Kerr Monroney Pushes Fort Sill Expansion Funding
Oklahoma's U.S. senators Kerr and Monroney urged a Senate appropriations subcommittee to fund a Fort Sill artillery range expansion costing 2,216,000 as part of a 3,053,000 military installation package. Despite House cuts, the Senate is expected to restore funds after Eisenhower signed authorization. Milt Keating of the Lawton Chamber travels to Washington over Fort Sill land deals. Other Oklahoma military construction totals include Altus AFB 3,758,000 Ardmore AFB 6,800,000 Clinton Sherman AFB 10,208,000 Tinker AFB 205,000 and Vance AFB 871,000.
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Mike Monroney
Senate Appropriations
Fort Sill
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Senate
Eisenhower
Victor Wickersham
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Congress
Milt Keating
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Okklahoma
Altus
Ardmore
Clinton-Sherman
Tinker Afb
Vance Afb
Weather drenchs Lawton with hazardous downpour and winds
Heavy downtown Lawton rain overwhelmed streets between 6 and 6:30 pm causing hazardous driving. Winds toppled a Ferris Street antenna though residents were away. Firemen removed the antenna to prevent electrical trouble as the city handled numerous minor accidents. Central Oklahoma rainfall led the state, with rain expected to pause after midnight and rebuild Sunday. Highs in the upper 90s with cooling later.
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Lawton
Ferris
Board reinstates trooper in Lawton area inquiry
Safety officials and district leaders attended a day long meet in Lawton as the board of review exonerated the trooper Williamson. The panel ordered reinstatement and back pay for nearly four months while clarifying the roles in an accident case involving bootlegger Wade and driver Hall. Carroll received a 30 day suspension and return to duty. the final status of his case remains uncertain.
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Jim Lookabaugh
Board of Review
Jack Rollins
Norman Holt
C. T. Raley
Williamson
C. W. Adams
Clyde Awtrey
Albert C. Hall
Hall
Carroll
City Cases Split Over Developer Claims and Tax Funding
Godlove and Cummins handle the dissolved law firm cases as developers seek payments from the city. A victory for developers would force ad valorem taxes to raise funds within three years to cover their claims. The city argues developers were paid for utilities on home sales. Judge Jackson upheld no valid or implied contract existed. Judge Chandler handed down a conflicting ruling.
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Godlove and Cummins
Jackson
Chandler
Mindszenty Trial Conviction Shocks World Press
Cardinal Mindszenty was tried in Budapest and convicted of high treason for opposing the communist regime. Six co defendants received sentences from three years to life as the Vatican and United States faced alleged pressure and the pope excommunicated those involved. The case sparked global protests over alleged coercion and marked the first time a prince of the church was sentenced by a government.
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Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Hapsburg
Vatican
United States
German leaders push for unification as volunteers called
As leaders arrived, the German Bundestag approved calling up 6,000 volunteers for a projected West German army of 500,000. Chancellor Adenauer and Socialist opposition leader Erich Ollenhauer rejected any East-West settlement without German unity and attacked this week’s Soviet plan for a European security framework that would treat West and East Germany separately.
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Erich Ollenhauer
House
East Germany
Walters Rodeo Slated Tonight
Walters annual rodeo concludes with the final performance at 8 30 p m at the rodeo grounds. Tonight’s show follows yesterday’s rain postponement and completes the weekend schedule.
Optimists Elect Leaders as Lawton Club Hosts Convention
Clarence Aubrey president of the Lawton Optimist club backs convention plans while Dr Omos Shaw of Denton district seven governor presides at today’s 9 a.m. business session in the hotel ballroom. Lieutenant governors include E Leo Miller Ted J Kreutschman James M East Til McClarin Shannon Ali Willoughby and Glen L Benny Clark as reports cover attendance membership boys work and new club building. The convention ends at 415 p m with a dinner dance last night in the Lawtonian ballroom marking the district’s new board and officers.
