U S Demands Soviet Release Plane Facts
The United States, in the strongest terms, protested Russia s downing of a B 50 air force plane off the Sea of Japan on July 29. Ambassador Bohlen delivered the note to Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko in Moscow, demanding information on survivors and the incident s details. Only co pilot First Lt. John Ernest Roche was rescued, as Moscow claimed the bomber violated Soviet territory near Cape Gamoy. a USA spokesman said the flight was on a navigation mission and on course. Forbes AFB identified 14 of 16 crewmen, including Capt. Stanley O Kelly and First Lt. Lloyd Wiggins.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Charles E. Bohlen
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
United States Air Force
Sea of Japan
Siberian
Cape Gamoy
Vladivostok
John Ernest Roche
UV. S. Navy
Japan
Soviet Union
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Kan
Stanley Keith O'Kelly
Margaret O’kelly
Crane
Lloyd Clayton Wiggins
Juanita Wiggins
E. Mark
Marksville
Frank Ernest Beyer
Pearl Lethia Beyer
Seadrift
Tex
General Back Home Again In Post Duties
Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Watlington returns to Fort Sill as assistant commandant of the Artillery School starting his third tour. Born in San Antonio, he grew up in Oklahoma City and recalls leaving school in 1920 after a long Oklahoma residency. A Fort Sill visit at 16 sparked his artillery career. Navy Bound I had planned to enter the See GENERAL, Page 2.
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Thomas M. Watlington
Artilery School
Fort Sill
San Antonio
Tex
Oklahoma
Tit
Oklahoma City
Central High School
Oklahoma High School
Berlin food parcels spark mass hunger march threat
West Berlin moves to distribute Eisenhower Food Packages to East Germany's 18 million as U S relief ships in 15 million program reach hungry zones. Police seize parcels and detain returnees at Potsdam station while mass hunger march leaders vow renewed defiance and possible zone revolt.
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West Berlin
Red
Berlin
U. S
Potsdam
July Weather Brought Big Shifts and Rain for Lawton
July brought unusual weather across the nation and Lawton. Comanche county ended a long drought with rains totaling 5.72 inches, the heaviest on the 21st delivering almost three inches. Temperatures swung from 104 to 58 as a three day cool spell hit the state. Humidity spiked to near 99 percent on a wet day, with Lawton’s heat moderating to 85 90s. August looked hot and dry again, with a five day outlook near normal 90s and a predicted high in the mid 90s tonight around 74.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Crown Jewels Plunder From Hohenzollern Castle
Thieves using rope ladders scaled the turret walls of Hohenzollern Castle in Hechingen Germany and stole crown jewels. The loot included the gold baton of the Hohenzollern marshals, snuff boxes of Frederick the Great robes and other priceless relics from a newly created museum. Police set roadblocks across southern Germany to catch the culprits.
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Hechingen
Germany
Hohenzollern Castle
Hohenzollern
Frederick the Great
Fourth Altus Polio Patient Diagnosed
A fourth polio patient from Altus was diagnosed at Memorial hospital today. The patient is Gary Dean Hundley three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hundley admitted Thursday and the case confirmed today. Also hospitalized are James O. Woolums 35 Altus carpenter and two of his three children Kenneth Ray seven Paula Jan 14 months with satisfactory condition.
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Altus
Memorial Hospital
Gary Dean Hundley
John L. Hundley
James O. Woolums
Altus Carpenter
Kenneth Ray
Paula Jan
Woolums
Chinese Pick First Of POWs To Be Freed
Panmunjom, Korea July 31 UP Peiping Radio said the first group of American prisoners will travel 200 miles to Panmunjom for release as part of Operation Big Switch. The broadcast named three prisoners and said British French Turkish and other non Korean captives were told to prepare for the trip.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Peiping Radio
Freedom
Red China
Pyoktong
Yalu River
Suiho Reservoir
Kaesong
United Nations
Styron Appointed Turnpike Booster in Oklahoma
Ron Stephens of Lawton southwest district chairman of the Citizens Turnpike association announces Maj. Gen. James C. Styron to head the Kiowa county campaign for early construction of three new turnpikes in Oklahoma. He named six other southwest chairmen and urged county groups to resist a public vote while arguing delaying the project by two to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Stephens
Lawton
Southwest
Citizens Turnpike Association
James C. Styron
Hobart
Kiowa
Oklahoma
Stephens
Debt hike approved by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means committee approved President Eisenhower’s request to raise the national debt limit by 15 billion dollars. The panel voted 17 to 6, signaling swift action as adjournment fever spread, while Senate opposition and timetable concerns loomed large.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Sill Fete Celebrates Army Transportation Anniversary
Fort Sill hosted over 100 army and civilian transportation leaders to mark the 11th anniversary of the Army Transportation corps. Lt. Col. Jack D. Smith presided as Col. I. Sewell Morris of St. Louis spoke for the chief of transportation. Attendees included Col. James M. Clow and Col. David W. Hayes plus Rock Island railroad officials.
