Bank Deposits Fall Slightly Across Four Local Banks
Deposits in four local banks dipped by 283 161 from the previous year according to a government bank call. Loans across the four institutions rose by 743 710 as of December 31 1953 with total deposits at 27 801 010 and loans at 8 766 363. Fort Sill National led in deposits at 4 686 739 followed by City National 8 455 892 Security Bank and Trust 7 730 381 and American National 6 927 998.
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Fort Sill
Couree
Fort Sill National
City National
Security Bank and Trust
American National
Lawton Chamber to Elect 1954 Officers at Reorganization
Lawton Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual reorganization Wednesday with the board selecting a new president for 1954. Officers to be elected include first and second vice presidents, secretary and treasurer. Clyde Shelton will preside at the installation Friday noon. Board posts filled by C E Wade Jack Carter Dr W F Lewis W F Wulf George Page C D Payne and Emmett Keough. Holdover members listed and retiring directors named.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Elec
Chamber
Clyde Shelton
C. E. Wade
Jack Carter
W. F. Lewis
W. F. Wulf
George Page
C. D. Payne
Emmett Keough
Vernon Howell
Howard Babbitt
Jerry Mustain
Clare Morford
Warren Wolverton
Joe Turner
Neil Ashtock
Shelton
John R. Hector
James G. Knox
George Barber
Charles Bledsoe
Ewing Gafford
John Keathley
E. E. Neptune
E. C. Williams
A. P. Burns
Reds Begin Plans For Big Four Meet
Moscow notes the West accepts January 25 as the Berlin Big Four talks date and says the Soviet high commissioner should proceed with preparations. Western representatives believe preliminary steps are complete and that a Berlin site will be chosen by representatives of the Big Four high commissioners.
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Moscow
Berlin
Hart assumes Fort Sill command in brief ceremony
Maj. Gen. Charles E. Hart formally took command at Fort Sill in a brief ceremony before McNair Hall. Brig. Gen. James Brittingham presented the post, with a 13 gun salute signaling the change. Hart, 53, a West Point graduate and former Athens Greece commander, arrived mid December and succeeds Maj. Gen. A. M. Harper.
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Charles E. Hart
Fort Sill
U. S
Greece
A. M. Harper
James F. Brittingham
Harper
Hart
West Point
Athens
Bennett Faulkner and Bennett Trials Likely Feb 1
Trials for Billy Bruce Faulkner and Floyd A. Bennett, charged with first degree rape in Lawton, may open Feb 1 in a superior court jury session. They await sanity determinations at Fort Supply mental institution.
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Billy Bruce Faulkner
Floyd A. Bennett
Lawton
Superior Court
Bob Landers
Landers
Fort Supply
S. R. Harper
Superior and District Courts
At Least 15 Killed In India Rail Wreck
A passenger train derailed near Bhatinda about 150 miles northwest of New Delhi. Officials confirmed at least 15 deaths and forty injuries with early reports of nearly 100 fatalities revised downward.
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India
New Delhi
Bhatinda
Turnpike Campaign Gains Momentum In Oklahoma City
The Citizens Turnpike Association mobilizes members to push yes votes ahead of the January 26 toll-road election. Gov. Johnston Murray plans to speak, while area vice presidents from Alva to Seminole ready speeches in five cities. The Oklahoma Free Roads Association backs no votes and remains less active.
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Oklahoma City
Citizens Turnpike Association
Johnston Murray
Huckins Hotel
Turnpike
Phil McMullen
Blackwell
Arte
James Rinehart
el Reno
Enid
Boyd Cowden
Chandler
Tecumseh
Area Weather Forecast Clears to cool, unsettled pattern ahead
Clear to partly cloudy and cool tonight and Tuesday. Highs near 60 today and near 50 Tuesday. Lows around 30 tonight and 35 today. Sunday’s high about 64. 11 am reading around 58.
New Year's Holiday Traffic Death Toll Reported
United Press tabulation records 319 traffic deaths from Thursday 6 p m to Sunday midnight. Fires caused 35 deaths, plane crashes 15, miscellaneous accidents 82, with Texas leading at 26 and Illinois 25.
