Senate Debates Defense Budget and Air Force Cuts
The Senate clashed over Ike's defense plan as Ferguson pushed a 34.5 billion military bill. Symington called Eisenhower not a prophet, Morse criticized past judgments, and Hayden sought more pilots. Douglas proposed 50 million in cuts from Navy shipbuilding and defense funds. The plan seeks 114 regular wings by 1955 with additional guard and reserve wings and modern aircraft.
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Eisenhower
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Morse
Ind-ore
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R-Mich
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Hayden
D-Ariz
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D-Ill
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Air National Guard
Two Men Sought In Gas Repair Hoax
Lawton gas officials warn residents about imposters posing as repairmen. A local woman reported two men demanded payment for supposed repairs to avoid a gas cut off. Consolidated Gas Utilities officials said they do not solicit or repair utilities and would not terminate service for routine checks. The imposters claimed to represent the company and visited Lydia McCarty at 932 I.
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Lawton Gas Company
Jim Noury
Consolidated Gas Utiliies Corporation
Noury
Lydia McCarty
Vacation Pac offers mail holding during travel
A newspaper ad urges travelers to use the Vacation Pac service to hold mail when away from a permanent address. It promises no extra cost and instructs callers to contact the Circulation Department at 620 to place the order.
Water Curbs Lifted as Lawton Plant Faces Test
Lawton's partially completed filter plant will face a big test this week after the city council voted to lift voluntary water restrictions. The move, in place for two months, is expected to boost demand and prompt maximum production. Councilman Jake Witzel said the plant should handle the load, with a backup plan to ask residents to cooperate again if needed.
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Lawton
Jake Witzel
Witzel
Lake Lawtonka
Lester McKenzie
Joe McCain
Fort Sill
New Traffic Plan Goes Into Effect City OKs major traffic code changes
City officials prepared to implement a comprehensive traffic reorganization under a new model code adopted by the council without opposition. The plan cuts needless stop signs, adds yield signs, and may raise speed limits from 25 to 35 mph on key arteries. Ward boundaries were redrawn for equal population, and water concerns near Lawtonka are tempered by a new filtration plant under construction intended to reach 25 million gallons daily.
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National Safety Council
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11Th
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Cache Road
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M. E. Olmstead
Ferris
Gore
23rd OU Student Dies Of Injuries
PENSACOLA Florida July 22 UP Midshipman Dale E Scott a Naval ROTC student from the University of Oklahoma died at the Pensacola Naval Air Station hospital Wednesday He was the 23rd OU student to die of injuries from the Friday night crash of a Navy transport plane near Milton Florida Scott 21 was the only OU student not to die immediately after the crash His condition worsened Tuesday night and he died Wednesday morning He was the son of Lt Col and Mrs Charles Dale Scott East Lansing Michigan who formerly lived in Tulsa
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Pensacola
Fla
Dale E. Scott
University of Oklahoma
Pensacola Naval Air Station Hospital
Milton
Scott
Charles Dale Scott
East Lansing
Mich
Tulsa
Troopers Put Kink In Auto Mufflers
Highway patrolmen moved to charge four drivers with improper mufflers. Arthur F Meyer and Robert J Enge of Fort Sill faced charges in City Judge Fullerton's court. James W Welsh, also of Fort Sill, appeared in Justice Cameron's court. Walter A Parks of 414 Arlington faced an additional muffler charge in Justice Giles' court.
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Arthur Francis Meyer
Robert Julius Enge
Fort Sill
John Fullerton
Fort
Chinese Mount Attack Against ROKs Near Kumsong Bulge
About 1,000 Chinese Communists attacked along a one mile front in central Korea's Kumsong Bulge. Three prongs were repelled before dawn. two points pressed again after being hurled back. Allied air forces dropped nearly 500,000 pounds of explosives on front lines, while B26 bombers conducted day and night raids. Ground actions included probing jabs near Luke the Gook's Castle and other East Central Front points, all beaten back. Navy units, including the Manchester and Radford, shelled coastal gun positions near Wonsan.
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Kumsong Bulge
Central Korea
8Th Army
5Th Air Force
Hwangju
Uiju
Korea
Luke the Gook’s Castle
Chorwon
U. S
Manchester
Radford
Wonsan
Navy Headquarters
Hot Korean Action Boosts Casualties
The United States reported 1,563 new Korean battle casualties, the largest weekly rise since November 1951, as heavy fighting aimed to stem Communist gains before a cease fire. Total battle casualties in the Korean War reached 139,272. the weekly increase reflected shifts of 537 cases to non battle status.
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United States
Korea
Eisenhower Confident Of Truce Amid Korean Tensions
President Eisenhower voiced hope and reasonable confidence that a Korean armistice will be signed soon despite new threats from Syngman Rhee and his foreign minister Pyun Yung Tai. Rhee demanded 90 days after the truce to persuade China’s forces to withdraw, warning he may act independently if unmet.
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South Korea
Manchuria
Pyun Yung Tai
Pyun
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Dulles
Korea
Republic of Korea
Walter S. Robertson
Reds Wrangle Over Free Food Aid To East Germany
Western world helicopters and Berlin workers mobilize a million free food packages for East Germany while Soviet High Commissioner Semyonov rejects the aid as a U S plot. Eisenhower pledges 15 million dollars in U S food aid despite Molotov denouncing it as propaganda.
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Iron Curtain
Monay
United States
Eisenhower
East Germany
V. M. Molotov
Chief Justice Attending Sill Summer Camp
Oklahoma Chief Justice Col. Harry L. S. Halley, a Tulsa native and longtime Oklahoma Supreme Court leader since 1949, attends Fort Sill summer camp with reservists from the Fourth Army area. He recalls WWI service with the French training section of the 1st Brazilian Division and later North African theater duties. Other Oklahoma attendees include Lt. Col. Ben Burdick and Col. Varley H. Taylor, part of the Lawton reserve schools setup at Fort Sill.
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Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Harry L. S. Halley
Tulsa
Halley
Oklahoma Supreme Court
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France
Col. Halley
Italy
Judge Advocate Generals Corps
Army
Fourth Army
James A. Black
Gore
Lawton
Command and General Staff
Advanced Artillery
Judge Advocate General
Adjutant General
Ben Burdick
Oklahoma City
Signal School
Varley H. Taylor
Sill
U. S. Army
Eisenhower Defends Policies Amid McCarthy Rift
President Eisenhower rejected calls for disciplining Sen. McCarthy and urged stand on conviction. He noted GOP unity needs reconciliation, cited humanitarian food to East Germany, questioned foreign aid cuts, relief aid neutrality, oil import quotas, tariff commission expansion, and measured pace of policy enactment.
Lawyers Blamed For Capital Row In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City July 22 UP House Speaker James C Nance said the Capitol office building uproar stemmed from a fight between attorneys tied to the project He heads a 15 member committee to investigate and promises to expose the guilty and protect the innocent State Sen George Miskovsky an attorney renewed his attack saying the building would not be needed if existing space was used efficiently Attorney Leon Hirsch a former aide to Miskovsky and others claimed credit for the plan Hirsch and Miskovsky clashed late in the session and Hirsch lost his state job He testified before Nances committee and a group led by Miskovsky met Gov Murray Murray has asked the attorney general to rule on the legality of the self liquidating bond method of financing the office structure See LAWYERS Page 2
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James C. Nance
Capitol
Nance
George Miskovsky
Leon Hirsch
Miskovsky
Hirsch
Johnston Murray
Murray
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