Truce Teams Hold Surprise Session and Sit Tonight
Allied and Communist officers held nine secret truce sessions to finalize armistice terms in Korea. Military Armistice Commission members met, with plans for another session and a large hut prepared in North Korea for signing the historic document. Observers hoped for a signing within a week as fighting could end 12 hours after the agreement.
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Panmunjom
U. S
Military Armistice Commission
Red
Allied Commission
Reds
Navy
B. M. Coleman
McLean
South Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
U. N
Peiping
Armistice Supervisory Commission
Red China
Tokyo
Allies Smash 1 000th MIG in Korean War air victory
Allied warplanes report their 1 000th Communist plane destroyed over the weekend. Capt Lonnie Moore of Fort Walton Fla credited with the kill and becoming a double ace with his 10th MIG15 destruction. total Allied losses not reported. 1 008 Reds downed by dusk. Sabres lead with 795 MIGs destroyed since December 1950.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Lonnie Moore
Fort Walton
Fla
U.N
Council To Okay Traffic Ordinance
Lawton leaders near final approval of a model traffic ordinance designed to fit the city and county safety needs. The measure, ready after years of study, would replace the outdated code and stem enforcement difficulties, reflecting work by civic and law enforcement agencies and a model from the National Safety Council.
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Lawton
Comanche County
National Safety Council
Pageant Film To Show Again In Theaters Worldwide
The Prince of Peace, based on Wichita Mountains Easter Pageant, will return to global theaters after a two year gap. Hallmark Productions accordin g to Kroger Babb finalized deals with Principle Films, while Pageant Association litigation with Principle remains pending. Tulsa’s Hallmark seeks appeal of a $100,276 district court judgment. A Labor Day deadline aims to restart U S distribution within six weeks across territories.
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Hallmark Productions Inc
Hollywood
Principle Films
Tilea
Seguin
Tex
Tulsa Film Company
Pageant Association
Constitution Press
Kroger Babb
Hallmark
Harold Keehn
Prince of Peace
United States
Navy Probes OU Crash as 41 Die in Marine Plane
A Navy board opened a formal inquiry into the crash of a Marine transport near Whiting Field Florida killing 37 Naval ROTC students and four crew. Only five aboard survived and three remained critical. The R-4Q aircraft had been transporting cadets between Corpus Christi and Norfolk as part of a ROTC summer program. Twenty two victims were University of Oklahoma students.
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Whiting Field
Fla
Navy Board of Inquiry
Navy
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Here
Marine Corps
Norfolk
University of Oklahoma
University
Marines Survive brutal Red assault on East and Berlin outposts
In a fierce night attack, Chinese forces overwhelmed Western Front outposts East Berlin and Berlin defended by U. S. Marines. Fourteen Leathernecks of the 1st Marine Division reached Allied lines, eight from Berlin and six from East Berlin. Planes and heavy artillery pounded Red positions as truce talks continued at Panmunjom. The casualty toll on the front reached about 6,290 killed and 6,290 wounded across the front Sunday. Further survivors were believed trapped in bunkers and trenches.
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Seoul
1St
East Berlin
Berlin
Outpost
No Man’s Land
5Th Air Force
Kumsong
North Korea
8Th Army
East-Central
Panmunjom
Durant Fire Kills Two Elderly Men
Durant Oklahoma July 20 Two elderly men died in a fire at the Gibson boarding house. Four other residents escaped. Fire Chief Preston Greeson identified the dead as L. F. Ballard 82 and B. J. Beal 79 both of Durant. Ballard suffocated and Beal burned to death after being trapped in second floor rooms. Cause unknown. state fire marshal to investigate. Interior gutted, partial salvage accomplished.
