Ike's Brother Catches Blast By McCarthy
Washington senator McCarthy urged Arthur Eisenhower to confirm or deny a Las Vegas Sun quote calling him the most dangerous menace to America He criticized Greenspun and backed Ike saying relatives remarks should not fault the president Arthur Eisenhower in Las Vegas for a TWA directors meeting criticized McCarthy calling him Nazi like and a throwback to the Spanish Inquisition He warned McCarthy's actions would lower U S prestige abroad and said he would believe Greenspun's reporting under oath if quoted accurately
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Arthur Eisenhower
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Greenspun
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Ike
Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
Sean Flannelly
Las Vegas Sun
Hitler
The
Wisconsin
Army postpones ROTC trimming plan for a year
Washington reports the Army has delayed for twelve months a plan to concentrate ROTC reserve officer training in colleges with degrees. The delay aims to honor commitments to students at military junior colleges and academies. The postponement affects nine junior colleges and 33 military institutes and academies recognized last year.
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Washington
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Polio Cases Confirmed At Memorial Hospital In 1953
The areas fifteenth and sixteenth polio cases of 1953 were confirmed at Memorial hospital. Paula Jan Woolums fourteen month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Woolums of Altus, diagnosed today after hospitalization since Monday. Her seven year old brother Kenneth Ray was admitted July 17. Bobby Rice Henry five, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rice Henry of Hollis, was also confirmed and admitted Thursday night.
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Altus
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Billy Rice Henry
Hollis
Guthrie Banker Ned Holman Dies at 75
Guthrie Oklahoma banker Ned Holman died today at 75 after a 50 year career. He served as president of Guthrie First National Bank and had been retired for several years.
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Ned Holman
Holman
Guthrie First National Bank
State Military Officials Inspect Lawton Armory Site
Maj. Gen. Roy W. Kenny Maj. Gen Hal Muldrow and Atty Gen Mac Williamson led a site inspection near U S 62 for a three unit Lawton armory financed by state and federal funds. The project costs over 400000 with federal share at three to one.
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Oklahoma Military Department
U. S. 62
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Roy W. Kenny
Hal Muldrow
Norman
45Th Infantry Division
Mac Q. Williamson
Oklahoma National Guard
John R. Hector
Artillery Center
Kenny
Eisenhower wins fight over defense budget aid
The Senate refused to boost Air Force funds and approved the $34,511,302,000 defense bill with the President’s 120 wing plan intact. House cuts kept the program in line with Eisenhower’s recommendations though both chambers trimmed about $1 billion overall. The package funds ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, and AIR FORCE forces and equipment through next June 30.
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Senate House
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National Guard
Seven Men Missing After Tanker Explosion
In Wilmington Delaware a sea going tanker Pan Georgia exploded and burned alongside a dock last night. Checkups today showed seven men missing, six of them crewmen from tugboats caught by the blast. The 9 179 ton tanker was discharging 110 000 barrels of fuel oil and high octane gasoline when flames erupted from a hold.
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Wilmington
Del.p
Pan-Georgia
Liquor Docket Slashed Again in County Court
Lawton bootleggers faced a two to one edge as three liquor cases were dropped from the August county court criminal docket. Two dealers, Dean Sills of 416% S Third and Melvin Davis of 213% S Third, won dismissals of whisky possession charges Thursday after search warrants failed to specify rooms to be searched. The county attorney averted a whitewashing.
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Lawton
Dean Sills
Melvin Davis
Building Fight Flames Fanned OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma City lawmakers urged a Legislative Council study into the proposed Capitol office building. Sen. George Miskovsky said the bill may be financed by self liquidating bonds and questioned the need for space, arguing the plan seems reversed without first confirming requirements.
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George Miskovsky
Supreme Court
Council
Burglars Ransack Station Near Medicine Park
Burglars escaped with 44 dollars in change from Jack Beasley's service station near Medicine Park along SH 49. Deputies report 30 dollars in quarters 2 dollars in nickels 10 dollars in pennies and 7 dollars in other change taken from the cash register and a cigar box. They broke a window to enter and left by forcing a door, taking the key.
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Jack Beasley
Medicine Park
SH 49
M. T. McCracken
Carl Phillips
Air Force Heads Get Bad News at Defense Meet
Secretary of Defense Wilson opens a four day conference at Quantico with a call for more military strength for less money. He notes the Senate cut five billion from the budget and highlights the need for improved civilian military coordination and stronger national defense.
