Spark Of Peace Dimly Burns From Big Four Talks At Geneva
Secretary of State Dulles said war danger has receded due to the Geneva Big Four summit as President Eisenhower spoke of ignited world peace. Dulles outlined four main results including less brittle East West relations and a bold proposal to exchange blueprints with the Soviet Union. He noted hope for action on Soviet subversion and the right of Eastern European satellites to choose their own governments, while stressing no secret agreements were made and patience and sacrifice will be required to sustain the Geneva spark.
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Washington
Dulles
Geneva
Eisenhower
Red China
Red
Russia
Britain
France
Ike
United States
Silent George
Foreign Relations Committee
China
Formosa
Far East
Baker's Son Held In Theft Of 82000
Dayton court records allege Frederick Frowein a 16 year old, and four other youths, conspired to steal 82000 from the home of his father Frederick Frowein a 45 year old Dayton baker who hid the funds in three basement buckets. One older son admitted taking 1050 while four accomplices took the rest.
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Dayton
Ohio
Frederick Carl Frowein
Fred Frowein
Dayton Baker
Cook
Carl Cook
Indiana
Ripley County
Orvall Armbrecht
Versailles
Ind
Frowein
Froweins
Talbott Faces Prober in Senate Inquiry
Washington witnesses detailed U S discussions of Harold Talbott's outside business ties with Paul Mulligan and Co as John A Johnson testified he briefed Attorney General Brownell on January 6 and received no disagreement on the legal conclusions. Meanwhile a Hobart laborer aims to heal by faith after a broken leg and officials warn gangrene risks. The United States signals readiness for Far East talks with Red China if Americans are freed, with Geneva talks slated to begin next week.
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Washington
John A. Johnson
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Brownell
Johnson
Radio Corp. of America
Talbott
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
New York City
Paul B. Mulligan and Co
Defense Department
Mulligan
Hobart
Okla
Faith
Lucius Holman
Holman
Hobart General Hospital
Shriner
United States
Far East
China
U.S
Formosa
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
Peiping Radio
Red
Indochina
Korea
Dulles
Chou
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Wang Pine Nan
Poland
Armory and Highway Dedication Plans Set for Labor Day
Lawton civic leaders and National Guard authorities plan a large dedicatory program on Labor Day for the new National Guard armory and Oklahoma s first three level highway interchange on U S 62. A 3 30 p m dedication, 6 30 p m barbecue, and 9 p m dance are scheduled with invitations extended to federal and state dignitaries.
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Labor Day
National Guard
Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Ron Stephens
J. C. Kennedy
Milton Worley
Ralph Hennessee
W. C. Lattimore
Exall English
Emmett Keough
C. R. Holley
Ted Warkentin
Ted Ralston
Bill Logan
Githen Rhoads
Jim Taliaferro
Charles Ozman
U.S. 62
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Keough
Cham- See
Birthday Rodeo Ducat Sale Set in Lawton
Advance tickets for Lawton's four day rodeo next week go on sale Wednesday at Hotel Lawtonian, rodeo headquarters. Ducats for the Aug 5 6 show cost 1 25 dollars, produced by Tom Steiner. Tickets at the LO ranch will be 1 50, with reserve seats 50 cents at the hotel booth. A western parade will kick off the celebration through downtown.
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Lawton
Lawton Rangers
Lawtonian
Tommy Steiner
West
Jim Dawes
LO Ranch
Millions of dollars wasted yearly in free items ad
Every year Americans throw away millions of dollars worth of articles. They are picked up and used by others who are glad to get them. A small classified ad in the Lawton Constitution and Morning Press will sell them. Phone 620.
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Dallas
van Walter Butenschoen
Henry Buteschoen
Turncoat Fate Is Uncertain On Return From China
Washington reports mixed views on three ex-GIs who defected to Red China and now seek to return home. Army says they will be arrested for court martial on docking in San Francisco Friday. Defense Department cautions that the matter is under interdepartmental review with no decisions yet. The men named are William A. Cowart of Dalton Georgia Lewis W. Griggs of Jacksonville Texas and Otho G Bell of Olympia Washington aboard a returning ship from Red China.
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Washington
Pentagon
Red China
Army
San Francisco
Defense Department
Defense and Justice Departments
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Civil Defense Job For McCain In Lawton City
Mayor Ellsworth announced the council will consider Joe McCain for city civil defense director a post he held as mayor from 1953 to 1955 and later civil service director to replace Jack Webb who resigned July 5. Also on tap bids for a portable welder under 800 and Harvey Keener to be named city welder.
