Red Jet Shoots Belgian Plane Near Yugoslav Frontier
A Belgian DC3 freight plane carrying pedigreed pigs from Britain to Belgrade was shot at near the Austrian Yugoslav frontier. Two crew were injured. a Belgian radio operator died. The attack, described as by Soviet fighters possibly MiG jets, occurred as the plane landed at Graz after being hit over Maribor or Murska Sobota. A second Sabena transport continued to Belgrade.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Belgrade
Britain
Yugoslavia
Graz
Maribor
Murska Sobota
Sabena
Legation
Belsree
Marshal Tito
Greece
D. Wilson
Arsene Devreese
Joseph Clauwaert
Victor Sluyts
32 Students Learn Bus Driving Safety
Thirty two area high school students near Lawton attend Cameron college's second annual school bus driver training institute. Officials from Cameron, the state board of education finance division, and the Oklahoma department of public safety lead sessions on driver qualifications, road markings, accident reporting, driving skills, and first aid. Demonstrations show fuel economy and safe driving, with talks by Henry A. Vaughn Lt Charles Rice and Lt K O Rayburn.
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Frank Walbridge
Central High
Curtis Plumbtree
Elgin
Wes Miller
Cameron College
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
Lawton
School of Instruction
Cameron
State Board of Education
Henry A. Vaughn
Charles Rice
State Department of Public Safety
K. O. Rayburn
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lawton Highway Patrol
Miller
Wesley L. Camp
O.B. Patterson
The
Highway Patrol
T. E. Lauderdale
Sit of Schools
Cache
C. Ver- Lee Schools
Cadet Watlington To Get Gold Bars
Cadet Sgt. Thomas M. Watlington son of Brig Gen and Mrs Thomas M Watlington Fort Sill will graduate from the U S Military Academy West Point June 8 He will receive a bachelor of science degree and be commissioned second lieutenant in the infantry Watlington was active in art camera glee French and Spanish clubs at the academy He graduated Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring Md He was appointed to West Point by former Sen Millard W Tidings Gen Watlington and Mrs Watlington will be at West Point to see their son graduate.
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Thomas M. Watlington
Fort Sill
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Infantry
Watlington
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring
Millard W. Tidings
Maryland
Artillery School
Indians Immune To Lie Detector Tests
Oklahoma City report says full blooded Indians show no reaction to lie detector tests due to a stoic nature. Dr. H. H. Donahue and O. K. Bivins study bureau records to publish findings. mixed heritage Indians show some response, research aims to verify if truth serum works none.
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Oklahoma City
H. H. Donahue
Crime Bureau
O. K. Bivins
Donahue
Bivins
Two Women Face Robbery Counts in Lawton
Preliminary hearing set for June 11 at 2 p m before Peace Justice Marvin Cameron for Sarah Stewart 39 and Virginia Carter 22 both Lawton residents charged with robbery by force and fear. Bond set at 5000 each in connection with the Tuesday night attack on John Tyree said $60 was taken and a knife used. two other men were allegedly robbed that night.
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Lawton
Marvin Cameron
Sarah Stewart
Washington
Virginia Carter
Cameron
John Tyree
R. F. Culler
Wichita Falls
Allied Military Chiefs Meet On Asia Crisis
Washington Pentagon hosted chiefs of staff from the United States Britain France Australia and New Zealand for five or six days of exploratory talks on Southeast Asia. They discussed possible military steps to halt Communist advances in Indochina but limited any plans to actions already decided by state leaders and diplomats. Secretary Wilson noted the discussions were more political than military and suggested Asians view Southeast Asia as tied to colonial legacies.
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Washington
Pentagon
Wilson
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
American State Department
Far East
East Asia
Harris Is Released To Deputy Marshal
County officials turned Charles F. Harris a 24 year old Fort Hood soldier over to U S Deputy Marshal Berry F Miller for transport to Oklahoma County jail in Oklahoma City. He is charged with the Sunday morning murder of Earl Hawkins 55 of Lawton and will await a preliminary hearing on a second degree death charge. Harris received $5 from an unknown benefactor.
