Commonwealth Status Is Urged Before Statehood
Senator Fulbright backs making Alaska and Hawaii commonwealths as a path to self government and potential statehood. Backers of the Monroney plan push for Puerto Rico style status amid Senate debate on Hawaii Alaska statehood, with Knowland aiming for a final vote by midweek.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
Alaska
Hawaii
Arkansas
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
GOP
Fulbright
Two Territories
Commonwealths
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Monroney
Senate
William F. Knowland
Cox Still Awaiting Passport for Austrian Wedding
Oklahoma City man Homer H. Cox, 33, awaiting a passport to fly to Vienna to marry 26-year-old Inge Brenner whom he met during four years in Russian prisons. He received his Army discharge March 20 and seeks about 3,000 to 1,000 in back pay. no passport yet. Cox was kidnapped by Russians in Berlin in 1949 while a military policeman and was released last December.
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Oklahoma City
Homer H. Cox
Austria
Cox
Vienna
Inge Brenner
United States
Berlin
Atomic Dilemma: Secrecy vs Warning Across Nuclear Tests
Washington debates how much to reveal about thermonuclear tests to deter Russia without leaking actionable technical details. The issue spans revealing launch range, implosion secrets, fireball size and duration, and the risk of aiding Soviet weapon development. Some officials push allowing foreign observers and civil defense briefings, while others favor limited disclosures and censoring technical content in released films.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Thomas E. Murray
U. S
Eniwetok
Yesteryears from The Constitution Files
A compact digest of past items from The Constitution noting 30 years ago figures like Al Jennings pressing a Harding interior post bid, 22 towns invited to a Southwest Oklahoma Chamber meeting, and local moves such as T A Shephard buying Lawton Shoe Shop. Also references 20 10 years ago items including Mason convention uncertainty, scout street duties, Cameron college assembly, air force loss and farm woman fatal crash, Navy induction trip, and extreme cold tolerance in animals.
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Constitution
al Jennings
Oklahoma
Lawton
Senate Oil Committee
Harding
Interior
Southwest Oklahoma
Josh Lee
Cameron College
James A. Wint
Air Corps
Elgin
Germany
Joe Zimmerman
Indiahoma
Oklahoma City
U.S. Navy
Fewer Executions in U.S. in 1953 Set Record Low
Washington reports that 62 executions occurred in 1953, the smallest total since records began in 1930, 20 fewer than the prior low in 1950. The Federal Prison Bureau notes the decline reflects fewer executions across the nation last year.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Federal Prison Bureau
Army Orders: Brig Gen and others to assume duties in Apr
A jumble of officer transfers and promotions listed with dates to be determined by CINCS and other authorities. Names include Brig Gen Einar B. Gjelsteen, Lt Col Norman, Maj James, Lt Col James Townsend, Lt Charles Balsh, Lt Jonathan Holman, Lt Francis King, Lt Gerald Dyer, Lt Cherles Thompson, Lt Col Emery Bellenby, Maj Henry Sheihart, and Capt William Stround among others. Assignments span USAREUR, USAPFE, Fort Bliss, Fort Sill, Sacramento, and Thule with various garrison and staff roles.
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Ang
Dy Usareur
Cincusareur
Usapfe
Einar B. Gjelsteen
Usareur
Cinmh Atty
Cp Polk
FY Bliss
Len Clemens
QMC
San Antonio
Norman 1D
Wood
Charles F. Balsh Jr
Bliss
Jonathan J
Holman Jr
Lerrancis King
Sill
Gerald D. Dyer
Selvoir
Cherles M. ‘Thompson
Belvoir
Franklin G. Rothwell
Washington, DC
Sacramento
Calif
Emery E. Bellenby
New York
Andrews Afb
Menry D. Sheihart
St Louis
Sil
Indian Boy Killed by Speeding Train Near Dustin Oklahoma
A year-old Chilocco Indian school student named Billy Joe Whitlow from Dustin Oklahoma was killed Sunday night after being struck by a northbound Santa Fe passenger train. Patrolman Taylor Lain and Charles Crowder said he was on the tracks and did not see the train. A second boy reportedly accompanied him but was not located. Engineer C W Pitt of Aransas City Kansas was operating the train.
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Chilocco Indiana
Here
Santa Fe
Taylor Lain
Charles Crowder
Billy Joe Whitlow
Dustin
Okla
Whitlow
C. W. Pitt
Aransas City
Kan
Boresome Foursome to Perform in Lawton Saturday
A city variety program will feature the Boresome Foursome from Texas and Jackson along with the Lawton chapter Society for the Preservation chorus. The event includes a Lawton barber shop quartet contest winner as guest, plus three Wichita Falls quartets, two Lawton quartets, a Lawton high school brass quartet and the Lawton kids trio.
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City
Bite Sega
Stegall
le ‘Sloan
Ernie Dick
Hank” Wright
Tex
Jackson
Zarisbad
N. M
Lawton
Society For the Preserva
Lawton School
Wichita Falls
Lawton High School
Longevity Formula Proves Its Worth Celebration
Newark report notes Rabbi Abraham Bernstein marked his 100th birthday yesterday, recalling a book on longevity he wrote thirty years earlier. The event drew attendees and highlighted the longevity formula he proposed.
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Newark
N. J
Abraham Bern- Stein
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Charles Evans
Philco
McNeal Appliance Television Co
the Realm‘coys
Lil'lonzo
B . Insurance Service
V&. Tsaes
Town & Country Store
Cache Road
Everi
Knox-Jensen Motor Company
Earl Moutain
Stewart
Kilmer
Thule
Green
William R. Stround
Mac’s Drive-Inn
Lee
Hankin
South Lithat
We. Scott
Jon
Rita Hayworth
Fuller Brush CO
Wndax
Bianco
Kswo-Radio
Popular Furniture Co
Cinemascope
Bonnty Granam
Eartha Kitt
Robert Clary
Alice Ghostley
Ferris
Cinemascop Ae
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Picturi i Soltai
Iain
Seth
Pho
Henry Duesman
Lawton, Okla
Shane
Irving Thalberg
Academy
Lili
Stalag 17
William Holden
Roman Holiday
Audrey Rm
Joan Crawford
Michael Wilding
Marjorie Rambeau
Leslie Caron
Mel Ferrer
Alan Ladd
Jean Arthur
Olden
Don Taylor
Gregory Peck
Audrey Hepburn
Eddie Albert
Eles
Sequi
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