City Hijacking Suspect Faces Charges
Investigators prepared charges against a 30 year old Austin man and three companions after a daylight hijacking of the Wonder bar in Lawton. The bandit threatened waitress Willie Pearl Tinner and fled in a black and yellow 1933 Buick. the pistol used was recovered. Charges expected later this week.
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City
East Side
Austin
Wichita Falls
Texas Highway Patrol
Lawton
No. 20
Cleo Stout
Willie Pearl Tinner
No. 1 8B
Miss Tinner
Ruby Wright
Gall
Stout
Hugo Mill elevator fire causes estimated 100000 damage
An early morning blaze at Hugo Milling Co. elevator caused about 100000 in damage with loss expected to rise. Fire origin undetermined, sparks blown six blocks by wind. No major damage to the main warehouse and offices. several trucks moved to safety. lines to Idabel and rural phones disrupted briefly.
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Huego Wm
Hugo Milling Co
Homer Nash
Hames
Austin Ellis
Nash
Red River Valley
Central
Hugo
Idabel
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bandit Admits State Killing in Stockton Robbery
A tall thin bandit in overalls robbed a Stockton grocery store of 3500 dollars and boasted of killing a policeman in Oklahoma City. He brandished a .38 revolver and warned that calling police within 15 minutes would be futile.
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Stockton
Calif
Oklahoma City
Burglars Take 19000 From Tulsa Hall Investment Co
Police report $19000 stolen from Hall Investment Co in Tulsa. Pro burglars entered by cutting a hole in the roof and removed cash from a safe overnight, manager Dave Hall said. Officer Jimmy Jackson noted it appears to be a professional job.
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Tulsa
Safe At the Hall Investment Co
Dave Hall
Jimmy Jackson
South Carolina Woman Leaves 226 Survivors
GAFFNEY S C UP Mrs Emma Littlejohn died at Cherokee County Memorial Hospital leaving 226 survivors. She is survived by five daughters seven sons 41 grandchildren 151 great grand children and 22 great great grandchildren.
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Gaffney
S.C
Emma Littlejohn
Cherokee County Memorial Hospital
Littlejohn
Rodeo Ends Run Tonight At LO Ranch
Tommy Steiney’s world championship rodeo closes with tonight’s final performance at the LO ranch arena south of Lawton. Cowboys compete for prize money as 6 earphones coordinate six spotlights, music, and sound for a four night show with a galaxy crystal ball centerpiece and multiple color light filters.
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Tommy Steiney
LO Ranch
Howard Winmeanth
Lawton Rangers
Eddie Dean
Virginia Hadley
Steiner
Rangers
Arena
Dallas
Tex
Lawton
Oklahoma City market reports show steady prices across poultry eggs and butter
State agriculture lists prices for wheat, broilers, hens, eggs and butterfat, with No 1 butterfat at 50-63 cents in various towns. Oklahoma City cattle and hogs trade little changed. slaughter steers around 23.50 and good heifers up to 24.00, with calves 19.50-22.00 and feeder lambs strong to 23.0.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture Today
Edmond
el Reno
Enid
Mennesses
Kingfisher
Medford
Yukon
Clinton
Blackwell
Frederick
Alva
Vici
Guymon
Hooker
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Lawton
Shattuck
Elk City
Watonga
Vinita
Pauls Valley
Erk City
Oklahoma
ITY
USDA
Callie
New Hope District Baptist Convention Opens in Galilee Church
The 36th annual convention of the New Hope District Association opens at Galilee Baptist Church in Galilee City with about 500 attendees from southwest Oklahoma. Rev. C. C. Reed hosts and aids in sessions, with Brotherhood meetings set for 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at St. Elmo Baptist Church.
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New Hope
John R. Sadberry
Hubert Chapman
First Baptist Church
R. C. Davis
Clinton
Henryetta Logs Rattlesnake Sighting Threatens Roadside Dwellers
Henryetta reports a large rattlesnake described as 15 feet long southeast of town. Lloyd Ingram says his son and companions nearly hit the reptile on a country road. The snake raised its head and rattled, leaving a dust trail two lanes wide. A search party formed but the snake was not found. another hunt is planned. Ingram suspects bulldozer work may have destroyed the rattler’s den.
