Sill To Welcome New Corporal Outfit Guided Missile Advance Detachment
The advance detachment of the 246th Field Artillery Missile Battalion will arrive at Fort Sill next Tuesday to begin preliminary coordination for the main body arriving around February 9. The unit, first guided missile battalion at Fort Sill, was activated at Fort Bliss on March 15, 1952. The 515th Ordnance Company, its support unit from Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, will arrive about March 1. The 246th will join the 52nd Field Artillery Group under Col. A. S. Britt Jr., sharing space with the 64th Ordnance Battalion at Currie Road defenses. Headquarters is Building 2930.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Fort Sill
246Th Field Artillery Missile Battalion
1St
Guided Missile Brigade
246Th
515Th Ordnance Company
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
52Nd Field Artillery Group
52Nd
Col. A. S. Britt, Jr
64Th Ordnance Battalion
Currie Road
Public Information Office
Eisenhower Plans February Full Health Check
President Eisenhower announced plans for another full medical exam before mid February while avoiding a firm decision on seeking a second term. He said doctors would arrange the checkup earlier due to a forthcoming trip to the South and declined to reveal his political impulses. He addressed family views, Nixon as running mate, and cautioned against politicians in the Supreme Court. See IKE, Page 2.
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Washington
Eisenhower
South
White House
Maj
John Eisenhower
Nixon Eisenhower
Nixon
Warren
United States
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Ike
Six Children Die As Home Burns
Bridgeton New Jersey early today a rural road fire killed six children ages 16 through 1, all asleep upstairs in a two story home occupied by Austin Pitts and Hazel Pierce. Pitts saved a 4 month old, attempted to rescue others but suffered burns. The victims are Margaret 16 Thomas 11 Perry 10 Sheila 5 Harvey 3 Paula 1. The adults are in shock.
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Bridgeton
N. J
New Jersey
Austin Pitts
Hazel Pierce
Pitts
Andrew Pitts
Margaret
Thomas
Perry
Sheila
Harvey
Paula
Showers Expected In Area Tonight
Fair weather lingered in Lawton with a high around 45 to 50 degrees. The Weather Bureau forecasts a low near 30 and chances of showers tonight. State reports note yesterday's light storm with a high of 44 and a low of 44.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
Insurance Hounds Grace Kelly Heir Guess At 1006 Odds
London insurers discuss indemnity policies if Grace Kelly bears an heir to Monaco’s throne after marrying Prince Rainier III. Lloyds reports multiple inquiries from Monaco businessmen. premium discussed near five pounds per hundred with a three million pound cover floated and a medical to assess the prince.
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London
Grace Kelly
Monaco
Prince Rainier III
Lloyds of London
Miss Kelly
Mediterranean
Prince Rainier
Principality
Monte Carlo
France
Peter Walker
Lloyds Insurance Company
Kelly
Walker
Bond Issue Proposed For Chronic Disease Facilities At Memorial
County commissioners consider a 100000 dollar bond election to fund half of a 200000 dollar chronic disease hospital project next to Memorial hospital. Federal Hill-Burton funds match. state health department reviews plans. officials cite community need and bed relief for Memorial.
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Memorial
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
County Board of Commissioners
Memorial Hospital
E. L. Woesner
Central District
Woesner
William Love
Oklahoma City
United States
Margaret Day
Hospital Board
Love
Day
Paul Harris
Paul Snelson
State Hospital Department
State Department
Four Killed On Highways In Oklahoma Toll Rises
Four people died on Oklahoma highways within 12 hours, lifting the annual toll to 339, three more than the same date last year. Hayden Bowman 19 Elk City Raymond Nichols 34 Ardmore Nina Herandy 26 Stuart R V Roberts 50 Stuart. Bowman died in Elk City in a car truck crash late last night. Nichols’ car left State Highway 53 north of Springer in Carter County last night and hit a bridge abutment. The Stuarts residents in a car collided with a Rock Island freight train in Stuart yesterday.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Hayden Leon Bowman
Elk City
Raymond Holmes Nichols
Ardmore
Nina Mae Herandy
Stuart
R. V. Roberts
Bowman
Nichols
Springer
Carter County
Rock Island
Ike Receives Bulganin Letter on World Peace
President Eisenhower received a friendly letter from Soviet Premier Bulganin containing ideas on world peace. Soviet Ambassador Zarubin read the note in Russian to Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dukes, an English translation provided by an interpreter. The letter was left for a possible reply after a 15 minute meeting, with Hagerty noting prior exchanges since the Geneva conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bulganin
White House
Georgi N. Zarubin
Dukes
Zarubin
Bulgarin
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Ardmore Councilman Faces Four Burglary Charges
Pauls Valley Oklahoma bulletin reports Ardmore City Councilman Joe Taylor was ordered to stand trial in district court on four burglary charges.
