Heavy state docket in Lawton Municipal Court
Judge J Merle Oaks disposed of 28 cases including traffic violations and carrying a concealed weapon. Multiple defendants received fines from $20 to $29 and bonds were forfeited or suspended. several faced charges of public drunkenness and other infractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Merle Oaks
Egal
Louise Herrera
James Young
L. C. Slagberry
Ft J Duncan
Leon Columbus
Pamesai
Tyen
Wie
Mi Griffin
E_ Gore
Fel Totty
Duncan
Mamie Totty
Clyde A. McDaniel
Prentice
Bobby Joe Steward
Bruce R. West
Oak
Vernis E. Afiams Jr
Wiliam Garrison
James Marion Sims
Donald Hill
Eva Caldron
Betty Jean Mason
Slaying Linked to Bank Theft Case and Probes
Indictments allege Marcus and relatives diverted state bank funds intended for real estate loans during 1933 to 1956. The Hodge scandal precipitated new charges naming Marcus, Rado and others in a fraudulent conspiracy tied to loans. Witnesses reported a murder linked to the investigations near the La Ving Lumber Co. and a South Side housing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodge
Marcus Bivisers
Rosene
Rada
Laving Lumber Co
Marcus
Rado
Joyce
Meard Gimshot
Richard Heh
Hebl
Ford
Ralph Ferone
Frank J. McGarr
U.S
Leon Marcus
Home Craft Construction Co
DiPaoin Construction Co
Hade
South Side
Principal A Richardson Named Center Of Surprise This Is Your Life
Lawton junior high principal A Richardson was surprised during a school assembly as family members from Texas towns arrived overnight. The event traced his life from 1906 birth through wartime service and tenure in Lawton, with attendees including colleagues, relatives, and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.’ A. Richardson
Central Junior High School
J. Walter Brow
Bill Cook
A. Richardson
Texas
Lawton
Lawtonian
Richardson
J. Walter Browers
Centenary Methodist Church
Elfried Austin
Dallas
Della McKee
Garland
Neva Hudek
Dal
Iewers Tole
Blue Ridge
Tex
Sherman
Signal Corps
Camp Howe
Gainsville
Borden General Hospital
Chickasha
Fort Sill
C. W. Littlefield
John Shoemaker
Fred Thomason
Col
E. C. Williams
Central Junior High
Wesley Silk
Vada Grooms
Lena Japp
Furman Lawry
Evelyn Martin
Grace Payne
Ella Jo Price
Lottie Ranes
Trula Ann Robinson
Opal Clare
Julia Russell
Helen Schutz
Lou Whiteley
Sammy Puttkamer
Elizabeth Porter
Jan Howard
John McHenry
Tomlinson Junior High School
One-Act Play Rated Excellent At State Meet
Lawton high school entry Jacob Comes Home received an excellent rating at the state festival held at the University of Oklahoma. Director Mrs Opal Ford announced the cast including Jerry Pursley Kenneth Hullman Sherry Church Fat Horton Pet Payne Adele Skrolle and Billy Weger. Other schools earning excellents were McAlester Sand Springs Miami and Enid. Superior ratings went to Capitol Hill Cash Midwest City and Northeast Oklahoma City. Durant and Broken Arrow were rated good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Lawton High School
University of Oklahoma
Opal Ford
Jerry Pursley
Kenneth Hullman
Sherry Church
Fat Horton
Pet Payne
Adele Skrolle
Billy Weger
McAlester
Sand Springs
Miami
Enid
Capitol Hill
Cash
Midwest City
Koma City
Durant
Broken Arrow
Legion To Discuss Hut Alterations At Post Meeting
Members of Lowery-White head American Legion Post No 29 will discuss alterations to the post hut at 60 E at a 7 30 p m meeting today. Commander Percy Givens said the session will be very important and will also consider Boys State applications due April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowery - Whitehead American Legion Post No 29
Percy Givens
Salvation Army Women Attend Atlanta Conference
Three Lawton Salvation Army women Mrs. Hettie Moore Mrs. Kathrine Chatham and Mrs. Luther Smith attend the Home League leadership conference in Atlanta Georgia this week. More than 1 000 women from 15 southern states attend the Bolden Jubilee local officers institute including 65 from Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Salvation Army
Home League Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Hettie Moore
Kathrine Chatham
Luther Smith
Oklahoma
Grandma Arrested In Love Shooting in Phoenix
An Indiana grandmother, Harriet Hurley, 58, was arrested in Phoenix after a love triangle shooting that wounded Jacob Metzing, 63, and his bride Noma Metzing, who were married last June. Hurley, armed with a pistol and a billy club, allegedly waited at the couple’s home, fired, and fled on foot as the man’s wife was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Indiana
Harriet Hurley
Anderson
Ind
Weajh
Jerry Hill
Tommy Bartlett
Jacob Metzing
Hurley
Noma
Metzing
Leon
Phoenix
Wile
Oklahoma
Commissioners Meet in Comanche County Monthly Session
Comanche county commissioners held their regular monthly meeting at 10 a.m. today. Routine business was conducted with reading of the minutes and approval of claims against the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Easter Pageant rehearsals draw hundreds to Holy City area
Hundreds of area residents and visitors gathered for the 32nd Easter Pageant fifth rehearsal in the Holy City of the Wichitas. Music was added to blend the program into good form as Jack Batten notes, minor issues remain, costuming staff led a dry-run with full participation under Mrs. Maude Smith Mrs. H R DeWolf and Mrs. Margaret Batten directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of the
