French Move to Break Up Big Four Meeting in Berlin
Western ministers in the Big Four weigh possible breakup of the Berlin conference next week on German unification and security. Molotov pressed a 50 year European security pact amid calls to expel US forces, while France fears revived German militarism and delays EDC ratification. See BIG 4, Page 2.
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Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Western Europe
United States
Leopold Fig
Germany
Georges Bidault
France
China
Molotov
West Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Europe
Duncan Added To Central Route In Oklahoma Schedule
Central Airlines extends service to Duncan adding Halliburton Field as a scheduled stop between Oklahoma City and the Dallas Fort Worth area. Four daily flights remain via Lawton with revised arrivals and departures including new Duncan times and ceremonies in Duncan.
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Central Airlines
Lawton
Fort Sill
Duncan
Oklahoma City
Dallas-Fort Worth
Halliburton Field
Chickasha
Dallas
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Tulsa
Food surplus urged to woo Soviet satellites
Senator Aiken proposed using surplus food and farm products to influence Communist satellites toward breaking with the Kremlin. He cited Yugoslavia as an example where donations of corn and other surpluses aided its split from Moscow.
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Washington
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Soviet
Russia
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Aiken
Agriculture Committee
Wrong Man Has Ball as $14,000 Given by Mistake
Fresno banker error sent $14,604.25 to truck driver Jesse H Perry who insists he did not steal or intend fraud. He says he identified as J H Perry at a bank in 1951 and was given papers to sign and a cashier’s check. The bank later realized funds belonged to another man and further checks followed.
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Fresno
Calif
Jesse H. Perry
Federal
Acme
Caruthers
J. H. Rry
Perry
Santa Rosa
J. H. Perry
Salt Lake City
Jack Harry Perry
Jesse
Drunken Visitor Seeks Free X Ray At Memorial Hospital
A long time Memorial hospital guest, an inebriated local man with a habit of pleading for X rays, was escorted out by police after passing out in the lobby. Administrator Bill Love offered a free medical photo if he returns sober, with hopes to interpret it. The man often arrives by taxi and has left his hat behind amid hasty departures.
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Memorial Hospital
Bill Love
Memorial
Love
Jet powered stork delivers record at Memorial Hospital
A jet propelled stork made seven trips to Memorial Hospital in 15 hours delivering five girls and a set of twins. Twin boys born to Mr. and Mrs. David Dees weighed 7 pounds 2% ounces and 7 pounds 5 ounces. Daughters born to four couples between midnight and 10:30 a.m. The stork, exhausted from January when he delivered 74 babies, also set county records with 294 trips to Comanche County.
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Memorial Hospital
David Dees
Elgin
Charles Dunn
Washington
H. L. Cole
Howard Myers
Gene Bean
James Stinnett
Cyril
Memorial
Comanche County
Bride blocked by techity stalls airman wife
Montreal February reports detail Liselotte Wiatrek, a German born wife of US Air Force Staff Sgt Stonick Wiatrek, trapped in an $8 room due to McCarran Walter immigration rules. The couple married in Sherbrooke after meeting near Munich. she cannot join him at Kelly Field, Texas for almost a year. Ship line’s failure to sign return passage guarantee adds another delay.
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Montreal
Texas
United States
Liselotte Wiatrek
Stonick
Stonick Wiatrek
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
U. S
Munich
Germany
Canada
Sherbrooke
Que
Europe
ROK Offers French Help In Indochina Aid Bid
South Korea reportedly offers to send one or two army divisions to Indochina to assist against Communist rebels. President Syngman Rhee allegedly conveyed the offer to Gen. John E. Hull as officials and the French embassy voiced uncertainty about the proposal amid Laos crisis rumors.
