Crews Eye Start Of School Rush Building Repairs
City schools race to finish 16 buildings before the 1953-54 term opens. Crews refinishing floors at Washington and McKinley, desks sanded at the senior high, and extensive painting of entrances, stairways, rest rooms, gym dressing rooms, and Lincoln south wing. Howell drive features work. minor tasks linger as Superintendent John Shoemaker notes progress.
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Washington
McKinley
Lincoln
Howell
John Shoemaker
Convict Escapes Fort Sill Lifer on the Run
Prisoner in striped clothing fled from Fort Sill and militia, police coordinate a statewide manhunt. The escapee, described as five foot nine, 161 pounds with sandy hair and brown eyes, is believed to be somewhere between the four mile crossing and Indian Springs. Fort Sill confirms no capture yet.
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Fort Sill
Indian Foreign Minister witnesses third hourly POW exchange at Panmunjom
Nehru, part of the Neutral Nations Advisory Commission, arrived in Panmunjom to observe the third hourly group of prisoners exchanged. The Reds announced 100 Americans 25 British 23 Turks and 250 South Koreans would be included, bringing total U N soldiers returned in seven days to 2774. Reports described fewer incidents than Monday, with North Korean prisoners clashing briefly with South Koreans before calm returned. Peiping radio claimed many North Korean and Chinese returnees were mentally scarred or wounded by American torture and operations. Nehru also met senior armistice officials and planned further meetings in Pyongyang Wednesday.
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India
R. K. Nehru
Nehru
Neutral Nations Advisory Commission
Panmunjom
Reds
U. N
Red
Peiping Radio
Peiping
Blackshear Bryan
Military Armistice Commission
Lee Sang Cho
Bryan
S. P. Thorat
Munsan
Pyongyang Wednesay
Farm workers shift to nonfarm jobs grows through 1949
Between 1930 and 1949 the share of employed farm residents holding nonfarm jobs rose from about one seventh to one fifth and then to one third. The trend shows increasing diversification of rural livelihoods as economic conditions changed.
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United States
Oklahoma City State Poultry and Eggs Market Report
Oklahoma City market bulletin lists broilers no. 1 steady with mixed regional deliveries and prices from Muskogee to Tulsa, hens steady with improving offerings across multiple towns, eggs near steady with various spot prices, can dled goods and butterfat ranges, including state and Chicago references dated August 10. Major entities include Oklahoma City, Muskogee, Shawnee, Seminole, Vinita, Altus, Chickasha, Enid, Durant, Tulsa, Blackwell, Durant, McAlester, El Reno, Laverne, Elk City, and Fairview. Prices shown for butterfat and eggs, with regional receipt updates and transport notes.
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State Poultry & Eggs
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Broilers
FOB Farm
Muskogee
Seminole
Vinita
Altus
Shawnee
Poteau
Cordell
Tulsa
Chickasha
Blackwell
Ardmore
Alva
Lawton
McAlester
Laverne
Enid
Durant
Elk City
Fairview
el Reno
Wheat
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Medford
Vici
Hobart
Guymon
Hooker
Frederick
Cotton acreage abandonment in Texas drives lower outlook
The department reports 1.5 million acres in cultivation with about 500,000 abandoned, mainly in northwest Texas. Nationally abandonment may be around 4.5 percent versus a 10-year average of 25 percent. Drought areas on the High Plains and western low plains show very heavy abandonment amid uncertain remaining cropland.
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Texas
Crop Reporting Board
U. S
High Plains
Low Plains
Cityan Is Treated For Razor Slashes
Lawton police reported Mrs. Wiley Griffin of 230 East Gore was treated at Memorial hospital for face and neck slashes believed to be a personal safety matter. Assistant Chief Pete Fuller said officers found her on a cot on the front porch around 1 a m and she was sent to hospital by ambulance and later released. A bloodstained razor blade was located in a bedroom with several notes scattered on the floor.
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Lawton
Wiley Griffin
East Gore
Memorial Hospital
Pete Fuller
Fuller
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Florence Vickers
Mrs Florence Vickers longtime Walters area resident died at 10 15 am in a Lawton hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident May 14 in Albuquerque. Survivors include daughter Mrs Mattoon and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Irving Mattoon, of 1305 Cherry, another daughter Mrs Al Meese of 701 N 13th, three sons Ralph 1816 Bell Paul Vernon Tex Leroy Enid, 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending with Pearson Funeral Home Walters.
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Florence Vickers
Lawton
Albuquerque
Walters
Vickers
Irving Mattoon
Cherry
Mattoon
al Meese
N. 13Th
Ralph
Bell
Paul
Vernon
Tex
Leroy
Enid
Pearson Funeral Home
Choice Of Items Boosting Costs Declares
Washington report shows grocery bills rising as housewives buy more and pricier foods and Americans eat more meals out. Retail food prices fell 2 percent from a year earlier in early 1953, yet per person food expenditure rose to 404 dollars from 396. Personal income grew modestly, boosting spending while savings dropped 9 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
A Department
Dulles Reassures on Prisoners During Korea Trip
Secretary of State Dulles says the United States will withhold Communist prisoners only as a normal procedure and has received no official word that American POWs refuse repatriation. Accompanying him were Lodge, Robertson, and McCardle. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower traveled to Colorado for rest, attend services, and may golf after meetings. Dulles’ swing through Korea included a mutual security pact, and a signed stand for peace in Korea. Lodge notes the armistice seems to hold, while Eisenhower plans trout fishing in Fraser after Congress adjourns.
