West German Leader Sees Promised Release of German Prisoners
Bonn report quotes Chancellor Adenauer after talks with Soviet leaders in Moscow. He says Bulganin will act promptly to release Germans held in Russia and that both sides pledged to find and return war prisoners. Adenauer notes no progress on German reunification but anticipates further talks.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bulganin
Russia
Moscow
West Germany
Soviet Union
Adenauer
Bonn-Cologne
Carlo Schmidt
Composer Kin Arrive For Stay In Lawton
New Yorkers Mr and Mrs Dan Melnick arrived in Lawton Oklahoma and said Lawton is friendlier and the country beautiful. Mrs Melnick’s father is Richard Rodgers of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The couple, married seven months, will have him report to the Artillery and Guided Missile Center as a private. They praised Lawton Chamber of Commerce roses and hotel fruit gifts, noting fresh fruit is welcome.
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NEW Lawtonians
Dan Melnick
Chamber of Commerce
Melnick
Richard Rodgers
Fort Sill
Lawtonian
Lawton
Dan Melick
Melnicks
Artillery
Guided Missile Center
Fort Dix
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Abortion Death Probe Widened
Philadelphia prosecutors broadened their inquiry into the death of Doris Ostreicher and possible prior abortions by the couple, Milton and Mrs Schwartz. Officials await chemical test results from bed linen seized in a North Philadelphia apartment search. Bail set at 5000 dollars each as hearing looms.
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Philadelphia
Doris Silver Ostreicher
Milton Schwartz
Ostreicher
ASC Committee Nominations Set For County Election
Nominations for the Agriculture Stabilization Conservation ASC committee elections were released by the ASC. A three-farmer nominating group chosen by a county election board chaired by Lewis Haydock will decide the slate. Ballots go to eligible farmers and ranchers on Sept 29 with a return deadline of Oct 6. Each community division lists 10 names from which voters will choose five.
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Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Community Committee
ASC
Lewis Haydock
Department of Agriculture
Psag
Man Rei
Three Tots Killed In Fire In Bloomfield Nebraska
Bloomfield Nebraska reports the deaths of three children Susan Glanzman five years old Mike four and Patty two grandchildren of Fire Chief Glen Glanzman in a basement home fire. Their father Marvin Glanzman was overcome while attempting rescue and later found the home filled with smoke. The children were taken out by helpers but died of apparent suffocation.
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Bloomfield, Neb
Bloomfield
Glen Glanzman
Susan Glanzman
Mike
Patty
Marvin Glanzman
Hilda Slams Across Cuba
Hurricane Hilda pounded Cuba's eastern tip with 70 mph winds and torrential rains flooding rivers and forcing thousands to flee river towns. Ships reported damage offshore near Santiago de Cuba and Baracoa as the storm moved toward the Gulf of Guacanayabo.
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Miami
Cuba
Saturno
Caribbean
Navy
E. L. Foster
Cape Maisi
Guantanamo
Santiago de Cuba
Baracoa
Miami Weather Bureau
Hilda
Merchants Propose Cache Road Improvements Plan
A five member delegation of Cache Road merchants and property owners presented Mayor Ellsworth with a petition signed by 30 supporters. They urged widening the northwest Lawton highway to separate traffic without safety islands and opposed grade separations or an underpass at U.S. 62 and Sheridan Road, while keeping the U.S. 62 designation even if a northern bypass is built. The group will work with engineers to draft the plan.
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Cache Road
C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton Highway
Ellsworth
Wyatt Hendrick
Douglas L. Smith
U.S. 62
Sheridan Road
Turncoat Richard Tenneson Says He Will Return Home
Alden mother Portia Howe says a letter from her 22 year old son, one of 21 POWs who stayed in Communist China, states he is coming home. He notes Army efforts may hinder it and describes choosing truth over lies once back in the United States, with Hong Kong as a possible stop. Compassionate context frames the family saga and wartime split.
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China
Red Cross General Society
India
Hong Kong
Turncoat
City Ponders Municipal Park Baseball Stadium
City Attorney Warren Chrisman said building a $60,000 baseball stadium on 20 acres of Metropolitan Park land would not violate the warranty deed restrictions. Lawton Baseball president C. L. Stewart asked the city council to place a $60,000 bond issue before citizens to fund a park on the northwest 20 acres with a field grandstand and parking, with the city owning the park and leasing to the association.
