Death Dust Bomb Sought After H-bomb Progress
Washington scientists consider a fatal death dust device using a hydrogen bomb as the initial source of radioactivity. The theoretical concept involves a cobalt or similar wrapper turning into radioactive dust carried by wind over large areas, potentially distant from the explosion. Experts warn practical conditions remain uncertain, yet deadly potential is acknowledged if hydrogen bomb development succeeds.
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Washington
Truman
State of the Union
Walters Pony Express Race Fights Polio
Three area roundup clubs in Walters will run a five mile relay pony express to support the 1953 polio drive. Runners from Temple, Randlett and Walters will carry saddlebags with dimes to the REA building finish. Henry Coker directs the event with Dr. Robert Kolker as polio campaign chair.
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Walters
REA
Temple
Randlett
Henry Coker
Robert Kolker
Churchill-Eisenhower talks loom amid Churchill visit
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill heads to meet President Truman after private talks with President-elect Eisenhower. Bernard Baruch accompanies Churchill to New York Airport and plans to confer with Eisenhower. Baruch signals possible Eisenhower administration role. Eisenhower names John A. Hannah as assistant secretary of defense.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Truman
Eisenhower
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Churchill
British West Indies
Commodore Headquarters
John A. Hannah
Michigan State College
Defense
Hannah
Anna Rosenberg
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Smith
Washington
Relative Of Former City Man Is Dead
James S. Simmons, 73, a former oil lease dealer and Chickasha candy manufacturer, died of a heart attack at his Tulsa home. He retired and moved here about eight years ago after running a Chickasha wholesale candy company with his son-in-law, the late Floyd M. Stephens of Lawton.
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Tulsa
Okla
James S. Simmons
Simmons
Chickasha
Floyd M. Stephens
Lawton
Raiders Strike On Panmunjom Front Kill 35 Reds
Allied raiders attacked a sector near Panmunjom with 60 fighters and heavy support. At least 35 Chinese were killed, 15 believed dead, and 10 wounded after a 55 minute assault. Earlier, a 15 mile convoy was destroyed along the front northern area.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
Red
Charter Night Instalation For ABC Club States
The American Business club in Lawton will install officers at a charter night program at Old South cafeteria. Preston Johnston of Lubbock Texas national president will present the charter and install officers. The session begins at 7 30 with guests from across the state including first president Lacey Holley.
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The
American Business Club
Lawton
Old South
Preston
Wright
Edwin Gan Stewart
Reginald M. Dodson
Secretary
Excess Profit Tax Law May Die June 30
Washington lawmakers on the Ways and Means Committee predict the excess profits tax, yielding about 2.5 billion annually, will expire June 30 unless Congress acts. Supporters cite inequities and defense contract benefits, while opponents urge a free economy and tax relief for smaller firms and the general public.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Rep. Eberharter
D-Pa
Congress
Reed
Ways and Means Committee
Kean
Simpson
Rep
Martin
R-Ia
Mills
Dingell
D-Mich
Sill Launches Annual Polio Fund Appeal
Fort Sill volunteers join the nationwide 1953 March of Dimes drive to fund polio research and treatment. Col. L. L. Manly heads the campaign with Lt. Col. J. F. Ritter as chair and Lt. Dean J. Ortner coordinating efforts with the Comanche County Chapter. A collection point will be set up for funds and outreach materials.
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Fort Sill
Col. L. L. Manly
Sill
J. F. Ritter
Dean J. Ortner
52D Group
March of Dimes
Comanche County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
County Campaign Committee
A. M. Harper
TAC
Altus Marks Base Opening Ceremony Draws 2000
Altus Oklahoma observed the opening of Altus Air Force Base with a 25 minute ceremony attended by about two thousand people. Brig Gen Glynne M Jones inspected the base with Col Eston Selvey and Lt Col M W Mayers among speakers. The base will host the 63rd Troop Carrier Wing and handle the C 124 Globe master aircraft. About 75 personnel are on site now with plans for around 2500 when full operations start this summer. Built in World War II, the base was inactive after spring 1945.
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Altus
Okla
Altus Air Force Base
Glynne M. Jones
18Th Air Force
Donaldson Air Force Base
S. C
DeWolf Case Review Voted By Senators
Oklahoma City The Senate voted to authorize a senatorial review of the Carl Austin DeWolf death sentence case. Senator Kirsey Nix asked for subpoena power as he pushed for witnesses, claiming new statements from 10 to 15 individuals could show a grave error. Nix argued DeWolf was chained in Tulsa District Court, and critics demand accountability.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Carl Austin DeWolf
Kirsey Nix
McAlester
DeWolf
Jerry St. Clair
Nix
Tulsa
St. Clair
Ground Crews Seek Missing Troop Plane in Idaho
A sheriff's posse and pilots from three states scoured rugged Bear Lake country in southeastern Idaho for a twin-engine troop plane missing with 40 aboard. The craft carried 37 Korean War veterans and three crew en route from Seattle to Fort Jackson. Searchers followed red flare reports but faced deep snow and rough terrain. Bear Lake Sheriff Gilbert Arnell led the effort with plans to cross Antelope Flats at daylight.
