Parley Proves Only That Men Can Be Polite
Analysis of the Geneva conference notes that the Big Four achieved no concrete deals. It suggests peace prospects depend on future concessions by the powers, with ministers to follow up. The piece doubts a quick breakthrough and foresees slow, incremental progress from smaller agreements toward larger goals.
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Associated Press News
Geneva
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Eden
Britain
Faure
France
Bulgaria
Russia
Germany
Europe
Soviet Official Seeks Agricultural Attache in Washington
Soviet acting minister of agriculture Vladimir M. Skevich said in Ames that Moscow will press for a regular agricultural attache at the Soviet Embassy in Washington. The appointee would keep Russian farm authorities informed on American farm progress. Skevich joked diplomats are too occupied with talk and should be closer to the earth. The U.S. has maintained an agricultural attache in Moscow for about a decade.
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Ames
Iowa
Vliadimir Matskevich
Washington
Matskevich
United States
Moscow
Four Saved From Boat Adrift in Delaware Bay
LEWEL Delaware Two couples were rescued from a waterlogged rowboat after a night at sea in Delaware Bay. James Bennett Marion Keene and their spouses were treated at Kent General Hospital in Dover for exposure and one unconscious man. The boat swamped by a Sunday storm, jettisoned motor, and long drift ended when fishermen spotted them after dawn.
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Lewel
Del
Delaware Bay
Kent General Hospital
Dover
James W. Bennett
Marion
New Castle
Chance T. Keene
Lillian
Kirkwood
Pickering Beach
Lewes
Coast Guard
Keene
Tulsa Legger Hit Hard By Hijackers
NOVATA Okla Hijacking of 40 cases of whisky worth 2000 and theft of a 1950 Cadillac and 300 in cash was reported by Charles Bill Lubbes to the Highway Patrol yesterday. He said three men in a 1954 black car with red lights and a siren halted him on U S Highway 169 and shot out a rear tire after he refused to stop. They took him prisoner and drove him around for over an hour before binding him with a light chain and lock and placing him in a culvert. Lubbes freed himself and crawled to help. His car is missing, likely taken by the third man.
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Novata
Okla
Tulsa
Highway Patrol
Charles Bill Lubbes
Here
U. S. Highway 169
Lubbes
Nobletown Negro School Votes to Desegregate
In Oklahoma near Wewoka, Nobletown Negro school district voted unanimously to desegregate and allow white students to attend classes. Principal Melvin Logan cited about 35 black students and four white residents who previously transferred, noting white attendance unlikely. Nobletown is among three state Negro districts desegregating, following Boley in Okfuskee County.
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Wewoka
Okla
Nobletown
Melvin Logan
Logan
Butner
Nobeltown
Boley
Okfuskee County
Army Move To Korea Slated
U S Far East Army and 8th Army headquarters will move from Japan to Korea, Gen Lyman Lemnitzer said. The shift keeps U S troop strength in Korea and places Gen Isaac White’s AFFE 8th Army headquarters in Seoul, a move appeasing South Korea amid tensions over UN command locations.
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Tokyo
U. S. Far East
8Th Army
Japan
Korea
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U.S. Far East
U. S
Isaac D. White
Army Forces Far East
AFFE
Seoul
Camp Zama
South Korea
Roks
Red Army totals 4.5 Million in China
The Nationalist Record Press said Sunday that Communist China fielded 4.5 million troops, with 1.57 million drafted into the Red Chinese forces in the past year.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Record Press
Rites for Mrs Effie Francis Smith Held at First Baptist
Funeral services for Effie Francis Smith 69 were set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev M D Burk officiating. Burial followed at Cache cemetery under Cache Funeral Home. Born April 22 1886 in Walnut Grove Missouri she married Frank Smith in 1902 and moved to Cache in 1932. Survivors include daughter Cora Davison son John Smith brother John McDonald sister Mattie McDonald and uncle Spurgeon Woodward.
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Cache
Effie Francis Smith
First Baptist Church
M. D. Burk
Cache Cemetery
Cache Funeral Home
Mattie McDonald
Oklahoma City
Spurgeon Woodward
Everton
Lennaveritt Automotive Service Ad Offers Mower Repairs
Specializing in lawn mowers with sharpened blades and repaired motors for any make. Authorized service on RPM. Pickup and delivery available. Located at 521 F Ave, phone 3758.
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Lennaveritt Automotive Service
F Ave
GM Employment At Record High
GM reports record employes and payroll in Q2 and first half 1955. Worldwide average 624,954 workers, payrolls $1.563 billion for six months. U S employment 408,933. weekly earnings $103.09. Average work week up to 43.5 hours. defense work down 25 percent. Unauthorized strikes trimmed gains around CIO UAW contract signing. Statement by Curtice and Sloan ahead of quarterly report.
