Reds Propose Europe Parley
MOSCOW July 24 The Soviet note proposes a conference among European states to discuss a collective security system for Europe with observers from the United States and possibly Communist China. The plan aims to invite all interested European nations, while U S officials in Washington say the proposal will be firmly rejected after Britain and France are consulted. The move seen as an effort to derail the West’s European Defense Community and tied to ongoing Indo China issues and the Paris stopping pact.
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Britain
France
Europe
United States
China
Russia
Geneva
U.S. State Department
Washington
V. M. Molotov
AF Cancels Jets Display at Fort Sill
An air firepower demonstration planned for Saturday at Fort Sill was canceled at the last minute by the air force due to technical difficulties with Tinker Air Force Base planes. The show would have featured 12 F-86F Sabrejets from George Air Force Base at Victorville California, with bombing runs rocket firing napalm attacks on a tank hull and a wooden shack on Firing Point 137 West Range.
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Fort Sill
Air Force
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Rhee to Address U.S. Congressmen Joint Session
President Syngman Rhee of South Korea will address a joint session of Congress next Wednesday. He arrives Monday after two on an official state visit to discuss Korean unification and military and economic matters, invited by President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Syngmian’ Rhee
Congress
State Department
Rhee
Eisenhower
Refuge Offers Wonders Shivers Takes Of Past For Thousands
Naturalistic wonders once common to pioneers in the Wichita Mountains refuge near Lawton now attract thousands of summer visitors. Buffalo, elk, deer, antelope and longhorn cattle are protected as private camping parties and picnickers use the lakes and facilities. The article notes the refuge’s history since 1901 and its appeal to tourists from many states seeking recreation and natural grandeur.
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Keith Shelton
Southwest
U. S. Wildlife Refuge
Wichita Mountains
Lawton
Louisiana Purchase
U. S. Department of the Interior
Union
Oklahoma
Ieee Hecca
Dalrity
Forene
Army Cutback Plans Canceled in 1957 Reevaluation
Washington July 24 The Defense Department abandoned plans to withdraw nearly all U S Army units from the Far East by 1957 and discarded aims to reduce total Army strength below one million. Joint Chiefs revisions raise manpower to 3.47 million by 1957 from 2.81 million, with Army bearing the brunt of cuts and redeployments in the Pacific likely this year.
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Washington
Defense Department
Orient
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Asia
Joint Chiefs
Pacific
Tunis Palace Guard Chief Shot To Death
In Tunis on July 24 a gunman killed Col. Rene De Benoit De La Paillon ne, chief of the Bey of Tunis private police, as nationalist violence spreads. The shooter disappeared into the crowd and authorities imposed tighter security to prevent further unrest in the protectorate.
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Tunisia
Bey of Tunis
Rene de Benoit de la Paillonne
Boosters to Launch Celebration for Lawton Birthday Rodeo
Lawton marks its 53rd annual birthday with a four day rodeo starting Wednesday. Civic business leaders and Pioneer Women plan booster trips to 12 area towns. Rhodes leads the caravan with 40 to 50 cars. Southernaires headline as top Western band. Pioneer men and women perform square dances at various towns. The big rodeo attraction August 360 features Wild Bit Elliott, co producer of 1952 show, with Tommy Steiner producing this year's event.
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Lawton
Pioneer Women’s Club
Ink” Rhodes
Lawton Rangers Club
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Rhodes
Southernaires
Exhibition Street Square
The
Rangers
Elliott
Tommy Steiner
Pioneer Square Dance
35Th Division Park
Dice Maker Fears Murder Plot in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City dice maker B Lenn says underworld plans to kill him with a high powered rifle from two blocks away after a torture robbery last year. Lenn heard of the plot from a detective who spoke with Adrian Burns, now awaiting trial, and Burns named two Oklahoma City men to the county attorney.
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Oklahoma City
B. Lenn
Underworld
Oklahoma City Times
Lenn
Dallas
Adrian Wayne Burns
Cordell
Lena
Burns
Times
Senate ends longest session with weekend adjournment
The Senate Saturday concluded the longest session in its history, adjourning at 9 48 p m est until 10 a m Monday. The record session spanned days of debate and legislation as members paused proceedings for the weekend recess.
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Washington
Senate
8 000 Runoff Ballots Seen Next Tuesday
Observation and turnout estimates point to 7 000 to 8 000 county electors casting ballots in the runoff primary next Tuesday. Voter interest centers on the sheriff and governor races amid a scaled back statewide contest. Absentee requests reach 120 as polling places shift in Ward 3, Pet 4 to 1301 C after July 6 changes.
