Defense Attacks Charge Batchelor Tattled On POWs
San Antonio report on Cpl. Claude Batchelor 22 of Kermit Texas facing an eighth officer court martial at Fort Sam Houston. Defense argues Sgt William Skipper challenge testimony about Batchelor tattling on a fellow prisoner in North Korea. Batchelor previously implicated a proposed E Prisoners of War Welfare Association while claiming to head it before becoming a peace finder.
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San Antonio
Claude Batchelor
North Korea
Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Fort Sam Houston
William Skipper
Aver
Mass
Buli
Skull
Reds
United States
William C. Skipper
Pla
Tam
Skipper
Football Squads Feted By Kiwanis
Lawton Ingh school and Cameron college football squads were guests of the Lawton Kiwanis as the club marked its final football day. Cameron coach Jess Thompson and LHS coach Bob Bodenhamer introduced players. Urban Sanders chaired. Attendance pins were awarded to long-serving members from one to eleven years. The Census Bureau notes it does not list cowboys in Texas labor divisions.
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Lawton Ingh School
Cameron College
Lawton Kiwanis Club
Nnal
Jess Thompson
Cameron
Bob Bodenhamer
LHS
Urban “Spec” ‘Sanders
Doyle Williams
Fred Fox
Ben Leva
Jess Forbess
Lioyd Jack
Bureau of Census
Texas
Irish Legend vs Science Over Giant's Causeway Mystery
ANTRIM Ireland Science and myth clash over the Giant's Causeway 74 000 basalt columns. Legends claim the pillars are remnants of Finn MacCum haill's amphitheatre and a petrified harp, while scientists cite lava cooling. Tourists prefer the legendary tale as a local point of pride and identity.
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Antrim
Ireland
Finn MacCumhaill
Gormac Macart
Finn
Ossian
Chicago Launches Wetback Roundup Across States
Chicago dispatch reports United States Border Patrol and immigration inspectors began a large scale roundup of Mexican entrants in four states including Illinois Wisconsin Indiana and Michigan. Director Walter Sahli said 20 000 to 35 000 illegals may be found with airlift for return to Mexico and flights from McAllen Port Isabel to Vera Cruz.
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Chicago
United States
Immigration District
Walter Sahli
Milwaukee
Wis
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Sabli
Oil completions dip during week across Oklahoma fields
Oklahoma oil activity shows a slump as completions fall from 178 to 124 with 68 wells finalized and 53 new dusters added while gas drilling drops. New work staking rises to 179. Notable finds include Chickasha gas field in Grady County with potential over 20 million barrels and Texas Company confirming a producer in West Chitwood field flowing 360 barrels daily from Deese sand. Vickers Petroleum adds a natural flowing well in the Prade field, Stephens County.
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Chickasha
Grady County
Texas Company
West Chitwood
Foley- Whitener
Cne
First Deese
Vickers Petroleum
Pradale
Stephens County
Sturm
Squirrel attack bites two in Oklahoma City home
Two people received medical care after a pet squirrel escaped its cage and bit them near Oklahoma City. The animal was captured and taken to Panes Society headquarters to test for rabies. Ruth Vivian Taylor, 52, sustained a severed leg artery and arm bites, while six year old Joann Raker Straw suffered bites on both hands as she walked by the owner’s property.
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Oklahoma City
Shi Cee
Panes Society
Ruth Vivian Taylor
Joann Rakerstraw
Blackdog Speeders Headed For Trouble
Osage County authorities in Oklahoma plan a crackdown on speeders in Blackdog Township under a 1953 state legislative act. County Attorney Russell Havens said the traffic program, formed by county commissioners, aims to slow racing and speeding on area streets where general state laws do not apply.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage
Blackdog
Tulsa
Russell Havers
Osage County
Havens
Commission
20 000 Attend Cotton Picker Test in Blytheville
Blytheville Arkansas plans host to 20 000 spectators for the 5th annual national cotton picking contest during the stay festival on Sept 30 and Oct 1. The top picker wins 1000 dollars after two hours with a 1500 dollar pool in special events including women's, oldest, and youngest categories. Malcolm Gramling, 26, Kennett Missouri, last year’s world champion, previously gathered 113 pounds in two hours.
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Blytheville
Ark
Malcolm Gramling
Kennett
Mlc
Typhoon Heads For Japan Expected To Hit Tomorrow
Typhoon travels across the Pacific toward Japan on a course to strike the coast southwest of Tokyo early Saturday. Shikoku island, previously hit by a similar storm, is expected to bear the brunt, while Tokyo and Kyushu are expected to be spared.
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Japan
Tokyo
Here
Shikoku
Kyushu
Conference With Elsa Swann on New Arithmetic Books
Mrs. Elsa Swann, consultant for Silver Burdett, will be in Lawton the week of Sept 27 to confer with teachers on the use of newly adopted arithmetic books. She will conduct workshop sessions and visit in schools.
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Elsa Swann
Silver-Burdett Publishers
Lawton
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Dick Turner
Smith Smith and Jones
Rat Om
Bard
Jones
Smith
Ummer
Research Oil Re
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Camp Rucker
Zwaan
Remington
Squirrel
Blackdog Speeders
Ertary
Douglas Optical
Chantelle Frame
OF Diamonds
Tant
Zale
Idk
Ae As
Zale's Jewelry CO
City Fuk
Baylor
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