Red Bombs Fall Again on Tachens in Pocket War
Chinese Communist planes bombed the Tachens in Formosa’s northwest pocket war, dropping four bombs on Yikiang shan Island after a pre dawn Nationalist raid on Toumen Is land. Nationalist warships reportedly struck Toumen as officials voiced probable involvement.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Yikiangshan
One River Mountain
Toumen
Head Gate
Chekiang
Tachens
Defense Ministry
Low Flying Plane Over Lawton Surges as Oil Survey
Municipal airport officials assured residents the low flying aircraft trailing a target-like tube was surveying for oil, not in distress. Airport staff said the plane towed an electrical instrument to map geological locations and made a shallow pass over Lawton at 10 50 a m before heading west.
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Lawton
Local residents return from Hot Springs visit
Personal note states Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Miller of Fort Sill Boulevard have returned from Hot Springs Arkansas where they were weekend guests of former Lawtonians Dr. and Mrs. S T McElwain of Waynesboro Mississippi. The McElwins are spending a month at the resort.
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Harry T. Miller
Fort Sill Blvd
Hot Springs
Ark
S. T. McElwain
Waynesboro
Shriver Grocery Damaged By Fire Near Lawton
The E. E. Shriver grocery located three and a half miles north of Pumpkin Center east of Lawton was slightly damaged by fire around 10 30 am today. Firemen sent a Lawton truck which was recalled when the fire was found extinguished. A wall of the building was damaged and the cause remains unknown.
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E. E. Shriver
Pumpkin Center
Lawton
Fashion Follies On Tap Tonight
Whit Ozier announces Fashion Follies at Cameron College auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. The all men’s clothes revue will showcase latest male styles. Tickets sold at the auditorium with Eugene Zwick and Jimmy Mays performing a skit titled Hollywood Party.
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Cameron College of
Cameron College
Whit Ozier
Eugene Zwick
Jimmy Mays
Lawton High School
Wickersham Receives Rhee Thanks for Capitol Flag Delivery
Representative Victor Wickersham of Oklahoma shows a letter from South Korean President Syngman Rhee thanking him after a flag presented by Galen Wickersham, the congressman's son in Korea, flew over the U S Capitol on Rhee’s joint session address. The Korean leader called Galen a fine American and noted the meeting with him.
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Washington
Victor Wickersham
D-Okla
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
Congress
Corp
Galen Wickersham
Korea
South Korea
Galen
Oklahoma
John Wayne and Pilar Palette Tie The Knot in Hawaii
Hollywood star John Wayne married Pilar Palette in Kailua Hawaii after finalizing his divorce from Esperanza Bauer. The ceremony drew about 150 guests from the Sea Chase cast and crew with Wayne declaring the union his best happiness.
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Honolulu
John Wayne
Pilar Palette
Wayne
Esperanza Bauer
Pilar
Airlines
Richard Weldy
Classroom Teacher President Accepts City Speaking Date
Miss Lucille Carroll of Ohio national president of the Classroom Teacher Association has accepted an invitation to address a dinner meeting in Lawton March 22. Mrs. Opal Ford, local CTA president, announced plans. Guests will include Lawton chapter members and CTA groups from surrounding towns. The dinner will be in Lawton High School cafeteria. Carroll, recently elevated to national president, is a high school English teacher.
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Lucille Carroll
Ohio
Classroom Teacher, Association
Lawten
Opal Ford
CTA
Lawton
Lawton High School
National
Classroom Teachers Organization
Carroll
Sfc Anthony Dykes Retires From Army After 21 Years
Sfc. Anthony M. Dykes of Arlington has retired after 21 years and five months of service. He entered the Army in June 1927 after Glendale High School in Glendale, California. He served 31 months in occupation duty with the Adjutant General Publications Depot in Frankfurt, Germany, and since August 1952 worked as an offset platemaker at the Army Field Printing Plant, Fort Sill.
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Sfce
Anthony M. Dykes
Arlington
Army
Glendale High School
Glendale
Calif
Adjutant General Publications Depot
Frankfurt
Germany
Army Field Printing Plant
Fort Sill
Baby-Sitter Killers Bound For District Court Trial
In Oklahoma City two teenage half-brothers Kenneth James Brewer Jr and Bennie Westie McGrew both 17 were ordered held without bond after being bound over for district court murder trials in the death of 18 month old Thomas Harris while under their care. A doctor testified the infant died from a brain hemorrhage after the youths allegedly tried to force him to walk.
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Oklahoma City
Kenneth James Brewer, Jr
Bennie Westie McGrew
Thomas Harris
Howard Hoppy
Green gold in modern jewelry mirrors ancient alloy
The material known as green gold, used in contemporary jewelry, has a composition close to ancient electrum with about 75 percent gold and 25 percent silver, explaining its distinctive hue.
Actor Van Johnson Faces Mother's Support Suit in LA
Los Angeles reports Van Johnson is shocked by a suit filed by his mother Loretta Neumann seeking 900 dollars a month. She claims differences since 1946 and that Johnson promised 6 500 dollars yearly. Johnson says he has supported her and paid taxes on about 70 000 dollars since 1946.
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Los Angeles
van Johnson
Loretta Neumann
Johnson
Greg Bautzer
Van
Death of Golfer's Wife Ruled Suicide by Poison
The coroner ruled the death of Mrs. von Elm, wife of golfer von Elm, as death by own action. Autopsy by Dr. Frederick Newhbarr found nicotine poisoning. Roy A. Ford, 29, a golf pro tege, was with her and said she drank from an insecticide bottle. he is jailed on morals charges following the finding.
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Los Angeles
Evon Emth
Ieller
Lebby Jones
Frederick Newhbarr
Roy A. Ford
von Elm
Ford
Newbarr
Lawton BPW Plans Wednesday Business Session
Lawton Business and Professional Women's Club schedules a Wednesday regular meeting. Members are asked to bring United Fund Red Cross campaign kits for a final report.
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Lawton Business & Professional Women's Club
United Fund—Red Cross
Moms Okay Baby Trade
London report says two young mothers Vera Bowers and Sheila Read agreed to permanent a baby switch after doctors confirmed a hospital mix up five weeks earlier. Both say relief at the decision and plan a joint christening where their sons will trade names.
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London
Vera Bowers
Sheila Read
Sheila
Mrs. Read
Baby John
Baby Kenneth Reads to Be Renamed John
In a naming decision reported by the Reads family the baby born Kenneth will change his given name to John, reflecting a parental choice documented in local naming notes. The transition aims to formalize a new identity as the child grows.
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Kenneth
John
OU Professor Receives $12000 Research Grant
Dr. Harriet Harvey a University of Oklahoma zoology professor receives a two year grant for a study of vertebrate submaxillary glands funded by the U S Public Health Service and NIH at Bethesda Maryland. The research aims to address tooth decay and animal dietary habits.
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Norman
Okla
Harriet Harvey
University of Oklahoma
U. S. Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Harvey
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