Big Four Meeting Opens With Promises of Reports
President Eisenhower pledged frequent progress reports to congressional leaders during the Big Four Geneva conference and an appraisal of its accomplishments at its end. A White House briefing said the bipartisan leaders would receive updates relayed from Geneva, likely via Vice President Nixon. No specifics on the Knowland resolution were discussed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Congress
White House
Murray Snyder
Secretary of State
United States
Snyder
Nixon
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
State Dulles
White House House
Sen. Wiley
Wis
Senate
Earle Clements
D-Ky
House
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
William Knowland
Calif
Gunmen Rob Moore Bank in Oklahoma City Area Heist
Two gunmen robbed the First National Bank at Moore, Oklahoma, of about $12,000 at 10 10 a m. They forced staff and customers to lie down and fled in a two tone green Pontiac after about five minutes. A cashier, J K Griffith, and accountant O D Westfall were among victims. Police set roadblocks but the suspects, described as 25 to 30, escaped east then south. One robber may have a cataract in one eye.
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Griffith
O. D. Westfall
Norman
Moore
Oklahoma City
Ban on Korean girls in Army clubs angers officers in Korea
In Seoul Lt. Gen. Collier ordered officers to stop bringing Korean girls into Army clubs with a month to comply. The move aims to eliminate an undesirable situation, though KCAC leaders allow clubs to host such guests. Dance floors emptied, with chaplains mostly supporting the ban, while enlisted men fear further restrictions.
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Robert Brown
Seoul
U.S. Army
John H. Collier
Korea
Collier
U.S
Stuttgart
Germany
Eral
Mercer Walter
Korean Civil Assistance Command
KCAC
Eighth Army
Texas horseman rests in Temple on ride to Idaho
Ken Hendren a 36 year old Beaumont Texas rider halted in Temple for a rest on his 447 mile trek to Kooskia Idaho He plans to reach Idaho in late September He has not seen his parents since 1943 and intends an extended visit He seeks work along the way including a ride to Walters for a rodeo job He faced delays at Rice Texas due to his horse injury and spent six days at Slidell Texas for rope burns
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Texas
Temple
Kooskia
Idaho
Oklahoma
Ken Hendren
Charles Cooper
Temple Tribune
Beaumont
Tex
Elbert Hendren
Cooper
Hendren
Walters
Rice
Slidell
Highway Session Set Wednesday In Oklahoma City
Lawton officials prepare for a Wednesday 2 p.m. meeting with state highway leaders in Oklahoma City to discuss urban road fixes. Key items include Cache Road widening and Gore Gap road to Carnegie as the delegation meets C. A. Stoldt and district highway leaders along with local lawmakers and county representatives.
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Lawton
Cache Road
Gore Gap
Carnegie
Oklahoma City
Highway Commission
C. A. Stoldt
State Highway Department
Bob Barr
Hennessee
Bureau of Public Roads
C. R. Ellsworth
Bill Logan
Comanche County
Githen Lee
Four New Polio Cases Reported In Oklahoma
The Associated Press reports four new polio cases in Oklahoma, bringing total this year to 55. There are no deaths this year, with 18 patients hospitalized and 11 in the acute stage. Last year had 114 cases. the peak was 273 in 1949.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
National Foundation For
Five Boys Die In Avalanche Near Mt Temple
In Banff Alta seven Wilderness Club of Philadelphia members attempted Mt Temple climb. A snow avalanche struck as they turned back, killing five teens from St Louis and Philadelphia and leaving two missing. Two Philadelphia boys and one other member were hospitalized with injuries or shock.
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Banff
Alta
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Mt. Temple
Canadian Rockies
Wilderness Club of
Curfew Imposed on Sheppard Air Force Base Airmen
Wichita Falls authorities enact a 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew for all 16 000 airmen and civilians linked to Sheppard Air Force Base after fights between airmen and teens. Col George E Henry signed the order citing growing threats and a planned meeting next Friday night. Col Melvin S Hollidge noted a recent large gathering behind Spudder baseball park and 50 airmen have been apprehended.
