Traffic Toll Rises as Oklahoma Sees 69 Deaths This Year
Three men died in a head on collision near Broken Arrow on SH 51 in Tulsa county. State Safety Commissioner Dixie Gilmer warned drivers after January and February saw rising deaths, with 69 for the year and over 50 percent higher than 1953. Other February fatalities included six on a single day on the Oklahoma City Tulsa toll road and multiple crashes on US highways 64 18 and 19 across Pawnee and Wagoner counties.
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United Press
Broken Arrow
Watson Armstrong
Bob Carpenter
Redbird
Wagoner County
James O. Pruitt
Coweta
Jesse Duyckes
St. John’s Hospital
Tulsa
Sulevhe
Armstrong
Pruitt
Carpenter
Duyckes
SH 51
Dixie Gilmer
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
W. D. Hamilton
Oklahoma City-Tulsa
Johnson
Fling
Lone County
Adams
Jones
William J. Berg
Skedee
Pawnee
Berg
U.S. 64
SH 18
SH 19
Ada
Lawton Plans 1955 Conventions Strategy
Lawton Chamber of Commerce forms a Convention committee to recruit 1955 meetings. It plans bids for many small events to build a convention atmosphere with Fort Sill tours and Wichita Mountains sites. The group will survey hotel space and invite motor carrier and other professional groups to meet in Lawton.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Chamber of Commerce
U S Charges Nine With Fraud in Postwar Ship Deals
The Justice Department indicted nine individuals and six corporations on conspiracy to defraud the government in multi million dollar postwar surplus ship deals. Notable figures include Joseph E Casey former Massachusetts Congressman and others including Aristoteles S nae and lawyers Joseph H Rosenbaum Robert W Dudley and Harold O Becker with international links.
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Washington
Justice Department Today
Joseph E. Casey
House
Massachusetts
Casey
Senate
Aristoteles S.nae
World Power
Bolitha Laws
Joseph H Rosenbaum
Robert W. Dudley
Washington, D. C
Robert L. Berenson
Paris
Nicholas Cokkinis
Charles Augnethaler
Harold O. Becker
Tee Lane
Cokkinis
Fort Sill to Consolidate Fund Drives
The Lawton Appeals Review Board was informed by military authorities at Fort Sill that future fundraising campaigns will be consolidated. Maj. Gen. Charles E. Hart aims to reduce the number of drives each year, with Community Chest March of Dimes Red Cross among those staged annually. A meeting to discuss Fort Sill consolidation plans was scheduled.
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Lawton Appeals Review Board
Fort Sill
L. L. Manly
Artillery Center
Charles E. Hart
Col. Manly
Community Chest
March of Dimes
Fort Sillicy
Austria Invited to Big Four Talks
Berlin reports show the Big Four foreign ministers secretly invited Austria to open independence treaty discussions by Friday. Leopold Figures to Berlin from Vienna for talks as Western ministers push a three point program, including discussions with Red China on Korea and Indochina.
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Austria
Allied Control Authority
Leopold Figi
Vienna
Russia
Red China
Molotov
Korea
Indochina
Peiping
Big Four
Germany
United Nations
International
East Berlin
Plans Take Shape For 1954 Wichita Mountains Easter Pageant
Plans for the 1954 Easter Pageant in the Wichita Mountains moved forward as a Lawton office opened in the Doctors and Dentists building above Stinson drug. Executive director Jack A Batten announced the office will operate 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and a draft script will be distributed by week’s end. Cast participation inquiries should be directed to Batten. speaking ads will be selected Thursday. Pag eant board meets weekly to manage production as residents are invited to join.
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Wichita Mountains
Lawton
Doctors & Dentists
Stinson Drug
Jack A Batten
Batten
Geant Board
Radio-TV Auction Nets $6,000 For Youth Fund
Lawton Kiwanis charity auction on KSWO TV and radio raised about $6,000 for underprivileged youth programs. Over 125 items sold, including appliances and a Brahma bull, last bid around 1:30 a.m. Harold Wilson said the goal was reached, with “Mystery Man in the Studio” clues and a reveal awarding a Necchi sewing machine to Rev J Walter Browers Jr.
