Judge Sentences Boys Who Tried To Murder Dad
In Martinsburg West Virginia a 13 year old boy was sent to the boys industrial school at grafton until age 21 for a home made dynamite device built with his younger brother to kill their father. The 9 year old received probation with parental supervision. Police said the older boy showed no remorse and vowed revenge.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Decatur Rogers
Boys Industrial
Grafton
Berkeley County Child Welfare Committee
Gilbert Hess
Hess
Demonna
Gas Rate Hike To Affect 125 Communities
Washington August 1 UP Prospective Northwest natural gas customers face new barriers as they await gas piping from Canada or the Southwestern United States. Two overlapping proposals seek to supply the Pacific Northwest with a 2000 mile line and lateral connections to major cities and the Hanford plant. Pacific Northwest Gas Co plans a Canadian link via Prairie Lines Ltd to reach Vancouver markets if permitted. West Coast Transmission Co Ltd has secured an Alberta British Columbia export permit.
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Washington
Northwest
Canada
United States
Federal Power Commission
FPC
New Gas Company
Pacific Northwest Gas Co
Houston
Tex
Pacific Northwest
Hanford Atomic Plant
Washington State
Commission
British Columbia
Vancouver
Prairie Lines Ltd
West Coast Transmission Co. Ltd
Prairie
Helpful Stranger Rescues Lawton Area Farmer After Wagon Flip
Comanche county farmer R M Tidwell reported a stranger helped pry his overturned wagon from a roadside ditch. The unknown man refused reward, shared part of a lunch, then departed without giving his name or further help. Tidwell was unharmed.
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Comanche County
Lawton
R. M. Tidwell
Tidwell
Three City Korean Veterans to Arrive in U S
Three City veterans from Lawton will arrive in Seattle in the first week of August among Army Navy and Air Force men returning from the Far East. A-1C Jack R. Holland of 911 S. 15th is listed for August 3 aboard the USNS General H. B. Freeman, with representatives from 48 states to greet the USNS Marine Lynx on August 5 at 8 30 a m. Also named are Sfc. Woodrow W. Bingham of Plaza Trailer Courts 23rd and D and Pvt. George W. Robinett of 920 S. 8th.
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Lawton
Seattle Wash
Army Navy
Air Force
Far East
USNS
H. B. Freeman
Pvt
George W. Robinett
Vast Chincha Islands Bird Colony Consumes Daily
An estimated five million seabirds inhabit the Chincha Islands off Peru and consume about one thousand tons of fish per day, reflecting a colossal regional feeding economy and ecological impact.
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Chincha Islands
Peru
Amateur Artists Association May Be Organized In Lawton
Lawton considers forming a local chapter of the Amateur Artists Association of America with at least ten charter members. A 7 p.m. meeting at 801 D. Powell invites interested amateurs. professional artist Powell will advise but not join. The group sponsors four annual shows and may offer instruction, film, lectures, trips, and social events to foster civic art appreciation. Mrs. Mabel Miller supports the effort. the AAAA defines amateurs as those not earning most of their living from art.
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Amateur Artists Association of America, Inc
Lawton
Leslie Powell
D. Powell
New York City
Amateur Artists Association
New York
AAAA
Powell
Mabel Miller
National Association
Budgeteers Cut Truman Figures Record Amount
The expiring first session of the 83rd Congress appropriated 13 billion dollars less than Truman’s January request, a record cut. Congress trimmed about four billion from Eisenhower’s revised money requests as it aimed to near prewar levels, with the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Rice Buyers Gather Crop of Red Lead
The Kung Sheung Daily News dispatch from Waiyeung in Kwangtung Province says Chinese Communists shot five rice dealers for buying rice from farmers. Floods and drought reduce the 1953 crop while the Red government buys heavily at its own low price.
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Hong Kong
Kung Sheung Daily News
Waiyeung
Kwangtung
Red
Thieves steal Prussian crown jewels from Hohenzollern Castle
An international manhunt widens across Europe for the $7.5 million haul from Hohenzollern castle. German police plus West European forces search for the thieves who stole gold plate, jewels, and imperial treasures, leaving the crown safely behind in a wall safe.
