City council mulls 50 cent water rate hike
Council weighs a 50 cent monthly water rate increase to fund police expansion and city projects including water and sewer lines for city owned land. Budget chief Jake Witzel outlined needs of 23 060 for six new officers two cars and a three wheeler and 26 500 for utilities serving a national guard armory and McMahon auditorium. Action postponed to next Tuesday as council seeks public reaction amid a 46 000 shortfall and 73 450 new obligations.
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Jake Witzel
Witzel
National Guard
McMahon Auditorium
City Boosters Spread Word on Lawton Birthday Rally
Lawton boosters bus caravan promotes Aug 6 birthday celebration and Rangers rodeo across 13 southwest Oklahoma towns. About 200 Lawtonians and 30 booster vehicles visited Temple Waurika Comanche Duncan Marlow Rush Springs Chickasha for lunch and continued to Cement Cyril with city officials urging attendance. Sheriff Everett Ray Hale led the 7:30 a.m. departure from the Chamber of Commerce as hundreds in each town enjoyed a 30 minute program of music and dancing and rodeo ballyhoo.
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Chickasha
Points West
Comanche
Duncan, Marlow
Rush Springs
Cement
Cyril
Boosters
Bunker Destruction Proves Tough Work
Allied and Communist forces pull back from the Korean DMZ as the cease-fire deadline nears. Troops salvage equipment and dismantle fortifications while reports of friendly contact emerge along the front. Six Americans and 100 Chinese bodies recovered at a Western Front outpost.
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Reds
Alllied
Michael Rougier
Life Magazine
Rougier
Boulder City
Pike Boosters Set Campaign in Oklahoma Turnpike Fight
Ron Stephens, chairman of the Citizens Turnpike Association in Southwest Oklahoma, predicts a county chapter in every district by weekend as leaders unite to back turnpikes. Oklahoma City hosts the new group formed to counter opposition to a state plan approving three new turnpikes and possible voter delays.
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Ron Stephens
Citizens Turnpike Association
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Stephens
Taft Rallies Shows Slight Improvement
Senator Taft at New York Hospital shows slight improvement after weeks of hip ailment. Bulletin notes a restful night and meals with relief, with family visits from wife Martha and sons Lloyd and Robert Jr. Doctors previously reported weakness and deteriorating condition.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
New York Hospital
Ohio
Taft
Charles E. Forkner
Senate
Martha
Lloyd
Robert Jr
Lake Land Buying Slated By Council
The city plans land acquisition around Lake Lawtonka to define new boundaries as the dam raises the reservoir. W. H. Percival will appraise about 55 tracts, targeting the shoreline to the 1,355 foot elevation, with the new lake to sit 10 feet below that point. Salary is 400 dollars monthly, and it may take two to three months to complete the work as part of the water expansion and filter capacity project.
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Lawtonka
W. H. Percival
Percival
Jess Percival
Lawton
U. S
See Lake
Broken truck blamed for Rock Island train derailment
HOOKER Okla July 29 A train crewman blamed a broken truck on the baggage car for the derailment of a Rock Island passenger train near here Tuesday night Seventeen persons were injured none seriously Conductor George White said a truck on the baggage car came apart The broken carriage which supported one end of the car dragged for a quarter of a mile damaging ties and rails and causing the derailment
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Hooker
Okla
Rock Island
Here
George White
Defense Bill Passes House For 34 Billion Budget
The House approved the defense appropriation of 34.371 billion dollars by voice vote after debate, sending the measure to the Senate. The compromise trimmed about 62 million from House totals and 140 million from Senate figures, with final action expected today before White House approval.
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House
Washington
Defense Department
Senate
Senate House Conference
White House
Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
Labor and Welfare Departments
District of Columbia
Voice of America
Civil Defense
Citizens City Man Mosquito Crusade Led by Jess Percival
The city appeals to residents to join a week long mosquito eradication drive led by park superintendent Jess Percival. Citizens urged to drain stagnant water and remove breeding sites such as cans bottles and discarded containers or call 1745 for assistance.
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Jess Percival
Percival
Tavern Wedding a Big Mixup Bigamy Charge In Lawton
Groom Robert D. Bullock a 33 year old free surgeon faced bigamy charges after an alleged tavern wedding to Alice Elkins and a claim by Alline Bullock of Childress Texas that she was his wife with three children. Bullock sought 24 hours to consult an attorney before arraignment.
