Hodge Proposes Unified Oklahoma School Financing Plan
Oklahoma state superintendent Dr Oliver Hodge urged abolishing separate Negro school financing and lifting limits on all districts. He backed three constitutional amendments to speed desegregation, a county wide 4 mill levy replacement, up to 20 mills via extra taxes, higher bond limits, and expanded building funds. Legislation decision on desegregation timetable rests with next year's Legislature.
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Oklahoma City
Oliver Hodge
Legislative Council Committee On Education
Oklahoma
U. S. Supreme Court
Hodge
L Medge
Supreme Court
Hodze
Water and Sewers Conference Set in Southwest Oklahoma
Oklahoma water and sewer officials from southwest towns will meet here Wednesday for a two session conference on municipal services starting at 8 15 a m with registration in the Security bank building civic room About 35 to 40 representatives are expected The program includes proficiency tests and certificates with panels led by H M Crane of the State Health Department and Quintin Graves of Oklahoma A M college The event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Municipal League and allied associations.
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Oklahoma
Security Bank
Civic Room
H. M. Crane
State Department of Health
Quintin Graves
School of Civil Engineering
Oklahoma A&m College
Oklahoma Municipal League
Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Associations
Oklahoma State Department of Public Health
Southwest Section
American Waterworks Association
FHA Prober Hits Powell in Probe of Housing Scandal
Washington reports special federal investigator William F. McKenna released a final five month report accusing Democratic administrations of lax oversight at the Federal Housing Administration. He says Clyde L. Powell received more than 100000 dollars in payments from promoters and that corruption in the FHA apartment program from 1946 to 1950 is tied to Powell.
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Washington
Clyde L. Powell
William F. McKenna
Federal Housing Administration
McKenna
FHA
Grandfather Ghost Image Stuns Indianapolis TV Owners
Mrs. John Mackey reports her dead grandfather appearing as a frozen image on their television set in Indianapolis. Detectives and experts investigated a phantom figure, believed to be a memory burn or network image, showing from chest up and wearing the burial suit.
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Indianapolis
John Mackey
Batchelor Accuser Snaps At Colonel In Court Martial
SAN ANTONIO Sept 13 UP A sergeant angered by a colonel s demand for a specific example of Chinese pay to Cpl Claude J Batchelor to write pro Communist articles angrily asked where else in prison he could get Chinese money The case centers on Batchelor 22 of Kermit Texas who pledges peace in a Communist prison then changes course and is tried for collaboration and informing on POWs Sgt Clarence R Peterson 35 of Media Pa now at Fort Knox Ky a Purple Heart veteran testified Batchelor told him Chinese paid him for articles The prosecution sought more specifics from Peterson who cited a poker game remark and questioned loudspeaker music claims before the defense pace proceeds Page 2.
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San Antonio
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Clarence R. Peterson
Media
Fort Knox
Peterson
Donald L. Manes Jr
Manes
County Needy Marking Time Awaiting Food
More than 300 Comanche County families and over 1,000 people wait for emergency relief food promised for September 2. The Oklahoma Emergency Relief board, swamped by requests, plans to distribute staples like pinto beans powdered milk lard and iry foods once commodities arrive from OK Transfer and Storage. County officials expect relief within the week amid heavy demand and pending red tape.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma
Emil Wosener
Dea
Woesner
Oklahoma City
OK Transfer J and Storage Company
First Ferry Flight Leaves For Rucker
The first ferry flight of planes left Fort Sill at dawn for Camp Rucker Alabama the new home of the Army Aviation School. Capt Howard G Groth led 51 L 19 planes with pilots to return by Air Force courier Tuesday.
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Fort Sill
Camp Rucker
Ala
Army Aviation School
Public Information Office
Howard G. Groth
Air Force Courier
Comanche County Fair Adds Merchants Exhibit Tent
Elbrege Sullivan, chairman of the Comanche County Farm Bureau, announces a new merchants exhibit at the fair. A 40 by 93 foot tent will house 18 stalls with rentals at 15 dollars per stall or 25 dollars for two spaces. Revenue above tent and facility costs supports the County Fair.
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Comanche County
Farm Bureau
Elbrege Sullivan
Comanche County Farm Bureau
Debate In Red China Bared Attlee Tells Mao
The Rt. Hon. Clement Attlee reports after meeting Mao Tse-tung in Peking, describing a frank, vigorous, and friendly discussion on peace and the aims of the People's Republic. Attlee asserts the United States is a peace loving nation and outlines four points where America might aid world peace.
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Red
China
Attlee
Mao
Clement Attlee
United Features Syndicate, Inc
Sydney
Peking
Forbidden City
Heaven
Mao Tse-tung
Tzu Hsi
Ot Peece
People’s ‘Ament
Labor Party
United States
Japan
Indo-China
Russia
Europe
Bank Robbery in Small Oklahoma Town
A lone bandit robbed First State Bank in an Oklahoma mining town between 9 and 9:45 am. He demanded cash, warned he was serious, and fled in a car, leaving some bills behind. Estimated loss ranges from 1,000 to 10,000 dollars. The incident marked the town’s fourth bank holdup in 36 years. An airplane aided the search as authorities traced the suspect toward Baxter Springs, Kansas. The loot included part of a church Sunday collection and theater cash.
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First State Bank
Relph Chambers
Chambers
Baxter Springs
Kan
Ottawa County
Picher
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Sentinel
Erick
Frank Smith
Smith
Fucc
Carolin Christian Church
Cooler Air May Be Here To Stay
A weather forecast suggests continued mild, windy conditions through Tuesday with highs in the mid 90s. After a cool September, a 106-degree peak on Sept 3 gave way to 90s, with 85 on Sept 10 the coolest day this month. Tonight's low near 60, down from 54 yesterday, and a 92 high Sunday.
