Cityans Gas Bills To Jump In Oklahoma News Release
The Oklahoma commission approved a Consolidated Gas Utilities rate increase. The average Lawton consumer will pay about 1.25 to 1.50 more monthly, with the first 1,000 cubic feet at 98 cents more and a minimum bill of 1.50. The change, first rise in 30 years, aims to improve summer losses and add revenue of 2,131,000 annually across 45 communities.
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Corporation Commission
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corporation
Lawton
Ford Mugg
Consolidated Gas
Mugg
Oklahoma
Four City Men Receive 4-H Honorary Lifetime Memberships
Four Lawton businessmen were honored at the 4-H Achievement Day in the Comanche County courthouse district room. Certificates of honorary life membership and token paperweights were given to Dr. Kid McCoy Dr. Charles Kelsey C. E. Price Sr. and R. S. Sprague by Ann Reid Faxon 4-H Federation president. Special awards were presented to Miss Reid and to Elinor Hammond of Roseland for overall achievement. Marvin Livingston received two awards a photography certificate and a $50 defense bond from John A Brown Co. for livestock success. Larry Watson of Fairview earned wildlife conservation recognition.
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Lawton
Kid McCoy
Charles Kelsey
C. E. Price Sr
R. S. Sprague
Ann Reid
Faxon
Comanche County
Miss Reid
C. A. Anthony Co
Loyd Lowry
Elinor Hammond
Roseland
C. A. Vaught
Cities Service Oil Co
Bartlesville
Marvin Livingston
Faxon 4-H’er
John A. Brown Co
Oklahoma City
Larry Watson
Fairview Club
William Schumacher
Three Planes Lost Near Pacific Rim
Seattle report says one plane crashed and two others missing in a string of North Pacific aviation disasters. Twenty two aboard the three craft are missing including Capt Julian D Greer of Fleet Air Wing 6 based at Alameda Calif. A total of 298 dead or missing in ten incidents since last Nov. 7 from Tokyo to Alaska and Montana. A Central British Columbia Airways plane found with survivor and passenger corpse on a windswept beach 400 miles north of Vancouver. Capt Greer aboard a US Navy P4Y vanished over Puget Sound en route from Alameda to Whidbey Island. Missing in Central British Columbia was an RCAF Dakota with seven aboard after striking a submerged log. Siddle, CBCA pilot, related the sinking and lifevest orders for beach arrival 200 yards away.
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Seattle
North Pacific Rim
Julian D. Greer
Fleet Air Wing 6
Alameda Naval Air Station
Calif
Tokyo
Alaska
Montana
Central British Columbia Airways
Vancouver
B. C
Greer
U. S. Navy
Puget Sound
Washington
Alameda
Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station
Here
Navy
British Columbia
Rcaf Dakota
James J. Siddle
CBCA
Siddle
Britain probes alleged slave trade from African protectorates
United Nations reports Britain is investigating charges that its African protectorates ship up to 5,000 enslaved people monthly for markets in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The probe faces legal markets in those countries and unclear source lists. Kuwait remains under protection with slavery legal but buying and selling halted. Saudi Arabia Yemen Kuwait are Muslim states where slavery is legal by law.
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United Nations
N. Y
Britain
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
U. N
Yankee transport escorts freighter to Glasgow Harbor
General Hodges of the American forces today escorted the damaged Belgian freighter Clervaux through heavy seas toward Glasgow Harbor. One thousand three hundred forty three American servicemen watched the Atlantic drama from nearby ships as the stricken vessel made for safety.
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London
General Hodges
Glasgow
Tie Ee
Bus overturns near Cooperton. no serious injuries
Kiowa county bus carrying 28 children overturned two miles north of Cooperton Oklahoma. Driver Lewis Pierce 21 said steering failure sent the bus across the road into an embankment flipping onto its top. Injuries limited to cuts bruises and knocked out teeth. some pupils taken to Hobart for checks.
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Cooperton
Okla
Kiowa
Here
Lewis Pierce
Hobart
Kiowa County
Pierce
Parsons Trial Jury Still Not Complete
Wichita Falls Texas report on the Parsons murder trial notes hoped completion of the 12 jurors today after two days of questioning. Six jurors qualified while 81 from the original venire remain, one ill in bed. Mary Jean Parsons, 22, is charged with killing Army Lt Richard O Parsons, 24, on February 16. Defense seeks to prove insanity at the time of the shooting.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Mary Jean Parsons
Veniremen
Tulsa
Okla
Army
Richard O. Parsons
Stevens Offers to Sell Stocks to Win Army Job
Washington Robert B Stevens and Harold Talbott agreed to sell disputed stock interests to gain Senate confirmation as secretaries of the Army and Air Force. Stevens would dispose of his textile stock if the Armed Services Committee insisted. Talbott would sell or gift most holdings except a 6 percent share in his family Talbott Corporation and urged disposal of Talbott Corporation stock in Chrysler. Anderson testified he owned no conflicting stocks. committee recessed hearings with plans for an afternoon vote.
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Robert, B. Stevens
Harold Talbott
Senate
Army
Air Force
Stevens
Eisenhower
Senate Armed Service Committee
Talbott
Talbott Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Harold B. Anderson
Texas Oil and Land
Fort Sill to Fire First Atomic Shell Test
Fort Sill units train with the 280 mm gun and plan to fire atomic shells this spring at the Nevada Proving Grounds. Maj. Gen. A M Harper says no atomic shells will be fired here as the Army confirms tests abroad. Col. Devere P. Armstrong leads the Nevada test unit from the 52nd FA Group with Lt. Col. George T. Stump commanding the 867th FA Bn.
