Airman Flees With Tire and Gas from Lawton Station
Cooperation between city police and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol led to the arrest of a Sheppard Air Force Base airman who allegedly stole a used tire and 17 gallons of gasoline from Welch's Service Station in Lawton about 2:30 am Sunday. He drove away in a 1949 Hudson after asking about gas caps and was stopped two miles east of the Walters Y by patrol troopers shortly after police broadcast the vehicle. He is held in county jail for investigation with no charges filed by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Sheppard Air Force
Lawton
Welch
Lee
U.S
Police
Walters “Y
Highway Patrol
W. W. Flanagan
H. D. Morgan
Oklahoma market report shows steady poultry and mixed livestock prices
Oklahoma City reports include No 1 broilers and hens steady with fair demand, eggs steady with solid city prices, watermelons from Rush Springs, and cattle calves and hogs noted with slow trade and varied totals. Beef steers down early bids, cows weaker. sheep up to 20.00 for prime lambs. Butter prices in Chicago show minor gains.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Frederick
Hennessey
Aiva
Clinton
Enid
Hobart
Kingfisher
Blackwell
el Reno
Lawton
Medford
Yukon
Vici
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Tulsa
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Laverne
Alva
Elk City
Woodward
Butterfat
Rush Springs
U. S
USDA
U.S
Comanche County Junior Free Fair schedule and prizes
The plan lists official scales at Lawton Meat Supply and weigh by Sept. 19 for steers and any time for hogs. Exhibitors must register in proper classes, with cash prizes and prorated awards if over budget. Groups may show limited livestock, judging spans Sept. 19 to the last day, and releases at 3 p.m. Officials include Clarence Wilson and county commissioners. County farm agents and 4-H leaders are credited, with programs printed for the first time. The fair will feature crops, poultry, swine, cattle, dairy, horticulture, crafts, and a cotton exhibit, promising the biggest Junior Free Fair yet in Comanche County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Meat Supply
The
Free Fair
Clarence Wilson
Fred Bentley
C. E. Price
Lewis A. Haydock
John McCuistion
Lewis Derke
Clyde Brock
Marvin Bicket
Lyman John
Comanche County Free Fair Board
Pete Wynn
Bill Kleemen
E. L. Woesner
FFA
Lawton
Carl Elling
Cache
John Jones
Elgin
Alvin Chaney
Chattanooga
Floyd Jacobs
Sterling
Bruce Nelson
Indiahoma
Lowell Cable
Fletcher
County Excise Board
Logan Hyder
Bob Collier
Jack Brock
Arlen Johnson
George Choate
Clara J. Kelley
Betty Brannon
Louise Kennedy Rupe
Haydock
Comanche County
Families North Korea Freedom Sparks Joy Across States
Four to ten years in prison were reported as reduced to release and homeward transit by Peiping radio. Montgomery wives Mrs. Bobbie Brown and Mrs. Mary Arnold voiced elation over their husbands Col John Knox Arnold and Lt Wallace L Brown. Akron mother Mrs Steve Kiba cried with relief for airman Steve Kiba Jr. and the family described almost speechless jubilation at the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Bobbie Brown
Montgomery
Ala
Wallace L. Brown
Mary Arnold
John Knox Arnold
Akron
Ohio
Steve Kiba
Steve Kiba Jr
Joe Kiba
Red China hints at releasing airmen in Geneva talks
A Beijing announced move signals a propaganda aim before Geneva negotiations begin. The fate of 40 American civilians detained in Red China remains unclear while China says the airmen from a B 29 shot down near Antung in 1958 may be sent out of China. The fighters clashed over MIG Alley during the Korean War and the Red China says the mission was espionage not a war operation.
