Toll Road Plan Wins Oklahoma Vote In statewide election
Oklahoma voters approved a 150 million dollar toll road program building three turnpikes connecting Tulsa and Oklahoma City with routes to Joplin Wichita Falls and Wichita. Gov. Murray pledged immediate engineering work while surveys and bond plans proceed with a statewide turnpike authority to be formed.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Murray
Citizens Turnpike Authority
Highway Department
Tulsa-Missouri
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Turnpike Authority
George Miskovsky
Norman E. Reynolds Jr
Tulsa
Joplin
Wichita Falls
Tex
Wichita, Kan
Turner Turnpike
Norman Reynolds
Large Turnout In City Erases Rural Reversal
Comanche county favored construction of three toll roads in Oklahoma while Lawton and rural residents split. Rural precincts voted two to one against the plan, but Lawton turnout and countywide support produced a two to one county majority for the two state questions. Precincts show 798 for and 1,412 against Question 359 and 765 for and 1,412 against Question 360. See CITY ELECTION, Page 2.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Turner Turnpike
Tulsa County
Oklahoma County
Johnston Murray
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Lawton
New Battalion To Boost Fort Sill Move
Fifth Army announces reshuffle moving 357th Field Artillery Battalion to Fort Sill on March 25 as part of transfers from Camp Carson Colorado. Also relocations include the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 547th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Public information office reports no Washington details yet.
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Fort Sill
357Th Field Artillery
Artillery Cepter
Fifth Army
Chicago
Camp Carson
Colo
357Th
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
547Th Armored Field Artillery
Sarthve
Oklahoma candidates react to toll roads mandate
Oklahoma leaders greet the people's approval of three new toll roads as a mandate to expand the state highway system. State Sen. Bill Logan urges financing and building a comprehensive plan, while State Rep. James Arrington promotes faster highway construction without new taxes. Lawyer Gomer Smith calls it a mandate for present and future officials but not blanket authority.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Bill Logan
Lawton
Logan
James Arrington
Dstillwater
Southwest
Arrington
Gomer Smith Jr
Reds Told to Come Get Their POWs
Panmunjom reports say Indian command told the Communists to retrieve 347 prisoners including 21 American "world peace fighters" and turn over records to Red Cross representatives. Thimayya said the prisoners could go any time and that India would not intervene if they walk out.
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Panmunjom
K. S. Thimayya
Lee Sang Cho
North Korea
Red Cross
Thimayya
Six Year Old Clue Leads to Soldier Suspect in Sister’s Death
In Levittown Pennsylvania a six year old girl told police that neighbor George Capps, 22, visited the home the night Marta Marie Gibbons disappeared. Capps later confessed to hurting and fatally striking the 15 year old near a quarry lake. His wife Mabel, awaiting a baby, was at home.
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Levittown
George Capps
Marta Marie Gibbons
Sue
Capps
Marta
Gibbons
Purple Heart
Mabel
Open hearing urged in Dickenson court martial case
Public interest grows as Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson seeks an open court martial for alleged Korea war espionage related charges. Lt. Col. E. W. Hendrick defends the Cracker’s Neck, Virginia native calling the case unique and urging publicity. Congress member William C. Wampler arranges talks with Army legal counsel to ensure due process amid broader inquiries into former prisoners and germ warfare confessions.
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Tington
Edward S. Dickenson
E. W. Hendrick
Cracker’s Neck
The
Reds
Army
William C. Wampler
Rva
Cracker’s
Eisenhower orders FTC probe into coffee price surge
President Eisenhower announced a full scale Federal Trade Commission investigation into rising coffee prices after a preliminary inquiry began January 13. The probe aims to determine if laws were violated and whether domestic coffee trading was limited to certain types amid prices above one dollar per pound. The president also covered Berlin talks, Bricker treaty hopes, and other policy notes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Federal Trade Commission
The
Trade Commission
FTC
Citywide Mothers March Boosts 1954 March of Dimes Campaign
Comanche County polio officials urge every citizen to contribute during tomorrow night's Mothers March on Polio from 6 30 to 7 30 p m 1700 county mothers lead the drive with police and fire sirens signaling contributions Residents may signal by porch lights doors and even shoes or handkerchiefs in hotels or apartment houses Restaurants will host Sub Debs handing candles to customers who donate A pyramid of contact mothers organizes the fundraising effort Front page note: March of Dimes drive relies on timely community support.
