Record 60 foot Rio Grande crest threats flood toll climbs
Floods along the Rio Grande race toward Laredo and Nuevo Laredo as 11,000 displaced and 19 killed or missing. Crest forecast between 55 and 60 feet, highest in history, with Ozona Texas worst hit and 100 homes destroyed. International bridge closed. Dolores ranch river level 45 feet.
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Laredo
International Bridge
U. S
Ciudad Acuna
Coahuila
Mexico
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Nuevo Laredo
Tex
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Mexican Bay Commission
Ozona
Texas
Civil Defense Office
Dolores Ranch
Eisenhower Churchill Call for Global Armament Cut
Washington reports Presidents Eisenhower and Churchill urged a general drastic reduction of world armaments to apply atomic knowledge for human betterment. They favored safeguards and alliances to preserve peace and independence, avoiding specifics on Indo China.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
White House
Monzon Takes Over in Guatemala Fight With Rebels
A new military junta led by Col Elfego Monzon formed in Guatemala after Col Carlos Diaz fell. Censorship lifted as Monzon confirms willingness to negotiate with anti Communist rebels led by Castillo Armas. Evacuations planned for American nationals amid ongoing instability and rebel air activity.
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Armas
Guatemala City
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Diaz
Col
Elfego Monzon
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
DuBois
Luis Salazar
Monzon
Ees Te Aes Sens
Cadel Seveen
Gulh
Carlos Armas
Castillo
All Po Senome Tar Gotania Demandat Ist
United States
Their
Castillo Armas
Horror Strips Still Popular Summer Mecca For Kids
Summer heat has turned comic shelves into a magnet for youths ages 6 to 17. Readers dive into Donald Duck adventures and eerie titles as vendors report strong sales for both children and adults. Gary Sammons and Otho Hawkins, noted readers, discuss preferences amid a backdrop of crime and romance comics.
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Bill Crawford
Marilyn Monroe
Mars
Donald Duck
Gary Sammons
Otho Hawkins
Gore paving plan seen likely tonight for wide street
City council members indicated approval of a plan to create a paving district on Gore from 19th Street to the city limits. The proposal calls for a 40 foot concrete street with city participation on intersections and drainage, while residential property owners would not fund more than an ordinary 30 foot street.
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Gore
19Th Street
Jake Witzel
Joyce Pursley
le Botkin
Buck Kinsey
Ertle Kirkpatrick
Cotaeruen Lake
Lester McKenzie
Indi
Eaen
Lawton Comanche County Lead In April Tax Collections
County rankings show Lawton and Comanche County fourth in state business activity for April based on May tax receipts from retail sales. Both jurisdictions rose from March, yet fell short of last year’s boom, with Tulsa and Garfield counties still ahead in a period of statewide growth. Comanche reported 84 620 65 dollars in May 1954 vs 89 134 51 the year before, while Lawton posted 80 340 97 in May 1954 and 84 663 34 in May 1953. April sales were over 5 5 percent higher than March.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Ter Eeelahoma
Tulsa
Garfield
Lawtonians
Gainesville Owls Suspend Operations in Oklahoma League
Gainesville Texas based baseball club announces suspension of operations in the Sooner State League due to financial difficulties. President Ucal Clanton says the club will fold at the end of five days after notice from executive VP Dr Herbert of the Gainesville entry. Paris Texas shows interest in Seminole franchise as Gainesville winds down.
