Egypt Raids Gaza Posts
Egyptian troops with heavy artillery staged two counter attacks on Israeli positions in the demilitarized Gaza zone at Nirim. Maj Dan Gov said both early morning raids were repulsed with no Israeli casualties. Israel filed a UN complaint and a truce monitors team inspected the area. Abdel?
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Zone
Dan ‘Gov
Nirim
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Cairo
Gaza
United Nations
Truce Commission
Kefauver Sees Antilke Move on Eisenhower
Muske gon Mich Oct 29 Senator Kefauver accused a right wing Republican faction of scheming to oust President Eisenhower before term end He cited columnist David Lawrence as speculating on a possible resignation in January 1956 and noted Lawrence denied predicting resignation while expecting Eisenhower to run and win reelection.
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Muskegon
Mich
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
David Lawrence
Lawrence
Washington
Niece of Senator Taft Dies By Knife Wound
Cincinnati report says Lucia Chase Taft, 31, daughter of Charles P. Taft and niece of the late Senator Robert A. Taft, was found dead at her home. Coroner officials noted a personal safety related knife wound and said she had been in low spirits under medical care in New York.
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Cincinnati
Lucia Chase Taft
Charles P. Taft
Robert A. Taft
Herbert P. Lyle
Taft
New York
Burglar Steals $101 From Lawton United Fund HQ
A two story burglar stole $101 from the Lawton Fort Sill United Fund Red Cross campaign headquarters on the fourth floor of the Koehler building in Lawton. The theft was discovered during a noon audit by Jack Batten and Mrs. Latha H Prosser. Police traced threatening calls and security noted a figure on the fire escape. a calm stakeout led to the arrest of a campaign worker and the investigation continued as detectives coordinated with officers Stout and Waldron. Insurance covered related losses to the thermometer drive and a parked Mercury.
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Lawton
Lawton-Fort Sill
Jack Batten
Latha H. Prosser
Batten
Fund
Mrs. Prosser
Cleo Stout
Otis Waldron
United Fund
Lawtonian
Oklahoma
Fourth
Judges Name Attorneys For Suspects In Armed Robbery
Dwight Malcolm and Charles W. Jennings were appointed Saturday to defend two men charged with the January 6 armed robbery of a Lawton service station. Arraignment in Superior Court Judge Robert S. Landers is set for Monday morning. James Cubine of Sayre and Sgt. James R. Craig of Fort Sill face firearms and robbery charges. both may plead guilty to enable immediate sentencing. Malcolm will represent Craig. Jennings will defend Cubine.
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Dwight Malcolm
Charles W. Jennings
Lawton
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
James Cubine
Sayre
James R. Craig
Fort Sill
Judge Landers
W. J. Lamb
Army Worth 34 Billion In Defense Inventory
The Pentagon placed a 123.866 billion dollar value on worldwide military holdings as of January 1, noting it has not determined current value for about 30 million acres of land. Navy tops at 56.7 billion with most in ships and 14,311 aircraft, while the Army totals 34 billion with two thirds in gear. Air Force is 33.6 billion including 25,390 aircraft.
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Washington
Pentagon
Navy
Army
Air Force
West Rejects Soviet anti NATO pact at Geneva talks
At the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Geneva on October 29, Western powers rejected Vyacheslav Molotovs Soviet anti NATO pact aimed at collective European security. Dulles urged a security pact while German reunification was delayed. Pinay and Macmillan criticized the proposal as a move to dissolve NATO and leave the West exposed. No progress toward German reunification or neutralization was made. See BIG FOUR, Page 4.
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Geneva
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Antoine Pinay
France
Molotov
NATO
Atlantic Defense Alliance
Pinay
West
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Harold Macmillan
Adlai Attacks the Program in Minnesota Rally
Adlai E. Stevenson blasted the Eisenhower administration for a misleading foreign policy and a hollow farm program during a Saturday night address in Duluth. He warned the day of his 1956 Democratic presidential bid announcement neared, accusing the GOP of implying peace and security were near while criticizing the current policy.
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Duluth
Minn
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Chicago
GOP
Indian Mission to mark 50th anniversary celebration
The Comanche Indian Mission of the Dutch Reformed Church north of Lawton on Highway 277 will celebrate its 50th anniversary with events November 3 to 6. The 200-member church will dedicate a new addition. Rev. Robert P. Chant, a native, is the first Indian ordained as a minister for the denomination. Activities include Women’s Missionary Society leadership, a sermon by Rev. Read, an open house with relic exhibits, and a Sunday program featuring Rev. Henry Vruwink in Brooklyn. Sunday afternoon will include dedicatory services.
