Details Missing In Beating Case
Police investigated a morning beating of Lawton man Huber Lee Stover at 1124 Washington. Stover was treated and released from Southwestern hospital after being struck on the head three times with a blackjack. Responding officers questioned bystanders but obtained no details. Witnesses were held briefly for disturbance charges and released. In a separate incident, Mrs Christin Roberson of 16 Columbia was found with a head wound after a man, believed to be her husband, struck her with a glass. Roberson was taken to Memorial hospital. motive unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Washington
Huber Lee Stover
Southwestern Hospital
R. A. Davis
J. H. Lee
Johnny Rhodes
Quanah Dewberry
Christin Roberson
No. 16
Columbia
Funeral Rites for Mrs Minnie SeVert Held in Lawton
Mrs Minnie L SeVert 77 of 2407 I died 5 15 pm Sunday of a heart attack at home. Born Silvia NC May 15 1878 she moved to Oklahoma 1886 later lived in Texas and California before returning to Lawton in 1933. Survived by husband a son Ollie Warner three daughters two sisters 30 grandchildren 40 great grandchildren. Services 10 am Wednesday at Becker Memorial chapel with Rev Claud Davis officiating burial Highland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie L. SeVert
Memphis
Tex
Silvia
N.C
SeVert
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Lawton
Edmond D. SeVert
Wichita Falls
First Christian Church
Blanchard
Okla
Ollie .Warner
Sterling
Ethel Scheney
Houston
Mabel Josefy
Grandfield
Nellie Stephens
Clarendon
Oklahoma tour plans to attract 100 participants
The state tour aims to prepare travelers to pitch in formation to new industries. Last year about 65 Oklahoma men and women joined the eastern industrial tour to New England cities. This year organizers hope for at least 100 Oklahomans with a dinner meeting planned for September 15 at the Hotel Lawtonian and a luncheon hosted by the Chamber's industrial committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Oklahoma
Lawtonian
Chamber
Two Wallets Lost In Downtown Lawton
Two men reported lost wallets in Lawton Saturday totaling about 105 dollars. Ralph Keisel of Fort Sill said his wallet with identification and about 15 dollars vanished between the Checker Cab stand and Fort Sill around 4 30 p m. Adam J Priepat of 207 S 15th said his wife’s billfold went missing between 421 D and 490 S Fourth around 8 30 p m containing about 90 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Ralph Keisel
Fort Sill
Checker
Adam J. Priepat
S. 15Th
Texas Woman Employed As Central Baptist Church Youth Director
Miss Oveta Smith of Morton Texas has been appointed director of youth and visitation at Central Baptist Church Ninth and B. She succeeds Miss Rose Palmer who resigned after marrying. Smith begins Tuesday and holds a BA from Wayland Baptist College Plainview and an MA in religious education from Golden Gate Seminary Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oveta Smith
Morton
Tex
Central Baptist Church
Ninth and B
Rose Palmer
Miss Smith
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Golden Gate Baptist Seminary
Berkeley
Calif
City Woman Injured By Door At Bryans Coffee Shop
Mrs. Dora Bryan owner of Bry an's Coffee Shop 303 C was caught by the shop door at 1 00 PM injuring the little finger of her left hand. She was taken to a Law ton physician for treatment and further checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Bryan
Bryan
Lawton
Aggie Pre Enrollment Starts Second Week at Cameron College
Cameron College enters its second enrollment week with 155 registered for day classes. Dean Gordon L. Paine notes day college enrollment from the 1st to the 20th and predicts 625 to 650 total this semester. Night classes for Fort Sill personnel and civilians begin Sept 15 at Troop I & E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggie
Cameron College
Gordon L. Paine
Central Baptists Dedicate Building in Lawton
Central Baptist church at Ninth and B celebrated the dedication of a new 150000 education building and marked the churchs 30th anniversary with a Sunday program attended by over 700 people. The day featured services led by Rev Earl Stark and a 2 pm dedication sermon by Dr T B Lackey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
Ninth and B
T. B. Lackey
Oklahoma Baptist Convention
Wyatt Hendrick Lawton
George Choate
Richard T. Hopper
Central Choir
Frank Lewis
Fred Willhoite
Memorial Baptist Church
Tulsa
Gaylord Noftiger
Martin Lawrence
Oklahoma City
Tom Chapman and
Lawton
Oklahoma Baptist Conference
Arthur Davenport
Lawton Council to review traffic plan and street reports
Lawton city council meets Tuesday night with a plan to sack the council for two days, a move merchants say could boost business by drawing area residents to Lawton. Mayor Ellsworth says the traffic committee examines parking shifts to free spaces for shoppers while street and planning and zoning panels prepare reports on Pollard Avenue opening for elementary school traffic, a beauty shop permit, and animal shelter operations with monthly Verner reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton Board of Education
Pollard Ave
Andrew Jackson
Jesse Plumlee
Sheridan Road
Lester McKenzie
Charles F. Verner
Hospital Births and Admissions Across Regions
Births list entries from Cache and Southwestern areas note numerous newborns with weights and times in August. Admitted and discharged patients include names and addresses in Oklahoma towns such as Duncan, Cyril, Parm a and Apache with medical or surgical statuses. Additional Kiowa and local town notices show dismissals and births.
