Assistant Manager Nordyke Joins Lawtonian Hotel Post
European trained catering expert John F. Nordyke arrives from Hutchinson Kansas to serve as assistant manager and catering chief at the Lawtonian hotel now under construction. He will interview department heads and staff while establishing a public relations bureau to promote Lawton in regional papers. Nordyke, 42, a Cimarron New Mexico native and 1935 Lausanne graduate, served in Europe during World War II earning a Purple Heart and later assisted Philmont Scout Ranch and other groups.
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Denver
Colo
Lawtonian
John F. Nordyke
Hutchinson
Kan
Hutchinson- Baker
Nordyke
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Cimarron
N. M
Lausanne
Switzerland
India Club
Coast Guard
Africa
Sicily
Philmont
New Mexico
Dulles Plans Talk On Pact On West Germany Reach
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles plans a nationwide radio and TV address to explain the nine nation pact on West Germany. He notes the need for ratification by parliaments, including France, as Senate action looms for NATO admission of Germany.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
West Germany
Dulles
London
Germany
U. S
European Defense Community
EDC
Pierre Mendes- France
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Highway Project Will Begin Soon
City officials optimistic for an early start on the U S 62 277 highway project after the Rock Island Railroad easement is received this week. Milton Keating says the easement will go to the State Highway department and a two phase work order will be issued. The plan calls for four lane paving from Cache Road to the U S 277 281 junction and south to Ferris Avenue with a three level interchange at the junction of U S 62 and U S 277.
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Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Rock Island Railroad Co
State Highway Department
Cache Road
Ferris Avenue
Attorneys Argue Law In Trial Of Pipe Suits
Federal district court in Oklahoma City entered day two of six suits over water mains owned by developers and city. Plaintiff Wade Tyree seeks 125000 across seven actions while witnesses for both sides testified on finances and plot layouts.
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Lawton
Wichita
Kan
Finance and Thrift Company
Federal District Court
Oklahoma City
Steven S. Chandler
Woolsey Godlove
Jack Cummins
Logan, Godlove and Cummins
Wade Tyree
Wichita Finance and Trust Company
William Riggs
Finance Company
Lloyd Bendure
D. Henry Jones
Bendure
Jones
Dogs Attack Police at Oklahoma City House
Two officers responding to reports of five vicious dogs found the animals surrounding their car. Officer Standefer fired twice as the dogs retreated under a house, prompting the pair to stay in place and honk for help. Hardgroves left orders with the city pound for a follow-up.
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Oklahoma City
I. H. Hardgroves
B J. Standefer
Hardgroves
City Pound
Two Charged In Enid Killing
Enid Oklahoma October 5 two Wichita Kansas men Charles Mayhew and Herschel Ritchie were charged with the murder and robbery of Enid cafe owner Mike Biter 63. They face city court action after being linked to a series of nightclub robberies. Phillip Orr 25 was held as a material witness and Thurman Andrews was charged with whisky theft to hold him for the robberies.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Charles Mayhew
Herschel Ritchie
Wichita
Kan
Mayhew
Phillip Orr
Thurman Andrews
Andrews
Roberies
Ritchie
Mike Biter
Orr
Russians Charge Piracy By Chiang
United Nations Oct 5 Russia pressed a diplomatic flank against the Chinese Nationalists in the United Nations charging Chiang Kai Shek with piracy in the China seas. The general assembly steering committee planned a meeting to decide if the charge should be placed on the agenda for debate. The committee will also consider Anrei Vishinsky’s request to put the Kremlin disarmament proposals on the agenda as a special item.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
General Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kremlin
Longshore Strike Ties Up New York Harbor Again
A wage dispute by longshoremen tied up the Port of New York for a second time in six months. Tugboats operated while cargo stayed on ships as crews walked picket lines at most piers, with ships diverted to Baltimore and other east coast ports. The ILA and New York Shipping Association show no settlement, while leaders blame rival pressures and inspectorate claims of gangland influence on hiring.
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New York
Iternational
Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
New York Shipping Association
Steamship Lines
Baltimore
York
Independence
Pier 84
Hudson River
44Th Street
Cunard
John F. Gehan
American Export Line
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Patrick J. Connolly
Samuel M. Lane
Waterfront Commission
New York Harbor
Lane
Opening Of Gore Paving Bids Set
City councilmen will examine street improvement plans for three paving districts at tonight's session. Foremost item is the Gore Blvd paving bid opening from 19th Street West to Memorial Hospital. Contract award not expected until next week as officials study bids and decision on Districts 89 and 90 complaints is pending.
