City Youth Wins Speech Contest
Kouri qualified for the state contest in Oklahoma City in May. Prizes of 100 for first 75 for second and 50 for third will be awarded. A W Corrales Lawton VFW acting commander R L Wheeler and Mrs Wheeler accompanied Jack Hodgkinson El Reno district VFW commander. Judges were Dr Dan O Connor Dr Jack Douglas and Larry Schendel from OU speech department. Frank committee c Kouri is a senior son of Mr and Mrs. 2119 Arling-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kouri
Oklahoma City
A. W. Corrales
Lawton
VFW
R. L. Wheeler
Post
Jack Hodgkinson
el Reno
Dan O’connor
Jack Douglas
Larry Schendel
OU Speech Department
Frank Committee
Arling
Pageant security and logistics outline detailed operations
The article details pageant preparations including traffic control at the Pageant area from 4 p.m. Saturday. Sill duty officers will manage one-way flow with one lane open for emergencies, official stickers for supply deliveries, and parking stakes set by White. Lawton Civil Defense and police provide security, with five Knights at the chapel and Elks volunteers aiding. First aid by Comanche County Red Cross directed by Miss Lydia Blount, ambulance service from Fort Sill and Doyle Williams, and ID cards issued to outsiders and many locals for east parking access. Robert Noe oversees donations at six gates, aided by Elks and Explorer Scouts. Sound and public address duties are handled by I. G. Cole, information booth at audience hill hosted by Joe Porter, and fire protection from Lawton, Fort Sill trucks, and Wildlife Refuge units. Explorer Scout troops supply guides for buses and runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cache
Meers
Medicine Park
Oe White
Holy City
Lawton Civil Defense Organization
Lawton
Cross
Audience Hill
Fort Sill
Doyle Williams
Central Ambulance Service
Robert Noe
The
Elks Lodge
I. G. Cole
Joe Porter
Wildlife Refuge Service
Runers
Hospital News Items Admitted and Dismissed
A list of patients admitted and dismissed includes Mrs. Jesse Butler Walters and Mrs. Allen F. McIntyre Freder ick with surgery, Lt. and Mrs. George Goodale two year old, plus Mrs. Betty L. Morton 214 E with surgery. Also noted are Dennis Leonard and Mrs. Robert Hornbeck among others with medical or surgical updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Butler
Walters
Edward Goodale
George Good
Allen F. McIntyre
Frederick
Betty L. Morton
Ac Ci Apache
Rveyer
Phill Kuntz
Elgin
Steve Near
Edward
N. 16Th
Janet Kay Klein
Ralph Klein
Robert
Dennis Leonard
Robert Hornbeck
Park
Burger
John Jacques
Garfield
Curtis McCollum
Denver
Frank Gonzalez
Lester Smith
Clayton Fink
Lawton
Oppenheimer Denies Communist Party Membership
Oppenheimer now 49 acknowledges past ties to Communists and support for some causes but says he was never a member or follower of Communist dogma. A three man board is hearing charges, with hearings already begun, accusing him of associations and hiring communists at Los Alamos during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Oppenheimer
Communist Party
Princeton
Institute For Advanced Study
New York Times
Washington
The
Herald Tribune
Daily News
Los Alamos
N. M
Oonheimer
Gordon Gray
Army
Thomas Morgan
New York
Sperry Corp
Ward V. Evans
Loyola University
Chicago
Frank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Soviet Union
Square dancing classes led by district VP in town
The next eSEE be holds at 7 p.m. at the old youth center. Pau Tate vice-president of the South Central District of the Oklahoma Square Dancing Association will teach. About 30 children attended the last lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isers
Esee
Pau Tate
South Central
Oklahoma Square Dancing Association
Fort Sill Easter Egg Hunt Slated
Some 1500 to 2000 servicemen children in the Lawton Fort Sill area will attend the Easter egg hunt the first activity of the Fort Sill Youth Activities Council. The event is at 3 p.m. behind the New Post Chapel with three age divisions from preschool to 10 years. Each child receives an egg and prizes for the most eggs found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton-Fort Sill
Fort Sill
Girl Scout
Ccme
Margueritte M. Ee
Top Angus Bull Sells For $400
The Wichita Mountains Association sale drew 45 head with 12 bulls averaging $242 and 10 females averaging $225. Doyles Masters Duke sold for $400 to Orville Dorsey. grand champion Miss Burgette of C. T. and reserve champion Blackbird 110 of C. T. also fetched top figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains Association
Doyles Masters Duke
Miss Burgette
C. T
Blackbird
Plowman
Roy Doyle
Mangum
Orville Dorsey
Binger
Ralph Ottinger
Hydro
Coffey
Perry Farms
Terry
Johnny Griswold
Lawton
Harold Wilson
Justin Kuntz
Rapist Faulkner Sentenced in 20 Years Total Prison Time
Billy Bruce Faulkner and Floyd Bennett, both 24, convicted of raping a 15 year old girl in a Lawton pasture. Faulkner received a 20 year total prison term after a five year suspended sentence added to his 1952 sentence. Bennett earned a 35 year term for his role, pronounced during the January term of the superior court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Bruce Faulkner
Adors
Faulkner
Floyd Bennett
Lawton
Bennett
Superior Court
Vandals Break Glass In Cars In Wisconsin Block
Police reported two parked cars in the 1100 block of Wisconsin were damaged last night with most glass shattered in one and a window broken in the other. Vehicles owned by H. C. Steele and H. L. Steele at 1114 Wisconsin suffered multiple hits and a 1951 Studebaker owned by L. Steele suffered the most damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
H. C. Steele
H. L. Steele
Studebaker
L. Steele
Hay Spot
Schoolmasters Hear Bus Report in County Meeting
About 25 teachers from Comanche and Cotton counties heard methods to improve school bus service and the lunch program at a joint meeting. The session was led by E. B. Cawood and Earl Pinkerton at the Walters district office. George King announced the final meeting of his county association would be held at Old South cafeteria on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoolmasters Association
Comanche
Cotton
Lawton
E. B. Cawood
Walters
Earl Pinkerton
George King
Manche County
Old South
Chamber To Hear Pageant Plans At Friday Forum
Progress of plans for the 1954 Easter Pageant will be outlined Friday noon at the Lawton Chamber forum luncheon. Pageant director Jack A. Batten will be master of ceremonies with speakers including Jack Webb on parking and guide service Robert Noe on collection system John Thomas Jr on out of town response and Reece Russell on recast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Jack A. Batten
Jack Webb
Robert Noe
John Thomas Jr
Reece Russell
Oklahoma City State Poultry and Oklahoma Livestock Report
Oklahoma City's April 13 report details broilers and hens price levels, butterfat figures, and current receipts in multiple towns. It notes steady broiler and hen markets, stocker cattle scarcity, and higher hog prices with top values for slaughter hogs and lambs, plus movement across markets in Muskogee Vinita Shawnee Poteau Ardmore and nearby towns.
