Mendes-France Forms New French Cabinet Bid
Pierre Mendes-France, 47, nominated by President Rene Coty to form France's 20th postwar cabinet after Laniel's resignation. He seeks to cut Indo-China expenditures and slow Europe military buildup, facing doubt over securing majority in a divided National Assembly. Mendes-France aims to negotiate with Ho Chi Minh to end the war in Indo-China.
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Parisp
Pierre Mendes
National Assembly
Laniel
Mendes-France
Assembly
Coty
France
Elysee Palace
White House
Boulevard Job To Be Finished In Seven Weeks
The Fort Sill Blvd expansion near Cache Road is on track for completion by August first. Floyd Freeman of Harold Redding and Associates said the project should be turned to State Highway Department engineers in seven weeks with concrete slabs poured for lanes and ramps, bridge work underway and shoulders and grassing planned.
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Fort Sill Blvd
Floyd Freeman
Harold Redding and Associates
State Highway Department
Cache Road
Gate 3
Freeman
Geneva Parley Nearing End After High Level Talks
The Geneva Conference neared its end as Molotov and Eden held a close hour long talk. The Indo China group would meet this afternoon, Korea session set for tomorrow, with diplomats noting the Indo China talks would stay secret. Western delegates viewed progress as limited and warned that talks with the Communists may be futile without a new French government.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Anthony Eden
A Bomb Drill Sweeps U S Capital And Cities
Washington and 54 cities were put through a simulated atomic attack as officials and citizens tested civil defense procedures. President Eisenhower and staff sheltered underground while municipalities halted traffic and relied on teletyp e links and communications networks for warning and coordination. The nationwide drill included a 3 day exercise with evacuations in Kansas City and a fictional outcome where targets were destroyed and citizens killed or wounded.
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Western Union
Washington
Chicago
New York
Secret Service
Congress
Pentagon
Defense Department
Defense Wilson
Kansas City
Mob Misses Sheriff Killer
An angry crowd gathered at the Adair County Courthouse as police reported 21 year old Indian Chester Lee Gonzalis signed a statement admitting he shot Sheriff Henry Buckner to death Saturday night in a drunken rage. Gonzalis was not present and was taken to a protected cell. The statement said he returned home in Fogg Hollow, called for help, grabbed an axe, fled, then lay in wait and fired one shot from his position in the bushes nearby.
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Stilwell
Okla
Adair County
Henry Buckner
Chester Lee Gonzalis
Gonzalis
Fogg Hollow
Buckner
Claude Seymour
Crime Bureau
Troops Called Out As Mexicans Rebel
Federal troops kept uneasy truce near Matamoros as landless peasants seized three plantations from owners. No violence since Friday, when Maj. Aurelio Nunez Alonso, an envoy of President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, was killed and three others wounded.
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Matamoros
Mexico
Aurelio Nunez Alonso
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Area Due Two Days Of Heat Predicted
The forecast calls for cloudy and continued warmth through Monday and Tuesday. A chance of thundershowers is listed for Monday afternoon and night, with cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms expected in the east and north central portions Monday night. Highs are projected to reach 90 to 95, with Monday night lows around 67 to 72 as winds accompany the clouds.
