Russian Bombers Menacing Japan Near Northern Japan Bases
Russian IL28 bombers, reportedly 1,000 strong with dozens of bases on Sakhalin and the Kuriles, threaten Japan with speed about 650 mph and potential atomic capability. MIG15s guard the fleet. TU2s operate on Sakhalin and the Kuriles. U.S. forces are outnumbered in the region, with a radar and fighter network extending to northern Japan.
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U. S
Japan
Sakhalin Island
Kuriles
Hokkaido
Byapan
Russia
Kurile Island
Sakhalin
Curtis R. Low
Air Defense Force
JADF
Superforts Bomb Target Near Yalu River Front
Tokyo reported B 29 Superforts reached within 15 miles of the Yalu River raining 100 tons of bombs on a Communist troop housing area at Cholsan near Antung. Five MIG 15s were sighted, Sabrejets shot down or damaged seven more MIGs, continuing a five day streak with 77 MIGs claimed for January.
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Tokyo
Yalu
Indian baby dies in two car accident near Carnegie
A two year old Irene Domebo of Hobart was killed in a one car crash near Carnegie Oklahoma. Highway patrol investigated reports that a second person was killed in an accident near Terrell. The Domebo child’s death marked the sixth traffic fatality of the day.
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United Press
Irene Domebo
Hobart
Carnegie
Okla
Highway Patrol
Terrell
Domebo
Gen Taylor to Leave Monday for War Post
Lt Gen Anthony C McAuliffe heads to a top Army post likely deputy chief of staff for operations and admin as Gen Maxwell Taylor moves to Korea to command the Eighth Army replacing Gen James Van Fleet. Taylor also met with President Eisenhower at the White House to discuss Korea.
Taylor Served At Sill In '30s And Visited In 1953
Lt Gen Maxwell D Taylor, a three star commander set to succeed Van Fleet as Eighth Army commander in Korea, previously served at Fort Sill in the 1930s as a field artilleryman and visited the Artillery School this week. He later toured Oklahoma City to see his parents, with a possible new assignment under Ike. The trip foreshadowed discussions with Eisenhower on bringing the Korean War to a conclusion while addressing ammunition and replacement issues. Taylor's career spans West Point Class of 1922, service with engineers then field artillery, and roles at the Military Academy and as superintendent 1945–1949. He held posts in China prior to WWII and with airborne divisions in World War II. Collins heads a Far East mission to assess the situation and will meet Clark, Van Fleet, and Taylor in Tokyo after front-line visits.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Korea
Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
General Taylor
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Command and General Staff School
Taylor
U. S. Military Academy
Far East
U.S
Peking
82Nd Airborne
1011St Airborne
West Point
The
Engineers
Field Artillery
Eisenhower
Collins
Washington
Army
Mark Clark
United Nations
Tokyo
Battle Front
Batten Named Pageant Chief
Jack Batten, recently named assistant director of the Wichita Mountains Sunrise Easter Pageant, was elevated to acting director after Rev. Ed Trindle resigned. Rehearsals begin soon for the world famous pageant staged on Easter morning, a production founded by the late Rev. A. M. Wallock that has drawn hundreds of thousands of spectators.
