Lawton Population Tops 50 000 on New Survey
George Page of Southwestern Bell reports Lawton now around 51 982 residents including Artillery Village. Excluding 1 750 Artillery Village count, population is 50 232 with 14 852 living units and a 3.5 family factor. Page projects 59 450 people by 1960 with about 17 300 more living units.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Oklahoma
George Page
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Page
Artillery Village
Congress Approves New Anti-Red Bill
Congress passes a compromise anti communism bill sending it to President Eisenhower. The measure bars Communist party membership and targets infiltrated labor unions, with penalties under the 1950 Internal Security Act for members of Communist action groups and related restrictions.
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Washington
Rtg
Congress
Eisenower
House
Burdick
R-Nd
Multer
D-Ny
Senate
White House
Eisenhower
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Communist Party
United States
Red
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Reputed Capone Henchman Gioe Killed in Chicago Slaying
Charles Gioe known as Cherry Nose, a former Capone gang leader and extortionist, was shot seven times while in a parked Buick on Chicago near West Side. Police see gangland assassination in a possible fight for Capone syndicate control. Gioe, 52, had ties to Angelo's Restaurant and earlier extortion charges.
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Chicago
Upcharles
Cherry Nose
Gioe
Capone
Joe
Scarface
Ricca
Tony Accardo
Near West Side
Angelo
Gioe W
Penny Ante Drouth Aid Criticized by Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats led by L B Johnson Kerala, Texans, and other farm state leaders condemn the administration drouth relief program as penny ante and inadequate. Johnson cites letters from small Texas ranchers who say they were denied drought aid after taking part time work in nearby towns.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Texas
Water transfer plan eyed for overflow at Thomas Lake
A study on drawing excess flood water from Lake Thomas into Lake Lawtonka was approved in principle by city officials Fort Sill authorities and the Interior Wildlife Division. Engineers note Lake Thomas stood 3.18 feet below the spillway yesterday and propose a channel across the road to divert overflow to Lawtonka.
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Lake Elmer Thomas
Gallaher
Lake Thomas
Lawtonka
Thomas
Eisenhower blasts prophets of doom at Illinois fair
President Eisenhower denounces crooked fence politics and the prophets of doom during a Republican day speech at the Illinois State Fair. He urges voters to back Illinois Republicans in the fall elections and meets with Gov. Stratton and Senate hopeful Joseph Meek before traveling to Evanston for a World Council of Churches address.
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Springfield
Eisenhower
Illinois State Fair
Congress
Illinois
House
William G. Stratton
Joseph T. Meek
Senate
Meek
Paul Douglas
Washington
Stratton
George Craig
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
General Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Northwestern University
Evanson
Rocket Explosion Victim In Critical Condition At Fort Sill
Pvt. Herbert D. Hedicke 21 in battery A 2nd Field Artillery battalion remained in critical condition after touching what he believed to be a dud bazooka rocket on the Fort Sill firing range. Pvt. Robert L. Thoraldson 19 was less seriously hurt, struck in the head and right side while a wire crew recovered line near Medicine Bluff.
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Fort Sill
Herbert D. Hedicke
2Nd Field Artillery
Robert L. Thoraldson
Medicine Bluff
Cpl
M. C.ssell
Pic
Dale M Trimble
Ooo
Russell
Thoraldson
$75,000 In Gems Stolen From Tulsa Hotel Room
Indianapolis diamond merchants P A Levinson and his son Stanley reported to police that a briefcase with $75,000 in gems and $267 in cash disappeared from their Tulsa hotel room. Detectives Wesley Delaire and Joe Creamer investigated.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ali
Levinson
Stanley
Indianapolis
Levinsons
Wesley Delaire
Joe Creamer
Stink in South Sixth Prompts Skunk Eviction Plea
Two Lawton women plead for help as two baby skunks nest behind J Wiley Richards Flowers and Gift Shop at 104 South Sixth. An employee reported the pair Sunday night and another found one Monday. Neighbors wary, warehouse traffic down. organizers seek volunteers to remove the animals.
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Frosty Troy
Lawton
South Sixth
J. Wiley Richardson
S. Sixth
Talva Carter
Addie
Watt Fleming
Mendes-France Warns of Leftist Shift If EDC Plan Fails
French Premier Pierre Mendes-France warned at a six nation foreign ministers meeting that rejection of his European Defense Community proposal could trigger a crisis and a leftist Popular Front government in France. He said Parliament August debate doom for the treaty and warned of Russian victory if the prewar political mood returns.
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Brussels
Belgium
Pierre Mendes - France
France
Ae Front
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Mendes-France
Mendes - France Minster
Beyen Oa
Beyen
Paul — Henri Spaak
De Gasperi Dies After Heart Attack in Italy
Alcide de Gasperi the lean old statesman who led Italy from postwar chaos to democracy died today at his mountain retreat near Sella Val Sugana. The 73 year old premier had stepped down a month earlier after a confidence vote. his death leaves Italy to face the Communist challenge with his Christian Democrat party in leadership. Scelba rushed to the scene and took the premiership after de Gasperi’s long service shaping the Italian republic.
