Fort Sill Boulevard partially opens with expansion progress
Ten blocks of the widened Fort Sill Boulevard between Cache Road and the military reservation are in use with four more opened this week. The route now extends to Irwin and includes a plan to open six more blocks toward the post within a week. Concrete pouring on the west side progresses between Elm and Ferris. Contractors foresee through traffic possible in about five weeks as pilings drive for bridges over an underpass east of Cache Road. Floyd Freeman notes bridge forms will be erected after work resumes early next week.
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Fort Sill Blvd
Cache Road
Military Reservation
Gate 3
Smith
Irwin
Post and
Elm and
Ferris
City
Fort Sill
Floyd Freeman
Sill Hosts ROTC Cadets and Boy Scouts Weekend
Fort Sill will host about 290 ROTC cadets for ROTC Day activities and around 300 Boy Scouts for a Hunting Horse district camporee on Saturday. Cadets tour barracks attend a Mat 102 firing demonstration at point 137 at 10 a.m., open to civilians with tickets from the Lawton Chamber of Commerce.
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Fort Sill
Hunting Horse
Comanche
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Army Aviation School
Gieadsen
Chinese entry in Geneva conference signals equal status
Pravda comments on a communique stating the Chinese People's Republic will participate in the Geneva conference on equal footing with other great powers. The piece cites a New York statement by Mr. Dulles as disregarding generally known facts.
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Pravda
Chinese People’s Republic
Dulles
New York
Butter prices hold steady with mixed grade quotes Chicago
The market shows Butter unsettled with prices near 1.541 million, opening at grade scores around 93 for A labels and mid 50s for C, while car scores hover around 58 to 59 for B and C grades, with slight variation across lots.
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Chicago
Early Metric Adoption Traced to Fra France
A fragment notes that metric units of length and volume were first set by France more than a century and a half ago. The text references metric measurements and their origins in France.
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Fra
France
Oklahoma toll roads spark optimistic tourism outlook
An optimistic Oklahoma editorial argues the state sits well to attract tourist traffic as toll road links expand. It notes voter patterns for toll projects, regional support in Harper County, and potential Kansas turnpike connections that could influence Oklahoma’s accessibility and visitor draw.
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Oklahoma
N Ene Mordlay
Oklahoma City
Turner Turnpike
Echees
Harper
Buffalo Journal
The
Journal
Kansas
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Dallas
San Antonio
Ae.yd
Lawton
Okla
Meeting To Form New Masonic Lodge Friday
Master Masons are invited to attend a 7 30 p m organizing meeting at the First Methodist church basement Eighth and B to form a second lodge. Officers will be elected and the group will decide a regular meeting place and conduct organizational business. Seventy five Master Masons have signed a petition with about 1400 members in the present Laton lodge urged to join the new group.
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First Methodist Church
Lawton Lodge
Local tax cuts bring consumer price relief across services
The data shows a reduction in local service tax from 15 to 10 percent and long distance tax from 25 to 10 percent. The piece notes 14 239 telephones in use and cites airline and theater pricing changes as examples. It also highlights uncertain immediate price drops and outlines potential savings for big purchases versus small daily expenses.
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Page
Jimmy Fox
Central Airlines
Dallas
Fox
Joe Turner
Lawton
Turner
Ieee
Funeral Rites Set for Odie Ellis in Anadarko
Funeral services will be held Sunday in Anadarko for Odie Ellis who died Monday in Los Angeles after a weeklong illness. Rev. Joe Howard will officiate at Virginia Avenue Baptist Church with burial at Memory Lane Cemetery. Ellis born April 12 1903 near Durant lived in Snyder Apache Anadarko and California and is survived by his parents and three sons.
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Anadarko
Odie Ellis
Southwest Oklahoma
Los Angeles
Calif
Virginia Avenue Baptist Church
Joe Howard
Memory Lane
Ellis
Durant
Snyder
Workers Begin Lawton School Census
Door-to-door census work starts in Lawton and Fort Sill for the Lawton public school system. The enumeration runs through April 21 with details on each child from birth to 17, including name, age, grade, sex, and birth date. Refusal is a misdemeanor. census takers wear official Lawton board of education tags.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Lawrence Laird
Lawton Considers Water Ban as Lake Level Drops
City officials warn Lawton residents of strict water restrictions as the lake sits eight feet lower than last July and 18 feet below the spillway. A new ordinance bans outdoor watering except bucket washing and sets patrols for enforcement with fines up to unspecified limits. Public opinion splits between conservation urgency and business impact.