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Truce Near Signaling Despite Rhee Outburst In Korea
Across Korea a major front line battle raged near Panmunjom as Chinese forces attacked hilltops northeast of Kumhwa with rockets and artillery. An officer reported holding 50 percent of the hills despite heavy fighting and U S troops clashed hand to hand with Reds. In Seoul Marshal Kim Il Sung was said to have purged rivals and reshuffled North Korea’s cabinet amid rumors of closer ties with Red China. South Korean President Syngman Rhee angrily denounced an armistice agreement, warning promises to the Reds could not be allowed, as liaison officers prepared to formalize a cease fire. The truce signing date appeared imminent, with plans for a full delegation session possibly today.
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William H. Bates
Portland
Maine
John Randolph
Central Front
Kumhwa
Kumsong River
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North Korea
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Marshal Kim
Vice
Hu Ka Wee
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T. F. Shukov
Lee Kim
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
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U.S
Walter S. Robertson
Eisenhower
Moon's Power Is Magnetic
ENID Okla July 24 UP a sleepwalking wife who leaves her bed during a full moon is the target of a safety scheme. The husband plans to tie his leg to hers a water pan beside the bed and long pajamas belt secured while police fire and city crews monitor the night. The woman says her sleepwalking runs in the family and her father sleptwalked nightly until a fatal accident.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Attendance Drops School Annexation in Mineral Wells
Mineral Wells school district northeast of the city has been officially annexed to the Lawton public school district. A letter to Lawton Superintendent John Shoemaker from the state department of education confirmed the move. The annexation occurred automatically under state law after Mineral Wells average daily attendance fell below 13, requiring Lawton to provide transportation for students into the city next year.
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Lawton
John Shoemaker
State Department of Education
Beria Poison Fells Another Beria Poison Fells Another
East Berlin fired Wilhelm Zaisser, longtime security chief and Beria ally, from the state security ministry. Ernst Willweber named his replacement as the ministry is folded into the interior. Zaisser once boasted a line to Beria and aided the Spanish Civil War brigades.
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Gomez
Ernst Willweber
Lavrenti P. Beria
Beria
Red Army
Moscow
Red International
Spain
Max Fechner
Red
Hilde Benjamin
Otto Grotewohl
Ministry of the Interior
Senators Approve Solon Salary Bill
The Senate passed a bill creating an 18 member commission to fix new pay scales for Congress the vice president and federal judges after comparing salaries in private business and noting “the sacrifices involved” the measure goes to the House for action.
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Senate
House
Congress
Toll Factions Swap Punches Toll Factions Swap Punches
In Norman Oklahoma July 24 UP the toll road debate heated between Mayor Lyman Beard of Muskogee and State Rep Norman Reynolds of Oklahoma City Reynolds who backed pay as you go roads argued there is no single answer to the state toll problem Beard President of the Oklahoma Free Roads Association countered that no one will grant us something for nothing including bond buyers Reynolds defended the Turner Turnpike noting few accidents injuries and no deaths Beard urged citizens to see how well the turnpike works before expanding toll highways Reynolds posed the choice between modern highways or foregoing them saying the state must decide its path
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Okla
Lyman Beard
Muskogee
Norman Reynolds
Oklahoma City
Reynolds
Beard
Oklahoma Free Roads Association
Wall Street
Turner Turnpike
Tulsa
Oklahoma
More Rain Clouds Forecast For Today
A possibility of additional rain was forecast for Lawton today with thundershowers predicted all over the state. High today will be 92 degrees and a low of 70 for tonight. Scattered showers fell over the state again last night but the city was only sprinkled with .8 of an inch of rain. The range of the thundershowers was indicated when Perkins in Payne county received a total of 3% inches Friday night while 11 miles away only a half an inch fell at Stillwater.
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Lawton
Perkins
Payne County
Stillwater
Times Bemoans Royal Romance Scandal Discussed in Parliament
London Times editorial denounces royal romance gossip about Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend as baseless scandal. It suggests Margaret serve as regent only if Elizabeth II cannot rule, outlining a revised Regency sequence with Charles, then Duke of Edinburgh, then Margaret.
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Times
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R. A. Butler
Townsend
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Nickel Drinks Still Around Four and Five Cent Prices
Coca Cola raised wholesale price from 80 to 85 cents per case, the first hike since the 1930s. Most retailers keep current prices, selling soft drinks at $1 a case or a nickel per bottle. Cafes and drive ins pass through the 10 cent bottle, while grocers resist adding a penny per bottle.
Vacation Pac offers mail hold and delivery service
A newspaper notice promotes two services for travelers with or without a permanent address. The Vacation Pac stores papers for return, while the standard vacation mail hold requires no extra cost. Interested readers are advised to contact the Circulation Department at 620 to place an order.
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