Subversives Added to GOP List Highlight Security Dismissals
Washington reports reveal 11 State Department employees flagged as security risks among 590 dismissed as such. Of 1,058 total 1953 security dismissals across seven agencies, 40 were listed as subversives, with 291 transferred to other federal jobs and 99 transfer cases involving homosexual deviations noted.
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Washington
State Department
House of ‘Committee
R. W. Scott McLeod
Security
McLeod
McCain Seeks Oklahoma Governorship as Mayor Pushes Platform
Lawton Mayor Joseph C. McCain announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for Oklahoma governor. He unveils a seven C platform including compensation for veterans, easing regulations to attract industry, alcohol control, and a plan to seat a governor in the U.S. Senate during term. He preserves his mayoral post while campaigning.
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Joseph C. McCain
Alahoma
Lawton
McCain
U.S. Senate
Highways To Pageant Marked Motorists Won't Have Trouble Finding Holy City
Lawton area highways now feature 20 Visit Oklahoma markers guiding motorists to the Wichita Mountains Holy City. The Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board notes Lawton as the most advertised city along state roads, with Fort Sill and nearby points also marked. An error omitted the word Pageant, which officials promise to correct. Pageant director Jack Batten cites signs as badly needed to prevent visitors from getting lost, while two large signs planned at state highway 49/U.S. 177 near Lawton and at Cache await funds. Madden Motor Co. lends a pickup to haul gear to the Holy City through Easter, aiding preparations for the 1954 Easter Sunrise service, with rehearsals set and volunteer contact details provided.
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Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains
Lawton
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
Fort Sill
Planning and Resources Board
Gent
Re Sources
Holy City
Jack Batten
Cache
Pageant Association
Madden Motor Company
Clarence Madden
Batten
Ofice
Perons
Tom Stanton
Wallock Memorial Canoe Church
Car Misses Curve Killing Two in Healdton Crash
An overturning car on S.H. 7 fifteen miles east of Duncan killed one man and badly injured another. Willard Aquilla Moore, 37, Healdton, died nine hours after the crash from a double neck fracture. Joe Elwood Glenn, 50, also of Healdton, remained in critical condition with a broken neck and severe head and body injuries. Both men worked for Ralston Trucking Co. in Healdton. The car, a 1947 Plymouth, was demolished after overturning at least twice. The accident occurred in Stephens County near the Duncan area.
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Healdton
Duncan
S.H. 7
Willard Aquilla Moore
Weeda Hospital
Moore
Joe Elwood Glenn
4. H. Ralston Trucking Company
Joe
Bow
Scott
Stephens County
Britain Builds Sub Stalkers
Britain announces focus on a large anti-submarine force with new devices to protect ocean lifelines. Admiralty budget memo stresses completing anti-submarine forces and aircraft carriers under construction to counter Soviet submarine strength, noting the USSR reportedly has about 350 subs while Britain has 57.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
Russia
Ministry of Defense
House of Commons
Soviet Union
Mamias
Mother of Six Pleads Guilty to Extortion
Ella Wanda Raney a three time married Oklahoma City mother of six pled guilty before U S Commissioner to extorting 65000 from prominent local woman Mrs Eddie and was linked to a threatening letter sent to Greenlease’s heir Bobby before a Kansas City kidnapping case. She blamed whisky and barbiturates for her troubles and has been on probation after a federal car theft conviction.
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Greenlease
Testa
Oklahoma City
Ella Wanda Raney
U. S
Paul Showalter
Afso
Kge
Eddie
Superior Feed Co
Raney
Federal Women’s Prison
Alterson
W. Va
Wichita
Kan
FBI
Britton
Kansas City
Bobby
Nat Johnson
Muldrow
Sequoyah
Oklahoma
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Inquest Scheduled In Death Of Child WAURIKA
Jefferson County Attorney Dave Spradling called an inquest to determine the cause of death of a Mexican pecan picker's year-old son, the second child in two days. The family’s two-year-old died Saturday from malnutrition, and evidence suggests the same condition caused the latest death. The parents, Eliseo B. Garcia and his wife, have four other healthy children. The inquest was set for 3 p.m. before Justice of Peace W. J. Sidis at Grantham Funeral Home in Ryan, 18 miles southeast of Ryan.