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Nevada Proving Grounds
A. M. Harper
Artillery Center
Atomic Energy Commission
Devere P. Armstrong
52Nd FA Group
867Th FA Bn
George T. Stump
52Nd FA
264Th FA
59Th FA
Department of Materiel
Atomic
Salvation Army Special Gifts Drive kicks off in Lawton
The Salvation Army plans a fundraising campaign to raise 125000 for a new Center in Lawton. The drive will start at the Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon heading by James G. Knox with two working groups of five teams each led by Harold Wilson and Warren Chrisman.
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Salvation Army
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawton
James G. Knox
Harold Wilson
Jerry Mustain
Regina
Military Men Dismayed by U S Criticism Over Spud Hill Outpost
In Korea some officers rebuked U S anger at Sundays assault on the Spud Hill outpost on the Western Front. A Defense official said the operation was not a dress rehearsal but a deadly serious test of close air ground support with a standard operation order and a home made cover. He added the plan would likely be repeated with or without visiting generals or journalists.
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Korea
United States
Spud Hill
Bray
R-Ind
Defense Department
Truman
Solons Question If Korea Raid Was Staged for Newsmen
Washington Jan 29 House Armed Services committee demanded a complete statement of facts from the Army on the T-Bone Hill raid in Korea. Rep Hoff man and Rep Bray had questioned whether the four hour attack was a legitimate operation or a televised show for visiting officials and reporters.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Army
United Nations
Korea
T-Bone Hill
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
William G. Bray
R-Ind
Truman Attacks Senate Critics as Pin Heads and Squirrels
Former President Truman lacerated congressional critics as pin heads and squirrel heads for claiming they know more on any subject. He challenged sensational reports on Russia's A bomb and cited Dr. Arthur H. Compton and Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves while urging calm and steady strength.
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Senate
Independence
Arthur H. Compton
Beaumont
Tex
Norwalk
Conn
Leslie R. Groves
Russia
Groves
Generals Meet in Tokyo Over Korea War Strategy
In Tokyo three top U S generals Gen J Lawton Collins Lt Gen Maxwell D Taylor and Gen Mark Clark held strategy talks on Korea amid speculation of a new war phase. Taylor will soon go to Korea to assume command of the Eighth Army from Gen James A Van Fleet who has led since 1951.
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America
J. Lawton Collins
U. S. Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
Mark Clark
U. S Far East
Taylor
Washington
Collins
Korea
U. S
Far East
James A. van Fleet
Van Fleet Leaves Korea After Tearful Farewell
General James A. Van Fleet bids 50,000 Koreans farewell in Seoul as he prepares to relinquish command of the U S Eighth Army to Lt General Maxwell D Taylor. He vows to return, departs for the United States to retire after leading the Allied force since April 2.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
South Korea
Tax On Bootleg Liquor Proposed
Oklahoma lawmakers consider a $4 per gallon bootleg liquor tax to raise about ten million dollars annually. State Sen. Max Cook says the bill would mirror Mississippi law but with stronger enforcement. House sponsor Raney Arnold and Sen. Keith Cartwright expect dry support. aim to curtail cross border liquor sales and boost state revenue.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Max Cook
Clinton
Cook
House of Representatives
Raney Arnold
D-Durant
Senate
Keith Cartwright
Durant
Drys
Oklahom
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Ends
Missouri
Dulles Aids Win Approval by Senate Foreign Relations
Washington The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved two top diplomat nominees after a Dulles loyalty letter. Aldrich was named ambassador to Britain and Mrs. Lord to the UN Human Rights Commission. Lord won a unanimous vote with one opposing senator.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Great Britain
Oswald B. Lord
U. S
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Lord
Langer
R-Nd
Aldrich
New York
Harper Urges Fort Sill Dimes Drive Backed by Leaders
Maj. Gen. A. M. Harper appealed to Fort Sill personnel to bolster the March of Dimes drive as the post’s total lagged last year. Only $500 has been raised with two days left, far from the $18,000-plus of 1947. The Ugly Man contest is extended to Monday to allow payday contributions, with Norton-Kitchens Buick handling tabulations.
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Fort Sill
A. M. Harper
Sill
Sill Dimes
Comanche County
Lawton Business & Professional Women’s Club
Norton-Kitchens
Buick Company
Soviets Warn Denmark Over NATO Troops Presence
Moscow delivered a second note to Denmark stating that stationing Western Allied troops in Denmark threatens Soviet security and the Baltic region. Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky said Denmark would be drawn into a war contrived by NATO, marking an ongoing exchange since October.
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Denmark
Soviet Union
Baltic
Andrei Vishinsky
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Denmark Reaffirms Defense Rearmament Stance Post Soviet Note
Copenhagen says it has not received the latest Soviet note while observers note few foreign troops on Danish soil aside from NATO staff officers London reports Ole Bjoern Kraft asserts Denmark will continue rearming for defense not aggression and that every country has right to build up forces for defensive purposes at a Foreign Press Association meeting.
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Copenhagen
NATO
London
Ole Bjoern Kraft
Foreign Press Association
Dimes Benefit Revue Tonight With Music and Dance
The March of Dimes Musical revue lights Fort Sill high school auditorium at 8 p m with music comedy and dancing. Admission is 50 cents or more to the cause. Johnny Goodfellow hosts as Lawton and Fort Sill talent perform including Mary Ann Goode Carolyn Hennessee Sally Haggerty Jim Brock Marilyn Marsh and the 89th and 97th band orchestra performing Dixieland numbers.
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Fort Sill and
Lawton
Johnny Goodfellow
Blue Baron
Mary Ann Goode
Carolyn Hennessee
Sally Haggerty
Sill
Jim Brock
Marilyn Marsh
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