Doctor Galbraith’s Murder Confession and Insanity Plea
The long narrative reveals Dr. Galbraith admitting he killed his wife and three children and burned their house. He claims temporary insanity and discusses his plan to avoid psychosis. He worries about treatment, contemplates pleading guilty, and seeks permission to return to Vinita for medical practice. The account notes indictments for murder and criticism of psychiatrists, lawyers, and the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galbraith
Psyciatrists
Adams
Officers in crew sign statements on possible crash in Manchuria
The crew members including Arnold signed statements acknowledging the plane may have come down in Red China’s Manchuria while Maj. William H. Baumer of Lewisburg Pa did not. Baumer, wounded before bail out and later frostbitten, said others pursued him but eased off. The men, with varying injuries, underwent exhaustive exams and most spoke to families. Arnold endured intense abuse during 24 years in Red prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Red China
Manchuria
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Baumer
Air Force
Harry Benjamin
Worthington
Minn
Eugene Vandi
Clayton
N.Y
Wallace L. Brown
Banks
John W. Buck
Armathwaite
Tenn
Steve E. Kiba
Akron
Ohio
John W. Thompson
Orange
Howard W. Brown
St.Paul
Daniel C. Schmidt
Portland
Ore
Mystery Surrounds Unsolved Murder In Kansas County
An autopsy failed to determine if sexual assault occurred as authorities investigate the murder of a woman in Johnson County Kansas. Fisherman and son found the body in a pasture while searching for a stray cow. over 200 officers and volunteers scoured the area. The site echoes the earlier Bobby Greenlease case where Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady were executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Erhard
Johnson County
Kan
Bobby
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Kansas City
Robert C. Greenlease
Hall
Heady
Oklahoma state price report with grain eggs and cattle data
Oklahoma City market roundup reports No. 1 hard wheat prices across towns and commodities including broilers hens eggs butterfat and cattle and hog prices. The note details USDA prices and recent trade activity from Oklahoma City and surrounding markets with multiple locations and varied figures for August 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Frederick
Hobart
Bison
Hennessey
Lawton
Alva
Clinton
Enid
Kingfisher
Medford
Pinckwell
el Reno
Yukon
Vici
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Tulsa
Elk City
Woodward
Blackwell
Laverne
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Korea riot reports and NNSC withdrawal demand
Police say a man with a hand grenade near Kunsan airfield aimed to kill Communist inspectors. Some 30 000 Korean laborers crowded Pusan streets last night with protests also at Inchon and Kunsan. South Korea demands all NNSC teams exit by Saturday while Swiss Swedish and Polish Czech members are accused of spying. The 8th Army seeks cooperation and denies bayonet killings. a protest over tear gas and baton use is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inchon
Kunsan
South Korea
NNSC
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
ROK
North Korea
8Th Army
Pusan
Kim Chang Heung
National Police
U.S
Kangnung
Rodeo Sparks City as Villain Stirs Trouble in Lawton
A Texas rodeo at Lawton's birthday event led to disorder when an unnamed cowhand allegedly fired a BB gun at a car owned by Austin producer Tommy Steiner. Police noted windshield damage to the vehicle in front of the Hotel Lawtonian and linked it to the weekend trouble, while Smiley Burnette reported a belt stolen from his Western Life Exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lawton
