8 Inch Gun To Replace A Cannon In Army Plans
AP Military Reporter describes efforts to replace the 280 mm atomic cannon with a conventional 8 inch long range gun. The 8 inch, weighing 35 tons, offers a range up to 35 000 yards and readily available standard ammunition, while the atomic cannon provides greater range but faces mobility and specialized ammunition drawbacks. Some talk of smaller atomic shells and even mortar level atomic firepower, but miniaturization remains in progress. Military units with 280 mm atomic cannons are stationed in Europe and the Far East as part of the nuclear artillery program.
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Washington
Army
Army Ordnance and Atomic Energy Commission
Europe
Far East
Landy Hearing Held In Secret Navy Board Reviews Case
In New York on September 10 Landy, denied a Navy commission because his mother was a Communist, appeared before a secret three member Navy board at Brooklyn Navy Yard. He expects justice will prevail and plans to speak in his defense later. The panel reviews his reserve commission application from scratch, not an appeal, and preliminaries focused on documents. The session ran 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. with another session planned for tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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New York
Eugene Landy
Navy
Landy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Car Dispute Ends In Negro Slaying
Horace Stevenson Jr. 20, former Douglass high athlete, was killed early Saturday after an argument over which car was fastest. Shot once in the temple with a .25 pistol, he died at Southwestern hospital. Suspect Earl Pettaway 34 confessed to scuffling. Pettaway and three others were arrested in Chickasha within an hour. A coroner’s jury ruled death by gunshot. no charges filed yet. Police planned to confer with county authorities Monday.
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Douglass High School
Lawton
Murder Charges Filed Against Auto Dealer
Louis James Arnau a 56 year old used car dealer was charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of 52 year old Jack Shaw a Lawton bootlegger. County Attorney Manville Redman said Arnau offered no defense and would not talk about the incident. Shaw died from bullet wounds after a confrontation at Arnau home.
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Lawdis Gandy
Louis James
Arnau
Jack Shaw
Lawton
Manville Redman
Shaw
Oak
Marvin Cameron
Otis Waldron
Cameron
Waldron
Melvin Simmons
Cleo Stout
James Blackburn
Grady Crabtree
Alford Hennessee
Central Ambulance
Doyle Williams
Ernestine Russell
Don Holman
Lawton Funeral Home
Simmons
Stout
Redman
County Clerk Offices Busy As Beehives
Roy Johnson, Comanche county clerk, handles patent filings and property transactions including deeds and mortgages. A shooting case involves Shaw, with Arnau arraignment set for Monday and a list of witnesses and law enforcement officials assisting the investigation.
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Roy Johnson
Johnson
Comanche County
OU Fresh Leave Jammed Campus
Norman Oklahoma September 10 A number of prospective freshmen are leaving the University of Oklahoma campus without enrolling due to lack of accommodations in classrooms and housing President George L Cross said after enrollment closed. He noted difficulty in freshmen sections such as chemistry and sciences and that teaching personnel limits will cap freshman enrollment. Final tallies may show about 2600 to 2700 freshmen. all university housing is filled.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
George L. Cross
University
Cross
County Clerk Oversees County Accounts and Bounties
The county clerk serves as secretary to the board of county commissioners and handles books for the entire county including paying all bills. The department issues bounties. officers collect scalps and ears for compliant hunts and signing slips for payment. Mrs. Josephine Hough is the book keeper tracking funds from the county commissioners office. See COUNTY CLERK, Page 2
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Board of County Commissioners
Johnson
Josephine Hough
County Commissioners Office
Red Chinese to Release All Americans
Geneva reports say Red China will free 10 more of the 41 American civilians still detained behind the Bamboo Curtain within a few days. The communique notes machinery to allow the remaining 19 to exercise their right to return promptly. Eisenhower welcomed more releases and Washington noted 41 Americans in all, including 22 already announced.
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Geneva
Red China
State Department
Washington
Denver
Eisenhower
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Wang Pingnan
China
United States
Miss Colorado Sharon Ritchie Wins Miss America Title
Red haired Sharon Kay Ritchie, 18, crowned Miss America in Atlantic City before 18,000. Denver born, daughter of F A and Mrs Ritchie, she weighs 116 pounds and measures 35 24 35. She inherits last year’s crown and a $50,000 prize fund.