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Comanche County
U.S. Senate
Raymond Gary
Madill
William O. Coe
Lahoma City
Bill Logan
Lawton
Logan
Gary Camp
Madile
Oklahoma Turnpike
Wild Truck Smashes Cars Killing Three in Liberty
A milk tank truck with failed brakes rolled at 60 mph down a Liberty hill during high Saturday traffic, tearing through 15 to 20 cars. Three people died Thelma Kleinman of Liberty Martin Diamond 26 of Monticello and Robert Wolf 21 of the Bronx were among the injured drivers and bystanders. The driver Arthur Crawford fled after brakes snapped as the truck plowed into vehicles and a retaining wall.
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Sencar Eeer Reasion Tt
Mangen
Thelma Kleinman
Martin Diamond
Monticello
Robert Wolf
Bronx
Diamond
Wolf
Gary Should Be Nominated for Oklahoma Governor
An Oklahoma editorial urges voters to nominate Raymond Gary for governor, praising his 14 years in the state senate and a clean record. It contrasts Gary’s dependable program with Bill Coe’s promises and notes Coe’s stance on turnpikes and alleged instability.
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Raymond Gary
Gary
Bill Coe
State Senate
Coe
Turnpike Authority
State Highway Commission
Oklahoma
Coe Gary Predicts Victory in Oklahoma Runoff
Gary Coe and Raymond Gary both forecast victory in the Oklahoma gubernatorial runoff. Coe, during a morning TV interview, quipped that the Daily Oklahoman has conceded his election by predicting impeachment. He accused the paper of opposing him and said he would work to establish another newspaper in Oklahoma.
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Raymond Gary
William
Coe
Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
The
Oklahoman
Oklahoma
Train Hits Bus Killing 26 in German Accident
A speeding train crashed into an excursion bus carrying factory workers at an unguarded crossing near Worms, Germany, killing 26 people and injuring others. The bus carried 28 passengers and the driver. 25 passengers died along with the driver as the impact hurled the bus over 100 feet along the tracks.
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Germany
Here
Rhine
Lawton Chest Campaign Sets 71990 Goal in 1954 Drive
Lawton Fort Sill directors set a 71990 goal for the 1954 Community Chest drive, with about 13000 raised from participating agencies. A United Drive for Lawton meeting is planned for 30 pm Tuesday August 3 at Chamber offices to discuss consolidating efforts. The budget increases overall allocations to 70377.32 after shrinkage and includes funds for the United Defense Fund and USO, while Douglass Service Center will be operated by USO later this year.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Chest
Chamber of Commerce Board
Fort Sill
United Defense Fund
USO
Douglass Service Center
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Douglass Club
USC
Gallaher Takes His Problems In Stride At City Hall
Lawton city engineer Charles Gallaher faces a Monday surge of requests as weekend work flows into a busy desk. The office blends public information with advisory duties for the city council and department heads, solving land and drainage issues and other problems despite limited authority.
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U of Information
Gallaher
Ted Ralston
Lawton
Charles Gallaher
Theity Council
Bureau of Public Information
Dulles Brands Airliner Attack As Barbarity
The United States orders two aircraft carriers to waters south of Hainan Island to protect search and rescue after a British airliner was shot down. Dulles labels the destruction an act of barbarity and holds Communist China responsible. Nixon and Adm. Radford join in the consultation as the government signals possible further action. Three Americans killed in the crash, eight survivors, and a joint US British French search effort continues.
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United States
Red China
Hainan
Dulles
Defense
Wilson
China
Navy
Unson
Nixon
Adm
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Dulles
Wilson Dulles
Hainan Island
Survivors Describe Shootdown By Chinese Fighters
Survivors recount how communist fighter planes shot down an unarmed British passenger airliner near Hong Kong killing several passengers. An Australian pilot on a Grumman flying boat reported red circle markings and that fighters used incendiaries and bullets, then dropped and fired as the aircraft burned.
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U. S. Air Force
Philip Brown
Grumman
Far
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Cathay Pacifc
Air Acways
Six or Seven Die In Barge Explosion Near Savannak Tenn
A barge operated by a pipeline tunnel construction crew exploded near Savannak, Tennessee, killing six or seven men and critically injuring others. The workers, hired by AVB, were en route to Ham, with Swain among the critically injured being transported to a hospital.
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AVB
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Ham
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