Weatherman Sings New Song Cloudy With Showers Tonight
Forecast calls for showers across southern Oklahoma with cooler highs in Lawton near 90s and a majority of the state fair or hot. Kingfisher led with 106 degrees as Oklahoma City dipped to around 70 overnight, with five day outlook easing temps to just under 100 and scattered weekend rain.
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Mike Nishimuta
Paul Nishimuta
Taft
Lawton
Oklahoma
Isiana Gulf Coast
Nebraska
Kansas
Kingfisher
Hobart
Enid
Ponca City
Gage
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Comanche County Wheat Crop Brings In 1.5 Million
Final figures from the US Department of Agriculture show Comanche County farmers harvested a wheat crop valued at more than 1.5 million dollars from 55,696 acres planted on 1,363 farms. With an average of 14 bushels per acre the output neared 779,744 bushels and at 22 dollars per bushel the value exceeds 5.13 million.
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Department of Agriculture
Comanche County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
U.S. Atom Arsenal Tax Bill Heads To White House
The Atomic Energy Commission says the atomic arsenal is growing rapidly and uranium production is up while reactor work at Savannah River and submarine nuclear power plans advance. Congress completes action on a major tax overhaul sending the bill to President Eisenhower for signature with extensive cuts and maintained corporate rate.
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U.S
White House
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
AEC
Savannah River
S.C
Nautilus Avy
Navy
Eisenhower
Senate
Dworshak
Idaho
Langer
Alliams
Del
Sen
Morse
Ind-ore
Senate Democrats Fractured Over Pro Tem Choice in 1955 Oklahoma
Oklahoma City July 30 Senate Democrats struggle between Ray Fine of Gore and Don Baldwin of Anadarko for resident pro tempore of the 1955 session. Fine leads with 19 supports, needs 21. Baldwin has about 14 with seven undecided. Governor nominee Gary Neutral Raymondary stays neutral, backing both and offering to name the loser as floor leader. Fine calls caucus to muster votes ahead of the legislature meeting while Gary backs House speaker candidate Bill Harkey.
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Oklahoma City
Senate Democrats
Ray Fine
Gore
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Fine
Baldwin
Gary
Raymondary
Senate
Sparks Gary
Sparks
House
Oklahoma
Sheriff Wins OK for County Radio Station
Sheriff Everett Hale announced that the county may soon obtain a Federal Communications Commission license and call letters for a new short wave radio station. Rep. Victor Wickersham traced the delay to missing clearance by Lawton's FCC board, with the Fort Worth regional office awaiting action. Hale stated approval is imminent after his submittal of local clearance.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Everett Hale
Victor Wickersham
Wickersham
Lawton
Fort Worth
Hale
Oklahoma City Short Wave ‘Communications Co
Cleara
Ada club to return to league after two game series
Imorence samfora president of the Ada Sooner State league announces the Herefords will drop from the league and the Braves will not travel to Ada for a two game series set for Monday and Tuesday. Samford says he will return the Ada club to the league tomorrow night. Paris Texas has already turned down the Ada franchise after repeated league refusals this year.
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Imorence Samfora
Lawton
Herefords
Braves
Ada
Samford
Cy Stewart
Paris
Tex
Texas City
Colorful Army Vet Recalls Geronimo Battle in City Meeting
Army veteran Robert Henry Escott of Teddy’s Rough Riders and G M Brooks of the 18th Infantry met in the Chamber of Commerce office. Escott, born 1875 in Rochester, recalled fighting Apache in 1890 and planned a Las Vegas reunion August 3-10. They discussed old times, travel to Dodge City and Arkon, and future hunts with his companion.
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Robert Henry Escott
Jensen Beach
Fla
G. M. Brooks
Lawon
Escott
Las Vegas
N.M
10Th
Fort Sill
Brooks
Roughrider
Geronimo
Roberteriio Henry Escott
Teddy Roughriders
10Th Infantry Division
Chamber of Commerce
18Th
Prohibit
N. M
Teddy
Roughriders
Kansas
Escotts
Dodge City
Kan
Arkon
Colo
10Th Infantry
Rochester
N. Y
Buffalo
Army
Gary joins push for drought relief in Oklahoma
Oklahoma gubernatorial hopeful Raymond Gary said he will back Gov. Johnston Murray and the Oklahoma delegation in asking the federal government to declare the state a drought disaster area. He cited the drought as the worst since 1896 and urged emergency federal aid for farmers.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Gary
Sill Advanced Class To Eat Juicy Buffalo
The second annual buffalo barbecue and party for members of the new Advanced officers class and their wives will be held Friday evening September 10 at Lake Quanah Parker. Emmett heads the organizing committee with Frank Kitchens James G Knox and A J Rawlings as members. Tickets at 10 per couple go on sale to civilian residents to help defray costs. Maj Gen Edward T Williams and Col John Hector are noted guests.