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Hechingen
Germany
All Europe
Hohenzollern
West Europe
Aga Khan
Deauville
France
Lawrencville men fined after erratic car dispute
Lawrenceville Illinois. County Judge Richard Simpson easily settled a dispute between J. T. Nicholas and Henry Clay Clark who accused each other of driving the car that led police to detain them. Each man was fined $100 and costs.
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Lawrenceville, Ill
U.P
Richard Simpson
J. T. Nicholas
Lawrenceville
Henry Clay Clark
Metropolis
Nicholas
Clark
Land transfer notices from Lawton area deeds list many buyers
Multiple warranty deeds recorded in Lawton Oklahoma show transfers of lots and portions across neighborhoods such as College addition Morford Selected Investments Center Radio City Realty Woods Lawton Heights and Military additions. Names include Billingslea Ferguson Wainwright Meadows Stumpf Mills Cargill and many others with stamp amounts ranging from .55 to 41.25 dollars. The notices detail parcels by lot and block plus legal descriptions and occasionally map sections.
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Don Billingslea
Effie Ruth Billingslea
Waldo K. Ferguson
Bobbie Jean Ferguson
College
Hal H. Hughes
Lucille Mae Hughes
Murl E. Wilson
Florence M. Wilson
Morford
Home Building and Supply Co
Clinton O. Wainwright
Lillian B. Wainwright
Selected Investments Center
Ruel F. Neely
Della Neely
George Warren Meadows
Grace L. Meadows
Orb Henson
Zollie Henson
Charles Edward Sanmann Sr
Janie R. Sanmann
Noel N. Lemons
Laura A. Lemons
Radio City
William T. Springs
Virginia M. Springs
James O. Barnett
June P. Barnett
Tomlinson
DeRay Carl Butcher
Anna Butcher
George R. Powell
Daphine Powell
Patterson
Audra N. Hite
Daniel E. Taylor
Dorothy I. Taylor
Medicine Park
Johnnie B. Beauchamp
Wilma Oo
Beauchamp
James W. Cargill
Billie Grace Cargill
College View
Russell D. Marcus
Lenore M. Marcus
Joe B. Mays
Margie Mays
Lawton Heights
Fred L. Coleman
Leona I. Coleman
Iris J. Coleman
Helen B. Coleman
Prascovie Davis
John R. Sadberry
Novella Sadberry
Legion
Loretta B. Santoro
Vietta Mae Mills
Clifford W. Mills
Woods
Rosalie M. Stumpf
Edward L. Stumpf
Ernest D. Skillman
Fidella Skillman
Clyde A. Lynn
Juanita L. Lynn
Charles S. Graybill
Betty B. Graybill
Tomlinson Ridge
Charles F. McKee
Charlene L. McKee
R. E. Kolker
C. J. Kolker
Greer
Everett M. Carter
Theresa Carter
William W. Outenreath
Margaret F. Ouftenreath
F. A. Preston
Lillie M. Preston
Brookover
John W. Bradley
Virgie E. Bradley
Lee R. Clark
Alma M. Clark
Ames N. Robertson
Clella A. Robertson
Arden Harold Mietchen
Leona M. Mietchen
Robertson
Military
James N. Robertson
Edward Charles Cornwell
Hettie June Cornwell
Bartow H. Huff
Loucyle D. Huff
P. J. Waldron
Gladys Waldron
Nob Hill Development Co
Gerard G. Goodier
Esther Goodier
Lewis F. Oerke
Charlie Lou Oerke
M. E. Olmstead
Audrey F. Olm
Stead
Stephens
Charles W. Haines
Mary Lewis Haines
Calvin D. Clevenger
Lawton
Harry J. Long
Mollie L. Long
Mollie J. Long
Maude W. Jones
Walter Hope Jones
Helen Jones
Kenneth N. Corns
Geraldine L. Corns
Clark L. Botkin
Miriam Koehler Thomas
W. S. Thomas
Elmer Koehler Thomas
Meredith Loraine Thomas
Luther K. Best
Eldon B. Cooper
Meradene Cooper
Jess Stanley
Ola Mae Stanley
Lawton View Addition
Willard E. Gurley
Neola G. Gurley
William R. Brock
Mountain View Addition
E. D. Bullard
Belle Bullard
David Joseph Kinzey
Pacific Navy Boss Lands Chiang
TAIPEI Formosa The new U S Pacific Fleet commander today described Nationalist China as a vitally important part of the democratic free and anti Communist world Adm Felix B Stump who ends a 3 day visit tomorrow said in a written statement
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Taipeh
Formosa
U. S. Pacific
China
Felix B. Stump
Col Crigger Named Kennedy Property Manager in Lawton
Col H J Crigger retired from Army service in 1952 after 34 years and becomes manager of Kennedy & Company Property Management and Rental department effective August 1 in Lawton Oklahoma. He and his wife Beatrice plan to make Lawton their permanent home at 1818 North 23rd.
