Senators OK to Screen Appointments in Eisenhower Era
Senate GOP leaders reported President-elect Eisenhower fully agreed to clear all future federal appointive jobs with Republican members of Congress. They said the plan covers Senate confirmed posts and other roles, with House involvement for postmasters in single districts. The agreement aims to reduce patronage confusion and ensure cooperation with GOP lawmakers.
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New York
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Knowland
California
Republican Policy Committee
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Knowland
Millikin
Colorado
GOP
House
Grenade Victim Fights For Life In Oklahoma City Area
Six year old Bobby Annis remained gravely ill at Memorial hospital after a rifle grenade exploded near his home Saturday. His eight year old brother Jack was killed. Fort Sill officials confirmed the shell was American and the investigation continues into how the grenade and access to it occurred. Funeral services for Jackson Carl are planned for Thursday at a Lawton church.
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Bobby Annis
Memorial Hospital
Jack
Atlanta
Bobby
Fort Sill
Post
Lawton
Jackson Carl
Ella Madden
Clarence Madden
Pakistan Cracks Down on Communists in Karachi Riots
Karachi authorities carried out a roundup of leading Communists as riots faded. Governor A T Naqvi announced ongoing prosecutions, with 165 arrests for specific offenses and hundreds charged with curfew breaches, disturbing the peace, or hooliganism, as police and Army contingents remained in the city.
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Karachi
Pakistan
A. T. Naqvi
Naqvi
Prison Break Ends In Jumpscare And Capture
Two county jail inmates, Bennie Peoples and Charles Lawrence, escaped via a hole cut in the jail and a window, then were captured after Peoples suffered a leg break from a fall about 25 to 30 feet. Officers chased them to the 500 block on D Street. Peoples hopped on one foot while being aided by Lawrence. County officials sought district court transfer for Peoples to a state penitentiary. deputies guarded them at Southwestern hospital.
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Lawton
Bennie Peoples
Charles C. Lawrence
Fort Sillman
Peoples
Pete Fuller
Roy Wood
James Faulkner
Lawrence
State Penitentiary
Lewis Davis
Arvil Roberson
Southwestern Hospital
Fuller
Pope Pius XII Names 24 New Cardinals
In Vatican City on January 12 Pope Pius XII created 24 cardinal princes including an American. The ceremony followed centuries-old rites as the Sacred College reached its full strength of 70 for the first time in nearly 250 years.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sacred College of Cardinals
Papal Consistory Elevates 24 Cardinals From 13 Nations
The Vatican announced 24 new cardinals during a consistory, raising the College to 27 nations represented. Archbishop James Francis McIntyre of Los Angeles was among them, with diplomats noting the absence of Mindszenty and the presence of Stepinac and Wyszynski amid Communist regimes. In Oklahoma City, GOP leaders clashed over patronage and party control as State Chairman Floyd Carrier and National Committeeman Bailie Vinson faced off in a power struggle over appointment influence.
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St. Peter
James Francis McIntyre
Los Angeles
Aloysius Stepinac
Stefan Wyszysnki
Poland
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Sacred College
Msgr
McIntyre
U.S
India
Colombia
Ecuador
Yugoslavia
Oklahoma City
Republican State Committee
Floyd Carrier
Carrier
Bailie Vinson
Tulsa
Vinson
Eisenhower
Pearl Sayre
National Committee
Skirvin Tower
Sayre
Connie Brand
Rep
Page Belcher
Enid
Oklahoma
Jurist To Launch Fund Drive Here
The Salvation Army starts a $125,000 campaign to fund a new Center in Lawton. The kick-off at 6:30 p.m. in the First Christian Church basement features jurist June Camille Kelley of Memphis as principal speaker. She arrived in Lawton today for a second visit, previously linked to the Lawton Story film.
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Salvation Army
Lawton
First Christian Church
June Camille Kelley
Memphis
Tenn
Wichita Mountains
Kelley
Bert Sawyer Dies At 79 In Lawton
Albert F. Bert Sawyer longtime Lawton resident died at 10 20 p.m Sunday at 815 S Ninth after a lengthy illness Born January 4 1874 he would have turned 79 recently He directed the Lawton YMCA from 1917 to 1925 later served as National Boy Scout Executive in Houston until 1930 He married Gladys Burton July 26 1923 in Lawton Surviving are wife son James Sawyer Pueblo Colo two sisters and a brother plus one grandchild Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Lawton Funeral Home
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Albert F
Bert) Sawyer
Lawton
S. Ninth
YMCA
Houston
Tex
Gladys Burton
Masonic Service Club
Postal Department
Sawyer
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Lawton Lodge
Lawton Eastern Star
Scottish Rite
KCCH
Guthrie
Shrine of
Galveston
Rotary Club
Two Africans Killed While Trapping Kenya Regiment Patrol
In Nairobi police report two Africans volunteering to lead a Kenya Regiment patrol into Mau country were killed when the trap failed. The incident occurred as the pair attempted to lure soldiers into a confrontation.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Kenya Regiment
Mau
Allies Repulse Heaviest Red Attack of '53
United Nations troops repulsed multiple major assaults by about 1,500 Chinese and North Korean forces on the eastern and central fronts. Allied planes hit supply routes north of Sinanju while North Korean and Chinese attacks near Chorwon Pukhan River and Capitol Hill were driven back. Fighter-bombers concentrated on rail bridges north of Sinanju with several direct hits.
