Situation in South Viet Nam Grows Worse Under French Rule
United Press reports that Viet Nam faces deep chaos as Bao Dai abrooks hides in France. Southern Viet Nam struggles with army and police clashes, rebellions, and dissident forces while Ho Chi Minh strengthens in the north. The Geneva plan ties elections to 1956, with Viet Nam seeking French troop removal by March 1956 and U S training of the Vietnamese army pending changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
Bao Dai
French Riviera
Ho Chi Minh
Indo-China
Laos
Cambodia
France
French Union
Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Ho Chin
Teen Ager Shot In Wild 100 Mile Chase
Four Muskogee teenagers led a 100 mile per hour chase from Norman to Oklahoma City after a stolen car. Jean David Jobe, 14, was wounded in the shoulder when police blocked the car. The youths, Jimmy Goff 14 Anneth Knott 15 and Jimmy Tidwell 14, were arrested. The car had been stolen last night in Muskogee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Jean David Jobe
Norman
Fete
Jimmy Goff
Anneth Knott
Jimmy Tidwell
Highway Patrol
Thurman Candley
Okmulgee
Jobe
New York State Earns One Dollar Each Second on Investment
Government officials note that New York State yields one dollar per second from its invested funds. The statement highlights strong returns and ongoing management of public capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Cameron College Holsteins Reach 100000-Pound Milk Mark
Two Cameron college cows Camstaco De Kol Hartog and Camstaco Miss Pontiac joined six registered Holsteins statewide in surpassing 100000 pounds of lifetime milk. Hartog produced 111106 pounds milk and 3480 pounds butterfat across six years. Pontiac 102702 pounds milk and 3169 butterfat over six years. Also listed is Pages Ormsby Rita owned by Robert W Adams Farm No 1 Broken Arrow mother of Crescent Admiral Ace 1067064, former herd Sire at Cameron college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Camstaco de Kol Hartog
Camstaco Miss Pontiac
Advanced Registry
Pope Pius XII Shows Signs of Improvement
Vatican press office reports Pope Pius XII is improving after a period of stationary condition. Internal bleeding likely from an ulcer has caused weakness. he has anemia and is receiving blood plasma and transfusions as technicians prepare for stomach examinations.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
L’osservatore Romano
Holy Father
Pius
Memorial services for Sooner jet pilot Maj. A. Frank Martin Jr
Memorial services are held for Maj. A Frank Martin Jr son of Oklahoma A M director of student entertainment He was killed in a jet crash near Okinawa on December 1 He served in the Air Force since 1942 and is a World War II veteran with campaigns in Europe and the Pacific.
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Stillwater
Okla
Maj
Frank Martin Jr
Oklahoma A&m
Okinawa
Martin
Air Force
Europe
Pacific
Freighter Chikwang Rescued Off Formosa Coast
U S Navy ships in the Straits of Formosa joined Chinese Nationalist vessels on Wednesday in going to the rescue of the 1900 ton freighter Chikwang aground on the central Formosa coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Taipei
U. S. Navy
Straits of
Camargo Bridge Opens After Half Century Fight
In Camargo Oklahoma a new 1 015 995 bridge opens spanning the South Canadian river at a historic crossing. Gov Johnston Murray former Gov Roy Turner and Gov elect Raymond Gary cut the ribbon as hundreds watched the ceremony with dances parade and speeches. Kenneth Wilson of the Chisholm Trail Longhorn Cattle Association was to discuss the famous cattle route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camargo
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Dodge City
Kaw
Estey van Horn
Johnston Murray
Roy J. Turner
Raymond Gary
Turner
Gary
W. H. Seba
Leedey
Kenneth Wilson
Oklahoma City
Pitzer Named Head of Oklahoma Utilities Association
Harry W. Pitzer vice president of the Public Service Co. of Oklahoma was elected president of the Oklahoma Utilities Association for 1955. He will succeed Earl J. Newlin as president. Officers named include H. C. Webb first vice president Paul Hoheisel second vice president and H. H. Ferrin treasurer. The 1955 convention is set for March 24 in Tulsa.
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Oklahoma City
Harry W. Pitzer
The
Public Service Co. of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Utilities Association
Pitzer
Chickasha
Earl J. Newlin
State Fuel Supply Co
H. C. Webb
Tulsa
Paul Hoheisel
H. H. Ferrin
Hotels Tableware Contract Awarded To Southwest Chemical Co
The Hotel Lawtonian set to open near Fourth and E has awarded its kitchen and tableware contract to Southwest Chemical Co Lawton. The bid of 8157 dollars 50 cents won over National Sales Co Lawton Gardner Hotel Supply Oklahoma City Goodner Van Co Tulsa Huey Philip Co Dallas Tex.
