Cold War Returns Prompt Budget Reassessment
A high level official says Geneva failure signals a new Cold War era and prompts reevaluation of policy. It notes possible shifts in foreign aid though big cuts are not planned, with focus on necessities and potential increased military funding amid a looming budget balance.
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Washington
Geneva
Middle East
John B. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
Europe
Russia
Defense Department
Robbery at Van Bank About Nine Thousand Loot
A bank robbery near Van involved a 1950 Ford pickup and a light colored Ford. a bandit about 5 feet 10 inches, 165 pounds, with a plaid shirt, fled west then south after taking an estimated $9,000 in cash bundles with rubber bands. W. A. Bullard saw a possible accomplice waiting in a light car.
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Van
W. A. Bullard
Bandit
Ham
Christmas Seals Mailed To Residents In Comanche County
Thirteen thousand three hundred thirty two TB Christmas seals are being mailed this week by Mrs Hal Hallet executive director of the Comanche County Tuberculosis association. Jack Russell chairs the 49th annual campaign amid calls for X ray screening and treatment the county health unit will visit Fletcher Lawton and nearby communities. Association officers and seal sale committee members from Lawton Cache Chattanooga and other towns are listed with envelopes enclosing checks payable to Smith treasurer or Russell.
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Hal Hallet
Comanche County Tuberculosis Association
Jack Russell
Seal Sale
Russell
State Department of Health
Comanche County
Frank Austin
Lawton
R. B. McCoy
C. A. Vokins
Cache
F. C. Minton
Chattanooga
T. W. Skinner
Elgin
J. E. Medlock
Faxon
Fred Burch
Fletcher
Lucretia Dickson
Geronimo
H. C. Brenton
Indiahoma
E. A. Hilliary
Smith
Farm Women to Present C of C Program Friday
Jack Carter of the Chamber of Commerce coordinates a Friday luncheon forum at the Hotel Lawtonian with 25 Comanche County farm women club presidents. The event aligns with USO Pal Day, featuring 25 Fort Sill servicemen as guests from multiple artillery units and Army groups, including names and hometowns.
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Jack Carter
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Comanche County
Chamber Forum
Lawtonian
Fort Sill
77Th Field Artillery Group
William D. Bradley
Lawton
Edward Acuna
Shertz
Tex
Louis C. Lang
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles R. Boyle
Hazelton
Everett Higgins
Eli
Army Aviation Unit Training Command
Carl Payton
Oakland
Calif
Laverne Jacobs
la Crosse
Kan
Marvin Zarlin
Long
Four Chicago Boys Missing
Four 15 year old boys in the Chicago area are missing and feared linked to the murder of three other boys a month earlier. The youths left Stickney at 3 30 pm and have not been seen since. Police may call in a special investigative unit if not found by mid morning. Names given include Stanley Millis Philip Masconi Robert Yale and William Lynch.
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Chicago
Stickney
Northwest Side
Stanley Millis
Philip Masconi
Robert Yale
William Lynch
Robert Peterson
John Schuessler
Anton
Mate Killer Takes Turn For Worse
NEW YORK UP The condition of Mrs. William Woodward socialite mother of two sons who shot and killed her husband Oct 20 when she mistook him for a burglar took a turn for worse Tuesday night hospitalized at Doctors Hospital on Long Island the day after the incident.
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New York
William Woodward
Area Men In Service Sage Brush Exercise Start
Lt. Dale R. Moore 23 son of Charles A. Moore Temple participates in Exercise Sage brush, the largest joint Army Air Force Maneuver since World War II, conducted in Louisiana. He leads a platoon in Company B of the 61st Regiment, 8th Division, stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, and entered the Army in March 1954. He is a 1953 Oklahoma A&M graduate and member of Alpha Gamma Rho.
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Dale R. Moore
Charles A. Moore
Temple
Louisiana
8Th Division
61St
Moore
Fort Carson
Colo
Army
Oklahoma A&m
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Water Usage Dips During October
Raw water taken from Lake Lawtonka in October fell by 24 million gallons from September. Lawton residents used 156.17 million gallons of filtered water and Fort Sill used 61.37 million, with an average daily flow of 7.77 million to the city. Additional 7.96 million gallons were used to wash filter beds.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lawton and
Fort Sill
David Duke
Duke
Lawton
Tulsans Reject Five Of Twelve Bond Issues
Tulsa voters rejected five of twelve bond questions totaling 24.95 million dollars including three freeways street work a municipal auditorium and fairgrounds improvements. Approved were waterworks sanitary sewers storm sewers parks fire stations refuse trucks and traffic signals plus a Highland Park annexation.
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Tulsa
Okla
Highland Park
Fairgrounds
Citizens Committee For Tulsa
Citizens Information League
Citizens Fair Tax League
Municipal Auditorium
President Eisenhower moves into new office
President Eisenhower begins using a green walled office April in Gettysburg to handle a growing schedule. He plans cabinet and National Security Council meetings next week likely at Camp David while continuing convalescence after a heart attack. Secretary Dulles will attend Geneva talks with a radio report expected soon from Gettysburg or Washington.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Cabinet
National Security Council
Dulles
Geneva
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Camp David
Security’ Council
Catoctin Mountains
Lawrence E. Oyler
Sherman Adams
Rice hull blocks eyed for atomic shelter study
Civil defense officials study the possible use of building blocks made from rice hulls as a material for atomic war shelters.
