West German Bundestag approves European army measures
The Bundestag voted 334 to 144 to amend the constitution authorizing compulsory military service and arming about half a million troops for a European army. Adenauer pushes the plan to sway the Supreme Court and speed ratification by the Bundesrat and Western powers.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Supreme Court
Bundesrat
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Free Europe
Residential Red Cross Drive Targets Citywide Outreach
Final sections of the residential division of the annual Red Cross campaign will begin Monday under co chairs Mrs A J Rawlings and John Shoemaker. Volunteers will canvass the city with emphasis on residential areas to measure potential success and the motto Answer the Call Join and Serve. Zero Hour is 7 p.m Tuesday with aim to connect every city area. Emerson and Washington zones list new captains and lieutenants to lead the effort.
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Red Cross
A. J. Rawlings
John Shoemaker
Emerson
W. M. Porter
A. H. Roddy
Cecil Easton
J. J. Stowe Jr
Lawrence Borovicka
George Whitten
Cecil Wright
Washington
Virgle Wallace
Curtis Hardin
Bennie Steens
English
S. Jacks
Lee
Eastern Financiers To Visit Lawton For Turnpike Talks
Seventeen officials from 11 banking firms will guest Lawton and other Oklahoma cities to inspect the Turner Turnpike and three new state road routes. They arrive Friday, with a luncheon planned in Lawton, and stay through Saturday for meetings with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority on financing plans tied to $150 million in bonds.
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Lawton
Turner Turnpike
Chamber
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Lawton Youth Wins Naval Academy Nomination in Area List
Lawton high graduate Donald Ray Williams leads area nominees for the Naval Academy at Annapolis with principal status, plus alternates to West Point. Other Lawton residents include David Hutchinson as first alternate and Nyan Palmer as second alternate to West Point, while Fort Sill’s Frederick Stritzinger earns a Military Academy appointment.
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Lawton
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Victor Wickersham
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Naval Academy
Donald Ray Williams
Ralph D. Williams
Cherry
Lawton High School
Williams
University of Oklahoma
Lawtonians
David W. Hutchinson
Nyan E. Palmer
Frederick G. Stritzinger
Frederick Stritzinger
Fort Sill
Military Academy
Robert S. Kerr
Wickersham
Ritzwoller Elected President of Local Chest in 1954
Ritzwoller, a Lawton business man, was elected president of the Lawton Fort Sill Community Chest for 1954, succeeding E. C. Williams. He takes office after the Friday chamber luncheon reorganized the board which added seven new directors. Col L L Manly was re elected first vice president and Emmett Keough was chosen second vice president.
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Bill Ritzwoller
Lawton
George Dent
Chest
Ray Babbitt
Dent
Blanche Flickinger
Ewing Gafford
Ritzweller
Jack Webb
Warren Wolverton
Chamber
Sess
Williams
See Chest
Airline missing with nine aboard in western United States
Flight between Casper Wyoming and Rapid City South Dakota believed carrying nine people vanished Friday. In Rome, Premier Mario Scelba secured a confidence vote in the Italian Senate for his 16 day old coalition government.
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Rome
Mario Scelba
Senate
Bricker Battle Near Decisive Point In Senate
The Senate faces a likely hairline vote as five weeks of debate on curbs on treaty powers reach a climax. Bricker’s modified proposal failed 50 to 42, with 29 Republicans and 13 Democrats backing him, while 32 Democrats and 17 Republicans opposed. A George substitute could win a simple majority but not necessarily two thirds, with at least 18 senators opposed to any change in treaty power. See BRICKER, Page 2
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Bricker
Rohio
Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Sen. George
D-Ga
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
House
Wal
Morse
Ind-ore
George
Eaders
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
See Bricker
Capital Indian Parley Planned
Federal Indian officials and Oklahoma lawmakers plan a Monday meeting in Washington to discuss hospital moves and consolidation of area offices. Attendees include Indian Affairs commissioner Glenn Emmons and Rep. Ed Edmondson, with Comanche leader Edgar Monetathchi saying the talks cover East Kiowa hospital consolidation and merging two offices.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Glenn Emmons
Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
Orme Lewis
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
Victor Wickersham
Ed Edmondson
Edgar Monetathchi
Ina
Kiowaital
Monetathchi
National Congress of American Indians
Governor To Speak At Whittier Monday
Gov. Johnston Murray will discuss legislation as guest speaker at the Whittier Parent-Teacher Association meeting in the school auditorium Monday night at 7 30. He will be introduced by Mrs. Ewing Gafford with Mrs. Hugh Bish as PTA president and Wayne Gilley as general chair for the year.