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Fienryetta
Lloyd Ingram
Henryetta
Ingram
Budget items list ongoing hospital and facility improvements
Budget details show allocations for service training 42500 dollars bookkeeping machine 33600 dollars to open chronic disease hospital 25900 dollars new parking lots and road 12300 dollars equipment 16240 dollars painting of building and rooms 3200 dollars microfilming patient records 2200 dollars microfilmingraph 928 dollars central dictaphone system 1600 dollars replacement of hospital pickup truck 950 dollars new tractor mowing machine 2270 dollars watering system and sprinklers 1690 dollars air conditioning and wiring 6000 dollars.
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New Road
Vas
Manners Cause Ceylon Walkout Shuts Telephones
Colombo telecommunication workers walked out for about 20 hours over dining customs. Clerks refused to let office boys use the canteen while staff ate with utensils. Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike intervened to settle the dispute. Canteen to be split into two sections for different dining styles.
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Colombo
Solomon Bandaranaike
Selda
Solomon
Eufaula Slaying Trial Underway
EUFAULA Trial of Billy Sessions, charged with the pistol slaying of 24 year old Lewis Smith Jr. last April 18, was set to begin in district court before Judge W A Lackey. Sessions, a former store owner, testified in a habeas corpus hearing that he accidentally shot Smith during a struggle with Harry Hopkins 50 of Eufaula.
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Eufaula
Billy Sessions
Lewis Smith Jr
W. A. Lackey
McAlester
Sessions
Smith
Harry Hopkins
Winds Shift Brings Warm Up Across Oklahoma
A third straight day of sub 100 degree heat is forecast for Oklahoma with a southerly wind trend expected to push dry hot air across the state by Wednesday. Scattered showers possible Thursday. Temperatures to stay in the lower to mid 90s with highs around 93 at Altus and Hobark, 92 in Lawton. Lows near 62 in OKC and Ponca City, 65 in Lawton.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Altus
Hobark
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Ponca City
Former Blind Man Speaks To Lawton Lions Club
George Campbell a Lawton native who has been blind since age 18 delivered the address Out of The Shadows Into Light to Lawton Lions members at the Hotel Lawtonian. Campbell tours sponsored by Public Service Co to promote eye safety. Special guest Edilio Dean attended along with Claude Thiepen Bob Douglas and John E. McCaskill. Jay Strahan led the program.
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George Campbell
Lawton Lions Club
Lawtonian
Campbell
Claude Thiepen
Bob Douglas
John E. McCaskill
Jay Strahan
Freckles and Self Image Reflections in Harriet’s Tale
Harriet recalls Freckles as she hides her freckles from Freck Pornell and endures scrubbing, wishing for a cure. T imagines drastic changes and even vows to become a nun to avoid the eyes of others. The passage shows inner conflict over appearance and social perception.
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Harriet
Chen
FHA Moves to Raise Interest Rates Amid Budget Pressures
Page one reports the FHA considering a ceiling of 6 percent on interest rates with potential legislative changes required to lower or raise it. Rep Farman notes the action reflects broader inflation trends under the Eisenhower era, while Republicans argue higher rates are needed to keep FHA loans competitive in a tight money market. Congress also imposes new controls on loan discounts and premiums.
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Rep
Farman
D-Tex
Senate
House Economic Committee
FILA
Eisenhower
FHA
Hallock
Indiana
Gop Svarez
House
Congress
Strike at Fort Sill continues as union demands concessions
At Fort Sill, machinists union pickets remain at four gates after Aug 1 strike against Page Aircraft Maintenance. No contract copies provided. union seeks Page and Spartan contracts for validation. Construction work to Post Children’s School halted. seven of 13 renovation projects suspended as electricians and plumbers refuse to cross lines.
