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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1955
Page
5
Outdoor dinner idea from Mrs. L. E. Stephens of Blackfoot Idaho features cheese baked potatoes with foil cooking and a fresh fruit compote. Includes recipe details for six servings with cheddar cheese butter salt and pepper, plus a minty pineapple strawberry compote.
Oklahoma City police plan to use an old statute to bring two Tulsa teenagers to district court on armed robbery charges. Capt. Wayne Harbolt said the 15-year-olds can be sent to criminal court with juvenile court permission, a move said to be rare locally. The suspects Leo Eugene McNallen and Robert Curtain Atcheson were arrested Monday after stealing a car and allegedly committing two robberies. They reportedly provided fictitious names when arrested.
Bethel hosts its annual summer revival from August 14 to 28 with Rev. G. F. Statser of Hennessy First Methodist Church leading the meetings assisted by Rev. C. W. York.
Webster Massachusetts hosts a tongue twister lesson from the Webster-Dudley Welcome Committee. They split the lake name Charoggagoggmanchauggagog gchaubunagungamaugg into seven lines Char-gogg Chau-bun A-gogg Man-chaugg A-gun Ga-maugg with the final syllable stressed on each line. The group notes the name reportedly means fishing place at the boundaries and neutral meeting grounds while a local belief says you fish on your side I fish on my side no body fish in the middle.
Three ex POWs William A. Cowart Lewis W Griggs and Otho G Bel return from Red China as legal limbo looms over their status. Discharged administratively without court martial they face questions of double jeopardy jurisdiction and possible civil or military trials. Pay rights and recall options hinge on evolving legal interpretations across Defense Justice and State sectors.
Dempsey A Wright, 77, former president of the Oklahoma City Livestock Exchange, died here yesterday after a heart attack in Oklahoma City.
Brewing tea in a glass coffee maker cleans away the film formed from repeated coffee use. The process helps restore clarity by dissolving residues and leaving the glass clean for future brews.
President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing the distribution of more than one million dollars to the Creek Indians of Oklahoma. The total includes about $650,000 held by the government in trust and roughly $538,000 remaining from a claim case won by a Loyal Creek Band.
Mr and Mrs John Gayle returned Friday from a two week trip through Colorado Montana the Black Hills of South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas.
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