Burglars Blow City Grocery Safe for $4000 Cash
Lawton police investigated a professional style burglary at Kelly Hillis Grocery, 1102 S. Second, after a 6:55 a.m. call. Owner Kelly Hillis found the break in at 6:45 a.m. and reported nearly $4,000 missing, the result of a black powder charge and a round steak used to muffle the explosion.
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Kelly Hillis
Lawton
S. Second
Hillis
Alford Hennessee
Otis Waldron
Waldron
Kelly Hillis Jr
SEATO Talks Start In Manila
Eight nations opened discussions in Manila to unite against communist expansion in Southeast Asia. The talks in the sweltering Senate Hall aimed to forge economic and military links, with closed sessions to resolve remaining security questions and a pledge toward peace.
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Manila
Southeast Asia
Philippine Senate
United States
Britain
France
Philippines
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Asia
Five Allies Start Atomic Pool Plan Amid U.S. Rift
Washington and Moscow faced a prolonged, likely fruitless exchange after an American patrol plane was shot down off Siberia by two Russian jets. Nine crewmen survived, with one Ensign missing. The U S Navy described the incident as an unprovoked attack during a peaceful high seas patrol 40 miles from the Siberian coast.
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Washington
Moscow
Siberia
U.S. Navy
U. S. Navy
High Seas
Siberian
State Department
Ernest L. Pinkevich
Alameda
Calif
Japan
Pinkevich
Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Ens
Roger Henry Reid
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Texas girl matadora gored by huge bull in Mexican arena
Patricia McCormick a 24 year old Texas matadora quit college to fight bulls was gored when she turned her back to the cheering crowd after accepting praise for a first bull. She lies in Del Rio hospital in serious condition with a groin puncture and has had surgery and three transfusions. Her second bull killed in the afternoon fight was described as a big four year old.
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Ciudad Acuna
Mex
Patricia McCormick
Texas
del Rio
Tex
Rio Grande
Pat
Joe Blair
Blair
Matadora
Patricia
Eisenhower Announces First Peaceful Atom Plant Groundbreaking
President Eisenhower disclosed that the United States will form an international atomic energy pool for peaceful purposes with several nations including Great Britain Canada Australia South Africa and France. He spoke from Denver during the Shippingport Pennsylvania groundbreaking. The plan aims to share fissionable material for nonmilitary uses under safeguards while Russia remains absent from negotiations.
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Denver
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Shippingport
International
United Nations
White House
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
South Africa
France
Soviet Union
International Atomic Pool
Dulles
International Atomic Energy Agency
United Nation
International Agency
U. S
Plane Rescue Delay Probed at Shannon Airport
Ireland and the Netherlands opened an inquiry into delayed rescuers after a KLM Super Constellation crashed into the Shannon river near the airport. Twenty eight died, including eleven Americans, with fifteen Americans among the survivors. The crash occurred shortly after a Shannon takeoff at 3:38 am and the first rescue launch reached the scene around 7 am.
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Shannon
Ireland
KLM
New York
Amsterdam
North Sea
Amsterm
Shannon Air
Richard O'Sullivan
C.aalkenhagen
Dace
A. I. Aler
Frosh Orientation Sparks Cameron Campus Activities
Cameron college officials and students began a busy day with an 8 a.m. freshman orientation that included placement tests and vocational quizzes. A campus tour, dorm moves, a 7 p.m. movie, and a 7 p.m. Y mixer were planned. enrollment so far reached 300, with underclassmen to register Tuesday and classes starting Wednesday.
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Cameron College
Green Pastures
Vernon Howell
Cameron
Gordon Paine
Payne
Toby Morris
Lawton
Record Smashing Jet Pilot Is Killed
Dayton, Ohio. Maj. John L. Armstrong 32 Calif., resident of Fairborn, died when his F86H Sabrejet crashed near Cox Municipal Airport while attempting a speed record at the National Aircraft Show. He had just set a new 649.302 mph 500 km closed course record, surpassing 607.1 mph set by Capt. Anders Westerlund last May. Armstrong may have been preparing for or on the first lap of the General Electric trophy event when the crash occurred ten miles north of the show.
