Eisenhower Eyes Billion Dollar Boost to Arms Budget
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration plans a near one billion dollar increase in defense appropriations for next year. The Defense Department aims to trim forces to 2.6 million and cut 70,600 civilian jobs while preserving weapons and pay raises. Futuristic research and missiles, B52E delivery, and a space satellite plan accompany the larger defense forecast for next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Department
Fentagon
U.S
Russia
Fred Singer
United States
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
John B. Medaris
Army
Pentagon
Défense
Murder Charge Dismissed Here
A murder charge against 20 year old Billy Ray Hampton was dismissed after the county attorney and Superior Judge signed the order citing lack of sufficient evidence for re trial. Headed to trial in May 1956 the case ended with a deadlocked jury of eight to four for acquittal and four for conviction. Hampton testified Head assaulted him at Dot's Burger Bar and he fired as Head closed in, saying he did not intend to kill.
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Billy Ray Hampton
Lawton
Warren Crane
Robert S. Landers
David J. Aubrey
Hampton
Ted Vernon Head
John W. Tyree
Head
Cache Road
Lavon Woman Convicted of Grand Larceny in May Dress Theft
Opal Patterson a M year old Lavon Negro woman was found guilty by a District court jury of grand larceny for stealing two dresses from the LaVerne shop last May. She faces a two year prison term.
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Opal Patterson
LaVerne
Chamber Board Launches Drive for Industry Fund
Lawton Chamber of Commerce directors launched a plan to raise a minimum 300000 over ten years to attract and locate industries in Lawton with an immediate 30000 goal. A two pronged approach includes an outright donation to an industrial trust and an industrial development company with Chamber ownership of common stock. Legal work is underway by Arthur Cavanagh to set up the vehicles. A three member committee Ross Porter George Barber J C Kennedy Vernon Horrell will refine details for a forthcoming Chamber forum.
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Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
lTawton
Industriat
Otha
Chamber
Arthur Cavanagh
Richardson and
Ross Porter
George Barber
J.C. Kennedy
Vernon Horrell
Mobile Homes
Mt. Scott Canning Company
Gordon Cartons
See Fun
Fanol
Vast Seattle Street Crater Threatens Homes
A 60 foot deep hole opened on a North End boulevard in Seattle forcing evacuation of 75 people from nine homes and a five unit apartment building. The 150 by 75 foot crater grew rapidly as sewer pipes failed and water backed up sewers flooded nearby residences. Workers saved steel beams and a crane meant to shore the crater while police ordered evacuations and halted traffic around the parkway end of the boulevard.
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Seattle
Ravenna Blvd
Lorders of Police
Altip
Airman Quits Post to Save Twin Brother
Lt. Sam Meckman of Hondo AFB resigns to donate a kidney to his twin Billy Merriman in Oklahoma City. Doctors warn the operation would end his military training and may delay wings. Washington involvement pending final medical and military approval.
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Air Force
Sam Merriman
Billy Merriman
Oklahoma City Veterans Hospital
Richmond
Airman
Twin Brother
Hondo
Tex
Oklahoma
Leutenant
Sam Meckman
Hondo Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Merriman
National Guard
Hondo Afs
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Honda
Washington
Air National Guard
Eisenhower warns on defense boost and space weapons costs
President Eisenhower warned that increasing defense spending to meet space and future weapons challenges will require sharp cuts in nonmilitary programs next year. He urged Congress to trim nonessential spending while expanding education and science training to counter the Soviet threat. He cautioned that Soviet progress signals danger to free nations and touted a broader basic research focus.
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Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
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Weather Update From Lawton and Nearby Lakes
Cloudy skies persist with limited visibility in the morning and variable temperatures later. Lawton reports past night moisture with eight tenths of an inch since Wednesday, no additional rain at Lake Lawtonka, creeks running well, lake water 3.20 feet above the spillway, fog covers much of the state.
