General Williams To Take Command At Fort Sill Friday
Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams arrives at Fort Sill to assume command from Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Watlington with a 2 p.m. ceremony in front of McNair Hall. He will be introduced to TAC chiefs and staff and begin a week of orientation detailing the Center’s operations and staff roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. Williams
Third Army
Fort Sill
McNair Hall
Thomas M. Watlington
James F. Brittingham
Williams
TAC
Watlington
Carl I. Hutton
Army Aviation School
Gen. Williams
Army Field Forces Board No. 1
Fort Bragg
N.C
L. D. Adams
U S Demands Return Of Seven Soldiers From Czech
The United States served Czechoslovakia a sharp note demanding the immediate return of seven American soldiers seized by a Czech border patrol near Baernau on July 4. The U S charge says the soldiers were kidnapped while on leave and were not spying, while Prague accuses them of entering Czech territory to conduct espionage.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
U.S
State Department
Prague
Baernau
U. S
Vienna
Fied
Czech
Kovylov Believed Top Red Spy Here
Washington July 8 A Russian diplomat Alexander P Kovliyov tagged by the FBI as a spy and sent home last month may have been the top Soviet agent in the United States He was the second secretary of the Russian delegation to the United Nations in New York Expelled in February Comdr Igor Amosvv and Lt Col Leonid E Pivner also left in February and June 6 respectively The espionage group may have included three men in separate nets but Kovlyov could be a bigger figure than his post suggests.
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Washington
Alexander P. Kovliyov
FBI
State Department
United States
Kovlyov
United Nations
New York
Comdr
Igor Amosvv
Leonid E. Pivner
Moscow
Bank Robbery in South Gate Nets $42755
Two gunmen followed a Bank of America teller from a coffee stop to a South Gate branch and bound eight employees with iron wire before escaping in a car with $42,755. A bank spokesman said the pair stayed calm during the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Gate
Calif
Bank of America
Richard M. Ruh
Polio Hits Two More Tots in Lawton and Duncan
A seven year old Lawton girl Damaline McPhail and a ten week old Duncan boy John Mark Richardson were admitted to Lawton Memorial Hospital isolation ward for polio. The cases bring area totals to six this year with Parsons and McGehee still in isolation. Dr. Royce Means announced gamma globulin will be limited to special groups and pregnant women this year and five camp companions of the 11-year-old Lawton victim received GG inoculations.
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Lawton
Duncan
Lawton Memorial Hospital
Damaline McPhail
Daniel McPhail
Dearborn
John Mark Richardson
Cecil Richardson
Memorial
Howard Parsons
O. L. Parsons
Euclid
James Michael McGehee
J. W. McGehee
Joe Dell Thompson
W. E. Thompson
Frederick
Royce B. Means
County City Health Department
State Department of Health
Comanche County
Missouri
Memorial Hospital
Health Department
Seven questioned in Judith Roberts death case probe
Miami detectives grilled more than 30 men and held seven for questioning in the kidnapping murder of 7 year old Judith Ann Roberts. A blue eyed girl was found beaten and raped with clues including clothing and a torn nightgown.
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Miami
Fla
Judith Ann Roberts
Chester Eldredge
Homicide Bureau
Judith Ann
Eldredge
FBI
Edward J. Powers
South Miami
Baltimore
South Bayshore Drive
Murray May Use Guard In Runoff
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray said he may declare martial law again for the July 27 runoff if election law violations appear. He has commissioned offices statewide to seek irregularities. Martial law was in Sequoyah, Cherokee, Adair, LeFlore and Pittsburg counties for Tuesday's primary. no troubles were reported.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Sequoyah
Cherokee
Adair
LeFlore
Pittsburg
U S Vows Veto Red China Bid For UN Seat
Secretary of State Dulles announced the United States would veto Red China’s bid to join the U N Security Council if needed. He warned Peiping flouts UN rules in Korea and Indo China and backed Eisenhower against withdrawal threats. Senator Knowland urged withdrawal while President Eisenhower opposed admission of Red China.
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U.S
Red China
Washington
Dulles
United States
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Assembly
Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Indo-China
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Knowland
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
City records sizzling as Lawton hits 106 degrees
Lawton logged 106 degrees tying for hottest in the state on Wednesday while Hobart reached 107 and Altus 108 unofficially. Thunderstorms caused damage in Tulsa where a 14 year old girl was hospitalized after touching a live wire. A brief windstorm flooded Tulsa streets and toppled trees and power lines. Okeene saw 1.75 inches in a two hour rain.
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Lawton
Weather Bureau
Tulsa
Hobart
Altus
Kristin Lindmark
R. T. Lindmark
Okeene
Blaine County
Vietminh Blow Up Two Supply Trains Near Hanoi
In a July 8 report from Hanoi rebels blew up two trains carrying American supplies to French Union troops defending the Red River delta. French warplanes bombed saboteur bases afterward while reports say Communist divisions probed the Bamboo Canal area southeast of Hanoi and attacked Hung Yen gates along the Hanoi Haiphong road.