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Fort Sill
Army
Army Transportation Corps
Polo Club
Jack D. Smith
I. Sewell Morris
St. Louis
Col. Morris
James M. Clow
Memphis
David W. Hayes
Artillery Center
Rock Island Railroad
Sill Fete
Polish Boy Escapes Iron Curtain on 500 Mile Trek
A 17-year-old Polish boy, Marion Ryolsky, recounts a 16 day 500 mile escape from the Soviet bloc through Poland, Czechoslovakia and East Germany. He describes dodging police, a captured friend Jan who was shot or seized, and reaching a West Berlin refugee home with support from refugees and Western broadcasts. He cites communism in schools and streets and says he hoped for a freer life after hearing Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.
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Berlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Marion Ryolsky
Jan
Polce
Marion
West Berlin
Posen
America
Voice of America
Radio Free Europe
West
Canada
United States
Ratibor
Germany
Taft Dies After Battle With Illness. Taft Farewell Echoes In Senate
News of Senator Robert A Taft's death spread through the capital as the Senate prepared to vote and mourn. Four Taft sons watched from bedside in New York as colleagues paid tributes and speculation swirled on a successor and the balance of power. The nation faced a Senate tied vote with Vice President Nixon as tiebreaker if Morse sides with Republicans. May Name Lausche Democrat governor of Ohio expected to appoint a Democrat to fill Taft's seat.
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Taft
Senate
Wayne Morse
Ind
Ore
Morse
GOP
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Nixon
Eisenhower
Tobey
New Hampshire
Lausche
Taft Death Sparks Nation Mourning Across Congress
President Eisenhower called Robert A Taft death a tragic loss to America and joined Mrs Taft in mourning at Georgetown. The Senate and House paused as leaders and colleagues remembered Taft, a longtime GOP figure known for integrity, expertise in government, and influence on policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
America
Ohio
New York
White House
Taft
Georgetown
Robert A. Taft
Taft Dies of Cancer After Long Senate Leadership
New York reports Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio died at 63 after a rapid decline from malignant tumors. He passed at New York Hospital at 9:30 a.m. CST with four sons beside him. Taft had stepped down from majority leader in June due to illness. The Senate stood 47 Democrats, 46 Republicans, and one Independent.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Martha
Washington
Senate
Tion
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Disaster Feeding Class Set At Sill
About fifty Oklahoma volunteers will learn mass feeding for disaster survivors in a three day Fort Sill course August 27. The program mirrors a pilot course at Fort Lee and covers emergency water purification waste disposal food safety and mess layout. Students will split by gender with housing arrangements by the 1st Officer Student Battery and the WAC Battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Fort Lee
Sill
WAC
Taft Dies Shaping Post Taft Era in Senate
Taft’s death removes a central figure who helped Mold Senate leadership and domestic policy. The piece notes his role as Republican leader and the lasting impact of the Taft Hartley Act on labor, and mentions his rise from Cincinnati roots to Yale student days before joining national politics.
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Morse
Nixon
Taft
GOP
Senate
Sen. Vandenberg
Rmich
Cincinnati
Yale
Lee Taft
Women's Division Rules For Comanche County Fair
The Home Demonstration clubs women's division at the Comanche county Free Fair Sept 17 19 announced entry rules and dates. Entries are received Sept 17 from 8 am to 1 pm with judging to follow closing time. Each group into a separate class one entry per class per club. Class A food preservation Class B clothing exhibits home management includes rugs curtains draperies and household furnishings finishing. Family life exhibits show progress of an individual or family project over the past See FAIR Page 2.
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Comanche County
Clara Kelley
Zhukov Trio Seizes Power In Soviet Union Reports
London reports quote a trio of war heroes led by Georgi Zhukov taking real power in the Soviet Union. The Evening News says Premier Malenkov relies on Marshal Zhukov Vasilevsky and Sokolovsky, with Bulganin fading out. They reportedly favor peace with the West.
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London
Georgi K. Zhukov
Sea Union
Tony
Churchill
Foreign Office
L. P. Beria
Georgi M. Malenkov
Lord Rothermere
C. F. Melville
Winston
Zhukov
A. M. Vasilevsky
Vasily D. Sokolovsky
Berlin
Vasilevsky
Joseph Stalin
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Bulganin
Stalin
Melville
West
Russia
Farm Prices Hold To Level
Prices farmers received for crops remained unchanged through July 15 while cattle hogs milk and eggs rose. Declines in fruit and truck crops and other crops offset gains leaving overall farm price parity at 93 percent of the 1910 14 base. Farm price index stands at 259 percent of the 1910 14 base.
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Washington
Agrculture Department
Vacation Pac offers paper storage with no extra cost
An advertisement promotes a Vacation Pac service for travelers with or without a permanent address. It promises to securely save papers in a neat package until return home and instructs calling the Circulation Department at 620 to place an order.
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Watlington
Blackshear M. Bryan
Military Armistice Commission
Bryan
Styron
House Group
Oks
Senate Finance Committee
Army Transportation
Ohioan
Sen
Robert A Taft
Burke
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Price
Michael V. DiSalle
Charles P. Taft
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Thomas A. Jenkins
Robio
Jenkins
Robert Taft
Sen. Knowland
California
Hush Falls
Knowland
Rep
Demos
The
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