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Robert D. Bullock
Justice of Peace
Marvin Cameron
Bullock
Manville Redman
Alline Bullock
Childress
Tex
Lawton
Fort Worth
Alice Elkins
Texas
Sheffy Mahan
Hoyt Shelby
Yuma
Ariz
California
Allies Shrug Off Truce Violations In POW Swap Promises
West Berlin extended the Eisenhower food program by four days as 430,000 East Germans sought the scarce parcels. Reds intensified checks to confiscate identity papers and curb deliveries while U S food planes continued to deliver aid to the city. In Korea, the Armistice Commission said eight alleged violations were unfounded, and the exchange of more than 86,000 prisoners began plans, with withdrawal of troops into the demarcation zone under way.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Reds
U. S
United States
Hamburg
Eisenhower
Munsan
Blackshear M. Bryan
Lee Sang Cho
Thursay
ROTC Units Warned to Fly or Be Dropped
The Air Force told 13,000 college juniors in ROTC they will be dropped unless they take flight training. An extra 1,000 third-year engineers will stay and be commissioned next year. About 9,000 ROTC graduates from last month will be called to active duty in three installments starting Oct 1, with groups on Feb 1 and May 1. The Pentagon approved room for new second lieutenants as noted.
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Washington
Air Force
Reserve Officers Training Corps
John A. Hannah
Pentagon
Hannah
Defense Department
REA Official May Speak At Walters
Ander Nelson national administrator for the Rural Electric Association has been invited to give the principal address at the Cotton Electric Co-Op annual meeting on August 18 at Walters. Co-Op officials expect REA leaders from Oklahoma and nearby states to attend. Howard Bain of Chattanooga was elected to the board, succeeding H C Brenton who did not seek reelection. Leonard Ketchum of Velma retains his seat in the east half of Stephens county. A quorum failed.
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Ander Nelson
Rural Electric Association
Cotton Electric Co-Op
Walters
Co-Op
T. H. Ketels
REA
Oklahoma
Howard Bain
Chattanooga
H. C. Brenton
Indiahoma
Brenton
Leonard Ketchum
Near Velma
Stephens County
55th Artillery Massacre Victim Revealed
The Army confirmed the 555th Field Artillery Battalion was overrun by Chinese July 14 on the East Central Front during a major Korean War offensive. It suffered heavy personnel and equipment losses with only five of its 105mm howitzers remaining. Public information officers noted the unit has not been stationed at Fort Sill recently but likely trained there during World War II for a brief period.
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Seoul
555Th Field Artillery
East Central
Korea
Fort Sill
555Th
Senate Okays Immigrant Bill
The Senate approved a plan to admit 209000 refugees to the United States over three years in a 63 to 30 vote, a victory for the Eisenhower administration after a bitter fight. A companion House bill would permit 217000 refugees and other non quota immigrants, with reconciliation required before final passage.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
House
French Army encircles Viet Minh rebels along coast
In Indochina near Hanoi a French Union force of about 11,000 attacked Viet Minh positions along a coastal corridor known as the joyless route. They broke two days of fighting, trapping roughly 3,000 insurgents in a rectangle of death and halving the pocket after a dawn Tuesday assault.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Annam
City Man Wounded Before Fight Ends
Lawton man Alfred O. Whisenant was listed among 11 Oklahomans wounded in the closing days of Korean fighting in the Defense Department casualty list. Second Lt. Allen R. Boynton, a former resident, was also listed as wounded.
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Lawton
U. S
Department of Defense
M-Set
Alfred O. Whisenant
Lucille Whisenant
Oklahomo
Allen R. Boynton
New Breach Faces England And U S
Washington July 29 UP The United States and Britain clash over admitting Red China to the United Nations. Secretary of State Dulles opposes Chinese entry as a Korea unity price and says the U S could veto if needed. Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd vows to press for talks on admission.
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Washington
United Nations
John Foster Dulles
United States
China
Dulles
World Organization
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Vacation Pac offered for mail and documents
A circular advertisement explains a Vacation Pac service to store papers for travelers with or without a permanent address. It promises no extra cost and instructs to call the Circulation Department at 620 to place an order.
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Alice C. Townsend
Jefferson
Janie Bardsher
Fred Bardsher
Korean Demilitarized Zone
8Th
Demilitarized Zone
Korean Armistice Commission
Bryan
Fortice
Clarence Hara
Alumbank
Jean Holland
Americus
Carl Toker
Mt. Wolf
Pike
Senate House
House Post Office Committee
Summerfield
Army
Navy
Secretary of Defense
Panmunjom
Panmun
New Breach
England
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