Refugee Ship Arrives Today in New York
A U S navy transport with LTT Hungarian refugees arrives at the Brooklyn Army Terminal as the sealift phase of Operation Safe Haven begins. The airlift to the United States brings about 9 700 people, with a second transport planned and a total goal of 21 500 Hungarians by January. Refugees receive Eisenhower greeting letters and will be processed at Camp Kilmer New Jersey before housing and jobs are arranged.
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New York
Brooklyn
United States
Eisenhower
McQuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Bremerhaven
Germany
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Defense Department
Lawton Seeks Charter for New Utility firm and 1947 Outlook
Lawton records show the Lawton Country Club applying to the secretary of state today for a charter to incorporate with 100000 dollars capital, 400 shares at 2500 each. The town faces 1947 with notes of its best year in history and is chosen as Southwestern Oklahoma headquarters by Veterans Administration. Starring in local theaters are Will Rogers Shirley Temple and others. Population rises to 12053 from 8920 in 1920 as lawton schedules meetings for the new year. Townley transacted business with Lawton merchants yesterday.
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Lawton
Bod Scott
Dallas
Will Rogers
Shirley Temple
Alice Fave
Buster Crabbe
Joan Blondell
Betty Boop
Dick Powell
Robert Benchley
Y L. Townley
Farm Cost Price Squeeze Is Based
Washington The Agriculture Department reports a slight easing of the farm cost price squeeze last month with average prices received by farmers up 1.26 percent from mid November to mid December while costs held steady. The mid December level stood 6.6 percent higher than a year earlier though still about 24.6 percent below the February 1951 record. Hog prices rose enough to offset cattle declines, placing farmers at 82 percent of parity versus 81 percent a month earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Refugee from Nowhere Seeks Landing Permit in Canada
Christian George Hanna, 25, claims birth at sea and wants Canadian status after stowing away on the Norwegian freighter Gudveig. Ill in a stowaway cabin, he has no nationality and no immigration papers. Vancouver families offer adoption or tribal affiliation while legal appeal to Ottawa’s immigration minister may be pursued. The Gudveig sails tomorrow for New Westminster then Vancouver Island en route to England.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
Christian George Hanna
Manow
Beirut
Lebanon
Hanna
Gudveig
British Columbia
Jack W. Pickersgill
Ottawa
New Westminster
Vancouver Island
England
Cotton Land Grazing Set in Comanche County
Comanche county farmers may graze livestock on cotton land placed in the 1937 soil bank acreage reserve. W P Sieg says grazing runs until the signing date, with March 1 final. Eligible land is up to 39 acres or 30 percent of the allotment, whichever is larger, and funds are available at signup.
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Comanche County
Soil Bank
ASC
W. P. Sieg
Sieg
Area Man Named Soldier of the Month at Mannheim Germany
Sp3 Warren A. Thompson of Marlow has been named Soldier of the Month for the 62d AAA Battalion in Mannheim Germany. A radio mechanic who entered the Army in January 1925 and arrived in Europe in October 1956, Thompson attended Cameron College and worked for Sears in Lawton. His wife Eloise resides in Chickasha.
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Marlow
62D
AAA
Mannheim
Germany
Warren A. Thompson
Robert N. Thompson
Thompson
Europe
Cameron College
Sears
Lawton
Fort Bliss
Tex
Eloise
Chickasha
Denver Reports Three Babies In First Minute of 1957
Denver welcomed three newborns in the first minute of 1957. Mr and Mrs Elwood Yoder became parents of a son one second after midnight. Moments later Mr and Mrs Waldemark Schultz welcomed a daughter at 12:01 a.m. Mr and Mrs Joe Gyalva also became parents of a daughter.
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Denver
Elwood Yoder
Waldemark
Schultz
Joe Gyalva
Pistol Accident Kills Frederick Youth Jerry Howell
A 15 year old Frederick boy named Jerry Howell died after a pistol held by his brother Ralph accidentally discharged during a target shooting session. The shot struck him in the back as they returned to their car. He died at Titman County Memorial Hospital around 6 30 p.m. His father, R C Howell, manages the Coca Cola bottling plant in Frederick.
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Frederick
Jerry Howell
R. C. Howell
S. Lath
Jerry
Ralph
Titman County Memorial Hospital
Wheat Land Open For Grazing In Comanche County
The Comanche County Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion office informs farmers that wheat land is now open for grazing under 1957 wheat price support reserve agreements. Grazing is permitted through January 31, confirming an earlier Agriculture Department announcement.
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Comanche County
Navy missile evolution from Jupiter to Polaris
New York dispatch quotes Navy officials on missile development from the Jupiter program to the Polaris system. The times report notes Jupiter’s impracticality and describes Polaris as a submerged submarine launched intermediate range ballistic missile.
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Navy
Norton
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Times
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