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Dayton
Ohio
John L. Armstrong
Air Force
Fairborn
Anders Westerlund
Cox Municipal
Vandalia
Armstrong
Holiday Traffic Deaths Taking Tragic Upswing
The Labor Day weekend toll stood at 323 with 232 highway deaths, 46 drownings, and 45 other accidents as the National Safety Council warned the rate could exceed its estimate of 390 if drivers do not slow down. Governors in Michigan and other states mobilized guards and patrols to curb the fatalities and urged motorists to return home by 5 p.m. today or wait until Tuesday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Dearborn
Eisenhower
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Alabama
Michigan State Automobile Club
Fort Sill Officer Killed in One car Crash
Fort Sill first lieutenant Chester L. Moore, 26, an administrative officer of the Fort Sill Officers Club, was killed in a one car wreck on a road behind the officers club early today. He is survived by his wife Eva Moore. A separate crash near Colony left 32 year old Pearl Hines of Cyril dead when her pickup overturned on a sand pocket. The nine county district reported higher traffic fatalities during the Labor Day weekend.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma
State Safety Council
Fort Sill
Chester L. Moore
Officers Club
Eva Moore
Sentinel,a
Caddo County
Pearl Hines
Cyril
Colony
Dan Combs
Ninth State Holiday Victim Dies in Ardmore Crash
A 2 year old mother of three, Mrs Ann Sigersman Madill, died in Ardmore hospital as Oklahoma marks the ninth traffic death of Labor Day week. Her husband George Sigersman 25 is in grave condition. The couple’s three children survived. The head on collision on U S 70 east of Ardmore involved Billy Hensley 35 of Ardmore who was hurt. Earlier victims include Delmer Beede Bobby Dan Washington Pfc Billy Frank Jones Gordon Blackburn Taylor Link Perry Powell Joe Harold Louden and Earley England.
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Love County
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Ann Sigersman Madill
George Sigersma
Hardy Sanitarium
Sigersmas
Billy Hensley
U.S. 70
Hensley
Earley Erwin England
Lindsay
SH 19
Alex
Grady County
Jimmy Paul England
Pearl Hines
Cordell
Colony
Washita County
Delmer Beede
Sherman
Tex
Bobby Dan Washington
Duncan
Pfc
Billy Frank Jones
Gordon Blackburn Taylor
Maysville
Perry Powell
August Births Slightly Favor Girls in Town
The August birth tally shows 291 births, 27 fewer than July, with Mollie Randolph noting girls outnumbering boys for the first time in years. There were 159 girls and 132 boys, slightly down from earlier in the year, and August deaths stood at 46 compared with 43 in July.
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Mollie Randolph
Lawton Schools Open as 1904-05 Year Begins
Approximately 8,500 Lawton children will answer the bells tomorrow as the 1904-05 school year starts. Enrollment neared a record with 8,464 students last week and more registrations expected Tuesday. Several schools will be crowded despite three new buildings Lawton junior high nears 1,700 students. senior high uses all available space. Buses begin Tuesday, cafeterias operate at multiple schools, with Taft Bommel opening Wednesday and Garfield cafeteria due in about a week.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Lawton Junior High
Lawton Senior High
Jefferson and Garrela
Howell
Lincoln
Post
Roosevelt
Whittier
Will Rogers
Swinney
Douglass
Dunbar
Taft Bommel
Garfield
Formosa Fires On Red Planes
Unidentified planes were reported over Taipei Formosa and antiaircraft guns fired. No bombs fell. The island was blacked out for three hours while air raid sirens stayed silent. Firings came amid reports of Quemoy artillery fire as U S and Nationalist Chinese officers met and Eisenhower discussed with defense officials. This marked the first antiaircraft firing since Chiang Kai-shek’s forces arrived from the mainland in 1949.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Quemoy
U. S
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Washington
Oday
Chiang Kai-shek
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