Indo Chinese talks may be postponed at Geneva
Reported splits over chairmanship stall Indo China negotiations. Talks may open next week with Viet Nam and Laos delegates present, while Cambodia and other delegates arrive. Wider diplomatic maneuvering involves Eden Molotov Wan Waithayakon and Laniel amid calls for a confidence ballot as Geneva proceeds.
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Geneva
Deldeatenhee
Cambodia
Coca
Laos
Bidault
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Prince Wan
Molotov
Laniel
Briton Breaks Mile World Record At Oxford
Roger Bannister ran the first sub four minute mile in history during a match for Britain against Oxford University in Oxford England on May 6 1954 The time 3 59 4 is two seconds faster than the prior record and tops all previous marks with confirmation awaited from AAU and IAAF The achievement ends decades of pursuit by leading milers worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
England
Great Britain
Roger Bannister
Glen Cunningham
Iron Horse
Kansas
Haegg
John Landy
Bannister
Landy
Luxembourg
Joseph Barthel
New Zealand
Murray Halbe
America
Wes Santee
M Whitfield
Jim Peters
Uni
Britain
Gordon Pirie
Amateur Athletic Association
Oxford University
AAU
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Workers to Clear Tornado Debris in Frederick Area
The state Civil Defense Agency said workers will be sent to help farmers in Frederick to clear debris from tornadoes that struck last Saturday. An area 15 miles long by a mile wide was littered with wreckage of homes and barns. Officials noted surveys by CDA head Tom Brett and consideration of which agencies would supply workers.
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Frederick
State Civil Defense Agency
Cecil Black
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Brett
CDA
Brett
Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Johnston Murray
Roy W. Kenny
Navy Bomber Crashes Resulting in Ten Feared Dead
A missing Navy PB patrol bomber with ten men aboard was sighted burning and wrecked 90 miles southwest of Brownsville Texas in Mexico. Navy and Coast Guard planes searched the Gulf of Mexico and land, finding the wreckage with no sign of life. The plane departed Corpus Christi Wednesday and was due back in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Christi
Tex
Navy
Brownsville
Mexico
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
New Orleans Oceanic
Laniel Wins French Vote of Confidence
Paris May 6 The French national assembly backed Premier Joseph Laniel with a 304 to 268 vote of confidence. The result assures his government can pursue peace talks over Indochina.
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Laniel
Paris
French National Assembly
Joseph Laniel
France
East Cache Creek Flood Control Plan Studied by Chamber
Cotton county civic leaders seek help from the Lawton Chamber of Commerce to organize flood control and soil conservation districts for East Cache Creek. The plan, discussed by the chamber’s long range committee, features Walters delegation including Bob Wilson Carl Meyer Alfred ee and Chester Coleman. The Be aver creek project and Sandstone watershed near Elk City provide comparisons as observers toured the site to note terrace grass seeding and retention dam methods improving cultivation from 67 to 97 percent in the Sandstone system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
East Cache Creek
Cotton County
Walters
Bob Wilson
Chamber
Carl Meyer
Alfred Ee
Chester Coleman
Beaver Creek
Elk City
Bombs Slash Bloody Gaps In Dien Bien Phu Fight
French and U S air forces bomb Vietminh positions around Dien Bien Phu as the fortress endures a second quiet night. Privateers drop 500 pound bombs on trenches while Bois Belleau Wood aircraft target artillery and anti aircraft positions. Vietminh regroup and press occasional mortar fire as ground fighting remains limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Indo-China
U. S
Dien Bien Phu
Gulf of Tonkin
Isabelle
Hospital Parley Set Here Friday in Southwest Oklahoma
Hospital administrators and office personnel from throughout southwest Oklahoma will attend a quarterly meeting of the Southwest district Oklahoma Hospital Association. The session 3 p.m. in Room 120 Southwestern hospital is led by Mansfield Beshears Elk City Hospital Clinic president with Alton Reid Jackson County Memorial Altus in charge. Cleve Rodgers Oklahoma City will attend and Tom Wicker Lawton serves as secretary. Discussions will cover topics from the Midwest Hospital Association meeting and the Indian hospital situation may be raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Oklahoma
Southwest District
Oklahoma Hospital Association
Southwestern Hospital
Tom Wicker
Mansfield Beshears
Elk City Community Hospital
Alton Reid
Jackson County Memorial Hospital
Altus
Cleve Rodgers
Oklahoma City
State Hospital Association
Wicker of
Lawton
Midwest Hospital Association
Kansas City
Wicker
Post Office Receipts Rise in April 1954 Local Revenue Up
April 1954 post office receipts edged up nearly four percent from April 1953, totaling $41,266.18 for the local office and branches. For the first four months of 1954, receipts reached $156,035.47, versus $149,161.13 a year earlier. Major sources included stamps $28,405.25 metered mail $9,914.33 permit fees $879.49 box rent $610.91, with many small other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imaster Bennie Stephens
Army Opens Probe of Batchelor for Repatriation Deals
Army investigators at Fort Sam Houston moved to a court martial in the case of Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas one of Korea's two turncoat POWs He first refused repatriation then agreed and remains confined on collaboration charges Edward Hunter defense consultant arrived in San Antonio to aid Batchelor defense Westbrook said six witnesses would be called to support Batchelor denying informant acts and brainwashing claims against him Dickenson received 10 years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge in the related court martial Batchelor also accused of revealing two escape attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
Korea
Edward Hunter
Batchelor
Fort Sam Houston Stockade
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Cyril Hill
K.J. Bragdon
Joel Westbrook
Hunter
Westbrook
Red China
Far East
Edward Dickenson
Cracker’s Neck
Lawrence Westbrook
Dickenson
Attorney General Says Hoover Wrote No Such FBI Letter
Washington May 6 Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr ruled a 2 page letter McCarthy used in Army McCarthy hearings was an unauthorized use of secret FBI material He said Hoover never wrote the letter and that the longer FBI memorandum contains identical wording to unevaluated material from 1951 The hearing continued with other blasts and votes as McCarthy pressed for public release of evidence and the panel referred transcripts to the Justice Department for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Roy Cohn
FBI
Washington
Herbert Brownell Jr
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
Brownell
Army Intelligence Division
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Subcommittee
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Justice Department
Robert T. Stevens
Pentagon
Stevens
Roy M. Cohn
Army Loyalty Review Board
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Army - McCarthy
Seaway Wins House Vote on St Lawrence Canal Authorization
The House approved 242 to 157 a bill authorizing U S participation with Canada in a 27 foot deep St Lawrence Seaway. The measure ends a two decade fight and goes to the Senate for conference. An amendment to fund the project via Treasury bonds failed 173 to 79.