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Montpelier
Idaho
Wyoming
Jah
Seattle
Wash
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Bear Lake
Pacific Ocean
Jesse Schidegger
Paris
Malad City
Gilbert Arnell
Thugs Hit Three Indiahoma Firms
Thieves burglarized three Indiahoma businesses Wednesday night lifting about $70 in cash and cigars. Sheriff Hale called the breakins professional. Safe openings were described as a peel job and a combination was worked on the service station vault. Investigating officers included Alford Hennessee Preston Williams M T McCracken and Ray Powell.
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Indiahoma
Everett Hale
Brenton
Knowles
Indiahoma Cafe
Bob Prince
Hale
LeRoy Knowles
Western Union
Lawton
Alford Hennessee
Preston Williams
M. T. McCracken
Ray Powell
Balmy Weather Expected to Continue in Lawton Area
Weather remains generally warm with clear to partly cloudy skies for Lawton and vicinity over the next two days. No precipitation forecast. Yesterday reached 55 degrees with an overnight low of 28. today and Friday expected highs in the 50s and a low near 32 tonight.
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Lawton
Secretary Lovett warns of tense world in stalemate Korea
Secretary Lovett told the House Armed Services Committee the world is as tense as three years ago and warned against relaxing. Chairman Short said Lovett sees a stalemate in Korea and offered no solution, doubting that full-scale force would drive Communists from their caves and dugouts.
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Washington
Lovett
House Armed Services Committee
Short
R-Mo
Korea
Foreman Hurt Saving Man Life At Sill
Foreman Charles A. Ellis saved a co worker from a giant skip arm on a Fort Sill paving machine but was struck and broke his right leg. The incident happened about 8 20 am and left Ellis with a suspected ankle fracture though X rays showed no outward fracture. Ellis, a New Orleans native living in Lawton, worked for R P Farnsworth during barracks construction north of gate four at the post.
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Fort Sill
Charles A. Ellis
Memorial Hospital
Ellis
New Orleans
Lawton
Euclid
R. P. Farnsworth Construction Company
Rhoads Frees 29 Defendants in Court Records
Delayed Christmas presents were filed in court records January 2 by ex County Attorney Githen Rhoads and staff who dismiss ed criminal charges against 29 defendants. One dismissed case involved Josie Jones alias Josie McCusker accused of slugging Constable Ray Powell with concrete. Another benefited Eula Pearl Howard relieved of three complaints including grand larceny and felonious bogus checks.
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Githen Rhoads
Indiahoma
Josie Jones
Josie McCusker
Ray Powell
Eula Pearl Howard
Lawton
Manville Redman
Herman Bender
Billie Eugene Burke
Oklahoma Senate approves large emergency road fund bill
The State Senate rushed a 7 million dollar emergency highway appropriation bill through with no dissent, despite Gov. Murray's objections, and approved a 425 thousand dollar grant for handicapped children. The move, tied to the 94 million Gary road program, had swift passage and awaits House action. Speaker Nance announced a public hearing on a Department of Public Safety probe.
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Oklahoma City
State Senate
Johnston Murray
Senate
Murray
Herbert Hope
Dpauls Valley
Chiirman
Appropriations Committee
Oklahoma
James C. Nance
Prucell
Hope
Highway Department
James Smith
State Treasury
Treasury
Raymond Gary
D-Madill
Gary
House
Rules
Department of Public Safety
Slain State Man Aided City Church
J B Herndon a 72 year old St. Louis Oklahoma merchant loaned 6000 to Lawton Northwest Church of Christ days before his body was found in an abandoned cistern riddled with .22 shells. He had also bought 2500 in bonds for the new church. A unemployed mechanic is held and a truck driver sought in the slaying. Sheriff Leroy Flinchum noted the robbery motive and that Herndon had loaned about 80000 to churches.
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St. Louis
Okla
J. B. Herndon
Lawton Northwest
E. O. Davis
Lawton
Smith
Herndon
Church of Christ
Leroy Flinchum
Pottawatomie County
Battery Officers Course Concluded at Fort Sill
Brig. Gen. James F. Britting, assistant commandant of the Artillery School, spoke at the closing session of the Associate Battery Officers Course for 50 students. They will go to Fort Bliss for a 12 week final phase. Courses began last August and a new class of about 100 will start February 16 and end July 3 at Fort Bliss.
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James F. Brittingham
Artillery School
Fort Bliss
Fort Sill
Mrs. C. Vanderbilt Dies Queen of Society in New York
New York society leader Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt died of pneumonia at her Fifth Avenue home in her 80s. She was famed as a premier hostess linked to European royalty, married to Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and part of the Vanderbilt social dynasty with ties to Newport and New York Central.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
R. I
Fifth Avenue
Vanderbilt
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
America
New York Central
Keystone
Biscayne Bay
Fla
Metropolitan Opera
Cornelius
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Alfred
Saratoga
N. Y
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kiel
Butcher Trims Wife's Clothes In Palm Springs Cafe
John Bowman a 25 year old butcher was jailed on assault with a deadly weapon and beating charges after he cut all his wife's clothing and forced her to parade naked through a Palm Springs cafe He claimed he did not want to harm her and that he loved her Police said the couple after work Tuesday night drove around town and stopped for beer before going to the cafe He was held on $5000 bond.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Lady Godiva
John Bowman
Bowman
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Hastings
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Foreman
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Rhoads
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Tex
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Tummy
City Church
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