Senate panel brands U S Communists as foe to U S government
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee released a 100 page handbook calling the Communist party a Russian inspired, Moscow dominated conspiracy against American freedoms. It cites SACB findings that the party remains substantially controlled by the Soviet Union and vows to expose what it calls a dangerous mass conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Communist Party of the
United States
Subversive Activities Control Board
U.S
Communist
SACB
House Committee On Un-American
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Communist Party U
U.S. Communist Party
Green Burning Slated Jan 6 at Metropolitan Park
Arrangements completed for the citys annual Burning of the Greens ceremony to be held January 6 in Metropolitan Park. Sponsored by the Lawton-Fort Sill Recreational Council with Fuzz Barnes as chairman. Last year over 1500 trees burned. event begins at 7 p.m. cash prizes go to children bringing the largest and most trees. The custom traces to old Christmas log traditions ending with Twelfth Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Park
Lawton-Fort Sill
American Sgt Vanishes After Berlin Crash
An American Air Force sergeant from Brooklyn, Mike Kliman, stationed at Orly Field Paris, disappeared in East Berlin after a holiday visit with his Berlin-born wife. He was last seen being taken from a hospital by Communist police following a car crash. An East Berlin inquiry found Kliman missing despite a police escort offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paris
U. S
Toay
Army
Mike Kliman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kliman
Orly Field
East Berlin
ADN
Okeene
Russell B. White
Thomas R. Federman
Blaine County
Federman
B. W. Reed
White
Kidnaper Caught After Six Hour Hold Kidnapping
A 26 year old man Ysaias Sanchez allegedly kidnapped a 3 month old baby in Milwaukee wielding a bloody butcher knife. He claimed to be the father and wounded Sepharino Garcia before fleeing. Police captured him later in a friend’s home. The infant was unharmed and returned to the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ysaias Sanchez
Sanchez
Sepharino Garcia
Surviving Quintuplets Ignore Their Parents On Christmas
NORTH BAY Ontario The Dionne family says the four surviving quintuplets did not send Christmas greetings or return home this year. Oliva Dionne cites estrangement from outsiders and money as factors after the girls reached age 21 last May and each inherited about 250000 dollars. Yvonne and Cecile study nursing at Montreal while Marie and Annette have hospital checkups and are reportedly fully recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Yvonne
Cecile
Montreal
Marie
Annette
Scientists Battle Segregation at Atlanta AAAS Meeting
The AAAS, meeting in Atlanta, considers a resolution to avoid cities practicing segregation. Cael Wolfle said the request came from the Council for the Advancement of Negroes in Science. The board chose Atlanta hoping to keep unsegregated sessions, despite state and city laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Cael Wolfle
The
American Assn
Council For the Advancement of Negroes
New York
Wolfle
AAAS
Lawton Webb Witnesses Oklahoma City Shooting Hoax
Jack Webb of Lawton saw a car fire shots at a companion in a northwest Oklahoma City shopping center but the incident was a birthday hoax by four University of Oklahoma students. Police arrested them and released after a stern lecture. another group staged a similar prank at a north city drive-in. The students planned the event for a birthday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Webb
Dragnet
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Lawton Webb
Webb
University of Oklahoma
Capital
Six Drunken Driving Charged After Holiday Arrests
County Attorney Manville Redman filed six counts of driving while intoxicated this morning. Three defendants arrested Christmas Eve and three on Christmas Day face charges in County and City courts. Bonds posted ranged from 250 to 300 dollars for defendants including Burnett, Julian, Barnes, Alsobrook, Medford, and Tyah. Other weekend actions include Moore and Hennessee facing charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
Leverette B. Burnett
Lawton
Pete Julian
Galveston
Tex
W. LD. Barnes
Julian
Barnes
Joe Alsobrook
Marlow
Melford Tyah
William H. Medford
Roosevelt
Alsobrook
Medford
Tyah
Carl C. Moore
Earl D. Hennessee
Page
Copters Rescue 14 Jap Seamen
A Kansas helicopter pilot rescued 14 Japanese seamen from the sea after the freighter Honda Maru broke up off northeast Japan amid 65 mph winds and 40 foot waves near Hachinohe. Three sailors from another ship were saved by the U S destroyer Ozbourne. Six ships with 18 crewmen aboard were reported missing over two days of storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Kansas
