Perspective on the big missile hassle in-depth review
A six week probe by reporters uses Defence Department sources to assess U S and Soviet missile programs. The piece notes gaps in authority and uncertainty as the McElroy era opens while detailing progress toward missile defense and potential to neutralize incoming warheads. It also warns the Russians may need years to field usable missiles despite claims and propaganda. Missile system defenses and U S progress are discussed with a cautious tone.
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Defence Department
Deolonze
Neil McElroy
Inter
Unis
Siberia
Eqy
Florida
Equator
South Atlantic
Sur
Moscow
Weather Forecast Through Wednesday With Warm Temperatures
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday, with isolated showers and evening thunderstorms. Today’s high is 90 and low around 68. Wednesday expect a high near 95. A reading at 11 am noted. volume 3 no. 23.
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Eisenhower Dismisses Russian ICBM Claims as Evasive
President Eisenhower held a news conference to say that testing an intercontinental ballistic missile is far from production. He criticized the Soviet announcement as evasive and noted past Russian unreliability while declining to offer specifics about the United States ICBM program.
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Ashing ‘Ton
Eisenhower
Russia
Sked
Soviet Union
Fane
Eisenhower veto ends veterans housing loan bill debate
President Eisenhower killed the proposed two year direct loan program for veterans housing citing inflation risk and discrimination. He urged raising GI home loan interest rates and criticized expanding rural area access while Congress adjourned and memo disapproval took effect.
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Washington
Eisenhowere
Congress
Asreway
Eisenhower
Egen Jiowee
New Showers Due in Area Forecast for Oklahoma
Isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers were forecast for Lawton area with temperatures rising through the week. Light showers fell in scattered spots Monday with the heaviest 0.06 inch at Slester. Highs Monday ranged from 59 at Hobart to 97 at Lawton and 81 at Gage while overnight lows stayed in the upper 60s. Overnight dips bottomed at 49 at Guymon and Gage with more moisture expected Wednesday across southern Oklahoma.
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Lawton
Hobart
Gage
Guymon
Two Die In State Road Accidents
After a Labor Day lull Oklahoma highway deaths mounted with two fatalities reported near Tulsa and Norman. Mrs. G C Morganstern, 73, Broken Arrow, and W Hughes, 37, Norman, died in separate crashes. Morganstern was an advertising employee en route to work when her car left the Tulsa outskirts roadway. Hughes, 37, Norman, died in a two car crash on State Highway Y about 4.5 miles east of Norman.
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Associated PrEss
Oklahoma
Heston
Tulsa
Norman
G. C
Morganstérn
W. Hughes
Noeman
Morganstern
Widlow
Iyrayea
Patel
Haighes
Norman Highsway
Vernon Anderson
Hugl
Oscar Weysaurchelle
Tyadeniff
Reds Agree To Continue Arms Parley
London report says Russia will discuss basic questions of disarmament at the five power UN conference. Valerian Zorin gave no new comments on the Western package for a first stage disarmament plan. Western powers will press Moscow for a precise answer and may propose new steps if needed.
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London
Russia
Notive
United Nations
Valerian Zorin
U.N
Fortini
Zorin
Weer
Britain
France
United States
Canada
Dev Ced
Valerisa Zorin
Moscow
Mowever
Zurics
Governor Orders Troops To Stop Little Rock School Integration
Gov. Orval Faubus ordered National Guardsmen to maintain order at Little Rock Central High School amid an attempted integration. About 200 adults and students watched outside as no Black pupils entered the 2,000-pupil school. The board canceled the plan to integrate for now.
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Little Rock Central High School
Gusrasmen
Orval Faubus
Tittle Hock
Ave. Wonry
National
Vine Negroes School
Faubas
Aelevision Andience
City Population Estimate From Telephone Survey
Lawton unofficial population near 57 000 with 16 009 occupied units in a house to house survey. George Page of Southwestern Bell reports eight month gain of 1 759 and 12 month rise of 856, with 141 houses under construction and 3 not yet occupied. Including Artillery Village, total city area count reaches 53 212 within city limits.
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Awton
George Page
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Page
Lawton
Lavylor
Artery Village
Con
Stelephone
Brownell Probes Arkansas Action Over Integration
President Eisenhower said Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr is investigating the use of National Guard troops to block school integration in Little Rock Arkansas. Brownell will decide after a conference with the federal judge who ordered the integration. Governor Faubus deployed guards to stop Negroes from registering for fall term at Little Rock High School.
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Wasitington
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell Jr
Little Rock
Ark
Brownell
Asa
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Labor Day traffic toll tops 440 with 442 deaths
United Press reports Labor Day weekend traffic fatalities reached 442 with 9 percent of deaths due to drownings and 621 total casualties across the period from Friday pre dusk to Monday midnight. Ned Dearborn of the National Safety Council lamented the higher toll than pre holiday estimates and last year. California led with 56 deaths. New York 29, Texas 27, Ohio 22, Illinois 21, North Carolina 18.
