West Is Cold To New Red Treaty Offer
Washington reports the United States Britain and France will reject Russia's plea for separate 20 year friendship pacts. Bulganin asks for non aggression pacts with the U S and seeks similar deals with Britain and France. Western leaders, including Eisenhower and Dulles, will discuss before replying with a polite no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Bulganin
John Foster Dulles
Moscow
U.S
Anthony Eden
State Department
Eden
United Nations
Germany
U S Bans Travel To Red Hungary
The United States bans travel of American citizens to Communist Hungary. A note accuses the Hungarian government of persecuting Hungarian legation employees and curtailing press freedom. The move follows the arrest of Endre Marton, Budapest correspondent, and his wife Ilona, with two local legation employees also imprisoned. Budapest says Endre Marton received six years and Mrs Marton three. seven other legation locals were seized in 1951 54 with unknown fates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Hungary
Legation
Endre Marton
Budapest
Associated Press
Ilona
United Press
Martons
U. S. Legation
Bela Kapotsy
Cornel Balas
State Department
Karoly Szarka
Red Police
Dial Telephone Installations Begin in Lawton by Western Electric
Western Electric crews move to Lawton to install dial telephone equipment at the Southwestern Bell building at 17th. About 48 workers are on site today with around 175 employed until project completion in late summer. Average weekly pay for a craft worker is $110. 60 percent of married men plan to move families here. Seven plants finish crossbar dial equipment, with Cameron College students aiding. The No. 5 crossbar system will be Lawton’s second largest in the state. Equipment, assembled at Hawthorne Works near Chicago, was tailored for Lawton and received here in ready-to-install form on 265 frames with about 1,000 crossbar switches. See TELEPHONE WORK, Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fausone
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
17Th and Gore
Jack Burge
Owasso
Okla
Herman Thomas
Muskogee
Western Electric Co
Lawton
Southwestern Bell Telephone
17Th
Oklahoma
Bill Needham
Cameron College
Bell Telephone System
Western
Hawthorne Works
Chicago
Western Electric
Needham
Deep Freeze Grips Texas and World Counts Casualties
Winter weather worldwide claims 100 lives while a Texas blizzard halts travel and schools. Ice and snow blanket most of the state from El Paso to Dallas with gusting winds, gas outages, and multiple traffic deaths. A Big Spring fire, El Paso heart attack, and gas main explosion in Crystal City compound the toll as crews work to restore heat and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
el Paso
Salt Flat
Midland
San Angelo
Abilene
Lubbock
Tyler
Longview
Waco
Fort Worth
Laredo
Junction
San Antonio
Beaumont
Houston
Galveston
Texarkana
Lufkin
Palacios
Austin
Alice
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Crystal City
L. L. Williams
Sherman
Denison
Bonham
West Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Dalhart
Amarillo
Rivera
French Riviera
Siberia
Roasling
Mediterranean
Crete
Lawton Weather Keeps City in Snowy Grip
A winter storm continues to lash Lawton into its second day with heavy snowfall at noon and forecasted freezing drizzle through the afternoon and night. Despite unsettled conditions many area schools remain open though Carnegie Public Library cancels Saturday story hour as weather disrupts plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Weather Bureau
Helen Burns
Comanche County
Carnegie Public Library
Mamie Small
Park Segregation Ends In Capital
Oklahoma City ends racial segregation in municipal parks including pools though officials gave no formal proclamation. City Manager Bill Gill Jr explained the Supreme Court decision governs the policy and integration is the law. NAACP leader Jimmie Stewart said authorities advised observing the law and rejected a public proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bill, Gill Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Jimmie Stewart
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Stewart
Part Of Brink's Loot Recovered
In Boston Edward M. Sullivan announced that a small part of the $1,219,000 Brink's loot was recovered. He made the disclosure while arguing against reducing a $200,000 bail for four suspects. When asked how much loot remained unrecovered he refused to disclose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edward M. Sullivan
Sullivan
Eden Favors China Trade Step by Step
British Prime Minister Eden said Britain favors a gradual easing of West trade controls on Red China to level with Russia. He spoke at a 45 minute Washington news conference before leaving after five days of talks with President Eisenhower. He suggested more UN observers on Arab Israeli borders but left final decision to UN truce supervisor General Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eden
China
Russia
Eisenhower