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Jack Batten
Wichita Mountains
Ed Trindle
A. M. Wallock
Solons Insist Nominees Sell Stock Or Quit
Senators from both parties urged Eisenhower nominees for Army Navy and Air Force secretary posts to divest stock in companies doing government business or resign. Defense Secretary designate Charles E Wilson faced calls to sell his General Motors holdings before Senate confirmation, expected Monday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Senate
Wilson
General Motors Corp
Wayne Morse
Oregon Independent
New York
Robert T. B. Stevens
J.P. Stevens & Co
Harold E. Talbott
Chrysler Corp
Electric Auto- Lite Co
Robert B. Anderson
Trial for Parsons Murder Moves to Wichita Falls
Mrs Mary Jean Parsons a 22 year old Tulsa heiress faces a murder trial in Wichita Falls over the death of her husband Lt Richard Parsons six weeks after their January wedding The defense won two earlier postponements by challenging jury selection The case has been moved from El Paso where publicity hindered proceedings A 300 special venue was set with Parsons free on 50000 bond She has been in Timberlawn Dallas mental sanitarium and her husband was killed February 16 last year The defense indicated possible delays and no death penalty decision by prosecutors
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N.Y
Mary Jean Jan
Parsons
Lawton area crash kills mother and daughter in SH 7 wreck
A two car crash seven miles east of Lawton on SH 7 left Glenda Kaye Erwin Angle and her mother Eva Angle dead. The husband Willie Angle and younger daughter Wilma Marcia Angle were gravely injured while Mary Slagle Treadway, a former Lawton clinic technician, suffered severe wounds. A Norman woman, 23, was seriously wounded.
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Lubbock, Tex
Norman
Lawton
Comanche County
SH 7
Glenda Kaye Erwin Angle
Eva Angle
Southwestern Hospital
Angle
Wilma Marcia
Willie Markus Angle
Tot
Texas
Tom Sharrock
Flatfeet Race Polio Fundraiser Sets Police Beat Record
Lawton police beat the fire department in the Mile o Dimes charity race raising 336.16 for polio this Saturday, with officers collecting 186.66 and firefighters 149.50. It marks the police second straight year of victory after leading since 1950 and 51.
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Lawton
Fire Department
Tom Lansden
Comanche County
War Drives Gas War in Lawton Slashes Prices Across Town
A gas war in Lawton cut prices about six cents a gallon on Saturday. Drivers cheered as stations offered regular gas around 19.9 cents per gallon and ethyl at 20.9 cents. Some outlets kept higher prices up to 26.5 for ethyl and 24.5 for regular while the near-weeklong cut spread from a station blamed by wholesalers as the initiator.
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Lawton
Rover
N. C. Adair
Area Weather Forecast Fair and Mild Monday
Area forecasters call for a fair and mild Monday with a high in the mid 60s. Saturday posted a high of 63 and a low near 30, with quiescent conditions across the region.
Army Opens Building Gifts Drive Monday
The Salvation Army in Lawton launches a major gifts campaign to raise 125000 for a Center. Joseph R. Peller directs the drive with J. D. Fountain leading big gifts. Committees meet Monday at 9 and 10 am to organize, with about 110 workers and seven counties in scope. The effort recalls Gen. William Booth’s founding aim.
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Army
Salvation Army
Lawton
Joseph R. Peller
J. D. Fountain
Fountain
Peller
James G. Knox
C. R. Ellsworth
Area Gifts
Truman Rejects Big Time Offers
Independence Mo January 24 Former President Harry S Truman rejected any job offering to capitalize on his headline name. He turned down a 100000 a year sales manager position and another eight year contract from a separate concern while he considered his future. He answered much of his mail and went to eat pig hocks and sauerkraut at noon.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Morgan Leads With 399.99 in Ugly Man Race Funds
Morgan, nominee of Southwestern Bell employees, tops Ugly Man fundraising with 399.99 dollars credit for March of Dimes. Dandy David Aubrey follows with 233.15, Arch Parmenter 169.85, Bill Glasgow 137.22, Phil Hamra 80.76, and Col. Joe McCain 54.90. several others remain in the starting gate.
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L. E
Morgan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Mary Pokorny
David Aubrey
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Arch Parmenter
Bill Glasgow
T. A
Phil’? Hamra
Lions Club
March of Dimes
Ugly Man
Col
Joseph C
Joe’’ McCain
Kirkpatrick Feed and Pet Store
Pokor
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J. Lawton Collins
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101St Airborne Division
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White House
Maxwell Taylor
Sill
Wichita Falls
Tex
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Adair
Ody
Truman
Apely
Parmenter
Honey Boy
L. E. Morgan
Phil
Hamra
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Joe
Joseph C. McCain
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Rev. W. F. Glasgow
Neb
Henry Nebeling
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