Kefauver Says Ike Aims to Kill TVA Power
Sen Kefauver alleges Eisenhower policy aims to dismantle the TVA. A secret Wenzell report from 1953 links to Dixon Yates power plans with AEC as middleman. Ike says the charge is in error. Dixon Yates plant under construction amid moves to cancel.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
TVA
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Dixon-Yates
Wenzell
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
AEC
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley
White House
Ike
Memphis
Sill Man Injured In 3 Car Wreck
Fort Sill man Edward Valdez Regan 28 sustained minor head lacerations after a three car collision at Fort Sill Blvd and Ferris at 6 38 p m He was taken to Post hospital as police filed a reckless driving charge against Regan The crash began when Regan's 1955 Ford rear ended a 1950 Chevrolet driven by Joseph Yarnell 23 whose car had stopped at a traffic light It pushed Yarnell into a 1953 Cadillac driven by Walter Smith 62
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Fort Sill
Fort Sill Blvd
Ferris
Edward Valdez Regan
Lincoln
Post Hospital
Regon
Joseph Parlin Yarnell
H. Yarnell
Walter M. Smith
Tragic Flood Toll In River Stranding Families Lost
Six people including two infants drowned when swept from a riverbank in Modesto California. Victims from the Ramirez and Villa families were pulled under the muddy San Joaquin River current near an isolated bathing area. Two bodies recovered, others missing. a witness described six children wading linked by hands before vanishing. rescue efforts ongoing as page refers to further details.
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Modesto
Calif
San Joaquin
Here
DeCoto
Trino Hernandez Ramirez
Mary
Gloria Villa
Henrietta Villa
Santos Villa
Ramirez
Peter
Clemente Villa
Vickie
Villa
Two Young Sailors Jailed Over Sea Disaster Hoax
A 17 year old and a 21 year old from New York were jailed for fabricating a sea disaster hoax that triggered a massive search along the eastern seaboard. The pair allegedly broadcast a fake distress message from the St Joseph fishing vessel, costing about $50,000 in time and resources.
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New York
Coast Guard
Thomas Maldona
East Rockaway
N.Y
George Teen
Oceanside
Maldona
St. Joseph
New York City
Long Island
The
Marines Adopt Prestige Swagger Sticks For NCOs
Marine sergeant known as a Leatherneck receives a swagger stick with Marine insignia. Lawton recruiter M Sgt W E Schoolcraft notes sticks will become compulsory for staff non commissioned officers as supply permits. Officers from lieutenants to generals already carry the plain leather-bound staff.
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M-Set
W. E. Schoolcraft
Lawton Marine
Third
Marine Aircraft Wing
Miami
Fla
Sgt. Schoolcraft
Marine Corps
Lee D. Laws
Sizzling Weather To Continue Here
A scorching spell grips Southwest Oklahoma with no relief anticipated until mid next week. Saturday highs hit 100 in four cities. Lawton at 98, Oklahoma City 95, McAlester 102, Ponca City 101, Gage Hobart Tulsa 100, Guymon Enid Altus 99, Ardmore 97. Sunday’s forecast peaks near 95 under fair skies. by 9:30 p.m. the temperature was 85.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Ponca City
Gage
Hobart
Tulsa
Guymon
Enid
Altus
Ardmore
Ike To Report On Big Four Plans Hopes
President Eisenhower will report Friday night on summit plans and hopes then depart for Geneva. The speech aims to set diplomatic ground and counter Soviet propaganda while Eisenhower, Eden, and Faure present a united Western approach to Bulganin. The broadcast will be carried by all networks and radio outlets with further remarks from Dulles and White House aides.
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Eisennhower
Geneva
Russia
Izvestia
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Britain
Edgar Faure
France
Toether
Bulganin
Murray Snyder
White House
ABC
CBS
MBS
NBC Radio
Higgins to Face Bribery Accusers
Eddie Higgins, central figure in a legislative committee and Oklahoma County grand jury inquiry, plans to return to the state next week to answer charges of accepting a $1,500 bribe for withdrawing as a Democratic candidate for state superintendent. He claims no case exists against him and seeks counsel as he travels from Maryland.
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Oklahoma City
Eddie Higgins
Oklahoma County Grand
Higgins
House Committee
Lee Higgins
Reverses Self in Graham Estate Fight Reinstates Williamson
Oklahoma City July 9 Governor Gary reversed himself and reinstated Atty. Gen. Mac Q Williamson as chief state counsel in the Graham estate litigation at Pryor. He canceled a contract with Reuel Little, who would have earned 25 percent of any recovery, with possible fees up to 150000 or more. Little and Charles Dierker will assist Williamson. Dierker advised the governor that Williamson could not serve while trustee. Williamson and Little will be paid straight fees from Garys contingency fund.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Mac Q. Williamson
W. A. Graham
Pryor
Madill
Reuel Little
Little
Graham
Charles Dierker
Williamson
Gary
Dierker
Mayes County
Chicago Police Seek Missing Magazine Editor Rushmore
Chicago police pressed a search for Howard Rushmore editor of Confidential Magazine who vanished from a hotel room in Chicago for more than two days. Investigators scanned cab company worksheets to locate a possible secret rendezvous with a high Communist official linked to his story on James Forrestal. Rushmore claimed Forrestal was murdered by Communists and knew a contact only as Lazarevich.
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Chicago
Howard Rushmore
Confidential Magazine
Cab Company
Rushmore
Red
Navy
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Lazarevich
Teen shoots buddy after crime joking in Augusta
Augusta Georgia July 9 UP a teen aged honor student Herbert Howard Driggers 15 shot his bosom buddy Clinton G Clemmons 16 in the back from about 10 feet away and in the chest at 2 3 feet after joking about the crime while drinking a quart of wine Driggers an only son with excellent grades told police he did it perhaps because of the wine He was jailed on an open murder charge and held for superior court Clemmons son of Mr and Mrs Joseph A Clemmons Jr was a Richmond Academy student Both youths lived next door and planned to sleep out in Clemmons old car before the shooting See SHOOTING Page 4
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Augusta
Herbert Howard Driggers
George Mutimer
Young Driggers
Rupert Langford
Clinton G. Clemmons
Clemmons
Mutimer
Young Clemmons
Joseph A. Clemmons Jr
Richmond Academy
Driggers
Helen Driggers
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Bulganin to Reply to Guarantee Note in Moscow
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin promised a speedy reply to Britain's proposal for guarantees against aggression for a united Germany. He spoke at the Argentine embassy during a reception honoring Argentina's independence day in Moscow on July 9.
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Moscow
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Britain
Germany
Bulganin
Turncoat GIs Due To Cross Border Today
Three American turncoat GIs arrive in Hong Kong from Red China for a brief stopover in police custody before a one way return trip to the United States aboard the SS President Cleveland. Western observers say the delay was a propaganda move to deter homeward action. they are scheduled to reach the border between 1 and 2 p m Sunday local time.
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Hong Kong
Red China
United States
President Cleveland
Canton
Chickasha Grand Jury Call Issued by Citizens
Citizen vigilantes outraced authorities to file a petition for a grand jury in Chickasha Oklahoma. They demand County Attorney Wilson Smith be disqualified from the inquiry and seek a special prosecutor. The petition with 104 signatures was filed with District Judge L A Wood, who issued a July 20 jury call.
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Chickasha
Okla
Grady
Wilson Smithen
Smithen
Walt Hendon
L. A. Wood
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William Herivede
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Graham Estate
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