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Lawton Kiwanis Club
Kswo-Tv
KSWO
Harold Wilson
Kiwanis
Warren Wolverton
Frank Hurt
Oak
J. Walter Browers Jr
Centenary Methodist Church
Morris
Benson Sees Big GOP Support for New Farm Plan
Secretary Benson stated a big majority of Republican Congress members and some Democrats favor the administration's new farm plan with flexible price supports. He indicated potential dairy price announcements within 10 days and measures to dispose of a large butter cheese and dried milk surplus.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
GOP
Eisenhower
Scouts Begin Week Today in Lawton Park
Lawton marks the start of Boy Scout week as national figures praise the 3,300,000 scouts and 21 million ex scouts for moral strength. Local scouts will work with the mayor fire chief and city officials on a daylong government and business participation project.
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Lawton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
MPs Start Manning All Fort Sill Gates
Military police began manning all gates at Fort Sill as announced by the public information office. Traffic will move at usual speed and stop only on signal from officers on duty.
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Fort Sill
Public Information Office
PIO
Soviet Aid to Indo China Spurs Red Offensive Report
Taipei dispatch cites high level sources claiming Russia is supplying military aid and officers to the Indo Chinese Communists as part of a plan to oust the French and dominate Southeast Asia. The report notes Russian aircraft and submarines moving troops and supplies to support Viet Minh and other rebels.
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Formosa
Indo-China
Indo- China
Chinatone
Taipei
Russia
Southeast Asia
Korea
Hainan
Red Baal Aedena
Gia Seated
Hester Re elected State Dem Chairman For Two Years
Hester won re election as state Democratic chairman by a roll call with 133 to 33 backing. Johnson and Gillespie sparked a heated session demanding a secret ballot but Hester maintained a roll call and led with broad support. Opposition pledged cooperation after the defeat as party factions debated runoff risks and district votes.
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Smith Hester
Shandae Eens Toei
Johnson
Gillespie
Hester
Johnston Murray
Hes
Johnson-Gillespie
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Near - Bedlam
Sal
Shlester
Norman Orman
Gallagher
Gene
Novelist Bodhenheim and Wife Slain in Bowery Room
Maxwell Bodenheim, noted 1920s writer, and his wife were found slain in a dingy Bowery room near Greenwich Village. A dresser sign reading I am blind was found. neighbors recalled his wild life and rumors of his participation in rumored sadistic orgies.
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Bowery
New York
Maxwell Bodenheim
Greenwich Village
Bodenheim
White House drama over 20000 lost documents revealed
Attorney General Brownell says Justice Department lawyers are reviewing about 20 000 lost documents as part of a housecleaning order tying to espionage cases. He mentions Dexter White as a high profile figure and notes FBI files from 1945 naming him, while declining to identify other individuals. The remarks sparked political friction amid questions of investigative scope and records handling.
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Atty. Gen. Brownell
Justice Department
Brownell
United States
FBI
Dexter White
International Monetary Fund
Truman
Bhayming Sagal
White
Department of Justice
Ae Ee Eee
Alaska bush pilots rescue six from mountain crash
Curry Alaska two veteran pilots Cliff Hudson and Don Idon were credited with saving six men after an Air Force C47 crash near Elmendorf AFB. Of the 16 aboard eight were missing and two were confirmed dead. the six survivors endured two nights in cold winds before rescue.
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Curry
Alaska
Here
Air Force
C47
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Cliff Hudson
Don Idon
Hudson
Sheldon
Fire destroys Temple Tavern on Cotton's Drive In outskirts
A four room temple tavern near Cotton's Drive In burned down. Howard Cotton owned the site and the Temple's volunteer fire department fought flames for 20 p a.
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Temple
Es Cotton
Howard (Cotton
Mercury Up Again After Short Freeze
The thermometer rose after a brief cold snap as temperatures in the area recovered. Utilities and residents monitor for any residual frost damage while meteorologists warn of possible fluctuations in early spring weather.
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Mercury
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