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Sella Val Sugana
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Rome
de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
Rmment
Mario Scelba
Scelba
Fiuggi
Es” Ae’ Peeeled
Highway Dedication Rites Slated Friday
Nearly 1 million dollars in two highway projects will be celebrated in Lawton with Gov. Johnston and state officials. Dedication at 11 a.m. Friday marks the Fort Sill Blvd expansion and grade separation, followed by ground-breaking for Oklahoma’s first three lever interchange at U.S. 277 and U.S. 62.
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Lawton
Fort Sill Blvd
U.S. 62
Fort Sill-Lawton
Fort Sill
Murray
Gen. Williamsee
Post Engineers Plant Near Finish at Fort Sill
Work nears completion on a 193000 dollar maintenance shop for Post Engineers on Sheridan Road north of the stockade. The one story 24000 square foot building will house maintenance bays parts rooms and administration with 12000 square yards of parking to centralize troop equipment repairs and limited machine shop functions.
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Sheridan Road
Fort Sill
Police Nab Suspect In Extortion Case
Cleveland Heights police say they arrested 37 year old James Howard Left in a dramatic extortion investigation. He allegedly threatened Miss Kay M Halle, heiress of a Cleveland department store, after attempting to claim a dummy package believed to contain 20000 dollars in cash. The suspect remained jailed as the case continued.
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Cleveland
Kay M. Halle
Cleveland Heights
James Howard
Gabriel
Lawton High School Dedication Scheduled for Sept 21
The Lawton Board of Education sets dedication and open house for the new Lawton high school on Tuesday Sept 21 with ceremonies at 8 pm and doors open 6 pm. A Sunday session is planned Sept 26 for those unable to attend.
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Lawton High School
Board of Education
Fenee
Douglass
Dunbar
Chapman Construction Company
Aberee and Garnew
Weather outlook: partly cloudy with heat near 100
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with no significant temperature changes through Friday. Expect isolated afternoon or evening thunderstorms, with highs today and tomorrow around 100 and overnight lows near 78. Today’s low reached 78 and daytime high near 101 at 11 am.
U S Charges Reds Hold 15 Airmen As Political Prisoners
The Defense Department says 15 U S Air Force fliers captured in the Korean War are being held by China as political prisoners in violation of international law and the Korean armistice. Among them is Capt Harold E Fischer of Swea City Iowa a leading jet ace with ten confirmed kills and several damages.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S. Air Force
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Towa
Showers May Arrive Here In Oklahoma Weather Update
The forecast predicts scattered thundershowers in the Lawton area with highs near 100 today and tomorrow. Overnight temps expected around 78 with similar lows. Moisture fell in parts of West Texas and Salt Flat saw 2.31 inches. Kansas thundershowers may drift into northeastern Oklahoma tonight. An additional heat death was reported in Hartwell at age 38 as record highs were set in McAlester 104 Ardmore 102 Ponca City 101.
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Lawton
Yeaterdes
West Texas
Guymon
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hartwell
McAlester
Ardmore
Ponca City
Thea
Choe Soller
Roma City
Four U S Divisions To Leave Korea
The United States plans a major peacetime redeployment withdrawing four divisions from Korea. Two divisions and supporting units return home while Okinawa and Hawaii gain one division each, signaling a shift to a flexible defense against China and bolstering a central U S reserve.
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Washington
United States
Korea
China
Okinawa
Hawaii
Pacific
Eisenhower
Formosa
Welch Threatener Seized After Gunpoint Arrest
Police seized an armed suspect linked to an alleged death threat against National Welch special Army counsel Captain Michael J. Mahaney said John Lockridge, 48, was arrested in a stolen tax three minutes after a $20 holdup.
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Washington
N. Welch
Special Army
Eee
Michael J. Mahaney
John Lockridge
Lawton Public Schools to Add Elementary Building
Lawton officials secured federal participation for a new elementary school with 94 000 in federal funds likely, part of a 180 000 project. The rest would come from local funds if needed. Location eyed is 27th and Park near existing overcrowded campuses.
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Lawton
Sen
Monroney
Robert S. Kerr
Victor Wickersham
27Th and Park
Board of Education
Robert S. Landers
Howell School
24Th Place
E Igs
Taft Defends American Way Before Multidenominational Audience
Charles P. Taft addressed an Evanston convention of 163 denominations from 48 nations. He asserted that Americans are a responsible society and defended the nation’s social and economic system amid discussions on a responsible society.
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Evanston
Charles P. Taft
Body Of Murder For Fun Gang Victim Found In River
New York police report the East River recovery of a Negro male victim, alleged torture by Brooklyn teens linked to a sadistic murder for fun gang. Investigators say suspects confessed to beating, cigarette burns, and dragging the victim to the river. other victims corroborate details. three youths are jailed on homicide charges after a park beating.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn
Guiciala
Tims
Ace Park
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Mamma Skunk
Fort Sill Boulevard
Gov. Murray
Edward T. Williams
Artillery Center
U. S. 62
State Highway Department
Traf
Post Engineers
Finish
U. S
Welch
Salsen Penas
Taft
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