Political Pot Starts Simmering
City spring elections loom with mayor and police chief posts in play. Incumbent Mayor Glenn announces run for re election on a platform of continued progress. police chief Newt Adair expected to seek re election on Republican ticket. Democrat primary March 17 attracts Ronald Wheatley and Ralph Hennessee among others. General election April 7 to decide mayor, police chief and two council seats.
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Lindsey Whitten
Glenn
R. E. Glenn
Lawton
Newt C. Adair
Ronald Wheatley
Police Department
Ralph Hennessee
Lake Lawtonka
Wheatley
Hennessee
Pete Fuller
Waldo Ward
Arnold Overton
Earl Simmons
Jake Witzel
Hereford Show Draws 70 Entries in Southwest Oklahoma Sale
About 70 entries registered for the Southwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association 15th annual Hereford sale and show set for February 11 at Comanche county fairgrounds. Judges include John C. Burns of Fort Worth with classes and grand reserve champions. Sale noon features G. H. Shaw of Monroe Iowa and Pete Peterson assisting. 50 serviceable age bulls noted.
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Southwest Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association
Comanche County Fairgrounds
Cameron College
John C. Burns
Fort Worth
Tex
G. H. Shaw
Monroe
Pete Peterson
National Auction Co
Area Weather Forecast For Sunday and Saturday
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions with increasing clouds and cooler air Sunday night. Highs near 55 on Sunday, lows 28 to 32, and Saturday's peak around 76 with a low near 27.
MacArthur Blames Truman for Service Desertions
General Douglas MacArthur accused President Truman of appeasement causing American military desertions amid the Korea conflict. He called Truman's policies puerile and arbitrary, rebutting the President's charge of insubordination and contrasting views on Korea with Eisenhower looming. The White House offered no comment on the exchange.
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Mac
Truman
New York
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
Defense Department
Tot Rapist Pleads Guilty Life Sentence in Lawton Case
Comanche county carpenter Clyde Prestidge, 46, pleaded guilty to raping a five year old Lawton girl and received a life term. He cried briefly as Judge Landers imposed the sentence. His attorney urged leniency, while the county attorney pressed for the maximum penalty. Prestidge previously served prison terms for child stealing and assault with intent to rape. He can apply for parole after about 12 to 15 years.
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Clyde Everett Prestidge
Comanche County
Lawton
Robert Landers
Dwight Malcolm
Prestidge
Manville Redman
Malcolm
Colonel's Widow Plans Appeals After Life Verdict
Mrs Dorothy Kruger Smith aged 40 was sentenced to life for the premeditated murder of her colonel husband Aubrey D Smith 45 in Tokyo on Oct 3 She was held in the psychiatric ward of an Army hospital as attorneys prepare an appeal Bri Gen Adam Richmond said the appeal will go to the President if needed The case will be reviewed by the Army command in Tokyo and by a military review board in Washington.
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Tokyo
Dorothy Kruger Smith
Bri
Adam Richmond
United States
Walter Kruger
Army Headquarters and Service Command
Washington
Severe East Coast Storm Kills 44 and Knocks Out Power
The winter storm sweeping the East Coast caused at least 44 deaths across the region. New England faced up to 20 inches of snow with 27 fatalities, while New York and nearby areas suffered massive outages with around 100,000 homes without electricity. West Maryland and Westchester faced widespread power and communications losses, and many remained unable to leave homes for days. The storm turned to freezing rain in parts of New England and New York, snapping lines and disrupting heat in thousands of homes. Emergency power measures were used in some New Jersey towns as ice damaged skyscraper streets and led to rope offs in Manhattan.
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New England
New York State
New York City
Maryland
Westchester County
New York
Rockland
Orange Counties
Long Island
New Jersey
Chrysler
Suspect Admits Killing Merchant in Arkansas
Milburn Driggers a 33 year old truck driver from Shawnee Oklahoma admitted shooting J D Herndon a 72 year old storekeeper near his Cherry Hill store last Wednesday He told State Police he shot twice with a .22 pistol and dumped the body in a cistern three miles from the store Extradition to Oklahoma was waived Police recovered the pistol at his Morriston Arkansas home for ballistics tests
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Milburn Driggers
Shawnee
Okla
Cherry Hill
R. E. Brown
Driggers
Carlisle
J. D. Herndon
Brown
Oklahoma
Leroy Fincham
Herndon
Morriston
Violence Grim Reaper Claims 44 Lives in Comanche County 1952
Jim Bradsaw reports a grim 1952 in Comanche County with 44 deaths within or near the county borders, 18 in auto accidents, 11 shootings, five burns, four suicides, and 17 involving Fort Sill personnel. Lawton police arrested 4,248 and logged 918 crimes, with property stolen totaling 107,057 dollars and 1,293 intoxicated offenders. Cleared offenses reached 177 with 125 unfounded, and rape cases cleared were five. See Violence, Page 2.