Tommy Steiner
Austin
Tex
Lawtonian
Smiley Burnette
Burnette
Battery Training On Rocket Marked By Blue Bolt Exercise
The battery began training on the rocket at that time as demonstrations for The Artillery and Guided Missile School visitors press and other groups were fired. Last year the battery took part in Exercise Blue Bolt at Fort Hood Texas the first time the Honest John unit participated in a maneuver. The Army said assigning the unit to the Far East Command was part of U.S. policy to deploy modern weapons overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hood
Tex
Army
Far East
U.S
Two Lawton Residents Win Degrees At A&M Ceremony
Two Lawton residents were among 420 graduates at Oklahoma A&M college summer exercises. Winona W. Queton, Fort Sill Indian School teacher, earned an MS in home economics education. James Bunyan Sanders of 1616 Baldwin earned an MS in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma A&m College
Winona W. Queton
Fort Sill
James Bunyan Sanders
Baldwin
Flying Farmers To Meet In City in Lawton 1956 convention
Duane Huscher re-elected national director of National Flying Farmers. Oklahoma Flying Farmers chose Lawton for the 1956 convention, with 75 to 100 members expected, the 23rd Lawton meet. Dav id Martens of Fairview re-elected president. Don Reecer of Snyder as state director. Huscher and Mrs Bronita Davis of Minco are Oklahoma’s national directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Huscher
National Flying Farmers
Miami
Okla
Oklahoma Flying Farmers
Lawton
Huscher
Enid
Bartlesville
Tulsa
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Jeanne Howell
Bronita Davis
Minco
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Camp Sendai
Japan
Robert
Romola Abidin
Ronny
Randy
Louis Viviano
Bayside
Minnie SeVert
Paine
Eryone
Dean Paine
Cameron
Central Baptists
Earl Stark
Oklahoma Baptist Children’s Home of
Council
Zwaan
Everett Kirkham
Cache
Thomas E. Neeley
Wesley Earl Ivey
Charlie Ivey
Charles M. Prior
Summit
Ida Gayle Schoonover
Melvin Schoonover
Lee
F. M. Jack
Snyder
Marvin FE. Cameron
Arlington
Edward O. Butler
Jefferson
Christie Ann Stobaugh
Bill Stobaugh
Pollard
Walter C. Mahan
Cyril
Don Mitchum
S. 16Th
Ernest K. Friedli
Wilburn Smith
Marlow
Roy D. Fletcher
Duncan
Larry Fletcher
Elsie McKenzie
Ferris
Henry Bond
Francis Hemmer
George Bryant
Alva Jones
Parma
Pat Conway
N. 16Th
Lewis Vink
Smith
Wilma Green
Eta Keeler
Elgin
Sara Hooker
Tipton
Earnest O'Neal
White
Billy Harrison
Bert Bradbury
Jimmy Don Walker
Wesley Walker
Randlett
Naomi Powell
Betty Walker
William H. Walker
Sandra Walker
Linda Walker
Southwestern
A.” J.carskabon
James Sherrill
Kingsbury
Peter Giammanco
C. E. Mason
Apache
Emma Fontaine
Kenneth Fitch
Rush Springs
Vernon Buzbee
Taft
Cecil Willis
Velma Garrett
Forest Brown
Richard Cummings
Roy Gower
Bessie
Glenn Morrison
Kiowa
Ramon Laurenzana
Johnny Smith
Binger
Vena Beaver
Carnegie
Evelyn Winnerby
Faxon
Anna Gooday
Karen Tomahsah
Thoebe Smith
Lindsay
Jessie Aunko
Dearborn
Frank Rush _ Pebeahsy
Bruges
Belgium
Banner
Oklahoma City Livestock
USDA
U. S
Chicago
Korea
Kunsan Airfield
FBI
Jack Harvey Raymond
Helena, Mont
Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
C.F.M
Harry Routh
Fred Melton
C Avenue
A&m
Southwest Chemical Company
Denison
Lawton Publishing Co
Circulation Department
Jo. G. Andrews
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Pho
Babbitt-Peller Et TV
D Avenue
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