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Civil Defense
Fund Drive Slows As 77.6 Percent Of Goal Reaches
Lawton-Fort Sill United Fund Red Cross drive shows 77.6 percent of its 1955 56 goal $96 314 raised to date $74 796 48 with $21 717 52 still needed. Inter club leaders Rotary 89 2 percent $27 441 85, 19 men with 37 unworked cards. Other clubs list varying percentages, reported totals and unworked cards across Northwest Kiwanis Optimists Lions Kiwanis Altrusa B P W Frogs and ABC.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Rotary
Northwest Kiwanis
Northwest
Kiwanis
Optimists
Lions
Altrusa
B&pw
Frogs
ABC
Students Present Holiday Program at Central Junior High
Central Junior high music students under Mrs. Ella Mackey performed a pre Thanksgiving program in the auditorium. Girls glee club sang Green Cathedral Home Sweet Home Around The World and the Junior high song. A Thanksgiving Prayer was presented by the boys glee club and the student body sang Over The River and Through The Woods. Richard Heithcock and Sally Bassel offered solos Count Your Blessings and Suddenly There Is A Valley. Randy Collier Bill Stamps Charles Brooks and Larry Ray staged a pantomime Yellow Rose of Texas. Principal A Richardson introduced delegates to the state junior high student council convention in Tulsa. Leaving at noon Thursday are Louise Lewis Anita Thomas Findley Means Ben Ansley Danny Preston. Mrs Lorena Fullerton will accompany. The convention closes at noon Saturday. Elizabeth Porter was master of ceremonies and Janice Vaughn gave the scripture and prayer. Preston presented the flag.
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Central Junior High School
Ella Mackey
Frank Robinson
Richard Heithcock
Sally Bassel
New Items Added To Food Supplies For Distribution
County Commissioner Emil Woesner said two new items flour and corn meal will join the monthly free food distribution in the Central district. The program runs from 9 a m Friday at the courthouse through next week, with 975 families about 3 500 people listed. Recipients should bring sacks and authorization cards, and proxies must show identification and a verification note.
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Emil Woesner
Woesner
Faxon 4-H Club Reports From Regular Meeting
Twenty five Senior Faxon 4-H members attended the weekly business session. President Marvin Livingston spoke of the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City and Jane Carson described her trip to the state teachers meeting and entertainment program. Delegates Livingston and Jim Clower will attend the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Arlen Johnson discussed native grasses and Betty Brannon reviewed 1956 4-H projects.
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Marvin Livingston
Kansas City
Jane Carson
Livingston
Jim Clower
Arlen Johnson
Betty Brannon
Oats as Feeder Hog Complement Says Illinois Expert
A University of Illinois livestock specialist states oats provide feed value equal to corn for fattening hogs when oats do not exceed one fourth of the ration.
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University of Illinois
Oklahoma City Grain and Livestock Prices Mixed Across Markets
Oklahoma City reports show mixed grains and livestock prices with wheat up slightly at 1 higher, broilers weak, eggs steady to firm, and butterfat prices steady to 54. Cattle and calves on sale with slow beef steer trade, cows at farm prices, yearlings and heifers mostly steady around 15.75 to 18.00, hogs 12.75 to 13.25 for 180-240 lb, sows 10 to 12, sheep lambs steady with price opportunities. Local poultry markets and multiple Oklahoma cities cited for price points.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Hennessey
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Yukon
Blackwell
Frederick
Lawton
Medford
Vici
Hobart
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
Tulsa
Muskogee
Vinita
Watonga
Alva
Laverne
Elk City
Woodward
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma City Livestock
USDA
Area Man Turned Over to Cotton County
W. D. Short, 38, was turned over to Cotton county authorities Tuesday after arrest by sheriff's deputy Arvil Roberson on a warrant charging disposal of mortgaged property. The warrant, signed by County Judge Claud H. Smith of Cotton county and dated Oct 28, cites Short, who lives near Indiahoma, as disposing of mortgaged cattle while employed at Fort Sill.
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W. D. Short
Cotton County
Arvil Roberson
Claud H. Smith
Short
Indiahoma
Fort Sill
Hospital News Items Admitted and Births Noted in City
A hospital notices column lists admissions and discharges across residents and families. It records Ray Brown, Eugene Britton, Mrs. Ernest Trosino, James Roberts and others as admitted or dismissed for medical or surgical reasons, with multiple births noted including infants born to Hilliard, McGill, Wakelee, and others on dates in November.
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Ray Brown
Gore
Eugene Britton
Everett Britton
Fletcher
Ernest Trosino
Baldwin
James C. Roberts
Melart Courts
Heneietta Thompson
Roosevelt
Robert Rausch
Lake
Sur
Burglar Steals Pistol At Local Pawn Shop
Early this morning a burglar shattered a front door at Post Pawn Shop on 506 N Second and took a .25 caliber pistol plus three boxes of shells. Store manager Jack Crow reported the loss to police as Patrolmen Stradley and Moore found the break in. Ned Callin recovered a 1950 Ford reported stolen on November 9, and a Packard from Adolph Fietz used car lot was recovered in Henryetta Oklahoma. A bicycle stolen from 1703 N 15th was also recovered.
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Post Pawn Shop
Jack Crow
Kenneth Stradley
John Moore
Eddie Gaskins
Galesi Brescia
Ned Callin
Cameron College
Henryetta
Okla
Adolph Fietz
George Knight
Argentine Chief Jailing Strikers
President Pedro E. Aramburu's four day old government reports arrests of hundreds of strike leaders as a CGT walkout disrupts varying sectors. Essential services run normally or slightly below, with 100 percent strikes in meat packing glassworking and soap sectors. transport and rail workers largely idle while the army tightens guard around key buildings.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro E. Aramburu
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Illinois voters favor Republicans in eight of 14 elections
Illinois voters backed Republican candidates in eight of the last fourteen presidential contests, reflecting a partisan tilt in recent national races.
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Illinois
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