Underground Cable Work Under Way From Duncan to Lawton
Work began Monday on a new 100000 foot underground cable to Lawton from near the Duncan Lawton Y. Daniel Kile Lawton district construction foreman for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. announces the project costing about 1656000 dollars. The route runs through a region prone to sleet storms that have disrupted long distance service. Six bulldozers are building terraces and laying the Lawton cable under the supervision of constructor Lamar Co Horton.
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Lawton
Duncan-Lawton “Y
Daniel Kile
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma City
Co Horton
General Inspects Armory Progress
Maj. Gen. Roy W. Kenney Oklahoma National Guard adju tant general tours Lawton Armory site with architect Paul Harris and contractor Frederickson Parks praising progress. He says Lawton Armory will be one of the most beautiful in the country and plans suit the area. Seven permanent staff plus Army advisor pair to man three local units. Two more buildings planned to harmonize with the main armory.
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Roy W. Kenney
Oklahoma National Guard
Metropolitan Park
Lawton
Paul Harris
Fredrickson-Parks
Lawton Armory
Regular Army
2Nd Bn
Kenney
Future Water Supply Eyed for Lawton
Members of Lawton's Chamber of Commerce long range planning committee met Thursday afternoon with officials from the Reclamation Service and Geological Survey to discuss future water supply. Attending were M. G. Barclay and S. K. Jackson along with John Horton. Ron Stephens heads the Lawton committee and other members included George Page Wyatt Hendrick Ned Shepler and Milton Keating. The visitors suggested several potential reservoir sites as part of long term planning urged by the chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce Long Range Planning Committee
Lawton
Reclamations Service
Geological Survey
Lawton Group
M. G. Barclay
Bureau of Reclamation
S. K. Jackson
John Horton
Ron Stephens
George Page
Wyatt Hendrick
Ned Shepler
Milton Keating
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
See Water
E. D. Crippa Named Wyoming Senator
Cheyenne Wyoming E D Crippa a 55 year old Rock Springs banker was named to fill the remaining six months of the late Senator Hunt term Crippa Republican national committeeman for Wyoming
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Cheyenne
Wyo
E. D. Crippa
Rock Springs
U. S
Sen. Hunt
Crippa
Wyoming
Weather Forecast For Area Turning Hot And Dry
The forecast calls for fair weather and hot conditions with highs near 100 today and tomorrow. Lows tonight around 72, with today’s low around 70. An 11 am reading reached 95. Yesterday’s high was 99.
British Asia Plan Rejected By U S
The United States rejected Churchill Eden plans for a Locarno style security guarantee for southeast Asia on the eve of talks. Officials say a neutralized Indo China is likely and Washington offered no advance comment on Eden's speech. Dulles and Eisenhower doubt communists can guarantee such security. Talks aim to close the gap in British American relations, with no clear reconciliation in view. See CONFERENCE. Page 2.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
China
Indo-China
Eden
State Department
Dulles
Eisenhower
White House
Churchill
Army Probe Finds Massive Swindle in Benefits Claims
House Armed Services chairman Rep Short said American taxpayers have been swindled out of millions by servicemen fraudulently claiming benefits for parents. He cited initial findings from Project Big, noting about 30 percent of secondary allotments were improper and that savings could exceed 20 million dollars, with broader national reach.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Short
Armed Services
Enlis
Federal
Treasury
Congressional
Puerto Rico
United States
Army
Des Moines River Crest Reaches Historic High
Des Moines faces a 30 foot crest as the Des Moines River floods the city in a three day battle to raise and hold levees. No lives lost, evacuees plan return, guardsmen kept crowds back from critical levee areas amid sand boils and minor breaks. Ottumwa prepares for the weekend crest as upstream levels ease.
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Des Moines
National
Ottumwa
Leonard Howell
Senate Ag Group Rejects Flexible Farm Props Plan
North Korea reportedly used drastic medical methods on POWs, as described by Maj. Alexander M. Boysen of Brooke Army Medical Center. Treatments included pig bile injections for vitamin deficiencies, needle vibrators for pain, salt water eye injections for glaucoma, and eschar-like incisions without anesthesia.
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Senate Ag Group
San Francisco
U.S. Army
Alexander M. Boysen
Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
American Medical Assn
Maj. Boysen
Hoodlums Attack Missouri Solon Near Capitol
Representative Thomas B. Curtis of Missouri said he was assaulted by a group of 10 to 12 teenagers near Union Station while helping Frank Mitchell of Toledo repel club wielders. Mitchell was struck as they fled. Curtis reports police responses were dismissive and has filed protests awaiting action.