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Geneva
Peiping
Free World
China
Hong Kong
Communist China
Red China
Chou En-lai
Antung
Manchuria
Mig Alley
Yalu River
Korea
Reunion arranged after release of 11 fliers
The reunion will occur as soon as possible after the release of 11 U.S. airmen by Red China on May 31. Families flew to Honolulu in an Air Force plane, and release news came via Peiping through a British attache. President Eisenhower thanked the United Nations and Dag Hammarskjold for helping secure the fliers' freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
U.S
Honolulu
Hagerty
United States
Peiping
Eisenhower
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations Command
Council To Hear Several Reports By Committees
City council plans nine items for study and action at Tuesday’s meeting. The Planning and Zoning commission will report on a home beauty shop at 1430 Sheridan and deny a business zone for west Sheridan between the post office substation and Denver Street. Other items cover sewer line issues, city easements, a traffic board appointment, hearings for Consolidated Gas rate increases, street light requests, city land sale off the old airport area, a police vehicle leasing study, and a public properties offer from a developer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. R. Ellsworth
Planning and Zoning Commission
Jesse B. Plumlee
Sheridan
Planning Commission
Sheridan Road
Cache Road
Highway 62
Denver Street
Lawton Street
A. L. Mankin
Council
Home Building and Supply
John Gross
Jeff Runyon
21St
Lincoln
22Nd
Williams
Public Properties
Airport
Police Department
City Mother Proves She's Still On Job
Mrs. Raymond Rust, secretary to county commissioners, helped deliver her 13 year old son Allen's newspaper route from Bell to the Memorial hospital area after he found his load heavy on a bicycle. She recalls similar duties for Maurice, a Lawton high school graduate, on a previous route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Rust
County Commissioners
Allen
Mom
United Fund Faces Fight Over Fair Share Budget
United Fund leaders contend Oklahoma City data peg area fair share for Lawton Fort Sill at 3940 dollars while Red Cross joins the drive with 12000 dollars. Fort Sill plans a post program and agencies seek separate appeals. total local and state agency allocations are outlined with increases and decreases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund Organization
Cancer Society
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Oklahoma City
State Cancer Society
United Fund
Lawton Fort Sill
Lawton-Fort Sill
United Fund-Red Cross
Red Cross
Comanche County
Lawton
Fort Sill
Black Beaver Council
Boy Scouts of America
Y.M.C.A
United Seaman’s Service
United Service Organization
USO
UDF
Oklahoma Association For Mental Health
Arthritis and Rheumatism
State
Oklahoma
American Cancer Society
Oklahoma State Heart Association
United Defense Fund
USC
Operation Smallfry at Camp Chaffee for boys eyeing Army life
Sallisaw Oklahoma report notes boys nine years and older are invited to Operation Smallfry at Camp Chaffee Arkansas in August 2021. Participants will see Army life firsthand and learn basic military skills from active duty personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallisaw
Okla
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Convention Committee Sets Wednesday Parley in Lawton
Lawton Chamber of Commerce convention committee will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Chamber office to discuss conventions for 1956. J. C. Kennedy will preside. Twenty two conventions have been booked for Lawton next year. The next major event is Sept 28 to 30 when the Oklahoma Malt Beverage association meets at the Hotel Lawtonian with about 400 delegates. A Wichita Bank for Cooperatives district meeting is planned for Aug 31 at the hotel with about 150 representatives expected from southern Oklahoma stock holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Oklahoma
Sewer District Sets Cash Collection Record in Lawton
Lawton’s District No. 7 in the Lawton View addition posted the highest cash collection rate among sewer districts, totaling 23.7 percent with 19,183.20 collected from 80,554.18 assessments. City Clerk R. M. Dodson announced the figures, noting district-wide totals were not expected to be high at formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Lawton View
R. M. Dodson
Lawton Tax Receipts Boost May Sales to $87,583
May tax collections total $87,583 with grocery stores contributing $26,746. Apparel fell slightly from $257,000 to $256,400 in May. Other categories include general merchandise $21,203, furniture $3,906, motor vehicles $8,404, lumber $8,794, services $4,602, public utilities $5,106, coin devices $224, and miscellaneous $3,466. First six months 1955 tax take $521,879, signaling about $25,093,000 in local sales volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
George Fletcher Named New Auditorium Custodian
George H. Fletcher has been named McMahon auditorium custodian, replacing Ralph Edwards who resigned effective Monday. A sanitary department worker the last six years, Fletcher was described by Mayor R. Ellsworth as a dependable and trusted employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Fletcher
McMahon Auditorium
Ralph Edwards
Sanitary Department
Fletcher
R. Ellsworth
Nugent Trial Could Run Three Weeks Says Defense
Lt Col Leslie E Dixon of Baton Rouge and Fort Ord and Lt Erwin's chief counsel predicted a three week trial. Conviction would mean life imprisonment. Fort Sill drew national attention as Maj Nugent faced what historians call the longest military trial in U S history. Nugent, one of five former Korean POWs tried for collaboration, was the only acquitted defendant.
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Maj. Nugent
Leslie E. Dixon
Baton Rouge
Fort Ord
Calif
Lt. Erwin
Erwin
Peace Committee
Fort Sill
Trust to fund Lake Lawtonka lodge project with bonds
The resolution authorizes a Tankersley Construction Co. contract to install lodge and recreational facilities at Lake Lawtonka. Revenue bonds would be issued to finance the project, with repayment from lodge and facilities revenues and no city obligation on default. A Superior court test case will be filed to test validity, citing a similar Oklahoma County ruling in Case No 36,937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tankersley Construction Co
Lake Lawtonka
Charles Jennings
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
Jennings
Water bond issue proposed for Elk City Oklahoma
Citizens will vote August 9 on a 1,320,000 water bond issue after city officials approved the proposal following a study of the water delivery system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk City
Okla
Oklahoma City
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Elmer Llewellyn
Eugene Vandi
Wallace Brown
Steven Kiba
Daniel C. Schmidt
Harry M. Benjamin
Howard W. Brown
John Buck
John Thompson III
North Korea
Ellsworth
Consolidated Gas Co
Yeur Board
Camp Fire
Wichita Mountains
Easter Sunrise Service Association
Salvation Army
American Hearing Society
American Social Hygiene Association
Blinded Veterans Association
Family Service Association of America
International Social Service
National Recreation Association
National Social Welfare Assembly
National Travelers Aid
National Urban League
C-C Convention Committee
George Fletcher
Nugent
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Ratcliffes Book Store
Lawton’s
Carload
Hamilton
Bryan
D Avenue
Jo. G. Andrews
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Tom Oliver
Wolverton Electric Co
KEY Termite & Pest Control Coo
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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