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   Lawton Constitiution (Newspaper) - April 30, 1956, Lawton, Oklahoma                                THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION Monday April Three Traffic Charges Piled Three traffic complaints and a charge of fishing without a license were filed this morning by County Attorney Manville Redman The charge of fishing without a license was filed in Peace Justice Marvin E Cameron's court against William M William 30 of 1720 S 13th Capt L E Crawford game ranger signed the complaint which resulted in a fine of plus costs TRAIL Continued from Page One Lawton realtor will discuss homa personalities Gen William S Key president of the Oklahoma Historical Society will introduce several of the homans participating in the tour which begins Thursday morning at Oklahoma City and will conclude Saturday evening The Oklahoma delegation will head southward along the route of the eld with stops scheduled at Rush Springs and the old Wichita Village battle site thence to a meeting at Red river bridge on Highway 81 with a of speeding were filed I lar caravan of Texans who began a against Milo Matthews of 1404 Andrews and Harold L Witt 24 of 104 A Witt was charged in court while Matthews was charged in Peace Justice Woodrow Giles court A reckless driving charge was filed in Giles court against vin Mack Upton 31 of 1409 An- drews This morning Giles assessed a fine and costs totaling against William M Burch 21 Fletcher was arrested over the end on a speeding complaint which was filed last Dec 31 ACCIDENTS Continued from Page One call to No C where the wife of a Fort Sill soldier gave birth to a daughter A ond ambulance was dispatched to the apartment but a midwife ready had delivered the child be- fore the ambulance arrived The mother Mrs Claborn son was not taken to the hospital Both mother and daughter were reported doing well this ing Officers said the ambulance a 1953 Chevrolet model and the Studebaker were total losses as a result of the accident Damage to the parked Pontiac was estimated at Police said the signal light ably would be repaired during the day At peak traffic periods will direct traffic at the until the signal light is repaired Officers listed three witnesses to the accident Roy Glasgow of No 2 S 23rd Place C I Irwin of 1215 Bell and V Massen of 1710 S Sixth Police reported two accidents occurred minutes apart at the in- of Sheridan and Cache Road at p.m Sunday The first accident occurred 10 feet east of the intersection on Cache Road when a 1956 Chevrolet driven by Billy Gene Simpson 30 of 2114 Ferris reportedly ran into the rear of a 1954 Oldsmobile which had been stopped by the driver Odell 27 of 1634 N The Oldsmobile had been stopped for traffic ahead Minutes later officers two cars had stopped on the west side of the intersection on Cache Road because of the first accident Patrolmen Johnny West and Lee Clark said while the two cars were stopped on the west a third car approached from the rear and struck the rear end of a 1949 Ford which had been stopped by the driver Billy Lee Cullins 20 of 914 C The 1349 Ford was pushed into the rear of a 1955 Ford which had been stopped by its driver Mari- anne M Rodriguez 24 of 410 S First Driver of the third car a 1951 Oldsmobile was identified as Billy Edward Coatney 21 of D Injured in the accident were Joan Coatney 22 passenger in the Oldsmobile who was taken to Fort Sill hospital and Mrs Wayne rod 21 and Carol Ewing 17 sengers in Cullins 1949 Ford The latter injured were taken to hospital At Sunday one senger was injured in a collision at 602 N Second Patrolmen J H Lee and neth Stradley said a 1955 bile driven by Robert Lee Dean Jr 28 Fort Sill had stopped for a signal light at Second and Ferris when the car was struck from be- hind by a 1952 Mercury driven Charles Brown 25 of 230 E Gore Impact of the collision sent the Oldsmobile 111 feet from the point of impact nad injured Mrs J R Pines 30 of Americus GE senger in the Oldsmobile Brown was charged In Municipal court with driving without a cense and with reckless driving He was released on a total of in bonds The tragic weekend resulted in the fourth traffic fatality for the year compared with only one fic death during the entire year of 1955 The highest traffic death tal in the city since police began keeping records was the tal of four deaths The weekend traffic toll brought an urgent appeal from Police Chief Ralph Hennessee this morning He called on local motorists to be more cautious than ever before Death injury and property damage on the city streets are at an all-time he commented It is up to the people to stop it Chief Hennessee said his ment which tias concentrated inq the past month on enforcement of the traffic laws will work er than ever in this phase of law enforcement We will not issue any more Any ver who is stopped for violating the traffic laws will be issued the proper summons to appear in court to answer the charge Chief Hennessee urged drivers to control the rate of accidents selves by observing all traffic laws and rules of safety Funeral services for the lance driver will be ter by Lawton Funeral home Trussell was born Sept 2 1929 at Cyril He marrieS the former Miss Joyce Smoot of Faxon on Aug 3 1948 in