GOP Senators Attack Chief's Farm Program
Washington sharp exchange as 1954 GOP conference behind closed doors voiced mixed views on Eisenhower farm program. Senators Young McCarthy Thye and Jenner reported doubts on flexible price supports while Knowland predicted bipartisan compromise to back most recommendations.
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GOP
Senators
Washington
Eisenhower
Millikin
Rcolo
G.O.P
Sens. Young
R-Nd
McCarthy
R.wis
Thye
R-Minn
Jenner
R-Ind
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Congress
Gen Biddle Speaks at Sill OCS Graduation
Maj. Gen. W. S. Biddle, commanding general, First Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, addressed the Fort Sill 46th Artillery Officer Candidate class at graduation. The honor graduate was Eston E. Melton Jr. of Mulberry Florida with other graduates from Portland Oregon Bloomfield Montana and Fort Worth Texas. Ronald L. Baggett Clinton Oklahoma is also listed among graduates. Biddle outlined the traits sought in officers: character competence and attitude and stressed honesty steadfastness self discipline loyalty and self control as the foundation of a “big man.”
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W. S. Biddle
First Armored Division
Fort Hood
Tex
Fort
Eston E. Melton Jr
Mulberry
Fla
John R. Bentley
Portland
Ore
Darrell B. Kampschror
Bloomfield
Mont
Jefferson Seay II
Fort Worth
Biddle
Sooner Farm Groups Seek Credit Easing Across Oklahoma
A coalition of six major Oklahoma farm groups urged the House Agricultural Committee to loosen credit for livestock producers. The appeal, delivered by Phil Ferguson of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, cites tightening private and government credit as forcing herd liquidation and asks federal bodies to extend credit through the stock cycle for feeders, breeding herds, and pasture operations. A related resolution was reported adopted by the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Plains
House Agricultural Committee
Phil Ferguson
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
Northwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
The
Farmers Union, Farm Bureau
Oklahoma Grange
United Livestock Raisers Association
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Reserve System
Ferguson
Allies Fear Big Four Meet Cancellation
Berlin reports say deadlock among the three Western Powers and the Russians over a site for the Big Four foreign ministers meeting threatens the January 25 opening. Western sources warn talks between Berlin commandants have produced no results and jeopardize the conference.
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Berlin
City on Leads Record Breaking Jet Flight For King's Birthday
Lt Col Edmund B Edwards Jr led four Air Force F-84 Thunderjets on a nonstop 2700 mile mission from northern Japan to Bangkok Thailand to celebrate King Adunet Phumphion s birthday. The flight marked the Far East Air Force s first long distance non stop jet fighter record. Edwards and his crew staged two air shows and received royal honors from Thai officials before returning via Manila.
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Lawton
Air Force
Edmund B. Edwards Jr
Jane Anne
McGlachlin
Carol
Ruth
Anne
Col. Edwards
Japan
Luzon
Phillipines
Thailand
Marshall Riddhagni
Royal Thailand Air Force
Pibulsongram
Rid Ghagni
Colone
Manila
Far East Air Force
Safety Unit Hears Pay Boost Plan
The Lawton Safety Council heard how Oklahoma City raised salaries for policemen and firemen. Bob Eastman described a 250 member business group that backed the program, pressuring city officials to boost revenue to raise pay for city employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Safety Council
Oklahoma City
Bob Eastman
Oklahoma Safety Council
Eastman
See Safety Council
School Cafeteria To Open Monday At Rogers and Roosevelt
The Rogers school cafeteria will open Monday with Mrs. Laura Sherry as principal announcing. Minor plumbing upgrades and tray delivery expected this week should have the lunch room ready by weekend. meals cost 25 cents. Ed Ainsworth and Ramage will head the new Roosevelt lunch program. A major plumbing snag at Roosevelt requires sewer tie-in. crews work to complete the project soon, says Superintendent John Shoelaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry
Ed Ainsworth
Lincoln School
Ramage
Roosevelt
Roosevelt School
John Shoelaker
United Nations Reds set meet on new peace parley
In Seoul the United Nations Command announced a meeting with Communist liaison officers on Thursday to discuss resuming talks toward a Korean peace conference. Kenneth Young told Panmunjom officials the United States seeks conditions and a date to restart negotiations. The plan follows past clashes over alleged perfidy and stalled dialogue, with India proposing a civilian POW solution and the Swedish plan rejected. See KOREA, Page 2.
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Seoul
U.N. Command
U.S. State Department
Kenneth Young
High ‘Command
Panmunjom
Washington
Henry Suydam
State Department
United States
Suydam
Syngman Rhee
Young
Red
U. S
Arthur Dean
India
Korean Repatriation Commission
Aday
Korea
Drunk Bites Feeding Hand at Local Employment Office
Police and sheriff records show a Lawton man used part of his unemployment security to post a $40 bond at the station after a drunkenness arrest. The same man has been jailed repeatedly for drunkenness and disturbance, with two JP court charges listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Looney
Lawton
Sheriff's
Aged Farmer Kills Two Shoots Himself
Boynton Oklahoma January 12 A 79 year old farmer Grant Greer shot and killed his stepson Harry Hawkins 35, and his wife Meggie on his front porch before killing himself. The boy Difford hid under a car, Greer then fired at him but missed before shooting himself.
