Pentagon weighs moving section of air school from Fort Sill
Pentagon officials said a portion of the Army pilot training school at Fort Sill Oklahoma will move due to air saturation. Frederick air field near Fort Sill is among sites under study with a decision expected within a month. Two plans include moving fixed wing training to Frederick with existing command, or reopening a closed temporary camp. weather and proximity to the artillery center affect site choice. Additional options cited: Fort Riley Kansas Fort Knox Kentucky and San Marcos Texas.
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Higgins
Ft. Sill
Frederick
Fort Sill
Army
Ft. Riley
Kan
Ft. Knox
San Marcos
Tex
Spanish Officers Praise Yankee Firepower and Hospitality
Nine Spanish Army officers left Fort Sill after a morning visit to the Artillery Center. Led by Maj. Gen. Fermin Gutierrez de Soto, they cited American firepower and hospitality. Gutierrez de Soto received the Ancient Order of St Barbara from Brig. Gen. James F. Brittingham in a ceremonial gift, saying the visit to the school that affects the world was welcome.
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Fort Sill
Fermin Gutierrez de Soto
Central General Staff
Gutierrez de Soto
St. Barbara
James F. Brittingham
Brittingham
Amaury M. Garcia
U. S
Sill’s
Joaquin Lopez Varela
Col
Gardia
U.S
Crazed Man Kills Galveston Officer
Galveston June 11 UP Galveston Policeman A B McGaffey was shot to death at noon as officers surrounded a burning house believed set by a barricaded Negro inside Clarence Sims. Sims ran from the blaze as police closed in and fired, wrestled with another officer, then was subdued. McGaffey, a father of two, was killed. Sims earlier fired at a fireman on his porch. The gunman fled back into the burning house and out a back door as Officers McGaffey, Rivaux and Donahue moved in from the rear. He fired toward Ey Wardey before being subdued.
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Galveston
A. B. McGaffey
Clarence Sims
McGaffey
Sims
Louis Rivaux
Pat Donahue
Contempt Of Senate Charged In McCarthy Probe Clash
The hearing enters a tense phase as Jenkins accuses McCarthy of direct contradiction with a memo on Maj. Gen. Kirke Lawton removal at Ft Monmouth. McCarthy denies improper Schine pressure and rejects senatorial accusations. Flanders demands McCarthy’s ouster unless he purges contempt claims. A separate probe questioned McCarthy’s 1952 campaign-finance use.
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Washington
Ray Jenkins
Sen
McCarthy
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Jenkins
Pvt. G
David Schine
Schine
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Senate
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Government Operations Committee
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Flanders
Gen
Lawton
Army
Flanders calls McCarthy to purge self on contempt
Sen Ralph E. Flanders urged Congress to strip Sen Joseph McCarthy of chairmanships unless he purges himself of contempt for defying a Senate Rules subcommittee investigation into his finances. The Vermont Republican offered a resolution to remove McCarthy from the Government Operations Committee and bar him from leadership roles, citing income and tax questions. He announced the speech after interrupting Army McCarthy hearings and calling McCarthy out on national television, sparking a clash over testimony and past comparisons to Adolf Hitler.
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Washington
Ralph E. Flanders
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Vermont
McCarthy
Flanders
Senate Committee On Government Operations
McCar
Feag
Army-McCarthy
Hitler Flanders
Adolf Hitler
New
Possible Change In School Setup Known Here Some Time
Lawton business leader says a study of moving Fort Sill Army Aviation School is under way in Washington. Chamber of Commerce committee, Senators Kerr and Monroney, and Rep. Wickersham seek details and argue for keeping the school at Fort Sill while using Frederick air field for expansion. A delegation will travel to Washington Sunday to pursue the study.
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Army Aviation School
Fort Sill
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Military Affairs Committee
Kerr and Monroney
Victor Wickersham
Frederick Air Field
Ron Stephens
Lawton
Chamber
Frederick
City To Watch State Checker Players Meet
Oklahoma State Checker Association brings 30 top experts to Lawton with 200 dollars in prize money. E F Leister of Eldorado, 76, champion of six states, predicts victory as fans watch from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday in the Civic Room.
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Security Bank and Trust Co
Oklahoma State
Navy Jet Crash Kills Three at Memphis School
A Navy jet crash near a Memphis school killed the pilot and two people inside the building, injuring five others as the aircraft and structure erupted in flames minutes after takeoff from the base.
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Navy
Memphis
Navy Base
Comanche County fair board meets with clubs on bonds
Comanche County fair board met with Lawton civic clubs including Northwest Kiwanis Downtown Kiwanis Jaycees Optimist and Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee heads to plan support for the July 6 vote on 195000 in bonds for a new modern agricultural center. Attending were Marlin Keathley chairing the Downtown Kiwanis agriculture committee Jack Carter chamber agriculture chair and Dr Jack Spencer Jaycee agriculture chair with other members present.
