Rocket unit push in missile role with Honest John tests
Captain O Shea led the battery since activation as it fired demonstrations for The Artillery and Guided Missile School and others It joined Exercise Blue Bolt at Fort Hood Texas the first Honest John unit in a maneuver It also conducted the first local Honest John display for the press in April 1954 Douglas Aircraft designed the rocket with initial tests at White Sands Proving Ground in 1951 By 1953 improved rockets and self propelled launchers led to large scale production contracts The Army stated overseas deployment to the Far East Command aligned with policy to provide modern weapons to forces abroad
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Shea
Fort Hood
Tex
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
White Sands Proving Ground
Douglas
Army Ordnance
Army
Far East Command
U. S
ROTC Cadets Parade Leaders and Commission Officers
Jerry D. Finley of Town State College and Cameron College football fame led ROTC cadets as battalion commanders during the parade. Col. Stanley Sawicki and Lt. Col. George Watson presided over oaths and commissions as Maj. Gen. Horton attended with city and chamber leaders. Cadets trained in gunnery, communications, and tactics during a six week encampment, with graduation commissioning second lieutenants in the Army Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry D. Finley
Town State College
Cameron College
Finley
Stanley Sawicki
George Watson
Gen. Horton
Horton
Col
Sawicki
R. M. Pennell
J. F. Brittingham
C. R. el
Wayne Hardman
George H. Watson
Alden
Hatch
Neal Harris
Walter B. McCord
H. B. Gleister
John R. Snow
Army Reserve
Wisconsin couple in shooting incident leaves officer tests
Hamilton, a 32 year old sergeant, shot by his wife in a Kerr County home shooting. Mrs Hamilton admitted firing the revolver and police found the weapon as evidence. County Attorney Redman said charges were not yet determined as investigators gather more information. Hamilton is a U.S. Army veteran with multiple medals and served in World War II, Europe, and Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlton
Redman
Armed Services
Europe
Army
Germany
Korea
Public Information Office
Fort Sill
EAME
Army of Occupation
Hamilton
Harrisburg
Birthday parade plus big Lawton rodeo crowds
Lawton Oklahoma celebrated a 54th birthday with a large parade featuring 500 to 600 horses and a bustling rodeo scene. Contenders in bull riding included Tommy Davis and Freckles Brown while Smiley Burnette entertained. Kiwanis clubs funded underprivileged kids and prize money awarded to several riding clubs and junior cowgirls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Davis
Wetumka
Myers
Dalton
Freckles Brown
Slick Wallace
Duncan
Nickey Stephens
Oklahoma City
Earl Jones
Lawton
Farrell Rhine
Ft. Worth
Tex
Johnson
Todd Whatley
Hugo
al McKay
Ft Sill
Cox
Bob Alexander
Frank Rhoades
Dallas
Gay
Smith
Sum Barber
Walters
Brown
Clyde Frost
Kim
Cole
South
Bill Proctor
Lampassas
Bill Lewis
Glenrose
George Baumann
Ardmore
J. J. Like
Buster Butts
Pontotoc
Okla
Dilton Emerson
Taylor
Ark
Frost
Smiley Burnette
America
Bill Buschbom Jr
Sir Roger
Swede Fuller
Hardy Suggs
Gene
Bobby Clark
Tom Hadley
Cameron College
Steiner Rodeo
Fannie Mae Cox
Tommy Steiner
Rovella Kidd
Red Telford
Texas Kidd Jr
Kiwanis Club
Lawtonian
Kiwanis
Comanche County
Apache
Grandfield
Vicki Hobbs
J. W. Hobbs
Fort Sil
Amelia Kay Huddleston
Bill Huddleston
Chattanooga
State Penitentiary
McAlester
Pioneer Women's Club
Kiwanis Protest Grows Over Lt. Raley Demotion in Lawton
About 220 Kiwanians and Lawton citizens authorize protest telegrams to Gov. Raymond Gary and Safety Commissioner Jim Lookabaugh over Lt. Raley’s demotion and transfer. The group plans to expand to other civic clubs and urged action, with spec Sanders praising the cause and Hopper urging restoration of Raley as commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
T. D. Nicklas
Kiwanis Club
Jim Lookabaugh
Nicklas
E. L. Richardson
Oklahoma City
Spec Sanders
Raymond Gary
Raley
Sanders
Hopper
Richard T. Hopper
Highway Patrol
Gov
Gary
J. O. Conner
Downtown Kiwanis Club
Cullen Raley Orer
Conner
Bulganin and Khrushchev invite leaders for next spring visit
Bulganin announced that he and Khrushchev will visit Britain next spring and that Edgar Faure has been invited to the Soviet Union. He urged continued spirit in talks and said the October foreign ministers meetings among the four powers should be successful. The plan for arms control seeks broad force reductions, a ban on weapons of mass destruction, and a new international control body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist China
