Two Lawton Women Fined In Street Tiff
Two Lawton women Gertrude Stevens and Tommie Lou Bryan were fined $20 each in police court for disturbance after a sidewalk brawl in the 400 block on D Street. Police say the fight began after name calling and a refused pass, with one showing a bite mark and a black eye. Traffic officer separated them once but the dispute resumed minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Don Fisher
Gertrude Stevens
Tommie Lou Bryan
Ralph Hennessee
Bryan
Eulis Young
Eisenhower meets Radford as Bradley retires this week
Admiral Charles Radford arrives to assume top military duties as General Omar Bradley ends his service at week’s end. The pair plan a Lowry Air Force Base briefing in Colorado and discuss whether Malenkov's hydrogen bomb remarks affect U.S. strategy. Eisenhower, golfing at Cherry Hills, shoots an 83 as he resumes play with Dudley. Gov. Thornton notes the President’s handicap seems high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radford
Eisenhower
Colorado
Washington
White House
Lowry Air Force Base
Omar N. Bradley
Military High Command
Bradley
James C. Hagerty
Joint Chiefs
Hagerty
Malenkov
Big Ed Dudley
Broadmoor Club
Colorado Springs
Augusta
Dan Thornton
Ralph
Rip) Arnold
Cherry Hills
Thornton
Army concedes unclear POW deaths from Communist prison lists
Defense Department lists 8,705 missing in Korea and 3,001 captured while Communists pledge 3,313 returns. Gen. Mark W. Clark notes information suggesting up to 3,000 more may have been captured, though official confirmation of death in Red camps is avoided.
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Red List
United States
Defense Department
Korea
Mark W. Clark
Far Eastern
Escaped Convict Elmer Moore Still At Large
Elmer Moore a 46 year old prisoner serving time since 1929 for murder in Ottawa county walked away from a hay baling crew at Fort Sill Saturday and remains at large as county and state officers pursue him. Lawton highway patrol headquarters reports Moore still free, with authorities watching the area.
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Elmer Moore
Fort Sill
Lawton Highway Patrol
Moore
Ottawa County
Oklahoma City Markets Report Prices for Poultry and Grains
Oklahoma City Aug 11 state agriculture department prices show broilers No 1 about steady at 26-30 fob farm with varied regional values. Hens No 1 steady to 22 at Oklahoma City and surrounding towns. Eggs steady with demand light and numerous current receipts and candled lots listed. Also butterfat prices and wheat futures noted along with Chicago butter and Oklahoma City livestock auctions covering cattle hogs and sheep trends.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Broilers
Muskogee
Vinita
Altus
Seminole
Shawnee
Poteau
Cordell
Alva
Lawton
Ardmore
Blackwell
Tulsa
Chickasha
McAlester
Elk City
Laverne
Enid
Durant
Fairview
el Reno
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Medford
Vici
Hobart
Guymon
Hooker
Frederick
U.S
Isabella
Rush Springs
Rogers
Ark
USDA
Suspect DeLois Jones Wanted by Texas Officers
Police arrested 35 year old DeLois Jones in Lawton on drunkenness charges and learned Fort Worth officers seek him for burglary. Detective Waldron identified Jones in city jail, he awaits extradition with a waiver signed, and will be moved to Fort Worth later.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Otis Waldron
DeLois
Doc) Jones
Jones
Texas
Taxes Up in Norman Tax Hike Proclaimed
Cleveland County Assessor Ray Isom announced Tuesday that Norman taxpayers will pay 8.40 per 1,000 dollars in property valuation this year, an increase of 11.96 over last year.
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Norman
Okla
Cleveland County
Ray Isom
France Strikes Halt Transport Across Major Regions
Nationwide strike in France disrupts trains buses and ferries from Limoges to Le Havre with 15 trains blocked carrying 15 000 people. PTT workers refuse government orders while unrest grows and a large gas and electricity strike spreads from Nice. Requisitions spark protests as wage and pension reforms threaten state finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limoges
France
Clermont-Ferrand
Bordeaux
le Havre
Nice
Riviera
PTT
Marseille
City Faces Garbage Budget Cut With Fewer Workers
The garbage department with 42 workers led by Floyd Tice may lose staff to save costs as 11 trucks and six horse drawn wagons haul trash. Last year’s garbage bill was $152,000 and a nine percent budget cut could force further reductions unless new revenue is found. A contractor may perform the work cheaper. Two councilmen are absent, and a plan to deed four acres of Indian land near Highway 62 for a National Guard armory is on the agenda with mineral rights reserved.
