Frisco to Inaugurate Streamlined Train to Lawton
The Frisco railroad plans a July 18 inauguration of The Meteor a diesel driven air conditioned streamlined passenger train from St. Louis to Lawton via Oklahoma City with stops at Fort Sill Fletcher Chicaskaha and Tuttle. The service will extend to Lawton and Oklahoma City with connections to Chicago and eastern points.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Frisco Railroad
Jack Gilliland
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
Lawson
Chicago
Peints
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Ohio
Washington
New York
Gilliland
C. Mack Jones
L. W. Menk
Springfield
M. D. Riggs
Ralph Baird
C. W. Giberson
Frisco
Quanah
Tex
Emmett Keough
Milton Keating
Exall English
Hugh Bish
Fletcher
Chicaskaha
Tuttle
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Commission
Riggs
Postal Department
Western District
Doenges Denials Stir Oklahoma GOP Rifts
Oklahoma figures blast Drew Pearson for claiming GOP plans to push Democrat William C. Doenges for the Senate. Gov. Raymond Gary questions Doenges’s leanings, while Charles E. Plummer of Tulsa hints Doenges might gain Republican votes. Plummer denies column but notes Doenges’ prior gubernatorial run.
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Oklahoma City
William C. Doenges
Drew Pearson
GOP
Doenges
U.S. Senate
Raymond Gary
Bartlesville
Charles E. Plummer
Tulsa
Pearson
Oklahoma
Plummer
Doenses
Return To Full Production After Steel Wage Pact
Pittsburgh. United Steelworkers and U S Steel reached a 15 cent plus average hourly wage boost ending the steel industry's shortest nationwide strike. McDonald led the talks with John A. Stephens for U S Steel. The agreement raises the average wage from 2.33 to 2.48 per hour, with a 11 1/2 cent base increase and a 6 cent job-class spread. Production expected to resume quickly, with formal signing this afternoon and similar settlements anticipated with Bethlehem Republic Jones & Laughlin Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Inland Steel.
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Pittsburgh
P— VU. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Big Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Inland Steel
STEEL
Fort Sill Expansion Wins Senate Okay
The Senate approved the Military Construction Authorization bill with 3,053,000 dollars allotted for Fort Sill expansion. The measure, identical to the committee version, proceeds to a House-Senate conference to reconcile differences. An Altus Air Force project in Oklahoma remains the sole item needing compromise.
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Senate
Fort Sill
Senate Armed Services Committee
Oklahoma
Altus Air Force Se
Tinker Afb
Vance Air Face
Enid
Clinton- Sherman Air Force Base
Clinton
Ardmore Air Force Base
Ridgeway Becomes Deputy Sheriff After Leaving County Attorney Staff
Ridgeway, once a special investigator for the Comanche county attorney, began work today as a deputy sheriff after being relieved by a recent county law limiting assistants. The move was approved by county commissioners, with Ridgeway posting a $1,000 surety bond and joining the payroll.
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Oral Ridgeway
Comanche
Everett Hale
Ridgeway
Manville Redman
Body Of Missing Marine Pilot Found In Wreckage On Island
Tokyo July 1 The body of one of four missing U S Marine fliers was found in the wreckage of a FJ2 Fury jet on Oshima Island near Tokyo The pilot tentatively identified as Lt Alan Murdock McAneny of Yonkers New York was among four missing after a fog incident officials said search efforts continued as weather stayed clear and forces scoured the sea
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Tokyo
U.S
Oshima Island
Marine Corps
Alan Murdock McAneny
Yonkers
McAneny
Rome
N.Y
Air Force
Marciano Moore Heavyweight Title Bout Set at Yankee Stadium
Unbeaten Rocky Marciano and 38 year old Archie Moore were matched Friday for a world heavyweight championship fight at Yankee Stadium on September 20. Promoter Jim Norris announced Marciano would get 40 percent of net receipts and Moore 20 percent.
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New York
Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
Yankee Stadium
Jim Norris
Marciano
Moore
Council Adopts Fireworks Control Ordinance
Lawton city council passed a fireworks ban prohibiting sale and discharge within city limits. Violations carry up to 20 dollars fine. police chief warned enforcement will be strict. Old ordinances 478 and 841 repealed. new provision bars retailers from possessing explosive fireworks for sale.
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Ofice
Ralph Hennessee
City of
Lawton
Eight Portuguese jets crash on air force day
In Lisbon eight Portuguese F-84 jets reportedly crashed during air force day maneuvers near Ota Air Base, killing pilots. Four of twelve planes returned safely. celebrations were canceled as investigators probe the cause amid NATO aid context.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ota
U.S
Siga
New Law Requires Jail For First DUI Offense
The county attorney and highway patrol announce a new law with an emergency clause. First DUI offense carries a mandatory jail sentence, second offense mandates a penitentiary term, and both trigger a 12 month license revocation. Highway units switch to 24 hour shifts with days off canceled for a five day patrol from now through the Fourth of July.
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Highway Patrol
Rain May Dampen Lawton Fourth Of July Weekend
The Lawton area may see showers but no heavy rainfall for the Fourth of July period. Temperatures stay in the high 90s with lows around mid 70s and partly overcast skies through Saturday. An 11 am Friday reading reported 89 degrees.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
House Approves Foreign Aid Bill in House Vote
The House approved a 3.2858 billion foreign military and economic aid program for the year, sending the measure to a Senate committee to resolve differences. President Eisenhower asked about 349 billion, with potential trims ahead. The chamber backed the plan 273 to 128 despite 21 attempts to curb aid, and eliminated a 145 million dollar reserve fund.
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Washington
Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley
Memphis
Budget Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rowland R. Hughes
Senate
TVA
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Frank Tobey
George Dempster
Knoxville
Dempster
Citizens For Tva, Inc
W. K. Ingram
West Memphis, Ark
Chamber of Commerce
House
Yugo Slavia
Idia
Ten Die In Alaska Transport Crash Near Sitkinak Island
Ten people are killed when a U S Air Force C47 transport from Elmendorf base crashes on Sitkinak Island while delivering supplies for an air raid warning installation. Reporters describe unfastened seat belts and an apparently open door as the aircraft struck the peak.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Sitkinak Island
North Pacific
Elmendorf
Anchorage
Benson Receives Purple Carpet For U Nu Visit
Washington Burma Prime Minister U Nu receives a formal welcome at the Department of Agriculture after a prior delay, with Assistant Secretary Earl Butz leading the greeting. U Nu’s party had earlier faced disorganization and a self-guided arrival, prompting apologies from Secretary Benson.
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Washington
U Nu
Burma
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Earl Butz
Agriculture Department
Butz
Resurfacing Work Starts On 38th Street
Pete Wynn, county commissioner, reported a $5,000 resurfacing project on 38th Street between US 62 and Gore Blvd. Allen Wass firm of Cyril handles the work. The old three year old road showed heavy truck damage and holes from the previous experimental base. The plan adds a thicker crushed gravel and sand base with a blacktop layer to yield a sturdier road.
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38Th Street
U. S. 62
Gore Blvd
Pete Wynn
Allen Wass
Cyril
Wynn
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Union
Bill Doenges
CIO Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Company
CIO Sign Pact
Mike Monroney
Congress
Signal Corps
Military
Ue, Alan M. McAneny
UNU
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