UNC blames top Reds for prisoner riots in Korea and Cheju
The United Nations Command charged North Korean General Nam Il and deputy Lee Sang Cho with direct responsibility for bloody prisoner of war uprisings at Koje and other camps. The statement cited captured documents and intelligence showing a chain of command from armistice negotiators to riot organizers.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
Kore
Cheju
UNC
Nam Il
Red
Lee Sang Cho
Nam
Lee
U. N
Koje
John Moon Il
Pak Sang Hyon
North Korea
Kim Tl Sung
Pak
Red High Command
South Korea
Panmunjom
Nationalists Rule Out Use Of Chiangs Army To Fight Reds In Korea
Dulles outlines plans to end wars by denying Russia any advantage and hints at moves to press for peace. He notes previous remarks about replacing American forces in Korea with South Korean troops to remove Asia from the conflict. The broadcast speech also touts stabilizing the State Department with FBI aid and calls for public confidence.
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Korea
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
State Dulles
Dulles
State Department
Foreign Service
FBI
Department
Delegate Raps Winnie Advice To Americans
Nationalist China’s UN delegate T. F. Tsiang rejects calls to send 30,000 Chiang troops to Korea and criticizes Churchill for gratuitous advice. He urges NATO to withdraw recognition of Communist China, says the Formosa government may seek aid to invade the mainland, and supports a naval blockade and moral material backing for an independent offensive from Formosa to topple the Communists.
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New York
China
T. F. Tsiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Korea
Tsiang
United Nations
Winston Churchill
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
New York Young Republican Club
NATO
Formosa
Churchill
United States
Church Group Opposes Oklahoma Loyalty Oath Bill
Oklahoma City hearing on a loyalty oath measure pitted the House Judiciary Committee against Mennonite leaders. The bill, replacing a Supreme Court unconstitutional oath, aims to outlaw subversive groups and makes membership a crime. Legion and defender press, while Rev Carl Landes criticizes oath as a citizenship test.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House Judiciary Committee
U. S. Supreme Court
Arnold Epp. Meno
Hargraves Murder Trial Opens Court Terms
Elva Hargraves, a Farm woman from Comanche County, faces a murder charge in the fatal shooting of her husband Clarence on June 14, 1952. Her trial is the first scheduled for the opening jury terms beginning February 9 in district court, with Santana G Morales also slated for murder trial in Lawton on August 3.
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Elva Hargraves
Comanche County
Clarence
Superior
Hargraves
Santana G. Morales
Lawton
Superior Court
Lovell L. Russell
Lee Court
Six Year Fluoride Test Cuts Cavities in Toddlers
MARSHALL Texas six year olds show 57 percent fewer dental cavities than peers in Jacksonville Texas after six years of fluoridated water. The study highlights controlled dental research and the addition of fluoride to drinking water over the period.
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Marshall
Tex
Texas
Jacksonville
Lawton FFA Group Starts Houston Trip
The Lawton FFA advances its Houston Fat Stock Show contingent with 14 head of livestock for competition. Two members accompanied the train. the rest travel by car tomorrow with coach Al Green. An additional 12 hogs were left behind due to a Texas import ban tied to swine disease.
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Houston Bound
Houston, Tex
Lawton Ffa
al Green
Royce Crosby
Gene Nease
Durward Parks
Bill Davis
Jerry Ramage
Green
Thursda
Texas
Houston
Negro Confesses Rape Slaying of Mrs Penny Evans
Newark detectives arrested and questioned 29-year-old William Davis after he confessed Wednesday to strangling socialite Mrs. Penny Coats Evans in her Westport Connecticut home. Davis was captured in Newark near the business district, aided by a tip from Westport police, with Jenny Allen, 24, present in the two-story frame house.
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Newark
N. J
Penny Coats Evans
Westport
Jenny Allen
Brooklyn
N.Y
City approves bike license plan for free plates
City council authorized a bicycle registration and licensing plan to curb thefts. The measure requires all bicycles to be registered and licensed, with plates funded by the city and no license fee for riders. Unregistered bikes face seizure and public auction after notice.
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R. E. Glenn
State Penitentiary
Council
El Salvador Foils Plot on Minister's Life
Five armed foreign agents allegedly planned to ambush and kill El Salvador Foreign Minister Roberto E. Canessa. Police said the gunmen entered from Guatemala and aimed to strike last Friday, according to Prensa Grafica.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Roberto E. Canessa
Prensa Grafica
Guatemala
March of Dimes Mothers March Sets County Record
Comanche county residents raised a record 7300 dollars in the 1953 Mothers March for Polio wind up at Lawton headquarters. National Foundation officials from New York and state workers praised the county’s porchlight parade and the strong rural support, with first contributions totaling 75.04 from Cache.
