Crane named U S Commissioner for Western District of Oklahoma
ARREN H. CRANE Lawton attorney since 1953 began a four year term as U S Commissioner for the Western District of Oklahoma. He replaces Charles D. Campbell Republican whose term expired today. Crane 31 is a Oklahoma University law school graduate born 1925 in Weatherford. He is married with four children and plans to continue cattle and rental property business.
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Arren H. Crane
Lawton
U. S
Western District
Oklahoma
Crane
Charles D. Campbell
Campbell
Oklahoma University Law School
Northeastern State College
Tahlequah
Weatherford
Department of Interior
Indian Service
Ana- See
Mollet Becomes France's First Socialist Premier Since 1947
Guy Mollet, Socialist party secretary general, named France prime minister heading a leftist coalition. He won 420 to 71 with 83 abstentions, backed by Communists seeking a popular front and opposed by many rightists. Mollet aims to form a freely elected Algerian assembly to negotiate a settlement and expects to visit Algiers soon.
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Parisp
France
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
Mollet
Popular Front
MRP
Popular Republican Movement
Republican Front
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
Algiers
South Africa Orders Soviet Envoys Out
South Africa demands the removal of Soviet consular staff by March 1 for alleged subversive activity at the Pretoria consulate. No break in relations. diplomacy continues through London. Canada and Australia cited similar Soviet activity in recent years. public reaction was loud.
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Capetown
South Africa
Soviet Union
E. H. Louw
Pretoria
London
Moscow
British Commonwealth
Canada
Ottawa
Australia
Ares Saket
Ond
Fort Sill prisoner escapes during work detail
A 17-year-old Fort Sill prisoner identified as Robert L. Porter escaped from a work detail this morning by climbing through a window in Building T52 while two guards watched prisoners paint. Porter, held as AWOL from Fort Ord, Calif, is 5 feet 8 inches, 140 pounds, wearing green fatigues with hazel eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
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Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Robert L. Porter
Porter
T52
Fort Ord
Calif
PIO
Brucker warns against wars won by machines and buttons
Secretary Wilber Brucker said remote control warfare is a dangerous myth and warned it would leave forces unprepared. He stressed maintaining retaliatory power to deter nuclear threats, noted aggressive enemies with large ground forces, and criticized Soviet diplomacy as a global shell game endangering freedom.
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Washington
Wilber Brucker
Brucker
Russia
Kremlin
Eisenhower Eden discuss disarmament amid peace hopes
Washington reports shift in Eisenhower Eden talks toward disarmament limits on atomic and hydrogen bomb tests. Stassen and Strauss attend as Lloyd and Dulles discuss Middle East arms and potential UN troops in demilitarized zones. Britain and U S differ on Red China but unite against communism while planning a new disarmament conference with the Russians.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
White House
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Eden
Selwyn Lloyd
Dulles
Stassen
Strauss
Lloyd
Middle
Far East
State Department
United Nations
Israel
Middle East
London
Pacific
Dukes
U. S.S
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
Formosa
China
Britain
United States
Arraignment Day Set in Superior Court Session
Arraignment will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Superior court for defendants facing trial in a criminal session beginning February 13. Judge Robert S. Landers announced the docket shrinkage as three more cases pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon. Jessie Hill Jr. and Ray F. Scott received sentences after guilty pleas.
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Robert S. Landers
Jessie Hill Jr
E. Gore
Hill
Dallas
Tex
P&d Distributing Co
Ray F. Scott
Sheppard Airman
Senator Warns Soviets May Fire 1500 Mile Missile
Senator Jackson warns the Soviet Union may launch a 1500 mile ballistic missile this year potentially shifting world power balance. He urges a total defense mobilization with a civilian administrator over ballistic missile programs and full urgency in development to avert future war.