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Lawton Optimist Club
Omos O. Shaw
Denton
Tex
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E. Leo Miller
Ted J. Kreutschman
James M. East
W. T. “Til’’ McClarin
Shannon
Prisoner of war Erwin to face court martial at Fort Lewis
General court martial scheduled soon after August 1 at Fort Lewis Washington charges Erwin with giving aid and comfort to the enemy while a prisoner in Korea. Investigation into his North Korean prison camps followed the Nugent court martial, the longest in military history.
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Wash
Korea
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Nugent
Geneva Talks Edge Toward German Unification Debate
Western powers and the Soviet Union remain deadlocked on Germany at Geneva over unification and Western ties. Eisenhower Eden Faure plan to offer security guarantees and inducements to persuade Russia to accept a unified Germany allied with the West.
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Geneva
Nikolai Bulganin
Russia
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
West
Meteor service extended to Lawton with through trains
The Meteor route extends to Lawton replacing Frisco Trains 409 and 404 between Lawton and Quanah, Texas. Train equipment includes a diner lounge, sleeping car, and chair car, operating through to Lawton from St. Louis. passengers will arrive earlier and depart later, boosting service for Lawton riders. Local dignitaries and military officials attend a luncheon with Lawton Lions Club as host.
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Lions Club
Meteor
Lawton
Frisco
Here
Quanah
Tex
Oklahoma City
Riggs
St. Louis
City budget plans seek to cover water bond payments
Blunt Zorger, chairman of the council finance committee, announced plans to review department budgets next week. The city needs about 36 thousand dollars in ad valorem taxes to back the 1952 water bond issue while utility transfers cover most payments.
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Water Department
Ad Valorem
Blunt Zorger
Council Finance Committee
Inoculation Schedule For Area Polio Vaccinations
Public health officials discuss vaccine safety and polio case trends for 1955. Second shots may be given any time up to six months after the first. Nearly 5,000 children in Jackson Tillman and Comanche counties are slated for follow up inoculations across multiple schools and clinics including Altus Lawton Fort Sill Frederick and Grandfield. The third shot requires parental purchase ten months after the second.
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Miller
Jackson
Tillman
Comanche
Head On Crash Hurts 4 Persons
Four injured in a head on collision five miles north of Waurika Oklahoma at 7 25 p m. Two 17 year olds Jimmy Wayne Maxwell and Charles E Ramsey suffered critical injuries including a fractured skull and crushed chest while Leo Frances Sawyer 24 Bristow and his wife Annette Eula Sawyer 23 suffered injuries including a broken hip. Drivers Maxwell and Sawyer pulled off the highway to avoid collision after Maxwell attempted to pass a truck in a marked zone. The Buick struck the Ford as they met on a hill. Trooper Kenneth Skelton and Lt W Adams investigated.
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Jimmy Wayne Maxwell
Charles E. Ramsey
Maxwell
Ramsey
Leo Frances Sawyer
Bristow
Okla
Annette EU
Buick
Ford
Kenneth Skelton
Cc. W. Adams
Vigilante offers reward over bootlegging raids in Grady County
Marine Cpl Evert Stropes produced a list of 17 bootlegging joints and plans to claim a $50 reward from Perrin Monday. Local officials faced criticism from vigilantes over liquor law enforcement as Strother and special constable Hendon feared retaliation from whisky interests after Randolph McGrew was shot during a raid.
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Evert Stropes
Chickasha Express
Stropes
Perrin
Smithen
Strother
Bivins
Crime Bureau
Walt Hendon
Hendon
Randolph T. McGrew
Riot Captured Convicts Clash at Warden’s Facility
A riot broke out as inmates Ted Charters, 50, Tom Kendall, 56, and Leo Hart Shorn, 64, seized control of the kitchen. They were not harmed by captors, and authorities report food supplies were limited under tight confinement.
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Ted Charters
Tom Kendall
Leo Hartshorn
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