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Gore Blvd
19Th Street West
Memorial Hospital
New Mexico Bank Robber Is Captured
FBI announced the capture of Henry George Rixinger 27 in Phoenix at Sky Harbor airport after the $111,168 Five Points Branch robbery of the Bank of New Mexico. Also arrested were Dennis Logan Dages 31 and his wife Sarah Mobley Dages 30, both of Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
FBI
Five Points
Bank of New Mexico
Sky Harbor
Henry George Rixinger
Albuquerque
Dennis Logan Dages
Sarah Mobley Dages
Voters Speak No 2 Farmers Want 2 Way Congress
The article outlines a shift in farm belt politics toward genuine two party voting in Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois. Farmers and farm wives favor balanced partisan representation to hedge against a Republican president and prefer the major parties competing. Some Republicans also support letting parties compete to reflect farmer interests.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Lawton Board Approves Curtains for New Schools
Monday night’s Lawton board meeting approved curtain purchases for four stages at two elementary schools and the high school speech department. Oklahoma City Scenic Co. won the bid for 2338.73 with dark green front curtains and a dark red cyclorama. A three-man Negro delegation pressed for integration plans. the board pledged cooperation and asked how to implement the Supreme Court ruling.
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Lawton
Board of Education
Oklahoma City Scenic Co
Jefferson and Garfield
Southwestern Stage Equipment Co
San Antonio
Tex
Capitol Stage Equipment Co
Oklahoma City
C. C Warren
Negro Uso
H. P. Parris
Ida Ross
Warren
NAACP
Supreme Court
Nine Year Trieste Dispute Ends With Partition Pact
Oklahoma City reports farmers face hay scalpers as rail freight rate cuts are announced. Officials say itinerant truckers double or more prices, with some hay at $50 per ton in Payne county. Rail freight reductions could curb gouging, enabling purchase around $26 per ton under drouth programs. case noted of $40 per ton prairie hay.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Payne County
Myrl Gray
Stillwater
Fain Caesar
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Gray
Caesar
Drouth
Indian Acres land offer swamps mail in Stillwater
Wesley K. Wyatt offers about 10 000 dollars on Arthur Godfrey program for Anadarko amphitheater, selling 3 136 000 plots of two square inches each on a tract two miles south of Anadarko Caddo county. Buyers receive deed a McKinley land patent copy and window sticker. Land was Kiowa Comanche Apache reservation. Wyatt bought land five months ago and sought help. See Indian land Page 2.
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Stillwater
Okla
Wesley K. Wyatt
Arthur Godfrey
Anadarko
Wyatt
Caddo County
William McKinley
Oklahoma
Marilyn Monroe Seeks Divorce From Joe DiMaggio
Hollywood October 5 Marilyn Monroe filed a divorce suit in Santa Monica Superior Court against Joe DiMaggio alleging mental cruelty. The complaint states the marriage ended after eight months and 13 days with no alimony or community property involved. Monroe did not appear for the filing and remains secluded at her Beverly Hills home.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
Santa Monica Superior Court
DiMaggio
Joe
Jerry Giesler
Monroe
Beverly Hills
Marilyn
Trieste division settled between Italy and Yugoslavia
Italy and Yugoslavia formally agreed to divide the Trieste free territory along the postwar occupation lines. Italy gains Trieste port and Zone A while Zone B and the Lazzaretto strip go to Yugoslavia, ending a nine year dispute amid broad Western diplomatic backing.
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Rome
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste Free Territory
Adriatic
Trieste
Belgrade
Cataceaeer
Stern Europe
Greece
Turkey
Adriatic Sea
London
Washington
New York
Britain
Manlio Brosio
Vladimir Velebit
Mario Scelba
Brosio
Piazza del Unita
Unity Square
Moscow
Zone A
Lazzaretto
Lizzaretto
Marshal Tito
Swarm Of Planes Darkens Taipei
Four waves of unidentified planes caused a 45 minute blackout of Taipei on Tuesday and one wave neared 15 miles of Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist HQ. No bombs were dropped and no exchange of fire occurred. Reports said a Communist Chinese force was massing small craft along the Quemoy coast and paratroopers in Fukien, with predictions of an invasion.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
South China
Quemoy
Fukien
Quemoy Island
McCarthy March On Washington Set
Baltimore reports that militant anti Communist leaders announce a nationwide march on Washington on November 11 to urge senators to censure Sen. McCarthy. Rabbi Benjamin Schultz, in Baltimore to toast Roy M. Cohn, announced the plan as the Senate prepares to reconvene November 8 to consider a censure recommendation.
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Baltimore
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Benjamin Schultz
Roy M. Cohn
Senate
Mild Break In Weather For Lawton Area
A mild break in unseasonably warm weather is forecast for Lawton with temperatures five to ten degrees above normal. Occasional showers or thunderstorms and more cloudiness are expected this afternoon and tonight, with a high in the upper 70s and a low in the 60s. The five day forecast shows warmth persisting through Friday, with a cooler spell midweek before a weak front fades.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Pleven Questioned In French Spy Probe
In Paris the French military tribunal probed leaks of defense secrets to Communists and whether they helped bring down Dien Bien Phu. Former defense minister Rene Pleven was secretly questioned about his role during the Indo China fortress loss.
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Paris
Indo-China
Dien Bien Phu
Rene Pleven
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Greer Addition
Wilbur N. Marler
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