New Torrent Threatens Green Yuba City Levee
A powerful flood surge along the Feather River threatens the green Shanghai Bend levee near Yuba City. Army engineers warn the hastily built barrier of mud could fail, as storms lash northern California and floodwaters converge on Yuba City, already hit by Christmas disaster. Civilians evacuated Olivehurst Arboga and parts of Sutter County, while Shanghai Bend workers halted efforts and Beale Air Force Base prepared patrols. Bolinas coastal cliffs crumble and wreck about 40 homes as Eel and Smith River floods affect the north coast. In Moscow the Soviet Union outlines a six year plan aiming to boost steel output to 68.3 million metric tons in 1960 with a 70 percent rise since 1956, while promising expanded consumer goods, housing, and trade with other nations.
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Olivehurst
Arboga
Bear River
Marysville
Feather
Yuba City
Sutter County
Shanghai Bend
Beale Air Force Base
Eel
Smith
Redwood Creek
Bolinas
San Francisco
Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
Dulles May Take Stump If Campaign Winds Shift
Washington reports a political stir over Secretary of State Dulles possibly giving campaign speeches amid criticism of his Asia policy remarks. The dispute drew comments from Vice President Nixon, Adlai Stevenson, and Harold Stassen, each weighing the administration’s foreign stance and fears of “Russian roulette” rhetoric.
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Washington
State Dulles
Dulles
Nixon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Eisenhower
Stevenson
United States
Weekend Traffic Wrecks Kill Five
Five people died in Oklahoma weekend wrecks raising the state toll to 23. Victims include Betty Sechrist 18 of Decatur Texas and Mary Elizabeth Stewart 73 of Oklahoma City. James Stayton 27 Blair Clifford Thurman 44 Clinton Clyde Hollingshead 53 Clinton. Sechrist died after a two car crash at Memorial Road and Western Avenue near Oklahoma City. Don Stone 29 of Decatur Texas survived with minor injuries. Stewart died from injuries north east of Oklahoma City and her husband remained in critical condition. The other driver was uninjured.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Betty Sechrist
Decatur
Tex
Mary Elizabeth Stewart
Oklahoma City
James Troy Stayton
Blair
Clifford Thurman
Clinton
Clyde Hollingshead
Sechrist
Memorial Road
Western Avenue
Don Stone
Stewart
Safeway Bandits Rob Grocery, Escape With 545 Dollars
In Miami Oklahoma bandits robbed the Safeway grocery last Sunday night taking 545 dollars. Vernon Haddox, Safeway's Tulsa retail operations manager, confirmed the amount and noted this was the third such robbery in 16 months.
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Miami
Okla
Safeway
Tulsa
Vernon Haddox
Faure Rejected By Own Party
Paris Radical Socialist steering committee rejected readmission of former Premier Edgar Faure and blocked reconciliation with rival Pierre Mendes-France. Faure stood in the hall without party credentials until friends' intervention allowed him in. The vote deepens the rift between the former allies, who split before the last elections and now lead rival center groups in the Assembly.
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Paris
Radical Socialist Congress
Edgar Faure
Pierre Mendes- France
Faure
Mendes-France
Bulganin Offers Soviet Aid and Ties to Latin Nations
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin stated Moscow stands ready to provide technical aid and specialists to Latin American countries if needed and to establish diplomatic relations with those currently without. He urged non interference, outlined trade interests, and noted imports of agricultural products minerals and livestock in exchange for industrial goods machinery and complete factories. The remarks were released at a foreign ministry news conference.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Bulganin
Russia
Vision
Latin America
Eisenhower requests 35.5 billion dollar military budget
Washington reports a 35.547 billion dollar defense plan for the next fiscal year, with missile spending rising to over 1.0 billion and overall defense outlays totaling about 42.4 billion including foreign aid and stockpiling. The plan emphasizes air-atomic power and new weapons while conventional spending falls.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Army
Navy
Teachers May Vote On Social Security Plan
Lawton teachers may vote on participating in the federal social security program with a two per cent payroll tax. Superintendent John Shoemaker plans to present the issue to the Board of Education Feb 6 and, if approved, request a proclamation from Gov Raymond Gary. Eligible teachers and nonmember employees would vote. results would be retroactive to Jan 1. A prior straw poll favored adoption 209 to 201 while other Oklahoma districts have already voted yes.
