Homer Vows To Bring Sweetheart To US From Prison Meet
Pvt. Homer H Cox 26 year old Austrian bride prospect Ingeborg Brenner vowed to marry and bring her to the United States after four years in Soviet camps. He met her in a prison camp and plans to pursue immigration clearance or a special act of Congress. Cox seeks help from officials including Sen Robert Kerr to speed the process. Meanwhile city crackdown on women at night increases with arrests to curb vice and venereal disease.
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Bill Ramsey
Homer H
Jimmy) Cox
U. S
Pete Cox
Oak
Ingeborg Brenner
Jimmy
Iron Curtain
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Cox
Congress
Hennessee
Lawton
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Jaycee Officer To Speak Here
Harry Hoth of Colorado Springs vice president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce will be principal speaker at a state Jaycee board meeting this weekend. About 100 couples from across the state are expected to attend. 63 out of town couples already booked. Fred C. Larrance chairs the event as Jaycee wives are guests of Lawton hosts who funded registrations. The meeting opens at 1 p.m. Saturday with an executive session and a Jaycee business meeting slated from 2:10 to 5.
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Harry Hoth
Colorado Springs
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
State Jaycee Board
Lawton Jaycees
Janes
Fred C. Larrance
Tate On
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Jaycee
Densmore Confesses in Slaying Case
Leo J. Densmore 21 identified Ronald James Maurer 22 as his companion in the California slaying of David L. Johnston 39, near San Francisco and Los Angeles. Densmore says Maurer struck Johnston with a firewood stick while he denies hitting him.
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Okla
Telcoans
Lee Harvey Harvey
Leo J. Densmore
David L. Johnston
California
Maurer
Lied Densmore
Densmore
Ronald James Maurer
Johnston
Pat Pan
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Ohio
George E. Long
San Francisco
van Nuys
J Maurer
Burglars Take Coffee Cigars in Chattanooga Store
A Chattanooga grocer reports a after midnight burglary stealing 480 pounds of coffee valued at over $500 and fifty cartons of cigarettes. An east window was broken for entry and $15 in a cash drawer remained. In a separate incident at Big Bend service station, 120 gallons of gasoline were taken from an overhead tank after a lock was broken.
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Chattanooga
Uelve
Eeerts Grocery Store
Denis Day
Keith Roberts
Roberts
Big Bend
George Gutshell
Gutshell
Five Die As Train Collides With School Car In Texas
A car carrying seven children to school collided with a train in Greenville Texas killing the driver Louis Gipson and four children Sandra Jean Gipson Rodney Gayle Beatty Robbie Ann Beatty and Janie Ardaway. Three children were injured seriously including John Wayne Ward Dee Armon Beatty Jr. and James Russell Gipson.
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Greenville
Tex.s
Louis Gipson
Sandra Jean Gipson
Rodney Gayle Beatty
Robbie Ann Beatty
Janie Ardaway
John Wayne Ward
Dee Armon Beatty Jr
James Russell Gipson
Austria and West Reject Molotov Terms at Berlin Talks
Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold Figl and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden rejected Russia’s demands for a continued occupation and permanent neutrality for Austria. Figl urged a state treaty restoring independence ahead of any German peace accord as Molotov’s terms faced firm opposition from the western side. The Big Four meeting aimed to produce a “statement of principles” outlining unification of Germany, Austrian independence, and preservation of defensive alliances.
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West
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Leopold Figl
Molotov
Austria
Anthony Eden
Eden
Fig
Europe
Figl
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Survey to assess tornado warning system in Limton
A survey will be conducted in Limton tomorrow to identify facilities and equipment for a tornado warning system. Jack Webb chairs the Comanche County Civil Defense and the study is led by John Duncan of Federal Enterprise Chicago. The system would support civil defense and disaster work under city council plans to buy three way radio gear for fire and defense programs.
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Lawton
Jack Webb
Comanche County Civil Defense Organization
John Duncan
Federal Enterprise of Chicago
Civil Defense
Husband Officially Declared Dead Ends Lawton Mother's Wait
The War Department confirmed that Sgt John W Russell is dead in a North Korean prison camp after being missing since July 22 1950. Mrs Dorothy Russell of Lawton learned by registered letter that he died in October 1950 from malnutrition while a POW with the 24th Infantry Division in Korea. The couple married in Chickasha in 1946 and had two young children.
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Lawton
War Department
Korea
Dorothy Russell
S. 13Th
John W. Russell
Japan
Fort Silk
24Th
Russell
Army
Blanchard
Chickasha
Fort Sill
Japanese Student at Cameron Sees Self as Older Than Peers
Shizuko Yazawa and Kee Soon Chun are the only foreign students at Cameron College. Yazawa, tall for a Japanese girl, is a Tokyo Io University graduate. Chun, 26, is a former Korean Army reserve captain with Seoul University economics training. Both plan short Cameron stays. Chun aims for Oklahoma A&M thereafter.
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Shizuko Yazawa
Cameron College
Kee Soon Chun
City College
Cameron Col
Yazawa
Cameron
Kee Soon
Republic of Korea
Seoul University
Shizuka
Io University
Tokyo
Tion
Kee
Oklahoma A&m College
Willis T. Miller
Chun
Kunsan
University of Ahoma
New Filter Plant Open House for Lawton Residents
Lawton and area residents may visit Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. to inspect the newly enlarged water filter plant. Councilman Lester McKenzie says officials and experts will discuss the plant, with tours and explanations highlighting the $1.7 million water bond issue and Fort Sill connections.
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Lawton
Lester McKenzie
Wayne
Fort Sill
GOP Starts Hunt For State Officers In Oklahoma
Douglas McKeever newly elected state GOP chairman begins party finances by selecting a finance committee and treasurer He plans to name an Oklahoma City treasurer and form the finance setup within two weeks McKeever will announce the committee and treasury at the state headquarters and aims to recruit candidates for state offices for the 1954 campaign
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Oklahoma City
Douglas McKeever
McKeever
Enid
City Schools Receive 237 431 Warrant for Federal Funds
The district today received a U S word warrant totaling 237 431 dollars as part of federal entitlement funds. Officials expect additional federal funds for the separate schools and note continued support from the board and clerk.
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U.S
Reds Mob U S Office In India
A violent Communist led mob attacked the United States information offices and library in Calcutta amid a teachers strike. Police fired tear gas as demonstrators clashed with settlers and officials. windows were smashed and a library fire started.
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United States Information Offices
Calcutta
United States
Thomas J_ Needham
New York
The
Needham
R. Mitter
U. S
Solons Spare Budget Axing in Budget Battle Report
Washington Feb 16 House Appropriations cut only 5.54 million from 3.34 billion requested for Treasury and Post Office for the 1955 fiscal year starting July 1. The panel trimmed treasury by 927 thousand and Post Office by 4.61 million while noting a 329 million deficit forecast and suggesting postal rate hikes to cover it.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Post Office
Eelg Ag Nen
Department
Post Office Department
Pena Pengangie
Parr Sues Rangers Over Kill Threats Before Grand Jury
South Texas political leader George B. Parr filed a petition in Corpus Christi claiming Texas Rangers threatened to kill him. He asked federal protection and charged violations of his 14th Amendment rights ahead of his Duval county grand jury appearance.
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Tex
South Texas
George B. Parr
Texas Rangers
Parr
Duval County
Grand Jury
U. S
James B. Allred
Corpus Christi
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