U. S
Ozbourn
Hachinohe City
Maritime Safety Board
Holdup Victims Nailed In Closet in Minnesota
WARREN Minn UP Two gunmen robbed three elderly persons of their life savings then nailed them up in a 3 by 4 foot closet and spread help messages through the neighborhood. The Christmas Day robbery left $10 000 missing as authorities hunted the bandits. Victims were Herbert Hagman 64 Minnie Hagman 63 and Carl Johnson 62. They were confined for 11 hours before escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren, Minn
Marshal County
Herbert Hagman
Minnie
Carl Johnson
One Dry Beer Petition Challenged by Oklahoma Industry
Oklahoma's beer industry officials filed a protest with Secretary of State Andy Anderson challenging a petition backing a county option on beer sales. Jack Webb of Lawton led the challenge, citing voter-count, technical, and filing procedure concerns. The United Distribution Association submitted 137,500 signatures, far above the 92,500 needed. Anderson will rule. appeal lies to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma United
Andy Anderson
Jack Webb
Lawton
United Dty Association
Anderson
State Supreme Court
Earl Dorff
United Drugs
M. F. Dykema
Black Christmas Sets Death Record on highways
United Press reports a new holiday road toll record with 613 traffic fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, plus 72 fire deaths, four plane crashes and 129 miscellaneous accidents for a total of 818. Critics call for better driving as safety officials warn of ongoing carnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ned H. Dearborn
The
National Safety Council
Bloodiest Sooner Yule Kills 13 Across Oklahoma
The Associated Press reports a Christmas weekend tragedy with 13 deaths on Oklahoma highways, the deadliest since Labor Day. among the victims are Rus sel B. White, 61, in Blaine County, and several others from Tulsa Wichita Kansas and Boston mass. A related dispatch details California floods with 41 lives lost across Oregon and NorCal including Yuba City and Marysville flood risks, with damages estimated at 150 million dollars and federal aid mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Yuba City
Marysville
San Francisco Bay
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Ellsworth Bunker
National Red Cross
Bay
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate
Val Peterson
Federal
Civil Defense
California
Peterson
Goodwin Knight
F. P. Wisner
Health Service
Rainfall records show Lawton drought in November
Lawton has had only one rainy day since October 5 with just 0.12 inch since December. Five days in October yielded 9.20 inches, while November across 85 years averages 1.70 inches. December 1954 brought 0.80 inch. October moisture data lists heavy daily totals through October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Chamber Officer Ballot Set for Jan Fourth
Emmett Keough, outgoing president, announced that the Chamber of Commerce officers for 1956 will be elected at a special meeting January 4 at the Chamber office. Officers to be elected include president and a slate of vice presidents, treasurer, and secretary manager. New directors listed alongside hold-over members. The 1956 forum luncheon is set for January 6 at the Hotel Lawtonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Emmett Keough
Ted Warkentin
Ned Shepler
Jake Witzel
Vernon Howell
O. B. Lord
J. C. Kennedy
J. R. Montgomery
R. E. Glenn
Ross Porter
Newt Irwin
Exall English
John
Mudslide Kills Five Of Oregon Family
Roseburg Oregon five members of the Neal family were killed when a canyon mudslide struck their home. Acerena and Marion Neal both about 45 perished along with daughters Mary 15 and Becky 2 and son Tom 17. Only Tom survived by being buried but later recovered from the mud at the scene near Remote Oregon, about 40 miles west of Roseburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseburg
Ore
Marion E. Neal
Acerena
Mary
Becky
Tom
Remote
Oregon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate
Frank O’shea
John von Bergen
Chicago
von Bergen
O’shea
Donald Avers
Baby
Quints
Associated Press
Loren B. Brown
Wichita
Kan
William E. Green
Ozark
Ala
Earl Vincent Case
Peggy Jo
Tulsa
Amos French
Bentley
Brenda Emmons
Lyle Bennett
Prairie Village
Clifford L. Merchant
Calvin
Lawrence E. Weaver
Maxey Lee Foster
Marietta
Carroll Edwin Wyatt
Robert J. Gourner
Boston
Mass
Tinker Air Force Base
San Francisco
Feather River
Police Department
Otis Waldron
W. D. White
Cleo Stout
Melvin Simmons
Alford Hennessee
Frank Sandrarina
Hennessee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!