Youth burglars flee as bumper guards shatter shop front
Lawton police captured two youths, 22 and 27, after they broke into Dawes Motor Co. and fled across a street in a car chase. Frank M. Garrett, merchant patrol operator, fired three shots over their heads to halt them. Cummings and Viall had earlier burglarized a Washington street home, stealing a TV set, lamp, and hat, then dropped the loot during the pursuit. Police recovered a washing machine and TV at Viall’s home later. The pair were pursued by Officers Davis and Wood, ending when Cummings was trapped near Jiggs cafe and Viall was cornered near the post office. The incident began after a night when the Morgan house was broken into and assault reported.
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Lawton
Dawes Motor Co
412
Washington
Robert Dale Cummings
McKinley
Nelson John Viall
N. 19Th
Viall
Hoover
Park Central Realty Company
Frank M. Garrett
Garrett
Dawes Firm
R. A. Davis
Roy Wood
Fourth and
Wood
Cummings
Jiggs Cafe
Fourth
E. Davis
Fifth Street
H. A. Bartel
Herman Lee
Ira A. Morgan
Morgan
Budget Trims Hinged On Balanced Budget Says GOP Leaders
GOP leaders in Congress voiced cautious optimism for tax relief this year but tied any tax cuts to first balancing the federal budget. Charles Halleck said tax cut legislation would move only if a balanced budget is unlikely to be jeopardized. They emphasized cutting spending to balance income and outgo before any tax reductions. Truman's budget proposes about 79 billion in spending for fiscal 1954, roughly 10 billion more than projected revenue under current laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Truman
Treasury
Wickersham Seeks Pay Raise for Overseas Enlisted
Washington January 5 UP Representative Victor Wickersham Oklahoma introduced a bill to raise pay for all enlisted men serving outside the United States. The increment would be 25 to 75 dollars monthly for eight enlisted grades in Alaska overseas bases and ships at sea, aligning overseas pay with hazardous duty rates in the continental U S for certain special duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
Victor Wickersham
Continental
Colonel's Wife Screams At Murder Trial Opening
Tokyo January 5 Mrs Doro thy Krueger Smith the widow of a colonel and daughter of a four star general faces a court martial for killing Aubrey D Smith. A Japanese maid testified she found Mrs Smith with a foot long knife and heard her threaten the colonel two weeks earlier. The board may convict and sentence to death acquit or overrule medical findings on her sanity.
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Tokyo
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Smith
Walter Kruger
San Antonio
Tex
Aubrey D. Smith
Smith Home
WAC
Richard J. Murphy
Holiday Death Toll Tops 400
United Press reports the New Year holiday traffic deaths surpassed 400, with 400 killed in crashes from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Plane crashes added 15, fires 48, and boating mishaps 130, totaling 1, during the two holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Safety Council
Allied pilot bags first MIG of ’53
An American Sabre jet pilot shot down the first Communist MIG 15 of the year at 35 000 feet over northwest Korea. 2nd Lt. William R. Bowman of Sarasota Florida earned his first kill. Ground war stalled by bitter winter with 70 communist vehicles destroyed and heavy clashes on sniper ridge Pinpoint Hill.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
William R. Bowman
Sarasota
Fla
Bowman
Pinpoint Hill
Altus Base Reopens Under 6 Million Build Program
Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma is slated to officially reactivate at 10 30 a m Thursday as the 63rd Troop Carrier Wing Headquarters. Col Eston E Selvey says about 2 500 airmen and 500 officers will man the base at full strength with troop carrier training expected to start next September after the two mile long runway is finished.
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Altus
Okla
Altus Air Force Base
63Rd
Eston E. Selvey
New Officials Sworn Into Comanche County Government
Five new public officials and 12 assistants were sworn in this morning in Comanche County. Sheriff Everett Ray Hale leads a seven deputy team while County Attorney Manville Redman assumes office alongside Edd Roberts Lawton constable. New Court Opens with Municipal Judge John P. Fullerton and Justice of the Peace Ray Brown starting duties near the C. R. Anthony store.
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Everett Ray Hale
Comanche County
Sheriff’s Office
Jack Shanklin
Lewis Davis
Preston Williams
Orvil Roberson
M. T. McCracken
Marvin Terry
Hoyt Shelby
Hale
Otis Waldron
Manville Redman
Edd Roberts
Lawton
John P. Fullerton
Ray Brown
Justice of the Peace
C. R. Anthony
Otis Vale
Cache
Redman
Arthur Cavanagh
Vernon Field
Oral Ridgeway
Bertha Previtt
Ridgeway
Field
Cavanagh
Waldron
Fullerton
W. H. McKenzie
D. Moncrief
Civil Defense Training Building Planned in Lawton
Civil defense officials plan a small two room building for fire training in Lawton with a hallway. Wes Miller of the Highway Patrol chairs the project and Thomas Concrete Pipe Co will supply tile gratis. Gaines West will teach a volunteer course for area residents once building materials are arranged.
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Lawton
Civil Defense
Oll
Gaines West
Civil Defense Training School
Stillwater
Wes Miller
Highway Patrol
Miller
Thomas Concrete Pipe Company
Hawaii statehood eyed after Eisenhower talks
Senator William F Knowland said after a conference with President elect Eisenhower that Hawaii likely will gain statehood at a very early date. GOP leaders said committee approval could be quick, with Alaska already a territory and Hawaii awaiting action.
