Ridgway Warns on Civilian Control of the Military
Gen Matthew Ridgway calls for a thorough review of the defense establishment amid charges of civilian officials influencing military decisions for political expediency. Sen Kefauver supports investigation while Adm Radford and Defense Sec Wilson deny pressured Ridgway.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Saturday Evening Post
Army Chief of Staff
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs
Senate Armed Services Committee
Formosa
Defense
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Mundt
Army
Secretary of Defense
Slaying Probe Focuses on Washington Cafe Shooting
Horace B. Stevenson 49 and Frank Griffin 54 feature in a fatal cafe shooting. County Attorney Redman seeks more information before charging. police widen manhunt for witnesses and possible motive as Stevenson remains jailed.
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Horace B. Stevenson
Washington
Manville Redman
Frank Griffin
Otis Waldron
Lee
GOP Eyes Moratorium On Farm Mortgages
About 25 Midwestern House Republicans pressed for a moratorium on farm mortgage payments and a stronger government livestock buying program. They planned to present the proposals to Secretary Benson, led by Rep. Hoeven of Iowa, who said the group backs the Eisenhower farm plan on long term effects.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Middle West
Hoeven
Iowa
Eisenhower
City Pilot Died In Quarters Five
Lt. James L. Redding, a Lawton jet pilot, died January 14 in Korea from a fire in transient officers quarters at a Marine Air base on Korea s southeast coast. Maj. Charles P. Carley sent the notice to the Reddings, and the government will notify when the body ships home for services in Lawton. Services will be at Blessed Sacrament church and burial in Rose Hill mausoleum.
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James L. Redding
Lawton
Korea
Charles P. Carlley
Harold Redding
Laird
Marine Air
Blessed Sacrament Church
Rose Hill
Oklahoma City
Jim
Maj
Carlley
Oklahoma Traffic Toll Rises With More Crashes In Area
Oklahoma's traffic death toll climbs to 35 for the year with the latest fatality a 63 year old Comanche man, William Hubert Patty Sr., injured in a two car crash north of Duncan. Edwin Lynn Pettigrew of Duncan sustained minor injuries. Several other injuries and wrecks were reported in Lawton and surrounding areas as patrols noted no district-wide report. Patty died after hospitalization in Duncan.
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Oklahoma
William Hubert Patty Sr
Patty
Duncan
Edwin Lynn Pettigrew
Walters
John C. Watson
Southwestern Hospital
Lawton
Ferris del Lindsey
Thomas A. Anderson
Lindsey
Louise Edwards
S. 26Th
Memorial Hospital
Sheridan Road
Cache Road
Edwards
Betty Jean Ellis
Sycamore
Comanche County
Eisenhower urges standby credit controls amid slowing boom
President Eisenhower proposed restoring standby controls on consumer credit while noting the booming economy is moderating to a tamer gait. He urged Congress to consider re-enacting Fed authority to regulate down payments and repayment terms, tied to a broader economic report predicting a near 400 billion dollar economy and calling for tax reductions to be reconsidered.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Fimnt
Mla
U.S
Multination Organization For Trade Cooperation
Federal Reserve Board
Executive Branch
Missile Data Reported By Air Force Officials
The Air Force released new data on guided missiles and stressed steady progress with no complacency. Officers Maj Ralph Hicks and Capt Robert Dillion highlighted the Hughes Falcon and Boeing Bomarc as highly satisfactory and encouraging, noting long range missiles could carry explosive forces greater than World War II totals and that high yield atomic warheads would speed operational readiness.
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New York
Air Force
Air Research and Development Command
Baltimore
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Ralph L. Hicks
Robert W. Dillion
Air Force Unmanned Missile Branch
Soviet Union surpasses United States in hydrogen bomb weapons
Marshal Vasili Chuikov told a congress of the Ukrainian Communist party that the Soviet Union has surpassed the United States in thermonuclear weapons.