Chou En - Lai
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Britain
Edgar Faure
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Subcommittee On
United States
Soviet Russia
Geneva
Germany
U. S.S.R
Great Britain
France
Airmen freed after China border clash and rescue
AIRMEN say their B29 was shot down near the Yalu border during a leaflet run over North Korea. They describe capture in North Korea and praise for their release, with medical checks noting all in fairly good condition except one leg injury and frostbite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Bitter
John Knox Arnold Jr
Silver Spring
Peiping
China
Arnold
Yalu River
North Korea
Freedom
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
California Net Inflow Surges Above Outflow
In recent years California has seen an average net annual population increase of 284000 people as inflows surpass outflows. The data highlight sustained domestic migration into the state driven by economic and housing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Homicide rate drop in United States 1934 to 1954
The homicide rate in the United States declined from about 6 percent in 1934 to roughly 2 percent in 1954, reflecting a substantial decrease over two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pioneer Day Events Calendar on Saturday schedule
Sunrise chuck wagon breakfast at LO ranch grounds at 6 a.m. Pioneer's picnic in Union Park at 11 a.m. Memorial program at Union Park at 2 p.m. Parade at 5 p.m. Final rodeo at LO ranch at 8 p.m. Square dance at Hotel Lawtonian at 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LO Ranch Grounds
Union Park
LO Ranch
Lawtonian
Gardens Along Rail Rights Offer Million-Dollar Harvest
Hundreds of garden plots spread over railway rights of way in Britain average about 0.0625 acres each and together yield roughly one million dollars in produce annually. Local cultivators say the venture blends community allotments with practical land use while boosting regional food output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Railways
India Faces Lacking Safe Water and Sewage Coverage
India estimates only seven percent of the population has a protected water supply and far fewer are served by sewage systems, highlighting widespread gaps in essential public utilities across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
U.S. Crops Face 30 000 Diseases Threat
A report warns that American crops could be endangered by a vast array of plant diseases totaling about 30 000, highlighting vulnerabilities in agriculture and the need for strengthened plant health surveillance and disease control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Training at Fort Sill for 500 Guardsmen with XLI Corps
The 500 National Guardsmen will train at Fort Sill attached to the 31st MP Detachment for on-the-job criminal investigation training. They come from Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas and will be supported by the 9rd Group for training. The post will run a Food Service School and provide cannoneer instructors for the 474th Field Artillery Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
XLI Corps
R. L. Thompson
8Th Field Artillery Group
474Th Field Artillery
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
9Rd
Fort Sill
474Th
Palomar at las of the universe price and facts
The note lists a Palomar at las of the universe priced at $2,000. It mentions 1895 as the year X rays were discovered. It states Straits tin from Malaya with a minimum purity of 99.87 percent and Arizona possessing 2,152 miles of railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straits
Malaya
Arizona
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Lawton Rangers
Alexander
Bill Dixon
Harrison and Richardson
Johnny Rhodes
Quannah Dewberry
Dressed Riding Club
Mangum Riding Club
Hale
Nashville
Kappa Gamma Sorority
la Fiesta
Abe March
Lawtonians
March
Robert Brown
Lodell Goodey
John B. Horton
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Emmett Keough
Chamber
Jack Rhodes
Ned Shepler
Latha H. Prosser
C. R. Ellsworth
Ralph Hennessee
Manville Redman
Hugh Bish
Shepler
Jack Carter
Neil Franklin
J. Olen Conner
R. M. Dodson
Elmer Bauman
Clarence Aubrey
Hunters Riding Club
Col. W. A. Hadfield
Rodeo
Yort Sill Riding Club
Alabama
iCeharet
Jo. G. Andrews
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
Llard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Pho
Babbitt-Peller Insurance Service
Prem
Zale
Foxgat
Sale Jewelry Company
C.O.D
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