Army Orders Court-Martial of Martinets
Army lieutenant and sergeant face court martial for forcing their company to stand at attention in 90 degree heat for an hour. Lt Robert S. Morgan and Sgt LC Richard J. Witbeck to be tried July 22 by Col Earl Ringler of the 272nd Infantry Regiment. Morgan charged with dereliction of duty and Witbeck with mistreatment of personnel. Several soldiers reportedly fainted during the action. Ringler’s name also linked to Army McCarthy hearings through Pvt G David Schine.
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Ft, DIX
N.J
Earl R. Ringler
272Nd Infantry
Ringler
Robert S. Morgan
Wilkes Barre
Richard J. Wit
Witbeck
Army-McCarthy
Washington
Pvt
David Schine
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Schine
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Friday Last Day For Registration In July Runoff
A 20 day registration period for the July 27 runoff election ends Friday Registrar Roy Johnson announced today The period began June 27 Unregistered voters who wish to cast ballots must register by today or Friday A new list of precinct registrars is provided with names and addresses for wards 1 and 2 precincts and their registrars with locations for voter signups.
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Roy Johnson
Johnson
Inez Jones
S. 12Th
C. A. Sperling
Dorothy Jackson
Carver
Earnest Cavett
Dearborn
F. P. Aycock
Euclid
Cecil Prichard
Robert E. Williams
Fort Silk Bird
Decia Renner
Bell
W. D. Ferguson
Lake
Leon Calahan
N. 28Th
Glenn Becker
Fort Sill Blvd
John March
Oak
Weldon
A Ferris
Lowell Dikes
Jay Wad- Lee
Dulles Declares Formula Found For Allied Unity
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returns from Paris after Big Three talks declaring a formula for constructive Allied unity. He says Western ministers show solidarity against Communist hostility and will send Undersecretary Smith to Geneva to participate in Indo China discussions. Eisenhower awaits word as Dulles emphasizes no concession of U S principles in settlements for Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia.
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Washington
Dulles
Paris
Eden
Mendes- France
W. B. Smith
Smith
Geneva
U. S
Mendes-France
White House
Eisenhower
United States
France
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Indo China Parley Nears Showdown in Geneva
France and Britain, buoyed by U S support, move toward a decisive phase of talks with the Communists to end the Indo China war. Mendes France vows resignation if no peace by July 20, while Eden, Dulles and Molotov push private huddles and possible partition of Viet Nam, though the United States resists ceding Hanoi or northern areas.
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Geneva
France
Britain
United States
Pierre Mendes- France
Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
Mendes- France
Paris
Dulles
U.S
Walter Ee Smith
Geneva Friay
Eden
V.M. Molotov
Smith
Viet Nam
Vietminh
Hanoi
Mendes-France
Two French Forts Fall Before Reds
Vietminh forces overwhelmed two French outposts in the Red River Delta as monsoon rains swept the region. Chiquan, 25 miles west of Hanoi, fell after a brief engagement with 400 to 500 attackers, while another small post 35 miles northwest of Hanoi collapsed. Vietnamese defenders retreated toward Son Tay through guerrilla terrain inside the French line.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Red River
Chiquan
Delta
Son Tay
GOP Leaders Come To Aid Of McCarthy
The Senate Republican Policy Committee voted to back McCarthy and block moves by Sen. Flanders to censure him or strip him of chairmanships. The 12 member panel will seek to table any discharge of the Rules Committee over McCarthy related issues. McCarthy convened a closed meeting of his investigations subcommittee to discuss staff firings and a possible public probe into subversives in defense plants, while several members push a staff cleanup beforehand. The Pentagon has repeatedly requested the 133 names of alleged subversives McCarthy claimed to possess.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Sen
Flanders
R-Wi
McCarthy
R-Wis
Policy Committee
Ip Leaderland
Calif
Senate Rules Committee
Knowland
Senate Investigations
Subcommittee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
McCarthy Army
Pentagon
Fred Seaton
Armed Services Committee
Department
New Sill Department Chiefs Named
Two new department directors have been named by the Artillery School to replace departing chiefs. Col. John H. Daly, Pacific Grove, California, becomes Director of Materiel, while Col. had been reassigned to the U S Military Advisory Group in the Philippines. Col. William A. Hadfield is the new Director of Observation, succeeding Col. Warren H. Hoover who moves to command the 77th Field Artillery group. Daly studied in Hawaii 1928-30 and in Washington DC before graduation.
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John H. Daly
Pacific Grove
Calif
Harold S. Whiteley
Department of Materiel
Col
Nee
U. S
Philippine Republic
Department of Observation
William A. Hadfield
Combined Arms Department
Warren H. Hoover
77Th Field Artillery Group
Col. Daly
Hawaii
Washington, D. C
Weather-Driven Havoc Across East. Toll Rises to 121
Severe storms and a heat wave across the eastern states and Midwest caused at least 121 deaths and extensive damage. Heat prostration, drownings, and storm destruction from Ohio to New England accompanied plunging temperatures into the 50s. Fort Scott Kansas reached 120 degrees as cooler air moved in.