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Buffalo
Lake Quanah Parker
Military Affairs Committee
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Emmett
Frank Kitchens
James G. Knox
A. J. Rawlings
Artillery Center
Desii
Edward T. Williams
John Hector
Nixon backs plan to probe McCarthyism
Washington July 30. Senator Ralph Flanders agreed to delay action on his censure resolution against Senator Joseph McCarthy to allow foreign aid work to proceed. Senator H Alexander Smith quoted Vice President Nixon as supporting a substitute plan to investigate McCarthy, while Flanders pushes for censure. McCarthy remained silent aside from a brief remark on Smith and a dig at Smith's proposal for a Nixon headed committee.
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Washington
Ralph FE. Flanders
R-Vt
Joseph K. McCarthy
Senate
H. Alexander Smith
Nixon
Smith
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Senate Investigacy Subcommittee
Flanders
Smit
R-V1
MclCarthy
Ireeline
Stranger Attacks Man Outside Delores Tap Room
Daniel Emuschott told Police Sgt. Eugene Gale that a stranger slapped him in the face several times in front of Delores tap room at 216 D. today. The assailant ripped the car radio aerial, smashed the windshield, and broke the side mirror. Police are investigating.
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Daniel Emuschott
Eugene Gale
Delores Tap Room
Mike Tsutais Dream Comes True As He Arrives Stateside
After three years in a prisoner of war camp, Kyo hito Tsutai known as Mike, is set to arrive in San Francisco and travel to Fort Sill to meet Maj. Marin Green and fellow veterans. Promised education and possible citizenship, Mike’s loyalty to the United States fueled his hope for a future in America. The arrival marks the culmination of Operation Little Switch and Bi Switch transfers that brought him home from Korea where he was captured in July 1950.
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Kyohito
Mike” Tsutai
United
Marin W. Green
469Th Field Artillery Battalion
Mike
63D Field Artillery Battalion
Korea
Reen
America
Maj
Green
Ifay
Major Green
Freedom
Msgt
Austin B. Flack
63D
Tokyo
San Francisco
Jesse Booker
Fort Sill
Maj. Green
American Officials Decry Red China Insults in Diplomatic Spat
Washington officials blasted Red China for a studied insult amid protests over the shooting down of a British airliner and a Red fighter attack on US rescue planes. The State Department noted Chinese notes were delivered via a British intermediary. Three Americans were killed and three wounded in the airliner incident.
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Washington
Red China
United States
South China Sea
Chang Han-Fu
Humphrey Yan
Peiping
State Department
Trevelyan
Trevel
City Council Clears Way for Highway Work
City council cleared the way for early next week contract letting on the U S 62 277 project by authorizing Mayor to enter a state highway easement agreement. State to award contracts for expansion Tuesday. easements obtained through Chamber of Commerce roads committee efforts. alternative 7 foot easement near U S 62 and Fort Sill intersection discussed.
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Joseph
State Highway Department
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Laura Fields Trust
Brigadier General Horton Set for Arrival Tonight
Brig. Gen. John B. Horton, new deputy commanding general of the Artillery Center, is due in this evening. Horton previously led the Fourth Infantry Division artillery in Germany and has held multiple assignments including at Fort Bliss and Fort Bragg, with earlier service dating back to 1931.
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John B. Horton
James F. Brittingham
Horton
Germany
CCC
French Creek
Sill
Sill For An Assignment With the First Field Artillery
Fourth FA
Fort Bragg
N.C
Virginia Military Institute
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Ort Bliss
Tex
Third Army
San Antonio
Gen. Horton
52Nd FA
Camp
Forest Fire Rages At Antlers Ranch
Antlers Oklahoma with high Gulf Coast winds fuel a blaze at the X.T. Bar Ranch east of town. Volunteers man two tractors and other equipment as the fire spreads despite efforts to contain it.
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Antlers Ranch
Antlers
Okla
Gulf Coast
X.T. Bar Ranch
Three Dapper Gunmen Escape With Cash From Bank Robbery
Three well dressed gunmen robbed Farmers National Bank of Brick yesterday taking 22000 in paper sacks. They fled in a stolen car toward Texas Panhandle as Oklahoma and Texas officers set up road blocks aided by patrol cars and an airplane but the trio escaped. Witnesses noted the men wore suits in the 100 degree heat.
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Reatly
Farmers’s National Bank of Brick
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Texas
Tio
Bandits Escape From Hutchinson Jail
Two inmates escaped from Hutchinson prison in Kansas, with authorities pursuing them. Reports indicate a car tire incident involving officers and the fugitives, as two accomplices are said to be involved.
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Hutchinson
Finday
Cottingham
Wichita
Kan
al To
Batchelor Faces Three New Court Martial Charges
SAN ANTONIO July 30 Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas a former GI who defected after Korea is charged with three new offenses under the Articles of War. He faces a court martial on August 16. The charges were filed June 21 and two related Article 105 charges were revived.
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San Antonio
Tex
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Batchelor
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