Britain
United Nations
E. L. M. Burns
National Press Club
Bulganin
Formosa
Pescadores
United States
Middle East
Lee Eden
Freezing Rain Paralyzes Roads Across Southern Oklahoma
A freezing drizzle and intermittent light snow created slick, dangerous travel from Poteau to Altus. The Highway Patrol reported difficult conditions, with vehicles stalled on hills along U S 271 near Clayton and crews working overnight to clear ice and sleet. Temperatures remain 10 to 15 degrees below normal with a gradual warming trend starting Monday, while snow showers linger in eastern areas into Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 271
Hugo
Red River
Highway Department
Atoka
Antlers
Clayton
VU. S. 271
Oklahoma
Durant
Idabel
Ardmore
McAlester
Tulsa
Oklahoma Panhandle
Gage
Altus
Global Cold Wave Ravages Europe With Tolls and Losses
London reports Western Europe's worst cold spell of the 20th century, with nearly 100 dead and property losses in the millions. Subzero gales hit coasts, floods wash roads away, and power mains fail across nations from Britain to Turkey, with ships stranded and dams collapsing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Greece
Hughes Cleared In Perjury Trial
New York A federal court jury acquitted Paul H Hughes on two counts of perjury connected to grand jury testimony about Democrats activities The government did not pursue retrial on remaining counts Hughes admitted fabricating a story about being a disgruntled investigator for Senator McCarthy and pledged to apologize to McCarthy for any trouble caused He said most tales were false but insisted his grand jury statements were true
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
ULP
Paul H. Hughes
Hughes
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Air Force
Grand Jury
Teachers Split on Liquor Evils in School Curriculum
Lawton teachers disagree with Gov. Raymond Gary’s pledge to add formal instruction on the evils of liquor to Oklahoma public schools by fall. Some call alcohol education a home and church matter, others want a threefold approach with home church and school. A four point legislative program against alcohol via education is promoted by the United Dry Association of Oklahoma. Gov Gary backs the plan and says by next school term an alcohol education program will be developed with funding ways. Lawton superintendent John Shoemaker says plans will align with the state education department and notes Temperance Day observances urged by the WCTU and a letter from Oliver Hodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Crawford
Lawton
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
United Dry Association of Oklahoma
Gary
John Shoemaker
State Department of Education
WCTU
Stevenson May Get Early Trial in Griffin Murder Case
Horace Stevenson a 49 year old Lawton Black man accused of murdering Frank Griffin at Frank's Coffee Shop may face trial in the upcoming Superior court criminal term starting February 13. Judge Robert S. Landers said Stevenson may be bound over for trial soon though other defendants may proceed first. a preliminary hearing is set for Tuesday at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Stevenson
Lawton
Frank Griffin
Robert S. Landers
Stevenson
Superior Court
Douglass High School
Lewis Derke
Landers
Griffin
Frank
Freeze Turns Up Granddad's Body
Alan Cain, 16, climbed to the attic in Upton England last night to thaw frozen water pipes and found the body of his grandfather William Cain 75 who had been missing since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton
England
Alan Cain
William Cain
Crash Kills Cyril Man
Comanche county records its first traffic fatality of the year as Claude Ray 37 of Cyril dies in a single vehicle crash 15 miles northeast of Lawton on U S highways. Passenger Jimmy Lee Nance 22 of Fletcher lies in critical condition at Memorial hospital with possible head injuries and other wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lawton
U.S
Claude Ray
Cyril
Memorial Hospital
Jimmy Lee Nance
Fletcher
Ray
Studebaker
John Duke
Dan Combs
Highway Patrol
Nance
Comanche
Calvin Crumb
Davis
Billy Eugene Page
Noble
Officers Warn Of Possible Dog Poisoner In City
Police warn dog owners that a potential poisoner is active after three weeks of complaints. Veterinary clinics report two strychnine poisonings in two weeks in the same neighborhood, with symptoms including restlessness and muscle jerks. A vet cautions not to confuse poison with viral illness and notes rapid treatment is critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Davis
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
G. A. Carnahan
E. D. Mulhausen
Deep Freeze
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Poteau
Duncan
Turkey
West
East Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Switzerland
Dutch
Doverfjell
Bone
Algeria
Trieste
Danube
Izmir
Marmara Sea
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Oliver Hodge
Shoemaker
Granddad
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