunction should continue the restrictions.
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International Association of Machinists
Page Aircraft Wolkers
Oklahoma City
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TAM
Lawton Building and Trades Council
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Fort Sit
NLRB
Washiton
NLS
Edwin A. Elhiote
Fort Worth
Fort Sill
Harry Kennedy
Sen Strire
Parrot Artist Sets The Bird From Exhibit
Rajah the one eyed parrot who painted at city art shows is unmasked yesterday after a ninth exhibit. Miss Chandra Powell says Rajah entered paintings under the name Rajah Chandra, shocking officials who doubt the bird created the works. Powell recalls sneaking Rajah into museums to study paintings and notes the parrot often paints three hours without a break using claw or beak.
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Ecaibil
Airds
Cathay Laos
Chandra Powell
Rajah Chandra
Miss Poweris
Rajan
Fin Los Angeles. Inc
Defense Wins Murder Case Continuance
A continuance was granted in the murder preliminary hearing of Charles Peboahsy, 30, Cache, so defense can call pathologist Dr. Lowell F. Thornton who is reportedly on vacation. The hearing resumes Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. State witnesses included Deputy Oralg Ridgeway, who testified Peboahsy admitted strangling his wife and the death of 4-year-old Darlene Pebeahsy at the Cache home of his father. Witness Lou Kennedy testified the couple argued at a tavern on July 3 and again later that night. Kennedy said the man and wife were loud enough to prompt his intervention.
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Charles Peboahsy
Cache
Lowell F. Thornton
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Oralg Ridgeway
Pebeahsy
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Lou Kennedy
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Kennedy
Peheahsy
Ridgeway
Falls OL
Lewis Davis
C. A. Vokins
Cache Funeral Home
Davis
Cathe Bee Weaving
Page
Train Victim Missing City in Galena Case
Officials weigh if Claude Craig a 69 year old freight train fatality found Saturday is the father of six missing from Lawton Oklahoma for a year. His son in law Joe Monroe Cherokee Oklahoma and his wife Mary Craig Hepler Kansas headed to Galena to view the body. Craig also known as Walter Craig had been held in Joplin Missouri a week earlier for routine questioning after officers noted he had lingered in Galena for days.
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Kaw
Claude Craig
Lawton
Okla
Joe Monroe
Mary “Craig
Hepler
Kan
Craig
Walter Craig
Joplin
House Passes Compromise Rights Bill
Washington August 27 The House passed a compromise civil rights bill and sent it to the Senate amid bitter southern opposition labeling it judicial blackmail and a political sop to a minority group. Debate is expected in the Senate with further opposition and a Dixie-led delay attempt voted down 274 to 11. This bill marks the first basic civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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Senate
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Selden
D-Ala
Smith
D-Va
Dixie Forces
Hugh Scott
Hollis Sheriff Hurt In Texas Plane Crash
CHILDRESS Tex WB West Texas and Oklahoma officers sought the gunmen today who shot up a city policeman's patrol car on the outskirts of Childress yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Shevill Jackson of Hollis Oklahoma crashed his airplane during the manhunt and suffered a fractured jaw facial lacerations and bruises.
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Oklahoma
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Dub) Blam
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Hollis
Okla
Ess General Hospital
Harmon County
Dulles Refers to Soviet ICBM Claim as Real Threat
Secretary of State Dulles said Russia may have tested an intercontinental missile, outlining it as a genuine threat to the free world. He linked Soviet progress to broader Communist strength, cited Syria’s role, and noted large quantities of Communist arms alarming neighbors. He touched on possible U.S. entry of a Chinese reporter, signaling a policy reversal discussion.
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Rinehart Sees Lawton Turnpike Feasible in Future
State Sen. Jim Rinehart, Lawton luncheon speaker and governor hopeful, voiced confidence the southwest region turnpike can be built. He noted potential enabling legislation to sell bonds and predicted construction could begin as early as 1959. Rinehart, longtime toll road advocate, helped draft the first turnpike bill in 1941 and linked highways to broader state development.
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Kansas
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Turner
Range Bullet Kills Recruit at Fort Dix
A 21 year old Army trainee Pvt Frederick H Sylvester II of Breintree Massachusetts was killed by a stray bullet during a night firing drill at Fort Dix New Jersey The Army said the accident likely arose from defective ammunition as trainees crawled across an infiltration course in darkness quoted by an Army spokesman Sylvester died en route to the base hospital in his fifth week of training
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Breintree
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Savere
Army
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Cold Front Delays Sizzler in Lawton Area
A cold front expected to drop temperatures in Lawton stalled before reaching Oklahoma. Forecasters revised the outlook through Wednesday, with no relief from high heat. Today's high around 102, tonight's low about 75, while Indy reports 73. No rain seen for the Southwest sector.
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Oklahoma
Indy
King-Size Rattler Shown by Nichols Brothers
Two brothers Jack and J D Nichols displayed what they called the biggest snake killed in the area this year a six foot nine inch rattler caught near Idabel Oklahoma The men presented the reptile to local residents and described its length and girth as remarkable.
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J. D. Nichols
ONG seeks 642 million yearly rate hike in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. asked the state Corporation Commission for a 642 million dollar annual rate increase to cover higher gas costs payroll materials and taxes. The request targets about 1 million customers in 169 cities and towns with hearings set for November 5 6 and 7.
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ONG
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Eddins
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Lawton
Consolidated Gas, Utilities Corp
Comanches To Review Approved Constitution At Fort Sill
Comanche members will see the newly approved constitution at a general tribal meeting at Fort Sill Indian School on September 7, starting at 1 p.m. The draft was approved by Indian Affairs Commissioner Glen L. Emmons and sent to Anadarko. The tribe seeks separation from the Kiowa Apache Comanche council after a disputed election. a tribal referendum is hoped for by year end.
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Fsis
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Indian Bureau
Jor Attockine
Oklahoma City
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