Russians Demand Honest Talks at Geneva Summit
A Khrushchev led Soviet delegation urged negotiations on an honest basis at Geneva while warning the West to negotiate seriously. Bulganin Malenkov Zhukov and other top leaders attended the Fourth of July embassy party with Walter Walmsley the U.S. diplomat. Peron urged a political truce in Argentina as Vatican reports indicated two expelled priests would be allowed to return to Buenos Aires. Peron termed the revolt a “fighting psy chosis” and said he sought national conciliation with enemies who have long opposed violence.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Geneva
Uierhew
U.S
Walter N. Walmsley
United States
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Vatican City
Argentina
Vatican
Manuel Toto
Ramon Carlos Novoa
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Peron
Spasso House
Charles E. Bohlen
Bulganin
Georgi Malenkov
A. I. Mikoyan
Lazar Kaganovich
Georgi Zhukov
Bohlen
Eisenhower
Walmsley
School Repair Work Begins in Lawton District
Lawton Public Schools launch extensive remodeling for 1955-56 term. Superintendent John Shoemaker says Lincoln auditorium, junior high, high school gym floors, and all elementary rooms are under renovation or cleaning. W. D. Ford and Son won two contracts. New John Adams elementary due next Monday. Grover Cleveland to finish in about two weeks. Andrew Jackson slated for shortly after fall term begins.
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Lawton
John Shoemaker
Lincoln School
Lawton Board of Education
W. D. Ford and Son
John Adams
Greer
Grover Cleveland
Landers
Shoemaker
Andrew Jackson
Area Holiday Crashes Leave 2 Dead, 29 Hurt
Traffic deaths reached a peak for the Fourth of July period across seven counties with 393 fatalities and 773 total deaths in a three day span. District Four recorded 19 injuries in 13 accidents and two fatalities, with statewide and national comparisons noted. Law enforcement reported 67 arrests and 140 motorist assists while Beach County authorities logged 82 arrests. The first local fatality involved George Bly and Lee Grant after a crash on U S 81 near Ryan.
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Highway Patrol
Associated Press
National Safety Council
District of Columbia
Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
District Four
Manville Redman
Redman
Lawton
Lawton City
George Clyde Bly
Jefferson County
Ryan
U.S. 81
Bly
Lee Grant
Ryan Negro
Robert Theodore Hart
Chickasha
Grant
Routine Council Session On Tap
City council meets tonight with Mayor C R Ellsworth presiding. The agenda was released at noon and includes routine business items as the mayor returns from a Colorado vacation.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Colorado
Fort Sill’s Joe McCarthy Shares Jibes With Name
Fort Sill sergeant Joseph E. McCarthy of the 88th Field Artillery Battery endures jokes about his name from fellow soldiers and a warrant officer. A Schenectady native married to Gloria with two children, he has served seven years and will soon move to Japan where he has previously served in 1952 and 1953. He plans to name his next son Joe McCarthy Jr.
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Sfc
Joseph E. McCarthy
88Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Sen Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Sgt. McCarthy
Sen. McCarthy
Joe
Schenectady, N. Y
Gloria
Japan
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy Jr
Oklahoma Toll Rises Over 4th Holiday Weekend
Thirteen people died in Oklahoma during the extended Fourth of July weekend. Six drowned, five killed in traffic crashes, and two fatally struck by a train.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Burrowing Hose Saga Ends In Downey Yard Calamity
Downey California residents watched a 50 foot green hose vanish into the ground at a rate of inches per hour. George Di Peso cut the hose after days of diggers and advice from across the globe. Calvan Barham and Mrs Breeze reported similar hose sinkings nearby.
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New York
Tokyo
Canada
England
Robert Breeze
Downey
Deposits Rise In City Banks
Deposits grew in two of four local banks with a total increase near 102 thousand dollars for the past fiscal year. From June 30, 1954 to June 30 this year loans across four banks and Fort Sill rose to about 10.47 million dollars while total deposits stood at 29.25 million, up from 29.15 million. Individual bank figures show American National, City National, Security Bank and Fort Sill National with varied hikes and declines in deposits and loans.
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Fort Sill Bank
American National
City National
Security Bank & Trust Co
Fort Sill National
UN accuses Reds of truce violations in Panmunjom press row
General Parks, senior UNC official, demanded an accurate accounting of combat material and aircraft introduced by the Communists since the armistice. He barred Allied reporters from a Communist press conference and alleged collusion by Czech and Polish inspectors. A 174 page list of violations was read into the record, the first such prohibition in Panmunjom.
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UN Command
Korea
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
Parks
Lee Sang Cho
UNC
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
NNSC
Neutral Nation Supervisory Commission
The
Reds
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Armistice Commission
Train Hits Car in Wisconsin Killing Seven, Many Children
In Allen’s Grove Wisconsin a north western road passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing killing at least seven people, mostly children, in a family group of 11. Beatrice Smith Route 1 Darien drove the auto with Mrs Harriet Smith Beloit among the victims. The train, Chicago bound, traveled about 60 miles an hour.
Rioting Convicts Seize Hostages at Washington State Penitentiary
In Walla Walla thirty five dangerous convicts armed with knives and razors rioted seizing a parole officer and seven prison staff as hostages. William Connell in charge reported No 1 wing control and warned of possible violence if hostages harmed. Police and guards rushed to scene. last riot occurred in 1953.
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Walla Walla
Wash
State Penitentiary
William Connell
Lawrence Delmore
Connell
Theodore Bezzerides
Bezzerides
W. S. Storey
Jess Bentley
al Remboldt
Bert Jenkins
Harold Benniss
B. W
Boots) Fain
Fain
Walla Walla County
Walla’ Walla
Freight Trains Crash Kills Five In New Mexico Tieup
In Vaughn New Mexico near Cardenas Junction two freight trains collided head on shortly after 1 a.m. Five crew members died and three were injured. One train apparently moved through a siding without stopping as the other approached at high speed. A tank car containing volatile acetate exploded over the wreckage and caught fire. TRAINS, Page 5.
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Vaughn
N.M
Here
Cardenas Junction
Chicago picnic riot ends in fatal shooting of student
Police investigate chaotic South Side scene at Trumball Park where Louis Korach, 24, a College of Idaho student, was shot by Sgt. William Lynch after a fight. Six officers and five civilians injured, 25 squads deployed, 13 questioned as officials seek cause and sequence of events.
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Chicago
South Side
Louis Korach
College of Idaho
Caldwell
Idaho
William Lynch
Asst. State
Frank Ferlic
Korach
Lynch
Trumbal Park
Terrific Double Bang Rocks Britain
A massive, unexplained sound shattered southern England early today. London papers weigh meteor impact versus a jet pilot breaking the sound barrier during Independence Day celebrations. The blast rattled windows from near London to Maidstone, about 40 miles away, fourteen minutes after midnight.
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London
England
U.S
Maidstone
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R. Bruce Lockwood
Glendale
Calvin Barham
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Barham
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