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Associated Press
North Central
New England
York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Atlantic
Arkansas
Denver
Atlanta
Plains
Midwest
Milroy
Heat Wave Lashes Lawton As Storms Bring Lightning Injury
Cloudy skies will reduce the 10 day 100 degree run with a possible shower. Fort Sill Soldier John P. Herbst 22 was seriously injured by lightning during yesterday’s storm near the 216th FA Bn. Lawton water use dipped below the prior day record while statewide storms caused extensive damage and power outages across multiple states.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Pfe
John P. Herbst
Fort Sill Station
216Th FA Bn
Post Hospital
Fort Sillman
Fort Smith
Ark
Aaron Eugene Price
Cool Canadian Air Hits State Still Grapples With Heat Toll
Four more Oklahoma heat deaths raise weekly total to 24 with victims in Enid Tulsa and Vinita. A Canadian cold front brought showers and cooler temperatures 5 to 15 degrees lower than Wednesday highs. Weather officials expected scattered storms statewide as relief was welcomed but heat risk remained high in other areas.
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Oklahoma
Penesag 2
Tulsa
United Press
Enid
Gertrude Pierson
J. A. Dodson
Mary Louise Winningham
Charlie Peterson
Canada
Weather Bureau
Ponca City
Vinita
Tonkawa
Georgia Alice McCord
Seminole County
Gifford M. Tidwell
Konawa
Claremore
Sarah Elizabeth Robertson
Add Smith
Snow Hall Opens Aug 16 For Fort Sill Classes
Fort Sill prepares to begin classes in the new multi million dollar Snow Hall academic building. Opening target is August 1 with two Artillery School departments already moved in. Gunnery and Tactics and Combined Arms units occupy the air conditioned facility, with remaining offices and divisions to follow. A dedication ceremony is planned for August 15.
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Fort Sill
Artillery School
Department of Gunnery
Department of Tactics and Combined Arms
Ae Ented
Czech Reds Return Seven U S Soldiers
Seven American soldiers freed after 12 days in captivity crossed the West German Czech border near WAIDHAUS. They were met by the U S 2nd Armored Cavalry and reported in good condition with food described as good. The men from the Field Artillery Battalion included Capt Jack M Davis and seven enlisted soldiers led by their battalion surgeon. Czech authorities had protested they penetrated Czech territory while the State Department called their detention an abduction.
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Waidhaus
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
William Oatis
2Nd Cavalry
U. S. 2Nd Armored Cavalry
U. S. Army
Field Artillery Battalion
Jack M. Davis
Raytown
John F. Glasson
Oakdale
Calif
Jerry W. Griffith
Springfield
Ohio
George Switzer
Milburn
Neb
Leonard D. Tennis
Alliance
Richard J. Jumper
Boonville
Ross F. McGinnis
Greensburg
U. S. State Department
Banana Freighter Rescues Drifters near Hawaii voyage
A banana freighter rescued five Lehi raft crewmen after a three day search. The Metapan picked up DeVere Baker 38 and four others near the Pacific off Southern California around 3 am EST and headed for San Francisco. The Coast Guard reported the raft was adrift and a menace to navigation. Baker led the voyage tied to a plan mimicking a drift to Hawaii symbolically tied to exodus aims.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
California
Coast Guard
Lehi
Hawaii
DeVere Baker
Baker
Don Smith
Grosvenor Fearon
J. Lamont Hawks
Ogden
Utah
Keitha
Alameda
Calif
Arabia
Guatemala
America
Jerusalem
Mystery surrounds Miss Universe pageant amid disappearances and passport issues
Long Beach reports the third Miss Universe contest faces chaos as Venezuela’s entry vanishes and Miss Korea Keh Sun Tay encounters U S immigration hurdles over North Korea ties. Oscar Meinhardt, executive producer, confirms a winner was chosen but cannot locate the Venezuelan contestant. The pageant opens with 33 international and 47 domestic entrants, lasting 10 days.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
Oscar Meinhardt
Venezuela
Keh Sun Tay
U. S. Immigration Service
North Korea
Meinhardt
U. S
Air Compe Vo
Pink!oe
Ieee
Fort Sill Housing Plans Struck by Subcommittee
House subcommittee struck on base housing plans at Fort Sill Tinker AFB and Clinton Sherman AFB Oklahoma, eliminating 224 Fort Sill units costing 3 160 000 10 Tinker AFB units costing 202 500 and 264 Clinton Sherman units costing 3 591 000. Fort Sill and Clinton Sherman drops cited private housing availability and near term need. Approved 370 Altus AFB units costing 340 950, trimmed from 500 units 6 750 000.
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House
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Victor Wickersham
D-Okla
Tinker Afb
Oklahoma City
Clinton-Sherman Afb
Clinton
Wickersham
Altus Afb
Sill Construction Okayed By House
The House approved by voice vote a bill authorizing 837 million dollars for military construction projects in the United States and overseas. Oklahoma bases receive funding including Fort Sill two million two hundred sixteen thousand dollars and several Air Force bases with amounts cited for Tinker Ardmore Vance Enid and others.
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House
Eisenhower
United States
Cams? Tr
Congress
Oklahoma
Ft. Sill
Afb
Tinker Afb
Ardmore
Vance Afb
Enid
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