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Lawton
Port Sill
Ordino
Ag A Ans
Haga Ag 2
Interior funds limit for personal services in medical staff
A committee sets a cap of 28.5 million dollars for personal services with no cut in the number of teachers doctors nurses and other medical personnel needed to care for patients The Indian Service was asked to recommend for the Power Administration The measure includes 775000 dollars available by transferring construction funds to EPA over one year
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Indian Service
Power
Attalee
H-Bomb's Mushroom Climbs 25 Miles Into Stratosphere
A 1952 thermonuclear test produced a mushroom cloud stem reaching 25 miles into the stratosphere. The cloud expanded to 100 miles in diameter at altitude, with early plume height near 40 feet in two minutes. Radiation spread linked to jet stream and wind direction shifts discussed by AEC Chairman Strauss.
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Atomic Test Force
White House
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Tornado Damages Boats at Lake Recreation Center
A tornado swept through the lake recreation area at about 5 p.m. March 2, damaging boats and dock facilities. Sgt Allred, caretaker at the sanitary reservation recreation center, said high winds and rain caused the destruction while no injuries were reported.
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Allred
Sanitary Reservation
Public Information Office
Alfred Tad
Ped
Train blast in New Delhi leaves many dead and injured
A huge explosion on a train in New Delhi, India, kills 31 people and wounds 32 as investigators probe suspected sabotage. Authorities raise security alerts and emergency services rush to the scene.
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New Delhi
India
House votes cut TVA budget and housing provision
The House rejected restoring 38,218,000 to the TVA budget in a 146 to 132 vote while approving a total bill of 103,582,000, 27 percent under the administration request. A housing provision limiting construction to 20,000 units was deleted and two TVA rate-boost provisions were removed as legislative changes.
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TVA
House
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Legisla
Cement Girls Attend History Society Meeting
Four high school girls attend the organizational meeting of the Historians Society at Nor aeree Wennecott on the University campus. They outline class sessions and upcoming meetings for archaeological groups to join.
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Cement Aoa
Cement
Eo Historians Society
Noraeree Wennecott
Soak Spee
Demographic Split Shows Breakdowns by Household Headedness
In the United States there are 1 312 000 broken or his families headed by men 4 654 000 headed by women.
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United States
County Boy Wins Breeder's Plaque
Jim Clower a Faxon 4-H boy received a True Type plaque from the Oklahoma Holstein Breeders at a Kingfisher meeting. Arion Johnson, assistant county agent, accompanied three other boys. the outstanding boy was also awarded a gold watch.
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Jim Clower
Kingfisher
Wed- Arion Johnson
Cabinet reprimands Attareth for discourtesy and disobedience
The Cabinet in one session reprimanded Attareth and dismissed him from two posts for discourtesy and disobedience to government. He faced a drunked attempt to court a 15-year-old and to submit to government influence in speeches. His marshal rank remains irrevocable. Juin attended a Paris reserve officers’ dinner and warned of a conspiracy while calling for a middle ground solution.
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S Attareth
Laniel
Juin
Paris
Ceies
Toughest Mau Mau Leader Killed in Kenya
A top Mau Mau commander is reported killed amid fierce fighting in Kenya's revolt. The fallen figure is described as the movement’s most capable leader, with security forces claiming a decisive victory in the confrontation.
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Kenya
Cattlewoman Details Shooting Claim At Ferguson Farm
Mrs. a 54 year old cattlewoman testifies that she and Roberts went to Ferguson farm to load cattle. Cox warned them not to load there and the shooting occurred when Roberts drove to a feed lot a quarter mile away. Court proceedings continued with testimony heard through ventilators.
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Cox
Roberts
Cameron
Jim Cox
Ferguson Farm
United States Plans Formal Reply to Moscow on NATO Tension
Officials indicate the United States will meet soon with Britain and France to draft a formal reply to Moscow. Commentators note sarcasm from some officials as Moscow appears surprised by Western moves after the Big Four Berlin meeting.
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State Department
United Sates
Britain
France
Moscow
Minist
V. M.dolotov
NATO
Berlin
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