Langer vows to get facts in TVA probe into Dixon Yates deal
Senator Langer commits to exposing facts in the Dixon Yates contract inquiry as Mississippi Power official J D Stietenroth returns for sixth day of testimony. Kefauver and others question SEC inquiries and the role of Ebasco Services in the Middle South Utilities group.
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Langer
TVA
Washington
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Senate
Sen. Kefauver
Dtenn
Kefauver
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Stietenroth
Dixon- Yates
Mississippi Power and Light Co
Wall Street
Mississippi
Mississippi Power
Middle South Utilities
Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Middle South
Edgar H. Dixon
Southern Co
E. A. Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Slim Crops Boost Unemployed Roll
A slight rise in unemployment occurred in September across Cotton, Stephens, and Comanche counties served by the Lawton Oklahoma State Employment Service. Office manager John Looney cites drought curtailing farming and reduced need for boll pullers, though about 500 pullers are still in demand. Cotton harvest is peaking soon amid activity in government, service, and construction sectors. The note ends with un employment continuing on Page 2.
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Cotton
Stephens
Comanche
Lawton
Oklahoma State Employment Service
John Looney
Looney
Water Problem Survey Set in Lawton
Lawton city officials launch a four member survey into all phases of the water system. Mayor Joe McCain appointed the panel to study supply, distribution, usage, processing, conservation and financing with possible over haul and metering discussed. Councillors Warren Wolverton E W Kirkpatrick Lester McKenzie and Leroy Botkin are examining fixes and funding while noting low reservoir levels and near capacity at the filter plant.
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Lawton
Joe McCain
Warren Wolverton
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Lester McKenzie
Leroy Botkin
Wolverton
Ferris
Wesley Kepler
Buck Kinsey
H. D. Hastings
Passenger Train Derails Near Gage Oklahoma
An eastbound Santa Fe passenger train derailed on the main line three miles west of Gage Oklahoma on Wednesday. About 10 persons were taken to Shattuck hospital. None of the injured were in serious condition and there were no deaths. The train was traveling from Amarillo Texas to Kansas.
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Gage
Okla
Santa Fe
Shattuck
Ellis County
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Tex
Kansas
Southern Democrats back McCarthy censure in Senate
The Southern Democratic bloc signals support for the six member Watkins committee's censure of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for contempt of the Senate and abuse of an Army general. Senators Smathers Stennis Ervin Fulbright George Robertson pledge backing as the Senate returns to consider the motion.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Ecg
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Sen
Arthur V
Gore paving bids open at council session
Superior Paving Co of Lawton appeared the low bidder on the Gore Boulevard district but council deferred award pending more bid data from six districts. Protest petitions influenced District 89, 90, and other blocks, with a gap law invocation on Fourth Street.
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Bessie
14Th
15Th
18Th Street
Taft
Williams
Fourth Street
Euclid and
Ferris
Four Fort Sill robbers denial by Lawton Negroes
Four Lawton Negroes named Freddie ONeal Nemiah Colbert and Eddie and Edward Williams pleaded innocent today to robbery by force in three cases involving Fort Sill personnel. Colbert and ONeal admitted involvement in a Sept. 7 assault on Pvt Donald L Butcher and theft of 25 dollars. Eddie Williams and Colbert were linked to a Aug 31 attack on Pvt Rudolph Prohaska stealing 35 dollars. The Williams brothers and Colbert faced additional charges.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Freddie O'Neal
Bell Dr
Nemiah Colbert
E. Columbia
Edward
Eddie Williams
Gore
Manville Redman
Pete Fuller
Colbert
O'Neal
Williams Brothers
Donald L. Butcher
Butcher
O’neal
Rudolph Prohaska
Reds Free Postwar PWs at Panmunjom
Panmunjom, Korea. The Communists released Marine Lt. Col. Herbert A. Peters of Seattle and Army Pvt. Charles Julius of Orlando. Peters was captured Feb 5 after landing a L-19 on a North Korean airstrip. Julius stepped on a mine May 2 near the front. Both men were in good condition and wore blue POW uniforms. They were flown to Eighth Army headquarters in Seoul after release.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Army
Herbert A. Peters
Seattle
Wash
First
Marine Air Wing
Pfe
Charles Julius
Orlando
Fla
196Th Field Artillery Battalion
Austamaed
Reds
United Nations
Eighth Army
Seoul
Flying Auto Halts Phones West of Cache
A car left the wet highway, struck a power pole four miles west of Cache about 4 15 am, tearing down 14 high lines and knocking out 20 25 telephone circuits. Allen Harvey Dibby 27 of Fort Worth escaped serious injury, thrown from the car as the vehicle doubled the pole. Service partly restored by 8 am and fully by 9 am.