Lawton Survivors include his widow two sons Johnny 3 Aid Roger three months his Mrs Mary Trussell of Faxon a er Trussell of Plainview Tex and two Mrs Paris Woodruff of Oklahoma City and Mrs Dorothy Jolly ol Tucson Aria five-day tour at San Antonio day A cowboy reunion and barbecue at Monument Hill near Addington Okla will feature the two-state gathering After the barbecue the ed motorcade will make stops at Duncan the Wichita Mountains Wildlife refuge and return to ton for an overnight stop and quet program From Lawton the motorcade Friday will pass through El Reno and visit the grave of Jessie holm near The trail was named for Chisholm an early day trader who marked the trail in what was then Indian territory Luncheon will be served at Ro- man Nose park at Watonga Stops will be rnace at Kingfisher and overnight at Enid From Enid the caravan will con- Saturday on to the Great Salt Plains Pond Creek Jefferson Medford and then to Caldwell Kan Caldwell one of the al points of the trail will end the northward trek A barbecue will be held and plans mapped to make the Chisholm trail caravan an an- affair Directing the Oklahoma phase of the tour will be R G Miller Col George H Shirk H B Bass mas J Harrison and Exall lish Lawton Norwegian Army Officer Visits Sill Maj Gen Aage Rosenquist Pran chief District Command Viken Norwegian Army arrived Sunday night for a two day orientation it to the Artillery and Guided sile Center Gen Pran visited with Maj Gen Thomas E de Shazo commanding general Artillery and Guided sile Center and with Brig Gen J E Theimer Assistant dant The Artillery and Guided sile School this morning This afternoon the Norwegian general was scheduled to tour Knox Hall and see a demonstration of the Corporal guided Missile and the gun Tuesday morning Col D E Means director of the department of gunnery will brief the general on gunnery problems and fire di- rection control procedures The General will also visit the Allied Officer student sections of a ing battery class and an observed fire class Tuesday afternoon he will visit the Army Aviation Unit Training Command and tour the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Police Probe Seven Thefts Seven thefts were reported to city police over the weekend in- theft of two cars a water cooler a bicycle and an tive cooler Sgt Richard Alexander Fort Sill told police Sunday his 1953 let green auto had been stolen from the post John H Henderson 2106 ington reported the theft of a 1946 Ford which was recovered by Melvin Kelley and John Moore over the weekend George Zimmerman 1115 mit reported his 1952 Ford had been stolen from the 300 block C but highway patrol officers ed the car had been impounded Paul H Shelton 1608 S Eighth told police a water cooler with tric motor and float had been stolen either Saturday or Sunday from his house Sgt Lyle Jenkins 2401 Williams noted theft of two hubcaps from his 1953 Nash and Mrs J W Gladney 2622 Lindy said two caps were stolen from her 1956 Pontiac while it was parked at Ninth and Columbia Funeral Rites Mrs Elsie McKenzie Mrs Elsie N McKenzie 62 of 1327 Ferris died at day in a local hospital after an illness of several She was the widow of the late Ben Kenzie Funeral arrangements are to be announced later by Lawton Funeral home Mrs McKenzie was born Dec 29 1893 in Grant City Mo came to the Hulen community with her parents in 1901 Shs was ried in 1908 to Glenn L Bridges He died several years ago In 1923 she was married to Kenzie who died Sept 11 1950 Surviving Mrs McKenzie are a son George Bridges 1815 N 23rd a granddaughter and grandson three sisters Mrs E W Birdsong 1412 Columbia Mrs J F Atkins 1401 Dearborn and Mrs Alfred Forney 1405 Dearborn and a brot er K F McCiain 912 Summit Mrs McKenzie was a member of First Methodist church and American Legion auxiliary Tobe W Jones Tobe W Jones 42 of 1925 Ar- lington died in a local hospital at Sunday He was owner of the Elite Barber Shop Funeral services will be at 2 p.m Tuesday in the tist church with Rev Richard per pastor officiating Burial will be in Sunset Gardens under the direction of Elecker eral home Born in Waurika Sept 13 1913 he moved to low in 1935 He married Lena Mae Cowley Nov 1 1938 in Marlow They moved to Lawton in 1940 He was a deacon in ithe Central Baptist church Survivors include his wife one son Jerry one daughter Valiery Sue his parents Mr and Mrs S M Jones Marlow three brothers Cecil and Paul both of Marlow and Ashton McFarland Calif a sister Mrs Alton can a twin sister Mrs Will R Lokey Waurika and a cousin who was reared in the home Mrs J C Lackey Oklahoma City SCOUT Continued from One first reading and discussion of posed new All Girl Scout associations were requested to submit in writing gested changes to the proposed by June 15 Headed by Sasser the committee appointed would in- corporate them and return for their approval by Aug 1 to be voted on in September New committee chairmen elected Sunday were Lloyd Bendure ton Evatt Allen and V E Gailey Norman Lonnie ton Becker asha and Mrs John Howard low chairmen James Gibson and Mrs Mildred Lawton Jack Dowd Pauls Valley Mrs Sam McDaniel Ardmore Frank Crosby and Lewis Retter The group expects to have Miss Gay Sheppard who represents the Girl Scout regional office Dallas Tex to conduct the