Reds fire on UN boat off Korea sparks armistice protest
The United Nations reports a civil police patrol boat in the Han River demilitarized zone was fired on near Kulto island around 1406 hours. UNC says the attack breaches the armistice. Rear Admiral Brittian lodges the complaint with MAC and seeks investigation by joint observer teams. No casualty details were released.
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United Nations Command
Han River
Adm
T. B. Brittian
United Nations Military Armistice Commission
MAC Secretariat
UNC
Kulto
Han
UNC Mac
Rebels Shell Hung Yen After Delta Advance Near Hanoi
In July reports from Hanoi say Communist troops began shelling Hung Yen, the last French city in the Red River delta near the Hanoi Haiphong corridor. The city, 28 miles south of Hanoi, faces encirclement as three Red divisions push north. supplies and wounded are ferried by river convoys, and observers doubt French ability to hold the area.
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Hanoi
Hung Yen
Rea River
Haiphong
French High Command
Red River
Banhoo Canal
Lawton Pioneer Parade Seeks Team Wagon for August 6
Lawton plans its annual Pioneer celebration with a parade on August 6. Mrs Abe March reports readiness except for a suitable team and flatbed wagon to carry the pioneer woman and her son. Volunteers with a gentle team and wagon are asked to contact Mrs March at No 46. The Pioneer Woman will be portrayed by Mrs John March with the son by a grandson Robert Wesley Oliver, 8.
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Lawton
Abe March
Pioneer Club
County treasurer race dominates Area Returns page
Anadarko housewife Ruby Trotter led Troy Massey 3,314 to 3,213 as county treasurer voting results rolled in. C. W. Hildebrand, W. 8 Coleman, and others trailed in various county races with voters deciding commissioners, lawyers, and clerks in a wide turnout across Jefferson and adjacent counties.
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Ruby Trotter
Anadarko
Troy Massey
Lookeba Service
C. W. Hildebrand
Binger
Coleman
Bowmbent Snes
LaMar
W. c Saleaman
O. F Lovett
Carne
Lovett
Clyde Duncan
Joe Bowling
Ted Jones
Moorehead
Gracemont
George Nixon
L. R. Jones
Ft. Cobb
C. L. Jones
T. J. Thomas
Ernest Wilkes
Kilgore
Leland Smith
Bob Morey
B. B. Brannon
John Dotson
Senate Dairy Price Supports Boost Approved by Committee
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 87 to 85 for parity price supports for dairy products between September 1 and August 31. Benson said the current 13 percent parity had been supported for the past three months and urged 90 percent under existing law to better meet demand.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
Hospital News Items Quick Midland County Births and Dismissals
Readable hospital notices show births at multiple homes with dates July 3 to July 7 and weights. It lists discharged patients, including Mrs P W Gill and J D McCary, plus multiple surgery and medical entries across Kiowa Apache Anadarko Fort Sill Walters Duncan and Tulsa locales with numerous street addresses and names.
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Waire
Paul Stockton
Washington
J. D. McCary
Chattanooga
Delores Morillo
Atlanta
Stargabell Lund
Tulgabell Lund
Tulsa
Luther ‘Nix Sr
Medicine Park
Wayne Siler
Duncan
Atomic Workers Strike At Uranium Plants In Tennessee
CIO union workers halted operations at Oak Ridge Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky plants producing uranium-235 for atomic weapons. About 4500 workers joined the walkout as supervisors kept plants in production, while police noted peaceful entry for some workers and a fact finding board was ordered by President Eisenhower.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
CIO
Paducah
CIO Chemical Workers Union
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Atomic “Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Markets in Oklahoma and Chicago report mixed prices and receipts
Oklahoma prices show No 1 hard wheat around 1.98 to 2.09 with towns like Enid Fairview and Lawton listed. Butter fat steady, hens and eggs undergrades fluctuate with regional spots and city receipts. Tulsa and Lawton appear in multiple lines.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Hennesey
Vici
Kingfisher
Clinton
Enid
Fairview
Medford
Blackwell
Alva
Hobart
el Reno
Guymon
Hooker
Frederick
Lawton
Broilers
B. Farm
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
Hens
Spots
Chandier
McAlester
Watonga
Elk City
Durant
Laverne
Pauls Valley
Shawnee
Tonga el Reno
Chickasha
Durant McAlester
Chandler
Ardmer Clinton
Oklahoma City cattle and hog market report shows varied prices
Receipts include 3,000 cattle and 400 hogs with calves and stockers. Early steers and heifers steady, cows slow with uneven bidding. bulls steady. Feeder steers 17.00-18.00, heifers 20.75-22.00, cows 10.00-12.00, bull tops 13.75. Hogs mostly 24.00-25.50, sows lower. spring lambs steady with price spectrum 16.00-21.50.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
Grace Teers
Officials tie in Page One runoff race details
Officials tied from Page One nounce its decision this week. Andy Anderson Elk City led the pesiad field of 36 a the Face. See Secretary of state, and mis face either Homer Coe Oklahoma City, or Wilbur Wright Muskogee, in a runoff. Cox was a prisoner of the Russians for four years and was freed last December. Wright, a watch maker, has run for state office on both Democratic and Republican tickets, Williamson Leads Incumbent Attorney General Mac Qease coming edge over his only opponent Edwin Langley Muskogee, and appeared of re-nomination. Other incumbents with cens leads were Labor Commi Cook and Chief Mine John Malloy.
