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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
10
The Department of Agriculture predicts 12.7 million bales of cotton to be produced this year, about 7 percent below last year's 13.6 million. This is the agency's first production estimate for the year.
R G Wilson, Walters city manager and Oklahoma Municipal League vice president, assumes the league presidency August 11 as J Orville Bumpus resigns. A 1945 Walters hire, Wilson has guided the city's municipal program, holds extensive city management training, and plans for the 1955 convention at the Hotel Tulsa October 20 21 with Tulsa as host.
Sioux City patrolman William E. Morgan, 39, was dismissed after his wife, operator of the Palace Hotel, was charged with running a house of ill fame in a police raid that also netted a Des Moines woman and three men.
Police Chief says 14 year old Tommy J. Perkins confessed to killing Mrs. Annie Sanders, 75, with a hatchet in Muskogee Oklahoma on July 13. Details of the confession were not released.
Eighteen Lawton boys ages 11 to 15 leave for a week at Camp Classen near Davis Oklahoma run by the Oklahoma YMCA. They travel in three cars chaperoned by Rev C Reed Eddie Shegog Sr Richard Gathan and Rudolph Smith. Sponsored by local civic social and church groups through the Douglass USO YMCA with selection requiring physicals and good community standing.
The passage notes that some were sent by their parents while others were sent by their churches, indicating two channels of communication or support described in the historical account.
Wintry gales hit New South Wales and Victoria as Southeast Australia records its worst blizzard of the year. Snowdrifts blanket the southern Alps while winds ease in the high country. A skiers party battled 70 miles of wind to rescue a man trapped in a snowbound car.
Meat type hogs how to recognize them and how to profitably produce them will be the theme for the second annual Market Hog Show on August 25 at the Oklahoma National Stockyards in Oklahoma City. Lewis Haydock Comanche county agent announced. He said housewives prefer lean red meat and producers must breed feed and market meat type hogs to stay competitive in the market basket.
State and federal seed laws constitute some of the oldest regulatory services safeguarding farming communities. They establish standards for seed quality, labeling, and certification to ensure reliable crops and fair trading practices.
Col Leon B Cheek Jr named executive officer of the 52nd Field Artillery Group at Fort Sill. A veteran of World War II in Europe and the Pacific, he later served in Korea with the 13th Field Artillery Battalion and the 24th Division Artillery, earning the Bronze Star with V and Oak Leaf Cluster, plus two Presidential Unit Citations. He previously taught at Fort Leavenworth CGSC. He and his wife Martha reside at 1636 North 25th in Lawton with their three children Dwight Blakely and John.
Cadet Albert S Britt son of Fort Sill colonel attended a two week Air Indoctrination Course at Eglin AFB Florida with 586 West Point cadets. The program included familiarization flights and instruction in bombardment fighter bomber air defense and reconnaissance. Cadets joined USAFA cadets at the aerial Firepower Demonstration on July 29. Cadet Britt of the 1957 West Point class is son of Col Albert S Britt commanding officer of the 52nd FA Group Fort Sill.
Washington United press report states Under secretary Clarence A. Davis announced 1 600 acres will be withdrawn from public domain in Jefferson County Montana and consolidated with Bull Mountain winter big game range to expand wildlife protection areas.
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