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Comanche County
Lawton
Carl Stephens
Dads Approve Rate Increase In 6 To 2 Vote
City council approves an 18 month improvement program funded by a $1 monthly service charge to raise revenue. The $3.50 water fee covers city operations including police fire maintenance and sewer while $1 is allocated to a sinking fund. Council members debated little with six voting yes and two against noting prior cost-saving options were skipped.
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Cate Nenet
Atego
M. E . Shannon
H. Hastings
Leroy Botkin
Joyce Hee
Mustc
Sing
Jake Witzel
McKenzie
Kepler
Witzel
Prigmore and Prigmore
Oklahoma City
Dulles Urges Big 4 To Skip China Talk
Berlin report says Secretary of State Dulles urged the Big Four to avoid Russia's call for a five power meeting with Peiping and to focus on German unification and European security instead. Eden and Bidault backed Dulles, while Molotov pressed for a Big Five agenda including disarmament relaxation, China trade, and broad economic questions.
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Dules
Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Dulles
Capitol
Bricker
Humanity
Dickenson
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Congress
Big 4
China
Russia
Peiping
United Na
Britain
Eden
France
Bidault
Molotov
January Weather Keeps Forecasters Guessing All Month
A chaotic January with shifting forecasts ends with cautious predictions for the next 24 hours. Lawton and Wichita Falls meteorologists note volatile air masses in January, causing repeated reversals and unusual conditions that frustrate long range certainty.
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Mercury
Floyd Elrod
Lawton
Wichita Falls
Cox Boards Plane For Return To U. S.
Pvt. Homer H. Cox, freed by the Soviets after four years in Russian captivity, left Berlin by plane for reassignment in the United States. An Army board ruled Cox had been held against his will, restored to duty, and given full pay and allowances.
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Berlin
Homer H. Cox
United States
Army
Cox
Sill Firing Exercise Scheduled Tonight
A night field exercise will be held on Fort Sill's range tonight starting shortly after 5 p.m. and continuing until midnight. Maj. Jacob H. Church will supervise the sound and flash division and command the exercise involving 280mm guns 240mm howitzers 8 inch howitzers and 155mm guns.
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Fort Sill’s Range
Jacob H. Church
Department of Observation
Boulevard Project Closes Gate 3 at Fort Sill Traffic Plan Set
Temporary traffic movements announced for Fort Sill during Fort Sill Blvd widening. Gate 3 closed to through traffic while grading and excavation begin north of Cache road. First gravel layer expected in 3 4 days with reopening roughly one month after work starts.
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Fort Sill
Fort Sill Blvd
Cache Road
Harold Redding and Associates
Gate 3
Ozman and
Carroll Drive
Sheridan Road
Second Street
Winning Out In Bricker Battle
Eisenhower appears to hold the upper hand in the fight over a proposed constitutional amendment on treaty making powers. The White House and Senate debate centers on Bricker's plan detailing when a treaty becomes law and how it can be abrogated by legislation. The outcome hinges on possible compromises or Senate actions shaping the amendment's fate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
White House
Senate
Bricker
Scott
Extortion Case Filed Against Ex-DP Couple
Olga Marczukow 21 and Richard MacMillan 23 pleaded innocent in Fitchburg District Court to attempting to extort 1000 dollars from the girl’s 70 year old fiancé Frank Magic. Judge Goodfellow set Feb 4 for further proceedings and bail at 3000 dollars each. Neither defendant had counsel.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Olga Marczukow
Richard MacMillan
Aubrey Z. Goodfellow
Marezukow
Eo Country
MacMillan
Leominster
Frank Magic
Marczukow
City Hall
Garage Safe Stolen From Paul Simmons Auto Garage
A dark green old style safe weighing 500 to 550 pounds containing about $450 in cash was stolen from the Paul Simmons auto garage and station in Cache. Sheriff Everett Hale reported the safe not found at noon, with new tire tracks indicating it was loaded and hauled away. The break in occurred between 2 and 5 a.m. and a broken door hasp was noted.
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Paul Simmons
Cache
Everett Hale
Sais Famae i. Ncaa
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Charles F. Wilson
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C. B. Collier
Cornell
Kenneth Drew
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