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Sam Jackson
Charlie
Nicholson
Tipton
Jackson
E. T. Jones
Grandfield
Jefferson County
Jim Stewart
Chester Robinson
Ernest Lovett
Henry Bowling
Bill Wigham
Lloydison
Phil. Crutcher
Howard Phillips
Waurika
Bill Anderson
Counttorney
Constable
Cecil Reed
Guy C. Warthen
Kiowa County
Byron Dacus
Clarence Krieger
Herbert Bates
Earl Olson
John McConnell
Ison
McConnell
J.D. Barton
Hobart Farmer
Royal Cook
District 1
Roy Eliis
Hobart
Aloyd Reeder
Seay
Carpenter Hughes
Shari E. O. Peters
Beullah Senter
Keene Boardman
William Metcalf
Hobart Cattleman
Jim Culbertson
Houston Duke
Andy Anderson
Elk City
Secretary of State
Homer Coe
Oklahoma City
Wilbur Wright
Muskogee
Cox
Wright
Willamson
Mac Qease
Edwin Langley
Masons To Meet For City Services
Lawton Lodge No 183 AFAM has been called to meet Friday at 9 15 am to conduct graveside services for Harry H French. The law Mason died Tuesday afternoon with Jack H Moorehead worshipful master calling Master Masons to assist.
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Lawton Lodge No. 183
Af&am
Harry H. French
Yesteryears from The Constitution Files Ten Years Ago
A condensed historical recap from The Constitution Files recalling ten, twenty, and thirty years of past items. Entries mention Basil Shirley missing in France, Jack Barton wounded in Italy, Don ald Lee Schram bitten by a poisonous spider, Sara Schoen berger promoted to major in Nurse Corps at Fort Sill, and other notes on escapes, promotions, vacations, and Rotary events.
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Constitution
Basil Shirley
Cherry
France
Walter L. Shirley
Jack Barton
Euclid
Italy
Donald Lee Schram
E. J. Schram
Sara M. Schoenberger
Fort Sill
Irregularities Noted As Oklahoma Guards Monitor Polls
Governor Johnston Murray ordered unarmed guardsmen at polls in five eastern Oklahoma counties after an inquiry into alleged ballot burning. Infractions centered on campaigning near polling places with adults or children distributing litera ture. guardsmen reported the incidents and noted no field jumps to five counties.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Aera
McAlester
Wah
Oklahoma
Murray
Euardemeg Acti Gua
Fred
Sai Tahlequah
Pittsburg
LeFlore
Sequoyah
Adair
Cherokee
Cherokee County
Lawton County Returns Show Strong Senator Support
County turnout exceeded 11 000 as supporters of both candidates campaigned vigorously. More than 1 200 ballots remained uncounted in three city boxes. In Lawton the fifth ward precincts favored the incumbent Kerr with 188 to 53 for Turner, while Brown township posted 188 to 53 and Chandler led 140 to 40 for the senator.
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Lawton
Fifth Ward
Brown Township
Kerr
Turner
Chandler
Pilot Dies As Jet Slams Into Homes
A UPA jet crashed into residences two blocks from Kansas City's business district on Wednesday, killing the pilot and setting three houses ablaze.