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Comanche County
National Foundation For Infantile
T. A. Hamra
Lawton
James Eddington
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Oklahoma
New York
Albuquerque
N. M
Phoenix
Ariz
San Bernardino
Sacramento
Calif
W. M. Stirtz
Oklahoma City
Carl Thompson
Western Oklahoma
Cache City
Herbert Woesner
March of Dimes
Dimes
New Security Bank
McKinley
C. R. Pursley
Will Rogers
Officer Limits May Be Lifted
Washington military leaders moved to end the ceiling on officers per service amid drafting legislation for hearings next week. House Armed Services Committee favors repeal and faces 7,000 junior naval officers facing demotion or a rank freeze, with about 2,000 Navy senior lieutenants affected by April 1. Several have been told to accept demotion or leave.
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Washington
House
House Armed Services Committee
Robert Smart
Glenn R. Davis
R-Wis
Korea
Davis
Smart
Jury Picks Stall Socialite's Trial
Mrs. Mary Jean Parsons faces a murder charge as Wichita Falls jury selection continues. Three more jurors were seated A L Ward M E Bay and Curtis Miller bringing total panel to six with O Stanley Grover already in the pool Grover marked his 29th birthday as jurors questioned the case.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Mary Jean Parsons
Burton Fleeger
Tulsa
M. E. Bay
Magnolia Pipeline Co
Curtis Miller
O. Stanley Grover
Grover
Coach Disarms Young Gunman In Classroom
Douglass school became chaotic as a 16 year old Negro boy entered a history class with a loaded .22 rifle aimed at another student. Coach H C King tackled him with کمک from football players and wrested the weapon away. The assailant claimed he planned to stop the other boy who had beaten him at a shoe shine parlor. The target student later told police he had slugged the other boy. The incident happened around 9 30 a m.
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Douglass
H. C. King
King
C Street
Sheriff’s Office
Lawton
Wilsons Aide Wins Approval
The Senate Armed Services committee unanimously approved Roger M. Kyes to be deputy defense secretary after he announced plans to sell his General Motors stock and other holdings. He asked for full confidence to be effective in Washington and said he would sell 2840 GM shares plus 1150 shares due by bonus, and additional holdings in Aerquipp, Monsanto, Abbott Laboratories, General Mills, Cities Service, IBM, Gulf Oil, and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Roger M. Kyes
General Motors Corp
Kyes
Senate
Charles E. Wilson
Aeroquip Corp
Monsanto Chemicals
Abbott Laboratories
General Millis
Cities Service
International Business Machine
Gulf Oil
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Ernest J. Cease Dies Lawton Pioneer and Councilman
Ernest J. Cease 70 longtime Lawton businessman and public official died at 5 45 am after a yearlong illness following a stroke He served on the city council despite health limits and supported water system expansion Services will be at 2 pm Friday at Beal Heights Presbyterian with graveside rites by Lawton Masonic order and Knights Templar escort Cease born January 1 1883 in Kansas moved to Lawton in 1901 married Belle Short April 7 1907 and had a son Jack Cease former Lawton assistant fire chief now in Texarkana Ark He previously owned Lawton Bakery and later C and H Produce Page 2
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Ernest J. Cease
Lawton
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Paul Hanna
Lawton Masonic Order
Highland Cemetery
Knights Templar
Cease
Mr. Cease
Kansas
Lexington
Oklo
Belle Short
Jack Cease
Texarkana
Ark
Lawton Bakery
Ter
Saigh seeks no contest plea in tax evasion case
Fred M. Saigh, president of the St. Louis Cardinals, asked a federal court to allow changing his plea from innocent to no contest on income tax evasion charges. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to waive FBI security reports for State Department posts, relying on Dulles' assurance. Senate Armed Services Chair Saltonstall said 146 million dollars for overseas defense projects is paused pending a report by Senators Long and Morse.
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ST. Louis
Fred M. Saigh
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FBI
State Department
Wiley
R-Wis
Dulles
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Long
Dia
Morse
Ind
Council Cools Adair's Plan To Thin Out Stray Dog Corps
Mayor Glenn and the city council rejected Police Chief Adair plan to shoot stray dogs. They favor a humane dog pound program to collect strays and prevent on street killings. The incident near Whittier school was cited to urge humane treatment and public safety.
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Council
Adair
Stray Dog Corps
R. E. Glenn
Newt C. Adair
Glenn
Whittier
Penalty Time Nears for 1953 Auto Licenses
Lawton tag agent Phil Gafford urged drivers to buy 1953 license plates before Saturday to avoid penalties. A 20 cent charge applies if late Saturday, then 10 cents weekly fines accrue starting Sunday, with further 10 cent increases daily until March 3 when the original tax doubles. The tag office will stay open to 5 p.m. on Saturday to handle the demand.
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Phil Gafford
Lawton
Gafford
Battle Casualties Rise 182 In Week
American battle casualties in Korea total 129,153 with an increase of 182 over last week, the department said Wednesday. The rise mirrors the small weekly gain seen in recent weeks, including 22,760 deaths, 93,578 wounded, and 9,269 missing or previously reported missing who were returned to military control.
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Washington
Korea
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Ernest Cease
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