Elgin Grocery Safe Robbed for $391
Burglars used tools stolen from nearby hardware store to beat open the P Neal grocery safe in Elgin on Monday night escaping with about 391 dollars in cash and a 50 cent piece. Deputies found footprints but no fingerprints, suspecting three men and noting the break in occurred after rain.
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P. Neal
Elgin
Neal
Arvil Roberson
Homer Hise
Carl Phillips
Roberson
Hise Farm Supply
Hise
P. J. Neal
Sergeant's Trial Recessed For Day
At Fort Bragg North Carolina the general court martial of Sgt John L Tyler 25 was recessed until tomorrow morning on charges of aiding the enemy during his POW status in Korea The defense and prosecution moved to reorganize after some charges were dropped Tyler will plead to lesser charges tomorrow Maj C E Noell ruled that remaining charges were not plain concise or definite The dropped charge claimed Tyler told fellow prisoners Chinese Communists were planning an escape
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FT. Bragg
N. C
John L. Tyler
Korea
Tyler
C. E. Noell
Moundsville
W. Va
Memorial Hospital adopts 413 796 budget for 1955 56
Memorial Hospital board approves a 413 796.81 dollar budget for 1955 56 up 82 854.62 from last year, with salaries totaling 213 905.07 for 84 employees. The budget goes to the Comanche county excise board for final approval later this month, as administrator William C. Love notes the institution may soon hold one of the citys largest budgets.
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Memorial Hospital Board
William C. Love
Comanche County Excise Board
Memorial Hospital
Love
Memorial
Love See Hospital
Convict Sitdown Strike Continues at Nevada Prison
About 225 inmates at Nevada State Prison staged a sitdown rebellion in the open yard starting at 3 40 p m demanding more food variety a prison doctor and captain of the guard. One prisoner was cut in a scuffle during the night as tensions rose and they refused to return to cells until meeting with the governor to air grievances.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada State
Suspected Embezzler’s Pauper Life Hidden in Ohio
A $82,143 embezzlement case centers on John Calvin Siemer, a 24 year old New York bank clerk who vanished with wife Henrietta and three children for ten months. FBI traced them to South Amherst Ohio where they lived in near poverty renting a concrete block home and surviving on frozen foods while awaiting arraignment Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York
U. S
John Calvin Siemer
Henrietta
Staten Island
N. Y
West New Brighton
Staten Island National Bank and Trust Co
Siemer
FBI
South Amherst
Here
James J. Kelly
Lorain
South
Amherst
Lake Erie
Lawton Boy Third Polio Case At Memorial Hospital
A three year old Lawton boy, Donald Keith Ward, admitted for observation, diagnosed with acute polio. He is among four polio patients in Memorial hospital's isolation ward, all described as fair to good. other cases include Carol Tilton, Alan Francis, and Laquita Defoor. Two earlier polio cases treated at Memorial were released.
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Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Donald Keith Ward
Bill Ward
Carol Tilton
Steve Fento
Alan Francis
Howard Francis
Blair
Laquita Defoor
Bennie Defoor
Hollis
Greg Cooper
Hazel Witt
Tipton
John Richardson
Comanche
Richardson
Army seeks land swap for Fort Bliss training area
The House Armed Services committee approved an Army plan to take over 647000 acres in New Mexico for an anti aircraft and guided missile training area at Fort Bliss Texas. The land mix includes 66000 acres private 143000 state and 438000 federal with a swap of 143000 federal acres for state land to complete the transfer.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Army
New Mexico
Fort Bliss
Tex
Senate Armed Services Committee
Frisco Bates Building Plan For City Station Expansion
Frisco Railway announces a 32000 remodeling program to consolidate freight and passenger offices in Frisco station. L. W. Menk, assistant general manager from Springfield, spoke during a Oklahoma City trip. The plan adds a 25 by 75 foot east wing warehouse, remodels waiting rooms, builds a 10 by 25 foot freight dock, and lays a 575 foot spur to serve the dock, aligning with the new Meteor train service between Lawton and St. Louis the day before.
