Senate panel restores funds for Fort Sill land expansion
The Senate Appropriations Committee restored 2,216,000 for Army land purchase west of Fort Sill to extend artillery ranges. The plan includes annexing 10,700 acres from the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in addition to private lands, part of a 3,053,000 Fort Sill package. Opponents, mostly naturalists, argued the move could lead to full refuge annexation, but failed to block approvals.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Fort Sill
Fort
Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge
House
Senate Appropriations
Senate Armed Services
Senate
Sill
Smithen Loses in Demurrers in Oklahoma Case
Smithen faces disqualification moves as judge overrules two petitions seeking to discredit proceedings for a grand jury inquiry. Walters testifies of a fee splitting partnership with Smithen. Strother seeks to bar Smithen from the jury room during the session. The matter could impact who oversees the jurors and when the inquiry proceeds.
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Chickasha
Okla
Atty
Wilson Smithen
District Court
L. A. Wood
Smithen
Justice of Peace
Calvin Strother
Wood
Mithen
Strother
John Paul Walters
Hearing Set For Talbott Boss Of Air Force Probe
Senate Investigations subcommittee plans a public hearing on Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott amid a dispute over outside business ties. Chairman McClellan and four Democratic members push for the 2 p.m. EDT session Monday to examine potential improper use of his post to benefit Paul B. Mulligan & Co. Talbott says he earns more than 50,000 dollars yearly from profits of the New York firm and defends the arrangement.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McClelan
D-Ark
Talbott
Paul B. Mulligan & Co
New York
Lee Talbott
Fuss Blamed For Light Polio Shot Turnout
Controversy over the Salk polio vaccine was blamed for the light turnout of eligible children for second shots in Comanche, Tillman and Jackson counties. Dr. Charles Miller said vacations and the vaccine debate kept many from returning for a second dose, with final figures showing about 50 percent nationwide and 40 to 60 percent in counties completing the follow up. He noted first shots give 15 to 25 percent immunity for two to three months, while a second shot yields up to 10 months of immunity. A make up clinic will run Saturdays at the County City Health department to reach children on vacation, and boosters drawn from families moving in from other test sites have encouraged uptake.
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Charles Miller
Comanche
Tillman
Jackson
Miller
Tillman County
Jackson County
Rain May Break Area Heat With Afternoon Storms
Weather forecast says relief from the heat will arrive this week with afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs remain in the mid-90s. Clouds gathered in Lawton Saturday afternoon and are expected to linger through Monday morning. Overnight low near 72. Saturday peak reached 99 with a 70 low.
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Lawton
Hull Father Of UN Is Dead
Washington July 23 Cor dell Hull former secretary of state and father of the United Nations died at 83 in U S Naval Hospital Bethesda Md He suffered a stroke and funeral will be held at Washington National Episcopal Cathedral Hull won a Nobel prize and was a longtime advocate of freer world trade He was born in Tennessee and served longer than any other secretary of state He left no children and Mrs Hull died in March 1954 Page 2
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United Nations
Tennessee Mountaineer
U.N
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
National Episcopal Cathedral
Hull
Tennessee
See Hull
Duncan Youth Killed in SH 7 Two-Car Crash West of Duncan
Leroy Rutledge 17 son of a Duncan high school assistant coach died in a two-car collision four miles west of the Duncan Y on SH 7 Saturday night. Others injured include Charles Pritchard 17 and James Maddox 18 of Duncan both seriously hurt. Passengers and relatives named suffer various injuries.
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Duncan
Leroy Rutledge
Duncan High School
Duncan “Y
SH 7
Joe Ray Coppenbarger
E. Lawton
Charles Pritchard
Pritchard
James Maddox
Donnie MacGregor
Coppenbarger
E. M. Coppenbarger
Freshmen Astir Over Enrollment
Norman Oklahoma July 23 reports conflicting statements from University of Oklahoma officials on freshman enrollment for next fall. President Cross said applicants may be turned away if enrollments exceed 2600 to 2800 while Dean Fellows asserted no admitted will be denied. Cross was unaware of Fellows statement during a tooth operation.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
George L. Cross
J. E. Fellows
Cross
Wesley Hospital
Fellows
Dean Fellows
Budget trimming eyed as Lawton plans 1955 56 fund totals
Mayor C R Ellsworth reviewed department requests totaling 1 497 485 and called for cuts of nearly 400 000 before presenting a proposed budget to the excise board. Officials prepare to seek 25 percent of the budget to run city business while aligning with a 1 103 241 general fund ceiling for 1955 56.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Excise Board
County Excise Board
Air travel boom at Lawton Municipal Airport boosts revenue
Air travel at Lawton Municipal Airport reflects rapid growth over five years since opening its million dollar facility. Central Airlines reports a 70 percent rise across two 12 month periods while Continental notes high demand with frequent no space for eastern routes. Over 30 months 19 815 boardings occurred including 11 828 by Continental. July 1953 saw the peak with 635 boardings.