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Hanoi
Red River
Thursay
Kesat
Haiphong
High Command
Bamboo Canal
Hung Yen
Haiphong Road
Oklahoma runoff fight looms as Gary faces Coe clash
Oklahoma politics set for a runoff battle as Gov. Johnston Murray concedes and says he will stay neutral in the July 27 runoff. Bill Coe vows to beat the machine backing Sen. Raymond Gary while Gary prepares to present his program to the public amid broad voter interest. Kerr praises his large vote total in the U. S. Senate Democratic runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Johnston Murray
Murray
Willie
Mancorp
Capitol
U. S
Senate
Coe
Sen
Raymond Gary
Gary
Oklahoma
Bill Coe
Conn
Robert S. Kerr
Roy J. Turner
U. S. Senate
Jailer Interrupts Bar Sawing Party at Comanche Jail
Day jailer Bennie Wallis thwarted a break in the west tank by discovering two bars sawed. A 12 inch blade had almost severed bars before 8 p.m. The hack saw was found near the toilet ledge. Four prisoners were in the tank including murder and forgery suspects. Sheriff Hale moved Hubert Whitehorn to an isolated cell for precaution. Further details promised on page seven.
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West Tank
Comanche County
Bennie Wallis
Wallis
Everett Hale
Hubert Whitehorn
Whitehorn
Hale
Sheriff Hale to Meet Rhodes in July Runoff
Official county election returns show Sheriff Everett Ray Hale 2755 votes and K. V. Rhodes 2641, forcing a July 27 runoff. Other totals include McCracken 2502 Kennedy 1975 Plaxco 1024 Bell 632 and Bertha Preuitt 5618 to Homer Wilson 5209, with full results due by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Election Board
Everett Ray Hale
K. V. (Tink) Rhodes
Pauline Joyner
Hale
Rhodes
M. T. McCracken
Floyd Kennedy
John Plaxco
Cy Bell
Bertha Preuitt
Homer Wilson
Parking Meters Hit Record Half Year Revenue
City figures show six month parking meter intake reached 24 834 05 dollars, a 6 percent rise from 1953. April yields led the surge with 5 051 08 dollars, the highest monthly total since 1952, signaling a possible near 50 dollar gain for the year if trends continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Shelton
Oyey
Puerto Rican terrorists given maximum prison terms
Four Puerto Rican attackers who opened fire in the House of Representatives on March 1 received maximum sentences up to 75 years. Lolita Lebron, 34, the self styled leader, drew 16 years 8 months to 50 years, while three men received 25 to 75 years each. The judge cited the crime as heinous and shocking to the nation. Lebron was convicted of five counts of assault with a weapon and Lebron faced the related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Lolita Lebron
U.S
Lebron
Deha
Tornado Warning Issued Across Southern Oklahoma
The U.S. Weather Bureau issued a tornado warning for a 100 mile wide strip across southern Oklahoma. An isolated tornado chance was noted along a line from Fort Smith Arkansas to near Hobart with the advisory valid until shown time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
U.S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Ark
Hobart
Both Camps Set Strategy for Sunday Runoff
In Oklahoma City on July 8 Raymond Gary and William O Coe planned Sunday strategy meetings to press their governor runoffs. Gary aims to attack Coe as a machine candidate and lobbyist with documented records while Coe counters with campaign appearances and funding pressure.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary Camp
William O. Coe
Madill
Coe
Pence
Herbert Pate
Gary
Huckins
Braniff
Brooks Robertson
Pate
Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma Club
Col Estes Appointed New Sill Chaplain at Fort Sill
Col Estes becomes Fort Sill chaplain succeeding Lt Col Hudson B Phillips who stays on in an undetermined assignment. Estes arrived from Korea where he led with the Korean Communications Zone as senior chaplain for 16 months. He previously earned two WWII battle stars and an arrow head with the 9th Infantry Division and served 30 months on occupation duty in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Division.
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Hudson B. Phillips
Fort Sill
Estes
Korea
9Th Infantry
Japan
Cav
Aly Blocks Return Of Children To Rita Aly Khan
A New York Children's Court judge refused to relinquish jurisdiction over Hayworth's two daughters, Welles age 10 and Princess Yasmin age 4, after Prince Aly Khan objected. The court had placed the girls under its supervision for schooling and three months, but Yasmin had not objected.
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New York
Children’s Court
Hayworth
Aan Welles
Yasmin
Prince Aly Khan
Westcourt
Ton
Gao
Yas
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Kovylov
Harry Rosenberg
Gretchen Meier
Fortill
A. C. Meier
N. 24Th
Vietminh
Kerr Grateful
Bulletin
Ward
Turner Logan
Gary Coe
Brown
Cedar Grove
Crosby No
En — Indiahoma
Lake No
Lawton No
Lincoln No
Lincoln
Mangan
Col. Estes
Aly
Rita
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