City Secretaries Observe National Secretaries Week Luncheon
Six local secretaries and NSAI members attended a Wednesday luncheon at the Lawtonian Hotel as part of National Secretaries Week. Guests included Char lene McCown and Sue Pitts with local leaders Martha Laffit and Gerry Hair among others. The event followed an opening Monday banquet honoring local bosses, with committee members Garnet Hampton Hunter and Bethel Bell coordinating activities.
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Lawton
National Secretaries Association Internation
Lawtonian
Charlene McCown
Sue Pitts
Lau Hall
Dorothy Stark
Sherry Alexander
June Botkin
NSAI
Martha Laffit
Gerry Hair
Oklahoma
Carrie Hickman
Bobbie Boucher
Bethel Bell
Helen Starnes
Coann Truex
Lillie Mae Frazier
Pauline Miller
Beverly Meredith
Garnet Hampton
Hunter
Miss Bell
Miss Hair
Altus and Clinton-Sherman Bases Slated for Expansion
The Air Force plans major growth at Altus and Clinton-Sherman bases. Altus will peak at 582 officers 3787 airmen and 416 civilians by 1955 with a later taper to about 412 officers 2961 airmen and 285 civilians. Clinton-Sherman will expand to 2006 personnel and 178 civilians by 1958 and reach 323 officers 1786 airmen 236 civilians by 1961, with KC-135 tankers and heavy bombers assigned.
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Constitution
Washington Bureau
Washington
Altus
Clinton - Sherman Air Force
Air Force
Toby Morris
Ginton-Sherman
Strategic Air Command
Altus Afb
Clinton-Sherman
Clinton Sherman
Clinton- Sherman
Arraignment Set for District Court Term by Judge Eubanks
Defendants in a district court trial session must appear for arraignment at 10 a.m. Wednesday before District Judge Luther B. Eubanks. The May 13 criminal term begins after civil hearings, with fifteen cases set for trial. Judge Eubanks conducts his first term here since taking office, having aided Superior Judge Robert S. Landers last month. Charges range from grand larceny to obtaining narcotics by fraudulent means to first degree tape robbery with firearms.
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Luther B. Eubanks
Eubanks
Robert S. Landers
Prand
Fort Silt Promotion Program Highlights Army Advancements
This month Fort Silt outlines a promotion program under the quarterly system. It includes 308 promotions and 263 advancements to sergeant, with two to first sergeant and 36 to sergeant first class. Privates may reach private first class after eight months of service as of April 1 if recommended. The post receives promotions from Fourth U S Army for a three month period and distributes them monthly. current quarter ends June 30.
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Fort Silt
U. S. Army
FBI Reports Bared Upsurge In Auto Thefts Boosts Major Crime Rate
FBI Uniform Crime Report shows Lawton major crimes rose about 15 percent in 1956 from 1955 with 918 in 1954 and 795 in 1953 figures. Nationally major crimes hit a record 2,563,150. Tulsa Muskogee Oklahoma City Enid and other cities show varied changes including auto thefts driving increases and declines in murders robberies and burglaries across 1955 to 1956.
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Hcofistitation
Washington
Lawton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
FBI
Enid
Tulsa
Capital Site Eyed For Polio Patient Respiratory Center
Oklahoma City officials of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis say the city is being considered as a site for a respiratory center for polio rehabilitation. Dr. Kenneth Landauer of the foundation inspected facilities, with a decision expected in six months. The plan contemplates four new centers like the one in Hougton, funded half by federal dollars and half by state funds.
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Oklahoma City
National Foundation For
Kenneth Landauer
New York
Foundation
William Epperson
Oklahoma County
Polio Foundation
National Foundation
Hougtom
Attendance Reported Bethel Easter Services
Rain did not dampen Easter observance at Bethel Methodist Church as 100 members attended services despite the wet weather.
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Bethel
Bethel Methodist Church
Essay Writers Prize Promises Fort Sill Fourth Army Essay
Cash and savings bonds await top writers in Fort Sill and Fourth Army for the Character Development Essay contest. Closes July 15, 1957, open to all military personnel. Essays up to 500 words must be original, typed double spaced, and focus on essential Army team traits and development. Fort Sill prizes 25 15 10 dollars. Fourth Army prizes 100 75 50 25 in savings bonds. Judges rate practicality, originality, composition, and readability. author names masked by codes.
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Fort Sill
U.S. Army
Fort Silt
Fourth Army
U.S
Kite Miffed Tries To Stall House Votes
Oklahoma City UPI The upset 24 year old Rep Dale Kite a Democrat from Hollis sought to block House business after his education bill failed by demanding roll calls and full reading of bills He pressed for roll calls on committee reports before the House was sent to committee as a whole and later forced standing votes on all measures.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Dale Kite
Hollis
Kite
House
Bill Harkey
Harkey
Philosopher to speak for Knife-Forkers at Lawton club
Aly Wassil, a Pakistan philosopher and East West scholar, will address the Lawton Knife and Fork club at 7 pm Saturday May 4. He studied Yoga in the East and was educated at Nizam College Muslim University Osmania University MIT UCLA. Reservations for the final program are due by Friday May 3 noon to Jack Carter, secretary.
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Aly Wassil
Motion Picture Studios
Hollywood
Lawton Knife and Tork Club
Wassil
Pakistan
East
Nizam College
Muslim University
Osmania University
India
Harvard
Massachusetts
Instiute of Technology
University of California
Los Angeles
Knife and Fork Club
Jack Carter
Brain power war warned by U S lawmaker
Oklahoma Congressman John Jarman told a gathering of 430 distributive education students from 38 states that the United States is losing the brain power race to the Soviet Union. He cited nearly twice as many Russian science and engineering graduates and sagging postwar outputs in the United States.
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Oklahoma City
United States
Soviet Union
Oklahoma
John Jarman
Jarman
Russia
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Army Non-Coms Trial Recessed At Fort Carson
Fort Carson Colo. Five noncommissioned officers including an Oklahoma or stand accused of beating an 18 year old trainee. The trial started Wednesday and was recessed until Friday to allow defense counsel to prepare. A sixth NCO goes on trial today for similar charges involving the same recruit. Names include Bill Short 27 Taylor Ark Billy Fowler 21 Clinton Tenn James Ramage 21 Seneca DC James Haring 21 Murfreesboro Tenn Claude Owens 23 Blackwell Okla and Robert Parker 23 Zion Ill.
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Fort Carson
Colo
Bill Short
Taylor
Ark
Daniel Chuebrich
Chicago
Billy Fowler
Clinton
Tenn
James FE
Ramage
Seneca
D. C
James Haring
Murphreesboro
Claude E. Ownes
Blackwell
Okla
Robert G. Parker
Zion, Tl
Capital Grand Jury To Call Bulloch Witness In Tulsa Scandal
Oklahoma City's Wag oner County election scandals investigated by Bulloch will be examined as Bulloch, a Tula Tribune reporter, is called before the Oklahoma County Grand Jury convening Monday. County Attorney James W. Bill Berry announced the lineup. Berry said Wagoner County Attorney Max Findley will be the first witness.
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Oklahoma City
Nolen Bulloch
Tula Tribune
Tulsa
Oklahoma County Grand Jury
James W. Bill Berry
Wagoner County
Bulloch
Berry
Max Findley
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English Furniture CO
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ITV
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Johns Manville
Eugene L. Bowman
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