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Lawton
lLabtonka
Roy
Higdon
White House Edict Blamed for Oklahoma Seating Mixup
Oklahoma City officials blamed White House regulations for a seating snafu at Municipal Auditorium during President Eisenhower's visit. Draper said advance Washington representatives insisted all seats be assigned while publicizing general availability, causing ticketed and non ticketed entry confusion and many patrons leaving before entry.
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Oklahoma
Stanley Draper
City Chamber of Commerce
Whites House
Eisenhower
Municipal Auditorium
Washington
Draper
FBI Nabs Second Bank Theft Suspect in Oklahoma City
FBI reports arrest of Samuel Hugo Weston in Washington for the First National Bank of Commerce robbery in Oklahoma City. Weston and an accomplice faced federal bank robbery charges. neither suspect had bank money. Weston had recent ties to Oklahoma and a Washington probation record notes his printer work and college plans.
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FBI
Oklahoma ‘City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
D. A. Bryce
First Ane Bank of Commerce
Washington
Bryce
Samuel
Hugo Weston
Wes
Ton
Miami
Oda
Smith
Weston
Foot
Oklahoma
Woman Sheds Two Husbands In Single Day
Lawton barmaid Geraldine Houser, age 33, had three husbands. In two separate suits heard Wednesday, she was granted an annulment from John Soldier and a divorce from Clyde H. Toney, an Air Force airman. The bigamy charge in Cotton County remains, with a $5,000 bond posted.
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Lawton
Tioon
Robert S. Landats
Geraldine Houser
Cotton County
Clyde H. Toney
Sheppard Afb
TRE
Cairman
Robert S. Landers
Bronte
John Soldier
Sta- Hate
Massed Fire and Jet Show Set At Fort Sill
The Air Force and artillery units plan a massed fire and air power demonstration at Fort Sill on Saturday morning. Eighty eight guns will be used with Super Sabre jets to strafe and bomb targets, break the sound barrier, and open to the public. Col Norval gins promptly ate day.
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Fort Sill
Norval
Appreciation Days Under Way In City
Lawton merchants begin two day Appreciation Days促 a Chamber of Commerce promoted sale. Shelves are bulging with bargains as the final event of the year unfolds with notices in local papers.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Constitution
Em@ay
Week Long Hunt Ends With Grim Plane Disaster Findings
Honolulu reports nine bodies found in sea near area where Pan American Romance of the Skies vanished last Friday. Flight from San Francisco to Honolulu carried 44 aboard, 36 passengers and 8 crew. Search by Navy carrier Philippine Sea and other units ongoing. no survivors expected. Weather seas steady with 7 foot waves. Civil Aeronautics Board inspecting equipment and maintenance. Underwriters noted lower policy values than usual.
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Honolulu
The
Navy
Philippine Sea
Pan American World Airways
San Francisco
Philippine ‘Sea
Honoulu
Gordon
H.‘ Brown
Palo Alto
Calif
San Francis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan American Airways
Jet Drops Napalm Tank During Practice Exercise
A jet fighter released a napalm tank about 1,000 yards south of a military post during a noon practice fire demonstration. Capt. Robert Kren, the information officer, said helicopters were searching for the inert tank south of Lake George on the east range. The device was unarmed and failed to ignite.
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Robert, Kren
Kren
Lake George
Army Secretary A. S. To Visit Fort Sill Friday
Assistant Army Secretary Franklin L. Orth arrives at Fort Sill Airport at 3 p.m. Friday to keynote a Reserve Officers Association banquet. He travels with ROA executive director Col. John T. Carlton and is greeted by Maj. Ellsworth and Maj. Gen. Thomas Bide Sharp. Orth will address a Lawton Fort Sill ROA membership kickoff about a new look at the Reserve program. Rep. Toby Morris of Lawton is to attend.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Franklin L. Orth
Reserve ‘Officers ' Association
Orta
ROA
John T. Carlton
Re Ellsworth
Thomas “Bide’ Sharp
U. S. Army ‘Artillery and Missile Center
Orth
Lawton Fort Sill
Reserve
Prgram
ton-Fort Sill
CaAltiobeh
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