Areas Cotton Is Lush in Southwest Oklahoma Cotton County
Southwest Oklahoma reports peak cotton crop of the decade with high yields and quality. Tillman county yields reach up to three bales per acre in places, while Cotton County shows 25 percent remaining in fields and a county total near 4,000 bales with expectations around 5,000. Tillman County fields average two bales per acre, with a projected county total near 45,000.
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Oklahoma
Tillman
Jasper Hart
Hari
Tillm
Tipton
Rodney
Lester Dickey
Frederick
Tillman County
Laxton Malcom
Rodney Dickey
GI FHA loan discounts blamed on government programs
Rep. Wright Patman charges GI and FHA home buyers are being overcharged by 5 to 9 percent due to "flagrant" mortgage discounts. He calls it a shocking scandal and demands immediate remedial action, saying lenders give builders less than the loan face while buyers repay full principal plus interest.
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Washington
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Patman
House
Small Business Committee
Cooler Weather Moves In With Cold Front
The forecast says cooler weather arrives Sunday night as a cold front from the northwest shifts skies from clear to partly cloudy. Overnight lows near 45 degrees mark a warmup from recent freezing temperatures. Today’s high around 65, Saturday’s high about 79, with a low near 41.
Missile program destined for Fort Sill
An Associated Press dispatch from El Paso reports Maj. Gen. Paul W. Rutledge recommended concentrating all surface-to-surface Corporal missile training at Fort Sill and all surface-to-air Nike training at Fort Bliss. The Army had renamed The Artillery School to The Artillery and Guided Missile Center, signaling future guided missile units at Sill and expanded use of Fort Bliss facilities. Rep. J. T. Rutherford of Odessa cited the dispersion of missile programs, with details on Page 2.
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Army
Fort Sill
Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Paul W. Rutledge
Fort Bliss
Fort Oui
Artillery and
Sill
J. T. Rutherford
Odessa
Upsets topple top teams in dramatic college football day
Fort Hood defeated Fort Sill 13-7 ending the Cannoneers 19 game win streak while No 2 service team Sill lost again. Illinois shocked Michigan 25-6 as Oklahoma beat Missouri 20-0 and Maryland edged LSU 13-0 continuing strong play.
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Fort Sill
Cannoneers
Michigan
Fort Hood
Siul
Iowa
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Maryland
Terrapins
LSU
Sooners
Missouri
Texas
Tulsa
Houston
LSU Itil
Georgia Tech
Tennessee Army
Colorado
Navy
Utah
Illinois
Stanford
Colorado A&m
California
Oklahoma A&m
Washington
Eisenhower shown fit after first steps with Montgomery
In Denver on November 5 President Eisenhower climbed his first steps and a wartime ally, Field Marshal Montgomery, praised him as invaluable to the world. The two discussed global issues for 40 minutes. Montgomery suggested Ike’s value endures whether in the White House or elsewhere and hinted at 1956 political implications.
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Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Lord Montgomery
Alamein
Montgomery
Ike
Fund Now Stands At 71 Percent Of Goal In Lawton Campaign
The Lawton Fort Sill United Fund Red Cross drive reached 71.4 percent of its 1955-56 goal, with $68,842.09 raised toward $96,314. Campaign cabinet members, citing club worker shortfalls, aim to boost participation among about 6,400 eligible workers, as executive director Mrs. Latha H. Prosser notes only 2,951 have contributed so far.
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Lawton- Fort Sill United Fund-Red Cross
Lawton
Latha H. Prosser
United Fund- Red Cross
Crash Kills Mexico Official and Six Others
Mexico City November 5 Communications Minister Carlos Lazo, one of his sons, and at least five other people were killed when a government plane crashed in the Valley of Texcoco three minutes after takeoff. At least seven others were injured. A second large plane crash near Mexico City within two weeks involved a commercial airliner that crash landed with 21 aboard but no casualties.
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Mexico City
Carlos Lazo
Communications Ministry
Texcoco
Cameron College to Build New Gym and Fieldhouse
Cameron College will open bids for a $375 000 physical education building and fieldhouse later this month or by early December. Vernon Howell, president, said the project includes a 1800 seat gymnasium with offices rest rooms and dressing rooms. The facility will be west of the ROTC drill field and expected to be ready for the 1956 57 school year.
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Cameron College
Vernon Howell
Board of Regents For
A&m Colleges
Cameron
Stillwater
Howell
Oklahoma City
Paul Harris
Lawton
ROTC
Open Sky plan pressed at Big Four talks
U S to press Eisenhower open sky plan at Big Four foreign ministers conference in Geneva. Harold E Stassen flies in to bolster the U S delegation as talks begin to challenge Molotov on good faith and push for mutual aerial inspections of military facilities.
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Geneva
United States
Eisenhower
Foreign Ministers
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
John Foster Dulles
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
Bank Robbers Elude Posse Hunt Still On
Daring mid day Cement bank robbery leaves two or three men at large after grabbing 3400 dollars. Tell ers and officials were held at gunpoint then locked in a rear room. Suspects supposedly slipped away before roadblocks could form. Law officers sweep hilly terrain near Norge with no big leads yet. Federal and state agents continue the hunt across several counties.
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Cement
Rush Springs
Chickasha
Caddo County
Ray Larsson
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Sheriff Larsson
Larsson
Norge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
GOP Blasts Dem Smear Attack
Republicans denounce Democrats in Congress for a smear campaign of immense proportions, asserting 137 investigations target big business, military programs, farming, and transportation. The Democrat response claims their party pursues facts, promising more revelations in 1956.
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Washington
Congress
Republican National Committee
GOP
Fort Sill Projects Near Final Completion
Fort Sill nears completion on a near 1 million dollar building program by January 1956. New bachelor officers quarters will be ready and work includes an 8 parking lots a 500000 gallon water tower and 112000 storage tower to fix low pressure. Underground wiring planned.
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Fort Sill
Wilson Road
41St Group
Gate 4
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
BOQ
Sheridan Road
Artillery Center
Lucas Field
Polo Club
See Sill
Israeli Denies Raid and Protests to UN Over Gaza Clashes
Israeli and Egyptian forces clashed again along the Gaza Strip with reports of nine Israeli armored cars and Egyptian raids. Both sides claim attacks were repulsed, no casualties reported. Israel filed a protest with the UN Mixed Armistice Commission as it denied an Israeli attack.
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Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Israel
Ain Hashlosha
UN Mixed Armistce Commission
Khan Yunis
France Restores Morocco Sultan
Paris November 5 France approved the restoration of ex Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef to the throne of French Morocco. He will decide his return date and must meet Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay at 4 p.m. tomorrow in a government chateau before being officially recognized and saluted by an honour guard at his hotel in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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Paris
France
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Morocco
Youssef
Antoine Pinay
St. Germain-enlaye
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Tom Sharrock
Hood
Lke
Monty
Crash
Mexico
Aggie Gym
U.S
Hunt
Ray Atteberry
Dem
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