Outdoor Life closes today for 112 4 H youths
Four H campers aged 9 to 17 wrapped up a three day outdoor encampment at Quanah Parker lake. The group from various farms ate slept and played around the Quanah Parker community house. Activities included swimming games crafts and 4 H project work with talks on safety home crafts and first aid demonstrations. Vesper services and a campus show capped the final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quanah Parker
Earl Needham
Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma City
Wes Miller
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Earl R. Bell
Stillwater
Lawton
Area Weather Outlook for Coming Days
Forecast calls for fair and hot conditions through Friday with daytime highs near 105 degrees. Tonight’s low around 78 degrees, today’s low 76. At 11 a.m. the temperature was 95, with yesterday’s high 103.
Germans Riot Over Eviction At Bremerhaven Port
In Bremerhaven a thousand dock workers clashed with police against U S Army housing plans for 25 homes. Police repelled rioters as 80 residents including women and children confronted officers, with 40 occupants resisting entry and 100 police sent to guard officials assessing compensation. The incident drew U S regret and warnings of quarters relocation from German housing authorities.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
U. S. Army
Bremen
U.S
Reds Claim Second German Defection
Berlin August 5 The Communist East German radio said a second high ranking West German intelligence officer has defected to the Reds and sought political asylum in East Germany The man is named Gerhard Rather alias Falkenstein and is described as part of the West Berlin office of Reinholg Gehlen one of West Germanys top intelligence officers.
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Berlin
East Germany
Gerhard Rather
Falkenstein
Communist Radio
West Berlin
Reinholg Gehlen
West Germany
Early Breakfast Opens Lawton City Birthday Windup
Lawton's birthday celebrations move toward a final day Friday with a 6 a.m. sunrise breakfast at LO ranch. The Pioneer Women's Club hosts an all day picnic at Union Park starting 11 a.m. and a 2 p.m. program features memorial readings by Mrs. C. C. Clement and a brief address by Rev. Paul Hanna. The day ends with a 5 p.m. Pioneer Day parade downtown led by co-chairmen Mrs. Ray Evens and Mrs. Lydia McDuffie, featuring floats rigs and cars marching from Sixth and F to Second Street north on T tion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
LO Ranch
Rodeo Grounds
Pioneers
Union Park
Lawton Rangers
Pioneer Women’s Club
C. C. Clement
Paul Hanna
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Ray Evens
Lydia McDuffie
Sixth
F Avenue
Second Street
TION
Fugitives Flee In Radio Car Near Oklahoma City
Two armed jailbreak suspects who stole an Ellis County sheriff cruiser and used a radio to listen to police, were seen northwest of Oklahoma City. Francis P. Sanders and George L. Bellew, both sought on larceny and forgery charges, were believed headed toward Norman with FBI involvement.
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Oklahoma City
Hays
Kan
Ellis County
C. D. Scott
Norman
Francis P. Sanders
San Quentin Prison
Calif
George L. Bellew
Butte
Mont
Bellew
FBI
Sanders
Okla
Nat Taylor
Northwest 10Th
Portland
Bill King
King
Comanche County Job-Holders Total 17 575 in July
Comanche County employment stood at 17 575 with a seasonal dip of 275 in July. Farm jobs dropped 400 to 2125 amid drought while non agricultural sectors added workers keeping overall demand steady. Unemployment fell to 600 as farm workers did not actively seek work.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Virginia Kidson
Lawton
S. Sixth
Colonel Prods Army Wives to Tone Dress in Frankfurt
In Frankfurt Germany Colonel John H Dilley orders Army wives and daughters to improve attire saying current dress is not in good taste. Prohibited outfits include bare backs halter tops midriff baring dresses shorts and blue jeans for mature women. Affected women cite loss of freedom to choose outfits and young mothers express frustration over policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Dilley
Frankfurt
Birthday Gift A New School Opens In Lawton
Lawton marks its 53rd birthday with the completion and inspection of a new 244 million dollar high school on Fort Sill Boulevard. Board officials will tour the structure touted as the best built school in the southwest while a 15 room addition to the north wing nears mid winter finish. The project includes modern architecture and classroom innovations with auditorium and vocational wings planned for later funding.
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Lawton
Fort Sill Blvd
Board of Education
Iranian Oil Pact Signed
Iran and Western oil interests reach a 25 year agreement to put Iranian oil back on the world market. The Western oil combine will run major fields and explore new deposits while a second company will operate Abadan refinery, restoring Iran’s principal revenue source. The pact ends a three year disruption and reduces risk of Soviet alignment.
