Mystery Disc Sighting Over Northern Japan Reported by Air Force
U S Air Force intelligence releases describe a small disc shaped object observed at 11 20 am local time on March 29 near an F 84 Thunderjet at 6000 feet. Lt David Brigham of Rockford Illinois reported a bright eight inch diameter chrome like disc that hovered close to the plane and then vanished. The sighting follows a prior January report of rotating red white and green lights over northern Japan amid Soviet Russian air activity.
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U. S. Air Base
Japan
U. S. Air Force Tonight
Air Force Intelligence
David Brigham
Rockford
Brigham
Air Force
Russian- Siberia
Hokkaido
Oklahoma
Mothers Sirens Signal Start Of Polio Drive In County
Thousands of porchlights will glow at 6 30 p m to invite 1700 mothers to call for dimes and dollars for polio relief during the second annual Mothers March on Polio in Lawton and Comanche County. The one hour event runs 6 30 to 7 30 p m with a pyramid volunteer system and armed guards at Dimes HQ. Other March of Dimes activities include football film showings, a benefit games party for Ugly Man, a TV party, and a Lions club musical at the high school auditorium with 50 cent minimum contributions.
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Comanche County
Lawton
Dimes
Security Bank and Trust Company
March of Dimes
Ou-Kansas
Emerson Auditorium
Southwestern Bell Telephone
L. E. Morgan
American Legion Auxiliary
Joe McCain
Telephone Employes Today
Jack Botts
Elks Lodge
Lions Club
Fort Sill
Lawton and Sill
Bazooka Team Tries To Blast Gas Blaze
An Army bazooka team arrived to blast valve heads from two burning Gulf of Mexico gas wells near Morgan City Louisiana. Firefighters prepare to dynamite waves to cap the fires, with Myron Kinley directing operations and Pure Oil reporting losses surpassing a million dollars.
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Morgan City
Gulf of Mexico
Camp Polk
Walter C. Roome
Pure Oil Co
Roome
Myron Kinley
Kinley
California
Collins Impressed By South Koreans
U S Army Chief of Staff Gen J Lawton Collins hailed the improving South Korean army during a front tour in Korea. He noted better ROK forces and an improved Allied road network while observing front line units and holding talks with ROK officers amid ongoing fighting.
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Seoul
USS
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
Korea
United Nations
Mark W. Clark
Eighth Army
James A. van
Eisenhower
Council To Award Water Contracts
The Lawton city council will formally award bids for the water expansion project aimed for use this summer. Russ-Mitchell Construction of Houston is the low bidder for the filter plant expansion, W. C. Shelton of Lawton for Lake Lawtonka dam raising, and B and M Construction of Oklahoma City for a 30 inch pipeline from the lake to Lawton.
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Lawton
Russ-Mitchell Construction Company
Houston
Texas
W. C. Shelton
Lake Lawtonka
B and M Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Pageant May Enter Chest Drive In 1953
Easter Pageant in the Wichita Mountains seeks inclusion in the Lawton-Fort Sill Community Chest budget for 1953. The Easter Pageant board plans a $10,000 fundraising campaign to finance the production this spring, while court actions seek to resolve unsettled proceeds from a 1951- era film deal totaling about $93,000.
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Wichita Mountains
Pageant Association
Red China Claims Capture Of Officer Pilot Heller
Peiping Radio announced that Lt. Col. Edwin L. Heller, a leading U S Sabre jet pilot, was captured after his plane was shot down Friday in Manchuria near Pehcheng Fungcheng across the border from Uiju North Korea.
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Tokyo
China
Edwin L. Heller
Peiping
Heller
Manchuria
Pehcheng
Fengcheng
Uiju
North Korea
Senate OKs Wilson Aids Still Doubtful
President Eisenhower nominated Roger M. Kyes of Michigan as deputy secretary of defense. Kyes, a former General Motors official, would be top aide to Charles Wilson, confirmed as secretary of defense by 77 to 6. Kyes will sell about 3,000 GM shares and dispose of other holdings. Remaining nominations for air and Army secretaries were delayed amid doubt over selling industrial holdings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Roger M. Kyes
Michigan
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Kyes
Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Senate
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Harold Talbott
Robert Stevens
Army
Robert Anderson
Wil- See Wilson
Wilson Calls For A Little FBI For Oklahoma
George Howard Wilson former state crime bureau chief and Enid judge urged Oklahoma to adopt stricter accounting and enhanced federal style policing to stop Game and Fish Department missing funds. He cited a $3400 loss uncovered in his prior tenure and outlined four steps to prevent diversion of funds.
