Five Power Disarmament Parley Opens
The five leading atomic powers begin talks in London under UN auspices at Lancaster House aiming to end the arms race and outlaw atomic and germ warfare. Western delegates push for strong enforcement machinery before any ban while awaiting Soviet offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Russia
Lancaster House
United Nations
U.N. Disarmament Commission
U.S
Pacific
Globe
Churchill
London
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Patterson
U. S
Selwyn Lloyd
Morehead Patterson
Lester B. Pearson
Jules Moch
Jacob Malik
West
Pageant Board Elects Officers for Sunrise Service
C Larrance, longtime head of the Wichita Mountains for Sunrise Service association, was reelected at a directors meeting. New officers are Warren Chrisman vice president John Thomas Jr secretary and Col E C Williams Ret treasurer. Installation set for 6:30 a m Sunday at Wichita Mountains Holy City with breakfast 6:30 7:30 a m and ceremony 8 9 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Larrance
Wichita
Bert Blasingame
Warren Chrisman
Bob Noe
Col. Illiams
Pageant Association
I. G. Cole
John Keathley
Joe Porter
Reece Russell
Ted Arkentin
Walter Wolverton
Open House invited for Armed Forces Day at Fort Sill
Maj. Gen. Charles E. Hart urged public attendance at Armed Forces Day activities at Fort Sill with the theme Power for Peace. A reviewing stand for the Lawton parade was erected by the local carpenters' union with many Fort Sill guests listed, including Maj. Gen. Hart and Brig. Gen. Watlington.
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Charles E. Hart
Artillery Center
Fort Sill
Hart
America
U.S
King Fady
Lawton
Carpenters’ Union
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
T. M. Watlington
TAS
Soviet Advisers Guide Vietminh In Indo China War
UPI reports reveal Soviet advisers guiding Vietminh forces in Indo China with officers trained by China. The summary cites the involvement as deep to division level and notes political control extends to company level within the military.
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Washington
Indo - China
Asia
Viet Minh
Fort Sill Indian School honors FSIS graduates
Judy Quoetone daughter of William and Mrs Quoetone Meers is valedictorian and James Tom Chee is salutatorian for Fort Sill Indian School. Quoetone Comanche attendee eight years honor student secretary of student council Girls State representative plans college at Southwestern State Durant. Chee transfer from Chilocco four years active in 4H and football guard plans agricultural studies at Fort Lewis A&M Hesperus. Commencement May 21 10 a.m. speaker Kenneth Harrel. Baccalaureate May 16 8 p.m. by Dr Wallace Gray.
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Fort Sill
Southwestern State
Durant
Chee
Chilocco
FSIS
Fort Lewis A&m College
Hesperus
Colo
Exere
Bidault Urges UN Run Korea Elections for Reunification
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told a 19 nation Korea conference that reunification must be pursued through United Nations controlled elections. He urged an all Korean commission proportional to population, with neutral observers to verify free ballots, and dismissed claims the UN is an aggressor. He noted North Korea’s aggression and stressed representation proportionality and observer power as essential. The Indo China talks were in recess amid French political crisis and potential government change in Paris.
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Geneva
Georges Bidault
Korea
Bidault
North
South Korea
United Nations
North Korea
Joseph Lanier
National Assembly
Laniel defends Dien Bien Phu stand in confidence vote
Paris May 13 Premier Laniel argued France must defend Dien Bien Phu in Indo China as a potential base for a wider Southeast Asia drive. He cited military chiefs' advice and warned defeat could topple his government during Geneva peace talks looming amid the crisis.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
France
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Lanie
Southeast Asia
Lanier
Frederick Car Death Probed
Frederick County officers investigated a fatal car incident near Frederick on S. H. 5. Wanda Keithley Harmon, 22, of Wichita Falls Texas, fell from a moving car and was dragged 135 feet after an argument with her husband Sammy Harmon 36. Their 17 month old son rode in the car unharmed.
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Frederick
Tillman County
Wichita Falls
Tex
Erwin Heidebrecht
Wanda
Keithley Harmon
Sammy Jack Harmon
Harmon
Mk&t Railroad
Steve Olin Keithley
Adams Denies Diverting Red Hunter to Navy and Air Force probe
Army counselor John G. Adams testified under oath that he did not seek to divert the McCarthy subcommittee from Reds in the Army to investigating homosexuals and subversives in the Navy and Air Force. HeSwore he never made such an offer and had no information to provide. The case involves possible perjury and law violations as testimony moves to the Justice Department for scrutiny.