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New York
William F. Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Knowland
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Guy Cordon
Oregon
Arthur W. Watkins
Utah
Butler
Interior and Insular Affairs
Cordon
Watkins
Five Die In Oklahoma Weekend Crashes
Oklahoma recorded five traffic deaths over the weekend counting into the new year. The toll for 1952 rose to 586 after two deaths on Sunday. Victims included William Gainer Thomas, 38, of Coalgate, and Mrs. Helen Ballas, 32, of Dallas, with Thomas dying from injuries after a Dec. 28 crash near Coalgate and Ballas from a head-on collision in Bryan county last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
William Gainer Thomas
Coalgate
Helen Ballas
Dallas
Thomas
U.S. 75
Ada
Ballas
Bryan County
Joe Kemp
Hendrix
Okla
Judge offers conditional Rosenberg stay for clemency appeal
Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman pledged a conditional stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to allow them to appeal to President Truman for clemency. He gave defense counsel Emanuel Bloch until Saturday to file a copy of the petition to the White House and said the stay would be granted solely to seek Truman's clemency.
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New York
Irving R. Kaufman
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
President Truman
Kaufman
Emanuel Bloch
White House
Rosenbergs
Mr. Truman
Reservist's wife goes active while husband awaits call
In Los Angeles Army reservist Russ Emery faced a year of delay as his wife Alice, a nurse, entered active duty after urging him to join. She serves in Korea while he stays home awaiting orders. He fears a future recall could clash with her discharge plans.
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Los Angeles
Russ Emery
Alice
Emery
Korea
Churchill Arrives For Talks With Ike On Korea Peace
New York dispatch reports Winston Churchill arriving for talks with President-elect Eisenhower. Churchill says resisting communism in Korea has boosted world peace prospects and that Soviet aggression has been confronted. He criticizes U.S. tariffs and atomic secrecy, declines to detail discussion topics, and notes prospects for peace remain hopeful this year.
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Churchill
Ike
Korea
New York
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
Assistant Director For Pageant Arrives
JACK A BATTEN 26 of Chicago arrives to assume duties as assistant director of the Wichita Mountains Sunrise Easter service. He was appointed last fall and will direct religious education for Wallock Memorial Congregational church. Batten left a high salary at Proctor and Gamble to join the Pageant. He will live at the Holy City in the Wichita Mountains. Batten is Chicago native with degrees from the University of Chicago and wartime service including Fort Sill and Japan. He previously appeared as Peter in the Pageant and returned in subsequent years.
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Jack A Batten
Chicago
Wichita Mountains
Pageant Association
Board of Trustees
General Council
Batten
Wallock Memorial Congregational Church
Edward Trindle
Proctor and Gamble
Holy City
University of Chicago
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Japan
Mark Wallack
Congregational Church
Dodger Sentenced for Draft Evasion in Oklahoma City
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught sentenced Virgil Jilge of Nicoma Park to 18 months in prison for draft evasion. Jilge, a Jehovah's Witness, refused noncombatant service, citing conscience, while the judge upheld religious freedom and the duty to government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Edgar S. Vaught
Oklahoma County
U.S
Virgil Jilge
Nicoma Park
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Christ
Caesar
God
Vaught
United States
Jilge
Council To Meet to Adopt Water Facility Plans
Mayor R E Glenn calls special session at 7:30 PM to officially adopt plans and specifications for expanding the city water system. Bond issue of 1 728000 approved for improvements including filter plant expansion, new line to Lawton, and Lake Lawtonka dam raise by ten feet. Contractors will access the plans once adopted.
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R. E. Glenn
Lawton
Lawtonka
Bank Robber Whitt Sentenced Fifteen Years in Prison
Glenn C. Whitt of Sapulpa was sentenced by U S District Judge Edgar S. Vaught to 15 years for the robbery of the First National Bank of Luther last July. Whitt was arrested within four hours after the heist which netted more than 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Glenn C. Whitt
Sapulpa
U. S
Edgar S. Vaught
First National Bank of
Luther
Whitt
Gomer Smith Jr
Vaught
14 Floor Leap Leaves Chicago Man Injured
A 30 year old man jumped from the 14th floor of a YMCA hotel in Chicago. He survived with serious injuries including lacerations fractures and a crushed head. Doctors at St Luke s Hospital report he is conscious and expected to be in emergency care for some time. He told police he is tired of it all and would try to take his life again if given the chance. Cards in his wallet identify him as Alexas V Grekoff a Berkeley California resident.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
Alexas V. Grekoff
Grekoff
Berkeley
Calif
Fair And Warmer Weather Forecast For Lawton Area
Skies remain fair and temperatures warm in the Lawton area today with similar conditions forecast for tomorrow. A slight dip in temperatures is expected late tomorrow as northerly winds keep highs below 60. The Lawton station recorded 63 on Sunday and near 50 by mid day today after a low overnight. No precipitation is forecast for Oklahoma.
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Lawton
Mercury
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Solons to Open 24th Session Tomorrow
Oklahoma CityOfficials anticipate an economy driven 24th legislative session with public safety and health as top issues. About 70 to 80 bills await introduction after council review. major items include a seven million dollar highway appropriation and a rewritten mental health law. Rules changes loom with a proposed stricter investigation prerequisite triggering potential House friction led by Speaker-designate James C. Nance and Rep. Robert O. Cunningham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Council
J. R. Hall
Fairland
Judiciary
Agriculture and Fish and Game
Highway Department
Senate
House
James C. Nance
Purcell
Robert O. Cunningham Homa Ci
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Enforcement Reins
Alaska
Eisenhower Headquarters
Joseph M. Dodge
Dodge
Britain
Bulletin
United Nations
Peter
Jack A. Batten
Draft Dodger
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