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Waurika
Jefferson County
Dave K. Spradling
Spradling
Eliseo B. Garcia
Natalia
Tex
Ryan
Justice of Peace
W. J. Sidis
Terral
Grantham Funeral
Gose S. Garcia
County’s Tax Share Up in January Allotment
January's county tax and license allotment from the Oklahoma Tax Commission totalled 222,062.05, up from 13,331.13 last year. Lillian Waid, county treasurer, says the month’s 156,771.57 for county schools reflects the larger overall distribution and notes schools will also gain from gross production taxes and various vehicle and fuel taxes.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma ‘Tax Commission
Lillian Waid
Ex FBI Informant Testifies Moss a Communist Top Secret Codeholder
Former FBI undercover informant Mary Markward testified at a McCarthy subcommittee hearing that Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon cafeteria worker, was a Communist Party member and handled secret Army messages. Markward said she reported Moss as early as 1949 and testified she had known Moss from Party activities during the 1940s.
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FBI
Sen. McCarthy
Communist Party
Pentagon
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Markward
FET Ces
Caunhy
Civil Service Commission
Moss
Army
McCarthy
Chinese Reds Called Bloodiest In World
Assistant Secretary of State Walter S. Robertson told Congress that the Chinese Communists in running the country have killed about 15 million of their own people since 1949. He attributed the deaths to liquidations and government ignored starvation, noting the need to keep Nationalist forces on Formosa as a threat and the ongoing strain of supporting allies in Asia.
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Walter S. Robertson
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Eastern
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House Appropriations Committee
Department
Asia
Formosa
Red China
Tde
Japan
Korea
Eisenhower
South Kore
Red Cross Campaign Drives in Lawton Business District
Warren Wolverton chairs a Red Cross annual appeal drive in Lawton targeting full employer and employee participation. Black captains from each business area lead openings day efforts aiming for at least $1 per person, with P G Waggoner covering north Ferris and Fort Sill areas. A complete volunteer list includes Glenn Friman Spee Sanders Vernon Greer Emmett Keough Doyle Williams Olen Conner Dean Paramore Melton.
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Red Cross
Lawton
Warren Wolverton
Wolverton
Ness
Rel
Red’ Cross
P. G. ‘Waggoner
Ferris
Fort Sill Blvd
Glenn Friman
Spee Sanders
Vernon Greer
Emmett Keough
Doyle Williams
Olen Conner
Dean Paramore
Melton
Pope Pius Forced Back To Bed Amid Illness
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII, 77, forced back to bed with gastritis and fatigue after overwork and worry. Doctors warn of a long treatment period though no alarm is sounded. Osservatore Romano notes gradual progress but slow recovery expected.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Rome
Osservatore Romano
Industrial Gas Rates Are Cut
Industrial Gas rates are cut effective February 25. Camp says the reduction follows the commission order with summertime consumers gaining the main benefit. The revived schedule d rate lowers winter and off peak charges for industrial and commercial customers, with Consolidated Gas facing a smaller annual profit than allowed by the commission. Ford H. Mugg notes the figures on page 2.
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Camp
Ion Commission
Consolidated
Corporation Commission
Lamp
Ford H. Mugg
Nineteen Killed and Seventy Four Hurt in Mexico Collision
Nineteen people died and about 74 were injured when two buses collided head on with a cargo rock on a steep mountain road near Jacala Hidalgo state on the Mexico Shareds highway amid rain.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Jacala
Hidalgo
Stig Dons Terases
Tulsa Bandit Grabs $5,000 in IRS Robbery Report
Hamilton, greatly upset by the robbery, was unable to provide a full description of the bandit. Police report the Tulsa incident involved a $5,000 theft seized from IRS offices, with few details available on the suspect.
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Irs
Hamilton
Indians Push Hospital Fight In Washington Delegation
Comanche and Kiowa leaders mobilize about 500 to fund two delegates to Congress in Washington to oppose proposed Kiowa Indian hospital closures. Edgar Monetathchi and Guy Queton were chosen by 220 Indians at Fort Sil Indian School to press the issue, with $140 collected of the hoped-for $500. A box supper at Comanche Indian Mission was arranged to raise funds and the group planned further outreach to supporters of tribal affairs.
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National Congress of American Indians
Port m
Fort Sil
Edgar Monetathchi
Guy Queton
Comanche Indian Mission
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