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Walter Fletcher
Tulsa
District Corps of Engineers
International Association of Machinists
Afl-Cio
Page Aircraft, Maintenance, Inc
Page Aircraft Maintenance, Inc
Fort Sill
Department of the Army
Spartan Aircraft Company
Page Aircraft
Spartan Aircraft
Spartan
Tnion
Page
Acurate
Sexton
de Sharo
James Witcher
Svanel Lodge
Machinists
Sparian Aircraft Co
Post Children's Elementary
Post
Assault Suspect Pleads Innocent in Knife Assault Case
Sgt Nathaniel Pearson Fort Sil reports 22 year old suspect pleaded innocent before Justice of the Peace Woodrow Giles on an assault with a dangerous weapon charge. Preliminary hearing set for 2 p.m. Aug 12. Suspect returned to county jail on 91000 bond after incident with Wiley B Popeye Rice at 330844 Lee Blvd. early Sunday.
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Nathaniel Pearson
Fort Sil
Justice of the Peace
Woodrow Giles
Giles
Pearson
Wiley B
Popeye) Rice
Washington
Lee Blvd
Pioneer breakfast marks Lawton anniversary parade and rodeo finale
The article recalls Lawton figures John Framptons and Ed Barnes at a Pioneer breakfast with Ranger workers cooking, noting Toby Morris absent from the event. A Pioneer Women club picnic and memorial address by County Judge John Fullerton follow, with a downtown parade at 5 p.m. ending at Laiwan’s 36th birthday celebration and a night rodeo finale at Show Lime.
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John
Fort Sill
Lawton
Toby Morris
Washington, D.C
Toby
Roded
Charles Kelsey
Pioneer Women's ‘Club
Union Park
John Fullerton
Laiwlan
Pioneer Club
Rangers
Collinsville Man Injured In Wreck
Willie Allen Morgan a 35 year old Collinsville Oklahoma man was critically injured when his car left the highway and struck a bridge abutment south of Hominy on SH 99. He was alone and hospitalized with a fractured skull and a broken jaw.
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Tulsa
Willie Allen Morgan
Collinsville
Okl
Hominy
SH 99
Morgan
City Picture district braces for FHA changes and impact on loans
City officials discuss passage and implementation of new FHA regulations signed by President Eisenhower. The down payment shifts to three percent on the first ten thousand, 15 percent on the next six thousand, and 30 percent above sixteen thousand. Interest rates could rise to five and one half percent, increasing monthly payments for a typical 25 year loan from eight hundred fifty four to eight hundred. Veterans Administration loan guarantees remain unaffected. Congress notes homebuilding at nine hundred seventy thousand units annually, with prior year declines and ongoing reductions.
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Eisenhower
EHA
Congress
Veterans Administration
PIKES Criticizes Federal Interstate Road Program
Bailey warns that federal interstate funding at 90 percent will compete with existing urban and rural road programs. He cites overpromising and departure from user payments, saying money spread to political projects delays complete interstate construction and yields only segmented sections in use.
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Bailey
Funds Continued From Page One For Military Construction
The committee recommended 1 821 500 000 of the 1 764 500 000 request for military construction. It cited lack of coordination between the defense secretary and the three services on family housing. It approved 2 410 000 of 2 875 000 Army request for Ryukyu Islands administration but rejected 39 200 000 for a new electric power plant as Island output is under 40 percent. Other allotments included 15 million for disaster relief, 13 217 000 for TVA, a 1 465 000 reduction, and 2 200 000 for a Moscow trade fair exhibit in Gorki Park in 1958.
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Secretary of Defense
Ryukyu Islands
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gorki Park
Moscow
Engineer creates world's smallest strap on helicopter
Manhattan Beach engineer Eugene M. Gluhareff unveils a portable eight pound strap on helicopter. He claims the device flies 30 mph for about 30 minutes, using jet engines at the rotor tips fueled by propane gas, with potential interest from the armed forces.
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Manhattan Beach
Calif
sAeronautical
Eugene M. Gluhareff
Gluhareff
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Biatea Sales
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Servier
Bimee
Gapereion
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Ratcliffe
Lawton’s
Eugene L. Bowman
Kodacolor
Brammer
Aircraft Mechanica
Mechanics
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Pikes
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Yandell Swindell
Cornell
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Saylor
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