Langer Plans Probe Into Dixon Yates Aid To Eisenhower
Senator Langer demands Senate Antimonopoly hearings to probe if supporters of the Dixon Yates contract funded Eisenhower's 1952 campaign. He seeks subpoenas for Summerfield Adams Mitchell and other officials as hearings resume December 16. The Dixon Yates contract with AEC for TVA power was canceled after Memphis built its own plant.
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Eisenhower
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Sherman Adams
White House
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AEC
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New Hampshire
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Dixon- Yates
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Lewis L. Strauss
Rowland Hughes
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Army AF Still Trying Civilians
Washington reports the Army and Air Force will persist with court martial trials for civilians overseas despite a federal judge ruling such trials unconstitutional. Judge Edward A. Tamm freed Mrs Clarice B Covert after a second trial was sought for murder of her Air Force husband in England. The services claim the law remains constitutional until higher courts decide otherwise.
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Army
Air Force
U.S. District Court
Edward A. Tamm
Clarice B. Covert
England
Covert
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
McKay Sees Refuge Land Compromise
Secretary Douglas McKay voiced hope for a mutually satisfactory deal with the Army over Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge land adjacent to Fort Sill. He opposes any refuge reduction, while Congress has approved transferring 10,700 acres. An on site inspection by Harry Donohue was planned to assess the land and report back to McKay and O Ewart.
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Interior
Douglas McKay
Army
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Fort Sill
McKay
The
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Congress
Oklahoma
Harry Donahue
Wesley O’ewart
Oklahoma City
Ernest Greenwalt
Donohue
O’ewart
Interior Department
Eisenhower, aides settle on 34.5 billion defense budget
President Eisenhower and top defense and budget advisers agreed on a roughly 34.5 billion dollar military spending plan for next year. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said there would be no major change in prior plans to hold spending at that level as the new fiscal year starts July 1. He cautioned it would be tough but possible, with a key issue being whether the defense outlay allows a balanced budget and a potential election-year tax cut.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Ike
United States
Berlin
Wilson
Missing Couple Fought Assailant in Blood-Stained Home
The discovery of a broken tooth and a denture in the blood-stained Lebanon Illinois home of Mr and Mrs Harold Smith suggests they fought their assailant before disappearing. Authorities say the tooth and denture came from someone else and a search broadens to area dentists for a possible clue. The couple aged 30 and 35 remain missing after a week of intensive investigation.
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Ill
Harold Smith
St. Clair County
Smith
Arline
St. Louis
N. H. Feder
Belleville
Smith’s
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Khrushchev Attacks Colonialism in Burma Rally
Khrushchev assailed British, French, and American colonialism at a Burma rally in Rangoon city hall. He warned colonizers cannot reclaim power in Southeast Asia, criticized British press silence on Goa, and pledged to aid Burma with economic support while noting Russia’s troop reductions and Finland’s Porkkala base departure. Dulles criticized Soviet rhetoric as stoking hatred, saying it could push India toward Goa and hinder East West detente.
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Dulles
Washington
Asia
Bulganin
Labor unions urged to speak up in politics at AFL-CIO convention
Mitchell urged the AFL-CIO to take a clear political stand while Meany and Reuther backed stepped up union activity. The convention also heard Harriman push for more worker involvement. In Oklahoma, the body of Apache mother Mrs. Raymond D. Christian was identified, and a renewed investigation into her disappearance was announced, with one suspect to be arrested.
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Caddo County
Ray Larsson
Oklahoma City
Raymond D
Edity) Christian
Associated Press
Mitchell
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Eisenhower
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
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Reuther
Mrs. Christian
Apache
Secret motive seen in Khrushchev Bulganin visit talks
British observers theorize Khrushchev and Bulganin want Britain to cancel a planned April visit to London. Press and diplomats cite propaganda aims and Kremlin strategy, while British opinion shifts from anger to suspicion as Pravda and Churchill weigh in on possible cancellation.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Eden
Knife threat in hotel room ends in bond for ex band member
Mary Yort told officers she was threatened by Jack Wendell Coryell 25 a former band member in a local tavern after they dated He allegedly returned to her hotel room held a knife against her abdomen and told her she had 15 minutes to live Coryell pleaded innocent to assault with a deadly weapon and was released on $1000 bond in Marvin F Cameron peace justice court The case stems from a frightening incident early Monday night with the suspect counting down the minutes before leaving the room
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Marvin F. Cameron
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Mary Yort
Cameron
See Knife
Warm Weather Returns To Area
Warm spring like breezes sweep Oklahoma as southerly winds raise temperatures to around 50 today and 58 tomorrow. Dust may blow in western regions with 25 to 35 mph gusts and Lawton area benefiting from the shift. A mild front expected tomorrow night could bring strong northerly winds and more blowing dust with little precipitation.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Weather Bureau
Lawton
Panhandle
Five Sisters Die in Benton Fire Near Illinois Home
A Benton Illinois fire killed five sisters aged 6 to 15 at their home. Mrs Ruby Wingo the children's mother was burned critically and not expected to live. Four others escaped including a 16 year old daughter a son aged 12 and 13 and Mrs Wingo's father Charles Neunlist. The 16 year old was hospitalized while others avoided hospital care.
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Benton
Ill
Ruby Wingo
Jet Copter Sets Record for Helicopter Speed
Piasecki Helicopter Corp unveiled the YHI6A turbo transporter, claiming a world speed record for helicopters at 166 mph during a public demonstration in Philadelphia. President Don R. Berlin noted the craft has logged about 20 flight hours and reached altitudes to 12,000 feet. The record surpasses Sikorsky’s 156 mph mark set in Dayton last year.
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Piasecki Helicopter Corp
Don R. Berlin
Dayton
Berlin
Soviet Lieutenant Seeks Political Asylum in West Berlin
A Soviet army first lieutenant, Ivan Vacelevich Ovchinnikov, 26, fled in full uniform to West Berlin and asked the United States for political asylum. An Army spokesman said his request was granted and documented that the appeal was based on political reasons. The officer rode to the West on the city elevated train.
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West Berlin
United States
U. S
Ivan Vacelevich Ovchinnikov
Sagebrush Killed 3 Participants in wartime exercise
At Fort Polk Louisiana during Exercise Sagebrush Americas atomic war defense drill ended with 32 dead of 140000 participants. The Army reports 15 died in military vehicle crashes and seven in civilian traffic accidents. Two drowned and a helicopter crash killed two more. Lightning electrocution disease and a parachute jump each claimed one life. Two deaths remain under investigation.
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America
Army
Air Force
Chamber of Commerce seeks help planning 1956 work program
Floyd Zook chair of the Chamber of Commerce Program of Work invites Lawton residents to help blueprint next year’s agenda. The plan, developed from member and public suggestions, will be discussed at Friday’s forum luncheon and at a second program, with questionnaires mailed to members.
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Floyd Zook
Chamber of Commerce
Zook
Chamber
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