French Kill Defense Pact Move Delays Airing Scuttles Pact Vote
The French National Assembly killed the European Defense Community treaty on a procedural motion to delay ratification, with at least 300 votes against and 270 or fewer in favor. Eight ministers threatened resignations. Mendes France urged neutrality while two resolutions split the chamber. Edouard Herriot warned the EDC would be France’s end. debate may resume after negotiations.
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Paris
French National Assembly
EDC
European Army
Pierre Mendes-Franse
Mendes
Mendes-France
EDC A
France
West Germany
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Edouard Herriot
Assembly
Alfred Chapin
Union of Demcratic and Socialist Resistance
UDSR
Brussels
Germany
McCarthy Plans Quick End To Senate Censure Inquiry
Senator McCarthy said he will call no defense witnesses in the new Senate inquiry into his conduct and will testify only if required. He warned the investigation could delay his campaign and said some allegations may be admitted, including remarks about Senator Flanders. He arrived in Washington with his wife and friend to meet the censuring committee.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Los Angeles
McCarney
Sen. Flanders
Robert Vogeler
Vogeler
Eisenhower urges end to wishful thinking on U S military reserve
President Eisenhower told the American Legion in Washington that the nation must abandon wishful thinking and timidity and build a strong ready to serve military reserve within a year. He pledged the reserve would not unduly burden veterans and named it a top item in his 1955 program. The address urged informed public decision and no partisan winds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
American Legion
Legion
Congress
Geal
Stready
Nazi Guard
Abilene, Kan
Colorado
Eisenhower signs Atom Bill to speed peaceful uses
President Eisenhower signed new atomic energy legislation aimed at speeding the shift to peaceful uses. The act overhauls the 1946 law, allows limited sharing of nuclear information with allies, and opens the way for a private atomic power industry in the United States. The president said the provisions may relieve taxpayers of commercial costs while protecting the public interest and boosting private competition. Supporters expect quicker development of atomic electricity though commercial power remains several years away. ATOM LAW continues on Page 2.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
United States
Congress
Ee Oner Ieee
100 Families Seek Food Rations In Comanche County
Needy families in Comanche county began registering for state emergency relief food supplies. By noon 104 families registered in the Central District and more were being pursued in other districts. Commodities include pinto beans cheese dried milk and shortening.
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Comanche County
USDA
Stanley Ward
Gore
Lincoln
County Commissioners
Lawton
Bill Kleeman
Pete Wynn
Emil Woesner
Central District
State Emergency Relief Committee
Welfare Department
Woesner
Capital
Oklahoma City
OK Transfer and Storage Company
D Ave
Wynn
Kleeman
Indiahoma
Cache
Commissioners
Con
Massad vows to stay in Oklahoma City after shooting
Oklahoma City criminal lawyer Frank Massad, target of an assassin’s bullet, declares from his hospital bed that he will never leave the city. He cites threatening calls and notes he and his ex wife were told to flee, and says linking the shooting to the Lenn case would be an assumption. Massad received 24 hour police guard after visit by Bob Hurt, a constable free on bond in an armed robbery case connected to the Lenn torture incident.
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Oklahoma City
Frank Massad
Oklahoma
Gurley B. Lenn
Charles Edwin York
Massad
Hurt
GOP Chairman accuses Demos of anti red maneuvers
Cincinnati dispatch reports National Chairman Leonard W. Hall delivering a GOP pep rally speech accusing congressional Democrats of using vast cunning to make anti Communist legislation unworkable. He urged reaffirmation of campaign ethics as he criticized Senate Democrats led by Hubert Humphrey over measures affecting the Communist party.
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Jack Bell
Cincinnati
Leonard W. Hall
Republican Party
Congressional Democrats
Hall
Americans For Democratic Action
Red
China
Secu
GOP
Senate
Democrats
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Showers Likely and Heat Wave in Oklahoma Forecast
Lawton forecasts call for scattered thundershowers later today and tomorrow with highs in the 100s and 105. Lows around 75. Reading at 11 a.m. was 99, yesterday’s high 104. Central and western areas expected to see showers, with recent gusty fringe storms. A fatal crash in Kingfisher tied to hail and high winds. Geary Hooker, 22, of Wichita, Kan., injured.
