Ordnance Unit To Be Checked In Oklahoma Guard
Oklahoma National Guard Lawton unit Co A 700th Ordnance Battalion will face a federal inspection at the Armory in March. A pre inspection Tuesday night led by Lt Col James L. Farmer included maintenance admin and supply reviews. Norman officers also took part and three new recruits were announced George W. Tate Frank E Hawkins and John E Pipkin. Eight promotions were reported with several soldiers advancing to specialist third class private first class and E2. Seigler an early recruit reenlisted after three years and helped build Co A since its 1953 reorganization following Korea.
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Lawton’s Co. A
700Th Ordnance Battalion
Oklahoma National Guard
James L. Farmer
Norman
Royce A. Belzing
Bessie
Co. A
Col
Farmer
Herman H. Horst
N. 27Th
Billy O. Hudson
William H. Humphreys Jr
David E. Conrd
Robert S. Ripley
Samuel T. Bridges
Beizing
George W. Tate
Summit
Frank E. Hawkins
John E. Pipkin
Sterling
Harold C. Johnson Jr
Lawrence L. Hughes
Derrel G. Musgrove
Washington
Ralph M. Faulkner
Arthur L. Shepler
Ferris
James S. Adams
Lee
George J. Bressman
Eilgin
Robert J. Crabtree
Medicine Park
Charles F. Seigler
N. 20Th
Belzing
Seigler
Marine War Ace Learning To Fly
Los Angeles report says Col. Gregory Boyington once famed WWII ace and Medal of Honor recipient is taking flying lessons. At 43 he attends Valley Pilots Training School in San Fernando Valley and plans to become a commercial pilot. His son Greg Jr. studies at the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
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Los Angeles
Gregory
Pappy) Boyington
Boyington
Valley Pilots Training School
San Fernando Valley
Gregory Jr
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Clemency Hearing Set for Oklahoma Death Row Inmate
Oklahoma City Robert Hendricks of Vinita, slated to die May 3 for the murder of cattleman Ream Payton after a $2,100 robbery, has been granted a clemency hearing before the Pardons and Parole Board on March 27. The Criminal Court of Appeals recently affirmed the death sentence.
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Robert Hendricks
Vinita
Pardon and Parole Board
Hendricks
Ream Payton
Payton
Criminal Court of Appeals
Hoegh declines comment on Nixon renomination
Des Moines Governor Leo A. Hoegh refused to discuss whether Vice President Richard M. Nixon will be renominated by the Republicans. He dismissed the topic, saying he is for the farmer and Hoegh for governor. In London the Daily Sketch published a photo of Grace Kelly in shorts with the caption Princess Knobbly Knees.
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Farmer and Hoegh
Grace Kelly
Sparkman Maps Mild Campaign Strategy Against Eisenhower
Senator Sparkman outlines a restrained Democratic approach to criticizing President Eisenhower focusing on health and omissions rather than blunt attacks. He argues Eisenhower’s popularity complicates direct opposition while praising his candor and urging more decisive policy on the Middle East and Soviet shifts.
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Sen. Sparkman
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Eisenhower
Sparkman
White House
Hower
Middle East
Tugboat Crewmen Plucked Off Barge
Five tugboat crewmen were rescued from a sunken barge in Mobile Bay after 20 hours adrift. A crash boat from Brookley Air Force Base spotted their distress flag and lifted them to safety. They had abandoned the tug from Port Arthur Texas during a towing voyage from New Orleans to Demopolis Alabama.
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Ala
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Demopolis
Mrs Vaughan Returns Home After Ill Mother Illness
Mrs Ernie Vaughan returns to her home at 1704 Sheridan Road following a trip to El Paso Texas due to her mother Mrs R A Taylor's illness.
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Sheridan Road
el Paso
Tex
R. A. Taylor
Congress Pushes $2 Billion Missile and Aircraft Program
The House Armed Services committee tentatively approved a $2 billion construction program to accelerate ballistic missile work and develop an atomic powered airplane with $36.6 million for missile testing facilities and $11.6 million to expand Arco Idaho facilities. The Senate defeated a bid to restore rigid farm price supports for cotton corn peanuts and rice amid a procedural squabble. The East West trade inquiry resumes with Secretary Weeks testifying for a second day.
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Armed Services Committee
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Idaho
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