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United Press
Texas
Illinois
New York State
California
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Tests Set for 30 Inch Water Line to Lawton
Lawton prepares to press a new 30 inch water main from Lake Lawtonka into service within weeks. Engineer Wyatt Hendrick says testing and replacement of imperfect sections near completion. The final section is under pressure and will be accepted by the city council once leaks are fixed.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Wyatt Hendrick
Hendrick
Fort Sill
Coast Guard resumes search for four in Pontchartrain crash
The Coast Guard resumed a search for three of four people feared dead after a light plane crashed into Lake Pontchartrain en route to Illinois. Pilot Marvin E. Gray, East St Louis, NL, was recovered Sunday. others identified are Mrs. Gray and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Marlinghouse of East St Louis.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Lake Pontchartrain
Illinois
Marvin E. Gray
East St. Louis
Gray
Karl Marlinghouse
Hull Blames Communists for Repatriation Breakdown
U N Commander General John E Hull blamed the Communists for the failure of prisoner explanations and warned that anti Red prisoners would be freed at midnight January 22. Marines and engineers began laying barbed wire to channel POWs to rail heads and prepare for the January 23 release deadline.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
John E. Hull
UNC
U. S
Pyun
South Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Hull
U. N. Command
K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Repatriation Commission
UNRC
Hall
Thimayya
Batchelor Plans Second Honeymoon With Wife in Tokyo
Cpl Claude Batchelor and his Japanese wife Kyoko discussed a second honeymoon and an evening at a Tokyo nightclub after a two hour reunion at Tokyo Army Hospital. Kyoko helped shape his repatriation decision from a pro Red prison in Korea.
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Reds
Kyoko
Batchelor
Texas
Japan
Warmer spell ends as Lawton area cools this week
Lawton area will see a drop in spring like weather with highs near 50 tomorrow after Sundays peak in the 60s. Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy and cooler with similar conditions into Tuesday. Light rain or drizzle was not forecast locally.
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Lawton
Mercury
American businessman cites deaths in Shanghai prison
Arnold M. Kiehn, an American jailed 34 months in Red China, said 15 inmates died daily in Shanghai Ward Road prison during a harsh winter. He was released Sunday and noted many deaths occurred outside the prison as well. He weighs 160 pounds now after losing 105 pounds in prison and recalls subsisting on jail fare like cow's lung. He cannot confirm any American deaths and says he fears speaking more will harm others. He had lived 20 years in China and was in the midst of divorce proceedings.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Shanghai
Ward Road
Arnold M. Kiehn
Santa Barbara
Calif
Kichn
Kiehn
Aald Kolb
Aenamad Fom
United Press War
Chant Sea
Ben Krasner
Formosa
China
Oklahoma City
Ike’s State of the Union plan outlined to GOP leaders
President Eisenhower reviewed a dynamic program for the new Congress with Republican leaders led by House Speaker Martin. He will address the nation tonight on legislation and submit the 1954 55 budget on January 21 with the economic message to follow on January 28.
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Washington
Ene A
Congress
House
Martin
R-Mass
Senate House
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
White Key House
Martin Wagere
Secrecy Hides Solons Move In Spy Probe
U S Senators Jenner and McCarran arrived in Montreal to meet Igor Gouzenko about Soviet spying. The pair, with aides, held a news conference at the Windsor Hotel and then met with officials including Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ambassador Douglas Stuart as they pursued leads in a six hour security discussion. The lawyers plan to remain in Canada until the mission is completed.
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Montreal
U. S
William Jenner
Windsor Hotel
J Lemieux
Royal Spin Mounted Police
Lemieux
Douglas Stuart
Ogee Ge Peg Ede
Canada
Jenner
Washington
Subcommittee
McCarran
France Faces New Government Crisis
Paris reports a government crisis as Premier Laniel plans to ask Parliament to confirm or oust his cabinet ahead of the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Berlin. Laniel faces a January 17 cabinet resigning deadline tied to President-elect Rene Coty’s inauguration and a test of France’s Berlin representation.
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Paris
France
Joseph Lanier
Berlin
Laniel
Rene Coty
Bomber Wrecked Two Survivors Sought
A B 26 bomber crashed in the Sacramento mountains near Carrizozo New Mexico. Ground search teams braved deep snow to find two crewmen believed to have parachuted free in darkness. A rescue official warned injuries possible if they landed amid the forested terrain.
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Carrizozo
N. M
Sacramento
Martin Predicts More Tax Slashes
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. said Republicans will slash government spending enough to enable new tax cuts this year beyond the Jan 1 reductions. Treasury experts and the Ways and Means committee work on a plan likely to exceed $1 billion in cuts, aiming for relief for corporations, working mothers, medical expenses, and dependent earners, with administration opposition probable.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Treasury Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
Eee
Ways and Means
Congress
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
John J
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Ralph McT. Pennell
Artillery Center
Ned Shepler
The
Constitution Press
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Red Prison
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Navy
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