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Cache
Allen Harvey Dibby
Fort Worth
H. D. Morgan
Morgan
Bell Telephone Co
Dibby
Narcotics Cache Hunted In Capital
Federal narcotics agents hunted a large cache in Oklahoma City after a Fort Worth theft. Police recovered postal money orders and $36,000 in money blanks noting a tavern operator with a police record tied to the case. Three theft suspects were arrested prior.
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Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Tex
Plane Crash At Bragg Kills At Least Two
A C119 Flying Boxcar crashed in flames at Fort Bragg killing at least two. Witnesses credited the pilot with saving several construction workers as the aircraft struck a bar racks street on the military reservation. Army reported 14 aboard plus two civilians among casualties.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Army
Washington
Olmstead Air Force Base
Air Force
Pope Air Force Base
Pope
D. B. Burgess
Fayetteville
Fairchild
Red junks mass before Quemoy
Reports from Taipei say new Communist Chinese junk concentrations appeared near Quemoy on Wednesday with fears they may prepare an invasion. Nationalist air force and navy did not strike these targets, signaling a shift from prior heavy bombardments and amid possible American pressure to hold fire. Local presses warn of a potential escalation as a “new Yalu River sanctuary” forms along the south China coast to curb a wider conflict.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Apic
Maina
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Quemoy Island
Yalu River
South China
Indiana Prison Guards Strike at Gates
A 20 strong picket line of Indiana state prison guards blocked delivery trucks at Michigan City gates in a strike over union recognition. Midnight to 8 a.m. guards remained on duty while attackers threatened dismissals, with National Guard not immediately ordered. Up to 2,300 prisoners guarded as the union says the strike is on, though some workers stayed to maintain surveillance.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana State
Roger Bates
J. Ellis
Dunes Park
Merle Griffith
International Guards Union
Dozen Intoximeters Ordered For County
A county official said he ordered a dozen Intoximeters for use by authorities in Comanche county. The devices contain chemicals to measure degrees of intoxication and will be used in drunk driving and other cases.
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Washington
Gen
Brownell
Justice Department
Federal Housing Administration
Attorney General
Max H. Goldschein
U.S. Atty
Leo A. Rover
Clyde L. Powell
FHA
Powell
Daniel B. Maher
Manville Redman
Comanche County
Cool Front Brings Rain With Cooler Temperatures
A cold front and lingering showers sweep the area into Thursday with cloudiness and cooler highs. Rain totals ranged up to .50 inch locally while Ponca City recorded 2.99 inches in four hours and Fairview 2.60 inches as the system moves through.
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Omuanae
Ponca City
Fairview
Defense leaks scandal figure claims higher ups passed secrets
Andre Baranes testified in a closed hearing that important defense data were transmitted to Communist leaders including D Astier de la Vigerie and Jacques Duclos by highly placed civil servants. He named no others, calling himself a small fry while demanding authorities find the real culprits. D Astier dismissed Baranes as making fables, and police plan to confront Duclos and Baranes as parliament prepares a special session.
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Paris
France
Communist Party
Andre Baranes
Liberation
Emmanuel D’astier de la Vigerie
National Assembly
Baranes
D’astier
Jacques Duclos
National Defense Council
Duclos
Resseguier
Saget
German Election Bid By Reds Seen
Western diplomats say Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov has arrived in East Germany to push a strategic surrender toward free all-German elections. The move aims to wreck the London nine power conference and leverage a unified Germany free of Western alliance links in exchange for giving up East Germany.
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London
V. M. Molotov
East Germany
Russia
Germany
Lubell Sees Hog Prices Weigh Senate Stakes Across Midwest
In a midwestern tour, Lubell notes farmer anger over milk egg and feed costs, with dairy and egg prices sparking protests in Wisconsin Minnesota while beef and hog prices calm the belt. He warns that hogs below $18 could swing votes in Iowa Ohio Illinois and Indiana as farmers brace for market shocks.
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Samuel Lubell
U.S. Senate
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ege
Iowa
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Franklin County
Truman
Eisenhower
Lubell, Sree
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Nashville
Dem
McCarthy
Council
Department of Justice
Bragg
Grand Jury
Capehart
R-Ind
Federal
Maher
U.S. District Court
Senate Banking Committee
Lubell
Senate Control
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