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Dulles
Les
Korea
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
United Nations
Walter S. Robertson
Carl McCardle
Eisenhower
Washington
Colorado
Corona Presbyterian Church
John S.S. Doud
South Korea
Lodge
Denver
Congress
Colorado Rockies
Aksel Nielsen
Fraser, Colo
Mt Mitchell Rises as Eastern U.S. Highest Peak
Mt Mitchell stands at 6,684 feet and is identified as the tallest mountain in the eastern United States. The prominence of its height marks a notable geographic landmark in the region.
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Mt. Mitchell
United States
Memorial Births and Dockets From Hospital News
Births listed include daughters for Fortner Moore Ren chen Clevenger Wisenhunt Borden Jerrell Phares and a son for Richardson. Admitted and dismissed entries cover multiple patients at hospitals in Snyder Cache and nearby towns with dates in August and weights for newborns.
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E. J. Fortner
N. 16Th
Cpl
Zeke Moore
Henry Renchen
Walters
Calvin Clevenger
Arlington
Robert A. Wisenhunt
Williams
Q. D. Borden
Geronimo
Spencer J. Hawkins
Steve McLaury
Snyder
George Robertson
Indiahoma
Roger K. Wheeler
Bill Wheeler
Wade Myers
Jefferson
Jay C. Kimbro Jr
Jay C. Kimbro
Arington
Athy E. Smith
Mas
Wayne B. Smith
Denver
Ernest Taylor
Carver
Woody L. Wade
Dearborn
Jerrell Phares
Ferrell
Prisoners recount Pyoktong captivity and progressives
former POWs describe hunger indoctrination and harsh pressure at Pyoktong camp. Estimates of progressives vary. some prisoners claim a small share cooperated for better treatment while others resisted. Reports allege deaths, spied surveillance, and coerced signatures amid alleged germ warfare claims by a Communist press correspondent.
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Pyoktong
Cpl
Jerry W. de Wesse
Detroit
Carl J. Raup
Franklin, Pa
Raup
Camp 5
China
Billy J. Campbell
Loraine
Tex
John P. Pingree
High Grove
Calif
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
North Korea
Magnesium Rails Fight Hull Corrosion At Sea
Engineers fit ocean-going ships with long magnesium rails to reduce hull corrosion and lessen the need for frequent dry-dock maintenance. The advance promises enhanced durability and lower upkeep for large vessels.
Area Men In Service On USS Boxer Off Korea
Taylor Conneyweedy and Billy W. Oliver are serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Boxer off the North Korean coast. Conneyweedy is married to Norma J. Punley and hails from Lawton Rt. 3. Oliver, son of Ralph Oliver of 1105 G, serves as a fireman aboard the Boxer. The ship holds the record for most aircraft landings on its flight deck, achieved during Boxer's fifth cruise in Korean waters.
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Taylor Conneyweedy
Charlie Conneyweedy
Rt. 3
Lawton
Norma J. Punley
Boxer
North Korea
Billy W. Oliver
Ralph Oliver
Oliver
Korean
Prison camp survivors recount forced signings and hunger
Pfc Norman S Hale, Cpl Wallace L Dunham, and Sgt Benjamin Conley describe brutal conditions at Pyoktong Camp 5. Hale recalls threats of solitary confinement and a revolver demand to sign a peace petition. Dunham depicts scant food of millet, cracked corn, and meager soup. Conley shows a photo of Camp 5, noting 2400 UN prisoners buried within the seemingly peaceful site.
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Pfc
Norman S. Hale
Cullman
Ala
Benjamin Conley
Columbus
Ohio
Pyoktong
United Nations
Interview Clinic Seeks Vocational Rehab Benefits
About 20 handicapped persons from a 10 county area are interviewed at Memorial Hospital in Lawton in a two day clinic sponsored by the Vocational Rehabilitation division of the State Department of Education. Dr. John W. Dayton medical director leads the interviews and will address the Lawton Lions and Rotary clubs. Counselors Floyd A. Wood and Baker Bonnell oversee county territories. State rehabilitation staff Idabel Line Fred Henderson and John Nichols observe the clinic.
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Memorial Hospit
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
State Department of Education
John W. Dayton
Okmulgee
Dayton
Lawton Lions Club
Rotary Club
Okmulgee School
Floyd A. Wood
Comanche
Stephens
Cotton
Jefferson
Baker Bonnell
Archery Bow: A Blend of Form and Intuition
The archery bow represents a mathematically refined shape whose origins stem from designers intuition and aesthetic sense rather than formal geometric design.
Wreck slows as car avoids turning pickup on county road
A two-vehicle crash left heavy damage to Strange’s car after a pickup swung left to avoid a vehicle ahead on a county road intersection. Kelsoe reported a 70 foot skid mark and indicated Hancock tried to turn the truck into the county road, sending the pickup into a ditch.
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Ately
Strange
Kelsoe
Hancock
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Ncc Encentseemannee
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William Rector
A. S. McBee
Fred Gilley
O. R. Florence
Dickie
C. Jordan
Danny Livingston
S. 10Th
T. A. Raley
A. L. Ramsey
Ramsey Hotel
Owen Jobe
Robert Rush
N. Fifth
Charley Hensley
Olustee
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J. W. Edwards
O. Purvis
Albany, Ga
Charles Jennings
W. H. Askew
T. L. Ruth
Cyril
Charles Baker
Irene Bernhardt
OWEN
WIEST
S 33 Auto Service
C. Brigham Young Agency
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Brigham Young
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Andrews
Remington Rand
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