Fort Sill training facilities seek 4.17 million dollars
The Defense Department asked Congress to authorize 4,173,000 for a new electronics and communications building and Knox hall addition at Fort Sill. The request is part of a 2,012,283,000 military public works bill urged by Rep. Victor Wickersham and Sens. Kerr and Monroey, aiming to support a missile training program and housing funds.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Congress
Fort Sill
Victor Wickersham
U. S
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroey
Public Information Office
Knox Hall
Army
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Eisenhower Keeps Options Open on Presidential Run
President Eisenhower told a Washington news conference he has no objection to placing his name in the New Hampshire and Illinois primaries and would consider entry in other states. He said a final decision on a second term will be announced once firmly fixed in his mind and guided by the good of the country.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Ilinois
Illinois
Ike
State Emerges From Storm
Southern and eastern Oklahoma thawed under sun after a snow and ice storm. Overnight lows dipped to 5 degrees at Ponca City and Ardmore, with several towns reporting 1 to 7 inches of snow. Highway travel remained hazardous as crews cleared routes, with up to 50 trucks stalled on US 77 south of Davis. Officials expected highways to be clear by nightfall as temperatures rose.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Ponca City
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Gage
Tulsa
McAlester
Hugo
Antlers
McCurtain
Sulphur
Healdton
Zoe
Highway Department
Davis
Highway Patrol
Chickasha
Duncan
General Waters reviews Sill missile plan at Fort Sill
Maj. Gen. William E. Waters, Chief of Artillery, Continental Army Command, is slated for a briefing at Knox Hall on surface to surface missile instruction plans at Fort Sill. He will tour facilities and arrived Tuesday for a post-wide look at missile areas, barracks, and training centers.
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William E. Waters
Continental Army Command
Knox Hall
Fort Sill
New Barracks
Waters
Army Field Forces
1St Inf. Div
Army Headquarters
Far East
Korea
Conarc
1St Guided Missile Brigade
Fort Bliss
Tex
Man Jailed After Beaten Girl Is Found
In Mesa Arizona a 33 year old itinerant was arrested after 7 year old Carla Hix was abducted on her way home from school and found battered and bleeding in the desert. Wayne Vance Taylor is expected to face kidnapping aggravated assault and grand theft charges. A doctor said the girl had been sexually molested. Taylor claimed amnesia and said he had been living in a car. Carla regained consciousness before his arrest.
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Carla Hixon
Mesa
Ariz
Ariz.p
Atty
William P. Mahoney Jr
Phoenix
Wayne Vance Taylor
Here
Taylor
Cal Boies
Carla
Desert
Sheriff’s Office
Mike Windham
Tanker Maritime Salem Explosion Kills Three
Fire raged as crews searched for survivors from the tanker Maritime Salem wrecked off Lake Charles. Three dead, 24 or 25 unaccounted, eight injured. damage estimated at two million dollars. The ship carried 130,000 barrels of gasoline and kerosene and sank in 35 feet of water after two explosions in quick succession. City Service Co. owned the vessel, operating out of New York.
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Lake Charles
Maritime
Salem
Calcasieu Parish
Harry Snath
Cities Service Co
New York
Snatic
Calcasieu
Lake Charles Habor
Fire burns through Muskogee Barnes building blaze
A general alarm fire on the sixth floor of a ten story Muskogee business building trapped workers briefly on upper floors Thursday. Fire crews fought through thick smoke and reached the blaze quickly, with danger easing as flames were curbed in about 25 minutes. A boy smashed a glass door to aid escape from trapped sixth floor workers.
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Muskogee
Barnes
Third and
Wall Streets
John Hudson
Star Printers
Hudson
Town and Country Manufact Co Hiring On Top Monday
Joe Cummings new plant manager announced that hiring for Lawton's Town and Country Manufacturing Co will begin Monday through the Lawton Employment Service. About 10 workers to be hired next week with production starting after four buildings are completed next month. By year end 140 to 150 employees expected as the mobile homes plant opens. Some equipment moved this Friday as construction advances ahead of schedule. Feb 15 targeted for completion. Mayor Ellsworth urged residents to view the progress.
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Town and Country Manufacturing Co
Joe Cummings
Lawton Employment Service
Cummings
Mobile Homes
C. R. Ellsworth
Lawtonians
Lawton Records Coldest Night With 11 Degree Low
Local observer Mrs. Floyd Elrod reports Lawton endured the coldest night of the year with a low of 11 degrees. Forecast calls for rising temperatures and no precipitation, with today’s high near 40 and Friday’s around 45. Clear skies and sunshine noted at noon as 11 a.m. reading held at freezing.
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Lawton
Floyd Elrod
Riots and Looting Rampant in Bombay State Split
Riots, looting and arson erupted in Bombay as protests against creating a separate Marathi state intensified. Police fired on mobs killing at least nine. one policeman was killed by rioters and several civilians were attacked in their car. The death toll in the week rose to about 40 amid reports of Communist involvement and a planned “parallel government” in Satara district. A peace brigade of armed citizens was proposed to aid police, as observers called this the era’s most serious disorder in India.
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Bombay
India
Satara
S. K. Patil
Congress Party
New Delhi
Lawton Jaycees to name top man at Friday luncheon
Lawton’s Young Man of the Year will be honored at a joint Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Toby Morris chairs the selection, with the winner kept secret until the event. The Disturbed Service Award includes a plaque, DSA key, certificate, and a Kiplinger subscription.
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Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Toby Morris
DSA
DSA Key
Kiplinger Letter and
Marlin Keathley
Lawtonian
Lawtonians
Warren Chrisman
Jay Lee Jaycee
642 Jam 4-H Contests Here at Fort Sill Indian School
County 4-H members-642 strong jammed the annual girls food preparation and boys and girls speech contests in the Fort Sill Indian School gym. Mrs. Clara J. Kelley said 300 girls registered, greatest ever, with 65 entries for three oatmeal cookies. First year beginning 4-H entrants included. Over 700 people attended as entrants, parents and coaches watched.
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Fort Sill Indian School
Clara J. Kelley
Indian School
Carolyn Ridgway
C. M. Ridgway
Fletcher
Dorothy Brown
Center
Charlie Brown
Tuba City
Ariz
Fort Sill
Dorothy
FSIS
Chief Replies To Ridgway Policy Blast
President Eisenhower defends military policy amid Gen. Ridgway criticism noting any misstatements in the 1954 State of the Union should be taken to Secretary Wilson and Adm. Radford. Ridgway charges pressure to fit army needs to a political line. Wilson recalls Ridgway’s nonconcurrence on the 1955 Army force level.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgway
Wilson
Adm
Arthur Radford
Ridgway
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saturday Evening Post
Radford
Redman Prepares Heavy Criminal Docket For Court Term
County Attorney Manville Redman opened the Superior court jury session planning a February 13 start. Judge Robert S. Landers said the first week would focus on criminal cases with civil suits in the second week. Arraignments set for February 3. Redman noted he may finish the criminal docket by Friday, with burglary and forgery cases expected to be prominent.
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Manville Redman
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Redman
Family Feud Delays Burial of Fairris Slayer
Fort Worth reports a family dispute over the burial of Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr who was executed in the electric chair for killing Oklahoma City Detective Bennie Cravatt. A funeral home moved the body from McAlester Oklahoma while Fairris' mother sent an attorney to claim it.
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Fort Worth
Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Fairris
Oklahoma City
Bennie Cravatt
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