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Joe McCain
Lawton
C. R. Ellsworth
Veterans Administration
McCain
Jack Webb
Ellsworth
Harvey Keener
Heat to Push Past 100 Degrees Across Oklahoma
A hot sun bakes Oklahoma with almost clear skies and little chance of rain through late Wednesday. Temperatures Wednesday to Sunday are expected two to four degrees above normal, with Lawton highs near 100 and tonight's low around 74. A few isolated storms may reach the Panhandle and far western areas if a distant trough moves east.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Panhandle
New Mexico
Colorado
City Budget Under Knife
City officials face deep cuts in a near maximum general fund budget aiming to trim about 400000 from departmental requests. A temporary setup is authorized by the Comanche county excise board with 28000 placed in the street fund and 25 percent of unprepared budget approved to keep city business moving. Mayor Ellsworth seeks a half mill levy for McMahon Auditorium but will await a legal opinion from County Attorney Redman. Large cuts are expected, especially at the filter plant where Superintendent Duke requested 195448 for capital outlay and operations.
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Comanche County Excise Board
C. R. Ellsworth
McMahon Auditorium
Ellsworth
Manville
David Duke
Fair building action slated by county excise board
The Comanche County Free Fair board aims to earmark about 140000 to begin building fair facilities from a five mill levy approved last November. The excise board, meeting this week, will include fiscal 1955 56 levy details alongside other governmental needs. Net county evaluation stands at 28277885 and is expected to rise, with the levy providing funds beyond the 15 mills for county government. See FAIR LEVY, Page 2.
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County Excise Board
Comanche County Free Fair Board
Excise Board
City Excise Board Approves Operating Funds for 1955-56
The Lawton area excise board approved 28000 dollars for street department general fund and 25 percent of the tentative city budget. They also considered a millage levy for McMahon auditorium after Mayor Ellsworth urged support to avoid a costly white elephant. The proposed McMahon request of 32350 dollars may be trimmed in the 1955-56 budget amid a 400000 dollar overall reduction. City departments seek 1497485, with a maximum general fund outlay of 1103241. The board asked the county attorney for a legal opinion on funding the auditorium and noted trustees oversee McMahon, built with McMahon foundation funds, under city supervision.
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Street Department
County Excise Board
McMahon Auditorium
C. R. Ellsworth
Excise Board
Ellsworth
McMahon Foundation
Lawton
Logan Hyder
Chattanooga
Jack Brock
Bob Collier
Fletcher
Senate okays broad reserve program after vote
The Senate passed a wide reserve bill by voice vote, resisting compulsory features urged by Eisenhower and Pentagon officials. Senator Russell, a Democrat from Georgia, led passage after opposing compulsory elements. The House had approved the compromise 315 to 78, and it now goes to the president who is unlikely to veto.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
House
Bank President Reacts To Embezzlement Arrest
TWENTYNINE PALMS Calif UP The Joshua Monument National Bank president J P Wasserburger laments the arrest of vice president and cashier Roscoe D Coon 50 on embezzlement charges heard at Del Mar racetrack where he awaited the summer meeting to race his thoroughbreds The bank closed after a missing 678000 cash was discovered Del Mar racetrack lies about 100 miles southwest of Twentynine Palms.
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Twentynine Palms
Calif
J. P. Wasserburger
Joshua Monument National Bank of
Roscoe D. Coon
Wasserburger
Coon
Ceremonial Review Today Honors Retiring Sill Colonel
Col Robert P. Clay to review troops from 11 Fort Sill battalions at Lucas Field at 4 p.m. as he retires after 30 years in the Army. More than 2,500 soldiers will pass in review to two Army bands, recognizing his service and leadership of Combat Development TA&GMS. A Certificate of Achievement signed by Maj Gen Edward T. Williams will be presented.
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Robert P. Clay
Artillery and
Guided Missile Center
Lucas Field
Clay
Department of Combat Development
Ta&gms
Army
Fort Sill
Edward T. Williams
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Col. Clay
See
City Secretary Nabs Desk Prowlers In Bizarre Tale
Miss Maxene McGowan secretary to the mayor used a police method to trap two mice that invaded her desk over the weekend. She set two mouse traps baited with chewing gum and the rodents were caught and "executed" on the spot Monday night in a humorous incident reflecting local office lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxene McGowan
Miss McGowan
Typhoon Georgia Aims At Iwo Jima With 140 MPH Winds
Tokyo reports Typhoon Georgia moving toward Iwo Jima with central winds near 140 mph and outer winds up to 60 mph. Weather stations predict full-force winds within 20 miles of the island by early Wednesday. The storm was about 400 miles north of Guam and advancing at 17 miles per hour.
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Tokyo
Georgia
Iwo Jima
U. S. Air Force
Two Jima
Guam
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Dwain Linke
Richmond
Linke
Chester
Orville Wright
Baker
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Subcommittee
William Carl Holman
Richard Shriner
Rocky, Oklo
Lars Worth
Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Mercury
Col
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