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Seoul
United Nations
Sinanju
Chorwon
ROK
Punchwl
Pukhan River
Capitol Hill
Taeryong
Chongchon Rivers
Truman Drops Oil Monopoly Case on Condition of Civil Records
President Truman ordered the dropping of criminal antimonopoly proceedings against five major oil firms provided they enter into a stipulation to make records available for a civil suit. He directed Attorney General McGranery to confer with the companies to agree to cooperate, aiming to terminate the grand jury action. Stephen J. Spingarn criticized the move as a betrayal of enforcement.
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Washington
Truman
McGranery
National Security Council
U. S
Federal Trade Commission
Stephen J. Spingarn
White House
Cyril Pedestrian Hit and Killed Near Cyril
Lorenzo Bentz a 59 year old Cyril Indian died at Kiowa Indian hospital after being struck by a 1951 Chevrolet coach driven by James Wesle Swagerty of Cyril. The accident occurred on U S 277 near Cyril as Bentz crossed the highway around 6 45 PM. Swagerty was uninjured.
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Lorenzo Bentz
Cyril Indian
Kiowa Indian Hospital
U. S
Cyril
Bentz
Lawton Highway Patrol
M. R. Hellwege
James Wesle Swagerty
Rt. 1
Cyril. Swagerty
Fletcher
Senate subcommittee flags Communist influence in schools
Washington reports the Senate internal security panel urges a broader probe into Communist infiltration of colleges, high schools, and elementary schools amid cries of hundreds of teachers as Communists. The panel backs ongoing inquiries and suggests state legislatures form similar local committees while jurisdiction fights loom in the new Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ask
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Singing Bandit Hums A Ditty Before Court
Oklahoma City a 24 year old known as the singing bandit William Arnold Langley pleaded not guilty to armed robbery charges. He hummed Star Dust on the way to arraignment and described the accusation as a fabulous charge. Langley and Peter Recabaren jr both face preliminary hearings January 27 for the December 12 Safeway robbery.
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Oklahoma City
William Arnold Langley
Jack Rose
Otis James
Peter Recabaren Jr
Rose
Blackie Mabe
San Francisco
Langley
FBI
Recabaren
Recaberen
Marlow
Okla
Califonia
California
San Quentin
James
Identification Switch in St Clair Killing Case Unfolds
Oklahoma City report: Prison inmate Albert McHaffe testifies Victor Everhart claimed he killed Detective Jerry St Clair. Everhart allegedly urged an escape, but McHaffe refused. Reporter J Nelson Taylor notes witnesses later changed IDs from Everhart to Carl DeWolf, who faces execution. Related testimony on discrepancies in Tulsa police and press files.
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Oklahoma City
McAlester
Senate
Victor Everhart
Tulsa County
Jerry St. Clair
Carl Austin DeWolf
Albert H. McHaffe
Everhart
St. Clair
St. Clair _ McHaffe
Roy E. Jones
Jimmy Neeley
DeWolf
Leonea
Neeley
J. Nelson Taylor
Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
State Pardon and Parole Board
Taylor
Tulsa World
Tulsa
Tulsa Tribune
J. D. Bills
Victor
Weather outlook keeps spring in Lawton area
The early spring pattern remains over Lawton and nearby areas with unseasonably warm highs in the 60s today and Tuesday. Sunday’s peak reached 65 degrees, followed by a 30 degree overnight low and a brief cooling was not repeated tonight with a near 40 degree low. No moisture has been reported in the state and none is likely in the near future.
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Lawton
Mercury
Danish Beauty Exhumation Aims To Settle 1798 Death
In Copenhagen exhumation plans test a long standing legend about Giertrud Bodenhoff who died at 19 in 1798. Relatives led by MP Dr Viggo Stracke seek the buried body to determine if poisoning, natural death, or a staged death with grave robbery explains the tale of alleged vivisection and jewels taken from her ear.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Giertrud Birgitte Bodenhoff
Giertrud
Viggo Stracke
Zems
Oklahoma Legislature Opens Second Week Faces Major Money Bills
Oklahoma City January 12 The Oklahoma Legislature begins week two of the 24th session with key money measures on the horizon. A House committee will study a seven million emergency highway appropriation while Gov. Murray pushes for agency elimination. Senate leaders vow rapid action on major bills as 53 total measures were filed in the first week.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Legislature
Safety Department
Highway Commission
Senate
Bill Logan
Lawton
Okla
Johnston Murray
Murray
Paul Harkey
Idabel
House
Highway Department
James C. Nance
Purcell
Raymond Gary
Appropriations
Convicts Gather Fund For DeWolf
Convicts at the state penitentiary collect funds to back Carl Austin DeWolf’s defense. Warden Jerome Waters Jr. said DeWolf, condemned for the Tulsa police officer slaying, is set to die in the electric chair January 27. Proceeds would finance a possible appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Mcalester
Okla
State Penitentiary
Carl Austin DeWolf
Tulsa
Jerome Waters Jr
DeWolf
Jerry St. Clair
United States Supreme Court
Freshmen struggle for beds as Washington rents soar
Washington beds scarce as new congressmen and aides race for housing. Mrs Edna Walton of the Washington Board of Trade says about 75 freshmen have housing arranged, while many end up in one room apartments or Maryland Virginia outskirts. Hotels like Wardman Park charge 240 dollars monthly, with the congressional hotel offering similar terms. Barry Goldwater is among twenty five moving into hotels. Many return to Capitol Hill often, underscoring the tight housing market and rising cost of living for newcomers.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Edna Walton
Washington Board of Trade
Capitol
Maryland
Virginia
Congressional
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Benning
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