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Frisco Railway
L. W. Menk
Springfield
Oklahoma City
Lawton
St. Louis
C. W. Giberson
Frisco
Giberson
Fifth
Fourth and F
10 Inch Rain Floods Lamesa Texas Evacuations
Daw son county West Texas saw up to 10.05 inches of rain forcing evacuation of 25 families in Lamesa and stranding the official weather bureau observer. Police reported about 25 homes evacuated in east, north and southwest parts of the city as a bridge between Comstock and Langtry was submerged under about 20 feet of water.
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Lamesa
Tex
Dawson County
Texas
Weather Bureau
West Texas
Comstock
Langtry
Sam Floyd
National Guard
East
North
Southwest
Mt Etna Spouts Hot Lava Again
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts with fresh lava flow down its slope. Observers say no immediate danger to nearby settlements though activity remains high at Europe s tallest volcano.
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Mt. Etna
Catania
Sicily
Europe
President Asks Zhukov To Accept NATO Aid Germany Unification
In Geneva the Kremlin leaders relax security as President Eisenhower tours with the largest guard in town. Swiss guards observe, and U S Secret Service officials accompany the president at the villa. Guards ring the gates, patrol the lakefront, and additional troops guard a barn road nearby.
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NATO
Germany
Geneva
Kremlin
Fisenhower
Secret Service
Villa
U. S
A. E. Baughman
James J. Rowley
White House
Oklahoma bootleggers cannot force policies on runabout autos
Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled bootleggers cannot compel insurance firms to issue liability policies for their rum running vehicles. The decision came on an appeal by David L. Veatch of Oklahoma City who sought state action to obtain coverage. The ruling impacts auto liability policy access amid rate and privilege debates among 87 firms represented by the National Bureau Casualty Underwriters.
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Oklahoma
C_ryY
Oklahoma Supreme Court
David L. Veatch
Oklahoma City
State Insurance Commission
National Bureau Casualty Underwriters
Supreme Court
State Insurance Board
Cameron College to Build Physical Education Plant With Bond Funds
Cameron college's $450,000 share of a $15 million bond issue voted April 5 will fund a physical education building and other improvements. The college plans repairs beyond the PE plant, which is currently a war surplus wooden facility. Funds are part of a broader bond distribution among 20 state colleges and universities, with construction expected to begin after preliminary work and Regents approval.
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Cameron College
Vernon Howell
Cameron
Stillwater
State Board of Regents
Oklahoma A&m Colleges
Oklahoma
Tom Sexton
Central State College
Edmond
East Central
Ada
Northeastern State
Tahlequah
Southeastern State
Durant
Southwestern State
Weatherford
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Panhandle A&m
Goodwell
Lawton
Eastern A&m
Wilburton
Northeastern A&m
Miami
Eisenhower urges Zhukov to back NATO for German unification
At the Big Four summit President Eisenhower appealed to Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov to reconsider NATO as a true agency of peace and to aid accelerate German unification. He stressed the alliance is defensive and warned the U S would only fight if attacked.
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GENA
Eisenhower
Georgi Zhukov
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
Nikolai Bulgan
United States
Zhukov
NATO
Soviet Union
Europe
Rainfall totals and forecasts spread across Lawton region
The Lawton area saw intermittent sun with a cooling trend and rainfall totals including 1.72 inches in Lawton and 1.15 inches in a 24 hour period. Showers and thundershowers were forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. Areas such as Medicine Park and Meers reported showers, with several locations recording varying amounts while Lake Lawtonka rose little. Community observers noted no deluge, several locales logged over an inch, and Apache reported eased water shortage after a new well installation began. See WEATHER, Page 2.
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Lawton
Floyd Elrod
Lake Lawtonka
John Frampton
Medicine Park
Wayne Rowe
Meers
Medicine Creek
Rowe
Jimmy Creek
Constitution Press
Ruth Parton
Chattanooga
Cache
Apache
George Levite
Grandfield
Helen Crane
Fletcher
Ralph Lanning
The
Herald
Two Planes Collide Over High Point. At Least Two Die
Two military planes collided 3000 feet in the air over High Point. At least two men were killed when one plane exploded on impact. The other plane managed a rough landing about ten miles to Baltimore at Friendship International Airport and crashed near a house but caused no serious injuries.
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High Point
Baltimore
Friendship International
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