Holiday Death Toll Kept Low
United Press reports Independence Day traffic and accident toll remained below forecasts as motorists drove cautiously. By Monday night, 384 deaths had occurred in 62 hours across high ways Drownings planes fireworks and other incidents added to the tally with highway deaths leading at 224.
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United Press
National Safety Council
Council
Ney H. Dearborn
Syd
Chicago
Harvey
Carol Hayward
Illinois
Dearborn
Four Die In State Weekend Wrecks
Oklahoma highway toll rises to four with the death of 15 year old Judy Kay Kent in a crash seven miles east of Snyder. She rode with 17 year old Irley Gene Neugebauer as they returned from Craterville Park. Neugebauer tried to pass, lost control, hitting a guard rail and the car slid 150 feet before overturning.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Safety Council
Judy Kay Kent
Frederick
Snyder
U. S
City Holiday Quiet and Tragedy Strikes Fourth of July
A quiet Fourth of July in Lawton area is shadowed by a fatal crash near Snyder. Fifteen year old Judy Kay Kent of Frederick dies in a Frederick hospital from injuries after a late Sunday crash on U S 62. Other Frederick youths, ages 17 and 15, suffer internal and head injuries, plus a seven year old with a broken wrist. An Oklahoma City man drowns in Cache creek during a fishing trip. Fireworks injuries and fishing mishaps add to the toll with four treated and released at Southwestern hospital.
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TROY
Lawtonians
Frederick
Oklahoma
Judy Kay Kent
U.S. 62
Snyder
Irley Gene Neugebauer
Larry Kent
Maureen Kent
J. A. Harnsberger
Oklahoma City
Cache Creek
Lawton
John Weston
Columbia
Last June’s heat contrast with this year’s cool Lawton June
June in Lawton brought 1.95 inches total rain and cooler highs. The month opened 83 and rose to 99 by June 23, with no 100–degree days this June. Last June featured 11 days above 101 and an earlier 105 on June 13, plus 13 days at 100 plus.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Missing Preacher Returns After Six Weeks
The Rev. William Montgomery, missing for six weeks, walked into his Sheldon home and said he had been selling shoes in Ohio. Montgomery, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church for four years, offered no other explanation of his disappearance, his wife said.
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Sheldon
Ill
William Montgomery
Ohio
Montgomery
First Presbyterian Church
French Halt Delta Retreat In Indochina
French forces halted their withdrawal from Phu Ly and prepared a defense line 15 to 20 miles south of Hanoi. Conflict looms at Thinh Duc Cau as Viet Minh advances force a semicircular perimeter around the capital. Bombers attacked Phu Ly while truce negotiators met at Trung Gia to discuss concrete questions.
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Hanoi
Phu Ly
Red River
Pre
Thinh Duc Cau
Haiphong
Son Tay
French Union
Bao Ninh
Trung Gia
Gia
Nation marks independence with parades prayers and Dreams
The long holiday ends with Fourth of July observances across the United States and abroad. President Eisenhower spent the day at Camp David as communities held sports events, religious services, and reflections on freedom and peace. Weather ranged from showers in the interior to pleasant conditions elsewhere.
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Associated Press
United States
National Safety Council
Chicago
New England
Moscow
Illinois
Middle Atlantic States
New York
Northeast
Eisenhower
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Boston Common
Valley Forge
Soa Mich
Murray hunts absentee ballot ring amid Oklahoma primary
Gov. Johnston Murray says he is hot on the trail of a major absentee ballot selling scheme and may reveal names before tomorrow's primary. Campaigns wind down as candidates tout momentum amid hot, fair weather and an estimated 450000 to 500000 votes cast.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Adair
Leflore
Sequyah
Cherokee
Pittsburg
Guard Referee Kerr Turner Fight Sparks Oklahoma Primary
Oklahoma City July 5 Two oil millionaires Kerr and Turner seek the Democratic senatorial nomination as 200 National Guardsmen patrol 197 precincts under martial law. Gov Murray says guards act as civil officers to curb fraud near polls. Polls set for Tuesday with legal challenges pending and a July 27 runoff possible.
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Oklahoma City
National
Johnston Murray
Voters Castle
Robert S. Kerr
Roy J. Murray
Genodainien
Senate
Kerr
Turner
Murray
Poteau
Okla
Clyde M. Fallowell
Oklahoma
Huge Rally Sets City Tonight and Ballots Go Out
Election officials in Comanche county prepare for a likely record turnout in the July primary with nearly 18 000 eligible voters. Precincts collected ballots as polls open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. citywide and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in outlying areas. A courthouse rally with music and free ice cream closes the day, featuring a keynote by State Sen. See BALLOT, Page 2.
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Comanche County
U.S. Senate
Lawton
KSWO
Lawton Constitution
Courthouse Square
Voting Places Listed for County and City Elections
Here are county and city voting places including Pet 1 Rich Plan Store Gore 210 Fort Sill Blvd and Pet 2 Whittier School. The list covers Civic sites such as Fire Station 17th and Ferris Taft School Christian Church and Courthouse with multiple ward entries.
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Baptist Church
N. Firs
McKinley
Dunn
Bell
Washington School
Silk Blvd
Woodrow Wilson
Arlington
Columbia
N. 25Th
Ward UI
Rich Plan
Fort Sill Blvd
Gore
Whittier School
17Th and
Ferris
Taft School
Christian Church
Greer
Kinyon
Swinney
Warditt
Warren Hotel
Courthouse
Elks Lodge
Dutcher
County Agnate Hangs On Bonds On Comanche Ballot
Comanche County voters face a primary decision on bonds to finance a county fair and agriculture center. Over 195000 dollars would fund five new buildings with a 10 year payoff and slight tax increase for homeowners. The measure appears on Tuesday's ballot with two existing groups opposing or supporting.
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Comanche County
Drunken airman held after fatal harm to girl near Fort Sam
SAN ANTONIO Texas a drunken airman third class Jimmy N Shaver 31 was held without bond on a murder charge after a 3 year old girl Chere Jo Horton was found dead in an abandoned gravel pit southwest of the city. Shaver claimed to have blacked out after taking the child to the pit while police say drinking contributed to the incident.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jimmy N. Shaver
Chere Jo Horton
Here
Shaver
Lackland Air Force Base
Dean Jones
J. C. Horton
Parehaan
Eugene Talbert
Talbert
Perfect Election Day Forecast Amid Hot Weather
Forecast calls Tuesday a perfect Election Day with mostly fair skies and near 100 degree highs. The Fourth of July remains in hot conditions with similar temperatures continuing into tomorrow.
Typhoid Strikes In Floods Wake At Rio Grande
Typhoid reached Ciudad Acuna across the Rio Grande after the flood. The Texas Health Department sent 300 anti typhoid vaccine bottles to the stricken area and Mexican officials asked Red Cross for 15 000 more shots. River water remained unsafe as residents faced thirst and cleanup efforts continued along the river.
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Red Cross
Ciudad Acuna
Toio
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Craterville Park
Rex Allen
Allen
Tom Sharrock
U.S
Jack's Oak Grove
Escow
Charles E. Bohlen
V. M. Molotov
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Roy J. Turner
Pery
Pauline Joyner
Comanche County Election Board
CRC
NEW D
Bob Jeffrey
H. W. McNeil
Holiness Church
County Agnate
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