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Tehran
Iran
West
Western Oil Combine
Abadan
Middle East
Presumed Dead in Giant Pekin Whisky Blaze
A massive Pekin Illinois whisky plant fire left five men presumed dead and 38 injured as flames destroyed multiple warehouses and bottling houses. Firefighters from 11 communities battled the blaze after a lightning strike ignited buildings, with thousands of barrels of whisky lost and state police guarding roads.
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Pekin
Ill
American Distilling Co
Roy C. Weinheimer
Corn Products Co
Lawrence Neavear
James Dancey
Richard Ertwoed
Marion Garber
William Kohler
Red Cross
Eckert assumes role as Fort Sill public information officer
Maj. K. R. Eckert has taken duties as Fort Sill public information officer succeeding Maj. T. R. Mac Kechnie who transfers to the Far East Command. Eckert, veteran of World War II in Asia, has 12 years of Army service since 1942 and previously served at Fort Sill since 1951 after aviation training and duties with NCAC Stillwell headquarters.
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Maj
K. R
Doc) Eckert
Fort Sill
T. R
Ted) MacKechnie
Far East
Maj. Eckert
Army Aviation School
Sill
Asia
Colorado A&m
Pack Artillery
Burma
NCAC
San Marcos
Tex
Eckert
Sears Opens New Lawton Store Attracts 3000 In Ceremonies
About 3000 people attend the formal opening of the Sears Roebuck store at 11th and Gore in Lawton. Officials including Mayor Joseph McCain and state figures join R L Tayloe and Lawton Burton in rites and honorary colonel commissions. The event marks a large opening, with Tayloe calling Lawton one of the best towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Co
11Th and Gore
Joseph McCain
R. L. Tayloe
Sears
Lawton
Texas
Tayloe
Lawton Burton
Oklahoma
Bill Logan
Lawter
Tayloe Te
Lawton Holds Fourth in State Sales Rankings
Lawton remained in fourth place in state sales while Comanche County dropped to fifth after May retail tax receipts. Across the state June tax collections rose by 0.2 percent despite declines in Comanche and 39 other counties compared with last year. Comanche’s June receipts slipped to 84,281.58 from 89,139.42 a year earlier, a minor shortfall versus May 1954 and still a small deficit versus last month. Kay County rose to fourth as its collections increased.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Kay Eager
Gunmen Hijack Liquor Load Near Lawton
Sheriff Everett Ray Hale disclosed two pistol wielding Texas bandits hijacked a pickup full of liquor several miles east of Lawton. A bootlegger denies knowledge of the incident while Hale notes limited details and potential involvement by a Lawton suspect.
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Texas
Lawton
Everett Ray Hale
Hale
Legger
Lee Huacking
Evangelist Sawyer pressed on nudist camp facts
Battle Creek Michigan August 5 UP evangelist Braxton B Sawyer said he will continue to seek bare facts about a nudist camp despite rough treatment by guards. He was tromped on and thrown out by at least a dozen men during the Sunshine Gardens resort opening of the national convention of the American Sunbathing Association. Sawyer, who delivers sermons on 27 stations in Ar, reached permission to take pictures in a limited area. A large station wagon rolled into the camp as this note was filed.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Braxton B. Sawyer
Sawyer
Sunshine Gardens
American Sunbathing Association
Senators Seek Time on McCarthy Probe Earlier Session
Washington reports a Senate committee plans a swift probe into Senator McCarthy with potential censure. Members named include Watkins Carlson Case Johnson Stennis Ervin. McCarthy seeks a late afternoon meeting to align time demands with hearings plans while Nixon presides over committee appointments.
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Washington
Vice Press
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Frank Carlson
R-Kans
Francis Case
R-Sd
Edwin C. Johnson
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Sam J. Ervin
D-Nc
Quick
Pwingnet
Democratic Policy Committee
Johnson
Colorado
Edwin Johnson
Senate Approves Sill Building Fund
The Senate passed a $2,035,574 supplemental appropriations bill with $1,314,000 for Fort Sill construction as part of a $1,322,900,000 military construction package for the year. The bill funds Air Force projects including Tinker Vance Altus Clinton-Sherman Ardmore and other bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
Fort Sill
Air Force
Senate
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Bunk
Quanah Parker Lake
U. S. Wildlife Refuge
Bobby Wood
George W. Spencer
Faxon
By Keith Shelton
U.S. Wildlife Refuge
Reds
Nixon
K. R. Eckert
New Sill Public Information Officer
Bulletin
Trieste
Call
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