Eisenhower Replies to Soviet Critics Over Middle East Policy
President Eisenhower rejected Khrushchev’s charge of interference and defended U S policy in Europe. He asserted the United States would not retreat from aiding middle European peoples toward liberty, stressing the peaceful liberation of captive peoples as a key goal of foreign policy.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Russia
Middle East
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
James C. Hagerty
Khrushchev
Communist Party
John Foster Dulles
East Europe
White House
Dulles Warns Russians Plan Campaign Of Hate
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles issued a New Year warning that the Russians will stop at nothing in a campaign of hatred and trouble next year. He cautioned they will exploit divisions among free world nations though he expects no open aggression amid a vast Soviet arms buildup.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Bureau of Public Roads
Commerce Department
Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell Jr
Justice Department
Crowder to Replace Elliott on OU Coaching Staff in 1956
Eddie Crowder, former Oklahoma All America quarterback, will take over the backfield coaching post after Pete Elliott resigns to head Nebraska. Crowder, then with West Point, is due to be discharged about Sept 1 1956 and will join Bud Wilkinson once clarified after the Orange Bowl.
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Eddie Crowder
University of Oklahoma
Pete Elliott
Sooner
Crowder
Col
Earl
Red) Blaik
West Point
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Army Tests Aerocycle Aims at Mobility for Infantry
Washington reports the Army tests a new one man flying machine called the aerocycle. Twelve units from Delackner Helicopter Inc. Mount Vernon NY were bought for mobility trials. The craft resembles a small helicopter and the pilot stands on a platform above rotor blades, steering by leaning. Speeds up to 65 mph via a hand throttle.
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Washington
Army
Delackner Helicopter, Inc
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Navy
Quints Visit Parents in North Bay Amid Family Tensions
Three Dionne quintuplets Yvonne Cecile and Annette arrived with Oliva Jr and two others at North Bay to clear rifts with parents Mr and Mrs Dionne who were not at the door. The trip aimed to patch up differences that drew wide attention as Marie stayed in Montreal convalescing and Emilie had died.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Oliva Jr
Montreal
Callander
L. M. Edwards
Trust Company
Marie
Emilie
Army Says Goodbye To General Horton at Fort Sill Ceremony
Brig. Gen. John B. Horton retires after 33 years of service with honors at Fort Sill. The farewell honors, led by Battery C of the 6th Armored Field Artillery, recalled his long Army career dating from West Point in 1923 and his arrival at Fort Sill in 1954. He and Mrs. Horton will reside at 1008 Arlington until spring with plans uncertain.
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Edward T. Williams
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
John B. Horton
Fort Sill
36Th Field Artillery Battalion
Horton
McNair Hall
6Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
West Point
J. E. Delaney
77Th
97Th Army
Greater Lawton Inc Seen As Vehicle For Industry Growth
The Greater Lawton, Inc. committee plans to use the organization to finance new industry in Lawton. Created in 1945, it sold 100 shares to 265 members, later unlimited purchases with voting capped at 10 votes. Investments rose to 40,000, assets now about 32,000 after a local loss, dividends not paid, board stability noted with seven of the original eleven directors remaining.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Committee For Industrial Development
Greater Lawton, Inc
Lawton
Greater Lawton
Health Service
National Foundation For
Missing Coast Guardsman Searched Across Kiowa and Comanche
Lawton and Kiowa County peace officers intensified a search for 22 year old Elbert Edward Pederson, a discharged Coast Guardsman, after a duffel bag was found on a Snyder area farm. Ponds were dragged as investigators reassessed foul play risk and pursued questions with aid from Kiowa Sheriff Peters and local residents.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Coast
Snyder
Elbert Edward Pederson
Kiowa
E. O. Peters
George Krieger
Peters
Hilbert Wilson
Coast Lee
Pate Becomes Marine Corps Commandant in Pentagon Ceremony
Lt Gen Randolph McCall Pate takes over as the 21st commandant of the Marine Corps in a Pentagon swearing in. Gen Lemuel C Shepherd Jr steps down after four years, ending a 39 year Marine career. Shepherd will become chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board.
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Washington
Randolph McCall Pate
Marine Corps
Pate
Pentagon
Secretary of the Navy
Leathernecks
Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr
Shepherd
Marine
Inter- American Defense Board
Kill Crazy Man Roams Arkansas
In Arkansas police chase a possible psychopathic killer on U S Highway 67 after three murders near Gordon and Jacksonville. A 14 year old boy Joe King and two other victims, a woman identified only by laundry mark M Holden and a 50 year old man, are involved. Officials caution about a potential three murder pattern though one investigator doubts linkage.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Bruen Hardin
Clark County
U. S. Highway 67
Hardin
Gordon
Joe King
Jacksonville
M. Holden
Tom Gulley
Pulaski County
King Boy
Weather outlook shows continuing cold and light drizzle
Lawton faces fading chances of rain as cold temperatures linger today and tonight. High around 3 degrees with a low near 25, followed by a warmer New Year’s Eve with tomorrow’s high near 45. Five day Oklahoma City bureau forecast calls for near normal temps and little significant precipitation. Highway patrol reports icy roads reduced to isolated culverts and bridges. Tulsa recorded .01 inch of precipitation. several towns had only traces. Lawton's 11 am reading was 34 after a 28 degree low today.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Tulsa
Guymon
Gage
Ardmore
McAlester
Enid
Fort Sill
More Yalta Secrets Told
The State Department released about 40 newly secret documents on Yalta, revealing Stalin’s plans for a Poland friendly to the Soviet Union and a German breakdown proposed by Moscow. The 1032 page volume, with additional papers, is available for $5.50 a copy, drawn from Roosevelt Library material.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
State Department
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Yalta
Poland
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Germany
Joseph Reap
New Papers
Hyde Lee Yalta
U S Atomic Tester suffers heart attack at Los Alamos
Dr. Alvin Graves aged 46, longtime director of the Los Alamos test division, suffered a heart attack in Los Alamos New Mexico yesterday afternoon. His blood pressure and pulse were reported satisfactory late last night. Graves has headed the U S atomic tests since 1944 and conducted most continental and overseas tests in seven years, often as scientific director.
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Los Alamos
N.M
Alvin Graves
Graves
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Oklahoma Band Arrives in Hollywood for Bowl Week Practice
The University of Oklahoma band reached Hollywood Florida on Friday and began practicing near the coast while the Sooners football team relaxed in Bal Harbor. Bandsmen rehearsed at a high school field beside marshes as the grid squad held skull sessions at Indian Creek Country Club in preparation for Monday’s game.
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Miami
University of Oklahoma
Hollywood
Fla
Bal Harbor
Indian Creek Country Club
Sogners
Fund Agencies Take 11.2% Budget Cut In Stride
ALL 24 participating agencies of the Lawton Fort Sill United Fund are taking an 11.2 percent cut, says executive director Charles W. Gallaher. No formal complaints or protests have been filed. The reduction follows failure to meet the $96,314 goal in the 1955 56 drive, with total available for allocation at $86,784.81 after contingency funds.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
United Fund Office
Highway Toll Near Record
National Safety Council warned of a weekend traffic death toll near a record as 420 Americans could die from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. The forecast follows 38 500 highway deaths this year, the highest since 1941, triggering highway martial law with National Guard units and stepped up enforcement across multiple states and cities to curb the holiday slaughter.
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National Safety Council
Finois
National Guard
William Stratton
Michigan
New York City
Stephen B. Kennedy
Washington
Justices of the Peace
Wisconsin
Ohio
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Charles E. Wilson
Secretary of Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Goodby
Bill Crawford
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