Geneva Big Four ends in unanimous disagreement
The Geneva meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers closed with no progress on German reunification or European security. Molotov chaired the final session as Western and Soviet powers blamed each other for the breakdown. Dulles accused Moscow of blocking free elections. Macmillan called Soviet policy wrong and wicked. Pinay warned of a continued split in Germany and the Atlantic alliance.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Dulles
U. S
Washington
Bulganin
Germany
Europe
United States
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Moscow
Wild Storm Rips Midwest Sleet and Snow Hit Oklahoma
A long delayed cold wave brings subfreezing overnight lows across Oklahoma with Guymon at 7 degrees and other towns from 11 to 17. By morning, NW areas cleared as sleet and snow moved through Panhandle regions. Temperatures stay below freezing with a warming trend expected later, light precipitation possible again in the west tomorrow night.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Guymon
Highway Department
Panhandle
Northwest
Frank Fudge
Antlers
Poteau
Weather Bureau
Ft. Supply
Heavener
Enid
Gage
Ardmore
Ponca City
Hobart
Airline Killer Seems Sure He'll Get Off
John Gilbert Graham, held on murder charges for the United Airlines explosion that killed 44, appears confident he will win release. District Attorney Bert Keating seeks the gas chamber. Graham faces arraignment with bond set at 100000, after a federal sabotage charge previously filed. Witness interviews begin as the trial plan is framed for a rapid schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
United Airlines
Neal Wright
Wright
Graham
Bert Keating
Keating
William Patterson
Daisie E. King
Edward J. Keating
FBI
Stapleton Air Field
Turncoat Home Returns to Texas amid mixed reception
Lewis W. Griggs, 22, former GI who stayed with Communists and later sought to return to the U.S., arrived at Love Field from San Francisco and was driven to Jacksonville to reunite with his mother Elsie Griggs. Local editor predicts indifference. a Jacksonville policeman notes the difficulty of the situation.
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Dallas
Ter
Lewis W. Griggs
Texas
Jacksonville
United States
Griggs
Love Field
San Francisco
Elsie Griggs
Nan Travis Hospital
John Templeton
Army Eyes Leaping Tanks and Flying Pillboxes
Washington report notes Lt. Col. Robert B. Rigg predicts by 1970 U S forces could fight with leaping tanks to cross rivers jump troops by air and use vertical rising aircraft bristling with cannons and rockets replacing tactical artillery The Armor Magazine piece reflects Army planning shift toward battlefield mobility in an atomic age and cites Gen Maxwell D Taylor Gen James N Gavin as research leaders.
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Washington
United States
Armor Magazine
Army
U.S. Armor Association
Robert B. Rigg
Maxwell D. Taylor
Gomerge Taylor
Eed
James N. Gavin
Army Research
Fort Sill Blvd Lighting Approved By City Dads
City council approved installation of ninety four mercury vapor street lights on Fort Sill Blvd between Euclid and Gate 3. The project, with 15 000 lumen units, will cost the city 4871.34 annually for power while the company installs the units at no construction cost. The lights will complete a whiteway circuit from Lee Blvd to the post along llth street. Construction will begin as materials arrive.
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Fort Sill Blvd
Euclid
Gate 3
Public Service
Waldman
Tomlinson
Greer
Lee Blvd
Llth Street
Waldman Addition
Public Service Co
Lone Bandit Robs Bank of $9,000
VAN Texas bandit in a plaid shirt robbed the First State Bank of Van and fled in a pickup with about $9,000. Bank official C A Ham reported two staffers, cashier B D White and bookkeeper Ona Trant, were present when the robber demanded the money and fled with the cash.
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Van
Tex
First State Bank of
C. A. Ham
B. D. White
Ona Trant
White
Ham
Hama
Credentials panel to name Oklahoma national committeeman
Calvin W. Rawlings head of the Democratic credentials committee said the panel will not announce the Oklahoma national committeeman winner until Thursday morning. The committee will meet in closed session again in the afternoon to decide between William Doenges and James H. Arrington.
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Chicago
Calvin W. Rawlings
Democratic Party Credentials Committee
Oklahoma
Rawlings
William Doenges
James H. Arrington
City Amateur Painters Win Praise Cash
A watercolor painting of Lawton s Central Junior high school, the former Lawton high building, won first in the old landmarks and local scenes division of the annual Amateur Artists association show. The event includes more than 50 paintings by artists from Lawton Frederick Snyder and Fort Sill, and runs 1 to 5 p m Saturday in the Civic room of the Security Bank and Trust Co building. Mrs Louise Pollina earned 60 dollars for her winning piece with other top prizes to Jeanette Larson Leslie Powell and honorable mentions to Janice Ring M C Hallender and Barbara Turner. Judges praised the exhibit as highly as a museum piece and based their final decision on subject significance to Lawton s history.
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Jasper Pollina
Lawton High School
Security Bank & Trust Co
Lawton
Central Junior High
Lawton High
Amateur Artists Association
Frederick, Snyder
Fort Sill
Security Bank and Trust Co
Louise Pollina
Jeanette Larson
Old Post Chapel
Leslie Powell
Baltimore
Janice Ring
Blessed Sacrament Church
M.C. Hallender
Frederick
Dow Ennis
Barbara Turner
Old Corral
Velma Bailey
LHS
Georgianna Moore
Fireman's House Burns Four Tots Die in Tacoma
Four children died in a $7,000 blaze that destroyed the home of Tacoma firefighter Donald R. Evans. Surviving was six-year-old Donald. others aged 5, 4, 3, and 2 suffocated as flames gutted the residence around 5:30 a.m. EST. Firefighters found the house a mass of flames on arrival.