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Washington
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Navy
Air Force
McCarthy
Adams
M Camp
Justice Department
McCarthy Camp
Roy M. McCarthy Jenkins
Cohn
United States
Defense Department
Sec
Southern Army
Jenkins
Oklahoma Athletes Policy Probe Draws NCAA Scrutiny
Oklahoma University faces a National Collegiate Athletic Association investigation disclosed by the Board of Regents after a Wednesday meeting. The notice follows football coach Bud Wilkinson and athletics chief duties amid past and current inquiries into athletic conduct and compliance.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
National Collegiate Athletic Association
University
Board of Regents
Cross
George L. Cross
Bud Wilkinson
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Wilkinson
Associated Press
Notre Dame
Maryland
Miami
Fla
Oklahoma A&m
North Central Association
Water Still Rising At Lake Lawtonka Amid Flood Conditions
Lake Lawtonka stood 9 feet 10 inches below spillway as runoff continued from the watershed. The rise adds eight feet two inches in four days of rain while Waurika area floods recede and Lincoln school burns from a propane tank explosion. Weather calls for clearing skies and warming trend.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Waurika
Lincoln School
John Frampton
Misseaqing
Youny Snoweru
Oklahoma
Lincoln Negro
Andy Anderson
Anderson
Deaa
Ierson
Famous General To Speak At Sill
Maj. Gen. Terry de la Mesa Allen Ret will be commencement speaker for OCS Class 52 at Fort Sill next Tuesday. Exercises begin at 9 30 a m in Theater 1. Allen famed WW II infantry commander led the 1st and 104th Divisions in campaigns from Oran to Holland and Germany.
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Terry de la Mesa Allen
el Paso
Tex
Fort Sill
Allen
Oran
Tunisia
Sicily
Holland
Germany
Bertine Mekreah
Panion of the
Trapped Gunmen End in Suicide After Police Corner
In New Haven two gunmen cornered by police at a city apartment and in a taxicab killed themselves after wounding Detective Ralph Palma at a downtown movie theater. Police identified the men as James Pollard 26 of Stonington and Clarence Rydstrom 21 of Waterbury, both hunted since a Middlebury robbery.
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New Haven
Conn
Howard O. Young
James Pollard
Stonington
Young
Clarence Rydstrom
Waterbury
Ralph Palma
P Pollard
Rydstrom
Middlebury
Palma
Ar We
Major Rebel Attack Near Phu Ly Slows Hanoi Defense
Reports from Hanoi say Communist forces launched a major assault against French defenses at Phu Ly, 35 miles south of Hanoi. Heavy fighting continued with French losses described as serious. Phu Ly lies 21 miles west of the Red River delta town Nam Dinh, a key delta center. If the outpost falls, a Viet Minh push toward Nam Dinh could follow.
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Hanoi
Phuly
Red River
Nam Dinh
Logan's Caravan To Roll Saturday
A Logan for Governor caravan will visit towns in Comanche and Cotton counties Saturday afternoon. It forms at the unit block on C and departs at 1 p.m. Citizens are invited to join as a sound track drums up support for Sena in all towns. The tour ends at Walters.
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Logan
Comanche
Cotton Counties
Sena
Walters
Dr M E Waid Elected Jaycee President for 54 55
Lawton optometrist Dr M E Waid known as Cuffie was chosen president of the Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce for 1954 55 He succeeds Bill Peters and will be installed at a dinner dance later this month New officers include James O Marshall Manville Redman Fred Larrance Jr Ewing state director Lorance White Vance Lenz Dr Ernest Winter and William L Hanney
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M. E
Cuffie) Waid
Lawton
Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bill Peters
Jaycee
James O. Marshall
Manville Redman
Fred Larrance Jr
Ewing
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Phoenix
Ariz
William Gillman
Sill
Victor Wickersham
Massena B. Murray
Johnston Murray
Fort Sill Seeoy
E. D. White
Harold Liebe
A. L. Hilbert
E. T. Whiting
M. L. Green
T. J. Counihan
A. T. Terry Jr
R. H. van- Lee
Judy Quoetone
James Chee
James Tom
Judy Quofrtone
Laniel
Frederick Car
Red Hunter
Carr
Ray Jenkins
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
John Adams
OU Athletic Policy Projec
M. E. Waid
New Jaycee
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