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Kansas City
Kan
UPA
Incumbent Solons All Easy Victors
Oklahoma City July 7 UPI Four Democratic congressmen easily won renomination without a runoff. Incumbents Carl Albert Tom Steed John Jarman and Victor Wickersham were set for November. In the first district Ben Crow and George E Norvell vied to face Belcher in November. Republican contest in the fifth district saw George Young leading John M Hazlitt.
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Oklahoma City
Page’ Belcher
Enid
Ed Edmondson
Muskogee
Carl Albert
McAlester
Tom Steed
Shawnee
Eisenhower Defends U.N. Seat For Chinese Reds Debate heightens on China policy
President Eisenhower warned against admitting the Chinese Communists to the United Nations as Sen. Knowland signals possible recall of Congress. GOP leaders attended a news session while Dulles vowed a strong fight but avoided pledges to withdraw if the Reds are seated. Congress plans to end business by July 31 with elections in November.
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U. N
U.N
United States
World Organization
Sen. Oean
Congress
Knowland
Eisenhower
Californian
GOP
China
Dulles
Powell Cunningham Runoff Vote Likely
Oklahoma City July 7 United Press tabulations show Judge John C. Powell of Sulphur leading Fred Cunningham of Hobart in the southern district criminal court runoff with 19,714 to 18,051 votes from 431 of 899 precincts. Glendon Walker and others total 10,427, Funston Flanagan Walters 7,392. District nine Supreme Court race pends with Floyd L. Jackson 17,449 to Max Cook 12,? from 209 of 275 precincts.
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Oklahoma City
John C. Powell
Sulphur
Fred Cunningham
Hobart
Southern District Criminal Court Post
United Press
Powell
Cunningham
Glendon Walker
Shawnee
Funston
Flanagan
Walters
Supreme Court
Floyd L. Jackson
Lawton
Max Cook
Clinton
County Races Reported from Page for Constable District 3
Ray Powell defeats C A Simms for Constable District 3 with 305 to 280 votes. In Constable District 4 race, Edward Bailey beats opponent 607 to 224 amid a low turnout of about 3500 statewide. Nearly 18 000 registered voters in Comanche County. Three precincts reported late and Taft school box tally continued as county results came in. Hulen led reporting first as 7:25 p m tally arrived.
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Ray Powell
C. A. (Kink) Simms
Constable
Edward Bailey
Sli
Comasche County
Comanche County
Constitution
Taft
Hulen
Oklahoma approves veteran farm loan amendment in primary
Oklahoma voters approved a constitutional amendment to provide farm loans for veterans. The measure allows borrows up to 93 percent of farm land value from the state school land fund with a 3 percent interest rate. An escheat law amendment to allow corporations to acquire real estate for lease or sale failed.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Fers
Coe’s Dad To Keep Hand Out By Law
The father of gubernatorial candidate William Coe was reported in good condition after surgeons saved the hand he injured while making signs for his son’s campaign. The 83-year-old T. H. Coe, who previously lost his right arm in a railroad accident, was at J John’s hospital with his son to hear election returns.
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William ©. Coe
T. H. Coe
J. John’s Hospital
Coe
Power
Rotary Chief Howell Installed at Club Meeting
Howell was installed as Rotary chief in a ceremony featuring a special musical program directed by James Matthews with French horn solos by Mrs. Suzanne Brown and performances by a French horn quartet. Royce Makin presented a magic act and Rev. Elbert Whitwell served as program chairman. Guests included civic club representatives.
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Bert
James Matthews
Suzanne Brown
Same Old Story Fair And Steamy Forecast
The weatherman issues a hot forecast for today and tomorrow with 100 to 105 degree highs and 70 to 75 degree lows. Lawton hit 108 for a second day, while Kingfisher topped 107 and McAlester Hobart and Ponca City reached 105. Scattered showers appeared in the northwest and southeast, with more possible later.
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Lawton
Kingfisher
McAlester
Hobart
Ponca City
Tools Stolen From Two Farmers Northeast of Porter Hill
Tuesday night thefts targeted farms several miles northeast of Porter Hill, Donald Schroder and O F reported tools missing. Officers believe one thief likely responsible for both incidents, as clues tie the cases together.
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Porter Hill
Donald Schroder
O. F
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