Record crowds jam Wichita Mountains for July weekend
Park officials closed the big cleanup after 25 400 visitors packed Wichita Mountains refuge over the Fourth of July weekend. Ernest Greenwalt said the event drew many Texans and Oklahomans with thousands camping and enjoying fishing and swimming. Police reported 186 arrests and 127 distressed motorists aided. only three injuries in the nine county district. An acre burned near the Medicine Park gate. fire crews battled the blaze.
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Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains
Ernest Greenwalt
Greenwalt
C. T. Raley
Raley
Medicine Park
Fort Sill
Heatwave grinds Oklahoma as temps soar toward 105
The five day forecast shows temperatures well above normal across Oklahoma with no rain. Monday tied or surpassed records as the thermometer hit 103 degrees with 98 expected by midmorning. Forecasters warn highs of 105 to 110 and no rainfall through the period.
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Hobart
Fireworks stand destroyed. two men sought for arson attempt
A Fort Sill area fireworks stand near Gate No 3 was burned early today. Two unidentified men allegedly tossed matches inside the frame building while hoping for a display. The blaze destroyed the stand and charred its mesh, with about $80 in loss.
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Robert Martin
Fort Sill’s Gate 3
Fort Sill Blvd
Roy Gene Wickham
Fort Sill
Martin
Bob Ensley
Lawton
Owl
Six Red Divisions Threaten Hanoi
Six Communist divisions moved within 25 miles of Hanoi in a potential north south pincer. French forces established three divisions 25 miles south and three more north near Thai Nguyen, with heavy artillery tanks and troops massed to protect Haiphong and Hanoi.
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Thai Nguyen
Red River
Korea
Phu Ly
Gulf of Tonkin
Haiphong
Bao Dai
Thai Binh
Phat Iem
French Plan Reinforcement in Indo China Hints at Strengthening Force
Paris reports indicate the French government moved to bolster the expeditionary force in Indo China to pre Dien Bien Phu strength. The cabinet session led by Premier Mendes France discussed securing Hanoi and signaling resistance to capitulation. No communique was issued. A possible announcement to the national assembly may follow.
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Paris
Indo-China
City Woman Dies In Wreck Near Norman Oklahoma
Myrtle Louise Brown a 20 year old Lawton resident died five hours after a car rollover caused by a blown tire. The driver Ala meda Teal 24 Tecumseh and Brown were crushed in the wreck seven month old Douglas Michael Teal was thrown clear and unhurt. The year to date highway fatalities rose to 2380 from 231 at the same point last year.
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Norman
Okla
Myrtle Louise Brown
Lawton
Alameda Teal
Tecumseh
Oklahoma Voters Face Martial Law Election Weathered by Guardsmen
Oklahoma City voters endured extreme heat as Gov. Murray deployed National Guardsmen and plainclothes officers to five eastern counties to oversee the state primary. About 500000 votes were predicted with heavy turnout in Oklahoma County and lighter in Tulsa. Kerr and Turner led the Senate contest amid oil wealth and political clashes over farm and oil legislation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
Sequoyah
Adair
Cherokee
le Flore
Pittsburg
Murray
Tulsa
Pottawatomie
Latimer
Creek
Oklahoma County
William H
Bill) Murray
Robert S. Kerr
Roy J. Turner
Kerr
Senate
Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Russians Expel US Diplomats Amid Spy Claims
Three Russian diplomats based in New York and at the United Nations have been expelled for espionage. In retaliation the Soviet Union ordered two American officers at Moscow to leave, labeling them persona non grata. Maj Walter McKinney and Lt Col Howard Feldlin are to depart as Berlin hosts Amb Bohlen on leave.
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United Nations
United States
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Howard L. Feldlin
New York City
Arlington
Maj
Walter McKinney
Santa Cruz
Calif
Russia
Maj. McKinney
Col
Feldlin
Berlin
Charles E. Bohlen
Record July primary voter turnout in Lawton slows tabulation
Early tally shows 2,490 votes cast by noon from 17 of 30 precincts with an average 83 per precinct. Rural areas report lighter voting while officials push to a possible all time July election high as polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Strong turnout linked to State Sen. Bill Logan and a Kerr Turner Senate race. See CITY VOTE, Page 2.