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Floyd Tice
Tice
McKenzie
Jake Witzel
Ed Gartrell
Southwestern Hospital
National Guard
Highway 62
Fort Sill
Red Cross Quarters Burglarized in Lawton
A burglar smashed a window at 501 A location of Lawton's Red Cross office and stole cash totaling 41.56 from a desk box and jewelry from a dresser top. The ring valued at 50 and a watch worth 49 belonged to Lydia J. Blount executive secretary of the local Red Cross. A $1 bill and a penny were found near the exit.
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Lawton
Red Cross
Lydia J. Blount
Miss Blount
Hospital Births and Admissions in Kiowa District
Births include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomason of Fletcher born August 11 at 4 11 am weighing 8 pounds. Numerous admissions and dismissals listed across towns including Pawnee Watonga Grandfield Carnegie Altus Frederick and Hobart with diagnoses medical surgical and maternity.
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J. A. Thomason, Fletcher
Donald Tonubbee
Grandfield
Wie Kaulaity
Park
Augustine Cindebar
Portia Maria Tappio
Dearborn
Mildred Daingkau
Carnegie
Clyde Daingkau
Robert Gonzales
Anadarko
Claude Myers
B. F. Cook
Cache
Medical
Fred Wright
Kirk Krieger
Doyle Krieger
Hobart
Craig H. Martin
Ben Martin
Altus
Ae Knight
Cherry
Dave D. Barrett
Glen O. Thompson
N. 13Th
Kate Cox
Laxton Malcom
Frederick
Mary McNiff
Bell
Mae Johnson
R. D. White
Cecil Dale Cummings
Robert D. Cummings
Washington
James M. Smith
Airport Weather Station Hopes Boost Local Transit
The local airport is expected to qualify for a weather and communication station and a fulltime control tower. Passenger estimates for the year range from 15,000 to 18,000, with Mil ton Keating of the Chamber of Commerce predicting traffic will rise above 20,000 next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Wanda Ann Clark on Leave Before Camp Kilmer Duty
WAC Corporal Wanda Ann Clark visits Lawton on leave from Fort Ritchie Maryland before reporting to Camp Kilmer New Jersey. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Clark and the great granddaughter of Quanah Parker.
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WAC
Wanda Ann Clark
Clifford Clark
Smith
Lawton
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Cpl
Clark
Fort Ritchie
Quanah Parker
Cops Crack Down on Bootleggers With New Public Nuisance Rule
Police court actions tighten penalties for bootleggers by adding a public nuisance charge and a $20 extra bond while existing bonds of $20 or $40 remain. The first triple-complaint case involved Doris James at 113 Euclid after raids found whisky gin and wine at her home, plus other raids on Ralph Hudson and Ross Hinkle yielding liquor seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris James
Euclid
Monay
Ralph Hudson
Douglass
Ross Hinkle
Taylor
Two Texans Injured In Head On Crash Near Lawton
An 18-year-old Wichita Falls youth Jessie Lee Davis suffered a compound arm fracture in a head on collision five miles south of Lawton at 1 40 a m Memorial hospital treated him. Patricia Staley 22 Wichita Falls received minor injuries in the two car crash as Floyd E Davis 18 Wichita Falls drove a 1941 Ford across the center line on a curve on U S 277 colliding with a 1951 Ford driven by Johnny Clifton Reason Sheppard Field Tex The 1951 Ford overturned causing heavy damage to both cars Jessie Lee Davis was a passenger in the other car and Patricia Staley rode in Reasons car.
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Wichita Falls
Lawton
Jessie Lee Davis
Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Patricia Staley
John Duke
Floyd E. Davis
U. S. 277
Johnny Clifton Reason
Sheppard Field
Tex
Reason
Theft of Iron Brings 3-Year Prison Term
Clarence Washington Wilson, 53, Lawton, given three years for burglary after pleading guilty to stealing iron and four electric plugs from Mrs. Stanley Wright. Wilson, a repeat offender, was sentenced by Superior Judge Robert Landers. Sammie Lee Dedrick, 19, Lawton, also three years, suspended pending good behavior, for grand larceny of 71 dollars from Blanche Mitchell.
