U S Pours Combat Versions Of H Bombs Into Arsenal
The Atomic Energy Commission reports six months of rapid growth in nuclear weapon stockpiles and fuels, signaling progress toward an atomic airplane and a broader atoms for peace program. It notes a potential atomic aircraft engine by 1957 and a flight by 1958, and emphasizes genetic threats from fallout alongside strides toward a nuclear powered economy.
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Atomic Cannons and Rockets Prompt Japan Row in Diet
Six US Army 280 mm atomic cannons and 726 mm rockets arrived at Okinawa, triggering parliamentary heat as officials questioned Washington about atomic munitions. Japan’s Hatoyama denied a secret agreement and said official confirmation was sought. Shigemitsu urged clarity while undisclosed bases and future stationing remained unsettled. Meanwhile Oklahoma Governor Gary halted future prison leaves without Pardon and Parole Board approval, following controversy over a six day leave for Jim Cox.
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Pardon and Parole Board
Jim Cox
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State Penitentiary
Gary
LeFlore
United Press
Oklahoma City
Manville Redman
Redman
McLeod
Perry Lumber Yard Destroyed By Fire
Perry Oklahoma UP The manager of this citys first lumber yard reported the loss at 200000 from a fire Thursday night. Tom R Blades manager of Long Bell Lumber Co appraised the damage and believed the business would be rebuilt. The building was 58 years old.
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Long Bell Lumber Co
Pay hike checks ready at Fort Sill
First civil service pay increases voted by Congress will be issued to Fort Sill civilian employees today with two payroll periods. About half receive pay today, the other half next Friday. Back pay for the retroactive increase will be included in an additional check.
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Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Navy Recruiter Sees Lawton Grow After 17 Years Away
Chief Petty Officer Bob Crandall, long at sea after leaving Lawton in 1938, returns as a Navy recruiter. He marvels at the changed city after a day of tour sights and plans a two year assignment, possibly ten, in Lawton. His father Claude Crandall and wife Matilda See CRANDALL, Page 2.
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Bob Crandall
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Korea
Claude ©. Crandall
San Antonio
Tex
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Navy
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Housing Bill Is Last Issue Before Solons
The House moved to the final major matter blocking adjournment, taking up an omnibus housing bill that includes President Eisenhower's plan for 70 000 new public housing units in two years and 20 000 for the elderly, while Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott proposed a substitute to extend basic housing laws with no new public housing. The Senate backed far more housing, approving 572 000 units in four or five years. The President's bill faced an uncertain fate in the House, though compromise likely.
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Eisenhower
Jesse P. Wolcott
R-Mich
Senate
Talbott
South Pike Seen five Years Away
Mead Norton, chairman of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, told Shawnee Lions Club a toll road from central Oklahoma to the Texas border linking Fort Worth Dallas with Oklahoma City and Tulsa would take at least five years. He cited the need for feasible engineering data and cautious banker financing amid political instability in the Southwest.
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Gaines To Seek Freedom On Writ
Leo Gaines a 56 year old Lawton man charged with murder seeks temporary freedom at a writ of habeas corpus hearing before District Judge Toby Morris. He is jailed without bond in Comanche County for the death of Daisey Mae Johnson, 52, when she was struck by his automobile on July 10. The writ states guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt and requests release until trial.
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Lawton
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Gaines
Daisey Mae Johnson
Durward F. Mathis
Comanche County
Johnson
Turncoats Return to Arrest in San Francisco
Three American turncoats who embraced and later spurned life in Communist China arrive in the United States aboard the SS President Cleveland and face immediate arrest. GIs Lewis Griggs William A Cowart and Otho G Bell are to be held for pre trial investigation by Lt General Robert N Young Sixth Army. They are charged with aiding the enemy informing on fellow prisoners and conspiring to desert, offenses from 1950 51 to their 1954 dishonorable discharge, with possible life or death sentences. The charges are not tied to their rejection of repatriation.
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China
United States
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Jacksonville
Tex
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Dalton
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
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State Department
Red China
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Army
Brothers Kill Man To Clear Robbery Path
AUSTIN UP Two brothers Calvin Raymond White and Charlie White face murder charges after the 78-year-old Travis county rancher Felix B Heidel was garroted and buried in a sand filled grave east of Bastrop. Heidel was found missing Monday and the brothers were arrested after attempting to sell Heidel ranch cattle below market value for cash.
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Travis County
Felix B. Heidel
Bastrop
Tex
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Charlie White
Heidel
See Brothers
Fire Department Relic Retired At Central Station
A Central station rescues a long serving relic a 1920s 30s era refrigerator retired by the fire department jokes from the crew that it had served under Mayor Uncle Jim Kennard. A new 11 cubic foot box with a large freezer replaces it.
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Jim Kennard
Help Wanted Classified Ad Tips
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Chief Approves Plans For Building Installing Man Made Satellites
Israelis demand accountability after Bulgaria agrees to pay partial compensation for the airliner shot down near the Greek Bulgarian border. Fifty eight dead including 12 Americans. Bulgarian note expresses regret and sets up a commission to probe the accident while Israeli investigators are barred from entering Bulgaria. Baruch Nir allowed to visit the scene.
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Eisenhower approves plan for first man made satellites
President Eisenhower endorses development of the world’s first man made satellites about basketball size to carry instruments. Planned launch within about two years remains uncertain who builds or launches them. Objects may orbit 200 to 300 miles up at 18 000 mph, possibly disintegrating after days.
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Eisenhower
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White House
Heat to Continue for Five Days Across State
The forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies and hot conditions for the next five days from Saturday to Wednesday, with temperatures about 3 to 5 degrees above normal. Highs range from 95 to 100 degrees, tonight’s low near 75, and today’s 11 am reading at 92. Thursday posted the hottest day, 104 degrees in McAlester.
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Ike Says GOP Can Rule Forever If United in Principles
President Eisenhower told Republican lawmakers at a Statler Hotel breakfast that the GOP can rule the national administration forever if it stays united on widely accepted principles. He dismissed claims of overoptimism from Geneva summit talk and urged a positive home message focused on highway and school construction, health programs, and national strength while pursuing peace.
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Eisenhower
GOP
Geneva
Statler
Leonard W. Hall
White House
United States
Lawton Four Day Rodeo Prep With Burnette Visit
Rodeo producer Tommy Steiner is due in Lawton this weekend to finalize plans for the August 3 to 6 event at LO ranch. Stock arrivals and comic cowboy Smiley Burnette are expected, with Burnette arriving Sunday from Hollywood to the Lawtonian rodeo headquarters. Advance tickets at the Ducat booth are selling briskly, with prices 1.25 dollars plus 0.50 for reserved seats, children 60 cents, and gate ducats at 1.50. About 3,250 dollars in prize money is budgeted for top performers as Kiwanis clubs prepare concessions.
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Lawton
LO Ranch
Smiley Burnette
Burnette
Lawtonian Rodeo
Hollywood
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Kiwanis
Bethany Boy Admits Rifle Incident Kills Neighbor
Oklahoma City officials weigh actions for 16 year old Joe Chafin after he admitted firing a rifle that fatally wounded 57 year old Mable Carroll of Bethany. Carroll died after brain wound. Chafin was taken into custody five hours later.
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Oklahoma County
Mable Carroll
Bethany
Joe Chafin
Weather Forecast Clear to Partly Cloudy With Heat
The area will stay hot with highs between 95 and 100 today and Saturday. Lows around 74 to 75 tonight. An 11 am reading reached 92 and Thursday’s high was 98.
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