officer lation in September Thirty one reservations were made for the luncheon while some 60 adult workers participated in the business session DEATHS Continued from Page One out of control northeast of homa City Hopper died last night of in- juries suffered Saturday night in a collision three miles east of Lindsay on State Highway 7 Six other persons were injured in the accident McCurtain was killed yesterday morning when his car crashed in- to the rear of truck eight miles east of Spiro on U S 171 death came when his pickup truck and a car collided in Tulsa Saturday Mrs Blower died Saturday from injuries suffered Friday night in an accident on the Turner pike Myers died Friday night from injuries suffered when his car went out of control and overturned on a Creek County rond WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW OPENING OF Mann's Television Mart Soles and Service Has Acquired OVER 100 1611 Cache Road Famous Name Used 16 to 27 Inch Liku New Table Models and Consoles Priced as low as LOW DOWN PAYMENT UP TO 12 MONTHS TO PAY Introductory Coupon Worth 5 On The Price of Any TV Set Over 1 On Service Calls or Labor PHONE 3826 We Take HOURS BURGLARY Continued from Page One had reasons not to report the fuH amount Mr and Mrs Denny were in church when the burglary red Cook entered the case when he received a phone call in San An- tonio from an anonymous caller who said he wanted to tip him to a burglary in Houston The caller said he didn't like police and wanted Cook td get his big story on his own Anonymous telephone calls have always been the bread and butter of newspapermen as well as many police departments but I couldn't put too much stock in such Cook said Ribbed Along However as the day wore on I ribbed myself pretty high on the matter but decided really brave enough to go alone and meet an ex-convict who must be desperate if sitting on top of en loot Cook enlisted the aid of James Parks a San Antonio deputy iff and fight promoter and both men drove to Houston Wednesday night looking for Hamlett whom the anonymous caller had said had the the big lary in Houston The found Hamlett took some from him and napped him in his own Cadillac car to take him to a lonely spot and work him Cook said to make him tell the big loot was Hamlett denied knowing anything about it and took them to the home of his boss Jimmy Hicks a car dealer Hicks also was fobbed of some He turned out to be an innocent tim Police said he wasn't con- with the Denny Burglary Stole Cadillac Cook and Parks stole Cadillac to get away in but be- came frightened when they no- many police cars prowling Cook brought the money to police the following morning and told his tale Police called the tale tic and jailed both Cook and Parks charging them with armed robbery and assault They were freed in bond to await trial Another tip led police to San An- tonio Sunday accompanied by Hamlett who police had been questioning quietly all along about the burglary The found in two tin boxes in Marley's home Police also had the which Cook turned over to them plus the Cadillac auto which lett reportedly bought with his share of the Denny loot Police Lt W W Stephenson said Marley and Hamlett made oral confessions that they pulled the Denny burglary after a third man cased the Denny home for seven weeks The third man was not identified by police was not in custody Eckert was charged along with Marley and Hamlett before tice W C Ragan with burglary and theft but police said his exact part in the wierd story had not yet been determined Ike Calls Meeting On Foreign Policy WASHINGTON arranged to discuss for- eign policy matters late today with Sen George ami other congressional leaders in that field The White House announced the conference would be held in the President's living quarters at p.m Murray Shyder assistant press secretary said the session would deal with matters affecting the foreign policy of the United States He added that Secretary of State Dulles also would sit in Snyder declined to elaborate on the nature and purpose of the conference For Rent Office Space Contact Mr Edgemond Phone 2 3313 Sheridan Road Keys made guns bi- repaired mowers knives sors sharpened Bicycle supplies Hunting and Fishing licenses A L POLLARD SPORTING GOODS 430 D Ava Pno MO QUICK LOANS Borrow money on your or other good security No red tape We'll finance you M D FINANCE 328 E Ave Phone 82 Insect Proofing One year guarantee on insects and rodents One to 10 years mites Serving the Southwest since 32 Licensed Pho 3805 KEY TERMITE Jk PEST CONTROL CO INSURANCE service I Tri-State Band Ten outstanding Lawton high school band students have been for membership in the Tri- State Band Festival's orchestra and band George Walters LHS di- rector announced today They are Jack Reynolds Jimmy Long John jeanette Cox Karen Nowlin and Joy Bryson band and Peggy Wickman rol Gary Copper and Marvin Inman orchestral Top bandsmen attending tival are selected for these two groups The entire membership of the LHS band will attend the Tri-State Festival May at Enid The students will be- entered in solo ensemble and concert com- petition CRASH Continued from Page One which faced rearward They were able to climb out of the fuselage oh theiir own But it was section of the passenger compartment