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Washington
Jackson
D-Wash
Soviet Union
United States
Senate
Cratic
Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Symington
Missouri
Air Force
America
Secretary of Defense
Senate House Atomic Energy
Eisenhower
Missile Advance Unit Arrives At Fort Sill
An advance detachment of Fort Sill's first guided missile battalion, the 246th Field Artillery, arrived Tuesday afternoon. Major Carl D. Patterson Jr. leads the battalion, to be joined by the 515th Ordnance Company around March 1, with the main body expected Feb. 9. Weather adds freezing rain and snow potential for Lawton, with a 15 to 20 degree low and above normal precipitation forecast for February.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Fort Sill
246Th Field Artillery Missile Battalion
Britt
A. S. Britt Jr
52Nd Field Artillery Group
R. R. Watson
537Th Field Artillery
52Nd Group
537Th
Bernard E. Reiter
Carl D. Patterson Jr
1St
Fort Bliss
Tex
246Th
515Th Ordnance Company
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
C C To Hear Phone Chief Oklahoma Business Outlook
H B Groh of Southwestern Bell Telecom will discuss Oklahoma business trends and future development at the Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon. R E Glenn urges members and guests to attend the noon Friday event at the Hotel Lawtonian with reservations via the chamber office. Groh will present The Outlook for Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
H. B. Groh
Oklahoma City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Chamber of Commerce
R. E. Glenn
Chamber
Lawtonian
Groh
Mothers March Brings In $6 500
A total of 6560 was collected in the 1956 Mothers March on polio last night with Lawton coffee session proceeds excluded. Comanche county chairman Mrs. J C Brubaker said more money is expected today. Sterling led the area with 254.11 and Fletcher next with 189.38, with detailed county totals for Elgin Cache Geronimo south of Lawton east of Lawton north of Lawton Meers Indienhoma Chattanooga Faxon and other communities.
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J. C. Brubaker
Comanche County
Fletcher
Elgin
Cache
Geronimo
Lawton
Meers
Indiahoma
Chattanooga
Faxon
Protestant Leaders Plan 10 Day Visit to Russia
An eight member delegation of American Protestant and Orthodox leaders will travel to Russia for ten days to foster mutual understanding. Sponsored by the National Council of Churches, the trip begins March 9 and marks the widest church contact with religion in Russia in four decades, with Russian Orthodox leaders visiting the United States in June.
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New York
Russia
National Council of Churches
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
Council
Almighty God
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
Franklin Clark Fry
United Lutheran Church
Blake
Presbyterian Church
Methodist
Congregational Christian
Paul B. Anderson
Oregon Governor Patterson dies unseating Morse bid
Portland briefing reports Governor Paul L. Patterson of Oregon died of a heart attack at the Arlington Club where he collapsed while conferring with advisers. Patterson, 90, had just four days earlier announced his plan to run for the Senate against Wayne Morse. Elmer Deetz remains the other GOP candidate. primaries occur in May.
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Portland
Ore.p
Paul L. Patterson
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Patterson
Senate
Arlington Club
Ernest Boylan
Elmer Deetz
Morse
Brucker Hopeful Sill Land Use Favor Sought
Secretary of Army Wilber Brucker avoided a direct answer on Army plans if Interior refuses exclusive use of 10,700 acres in Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge for Fort Sill. He spoke at the National Press Club, saying he hopes the land can be used while Interior and the issue head to the Bureau of the Budget for a ruling. Fort Sill is described as the Army’s finest artillery center, needing more land due to weapon advances.
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Brucker
National Press Club
Constitution
Washington Bureau
Washington
Secretary of Army
Wilber Brucker
Army
Department of Interior
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Fort Sill Ranges
Bureau of the Budget
Fort Sill
Sill
Road Surfacing Project Eyed For Western District
Barring unforeseen obstacles residents west of 23rd and Lee may see a 107000 road surfacing project by late next summer. P M Wynn Western district county commissioner said five miles of road surfacing plus bridge and culvert work are planned. Bridge cost about 42000 and two culverts about 15000. Federal and county funds cover half each. Road work totals about 50000 with city county and federal cooperation. The road serves the new city dump. Authorities plan 40000 from federal and county and 10000 from city and U S.
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23Rd and
Lee
P. M. Wynn
Western District
Wynn
U. S
Stony Point Bond Issue Approved for School Reconstruction
A $10,600 bond issue for School District No. 124 in Comanche County received approval from the state attorney general in Oklahoma City. Funds will finance rebuilding the Stony Point School after a December fire, with students currently meeting in the gymnasium under Alvin Rose, principal.
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Comanche County
Oklama City
Stony Point
Alvin Rose
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