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Oklahoma City
George Howard Wilson
State Crime Bureau
Enid
Oklahoma
FBI
Wilson
House
Game and Fish Department
Crime Bureau
City Post Office Expansion Eyed
U S Rep Victor Wickersham says Lawton post office needs remodeling at an estimated 750000 dollars. Walter Myers confirms space inadequacy. funds unavailable though Lawton is eligible. Post Office Department advertises for bids to lease 2850 square feet near the federal building to address space needs.
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U. S
Victor Wickersham
Lawton
Oklahoma
Walter Myers
Congress
Post Office Department
Wickersham
Federal Building
77 Men Earn Bars In Sill OCS Class
Col. H. S. Whiteley spoke at Fort Sill as 77 Officer Candidate School graduates were commissioned as lieutenants of artillery. Among them two Oklahomans, Larry J. Browder of Duncan and William R. Stewart of Ponca City, with Harrel A. Crone of Memphis as honor graduate and distinguished military graduate.
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H. S. Whiteley
Department of Materiel
Fort Sill
Larry J. Browder
Duncan
William R. Stewart
Ponca City
Harrel A. Crone
Memphis
Tenn
Richard A. Baynard
Baltimore
Joan F. McGettrick
Marvin A. Norcross
Pansboro
Stassen confirmed as mutual security chief by Senate
The Senate approved Harold E. Stassen as mutual security director by a voice vote with no opposition. He will oversee foreign aid economic and military programs as head of the agency. The move positions Stassen to coordinate national security and aid efforts across federal departments.
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Washington
Senate
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Ten Die In Aiken Office Blast Fire
AIKEN S C Ten people died and two million dollars in damage followed a gas blast that set fires in a store and two more buildings in Aiken a boom town near the Savannah River Project Mayor C M Jones said the explosion at Jones Electrical Company trapped several workers and hours later warned the death toll would rise to at least ten Five injured were treated at Aiken General Hospital The disaster is described as the worst in the town of seven thousand on the edge of the atomic energy commission project
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Aiken
S. C
C. M. Jones
Jones Electrical Company
Aiken General Hospital
Jones
Atomic Energy Commission
Augusta
Remington Guilty On Perjury Count
William W. Remington, 35, former government economist, convicted of perjury for denying he gave secret data to Elizabeth Bentley for Russia and for denying knowledge of a Young Communist League unit at Dartmouth. Sentencing up to 10 years and $4,000 fines possible. other counts resulted in acquittals and hung jury on remaining charges.
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New York
William W. Remington
Elizabeth Bentley
Russia
Young Communist League
Dartmouth College
Ean
Remington
Department of Commerce
Communist Party
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Judge Denies New Delay In Parsons Murder Trial
Wichita Falls Tex Jan 27 District Judge Arthur Tipps denied a continuance in the Mary Jean Parsons murder trial. Prosecutors argued the continuance request should be sworn by Parsons. Parsons, 22, a Tulsa socialite, has been free on 50000 bond since a Dallas jury found her sane last May and she has been in a Dallas sanitarium. She is charged with killing her husband Lt Richard Parsons in El Paso. The case moved to Wichita Falls on change of venue.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Arthur Tipps
Mary Jean Parsons
Tipps
Parsons
Tulsa, Okla
Dallas
Richard O. Parsons
Pleasantville
N. Y
el Paso
Deferment Tightening Proposed for Students and Fathers
Washington January 27 Selective Service Director Hershey outlined steps to tighten deferments for college students and fathers. He proposed executive orders ending college deferments for students who become fathers and raising academic and test thresholds for new enrollees. He warned 1.0 to 1.2 million college men could be drafted under stricter rules, with 19-year-olds to begin entering the draft next month.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Eisenhower
Hershey
Selective Service
Congress
Murray Eyes New Harmony Murray Eyes New Harmony
Oklahoma City January 27 Governor Johnston Murray and lawmakers shaped a harmony and speedup plan to end the session by about April 15 without new taxes. Senate and House leaders agreed on a program committee to push Murray’s reforms. Adjournment could come as early as April 1 or 15 with full legislative responsibility for drafting the program.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Senate
Raymond Gary
Murray
House
Pro Terre
James C. Nance
Gary
Nance
Glen Ham
June in January Ends With Cold Front in Lawton
Strong northerly winds bring a swift end to the June in January spell in Lawton. After days of summerlike warmth, temperatures are set to fall to around 30 tonight with Wednesday's high near 42. The Lawton station peaked at 79 for the second day, as today’s readings edge down into the high 60s despite cooler conditions.
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Lawton
Polio vaccine shows promise in early tests
Scientists report a three-type polio vaccine safe and capable of producing antibodies in monkeys and humans. Field tests on thousands of children are planned this year, with final universal use unlikely before confirming lasting protection and duration of immunity.
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