Funeral Rites for Milam Held in Becker Chapel
Funeral services for Charlie C. Milam 65 of 901 Columbia were held at 10 a.m. today in Becker Memorial chapel with Rev. Guy Swanson officiating. Burial followed in Highland cemetery. Milam died Monday at a local hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Bearers were J R Morse, Clay Morse, Lucien Milam, Bert Jones, Clifford Oldham and Lee Knowles. Robert Thomas Wearmouth 84 died suddenly of a heart attack at 9 a.m. today at his Frederick home. He was born February 4 1871 in Monmouth Illinois and had marriages to Nettie May Jones in 1895 and to Pearl Turner in 1937. He was a retired farmer and a member of Bethel Baptist church. Survivors include his wife of Frederick two sons C D Wearmouth and M L Wearmouth both of Frederick two stepchildren F A Moran and Mrs Vernon Gardner four grandchildren three great grandchildren a sister Mrs S J King Amarillo Texas and brother J J Wearmouth of Frederick. Services will be announced by Pecinosky Funeral home in Tipton with burial in Frederick Memorial cemetery.
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Charlie C. Milam
Columbia
Becker Memorial
Guy Swanson
Highland Cemetery
Becker
E. Milam
J. R. Morse
Clay Morse
Lucien Milam
Bert Jones
Clifford Oldham
Lee Knowles
C. D. Wearmouth
M. L
Jake) Wearmouth
Frederick
F. A. Moran
Chickasha
Vernon Gardner
Ada
S. J. King
Amarillo
Tex
J. J. Wearmouth
Pecinosky Funeral Home
Tipton
Frederick Memorial Cemetery
Pioneering Lawton Resident James Wood Dies at 90
James Newton Wood 90 of 3417 Cache Road died on arrival at a local hospital at 11 am. He was born January 13, 1865 in Kentucky and moved to Lawton in 1901 from Perry, Oklahoma. Survived by a son John and eight grandchildren, several daughters, a sister, and a widow. Funeral arrangements pending with Lawton Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Newton
Jake) Wood
Cache Road
Lawton
Kentucky
Perry
Oklo
Wood
First Christian Church
Lawton council mulls bids and new traffic rules
Lawton Oklahoma council discussed bids on health unit work, police cars, water meters and bridges, plus financing for sewer bonds. A new Traffic Commission was created and a loading zone approved, with further study on left turns and parking rules. Executive actions included a paving district contract, curb removal, and air conditioning relocation bids.
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New Traffic Commission
U. S
New Lawton Traffic Commission
Ted Warkentin
Cuffie Waid
Ed Cagle
Cagle
Warkentin
Waid
Rachel Wray
Lawton Flower Shop
Traffic Commission
Chrisman
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Elks Lodge
Schoolhouse Slough
Lake Lawtonka
Ferris and
Sheridan Road
Lawton View
Neuberger blasts Eisenhower on conservation policy
UPI reports Senator Richard Neuberger charges the Eisenhower administration jeopardizes public lands. He says decisions favor private power and private timber interests, threatens Dinosaur reservoir, Hells Canyon, Wichita refuge, and national forest recreation. He cites seven counts and forecasts conservation as 1956 campaign issue.
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Washington
Richard L. Neuberger
Eisenhower
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Administration Natural Resources Policy
Neuberger
Hells Canyon
Dinosaur National Monument
Wichita Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
Tax Revenue Totals for Roads and Schools
Tax figures show receipts for roads and schools including license and special fuel taxes. Notable amounts include four cent gasoline taxes totaling over nineteen thousand dollars and various licenses to schools, roads, and municipalities, with several hundred to a few thousand dollars per item.
Sage Brush maneuver begins with large Army Air Force units
Aviation detachments from Fort Hood and 63 personnel on temporary duty move to Fort Sill for training before Sage Brush. Camp Polk reopened after standby since 1954. Louisiana and landowners authorize stand usage for continuing operations. Sage Brush combines Blue Bolt armor tests with Fourth Army HQ III XVIII Corps divisions and 54 Air Force squadrons from Ninth and 18th Air Forces. Reserve volunteers may serve up to 90 days.
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Fort Hood
Tex
Sill
Fort Sill
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Polk
Army
Louisiana
Fourth Army
III
Xviii Corps
82Nd Airborne Division
Third Infantry Division
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Air Force
Ninth
18Th
Fort Benning
Freak Crash Injures Child in House Collision
A 1 year old girl, Bonnie Wilde, suffered head lacerations and facial cuts when an auto driven by 18 year old Bettey Broome left the street and struck the east side of a house at 701 B. The car mounted the lawn after attempting a left turn onto Seventh. Broome was charged with driving without a license. The child was taken to Fort Sill hospital for treatment.
