House stalls on Mideast policy action
Congressional debate delays Eisenhower Middle East policy plan as the House Affairs Committee hesitates. A four point program may authorize limited U.S. troop use and economic aid, with details kept secret. Democratic members discuss a substitute asserting U.S. vital interest in Middle East independence and defense if needed.
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Washington
Gordon
Ltil
House
Middle East
Garston
Dent Eye
Bul Gordon
Dulles
Eisenhower
U.S
United States
Rayburn
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Aciely
Woric
Zablocki
Dwis
Vorys R-ohiai
Harlem Magicians Manager Rod Theft Suspect Sought
Wichita Falls police hunt for a woman accused of stealing 18 ten dollar bills totaling 180 from Sylvester Murphy, manager of the Harlem Magicians. The incident occurred after an exhibition against the Kentucky Colonels, with clues tracing to Lawton and Oklahoma City. Murphy, of Omaha, Nebraska, reported the loss at Hotel Plaza around 1 a.m. today.
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Wichita Falls
Kentucky Colonels
Sylvester Murphy
Willis
Omaha
Neb
Into Falls
Lawton
Oklahoma
Leon Burnside
Checker Eab
Oklahoma City
Suspects Quizzed In Store Burglary
Gulfport Mississippi deputies questioned two Oklahoma men identified as Gene Paul Norris and Billy Joe Pierce about store burglaries within 100 miles of Gulfport. Norris and Pierce were charged with possession of burglary tools and jailed. A third suspect, Mrs Norris, 23, was released on 2000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing and bound over to the June grand jury. All are from Lawton Oklahoma.
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Gulfport
P Harrison
Here
J. Wittman
Gene Paul Norris
Billy Joe Pierce
Norris
Pierce
FBI
Lawton
Olda
First Water Bond Sale Planned About Feb. 15
City council adopted a plan to sell one million dollars of water improvements bonds by February 15 to fund storage facilities for five million gallons, buy land rights, and build a reservoir on East Cache creek. Ordinances were codified, boosting councilmen salaries and reclassifying some city workers.
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D. L. Shelton
Blunt Zovger
Stitt Pair
E. Cc. Parks
Cache Creek
Elgin
Porter Hill
Thomas E. deShazo
Lawtonka
Barbara to get funds for party cancelled event
A postal employee party and banquet honoring three retiring staff members was canceled. All funds were redirected to the Open Your Heart to Barbara campaign. About 200 guests were expected for a 7 30 p m event January 19 at the Hotel Lawtonian.
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Barbara
Lawtonian
Lawton Constitution
John Wiggs
H. E
Henry Havlik
Post Office
Dennis Moore
Lawton
Bennie Stephens
Two Prisoners Escape Caddo Jail In Overnight Breakout
ANADARKO Oklahoma two youths were jailed after an overnight escape from Caddo County Jail. Sheriff Ray Larisan said Gary Lee Poindexter sixteen Guthrie and David Eugene Leonard sixteen Edmond both face burglary and car theft charges.
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Anadarko
Caddo County
Ray Larisan
Gary Lee Poindexter
Guthrie
David Eugene Leonard
Edmond
Cold Blast Heads Toward City Area
A strong cold front moves into the Lawton area this afternoon ending warm spells. Expect drizzle to freeze, producing a hard freeze tonight and continuing cold through Friday. Travel may become hazardous as moisture freezes. temperatures plummet from the 60s to around 24 overnight with lows as low as 5 to 15 in Panhandle and northern areas.
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Lawton
Arctic
Beaver
Alva
Cherokee
Weather Bureau
Panshandle
North
Arel
Kadar Opens Terror Reign In Hungary
In Budapest Janos Kadar launches a terror campaign indicting 71 patriots for distributing papers after the Soviet attack on Nov 4. Two noted writers are among 11 accused of counter revolution. protests surround Dec 4 women’s rally. Workers councils resign in protest at Kremlin meddling. Other plants expected to follow.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Hes
Ta Wkers
Workers Council
Csepel
Danube
Kadar
Csepel Council
Hejotannis
Eoworkers
Hungary
U S Returns 10 Refugees to Austria
Washington reports ten Hungarian refugees were sent back to Austria for false statements to enter the United States. Two sought return. Immigration officials, led by Commissioner Joseph M. Swing, tied the move to ongoing checks on about 19,000 Hungarians who have arrived at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Officials previously said they had confidence no Communists or Hungarian secret police members had entered under the refugee program.