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Washington
South Korea
Indochina
Syngman Rhee
John E. Hull
Far East
Pentagon
Rhee
Laos
Solons Ignore Ike Advice Blast Demos in Political Clash
President Eisenhower’s plea for less partisanship sparks a GOP clash with Democrats seen as tied to communism. Sen. McCarthy and Sen. Jenner urge continued exposure of Democratic “20 years of treason” while noting they will not soften tactics. Eisenhower says the times are too serious for partisan language, but some Democrats demand accountability in a charged political season.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
San Mateo
Calif
McCarthy
Sen
Jenner
Raad
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Portland
Ore
Sen. M
D-Okla
San Francisco
New Castle
Ind
Hope Eisenhower
Elec
Korea
Truman
Republican National Committee
Caddo County Eyes U S 66 Right Of Way Bonds
Oklahoma City February 11 Caddo county plans to vote bonds for right of way on a four lane U S 66 route along the county north edge State Sen Don Baldwin predicts strong local support if the plan is clearly explained Beckham and Custer county citizens say they will vote bonds and more to fund a new two lane strip and resurfacing Modernizing the highway would thwart toll road efforts to extend Turner Turnpike west and an engineering survey could start July 1 if Caddo and neighboring counties approve the plan Baldwin notes only six miles of the state system in Caddo remains unpaved and U S 66 costs about 200 000
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Oklahoma City
Caddo County
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Baldwin
Caddo
Grady
Beckham
Custer County
State Highway Commission
Texas Panhandle
Highway Commission
Canadian
Washita
Hydro
Bridgeport
the Commission
Pro
Taxi and Train Collision Cripples Driver at City Crossing
A train traveling about 35 mph struck a taxi near a city intersection, leaving the driver critically hurt with head injuries and leg fractures. The taxi, a 1952 Chevrolet driven by Davidson, was crushed on the right front as bystanders described the scene, while the train sustained minor damage to its front.
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Slemp
Heyok 1207
Playeoy Ps
Superior Paving Co
Phelps
Aggie Wichita Speech Parley On Tap Friday
Cameron college hosts the eighth annual Wichita Speech Conference with five area high schools competing for the sweepstakes award based on points. Evening one-act plays by Clinton Lawton and Duncan begin at 7 p.m. and are free to the public.
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Cameron College
Clinton, Lawton and
Duncan
Chest Will Elect Directors Friday
The Lawton Fort Sill Community Chest will hold its annual meeting and elect seven new directors Friday. The Red Feather group will host a noon Forum luncheon as part of the proceedings.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Governors to Visit Korea on Eisenhower Invitation
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray will join several other governors on a trip to Korea planned for around April 1. The visit, arranged by President Eisenhower, aims to provide a first hand assessment of the situation for the American public, with the National Governors Conference coordinating the group.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Korea
Eisenhower
Murray
Oklahoma
Senate
Colorado
Dan Thornton
National Governors Conference
Thornton
United States
Eisenhower Satdl
Tk Gade Her. Caeel
Appeals Board Sets Meeting On Fund Drive Unity
Lawton Appeals Review board called a meeting for Monday of all local fund raising agencies to gauge sentiment on a united drive in Lawton. The session at 3 30 p m will be in the Civic room of Security Bank and Trust company chaired by Arthur L Cavanagh.
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Lawton
Senator Asks Navy To Give Up Oil Field
Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska urged the administration to cede a 49 million acre federal oil reserve in Alaska for private development. The Navy holds title, spent 62 million on exploration, and found promising oil and gas fields before suspending work last spring.
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Washington
Hugh Butler
R-Neb
Alaska
Navy
Senators Fear U.S. May Back Into Indo-China War
Senators Russell and Mansfield warned the United States could be pulled into Indochina fighting. They criticized the secret deployment of 200 American Air Force technicians to Indochina without committee knowledge, arguing oversight was bypassed and insufficient warning was given.
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U.S
Washington
Russell
D-Ga
Mansfield
United States
Indochina
Bi- Congress
Mittee
Aegean
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Curley Jenkins
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Ike
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Dick Davidson
Sheridan Road
Bill Dixon
Aggie
Wichita
G. Diehl
Helen Elliott
Cameron Facog
Lyons
James Fullerton
B. C. White Lee
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