Area Weather Forecast for Mild Clounds and Rain
Mostly cloudy conditions with occasional light rain late tonight or Thursday. Temperatures steady with a high near 45 to 50 and a low around 30. Today's low 26. At 11 a.m. the reading was 34. Yesterday’s high reached 44.
Record tax receipts set in Comanche county collection
Comanche county reports a record tax take with $1,586,597 paid since Nov 21 and total due of $2,063,788 The 1955 ad valorem levy shows $1,556,798 collected of $2,033,208 in assessed value The intangible tax payments reach $29,799 of $30,580 with 97.45 percent paid Early mailed notices credited for the high rate and partial payment option exists with installments due Jan 1 and Apr 1.
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Comanche County
Lillian Waid
Rosemary Bainbridge
Bainbridge
Bishop Opens Episcopalian Parley Here
The Rt. Rev. Chilton Powell opens the 19th annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma in St. Andrew's Church. Over 200 diocesan members attend as the service and morning honors set the tone for a gathering that runs through Thursday.
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Episcopal
Chilton Powell
D.D
Diocese of Oklahoma, Center
Edward Eckel
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tulsa
Russell T. Rauscher
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Oklahoma
Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of
State Episcopal Church
De&An
Blake B. Hammond
Oklahoma City
Paul R. Palmer
Muskogee
Russell Rauscher
Lawton
Sidney Pratt
Clinton
Cecil Cowan
John Ashby
Durant
Robert D. Jordan
National Council of the Episcopal Church
New York City
Episcopals
CofC To Honor General Williams
Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams, commanding Fort Sill, will be guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian. It is his farewell appearance before the Chamber prior to transferring to Fort Monroe. Chamber president R. E. Glenn urged all members and citizens to attend. reservations by Thursday. Williams staff will attend the event.
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Edward T. Williams
Fort Sill
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawtonian
Gen. Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Continental Army Command
Fort Monroe
R. E. Glenn
Chamber
Lawton
John E. Theimer
Artillery and Guided Missile School
John F. Bird
Artillery & Guided Missile Center
Edward G. Shinkle
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
R. G. Crandall
Clyde L. Jones
Department of Communications and Electronics
John H. Daly
Department of Materiel
James W. Milner
Department of See Chamber
Lincoln Tunnel tube flood halts work in progress
Water burst into the new Lincoln tunnel bore beneath 38th street and 12th avenue in Manhattan flooding about 300 feet of the site. Three sandhogs escaped the rushing water by swimming as divers attempted to close a bulkhead door and sandbag the area. No injuries were reported.
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New York
Hudson River
New Bore
Manhattan
New Jersey
38Th Street
12Th Avenue
Jersey
Lincoln
Weehawken
N. J
Murder Case Hearing Set for Horace Stevenson
Horace Stevenson a 49 year old car washer faces a preliminary hearing at 10 a m on a murder charge connected to the pistol slaying of Frank Griffin at Frank's Coffee Shop Witnesses are scarce and detectives seek others in or near the cafe. Stevenson pleaded innocence through his attorney Lewis Derke after arraignment delayed at defense request.
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Horace Stevenson
Frank Griffin
Woodrow Giles
Lewis Derke
Giles
Stevenson
Griffin
Frank
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Ihe
Audie Woodard
Cameron
Constitution Press
Bill Dixon
Woodard
Cache
Bulletin
Bill Crawford
Cofc
General Williams
Lincoln Tunnel
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