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Atlantic
City
N.J
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Colorado
Pgasant
Venus Ramey
Washington, D.C
Miss Ritchie
Lee Ann Meriwether
Denver
F. A. Ritchie
Grand Island
Nebraska
Meriwether
Ritchie
Oregon
Dorothy Mae Johnson
Portland
Chicago
Florence Gallagher
North Carolina
Clara Faye Arnold
Raleigh
Oklahoma
Ann Campbell
Oklahoma City
Senate hearing set to probe demotion cases in city
Oklahoma City Sept 10 Two troopers Holt and Bidwell told a legislative inquiry they were demoted for liquor investigations but the department said they were reduced in rank for failing to accept supervision. Records released show Holt favored subordinates and led through threats, with three accidents in ten months while in Lawton.
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Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Norman Holt
Andy Bidwell
McAlester
Senate
Jim Lookabaugh
State Commissioner of Public Safety
Holt
Lawton
Bidwell
Harmon
Johnston Denies Link To Patrol Shakeup Involving Holt
Lawton auto salvage dealer Julius H Johnston denied charges tying him to the highway patrol shakeup. Testifying before a Senate committee Holt claimed Johnston warned of reassignments in the Williamson case. Johnston said he never made such statements and criticized Holt for exaggeration. He argued competitors also profit and questioned Green’s influence in the reorganization.
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Holt
Lawton
Bud Williamson
State Senate
Williamson
Harmon
Julius H. Johnston
Highway Patrol
State Safety Organization
McAlester
Norman Holt
Johnston
Raley
C. T. Raley
Jack Rollins
A. B. Green
Purcell
Green
Raymond Gary
Thunderstorms Scattered Across Oklahoma With Heavy Rain
A cool front spawned a squall line moving east across Oklahoma on Saturday. Central regions like Oklahoma City saw up to three inches of rain, with Midwest City reporting 3.20 inches as water overwhelmed curbs and a railroad underpass. Widespread showers affected Enid to Henryetta, while the east and southeast faced severe weather alerts.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oman Lawn
Hennessey
Pauls Valley
Kingfisher
Henryetta
Dentist Sued For 74286 In Lawton District Court
A former patient, Elletta C. Bailey, age 30, filed a $74,286 damage suit in Lawton District Court Saturday. George W. Wulff of Oklahoma City represents Bailey against Dr. Earnest Winter of 106 North 31st, alleging treatments caused severe headaches, chronic drainage near the left maxillary teeth, and related eye pain.
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Lawton
George W. Wulff
Oklahoma City
Elletta C. Bailey
Earnest Winter
Winter
First Canadian cold front chills Lawton Oklahoma City
A sharp cool snap crossed Southwest Oklahoma with light showers, driving Lawton residents to grab sweaters. Forecasters expected clearing skies and cooler Sunday with highs near 85 degrees. The front moved from Canada in 48 hours, bringing 0.10 inch of rain by 9 p.m. See COOL Page 3.
Tractor Kills Snyder Man
Rev Walter Reizer Wilson, 60, a Baptist minister, was found dead in a plowed field three miles east of Snyder. Investigators say the tractor likely jumped a ditch, throwing him and running over him after 8 p.m. Friday and before 5 a.m. Saturday.
Area Weather Forecast for Weekend and Next Week
Clearing and cooler Sunday with highs near 85. Partly cloudy and warmer Monday. Saturday expected high around 96 with rainfall totaling about 0.10 inch.
Stormy session pits Adenauer against Russians over prisoners
In Moscow on September 10, West German Chancellor Adenauer and Soviet leaders clashed over war guilt and atrocities as Adenauer pressed for the return of German war prisoners as a step toward better Soviet German ties. Khrushchev called one Adenauer remark offensive and the two sides debated who bears responsibility for the war.
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Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Soviet Russia
Khrushchev
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Phyllis Gibson
Anna Jorgensen
Mary Merrill
Ella Jorgensen
Beverly Glasgow
Viola Collins
Red Chinese
Kirksey M. Nix
Muskogee
Lawtonian
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Germany
Poland
West Germany
NATO
Leonid Ilyichev
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