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Lawton
Tme
Central
Continental
Municipal
Continental Air Lines
John S. Bjurman
Municipal Airport
Plans Report To Nation Monday
President Eisenhower will address the nation for 15 minutes on the Geneva conference Monday night starting at 8 30 p m CST. The White House says all four radio networks ABC NBC CBS and Mutual will broadcast the talk with NBC and ABC televising it and Dumont linking some stations. CBS arranged to film record the speech for later use.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
ABC
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Dumont
Inside Pages Rundown Editorial Society and Sports
A concise rundown of the newspaper’s interior pages lists topics including Editorial on page 10, Society on pages 15 to 18, Sports on pages 20 to 22, Building on page 23, Classified on pages 25 and 26, and Comics on pages 24 and 27.
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Editorial
Society
Army Charges Liles and Kaschko in Nugent court-martial
Two more Army officers face charges of giving aid and comfort to the enemy while prisoners of war in Korea. Lt. Col. Paul V. Liles and Maj. Harold L. Kaschko are now at Fort Lewis Washington. A third officer Lt. Jeffer son D. Erwin will face court martial August 2 at Fort Lewis. Liles said he would likely be tried as routine despite a pre trial examiner recommending no trial. He and Erwin maintain innocence.
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Fort Sill
Korea
Paul V. Liles
Birmingham
Ala
Harold L. Kaschko
15Th Field Artillery
Fort Lewis
Wash
Nugent
Jefferson D. Erwin
Blanchard
Okla
Liles
Erwin
Small Tornado Strikes Fort Supply Area Weather Response
A small tornado ripped the front from a Fort Supply grocery store early Saturday as thunderstorms swept the state. Televisions aerials toppled, heavy rain followed, cooling near 100 degree heat in places. Highs 98 Hobart, 85 Enid. rainfall amounts varied from .02 to .14 inches. A cool front from Nebraska energized storms expected to continue Sunday.
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Fort Supply
Hobart
Enid
Gage
Tulsa
Ponca City
Nebraska
Big Four End Summit With Pledge To Ease Tension
The Big Four powers closed their Geneva summit with a plan for quick and long term steps to ease world tensions. They scheduled a United Nations disarmament subcommittee meeting for August 29 in New York and ordered foreign ministers to meet in October to work on German reunification and a European security framework. President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles left for Washington confident progress was made, highlighting the link between German reunification and European security. They directed ministers to study disarmament results and seek elimination of East West barriers. The Western side viewed the outcome as a modest victory, avoiding Russian antagonism. The leaders enumerated steps: joint consideration of German reunification and European security, and a United Nations disarmament subcommittee session to study proposals from the conference.
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Geneva
United Nations Subcommittee On
Washington
State Department
Germany
Europe
United Nations
New York
Comanche County Names Pioneer Woman Contestant
A 73 year old Lawton woman, Mrs Abe March, 813 A, was chosen as Comanche county’s Pioneer Woman contestant in the statewide event. Runner up was Mrs Mark Landoll, 512 Gore, with final state judging set for August 12 and the winner to be honored in Ponca City during the Cherokee Strip celebration in September.
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Abe March
Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territory
Mark Landoll
Gore
Ponca City
C. S. McCuistion
Columbia
Elmer Bauman
Elgin
Pete Becker
Cache
James Black
Paul Wege
Meers
March
Landoll
Kate Cole
Fletcher
G. C. Corwin
Rosa S. Dykes
J. Allan Lowry
Alice Lee Pioneer
Senators Back Ike s Proposal
Nineteen Republican senators issued a joint endorsement of President Eisenhower s bold proposal for exchanging military blueprints with Russia. The statement followed the Geneva Big Four talks and ahead of Eisenhower s Monday night nationwide broadcast.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Geneva
Nixon
Free World
Forthcom
Lawton Booze Trade Turbulence Sparks Police Raids
Grand jury probes unsettle Comanche county bootleggers while internal feuds among Lawton rumrunners create erratic supply. Two raids seized large whisky consignments on rural roads toward Lawton. Cotton county deputies and city police report weekly confiscations as speedsters push east toward Texas outlets. Sheriff Hale notes dwindling whisky activity and tougher catches as prices rise slightly above a dollar a drink. City leans on leggers as page four begins.
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Lawton
Texas
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