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Washington
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Capitol
Frank Mitchell
Toledo
Ohio
Curtis
Mitchell
Washington’s
Union Station
Rauscher To Lead Red Cross In ’55
Rev Russell T Rauscher rector of St Andrews Episcopal Church will head the Red Cross as chairman for 1955 Lydia Blount executive secretary announced at a Wednesday meeting. New drive officials elected include John Shoemaker Floyd W Kennedy Jr Mrs Harold Herskowitz. Kennedy and Mrs Herskowitz were reelected. New board members include Col Walter Lattimore Emmett Keough Mrs G G Goodier Harold Hallett Ewing Gafford Rev Robert Westerman Rev Clayton S Walder Marlin Keathley Buddy Garber Col Ret Everett C Williams presented Lattimore with a national award. An award was given to Mrs D H Wilcox for Gray Ladies. Rauscher reported on the national Red Cross convention in Los Angeles June 16-20. A May end total of 26686.51 was reported for 1954 drive with more contributions since.
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Russell T Rauscher
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Red Cross
Lydia. Blount
John Shoemaker
Columbia
Floyd W. Kennedy Jr
Euclid
Harold Herskowitz
Kennedy
Herskowitz
Frank Kitchens
Dearborn
Frank Maddux
Taft
A. J. Rawlings
Clarence Scott
D. D. Raibourn
Gore
Dean Paramore
Cir
Neil Kissick
Arlington
Col
Walter Lattimore
Emmett Keough
G. G. Goodier
Nob Hill
Harold Hallett
Ewing Gafford
Robert Westerman
Clayton S. Walder
Marlin Keathley
Ferris
Buddy Garber
Lake
Everett C. Williams
Col. Lattimore
D. H. Wilcox
Rev
Rauscher
Gray Ladies
Los Angeles
Breeze To Cut Heat Tonight
Summer forecasts show temperatures edging toward 100 degrees with hot, dry conditions across the state. Southerly winds returning this evening may alleviate the heat briefly in the southwest, with gusts up to 25 mph. Today and tomorrow highs near 100, lows around 72, and no relief in sight. Yesterday set several record highs including Kingfisher at 104 and Altus and Hobart at 102. Lawton reached 11 am with a sticky reading. no rain fell in the last 24 hours.
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Fuiay
Kingfisher
Altus
Hobart
Lawton
Oklahoma
Frederick FHA Approves 60 Defense Worker Homes
Frederick, Oklahoma City June 24 The Federal Housing Administration approved 60 rental homes at Frederick for defense workers employed by Spartan Aircraft Co. Units rent at 52.50 and 75 dollars monthly. FHA director J O Ferguson also announced sale of the Givlyn housing properties in Oklahoma City July 16.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Housing Administration
Frederick
J. O. Ferguson
Western
FHA
Guatemala Reports Rebels Threaten Mass Bombings
United Nations officials were told by Guatemala that anti-communist rebels threaten mass bombings of many cities within 24 hours. Guatemala urged an emergency Security Council meeting, citing 45 destroyed towns and a clandestine air attack warning. Castillo Armas claimed his forces slowed but did not lose men. a captured parachutist was reported by farm workers’ federation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Guatemala
Dlio
Guatemala City
Castillo Armas
Esquipulis
National Federation of Farm Workers
Amatitlan
Puerto Barrios
Registration Ends Friday in Last Minute Appeal
The county election board urged all qualified electors who have not registered since March 1 to visit their precinct registrars before Friday evening to reinstate voting rights. Electors failing to register or re-register since March 1 will be ineligible to vote in the July 6 primary unless they obtain certificates amid a last minute rush anticipated at registrars tomorrow.
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County Election Board
Doenges To Speak In Lawton Friday
William C. Doenges the Democratic gubernatorial candidate will address the camara breakfast in Lawton Friday. The visit marks his only scheduled appearance in the city during the campaign. Doenges son of a Methodist minister, has business interests in Bartlesville and is known as an active worker for the Push Oklahoma slogan.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
W. C. Doenges
Bartlesville
Doenges
William Gill Jr
Gill
Oklahoma City
Bill Logan
Lawton
Muskogee
Logan
Turner Turnpike
U. S. 69
William C. Doenges
Manche County
Genel
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