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Charles F. Harris
Fort Hood
U. S
Berry F. Miller
Harris
Earl Hawkins
Lawton
Miller
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City
Hoyt Shelby
New Jersey GOP Consider Troopers to Force Assembly Vote
In Trenton the New Jersey Assembly GOP debated using state police to compel vote on extra school aid as 20 Democratic members held a sit down strike in Gov Meyner's office. Assemblyman Clifford Thomas said he could arrest absent Democrats with troopers if they stay away from Monday's session.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Assembly
New Jersey
Assembly
Robert B Meyner
Meyner
Clifford Thomas
Thomas
Air Force Academy sites narrowed to three early picks
A commission named Alton Illinois Colorado or Lake Geneva as possible locations for the 126 million Air Force Academy. Talbott will choose within a month after inspecting each site. Lindbergh and other leaders joined in praising the study and urging careful land and construction reviews. In a separate matter Roy M. Cohn charged that Atty Gen Brownell or his assistant instigated Army McCarthy hearings, calling it a stacked deck.
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Washington
Air Force Academy
The
Air
Alton
Ill
Colorado
Colo
Lake Geneva
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Talbott
Anlne
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Carl A. Spaatz
Hubert R. Harmon
Merrill C
Hearst Corp
Chicago
Virgil M. Hancher
Iowa University
Eisenhower
West Point of the Air
Roy M. Cohn
Brownell
McCarthy
Cohn
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Army
M Y
McCarthy Subcommittee
Arma
the Army
Stevens
John G. Adams
Jackson
Condon testifies security review not about loyalty
Former Bureau of Standards head A Condon said government contracts were not an issue in the security review. He denied being the weakest link in atomic security and said he has not advised on classified material since leaving government service. He cited ongoing questions about his access rights amid Oppenheimer findings.
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Corning
N.Y
Oan
A. Condon
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Defense
Corning Ee
Navy
de- Ss Eee
United Ee
Condon
Bureau of Standards Post
Come Here
House UN- American Activities Committee
Dr. Oppenheimer
Los
Government
Texas twister injures ten near Paris Texas
A rural Texas community near Paris was hit by a tornado, injuring ten people including Loretta Cooper, 14, and seven other Cooper family members. The child suffered severe head injuries and possible back fracture after being hurled 250 yards by the funnel.
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Paris
Tex
Texas
Loretta Cooper
Don Lewis
LaMar General Hospital
Leola Cooper
Tom
Geneva Talks Stall Over Red Role in Truce Police Force
The nine party Far Eastern conference faced a fresh deadlock as Western and Communist delegates clashed over Communist participation in the Indo China armistice policing body. Molotov pressed for inclusion while Bidault urged the commission to oversee all cease fire aspects including port policing and frontline checks.
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Geneva
Indochina
Russia
Truce Supervision Commission
V. M. Molotov
Bidault
Pham Tux de Dong
Vietminh
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Molotov
Nee
Georges Bidault
Commission
China
Rebels Wipe Out 200 Vietnamese Forces Near Hung Son
French High Command reports three Vietminh battalions struck along the Viet Nam coast, wiping out 200 Vietnamese National Army troops and mauling 100 more. The attack hit two companies at Hung Son, forcing a retreat to Ae Rieng after a brief engagement near the coast 220 miles south of Hanoi.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Viet Nam
Hung Son
Hanoi
Ae Rieng
E Rieng
Fair Skies, Cool Weather To Stay
A cold front with stiff north winds moved into southern Oklahoma dipping readings as low as 42 at Guymon and 53 in Lawton today. The cool front chased tornado weather prompting a storm alert for the southeast part of the state. Forecasts show continued fair weather through Friday with cooler temperatures this afternoon and warmer Friday. Today's high was expected near 75 after yesterday's 82.
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Oklahoma
Guymon
Lawton
Youth Center in Lawton Seeks $3000 to Complete
An appeal was issued to students parents civic groups and businessmen for a small financial push to finish Lawton s proposed Youth Center. Plans bids are in but about 3000 short for a turnkey job Rev Elbert Whitwell president of the Lawton-So-Sill Recreational Council said four contractor bids were opened Wednesday Ike Williams local builder had the low bid at 36500 total cost fixed at 33 Present funds total 35. Contract cannot be let until the extra money is raised. Other bidders included Chapman Construction Co Porter Brothers and John Jennings and Son.
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Lawton
Elbert Whitwell
Law- So Sill Recreational Council
Recreation Council
Ike Williams
Chapman Construction Co
Porter Brothers
John Jennings and Son
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