Eisenhower proposes 10 percent cut in farm budget
President Eisenhower outlined a 10 percent reduction in regular Agriculture Department activities for the next fiscal year and warned a near half a billion dollar loss in price supports as surplus crops are disposed of. He called for loans research conservation education marketing school lunch and crop control programs starting July 1.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Congress
Commodity Credit Corp
Chief Proposes Slim Budget Cut For Indian Bureau
President Eisenhower proposes an 80 million dollar budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the year starting July 1. The plan trims new construction by about one third while boosting health education and welfare funding, with 54.1 million for social services 10.3 million for construction 13.1 million for resources management and 3 million for general admin. Construction funds cover buildings utilities roads and trails and land acquisition as unfinished road projects are prioritized to support local economies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Congress
Hearing Continued In Royster Slaying
A Tulsa preliminary hearing for two African American men charged with murder was reset to January 29 to allow FBI ballistics testimony. Alonzo Hayes, 27, and Ernest Fields, 43, are accused in the kidnap robbery of Val Dale Royster, a trailer rental agency employee found dead December 13 on a Wagoner county road. Ballistics linked Fields pistol to slugs at the scene and tied him to a Dewey county farmer through tests.
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Tulsa
FBI
Robert Wheeler
Alonzo Lorenzo Hayes
Ernest Fields
Val Dale Royster
Wagoner
Fields
Royster
Federal Law Agency
Fields’ Fu
Washington County
Dewey
Woman Not Angry At Anyone For False Murder Conviction
Emma Jo Johnson of Carson City Nevada is freed after a board finds the death of Mrs. Jane Jones 72 of Las Vegas was due to a brain tumor not murder. Gardner Wengert and others led a year long inquiry concluding Emma Jo did not cause the death. Johnson awaits marriage to Wengert as she plans to wed soon.
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Carson City
Nev
Emma Jo’ Johnson
Nevada Board of Pardons
Emma Jo
Erle Stanley Gardner
Jane Jones
Las Vegas
Mrs. Jones
Wengert
Russell Johnson
Jack
Austin Wins Dog In Court Battle
Lawton justice of the peace ruled Lt. John Smith must return the dog to Earl Austin west of Lawton after a court dispute. Judge Marvin Cameron noted a strong nose-mark match with Austins photos and dismissed Smiths claim the dog was from Germany, stating Austin had raised the dog since puphood.
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Earl Austin
Lawton
Lt. Smith
Germany
Safety Campaign Yields Big Savings at Fort Sill
Fort Sill reports a strengthened Fourth Army safety drive saved about 468000 for the region with 28 post fatalities and total injuries dropping to 393 military and 23 civilian last year. Captain Ralph C. Andrews notes 10 percent accident reduction goal for 1954.
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Fort Sill
Fourth Army
Ralph C. Andrews
Sill
Andrews
End Of Controls Asked On 8 Tribes
Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay asked Congress to pass bills ending federal controls over eight Indian groups in California Florida New York Montana Oregon North Dakota and Kansas and Potawatomi area four tribes in Horton Kansas Me nom es Wisconsin and Alabama Coushattas. The bills would terminate federal trusteeship affecting about 66000 Indians and place them under same federal and state laws as other citizens.
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Washington
Douglas McKay
Congress
California
Florida
New York
Flatheads
Montana
Klamath
Grand Rondee-Siletz
Oregon
Turtle Mountain Chippewas
North Dakota
Indian Bureau
Potawatomi
Horton
Kan
Wisconsin
Texas
Injured Coal Miners Have Benefits Cut
Washington report states disabled soft coal miners will lose the $30 monthly maintenance and $10 monthly benefits from the welfare fund in March. Pensions, medical aid, artificial limbs and training for the disabled continue. Trustees led by John L. Lewis cite shifting to federal and state relief as the reason.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Oklahoma BPWC plans state meeting attendance
Lawton BPWC members discussed the Oklahoma Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs board meeting at a Wednesday luncheon. Attendees slated to attend the Jan 30 31 Oklahoma City event include Blanche Fickleinger Kate Loud Nell Franklin Lela Wilson Ida Denney and Frances King. Denney to chair next week’s meeting with John Shoemaker Lawton Public Schools superintendent as guest speaker. The Army held a style show and soldiers favored green and pink uniforms and criticized the olive drab.
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State Board of Arrectors
Oklahoma Federation of Business & Professional Women’s Clubs
Lawton Bpwc
Oklahoma City
Blanche Fiick- Inger
Kate Loud
Nell Franklin
Lela J. Wilson
Ida Denney
Frances King
Denney
John Shoemaker
Lawton Public Schools
Local Ads Offer Savings on Unredeemed Merchandise
A compact advertisement promotes savings on new and unredeemed items including diamonds watches radios and guns. It lists Schick Shaver and Ronson Lighter repair services and provides a Lebanon address at 907 Avenue with phone 3707 for LEWIS stWeaar loan services.
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Schick
Ronson Lighter Repair
Lewis stWeaar
Ave
Fire Alarm Test Triggers Building Explosion in Village
In UOULSUN, N Y a routine fire alarm test by police Sgt Alexander Polowishz set off an explosion that wrecked the two story brick municipal building. No injuries were reported. Officials say acid fumes from basement storage batteries powering the alarm and a short circuit caused the blast.
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Tage
Uouulsun
N.Y
Alexander Polowishz
South Pacific
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Lawton High School
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