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Bonnie Wilde
Bettey Broome
C. M. Hawkins
Broome
Seventh
Hawkins
Fort Sill Hospital
Clerical and Sales Jobs Sought in Lawton
Lawton sees ongoing demand for clerical workers and sales girls, with 467 and 490 placements reported for mid August and the prior month by State Employment Service. A cement shortage is blamed for a recent drop, and Mrs. Virginia Kidson notes expected demand for cotton pickers within 20 to 30 days. applicants urged to sign up at the office.
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Lawton
Virginia Kidson
State Employment Service
Army and Air Force report on court-martials
Two men were acquitted and one officer was dismissed after a guilty finding. Five servicemen received sentences from 2 to 20 years. Six cases are pending with twelve more possible trials. The Army noted twelve additional investigations and six pending cases. The Air Force conducted 83 investigations, finding no serious fault in most. seven resignations and three releases occurred, none under dishonorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Air Force
Chronic illness hits younger Americans under forty five
A report notes that over half of chronically ill people in the United States are younger than 45. Health officials urge early prevention and screening to address rising youth burden of chronic disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Riots Break Out In Buenos Aires Cathedral Scene
In Buenos Aires crowds clashed outside the Metropolitan Cathedral on Plaza de Mayo as Catholics leaving Mass shouted antigovernment slogans. Police used fire hoses to separate demonstrators, arrests were reported, and water flooded Florida street. A shop window was broken but no injuries reported.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Plaza de Mayo
Avenida Diagonal Norte
Florida Street
Florida
Downtown Lawton shopping period offers half fare rides
Sangers for half fare during shopping hours aim to ease crowds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Taxi firms will admit up to five passengers for one fare. Parents bring children to town qualify for babysitting by downtown theatres at five cents per child. Lawton merchants urge employees to avoid driving to work. police will survey all day parkers in the business district, sharing results with merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
North Korea’s air and ground forces listed by Yang in 1950s view
Yang described North Korea since the 1953 armistice, citing 40 plus airfields and underground hangars, a 580-jet air force with MIG fighters, 500 jet pilots trained in Manchuria, 1.2 million ground troops mostly Chinese, plus risk of a rapid sneak attack due to U.S. air force withdrawal.
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Yang
North Korea
Russia
Manchuria
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Seoul
Commissioner Wynn to Take Kansas City Trip
Western district county commissioner Personal Pete Wynn plans a one week vacation starting Thursday. He will visit relatives in Kansas City and St. Joseph Missouri during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Wynn
Western District
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Meeting Time For City Civil Defense Workers Is Changed
A Lawton Civil Defense meeting with state CD director Tom Brett was rescheduled to 1 30 p m Thursday in Mayor Ellsworths office. It was moved from 9 30 a m due to the death of Mrs Ray Schram wife of the disposal plant superintendent whose funeral was set for Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Civil Defense
Tom Brett
C. R. Ellsworth
Ray Schram
Riot at State Penitentiary Ends in Fire and Force
No escapees from the roundup. Governor via loudspeaker warned prisoners to surrender with shotgun threat voiced by Warden Joseph Bovey. About 229 inmates joined the uprising, five blocks burned, power cut, no hostages. Rioters led by about 30 leaders sought release of two men in maximum security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bovey
Anderson
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery Healing Discovery
Doctors report a new healing method that shrinks piles without surgery. The Bio-Dyne substance, long used for injured tissue, is now available in suppository or ointment form as a relief product. Money back guarantee. Reg. U. 8. Pat. Of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evers
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Robert Wearmouth
James
Council
No. 10
East B
U. S. Department of Health, Welfare and Education
Police Committee
Green-Phillips Chevrolet
Yellow Cab Co
Norton-Kitchens
Buick Co
Buick
Water Department
Water Committee
Viking Supply Corp
Oklahoma City
Sherman Machine and Iron Works
Clowe and Cowan
Wichita Falls
Well Machinery and Supply Co
Fort Worth
Buck Kinsey
Avenue A
Atlanta
Cheyenne
Baltimore
Douglas L. Smith
Jess McMillan
McMillan
Earl Christmas
City Hall
Thompson Plumbs and Heating Co
Hewett
Cargill ~Sheet Metal Works
Roy Alston
Dearborn
14Th and
Solon
Ike
C Ave
Sauerman
Bill Greenhaw
Lyon’s Artcraft Center
Ith & D Ave
Korea
Als
James W. Parker
Gore Boulevard
Oklahoma
Jo. G. Andrews
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
Llard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Pho
PSR
S.10
Hamilton
Bulova
Zeat
Elgin
Baylor
Es Ee Eee Zale Jewelry CO
Wadsworth
C Avenue
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