Board To Decide Fate Of Trooper Bud Williamson
Oklahoma City dispatch reports a three member patrol board of review heard 28 witnesses on March 4 wreck near Faxon involving a 1951 Chevrolet driven by Oran Carson and a 1952 Hudson. Trooper Williamson denied charges of neglect and said his investigation was proper. A decision was expected today or tomorrow with Safety Commissioner Lookabaugh noting a 10 day deadline.
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Oklahoma City
Bud Williamson
Williamson
Faxon
Patrol Board of Review
Mac Q. Williamson
Jim Lookabaugh
Oran Carson
Faxon Farmer
Lincoln
Step” Wade
Albert C. Hall
Lawton
Hall
Hudson
Wade
William Buchwald
Thomas Reed Jr
Buchwald
Reed
Norman Carroll
Carroll
Charles Ozman
Arthur Cavanagh
Faxon Group
Carson
C. T. Raley
Southwest
Norman Holt
Raley
Holt
Unarmed Guards Begin Wing By Wing Search at State Penitentiary
In WALLA WALLA Washington unarmed guards and 38 armed patrolmen moved block by block through seven wings of the State Penitentiary to hunt for hidden weapons after a two day revolt. The guards faced resistance as only dozens of weapons were turned in and calls grew for National Guard support. Nine hostages were freed after a nine point agreement between Dr Thomas Harris and revolt leaders as the prison struggle continued.
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Walla Walla
Wash.p
State Penitentiary
Charles Hall
Guar
National Guard
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Thomas Harris
Russell Questions Burden on Vets in Reserve Plan
Sen. Russell of Georgia, chairing the Senate Armed Services Committee, challenges the administration plan to shift the reserve burden onto veterans. He notes prior service men would remain the core of an active combat ready reserve as hearings begin on a bill to raise trained reserves to 2.9 million by 1960.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Prsident
Eisenhower
Korea
Muggy Weather To Stick Around In Oklahoma
Hot humid conditions persist across Lawton and southwest Oklahoma with daytime highs near 100 and lows around 76. An 11 am reading reached 92 while Wednesday’s high hit 97. Guymon logged 102, the state's hottest since April 17. The Weather Bureau warns of continued heat and southerly winds for several days.
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the Weather Bureau
Paratroops Start Gigantic Troop Swap
At Ft Campbell Kentucky a fleet of 43 C-124 Globemasters began the largest long range airlift, swapping 508th Airborne and 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Teams between the United States and Japan. 3114 million passenger miles set a record as 3,100 troopers would return to Fort Bragg within 60 hours. Maj Gen Chester E McCarthy led the operation, formerly in Korea.
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Fort Campbell
Japan
508Th
187Th
18Th Air Force
FT. Campbell
United States
508Th Airborne
Ashiya
187Th Airborne
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Chilean troops alert as 24 hour general strike starts
Chilean government mobilizes troops in Santiago and at key sites as a 24 hour nationwide strike over living costs begins. The Central Labor Union claims 1.3 million workers may join while copper firms threaten no strike. 40,000 government employees have already been striking for a week, weighing on the peso.
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Santiago
Chile
Central Labor Union
CUT
Jews Fight To Keep Catholic Child In Brookline, Mass
Melvin Ellis and his wife fight to retain their adopted daughter Hildy McCoy, a Catholic, amid a 1953 court ruling nullifying their petition due to a same-faith adoption preference in Massachusetts. They face surrender or arrest, with Ellis vows to stay steadfast and even go to jail if needed. The case traces to the birth mother, Marjorie McCoy, and the 1953 probate ruling, while Ellis cites fundamental rights and ongoing health issues as influences.
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Brookline
Mass
Melvin B. Ellis
Ellises
Hildy McCoy
Massachusetts
James Zisman
Supreme Court
Raymond S. Wilkins
Wilkins
Commonwealth
Zisman
Ellis
Hildy
Marjorie McCoy
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Raymond F. Reynolds
U S Accepts Red Bid To Pay Half Damages For Attack On Plane
A dramatic dawn tale of a sea hoax began with a radio report that survivors from the fishing boat Blue Star were picked up by a foreign submarine. Coast Guard divers found only a lone unmarked life jacket as a clue while tugboats relayed shifting distress messages and a submarine was later reported surfacing near the drifting craft.