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State Poultry
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agricula Today
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Shawnee
Poteau
Ardmore
Hobart
Ae City
Wnee
Tulsa
Lawton
City
Chandler
Laverne
Clinton
Alva
Blackwell
Durant
Watonga
Chickasha
Auls Valley
McAles
Pauls Vall Eaid
Elk Durant
U Sandleranee
Lawtonvenue
Elk City
Alahama City
Butterfat
McAlester
Winita
Texas rains lift drought pain but sowing waits on relief
Residents flee San Carlos Hidalgo Lame as floodwaters rise sweeping a highway and trapping vehicles. W H Burleson of Rankin drowns after a car is swept from the road. two others escape. Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C Ite says rainfall boosts crop and pasture prospects in parts of the state, but months or years may be needed to restore moisture and forage in the drought region. Oklahoma farmers plan corn planting as thunders influence the Panhandle. Oak Creek reservoir levels rise four feet, boosting four communities as 5 000 acre feet of water pour into supply basins.
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San Carlos
Hidalgo
W. H. Burleson
Rankin
Texas Cculture
John C.ite
Lone Star
Drouth
White
Texas
Oklahoma
K. D
Teaichoar
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oak Creek
Nolangeantiern
Coke
Food preservation school held by Comanche club women
Comanche county home demonstration club women host a food preservation school at the County and City Health Center tomorrow. The meeting aims to teach preservation techniques and safe handling led by Miss Peter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Peter
Pageant to Test Lighting Tonight in Ichita Mountains
elaborate net t installation in the Ichita Mountains is tested tonight for the annual night rehearsal at 7 30 p m. A 10 mile wiring network with 75 kilowatts capacity is prepared under Pickett and Walter Wolverton supervision with a complicated switchboard to be operated. Dewey Sutton leads lighting shading for garden scenes and assists yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichita
Siesta
Pickett
Walter Wolverton
Mare Olutton
Dewey Sutton
Rain and drought relief in Oklahoma farmers face mixed odds
Weather experts say the recent rains raise hopes yet drought persists. Wheat needs more rain to avoid ongoing losses while areas with half an inch show limited benefit. The crop report notes temporary relief but many acres remain at risk and future moisture is crucial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma A&m College
A. M. Schlehuber
Wheat Research Laboratory
Shawnee Brown
Rtig
Tempers Flare On Downtown Street Corner
Boiling tempers erupted at Third and C last night leading to five young women jailed. Police identified male combatants as A J Kitchens 29 and others from Fort Sill including Carl Officers Coy Moody Pay Murphy and Junior Hawk with additional arrest of Lebder 2 from 2081 Con a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Kitchens
Soltsky
Fort Sill
Carl
Coy Moody
Pay Murphy
Junior Hawk
Reunion Brings Fathers Sons Together After Long Separation
A Romanian father, tied to Standard Oil of New Jersey, rejoices as Constantin and Peter Georgescu reunite with him after a 1947 split. The brothers, who left Bucharest by train to Vienna and then flew to Munich, meet him in Frankfurt amid emotional remarks and plans to send them to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
United States
Romania
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Georgescu
Constantin
Peter
Vienna
Munich
Ees
Frankfurt
Stop Taking Harsh Drugs for Constipation
Public health notice warns against harsh laxatives causing cramps and disrupts bowel action. Recommends Dr Caldwell's products with a money back guarantee and mail order to Box 280 New York NY 10018.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell’s
New York
N. Y
Cross Honor Roll Adds New Names at Lawton Chapter
The Cross Honor Roll lists new inductees for Chapter No. 82 O.E.S. under the auspices of W. Tyree and John, with ceremony details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.E.S. W. Tyree
Lawton
John
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Joe
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Mr. Jabour
Middle East
Wisubors Femson
Anadarko
Eads Bayom
Law- Eadie
Ee Mihecoby
George Butler
Wasita
Edwards & Edwards
Maize, New Corp
First Baptist Church of
Fletcher
Eddie Owen
Merritt One
Donald Williams
Okla
Stark Bros
M, L
Jester
Lebder
Schools of Practical Nursing
D Avenue
JO G. Andrews
D Ave
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M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Arctic
Lawton-Ft. Sill Appliance CO
Baylor
Zale
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