Indo China Military Coup Seen Possible
SAIGON Indo China. Possibility of a military coup arose today in a power struggle in South Viet Nam. Army chief of staff Gen Nguyen Vam Hinh refused to accept exile and warned troops are restless. He said he aimed to avoid bloodshed and calm his men, but it was growing more difficult.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Viet Nam
Nguyen Vam Hinh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Zwicker says he told truth in McCarthy hearing
Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker testified he told the truth when quizzed by Sen. McCarthy on February 18 in New York. The special senate censure committee weighed conflicting testimony as McCarthy faced charges of harassment and evasiveness.
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Zwicker
McCarthy
Washington
Ralph W. Zwicker
Sen
Senate
Maj
Irving Peres
Peress
New York
McCa
S.O.B
William J. Hiing
New York City
Mgrgeen
de Faria
Eden and Adenauer Back Unity Drive for Europe
Eden and Adenauer announced full agreement on a European unity drive. They stressed German sovereignty tied to Franco German understanding and called for a early conference, possibly a late month 9 power meeting in London, to align Western European nations on rearming Germans with French safeguards.
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Bonn
Germany
Anthony Eden
Konrad Adenauer
United Kingdom
Europe
Free World
London
Weekend wrecks injure two drivers near area
District four highway patrol reports two weekend traffic mishaps including a Comanche county man severely injured when his car overturned and struck a utility pole near Faxon at about 1 10 a m. Jack Dempsey Scott 35 of east of the city suffered lung punctures and other injuries. The other crash on west of Walters left J J Weldon 33 of Quanah Tex with multiple injuries after his car ran off a high embankment and rolled three times. He was treated at Memorial hospital.
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District Four
Comanche
Jack Dempsey Scott
Faxon
Scott
Memorial Hospital
J. J. Weldon
Quanah
Tex
St. 5
U. 1
Walters
Weldon
Hospitar
No Decision Made At NSC Meeting
Denver report notes President Eisenhower said the Sunday NSC meeting on U S participation in the Quemoy crisis was only consulting in nature with no specific decisions reached He described the gathering as unprecedented yet very natural and said he had not met the council for over two weeks State Secretary Dulles returned from the Philippines on the trip to the NSC session and the comments were issued after the briefing
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Denver
Eisenhower
National Security Council
U. S
Quemoy
Security Council
Council
John Foster
Dulles
Philippines
NSC
Hospital Releases 3 Polio Patients
Memorial hospital today discharged three polio patients including eight year old Raymond Oxford son of Jimmy Strahan and 13 year old Chick asha son of John N Strahan two patients remain in isolation Sharon Faye Barnett daughter of Oita Barnett of Comanche and Lola Fay Wishon daughter of Reg Jomey of Duncan admitted in September.
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Memorial Hospital
Raymond Oxford
Jimmy Strahan
John N. Strahan
Chickasha
Charlie Clanton
Richard Clanton
Duncan
Memorial
Sharon Faye Barnett
Oita Barnett
Comanche
Lola Fay Wishon
Reg Jomey
Tax Collection Plan By Sheriff Delayed In Comanche County
Delinquent taxpayers paid 268.1S in past due personal property taxes this week but warrants are not yet issued. Sheriff Everett Hale and Deputy Tompkins report mail warrants and personal service are delayed due to vacation and staffing. Alias warrants for prior years will follow after this year’s taxes are collected, with some individuals owing up to ten years.
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Comanche County
Tommy Tompkins
Sheriff's Office
Tompkins
Everett Hale
Hale
Sever
Lillian Waid
Japan Rejects Red Peace Bid
Tokyo reports Japan rejected Russia’s peace overtures, proposing to conclude a Soviet Union deal along lines of the San Francisco treaty unless Moscow’s stance changes. Tokyo would seek resumption of normal ties and the return of Habomai islands, with Japan insisting on conditions tied to postwar arrangements.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
San Francisco
United States
America
Molotov
Chubu Nippon Shimbun
U.S.S.R
Habomai Islands
Hokkaido
Kurile
Quake Winds Out Mountain Village
In Algeria near Orleansville rescue crews found 307 bodies in a mountain village wiped out by last Thursday's quake. The death toll rose to about 1,600 in North Africa's worst disaster. A US Air Force helicopter spotted vultures above Beni-Reched and landed on the lone flat area where every resident, including tribal chiefs, had perished.
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Orleansville
Algeria
Air Force
North Africa
Beni-Reached
Supreme Court denies rehearing on park bonds
Oklahoma City September 13 UP The State Supreme Court denied a rehearing of its decision approving a 7.2 million park bond issue removing the last legal obstacle to the park improvement program. Morton Harrison says officials may go to Chicago to sign bonds for sale to a syndicate, releasing funds to let contracts. The Lake Texoma lodge could open for the 1955 tourist season. other parks likely in 1956. J N Hayward of Alva challenged the issue citing possible double interest and state park control issues amid a $850,000 old Lake Murray bond absorption dispute.
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Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Morton Harrison
State Planning and Resources Board
Chicago
Ker i Ieee
Harrison
Texoma Lodge
Texoma
J. N. Hayward
Alva
Ates
Pee
Old Lake Murray State Park
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Powell
Rucker
Picker Bank
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Lawton
Wisconsin
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
Camp Kilmer
East Nitro
W. Va
Eden
Adenauer
Mountain Village
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