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Washington
Austria
United States
Immigration Service
Joseph M. Swing
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Secret Police
Bomber and two jet trainers collide near Tyndall Field
Officials at Tyndall Air Force Base reported a B-29 bomber and two T-33 jet trainers collided near the base about a quarter mile from Tyndall field. No further details were available. The base lies about 10 miles southeast of Panama City.
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Panama City
Fla
Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Field
Air Force
Gary Urges Fast Action On Vote Laws
Oklahoma City iP-Gov Staymond Gary urged the Legislature to tighten absentee voting and emergency relief fund rules. He called for passing voting law changes and transferring the Emergency Relief Board to Public Welfare by end of next week. He urged higher highway and education funding and a toll road bonds plan funded by earmarked gas taxes. He proposed $300 pay raises for teachers next school year and $300 more in 1989, with a goal of $3,000 minimum. He outlined an $18 million highway program, a limit on diverted road funds, and added support for mental health pay and retirement funding from gas taxes.
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Oklahoma City
Staymond
Gary
Oklahoma
Atention
Wagoner County
Emergency Relief Board
Department of Public Welfare
Lawton
House
Senate
Oklahoma Education Association
Highway Commission
Teachers Retirement Fund
Senate probes tie vote case in Oklahoma race
Logan County Election Board members face oath questioning by the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee to probe irregularities after the November 6 tie between Carl Morgan and Louis H. Ritzhaupt. The panel set ground rules for hearings and will hear the Okmulgee contest between John Russell Jr. and Tom Payne Jr. with a focus on access to stored ballots and potential unauthorized entries.
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Oklahoma City
Logan County Election Board
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Carl Morgan
Louis H. Ritzhaupt
Morgan
Ritzhaupt
John Russell Jr
Tom Payne Jr
Okmulgee
Roy Grantham
Ponca City
Postman Dikes Drives New Caddy Cart Trend Here
Fort Sill Boulevard residents watched a mail carrier’s cart roll by like a golf buggy. Lowell Dikes, a nine year veteran, bought and customized the cart for extra mail and merchandise packs, reducing fatigue on his Gore to Euclid route. The postal service has ordered a dozen government issue caddy carts for local use.
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Lowell Dikes
Fort Sill Blvd
Gore
Huclid
Dikes
Dick Peterson
Fort Sill
Houlevard
Anadarke
Euclid
Jess
Lawton
Sea Serpent at National Zoo Lays Eggs Against Expectation
In Washington a sea serpent at the National Zoo, once predicted to give birth to live young, laid more than 12 eggs instead. Zoo experts consulted Smithsonian authorities after the surprise. The serpent, Laticauda colubrina, remained a mystery as to its unusual reproduction.
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Washington
National Zoo
Zoo
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Eden resigns as prime minister over ill health and Suez clash
London reports that Sir Anthony Eden, 59, announced his resignation due to ill health after the Suez crisis. He met the Queen at Buckingham Palace, left No 10 Downing Street solo, and faced looming replacement talk for Lord Privy Seal R A Butler or Harold Macmillan.
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London
Anthony Eden
Eden
Suez
No. 10
Downing Street
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
R. A. Butler
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Egypt
Suez Canal
Iran
United States
Britain
Sandringham
Edens
St. James Park
Faden
House of Lords
Pace 2
Gary Seeks Plan to Boost Southwest Turnpike in Oklahoma
Gov Raymond Gary urged the legislature to fund the southwest leg of the Oklahoma Turnpike network by diverting state tax revenue from service stations on the Turner Will Rogers northeastern and southwest turnpikes into a bond retirement fund. The plan aims to attract eastern finance and speed a free road earlier, while not costing the state highway department long term. Opposition is expected from toll road supporters and those favoring a Dallas route.
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Oklahoma City
Lawton
Raymond Gary
Turner Turnpike
Gary
State Highway Department
Dallas
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Tey Neyer
Gwen Patterson
Cameron College
Patterson
First Water
Jake Lawtonka
Law
Vernon C. Field
Leslie Pain
Caddo
Postman
Pike
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