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Tacoma
Wash
Donald R. Evans
Evans
Donald
Charles
John
Pamela
Patricia
Two Plead Guilty To Bank Robbery in Oklahoma
In Cement Oklahoma two of three men charged in a $3400 bank robbery pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday before Judge Edgar S Vaught. Howard Shaw 30 of Lawton and Jimmie Franklin Spann 21 of Cement admitted guilt and face sentencing December 2. Lewis Brewer 55 of Cement pleaded innocent and awaits a December jury trial. attorneys Laynie W Harrod and Dave Tant represent the defendants.
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Oklahoma City
Cement
Okla
First State Bank
U. S
Philip Douglas
Howard Shaw
Lawton
Jimmie Franklin Spann
Edgar S. Vaught
Lewis Brewer
Vaught
Spann and
Shaw
Laynie W. Harrod
Brewer
Dave Tant
County 4-H Members Honored At County Meeting
Comanche county 4-H members were honored at the county meeting with officers reelected for 1955-56. Marvin Livingston and Shirley Brantley were named president and vice president, with Judy Kay Roberts, Dennis Cannon, and Janeris Hagar taking key roles. Key Awards went to Kathleen Woesner, Eurah Richards, Shirley Brantley, and Bob Wood for ranking in the top one percent of 4-H work. Bonds for personality achievement went to Kathleen Woesner, Eurah Richards, and Donald Lee Pittman, with Robert Warrick earning a fourth spot for Tillman county. Lifetime honorary memberships were awarded to Otto W. Kluck and Curtis J. Ellsworth.
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Comanche County
Marvin Livingston
Faxon
Shirley Brantley
Sterling
Judy Kay Roberts
Indiahoma
Dennis Cannon
FSIS
Janeris Hagar
Cache
Kathleen Woesner
Eurah Richards
Bob Wood
Cities Service Oil Company
Southwestern Bed Telephone Company
Donald Lee Pittman
Hillside Club
Tillman County
Robert Warrick
Otto W. Kluck
Gore, Lawton
Curtis J. Ellsworth
Columbia
Lawton
Kluchma
Cache Club
Faxon Club
Sterling Club
Cities Service Oil Co
Sailors Fight Fire For Lives Aboard Coal Carrier
New York report states about 35 crewmen battle a blaze aboard the Italian collier De Mazzerla, sailing from Sidney to Europe with coal. A Coast Guard plane from Argentia located the burning vessel near the Grand Banks 1,200 miles northeast of New York, after its SOS and explosions in holds No 1 and No 2. The Coos Bay relayed updates as the ship remained afire.
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New York
Grand Banks
Coast Guard
Argentia
Nld
Dea Mazzerla
Sidney
Nova Scotia
Europe
Coos Bay
Midocean
Roofer Burned as Tar Pot Fire Spreads at Job Site
A Southwestern Bell Telephone Co a roof project at 17th and Gore left James Roberts 33 Oklahoma City with third degree burns to the shoulders and arms after flames erupted from a tar pot. Fellow worker Jack Bromley tackled the blaze, ripping away clothing before rushing Roberts to Memorial hospital where he was listed in fair condition.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Gore
James Roberts
Oklahoma City
Jack Bromley
Roberts
Memorial Hospital
Cold front brings heavy winds and freezing temperatures
Lawton endures strong gusts up to 53 mph and a plunge from 82 to 18 as a cold front moves through Oklahoma. Forecasters predict continued cold, fair conditions with a hard frost tonight and possible sleet or snow early Thursday. Highs in the low 40s and lows around 15 to 18 remain likely with a 28 degree reading at 11 am.
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Lawton
Mercury
Oklahoma
Tornadoes and Rain Batter Ohio Valley Storm Hits Midwest
A wild storm system tore through the midwest and Ohio River Valley with tornadoes and heavy rain. At least one dead and 21 injured across Arkansas Indiana and Ohio as storms damaged homes barns and utilities. Mild to severe damage reported in Winchester Gentryville Evansville Batesville and Mt Vernon amid shifting Arctic cold and a four foot snow cover on Colorado passes.
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Arkansas
Indiana
Ohio
Winchester
Indianapolis
Gentryville
Evansville
Ind
Batesville
Ark
Greenville
Union City
Illinois
Oklahoma
Texas
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Colorado
Denver
Gary Takes Off For Chicago Battle
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Gov Raymond Gary left the Capitol to fly to Chicago for the Democratic National Committee fight over Oklahoma's committeeman after a four hour weather delay. Gary will press for approval of Rep Jim H Arrington Stillwater as committeeman to succeed W C Doenges. Doenges term ends next summer and he is fighting to keep his post. Doenges contends he merely offered to resign and it was not accepted.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Capitol
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Oklahoma
Gary
Jim H. Arrington
Stillwater
W. C. Doenges
Doenges
Doe
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D. L. Wigington
L. D. Brittain
Frank Waldron
John A. Keathley
T. J. Kelly
Lone Bandit
Bulletin
Bromley
Ohio Valley
United Press
Ohio River Valley
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