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U. S
U.S
CIO
United Auto Workers
Harlow H. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Galbraith Faces Partnership Suit In McAlester Clinic
Dr Ben Galbraith a noted southeastern Oklahoma heart specialist is named in a seven doctor partnership suit filed by Dr A R Stough of McAlester Stough terminated his partnership Aug 31 1954 and seeks a strict accounting of his interest valued at about 27000 plus six percent interest Also named are Drs George M Brown Jr Thurman Shuller H C Wheeler C K Holland E H Shuller and S L Norman Galbraith also faces murder charges arising from his wife and three children's deaths last March and will be tried Aug 8 in connection with those cases
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Mcalester
Okla
Ben Galbraith
Southeastern Oklahoma
A. R. Stough
Stough
McAlester Clinic
Galbraith
Drs
George M. Brown Jr
Thurman Shuller
H. C. Wheeler
C. K. Holland
E. H. Shuller
S. L. Norman
Eruptions Shake Mt Aso Volcano in Japan
Minor eruptions at Mt Aso, Japan's third largest volcano, continued today with smoke rising about 1,500 feet as rocks the size of basketballs were hurled 300 feet yesterday. Lava streams formed along the cone edge. no casualties or damage reported according to Kyodo News.
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Tokyo
Mt. Aso
Japan
Kyodo
Solon Demands Aid Fund Hike in Congress Battle
Rep. Miss Passman of Louisiana says he will hold out until Christmas for most of the 627 million dollar cuts in Eisenhower's foreign aid program. Sen. Hayden of Arizona, floor manager in the Senate, vows to stand by the Senate vote. Conferees face a bitter fight as House and Senate differ on aid totals and priorities.
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Washington
Rep
Passman
D-La
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
Housewives to Drive Old Car to Alaska
In Long Beach California two Pennsylvania born housewives plan a 1940s era road trek in a 1920 Sears Roebuck motor buggy. Mrs Kitty Ruth Partridge 41 and Mrs Margaret Wandbaugh 42 traveled 3100 miles from York Pennsylvania to California and anticipate steering toward Alaska likely in October to view the Alcan Highway.
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Long Beach
Calif
Sears-Roebuck
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Kitty Ruth Partridge
Margaret Wandbaugh
Compton
Soviet Captain Dashes Newsmen As Tuapse Crew Repatriates
In Taipei the Tuapse captain Vitali Kalinan and 28 crew members, including a woman, refused interviews as they head toward Hong Kong. Repatriates say detention was long though in good health. three mail batches via the Red Cross and home letters were allowed. Olga Panova, 35, is the lone woman and among those returning. 20 crewmen sought political asylum in Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Vitali Arkarevitch Kalinan
Hong Kong
Tuapse
International Red Cross
Olga Panova
Bids To Be Taken On Northeast Pike Projects
Oklahoma City The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority will take bids on about 2.8 million dollars of northeast route projects at its meeting. Plans cover 14.2 miles of grading and drainage at 1.75 million and 16 grade separations at about 1.014 million. Projects span miles east of Claremore southwest of Miami and east of Catoosa near the Verdigris River bridge.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
W. D. Hoback
Hoback
Claremore
Miami
Catoosa
Auto Wash Businesses Attract 100 Million Customers In 1954
The Automobile Manufacturers Association reports U.S. auto wash firms served about 100 million customers in 1954, drawing 120 million dollars in revenue. This reflects growing consumer use of car care services and rising investment in self service facilities.
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U.S
Automobile Manufacturers Assn
Science finds non surgical cure for piles
Science reports a healing substance that shrinks piles and relieves pain without surgery. Doctors note actual shrinkage and patients say piles no longer cause problems. The secret is Bio-Dyne, used to heal injured tissue, now available as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form at druggists. Reg. U. S. Pat.
Sentencing Set For Altus Rapist
District Judge Weldon Ferris schedules sentencing for Kenneth Wayne Brown an Altus airman convicted of raping a 49 year old grandmother. A motion for a new trial may be heard. Brown faces 35 years for the rape with additional counts of degree rape and two armed robbery charges to be tried next term.
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Altus
Okla
Weldon Ferris
Kenneth Wayne Brown
Martha Airman
Ferris
Percy Hughes
Hobart
Brown
J. Todd Little
Steamship Lines Begin Replacing Fleet in Huge Program
Washington reports six American flag lines have joined a three billion dollar ship replacement effort. The American President Lines Moore-McCormack Grace Oceanic Pacific Far East and United States Lines lead the plan described as the largest peacetime national fleet rebuilding in years with ten additional lines to participate in the coming years.
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Washington
Committee of American Steamship Lines
American President Lines
Moore-McCormack Lines
Grace Line
Oceanic Steamship Co
Pacific Far East Line
United States Lines
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