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Durant
Okla
Gibson
Preston Greeson
L. F. Ballard
B. J. Beal
Greeson
Ellard
Beal
Oklahoma floods and road closures as heavy rains hit eastern counties
Heavy rainfall across eastern Oklahoma caused flash floods and road closures in the Coalgate Wewoka Semino le area with nine inches measured near Coalgate and mudslides blocking highways. Traffic detours were in effect along US 270 SH 9 SH 61 and more while Ada Wapanucka lost power and more than a dozen families fled homes. Strong rainfall also reported across Purcell Oklahoma City Enid Tulsa and Ft Sill with river flooding in Fort Cobb and Washita River areas.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Coalgate
Wewoka
Seminole
Ada
Red River
McAlester
Forest Service
Kiamichi Mountains
Stonewall
Seminole-Wewoka
Wewoka Creek
SH 19
Wapanucka
Carter Creek
Altus
Fort Cobb
Hobart
Hollis
Purcell
Union City
Oklahoma City
Wetumka
Spavinaw
Tahlequah
Ponca City Trace
Okeene
Ames
Enid
Tulsa
Ida
Fresh Floods Sweep Japan Toll Is High
Japan faced a second major flood in three weeks as ground, sea, and air teams rescued thousands. Police fixed the toll at 273 dead, 433 injured, and 2,033 missing after floods along central Honshu near Wakayama. U.S. planes dropped food while ships and ground forces searched for survivors.
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Tokyo
Wakayama
Honshu
Pacific
U. S. Air Force
Monroney Plans McCarthy Block
Sen. A S Mike Monroney proposed changing Senate rules to let the chamber veto a committee investigation by majority vote. The Oklahoma Democrat aimed at Sen Joseph R McCarthy and urged a resolution to apply discharging methods to halt inquiries, arguing responsibility rests with the Senate.
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Washington
Mike Monroney
Senate
Oklahoma
Monroney
McCarthy
Mvy
Seven Year Old Altus Boy Stricken By Polio
Kenneth Roy Woolums seven year old of Altus is hospitalized at Memorial hospital as the area’s 14th polio case of 1953. He was admitted after weakness appeared in one leg following illness since July 1. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Woolums.
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Altus
Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Roy Woolums
James O. Woolums
Lawton
Area Weather Forecast with scattered storms expected
Area forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Highs in the 80s, lows upper 60s to 70s. Today's low 69 with 78 at 11 a.m. Sunday’s high 82 with precipitation totaling 3.30 inches.
Nazi Spy Ring Blinded British
A new book London Calling North Pole by H. J. Giskes recounts a German counter espionage campaign in Holland during World War II. It claims 54 British and Dutch agents were captured, 47 died, and Allied drops into Holland were largely thwarted by German forces.
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New York
Holland
London
North Pole
H. J. Giskes
Arthur Lewis
Amsterdam
Giskes
Secret Service
Hambug
Eisenhower pledges food aid to East Germany amid Iron Curtain
President Eisenhower promised West German officials $15 million in food for emergency relief in the Soviet occupied East zone. He stressed the aid was humanitarian and available if Moscow allows entry. The offer followed a July 10 proposal rejected by Moscow and East Berlin. Meanwhile Berliners bypassed barriers by distributing parcels and grocery coupons to aid neighbors behind the curtain.
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Washington
Eisenhower
East Zone
Russia
Iron Curtain
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Adenauer
Moscow
East Berlin
Germany
Farmer Finds Safe In Creek Near Geronimo
A rusty army field safe, likely the Fort Sill VFW theft target, was found Sunday by farmer Neil Gelvin along East Cache creek northeast of Geronimo. Police and Fort Sill officials verify details as investigators link the 150 pound safe to the earlier Leslie McNair VFW post burglary with about 475 dollars and records inside.
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Fort Sill
VFW
Cache Creek
Geronimo
Neil Gelvin
Leslie McNair
Vacation Pac service offers mail storage at no extra cost
A circular promoting a Vacation Pac service explains if you will have a permanent vacation address you can have your papers mailed there, or if traveling with no permanent address use the Vacation Pac to have documents saved in a package until return. Contact the Circulation Department at 620 to place an order.
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