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Comanche County
Fort Sill
Lawton
Alford Hennessee
Hennessee
Tragic Rifle Grenade Blast Kills Lawton Boy
An eight year old Lawton boy died when a rifle grenade exploded near his home at 2408 Atlanta injuring his six year old brother and prompting Fort Sill authorities to investigate. The victims are sons of Mrs. Ella Madden and Clarence Madden, a local used car dealer.
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Clarence Madden
Lawton
Atlanta
Jackson Carl Annis
St. Mary’s
Robert Luther Annis
Memorial Hospital
Fort Sill
Ella Madden
Norman Garrison
Frank Murphy
Madden
M. J. Hayes
Maddens
G. L. Kinley
Garrison
Robert Koch
N. 24Th
Center
Kenneth Brown
GOP Congress On Hot Spot In Budget Clash
Washington January 10 The $78 6 billion Truman budget places the GOP under pressure as Eisenhower faces promises to trim spending and taxes balance the budget and maintain military strength while pushing collective security. Some lawmakers eye a $10 billion cut to balance next July 1, matching the anticipated deficit. Comp General Lindsay C Warren notes economies possible without harming national interests.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Lindsay C. Warren
Mystery Raid Kills 15 Soldiers Near Front Lines
Unofficial reports say 15 or 16 American soldiers died with unknown numbers wounded after an artillery battery nine miles south of the front was bombed and strafed by two jet planes. An Army and Air Force inquiry was expected to disclose details on Sunday amid censorship and indeterminate blame.
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Seoul
Korea
Red Manchuria
Sinanju
Yalu River
Far East Air Force
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Chongchong
Taeryong
Air Force
Army
United States
Security Bank To Show New Home Sunday
Security Bank and Trust company invites the public to visit its new Fifth and a building from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday January. Dedication for the 750000 structure is at 2 p.m. Invitations have been mailed to customers and many out of town residents. Exall English, bank president, urged attendance to see the three story limestone and granite facility finished in Italian and Tennessee marble with a mural by Leslie Powell.
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Security Bank & Trust Company
Exall English
Bank
Leslie Powell
C. S. Powell
See Bank
Oklahoma legislature to hold three probe hearings Monday
The 24th Oklahoma Legislature plans three major committee hearings starting Monday. Senator Kirksey Nix will lead a Senate Penal Committee inquiry into whether condemned killer Carl Austin DeWolf received fair treatment. A Senate panel will press Governor Johnston Murray to specify which institutions and boards he aims to abolish for economy. The House Rules Committee will hear Rep. Robert Cunningham's bid to probe the Department of Public Safety. ]
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kirksey Nix
McAlester
Senate Penal Committee
Carl Austin DeWolf
Pardon and Parole Board
Senate
Johnston Murray
Rules Committee
House
Robert O. Cunningham
Department of Public Safety
Fantastic new weapon revealed by Boeing
Boeing disclosed ground to air guided missiles that fly faster than sound and entered a new advanced stage since 1949 with Defense Department permission. The company has fired more than 100 GAPA missiles from 1945 to 1949 at Wendover Utah, signaling a possible leap in military tech once alluded to by President Truman.
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Washington
Boeing Airplane Co
Defense Department
Boeing Guided Missile
GAPA
Ancora
Truman
Boeing
Wendover
Utah
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Hereford
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Gen. MacArthur
Doris Freeson
Bell Syndicate
Everett Hale
Hale
Clyde E. Prestidge
Snow Grip
Seaboard
United Press
Jim Bradshaw
Billy
Lawton Brother
GOP Congress
Nix
DeWolf
de Wolf
Tulsa
Jerry St. Clair
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