Winchell Says Source Of FBI Letter Mystery
Senator Flanders accuses McCarthy and Winchell of possible espionage law violation over a summarized FBI memo about Ft Monmouth radar at Army hearings. Winchell testified he does not know who supplied the document and refused to reveal sources. Flanders urged McCarthy to disclose who forged or doctored the memo into a letter. See McCARTHY, Page 25.
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Exclusive Series Tells Of Trip Attlee Describes Visit With Russian Premier
HONG WUNG reports on Attlee’s 1957 trip to Moscow via Stockholm and Helsinki. He surveys Moscow from the air, notes new buildings and traffic growth, changes in dress and appearance, and the better shop supplies though poorer quality variety. He recalls past visits and hospitable reception.
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Over 500 Die Violently On Labor Day Weekend
United Press reports more than 500 people died violently during the Labor Day weekend with traffic deaths at a six year low. The total reached 511, with drownings 8 and plane crashes 13, while Texas led with 25 traffic deaths. Michigan and California tied for 22 each, Illinois 21, New York and Missouri 18. The National Safety Council noted the traffic toll showed a downward trend despite overall high fatality numbers. The year shows reductions vs 1953 to 1951 figures, and guardsmen helped Michigan reduce fatalities from a prior year.
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Labor Day traffic toll hits Southwestern Oklahoma region
Highways across Southwestern Oklahoma saw four of the 11 holiday fatalities during Labor Day weekend. Seven-county patrols logged 173 arrests 260 warnings with Comanche county filings against 58 motorists. In 12 days since the holiday, nine more fatalities were recorded in the district.
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Student Injured When Fort Sill Helicopter Crashes
An H 23 helicopter from Fort Sill crashed around 11 am in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lake Jed Johnson injuring a student passenger Cpl Laura W Mays 22 of the Army Aviation School. Pilot M Sgt Rodney K Richardson escaped serious injury and was taken for care as officials investigate the crash.
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Miss America Contest Opens in Atlantic City
Atlantic City hosts the Miss America 1955 preliminaries as 50 contestants register and vie for the crown. A former WAC from Middletown Connecticut disrupted the event by alleging she was Miss Connecticut and flashing a badge before officials corrected the error.
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Eleven Dead In Sooner Holiday Traffic Toll
The Labor Day weekend total from 6 p m Friday to midnight Monday rose to eleven highway fatalities in Oklahoma City and Broken Bow regions. Victims included 50-year-old Hubert Wadsworth Buford of Oklahoma City killed on Northeast 23rd Street and 66-year-old Fannie Arlena Pendergrass of Broken Bow who died in a two car crash at an intersection. The toll matched last year's holiday count and brought 1954 fatalities to 365, surpassing the eight predicted by the Oklahoma Safety Council.
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Rainy Showers Follow Scorching Tulsa Heat Wave
Forecast calls for cloudy skies with possible showers after noon and late evening. Highs near 100, low around 70. A brief thunderstorm near Tulsa Tuesday caused scattered damage with uprooted trees and downed power lines along a 300 foot path. no official confirmation of a tornado.
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Signing of Southeast Asia Pact Scheduled for Tomorrow
Eight nations reached provisional agreement on a Southeast Asia pact to halt aggression. United States Britain France Australia New Zealand Thailand and the Philippines discuss military commitments and mutual aid within constitutional limits. Delegates settled on economic cooperation and a Southeast Asia Treasury Organization council, while debates over subversion and communism were being adjusted.
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United States asks UN Security Council over Siberia shootdown
United States brings its latest cold war incident before the UN Security Council after a U S Navy plane was shot down by Soviet fighters off Siberia. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. returns to New York from Beverly Mass to press for an early meeting. He plans a formal request by letter and cites an unprovoked attack over international waters.
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Chiang Forces Hit War Junks Near Quemoy
Nationalist China reports a daylong air and sea attack near Amoy and Quemoy destroying or damaging more than 100 Communist junks and wrecking gunboats and troop barracks. Chiang Kai-Shek spearheaded the operation with air force and navy, with many planes and strong naval forces.
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Lawton public school enrollment soars past 9,000 in 1954-55
Lawton schools opened the 1954-55 year with record enrollment nearing nine thousand. First day noon counts show 8,948 students, up sharply from last year, with Lincoln and Roosevelt staff adjustments to handle overflow. Junior high added 326 students, Garfield and Jefferson classrooms filled beyond capacity, and Woodrow Wilson freed space by removing a partition.
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McIntyre former Sill chief dies at 78
Graveside services for Brig. Gen. (Ret) Augustine McIntyre famed artilleryman and former Fort Sill commandant will be held at Fort Sam Houston Texas at 10 am on Wednesday. He died Monday at Brooke Army Hospital San Antonio at the age of 78. He commanded Fort Sill from 1936 to 1940 and served again in 1940 as professor of military science at the University of Missouri until 1944. He was known as a leading artillery figure and educator with a long career beginning at West Point and later postings in Manila and Fort Sill.
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Five Negroes Begin St. Mary's Term In Desegregation Era
Lawton's St. Mary's School opens the 1954-55 term with five Black students attending non segregated classes for the first time in history. Enrollment rose to 476 from 385 last year as policy approved by Catholic schools broadens access in the lower grades with more Negro and Catholic applicants in upper grades.
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Mutt And Jeff Cartoonist Fisher Dies at 69
Harry Conway Bud Fisher, creator of Mutt and Jeff, died at 69 in New York after a gallant streak of luck that fueled the strip’s rise. The Bell Syndicate said strips for months were completed and an assistant will continue the famous feature. Fisher was born April 3 in Chicago and attended Hyde Park High School.
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Aggies Begin Campus Classwork and Enrollment
Aggies ready for classwork as enrollment opens at 8 a.m. Wednesday with sophomores registering at 8 a.m. and freshmen at 1 p.m. More than 300 pre-enrolled in August. Dean Gordon Paine notes similar enrollment this year as students mingle across campus and transfer students from Midwestern University join. YMCA WEA members register and a Y mixer is set for 7 p.m. in the new student center dining room. Football players work out on campus as student government plans yearbook campaigns and class officer slates begin next week.
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War Is Inevitable, Admiral Clark Says
Retired Vice Admiral J J Clark former Seventh Fleet commander told Cherokees during a national holiday speech in Tahlequah Oklahoma that Russia and the United States are headed for war unless there is upheaval in the Kremlin and honest men gain control He warned that conflict is likely if leadership does not change and stability returns to the region and world affairs.
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French Haul Flag Down In Viet Nam
In Saigon Indo China Sept 7 Up France hauled down the Tricolor from No rodom palace and vowed total support for Viet Nam as it marks the end of French administration in the south Indo China Gen Paul Ely turned over the palace to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem declaring the war over and the French position total.
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City Businessmen Will Don Aprons For Buffalo Barbecue
More than 70 Lawton businessmen and civic workers will don aprons to prepare and serve a buffalo barbecue feast for Fort Officers Advanced class members and local families. About 1,000 people are expected at Lake Quanah Parker as 220 artillery class members and their wives join 65 staff and wives, plus around 200 civilian couples. The menu features charcoal broiled steaks from refuge herd buffalo, other picnic fare, tribal dances by locals, and a large broiling crew led by Jerry Mustain with Allen Bilbrey directing a 44-person serving team.
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