Harper Named Chief of 522nd Infantry Battalion
Lt. Col. Earl Harper replaces Maj. Ralph C. Johnson as commanding officer of the 522d Infantry Battalion at Fort Sill. A UC Berkeley graduate, Harper previously served in Saigon with the Vietnam Military Assistance Advisory Group and in World War II the Pacific Theater. He attended the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Fort Benning 1942, Armor Officers Advanced Course at Fort Knox 1919, and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth 1953, marking his first Fort Sill tour.
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Earl Harper
Ralph C. Johnson
Comming
Fort Sill
Harper
Saigon
Vietnam
University of California
RUC
Col. Harper
Forthill
Fort Benning
Fort Knox
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Pacific
Germany
16Th Inf. Regt
Courvaisie Commands 18th FA Battalion
Lt. Col. Thomas W. Courvaisie succeeds Lt. Col. Ralph L. Todd as commanding officer of the 8th FA Battalion. A Citadel graduate of 1938, he previously served at Fort Sill and Fort Benning and earned the Bronze Star.
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Thomas W. Courvaisie
Ralph L. Todd
8Th FA
Uth
Col. Courvaisie
Sill
Todd
Department of Combat Development
U.S. Army
A&gms
Col. Courvoisie
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Journalists Deficit Warned By Publishers At ANPA Meet
Otto Silha of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune warned 1200 publishers that journalism faces a youth shortage as papers need about 30 percent more apprentices. He urged creation of personnel departments and active college canvassing to recruit youth for newspaper careers, noting conditions could worsen without action.
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SSPA
Otto A. Silba
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Silha
Tex) Post
Joseph P. Lynch
Washington Post
Times Herald
Stephen P. Mahoney
Burke
Funeral Rites for Herbert L. Gilliland Held in Elgin
Services were held at 2 pm Wednesday at Elgin Methodist church for Herbert L. Gilliland 57. Burial followed in Elgin cemetery under Becker Funeral home direction. Gilliland a former Stony Point farmer died Saturday at his Oklahoma City home. He had been employed at Tinkerfield. Bearers were Jeff Leeper Homer R. Grant Paul Elkins James Cunningham Clarence Hardzog and Raymond Hardzog all of Elgin.
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Elgin Methodist Church
Herbert L. Gilliland
Elgin Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Gilliland
Stony Point
Oklahoma City
Tinkerfield
Jeff Leeper
Homer R. Grant
Lawton
Paul Elkins
James Cunningham
Clarence Hardzog
Raymond Hardzog
Elgin
Paralyzed Driver Crosses Country to Deliver Car
An 11 year old California polio survivor, Cameron Enns of Kingsburg, drove across the continent in six days using foot steering controls. He arrived in New York to deliver the auto to a mother and daughter both stricken by polio, names not disclosed. Enns, disabled since 1953, designed the steering device with an engineer friend and is licensed to drive in California.
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New York
Cameron Enns
Kingsburg
Calif
Enns
Poo
California
Fort Sill Births Record Apr 18 22
Birth notices from Fort Sill list multiple soldiers and families welcomed with sons and daughters. Items include Lt. Col William T. Atler and wife announcing a son, Lt. and Mrs. William Burns with a son, and several other service members such as Cpl Bolick, Pfc Millan, and Sp 3 Knighton among those named, with various battalions and army units noted.
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William T. Aatler
SlatePac
Biry
Robert E. Bland
Ord
Willam Burns
Stu
Rogers D. Sandy
Stat
Gordon
Weatherly
RKL
Ia Saw
Trinidad de la Hose
Inf
Frederick W. Wil
Eni
Stu. Biry
George A. Knighton
Marlin Lachance
Hobert Si
Saumet
Bet
Samuel F Lalfoon
Pic
Guy Y
Fartiu
Tow Target Crashes Into Home In Mary Esther
A 20 foot Air Force tow target broke loose from a plane at 15000 feet and crashed into a Mary Esther apartment. A young housewife, Mrs RB Smith Toom, escaped with only slight cuts after the ceiling was struck. The target weighed between 259 and 300 pounds and tipped loose from the aircraft.
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Mary Esther
Fia
RB. E. Smith Toom
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