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U.S
New York
Coast Guard
Blue Star
Barnegat
N.J
New York Harbor
Nancy Moran
Mitchell C. Sullivan
Note Denies Navy Bomber Over Russia
The United States accepted Russia’s offer to pay half the damages for the Navy Neptune patrol plane shot down by Soviet fighters off Alaska. The note defends the U S position that the plane was in international waters and on a routine flight. Soviet reply acknowledged possible error but claimed the aircraft was over Russian waters and offered 50 percent. The Navy valued the aircraft at about 14 million dollars with other costs undisclosed.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Alaska
San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
John Foster Dulles
Moscow
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea
U. S
Soviet Union
Navy
Solon Denies Taking Bribe in Pardon Case
Oklahoma officials report Sen Oliver Walker labeled as a frame-up a $1250 payment intended to secure a governor's pardon for Ben Peterson, a Pottawatomie County bootlegger. Celestia Robinett and Granville Scanland contested the charge while Peterson’s widow recounted the repayment and hospital incident before his death. Walker may face resignation as Dale superintendent amid broader scrutiny.
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Oklahoma City
Oliver Walker
Dale
Pottawatomie County
Celestia Robinett
Democratic Party
Oklahoma County
Granvile Scanland
Shawnee
Peterson
Walker
Carl Rooker
Col Shinkle New Board President at Fort Sill
Col Edward G. Shinkle has been named president of Board No 1 Continental Army Command Fort Sill succeeding Col James F Ammerman Ammerman moved to a new assignment in Athens Greece Shinkle is a 1932 USMA graduate and served ten months overseas in World War II commanding the 385th Field Artillery Battalion His campaigns included Rhineland Central Europe and Northern France He also served in Trieste 1946 to 1949 as Chief Department of Interior and spent 14 months in Korea.
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Edward G. Shinkle
Continental Army Command
Fort Sill
James F. Ammerman
Ammerman
Athens
Greece
Col. Shinkle
U. S. Military Academy
385Th Field Artillery
Rf&ineland
Europe
France
Trieste
Department of Interior
Korea
Butcher Jailed For Pawning His Money
A Chicago butcher, Joseph K. Johnson, 43, admitted pawning between 750 and 1000 dollars over three years, often $30 for $27.50 in cash. Police seize the suspect, find clipped currency serial numbers, and consider Secret Service action, though no law against pawning money exists.
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Chicagop
John Doyle
Doyle
Joseph K. Johnson
Johnson
Desert Victim Bequeaths Wife Three Dollars in Will
In Burbank California Calvert S Wilson a 49 year old restaurant supply firm operator left his divorced wife 30 pieces of silver three dollars because of the misery she caused him. The handwritten will filed for probate bequeaths one half of his estimated $30 000 estate to his childhood sweetheart and the other half to his two children Brenda fourteen and Tamara eleven.
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Burbank, Calif
Calvert S. Wilson
Wilson
Brenda
Tamara
Democrats condemn FBI use in Memphis power probe
Senate Democrats attacked Attorney General Brownell over directing the FBI to probe Memphis officials intentions to build a municipal steam power plant. Senator Kefauver urged Brownell to explain the authority and wisdom of using federal agents, preferring U S attorneys handle the inquiry.
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Washington
Congress
FBI
Memphis
Senate Democrats
Herbert Brownell Jr
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Brownell
Senate
Dixon-Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Commission
United States Attorney
Law Group Calls for More Lawton Police Officers
The Lawton-Comanche County Law Enforcement Council urged the mayor and city council to boost the police force, noting Lawton operates at about half the minimum strength. Current 38 patrolmen vs 114 per 1,000 population, suggesting a need for at least 75 officers. FBI Director Hoover also argues 12 per 1,000 is insufficient to curb crime.
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Lawton-Comanche County
Lawton
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nude Blonde Eve Wanders Sioux Falls Streets in Nude
A woman in her early 30s calling herself Eve wandered naked in Sioux Falls early Thursday, claiming she sought Adam. Police planned psychiatric evaluation after she was found walking about three blocks from her apartment while two detectives in an unmarked car stopped traffic during the morning rush.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Eve
Adam
Lawton Water Usage Dips Despite Heat Wave and High Lake Levels
Lawton residents used 7,362,282 gallons of water daily in the first half of the year, about 165,909 gallons less per day than the same period last year. Average per person runs about 122 gallons daily, says filter plant chief David Duke. Last year daily usage averaged 7,528,191 gallons. A four day July breakdown shows daily usage around 9.071 to 11.189 million gallons. The lake level stands about 22 feet below the new dam top, 12 feet below the old spillway, and roughly two feet lower than a year ago. Last July's record was 532,690,000 gallons, up 9.7% from August 1952. Water details continue on Page 2.
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Lawtonians
David Duke
Duke
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Chester E. McCarthy
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Solon
Holdenville
Steven Cipolla
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Ariz
Col. Shinkle New
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