Incidence and Course of a Contagious Illness Overview
The notes outline an illness with 1-2 day onset, incidence around 34-20 percent varying by data, and a contagious period of about 15 days. Transmission via droplets from sneezing or coughing. symptoms include fever prostration flow headache and lassitude. signs resemble a common cold. The course is typically short, 3-5 days, complications are rare except in the very young, old, or debilitated. No specific therapy. antibiotics of little value. Mortality is probably low but data are unreliable.
Anthrax Areas Checked Milk Ban End Seen
UPI reports Oklahoma health and agriculture inspectors checked dairies in three northeastern counties after anthrax outbreaks. Gov Gary, board head Mutton, and a regional delegation pressed for federal aid in Washington as the state maintains a cattle shipment quarantine from six Kansas counties. The restriction mirrors high cattle losses as dairymen face impacts before any milk marketing resumes pending inspections and applications.
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Veinita
Okla
UPI
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Harold Mutton
State Board of Agriculture
Ezra ‘l. Benson
Gary
Washington
M. Huemenschneidey
Nine Traffic Charges Filed Against Six Drivers
County Attorney Warren Crane filed six traffic related charges this morning. J. D. Cobb, 45, Cement, faces driving while intoxicated. George R. Hunter, Fort Sill area, accused of malicious mischief. Additional charges in Justice of the Peace Woodrow Giles' court include Cecil A. Thomas, Push Springs, for wife and child abandonment. Charles Duane Walton, 18, Fort Sill, reckless driving. Paul Hubbard, 28, 3312 Hoover, speeding at night. Justice of the Peace Marvin E. Cameron processed John L. Quinn, 20, Fort Sill, speeding at night. Russell A. McGovern, 18, Altus, following too closely. Sam Reeves, 28, Rush Springs, public drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Crane
J. D. Cobb
George R. Hunter
Fort Silk
Special Sessions
Ralph Gline
Justice of the Peace
Woodrow Giles’ Court
Cecil A. Thomas
Itush Springs
Charles Duane Walton
Fort Sill
Paul Hubbard
Hoover
Marvin E. Cameron
John L. Quinn
Russell A. McGovern
Altus
Sam Reeves
Rush Springs
Births of triplets boost Schmunk clan to ten in Gardena
Eva Schmunk of Redondo Beach gave birth to three babies at Gardena Hospital on a birthday night. A girl weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces arrived at 11:40 pm, a boy at 11:51 pm, and another boy 12:19 am. The triplets join seven older children up to age ten. The hospital called the birth “on the house.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardena
Calif
David F. Schmunk
Eva M. Schmunk
Redondo Beach
Gardena Hospital
Pilot Fatigue Blamed in Brampton Crash Inquest
An air crash near Brampton Ontario in 1951 tied to pilot fatigue. The Canadian Transport Department suspended a license for six months, concluding negligence. Maritime officials called RAM say a skilled pilot, with the Canadian Airlines Pilots Association attributing the tragedy to fatigue.
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Canadian Transport Department
Brampton
Ont
Canadian Air Lines Pilots Assn
Ramsay
Women Report Theft From Car
Two women reported a Sunday theft from their car with cash a ring a bracelet two necklaces and two watches taken from a vehicle parked about 80 minutes near a house at 1619 Washington The right front vent glass was broken and a Lawson Negra woman was named as a suspect Police also logged weekend thefts including four cases of soft drinks a case of ice cream from Conners Grocery and a ladder from Evalyn MacLaughlin at 2225 Baltimore.
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Eovelyn Gorelow
Myrtle Rouzeau
Tole
Washington
Lawson Negra
Conners Grocery
Evalyn MacLaughlin
Baltimore
Scandal editor testifies on Confidential crimes links
Rushmore, on the stand in the scandal trial, recalled editing magazines that ran anti communist stories about stars like Powell Mitchum Calvet and West. He said he targeted Communists and did not always authenticate Confidential and Whisper stories. The prosecution seeks to bar the defense from calling many celebrities to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushmore
Dick Powell
Roberts Mitchum
Corrinne Calvet
Mae West
Confidential
New York Police Department
Robert Harrison
Whisper
Tac Prosecution
Three Jail Escapees Captured Near Ames Oklahoma
Three teens who fled Garfield county jail in Enid Okla were recaptured hours later in Ames Okla across the line. Officers identified the youths as Clifford Grafton 17 Robert Phelps 35 and Norman Griffith 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Okla
UPS
Garfield County
Ames
Pepunny
Clifford Grafton
Robert Phelps
Norman Griffith
Fort Gibson Boy Drowning Victim Identified
The body of Billy Bolen Aktel, a Fort Gibson boy, was found yesterday on a Grand River sand bar by a fisherman. Missing since Friday, he was last seen in a store near the river en route to a barber shop. son of Mr and Mrs Charles L Abel of Fort Gibson.
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Gibson
Billy Bolen Aktel
Grand River
Charles L. Abel
Bertha Pasess Through Texas Brings Widespread Rain
The remnants of storm Bertha dissipated over northeast Texas after bringing heavy rain, with up to 12.8 inches reported north of Palestine and 11 inches in Livingston. Lowland flooding was expected along the Trinity River near Liberty, with adjustments to livestock and widespread crop relief noted by farmers. Two weekend traffic deaths in Texas were attributed to the rains.
