Drouth-Stricken Farmers Seek Federal Aid Across Plains
Glum farmers and ranchers in the drouth regions plead for more help as rains falter and crop losses mount. Agriculture leaders urge continued federal aid to keep rural families on the land, with six states already eligible and more seeking inclusion.
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Robert H. Johnson JR
Drouth
Agriculture
John Te
Texas
Plains
Great Plains
Dole
White
Oklahoma
Missouri
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Alabama
Arkansas
Kansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Canada
Mexico
South
Plains States
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Fred Heinkel
Missouri Farmers Assn
Exrts
Melvin Carlson
Johnstown
W. L. Man
J. E. Burleson
Farmers Home Administration
Blanco, Mason
Ce Country
Hospital Births and Admissions Noted in Local News
Readable hospital notices list admissions and discharges across multiple surnames and addresses. Items include births for Mrs. Silas McCarthy and Mrs. Curtis Watts with dates and weights, plus numerous medical and surgical admissions and dismissals at various local locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Poco
Gus Palmer
Carnegie
Medical
Silas McCarthy
Elgin
Curtis Watts
Cadhe
So Tern
Mercury To Hang Near 105 Friday In Oklahoma
Fair and hot weather dominated Lawton and surrounding areas with forecasts showing highs around 105 through Friday. Partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers likely in the northern part of the state today and tomorrow. elsewhere expected to stay hot.
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Lawton
Ponca City
Enid
Hobart
Altus
New CinemaScope Screen Installed At Ritz Theater
Don Jones manager announced a larger CinemaScope screen was installed at the Ritz Theater this week replacing the 24 foot old screen. About $25,000 has been spent since May, and a large air conditioning unit was installed earlier to improve comfort for patrons.
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Ritz
Don Jones
Jones
Reverend Dennis Leonard Conducts Services in Chattanooga
Special service report notes Reverend Dennis Leonard of Lawton conducted both morning and night services at Chattanooga Baptist Church on Sunday.
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Chattanooga
Dennis Leonard
Lawton
Chattanooga Baptist Church
Sunay
Woman Admits Dating Dr. Samuel Sheppard
A married woman, a former patient, signs a statement admitting recent hugging and kissing dates with Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard. Police report five amorous encounters in Sheppard’s life and identify Susan Hayes as one participant who traveled from Los Angeles. Her husband’s statement says he slapped his wife after a walk with Sheppard.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppard
Susan
Metropolitan Park
Stray Bullet Strikes City Man In Head
City resident Jack Savage Geronimo was hospitalized with a .22 caliber bullet wound behind the ear. Authorities say the origin of the bullet is unknown and the incident occurred in front of the Fairmont creamery between 4 and 5 p.m. Police say prosecution possible if culprit is found.
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Jack Savage
Geronimo
Southwestern Hospital
Savage
Fairmont Creamery
411 Industrial
Terry Sigler
Ralph Hennessee
Sigler
Pop Bottle Pops Injures Lawton Youth
An 18 year old Lawton youth, Jackie Hill of 1808 North 16th, was treated and released at Southwestern Hospital after a soft drink bottle exploded in his face. He was injured above the right eye while handling a case of drinks at Craterville Park and was released after hospital staff found no serious injuries.
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Lawton
Southwestern Hospital
Jackie Hill
N. 16Th
Frank Rush
Craterville Park
Hill
Jes Company
Lawton Pawn Shop Operator Bound Over for Trial
Kenneth Watters, a Lawton pawn shop operator, was bound over to higher court for trial by Peace Justice Woodrow Giles after a preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Watters is free on $2,000 bond and is defended by Attorney Lewis Derke. He is accused of accepting a typewriter and adding machine omen in a burglary here last month.
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Kenneth Watters
Lawton
Woodrow Giles
Watters
Lewis Derke
Committee Okays Debt Limit Boost
A congressional committee approved a $6 billion temporary increase to the $275 billion federal debt limit. The action follows Treasury Secretary Humphrey’s request for a $10 billion rise, with half temporary, and aims to cover the period until June 30. The panel, about 9 to 6, previously rejected a permanent $15 billion increase.
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Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Congress
Humphrey
Chiang Predicts Inevitable World War Soon
Chiang Kai-shek told about 200 Kuomintang central committee members that a third world war is inevitable and would break out soon, according to informants.
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Chiang
Kuomintang Party
Oklahoma City Hunger Strikers End After Brief Sitdown
Five prisoners at the Oklahoma county jail resumed bread and water after a hunger strike ended. Sheriff Bob Turner blamed three murder suspects from Dallas as ringleaders, vowing the jail will be run locally. Suspects Harbie Franklin Fairs, 20, Raymond Carroll Price, 23, and James Edward Skinner, 21, are charged in detective Bennie Cravatt’s death.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Bob Turner Turner
Dallas
Hot Tennessee Senate Race Goes To Voters
In Nashville Tennessee Sen Estes Kefauver faces a Democratic primary challenge from Rep Pat Sutton while Gov Frank Clement seeks a second term against Gordon Browning The weather ahead heats to 100 degrees as Democrats expect wins in a Democratic dominated state Sutton touts Americanism versus internationalism Kefauver promotes war or peace plans and UN involvement with Sutton labeled isolationist Jenkins of Knoxville listed mistakenly on the Republican ballot for the Senate nomination but not a candidate.
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Nashville
Tenn
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Pat Sutton
Frank Clement
Gordon Browning
H. S. Walters
GOP
Guy L. Smith
Upper East Tennessee
Sutton
Ray H. Jenkins
Knoxville
Robert Gregory
Memphis
Jenkins
Kefauver
United Nations
Spring City
Winston Church
Concrete Dinosaur Plans Are Extinct
Prospects for a concrete Brontosaurus Excelsus model in the Oklahoma Panhandle ended as the Highway Commission vetoed the $20,000 project. Morton Harrison, chair of the State Planning and Resources Board, proposed locating the statue near Kenton where fossils were found years ago.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Panhandle
Morton Harrison
State Planning and Resources Board
Kenton
Highway Commission
Harrison
Reds Charge U.S. Shadowing Ships
Poland accuses the United States of strafing a Polish vessel in the Far East, as Washington denies the claim. The exchange centers on naval incidents and competing blame between Poland and the United States.
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Reds
U.S
Poland
Far Eastern
United States
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Sid Hutchins
Mattie Covert
Pollard
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Chester Burke
C. O. Walker
Logan
Vernie Caldwell
R. E. Leonard
Robert H. Haumersen
Tom Ferrell
Monroe
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S. Ninth
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Park
Ray Kellum
William A. Mathey
Arlington
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Warren Hotel
Mercury
Ritz Theater
Underwriters Laboratories
Claude Hopkins
Eugene
L. Bowman
Frigidaire
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Underwood Sundstrand Agency
R Hie
Pewriter
Underwoods
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Underwood Typewriters
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UN Pac Ee
US Steel
Sete
Southwestern Radio & Sound
Pho
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Builders Equipment & Supply CO
E. Gore Lawton
Okla
Auto-Lite
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Senate
Unitedes
KODAK
Duaflex
BoouLevArn
Fort Sill Blvd
Bernell Gilbert
Mgr
Lawton’s Prescription Center
Ratcliffe Book and Gift Store
Curlee’s
Kingsbury
Chrysler
Airtemp
A&m
Harry Routh
Fred Mellon
Safeco
Safeco 8
General Insurance Company of America
Howard & Howard
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