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United Press
Ram
Ned, Jr. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Molavists
Conneil
California
New York
Texas
Ohio
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Noth
Dearborn
Jamaica wreck claims hundreds as trains derange near Mandeville
A Roman Catholic excursion train wreck near Kendal, Jamaica, left hundreds dead or injured. Nineteen coaches derailed into a 100 foot embankment as disaster struck during a religious pilgrimage from Montego Bay to Kingston, with a death toll expected to reach about 200 and nearly 700 hospitalized.
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Mandeville
Jamaica
Kingston
Montegn Bay
Kendal
John J. McEteney
Woburn
Mass
Spalding
Dortors
Finger
Public School Enrollment Hits 10 823 Students
Lawton's school population surges to a record 10 823 on the first day of the 1957 58 term. Principal figures show Lawton High at 1342, Central Junior High 1180, Tomlinson 826, with St Mary's Douglass and other local schools totaling beyond the public system.
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Lawton
Lasnease Tohn
Lawton High School
Central Junior High
Tomliinson Junior High
Spm
St. Mary's
St. Mary's School
Douglass
Dunbar
Fort Sill, Post
Drownings and crash in Comanche county holiday toll
Two fatalities marked the nation’s holiday period in Comanche county. Joe L. Soberry, 40, of 1716 S Third, died after drowning at Lake Elmer Thomas Monday afternoon. J L Dalton, 26, of 1312 Elm, died in a one car crash on US 277 Sunday evening, a mile north of the city. Sprayberry, from Wichita Falls, drowned 75 yards from a previous boating incident victim in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge area.
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Comanche County
Lake Elmer Thomas
Joe L. Soberry
S. Third
Southwestern “Hospital
Lawson
J. L
Jack) Dalton
Elm
U.S
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Highway Patrol
Wes Miller
Sprayberry
Wichita
Franklin M. Williams
Fort SM
Miller
William Jeller Bee Wim Nii
Cole
Outlaws Caught After Brief Flight
Three federal prisoners escaped after a brief flight in Oklahoma and Kansas. Deputy U. S. Marshal Georga Vranizan and guard Albert H. Mann were attacked in Portland, Oregon, by Francis Bennett, Roger Perez, and Richard Jesse during transport to El Reno Reformatory. Bennett, 30, had been convicted of transporting a stolen car across state lines. The FBI later recaptured them following roadblocks.
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Laverne
U. S
Oklahoma
Kansas
Georga Vranizan
Portland
Ore
Albert H. Mann
el Reno
FBI
Freihcis Bennett
Roger Perez
Richard Jesse
Bennett
Inglewood
Colo
Wran
Manny
Gen Gavan Honored at Farewell Ceremony
Brig. Gen. Paul A. Gavan and Mrs. Gavan were honored at morning farewell ceremonies before the Nair Hall. About 30 officers and wives, led by Maj. Gen. Thomas E. de Sharo and Brig. Gen. Philip C. Whele, attended with the West Field Artillery Band providing music. The Gavans depart for vacation in Mexico and New York before the academy entry of their son this summer. Gen. Gavan previously commanded the U S Army in Europe at Heidelberg, Germany.
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Paul A. Gavan
Army Artillery
Gavans
Mexico
New York
Wisi
USSM
West Point
Gavan
Bern
U. S. Army
Europe
Heidelberg
Germany
City Tests Telemovie Program In Bartlesville
Bartlesville launches experimental telemovie test to pipe motion pictures to Lawton homes within a year if successful. Officials predict a major shift for theaters and possibly a nationwide home theater network pending permit and installation of coaxial cable and equipment by Vamore Co and Video Independent Theaters. Clyde Walker confirms a year to complete negotiations and setup, with the project seen as a potential revolution in the theatre industry.
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Lawton
Bartlesville
Warnare
Hollywood
Telemovice
Lawson
Vamore Co
Telemovie Corporation
Pauls Cornwell
Video
Oklahoma City
Lawton Movie
Old City
Clyde Walker
Viedo
Walker
Boys Draw Fines Suspected Fort Sill Assault
Two Lawian youths pleaded guilty to assault and battery against a Fort Sill soldier near Gate 2 on August 24. Justice of the Peace Marvin I Cameron imposed 25 dollars in fines and 30 days in jail, suspended on good behavior. Defendants Bill Coghrave and E L McDuffy faced the charges with limited details. The victim, Harry W McDaniel, identified the assailants and filed the complaint. The case was investigated by Fort Sill officials.
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Axsault
Fort Sillman
Momners Ing
Justice of Peace
Marvin I. Cameron
Cameron
Svalk
Fort Sill
Bill Coghrave
E. L. McDuffy
Harry AV. McDaniel
McDaniel
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