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H. J. Crigger
Kennedy & Company
Fort Sill
Col. Crigger
Lawton
N. 23Rd
Omaha
Nebr
Camp Lee
AUS
FARTC
Camp Gordon
S. C
School of Fire
Camp Taylor
Camp Knox
Philippine Islands
25Th FA
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
17Th FA
Fort Leavenworth
Crigger
CCC
South Dakota
VII Corps
Douglas McArthur
Washington
18Th FA
Birmingham
Ala
Armored School
Fort Knox
78Th
Camp Buckner
N. C
Camp Swift
Tex
Sill
Department of Motors
Philippines
Motors
Department of Materiel
Judge Denies Mrs Wayne Alimony Increase in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a Superior Court judge refused Mrs John Wayne's request to raise temporary alimony from 1100 dollars a month to 9280 dollars while awaiting trial in October on her separate maintenance suit against the actor. Her Cadillac was recently attached for unpaid grocery bills and she retains a gardener's pickup truck.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Superior Court
Former Marine Joins UConn Home Economics as Nursery Head
Paul S. Rirey, a former combat Marine, has been appointed to the University of Connecticut's home economics staff as head of the nursery school. The appointment aims to demonstrate that child guidance is not solely a female domain.
Morse Backs GOP For Senate Control
Sen Wayne Morse says he will vote to keep Republican control of the Senate for the 83rd Congress and urges full GOP responsibility. At Houston Lyndon B. Johnson says Democrats will not seek Senate control. Morse’s stance follows Taft’s death and possible Ohio seat shift.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
Senate
GOP
Oregon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Morse
Eisenhower
White House
Houston
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert A. Taft
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Taft
Richard M. Nixon
West Virginia’s Separate Move Echoed in Virginia History
Before its separation from Virginia, West Virginia was known as the Trans-Allegheny region of Virginia, reflecting early regional identity and political changes that shaped the state’s creation.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Trans-Allegheny Region
Area Man Goes Overseas for Germany Duty
Sgt. Raymond K. Newport, a Korean veteran from this area, left this week for Camp Kilmer New Jersey for shipment to an assignment in Germany. He is married to Dorothy and has a daughter Diana. he is the son of Mrs. M. H. Bennett of 2509 Lee.
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Raymond K. Newport
Dorothy
Diana
Irwin
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Germany
Fort Sill
Newport
M. H. Bennett
Lee
TV Stations Profitable in Recent FCC Review
Washington August 1 The Federal Communications Commission reports television stations earned an average of 492 351 dollars before federal income taxes last year Revenues averaged 1 541 825 dollars and expenses per station were not fully listed in the recovered text The FCC notes profitability across the sector with firms balancing high revenues against costs and taxes to yield net earnings for the year.
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Washington
Federal Communications Reports
FCC
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Pilot Smith
Andy Anderson
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U. S
Amateur
Welch Oil Company
OWEN
Wiest’s
Pacific Navy
Chiang
Kennedy
William & Mary College
Williamsburg
Kaufmann
Col
Kephart
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Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
Radio & Television Service Co
E” Ave
Eises E Snowboy Sports
Lawton Boot & Western
Oklahoma
Mrs. Wayne
Leo
Sgt
Frank Toews
Mgr
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