Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to Lawton with AAUN expert
American Association for the United Nations executive director M Eichelberger will accompany Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to Lawton April 23. He helped draft the UN charter and defended America to aid the Allies. Tickets for the evening lecture at McMahon Memorial auditorium are available at several local outlets. The day includes a seminar, luncheon, workshop, and a 7:45 p.m. lecture by Mrs Roosevelt at McMahon auditorium.
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Clark M. Eichelberger
American Association For the United Nations
Eleanor Roosevelt
Lawton
AAUN
Lawton Woman's Forum
Eichelberger
Department of State
United Nations
San Francisco
America
Illinois
Ejchelberger
McMahon Foundation
Fort Sill Officers Lab
Lawtonians
Lawtonian
Roosevelt
McMahon Auditorium
Derrick Oil Derrick Section Hits Car Hood In Overpass Incident
Police report 19 year old Barbara Powell of Lawton escaped injury when an oil derrick section hauled on a tractor trailer fell from a railroad overpass onto her car on S Second Street. The derrick end struck the hood, creating a large hole and missing the windshield by about two feet. the truck was driven by 49 year old Jesse James Ham of Seminole.
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Lawton
S_ Second
Grady Crabtree
Jack Wheeler
Barbara Powell
Powell
Jesse James Ham
Army Charged With Conquest In New Mexico
The Army faces an Interior Committee inquiry over secretly claiming a 694000 acre missile range in southern New Mexico. It allegedly halted civilian use, began testing without authorization, blocked Highway 333, and pursued condemnation actions. Rep Clair Engle calls it acquisition by conquest.
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Washington
Congress
New Mexico
House Interior Committee
Aconquest
Rep
Clair Engle
Dcalif
House
Area Men In Service: Billy Dees Radar Mechanic Near Far East
Sp2 Billy E. Dees of Lawton is a member of the 64th antiaircraft artillery battalion in Japan. A Lawton High School graduate, he is the son of Mr and Mrs William M Dees of Rt 3 Lawton. Dees is in the Far East since August 1936.
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Billy E. Dees
Verna
Fletcher
Japan
Dees
Lawton High School
William M. Dees
Rt. 3
Lawton
Far East
Chamber To Honor Women Golf Pros
Fifteen professional women golfers will participate in the five thousand dollar Lawton Women's Open Golf tournament and attend the Chamber of Commerce Forum luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian. Jack Greer leads the program and will present the golfers while Jack Carter presides in Ross H Porter’s absence.
Oil Barage Sinks Near Mississippi River Mouth
NEW ORLEANS nine crewmen missing after the Golden Meadow drilling barge capsized while being towed near the Mississippi River mouth. The overturned vessel lies in 28 feet of water, and rescuers saved six of the fifteen crew members as search efforts continue.
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New Orleans
Golden Meadow No
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Funeral Rites Planned for Charles R. Hassett
Charles R. Hassett, 80, of 1907 Ferris, died today at a local hospital after months of illness. Services are pending with Lawton Funeral Home. A real estate salesman, he lived in Lawton the last three years and previously worked for a Fort Worth organization. Born January 27, 1877 in Aurora, Illinois, he is survived by wife Anna, two brothers John Hassett of Boston and Will Hassett of Springfield, Missouri, and three sisters Mrs Henry Nichols of Boston, Mrs Paul Hawley of Aurora, and Mrs William Grettercort of Aurora.
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Charles R. Hassett
Ferris
Lawton
Hassett
Fort Worth
Tex
Aurora
Anna
John Hassett
Boston
Mass
Will Hassett
Springfield
Henry Nichols
Paul Hawley
William Gretercort
Solons OK Three House Members For Comanche County
Oklahoma City up 80 to 8 House approves keeping three members for Comanche County for the next two sessions, overriding the standard two member apportionment in 1959 and 1961 as the bill moves to the Senate.
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Solons Okay
Comanche County
Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Fort Sill to Booth at 1957 Lawton Home Show
Fort Sill will showcase artillery as home protection at the 1957 Lawton Home Show to be held April 26 at the county fairgrounds. The Lawton Lions Club won concessions for the event. other booths include Red Cross Entre Nous Woman's Forum Kiwanis Junior Chamber Optimist and Easter pageant displays. The show draws 25 000 visitors and will feature prizes and daily entertainment.
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Fort Sill Booth
Ey Lawton
Fort Sill
Lawton Home Builders Association
J. W. Johnston
Lawton Lions Club
Lions Club
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Optimist Club
Red Cross
Entre Nous
Woman's Forum
Wich‘lita Mountains
Oklahoma
Larry Foley
Johnson
Style Show Set By Lawton Club
The Lawton Sunshine Benevolence club sponsors a style show at 8 p.m. Friday at the YWCA USC No. 4 E Arlington. Tickets cost 30 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, with the public invited. Miss Sunshine will receive a corsage after the show as best model from participating clubs. The program features a Tots Parade and fashions for sub-teens teens and adults. During the last scene the show proceeds.
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Sunshine Benevolence Club
Ywca-Usc
E. Arlington
Miss Sunshine
Pageant Visitor Feted By BPWs
Mrs Beatrice Bovett of Jackson Mississippi attended Lawton Business and Professional Women's Club as a special guest at a Wednesday noon meeting. The group elected delegates and alternates for the state convention on April 25 26 and 27 with numerous BPW members named and others listed as officers and guests.
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Beatrice Bovett
Jackson
Lawton
Bovett
Jackson Bpw Club
Margaret Day
Kate Loud
Hazel Lee
Edna Fordacey
Dixie Scruggs
Blanche Flicking
Mere Pokorny
Italian diplomat's son missing in Chicago case
Chicago police search for 14 year old Vittorio Barattieri son of Count Ludovico Barattieri di San Pietro Italian consul general in Chicago. Taxicab driver Mark Holt reported recognizing the youth after seeing Barattieri's photo in a newspaper and says he drove him near the Italian consulate.
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Chicago
Vittorio Baratteri
Mark Holt
Barattieri
Holt
Count Ludovico Baraltieri di San Pietro
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State of Oklahoma
Gordon C. Nolan
Charles C. Nolan
William Strickland
Florence Love
Edward Nehoul
Edward Nehow
Robertson
D.C. Hughes
J. F. Neely
D. C. Hughes and
Clark Eichf1
Berger
Victor
George Jindra
Norte
Tom Wallace
Butler
Dorothy Calaway
Dist
Vernon
Gi Carlis
Ruby
John H
Adams
Waldman Appro
E. Thompson
Woodhouse
Hugh Carrol
Hugh Carroll
Lawton View
Alberta Prince
Pat AdVal
John H. Leister
Lillie B. Brown
AdVal AL
Tom H
Louise Fulsom
Archie Ree Holman
Jesse Covington
Jesse J. Covington
AdVal
Invt. Corp
AdVal Ld
Emamett Barber
North Cache
J.B. Webb
AgVal
Medicine Park
Medicine Park Co
Garnett Keeran
AdVal le
Cora
Chamber To Honor
Sill
Lawton Club
Bpws
Thor
Routh Engineering
Worthington
United States
Elgin
Bill Needham
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