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Boynton
Okla
Boynton Farmer
Burt Clark
Grant Greer
Harry Hawkins
Hawkins
Greer
Meggie
Difford
Clark
Avalanches in Austria Kill Dozens and Leave Many Missing
In Vorarlberg and across central Europe's Alps, more than 100 people are dead or missing as roaring snowslides sever communications and isolate villages. Officials warn the toll may rise for days while rescue efforts search the flooded, blocked valleys near the Swiss border.
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Austria
Vienna
Vorarlberg
Bregenz
Europe
Alps
Fiehs Beet
Walser
Lutzbach
Oir
Reward Gone With Witness
DETROIT Walter Reuther s CIO United Auto Workers paid Donald Ritchie 5 000 in reward money for his story of the union president s attempted murder The missing key witness in the assault conspiracy case against four men Ritchie 33 year old Canadian petty thief is now a defendant The big auto union offers total rewards of 220 000 in the Reuther shootings 1948 1949 Publicly declared last night it paid the 5 000 to Ritchie Guards questioned two policemen who permitted Ritchie to slip free from a Detroit hotel suite were given lie detector examinations A prosecutor ordered a conference of subordinates and others to see REUTHER page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Big
Auto Union
Walter
Victor Reuther
Detroit
Wayne County
Gerald K. O'Brien
Reuther
County Polio Funding Exceeds March of Dimes in 1953
Comanche county polio foundation spent 16,433.22 on hospitalization therapy and braces for 64 patients in 1953, while the 1953 March of Dimes income was 15,652.48. Ten new county cases incurred 3,334.41 in hospital and doctor bills, with 54 old cases continuing treatment. Future needs for 64 cases project continued care in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Polio Foundation
Leslie Pain
Oil Development and Land Leases Reported in Oklahoma
Oil activity rises near Lawton with deep tests underway in the Hanbury area. Capable leases include a $40,134.40 school land payment to Comanche county as Oklahoma City operators drill No 1 Collier and others reach depths around 5 682 feet. Independent A A Cameron purchases all of section 36 3n 9w paying 12 433 60 for SE and 9 233 60 for each other quarter. Monthly Hanbury production nears 19 000 barrels of high gravity oil.
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Sunray Wildcat
Bentley
Stanolind
Comanche County
Apache Field
Kingwood Oll Company
Oklahoma City
Collier
State School Land Commission
Sterling
A. A. Cameron
Old Hanbury
Lawton
Snow Predicted In Area Tonight
Weather outlook calls for a second dose of snow and rain tonight with a thaw faded by Wednesday. Temperatures plunged to 23 degrees last night and rose to only about two degrees by mid morning. Readings today expected in the low 40s with light snow and drizzle possible across southern regions and the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Southern
State
New England Snowstorm Claims 57 Lives Across Region
The Northeast’s worst storm in five years left at least 57 dead as it tracked along the New England coast. Weather officials warned of a move toward freezing air from Canada, while heavy snow and treacherous ice crippled travel and sparked numerous accidents. Philadelphia and New York saw record snows, temperatures plunged, and states reported high casualties from shoveling and related hazards.
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New York
Weather Bureau
New England
Canada
Washington, D. C
Washington
D.C
Mi Lington
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Maine
Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Slayer Hunt Shifts After Tip on Ed Noel
A motorist's tip sent a patrol posse and armed farmers to a new area as the hunt for Ed Noel, a year old Negro, who killed three white men, intensified. John Harthcock of Jackson testified he saw a Negro with a rifle beside a state highway ten miles east of Lexington. A dozen patrol units and sheriff's deputies pursued eight miles from a region already scoured by 500 men yesterday. Noel, officials believe, may have broken from the encircled zone Sunday night and is attempting to flee the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Miss
Ed Noel
John Harthcock
Jackson
Mississippi
Harthcock
Noel
Matthews To Speak Against Turnpikes In Lawton
R. P. Matthews, Sapulpa Herald editor and former Turnpike Authority member, will speak in Lawton Tuesday night at 7:30 in the district courtroom. He is a leading opponent of further turnpike extensions and recently broke with Gov. Johnston Murray, retiring from the authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Matthews
Sapulpa Herald
Turnpike Authority
Lawton
Matthews
Johnston Murray
Authority
Fletcher Depot Safe Is Rifled
Deputy Sheriff Arvil Roberson reports burglars broke into the Frisco railway depot office Monday night or today, prying open a door and smashing the safe. About $15.62 was stolen from the vault, with the safe heavily damaged. This marks the second depot burglary in Comanche within a week, previous at Elgin with no theft.
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Pierecmers
Frisco
Arvil Roberson
Roberson
Comanche
Elgin
F Roberson
GI's Murder Ends Korean War Quarrel
In Tucumcari New Mexico a 24 year old Oklahoma veteran and Korean War casualty died after a quarrel with a fellow soldier over wartime hardships. Justice of Pawhuska Texas officers say he was arrested after aiding the wounded man. Meyer was taken to a Canadian Texas hospital and Justice claims he intended to help.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Oklahoma
Korea
Claude Moncus
Pawhuska
Texas
Justice
Pfc
Edward G. Meyer
Canadian
Tex
Mancus
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Toby Gerard
University of Miami
Miami Beach
Toby
City On
Switzerland
Tees
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Donald Ritchie
Capital Firm
Boys ‘School Land Lease
Fletcher Depot
Meyer
Mi- See
Herb Stonehocker
American Business Club
ABC
Guy Robison
Robison
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