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Dallas
Texas
Trinity River
Liberty
Tesx
Houston
Warners
Gulf of Mexico
A. B. Jolley
Pallas County
Bertha
Palestine
Trinity
Livingston
Fort Sill Strikers Continue Picketing Gates
Strikers at Fort Sill maintain pickets near the gates despite not urging a large pull. Regular checks are made at Strange's Dairy Gate and Apache Gate as contractors pass through. The dispute with Page Aircraft involves alleged unfair hiring practices and failure to recognize the union. A recent NLRB complaint accuses the Lawton Machinists Local 89 of secondary boycott actions at all Fort Sill gates. Plaintiff firms include Freeman Construction Co, WEL Co, and W. E. Best Co. No hearing date is set.
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Strange
Sexton
Page Aircraft
NLRB
Lawton
International Association of Machinists
Fort Sill Gates
Freeman Construction Co
WEL Co
Oklahoma City
W. E. Best Co
Wichita Falls
City Man Returns From Dallas Talks Bill Hargraves
City resident reports on executive committee meeting of the Mechanical division of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in Dallas. Plans were set for upcoming meetings in Tulsa.
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Dallas
Bill Hargraves
Lawton Costitution Press
The
Southern Newspaper Publishers Asst
Tulsa
State Poultry and Eggs Prices Reported by Agriculture Board
The Oklahoma Board of Agriculture issued a market round with fluctuating prices for wheat No 2 hard at 1.89 to 1.92 per bushel, broilers No 1 steady with markets in Oklahoma City Tulsa and Muskogee, eggs steady at best with districts including Oklahoma City Shattuck and Enid, and butterfat No 1 steady with quotes from Clinton Elk City and Vinita.
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State Poultry and
HGGS
Onlahoma
City
State Board of Agriculture
Frederick
Reno
Enid
Medford
Alva
Guy Mon
Hooker
Muskopee
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Vinita
Hans
Lawton
Shattuck
Clinton
Elk City
Blackket
Watonga
Pauls Valley
Blackwell
Butterlat
Steady
Elk
EL Reno
Fraser Fends Off Cold With 32 Degree Low
New York report notes Fraser as the nation’s coldest spot as the U S Weather Bureau records a 32 degree low. The chilly snap affects surrounding areas with lingering frost and frigid conditions across the state.
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New York
Fraser
U.S
Diamond Theft Probed By Police
MEMPHIS Tennessee police questioned hotel employees and a diamond merchant for hours about a robbery of an estimated two hundred thousand dollars worth of cut diamonds from a hotel bedroom. Jacob Davis, treasurer of Barnett Davis Jewelery Co. of Pittsburgh, said two men grabbed him at gunpoint bound him with neckties and forced him to reveal the gems in a Manila envelope. Davis said the men bound his hands and feet and escaped after a brief struggle, with detectives unable to locate any trace of the bandits or determine how they escaped. He noted a prior Nashville robbery where the gems were insured.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jacob Davis
Barnett Davis Jewelery Co
Pittsburgh
Ned
Davis
Tommy
Jno
Nashville
School Mates Face Curbs in Ponca City
Married students would be barred from holding elective offices or honors at Ponca City Senior High School pending board approval. A special committee of administrators and instructors recommended prohibiting married students from class offices student council homeroom clubs cheerleader citizen of the month queen or attendant roles while allowing participation in activities and eligibility for academics honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Board of Education
Funeral Rites for Harry Comer 65 in Lawton
Harry Comer 65 of 1008 F died in a local hospital at 9. Funeral services will be announced by Ritter Funeral Home. Born in Abilene Kansas Oct 17 1892 he moved to Lawton in 1931 from Oklahoma City and worked as a hotel clerk in recent years. Survived by stepfather L E Reith two stepsisters Maude R Whitten and Worden Willis a brother Cecil Comer and a sister Flossie Comer.
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Harry Comer
Ritter Funeral Home
Abilene
Kan
Comer
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Warren
Reith
Maude R. Whitten
Worden Willis
San Antonio
Cecil Comer
Chanute
Flossie Comer
Stockton
Calif
Atom Shot Delayed at Atomic Test Site
The scheduled nuclear blast at the Atomic Test Site in Nevai has been postponed another 24 hours due to adverse winds marking the 15th delay in the sequence.
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Nevai
Cement Girl Drowns In Farm Pond Near Cement
Wanda May Schmidt, 12, of Cement, died after stepping into a deep farm pond 12 miles southwest of Chickasha. An attempted rescue by another girl failed. she is unnamed. The victim was the daughter of Mr and Mrs F S Schmidt, Rt 2 Cement.
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Chickasha
Here
Wanda May ‘Schmidt
Cement
Schmidt
Rt 2
Subscription Rates for Evening and Sunday Press in Lawton Area
The notice lists mail subscription prices for Morning Press and Sunday editions, including constitutional and Sunday presses, with monthly and yearly rates across Lawton area and other counties. It outlines various plan options and carrier service details, indicating differing charges for local and distant regions and special combination rates for multiple editions.
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Lawton
Constitution
Lawton Morning Press
Sun
Press & Sun
Science shrinks piles new way without surgery
In New York a special report describes a new healing substance Bio Dyne used in Preparation H that shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Doctors observed rapid relief and long term reductions in many cases over months, with no narcotics or anesthetics used. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
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New York
N. Y
Iles
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Steve Canyon
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