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Moscow
Vasili Chuikovv
Ukraiian Communist Party
Soviet Union
United States
City Youth to Be Honored for Saving Young Nephew
Bennie Moore an 18 year old Lawton man will be honored at the Hobart Kiwanis meeting January 21 for saving the life of his 14 month old nephew Vance Moore. He pulled the child from a stock tank on his grandfather's farm at Cooperator on November 15 and treated him with artificial respiration during a 20 mile ride to medical aid in Hobart. The baby revived and later recovered.
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Bennie Moore
Lawton
Hobart Kiwanis Club
Bob Eastman
Oklahoma Safety Council, Inc
Vance Moore
Allen Moore
Cooperton
Moore
Leonard T. Moore
Bennie
Hobart
Hero
Rain Turns to Snow Tonight in Lawton Area
Light showers and overcast skies covered Lawton with a drizzle that may shift to snow tonight. A 28 degree low is forecast, while statewide reports show heavier snow in northeastern Oklahoma and up to four inches near Pawnee, with lighter totals elsewhere.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Pawnee
Ponca City
Clint Brewster
Perry
Enid
Lee
Boy Bandit Strikes Again in Oklahoma City
An 11 year old boy, already in trouble since age eight, was captured in Chickasha after robbing the Daily Delight cafe in Oklahoma City for 35 dollars. He admitted the hold up and threatened cashier Mrs. Carpenter with a long switch blade before fleeing. Police note a record dating back to 1953 but cannot prosecute due to his age.
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Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Daily Delight
Robert Carpenter
Highway Killer Sought In Nevada
LAS VEGAS Nevada UP police sheriff's deputies and the FBI staged a major manhunt for a gunman believed to have killed a motorist in New Mexico and possibly another missing driver. Roadblocks were set after a speeding stop nearly captured him Monday night. the suspect wrecked a car and held a man at gunpoint to steal clothes. Police fear the fugitive may be Indiana jail escapee Leslie Irvin, dubbed the mad dog killer, who fled a Princeton jail on January 19 after a string of murders including a gas station attendant.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Sheriff's Deputies
FBI
New Mexico
Indiana
Leslie Irvin
Princeton
Ind
Pageant Readings Cast Tryouts Start for Wichita Mountains Event
The 31st annual Wichita Mountains Easter Service pageant moves into action with reading cast tryouts among high school groups. Executive director Jack Batten announced first reading cast rehearsal January 31 at his home, and a full cast session February 12 at the Holy City in the Wichita Mountains. The 1956 pageant, themed Are We Able, will include about 50 scenes with six new and extensive revamps to existing scenes. About 30,000 history pamphlets are printed for Pageant information and convention materials, with copies distributed to the Chamber of Commerce. Batten urged Lawton residents and businesses to mail theSee PAGEANT.
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Wichita Mountains
Jack Batten
Holy City
Batten
Chamber of Commerce
Prince Charles Royal Romance Rumor Draws Laughs in Houston
In Houston a London rumor of a marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Maria Christine drew a chuckle from Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. He joked that the chatter was far from serious as he noted Maria Christine is eight and Bonnie Prince Charlie is seven. Bernhard arrived in Houston from Dallas Monday night amid talk of plans to avoid a potential royal crisis.
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Houston
England
Prince Charles
Maria Christine
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Bonnie Prince Charlie
London
Dallas
City Still Needs Core Test Okay
City water committee failed to secure initial permission from Cache Creek landowners for core tests at the proposed dam site for a city lake near Elgin. Mayor Ellsworth met nine landowners. owners demanded assurance of compensation for any damages and suggested bonding or court-ordered testing to protect property interests.
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City Council Water Committee
Pere
Cache Creek
Elgin
C. R. Ellsworth
Poisonous vaccine stolen from Easton veterinarian
In Easton Pennsylvania police reported the theft of more than 60 bottles of a poisonous cattle disease vaccine from a veterinarian's car. Authorities warned the substance can enter the bloodstream through a cut and be deadly to humans.
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Easton
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