which was crushed by the impact that the rescue drama took place Swerved Suddenly The troop carrier chartered by the Royal Air Force was talcing off without hint of trouble when it suddenly swerved off the runway and Many of the passengers were families including 11 mothers and 18 four of them babies It was a chartered York airliner of the same type that crashed on takeoff from a Malta airfield earlier this year killing 50 sons Another York airliner crashed here on a troop flight takeoff last year and all a b o a r d survived when a hostess calmly marched the servicemen out of the ing plane Seats Cushion Impact The airliner that crashed day swerved off the runway and bellied to a crunching stop that injured many of those aboard But the seats in chartered airliner of Airlines Ltd faced rearward This is a safety specification of the British de- fense ministry for all troop rier aircraft The seat backs helped cushion the shock of the crash A Scottish Airways spokesman said half a dozen or of the passengers were But several were trapped inside the buckled fuselage hours after the crash while taunt fighters stood by to quench any dangerous L CRIME Continued from Page One did the previous year There were 456 petty thefts in the city during 1934 and 443 last year a decrease of 23 Auto thefts remained more or less status quo over the two year period There were 48 car thefts in 1355 and 44 the previous year This situation was true generally over the the FBI said it could give no explanation for the trend Crime in Oklahoma City was up about 10 per cent over the 1954 record the FBI report showed There were major crimes reported in the state cap- ital last year 727 more than the listed for 1954 Crimes in every category ex- cept burglary were on the in- crease in Oklahoma City ing to the report Murders in- creased from 16 to 18 during the two-year period robberies were up from 107 to 130 aggravated assaults jumped from 123 to 162 while grand larcenies went from to last year Car thefts in Oklahoma City showed an unusual hike in 1955 when 812 cars were reported stolen This figure was reported at 619 in 1954 Muskogee enjoyed a decrease in major crimes during There were 514 offenses ed in 1955 while tha previous year this figure was 555 a decrease of about seven per cent Tulsa like Lawton also an increase in total major crimes reported in 1955 Overall crimes were listed at last year while in 1954 this figure was given at an increase of 459 or more than 13 per cent Enid which suffered a ing 104 per cent increase in major crimes in 1954 enjoyed a decline last year when major crimes reported were down some per cent The 1955 report shows that a total of 505 crimes were reported in Enid that year while during the year previous the count was 715 The 1955 ure however is still higher than the 348 major crimes listed for 1953 SOME fOLKS WINGS THEY WANT AND SOME ACE NEVER SURE BUT TO THE THINGS PRIZE YOU SHOULD INSURE MATTOON ALLEN MORFORD Real Estate Loans Insurance 204 Koehler Bldg Ph 108 or ALWAYS DUFF HARDWARE CO Corner 3rd and D Avenue For Plumbing Pipe Hardware Tools Paint Housewares Fine China Finest Self-Service Store USED TV'S 5 19 up Guaranteed 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said tens of sands of persons applauded them in warm spring weather ganin made it clear he hoped Prime Minister Eden would help establish better relations between the Soviet Union and States He described relations be- tween them now as far from normal which we regret Khrushchev himself told a wdl news conference in London he thought the United States an in- country and that anyone would welcome the opportunity to visit it if he had business there The Moscow broadcast said that in his talk at the Moscow airport Khrushchev Given mutual desire we should be able step by step to remove all disagreements The Soviet will continue to strive for a relaxation on international sion We are in favor of contacts with aH Socialist In the interests of the ing class the Communist and So- parties must be in contact for the sake of relaxation of inter- national tension thus referred to his brush with British Laborites who The two flew to Moscow from roused his ire when they asked barked there from the cruiser Ordzhonikidze Kaliningrad the former German city of Koenigsberg They had de- Soviet which brought them from Portsmouth Khrushchev's avowal of a for good relations with the United States seemed a hint that he and Bulganin would accept an tion to visit there Interesting Country During their stay in Brit- ain which ended last Friday at a dinner party about the states of Social Socialists behind the Iron Curtain chev abruptly brushed them Admiral fleet tson tbe victory of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War on May 3 1898 due fed Arctic Circle Air Conditioner Two Speed Variable Speed Pulley AQ Welded Cabinet Fits Type Window CARLOAD BUYERS you Can't Buy You Can't Get Lower Prices Prices Begin at Sill Appliance Furniture 277 Opposite Port 6656 A unified Program is one convenient policy at a substantial saving SEE BABBITT 419 D AVE LAWTON AIR CONDITIONING IS OUR BUSINESS We are the only COMPLETE air conditioning center in Southwest Oklahoma We can sell you any type of air 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