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Kerr
Turner
Cam
Lawton
17Th and Ferris
Ward 2
Benet
Comanche County
Bill Logan
Cotton County
Logan
Sen
U.S
Robert S. Kerr
Roy Turner
Constitution Press
Re Registration Permitted Today
Qualified electors who have been registered before may re register at their precinct voting place today. The normal re registration period closed June 25 but an attorney general ruling allows registration of some electors to be handled today.
Former A and E Men Refuse to Confirm Communist Ties
Two WWII Army Information and Education Division veterans refused to confirm if they were or had been Communists as Senate hearings examine Communist propaganda in the armed forces. Lute W Wilson and Richard L Criley testified they encountered Red propaganda while in service. Kerr, a Baltimore CID veteran, testified he found Russian propaganda at Fort Pickett Virginia.
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Army
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Jenner
Riad
Richard L. Criley
Chicago
Lute W. Wilson
Wellsfleet
Mass
Information Division
Wilson
Criley
J. Kenneth Kerr
Baltimore
Counter Intelligence Corps
Fort Pickett
Seven Prisoners For Three Refugees Swap Proposed
German border police reported Czech authorities offered to swap seven U S soldiers arrested near the border for three Czech refugees. U S Army HQ in Heidelberg said negotiations are with Czech authorities for the Americans release while deeming the three escapees a separate issue. The seven soldiers were seized on the sea gate border during sightseeing and a half ton weapons carrier was found abandoned near Weiden.
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Baernau
Germany
U. S
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
Seagate
Hans Buettner
Mander
Buettner
Here
Weiden
U.S
Wheat Allotment Cut For County 1955 Allocation Declines
The 1955 wheat allotment for Comanche County is set at 55 283 acres, about 10 percent under last year. ASC official Bill Sieg says individual allotments will be mailed this week, with the figure based on a 10 year average adjusted to current trends under 55 million national minimums.
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Comanche County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Bill Sieg
ASC
Lahoma
Enone
Holiday Fourth of July Death Toll Safer Than Expected
Final figures show July 4 weekend traffic fatalities at 348, well below the forecast 430 by the National Safety Council. The 78 hours from 6 p m Friday to midnight Monday also included 620 total violent deaths with 189 drownings and 83 misc accidents. Utah reported no traffic fatalities.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Eisenhower
Utah
California
Michigan
Texas
Holiday Death Toll Rises. Oklahoma Sees Losses
Five people died on state holidays as traffic surged on Oklahoma highways. Two drownings occurred in Oklahoma waters while an Oklahoma City woman died in Phoenix from traffic injuries. The year’s road fatalities reached 280, with deaths down from a safety council forecast.
Justice Clark Passes Probe Findings Clear No Wrongdoing
A House Judiciary subcommittee released a disputed report criticizing Justice Tom C. Clark for not testifying after joining the Supreme Court while saying it found no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing during his time as attorney general. Rep. Byron G. Rogers defended Clark amid charges the document was not properly vetted and public comments sparked controversy.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
Byron G. Rogers
D-Cole
Rogers
Clark Rogers
Truman
Subcommittee
Judiciary Group
Justice Department
Keating
New York Republican
Justice Clark
Justice) Department
Injuries Fatal To City Man's Kin In Arizona Crash
Two people died from an auto accident in Arizona Friday involving relatives of Lawton residents. Mrs. Zula Carroll mother of Carl Crossland and sister of Pat Woods died Monday night from injuries. Mrs. Josephine Hanson niece of Carroll died Tuesday morning in an Oklahoma City hospital after crash injuries. Six were in the car. others reported out of danger.
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Arizona
Lawton
Zula Carroll
Carl Crossland
Bell
Pat Woods
Grand Canyon
Josephine Hanson
Carroll
Oklahoma City
Crossland
Voters Joke With Troops In Oklahoma Martial Law Polls
Five eastern Oklahoma counties vote under martial law for the Democratic and Republican nominations for U S Senator governor and state offices. Senator Kerr seeks a second term while Governor Murray bans a second consecutive term and deploys National Guard troops to oversee voting amid jokes banter and intimidation concerns.
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U. S
Robert S. Kerr
Okla
Johnston Murray
National Guard
Murray
Pittsburg
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Guardsmen
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