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Washington
House
St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
Canada
Brownson
Senate
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Machrowicz
D-Mich
New Sill Units Arrive As Fort Sill Prepared
Three new units are to arrive at Fort Sill this week with two today and one Friday. The units come from Camp Polk Louisiana as Fort Sill readies for a possible post closure this year. Maj Gen Charles E Hart will greet arrivals at Gate 4 with the 89th Army Band helping at the gate and near Curtis and Curry Roads.
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Fort Sill
Camp Polk
Charles E. Hart
Artillery Center
187Th FA Group
200Th Afa
89Th Amy
97Th Army Band
Curtis and
Curry Roads
Burling 2928
Jury Deliberates Moskovitz Case In San Francisco
In San Francisco a 12 member jury deliberates the case of Harold Jackson and Joseph Lear two former private investigators charged with abducting real estate broker Coomera Moskovitz last January. The defendants face possible sentences of death or life imprisonment without parole.
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San Francisco
Harold Jackson
Joseph Lear
Coomera Moskovitz
Kerr Turner Accused of Excessive Spending
Oklahoma City May 6 Sen Robert S Kerr and former Gov Roy J Turner are called before the state election board on May 18 to answer charges they each spent more than the $3000 limit in their campaigns. A protest by David C Shapard lists witnesses and seeks their ballot removal. The board will decide, with potential appeal to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Roy J.turner
David C. Shapard
United Drys
Late Election Board
Shapard
Kerr
Turner
J. William Cordell
George D. Key
Martin M. Cassity
Ardmore
Largo
State Supremert
Senate
Scott Burson
Rocky
Frank L. Turner
Tulsa
J.C. Morgan
Idabel
Willie Murray declares bid for Oklahoma governor
Oklahoma City May 6 Mrs Willie Murray wife of Governor Murray announced she is in the governor race to win and will be helped by Gov Johnston Murray who plans to campaign for her He says workers should be for her or neutral and vows to support her with lighter campaigning than in 1950
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Willie Murray
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Capitol
Sill Air Drop Set at Fort Sill Punch Bowl
A large public air drop will open to civilians on May 19 at Fort Sill starting 8 a.m. at the Punch Bowl. Col Worth L Kindred said it will be the largest ever staged with about 235 personnel from B Battery 89th AF Bn and G Company 188th AB Inf Regt. Fifteen C-119s will drop troops and gear after simulated missions by a Globemaster and cargos. The C-122 will land on an improvised strip in the Punch Bowl. The event is run by the Airborne and Special Operations Division of the Department of Combined services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Col. Worth L. Kindred
B Battery
89Th AF BA Bn
188Th AB Inf Regt
95th Infantry Units May Fly To Summer Camp
Col. Robert G. Johnston said part of Oklahoma's reserve 95th Infantry Division may be flown to summer camp at Ft. Hood Texas if approved. It would be the first air movement of reserve units to their annual encampment. The two week camp begins in May. Units from Oklahoma City Lewiston and Norman travel by bus. others by air.
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Oklahoma City
Robert G. Johnston
Oklahoma Military
Second Of Five Dies Spencer Asah Kiowa Dancer Buried
Services were held at 2 p.m. today at Cache Creek Mission for Spencer Asah famed Kiowa Indian artist and dancer. Asah died Wednesday at Kiowa hospital at age 48 after an 18 month battle with heart ailment. He helped paint murals at the State historical building in Oklahoma City Anadarko post office and Fort Sill Indian School. He and four fellow artists studied at Oklahoma University on Lew Wentz scholarships.
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Spencer Asah
Cache Creek Mission
Asah
Kiowa Hospital
Santa Fe
N. M
Bui
Oklahoma City
Anadarko Post Office
Fort Sill
James Auchiah
Kiowa
Norman
Oklahoma University
Lew Wentz
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Gunder Haegg
Sweden
Cache Creek
Christian de Castries
Hong Kong
Mundt
J. Edgar
Seaway
Moskovitz
Willie
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