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Johnston Murray
Whittier Parent-Teacher Association
Murray
Ewing Gafford
PTA
Gov. Murray
Pit
Hugh Bish
Whittier Pta
Wayne Gilley
Pam
Gafford
Tax Exemption Increase Sparks Bipartisan Clash in Congress
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration resisting any rise in individual income tax exemptions while House Republicans and Democrats trade claims. Rep Boggs pushes to lift exemptions from 600 to 700, arguing a 2 percent savings, while Humprhey Defense? Treasury chief supports the admin line warning deficits. Both sides predict action and reference 1954 tax reductions totaling over 643 billion dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Rep. Boggs
D-La
Halleck
Indiana
Treasury
Humphrey
Living Cost Nears Record Heights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.3 percent rise in the consumer price index from mid-December to mid-January. Coffee and pork led increases while overall CPI remains 0.2 percent below October record.Workers in auto aircraft and farm equipment sectors will lose half of a two cent wage rise as contracts tie to the October index.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pageant Set for Sunday Rehearsal in Holy City
The 1954 Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise service pageant holds its first general rehearsal at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Holy City. Area residents may participate and must register with Mrs. E. West. Tom Stanton will arrange transportation leaving from the congregational church at 1 15 p.m. Membership depends on registration and participation.
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Wichita Mountains
Holy City
Tom Stanton
Isecate Gational
E. West
Sill's Chief Of Staff Retires After Long Army Career
Col. E. B. Edwards, chief of staff at the Artillery Center since June 1950, retires Saturday morning ending a storied military career. Born in Missouri and raised near San Benito Texas, he once served as commander of a U S Military Commission in Rio de Janeiro. He plans to relocate to the lower Rio Grande valley to try farming.
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Col. E. B. Edwards
Rio Grande Valley
Artillery
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Jane Ew. S. Military Commission
Col. Edwards
Laclede
John J. Pershing
San Benito
Tex
Brownsville
Culver Military Academy
Ind
Universi
Edwards
Syria army frees political leaders and exiled ruler
In Damascus the rebel army announces the release of 12 imprisoned leaders and the ouster of Gen. Adib Shishekly after a swift uprising. Shishekly and aides flee to Beirut and likely Saudia Arabia as Attassi is named potential successor in a new government.
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Damascus
Syria
Adib Shishekly
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Hachem Bey Attasi
Shishekly
Teenineieneiaenenemy
Attassi
Assembly
Even Torture Victims Don't Know Limit
Washington February 26 UP Even war prisoners who survived Communist torture cannot know the breaking point of the human spirit. The marine court of inquiry probes Col Frank H Schwable who allegedly confessed germ warfare in Korea after captivity. Experts include Mayo Cassone and Overholser. See Page 2.
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Washington
Marine Court of Inquiry
Frank H. Schwable
Korea
Schwable
Charles W. Mayo
Rochester
Miam
United Nations
Vincent J. Cassone
Winfred Overholser
Washington's
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Cap
Germ Sabie
Stevens Blasts Prompt Move On McCarthy
Senate Republican Policy Committee orders a study of rules governing investigations to address McCarthy era concerns. The move follows public uproar over Army officer abuse allegations and could trigger clashes with the administration over future witness calling. Page 2.
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Stevens
McCarthy
Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Sen
R-Wis
Ferguson
Michigan
Senate Committee
Dees Tate
Sil To Honor Two For Korean Duty At Fort Sill
A ceremony at Fort Sill today at 4 30 p m will present medals to two artillerymen for Korean service. Major General Charles E Hart will award them in front of MecNair Hall. Pearson O Porter of Ha Battery 967th ASA is to receive the Silver Star and Col Ed mander of operations will present the Legion.
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Fort Sill
Charles E. Hart
Mec-Nair
U.S. Optimistic On Mid East Alliance
Washington officials express cautious optimism about a Middle East defense alliance amid upheavals in Syria and Egypt. They note regional instability and leadership changes influence neighbor states without tying Syria and Egypt into a defense ring. The shift follows the ouster of Mohammed Naguib in Egypt and a coup in Syria, with broader implications for Pakistan arms aid and regional policy.
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Washington
Middle East
Syria
Egypt
Russia
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Charles Hatfield
Bobby Joe Maddox
Elk City
Russell John Weber
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Anadarko
Stanley Snipes
Mangum
Jesse Francis Scivally
Lawrence Joseph Hull
Hobart
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