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Wichita Falls
Sheppard Air Force Base
George E. Henry
Sheppard Afb
Sheppard
Melvin S. Hollidge
Hollidge
Spudder
American Takes Lead In 22nd All Star Game
Milwaukee July 12 A pair of 28 year old pitchers Robin Roberts and Billy Pierce faced off as the American and National Leagues opened the 22nd All Star Game at County Stadium. Mantle crushed a 425 foot homer to spark a four run AL first inning. In the field Berra and Schoendienst did well, while Ennis was stymied by Berra on a tricky bouncer play. Quiet defense followed with no further scoring.
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Milwaukee
Robin Roberts
Billy Pierce
Mantle
Fox
Williams
Berra
Ennis
Roberts
Kaline
Mathews
Kluszewski
Vernon
Snider
Schoendienst
Pierce
Finigan
Kuenn
Mueller
Parking Meter Funds Hit $52 672 For 1954 55
City clerk R M Dodson announced that parking meter collections for the 1954 55 fiscal year totaled 52 672 85. For May 1 1954 to April 30 1955 receipts were 49 500, about 3 000 less than the same period a year earlier. Of the total, 21 588 76 paid meter contracts, leaving 31 084 09 in the fund.
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R. M. Dodson
Dodson
Fort Sill expansion funded in Oklahoma military bill
Oklahoma lawmakers approve a 3.053 million Fort Sill expansion as part of a broader eight project military program. The act authorizes land purchase of about 20 320 acres plus 10 700 acres in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, plus new facilities and improvements.
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Fort Sill
Congress
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Ravished Tot Found Slain Sparked Midwest Manhunt
Two year old Donna Sue Davis vanished from her crib Sunday night as her parents watched TV. Her body was found Monday at the edge of a cornfield showing signs of rape and blunt force trauma. An FBI search and widespread vigilante rounds were launched.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Midwest
Donna Sue Davis
Mid-Continent
FBI
James O’keefe
Edge of Cornfield
Tat
Donna
House committee rejects polio vaccine funding request
Washington The House Appropriations Committee rejected President Eisenhower’s request for 30 million dollars to provide free Salk polio vaccine for needy children, saying the program lacks authorization. The panel approved a 1.65 billion dollar porkbill with big cuts to atomic and defense programs, and halted the 125 million Air Force Academy project. It endorsed other vaccine related finances and state evacuation planning but refused to fund the atomic powered merchant ship.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Nation Institutes of Health
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
House Committee halts Air Force Academy work design needs
Washington. The House Appropriations Committee orders an abrupt stop to construction on the 125 million dollar Air Force Academy project at Colorado Springs until the architectural design is more firmly established. It rejects 79 million in new funds and bars using remaining 15 million until a further design review approved by the committee.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
West Point of the Air
Denver
House
Full House
Appropriations Committee
Companion
Senate Committee
Full Senate
Academy
Congress
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Fine Arts Commission
Senate
Talbott
Eisenhower
West Point
Annapolis
Ent Air Force Base
Air Defense Command
Army
Camp Carson
Air Academy
Normal Weather Forecast Keeps Heat Near Norms
The forecast calls for near normal temperatures across the state with hot spells expected this week. Lawton and surrounding areas are headed for generally fair conditions with highs around 100 and nightly lows near 75 this afternoon tonight and Wednesday.
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Lawton
City Trooper Is Exonerated in Oklahoma
Bud Williamson, veteran Lawton highway patrol trooper, was exonerated by a three member board and restored to duty after suspension over an alleged improper accident report. The decision, announced by Attorney General Mac Williamson, followed a public hearing and related inquiries about an auto accident near Faxon involving a farmer and a bootlegger.
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Bud Williamson
Lawton Highway Patrol
Mac Q. Wiliamson
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma City
Williamson
Faxon
Lawton
Lincoln
Step) Wade
Jim Lookabaugh
Julius T. Lee Williamson
Four State Optimist Parley Signals Regional Meet
Approximately 200 Optimist civic club members from Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma will gather at the Hotel Lawtonian for a district convention. Registration starts 3 p m Saturday in the lobby. Clarence Aubrey Lawton Optimist president says new officers and District No 7 officials from 56 clubs will attend a two day meeting with a fellowship hour and a Saturday dance followed by a Sunday business session and closing.
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Optimist Civic Club
Lawtonian
Clarence Aubrey
Lawton Optimist Club
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Aubrey
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