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Lawtonian
Fourth and E
Southwest Chemical Co
Lawton
National Sales Co
Gardner Hotel Supply
Oklahoma City
Goodner van Co
Tulsa
Huey & Philip Co
Dallas
Tex
Justice Douglas Weds Divorcee
Associate Justice William O. Douglas and Mercedes Hester Davidson wed at her parents home in Tallulah Louisiana. The couple begins a honeymoon and will live in Washington after travel in the West.
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Tallulah
William O. Douglas
Washington
Mercedes Hester Davidson
Asst
C. Girard Davidson
Portland, Ore
Douglas
Mildred
Michael Davidson
Joan Davidson
William Douglas Jr
Whiten College
Walla Walla
Ash
Frank C. Wells Jr
First National Guard Unit Organized in 1636
The earliest National Guard style militia formation traces to 1636 in colonial America. Marajo Island, off Brazil’s coast, measures larger than Switzerland in area, marking a notable geographic scale comparison.
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Marajo
Switzerland
Nehru Seeks UN Meeting Over U S Airmen Fate
India disclosed that Prime Minister Nehru asked Red China to accept the United Nations request for a Peiping meeting on the fate of 11 U S airmen jailed as spies. Hammarskjold sought a face to face with Peiping. no reply yet reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
India
Jawaharla Nehru
Red China
Peiping
U.S
Ottawa Officials Given Lie Tests
Oklahoma City reports two former Ottawa county officials Bill McNatt and Bevelyn Gaines were given lie detector tests after pleading guilty to forgery. Both sentenced to three years in prison. Gaines claimed she took 3300 of 42000 missing. McNatt allegedly cashed 25000 in warrants he knew were false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Eee Bureau
Ottawa County
Bill McNatt
Bevelyn Gaines
Miami
Ohlo
25 Are Invited To Library Meet
About 25 persons were invited to a regional meeting of public and school librarians and trustees from southwest Oklahoma set for January 28 at Cameron College. Arda Frans, college head librarian, announced plans for a dinner meeting in the campus cafeteria with talks by speakers from the Oklahoma State Library and the State Library School at the University of Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Cameron College
Arda Frans
Oklahoma State Library
State Library School
University of Oklahoma
Lumber yard razed by fire at Turley Oklahoma
A fire starting in a mill stove destroyed the Roberts lumber yard at Turley Oklahoma last night. Tulsa firemen extinguished the blaze which lasted an extended period and involved neighboring property.
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Turley
Okla
Roberts
O. A. French
Cece Turley
Tulsa
Flaming Object Seen Falling North Of Tulsa
Several residents reported a flaming object fall to earth about five miles north northwest of Tulsa. Continental Airlines pilot Mel Melberg said he observed green and blue flames as it hit the ground and then died out, leading him to believe it was a meteor.
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Tulsa
Okla
Continental Airlines
Mel Melberg
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Iator
South Viet Nam
Charles M. McCann
United Press
House Foreign Affairs
Indo- A
James P. Richards
Builders Equipment & Supply CO
E. Gore Lawton
Carl Braden
Robert W. Zollinger
Louisville
Braden
Pope
Glory, God and Gold
Paul Wellman
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
MacArthur
Chas. A Willoughby
John Chamberlain
Ratcliffe’s Book Store
Southwest
Harry
WIEST
Utilities Group
Lawton Newspapers
Comanche, Cotton, Tillman, Kiowa, Caddo, Grady, Stephens and
Jefferson Counties
Constitution, Press and
Constitution-Press
Lawton Publishing Company
P. O. Box
Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton Constitution and Sunday Constitution Press
Lawton Morning Press
Constitution
Lawton Constitution
Justice Douglas
Nehru
U. S
New Delhi
An En-Lai
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Mao Tse-Tung
Eugene L Bowman Neon
Wright
Mgr
Lewis Millwork
D Avenue
Television Service
Ottawa
Southwestern Radio & Sound
Pho
Mills .Bros
Golden Wrist Watch
T. Texas
Tyler Courtin
In the
Arlin Duff
Gordon Jenkins Hardy
Sonotone
Sonotone of
Jerry M
Laird
Son
English Furniture Company
Arvin
Virtue’ Dinettes
Duncan- Phyfe
Cosco
English Furniture Co
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