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Warren Chrisman
Lawton Baseball Association
C. L
Cy) Stewart
Lawton Baseball Group
Stewart
Metropolitan Park
The
Baseball Association
Chrisman
Governor orders Helena Cleanup plan
Oklahoma City reports Gov. Ray mond Gary and the Board of Af fairs ordered cleaning the empty Helena institution at about $50 000. The move follows talk of transferring Stringtown White Boys Training School inmates to Helena and converting Stringtown into a prison farm. Gary said no final decision yet and emphasized cleanup for future use. State officials joined lawmakers in supporting the plan amid related discussions on public use and park board recommendations.
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Oklahoma City
Helena
Raymond Gary
Board of Affairs
Gary
Stringtown
White Boys Training School
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Chinese Urge Higher Level Talks With U S on Dulles Chou Meet
Geneva report says Wang Ping-nan urged talks at a higher level between Secretary of State Dulles and Premier Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai while demanding removal of the Western embargo. Johnson limited discussion to repatriation of American civilians held in China as 19 remain jailed and 22 promised releases await. Wang's team and US envoys agreed to another meeting next Tuesday September 20 to continue talks on broader Red China relations.
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Geneva
Wang Ping-nan
United States
Dulles
Chou En-Lai
Peiping
U. S
Wang
A. Alexis Johnson
China
Red China
Pettaway Denies Murder Charges in Lawton Killing
Earl Pettaway 34 pleads innocent to murder in the shooting death of Horace Stevenson Jr. near Club Savoy. Pettaway waives preliminary hearing and is jailed without bond as the case moves to a higher court. Betty Jean Richards, 18, asks for more time on charges of harboring and assisting Pettaway. Mrs Onita Bonner, 38, pleads innocent and is free on 1000 bond.
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Earl Pettaway
Lawton
Woodrow Giles
Horace Stevenson Jr
Pettaway
Giles
Betty Jean Richards
Stevenson
Club Savoy
Richards
Onita Bonner
Superior
Patrol Officials Defend Transfers In Oklahoma City
Safety Commissioner Jim Lookabaugh and Patrol Chief Jack Rollins rejected claims that troopers are repeatedly transferred to force resignations. Senator Kirksey M. Nix aired the charge after a legislator said one trooper was ready to quit due to frequent moves. The officials said there is no truth in the accusation and that transfers are based on needs and abilities.
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Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Jim Lookabaugh
Kirksey M. Nix
McAlester
Jack Rollins
Driver Gets Nine Years For Deaths Of Mincey Family
Charles E. Boothe, 43, of Doddridge Ark. received nine years in prison for three counts of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic crash that killed an Oklahoma couple, Howard and Mrs Mincey, and their infant child. He was acquitted on a fourth count tied to John Wilson. State witnesses said Boothe drove the truck before the Aug 14 collision in Texarkana. Wilson was a passenger.
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Texarkana
Ark
Charles E. Boothe
Doddridge
Oklahoma
Boothe
John Wilson
Miller County
Howard Mincey
Lawton
Okla
Wilson
Old Pro Denies Embezzlement Charge At Arraignment
Thomas Evans alias Tom Hawkins 34 facing embezzlement of an automobile charge after already amassing 22 years in prison for prior offenses He was held on 2500 bonds with preliminary hearing set for Friday Evans noted he had lost count of his numerous convictions dating back to 1938 including grand larceny of domestic fowls and multiple burglary and escape charges leading to a life of prison terms See PRISON Page 2
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Thomas Evans
Tom Hawkins
Marvin E. Cameron
Cameron
Evans
Grady County
Pittsburg County
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Sure Bulganin
Pws
Lawton OK
Bill Crawford
Asst
Dist
Jacob Kalish
Schwartzes
Camden
N. J
Schwartz
Samuel Cash
Food Fair Stores
Gulf of Guacanayobo
Habanilla
Maso
Tenneson
Richard Tenneson
Citizens Group
Fairmont
Jack Carter
Fairmont Foods
John A. Robins
Fairmont Foods Co
E. D. Edquist
Omaha
Neb
City Ponders Municipal Park
By Ray Atteberry
Floyd Carrier
Enid
Stanley Coppock
Cleo Sipings
Howard Young
Stigler
Happy Camp
Waukomis
Tom Morford
Park Board
Baseball Group
Parks Board
Addi- See
New York
State Supreme Court
Samuel di Falco
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Washington
ILA
Citizens Committee
James F. Murray Jr
New Jersey
William V. Bradley
Bradley
New York State Supreme Court
Dulles-Chou
Johnson
Driver
Mincey
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