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Lawton
John Shoemaker
Board of Education
Raymond Gary
Shoemaker
Cache
Sidney M. Vandeventer
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Ada
Miami
el Reno
Drumright
Moore
Crooked Oak
Pryor
Langley
Hennessey
Ardmore
New Revenue Boost To Put U.S. In Black
President Eisenhower submitted a balanced budget proposal for the new fiscal year with a 16 billion dollar spending rise, offset by higher revenues. The plan projects a surplus of 435 million in the coming year and 230 million this year, emphasizing national security outlays and debt reduction while resisting immediate tax cuts.
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Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
Martin
House
GOP
Mass
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Taber
New York
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Veterans Affairs
International Affairs
Greater Lawton To Pick Officers
Greater Lawton Inc stockholders meet in the district courtroom for the first official session of the year to elect a new slate of officers. Exall English notes 8 pm meeting will conduct business and discuss plans to attract new industries to Lawton. About 150 of 600 stockholders form a quorum with 25 percent present or via proxy.
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Greater Lawton, Inc
Exall English
Lawton
Allen Bilbrey
Children Under Sixteen Mothers Nurture New Births
In Oklahoma City at Wesley Hospital a maternity ward sign forbids admission of children under 16 to the OB Ward. Despite this, three 15 year olds gave birth in the past two days, highlighting a clash between policy and reality.
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Oklahoma City
Wesley Hospital
Snow Falls as Cold Air Drops Temperatures Across State
Snow flurries are forecast for the Panhandle and Oklahoma tonight and tomorrow as a new blast of cold air arrives. Temperatures dropped to 11 degrees at Ponca City and 22 at Altus, Lawton 18, with highs to rise only to 35 today and tomorrow. Forecasters say snow would bring moisture for wheat and winter pastures, though won t bring colder weather. See WEATHER, Page 2.
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Panhandle
Oklahoma
Ponca City
Altus
Lawton
Arlen Johnson
Burglary Spree Believed Solved
Detective Captain Otis Waldron announced that more than a dozen Lawton burglaries in late 1955 may be solved with the arrest of 26 year old Fort Sill soldier Donald Edward Hammond. Hammond faced second degree burglary charges in Justice Woodrow Giles court for breaking into Robert Foster’s Euclid street home on Oct 14, with items including a camera lenses money and a Remington razor.
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Otis Waldron
Lawton
Fort Sillman
Sill
Donald Edward Hammond
Woodrow Giles
Giles
Hammond
Robert Foster
Euclid
Pete Fuller
Four Top Young Men Nominated for D S A
Lawton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce announces four nominees for the 1955 Distinguished Service Award. Manville Redman Warren Chrisman Jay Dee Fountain and Billy Paul Galyon are up for the honor based on achievements leadership and service in Lawton during 1955. The award will be presented at a noon Friday luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian by the chamber and Jaycees.
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Lawton
Keathley
Jaycees
Mother pleads for stay in Oklahoma City killer case
Margie Zeglen, mother of Hurbie Franklin Fairis scheduled for execution for slaying a detective, writes Gov. Raymond Gary from Goree prison seeking a 90 day stay to learn who killed Bennie Cravatt. Gary declines preserving Pardon and Parole Board stance. Fairris’ execution set for 12:01 a.m. Wednesday at McAlester Penitentiary.
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Oklahoma City
Margie Zeglen
Hurbie Franklin Fairis
Raymond Gary
Goree
Huntsville
Tex
Fairris
Gary
Zeglen
McAlester
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Leonid Ilyichev
Rowland R. Hughes
Budget Bureau
U.S
Greater Lawton
Mercury
Hurbie
Chance
Killer
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