House Sends Foss Cobb Bill To President
The House passed a bill authorizing the Washita basin irrigation project in Oklahoma at a cost of about 40 million dollars. Senate approval earlier and a budget link are cited. it now goes to President Eisenhower. Proponents say costs would be repaid by water users, while opponents call it flood control and possible subsidy of municipal water. The project would yield irrigation and flood control benefits and require further legislation for funding.
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Washington
House
Washita Basin
Oklahoma
Senate
Eisenhower
Rep. Gross
Iowa
Washita
Congress
Albert
House Interior Committee
Quake Rocks West Coast Border Cities
A strong earthquake centered just south of the Mexican border shook Southern California from Calexico and Holtville to Los Angeles. Minor damage appeared across San Diego and Imperial counties with water mains bursting, plaster cracking, small fires starting, and buildings swaying. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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EL Centro
Calif
Mexico
California
Los Angeles
San Diego
Imperial
Calexico
Imperial Valley
Holtville
Glib Reporter Sheriff End Five Hour Kidnapping Ordeal
Corpus Christi reporter Cliff Russell and Sheriff Odem Dolan coerced Leonard Rollins to surrender after a five hour kidnapping spree that left four captives and 40 officers at bay. Rollins handed over his pistol to the sheriff who posed as a businessman offering a job. Rollins bound Mrs. J H Smith her son John and daughter Pat and threatened to slit their throats during the standoff.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Leonard Rollins
Rollins
Odem Dolan
Cliff Russell
Mexico
J. .H. Smith
John
Pat
Russell
Dolan
Sinton
March Tag Checks Start For Oklahoma Vehicle Plates
Oklahoma motor vehicle officials will begin inspections around March 1 to enforce registration rules. Lawton district officer Phil Gafford warns vehicle owners must buy Oklahoma license plates if they operate in state. He notes past leniency and cites tens of thousands in lost revenue, much supporting schools and highway funds. Military residents with proof of residence elsewhere may avoid Oklahoma plates. About 2,000 vehicles are illegally registered locally.
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Motor Vehicle Department
Oklahoma
Phil Gafford
Lawton
Gafford
Highway Department
MacArthur Truman Feud Reignites Over Dismissal
Washington reports a renewed Truman MacArthur clash driven by disputes over policy and loyalty. Truman asserts insubordination and the need to uphold constitutional authority after firing MacArthur in 1951, while MacArthur counters with claims of a savage dismissal and links to espionage concerns amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Lincoln
Gen
George McClellan
Rep. Martin
R-Mass
Korea
Gen. MacArthur
Soviet Cold Grips Europe Amid Snow and Death Toll
A sweeping Siberian cold front hit Europe with more than 200 deaths reported. Greece, Turkey, Italy and Austria faced blizzards, with Greece and the U.S. airlifting food to stranded towns. Poland and Hungary rationed coal and food as temperatures plunged, while Sweden reported record lows. In Turkey 12 died. in Greece at least 14 perished. Italy saw 35 dead. Aerial relief efforts and troop deployments occurred across affected nations as authorities weighed delaying elections and coping with widespread frost.
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Turkey
Italy
Sweden
Falun
Stockholm
St. Stephen’s Church
Britain
France
Thrace
U.S. Army
Leghorn
Austria
Iron Curtain
Poland
Hungary
Germany
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Spain
Belgium
Scouts Observe Citizenship Day in Lawton Fort Sill
About 400 Scouts and Explorers visited firms and the Lawton Fort Sill military installation to mark National Scout Week and the 46th anniversary of Scouting in the United States. A Troop 72 member aided Lt. Walter Walker at Lawton Central Fire Station during a drill on fire fighting duties and radio operations.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Black Beaver Council
United States
Lawton Central Fire Station
Harris Hancock
Jimmie Martin
James Bellah
First Baptist Church
Walter Walker
Jimmy
Freida Bellah
Jimmy Bellah
Robert Hinman
John Burns
Buddy Willis
Martin
Sill Missile Unit To Arrive Today
The 246th FA Missile Battalion the first guided missile unit assigned to Fort Sill was scheduled to arrive at 3 39 p m from Fort Bliss Texas Col A S Britt Jr and the 52nd FA Group staff will greet them The 77th Army Band will provide music Maj Carl D Patterson Jr commands the Corporal battalion which has been at Fort Bliss since March 15 1952 The advance detachment arrived January 31 Maj Jean Willis 537th FA Bn has hosted duties until the main body arrives The move brings about 75 personnel moving families here and equipment already unloaded and in the motor pool A welcome dance is planned for Friday at the Service Club with a cake inscribed Welcome 246th and the crest on display
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246Th FA Missile Bn
Fort Sill
Fort Bliss
Tex
A. S. Britt Jr
52Nd FA Group
77Th Army Band
Carl D. Patterson Jr
Jean Willis
537Th FA Bn
Missile Battalion
246Th
Atl
Lawton Band Ends Sale Gimmick With Prison Shirt
Lawton high school band officials ran a magazine subscription drive with a prison shirt penalty for non sellers. Director George Walters wore the striped “Prisoner No. 1313 In For Life” shirt as the campaign nears its Monday close. Proceeds fund band trips. this year over $2,600 in sales reported. Thirteen Lawton students are invited to the Oklahoma All-State Bands at the University of Oklahoma February 16 to 18.
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George Walters
Lawton High School
Sandra Rogers
Ann Lyon
Walters
Perry Carter
For Life
LHS
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Battlefield illumination demo lights up Friday at Firing Point 137
Ten billion four hundred million candlepower will illuminate a two phase battlefield display at Firing Point 137 this Friday at 8 p m. The public show is by The Army Artillery and Guided Missile School Department of Observation with Capt G L Jackson as project officer assisted by Capt M R Hurley Lt L T Leece narrating. The second phase features thirteen 800 million candlepower searchlights to light distant targets and showcase Field Artillery shells aircraft flare and radar guided L19 plane. Units include 88th Searchlight Battery 602nd FA Bn 548th FA Bn 522nd Inf Bn with 105mm and 155mm howitzers and 60mm 81mm mortars. Tickets via Lawton Chamber of Commerce. Traffic will be directed by Military Police.
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Army
Department of Observation
Artillery and Guided Missile School
G. L. Jackson
M. R. Hurley
L. T. Leece
88Th
602Nd FA
548Th FA
522Nd Inf
Tith FA Group
Lawton
Five Children Die In Blaze In Kalamazoo
Five small children died of suffocation in a flash fire late Wednesday evening while clinging to each other on a living room sofa. A sixth child and an adult suffered burns, a woman leaped from a second story window and an elderly roomer was burned critically.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Vicky Dungey
Sherry
Eugene
Naomi Trice
Harold
Harry Beadle
Diana Dungey
Esther Connor
Plans Up To 15 Space Satellites Ahead in IGY
Cincinnati reports informed sources say the United States will launch up to 15 satellites during the IGY period from July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958. Orders for 15 first stage rockets for three stage Vanguard-2n guard have been placed with General Electric. GE officials offered no formal comment.
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Cincinnati
United States
General Electric Co
General Electric
Fred Brown
Rain Is Due Here Friday Forecasted Light Drizzle
Lawton district records a cloudy, calm day with highs near the 40s and a forecast of occasional rain Friday. Across Oklahoma overcast skies persist with light drizzle possible in the south and east. Lawton’s high reached 47 yesterday, low 30, and 11 a.m. temperature was 35.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Associated Press
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