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Lawton
Oklahoma City
Bethany
Kingfisher
Geary Leland Hooker
Wichita
Kan
Annual Inspection Under Way At Fort Sill
The Fourth Army inspector general's annual inspection started at Fort Sill this morning and will run through Sept. 3. A 10 member team led by Col. James M. Coleman will review all activities at The Artillery Center as part of the schedule.
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Fourth Army
Fort Sill
James M. Coleman
Crash Fatal To Area Man Near Apache Intersection
Fort Cobb man Henry William Mopope, 31, died after a 1954 Ford driven by Charles E. Henderson failed to negotiate a curve at State 58 and U S 62 near Apache. Henderson fled the curve at high speed, the car flipped twice, veered into a center island, and rested upside down. Passengers Paul F. Costello, Elmer Thomas Hoag, and Charles Kincley escaped injury. Henderson had minor bruises.
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Fort Cobb
State 58
U. S. 62
Apache
Henry William Mopope
Fort Sill Station Hospital
Charles E. Henderson
Henderson
Paul F. Costello
Fort Sill
Charles Kincley
Elmer Thomas Hoag
Binger
Philmore
Hero Raps Batchelor Quits Trial At Fort Sam Houston
Two highly decorated officers including Lt. Edward R Schowalter Jr and Col. Milo S Gray were dismissed from the 10 man court martial of Cpl Claude Batchelor at Fort Sam Houston. Schowalter and Gray cited hostile views and were excused by the court president Col Charles W Stratton. The eight remaining officers, all Korean War veterans, continued the proceedings with Batchelor facing charges of aiding the enemy.
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San Antonio
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Edward R. Schowalter Jr
Milo S. Gray
Batchelor
Fort Sam Houston
Rod Schowalter
Charles W. Stratton
Jay
Jo Westbrook
Lawton Gets Boost in Federal School Aid Allocation
Lawton schools receive an increased federal aid for construction from 94000 to 180000. Superintendent Shoemaker said the grant is reserved pending plan approval and site determination at 27th and Park. A separate elementary project in Greer addition was approved and forwarded to Washington for final action.
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Lawton
John Shoemaker
U.S. Office of Education
Washington
Shoemaker
27Th and
Park
Greer
Fort Worth
Half Day Classes Slated For Duncan Oklahoma
Duncan public schools will operate on a half day basis for an indefinite period because of the heat. It will be the first time in years the schools here tail classes due to hot weather. Schools will open at 8 a.m. and dismiss at 12 15 p.m.
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Duncan
Okla
Duncan Public Schools
Free Textbooks Help Ease Strain On Pop's Pocketbook
The state will provide free textbooks in all grades for 194 car with junior and senior high lists to be issued later. Parents are urged to supply own workbooks and supplies as in past years. Ratcliffe's Book Store reports early sales and expects a big rush for the new schedule.
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Thelma Talla
Marson
Ratcliffe’s
Lawton
Gale
Lawton Elemenge
Bell Workers Get Wage Increases Under CIO Pact
Oklahoma City reports 6777 Southwestern Bell employees will gain weekly raises from 1 to 2.50 under a one year contract with the CIO Communications Workers. The deal covers 51,000 workers in six states and runs to Aug 29, 1955. Wages varied by town reclassification and conditions and some job titles were changed.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bell
CIO Communications
Indo-China Reds To Free 5 Yanks
Five United States Air Force technicians held by Communist forces in Indo China are set to be released. The captives were seized June 14 near Tourane in central Viet Nam after violating orders by swimming at a beach four miles from their base. The group was part of about 300 American airmen deployed to aid Allied air operations against the French. Listed captives include Pfc. Donald E. Morgan and others.
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Saigon
Indo
China
United States Air Force
Tourane
Viet Nam
Indo- China
Ene Phy
Pfc
Donald E. Morgan
Fiint
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