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Okla
Gainesville, Tex
Ucal Clanton
Dr. Herbert
Gainesville
Clanton
Paris
Tex
Seminole
CIO President Announces New U S Steel Contract
Pittsburgh June 29 A wage increase of five cents an hour was announced by CIO United Steelworkers president David J McDonald as U S Steel Corp reaches a new labor agreement. Washington June 28 The Atomic Energy Commission denied security clearance to Dr J Robert Oppenheimer by a 4 to 1 vote. New York June 29 Joseph D Nunan Jr former top tax collector was found guilty of evading more than 91000 of his income tax by a federal jury. Washington June 29 House Rules Committee sent farm bill to floor for debate starting tomorrow with continued rigid high farm price supports. A hot scrap is in prospect. Administration forces. Hanoi June 29 The French high command ordered evacuation of Nam Dinh province south of Hanoi as Viet Namese officials and families were evacuated by plane amid unconfirmed reports of pulling out of Hanoi.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
New York
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House Rules Committee
House
Hanoi
Nam Dinh
Red River
Viet Namese
Truman’s condition improves as he shows his old fire
Former President Truman, hospitalized for bladder and appendix surgery, was described as greatly improved. Dr. Wallace Graham said Truman appeared himself and joked about the fuss, but cautioned the case remains not critical and requires watching.
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Kansas City
Truman
Mr. Truman
Graham
Tient
Coe To Hold Rally On Courthouse Lawn Tonight
Democratic gubernatorial candidate William O. Coe will rally on the courthouse lawn at 8 p.m. tonight. A free program featuring a quartet and a recording star is planned, marking Coe’s first public appearance in the area.
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William O
Bill’’ Coe
Coe
Negro Rally Set In City Tonight
County and state candidates appeal to Lawton Negro citizens at an 8 o'clock rally sponsored by the League of Young Negro Democrats and the county Democratic central committee. A similar rally is planned for Saturday night at 15th and Roosevelt.
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Lawton
League of Young Negro Democrats
County Democratic Central Committee
15Th
Roosevelt
Political heat rises in final week drive for Oklahoma primary
Oklahoma voters face competing motives as candidates press attacks and defenses in the closing week. Logan praises Ogden while Ogden sues to compel grand jury action. Coe targets Gary over a pension and welfare bill. Rader clarifies an old age lien issue. Kerr gains farm leader support but loses an endorsement.
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Oklahoma
Logan
Ogden Bill Logan
John B. Ogden
Ogden
State Supreme Court
Raymond Gary
William OO
William Gil
Coe
Gary Coe
Gary
Madill
State Senate
Rader
L. E. Rader
Kerr
U. S. Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Homer Cox Held For Sanity Hearing
Homer H Cox son of a veteran Lawton firefighter is held for a sanity hearing at the request of his mother Mrs Edith Spencer who says her son cracked up and needs mental treatment. Oklahoma County Blinn set the hearing for Thursday. William Berry will sit with Blinn. Cox was arrested at a tavern on a detention warrant and placed in the Oklahoma County Jail for creating disturbance while alleged illness drove the action.
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Homer H. Cox
Lawton
Resales
Edith Spencer
Lad
William Berry
Blinn
Teoe Blinn
Oklahoma
Cox
Ae Ee Aoe Sree
Solons Reject Asia Locarno Pact in Aid Bill
The House Foreign Affairs committee voted to bar U S foreign aid funds from supporting the Locarno pact for Southeast Asia or any treaty that would sustain Communist rule in Asia. The amendment targets the Southeast Asia non aggression pact proposed by Anthony Eden. The State Department reportedly opposed by committee members.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Thony Eden
Obers
State Department
Pacific Air Force to Form Command Over All U S Air Units
Washington reports the creation of a centralized Pacific Air Force to command all U S air units in the Pacific. The new command, led by public relations director Sory Smith, consolidates wartime and postwar air operations under a single structure with bases in the Philippines and rising interceptor and bomber wings to project power across the region.
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Washington
Pacific Air Force
United States Air Force
Ocean
Suse
Aemo Dimenandier
Air Force Command
U.S
Far East
Weather Forecast Stays Hot With Possible Thunderstorms
Sweltering heat continues in Lawton and vicinity with generally fair skies. Highs near 99 degrees and nightly lows around 65 to 75 through midweek. Isolated thundershowers may occur in parts of the area, with temperatures easing slightly into the next five days.
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