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Clarence Washington Wilson
Lawton
Robert Landers
Wilson
Stanley Wright
F. Wilson
Landers
Sammie Lee Dedrick
Dedrick
Blanche Mitchell
Bell
Denver Mentally Retarded School Plan Outlined
Mrs W C Newton reported to the Comanche County Council for Mentally Retarded Children detailing Denver’s special education program run with the public system. The school serves ages six through 13, offers a full curriculum, and includes training for deaf and blind children. Teachers assess progress then counsel parents regularly and plan to attend the Texas Association for Retarded Children convention in Fort Worth September 4 through 6.
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Denver
W. C. Newton
Comanche County Council
Newton
Special Education School
Association For Childhood Education
ACE
Texas Association For Retarded Children
Fort Worth
J. R. Morse
L. A. Oe
Funeral Rites for Alva A. Ludrick Held at Beal Heights
Alva A. Ludrick 76 of 906 G dies after heart attack in a local hospital. Funeral 2 30 p.m. Wednesday at Beal Heights Presbyterian Church with Rev. Paul Hanna officiating. burial at Highland Cemetery. Lawton Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include wife Effie Parker Ludrick and 14 grandchildren among two daughters and four sons. Born February 27, 1877 in Paris Texas, he moved to Lawton in 1915 and was a longtime Frisco railroad boilermaker. He was a Mason and Royal Arch member.
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Alva A. Ludrick
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Paul Hanna
Highland Cemetery
Lawton
Ludrick
Frisco Railroad
Paris
Tex
Effie Parker
Clarksville
Court actions trim cases as witness issues arise
A court clerk said he reduced Kile's case after the complaining witness wanted dismissal. Assistant county attorney Arthur Cavanagh said a main witness in the Sims case has disappeared. Lawyer Lewis Derke sought continuances in liquor possession for Anita Nell Hevenner and drunken driving for Allen Frank Wass, noting Hevenner is in a Wichita Falls hospital and Wass is ill. Thirteen city bootleggers face jail time or have turned in on liquor convictions. Most liquor cases on the docket have ended in convictions, dismissals or continuances.
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Kile
Arthur Cavanagh
Sims
Lewis Derke
Lawton
Anita Nell Hevenner
Allen Frank Wass
Hevenner
Wichita Falls
Wass
Prisoners Describe Brutal Treatment by Chinese Communists
Cpl. Robert A Ginn and two Kecks recounts brutal confinement on the Yalu River including beatings starvation and hanging with ropes as they describe Koreans and other prisoners branded as progressives. They recall stool pigeons in their squad and speculate on the true numbers of progressives among detainees and the difficulty of distinguishing true beliefs from coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yalu
Cpl
Robert A. Ginn
Columbia, S. C
Ginn
Harold M. Keck
Bethlehem
Clyde A. Keck
Sparta
Mich
U. N
Theater Movement Talk by Capital Couple in Lawton
Mr and Mrs Mike Jones organizers of Oklahoma City's Maybe Mack Mummers will discuss the Little Theater movement in the southwest when they speak Thursday to the Lawton Little Theater. The meeting at 8 p m will be in the civic room of the Airport cafe and all members are invited. They will outline operation and organization of the Oklahoma City Little Theater group and talk about play production problems.
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Mike Jones
Oklahoma City
Maybe Mack Mummers
Southwest
Lawton
Little Theater
Airport Cafe
Jones
Little Theater Group
Polio Victim Leads Rehabilitation Center Work
Dr Deyton a rehabilitated polio survivor shares insights from WWII era disabled citizen growth. He practiced in Ashville before entering the Navy in 1940, served in the Pacific, contracted polio in 1947, began rehab studies at NYU in 1948 under Dr Howard A Rusk, and became medical director of the Okmulgee school in May 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Deyton
Ashville
N. C
Navy
New York University
Howard A. Rusk
Okmulgee School
Sheppard Field Man Charged With Burglary Of Radio Set
George Major Jr. of Sheppard Field Tex was charged with burglary in connection with the early Monday burglary of a radio phone set from a residence. Wichita Falls police arrested Major after he stepped off a bus carrying the radio at Lawton station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Major Jr
Sheppard Field
Tex
Wichita Falls
Major
Texas City
Lawton
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