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Comanche Indian Mission
Reformed Church In America
Lawton
Highway
Dutch Reformed Church
Highway 277
Robert P. Chant
Read
Henry Vruwink
Flatbush Reformed Church
Brooklyn
N.Y
Vruwink
Old Indian School
Lawton City
See Mission
Squelches Move To Oust Ag Secretary
President Eisenhower publicly backs Secretary of Agriculture Benson as the White House rejects rigid price supports. Benson reiterates support for flexible price programs and outlines steps to aid farmers, including expanded surplus disposal, export expansion, and vigorous purchasing. Benson and Hagerty defend tenure and dismiss resignation rumors amid farm policy debate.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Benson
James C. Hagerty
Agriculture
Hagerty
Lee Benson
Five Fort Sill Men Injured In Crash
Five Fort Sill soldiers were injured in a two car crash at Second and Lee around 11 25 p.m. Friday. Four are in satisfactory condition and one is in fair condition. Names and injuries include Winfred Edwards 22 head concussion observation Thomas A Good 20 face and head abrasions Roy E Williams 21 fractured knee and face bones Leo Schmidt 595th B Bat head concussion and facial cuts William Hosack 29 fractured clavicle seven ribs and internal injuries. See CRASH Page 4.
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Fort Sill
Second and
Lee
Fort Sill Hospital
Lawton
Winfred Edwards
Enl
Stu. Btry
Thomas A. Good
B. Bat
Roy E. Williams
Leo Schmidt
William Hosack
Hosack
Two Sisters Tirelessly Travel to School Acts
Esmeralda and Germain Theron entertain as a traveling sister act while attending Cache elementary. The pair average 32 schools yearly in the United States and perform bicycles under the stars between homework. They travel with parents Mr. and Mrs. Guy Theron in a show business lifestyle, moving to Houston for Shrine circus duties then to Fort Worth before more performances.
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Cache
Esmeralda
Germaine Theron
United States
Papa
Mama Theron
Germain
Guy Theron and
Frank Rush
Craterville Park
Wichita Mountains
Sharp Sisters
Cache Elementary School
Theron
Cyclists
Houston
Tex
Shrine
Fort Worth
Clear cool weekend forecast for Lawton area
A cool front nudged into the southwest keeping weekend weather fair and cool. Old Sol warmed Lawton briefly Saturday before a chilly wind returned under cloudy skies. By 9 30 p m the temperature was 45 with a low around 34 expected tonight. Similar conditions forecast for Sunday. Northwest regions face freezing and near freezing temperatures overnight as a new cool air mass moves in at 25 to 30 mph.
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Lawton
Old Sol
Mercury
GMAC Picks Site For City Offices
GMAC confirms a Lawton branch will open in a new building at 1001 C Street to serve nine counties and 68 GM dealers. The Lawton office will employ 25 to 30 staff, with personnel moved from Oklahoma City. The builder James W. Johnston plans a $50,000 to $60,000 structure with half leased to C&J Printing Co.
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C. H. Hunt
Oklahoma City
General Motors Acceptance Corp
General Motors
Lawton
GMAC
Hunt
Johnston
James W. Johnston
C&j Printing Co
C Street
Gloria Vanderbilt Seeks Mexican Divorce From Stokowski
Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski filed for Mexican divorce from Leopold Stokowski, conductor, on grounds of incompatibility. The couple married nearly ten years and have two sons. Judge Ignacio Martinez Aguayo said he would sign the final decree on Monday.
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Juarez
Mex
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
Ignacio Martinez Aguayo
First Civil Court of
Liquor Dealer Hijacked by Armed Robbers in Lawton
Six armed suspects robbed a Lawton liquor dealer around 3 45 am Saturday taking 35 bottles of liquor and 45 dollars in cash from Jim McClain Jr 410 N Railroad. He described the attackers as in civilian clothes. Police reported the heist occurred after a man visited the door asking for gin and the robbers fled with whiskey gin and wine.
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Lawton
Jim McClain, Jr
N. Railroad
McClain
Eulis Young
Bryan Logan
McCain
Area Weather Forecast Fair and Cool Through Weekend
Fair and continued cool conditions through Sunday night. Overnight low 34. Sunday high in the upper 60s. Saturday low around 40 with a high near 67. Saturday 9:30 p.m. reading.
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Oklaini
Lone Star State
Geri Charipar
Barbara Petty
Kay Stuever
Nancy Mikulsky
Judy Gramolini
Antilke
Senator Taft
Phyllis Gibson
Malcolm
Craig
Jennings
Cubine
Defense Department
Congress
Adlai
Indian Mission
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Milton Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
By Bill Crawford
Dennis Woommoravah
Leo Donaldson
Gloria Vanderbilt
Stokowski
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