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Oklahoma
Two Fort Sill Men Die In Grady County Crash
Two Fort Sill service members died when the auto they rode in left U S Route 62 west of Blanchard Grady County Sunday night Corporal Norbert Rozek 21 of Green Bay Wisconsin and Sergeant Robert Butler 25 of Oklahoma City were killed. A Lawton man William Brown 33 was critically injured in a three car crash on U S 62 east of Altus as his brother Henry 37 drove and suffered serious injuries. Trooper R W Bowers said Brown tried to pass a truck as the other truck was passing another car. Butler survived by wife Ruth Mae and a daughter Janet both of Artillery Village. Butler and he were members of the 424th Ordnance Company Fort Sill. A Kan 30 man from Independence died in the state See CRASHES Page 2.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Robert Lee Butler
Oklahoma City
Cpl
Norbert T. Rozek
Green Bay
Wis
U.S. 62
Blanchard
Grady County
William Brown
Altus
Brown
Henry
R. W. Bowers
Butler
Ruth Mae Butler
Janet
Artillery Village
424Th
Ord. Co
Independence
Kan
Chamber Members To Give Opinion On United Fund
Lawton Chamber of Commerce will mail a lengthy questionnaire to members to gauge support for a proposed annual United Fund drive unifying the Community Chest Red Cross and polio TB campaigns. The study identified benefits in reducing campaign costs while opponents fear reduced agency identity and control. The board will present survey results to members.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Community Chest
Red Cross
Chamber
Se Wolverton
George Page
Jerry Mustain
National Polio Foundation
Amber
Former FBI Agent Carr Links Army to Schine Hostage Tactic
Former FBI agent Francis P. Carr testified at the Army McCarthy hearings that he believed as early as December 9 the Army planned to use Pvt. G. David Schine as leverage to halt investigators probing Reds in the Army. Carr, chief of staff for the Mc subcommittee, said Army Counselor John G. Adams described Schine as a hostage to pressure the panel.
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Francis P. Carr
Army
Pvt. G. David Schine
Carr
John G. Adams
Sen
Carthy
Stevens
Mcsubcommittee
Len Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Schine
Ft. Dix
McCarthy
Adams
Pentagon
Roy M. Cohn
Argee
Aa Stevens
McCarthy Army
Sen. McCarthy
FBI
Ee Dome
Secretary of the Army
Senate Dems doom bid to strip McCarthy of chairmanships
Washington reports a hands off Senate Democratic leadership effectively ends Sen. Flanders plan to remove Sen. McCarthy from the Government Operations and Investigations chairmanships. GOP Leader Knowland signals no move against McCarthy and Lyndon Johnson reportedly sees McCarthy as a Republican problem, dampening chances of action.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Flanders
R-Wi
McCarthy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Wisconsin
Government Operations Committee
Vermont
Cooper
Kentucky
Sen. Hennings
Missouri
Democrat
Valley Forge
Congress
City Recreation Program Begins
The city starts its summer program with biweekly concerts by the Lawton Municipal band on the courthouse lawn and youth dances in Lincoln Park, plus adult dances at Sixth and Columbia. The effort is run by the recreation and park departments with the Lawton-Fort Sill Recreation Council and the Lawton school system.
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Eas
Lawton-Fort Sill Recreation Council
Lawton
Lincoln Park
Paul Tate
Louis Sexton
Juanita Doiron
Columbia
Square Omnes
Thursand
Insurgents Seize Yanaon Town From French Rule
The Indian Foreign Ministry reported rebels from Indian territory seized the town of Yanaon north of Pondicherry, with several wounded. It stated France was deprived of sovereign authority there and noted no French authorities were present at the capture.
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Paris
Yanaon
Pondichery
India
Foreign
France
Red Arms Shipment Seized At Hamburg
The U S high commission announced six tons of Swiss antiaircraft shells bound for Guatemala were held in Hamburg free port. German authorities said they were listed as 20 millimeter dummy shells without explosives. American officials believed they were live ammunition. The consignment arrived May 20 on the Coburg and was stopped on the U S request. The ship sailed without cargo and Free Port officials said the shipment remains under supervision. Lassen and Co. claimed the shells were dummy ammunition.
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Hamburg
Germany
U.S. High Commission
Guatemala
Coburg
U. S. High Commission
Albert Bozenhard
Lassen and Co
Lassen
Federal Transit Ministry
Hamburg-America Line
U. S
Mental Hospital Escapees Captured
Two male patients who escaped from Eastern State Hospital Saturday near Vinita Oklahoma were captured. Officials had no immediate details on their capture or plans. Identifications included John P and others, with limited information available.
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Vinita
Okla
Eastern State Hospital
Ester Springs
Kan
John P Tg
Ol A. Ces Nannies
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Don B. Jones
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Deborah Hald
Francis A. Hald
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Korea
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Britain
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N.J
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New York City
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