Wichitas
Jack Batten
Batten
Maude Smith
H. R. DeWolf
Margaret Batten
Subscription Rates for Lawton Area Newspapers
Subscriptions payable in advance for Morning Press and Sunday Constitution rates vary by region. In the Lawton area prices show monthly and yearly options, with additional charges for all other counties and states. Includes two percent state sales tax and notes a few misread figures throughout the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Constitution
Constitution Press
Sunday Mail
Sout Investibla
Press & Sun
Stinday
Area Men In Service Seaman Grant Serves On Destroyer
Seaman Duane H. Grant, son of Mr and Mrs H R Grant of Rt 1 Lawton, serves aboard the destroyer USS Rupertus with the seventh fleet in the Far East. The Rupertus is set to return to Long Beach California on April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Grant
Duane H. Grant
H. R Grant
Lawton
Rupertus
Seventh Fleet
Far East
Long Beach
Calif
Weather Summary From March Night and Week Outlook
March precipitation totals rose to 3.01 inches in the city with Pawhuska reporting 3.30 inches. Other readings included Ardmore 1.75, Cushing 1.15, Tulsa 0.71, Guymon and Enid with traces. Lawton forecasters expect mostly cloudy skies through Tuesday with scattered thundershowers and increasing winds. Highs today in the middle 60s, Tuesday in the low 50s, tonight’s low around 45. A Pacific front brings temperatures 4 to 8 degrees below normal, possible Panhandle snow, and widespread showers tonight through Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Ardmore
Cushing
Tulsa
McAlester
Marietta
Chandler
Ralston
Guymon
Gage
Oklahoma City
Ponca City
Enid
Lawton
Panhandle
Gilbert elected parliamentarian at University of Oklahoma
Charles Gilbert son of Mr and Mrs Murray F Gilbert of Jath No 55 has been elected parliamentarian of the Independent Students Association at the University of Oklahoma. He is a junior majoring in geology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gilbert
Murray F. Gilbert
Jath
Independent Students Association
University of Oklahoma
Iran War and Kidnap Case Stir U S Aid Plans
A U S embassy report says Iranian bandit Dadshah killed Mrs Carroll as police closed in. Intermittent fighting left eight-aman bandits fleeing on foot while security forces hunted them. Meanwhile Point Four aid, halted by a potential suspension in southeast Iran, totals about 56 million dollars for the fiscal year with 270 Americans involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Middle East
Iran
Washington
Government Investment Into Tram Amid Iranian Oil Crisis
About 270 million dollars has been invested in Tram over the past five years to aid government efforts during the financial crisis triggered by ex-Prime Minister Mossadegh's push to nationalize the British oil refinery at Abadan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mossadegh
Eupe
Abeidan
Auto Stolen From City Firm During Weekend Work
Police report a 1953 Mercury sedan in light gray from Wade Oldsmobile at Fort Sil Blvd and Rogers Lane was stolen over the weekend. Other thefts include $14 from a glovebox in Fort Sill, a fender skirt from a 1955 Mercury, three hubcaps from a 1956 Oldsmobile, a 32 caliber revolver later recovered, and a break in at 1931 Washington with a radio and two blankets taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Oldsmobile
Fort ‘Sil Blvd
Rogers Lane
Walter Ai.gregory
Fort Sill
J. C. Carter
Dearborn
James O’malley
Bell
W. C. Shaw
Tennessee
Winnie Gircir
Washington
John E. Moore
Hhr
Two To Attend State Reserve Meeting Invite Convention
William C. Love Memorial hospital administrator and Maj. Ra jing Morris will attend the state convention of the Oklahoma Department of Reserve Officers Association April 5 T at Ardmore. Lawton delegates will extend an invitation on behalf of Lawton and the Chamber of Commerce for the 1958 state convention to be held here. A 1906 Britannica survey showed 27 percent of adult Chinese males smoked opium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Love
Memorial Hospital
Maj
Rajing Morris
Oklahoma Department of Reserve Officers Association
Ardmore
Lawton
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Britannica
Primatene Asthma Formula Sold Without Prescription
An ad claims Primatene, a three medicine asthma formula, is now sold without prescription. It targets bronchial opening, mucus relief, and nervous tension, promising minute attack relief and hours of freedom with a money back guarantee at 98 cents. The notice cites doctors prescribing it for private patients and notes safety and noninjection use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitewell Parmsead Campa
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Dot Smith
Salina
Hubert Richardson
Bill of
Fast
Hubert
Jackie Sue
Minnesota
Sans Monte
Cameron College
Charles
Swinney
Legion
City Salvation Army
Toom Homes
Hamilton-Bryan
D Avenue
United Finance & Thrift
United Finance & Thrift Corp
Dial EL
Lacy‘s Furniture
Bernhard Geldaker
France
Bernhard WN. Geldaker
LaVerne
Taft
Army Signal Depot
Saumur
Geldaker
Europe
T. C. Geldaker
Winster, Minn
Ulysses Bookman
Germany
Jessie Bookman
Lee
Crailsheim
Bookman
Doris Diarie
Hobbs
N. M
Carroll
State Reserve Meeting
Mercury
Monterey
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