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Comanche County Fair Board
Lawton
Paul Harris
Bill Sieg
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Vacation newspaper delivery services offer bundled returns
An old ad promotes keeping up with news while on vacation by sending a two week bundle of papers to a single address. It details subscription options, delivery to the vacationer, and asks readers to request Circulation for rates and specifics.
Kidnapper Trail Found In Superstitions Mountains Chase
A large Phoenix area police force followed fresh tracks of an armed kidnapper through the Superstition Mountains near Apache Junction and Florence Junction. Bloodhounds are en route as deputies, Phoenix police, and county officers resume the search for Mrs. Evelyn Ann Smith, 23, released after a $75,000 ransom paid.
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Phoenix
Ariz.p
Pinal County
Apache Junction
Florence Junction
Evelyn Ann Smith
Phoenix Pipe and Steel Company
Dutchman
Phoenix Police Department
Run
Irs
Smith
Allies Plan End to Parley at Geneva Talks
Western powers including Britain and the United States agreed on general procedure to wind up the Geneva talks as Eden meets Molotov. Bedell Smith and Eden conferred ahead of Bidault’s separate talks. Indo China talks fate undecided.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
Georges Bidault
Paris
Eden
Smith
Bidault
National Assembly
Molotov
Rhee Threatens Geneva Walkout Over Korea Talks
Seoul June 11 UP President Syngman Rhee said the time has come for South Korea to walk out of the Geneva conference. He told United Press that every additional day at the table extends the Korea problem and that Korea will end its participation in the Geneva talks.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee
United Press
Korea
Polio Victim Moved 36 Miles In Van To Oklahoma City
A 6 year old girl Martha Ann Lillard from Shawnee Oklahoma was admitted to University Hospital in Oklahoma City after a 36 mile move in a van. Her iron lung ran on a portable generator that failed near the end. She had polio since last year and had been recovering before a cold worsened her condition.
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Oklahoma City
Martha Ann Lillard
Shawnee
Okla
University Hospital
Pong
John L. Green
Martha Ann
French Planes Hit Guerrillas in Indo China Delta
French airmen struck two Vietminh guerrilla bases in the Red River Delta and an ammunitions dump at night. A French spokesman cited 50 tons of high explosives used. Mop-up operations continued against infiltrating units of Gen Vo Nguyen Giap. Gen Paul Ely arrived to take command and said he would lead the fight with the rebels.
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Hanoi
Red River
Vo Nguyen Giap
Red Command
Paul Ely
France
Indo
China
Ely
Saigon
Robert T. Young Wins Control Of New York Central
New York June 11 Robert T. Young has won control of the New York Central railroad by 1,070,000 votes according to authoritative sources cited by United Press Friday.
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New York
Robert T. Young
New York Central Railroad
United Press
Eisenhower pledges unity for program and farm aid
President Eisenhower pledged to stay everlastingly at uprooting subversion and urged political unity on his legislative program including the embattled farm price support. He urged rapid congressional approval of a potent package to combat communism. The Citizens for War II mess and allies urged voters to back Ike in 1956.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Friends of the Citizens For
Boy Found Drunk On Stolen Booze
A 10-year-old youth who claimed to have stolen whisky from a city bootlegger was found extremely ill and was taken to Southwestern hospital where his stomach was pumped after in toxication. Police picked him up on Jefferson about noon and he was later moved from the police station to the hospital. A Lawton View woman said her 13-year-old son was with the boy the night before and smelled of whiskey on returning home, claiming the other boy drank a lot. The case involves several unidentified youths and details vary in statements.
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Southwestern Hospital
Lawton View
Jefferson
Preston Williams
Gee
Williams
Man crafts fatal home death chamber ends with brief failure
Los Angeles June 11 A 24 year old laborer Ralph Shubert unemployed father of three attempted to end his life with a self built Rube Goldberg device. He bolted a pistol to a coffee table tied a gauze line to the trigger housed a sashweight and a chair while dousing the floor with gasoline and lighting a match. The improvised mechanism failed when the gauze broke and the gasoline fire went out. He was hospitalized after neighbors called police.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Shubert
Shubert
Kerr Will Speak In City Saturday
U S Sen Robert S Kerr will speak on the courthouse lawn at 4 p m Saturday in Lawton. He will discuss campaign issues including farm price supports and taxation and matters relating to Fort Sill expansion. Kerr arrives 3:30 p m at Lawton Municipal airport, then heads to Cushing after a stop here. Arthur Cavanagh Lawton attorney is county campaign manager. This is Kerr’s third Lawton visit in recent weeks with prior talks on Indian hospital changes.
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U.S
Robert S. Kerr
Sen. Kerr
Fort Sill
Lawton
Cushing
Arthur Cavanagh
Sen
Kerr
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M'Carthy Ouster
Red Hunter
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Euclid
Checker
R. T. Currell Sr
John Snowder
Marcus Burton
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Ike
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